bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The safety and efficacy of digital check-in and triage kiosks in emergency departments: a systematic review (Preprint)
Authors: Lammila-Escalera Elena , Greenfield Geva , Aldakhil Reham , Mak Ryan , Sehgal Himani Laxshmi Kaur , Neves Ana Luisa , Harmon Mark , Majeed Azeem , Hayhoe Benedict
Published: December 2024

BACKGROUND

Emergency departments (EDs) globally face unprecedented pressures due to ageing populations, multimorbidity, and staff shortages. Technological solutions such as digital check-in and triage kiosks could reduce wait times, improve patient flow, and alleviate overcrowding. However, further research is needed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of these interventions.

OBJECTIVE

This systematic review aims to summarise the impacts of digital check-in and triage kiosks in safety and efficacy compared to traditional nurse-led triage methods in EDs.

METHODS

Comprehensive searches were conducted in MEDLINE, Web of Science, and EMBASE. A narrative synthesis was carried out to evaluate the impact on patient safety (e.g., agreement rate, accuracy, sensitivity, specificity) and efficacy (e.g., operational efficiency, patient flow). The quality of the studies was assessed using NHLBI quality assessment tools.

RESULTS

Five studies, comprising 47,778 patients and 310,249 ED visits, were included. Three studies focused on self-check-in kiosks, one on self-triage kiosks, and another on technology combining both. Two studies evaluated safety, reporting high sensitivity for predicting high-acuity outcomes and low under-triage rates but poor agreement with nurse-assigned triage scores. Four studies examined the efficacy, reporting high over-triage rates and mixed impacts on waiting times.

CONCLUSIONS

Evidence on the safety and efficacy of digital check-in and triage kiosks remains sparse. While effective at accurately identifying high-acuity patients, the impact of digital kiosks on operational efficiency measures is unclear. Further research is required to understand how digital kiosks can safely and effectively address the growing issue of ED workload.

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Gambaran Perilaku Phubbing pada Mahasiswa Keperawatan UNSOED di Masa Endemi COVID-19
Authors: Wiguna Ilham , Awaludin Sidik , Mulyaningrat Wahyudi
Published: December 2024

Background: Phubbing is a behaviour when a person keeps staring at the cell phone during social interactions, thus ignoring the interlocutor or speaking opponent. This behavior obviously disturb interpersonal relationship and may hurt other people feeling. While phubbing behavior is quite common among college students, it becomes interesting to explore. Objective: To describe phubbing behavior among UNSOED Nursing students during the COVID-19 endemic.Method: The research was descriptive with cross-sectional approach. This involved UNSOED Nursing students as respondents, with a sample of 203  which were chosen using the proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The instruments was Phubbing Scale, which consisted of two factors: communication disorders and obsession with cell phones. Data were analyzed using univariate methods.Results: Most of the respondents (91%) were women with a median age of 20 years old. Most of the respondents showed moderate behavior phubbing (87%), but 13% showed high phubbing behavior. For the dimensions of communication disorders and the greatest obsession with cell phones, the majority of respondents were at moderate level, with 91% and 65% consecutively.Conclusion: Phubbing behavior among UNSOED nursing students are at moderate level. Attention is needed toward cellphone usage to maintain caring practice among nursing students.INTISARILatar belakang: Phubbing adalah praktik melihat layar ponsel saat berinteraksi sosial sehingga mengabaikan lawan bicara. Perilaku ini dapat mengganggu hubungan antar manusia dan menyakiti perasaan orang lain. Kecenderungan perilaku phubbing banyak ditemukan pada mahasiswa sehingga menjadi fenomena yang menarik untuk diteliti. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat bagaimana gambaran perilaku phubbing mahasiswa Keperawatan UNSOED selama endemi COVID-19.Metode: Penelitian deskriptif cross-sectional ini melibatkan mahasiswa Keperawatan UNSOED, dengan sampel 203 responden menggunakan teknik proportionate stratified random-sampling. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah The Phubbing Scale yang terdiri dari dua faktor, gangguan komunikasi dan obsesi terhadap ponsel. Data dianalisis dengan metode univariat.Hasil: Sebagian besar  responden (91%) perempuan dengan nilai tengah usia 20 tahun. Sebagian besar responden menunjukkan perilaku phubbing sedang (87%), tetapi sebanyak 13% menunjukkan perilaku phubbing tinggi. Pada dimensi gangguan komunikasi dan obsesi terbesar terhadap ponsel mayoritas responden berada pada tingkat sedang (91% dan 65%).Simpulan: Perilaku phubbing mahasiswa keperawatan UNSOED berada pada tingkat sedang. Diperlukan pengawasan terhadap penggunaan ponsel agar penerapan konsep caring dapat dilaksanakan secara konsisten.
An Analysis of Internal Business Management and Ethical Issues of Uber in the UK—Based on Utilitarianism, Deontology and Corporate Social Responsibility
Authors: Shi Xiaohan
Published: December 2024

