bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies in breastfeeding infant stool following mother’s COVID-19 vaccination
Authors: Stafford Lauren Stewart , Valcarce Vivian , Neu Josef , Mueller Martina , Louis-Jacques Adetola , Vicuna Valeria , Li Nan , Kosik Ivan , Yewdell Jonathan W , Atkinson Mark , Cacho Nicole , Parker Leslie , Cato Emilee , Henry Matthew , Gowen Taylor , Larkin Joseph
Published: January 2023

In December 2020, efficacious COVID-19 vaccines were approved for use and since, millions have been immunized against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19. It is known that administration of the COVID-19 vaccine leads to increased SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies in plasma and human milk. While this increase has been studied, the durability, longevity, and efficacy of these antibodies remains unknown. Historically, human milk serves a vital role in providing protection and nutrients to infants, and with COVID-19 vaccines not approved for children under five, immunity and protection from vaccinated mothers is likely a crucial barrier for infant safety. This study aimed at determining how long these antibodies remain in plasma and milk after COVID-19 vaccination, how effective these antibodies are at neutralizing SARS-CoV-2, and if antibodies are detectable in breastfeeding infant stool after mother has been vaccinated. This study found that concentrations of SARS-CoV-2 specific IgA and IgG decrease over 6 months post vaccine, but remain higher than pre-vaccination levels in plasma and milk. Although post-neutralization efficacy decreased over a 6-month period in plasma, using a pseudo-type vaccine neutralization assay, neutralization efficacy in human milk became more robust over the same period. Notably, we found elevated levels of SARS-CoV-2 specific IgA and IgG and neutralization within the stool of breastfeeding infants, post COVID vaccination compared to pre-COVID stool. Although further studies will be needed to determine the full extent of this passive immunity, these studies implicate the maternal/infant transfer of neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies through human milk subsequent to vaccination.

Supported by Children’s Miracle Network
Cationic liposomes containing a TLR4 agonist promote the efficient development of cellular immunity against SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein in a subunit vaccine.
Authors: Lathrop Stephanie K , Amin Hardik H , Davison Clara J , Partlow Haley A , Lorentz Elizabeth K , Burkhart David J , Evans Jay T
Published: January 2023

Subunit vaccines require an adjuvant, as protein antigens alone provoke a very poor immune response. Liposomes can be used to deliver an adjuvant, particularly when it is an amphipathic molecule such as a toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 agonist. TLR4 engagement causes the release of cytokines known to skew the immune response towards Th1-mediated cellular immunity, making it attractive for use in viral vaccines. Additionally, liposomes formulated with a TLR4 agonist can be neutral, positive, or negative in charge, further affecting the immune response. We tested the effect of liposome composition and charge on the immune response against the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein following vaccination with recombinant Spike trimers and liposomes containing a synthetic TLR4 agonist in mice. Anti-Spike antibody titers were modestly boosted by neutral liposomes, but charged liposomes increased it further. Control groups given liposomes without the TLR4 agonist demonstrated that cationic liposomes alone boosted antibody titers, but gave a strikingly different T cell response. These liposomes evoked a strongly Th2-associated immune profile, with high IgG1 levels and T cells that released IL-5 when stimulated ex vivo. In contrast, the TLR4-stimulating cationic liposomes resulted in high IgG2c levels, along with strong production of IFNγ, some IL-17, and no IL-5 by restimulated T cells. Interestingly, despite similar antibody titers, serum from groups given the TLR4-stimulating liposomes more effectively prevented Spike binding to ACE-2 than that of the control groups in pseudoneutralization assays. These data show a beneficial effect of TLR4-stimulating cationic liposomes on the anti-viral cellular immune response in subunit vaccines.

Supported by a supplement to NIH Adjuvant Discovery Contract 75N93019C00045
Comparison of outcomes in three surgical techniques for proximal hypospadias: staged transverse preputial island flap urethroplasty versus single-stage repairs
Authors: Wang Yu-Si , Song Hong-Cheng , Liu Pei , Fang Yi-Wei , Zhang Wei-Ping
Published: January 2023

To evaluate and compare the outcomes and complications of three different surgical techniques for treating primary proximal hypospadias with ventral curvature (VC) ≥30°, we retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients who underwent primary repair of proximal hypospadias with VC ≥30° after degloving at Beijing Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University (Beijing, China) from January 2019 to January 2021. A total of 152 patients were divided into three groups: transverse preputial island flap (TPIF) combined with Duplay, modified Koyanagi, and staged TPIF, which were performed on 55, 16, and 81 patients, respectively. A total of 39 (25.7%) patients had complications. Complications rates were similar for the TPIF combined with the Duplay group (40.0%) and modified Koyanagi group (50.0%) but lower for the staged TPIF group (11.1%; P < 0.01). The incidence of urethrocutaneous fistulas was significantly higher in TPIF combined with Duplay group (21.8%) compared to staged TPIF group (4.9%; P = 0.01). In univariate analysis, the length of the urethral defect was the single factor that could predict complications; the cutoff was 4.55 cm. More patients in the long urethral defect group than in the short one had complications (34.1% vs 15.7%, P = 0.01). These results indicate that staged TPIF produced a better outcome, whereas more patients in the TPIF combined with Duplay group presented with two or more complications.
Diagnostic and prognostic significance of miRNA-511 and miRNA-16 expressions in adult patients with B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Authors: El Sorady Manal , Elhadidi Abeer , Gallab Omar , Eldabah Nermeen , Elbahoty Mohamed Halaby
Published: January 2023

Background

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a neoplastic disease that results from multistep somatic mutations in a single lymphoid progenitor cell. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are critical regulators of gene expression, tumor suppression, and oncogenesis.

