bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Application of Statistical Analysis and Functional Assessment Tests in Patients After Trochanteric Fractures Treated Surgically in an Individual Rehabilitation Programme
Authors: Skowronek Robert , Zawora Józef , Kwiatkowski Krzysztof , Skalski Konstanty
Published: September 2021

Physiotherapeutic procedures after surgical treatment of trochanteric fractures of femurs are a very important element of a postoperative management because they have a significant influence on the final result of physiotherapy. This is due to the nature of the fracture and the frequency of its occurrence. The aim of the work is, in particular, to determine the relationship between functional assessment scales in patients after trochanteric fractures treated surgically using extended statistical analysis including regression equations. Statistical analysis included a group of patients, which participated in a specialized programme of a post-operative procedure, called the ‘Individual’ Group. The matrix of research results, calculations of basic statistical measures, such as position, variability, interdependence, asymmetry and concentration were presented for this group. Regression equations representing the relationships between the considered variables, in particular concerning the applied scales and post-operative tests, were presented. Their purpose, mathematical interpretation, results of calculations and statistical tests were discussed. Attention was paid to the high correlation between the Parker and Mobility tests. The extended statistical analysis makes it possible to create an own system for assessing the treatment results of patients after trochanteric fractures are treated surgically.
Backlash Fault Suppression Using LQ Optimal Control Based RST Controllers in Wind Turbine Systems Using Bond Graphs and Matlab/Simulink
Authors: Arab Mohamed , Lachouri Abederezak , Kerikeb Mohamed , Mehennaoui Lamine , Bouchareb Faouzi
Published: September 2021

The presence of backlash in wind turbines is a source of limitations as it introduces nonlinearities that reduce their efficiency in speed/torque control which affect the performance of the power quality. Because of production tolerances during rotation, the teeth contact is lost for a small angle; until it is re-established, it produces a backlash phenomenon. The desire to eliminate this phenomenon is often hard to realise due to the nonlinear dynamic behaviour, which arises with the presence of backlash fault in a system. Therefore, the goal of this study is to develop an LQ optimal control structure in a form of an R-S-T controller in order to reduce the disturbing torque transmitted inside the dead zone of a gearbox in the wind turbine system. The actual system is also developed to be used as a demonstration model at lectures or presentations. The efficacy of the proposed control is illustrated via simulations.
Driving Comfort Assistance System Considering Two Sensors Data
Authors: Karapetkov Stanimir , Uzunov Hristo , Indrie Liliana , Zlatev Zlatin
Published: September 2021

In the present work, a system using data from two sensors located next to the driver and to the mass centre of the bus is proposed. Three degrees of discomfort have been used – comfortable, moderately uncomfortable and very uncomfortable. These levels are set out in the questionnaire. A survey was conducted. Respondents were selected between the ages of 14 and 65 and were divided into three age groups – adults, middle-aged and young. Accelerometer systems with MPU-6500 (TDK InvenSense Corp.) sensors are used. A correlation method (CORR) and sequentially improving estimation methods are used for feature selection, which significantly reduce the number of combinations of features obtained. Selected sensor data is entered into feature vectors. These vectors are reduced by principal component analysis. Predictive models have been created that take into account the age of passengers. The use of data from two sensors and separation of the passengers according their age, leads to an increase in the accuracy of predicting passengers discomfort level (DL) of up to 98%. These results can be used to evaluate and guide the vehicle driver in order to improve his driving style. In addition, the simplified interface does not distract the driver from the road conditions. The results obtained can lead to an improvement in the parameters of the transport process, which covers the interest of the carrier related to the efficient use of vehicles, and hence the reduction of fuel consumption and harmful emissions. However, it should be recommended that, when developing systems to ensure comfort of travel, adjustments should be made to suit the age group of passengers carried on public transport buses.
Three-Dimensional Fuzzy Control of Ultrasonic Cleaning
Authors: Morkun Volodymyr , Kravchenko Olha
Published: September 2021

Consideration of ultrasonic cleaning as a process with distributed parameters enables reduction of power consumption. This approach is based on establishment of control over the process depending on fixed values of ultrasonic responses in set points. The initial intensity of radiators is determined using a three-dimensional (3D) interval type-2 fuzzy logic controller essentially created for processes with distributed parameters, as well as complex expert evaluation of the input data. The interval membership functions for the input and output data consider the space heterogeneity of ultrasonic cleaning. A rule base is formed, which is 2D and not dependent upon the number of input and output parameters. A model illustrating ultrasonic cleaning with a 3D interval type-2 fuzzy logic controller is designed. Comparative analysis of the output parameters of the proposed model and the traditional method indicates an increase in the energy efficiency by 41.17% due to application of only those ultrasonic radiators that are located next to the contamination.
A semantic analysis of modal DE 得 in pre-modern Chinese
Authors: Meisterernst Barbara
Published: September 2021

