bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The possibilities of optimizing health work at the university on the basis of interaction between the departments of physical culture and the student sports club
Authors:   Volgograd State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Tkacheva Nadezhda D. , Maksimova Svetlana Yu. ,   Volgograd State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Katrenko Victoria A. ,   Volgograd State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Published: November 2023

The content of the article highlights the experience of interaction between the Department of Physical Culture and Health and the student sports club of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Volgograd State Medical University” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (VolgSMU). Its purpose is to reveal the algorithms and the resources of interaction between these structural units of the university, to describe the possibilities of optimizing recreational work with the students. The materials are collected on the basis of methods of analysis and generalization of the conducted educational, recreational and sports-mass work. The description of the human, material, and financial resources is given. The authors identify the leading functional capabilities of the department and the sports club in the course of optimizing health work.
Outdoor games as a component of cultivation students-wrestlers’ physical qualities
Authors:   National Research University “Moscow Power Engineering Institute”, Dubatovkin Vladislav I. , Makarova Elina V. ,   Moscow Polytechnic University
Published: November 2023

Martial arts classes offer the involvement of students in the pedagogical process aimed at mastering knowledge, skills and abilities, the development of model characteristics reflecting the properties and the athlete’s level of readiness, and allowing to achieve the best results. Model characteristics are based on the most significant in training of wrestlers goals and targets that reflect the sportsmen’s objective level, a logically correct theory of sports training, methods of teaching techniques at different stages of training athletes. The modern model of an athlete-wrestler includes the following indicators: characteristics of the training process (intensity and volume of loads), and the level of preparedness (tactical, technical, physical and psychological). Not the least role in the development of modern wrestlers’ physical qualities is played by properly selected outdoor games included in the plan of the training process. An important component in the selection of outdoor games is the development of such physical qualities as strength, endurance, agility, flexibility, speed. It is proved experimentally in the article.
Anti-Quorum Sensing and Anti-Biofilm Activity of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Rhizomes against Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Authors: Kumar Sagar Pankaj , Sharma Poonam , Singh Rambir
Published: November 2023

Background: The aim of this study was to determination of Anti-Quorum Sensing (AQS) and anti-biofilm potential of the methanol extract of ginger (Zingiber officinale) rhizomes against multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa).
Methods: The AQS activity of ginger was determined against Chromobacterium violaceum (C. violaceum) ATCC 12472 (CV12472), a biosensor strain, in qualitative manner using the agar well diffusion method. The violacein pigment inhibition was assessed to confirm AQS activity of ginger. The AQS potential of sub-minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (sub-MICs) of the ginger extract was determined by targeting different QS regulated virulence factors, including swarming motility (using swarm diameter measurement method), pyocyanin pigment (using chloroform extraction method), Exopolysaccharide (EPS) (using phenol-sulphuric acid method), and biofilm formation (using microtiter plate assay), against clinical isolates (CIs 2, 3, and 4) and standard reference strain of P. aeruginosa (PA01).
Results: The AQS activity of methanol extract of ginger was confirmed against C. violaceum (CV12472) as inhibition of violacein pigment formation without effecting the growth of CIs and PA01 of P. aeruginosa. The ginger extract exhibited concentration-dependent inhibition of virulence factors and biofilm formation. The maximum reduction was found in swarming motility, pyocyanin, EPS and biofilm formation against PA01 (51.38%), CI3 (57.91%), PA01 (63.29%) and CI2 (64.37%), respectively at 1/2 MIC of ginger extract.
Conclusion: The results of present study revealed the effective AQS and anti-biofilm potential of Zingiber officinale rhizome methanol extract at a reduced dose (sub-MICs). The extract may be explored further for its antibiotic potential and also for reducing the chances of emergence of resistance in P. aeruginosa.
Green Tea Extract Reduced Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammation in L2 Cells as Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Model Through Genes and Cytokine Pro-Inflammatory
Authors: Priyandoko Didik , Widowati Wahyu , Lenny Lenny , Novianti Sintya , Revika Revika , Widya Kusuma Hanna Sari , Sholihah Ika Adhani
Published: November 2023

Background: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a severe lung inflammatory condition that has the capacity to impair gas exchange and lead to hypoxemia. This condition is found to have been one of the most prevalent in patients of COVID-19 with a more serious condition. Green tea (Camellia sinensis L.) contains polyphenols that possess many health benefits. The purpose of this study was to assess the anti-inflammatory activities of green tea extract in Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced lung cells as ARDS cells model.
Methods: In this study, rat lung cells (L2) were induced by LPS to mimic the inflammation observed in ARDS and later treated with green tea extract. Pro-inflammatory cytokines such as Interleukin (IL)-12, C-Reactive Protein (CRP) as well as Tumor Necrosis Factor-α (TNF-α) were investigated using the ELISA method. Gene expression of NOD-Like Receptor Protein 3 (NLRP-3), Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-product (RAGE), Toll-like Receptor-4 (TLR-4), and Nuclear Factor-kappa B (NF-κB) were evaluated by qRTPCR. Apoptotic cells were measured using flow cytometry.
Results: The results showed that green tea extract treatment can reduce inflammation by suppressing gene expressions of NF-κB, NLRP-3, TLR-4, and RAGE, as well as pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-12, TNF-α, and CRP, an acute phase protein. Apoptosis levels of inflamed cells also found to be lowered when green tea extract was administered; thus, also increasing live cells compared to non-treated cells.
Conclusion: These findings could lead to the future development of supplements from green tea to help alleviate ARDS symptoms, especially during critical moments such as the current pandemic.
Microbiological profile of multidrug resistant bacteria before and during COVID-19 in CHU Mohammed VI
Authors: Bennani Hind , Guennouni Morad , Ouarradi Assia El , Hanchi Asmae Lamrani , Soraa Nabila
Published: November 2023

