bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
KOMUNIKASI INTRAPERSONAL
Authors: Kustiawan Winda , Fadillah Ulfa , Sinaga Fina Khairani , Hattaradzani Shafiki , Hermawan Egi , Juanda Muhammad Daffa , Suryadi Ahmad , Fahmi Rijal Ry
Published: November 2023

Komunikasi intrapersonal (Intrapersonal Communication) adalah komunikasi yang berlangsung dalam diri kita, ia meliputi kegiatan berbicara kepada diri sendiri dan kegiatan- kegiatan mengamati dan memberikan makna (intelektual dan emosional) kepada lingkungan kita. Komunikasi intrapersonal adalah komunikasi yang terjadi dengan diri sendiri. Ini merupakan dialog internal dan bahkan dapat terjadi saat bersama dengan orang lain sekalipun. Komunikasi intrapersonal dapat menjadi pemicu bentuk komunikasi yang lainnya. Pengetahuan mengenai diri pribadi melalui proses-proses psikologis seperti persepsi dan kesadaran (awareness) terjadi saat berlangsungnya komunikasi intrapribadi oleh komunikator. Untuk memahami apa yang terjadi ketika orang saling berkomunikasi, maka seseorang perlu untuk mengenal diri mereka sendiri dan orang lain.
Pengembangan Evaluasi Pembelajaran Berbasis EEW (Exam Enginbot Web) pada Pemahaman Pembelajaran Agama Islam
Authors: Gunawan Gunawan , Murtopo Murtopo , Sudirman Sudirman
Published: November 2023

Sistem evaluasi pembelajaran di lembaga-lembaga pendidikan memiliki tuntutan pencapaian yang dan kreteria pengukuran yang luas di samping itu mekanisme dan perangkat yang digunakan masih menggunakan sistem klasik (berbentuk kertas dan tulisan), dan ada juga yang bersifat semi modern (menggunakan aplikasi googleclasroom) yang juga memiliki keterbatasan rekapitulasi nilai, jadwal serta tidak memiliki inventory soal atau Bank Soal dalam memperkaya pembahasan suatu materi. Dalam Exam Enginebot Web ini seorang pendidik akan dibatu dalam melengkapi salah satu persyaratan dalam proses pembelajaran yaitu evaluasi yang dapat di ulang-ulang dengan jenis soal yang berbeda dan terstruktur. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu menggunakan metode survey yang di kombinasikan dengan metode analisis kualitatif deskriptif yaitu dengan mengumpulkan dokumen-dokumen yang menjadikan data berupa dokumen publik (misalnya koran, makalah, laporan kantor) ataupun dokumen privat (misalnya buku harian, soal UTS, soal UAS, diari, surat dan email) yang ada pada objek penelitian yaitu mahasiswa Politeknik Negeri Media Kreatif berjumlah 2 kelas (65 mahasiswa ). Luaran yang akan dicapai yaitu: sebuah aplikasi evaluasi berbasis web yang dapat digunakan oleh seluruh tenaga pendidikan (dosen, guru, PLP, asesor, peneliti) dalam mengukur ketuntasan pembelajaran, evaluasi kinerja berbasis web. Penelitian ini juga akan menghasilkan buku panduan dan pengembangan aplikasi dan panduannya, ber ISBN. TKT dalam penelitian ini berawal dari pada level 2 yang memiliki formulasi konsep teknologi dan aplikasinya, tujuan dari penelitian ini akan menuju TKT (Tingkat Kesiapan Teknologi) level 3 yaitu tahap Pembuktian konsep (proof-of-concept) fungsi dan/atau karakteristik penting secara analitis dan eksperimental.
Pendidikan Ilmu Kalam dalam Pandangan Ismail Alfaruqi dan Hasan Hanafi
Authors: Nurdiani Nurdiani
Published: November 2023

Kalam education should be based on the principles of justice and truth that are the foundation of Islamic teachings. In addition, kalam education should help one to understand social and political problems critically and develop appropriate solutions to overcome them. Hanafi and Al Faruqi are helping someone to understand the teachings of Islam comprehensively, strengthening faith and belief in religious teachings, and helping someone to understand and overcome social and political problems in a way that is in accordance with the principles of justice and truth which are the basis of Islamic teachings. This research uses Library Research, which is a research method that uses written sources such as books, journals, documents, or notes related to Kalam Science Education in the Views of Ismail Alfaruqi and Hasan Hanafi.
TEORI DAN PRAKTIK PENDIDIKAN DALAM ISLAM
Authors: Sitika Achmad Junaedi , Salsadilla Andini Septi , Anggraeni Dea Dwi , Khasanah Dhini , Handayani Firly Aulia , Ramdan Gilang
Published: November 2023

The Educational Process takes place throughout history and develops in parallel. With the development of social culture, humans on earth develop social culture. The development of human culture originates from the guidelines of Islamic teachings which have been set forth in the Qur'an and al-Hadith. Basically, being an educational staff is a very heavy responsibility that must be carried out because it is related to the gate of the relay of the nation's struggle relay, so that it is free from the crisis of education and the moral degradation of the nation's children. Becoming a teacher is a very tough challenge, because teachers are required to be professional in learning. In continuing with a teacher, the teacher must have a good strategy in carrying out his duties as an educator. The learning strategy is an arrangement of activities that are included in the use of methods and utilization of various resources or strengths in learning. In the explanation above it is explained that functionally a teacher or educator must certainly require broad insight, appropriate theory and practice in his field professionally.
Northern Siberian Trade Route and Polar Urals Railway. Part 2
Authors: Editorial Article
Published: November 2023