This paper delves into the ethical issues surrounding Uber Technologies Inc., a multinational transportation services company, with a particular focus on its private car hire business in the United Kingdom. The analysis is grounded in three ethical frameworks: utilitarianism, deontology, and corporate social responsibility. The paper begins by acknowledging the widespread adoption of Uber's services in the UK, highlighting its rapid growth and the controversies that have accompanied it.The paper first identifies the primary ethical issue arising from Uber's dominance in the ground transportation market. From a utilitarian perspective, Uber's expansion is deemed ethical as it enhances the overall happiness of the community by providing flexible work opportunities for millions and safer transportation services to passengers. However, this expansion has come at the cost of taxi drivers, who have lost business and face an unfair competitive landscape.The analysis then shifts to a deontological perspective, which emphasizes the importance of fair competition and adherence to categorical imperatives. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the third ethical framework employed in this analysis. The paper underscores Uber's responsibility to maintain the social structure and ensure the well-being of all stakeholders. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the ethical issues associated with Uber's private car hire business in the UK, drawing on utilitarianism, deontology, and corporate social responsibility. It highlights the challenges faced by the company in balancing its growth with ethical considerations and offers recommendations for future action.
Personalized Learning through AI: Enhancing Student Engagement and Teacher Effectiveness
Authors: Nasser Maged
Published: December 2024

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into education is transforming traditional teaching paradigms by fostering personalized learning environments. This paper explores how AI technologies enhance student engagement and teacher effectiveness. Key benefits include customized learning paths, real-time feedback, and data-driven insights. Challenges such as ethical considerations, data privacy, and teacher training requirements are also discussed. A mixed-methods study involving surveys, interviews, and performance analytics provides valuable insights into the effectiveness of AI-powered tools. The findings indicate that AI significantly improves engagement and teaching efficiency, although challenges in accessibility and equity remain. The paper concludes with actionable recommendations for optimizing AI adoption in education.
Percepción de inseguridad y visibilidad en Ciudad Universitaria
Authors: Ortiz-Chao Claudia G. , Pereyra Flores Alí , Sandoval del Valle Noemí Selene
Published: December 2024

Este trabajo explora las características morfológicas de algunos espacios públicos abiertos dentro de Ciudad Universitaria percibidos como inseguros por la comunidad a partir de los talleres de cartografía participativa del proyecto “Espacios de confianza en Ciudad Universitaria”. El objetivo es explorar la relación entre morfología y percepción de inseguridad en el campus universitario. Se utiliza el análisis de visibilidad (VGA) con Isovist y tipos de frentes mediante información levantada en campo. Los resultados indican que existen características visuales atribuibles a la morfología que se relacionan con espacios percibidos como más o menos seguros, como los relacionados con la geometría y topologia, incluyendo la continuidad visual o la presencia de elementos que interrumpen en el espacio.
El solar, factor en la calidad de vida rural. Una perspectiva de sustentabilidad
Authors: Vallejo Coss Raúl Sergio , Aguillón Robles Jorge , Arista González Gerardo Javier
Published: December 2024

El solar o traspatio es un componente básico de la vivienda rural, que a su vez surge de una tradición cultural con siglos de antigüedad, y es esencial dentro del modo de vida campesino e indígena, basado en la agricultura. Es por eso que adquiere un valor dentro de la calidad de vida más allá del ámbito cultural, al mismo tiempo de ser un ejemplo de sustentabilidad en diversas dimensiones. Este texto se centra en analizar de manera conceptual el valor del solar dentro de la calidad de vida en el medio rural, identificando los factores que la componen desde una perspectiva de sustentabilidad.
Enhanced Mood and Theme Recognition in Music Using Lyrical Sentiment Analysis
Authors: Mishra Prof. Nilamadhab , Chingre Swarnim Sachin
Published: December 2024

This paper presents an innovative approach to mood and theme recognition in music by leveraging lyrical sentiment
analysis and audio signal processing techniques. As music plays a crucial role in emotional expression and cultural
representation, understanding the mood and thematic elements within songs is essential for enhancing the listening experience.
Traditional methods of music analysis often focus separately on audio signals or lyrics, failing to capture the intricate
relationship between the two. To address this gap, we propose a hybrid model that integrates deep learning algorithms, such as
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Long Short-Term Memory networks (LSTMs), with Natural Language Processing
(NLP) techniques to provide a comprehensive understanding of musical content. In our study, we employ the CAL500 dataset,
which contains a diverse selection of songs to facilitate effective analysis. The first component of our methodology involves
lyrical sentiment analysis, where the preprocess the lyrics through techniques like tokenization, stemming, and stop-word
removal to extract emotional context. This is complemented by audio signal processing, where features such as tempo, rhythm,
and pitch are extracted using libraries like Librosa, allowing for a nuanced understanding of the music's tonal characteristics.
The integration of insights derived from lyrical sentiment and audio signal processing enables the development of a robust
classification system that accurately identifies mood and themes in music. Our results indicate that the combined approach
significantly enhances mood recognition accuracy and reveals recurring themes within song lyrics, providing deeper insights
into the underlying narrative and artistic intent. Ultimately, this research contributes to the fields of music theory, machine
learning, and emotional analysis by proposing a novel framework for understanding the emotional landscape of music. The
anticipated outcomes include improvements in music classification accuracy, insights into the emotional and cultural
significance of songs, and potential applications in music therapy and personalized music experiences. By bridging
characteristics, this study aims to transform how listeners interact with music, enhancing their emotional connection and
appreciation of this art form
Smart Sewage Management System
Authors: Shaker A. Chandra
Published: December 2024