Aim

To evaluate miRNA-511 and miRNA-16 expression in Egyptian adult patients with B-ALL.

Patients and methods

A total of 37 newly diagnosed adult patients with B-ALL admitted to Alexandria Main University Hospital in 2019 were included. Complete blood count, bone marrow aspiration, immunophenotyping, BCR-ABL testing, karyotyping, miRNA extraction using miRNeasy Mini followed by cDNA synthesis AQ6 (RQ-PCR combines cDNA synthesis from RNA templates using miScript II RT kit), and finally real-time PCR for miRNA-511 and miRNA-16 expression were among the investigations that were conducted.

Results

Mean age of patients with ALL was 30.65 ± 10.39 years, with male to female ratio of 1.4 : 1. Cytogenetic findings showed that only three patients had favorable risk, and the rest were either intermediate risk (19) or high risk (15). Among the high-risk group, there were 11 patients with Philadelphia chromosome (BCR-ABL 190) positive. Regarding the expression of miRNAs, most patients showed overexpression of both miRNA-16 and miRNA-511. MiRNA-511 was overexpressed in 81.1% (30) patients; among these patients, 43.3% (13) had adverse cytogenetic findings. MiRNA-16 was overexpressed in 70.3% (26) of patients, and half of them (13) had adverse cytogenetic findings. receiver operating characteristic curves showed diagnostic significance in B-ALL for miRNA-16, with sensitivity of 75.7% and specificity of 80%, and for miRNA-511, sensitivity was 89.2% and specificity was 90% (P<0.05).

Conclusion

MiRNA-16 and miRNA-511 were significantly overexpressed in adult patients with B-ALL. They have a role in diagnosis but a weak role in patient prognosis.
Platelet glycoprotein VI genetic polymorphism T13254C in neonatal sepsis
Authors: Labib Marina Mounir William , Saadeldin Abeer Attia , El-Farrash Rania Ali , Hassan Mona Fathey Abdelfattah , ElSakhawy Yasmin Nabil , Abou Elwafa Menna Allah Zakaria Mohammad Ali
Published: January 2023

Background

Neonatal sepsis is a global burden, being a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Platelet glycoprotein VI (GPVI) affects sepsis at multiple stages of the inflammatory response. The expression of the GPVI receptor is genetically determined, thus influencing the coagulation processes. The authors focused in this study on the role of platelet GPVI genetic polymorphism T13254C (rs1613662) in neonatal sepsis in relation to other risk factors, laboratory tests, sepsis progression, and outcome.

Methods

The authors studied 50 neonates with early-onset sepsis. The authors detected platelet GPVI T13254C polymorphism using the TaqMan allelic discrimination method by the real-time polymerase chain reaction technique.

Results

The results showed that GPVI mutant polymorphic group was associated with higher D-dimer levels (P=0.032). Moreover, septic neonates with mutant homozygous type showed poor survival (P=0.047). However, GPVI mutant polymorphic types were not significantly related to other demographic, laboratory data, and different scoring systems, such as sepsis-induced coagulopathy score, International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis score, and Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology.

Conclusion

The authors found a relation between platelet GPVI T13254C polymorphism and D-dimer levels, hence suggesting a relation with neonatal sepsis-associated coagulopathy, which might further affect patients’ outcome.
Risk Factors for Developing Pressure Ulcers in Neonates and Novel Ideas for Developing Neonatal Antipressure Ulcers Solutions
Authors: Mallick Adarsha Narayan , Bhandari Meghana , Basumatary Bijit , Gupta Shivani , Arora Kamaldeep , Sahani Ashish Kumar
Published: January 2023

Pressure Ulcers (PU) are highly prevalent iatrogenic occurrences among hospitalized adults and neonatal patients. These decubitus ulcers are progressive in nature and are mostly seen in patients that are immobile for prolonged periods, either by virtue of being bedridden or chair bound. The continual pressure on the skin surfaces disrupts blood supply from the subcutaneous regions and leads to the development of PUs. Several treatment and prevention protocols have been defined for adult patients. However, there is a dearth of literature available for critically ill pediatrics or neonates and often adult practices are used to treat pressure injuries in them. There is a significant physiological and anatomical difference between the skin of newborns and adults or even older children. The dermal layer of a preterm neonate is <60% of the thickness of an adult and has a much higher susceptibility for developing pressure ulcers. The immune system of premature infants lacks an efficient antigenic specificity, diversity or immunologic memory, making them prone to lethal infections. The study was performed using search engines like PubMed, EMBASE and Google Scholar, with the focus of the search strategy being the breadth rather than the details of the study. Selected keywords were used alone or in combination with each other to retrieve relevant articles. This review focuses on the risk of developing PUs in neonates, explains the currently available solutions of PU prevention in adults, emphasizes the need for neonatal specific solutions and presents novel ideas for developing antisore bed for neonates.
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Health-care Workers About Human Milk Banking in Singapore
Authors: Koh Natalie Yi Ting , Chien Chua Mei , Saffari Seyed Ehsan , Samuel Rajadurai Victor
Published: January 2023

Background:

The use of human milk provides substantial short- and long-term benefits. With the establishment of the first donor human milk bank in Singapore, high-risk preterm and critically ill infants whose mothers have an inadequate milk supply can have access to pasteurized donor human milk.

