bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Opera Omnia Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami, vol. I, 8: Iulius Exclusus, ed. Silvana Seidel Menchi (1–299); De civilitate morum puerilium, ed. Franz Bierlaire (299–343); Conflictus Thaliae et Barbariei, ed. René Hoven † (369–419), Leiden, Boston, Brill, 2013
Authors: Petneházi Gábor
Published: November 2021

Immár félévezredesek a Iulius Exclusus szerzősége körüli kételyek, amelyek megnyugtató rendezésére az erasmusi életmű kritikai kiadásának legújabb darabja vállalkozott. Sokan sokfélét írtak azóta Erasmus szerzősége mellett és ellene, sokan vélték megtalálni az igazi, nem erasmusi szerzőt, és sokan érveltek amellett is, hogy bármennyire nem ismerte el a mester soha sem sajátjának e botrányos dialógust, mégis minden külső és belső jegyében kitörölhetetlenül az ő keze nyomát viseli. E számos különböző vélemény, állásfoglalás végül már a lényeget is elfedte az egyszeri vagy egyszerű, tudatlan, ám tudásra szomjazó olvasó előtt, nevezetesen: igazi kritikai kiadása a műnek egészen mostanáig nem létezett, még akkor sem, ha a Wallace K. Ferguson által jegyzett 1933-as editio (Erasmi opuscula, A supplement to the Opera Omnia, ed. Wallace K. Ferguson, The Hague, Nijhoff, 1933.) az egyik legkorábbi és leghibátlanabb nyomtatványt vette is alapjául.
Gömöri György, A rejtőzködő Balassi, Ariadné könyvek, Kolozsvár, Korunk Komp-Press, 2014
Authors: Kőszeghy Péter
Published: November 2021

Gömöri György lengyel vonatkozású írásai tanulságos forrásfeltárások: szóljanak akár Jan Sienieńskinek a Balassákkal összefonódó életútjáról, akár a Balassa János halálára epicédiumot író Jan Bielskiről, akár Bekes Lászlóról, aki levélben számolt be – eddig egyetlen ilyen lengyelországi forrást ismerünk – Balassi Bálint haláláról, akár Balassi Bálint és Wesselényi Ferenc kapcsolatáról, akár az 1590-ben Balassi (lengyel pénzen felfogadott) kisebb lovas hadseregéről, akár Sebastian Grabowieckiről. Ezek a kötet kiemelkedően legjobb írásai.
Pozsonyi-e az „I” kódex?
Authors: Kovács Andrea
Published: November 2021

Radó Polikárp könyvében 29-es szám alatt a pozsonyi káptalan esztergomi misekönyvének leírása található: Missale Strigoniense ecclesiae Posoniensis (Codex „I”) S. XV.1 Ha végignézzük a kódex naptárát, amelynek január–február hónapja hiányzik, akkor megtaláljuk benne valamennyi magyar vagy az országban kiemelt tiszteletnek örvendő külföldi szent nevét. Két ünneppel szerepel László király (június 27., július 29.) és Imre herceg (szeptember 2., november 5.), míg Adalbertnek a tavaszi (április 23.), Gellértnek az őszi (szeptember 24.) ünnepnapját jelzi a naptár. András és Benedek zoborhegyi remeték (július 17.) után augusztus 15-én Nagyboldogasszony mellett a Depositio Stephani regis olvasható, amit az augusztus 20-i ünnep követ.
Egy Egy ismeretlen 16. századi história a tatárjárásról a Petrovay-énekeskönyvben
Authors: Schelhammer Zsófia
Published: November 2021

