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Navigating TRPML1 Scholarly Hotspots Through a Bibliometric Lens
Authors:   Department of Pharmacology & Life Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor, Puncak Alam Campus, 42300, Selangor, Malaysia, Abdul Malik Lutfia Ilsahaida , Jahidin Aisyah Hasyila , Hasan Mizaton Hazizul
Published: October 2024

Transient Receptor Potential Mucolipin 1 (TRPML1) is a calcium-permeable cation channel predominantly localised on late endosomes and lysosomes. Its multifaceted roles encompass lysosomal exocytosis, autophagy, and cellular processes, such as mitochondrial function and cancer cell invasion. Despite extensive research on TRPML1, there remains a need to systematically evaluate TRPML1-related studies for the scientific community. Our goals were to analyse TRPML1 research publications to pinpoint key contributors, trends, and major themes. The aim is to showcase significant discoveries and untapped areas within TRPML1 for future research endeavours. In this study, we employed bibliometric tools, specifically VOSviewer, to quantitatively analyse TRPML1 publications. TRPML1 research witnessed an upward trajectory, peaking in 2019. The United States emerged as the predominant contributor, with China gaining prominence in recent years. The Journal of Biological Chemistry stood out as a leading disseminator of TRPML1-related findings. Additionally, Nature and Nature Communications boasted the highest citation rates, emphasising the impact of TRPML1 research. Highly cited articles unravelled TRPML1's pivotal role in iron homeostasis and autophagy regulation, shaping scholarly discourse and therapeutic advancements. Author networks spotlighted influential contributors such as Haoxing Xu, and Susan A Slaugenhaupt. Keyword analysis identified clusters related to lysosomal disorders, cellular regulations, and cellular stress, providing insights into prevailing research priorities. Initially, TRPML1 research centered on understanding its role in endosomes and lysosomes, revealing its relevance in various physiological and pathological conditions. However, certain underexplored research avenues for TRPML1 deserve attention, particularly in the context of autophagy and cancer. Finally, this study explored seven key research frontiers of TRPML1, illuminating critical areas namely podocyte function, exosome release, neurodegeneration, autophagy regulation, cancer progression, apoptosis, and interactions with reactive oxygen species. By delving deeper into these domains, researchers can enhance their understanding of TRPML1 and potentially open avenues for innovative disease interventions.
Combination treatment of Clinacanthus nutans extract with cisplatin against breast cancer cell line, MCF-7
Authors: Daud Akmal Arif
Published: October 2024

Chemotherapy is one of the treatments for cancer and among the important agent is cisplatin. However, owing to the adverse effects associated with modern medicine, patients often explore traditional herbal remedies for cancer management. Clinacanthus nutans is widely believed to possess healing properties for various ailments, including cancer. The cultural and traditional background of this plant increases its acceptance among patients seeking alternative or complementary treatments. There exists a growing concern regarding the potential impact of C. nutans on the efficacy of cisplatin in treating breast cancer. Thus, this study aims to assess the anticancer properties of C. nutans water extract on MCF-7 cells and examine the interaction between C. nutans water extract and cisplatin on MCF-7 cells. Cells were treated separately with C. nutans water extract or cisplatin to determine their respective IC50 values. Subsequently, a combination treatment involving C. nutans water extract and cisplatin was administered, and the percentage of MCF-7 cell viability was assessed using MTT assay. The findings indicate that C. nutans water extract exhibits limited anticancer activity on MCF-7 cells and demonstrates an antagonistic interaction with cisplatin on MCF- 7 cells. Further research is warranted to explore potential interactions between C. nutans and other anticancer agents, thereby paving the way for more informed approaches in cancer treatment.
Türkiye: Terrorist Incidents and Foreign Direct Investment
Authors:   Foreign Affairs Department, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ankara, Türkiye, TERZİ Mahir
Published: October 2024

This study aims to evaluate whether there is a correlation and unidirectional or bidi rectional causality between terrorist incidents and foreign direct investment in Türkiye. Toda Yamamoto elucidates that there is no long-term relationship. RLS, on the other hand, reveals that there is a short-term relationship, and that produces a more fascinating result. While foreign direct investment does not increase terrorist incidents, terrorist incidents possess a positive effect on for eign direct investment. In this case, terrorist actions increase foreign direct investment to Türkiye in the short term. It also appears that terrorist incidents concentrated in big cities do not possess a deterrent effect on foreign direct investments concentrated in big cities. Keywords: Terrorist incidents, foreign direct investment, RLS, Toda Yamamoto causality, Türkiye.
A WOMAN’S TOUCH: QUEERIOD DRAMA AND THE SCENE OF WRITING
Authors: BALLASTER Ros
Published: October 2024