The Smart Sewage Management System introduces an innovative way to manage sewage flow on rural roads using IoT
technology. It aims to detect excessive sewage discharge, which can harm the environment and public health. By focusing on
monitoring drainage water levels in real-time, it addresses the common problem of drainage overflow in developing areas, where
manual checks are slow and unreliable. The system uses a network of sensors that monitor water levels and send alerts to local
authorities when levels get too high, allowing for quick action. Overall, this sewage management system not only helps protect
the environment but also improves living conditions in rural communities.
“Volkhonskaya Young Lady” by A.I. Ertel and the Heroines of Ivan Bunin’s Early Stories
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Mikhailova Maria V. ,   A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: December 2024

The article puts forward a version that reading the novel by the writer A.I. Ertel “The Volkhonskaya Young Lady” could play a decisive role in developing the inner world of the heroine of the story by Ivan Bunin “Dawn All Night”. Bunin remembered his meeting with Ertel in Moscow all his life, and appreciated the writer’s legacy. This is evidenced by his memoirs and letters. The similarity of these works is felt in some specific details, but the motif of the “flame” turns out to be more significant, in the “Volkhonskaya Young Lady” it broke out in a real fire, and in Bunin’s work it expressed itself in an unquenchable dawn, which unexpectedly “melted” the heroine’s willingness to marry. While Ertel’s fire, observed by Varvara Alekseevna, causes a fatal fever, then Bunin’s Natalia Alekseevna has night fever visions, which completely replace real pictures of married life.
“Fedosevna” by Ivan Bunin: Towards Lyrical Prose
Authors:   A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Zakruzhnaya Zoya S.
Published: December 2024

The article is devoted to the little-studied story of Ivan Bunin “Fedosevna”. The relevance of the work is due to the fact that until now the story has not become the subject of a special research, and the textual criticism of the story has not been studied. The article traces the history of the text of the work, published three times in the 1890s, but not included by Ivan Bunin in his collected works. The textual principles of presenting the work in the future scientific Collected works of Ivan Bunin are substantiated — the choice of the main text (publication of 1893), the early version of the story (publication of 1891) and non-inclusion in the future collected works of the publication of 1899. Variants of the story are analyzed. It is shown that from the first publication (1891) to the second (1893), the work undergoes significant changes that affected all levels of the text. Analysis of the edits demonstrates the writer’s work on his early works and the path of I.A. Bunin from the early “essay” versions of the text to the “classical” Bunin’s lyrical prose, with its psychology and artistry.
Developing engaging STEAM-geometry activities: Fostering mathematical creativity through the engineering design process using Indonesian cuisine context
Authors: Pramasdyahsari Agnita Siska , Rubowo Maya Rini , Nindita Velma , Astutik Iin Dwi , Pant Binod Prasad , Dahal Niroj , Luitel Bal Chandra
Published: December 2024

Enhancing mathematical creativity requires more learning activities that foster creative thinking. However, teachers need more resources and activities to nurture students' creativity in mathematics effectively. Therefore, this study aimed to design STEAM-based geometry activities using the Engineering Design Process (EDP) to explore how such projects can enhance students' mathematical creativity. In this study, creativity focuses on how students use geometric principles to design Wingko Babat as an Indonesian cuisine, making culturally meaningful connections and solving design challenges. The study involved research and development using the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation (ADDIE) model, continuing with a descriptive qualitative approach. The activities designed for the STEAM-Geometry projects allow students to think creatively and elaborate on the engineering design process. Through expert reviews that involved multiple educators, the design activities on the STEAM-Geometry project are reliable and valid. The findings show that the EDP on Geometry project enables students to think creatively. The findings imply that teaching geometry can develop the students' mathematical creativity through the engineering design process in STEAM activities. Furthermore, it indicates that the design activities encompass more than just understanding geometry; they also nurture creativity by applying STEAM principles in the engineering design process. Integrating STEAM principles within culturally meaningful, geometry-based tasks enhances students' critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and real-world problem-solving skills, preparing them to tackle complex challenges beyond the scope of mathematics.
Pythagorean Longings and Cosmic Symphonies: The Musical Rhetoric of String Theory and the Sonification of Particle Physics
Authors: Peter Pesic  , Axel Volmar
Published: December 2024