A reproduced article published in the journal «Zheleznodorozhnoe delo» in 1912 is devoted to a project to build a railway line linking the river network of Siberia (approximately from the current Salekhard to the Ob) with the Arctic coast in Varandey region, where it was supposed to build a seaport.Regardless of the fact that development of the transport infrastructure of the Polar Urals and the North of the European part of Russia eventually went the other way, the economic geography, the foreign trade balance changed, the article is interesting in the historical aspect by the balanced and verified approach to the comprehensive assessment of complex transport projects that was developed more than 110 years ago and their feasibility study. The authors of the project under consideration took into account, when arguing, many factors – of a strategic nature (development of the Siberian region, reduction of the transport load on the backbone transport network of the European part of the country, minimization of competition between domestic producers along the route of goods flows), foreign trade flows, seasonality of navigation along rivers and the Northern Sea Route, technical and economic aspects of construction, distribution of private and public investments, projected optimal tariffs and taxation, payback periods, taking into account payment of dividends, and many others.Of course, the content of factors taken into account and assessment methods have changed significantly since then. One of the paradoxes is that, despite new technologies, modern engineers already assess the risks and difficulties of building in the subpolar zone much higher, which at the beginning of the last century was considered almost an easy and cheaper option for building a railway.In general, we must give credit to the authors for complexity of their approaches, taking into account the time when they were made.
Assessment of the Technical Condition of Spur Dikes
Authors: Tlyavlin R. M.
Published: November 2023

Spur dikes are one of the types of structures for engineering protection of the roadbed, which, in combination with a wavedamping beach, are used to protect the railway track from wave action.The objective of this work is to improve safety of coast railway track operation in areas subject to wave action. The author used the methods of experimental research and survey for obtaining the criteria for assessing the technical condition of spur dikes.Based on the results of the survey of spur dikes, conclusions were drawn about low quality of construction, and the main types of defects were identified both in entire structures and in their elements. Experimental studies on hydrowave models were carried out to assess the beach­holding capacity of the spur dikes and their resistance to wave action in the wave basin. It was proposed to divide the spur dikes into separate elements according to the degree of their significance, and the criteria for the technical condition by types of defects for each element of the structure under consideration were obtained.The technical condition criteria obtained from the results of surveys and experimental studies make it possible to assess the technical condition of spur dikes, which will increase railway operation safety.
Analysis of Competitiveness of Small Ports of the Azov-Black Sea Basin in Multimodal Transportation: Technological Aspects, Transportation Problem Optimisation
Authors: Kolesnikov M. V. , Bogachev V. A. , Zadorozhniy V. M. , Bakalov M. V.
Published: November 2023

A new approach is proposed to the study of functioning of the connecting and transforming link of the multimodal transport and logistics chain, implemented by railway cargo transportation. The methodological basis of the research is classical principles of egalitarianism in the theory of welfare, which allow, based on assessment of the transport and technological infrastructure of the network segment and tariff rates, to build mathematical models that are economically justified, customer-oriented and in demand in management of cargo transportation processes. An algorithm for solving a multi-criteria and multi-extremal problem of integer linear programming with a set of cost objective functions has been developed in the medium of the analytical computing system. The computational experiment is used as a guiding heuristic tool in finding the optimal level of organization and economic efficiency of the cargo transportation process.

Optimal combinations of distributions of the number of departure routes per loading stations and related plans of transportation to the reloading stations were found with the help of the Pareto criterion. The obtained values of cost indicators provide the participants of the transportation process with the opportunity to choose competitive options in transportation schemes using small port transshipment stations of the Azov-Black Sea basin.
Reflexões sobre Comunicação para Paz a partir de uma perspectiva Sul Global e Decolonial
Authors: Cabral Raquel , Dos Santos Feltrin Diuan
Published: November 2023

O artigo propõe vínculos epistemológicos entre a Comunicação para a Paz – situada no campo dos Estudos para a Paz – e o pensamento decolonial. Por meio da hermenêutica de profundidade, infere-se que tal articulação aponta direções quanto ao enfrentamento de marcas de colonialidade que persistem na sociedade latino-americana. Reflete sobre o potencial crítico da comunicação na legitimação ou ruptura de lógicas de violência, sobretudo de ordem estrutural e cultural. Na dimensão empírica, apresenta o Guia Agenda 2030, que propõe um ODS (Objetivo de Desenvolvimento Sustentável) orientado para Cultura, Arte e Comunicação como espaços de resistências, resiliências e transformação.
Rupturas y continuidades en la recuperación browniana de las investigaciones de Foucault sobre el neoliberalismo
Authors: Cendali Godoy Matías Lihuel , Duarte Horacio Alejandro
Published: November 2023