A Petrovay- énekeskönyv minden régi magyar irodalommal foglalkozó kutató számára ismerős gyűjtemény lehet. Ferenczi Zoltán 1916-os tanulmányában1 részletesen ismertette a kötet külsejét, történetét és tartalmát, amelyből megtudhatjuk, hogy rendkívül vegyes összetételű énekeskönyvről van szó: szerepel benne több história, egy részlet a Salamon és Markalfból, sőt még a Miatyánk is román nyelven. Mindennek ellenére azonban az egyik legnagyobb értékét a közelmúltig nem fedezték fel.
Egy latin nyelvű Lázár-dráma az OSZK Kézirattárában
Authors: K. Kaposi Krisztina
Published: November 2021

Az Országos Széchényi Könyvtár Kézirattárában a Quart. Lat. 754 jelzet alatt egy latin nyelvű Lázár-dráma található. A Bibliában szereplő két Lázár története1 – kiváltképp a szegény Lázáré és a Gazdag emberé (Lk 16,19–31) – évszázados hagyományokat teremtett a kora újkori európai irodalomban, és a történet egy önálló drámacsoport kiindulópontjává vált. A bibliai szegény Lázár alakja és sorsa prédikációs tárgyként is rendkívül népszerű volt a korszakban, maga Luther is felhasználta a kollektív moralizálás eszközeként egyik sermójában.
Ősz Sándor Előd, Bibliotheca Calviniana Transylvanica, Kora újkori Kálvin-kiadások Erdélyben, Kolozsvár, EME, Erdélyi Református Egyházkerület, 2014
Authors: Oláh Róbert
Published: November 2021

A Kálvin Emlékévek (2009–2014) eredményeként a közelmúltban jelent meg Buzogány Dezső fordításában az Institutio, s ezzel szinte egy időben a Bibliotheca Calviniana Transylvanica (a továbbiakban: BCT). A fiatal kolozsvári levéltáros, Ősz Sándor Előd az Erdélyi Református Egyházkerület támogatásával kapott lehetőséget arra, hogy feltérképezze az Erdélyben, a Partium keleti részén és néhány Ó-Romániában található könyvtárban őrzött Kálvin-köteteket.
Komorová, Klára – Saktorová, Helená, Tlače 16. storočia vo františkánskych knižniciach – Opera impressa saeculi XVI quae in bibliothecis Ordinis Franciscanorum asservantur, Martin, Slovenská národná knižnica, 2014
Authors: Zvara Edina
Published: November 2021

1993-ban indult útjára az a szlovák könyvtörténeti sorozat, amelynek célja a teljes Szlovákia területén őrzött 16. századi nyomtatványok egységes számbavétele.
Új kérdések II. Lajos rejtélyes halálával és temetésével kapcsolatban
Authors: Farkas Gábor Farkas
Published: November 2021

Nekünk tényleg Mohács kell, amit mi sem bizonyít jobban, hogy – leszámítva persze a 20. század napi politikával átitatott interpretációit – egyedül a magyar őstörténet iránti érdeklődés zárkózhat fel az alig egy évtized múlva félévezredes fordulóját ünneplő kérdés mellé: mi is veszett ott tulajdonképpen 1526. augusztus 29-én? A kérdésre, mint annyi mindenre, a történelem iránt érdeklődő összes magyarnak van válasza, s ezek a válaszok a szokásnak megfelelően sokszínűek, egymással kibékíthetetlenül szembeállók a tudomány határán innen és túl (hasonlóan a magyarság eredetéhez kapcsolódó problémakörhöz). Lehet-e ennyi év, ennyi forráselemzés, régészeti feltárás, szakmai vita után bármi újat is mondani? Az utóbbi évek kutatásai azt bizonyítják, hogy igen, mindig akad valami nóvum, amire óhatatlanul rácsodálkozik a Mohács bűvöletébe lassan 30 éve foglyul ejtett könyvtáros.
Viskolcz Noémi, Nádasdy Ferenc (1623–1671) nyomdái, Budapest, Argumentum–OSZK, 2015
Authors: Verók Attila
Published: November 2021