String theory posits very small “strings” whose various modes of vibration produce the observed particles and forces of nature, often described through analogies with music, especially Pythagorean harmonies. We analyze the rationales and implications for enlisting this archaic lore to explain such a modern theory, especially factors connecting internal and external aspects of scientific research: the economic pressure to promote a promising but unproven theory, the quasi-religious appeal of Pythagorean teachings and their consequent aesthetics of the “beautiful theory.” In contrast, sonifications of high energy physics data from the LHC seems to refer more to contemporary music than the “cosmic music” pioneered by Beethoven and carried forward by Stravinsky and Schoenberg.
Echoes of Subjectivity: A Literary Acoustemology of the Home
Authors: Katharina Schmidt
Published: December 2024

This paper works towards an acoustemology of the home by investigating the home’s depiction in a literary text, Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway. This interdisciplinary approach is chosen to explore the potential of tapping into sonic epistemologies encapsulated in literature. Borrowing Brandon LaBelle’s concept of acoustic territories, relationships between notions of home and the auditory are traced in the novel, leading to an analysis that develops the sonic figure of the echo as a micro-epistemology. In a close reading of selected scenes, the aesthetic and philosophical implications are examined and, drawing on Levinas, Irigaray, Nancy, and Deleuze, this text traces how the figure of the echo ultimately provides the structure of the subject as it is constituted in the ethical encounter, in the resonance with an Other. In turn, this analysis reflects on how the conditions of the “feminine” sphere of the home inform conceptualizations of ethics, politics, and philosophy.
Listening against "The Transition"
Authors: Theodore Teichman
Published: December 2024

This is an archive of places, but it is even more an archive of the materiality of listening. This constitutes a larger inquiry and fascination with the listening as performance and the various “instruments” and “scores” that shape or encode this sonic event of the performance of the image. In particular, this project uses this arts-based research approach to engage critically with the concept of "The Transition," which has shaped the geography and imaginary of Ex-Yugoslavia. This is a collection of recordings made and then composed into soundscapes between September 2018 and May 2019 in Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Kosovo. Through these techniques I propose an approach soundscape practices to engage materially the constitutive world of listening and the narration of time-worlds.
The Right to Polished Sound: Age and Class in the Viennese Balkan Music Scene
Authors: Ondřej Daniel
Published: December 2024

This study explores the musical sounds that link contemporary Vienna to the countries of the former Yugoslavia. For this purpose, I uncover a layer of South Slavic sounds in the Austrian capital and analyze two musical contributions to the city by migrants from this former socialist federation. I consider Vienna’s residents from the former Yugoslavia to be a distinct acoustic community; the two sound objects are in particular analyzed regarding age and class of both their producers and consumers.
Soundscapes of Stalinism: Acoustical Experiences in Bucharest in the 1940s and 1950s
Authors: Błażej Brzostek
Published: December 2024

In this paper I point out phenomena related to the perception of sounds in Bucharest during the Stalinist period (1948-1956). I refer to personal accounts – diaries and memoirs – of representants of the city’s former social elite, sentenced to various deprivations under the communist regime. I focus on descriptive accounts of sounds in the city’s everyday life. The sounds are treated as an expression of the mental experiences of their listeners. In the sources collected here, the key experience is a reduction of agency, associated with existential anxiety.
Sounds of the Balkan - Editorial
Authors: Diana Grgurić
Published: December 2024

Sounds of the Balkan - Editorial
Touching Excess: Haptic Sound from the Multispecies Delta
Authors: Sandro Simon
Published: December 2024

Mollusc gleaning in the Sine-Saloum Delta, Senegal, hinges on the situated navigation of a deltaic world in flux. It unfolds both above and below water as well as in the mud and is crucially guided by haptic engagement, which in turn generates sound. Audio/visual inquiry into gleaning explores the sensuality of this haptic engagement and its more-than-human dimensions. Haptic sound, as this article traces, has thereby been key. Indexing to touch and how it creates contact with the self and with the other, haptic sound affords proximity. At the same time, it points beyond the all-knowing and all-sensing self by probing intensities and making us aware of resistance and impenetrability. As such, haptic sound evolves at a limit and harbors excess. In the recordings from the delta, haptic sound is also conveyed by the “indeterminate” and the ways tones and sounds mix and interchange and are difficult to localize and categorize; by the “disproportionate” and the ways the sound of touch is amplified and appears as “too loud”; or by the “imperfect” and the ways sound is grainy, overdriven, distorted, dull, piercing, full of static hiss or windy, and so forth. Thereby, the materiality of recording devices and the constructiveness of mediation with all its affordances and limitations become palpable as well. Haptic sound, this article concludes, is thus touching and, in this touching, evokes both more-than-human sensitivity and alterity. In mobilizing both experience and reflection, it ruptures anthropocentrism and ultimately opens up pathways to reconsider both anthropology and cinema as well as audio/visual practice in general with an ear to an embodied multispecies conviviality.
From a Modern/Colonial Sensorium to Relational Response-ability: Listening Into What Separation Has to Say
Authors: Sarah Amsler
Published: December 2024