Materials and Methods:

A self-administered anonymous questionnaire was conducted among doctors and nurses working in the special care unit and neonatal intensive care unit of KK Women's and Children's Hospital. The questionnaire was divided into three main sections, namely, demographics, knowledge assessment, and opinion. The aims of the survey were to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of health-care workers on breast milk donation and milk bank, and to identify any differing perceptions among different racial and ethnic groups.

Results:

A total of 38 doctors and 140 nurses from various racial and religious backgrounds participated in this survey. More than 50% of respondents know the benefits of breast milk over formula milk; however, knowledge of the milk donation process and the effect of pasteurization on donated breast milk can be improved on. In the opinion section, 78.7% of survey respondents were supportive of the human milk bank. Sixty-eight (38.2%) respondents felt that recipients should receive milk from donors of the same race and ethnicity, whereas 56 (31.5%) disagreed and 53 (30%) were neutral.

Conclusion:

Donor human milk banking is well received and supported by health-care workers. Knowledge of milk donation, screening, pasteurization, and storage can be improved on. Further evaluation is required to determine the underlying concerns that different ethnic groups may have.
Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia: A clinical perspective and a brief review
Authors: Patel Gaurav , Bipte Sandip , Narurkar Swati
Published: January 2023

Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) is a benign entity of the breast and typically found incidentally or as a palpable mass. It usually affects women in the reproductive age group. In men, it is associated with gynecomastia. While the exact etiology is unknown, PASH is considered hormonally responsive. The mammography and ultrasonography findings are nonspecific. Grossly, PASH is a well-circumscribed, firm, rubbery mass with solid, homogenous, gray–white cut surface. On histologic examination, it is characterized by the presence of open slit-like spaces in dense collagenous stroma. The spindle cells express progesterone receptors and are positive for vimentin, actin, and CD34. PASH lesions should be surgically excised if increasing in size or associated with symptoms, also in cases of suspicious imaging findings or other lesions are synchronously diagnosed that require excision. In other small incidentally detected asymptomatic cases observation with clinicoradiological follow-up can be considered. It is associated with a good prognosis with no increased risk to develop breast cancer. Hence, the operating surgeon and pathologist should be aware of this not so uncommon entity so that patients are not subjected to unnecessary excision and subsequent physical and mental morbidity associated with it. In this article, we present a case report and also provide a brief review of the sparse literature on PASH, discussing clinical presentation, etiology and pathogenesis, radiopathological features, differential diagnosis, and the implications for further patient management and prognosis.
Topical Immunotherapy for Alopecia Areata
Authors: Motamedi Melika , Bapujib Kush , Dhaliwal Navdeep
Published: January 2023

Alopecia areata (AA) is an autoimmune disorder that involves the destruction of anagenic hair follicles, resulting in non-scarring patchy hair loss. The patient presented in the following case had not seen improvement by use of conventional treatments and was started on topical immunotherapy, diphenylcyclopropenone (DPCP). This agent is commonly left as a last resort due to its constant need for follow-up, clinician-required administration, and risk of adverse effects. The following case presents a titration schedule using DPCP, resulting in minimal adverse effects and dramatic improvement in hair regeneration.
Protocol of Kasr Al-Ainy’s Phototherapy Unit-Cairo University for the management of photo-responsive skin diseases-part 2
Authors: El-Mofty Medhat A. , Mostafa Wedad Z. , Esmat Samia M. , Youssef Randa M. , Bosseila Manal A. , Mahgoub Doaa M. , Nagui Noha A. , Elramly Amany Z. , Mashaly Heba M. , Hegazy Rehab A. , El-Hawary Marwa S. , Hussein Marwa F. , Elmasry Maha F. , Shalaby Suzan , Said Eman R. , Ibrahim Sarah , Mogawer Rania M.
Published: January 2023

One of the most commonly used and effective lines of treatment in chronic skin diseases is phototherapy. A protocol of the Kasr Al-Ainy Phototherapy Unit has been proposed for the treatment of different dermatological diseases such as psoriasis, mycosis fungoides, and vitiligo based on the best current research-based guidelines and the experience of the phototherapy team. This protocol is the cornerstone of the everyday practice in Kasr Al-Ainy Phototherapy Unit and the authors believe that dermatologists dealing with such diseases in their hospitals or clinics can find it helpful and applicable to get better results with their patients. In part 2, the specific measures of the protocol for phototherapeutic management of different skin diseases will be discussed.
Research on Communication Technology of OPGW Line in Distribution Network under Interference Environment
Authors: Li Bo , Huang Meiqin , Zhang Huanyu , Lin Mi , He Shuyi , Chen Liming
Published: January 2023

In optical fiber composite overhead ground wire (OPGW) networks, the current monitoring is mainly through installing electronic sensors on the cable and manually monitoring the video on the cable, where the interference plays an important role in the communication and monitoring based systems. In essence, the interference arises from aggressive frequency reuse, especially in the frequency-limited Internet of Things (IoT) networks. The existence of interference causes a negative effect on the system performance of communication systems and IoT networks including the OPGW networks. Hence, this article investigates the communication technology of OPGW line in distribution network under interference environment, where there is one primary link, one secondary link, and one legitimate monitor listening to the secondary link. The secondary user needs to transmit its message to the secondary receiver under the interference power constrained by the primary node. We firstly define the outage probability of legitimate monitoring based on the data rate, and then analyze the system performance by theoretically deriving a closed-form expression of the outage probability for the OPGW communication under interference environment. Simulation results are finally demonstrated to verify the correctness of the closed-form expression for the OPGW communication under interference environment, and show that the interference has a negative impact on the OPGW communication performance.
Réduction de l’anxiété en compréhension écrite
Authors: Kalińska Sylwia
Published: January 2023