Los cursos de Michel Foucault dictados en el Collège de France, entre 1977 y 1979, esgrimen una crítica lúcida del neoliberalismo, pero por sobre todo, novedosa para su tiempo. Sin embargo, sus ideas no han estado exentas de controversias, que se suman además a la serie de innovaciones que los últimos cuarenta años de neoliberalismo han traído consigo, dejando desactualizados algunos aspectos de las investigaciones del autor. Por ello es que, asumiendo su legado incluso en contra de este, Wendy Brown ofrece una interesante revisión de los alcances y límites de los estudios gubernamentales, trazando una serie de continuidades y rupturas entre sus ideas y los cursos del autor. De esta manera, elaborando una original teoría del Homo Politicus desde un examen del Homo Economicus foucaultiano, esta pensadora revela los desastrosos efectos que el neoliberalismo desata sobre la soberanía democrática y sus imaginarios emancipatorios; una problemática, por cierto, muy desestimada por el autor. El presente artículo reconstruye en términos generales las distintas lecturas y críticas de rodean la obra del filósofo, explicitando luego la apreciación browniana al respecto, y sus estudios sobre las crisis democráticas en la era neoliberal.
Un cine geológico. Tiempos y estética fósiles en el documental Río Turbio (2020) de Tatiana Mazú González
Authors: Gattás Vargas Maia , Depetris Chauvin Irene
Published: November 2023

Este artículo aborda Río Turbio (2020) de Tatiana Mazú González, un documental que retrata un territorio patagónico minero atravesado por conflictos políticos, ecológicos y feministas. Desde una perspectiva ecofeminista del cine y los aportes de los tiempos profundos y de la geología de los medios, que piensan la relación del mundo mineral con las máquinas y tecnologías que nos rodean, se busca trazar algunas conexiones entre cine y geología para observar cómo en esta película los tiempos y estéticas fósiles se traducen y vinculan con el montaje de los diversos archivos visuales y sonoros que construyen el documental.
The Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide in the context of (leaving) care: An empirical exploration of suicidal ideation among care-experienced young adults. (Preprint)
Authors: Göbbels-Koch Petra
Published: November 2023

People who lived in foster or residential care have a higher risk of suicidal ideation and behaviour. However, most previous research has neglected applying suicide theories to help understand this risk. This paper presents findings from a cross-national study using the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide (IPTS) to explore why care-experienced people, especially those leaving care, are more likely to have suicidal thoughts. The findings show associations between the IPTS factors, perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness, and suicidal ideation among care-experienced young adults from England and Germany. This study contributes to helping develop necessary suicide prevention strategies across national care systems.
Current Trends In The Establishment Of International Branch Campuses In Asia
Authors: Nguyen Ha-Anh , Nguyen Minh Hai , Duc Le-Minh Bach , Hiep Pham
Published: November 2023

In recent years, the development of international branch campuses (IBCs) has been attracting the focus of many researchers. It is regarded as the "fastest growing form of transnational higher education" (Wilkins, 2013) and is expected to flourish continuously in an era characterised by globalisation and neoliberalism. Originally, Western countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, etc. are the main providers of IBCs. Recently, Asia has recently gradually absorbed a significant portion of the global IBC market (Knight 2013). This paper examines the motivations behind this shift and takes a look at the current landscape of IBCs in Asia
Menelisik Model Kepemimpinan Entreprenuer dalam Gereja Modern
Authors: Sitepu Elisa Romini
Published: November 2023

Pemimpin gereja merupakan salah satu alasan utama yang menentukan berhasil atau tidaknya sebuah gereja. Pemimpin gereja masa kini diminta untuk menjalankan kepemimpinannya sedemikian rupa untuk menjawab setiap permasalahan yang ada saat ini. Salah satu permasalahan yang dihadapi saat ini adalah adalah minimnya ketersediaan lapangan pekerjaan sebagai dampak dari pandemi yang sedang terjadi. Gereja sebagai salah satu lembaga sosial diminta untuk berperan aktif membantu mengatasi hal tersebut. Oleh sebab itu diperlukan sebuah gaya kepemimpinan yang mampu mengatasi permasalahan tersebut. Dalam tulisan ini penulis akan menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan mengkaji berbagai sumber literature untuk menemukan gaya kepemimpinan yang sesuai dengan konteks masa kini. Gaya kepemimpinan entrepreneur adalah salah satu gaya kepemimpinan yang dapat dijadikan opsi untuk mengatasi berbagai macam permasalahan dalam gereja pada masa kini. Gaya kepemimpinan entrepreneur akan membuka lapangan pekerjaan baru dan tentu saja akan membantu menyelesaikan masalah yang sedang dihadapi di masa pandemi ini.
The Relationship Between Gender Nonconformity and Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Issler Tobias Christoph , Michael Tanja , Bédier Alizé , Dilhuit Sabrina , Schäfer Sarah
Published: November 2023