Dedication – to life cut on the sharp side of separation

I dedicate this essay to the heartbreak on the sharp side of the sadness of separation. Every pulse and river that has been silenced by insensibility to life’s gifts of companionship and cries for care. Every species, kind, and gender sentenced to death for their illegibility, unprofitability, their queer intimacy with the mysteries and reciprocities of creation. Every relation of every victim of every scale of every act of extraction, enslavement, genocide, ecocide, epistemicide, and linguicide that is committed by the white colonial capitalist heteropatriarchal human West.
Where are the Ears of the Machine? Towards a sounding micro-temporal object-oriented ontology
Authors: Morten Riis
Published: December 2024

Drawing on micro-temporal media archaeology paired with object-oriented ontology, this paper will develop new ideas regarding non-human conceptualizations of sounding media, memory, time, and sound objects. Studying the way in which music machines collect and store auditory data enables us to get closer to the inner functioning and self-reflections of our sounding apparatuses, creating alternative perspectives on mediated representation and the various temporal processes unfolding within technology. Thus an interweaving of object-oriented ontology and media archaeology is unfolded, taking its starting point in a practical engagement with electro-magnetic recording devices which execute what could be described as applied ontology, something that generates awareness of the moment when media themselves become active archaeologists of knowledge.
Modelling the Shopping Soundscape
Authors: Björn Hellström
Published: December 2024

This article’s pivotal theme is: How to compose a site-specific sound-art installation for a commercial space in order to improve conditions, while taking perceptual, social, aesthetical, temporal and spatial criteria into account.
The interdisciplinary, art-based research approach is derived from the concept of acousmatics, i.e. the process of apprehending any sound, the source of which is invisible. Acousmatic perception concerns the everyday identification process; when lacking visual contact with the sound source, we automatically seek references, such as social (what produces the sound and what is my relation to it?), aesthetical, spatial and temporal (e.g. orientation and demarcation). The acousmatic concept identifies phenomena based on individually, culturally and spatially conditioned experiences.
Today, a shopping culture dominates urban space. Indoor malls expose us to all types of acousmatically perceived sounds: jingles, signals, music and Muzak from public loudspeakers, mobile devices, etc. In this respect, one could claim that the soundscape of the shopping culture embodies an acousmatic environment.
In 2009, the research and sound-art group Urban Sound Institute (USIT) created a permanent sound installation in a shopping mall (Gallerian) located in downtown Stockholm. This installation serves as a case study for the present paper. The artistic assignment involved the creation of a meeting place without material devices as well as the enhancement of the overall atmosphere. The research objective was to elucidate different qualities of the sound installation in regard to the acousmatics of the shopping mall, promoting discussions on the articulation of sound-space configurations in relation to time and site-specific context, issues on musical-architectural qualities as well as objective, subjective and inter-subjective interrelationships between the experience of the sound-art installation and the experience of the shopping mall soundscape. Other applied, interrelated concepts are metabolic environment and masking- and cutting effects.
The Consideration of Personal Sound Space: Toward a Practical Perspective on Individualized Auditory Experience.
Authors: Elen Fluegge
Published: December 2024

This is an account of personal sound space, a way of describing the auditory environment of an individual that emphasizes their conscious participation in a dynamic social exchange within that space, which is meant as a theoretical groundwork for further empirical research. The concept draws on ideas from across cultural studies to articulate a form of individualized auditory experience latent in the discourse. The term is structured into sound space, personal space and personal sound, whose concepts are explored individually as well as integrated in the collective term. Sonic experience is framed as a dynamic spatial-social complex whose conceptualization involves culturally informed ideas of territory and authority. This is compounded by attitudes of property and agency reinforced by the proliferation of personal audio technologies.
Modes of Music Listening and Modes of Subjectivity in Everyday Life
Authors: Ruth Herbert
Published: December 2024

Technologically mediated solitary listening now constitutes the prevalent mode of musical engagement in the Industrialized West. Music is heard in a variety of real-world contexts, and qualities of subjective experience might similarly be expected to be wide-ranging. Yet though much is known about function (music as a behavioral resource) less research has focused on ways in which music mediates consciousness. This essay critiques conceptualizations of music listening in extant literature and explores how listening to music in daily life both informs and reflects subjectivity.

Psychological and musicological literature on music listening commonly distinguishes between autonomous and heteronomous ways of listening, associating the former with unusual and the latter with mundane, habitual listening scenarios. Empirical findings from my research, which used ethnographic methods to tap qualities of subjective experience, indicate that attentive and diffused listening do not map neatly onto 'special' and 'ordinary' contexts and that a distributed, fluctuating attentional awareness and multimodal focus are central to many experiences of hearing music.
The Production of Listening: on Biopolitical Sound and the Commonplaces of Aurality
Authors: Huw Hallam
Published: December 2024

Expression and listening imply a complex interface. Neither can be conceptualized without the movement of intention and receptivity implied by their conjunction. Yet nothing is less certain, since conjunction requires an intermediary space, where a relationship may be formed in common or else violently impelled. This space – of listening and making oneself heard – is fundamentally political, and this essay explores its key forms in the age of biopolitics and neoliberalism. It is examined via artistic evocations of sonic production and listening in works by André Kertész, Iannis Xenakis and Federico Fellini. Then it is analyzed through two major contemporary paradigms of listening: the institutional network where sound art continues to stake out territory; and the private auditory ‘bubble’ generated by the mobile personal audio-player. Finally, in work by Pedro Almodóvar, a revolutionary approach to expression is found that acknowledges the common space of listening on which it depends
Sonopolis
Authors: Francisco Lopez
Published: December 2024

Original environmental recordings carried out between 1985 and 2010 in more than one hundred cities all over the world.