Reduction of reading anxiety

The purpose of this paper is to sensitize teachers to the phenomenon referred to as reading anxiety and to suggest approaches to reading instruction that may reduce anxiety in high-reading-apprehensive language learners. The activities suggested in this paper are based on pedagogically sound approaches to reading instruction and are also appropriate for learners who do not experience reading anxiety.
Le morphème d’insistance meismes en moyen français dans les oeuvres de Christine de Pizan – valeurs et emplois
Authors: Posturzyńska-Bosko Małgorzata
Published: January 2023

Meismes, the morpheme of insistence in Middle French on the basis of Christine de Pizan’s works ‒ values and modes of use

The aim of the present article is to analyze the functioning of the meismes morpheme in Middle French, on the basis of Christine de Pizan’s works, above all the attempt to define and arrange the contexts of occurence of its particular paradigms in the language that demonstrates the features of a hybrid system. The analysis of occurences containing the meismes morpheme shows a co-existence of defensive constructions known in Ancient French altogether with the new, more numerous ones. The use of the meismes morpheme is characterized by a strong regularity and a consequence of applying analogical structures, which constitutes a piece of evidence that the system stabilizes, and even codifies itself.
Un enterrement à Paris de Gustave Flaubert (L’Éducation sentimentale, 1869)
Authors: Kocik Agnieszka
Published: January 2023

“A Burial at Paris” by Gustave Flaubert (Sentimental Education, 1869)

The paper focuses on the passage on the burial of the banker Dambreuse in chapter IV of the third part of Sentimental Education (L’Éducation sentimentale, 1869) where there is a portrayal of the path from the final illness to the agony and, above all, to the tomb of a rich Parisian. The funerary scenography that Gustave Flaubert sets in this scene radicalises the break with the intimate code of death. It deprives the deceased of the role of protagonist of the drama to make room for the public management of death: the gestures and parades that regulate the ritual, beyond the collective and spiritual investment in death.
Gli scritti italiani di Edvige Toeplitz Mrozowska sulla realtà sovietica in Asia Centrale e sulla rivoluzione bolscevica
Authors: Gurgul Monika
Published: January 2023

The Italian writings of Edvige Toeplitz Mrozowska on Soviet Central Asia and the Bolshevik revolution

The aim of the paper is to answer the question about the attitude of Edvige Toeplitz Mrozowska to the Soviet revolution with which she entered in a direct contact during her travel to Tajikistan in 1929. In the period between 1930‒1933 she devoted two texts, important in her literary output, to the revolution and the reality of Soviet Central Asia. The first is an account of the expedition to the Pamir Mountains led by Mrozowska, and, apart from the geographical subject matter typical of such texts, it contains observations regarding socialist changes in the newly established Tajikistan, while the second one is not only a collection of sketches related to the analysis of revolutionary reality, but also a kind of project with historical and even historiosophical aspirations.
Les anabases de Saint-John Perse et de Zbigniew Herbert
Authors: Jasionowicz Stanisław
Published: January 2023

The Anabases of Saint-John Perse and Zbigniew Herbert This article deals with the motif of “anabasis” in the poetry of Saint-John Perse and the Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert. The former, a poet and diplomat, gave this title to a poem written in the early 1920s, before he stepped onto the stage of international politics of the interwar period. It, in a way, anticipates his professional and existential choices. Herbert’s “Anabasis” appeared in 1983 in his collection of poems entitled Raport z oblężonego miasta [Report from a Besieged City]. Although two generations and vastly different geopolitical points of origin separate the authors of these poems, both writers left their “small homelands” (Guadeloupe, Lwów), to become witnesses to history filled with socio-political events in the face of which they could not remain neutral. Saint-John Perse began his own poetic “anabasis” in 1940, as an “exile” having escaped to the USA. Zbigniew Herbert published his “Anabasis” in a time when communist Poland would, once again (following the institution of Martial Law in 1981), would confirm his “internal exile.” Personal contexts aside, the “anabases” of Perse and Herbert represent a search for the “right word” which anticipates the script of existence or which is a meditation on exile, expressing through modern poetic means the desire to recover, or constantly (re)construct, their imaginative and spiritual homelands.
Literary Cousins of Reservation Dogs : A Comparative Analysis of Works by Louise Erdrich and Sherman Alexie
Authors: Gondor-Wiercioch Agnieszka
Published: January 2023