Background and Objectives: A new type of corona virus has caused Corona virus disease-19 and, subsequently, a global pandemic. All individuals are prone to the disease, so drastic measures were taken to prevent its spread. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on the progression of the antimicrobial resistance rate by comparing two periods: before and during COVID-19.
Materials and Methods: We used a cross-sectional design to investigate the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) rate before (03/2019 to 03/2020) and during COVID-19 (03/2020 to 03/2021) in a University Hospital in Marrakech. The data were analyzed using SPSS Version 25.0.
Results: Among the 7106 specimens, there was a significant increase in the multidrug-resistant bacterial from 27.38% to 35.87% during COVID-19 (p<0.001), particularly in blood culture, cerebrospinal fluid, catheter, and pus. However, there was a non-significant change in puncture fluid, expectoration, protected distal sampling, joint fluid, stool culture, and genital sampling. A decrease in Multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDRB) was observed only in cytobacteriological urine tests (p<0.05). According to species, there was an increase in extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, carbapen- em-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Conclusion: In our study, it is particularly noticeable that the MDRB has increased. These results highlight the importance that the pandemic has not been able to slow the progression.
Distribution of group a Rotavirus circulating in Mashhad, Iran
Authors: Ketabi Kiana , Meshkat Zahra , Soleimanjahi Hoorieh , Teimoori Ali , Tanzadepanah Hamid , Bakhshi Faezeh
Published: November 2023

Background and Objectives: Group A Rotavirus (RVA) is the most important causative agent of acute diarrheal disease in pediatrics 5 years and below. This study aimed to determine the distribution of circulating RVA in Mashhad, Iran to develop health improvement strategies and vaccine decision making.
Materials and Methods: A total of 106 fecal specimens were collected from children admitted to Akbar and Dr. Sheikh referral pediatric hospitals of Mashhad City during the December 2020 to March 2021 and December 2021 to March 2022. All specimens were tested for specific bacterial, parasitic, and amoebic infections. Negative samples were analyzed for RVA infections using the RT-PCR method.
Results: RVA was detected in 31.3% of the specimens, indicating no statistical significance in gender distribution or between fall and winter positivity rates. The number of RVA–positive specimens increased following age increasing in the range of 1 to 60 months.
Conclusion: Today, acute diarrheal disease (ADD) is still caused mostly by Rotavirus infections in pediatrics in Mashhad. Comprehensive studies are needed to determine the genetic diversity of circulating Rotavirus strains in this era.
Cryptococcosis in oncology patients: a case series in a tertiary care cancer centre
Authors: Gangadharan Sagila Savithri , Raveendranath Swapna
Published: November 2023

Cryptococcosis, a relatively uncommon infection in cancer patients is often associated with delayed diagnosis and high fatal- ity rate due to its highly heterogeneous and protean manifestations. Early recognition and initiation of appropriate antifungal therapy might have a favourable outcome in such cases. Here we report three cases of Cryptococcosis among cancer patients in a tertiary care cancer centre in South India.
All three patients were males of different ages at presentation with immunosuppression in the form of solid organ or hemato- logic malignancy and were using immunosuppressive medications like steroids or chemotherapeutic agents. They presented with cryptococcemia and cryptococcal meningitis. Patients with microbiologically proven cryptococcosis had poor outcome in this subgroup of patients.
Frequency of Canalis Sinuosus Canal in the Anterior Region of the Maxilla by CBCT Radiography in Patients Referred to a Private Radiology Center in the Last 2 Years in Yazd City
Authors: Razavi Seyed Hossein , Pourzarabi Dorsa , Entezar-e-Ghaem Mahjube , Namiranian Nasim , Safi Yaser , Pourmohammadi Mohammad
Published: November 2023

Introduction: Canalis Sinuosus (CS) is a bony canal in the upper jaw.  This canal has branches towards the anterior ridge and the teeth, which can be exposed to damage during dental procedures such as implants, resulting in paranesthesia. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of CS in the anterior region of the maxilla by CBCT radiography in a private radiology center in Yazd City in the last 2 years, to familiarize dentists with this anatomical variety and prevent complications.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 218 CBCT images were selected. Images are related to the patients in the age range of 24 to 80 years. Axial, coronal and sagittal sections are reconstructed by an oral and maxillofacial radiologist. The images reviewed by two radiologists. Then, age, sex, frequency, location of the canal ending, bilateral or unilateral, sub-branches and the location of the canal in the vertical and anteroposterior dimension were checked. The results were investigated by SPSS version 16 software with Chi squared and T-test statistical tests.
Results: The reviewed images belonged to 112 (51.4%) women and 106 (48.6%) men. The frequency of CS was 96.3%. The most frequency was found in women in the age of 24-44 years (62.8%). The 95.4% was reported bilaterally. In the examination of the Accessory canals, they were not seen in 141 people (64.7%). The accessory canal (AC) was reported more frequent between central and lateral incisor. In this study, using the Chi-Square test, there was no statistically significant relationship between the presence of CS and age (P=0.188) and gender (P=0.162).
Conclusion: Due to the high frequency of CS and its branches in the anterior region of the maxilla, in order to avoid unwanted consequences during surgery, the desired area should be examined.
Structural Modeling of the Relationship between Spiritual Health with Addiction Tendency in Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Emotional well-being
Authors: Naderifar Nasrin , Akbari Bahman , Sadeghi Abbas
Published: November 2023