Gender nonconformity (GNC) is known as a risk factor for mental health problems. However, primary studies on the link between GNC and mental health have yielded inconsistent results. This systematic review aimed to summarize the available evidence and identify potential modulators of this relationship. To do so, we performed multilevel meta-analysis on 102 studies (comprising 287 effect estimates). We found greater GNC to be related to greater mental distress and lower self-esteem, with a significant impact of the GNC measure (personality-based measure < behavior-based measure; self- report < other-person report). This correlation decreased with increasing levels of cultural individualism and indulgence, while it increased with increasing levels of uncertainty avoidance. Our review showed that there is a small yet robust association between GNC behavior and poorer mental health that is impacted by cultural, individual, and methodological modulators. Future research needs to focus on potential mediating processes like victimization.
The Misperception of Gender Economic Equality
Authors: Onyeador Ivuoma Ngozi , Hudson Sa-kiera Tiarra Jolynn , Rucker Julian , Daumeyer Natalie M , Zendell Kate , Albrecht Eliette , Kraus Michael W. , Richeson Jennifer
Published: November 2023

Economic resources are distributed unequally by gender, yet we have an incomplete understanding of how people perceive gender inequality in the U.S. Across three studies (N = 1107), we investigate the antecedents and consequences of perceptions of gender economic inequality. In Studies 1 and 2, compared with federal data, participants consistently overestimated contemporary gender equality (e.g., 2010’s) and progress toward gender equality from 1970s – 2010s. Using a racially diverse sample (i.e., Black, Latino, and White male respondents), Study 3 examined perceptions of gender economic equality at seven timepoints between 1973 and 2011. Participants in Study 3 underestimated gender equality in the past and began to overestimate gender equality from 2000, in a linear fashion. Both hostile sexism and belief in a just world consistently predicted overestimates of current gender economic equality (S1-S3). Overestimates predicted lower support for policies meant to address gender inequality (S1). We discuss practical and theoretical implications.
Giving farm animals a name and a face: Eliciting animal advocacy among omnivores using the identifiable victim effect
Authors: Cohen Ben-Arye Rakefet , Halali Eliran
Published: November 2023

Diets based on animal products are costly to our health and the planet and often inflict suffering on animals. In this study, we aimed to elicit animal advocacy among omnivores using the identifiable victim effect, a well-documented phenomenon in which presenting an identifiable victim, compared to anonymous or statistical victims, evokes greater caring and helping behavior. We explored whether this finding extends to farm animal victims, particularly among omnivores who may have a material interest in the outcome (i.e., the slaughter of farm animals). Consequently, due to their dietary lifestyle and consumer support of the meat industry, they may be perceived as complicit in the victimization. In Experiment 1, omnivore participants indicated a greater likelihood to sign and share a petition to save an identified runaway calf (presented with a name and a picture) from slaughter than several unidentified runaway calves. In Experiment 2, we extended these findings to actual petition signing, along with reporting support of the petition. In Experiment 3, we further replicated the identifiability effect using real donations to save the runaway calf (calves) from slaughter and demonstrated it is limited to a single-identified victim. Additionally, we found that feelings of sympathy (Experiment 1) and ambivalence towards meat (Experiment 3) mediated the effect, whereas concern, empathy, identification with animals (Experiment 2), and ecological identity (Experiment 3) moderated it. Omnivores who scored high in concern and ecological identity, and low in empathy and identification with animals, were more susceptible to the effect. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Making Indigenous Religion at the San Francisco Peaks
Authors: Schermerhorn Seth
Published: November 2023

Navajo claims pertaining to the sacredness of the San Francisco Peaks (as well as those of several other Native American tribes), while no doubt profoundly sincere, are necessarily and strategically positioned in relation to the contemporary legal struggles within which they have arisen. However, I cannot stress too heavily that this should not suggest that their claims are spurious, invented, or in other words “inauthentic.” Greg Johnson asserts that “frequently, the specter against which authenticity is measured is what critics might call “postured tradition,” a shorthand means of suggesting that tradition expressed in political contexts is ‘merely political’” (2007: 3). To be sure, the discourses that posit the sacredness of the Peaks are fundamentally and simultaneously both religious and political; yet this does not necessarily mean that traditional religious claims made in contemporary political contexts are motivated by purely political considerations. Although these claims are necessarily formulated to persuade others of the incontestable “authenticity” of their claims, I suggest that the degree to which this incontestability is achieved is directly related to an accumulation and accretion of discourse resulting from nearly four decades of continuing conflict at the Peaks.
Czech Sacred Places in Texas as the Key Element for Preserving Czech Identity
Authors: Perutka Lukáš
Published: November 2023

The process of Czech and Moravian immigration to Texas is a well-known phenomenon. Since 1848, tens of thousands decided to cross the ocean to seek a better future in the “Lone Star state.“ Although their history is well documented, there are still themes to be explored. Their religious activity and the connection it has created with their metropolis is one of them. The church and its institutions sent priests to America to attend to the immigrants in their mother tongue and helped them preserve their cultural identity. Furthermore, they organized the construction of their sacred places that would remind the parishioners of their home country. One example could be the famous painted churches still present in Texas today.