Literaccy kuzyni „Reservation dogs”: analiza komparatystyczna utworów Louise Erdrich i Shermana Alexie Artykuł przedstawia analizę komparatystyczną współczesnej prozy rdzennych Amerykanów (powieści Love Medicine i The Bingo Palace Louise Erdrich oraz wyboru opowiadań The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Shermana Alexiego) oraz serialu Reservation Dogs Taiki Waititi i Sterlina Harjo. Celem artykułu jest wykazanie podobieństw na poziomie konstruk­cji młodych bohaterów w tekstach literackich i dziele filmowym z uwzględnieniem takich kategorii jak dekonstrukcja stereotypów Indian, humor umożliwiający przetrwanie (survival humor – Lincoln 1993) oraz kwestii gatunkowych. Ta ostatnia kategoria obejmuje opowieści o dojrzewaniu, opowieści drogi, opowieści o powrocie do domu (homing novels – Bevis 1987) oraz realizm magiczny. Wykorzystana metodologia to studia kulturowe, postkolonializm i postmodernizm. Autorka artykułu zamierza wykazać, że wiele środków stylistycznych wykorzystanych do konstrukcji postaci w serialu Reservation Dogs pojawiło się znacznie wcześniej w kanonicznych utworach współczesnej prozy rdzennych Amerykanów i twórcy serialu wydają się podejmować inteligentny dialog z tradycją literacką, ponieważ podobnie stawiają na afirmację współczesnej kultury indiańskiej, podkreślają jej związki z popkulturą i bardzo często wprowadzają czarny humor, oddając rdzennym Amerykanom sprawczość i kontrolę nad własną opowieścią. ABSTRACT The article is a comparative analysis of contemporary Native American fiction (Louise Erdrich’s novels Love Medicine and The Bingo Palace, Sherman Alexie’s short story collec­tion The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven), and the series Reservation Dogs by Taika Waititi and Sterlin Harjo. The aim of the article is to indicate similarities in the construction of young protagonists of the selected literary texts and the series, with an emphasis on Indian stereotype deconstruction, survival humour and the genres. This last category encompasses bildungsroman, road novel/story, homing novel/story and magical realism. The methodology used in the article includes cultural studies, postcolonialism and postmodernism. The author of the article wants to argue that many stylistic devices used in the character construction in Reservation Dogs have appeared much earlier in the canonical works of Native American fiction and Waititi and Harjo seem to enter into an intelligent dialogue with the literary tradition because similarly to it, they affirm contemporary indigenous culture, stress its connection with popular culture and very often introduce the black humour which turns Native Americans into subjects of their narratives and gives them back control over their own stories.
Fashion Writing in Women’s Magazines of Interwar Poland : Influences of the American Press
Authors: Idem Magdalena
Published: January 2023

Dziennikarstwo modowe w czasopismach dla kobiet w międzywojennej Polsce: wpływy amerykańskiej prasy

Artykuł przedstawia wpływ amerykańskiego dziennikarstwa modowego na polski rynek magazynów o modzie w okresie międzywojennym. Głównym jego celem jest zidentyfiko­wanie instrumentarium opisu mody w międzywojennych polskich magazynach o modzie lub w modowych rubrykach pism kobiecych oraz zmapowanie ich wariantywności według dwóch kategorii: elitarystycznej i demokratyzującej. W ramach tych kategorii omówione zostaną strategie opisu tekstualnego i wizualnego takie jak: „magiczne pisanie”, instruk­taże poradnikowe, pisanie ironiczne oraz techniki właściwe dla literatury faktu, stosowane w ramach dyskursu modowego (fashion nonfiction). W badaniu zastosowano metodę opiso­wo-historyczną. Artykuł jest pierwszą w literaturze o dziennikarstwie międzywojennym w Polsce próbą wyeksponowania tezy, że dyskurs modowy w prasie krajowej naśladował sposób, w jaki o modzie pisano w pismach amerykańskich.

This article examines the influence of American fashion journalism on the Polish market of fashion magazines in the interwar period. The main objective is to identify the strat­egies of fashion description in interwar Polish fashion magazines or fashion columns in women’s magazines and to map their variance according to two categories: elitist and democratising. Such tools of textual as well as visual description such as ‘magical writing,’ advice manuals, ironic writing and fashion non-fiction will be discussed. The article is the first attempt in the literature on interwar journalism in Poland to argue that fashion discourse in the domestic press mimicked the way fashion was covered in American fashion magazines.
Twórczość architektoniczna Le Corbusiera w Paryżu a wolność decyzji. Architektura mieszkaniowa
Authors: Pabich Marek , Wierzbicka Anna Maria
Published: January 2023

Autorzy przeprowadzili analizę licznych ograniczeń towarzyszących Le Corbusierowi w pracy zawodowej i ich wpływu na ostateczny kształt budynków mieszkalnych zrealizowanych w Paryżu. Wskazali na źródła tej architektury i omówili rozmaite uwarunkowania, które powodowały zmiany decyzji architekta. W tekście znajdą się spostrzeżenia autorów wynikające z wizyt w obiektach projektowanych przez Le Corbusiera, przybliżona zostanie relacja z inwestorami w trakcie projektowania domów mieszkalnych, ukazany będzie ich stan aktualny oraz przekształcenia, które nastąpiły na przestrzeni XX w. Tekst powstał w wyniku analizy materiałów źródłowych, kwerendy w Fondation Le Corbusier, badań przeprowadzonych in situ i rozmów z użytkownikami.

Architectural work of Le Corbusier in Paris and freedom of decision. Housing architecture

The authors analyzed the numerous limitations accompanying Le Corbusier in his professional work and their impact on the final shape of residential buildings constructed in Paris. At the same time, they point to the sources of this architecture and discuss various conditions that caused changes in the architect’s decisions. The text will include the authors’ observations resulting from visits to the facilities designed by Le Corbusier, the relationship with investors during the design of residential houses will be presented, their current condition and the transformations that have taken place over the twentieth century will be presented. The text was created as a result of the analysis of source materials, a query at Fondation Le Corbusier, research conducted in situ and interviews with users.
Miejsce tabu – miejsce niezbędne. O budowaniu tożsamości osiedla opartego na funkcjach wstydliwych na przykładzie belgijskiego Cureghem
Authors: Kleszcz Justyna
Published: January 2023