A Woman’s Touch: Queeriod Drama and the Scene of Writing. This paper addresses the representation of women of the long eighteenth century as writers on the contemporary screen. It focuses on the experimentation with time in such representations, the seeking out of closeness and distance in the past through relationships with ‘lost’ texts or scenarios. This in two respects: first, the sense of a lost relationship to manuscript and manuscript ‘hands’ in letters and diaries in the new mediations visual and verbal of the screen; second, the sense of what has been helpfully termed by Elizabeth Freeman ‘temporal drag’ in the representation of same-sex relationships of the past in our media present. I focus in particular on a recent ‘queeriod’ drama about the life of Anne Lister, landowner and lesbian: the series Gentleman Jack developed and directed from her screenplay by Sally Wainwright (BBC /HBO TV series 1, 2019 and series 2, 2022). I look closely at a scene designed to illustrate intense affect formed in and through writing: a moment when we are invited to feel with, or to be touched by, the feeling of the protagonist. A turning away is also a turning toward, a perception of affect. What is transmitted is feeling itself. Writing itself ‘makes’ affect rather than representing it.
O mână de femeie: ecranizările istorice queer și scena scrierii. Articolul examinează modurile în care producțiile mediatice contemporane reprezintă femeile scriitoare din „lungul secol al XVIII-lea.” El analizează experimentele temporale din astfel de reprezentări, apropierea și distanțarea trecutului prin punerea în relație cu texte sau scenarii „pierdute”. Sunt urmate două direcții principale: în primul rând, sentimentul de estompare a relației cu manuscrisul și cu „mâna care scrie” scrisori și jurnale în noile medieri vizuale și verbale de pe ecran; în al doilea rând, utila idee propusă de Elizabeth Freeman a unui „glisaj temporal” în reprezentarea relațiilor dintre personaje de același sex din trecut în prezentul mediatic. Mă concentrez în special asupra unei recente ecranizări „queeriod” despre viața lui Anne Lister, moșieră și lesbiană: serialul Gentleman Jack, creat și regizat de Sally Wainwright pe baza unui scenariu propriu (BBC/HBO, sezonul 1, 2019; sezonul 2, 2022). Analizez în detaliu o scenă menită să ilustreze afectul intens produs în și prin scris: un moment care ne invită să simțim împreună cu protagonista, sau să ne lăsăm atinși de sentimentele ei. Îndepărtarea devine în același timp apropiere, o percepție a afectului. Ceea ce se transmite este însuși actul de a simți. Scrisul „produce” afectul, nu doar îl reprezintă.
Cuvinte-cheie: ecran, adaptare, secolul al XVIII-lea, Anne Lister, queer, mediere, afect
Article history: Received 15 March 2024; Revised 15 August 2024; Accepted 01 September 2024; Available online 30 September 2024; Available print 30 September 2024.
A PALIMPSESTUOUS INTERPRETATION OF RAMIN BAHRANI’S FAHRENHEIT 451
Authors: POPESCU Veronica Tatiana
Published: October 2024

A Palimpsestuous Interpretation of Ramin Bahrani’s Fahrenheit 451. Drawing on a poststructuralist approach to adaptation as an instance of intertextuality (Stam 2000) and Linda Hutcheon’s metaphorical description of adaptations as palimpsests (2006), this paper will analyse the ways in which Ramin Bahrani, director and co-writer of the script of Fahrenheit 451 (2018, HBO), rewrote Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel by the same name, leaving only traces of the source text visible in his appropriation. Supposedly reimagining Bradbury’s text for a new generation of viewers, digital natives of the online virtual worlds, the film reads more like a heavy-handed filmic palimpsest that allows only some of the book’s ideas and memorable lines to resurface from underneath the new writing. Relying mostly on visual spectacle and the screenwriter-director’s own concerns about the fragility of civil rights, democracy and humaneness in a world increasingly controlled by certain interest groups through the internet and social media, the film leaves audiences wondering about the appropriateness of the title—an anchoring device promising a straightforward adaptation of the text—and the film’s actual relation with Bradbury’s novel.
Interpretarea filmului lui Ramin Bahrani Fahrenheit 451 ca palimpsest. Pornind de la abordarea poststructuralistă a adaptării ca manifestare a intertextualitățiii (Stam 2000) și descrierea metaforică a adaptării ca palimpsest pe care o face Linda Hutcheon (2006), această lucrare va analiza modalitățile prin care Ramin Bahrani, regizorul și coscenaristul filmului Fahrenheit 451 (2018, HBO), a rescris romanul distopic cu același titlu al lui Ray Bradbury păstrând în ecranizarea sa doar urme ale textului sursă. Anunțat ca o reimaginare a textului lui Bradbury pentru o nouă generație de spectatori, nativi digitali ai realităților virtuale online, filmul se prezintă mai degrabă ca un palimpsest cinematografic stângaci care permite ca doar o parte dintre ideile și pasajele binecunoscute ale romanului să fie vizibile în noul text. Bazându-se preponderent pe spectacolul vizual și pe preocuparea regizorului-scenarist pentru fragilitatea drepturilor civile, a democrației și umanității într-o lume controlată din ce în ce mai mult de către grupuri de interese prin internet și platforme sociale, filmul îi face pe spectatori să se întrebe dacă păstrarea titlului romanului—care promite o adaptare cinematografică convențională—este potrivită și care este de fapt natura relației dintre film și romanul lui Bradbury.
Cuvinte-cheie: interpretare palimpsestică, apropriere, Fahrenheit 451, Ramin Bahrani, Ray Bradbury, distopie, tehnologie
Article history: Received 15 March 2024; Revised 5 August 2024; Accepted 01 September 2024; Available online 30 September 2024; Available print 30 September 2024.
LES MÉTAMORPHOSES D’APULÉE. 2. DESTRUCTURATION ANARCHETYPALE DU ROMAN
Authors: BRAGA Corin
Published: October 2024