This topic has not received proper attention from historians because it requires studying sources on both sides of the Atlantic. The presented contribution tries to change this unflattering fact using the microhistorical approach. Its aim is threefold. First, explain the historical dimension of the religious connection between the Czech and Moravian immigrants in Texas with their metropolis. Second, describe the sacred places of the immigrants, how they were built, what role they played in their everyday life, and how they established a bond with their country of origin. Third, what importance did the sacred places of the Czechs and Moravians have in preserving their language and cultural identity? The microhistorical approach demands the use of various and fragmented sources, and this study will be no exception. It will use archive material from Austria and the Czech Republic, principally the funds of the religious organizations that supported the immigrants in Texas, such as the Leopoldine Society. Furthermore, the article will use published contemporary personal recounts and secondary literature. The content of these sources will be critically analysed to answer the research questions and hopefully contribute to the theme of religion and its invaluable role in an immigrant society.
Indigenous Burial Spaces in Media: Views of Mi'gmaq Cemeteries as Sites of Horror and the Sacred
Authors: Stern Jennifer
Published: November 2023

The term “ancient Indian burial ground” holds bifurcated meaning for Indigenous and mainstream populations. What one group may respect as sacred ground where their ancestors rest, another sees the mystical –and frequently evil– site of forces beyond their knowledge influenced by an ethnic Other. This paper explores this dual labeling of North American Indigenous burial sites through media by looking at representations of Mi’gmaq burial gravesites. In director Jeff Barnaby’s 2013 Rhymes for Young Ghouls, main character Aila (Devery Jacobs) confronts two burial sites that turn the mainstream stereotype on its head: that of her mother which situates Indigenous burials in a contemporary context and that of a mass grave of children at her residential school which places malintent on settler colonial practices. The film highlights Indigenous ways of coping with these practices including violence, substance abuse, and art. Dissimilarly, Pet Sematary’s (1989) plot involves no Mi’gmaq representation but follows non-Indigenous Louis (Dale Midkiff) as he interacts with a stereotypical Indian burial ground imbued with evil, unknown magic that leads to the inevitable downfall of his entire family. Both films interestingly include zombies, and they portray Indigenous burial spaces similarly as shot from above and filled with fog. However, their conclusive statements placing the blame behind the horror are vastly different.
Lacrosse – It’s a Way of Life, dir. Lívia Šavelková, Tomáš Petráň and Milan Durňak, Global Lacrosse Village/Lakrosová vesnice, dir. Lívia Šavelková and Milan Durňak, On the Shore/Na Břehu, dir. Lívia Šavelková and Milan Durňak
Authors: Kruk-Buchowska Zuzanna
Published: November 2023

Review of: Lacrosse – It’s a Way of Life (2014), directed by Lívia Šavelková, Tomáš Petráň and Milan Durňak, Global Lacrosse Village/Lakrosová vesnice (2015), directed by Lívia Šavelková and Milan Durňak, and On the Shore/Na Břehu (2022), directed by Lívia Šavelková and Milan Durňak
Empire of Ruins: American Culture, Photography, and the Spectacle of Destruction by Miles Orvell
Authors: Faisst Julia
Published: November 2023

Julia Faisst's review of Miles Orvell's Empire of Ruins: American Culture, Photography, and the Spectacle of Destruction
Our Death is Our Strongest Surviving Tradition. A Guest Essay by the Artist of Our Cover Image
Authors: Van Kampen Ukjese
Published: November 2023

In Canada, Yukon First Nations are politically powerful and, when viewed by an outsider, everything appears to be progressing well. But the adoption of the Western political model has a downside. We have generally sacrificed our culture for that political power. The loss of our culture has resulted in many social problems and this essay discusses what has resulted from those problems, specifically our high death rate. Ironically, our death ritual, the Potlatch, is one of the strongest surviving cultural traditions we still exercise, while our languages, laws, art, lifestyle, and spirituality are almost all forgotten.
Enviromic analysis for prediction of Eucalyptus globulus genotype-environment interaction and mapping of breeding zones
Authors: Callister Andrew , Bradshaw Ben , Brawner Jeremy
Published: November 2023

Genotype-environment interaction (GE) is pervasive in forest genetics and is a substantial cause of erosion in genetic gain. Delineation of spatial breeding zones (BZs) is fundamental for controlling GE. We developed a BZ classification pipeline for Eucalyptus globulus in 2 Australian regions based on phenotypic, genomic and pedigree data, as well as on a detailed environmental characterization (‘envirotyping’) and spatial mapping of BZs. First, the factor analytic method was used to model additive genetic variance and site-site correlations (rB) in stem volume across 48 trials of 126,467 full-sib progeny from 2 separate advanced-generation breeding programs. Single-step genomic BLUP (ssGBLUP) was used to create a joint relationship matrix combining both programs for factor analytic analysis. Thirty-three trials were envirotyped using 145 environmental variables (EVs), involving soil and landscape (71), climate (73), and management (1) EVs. Next, sparse partial least squares-discriminant analysis (sPLS-DA) was used to identify EVs that were required to predict classification of sites into 5 non-exclusive BZ classes on the basis of rB. These BZs were then spatially mapped across the West Australian (WA) and ‘Green Triangle’ (GT) commercial estates by enviromic prediction using EVs for 80 locations and 15 sets of observed climate data to represent temporal variation. Finally, stem volume breeding value accuracy and genetic gain from ssGBLUP across 40 trials were compared using the new enviromic BZ classification and the previous regional BZ classification. The FA model explained 85.9% of additive genetic variation. Our environmental classification system produced within-zone mean rB between 0.76 and 0.84, which improves upon the existing values of 0.62 for WA and 0.67 for GT as regional BZs. One to two sPLS-DA components were required for each BZ definition, with 5 to 8 EV’s per BZ. The enviromic BZ classification provided for more accurate breeding values and greater stem volume gain. This work raises highly relevant topics for discussion, including a) the drivers of GE in E. globulus, b) methods of collecting and curating environmental data for envirotyping with eucalypts, c) the advantages and challenges of adopting non-exclusive (i.e. overlapping) BZs, d) the need for developing a phenological system for eucalypts, e) accommodating temporal environmental variation in GE analysis, and f) breeding and improvement strategies for a changing climate.
A novel open pollinated seed production strategy to exploit both additive and non-additive genetic effects in Eucalyptus dunnii
Authors: Bird Michael , Hardner Craig , Heberling Mónica , Gore Peter
Published: November 2023