Az utóbbi években Viskolcz Noémi kutatási tevékenységének középpontjában a magyar arisztokrata Nádasdy család tagjainak kultúrapártoló, mecénási tevékenységének vizsgálata áll (lásd a Magyar Tudományos Művek Tárában szereplő különféle publikációkat a https://vm.mtmt.hu/ www/index.php oldalon).
Ortodoxia és okkultizmus?
Authors: Oláh Róbert
Published: November 2021

A szakirodalom többnyire ortodox kálvinistaként jellemzi a hazai reformátusegyház 17. századi életét meghatározó lelkészeket: Miskolci Csulyak István (1575–1645) zempléni esperes a puritánokkal folytatott küzdelme, Tofeus Mihály(1624–1684) erdélyi püspök pedig a coccejánus és karteziánus egyházi értelmiség közismert alakjainak a radnóti zsinaton (1673) történt elítélése miatt érdemelte ki a jelzőt. A két prédikátor könyves műveltségének valóban jelentős részét tette ki a hagyományosan ortodoxnak tekinthető teológiai ismeretanyag, ám a potenciális olvasmányaikat vizsgálva ettől jelentősen eltérő műveket is találunk. Erre a heterogén csoportra utal a címben alkalmazott „nonkonformista” ernyőfogalom.
Bánfi Szilvia, V. Ecsedy Judit, A magyarországi nyomdászat képes krónikája, 1473–1700, Budapest, Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, Balassi Kiadó, 2014
Authors: Dobás Kata
Published: November 2021

Ritka és szerencsés eset, ha egy ismeretterjesztő jellegű könyv konkrét és világos célkitűzéssel fordul az olvasói felé. Bánfi Szilvia és V. Ecsedy Judit szerzőpáros A magyarországi nyomdászat képes krónikája, 1473–1700 című kiadványban pontosan leírja, hogy mely célokat szeretnének megvalósítani a könyv segítségével: „Célunk az, hogy a részletes források és kutatások ismeretében most más megközelítésben, népszerű formában, képek kíséretében mutassuk be az olvasóknak a hazai könyvnyomtatás történetének ezt a korai szakaszát.”
Dani Erzsébet, Székelyföldi intézményi sors, két meghatározó kulturális közgyűjtemény történetének tükrében, Budapest, Argumentum, 2015
Authors: Buda Attila
Published: November 2021

Rendhagyó módon érdemes olvasni Dani Erzsébet adatgazdag, kéziratos és nyomtatott forrásokon alapuló könyvét: előbb a végén található Összefoglalás és következtetések című fejezetet, majd pedig az előtte lévő, sokkal terjedelmesebb intézménytörténeti részt. Nem azért, mintha ez a sorrend mutatná a kötet erényeit, hanem azért, mert a konklúziókkal való szembenézés felerősíti az esetleírásokból kitűnő, a történelem hullámveréseinek kitett gyűjtemények és kezelőik – irányítóik, valamint tudományos feldolgozóik – nehéz és változatos sorsát.
Boëthius Besztercén: egy ismeretlen latin költemény a 15. század második feléből
Authors: Kiss Farkas Gábor
Published: November 2021

Janus Pannonius 1470 körül írt utolsó versei, és a Jagelló-kor latin költészete, Hieronymus Balbus vagy Jacobus Piso 1500 körüli Magyarországhoz köthető költeményei között mintegy 30 éven át nem ismerünk az epigrammánál hosszabb terjedelmű, latin nyelven írt költői művet, amely bizonyosan Pannónia földjén keletkezett. Meglepő ez a hallgatás: nem csak Janus költői életművének kéziratos terjedése folytán várhatnánk a humanista latin költői nyelv kibontakozását és elterjedését, hanem a magyarországi egyetemjáró hallgatók retorikai vagy poétikai tanulmányai nyomán is feltételezhetnénk, hogy legalább néhány studens önálló művek írásával próbálkozott.
„Le rajzoltam a magam tékámat…” Szilágyi Sámuel könyvszekrényleírása 1740-ből
Authors: Kovács Teofil
Published: November 2021