Introduction: Over the past few decades, the phenomenon of addiction has increased all over the world for various reasons. The aim of this study was to investigate structural modeling of the relationship between spiritual health with addiction tendency in adolescents with the mediating role of emotional well-being.
Methods: This research was descriptive-correlation based on the model of structural equations. The statistical population of this research included all the male students of the second secondary level of public high schools in Rasht City in the year of 2021. From this community, 300 qualified volunteers have been selected for the study by the multistage cluster sampling method. Three standard questionnaires, including Paloutzian and Ellison Spiritual Well-Being Scale (1982), Keyes and Magyar-Moe subjective well-being (2003), and Mousavi et al Addiction Tendency Scale (2008) were used for data collection. Evaluation of the proposed model was done through structural equations; amos24 software was utilized to analyze the findings.
Results: The results showed that the relationship between spiritual health and addiction tendency, also relationship between emotional well-being and addiction tendency were negative and significant (P<0.01). The relationship between emotional well-being and spiritual health was positive and significant (P<0.01). In the meantime, the indirect path of emotional well-being was significant in the relationship between spiritual health and addiction tendency (p<0.01). Finally, all the fit indexes were at an optimal level.
Conclusion: This research confirms the mediating role of emotional well-being in the relationship between spiritual health and addiction tendency. It is hoped that families and guardian organizations will benefit from the results of this research.
SEGURANÇA DO PACIENTE NO ATO TRANSFUSIONAL: REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA
Authors: Rambo Christiani Andrea Marquesini , Morais Bruna Xavier , Buriol Daniela , Brondani Vivian De Franceschi , Magnago Tânia Solange Bosi de Souza
Published: November 2023

Objetivo: identificar os cuidados para segurança do paciente no ato transfusional. Método: revisão integrativa da literatura, realizada em abril de 2020, nas fontes de dados LILACS, BDENF, Scielo, Pubmed e Scopus. Resultados: os cuidados foram categorizados em três etapas: pré-transfusão, transfusão e pós-transfusão. Na etapa pré-transfusional, identificou-se os cuidados relacionados a correta identificação do paciente; orientação do receptor quanto ao procedimento; avaliação do acesso venoso; verificação dos sinais vitais; e, utilização de equipo próprio para hemocomponentes. Na etapa da transfusão, destacaram-se os cuidados para monitoramento do receptor; identificação de sinais e sintomas de reações transfusionais; e, controle do tempo máximo de infusão. Na etapa pós-transfusão, evidencia-se a verificação de sinais vitais e o registro do procedimento no prontuário do paciente. Conclusão: evidenciou-se que identificar os cuidados no ato transfusional é fundamental para promoção de práticas seguras nesse processo, com vistas à eliminação de falhas evitáveis.
Tranzicija adolescentov s kronično boleznijo prebavil
Authors: Rižnik Petra , Dolinšek Jernej
Published: November 2023

Število bolnikov s kroničnimi boleznimi v razvitem svetu narašča. Nekatere med njimi se razvijejo že v obdobju otroštva in mladostništva. Poleg bremena kronične bolezni in z njo povezanih zapletov je obdobje mladostništva tudi čas, ko zdravstvena obravnava prehaja od pediatra k internistu. Ob tem ne gre zgolj za premestitev bolnika od sistema, osredotočenega na otroka, do sistema, osredotočenega na odraslega, temveč za kompleksen proces, ki se začne zgodaj v času obravnave pri pediatru in stremi k pripravi bolnika na sposobnost neodvisno skrbeti zase ter pomeni postopen prenos odgovornosti s starša na mladostnika. Pediatrična oskrba se od oskrbe odraslih razlikuje predvsem po tem, da gre za multidisciplinaren pristop, ki je osredotočen na družino, in v večini primerov zahteva tesno sodelovanje staršev, obravnava odraslih pa je osredotočena na bolnika in je v glavnem nudena s strani enega zdravnika, pričakuje pa se, da je bolnik ob tem samostojen in neodvisen. Uspešna tranzicija je pomemben del obravnave mladostnika, saj pomaga normalizirati rast in razvoj, spodbuja samostojnost, izboljša komplianco s terapijo in zagotovi ustrezno okolje za kvalitetno nadaljnje življenje. Po drugi strani pa lahko neuspešna tranzicija vodi v neupoštevanje terapije, slabo nadzorovano bolezen s pogostimi poslabšanji, ki predstavljajo velik izziv za izvajalce zdravstvenih storitev.
Prvi stik z motnjami hranjenja, čustveno stisko ali suicidalno ogroženostjo. Kako ravnati?
Authors: Bokalič Melita
Published: November 2023