Niniejszy artykuł ma na celu przeanalizowanie zjawiska budowania tożsamości miejsca z wykorzystaniem funkcji, które dotychczas leżały w strefie tabu – wywoływały lęk przed śmiercią, nieczystością, rozkładem. Należą do nich cmentarze, szpitale, kostnice, wysypiska śmieci, lecz również obiekty związane z produkcją żywności takie, jak miejskie rzeźnie i związane z nimi hodowle. Jak dotychczas sukcesja funkcji, która następowała wraz z rozwojem technicznym, powodowała, że były one lokowane coraz dalej od terenów śródmiejskich, a ich miejsce zastępowały te, uważane za lepiej spełniające warunek „miejskości”. Obecnie tendencja ta ulega odwróceniu. Przykład osiedla Global Abattoir obrazuje ogólny nurt, w którym następuje odejście od biologicznej sfery życia, w stronę próby budowania tożsamości bez maskowania historycznej roli miejsca. Analizowany przypadek ukazuje jednak szereg skomplikowanych relacji, które muszą zaistnieć, aby zrównoważyć element profanum, sięgający do podświadomych lęków człowieka.

A place of taboo – a necessary place. About building an identity of a housing estate based on shameful functions on the example of Belgian Cureghem

The paper aims to analyze the phenomenon of building an identity of a place using functions that have so far been taboo – caused fear of death, impurity and decay. These include cemeteries, hospitals, morgues, landfills, but also food production facilities such as municipal slaughterhouses and livestock farms. So far, the succession of functions that followed technical development meant that they were located more and more away from downtown areas, and their place replaced those considered to better meet the condition of „urbanity”. This trend is currently being reversed. The example of the Global Abattoir housing estate illustrates the general trend in which there is a departure from the biological sphere of life towards an attempt to build identity without masking the historical role of the place. The analyzed case, however, shows a series of complicated relationships that must occur in order to balance the profane element, reaching out to the subconscious fears of a human being.
Walter Benjamin’in çalışmalarında iletişimin ve tarihin kurucusu olarak dil
Authors: ASLAN Cem Evrim
Published: January 2023

20. yüzyılın önemli düşünürlerinden Walter Benjamin farklı alanlarda yaptığı çalışmalarda Yahudi mistisizminden de etkilenerek dilin kendisini çok önemli bir yerde konumlandırmıştır. Ancak belki de çalışmaları bir izlek üzerinde olmayıp fragmanlar hâlinde yazıldığından dilin bu çalışmalardaki temel düşünceleri nasıl etkilediğine yönelik tartışmalar görece az işlenmiştir. Bu çalışma ise ilgili boşluğa katkı sunabilmek amacıyla Benjamin’in çalışmalarında dilin nasıl yapılandırıldığına ve bu dil yoluyla iletişimin nasıl mümkün kılınmaya çalışıldığına odaklanmaktadır. Nitel araştırma yöntemiyle gerçekleştirilen çalışmada dilin aslında onun hemen tüm eserlerindeki başat sorunlardan biri olduğu ileri sürülerek Benjamin’in perspektifinden bu dilin kurulmasındaki temel teolojik ve felsefî noktaların birbirleriyle bağlantıları ortaya çıkarılmaya çalışılmıştır. Sonuç olarak da dilin kendi başına iletişimi mümkün kıldığı, ancak bu dilin gündelik dilden farklı olarak Yahudi mistisizmindeki kutsal yaratım ânına gönderme yaparak temellendiği görülmüştür. Bu yaklaşımda dil, nesneleri kendi adlarıyla çağırdığından Benjamin’de iletişimin araç değil, amaç olarak yapılandırıldığı görülmüştür.
Preparation of Carboxymethyl Cellulose from Musa paradisiaca Pseudo Stem Using an Alkaline Treatment
Authors: Gopal Vijayaraghavan , Dharmarajan Dharani Dharan , Sivalingam Sivamani
Published: January 2023

Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) extraction from Musa paradisiaca (MP) pseudo stem by alkaline treatment and their properties were examined in the current research work. One of the most well-known types of lignin biomass waste that is readily available globally is MP. In many nations, including Taiwan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, India, and the Philippines, these plants have been used for traditional reasons. Whole plant parts have been used as food, including the pseudo-stem, flower buds, trunk, fruits, and leaves. Sequestration of cellulose was attained by alkaline treatment and bleaching from raw fibers. Cellulose fiber is a biodegradable, naturally occurring, and renewable polymer that is used in a variety of industries, including the food, paper, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical sectors. The cellulose obtained from forest and agricultural residue has numerous advantages such as being environmentally safe, recyclable, and economically feasible respectively. The main process of cellulose extraction from MP pseudo stem are digesting process using a digester, bleaching, and neutralization which shows a zero-waste process. The alkali treatment takes less time to get a final product whereas enzyme treatment, and steam explosion treatment takes high energy and more cost. Hence, cellulose extract from alkaline treatment is economically feasible and environmentally friendly.
VeR Y RIESGO DE LIQUIDEZ EN CARTERAS DE ACCIONES EN TIEMPOS DE TURBULENCIAS FINANCIERAS
Authors: Vasquez Tejos Francisco Javier , Pape Larre Hernán Marcelo
Published: January 2023

Estudiamos si el riesgo de liquidez tiene una incidencia en la rentabilidad y riesgo de carteras de acciones en periodos de turbulencias financieras. En base a 30 acciones de empresas chilenas del período 2018-2020, se construyeron seis carteras compuestas por 5 acciones de empresas. La conformación se basó en acciones de diferentes sectores económicos. Se estimaron el valor en riesgo (VeR) con diferentes metodologías. Se verificó que las turbulencias del mercado afectaron a todas las carteras en forma similar; sin embargo, se observó que el riesgo de liquidez incrementa todas las potenciales pérdidas para todos los períodos y todas las carteras, reflejando la importancia de incorporar el riesgo de liquidez en la estimación del valor en riesgo.
ESTRATEGIAS DE REINSERCIÓN LABORAL PARA PERSONAS EN SITUACIONES DE MENDICIDAD EN LA CIUDAD DE GUAYAQUIL, MEDIANTE EL ESTUDIO DE CASOS EXITOSOS
Authors: Quinteros Nathalie , Mora Doménica
Published: January 2023