A magyarországi könyvtártörténet szempontjából ritka leírást tartalmaz Szilágyi Sámuel (?–1771), a magyarországi református egyház egyik bécsi ágense és Ráday Gedeon, világi tisztségei, szerepe mellett a magyarországi református egyház jelentős személyiségének a levelezése. Szilágyi a nagyenyedi kollégium egyik professzorának fia, aki hosszabb időt töltött Odera-Frankfurtban, ahol tudatosan készült majdani közéleti szereplésére. A hajdani peregrinus a magyarországi református egyház egyik neves, 18. századi bécsi ágense, azaz udvari érdekképviselője volt 1733–1748 között. Tevékenységéért elnyerte az uralkodó elismerését, bárói címet kapott és erdélyi ítélőtáblai ülnöki tisztséget nyert.
Tibori Szabó Zoltán – Újvári Mária, A kolozsvári Minerva története és bibliográfiája (1920–1948). Kolozsvár, Minerva Művelődési Egyesület Kiadója, 2015
Authors: Simon Melinda
Published: November 2021

A 20. századi magyar kiadás- nyomdászattörténet átfogó, modern áttekintésének alapját csakis az egyes cégekre vonatkozó alapos részmonográfiák képezhetik. Egy ilyen „mélyfúrás” eredménye a Minerva Irodalmi és Nyomdai Műintézet Rt. történetét feldolgozó kötet.
Propuesta de medidas para una gestión responsable de la diversidad en las organizaciones en el escenario covid y poscovid
Authors: Parra-Moreno Paul
Published: November 2021

La gestión de la diversidad en las organizaciones se posiciona como estra- tegia necesaria para una exitosa respuesta frente a los cambios y desafíos derivados del escenario covid. Atender a la diversidad conlleva mejoras internas en el desempeño, en la productividad, en el clima laboral o en la búsqueda de soluciones más creativas y flexibles ante los problemas, además de mejoras externas en la consolidación de la marca y en la apertura a nuevos mercados. Analizamos los posibles beneficios, desa- fíos, dilemas y retos que, a raíz de la crisis generada por la covid-19, aparecen en los modelos de gestión responsable de la diversidad en las organizaciones. En este trabajo desarrollamos una discusión a partir de la entrevista realizada a la entidad española Fundación Once como ejemplo de buenas prácticas en la implementación de políticas inclusivas, y analizamos los datos extraídos resultado de la búsqueda bibliográfica con artículos firmados por personas y/o entidades relevantes en el tema propuesto. Como resultado de las conclusiones principales, elaboramos una propuesta de medidas que desarrollar por las organizaciones para establecer y/o conservar una política estratégi- ca en la gestión responsable de la diversidad en el escenario coronavirus.
Cuestionario del rol docente en las organizaciones universitarias: diseño y validación en el marco del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior
Authors: Casañola Andrés Mercedes , Carretero Chamarro Claudio , Barrasa Notario Ángel , Sanagustín Fons María Victoria
Published: November 2021

El propósito de esta investigación es diseñar y validar un cuestionario para medir las percepciones, actitudes y comportamientos del profesorado universitario res- pecto a su práctica docente y su relación con los estudiantes en el marco del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES); considerando ciertos conceptos imprescindi- bles para el desempeño académico incardinados con el objetivo 4 de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). El cuestionario se orienta a cumplir una doble finalidad, por un lado, posibilitar vías para incrementar la calidad de los procesos de enseñanza- aprendizaje mediante el autodiagnóstico de los docentes, y, por otro lado, orientar un camino de mejora continua e innovación metodológica y competencial. En un primer momento, se elaboró un borrador inicial de cuestionario con 11 dimensiones compues- tas por 72 ítems, que, tras realizar un análisis psicométrico limitado, se redujo a única- mente 2 dimensiones con 20 ítems, que corresponde al cuestionario testado mediante una muestra de 360 docentes de universidades de toda España. La aplicación del análisis factorial sobre las respuestas arrojó tres factores con una alta fiabilidad: for- mación integral, formación en valores, innovación pedagógica y TIC. A la vista de los resultados, cabe inferir que este cuestionario posee una validez clara y fiable para ser utilizado en el ámbito universitario, dado que posee factores conectados estrechamente tanto con los principios del EEES como con el objetivo 4 de los ODS.
EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC AS A FACTOR OF MODERNIZATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Authors: Motruk Svitlana
Published: November 2021