Apuleius’ Metamorphoses. 2. Anarchetypal Freedom of the Novel. In this paper I apply a concept I have coined and defined—the anarchetype—to the ancient Greek and Latin novel, more specifically to Apuleius’ Metamorphoses. The text suffers, in my view, from the tension between two contrary formal tendencies, one which is archetypal, another which is anarchetypal. In a paper published in the previous issue of this journal, I have analyzed the first structural constraint, the archetypal one. In the present paper I focus on the anarchetypal tendency of the novel. Apuleius’ assumed intention of writing an entertaining text, in the wake of the “Milesian tales”, offers him the opportunity to treat freely the epic material, with no regards to Aristotle’s principles and to the canon of high literature. The haphazard fragmentation of the linear narrative and the plethora of additional stories give the text the aspect of an anarchetypal rhizome-like domino game.
Metamorfozele lui Apuleius. 2. Destructurarea anarhetipală a romanului. Doresc în acest studiu să aplic un concept pe care l-am creat și l-am definit—cel de anarhetip—romanului grec și latin antic, cu precădere Metamorfozelor lui Apuleius. În opinia mea, textul suferă tensiunea dintre două tendințe formale contrare, una arhetipală cealaltă anarhetipală. Într-o lucrare publicată în numărul precedent al Studia UBB, am analizat tendința structurală arhetipală. În această lucrare mă voi apleca asupra tendinței contrare, de factură anarhetipală. Intenția declarată a lui Apuleius de a scrie un text plăcut cititorilor, din seria “povestirilor milesiene”, îi oferă posibilitatea de a trata liber materia epică, fără să țină cont de principiile lui Aristotel și de canonul literaturii înalte. Fragmentarea aleatorie a liniei narative și pletora de povești adiționale îi dau textului aspectul unui joc de domino rizomic, de tip anarhetipic.
Cuvinte-cheie: romanul antic grec și latin, Apuleius, Metamorfozele, culte de mistere, călătorie inițiatică, arhetip, anarhetip
Article history: Received 01 April 2024; Revised 03 June 2024; Accepted 05 June 2024; Available online 30 September 2024; Available print 30 September 2024.
Grotto as Neo-Victorian Heterotopia: Sonia Overall’s The Realm of Shells (2006) and Essie Fox’s Elijah’s Mermaid (2012)
Authors: Monrós Gaspar Laura
Published: October 2024

News of the discoveries of natural grottos filled the pages of newspapers and journals throughout the nineteenth century. Additionally, artificial grottos opened regularly for the entertainment of the public and were commonplace in the cultural and literary products of the period. In this article, I analyse neo-Victorian appropriations of nineteenth-century grottos as Foucauldian heterotopias through two case studies: Sonia Overall’s The Realm of Shells (2006) and Essie Fox’s Elijah’s Mermaid (2012). Overall’s and Fox’s novels illustrate how the heterotopic features of the Victorian grotto are expanded in neo-Victorian fiction as counter-spaces of emplacement that enable heterochronic forms of resistance.
Queering the Vietnam Trauma Narrative in Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Authors: Abizanda-Cardona María
Published: October 2024

Veteran memoirs, imbued with white, masculinist bias, dominate US perceptions of the Vietnam War. Drawing from an intersectional approach to trauma studies, this article examines Ocean Vuong’s novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (2019) as a rewriting of the paradigmatic Vietnam trauma narrative. Vuong challenges normative understandings of traumatic events by shedding light on the effects of the war upon female civilians and their descendants, as well as on the traumatogenic aftermath of all-American masculinist violence for its queer, Asian American protagonist. Vuong also calls for an alternative model to working through trauma based on empathy and relationality.
Punctuation in Early Modern Texts: The English Translation of Rembert Dodoens’ Herbal in Handwriting and Printing
Authors: Lorente Sánchez Juan
Published: October 2024

The present paper analyses the punctuation of a handwritten and a printed version of a distinguished herbal from the Early Modern period—that is—the English translation of Rembert Dodoens’ A Niewe Herball or Historie of Plants. The paper aims to contribute to the dissemination of knowledge on the use and distribution of punctuation in Early Modern English texts of a diverse typology, as well as to provide fresh observations as regards the historical linguistic comparison between scribes and printers’ writing practices. All this considered, it pursues the following objectives: to undertake (i) a quantitative survey of the various punctuation marks occurring in the texts; (ii) a qualitative examination of these at macro- and micro-textual levels; and (iii) an evaluation of the similarities and differences between the manuscript and the printed versions.
Agua, agricultura y alimentos. Un mundo sin hambre será de riego o no será.
Authors: Lamo de Espinosa Jaime
Published: October 2024

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Importancia del sector forestal y su (posible) valoración económica
Authors: Gamazo Chillón Juan Carlos
Published: October 2024