In this paper, the lexical semantics of the pre-modal verb 得 dé and its development into a modal auxiliary will be discussed. Two different positions are available for the modal dé, the default preverbal position of modal auxiliary verbs and a post-verbal position. The analysis of the event and the argument structure of the lexical verb dé reveals that the different modal uses of dé originate from its functions as an achievement verb. In this regard, dé clearly differs from the other verbs of possibility in Late Archaic Chinese. The particular syntacto-semantic constraints of dé can account for its development into both a modal auxiliary verb, and for the particular functions it develops in the Modern Sinitic languages as a postverbal modal marker.
Preliminary Studies on Register Function of Chinese Function Words
Authors: Hou Renkui , Huang Chu-Ren , Yang Li , Jiang Minghu
Published: September 2021

This paper explores the effectiveness of Chinese function words in register studies based on text mining and attempts to determine their register specific functions based on quantitative methods. Following the hypothesis that function words can be used as features to differentiate different registers, our text clustering experiment demonstrates that different registers in Chinese can in fact be classified in terms of distribution of function words. Our correspondence analysis shows that the correlations between function words and different registers vary, hence some function words have register-specific functions. In addition, the correlation coefficients between function words and various registers can determine the register-specific function of function words. Our quantitative model of register specific function of function words makes an important contribution to our understanding of the correlation between function words and registers.
Kajian Proses Fermentasi Limbah Sayur dan Buah Dari Pasar Tradisional Kintamani
Authors: Wirawan I Wayan Edy , Setiyo Yohanes , Madrini Ida Ayu  Gede Bintang
Published: September 2021

ABSTRAK

Tujuan dari penelitian ini yakni sebagai berikut: (1) mengetahui pengaruh kombinasi antara limbah sayur dan limbah buah untuk dibuat pupuk organik cair, dan (2) mengetahui perlakuan yang terbaik pada proses fermentasi limbah sayur dan buah dari pasar tradisional  Penelitian ini menggunakan 4 perlakuan sebagai berikut : perlakuan A0 = sayur 100 %, A1 = sayur 90 % dan buah 10 %, perlakuan A2 = sayur 80 % dan buah 20 %, perlakuan A3 = sayur 70 dan buah 30 %. Campuran sayur dan buah dari setiap perlakuan adalah 10 kg dan dihancurkan dengan blender, hasil pengecilan ukuran kemudian di ditambahkan  dengan air 20 liter dan molase masing masing 1 kg . Sayur adalah sawi putih, kobis, sayur hijau,sedangkan buah : Tomat.Parameter yang diamati yaitu : perubahan warna, derajat keasaman (pH) dan Daya hantar listrik (EC), (TDS), BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand), COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand), C-organik dan N-total. Secara umum, kualitas pupuk cair  yang dihasilkan dari keempat perlakukan sesuai dengan Standar SNI No.70/Permentan/SR.140/10/2011.

ABSTRACT

The objectives of this study were to: (1) determine the effect of a combination of waste vegetables and fruit waste to make liquid organic fertilizer, and (2) find out the best treatment in the fermentation process of vegetable and fruit waste from the traditional market of Kintamani. This study uses 4 treatments as follows: A0 treatment = 100% vegetables, A1 = 90% vegetables and 10% fruit, A2 treatment = 80% vegetables and 20% fruit, A3 treatment = 70 vegetables and 30% fruit. The mixture of vegetables and fruit from each treatment is 10 kg and crushed with a blender, the size reduction results are then added with 20 liters of water and molasses 1 kg each. Vegetables are chicory, cabbage, green vegetables, whole fruit: Tomatoes. The observed parameters are changes in color, degree of acidity (pH) and electrical conductivity (DHL), (TDS), BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand), COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand), C-organic, and N-total. In general, the quality of liquid fertilizer produced from the four treatments is in accordance with SNI Standard No.70 / Permentan / SR.140 / 10/2011
The Differences of T-Regulator Cells, Alanine Aminotransferase Serum and Aspartate Aminotranspherase Between Hepatitis B Chronic Patients with and without Liver Fibrosis
Authors: Derosa Yostila , Zubir Nasrul , Arnelis Raveinal
Published: September 2021

Background: Hepatitis B is acute or chronic liver inflammation caused by hepatitis B viral and can progress to hepatic chirrosis or liver cancer. Chronic hepatitis B has a high risk for liver fibrosis. Chronic inflammation and liver fibrosis are interrelated processes. This study aimed to determine the differences in T-regulator cells, Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) and Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) between chronic hepatitis B patients with and without liver fibrosis.Method: This study used a cross-sectional method for patients diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B in the Inpatient and Outpatient Department of the Internal Medicine Department  DR. M. Djamil Padang and other hospitals in Padang city for 6 months. Samples were selected by consecutive sampling according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Liver fibrosis is identified by fibroscan. Data were analyzed by SPSS 21.0.Results: thirty-two patients were diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B and 50% had liver fibrosis. The levels of T-regulator cells in chronic hepatitis B patients without liver fibrosis were 2.08% and liver fibrosis 2.25%, but this difference was not statistically significant (p 0.05). Mean ALT levels in the group without fibrosis were 19 IU/L (7IU/L-71IU/L) and liver fibrosis 61 IU / L (13IU/L-625IU/L). The mean AST level in the group without fibrosis were 15.5 IU/L (10IU/L-32IU/L) and liver fibrosis 35.5 IU/L (10IU/L-476IU/L). The difference between ALT and AST in the two groups was significant (p 0.05). Hepatitis B patients with liver fibrosis had higher ALT and AST levels than without fibrosis.Conclusion: There were differences levels of T-regulator cells in the two groups, but it was not statistically significant. ALT and AST levels were higher in the liver fibrosis group and statistically significant.
Usefulness of semi-solid medical foods administered after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Authors: Kajihara Yusaku
Published: September 2021