Evolved, composed, and mastered at “mobile messor” worldwide in 2011.
Soundmapping Beyond The Grid: alternative cartographies of sound
Authors: Isobel Anderson
Published: December 2024

Drawing from projects that already map sound in unconventional and creative ways, including my collaborative project with Fionnuala Fagan, Stories Of The City: Sailortown (2012), this article explores forms of soundmapping that expand the online gridded soundmap platform. Not only do these examples map the invisible “in-between-spaces” of personal relationships to sound, but also the unseen spaces of urban architectures. Sound is intangible, ephemeral, and invisible in nature, and therefore possesses profound potentials to map invisible geographies, which might otherwise lay silent. We will only bring voice to these other layers of experience if we embrace cartography as a creative and potentially empowering platform.
Alarming Atmospheres - Embodied Sound Habituation as Design Strategy in a Neuro-Intensive Care Unit
Authors: Marie Koldkjær Højlund
Published: December 2024

Nurses working in the Neuro-Intensive Care Unit at Aarhus University Hospital lack the tools to prepare children for the alarming atmosphere they will enter when visiting a hospitalised relative. The complex soundscape dominated by alarms and sounds from equipment is mentioned as the main stressor. As a response to this situation, our design artefact, the interactive furniture Kidkit, invites children to become accustomed to the alarming sounds sampled from the ward while they are waiting in the waiting room. Our design acknowledges how atmospheres emerge as temporal negotiations between the rhythms of the body and the environment in conjunction with our internalised perception of the habituated background. By actively controlling the sounds built into Kidkit, the child can habituate them through a process of synchronising them with her own bodily rhythms. Hereby the child can establish, in advance, a familiar relationship with the alarming sounds in the ward, enabling her to focus later more on the visit with the relative. The article discusses the proposed design strategy behind this solution and the potentiality for its use in hospital environments in general.
The Hiss of Data
Authors: Cormac Deane
Published: December 2024

This article conducts an examination of the connections between the fantasy user interfaces (FUIs) of computers in the television shows 24 and CSI and the sounds that they emit. The resulting sense of computational activity produces what might be characterized as a digital subjectivity. The significance of this kind of subjectivity is considered in relation to: the historical context of contemporary television/cinema (‘TVIII’); the apparently cybernetic tendencies of complex screen environments; and the political ramifications of a logic of computation. The competing claims of the sound and the image to be the prior, determining factor are discussed. It becomes clear that the distinction between what constitutes information and what constitutes noise (audio and non-informational) is a key problematic both within the screen narratives in question and in the broader media environment that they occupy.
The Legacy of Broadcast Stereo Sound: The Short Life of MTS, 1984-2009
Authors: David Sedman
Published: December 2024

Multichannel Television Sound (MTS) is an innovation that brought new dimensions in sound to American television from the 1980s to the 2000s. This article explores the brief history of MTS and its rise to prominence, with a particular focus on both the early “experimental” years of MTS sound and its short-lived “golden era.” The article concludes with an evaluation of the lasting impact of the technological shift from monaural to multichannel sound design. Although there were numerous technical and industrial challenges to MTS sound, its introduction was essential to the development of television sound design prior to the introduction of Digital and Dolby surround sound in the early 2000s.
Sonic Citizenship: About the Messy and Fragile Negotiations With and Through Sound
Authors: Marie Koldkjær Højlund, Anette Vandsø and Morten Breinbjerg
Published: December 2024

In this article we propose the concept of "sonic citizenship" as a framework for the multitude of ways in which we, in the rhythms of our everyday lives, form the aural background of each other, and how citizenship is practiced, negotiated, and maintained through everyday sonic activities. With examples of messy, fragile, and difficult interactions with sound from the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, we argue that the effort of tuning the soundscapes of the world needs to be complemented by an attuning approach that focuses on the negotiations we are constantly involved with in our everyday lives. The soundscape approach in the tradition of R. Murray Schafer implies that the soundscape is there as a landscape that we can uncover and tune. Conversely, the attuning approach of sonic citizenship understands soundscapes as relationships and dynamic configurations to which we must continuously attune, and which are themselves reconfigured via breaks in habitual attunements.
At the Margins of the Audible. Morton Feldman’s Ephemeral Compositions
Authors: Dieter Mersch
Published: December 2024