Los bosques proporcionan una gran cantidad de bienes y servicios, no solo recursos madereros, también no madereros, que, aunque con una producción anual muy variable, proporcionan ingresos a los propietarios de los bosques y permite diversificar la actividad económica de las zonas rurales. El sector forestal otorga por tanto grandes oportunidades socioeconómicas en las zonas rurales, con una importante capacidad para la generación de empleo y para la fijación de población en zonas geográficas amenazadas por acuciantes problemas demográficos. Junto a estos bienes, fácilmente valorables por los mercados, los bosques proporcionan determinados servicios ecosistémicos difíciles de valorar y que es preciso cuantificar adecuadamente para conocer el verdadero valor aportado por los bosques. Por todo ello, y con el objetivo último de proporcionar herramientas a otras ramas científicas para el diseño e implementación de políticas públicas adecuadas para este sector productivo, analizamos los principales datos socioeconómicos relacionados con los bosques y realizamos una aproximación a la valoración económica de los servicios ecosistémicos suministrados por las masas forestales.
SOSYAL BİLGİLER EĞİTİMİNDE SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİRLİK İLE İLGİLİ YAPILAN ÇALIŞMALARIN İNCELENMESİ: BİR META SENTEZ ÇALIŞMASI
Authors: Kaymak Burcu , Tosun Ayşe
Published: October 2024

Dünyamızda iklim değişikliği, doğal kaynakların tükenmesi, kirlilik gibi sorunlar her geçen gün artış göstermektedir. Yaşanılan bu olumsuz şartlar göz önünde bulundurulduğunda, sürdürülebilirlik ve sürdürülebilir kalkınmaya olan ilgi her geçen gün artmaktadır. Bu çalışmada meta sentez yöntemi kullanılarak Türkiye’de 2013-2023 yılları arasında sürdürülebilirlik ve sosyal bilgiler başlığında gerçekleştirilen eğitim araştırmalarının incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaçla ilgili literatür incelenerek Yök Tez Merkezi, TR Dizin, Google Akademik ve Dergi Park veri tabanında “sosyal bilgiler’ ve ‘sürdürülebilirlik” kavramları ile taramalar yapılmıştır. Ulaşılan toplam 85 çalışmanın meta sentez süreci detaylı olarak belirtilmiş, meta sentezi gerçekleştirilen 15 çalışma meta analiz yolu ile analiz edilmiştir. 2013-2023 yılları arasında araştırma makalelerinin tezlere göre daha fazla olduğu, araştırmalarda çeşitli araştırma yöntemlerinin (tarama, gömülü teori, karma desen, olgubilim, ilişkisel araştırma vb.) tercih edildiği, veri toplama araçları arasında genellikle dokümanların kullanıldığı ve uygulamadan ziyade teorik yayınların daha fazla olduğu görülmüştür. Bu kapsamda uygulamaya yönelik çalışmalara öncelik verilmesi önerilmektedir.
Insights on neural signal analysis with Higuchi fractal dimension
Authors: Armonaite Karolina , Conti Livio , Olejarczyk Elzbieta , Tecchio Franca
Published: October 2024

Neurophysiological signal analysis is crucial for understanding the complex dynamics of brain function and its deviations in various pathological conditions. Traditional linear methods, while insightful, often fail to capture the full spectrum of inherently non-linear brain dynamics. This review explores the efficacy and applicability of the Higuchi fractal dimension (HFD) in interpreting neurophysiological signals such as scalp electroencephalography (EEG) and stereotactic intracranial encephalography (sEEG). We focus on three case studies: i) distinguishing between Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and healthy controls; ii) classifying neurodynamics across diverse brain parcels looking for a signature of that cortical parcel; and iii) differentiating states of consciousness. Our study highlights the potential of non-linear analysis for deeper insights into brain dynamics and its potential for improving clinical diagnostics.
Applying the monomiality principle to the new family of Apostol Hermite Bernoulli-type polynomials
Authors: Ramírez William , Cesarano Clemente
Published: October 2024

In this article, we introduce a new class of polynomials, known as Apostol Hermite Bernoulli-type polynomials, and explore some of their algebraic properties, including summation formulas and their determinant form. The majority of our results are proven using generating function methods. Additionally, we investigate the monomiality principle related to these polynomials and identify the corresponding derivative and multiplicative operators.
A degenerate version of hypergeometric Bernoulli polynomials: announcement of results
Authors: Quintana Yamilet , Ramírez William
Published: October 2024

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The Problem of Protecting the Rights and Legitimate Interests of the Child in the Family and Outside It
Authors: Apakhayev Nurlan , Adilova Kultay , Bugybay Dina , Toktybaev Aset , Kopbayev Duman
Published: October 2024

Protecting children's rights and interests, especially within families, is crucial globally. Effective laws and enforcement are needed to ensure their safety and prevent violence, both offline and online. Kazakhstan's efforts in this regard, including legal protection for motherhood and childhood, are important. All of the above allowed for formulating the general purpose of the study – a comprehensive systematic examination of the protection of the subjective rights and legitimate interests of the child in family legal relations and in surrounding society (using the example of the Republic of Kazakhstan). The results were obtained using the tools of theoretical and methodological research of publications devoted to the problems and issues of observance and protection of children's rights and freedoms at the national and global levels, methods of comparative legal and comparative political research, content analysis of official documents, etc. In the study, key issues regarding the protection of children's rights in Kazakhstan were identified, including violence, neglect, and juvenile delinquency. It highlighted the growing number of appeals for the protection of violated children's rights and emphasized the urgent need for improvement in the child protection system. Promising areas for development include enhancing social services, reducing violence in families and institutions, improving legal protection against sexual harassment, and promoting child-friendly activities in preschool education. The study is of both theoretical interest and practical importance for various stakeholders involved in child welfare and protection. The research has practical value and originality in posing individual questions; it is aimed at examining in-depth the most important problems of maternity, family, and childhood protection in modern Kazakhstan.
Between Legalities and Humanities in Refugee Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Indonesia and Hungary Exit Strategy Refugee Crisis
Authors: Suyastri Cifebrima , Bahri Mohammad Thoriq
Published: October 2024