Dentro de una sociedad donde buscamos cumplir con los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible planteamos estrategias de reinserción laboral para personas en situación de mendicidad habitantes en la ciudad de Guayaquil, mediante el estudio de casos exitosos. Así dar solución al primer ODS, fin de la pobreza. La investigación primaria reveló la complejidad de este trabajo, la colaboración de las empresas es fundamental para el éxito en la aplicación de las estrategias planteadas. Sin embargo, existe la aporofobia que es el rechazo al pobre que impide en muchas circunstancias que las empresas privadas den este paso hacia la reinserción. La metodología design thinking fue pieza clave para este estudio donde no existe guía clara para su resolución. Cada una de sus fases, empezando desde empatizar hasta testear aportaron a la construcción y mejora de las estrategias planteadas. Para la presente investigación fueron necesarias la utilización de investigaciones, entrevistas y encuestas las cuales aportaron a la construcción más completa de las estrategias de reinserción plasmadas en el presente trabajo. Los resultados obtenidos fueron satisfactorios de parte de todos los actores involucrados en el estudio del presente trabajo. Pero se necesita verdadero compromiso para que el modelo funcione. Para concluir plasmamos los beneficios encontrados con la aplicación de este modelo.  En primer lugar, la economía de Guayaquil se verá beneficiada porque pasan a ser elementos económicamente activos, la tasa de delincuencia decrecería ya que la pobreza es la principal causa de esta, la imagen empresarial mejora debido a que reportan buenas prácticas de responsabilidad social, la rotación de personal disminuye porque se desarrolla gratitud a la organización, y sobre todo que una persona más está teniendo una vida digna.
Pluralism and ownership concentration in digital newspaper and online news
Authors: Faustino João Paulo de Jesus
Published: January 2023

The main objective of this research is to measure the concentration in the Portuguese online news segment, and to evaluate the extension to which this situation may be compromising fundamental social values: diversity of voices, freedom of speech and right of access to information. The author will resort to market indicators, namely unique users, number of pages visited, time spent and advertising revenues. Additionally, we will measure the level of concentration in online newspapers and compare it with the correspondent offline newspaper version. We will try to demonstrate that it is important to have a holistic perspective of the media market, considering the country context, to understand some local characteristics and the market structure, as well as the political, economic, social and technological dynamics.
StatisticalLY τ-Bounded Operators on Ordered Topological Vector Spaces
Authors: AYDIN ABDULLAH , ÇINAR MUHAMMED
Published: January 2023

In this paper, we introduce statistical bounded sets on topological vector space. Also, we give the three notions of bounded operators from topological vector spaces to ordered topological vector spaces. Moreover, we show some relations between these operators and order bounded operators. Also, we give some algebraic properties of these operators with respect to the uniform convergence topology.
SPINOR DESCRIPTION OF B-DARBOUX EQUATIONS
Authors: ÜNAL DOĞAN , ÜNLÜTÜRK YASİN
Published: January 2023

In this study, spinor representations of the curves on surfaces have been expressed via B-Darboux frame in Euclidean space E^3. The relation between Darboux and B-Darboux frame has been established according to their spinor formulations. Moreover, all these spinor characterizations have been interpreted in the meaning of Darboux frame (via the curvatures) in Euclidean 3-space. Finally, an application has been presented about the characterizations of the relations between the B-Darboux frame and the spinors.
ON THE HASIMOTO SURFACES IN EUCLIDEAN 3-SPACE
Authors: KAYMANLI GÜL UĞUR , EKICI CUMALI , KOÇAK MAHMUT
Published: January 2023

In the present study, we work on the Hasimoto surfaces in three-dimensional Euclidean space by using q-frame. Calculating the coefficients of fundamental forms, we present Gaussian and mean curvatures of these Hasimoto surfaces. Lastly, we find some characterization of parameter curves of these Hasimoto surfaces.
CHARACTERIZING THE PAINTED WALL RELIEFS FROM THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ROCK TOMBS OF MEIR AT ASSIUT, EGYPT
Authors: HUSSEIN MOHAMED , MAHMOUD HUSSEIN MAREY , BRANIA ATEF
Published: January 2023

The present research was designed to characterize the main components of ancient Egyptian wall reliefs of Meir rock tombs at Assiut of Egypt using severalµ-destructive analytical methods. The microscopic characterization included optical examination on painted surfaces and petrographic examination on thin sections of rock fractions. The morphology of pigments and their chemical structure were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM-EDX). Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used for the investigation of the molecular composition of the render layer and the blue pigment. The mineralogical composition by X-ray diffractometry (XRD) helped to study the stone, underlying preparation layer, and some pigments. The results showed that the petrographic features of the rock samples are based mainly on fine calcite grains. The identified pigments were Egyptian blue (synthetic cuprorivaite), red ochre (iron oxides and clay minerals), and carbon black. While for the green colour, a mixture of Egyptian blue and yellow ochre was created. Since the materials used in the abovementioned tombs were never been previously analyzed, this research will be a valuable start for a future complex study related to painting materials used in the Meir necropolis of ancient Egypt
Effect of Pretreatment and Composition of Trichoderma Viride and Zymomonas Mobilis Consortium on Bioethanol Production from Leaf Litter
Authors: Safari Wulan Fitriani , Syafaat Mohamad
Published: January 2023