At the Margins of the Audible. Morton Feldman’s Ephemeral Compositions.
Addressing the Mapping Problem in Sonic Information Design through Embodied Image Schemata, Conceptual Metaphors, and Conceptual Blending
Authors: Stephen Roddy
Published: December 2024

This article explores the mapping problem in parameter mapping sonification: the problem of how to map data to sound in a way that conveys meaning to the listener. We contend that this problem can be addressed by considering the implied conceptual framing of data–to–sound mapping strategies with a particular focus on how such frameworks may be informed by embodied cognition research and theories of conceptual metaphor. To this end, we discuss two examples of data-driven musical pieces which are informed by models from embodied cognition, followed by a more detailed case study of a sonic information design mapping strategy for a large-scale Internet of Things (IoT) network.
The Murmur of the Crowd
Authors: Andrew Brooks
Published: December 2024

Public assembly and mass protest are increasingly common features of our political landscape. The recent women’s marches, the mass protesting of President Trump’s so called ‘travel ban,’ Black Lives Matter, the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement are centred on the bodies in crowds in the streets. This paper examines the sound of the crowd, arguing that the sonic offers a productive framework for attending to the collective yet heterogeneous nature of public assemblies. Considering the sonic materiality of the crowd, I argue that the collection of voices that coalesce to produce the sound of the crowd can be understood through the sonic figure of the murmur. Drawing on Michel Serres’ formulation of noise, I suggest that the hum of a collective murmur foregrounds multiplicity and resists fixity. The murmur cannot be reduced to a singular voice or clean transmission but rather is always registered as a multiple. An attentiveness to the sonic dimension of the crowd allows us to develop an understanding of public assemblies as collectivities that enable and cultivate dissensus. I argue that the crowd can be read—or rather heard—as a social body that activates what Fred Moten and Stefano Harney refer to as an undercommon sociality. This paper proposes a form of micropolitical listening that attends to the materiality of a murmuring crowd and suggests that such an embodied listening practice might offer us a way to listen to a politics in process, a politics that is yet to cohere into a rigid and stratified form. Listening to the murmur of the crowd offers us a way of conceptualising collective politics anew.
The Failed Assemblage of Batroun Concrète: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Post-acousmatic Composition
Authors: Seth Ayyaz
Published: December 2024

Batroun Concrète 2.1 - 2.9 is a sound work by the composer Seth Ayyaz. Comprised of a score for live performances interleaved with electroacoustic parts, it emerged from a residency at the Batroun Projects art space in the north of Lebanon. The performance intended for 2012 was disrupted by the early cross-border resonances of the Syrian civil war. While it failed to materialize in a final form, its conceptual design and theoretical underpinnings are relevant to thinking the complicities of composition with its material conditions, specifically regarding site-specificity, live improvisation, field recordings, and studio-based practice. The work investigated how body-related cognitive scripts might speculatively structure sonic thinking.

Wilfred Sellars’ philosophical distinction between contrasting “manifest” and “scientific” images of humankind, as discussed by thinkers such as Robin Mackay and Ray Brassier, is applied here to sonic discourse. The proposed “biopsychosocial” image rejects notions of the givenness of a human listener-composer subject in favor of a de-subjectified symbiont contingently implicated in complex systems dynamics. This is also illustrated in relation to Keith Rowe’s free improvisation practices. The paper discusses how Batroun Concrète 2.1 - 2.9 leverages the notion of assemblage as compositional method; how materiality both informs and develops the composer’s biopsychosocial approach to post-acousmatic composition; and introduces key concepts relevant to issues at stake in the work: post-acousmatic, not-knowing listening stance, reflexive-reflective, interiority-exteriority, and reception-interpretation-action helix. By harnessing a specific assemblage of concepts, subpersonal and transpersonal processes, agentive objects, and acoustics found at the derelict site, the graphic score composed open-ended non-determinate structural couplings between elements that investigated the material specificities of the site.

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The Triangle and the Thin Biscuit: Reverberations of a Walking Practice
Authors: Thaís Amorim Aragão
Published: December 2024

The sound of the triangle played by street vendors who sell a kind of wafer, known as chegadinho, in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza is often associated with childhood memories. Taken together, however, these acoustically marked trajectories can reveal complex dynamics regarding the city's own territory and its relationship to other places in Latin America and Europe. This article aims to present data collected from street vendors who reported on how they use sound and space to communicate with the population. I also discuss documentary research on the precedence of the practice as well as its influence on Brazilian music.
Sonic Politics: Sonority, Territoriality, and Violence in Urban Cultural Practices in Brazil
Authors: Pedro Silva Marra and Thaise Valentim Madeira
Published: December 2024

In this paper we build upon Gumbrecht’s definition of violence as all acts and all forms of behavior that occupy or block spaces through bodies, against the resistance of other bodies, in order to explore the relationship between sound and violence. Examined within a broader context, it may reveal how conflict and disputes are – as much as acts of exchanging and bonding – engines of society.
MAXIMUM VOLUME YIELDS MAXIMUM RESULTS
Authors: Olivia Lucas
Published: December 2024

Perched on the fringe of the extreme metal underground and named after the brand of vintage amplifiers they use, the band Sunn O))) creates 90 minute mostly-improvised live sets that focus on bass and sub­-bass (20-60 Hz) tones, played at a volume of about 120 dB. With a motto of “Maximum Volume Yields Maximum Results,” loudness is their musical content, and the droning, low tones they project require multi-­sensory
interpretation, as they are felt in the body as vibrations.