On the basis of a wide range of documents the article analyzes main stages and factors of the Czech Republic integration with the North Atlantic Treaty Organizations. The author emphasizes that transition into a full NATO member in March 1999 was the result of a long, complicated and controversial process of «European Come Back», which started in the beginning of 1990’s and allowed the state’s government to solve a number of problems in the military-political and military-technical spheres. The article draws special attention to the results and consequences of the Czechia NATO membership, its participation in the structures and activities of the Alliance. Numerous facts provided in the paper allow to evaluate the state’s gains from the integration processes and to emphasize key tendencies, main challenges and new opportunities for the country. The study proves that Euro-Atlantic integration has contributed to the institutional and legal reconstruction of the entire system of foreign relations of the Czech Republic, has become an important stimulus to the transition to a democratic model of political system, stability and national security. The article examines the defense strategy of the Czech Republic, reveals its goals and objectives in the field of European security and defense at the present stage. It is noted that NATO Allies supported the proposal to update the 2010 Strategic Concept. Since its adoption the Alliance has faced a new security environment and Russia has turned from a potential strategic partner into an aggressor state. The Czech experience has revealed the advantages and vulnerabilities of the Euro-Atlantic vector. Last but not lease the article studies the causes of polyvariety of the Euro-Atlantic realities and prospects for Alliance enlargement. Based on the results of public opinion polls conducted by the Czech research organizations, the article examines the attitude of Czech political parties and citizens towards their country’s membership in NATO, the role of the North Atlantic Alliance in ensuring the security of the Czech Republic and international relations in general.
A current view on the alcohol-related teratogenic effects during pregnancy. Potential preventive measures
Authors: Marianian A. Yu. , Kalkova A. N.
Published: November 2021

Aim: to analyze and summarize the available data of studies aimed at obtaining deeper insight in the field of alcohol-related effects on the course of pregnancy and potential consequences thereof; to study the prevalence of alcohol consumption by women in Russia, as well as potential preventive measures.

Materials and Methods. The results of the Russian and foreign studies on the alcohol-related effect on the fetus and pregnancy outcome, published in the international databases Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed/MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, have been analyzed. The search for scientific publications was limited to the period from the years 2012 to 2021. We used search queries in Russian and English ("alcohol", "pregnancy", "prevention", "fetus", "fetal alcohol syndrome").

Results. The presented data analysis indicates an extremely negative effect of alcohol on the body of pregnant women, as well as on the health of our future generation. This article proves the importance of the problem, the need for further research on the mechanisms of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and the development of effective prevention measures, potential treatment methods, and assistance for FAS. At present, in Russia there is an acute lack of information on the real extent of the problem with maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Still, no precise data on FAS prevalence in Russia are available.

Conclusion. Preventing FAS is an urgent and unexplored issue in Russia. Medical doctors able to conduct pregravid preparation of a married couple while they plan to conceive a healthy child are highly demanded. It is necessary to raise awareness and improve the quality of training for obstetricians and gynecologists in order to identify women with high risk factors for alcohol abuse and childbirth with FAS at early stages of pregnancy management. It is also necessary to identify new or use already identified maternal blood biomarkers to verify excessive alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
Casts, Quotes, Parodies: the Italian Reception of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky's Work
Authors: Nocera A.
Published: November 2021