Background: Even if preoperative enteral nutrition is administered without any issues, some patients suffer from gastrointestinal symptoms (e.g., vomiting and diarrhea) after initiating gastrostomy feeding. Because of the amino acid composition and limited amount of lipids, elemental diets may reduce the risk of gastrointestinal symptoms. However, elemental diets are expensive. Semi-solid medical foods are inexpensive and more closely mimic normal physiology than elemental diets. The aim of the present study was to investigate the usefulness of semi-solid medical foods when administered after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG).Method: This retrospective study analyzed 91 patients who had PEG performed by the author who was the attending physician. All patients received preoperative enteral nutrition with liquid nutrients, and there were no instances of gastrointestinal symptoms before PEG tube placement. The types of nutrients administered after PEG were divided into three categories: semi-solid medical foods (n = 20), polymeric formulas (n = 26), and elemental diets (n = 45). The incidence of gastrointestinal symptoms was compared among the three groups.Results: No gastrointestinal symptoms occurred in the semi-solid medical foods group; the incidence of gastrointestinal symptoms in the semi-solid medical foods group was significantly lower than that of the polymeric formulas group [0% vs. 26.9% (7/26), p 0.05] and was similar to that of the elemental diets group [0% vs. 2.2% (1/45), p = 1].Conclusion: If preoperative enteral nutrition is administered without any issues, semi-solid medical foods are useful as nutrients administered after PEG tube placement.
Early Post Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Cholecystitis - Incidence, Risk Factors, Severity, and Surgical Implications — Case Series
Authors: SK Ravikiran , AR Nitin Rao , LV Lokesh , B Avinash , R Manjunath Patil Kiran , R Manjunath Patil Kiran , BS Satyaprakash
Published: September 2021

Cholecystitis can be a serious complication following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Though the concept of early post-ERCP cholecystitis (PEC) is well known, studies that analysed the predictors, occurrence and outcomes of early PEC are rare. This is an analysis of 11 cases developing severe early post-ERCP cholecystitis.
The biochemical estimation of the nitric oxide system in prenatally stressed rats
Authors: Belyaeva L. E. , Pauliukevich H. N.
Published: September 2021

Introduction. Pregnancy development following unfavorable conditions could facilitate disorders of nitric oxide (NO) production during offspring’s postnatal life and «program» offspring’s cardiovascular diseases. Investigation of particular features and mechanisms of nitric oxide synthesis and action disorders following prenatal stress will promote expansion of considerations about pathogenesis of different cardiovascular diseases and propose new approaches to their prevention and management.The aim of the investigation is to assess the nature of nitric oxide synthesis and action in mature rats whose mothers were exposed to chronic «unpredictable» stress during pregnancy. Materials and methods. Pregnant rats were subdivided into the «control» and «stress» groups (in 20 animals). The rats from the «stress» group were exposed to multiple different stressors at various intervals, such as 1-day famine; 20-min. immobilization in the water at room temperature; 1-day contact with cats’ excrements. In the blood serum of 3-mo offspring (n=96, including «control» males – 24, «control» females – 26, «stress» males – 22, «stress» females – 24) concentration of the stable products of NO degradation – nitrates/nitrites (NO3–/NO2–), endothelial (eNOS) and inducible (iNOS) isoforms of the NO-synthase, inhibitor of NO-synthase asymmetric dimethylargininne (ADMA), cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), lipid peroxidation products – diene conjugates (DC) and malonic dialdehyde (MDA) and C-reactive protein (hsCRP) was detected. Results. The decrease of eNOS and cGMP concentration (by 12.9 and 31.9 %, respectively), increase of iNOS, hsCRP and ADMA concentration (by 49.9, 20.3 и 63.1 %, respectively) without statistically significant fluctuation in the NO3–/NO2– level and accumulation of DC and MDA by 21.1 % and 1.5 times in a prenatally stressed male rats’ blood serum were found (as compared with «control» male rats). In a blood serum of female rats, whose mothers were exposed to chronic «unpredictable» stress during pregnancy, a tendency to eNOS concentration decreasing, and increase of iNOS by 30.6 %, hsCRP by 23.9 % and MDA by 2.3 times without statistically significant changes in cGMP, ADMA, NO3–/NO2–, and DC concentration were detected (as compared with «control» female rats). Conclusion. Identified changes of the nitric oxide system synthesis and action in the prenatally stressed male rats could argue the high risk of their cardiovascular system lesion.
KEJADIAN SICK BUILDING SYNDROME DI INDONESIA : KAJIAN PUSTAKA
Authors: Alwi Hidayati , Setyaningsih Yuliani , Wahyuni Ida
Published: September 2021

Latar Belakang:

Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) adalah gangguan kesehatan dalam bentuk gejala yang diikuti oleh ketidaknyamanan dengan lingkungan dan keluhan bau karena kondisi lingkungan yang tidak memenuhi persyaratan dan ada pencemaran di dalam ruangan, bisa dalam bentuk jamur, mikroba, dan bahan kimia. Kualitas udara yang buruk dapat berdampak negatif pada pekerja atau karyawan dalam bentuk keluhan masalah kesehatan.