This study compares Indonesia's and Hungary's legal and humanitarian approaches to managing the 2015–2022 refugee crisis and proposes an exit strategy for Indonesia's refugee handling. Indonesia faces challenges due to the maximum detention duration stipulated in its Immigration Law No. 6/2011, which lacks further legal basis for prolonged detention. Employing a qualitative approach with comparative literature analysis, the study reveals Hungary's emphasis on legal solutions, leading to potential human rights violations but a decrease in asylum seekers, contrasting with Indonesia's humanitarian approach, resulting in positive impacts on refugees but a surge in asylum seekers. It concludes by recommending Indonesia to conduct comparative legal research with Hungarian asylum law to develop more effective refugee policies addressing legal and political concerns. This research enhances understanding of refugee management in Indonesia and Hungary, offering insights for nations grappling with similar crises.
Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of Alternative Finance Products with Indigenous Peoples
Authors: Blue Levon , Xing Congcong , Pham Thu , Bodle Kerry
Published: October 2024

Indigenous peoples often invest in cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) despite limited research in this area. We undertook this research to identify the demographics of Indigenous Australians who own cryptocurrencies and/or NFTs and to understand the challenges and opportunities faced. In this paper, we provide an overview of how alternative finance is reportedly used in Indigenous communities globally. Next, we focus on 62 Indigenous Australians who own cryptocurrencies and/or NFTs and participated in our online survey. We found Indigenous Australians who had university degrees, worked full-time, and owned a home had significantly higher levels of NFT ownership. The reported challenges were mostly related to storage, and the opportunities were connected to the potential for cryptocurrencies and/or NFTs as a long-term investment. Implications from this research include a continued need for financial planners to offer advice in this area, as schools were the last place Indigenous Australians learned about these alternative financial products.
The gig economy from the freelancer’s perspective: The risk of precarianization
Authors: Zelma Emil
Published: October 2024

Purpose

The article, based on an empirical study and analysis of scientific literature, aims to present definitions of the concepts of “gig economy” and “precarianization”, showing the specific nature of flexible forms of employment and financial uncertainty. Then, by conducting a survey among freelancers (giggers), it aims to understand the perspective of this form of employment in terms of financial stability. The aim of this article is to show that respondents fear the risk of precarity in connection with performing professional activities as freelancers.

Methodology

The considerations in this article are based on a literature analysis and the author’s own research (an online survey of a group of 160 freelancers).

Practical implications/Originality/Value

The empirical research conducted showed how this problem may manifest itself in the lives of individuals in the context of precarianization. Uncertainty about expected income, lack of stable employment, and limited access to social benefits are the main aspects of precarianization. People affected by this phenomenon may experience constant financial uncertainty, which negatively affects their life quality and sense of stability. The results of this analysis have important practical applications, especially for self-employed people, i.e., gig workers. They allow understanding of the specificity of job insecurity and provide information that may be useful in developing strategies to cope with this challenge.
The Effect of Pelvic Floor Sonography Biofeedback on Pelvic Floor Muscle Contractions
Authors: Gawora-Ziółek Małgorzata , Wlaźlak Edyta , Pająk Paulina , Wlaźlak Wiktor , Węglewska Kinga , Surkont Grzegorz
Published: October 2024

Background

Proper functioning of the pelvic floor muscles is an important element of the urogynecological therapy. There are different methods available to teach women pelvic floor muscles contractions (PFMC), but there is still no consensus in which situations they should be used in the clinical practice.

Objectives

The aim of the study was to assess the usefulness of pelvic floor ultra-sound performed introitally with transvaginal probe (PFS-TV) for teaching PFMC. An additional aim was to check whether the avulsion of the puborectalis muscle as well as the grade of muscle contractility have an influence on the learning process.

Material and methods

The analysis was carried out on the basis of 116 patients aged between 27 and 84 years (average age 59). Levator contraction strength was assessed during palpation, using the Modified Oxford Grading (MOS) before and after teaching PFMCs. PFS-TV was used to evaluate urethral mobility (UM) parameters and to teach PFMC (ultrasound biofeedback). Levator ani muscle (LAM) trauma was identified at tomographic ultrasound (TUI) during 4D assessment.

Results

Teaching PFMC using ultrasound biofeedback (PFS-TV) resulted in an improvement of all urethral mobility parameters, positive effect on UM was observed in women with different grades of MOS. In women without avulsion and with avulsion, there was an improvement observed in UM parameters on a comparable level.