Duševne motnje pri mladih so pogoste. Pri 10–22 % mladostnikov lahko diagnosticiramo kar eno ali več duševnih motenj. Med najpogostejšimi so čustvene motnje, kamor prištevamo tudi motnje hranjenja z najbolj skrajno obliko anoreksije nervoze, ki zaradi visoke stopnje smrtnosti pri obravnavi zahteva posebno pozornost. Posebno pozornost zahteva tudi obravnava suicidalnega mladostnika, saj samomor predstavlja drugi najpogostejši vzrok smrtnosti med mladimi. Pričujoč prispevek je lahko v pomoč pediatru na primarni ravni pri začetni obravnavi in odločitvi glede nadaljnjih napotitev pri opisanih duševnih težavah.
Duration of the Archive: Soundscapes of Extreme Witnessing in Divya Victor’s Curb
Authors: Myk Małgorzata
Published: November 2023

This paper examines the significance of soundscapes in the Tamil American poet Divya Victor’s reconstruction of the archive of anti-South Asian violence in her acclaimed poetry collection Curb (Nightboat Books, 2021). Being a continuation of the poet’s investigation of the limits of conceptual and “documental” poetics (Michael Leong), advanced in her Natural Subjects, UNSUB and Kith, Curb appropriates public and personal records to critique discrimination against the South Asian community in America’s post-9/11 political landscape. Victor’s poetics enact extreme witnessing, re-establishing the archive’s unheard durations that her modality of the lyric upholds, and recovering locutions of the Indian diaspora eroded or erased by anti-immigrant and anti-Asian racism. Tracing the dynamics of location and locution at the sites of violent events as well as their barely audible frequencies registered in the sequence “Frequency (Alka’s Testimony),” I argue that the archive’s duration in Curb is extended by forms of “sonic agency” (Brandon LaBelle). I further show how, through the poetic work of hearing and sounding (including such techniques as echolocation and ventriloquy), Victor creates a simultaneously critical and lyrical space akin to auditory experience where the text’s multiple durational vectors throw into sharp relief the lives “curbed,” diminished, or destroyed by wounding, fear, and trauma, testifying to the extremity of the very act of witnessing. Finally, focusing on opacity as a fundamental quality of the archive, I also turn to Carolyn Chen’s concrète sound compositions and Amarnath Ravva’s assemblages that traverse Curb, accompanying the poet in collaborative hearing of the archive’s spatial, temporal, and sonic dynamics.
Clark Coolidge’s The Land of All Time: An Affectively Restless Ecopoem
Authors: Siltanen Elina , Guimarães João Paulo
Published: November 2023

Clark Coolidge (1939–) is often connected with language poetry and the New York School. The language of his poetry is opaque and disjunctive, like that of the artists associated with the first group, but it is also energetic, rambling and fast-paced. Curiously, in his most recent book, The Land of All Time (2020), Coolidge displays ecological preoccupations, the first poem in the collection, “Goodbye,” asking us to reflect upon how nature and culture are today nearly indistinguishable: “hark! an ocean as / generator see the wires? me neither oh well / there’s a heat vent somewhere in this wilderness.” In this article, we explore how Coolidge mobilizes his extreme wordiness for ecological purposes, arguing that Coolidge’s The Land of All Time proposes a model for harnessing restless affect for responding to climate change and ecological crises in a way that allows for the exploration of possibilities rather than falling prey to environmental despair. Coolidge is interested in experimenting with how to respond to extreme situations with vibrancy, speed, and flow, aligning the dynamism of language with that of nature.
Delimit / De-limit: Barbara Guest at Kandinsky’s Window
Authors: Coase Hal
Published: November 2023

This essay reads Barbara Guest’s poem “The View from Kandinsky’s Window” from her 1989 collection Fair Realism alongside Wassily Kandinsky’s own theories of form and abstraction. It argues that Guest’s poetic reinvention of historic avant-garde aesthetics on the page can be taken as an exemplary case for new feminist theorizing of the avant-garde as a set of decentered, provisional, and heterogenous practices. Guest’s engagement with Kandinsky is initially situated in the context of Clement Greenberg’s criticisms of the painter throughout the 1940s. According to Greenberg’s formalism, Kandinsky is shown to have “failed” due to his provincialism, eclecticism, and disharmonizing of scale. Guest’s poem can be seen as valuing and accentuating each of these qualities and in so doing it presents a subtle defence of Kandinsky’s aesthetics and becomes an example of the kind of intermedia contamination which Greenberg’s theorizing on “pure” modernist painting had attempted to delimit. Guest’s counter interest in “de-limiting” the work of art—removing boundaries imposed by period, style, and media—is contextualized within debates on the “limit” within avant-garde aesthetics.
Plasticity and the Poetics of Inside-Out Inversion in Emmett Williams and Roman Stańczak
Authors: Sawczuk Tomasz
Published: November 2023