Tujuan :

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kejadian Sick Building Syndrome di Indonesia.

Metode Penelitian:

Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah studi literatur. Literatur dilakukan secara online melalui beberapa situs web atau situs internet terpercaya. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada 15 artikel yang terdiri dari 9 artikel nasional dan 6 artikel internasional. Artikel dianalisis secara bivariat dan diproses melalui tahapan dalam bentuk pengeditan, pengorganisasian, analisis dan penjabaran.

Hasil :

Hasil studi dari 15 artikel, menunjukkan ada hubungan antara faktor fisik (suhu, kelembaban, aliran udara, pencahayaan, kebisingan dan ventilasi). kualitas), faktor kimia (CO2 dan CO), faktor biologis (kuman) faktor stres kerja (beban kerja dan tekanan kerja), dan faktor individu (usia, masa kerja, jenis kelamin dan kebiasaan merokok) dan tidak menemukan korelasi antara faktor fisik (debu ) dan faktor biologis (jamur) dengan terjadinya Sick Building Syndrome.

Kesimpulan:

kejadian Sick Building Syndrome di Indonesia masih banyak ditemukan terutama pada gedung tempat karyawan bekerja.
Hubungan Faktor Predispossing Enabling and Reinforcing dengan Praktik Safety Riding pada Kurir Ekspedisi Kota Semarang
Authors: Yulianti Diana , Kurniawan Bina , Ekawati
Published: September 2021

Latar Belakang: 

Kurir pengantar surat dan barang perusahaan ekspedisi berisiko mengalami kecelakaan lalu lintas selama perjalanan menuju lokasi pelanggan. Dengan semakin tingginya permintaan pelanggan akan berbanding lurus dengan meningkatnya risiko kecelakaan lalu lintas. Oleh karena itu kurir perlu menerapkan perilaku safety riding. Berdasarkan teori lawrence green perilaku dipengaruhi oleh tiga faktor yaitu faktor predispossing, enabling dan reinforcing. 

Tujuan :

Menganalisis hubungan faktor predisposing, reinforcing and enabling dengan praktik safety riding pada kurir perusahaan ekspedisi kota Semarang.

Metode Penelitian:

Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah 121 kurir sepeda motor dengan jumlah sampel 36 kurir dengan menggunakan teknik incidental sampling.  Analisis statistik menggunakan uji chi square.

Hasil :

Hasil penelitian menunjukkan responden dengan praktik safety riding kategori aman sebesar 52,8%, responden dengan masa kerja lama sebesar 83,3%, responden dengan tingkat pendidikan SMA/SMK sebesar 72,2%, responden dengan pengetahuan baik sebesar 55,6%, responden dengan sikap positif sebesar 55,6%, responden yang pernah mendapat pelatihan safety riding sebesar 52,8%, responden dengan kondisi kendaraa sesuai standar sebesar 50%, responden yang mendapat pengaruh dari atasan sebesar 58,3% dan yang mendapat pengaruh dari rekan kerja sebesar 61,1%.

Kesimpulan:

Dapat disimpulkan bahwa sebesar 47,2% responden belum menerapkan safety riding dan sebesar 52,8% responden telah menerapkan safety riding. Berdasarkan hasil uji Chi Square, terdapat beberapa variabel yang berhubungan dengan praktik safety riding yaitu pengetahuan (p-value : 0,021), sikap (p-value : 0,003), pelatihan (p-value :0,047), peran atasan (p-value :0,048), peran rekan kerja (p-value : 0,020) dan kondisi kendaraan (p-value : 0,019).
Paparan Bising sebagai Faktor Risiko Kejadian Hipertensi: Systematic Review
Authors: Devi Nurfayanti  , Wahyuningsih Nur Endah , Suhartono
Published: September 2021

Latar belakang: Hipertensi memiliki prevalensi yang tinggi di seluruh dunia. World Health Organization (WHO) menyatakan bahwa ada kurang lebih 1,13 miliar orang di dunia mengalami hipertensi. Salah satu faktor timbulnya hipertensi adalah pajanan bising yang berlebihan di lingkungan kerja. Namun, bagaimana pengaruh bising terhadap kejadian hipertensi masih belum terlalu jelas.

Tujuan: Mendiskusikan paparan bising sebagai faktor risiko dalam menimbulkan kejadian hipertensi pada pekerja.

Metode Penelitian: Systematic Review dengan pencarian artikel melalui Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, EBSCOhost, dan ProQuest yang diterbitkan dalam jangka waktu 2011-2020.