Conclusions

PFS-TV can be useful in teaching PFMC. Avulsion and MOS grade seemed to have no influence on the learning effect of PFMC when ultrasound biofeedback was used. Evaluating UM during pelvic floor sonography using three ultrasound parameters (H, D, and vector) can yield more comprehensive information than one parameter H.
Daemones Boni et Mali: The Locus of Evil in Renaissance Hermetic Neoplatonism
Authors: Putnik Noel
Published: October 2024

This article deals with the ways evil was conceptualized in the works of Cornelius Agrippa, the most important German representative of the Renaissance humanist current often labelled as Hermetic Neoplatonism. In a heterodox fashion of blending various Christian and non-Christian concepts developed by Marsilio Ficino, Agrippa attempted to further Christianize some aspects of Hermetic and Neoplatonic theology, cosmology and anthropology. This entailed a new interpretation of pagan deities and demons, which Renaissance Neoplatonists in general sought to disconnect from the exclusive domain of evil. A significant aspect of Agrippa’s syncretistic attempt was his interpretation of the origin and locus of evil, which, as I argue, reveals a tense coexistence of the classical Thomist concept of privatio boni and anthropological dualism of possibly Gnostic provenance.
Promoting Reflections on Decision-Making in Socio-Scientific Issues
Authors: Dejanovikj Johanna , Höttecke Dietmar
Published: October 2024

Socioscientific issues (SSIs) require reflective decision-making. Findings have indicated that decision-making is more often based on heuristics than rational considerations. To improve one’s decision-making, it is essential to reflect upon decisions to increase awareness of the initially applied heuristics. Furthermore, research has indicated that decision-making depends on the decision-maker’s perspective on an SSI. Using a 2x2- experimental-design, we have investigated effects of two variables on secondary students’ ability to reflect their own decision-making. Variables were (1) instruction regarding the “method of reflection”, and (2) the “perspective adopted on an SSI”, which was either individual or collective. Data on students’ reflections were collected three times. Findings showed that students who had learned a specific method of reflection outperformed others regarding the quality of their reflections. Thus, this study provides evidence for the effectiveness of explicitly teaching and learning in terms of reflecting on one’s own decision-making in the context of an SSI.
Characterization of the mechanical properties of a polyurethane adhesive: Tensile strength and Fracture tests
Authors: Ribas Maria , Oliveira Henrique , Akhavan-Safar Alireza , Carbas Ricardo , Marques Eduardo , Wenig Sabine , Silva Lucas
Published: October 2024

The aim of this paper is to study the response of a polyurethane-based adhesive when subjected to different loading conditions. To achieve this, double cantilever beam (DCB) and dogbone specimens were manufactured, and tensile strength, fracture and fatigue fracture tests were performed. The results of the tensile tests revealed a tensile strength of 14.5 MPa and an elastic modulus of 0.27 GPa for the studied polyurethane adhesive. The analysis of the fatigue tests showed that fatigue crack growth starts to stabilize after 20% of the test is done, and that the adhesive used is more suitable for static loading conditions than for cyclic loading conditions, since the value of the average  , 0.2 N/mm, is much lower than the value of the average  , 4 N/mm.
Editorial of the 2nd issue of Engineering Manufacturing Letters
Authors: Silva Lucas F. M. , Carbas Ricardo
Published: October 2024

This is the second issue of the Engineering Manufacturing Letters (EML). The journal is published by the University of Porto and invites submissions from a diverse array of industries, including transportation (automotive, rail, aeronautical, and marine), packaging, electronics, sports, and more. Additionally, academic institutions and research institutions are encouraged to contribute their research findings in this field. Accepted topics encompass additive manufacturing, vacuum-assisted high-pressure die casting, semi-solid metal casting, compressive and tensile forming processes, micro and nano machining, nanocomposite manufacturing, adhesive bonding, laser cutting and joining, and related areas. Specific subtopics include process modelling and optimization, design for manufacturing strategies, development of novel manufacturing technologies and equipment, comparative case studies, cost-benefit analyses, ecological considerations, and destructive and non-destructive testing of manufactured components.
Technological advances in manufacturing often outpace traditional scientific publication methods. To bridge this gap, our journal focuses on concise reports and letters highlighting innovative manufacturing processes.
The journal is open access, but no fees will be charged to the authors until the journal is indexed in the major databases. This journal is associated to the international conference on Engineering Manufacture that takes place every even years in May at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (www.fe.up.pt/em2024). The editorial board of this journal includes experienced researchers from all disciplines of engineering manufacture.
The papers presented in this first issue are varied. They include papers on health monitoring (Vilela et al.), mechanical characterization (Oliveira et al.) and short papers, two papers on metal forming (Peixoto et al., and Winiarski et al.) and additive manufacturing (Nogueira et al., and Sardinha et al.) which is one very dynamic field at the moment.
We extend our sincere thanks to the authors for their gently participation in this second issue. The submitted papers offer valuable insights into the recent advancements in engineering technological processes. These contributions serve as a good foundation for what promises to be a dynamic forum of the last developments in engineering manufacturing.
Perancangan Integrasi Sistem Enkripsi dan Steganografi untuk Pengamanan Data Suara Manusia Berbasis Web
Authors: Maheswara A.A Putu Priyamdeva Arya , Sasmita Gusti Made Arya , Wiranatha A.A Ketut Agung Cahyawan
Published: October 2024

Audio steganography on images is a method used to secretly hide audio messages in images. The Least Significant Bit (LSB) method is also combined with Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to increase the security of confidential messages. Audio messages that you want to keep secret can be encrypted using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) before being inserted into the image. Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) can be combined with the use of Rivest Shamir Adleman (RSA) on Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) keys. Rivest Shamir Adleman (RSA) is used to increase the security of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) keys. The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) key can be encrypted using Rivest Shamir Adleman (RSA) before being inserted into the image using the Least Significant Bit (LSB) Method, so that only recipients who have the Rivest Shamir Adleman (RSA) key are suitable for accessing the audio message. kept secret. The results of this processing can be measured from the PSNR (Peak-Signal-to-Noise Ratio) figure.
Analisis Sentimen Dompet Elektronik Pada Twitter Menggunakan Metode K-Means
Authors: Purba Nova Ferawati , Rumapea Sri Agustina , Silalahi Arina Prima
Published: October 2024