Eucalyptus dunnii, an important plantation species, is deployed either as clones or open-pollinated (OP) seed. OP seed lots are mainly sourced from seed orchards, where the mothers are known and the pollen is an uncontrolled mix of orchard genotypes. Seed Energy’s current E. dunnii clonal seed orchards have been established using genotypes selected for their general combining ability (GCA), an approach that exploits additive genetic effects. OP progeny trials of the seed orchard parents have been used to increase genetic gain deployed via backward selection. The best parents have demonstrated growth gains of up to 19.3% over unimproved native forest collections. Evaluation of control pollinated (CP) progeny trials, established from crosses of the best seed orchard parents, have shown growth traits to be under a degree of non-additive genetic control. The presence of non-additive variance in these traits suggests that additional genetic gain can be made by specific combinations of mother and pollen parent, known as specific combining ability (SCA). Capturing and deploying the gains from GCA and SCA effects into plantations at commercial scale currently require capital intensive clonal propagation programmes. Here we present a new strategy to exploit both additive and non-additive genetic effects through a novel open-pollinated seed orchard design called micro-orchards. This strategy aims to increase the frequency of the best performing combinations of mother and pollen in an OP environment. These orchards are structured with a central mother genotype tree initially surrounded by ten pollen parent genotypes, which is replicated in a repeated block design. The pollen parents are culled over several years to retain only the best specific combinations with the mother genotype. The culling of pollen parents is based on the results of iterative genetic evaluations of data from the CP trials, which contain families of the mother-pollen combinations present in the micro-orchards. The number of pollen parents culled increases with trial assessment age, concluding with a cull utilising age 6 trial data. The cost and productivity of this strategy allow gains from GCA and SCA effects to be accessible to a significant portion of the Uruguayan market at lower costs and complexity than operating a clonal propagation program.
The Montes del Plata Soil Spatial Inference System
Authors: Ferrer Sebastián , Guevara Mario , Arroyo Carlos , Herbert Martin
Published: November 2023

Soil is one of the prior components of a forest site, hence determining its final productivity. Effective soil management requires an understanding of soil distribution patterns within the landscape. The ability to accurately predict and map soil properties over Montes del Plata (MDP) landholdings can improve silvicultural management decisions that can result in higher and sustainable forest productivity. Today's decisions are based mainly on interpreting conventional soil maps (discrete semi-detailed) produced from local empirical experts' knowledge. Creation of conventional soil maps is a high time-consumable non-parametrizable process which result does not represent soil heterogeneous diversity, both in location and depth. In this work, we applied Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) techniques to produce continuous soil maps showing different soil-predicted property values with a concomitant measured uncertainty grade over 1,200 hectares. We were able to produce continuous soil properties maps with an average precision accuracy of 60% by developing a DSM protocol in three representative farms of MDP landholdings, in areas to be forested with Eucalyptus on its second cycles. A set of 53 environmental covariates was developed and harmonized at 30 m2 of spatial resolution. A field sampling strategy was defined based on the Latin Hypercube sampling method, and 180 soil profiles were collected. In laboratory conditions, we perform textural and chemical analyses on 345 soil samples from A and B horizons. Vertical harmonization was applied, and properties were estimated at three standardized depths (0-30, 30-60, and 60-100). A Random Forests Model (RMF) is fitted to predict texture, organic matter, organic carbon, pH_H2O, pH_KCl, N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Al, Na, cation exchange capacity, base saturation, and profile soil depth. Our results demonstrate that DSM techniques can be successfully applied to representative MDP's landholding soils. We anticipate our preliminary work as the starting point for using DSM techniques that result in acceptable soil continuous maps in less time. However, the developed protocol performance must be tested in similar soil conditions, and an approach must be undertaken to look for a lesser sampling density. These results, in addition to focusing on only those soil parameters linked to operative silvicultural decisions (viz. P, K, Ca, and soil depth), may lead to lower final associated costs.
Preliminary results of mutagenesis by irradiation in E. globulus and E. nitens seeds
Authors: Rojas Patricio
Published: November 2023