Hasil: Ada 15 artikel yang terkait dengan hipertensi dan kebisingan. Empat artikel melaporkan tekanan darah mengalami kenaikan setelah terpapar bising dan empat artikel lain melaporkan perbedaan tekanan darah kelompok terpapar dan tidak terpapar bising. Empat artikel menunjukkan paparan bising sebagai faktor risiko hipertensi dan tujuh artikel melaporkan dampak bising terhadap prevalensi hipertensi.

Kesimpulan: Paparan bising di lingkungan tempat kerja terbukti meningkatkan risiko hipertensi 2-7 kali lebih besar dan prevalensi hipertensi >17% pada bising ≥85 dBA.

Kata kunci: paparan bising; hipertensi; lingkungan tempat kerja; systematic review
Peroxisomal acyl CoA oxidase deficiency: a rare inherited disorder of nervous system
Authors: Lakshmi Naga Deepika Madireddy , Bhuwalka Rashmi , Sunitha Tella , Nallari Pratibha , Ananthapur Venkateshwari
Published: September 2021

Background:

Peroxisomal acyl CoA oxidase deficiency is a very rare neurodegenerative disorder characterised by postnatal hypotonia, seizures, and neurological regression in early infancy.

Case Presentation:

Here, we present a case of two children in a family affected with peroxisomal acyl CoA oxidase deficiency. Early onset of hypotonia, seizures, and psychomotor delay was observed in both the sibs. Plasma levels of very long chain fatty acids showed normal levels of phytanic acid, pristanic acid, C22, C24, C26, C26/C22, and C24/C22 ratios. Here, we describe a case where women in her second trimester and with two affected siblings with peroxisomal acyl CoA oxidase deficiency was referred to institute for genetic counselling.

Conclusion:

Clinical exome analysis of the couple, two affected sibs and the fetus adds new insight into the clinical, neuroradiological, and molecular aspects of this disorder that represents one of the rarer inherited defects of peroxisomal function.
A value chain analysis of sweet potato commodity marketing
Authors: Waridin Waridin , Al- Hafidz Zulfikar
Published: September 2021

A thorough analysis of farmers’ purchasing power is very important because of agricultural products’ unique characteristics that likely position farmers more vulnerably. In this respect, we seek to anayze farmers’ purchasing power and market conditions of an agricultural product (sweet potatoes) by using the value chain and SCP (structure, conduct, performance) analyses. This study is administered in Bergas Sub-district, Semarang Regency that exhibit high potentials of sweet potato products. Our research sample are farmers, marketing institutions, and governments that are selected with the purposive sampling and snowball sampling methods. The results show that sweet potatoes marketing in this sub-district has four marketing channels and the market structure is oligopoly. The concentration ratio (CR4) of 0.52 indicates that the market has weak concentration with the Minimum Efficiency Scale (MES) score of 65%, implying that new competitors are obstructed to enter the market. Further, the fourth market channel has efficient marketing system performance with the marketing margin of Rp 1,500/ kg and farmers’ market share of 57.14%. Overall, our results suggest that farmers have to select short marketing chains and sell their products to final consumers.
Diverse Mindfulness Practices for Bipolar Recovery: Qualitative Study Results
Authors: Strong Sasha
Published: September 2021

This study investigated the lived experience of Buddhist-informed mindfulness practice and its utilization in recovery from bipolar disorder (BD) in 9 adult participants. Established mindfulness based interventions (MBIs) decontextualize mindfulness practice from a Buddhist theory base, omitting conceptual frameworks that may have adaptive value in recovery from BD. In interviews, participants reported blending techniques learned from various Buddhist lineages throughout the course of their recovery, as well as a variety of other contemplative practices such as techniques to cultivate adaptive emotions, devotional practices, visualization practices, embodiment practices, investigative practices, and informal daily practice. Mindfulness practice for recovery from BD is perhaps best viewed as a personalized craft of recovery, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. Seeking ongoing optimization and expert guidance helped participants adapt their meditation practice to different mood states and the unfolding stages of their recovery. While evidence for the efficacy of MBIs for BD is equivocal, these results illustrate the idiosyncratic nature of recovery pathways and how mindfulness may improve self-management and integrate with other wellness practices in recovery from BD.
Parallels between the U.S. and Russia: The Trump Administration
Authors: Langmeier Andrew
Published: September 2021

Russia has come up repeatedly in discussions of Donald Trump and the current U.S. administration. In time for the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Russian revolution, this paper aims to describe the importance and interconnectedness of image, information, hegemony, and power by exploring connections between the U.S. and Russia. An interdisciplinary approach drawing from fields such as cultural studies, linguistics, and anthropology will be applied to selected events and actions of the Trump administration. This study provides a method of framing US political events against Russian history and contemporary reality.
The Globalized Classroom: Integrating Technology to Improve Communicative and Cultural Proficiency
Authors: Frank Nicholas
Published: September 2021