Abstrak
Saat ini penggunaan dompet elektronik untuk transaksi non-tunai semakin berkembang pesat. Hal ini dikarenakan kemudahan dan kepraktisan transaksi yang ditawarkan oleh penyedia layanan dompet elektronik. Oleh karena itu, dalam penelitian ini akan dilakukan analisis tentang sentimen masyarakat terhadap dompet elektronik untuk mendapatkan tolak ukur seberapa jauh masyarakat mengetahui dompet elektronik. K-Means merupakan metode pengklasteran secara partitioning yang memisahkan data ke dalam kelompok yang berbeda. Dengan partitioning secara iteratif, K-Means mampu meminimalkan rata-rata jarak setiap data ke klasternya. Metode K-Means digunakan sebagai pendekatan analisis untuk mengelompokkan dan mengevaluasi pola sentimen yang muncul dalam percakapan online. Davies bouldin index (DBI) adalah matriks untuk mengevaluasi atau mempertimbangkan hasil algoritma clustering. DBI suatu cluster akan dianggap memiliki skema clustering yang optimal adalah yang memiliki DBI minimal. Hasil dari penelitian ini berupa jumlah sentimen positif 203 data, jumlah sentimen negatif 50 data dan jumlah sentimen netral 224 data kemudian metode K-means menghasilkan sentimen positif dompet elektronik Gopay sebanyak 63.801%, Ovo 56.951% dan untuk Dana sebanyak 27.907%. Penggunaan DBI untuk mengukur sejauh mana pengelompokan data yang dihasilkan oleh algoritma clustering tertentu adalah pengelompokan yang baik atau valid. Semakin kecil nilai DBI, semakin baik kualitas pengelompokan yang diperoleh.
 
Kata kunci: Twitter, Sentimen, K-Means, Dompet digital.
SENTIMEN ANALISIS MASYARAKAT TERHADAP MANGA ONE PIECE DI MEDIA SOSIAL TWITTER DENGAN METODE SVM
Authors: Hrikesa I Gusti Ngurah Agung Agie , Pratama I Putu Agus Eka , Raharja I Made Sunia
Published: October 2024

Twitter salah satu media yang merepresentasikan tanggapan masyarakat terkait isu publik. Isu yang di posting akan direspon oleh pengguna Twitter baik respon positif maupun negatif. One Piece adalah sebuah komik/manga yang bertemakan fantasi komedi aksi. Komik One Piece memiliki pro dan kontra atau respon positif dan negatif dari masyarakat, meskipun ceritanya bagus tetapi dari segi karakter yang terlalu vulgar tidak layak di konsumsi oleh anak-anak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui sentimen masyarakat terhadap manga One Piece di Indonesia. Metode yang di gunakan dalam melakukan analisis sentimen masyarakat adalah metode SVM(support vector machine). Hasil penelitiaan ini menunjukkan sentimen pengguna Twitter terhadap manga One Piece yaitu positif 1283 dan negatif 95, dengan akurasi 0.94.
ANALISIS MODEL PENGGUNAAN DOMPET DIGITAL PADA KALANGAN MAHASISWA PROGRAM STUDI MATEMATIKA FMIPA UNIVERSITAS TANJUNGPURA
Authors: AZ ZAHRA URAY NUR AFIFAH , PRIHANDONO BAYU , PASARIBU MELIANA
Published: October 2024

Due to changes in the payment system caused by technological advancements in Indonesia, Bank Indonesia developed the Indonesia Payment System Blueprint 2025. This formulation focuses on initiatives to create a robust ecosystem that will steer the growth of digital finance in Indonesia, which is the ultimate goal of Bank Indonesia's long-term policy orientation. Bank Indonesia established the National Non-Cash Movement to provide a safe, effective, and seamless payment system. The purpose of this study is to examine the model of digital wallet usage and interpret the use of digital wallets among mathematics students at FMIPA Tanjungpura University. The modeling process begins with selecting parameters and forming assumptions to produce a mathematical model in the form of differential equations, finding equilibrium points, and conducting simulations. Data were obtained from questionnaires about the use of digital wallets distributed to 137 mathematics students in 2019–2022. Interpretation of the model of digital wallet usage among students of the Mathematics Study Program FMIPA Tanjungpura University obtained a cash payment-free equilibrium point obtained as  = (,,) = (20.550,0,0) and obtained that the population of students who have the potential to use digital wallets has increased and the population of students who use cash payments has also increased due to the factor of digital wallet balances that have run out and make payments in cash, resulting in a decrease in the population of students who have used digital wallets.
New Finds of Metal Tools of the Late Bronze Age in the Upper Tobol Region
Authors:   Saryarka Archaeological Institute of Karaganda Buketov University, Universitetskya 28, Karaganda, 100024, Kazakhstan, Usmanova Emma R. ,   Institute of Archeology named after A. Kh. Margulan, Dostyk Ave., 44, Shevchenko Str., 28, Almaty, 050010, Republic of Kazakhstan,   Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Butlerov St., 30, Kazan, 420012, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation, Merts Ilya V. ,   Altai State University, Lenin Ave. 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia; Ph.D. of Historical Sciences. Joint Research Center for Archeological Studies named after A.Kh. Margulan, Toraighyrov university, Lomov street 64, Pavlodar, 140008, Republic of Kazakhstan, Merts Viktor K. ,   Center for Archaeological Research of Toraigyrov University, Lomava str. 64, Pavlodar, 140008, Republic of Kazakhstan, Yerzhanova Albina E. ,   Institute of Archeology named after A. Kh. Margulan, Dostyk Ave., 44, Shevchenko Str., 28, Almaty, 050010, Republic of Kazakhstan, Fomin Vitaliy N. ,   Karaganda Buketov University, Head of the Laboratory. Universitetskya 28, Karaganda, 100024, Republic of Kazakhstan
Published: October 2024