Although ionizing radiation is a tool widely used in plant genetic improvement, generating genetic diversity and improving yields and traits in crops throughout the world with 3,275 mutant cultivars. Climatic change affects native forest ecosystems and plantations leading to significant reductions in tree production. In 2020, INFOR and CCHEN initiated the CHI5052 project for mutagenesis of forest species affected by climate change in Chile with funding from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and recently received a Grant from Government of Biobio, Innovation Fund for Competitiveness (FIC-R). Seed irradiation treatments were carried out in a self-shielded Gamma Cell 220R irradiator equipped with CO60 and an irradiation rate of 8.9 Gy|min established by the Fricke dosimetric system. It involved the effects of gamma irradiation treatments (0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 Gy) on seed germination and initial growth of Eucalyptus nitens at 8 months-old. It also included determination of gamma radiation dosimetry for LD30 and LD50 doses for Eucalyptus globulus. The results obtained on gamma radiation seeds on Eucalyptus nitens confirm the positive effect on germination and initial growth of seedlings in the field in doses of 10 Gy at 8-months-old. The preliminary LD30 radiations dosimetry of E. globulus have generated seedlings with leaf aberration, pleiocotyly, that possible correspond to knock-out mutation of a dominant allele at a heterozygous locus or a dominant mutation that needs to be confirmed by molecular markers. The preliminary results provide guidance regarding the magnitude of gamma radiation to be used and confirm that relatively low doses would be the most effective to improve germination and initial seedling growth for Eucalyptus nitens; but considering the differences between species and the diversity of existing results in the bibliography, the doses to test must be defined for each particular species.
Crown segmentation using Airborne Laser Scanning data in a silvopastoral system with Eucalyptus grandis
Authors: Dogliotti Gina , Rizzo Iván , Baietto Andrés , Posse Juan Pedro , Aubet Natalie , Gonzalez-Talice Jaime
Published: November 2023

Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) remote sensing holds immense potential for characterizing and measuring forest biomass, providing a valuable inventory tool for intensive silviculture to enhance forest management and planning. Accurate estimation of total height (Ht) and crown area (CA) is crucial to model and design silvopastoral systems. The main objective of this study was to estimate Ht and CA accurately using watershed segmentation algorithm in a triple-row silvopastoral system with Eucalyptus grandis, to compare these variables based on the position of the tree in the rows. Edge trees are the most prevalent in a triple row silvopastoral system, making it important to analyze and understand their structural differences from the trees in the interior. The study was conducted in a silvopastoral system in Reboledo, Florida, Uruguay (34° 1'15.16"S, 55° 39'13.75"W). The silvopastoral system consisted of triple rows of Eucalyptus grandis N-S oriented lined with natural pastures in 14-19 m alleys. ALS data was obtained from an area of 26 ha including two silvopastoral stands planted in 2012 (10 years) and 2019 (4 years). From the canopy height model (CHM) a Watershed segmentation algorithm was conducted to obtain individual tree segmentation, yielding Ht and CA of individual trees in both stands. Individual trees were manually classified by position in the triple row as Middle (M), External West (EW) and External East (EE). Our results show data of 1,627 individual trees in the 2019 stand and 1,405 trees in the 2012 stand, EW trees showed the highest CA in the 2019 stand with a 10% difference with M trees and a 9% with EE trees. The 2019 plot showed no significant difference in Ht. In the 2012 stand, EE trees showed the highest CA with a 22% difference from M trees and an 8% with EW, and EW trees showed a 15% higher CA than M tress in the 2012 stand. The 2012 plot showed a 1% significant average difference between Externals and Middle trees and no significant difference between EE and EW trees. Correlation between field data and ALS data in Ht showed R2=0.82, n=45 and p<0.0001 in 2019 plot, and R2=0.67, n=18, and p<0.0001 in the 2012 plot. Watershed segmentation algorithm in combination with ALS remote sensing demonstrated to be an efficient method to estimate CA and Ht in triple-row silvopastoral systems.
Development and allocation of improved eucalyptus for biotic an abiotic tolerance
Authors: Fontes Luis , Pina Joao Pedro , Ferreira Luis , Leal Luis
Published: November 2023

Since the 1960s, Altri Florestal is running a programme for selecting trees based on growth, wood density and cellulose content. Currently Eucalyptus globulus breeding programme is in third generation. Capturing the genetic gain is conducted through vegetative propagation to produce clones, as well as through seed production from a mass-controlled pollination programme for full-sib families. Ongoing climate change raises the importance of considering tolerance to abiotic stress in the Eucalyptus globulus breeding programme. Pursuing this objective has been done by carrying out a Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (BLUP) analysis considering macro climate regions with different exposure to cold and drought. Cold and drought maps were combined in one resulting in four regions of exposure: drought region (R1); cold region (R2); cold and drought region (R3); region with low exposure to cold and drought (R4). BLUP analysis included data from eighty-four field breeding trials with the following climatic distribution: 30 (R1); 19 (R2); 4 (R3), and 31 (R4). Data used comprises 160k genotypes and 210k measurements of height, diameter at breast height, and survival. It was possible to select around four genotypes with an overall superior performance in terms of growth and survival for the four regions considered. Furthermore, within each macro climate region groups of genotypes were selected with an increase of 50% volume per hectare above the original eucalyptus in the breeding programme. Altri is also involved in the development of new eucalyptus hybrids aiming to develop a new generation of eucalyptus hybrids more resilient to drought and cold, as well as pests such as Gonipterus platensis. This ongoing work is carried out via interspecific hybridization between E. globulus and other eucalyptus species. Eucalyptus hybrids are in several stages of development, namely: tested in several field trials, early field selection, being raised in the nursery, and being done through controlled crosses. Selection criteria will be based on performance from growth, survival, wood characteristics in field trials and in trials in controlled conditions. Finally, it is not enough to develop a portfolio of improved eucalyptus to ensure that realised genetic gain will be captured into operations. For this to happen it is necessary to ensure that allocation of improved eucalyptus is carefully planned. A prototype of decision tree for deploying improved eucalyptus has been already developed.
Evaluation of medicolegal death cases sent from abroad to the province of Denizli
Authors: ACAR Kemalettin , KURTULUŞ DERELİ Ayşe , AKSOY Kamuran , İZCİ Abdülkadir
Published: November 2023