The purpose of this project was to explore how the integration of technology affects students’ communicative and cultural proficiency in a second language when connecting two world language classrooms from across the globe. Through a series of weekly emails between partner schools, students practiced their interpretive reading and presentational writing skills while gaining knowledge of their partners’ cultures and colloquial language in a meaningful and individualized manner. The participants were U.S. high school students learning Spanish and Spanish high school students learning English. This created an authentic and organic environment for language acquisition, showing improvement in both communicative and cultural proficiency. Data collected was qualitative and quantitative to capture adequately student improvement. Through analysis of the feedback, both stated by students and observed, an updated curriculum guide was created to help the project improve in future implementation.
Eritrea and the Migration Dilemma in the Horn of Africa
Authors: Stark Elizabeth
Published: September 2021

The state of Eritrea is gradually losing its population. A variety of human rights violations including mandatory indefinite conscription is contributing to many Eritrean citizen’s choice to flee. Those that do flee, tend to go to Sudan or Ethiopia as there is a long historical and cultural connection between the three countries. Additionally, Sudan and Ethiopia have a variety of laws and institutions in place to help the various refugees they take in. However, while there is this legislation, refugees are still vulnerable segments of the population that face many troubles. This shared history, culture and the legal protections afforded to refugees, are some of the reasons why Eritreans choose to flee to Sudan or Ethiopia. Some refugees use Sudan and Ethiopia as a stepping stone on the way to Europe, this shared culture and history provides them of a taste of home while attempting to flee to a better life and the legal institutions offer them protection whether they choose to Sudan and Ethiopia or continue on their journey to Europe.
Editor's Introduction
Authors: Da Costa Jade Crimson Rose , Peters Katlin , Carranza-Hernandez Giovanni
Published: September 2021

New Sociology was created by and for graduate students; it is the sole product of our critical insights, creative impulses, radical political energies, and overall willingness to push the boundaries of knowledge. We created New Sociology on our own terms, with the ideas, politics, and best interests of emergent scholars, activists, and artists in mind. We created New Sociology to make academia a bit more survivable for people like us. We created New Sociology to honour the pedagogical power inherent, not just in academic critique, but in art and storytelling. We created New Sociology to challenge the idea that only old dead white men have something to say about society. We created New Sociology to give graduate students the chance to participate in the creation and dissemination of academic knowledge. We created New Sociology to distribute academic publications to a wide and diverse audience. We created New Sociology to support other graduate students; to support our friends, our communities, and our ourselves. We created New Sociology.
Mama I Don't Know
Authors: Abu Khreibeh Maysam
Published: September 2021

This is a personal spoken word piece dedicated to my mother. The piece is an ode to both her sacrifices as a single mother as well as her journey as a Palestinian-Syrian refugee turned Canadian immigrant, in addition to my own feelings of displacement as a Muslim Palestinian-Syrian of colour dwelling in the lands of Turtle Island. The piece strives to make space for the pain that comes with being a child of diaspora; recognizing one’s loss of cultural knowledge, familial connections, mother tongue, and connection to a land never seen. The piece explores how coming to know about one’s roots and histories in relation to one’s homeland, is a form of resistance to the erasure of a people, in this case – the Palestinian people. The feelings encapsulated within the piece, whether it be of rage, hope or desperation, are driven by the love one has for one’s faith, land and people.
To Sleep Overseas
Authors: Escobar Roxana
Published: September 2021

In this piece, I reflect on my fears regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru, the country with the third highest rate of deaths per capita cases in the world. As an international Peruvian student living in Canada, my mind and heart were constantly worrying about the safety of my family and friends in the months following the pandemic. In the last week of May, I realized that for the first time in my life, I could no longer remember my dreams. I was waking up at 4am incessantly thinking about my country’s situation. From the comfort of my Ph.D. desk, I saw how things were getting worse with time. Government efforts weren’t succeeding. My family was calling every day with bad news. In June, the majority of my family was infected. I gave up on dreaming. I realized I did not have to dream anymore; the morning tales from Peru were surreal enough. This reflection is the outcome of a sleepless morning in the noisy construction site known as Toronto, Ontario.
The Factory Women
Authors: Welsh Natalie
Published: September 2021

The Factory Women is a fictional account of four Italian immigrant women in Toronto, Ontario in the 1960s. Told from the second person point-of-view, the narrative aims to challenge readers to see the story through the main character’s eyes. The women presented in the story sew uniforms in a small workshop that they have dubbed “the factory.” One of the women, Marta, lost her husband to the Hoggs Hollow disaster, an actual historical event in which four Italian workers were killed while building a water main tunnel in Toronto.When a mysterious man begins working at “the factory” alongside the women, he tries to encourage them to join a worker’s union, much to the disapproval of the workroom supervisor.While Toronto Italians have largely assimilated into mainstream Canadian society, The Factory Women strives to remind members of the ethnic community of their conflicted past in an effort to exhort them to speak out against social injustice now. While many young Italian Canadians have led privileged lives, they must remember the experiences of their own ancestors and continue to fight for the equality of all Canadians. While centred on the Italian experience in Canada, The Factory Women aims to remind all people of the importance of group solidarity.
Memeification of Black Women’s Trauma
Authors: Stravens Natalie
Published: September 2021