The article presents an analysis of two accidental finds in the area of the villages of Novoilyinovka and Alchanovka (Kostanay oblast, Kazakhstan). The “Alchanovka” sickle belongs to the products of the Sosnovo-Mazino type, but differs by its zigzag ornament. The high iron content indicates the use of copper-pyrite ores as the raw material dating the sickle to the 14th–13th centuries BC and associate it with the Sargary-Alekseyevka culture. The “Novoilyinovka” celt is decorated on both sides by hanging triangles with ends in the form of “pearls”. By its morphological features, it is close to the products of the Maklasheyevka culture and Novoaleksandrovo groups of metal artifacts of the Late Bronze Age of Eastern Europe. Based on the chemical composition of the metal, it belongs to the Maklasheyevka culture of the Volga-Kama region, and possibly dates back to the 13th–12th centuries BC. Most likely, the “Novoilyinovka” celt is an import from the Volga-Kama region. The “Alchanovo” sickle and the “Novoilyinovka” celt reflect two stages within the period between the end of the Late Bronze Age-3 phase and the beginning of the Late Bronze Age-4 phase of the development of the West Asian (Eurasian) metallurgical province of Western Siberia.
Buyskoye Hillfort on Vyatka River in the Research Biography of L.I. Ashikhmina (in memoriam of the archaeologist)
Authors:   Udmurt State University. Universitetskaya St., 1, Izhevsk, 426034, Russian Federation, Chernykh Elizaveta M.
Published: October 2024

On November 16, 2023, the Ural archaeologist Lidiya Ivanovna Ashikhmina passed away almost unnoticed by the scientific community in Syktyvkar. The fate of Lidia Ivanovna turned out to be very strange and tragic. However, only someone who did not know her personally can say that. There are many unusual zigzags in Lydia Ivanovna's scientific biography, but in memory of her I would like to refer to one episode related to the excavations of the Vyatka Buisk settlement. This is one of the few monuments in the region that has been excavated almost completely, preserving evidence of different archaeological epochs – from the Bronze Age to the middle – third quarter of the I millennium AD.
Hellenistic Period Watchtowers and Hillside Settlements Identified in “Vezirköprü” Surveys
Authors:   Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Archaeology, Samsun, 55200, Turkey, Akın Temür
Published: October 2024

Vezirköprü, one of the largest districts of Samsun (Amisos), an important port city of the Black Sea, has been the scene of continuous settlement from the Eneolithic Period to the present day thanks to its fertile soils, rivers and its location on an important road. The district, which first appears as a village settlement under the name Phazemon in Strabo, became a city in the Roman Period and was named Neoklaudiopolis. The city called Andrapa in the Byzantine Period took the name Vezirköprü in the Turkish Period and has survived to the present day. The city has witnessed many struggles in this process, including the struggle of the Pontic Kingdom and the Roman Empire. The greatest witnesses of these events were undoubtedly castles and watchtowers. The most famous of these is the Sagylion Castle, localized to Büyükkale in Vezirköprü, which is also mentioned in Strabo. Located on the foothills of Tavşan Mountain, the castle appears to be a typical Mithradates castle due to its location and structures. Although these fortresses built in the region were one of the greatest weapons used by Mithradates Eupator VI against the expansionist policies of the Romans, it is understood that these fortresses were not used on their own but supported by watchtowers selected at the dominant points of the land. Although many fortresses in the Pontos Region have been researched, and some have been excavated, watchtowers have not been sufficiently investigated. This study aimed to shed light on the Hellenistic Period of Vezirköprü by introducing the watchtowers identified during the surveys and the hillside settlements built around them.
A New Technique for Age Assessment of Ancient Bones by Using Cr-39 Track Detector
Authors:   Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan. Ulugbek settl, Tashkent, 100214, Uzbekistan, INP, Vasidov Abdisamat , Saidullaev Bakhodir J. ,   Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan. Ulugbek settl, Tashkent, 100214, Uzbekistan, INP; «ALFRAGANUS» University. Tashkent, 100190, Uzbekistan
Published: October 2024

A new highly sensitive technique is proposed to estimate the age of ancient bones by the specific activity of 226Ra, which is determined by the registration of 222Rn α–particles using a CR-39 track detector in an isolated chamber. Comparison of specific activity of 226Ra in the bones of archanthropus, southern mammoths, and dinosaurs between standard bones showed that there is a direct correlation between age and specific activity of 226Ra in these bones. The work also shows the specific activity of 226Ra in soils taken from the sites of detection of the studied skeletons.