Informed by the current call for a reassessment of the concepts of radicalism and extremity in the fields of literature and visual arts, my study aims to investigate the radicalities entailed by the tactics of turning inside out the materialities of poems and artworks as exemplified, respectively, by Emmett Williams’s concrete poetry and Roman Stańczak’s sculptural works conceptualized as inverted everyday objects. Taking a cue chiefly from Catherine Malabou’s explorations of plasticity, I propose to argue that by destabilizing the interior/exterior dichotomy of the forms belonging to their respective fields, both Williams and Stańczak challenge the commonplaceness, transparency and rigidity of text, sign, and the quotidian object, thus, on the one hand, gesturing towards what the philosopher terms as “the twilight of writing” and, on the other, articulating a need for a more processual and contingent, or plastic as Malabou would have it, way of thinking about literature, art, and life. As I hope to demonstrate, by employing certain strategies to exteriorize the “insides” of the poem (the syntax, the page grid, spacing, or the shape of the grapheme), Williams foregrounds the discursive interplay of the graphic and the plastic, whereas Stańczak’s altered objects foray into inquiries on (the lack of) transcendence. The final part of my analysis seeks to envision political dimensions of both concrete poetry and Stańczak’s visual works as filtered through the lens of plasticity. The implications brought about by plastic reading, as I claim, link with new models of meaning-making and forms of resistance to ideologies of power.
HTML Texts and the Dawn of Asemic Digital Literature: Exploring Dennis Cooper’s Ideas
Authors: Barrows Cameron
Published: November 2023

Dennis Cooper’s HTML texts which use Graphic Interchange Format (GIFs) instead of traditional glyph-based text, exhibit the extremities of our times, both thematically and structurally, through the radical temporality of the GIFs. The digital geometry of these texts is constructed through the juxtaposition of GIFs. This has allowed Cooper to construct and explore a new pictorial language predicated upon metamorphosis, flow, and flux. Cooper’s HTML texts highlight the motifs of human fallibility, contingency, and finitude, culminating in a rejection of the rationalist and idealist conceptions of what a novel is. Focusing on the structural and hermeneutical aspects of the HTML texts, rather than the ephemeral content of the GIFs themselves, allows for the proposition of a new digital hermeneutics and skepticism necessary for literary exegesis in our increasing digital world. Through an examination of the theoretical implications of Cooper’s HTML texts, one can trace the future frontiers of digital literature and its necessary hermeneutics.
The Extremities of Literature: Traumatic Memory in Two Novels by Kazuo Ishiguro
Authors: Trimarco Paola
Published: November 2023

Drawing on Michel Foucault’s description of literature as being from the outside, Catherine Malabou explains that only literature can give us access to the inconceivable space occupied by traumatic experiences. How a literary text opens such a space, one on the extremity of experience and literature itself, involves an understanding of trauma as a neurobiological wound. In this essay I will argue that what Malabou refers to as neuro-literature and her plastic reading of texts provide useful additions to current critical approaches to two of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novels that address traumatic memories. Literary critics have approached the theme of traumatic memory in Ishiguro’s work from psychological positionalities. Using psychology, like neurobiology, already suggests that a literary work can give us access to traumatic experiences. A fuller understanding of traumatic memories as manifested by Ishiguro’s writing is here viewed through the lens of neurobiology which considers the plasticity of the brain and a plastic reading of these literary texts. This paper explores two narratives driven by traumatic memories: Ishiguro’s An Artist of the Floating World (1986) and When We Were Orphans (2000), both of which address the long-term effects brought on by the trauma of war and loss.
Practices of Planetary Relationality in Colum McCann’s Apeirogon
Authors: Goszczyńska Marta
Published: November 2023

For a number of critics, what we are witnessing in postmillennial Anglophone fiction is an attempt to do away with postmodern posturings of ironic distance and ethical non-commitment, and a renewed interest in questions of authenticity, empathy, responsibility and solidarity. According to Christian Moraru, one of the keenest chroniclers of contemporary culture, the shift is rooted in an understanding of the world as an interconnected system of relationality, which the critic discusses under the headings of cosmodernism and planetarity. Moraru locates the premise of this evolving cultural project in its ethical call for “a new togetherness, for a solidarity across political, ethnic, racial, religious, and other boundaries” (Cosmodernism 5), but recognizes it as leaving its imprint on the aesthetic and thematic choices made by contemporary authors. The aim of the paper is to analyze Colum McCann’s 2020 novel, Apeirogon, as indebted to this planetary vision of relationality. In particular, my intention is to trace the impact of this mindset on the narrative structure and the imaginary of the novel.
Harry Styles as a Cecaelia: Sexuality, Representation and Media-lore in “Music for a Sushi Restaurant”
Authors: Giuffre Liz , Hayward Philip
Published: November 2023

The music video for Harry Styles’s 2022 track “Music for a Sushi Restaurant” (directed by Aube Perrie) provides a surprising representation of the pop star (arguably at the peak of his career) appearing as a cecaelia (a monstrous figure with a human head, arms and torso giving way to tentacles around its midriff). The video is notable in two distinct contexts. First, in terms of Styles’s trajectory as a popular music performer who has received intense media attention because of his fan base, artistic persona and ambiguous sexual identity; and second, in terms of the articulation of a relatively minor media-loric (i.e. modern folkloric) entity in a high profile popular cultural context. The article discusses these aspects before moving to an analysis of the music video showing how Styles’s role as a cecaelia serves as a representation of his career position, public profile and desire to assert his creative-industrial agency in the early 2020s. The music video thereby illustrates the potential of media-loric figures to represent complex themes in contemporary cultural discourse.
Abjection of the Other in Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend: The Subject’s Deterrence Strategy for Becoming the Abject
Authors: Mohseni Hossein
Published: November 2023

Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend (1954) is about the volatile relationship between Robert Neville—the sole survivor of the human race—and vampires as the members of a brave new world order. While many critics tend to read the relationship between Robert and the vampires as the colonizer and the colonized, this article sees the need to devise a paradigm to acknowledge the critical merits of all these postcolonial and racial readings without overemphasizing the validity of any of the mentioned readings at the expense of the other. The paradigm shows the journey of a subject who initially thought that he is in absolute control, but later is made to realize that, in his insistence on this position, he is actually being swayed towards marginalization and abjection. At the same time, the initially abject and marginalized vampires assume the position of dominance and normalcy at the end of the novel. In order to reach this understanding, the study draws on Julia Kristeva’s theoretical conceptualization of abjection.
Periodicals and Nation-Building: The Public Sphere, Modernity, and Modernism in Modern Review and Visva Bharati Quarterly
Authors: Singh Akansha
Published: November 2023

The paper analyzes selections from Modern Review and Visva Bharati Quarterly, to study the complex act of nation-building taking place in India during the first half of the twentieth century. Through these periodicals, it discusses three interconnected occurrences that contributed to the envisioning of new India: firstly, the construction of a politically aware public sphere through nationalistic sentiments and anti-imperial internationalism; secondly, India’s localization of modernity as oscillating between the colonial subjects’ reactionary modernity and the colonially administered modernity of domination; and thirdly, the emergence of a modernism that was more immersed in restructuring social and political systems of power than being restricted to formal and aesthetic novelty. Thus, drawing on writings published in Modern Review and Visva Bharati Quarterly, the paper assesses the degree to which the two periodicals realized the identity of new India.
A Case of Extramedullary Plasmacytoma in Both Maxillary Sinuses
Authors: Seo Myeonggu , Park Ji-Hwan , Kim Sung-Dong , Choi Kyung Un , Cho Kyu-Sup
Published: November 2023

Plasmacytoma is a rare hematolymphoid malignancy. The three types of plasmacytoma, according to clinical features and morphological characteristics, include solitary bone plasmacytoma, extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP), and multiple myeloma (MM). Although EMP of the head and neck region accounts for approximately 3% of all plasma cell tumors, the involvement of both paranasal sinuses is extremely rare. Herein, we describe a rare case of EMP involving both maxillary sinuses in a 73-year-old male patient who had achieved complete remission from MM following chemotherapy 2 years ago. The EMP was treated successfully with radiotherapy.
Radiofrequency Ablation and Microdebrider-Assisted Turbinoplasty: 5-Year Postoperative Outcomes
Authors: Yoo Shin Hyuk , Kim Hyo-Yeon , Kim Yoon-Ah , Mo Ji-Hun
Published: November 2023

Background and Objectives: Turbinoplasty may be an option in patients with persistent symptoms of allergic rhinitis (AR) despite adequate medication. The two most frequently used surgical techniques for turbinoplasty are radiofrequency ablation and microdebriderassisted turbinoplasty. This study compared the outcomes of these two surgical techniques and assessed the long-term treatment effects.Methods: This study included patients with AR who underwent turbinoplasty between January 2010 and June 2017. We examined the medication scores, overall treatment satisfaction scores, and medical records. Based on the type of surgery, patients were classified into microdebrider and coblator groups. A telephone survey was conducted to collect data on the 5-year post-treatment efficacy parameters. Scores for allergic symptoms, prescription medicines taken after surgery, and general satisfaction were compared.Results: Of the total 241 patients, 192 (79.7%) and 49 (20.3%) underwent microdebrider-assisted turbinoplasty and radiofrequency ablation turbinoplasty, respectively. Both the microdebrider and coblator groups showed remarkable improvements in AR symptoms at the 5-year follow-up (p<0.001). Although the degree of symptom improvement did not differ significantly between the two groups, the coblator group did show significant improvements in medication scores when compared with the microdebrider group (p<0.05), and there were significant differences in postoperative satisfaction scores between the two groups.Conclusion: In terms of 5-year postoperative outcomes, radiofrequency-ablation turbinoplasty and microdebrider-assisted turbinoplasty were equally beneficial for reducing nasal symptoms and enhancing medication ratings in patients with AR.
A Survey on Biologics for the Treatment of Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps Among Members of the Korean Rhinologic Society
Authors: Cha Hyunkyung , Ryu Gwanghui , Yoo Shin Hyuk , Mo Ji-Hun ,   Study Group for Sinusitis and Polyp, the Korean Rhinologic Society
Published: November 2023