This piece discusses the online and offline discourses on the lives and bodies of Black femme and nonbinary individuals and the harm that is so casually inflicted upon us. Through popular stories of harm performed around famous Black women, such as with rapper Megan Thee Stallion, I connect the history of Black women in popular culture to current online spaces that continue to minimize and trivialize our trauma. I seek to highlight that these stories are not an anomaly, but rather sentiments rooted in the misogynoir that is so entrenched in western culture and have been expanded and weaponized within the online sphere. In addition, the piece challenges the universality of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in its implementation, criticizing its propensity to forget its feminine victims. It is important to emphasize where it has failed and where it needs to be intentional about the people it has overlooked, as this is a movement that began online, where this harm is currently taking place, and at the hands and energies of Black femmes, the very people getting hurt. This piece has manifested from many conversations already occurring in online Black feminist spaces about our treatment and our needs. It invites others into the fold and seeks to encourage individuals to critically reflect on how Black femme and non-binary individuals are presented on their timeline in-between the numerous BLM posts that claim to protect them.
Sleeping into Wakefulness
Authors: Askarian Sasha , Appadurai Anjali
Published: September 2021

This piece is composed of a blend of poetry, social commentary, and collage artwork. It aims to draw connections between sleep and liberation, exploring how deeper levels of rest can draw us toward freedom, not only in our material conditions, but of thought, imagination and spiritual exploration. Using the three stages of the sleep cycle – light sleep, REM sleep and slow wave sleep – as a metaphorical and literal device, this piece explores productivity culture’s limiting effect on our mental and spiritual health; the piece creates poetic connections between the physical phenomena and the mental and spiritual possibilities that lie within each sleep stage. As working people, especially racialized working people, we are subject to generations of sleep deprivation through historical processes of enslavement and forced labour extraction, which translates to many lost years of the higher functions of rest: self-knowledge, memory, creativity and resilience. In today’s highly corporatized economy of neoliberal social relations, all working people are subject to a similar theft of the physical, mental, and spiritual power of deep rest. As racialized women of immigrant families, we draw upon our experience of witnessing firsthand the neoliberal ideology of sleep deprivation and extreme productivity portrayed as a necessary rite of passage for our families to have established belonging, stability and safety in Canada.
Writing through Story
Authors: MacNeil Deanna
Published: September 2021

I will write you a magic story, a world with no tubes and no pain. Little Dee will get in bed beside you and feed you all the squares. All the squares you want, Mom. I’ll sing you all your favourite songs and write them all for you. Thank you for loving me just as you did. For being just as you are. I am who I am because of you. I love you. I will miss you and miss telling you all the stories. You would say my name just so: “Deeeaaanna”. Who will say my name as you did, to let me know I’m living my best life? I’ll do my best to continue Mom, and hope to hear you say my name just as you did, just as you know.
Reflexive Poetry
Authors: Van Giessen Eric
Published: September 2021

These four poems are excerpts from a multifaceted project entitled Queerly Faithful: A Queer-Poet Community Autoethnography on Identity and Belonging in Faith Communities. This project attempts to bolster and critique contemporary studies of queer and faith identities as they manifest in the lives of queer people of faith by approaching the subject with a queer sensibility (Holman Jones & Adams 2010: 204). One facet of this approach involved my use of poetry as a personal reflexive medium on the research process itself. The poems invite the reader into my experience as I wrestle with articulating methodology, theory framing, data presentation, and the questions and challenges of producing a fixed document to present the findings of a queer project that resists fixedness. By blurring the lines between poetry/narrative/storytelling and social science writing, I invite the readers “to become coparticipants, engaging the storyline morally, emotionally, aesthetically, and intellectually” (Ellis & Bochner 2000: 745). The poems, which are scattered throughout the research paper, nuance the traditional academic language and prose analysis in the paper and serve to challenge conceptions of ‘proper’ social science writing and position the writing itself as a method of inquiry (Prendergast, Leggo & Sameshima 2009; Richardson & St. Pierre 2005; Richardson 1993). The poems in isolation, as presented here, invite the reader to consider the strengths and challenges of social science research and articulate my struggle to honour the sacred stories of my participants through fixed language. The poems play with the questions: what does it mean to be a social justice researcher and how might our work, methodologically as well as topically, critique and undermine oppressive epistemologies that elevate and prioritize certain voices over others?
O 'Gabinete das Sombras' e a ascensão do discurso negacionista no Brasil
Authors: Oliveira Hélio
Published: September 2021

Este trabalho explora algumas características do discurso negacionista, como seu aparente processo de legitimação e seu enunciador prototípico, a partir da análise de declarações feitas por integrantes do chamado “gabinete das sombras” ou “gabinete paralelo” – uma rede de apoio ao presidente da república e a outros agentes do governo federal, que tem tentado ocupar espaços institucionais durante a pandemia de covid-19. O objetivo principal é entender a natureza do discurso negacionista, sobretudo sua vertente anticientífica, levando em conta a proposta de Maingueneau (2010), no âmbito da Análise do Discurso, sobre a problemática dos discursos tópicos e atópicos: enquanto os primeiros são plenamente aceitos pela sociedade, os segundos são relegados à clandestinidade. Dentre os resultados da análise, identifica-se que o discurso reproduzido pelos membros desse gabinete é marcado por um caráter paradoxal (seus integrantes se apresentam como especialistas e cientistas, mas rejeitam teses e metodologias científicas), além de estratégias argumentativas que obscurecem os sentidos, traços que caracterizam esse discurso como atópico. Em termos de legitimação, embora o negacionismo desfrute de muito espaço e algum poder no contexto brasileiro atual, com graves consequências para o enfrentamento da pandemia no país, há indícios de que ele permanece atópico.
Uma proposta de categorização das apontações laterais em Libras
Authors: Silva Anderson Almeida da
Published: September 2021