This paper explores the experience of a Sunn 0))) concert, as it transgresses and dominates the listener’s body, controlling available sensory data. The heavily amplified low frequencies bring the listener's body into direct contact with the physical properties of sound, touching it with bone-­rattling vibrations. Cloaked in thick artificial fog, the means of sound production remain hidden. Furthermore, the sounds themselves rely more on effects pedals than on instrumental prowess; the plucking of a guitar string may supply the signal for several minutes of music. This combination of visual deprivation and aural/tactile overload enacts a ritual of sensory domination, to which the audience submits.
Sound and Narrative: Acousmatic composition as artistic research
Authors: James Andean
Published: December 2024

This paper will discuss acousmatic music as a simultaneously musical and narrative art form. Acousmatic narrative will be considered from the dual perspectives of the composer and the listener, and we will investigate some of the differences between these, and some of the mechanisms at play. A case will be made for the act of acousmatic composition as an ideal site for exploration and research into narrative processes. The composition and reception of the author's work Déchirure will be used as an illustrative example.
The Pteropoetics of Birdstrike
Authors: Jacob Smith
Published: December 2024

“The Pteropoetics of Birdstrike” is a work of multimedia scholarship consisting of a curatorial essay and a twenty-five minute audio piece. Working at the intersection of Sound Studies, Environmental Humanities, and Mobility Studies, the project examines the phenomenon of birdstrike: when birds collide with aircraft. The physical and radiophonic spaces of the airport create a contact zone of human and avian aeromobilities, with birdstrikes as vivid dramas of that shared space. I consider the implications of birdstrike through a critical essay that curates an audio composition that works through the selection and juxtaposition of found sound material. That material consists of recordings of air traffic control conversions during birdstrike incidents, recorded interviews with a pioneer in the field of forensic ornithology, and several poetry recitations. The recitations include the iconic “aerial image” of a skylark’s flight-song, paired with recordings of the actual bird. The result of the whole is to redirect a tradition of aerial imagination towards a new “pteropoetics” that understands the sky as a habitat shared with others.
ODONTOPHONES
Authors: Martí Ruiz i Carulla  , Sudhanshu Tewari
Published: December 2024

This exposition focuses on an important portion of the Baschets’ work: the use of clamped rods to create complex systems of oscillation. We intend to show the complexity and richness of the Baschet world, as well as proving the efficacy of their theoretical approach that allows anyone (and everyone) to understand and create sound objects. We propose the term odontophones for a wide family of sound sculptures based on the use of clamped rods, as a humorous but serious tribute to the Baschet acoustic system, fostering a finer understanding of a great variety of complex sound devices. In this exposition we offer explanations of the Baschet perspective and audio visual examples to help appreciate how these sound devices work.
Dialectics of Outside and Inside - A Sonic Study of Being through Illness and Isolation
Authors: Mariske Broeckmeyer
Published: December 2024

This essay and audio piece explore how the related experiences of illness and isolation problematize the clear spatial opposition of “outside” and “inside.” Adopting the dialectical models, proposed by French philosopher Gaston Bachelard in his phenomenological study of outside and inside, I aspire to take aural notice on how the migraine sufferer’s sense of space shifts in sync with her sense of self throughout a migraine attack. Composed out of vocal sounds and domestic noises, recorded in and around the house, this piece merges the materiality of the room and voice in a conversation that balances on the edges of meaning. Juxtaposing one unto the other, both self and space get lost in displacement, matter melts and disappears into one roaring drone.
THE COMPLEXITY OF FUNCTIONAL SYNTACTIC STRUCTURES OF SARCASM EXPRESSIONS
Authors: Hasana Nurul , Subiyanto Agus
Published: December 2024

This linguistic research adopted a descriptive qualitative approach that focuses on the syntactic structure of sarcasm expressions. The data for this study were collected from the popular television series Friends, which focused on the character Chandler Bing. Bing was one of the most known characters among various sitcom series with iconic sarcasm. This study aimed to identify the complexity of the syntactic functional structures including adjuncts, specifiers, and complements. Employing the x-bar theory for analysis, the study categorized the collected data into complex adjuncts, complex specifiers, and complex complements, accompanied by their respective x-bar schemas and thorough explanations. The results showed that Bing's sarcastic expressions exhibit complexity across a variety of functional structures with the various word categories as the construction. The most common complex form was identified in the complement structure. This study contributed to a nuanced understanding of syntactic aspects of sarcasm, especially within the linguistic framework of his x-bar theory.