Background and Objectives: In 2021, biologics were approved for treating chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) in Korea. However, CRS is a heterogeneous disease, and its characteristics are thought to differ between Western and Korean populations. This study aimed to evaluate the experiences of members of the Korean Rhinologic Society during the first year of biologic usage for the treatment of nasal polyps.Methods: An anonymous survey consisting of 15 items was conducted from November to December 2021. The survey included questions about participant demographics, use of biologics for treating CRSwNP, and expectations regarding the effectiveness of biologics for treating CRSwNP.Results: In total, 44 members participated in the survey. Approximately half of the respondents were in their 40s (50.0%) and had 5–9 years of clinical experience as otorhinolaryngologists (47.7%). The majority of participants held academic positions (95.4%). About half of them worked in Gyeonggi Province. The utilization of biologics did not differ significantly based on clinical experience (p=0.192). When asked about the factors considered for prescribing biologics, the most common reason was recurrence of polyps after surgery (87.2%). The most frequent reason for discontinuing biologics was cost (48.6%). When asked about the extent to which they expected that the availability of biologics for CRSwNP treatment would reduce endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS), 45.5% of members expected a reduction of approximately 10%–29%. In addition, 20.5% expected a reduction of 50% or more. However, 61.4% expected a reduction of less than 10% in primary ESS. In addition, most respondents (93.2%) agreed with the need for Korea-specific guidelines for biologic treatment.Conclusion: There are discrepancies between the current guidelines for biologic treatment of CRSwNP and the reality of the situation, highlighting the need for the development of Korea-specific guidelines.
Trends in Nasal Septal and Inferior Turbinate Surgery in Korea From 2010 to 2022
Authors: Kim Taehee , Kim Jin Kook , Cho Jae Hoon
Published: November 2023

Background and Objectives: Since the introduction of nasal valve surgery, trends in septoplasty and inferior turbinate surgery (ITS) have changed in Korea. However, a detailed analysis of these changes has yet to be conducted.Methods: Data on septoplasty and ITS performed from 2010 to 2022 were extracted from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) Bigdata Open portal and trends were analyzed. Analyses according to the type of medical institution, patient sex and age, and the specialty of the surgeon were also conducted.Results: The frequency of both septoplasty and ITS gradually decreased from 2012 to 2017, which marked the low point, and the frequency of these procedures gradually increased thereafter. In 2010, 41.5% of septoplasty procedures were performed in general hospitals, 7.3% in hospitals, and 47.3% in clinics. However, the proportion of these procedures performed in general hospitals subsequently decreased, while the corresponding proportion in hospitals and clinics increased. Both septoplasty and ITS were performed more than twice as often in men than in women. The number of patients under the age of 19 decreased, while the number of female patients aged 20–29 increased. The number of septoplasty procedures performed by plastic surgeons increased.Conclusion: Since the introduction of nasal valve surgery, the number of septoplasty procedures performed by plastic surgeons has increased.
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors’ Perspectives on Rehabilitation Success
Authors: Balcazar Fabricio E. , Taylor-Ritzler Tina , Garcia Claudia P.
Published: November 2023

Vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies often encounter challenges to help persons with disabilities successfully attain their employment goals. This study was conducted to understand how VR counselors define “success” and what practices they deem to be most successful. Ninety-one VR counselors from a Midwestern state were asked to write about a typically successful case from their caseload. Participants were asked to describe the demographic characteristics of the counseling recipient, the rehabilitation goals, whether the consumer received support from family and/or community members, the counseling outcomes, services provided, and best practices that could lead to positive outcomes. Case summaries were content analyzed to identify how “success” is defined by VR counselors. Findings revealed that 74% of the cases were related to a successful employment outcome, 30% to an educational outcome, and 33% to an independent living outcome. Several best practices for serving VR customers were identified. Counselors have clear perceptions about their successful clients, and they may use those perceptions when engaging with their clients. Implications for VR service provision are discussed.
La JEP y la garantía de acceso a la justicia para las víctimas del conflicto armado en Colombia
Authors: Porras López Edizon Gonzalo , Vega Pérez Leonel Antonio , Figueredo Martín Elsa Cristina
Published: November 2023

La firma del Acuerdo de Paz que puso fin a los más de 50 años de conflicto armado con las FARC, dio paso a la implementación de una Justicia Transicional y Restaurativa administrada por la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz cuyo componente principal se centra en el Sistema Integral de Verdad, Justicia, Reparación y No Repetición. A la JEP le fue encargada la valiosa labor de impartir justicia con el fin de satisfacer y garantizar los derechos de las víctimas, y, en consecuencia, asegurar la verdad y reparación de éstas. A lo largo del presente texto, se desarrollan a profundidad los conceptos relacionados con la justicia transicional, el derecho fundamental de acceso a la administración de justicia; se realiza un estudio de la población vulnerable víctima del conflicto armado, las dificultades a las que se enfrentan en el acceso a la justicia, y en consecuencia, las recomendaciones desarrolladas a lo largo de la investigación y propuestas por Organizaciones Internacionales que se encargan de la defensa y protección de los derechos que le asisten a las victimas dentro de un conflicto armado como el que atravesó nuestro país; teniendo en cuenta las garantías que componen el Sistema Integral y bajo las perspectivas convencional, constitucional y legal, dispuestas para tal fin.Palabras clave: Víctimas del conflicto armado; justicia restaurativa; acceso a la administración de justicia; Sistema Integral de verdad, Justicia, Reparación y no Repetición; derechos humanos.
Avaliação da erodibilidade de áreas degradadas na faixa de domínio da DF-250 Brasil
Authors: De Paula Gisandra Faria , Massocco Narayana Saniele , Boaventura Nathália Freitas
Published: November 2023