Bioethanol is an alternative biofuel that is widely produced in bulk to replace and complement petroleum-based fuels. Bioethanol is produced through the alcoholic fermentation of sucrose or simple sugars. One of the potential source for bioethanol production that has not been studied is leaf litter. Various studies have shown that T. viride and Z. mobilis can be used for bioethanol production, but there has been no report on the production of bioethanol from leaf litter using a consortium of T. viride and Z. mobilis using the SSF method. This study aims to examine the effect of pretreatment and composition of the consortium of T. viride and Z. mobilis on the production of bioethanol from leaf litter. Leaf litter was dried and mashed, then pretreatment was carried out with 32% NH3 solution. The bioethanol production process using the SSF method uses a consortium of T. viride and Z. mobilis with a composition of 5%: 5%, 10%: 5%, 5%: 10% and 10%: 10% (w/v). SSF was carried out for 72 hours at a temperature of 35oC and pH 5. The bioethanol was purified by distillation and the ethanol content was tested with GCMS. Higher levels of bioethanol were found in leaf litter with pretreatment than without pretreatment. The highest ethanol content (0.6721%) was obtained from SSF with consortium composition of T. viride : Z. mobilis (10% : 10%) from leaf litter with pretreatment. Pretreatment and composition of the consortium T. viride and Z. mobilis affect the production of bioethanol from leaf litter.
STRESS AKADEMIK MAHASISWA SEMESTER AWAL DAN MAHASISWA SEMESTER AKHIR: STUDI KOMPARATIF DALAM SITUASI PEMBELAJARAN DARING
Authors: Putri Prahastia Kurnia , Risnawati Erna , Avati Popi
Published: January 2023

Pandemi COVID-19 masih berlangsung di Indonesia dan metode pembelajaran di jenjang Perguruan Tinggi masih belum sepenuhnya berubah. Metode blended learning yang diterapkan sebagian menyasar pada mahasiswa tingkat pertengahan yang melakukan praktikum, namun belum menyasar pada mahasiswa semester awal yang baru memasuki bangku perkuliahan dan juga mahasiswa tingkat akhir yang memerlukan interaksi intens dengan subjek penelitian dan juga dosen pembimbing. Kesulitan yang dihadapi dua kelompok ini rentan mengakibatkan stress akademik. Penelitian ini bermaksud untuk melihat perbandingan stress akademik antara mahasiswa tingkat awal dan mahasiswa tingkat akhir. Partisipan dalam penelitian ini adalah 45 orang mahasiswa tingkat awal (semester 1-2) dan 45 orang mahasiswa tingkat akhir yang sudah mengambil tugas akhir (semester 7 ke atas). Instrumen dalam penelitian ini adalah Student-Life Stress Inventory milik Gadzella (1994) yang terdiri dari 51 item dengan alpha Cronbach = .945. Hasil yang diperoleh dalam penelitian ini, tidak terdapat perbedaan stress akademik antara mahasiswa tingkat awal dan tingkat akhir. Ketika dilakukan kategorisasi tingkat stres, diketahui bahwa sebanyak 70% mahasiswa memiliki tingkat stress di kategori tinggi. Uji matriks korelasi antar kedua jenis stress akademik, yaitu stressor dan reaksi stress, diperolah hasil bahwa dimensi perubahan berkorelasi paling tinggi dengan reaksi stress, dan dimensi yang paling berkorelasi dengan stressor adalah emosional.
KEPUASAN HUBUNGAN ROMANTIS PADA WANITA DEWASA AWAL YANG MENJALIN HUBUNGAN PACARAN JARAK JAUH (STUDI DESKRIPTIF)
Authors: Chrisnatalia Maria , Ramadhan Fernanda Ajeng Egi
Published: January 2023

Wanita dewasa awal yang sedang menjalin hubungan pacaran jarak jauh akan merasakan kepuasan hubungan romantis saat bersama dengan pasangan secara langsung, namun tidak jarang ada halangan yang membuat untuk menjauh dan menjalin hubungan pacaran jarak jauh. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui gambaran kepuasan hubungan romantis pada wanita dewasa awal yang menjalin hubungan pacaran jarak jauh. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dengan sampel penelitian sebanyak 78 responden yang sedang menjalin hubungan pacaran jarak jauh. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan purposive sampling dan teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah uji dekriptif. Hasil uji dekriptif diperoleh hasil bahwa variabel kepuasan hubungan romantis memiliki kategori tinggi dan aspek cinta memiliki kategori sangat tinggi. Hasil analisis diketahui bahwa subyek dalam penelitian ini memiliki kombinasi kognisi, emosi dan perilaku yang dapat menunjukan rasa cinta kepada pasangan walaupun terkendala jarak dan ruang.
The Market Reaction to Stock Split Announcement
Authors: Firda Indriani Bella
Published: January 2023

This study aims to examine the market reaction to the stock split announcement. The market reaction in this research will be proxied with abnormalities that occur around the day of the stock split announcement. This study also examines the relationship between firm size and abnormal returns around the day of the stock split announcement. The population in this study are companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange that announced a stock split from 2012-2019. By using purposive sampling, the total sample used in this study was 72 companies. This study's results indicate an abnormal return around the day of the stock split announcement. This study also shows a negative but insignificant relationship between firm size and abnormal returns around the day of the stock split announcement.