Purpose: In this study, we aimed to contribute to the literature by discussing the difficulties encountered in the approach to suspicious death cases reported abroad and sent to our country.

Materials and methods: The findings were obtained by retrospectively reviewing all medico-legal death cases sent from abroad to Denizli province between January 2012 and December 2022, in which death examination and autopsy were performed.

Results: Of the 12 cases included in the study, 3 were female and 9 were male, the youngest case was 2 years old and the oldest case was 66 (median 49) years old. Germany was the country to which the most suspicious death cases were sent with nine cases (75%), while one case each was sent from Turkmenistan, the Netherlands and Austria. When the cases were evaluated in terms of origin, it was observed that 5 (41%) cases were of natural origin followed by 4 (33%) cases of suicide origin.

Conclusion: : In order to minimize the problems encountered in the re-evaluation of medico-legal death cases from abroad, we think that it would be appropriate for all countries to perform medico-legal autopsy in accordance with international standards for suspicious death cases sent abroad, and to share the report containing the autopsy findings and all documents that may help to clarify the cause of death of the person with the forensic medicine experts in the country of destination.
O futuro e a importância da demografia. Resenha de: Lutz, Wolfgang. (2021). Advanced Introduction to Demography. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78990-148-1.
Authors: Marques César
Published: November 2023

A existência de novos olhares para os fenômenos populacionais, que compreendam suas múltiplas estruturas e heterogeneidades, são marcas da demografia, inclusive na América Latina. Esta busca é presente em várias dimensões da disciplina, passando pela discussão crítica do neomalthusianismo e pela busca de métodos robustos para a análise de fenômenos multiplamente determinados. Neste campo, a recente Advanced Introduction to Demography, produzida por Wolfgang Lutz, traz questões importantes para a demografia da região. Tendo como pilar a proposição de uma teoria demográfica unificada, elaborada a partir da compreensão conjunta do metabolismo demográfico; da transição demográfica e do dividendo demográfico, Lutz sistematiza os pressupostos e potenciais de uma perspectiva multidimensional para o fenômeno populacional. Nesta resenha apontamos alguns dos principais pontos da obra, enfatizando os ganhos de tal proposta teórica e a importância do capital humano para a dinâmica demográfica. Por fim, coloca-se algumas das suas limitações e debates potenciais para a demografia latino-americana.
Condutas anestésicas na endoscopia para remoção de corpo estranho esofágico: Relato de caso
Authors: Fadel Neto Elias , Zanoni Fernando Luiz
Published: November 2023

The use of anesthetics in endoscopic procedures has multiple beneficial functions, such as reducing the response to stress, better postoperative respiratory function, and less postoperative pain. On the other hand, an endoscopy has its disadvantages, such as a more limited visibility of the operated area and, therefore, longer duration of surgery with the possibility of greater use of the anesthetics. However, the benefits outweigh these disadvantages, as the recovery prognosis for patients is favorable. As endoscopy is a procedure that has become increasingly common in veterinary medicine due to its practicality, it is very important that the veterinary anesthesiologist be prepared to apply adequate sedation in the procedure. During the transoperative period, the animal remained stable, despite the resistance of the foreign body to damage and it persisting in the region of the cervical esophageal mucosa.
Preoperative examination and intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid leakage test for minimally invasive surgery of spinal extradural arachnoid cysts: illustrative case
Authors: Sunada Yoshihiro , Yagi Kenji , Tao Yoshifumi , Nishimura Hirotake , Hishikawa Tomohito
Published: November 2023

BACKGROUND

Spinal extradural arachnoid cysts (SEACs) are rare and can cause spinal dysfunction. Total cyst removal and duraplasty via multiple laminectomies are commonly performed. However, to avoid postoperative spinal deformity and axial pain, a minimally invasive surgery via selective laminectomy may be optimal. Therefore, preoperative detection of the dural fistula site is required.

OBSERVATIONS

A 25-year-old male presented with a 2-month history of progressive gait disturbance and back pain. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed SEACs at the T9 to L2 level but did not reveal the dural fistula. Further examinations were performed using sagittal time-spatial labeling inversion pulse MRI and cone-beam computed tomography myelography with a spinal intrathecal catheter, which indicated a dural fistula on the left side at the T12 level. On the basis of these results, dural repair was performed via selective laminectomy. Furthermore, an intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid leakage test by intrathecally injecting saline via a spinal catheter confirmed complete closure of the dural fistula, with no other fistulas.

LESSONS

These comprehensive pre and intraoperative examinations may be useful for minimally invasive and selective surgeries in patients with SEACs.