As erosões no Distrito Federal apresentam um processo evolutivo muitas vezes diferenciado daqueles observados em outras regiões do Brazil, resultado de condicionantes geológicos-geotécnicos e ambientais característicos desta região. Trata o estudo em questão de extenso processo erosivo localizado em segmento da rodovia distrital DF-250, causado pela urbanização desordenada e agravado pela falta de sistemas de drenagem pluviais planejados e de sua correta manutenção. Logo, faz-se necessário o entendimento das condicionantes desta erosão. A partir do traçado da rodovia, o estudo concentrou-se em levantar as implementações definidas pelo DER/DF, que consistiram em ensaios laboratoriais como granulometria, ensaios de campo como infiltração e Standard Penetration Test (SPT) e análise do meio físico por meio de mapas geológico, geomorfológico, perda de solo, entre outros. Estas análises permitiram refletir sobre os possíveis fatores desencadeadores dos processos erosivos, como drenagens incorretas, fluxo ampliado pela ação humana e os períodos chuvosos que provocam a variação da umidade ao longo do perfil de solo. Considerando estes aspectos como as causas principais da degradação, foram analisadas as medidas de recuperação das áreas erodidas, tais como a reconformação do relevo para que se formem áreas que funcionem como bacias de retenção, retendo as águas pluviais e reduzindo o escoamento, adicionados com vegetação e retaludamento de locais com intenso processo de voçorocamento. Por fim, foi possível propor sugestões de estudos que podem ser úteis para um entendimento abrangente dos processos erosivos no entorno da DF-250.
Artefato Qualilar
Authors: Alcântara Márcia Maria Alves , Santos Adriana de Paula Lacerda
Published: November 2023

A avaliação de desempenho de edifício é uma metodologia que visa medir a performance do imóvel através da análise de critérios e subcritérios diversos, de acordo com a tipologia e função da edificação. Embora existam recomendações internacionais para orientar essas avaliações no contexto de edifícios residenciais, vários estudos descritos na literatura não contemplam todos os critérios e subcritérios recomendados. Para superar essa limitação, foi desenvolvida a matriz Qualilar, que é composta por 7 dimensões, 27 critérios e 78 subcritérios. Essa matriz fornece uma avaliação abrangente que permite investigar aspectos relacionados à sustentabilidade, resiliência, segurança, infraestrutura, custos, habitabilidade, entre outros, conforme recomendado pela Organização das Nações Unidas. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi descrever o processo de validação da matriz realizada junto a especialistas por meio da técnica Delphi. O estudo buscou investigar o quanto os critérios e subcritérios apresentados na matriz são essenciais para compor uma avaliação de desempenho, de acordo com a percepção de especialistas brasileiros. A pesquisa contou com a participação de 4 doutores com ampla experiência no tema de pesquisa. Os resultados evidenciaram que a matriz Qualilar abordar os critérios e subcritérios que são essenciais para uma avaliação de desempenho de habitações. Os resultados trazem uma nova perspectiva para pesquisas em avaliação de desempenho habitacional visto que permitirá conhecer de forma ampla as condições das habitações avaliadas, fomentando informações para embasar melhorias para as edificações e seu entorno, contribuindo para a promoção do desenvolvimento regional e urbano.
THE BENEFITS AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN DETERMINATION OF GUARDIANSHIP (A CASE STUDY OF DETERMINATION OF THE SHARIA COURT OF BANDA ACEH NUMBER 2/PDT.P/2021/MS.BNA)
Authors: Afghany Ghifar , Ilyas Ilyas , Mansur Teuku Muttaqin
Published: November 2023

Determination of The Sharia Court Of Banda Aceh Number 2/Pdt.P/2021/MS.Bna, which determines the biological mother as the guardian of her biological child, causes a legal conflict. On the one hand, based on the provisions of Article 47 of the Marriage Law, the biological mother, as the parent, represents the child in carrying out legal actions. On the other hand, based on this determination, the biological mother as guardian represents the child in legal actions. This research explains the method of legal discovery and legal considerations in determining guardianship. This research is normative legal research. Secondary data sources come from books, texts, journals, magazines, newspapers, documents, laws and regulations, etc. Research findings show that in the Determination Of The Sharia Court Of Banda Aceh Number 2/Pdt.P/2021/MS.Bna, the judge has carried out a legal construction of analogous arguments, namely Article 47 of the Marriage Law, which cannot resolve the case. However, the events faced in substance it is similar to other regulations related to guardianship, so when Article 47 of the Marriage Law cannot resolve the problem, this provision can be waived. An applicant who is able and has good faith in taking care of himself and the assets of the child who will be under his guardianship in the best possible way and solely for the benefit or benefit of the child, in the perspective of child protection theory, is entitled to be granted guardianship rights. In the Determination Of The Sharia Court Of Banda Aceh Number 2/Pdt.P/2021/MS.Bna there is benefit and harm, what becomes madarat is that if the petition is rejected, the child is abandoned because there is no one to take care of themselves and their property, while what becomes maslahah is if the petition is granted by appointing the Petitioner as the guardian of their children, then the objectives of the Shari’a can be fulfilled, namely take care of the soul of the child and protect the property of the child.