Neste trabalho propus uma categorização para os itens de apontação em libras. A partir da coleta e análise de dados de diferentes tipos e origens, identifiquei uma distinção fonológica entre a apontação demonstrativa não gramaticalizada, a apontação adverbial e as apontações laterais. Já as apontações laterais só se distinguem categoricamente pela sintaxe. Quando não acompanham um nome e estão sozinhas em posição argumental, são interpretadas como apontações pronominais, mas se acompanham um nome em posição argumental, a depender da ordem, pré ou pós-nominal, podem ser categorizadas, respectivamente, como artigos definidos e demonstrativos gramaticalizados.
A variação terminológica e os gêneros textuais especializados
Authors: Serra Luis Henrique
Published: September 2021

A Terminologia é um campo interdisciplinar que tem como foco diferentes aspectos da comunicação especializada. Desse modo, diferentes campos do saber humano têm se interessado pela comunicação em âmbito acadêmico e científico. A Linguística tem apresentado diferentes contribuições a essa área, apresentando propostas de análise da comunicação científica que têm sido instrumentos para explicar diferentes fenômenos terminológicos. Considerando isso, o presente texto tem como objetivo apresentar uma pesquisa sobre a variação terminológica denominativa no universo da cana-de-açúcar do Brasil e toma como base o conceito de comunidade discursiva de John Swales, apontando sua importância para os estudos terminológicos. Parte-se do pressuposto de que todos os fenômenos linguísticos encontrados nos discursos especializados têm origem nas diferentes relações que existem entre especialistas de uma comunidade de especialistas. A pesquisa apresenta um corpus composto por textos orais e escritos coletados em diferentes plataformas digitais, utilizada pelos especialistas em Agronomia da cana-de-açúcar. Os resultados mostram que a variação terminológica é uma realidade nesse universo e os aspectos comunicativa da comunidade de especialista dão elementos para a análise da variação encontrada
A Decima Classis do Schola Aquitanica (1583)
Authors: Kaltner Leonardo Ferreira , Santos Melyssa Cardozo Silva dos
Published: September 2021

O presente artigo, derivado de apresentação de trabalho no congresso Interab/Abralin de 2021, tem por objetivo analisar, pela Historiografia da Linguística e pela Linguística Missionária, a décima classe do documento conhecido por Schola Aquitanica (1583), escrito em latim clássico, na variante humanística renascentista francesa. O documento educacional é o plano de estudos do colégio renascentista de Guiena, na França absolutista, que foi administrado pelo humanista português André de Gouveia (1497-1548). Sua educação linguística era inspirada no círculo intelectual de Erasmo de Roterdã e no desenvolvimento da corrente de pensamento do humanismo renascentista, pautado pelo ensino das línguas clássicas, no modelo de collegium trilingue. A décima classe era a classe educacional inicial, e o documento registra a alfabetização latino-francesa da época. Por fim, o documento é tema de estudos da Linguística Missionária, tendo em vista que o conteúdo de alfabetização era relacionado à matéria de cunho catequético, como parte da doutrinação cristã, no clima intelectual quinhentista. O humanista André de Gouveia também foi o fundador do Real Colégio das Artes de Coimbra (1548), em Portugal, e o documento assim teria influência na recepção do humanismo renascentista nesse contexto. No artigo apresentamos o texto latino, tradução e comentários, sobre o pensamento linguístico da época, além da contextualização da obra.
Comunidades de fala efêmeras
Authors: Teixeira Viviane Lourenço , Kaltner Leonardo Ferreira
Published: September 2021

O tema do presente artigo é uma leitura crítica e interpretativa da Carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha, de 1500, tendo por temática uma análise teórica do contato linguístico, por uma fundamentação a partir de dois campos interdisciplinares: a Historiografia da Linguística e a Ecolinguística. Para tal intento, valemo-nos do conceito de “comunidade de fala efêmera” (COUTO, 2016), analisando o relato do escrivão da armada de Cabral do contato entre indígenas Tupiniquins e Nicolau Coelho, experiente navegador português, que ocorreu na região de Porto Seguro, na América portuguesa quinhentista. Analisamos o contexto do pensamento linguístico da época, pelo aparato conceitual de Swiggers (2013), na atuação de línguas, os intérpretes coloniais, e como esse processo de contato linguístico se processava, empiricamente, nesse contexto histórico. Por fim, tecemos considerações e comentários para a análise do pensamento linguístico desse período histórico, em que os intérpretes conhecidos como línguas atuavam nas relações interculturais entre comunidades linguísticas diversas.