This article aims to provide a preliminary picture on the complex phenomenon of the reception of the work of F. M Dostoevsky in Italy starting from the diffusion of the first translations of the novels. Dostoevsky was not well received by the first critics and writers who criticized its style, excess morbidity and “drama”. He was considered a writer excessively related to the disturbances of the human soul, and in this regard the label of “psychologism”was used. Beyond this apparent negativity, the writers who were influenced and who admitted openly to consider Dostoevsky's not only a teacher of writing, but also an inexhaustible source of ideas and suggestions to delineate the characters of the novels were so many of them and go through all the panorama of the literature of the last twenty years of the Nineteenth century and throughout the Twentieth century: D'annunzio, Oriani, Moravia, Gadda, Tozzi, Sciascia, Landolfi, Piovene. Each of them declines a particular aspect of Dostoevskij’s poetics, using quotes, casts, parodies or real rewrites of the Dostoevsky text.
Simple Complicated Constructions with Articipial Turns in the Rutul Language
Authors: Makhmudova S.M.
Published: November 2021

One of the unresolved issues of the grammatical system of the Dagestan languages is the problem of complex sentences. And the most widely discussed of them was the problem of the presence or absence of complex sentences with subordinate determinants here. There are as many opinions here as there are studies on the syntax of individual languages: some scientists completely deny the presence of complex sentences with clauses, others give examples that, in their opinion, prove their presence and fairly broad functioning. Our work will be devoted to the consideration of views on this problem on the material of the Rutul language, one of the early-written languages related to the Caucasian-Albanian languages.
Ways and Tools to Ensure the Safety of the Educational Environment at School and University
Authors: Mikhalkin N.V. , Averyushkin A.N. , Simonova S.A.
Published: November 2021

Aim. To clarify the contents of such phenomena as ways and means to ensure the safety of the educational environment and to justify their use in relation to the educational environment of the university and school. Procedure and methods. The article econsiders the content of ways and means to ensure the safety of the educational environment, from the point of view of a philosophical approach to understanding this phenomenon, and therationale for the rationale for the options and means to ensure the safety of the educational environment for the university and the school as a system. In the study methods are used: analogies, comparative, generalization, system, interpretation of the results, thought experiment. The results. The results of the study contribute to the palette of research into the ways and means to ensure the safety of the educational environment in school and university, to the methodology of organizing the safety of the educational environment, as well as to the practice of educational activities of schools and universities. Theoretical and/or practical significance. The results of the study contribute to the palette of research of the educational environment in school and university, to the methodology of organizing the safety of the educational environment, as well as to the practice of educational activities of schools and universities.
KUR’AN’DA GEÇEN HİKMET KAVRAMININ İŞÂRÎ YORUMU
Authors: ULUPINAR Hamide
Published: November 2021

“Engellemek, alıkoymak, sağlam yapmak” gibi anlamlara gelen hikmet kelimesi pek çok manayı içinde barındırmaktadır. Kur’ân-ı Kerîm’de on dokuz âyette yirmi defa geçen hikmet kelimesi de farklı anlamlarda kullanılmıştır. Dolayısıyla müfessirler de kavramı farklı yönleriyle izah etmiş, genellikle “nübüvvet, sünnet, ilim, amel, anlayış, hüküm, delil” anlamında yorumlamışlardır. Sûfî müfessirler ise âyetlerdeki hikmet kavramını “nübüvvet, sünnet, ilim, amel, anlayış, ledünnî ilim, mârifet, sözde ve amelde isabet etmek, güzel ahlâk, hüküm, kesin delil” şeklinde açıklamışlardır. Görüldüğü üzere âlimler, hikmetin anlamları konusunda çoğunlukla hemfikirdir. Ancak sûfî müfessirler hikmetin nazarî yönünü kabul etmekle birlikte daha çok amelî yönüne vurgu yapmışlar, hikmetin kesinlikle arınıp amel etmekle elde edilen bir bilgi olduğunu söyleyerek bu konudaki müktesebâtı zenginleştirmişlerdir.
Çalışmada âyetlerdeki hikmet kelimesinin işârî yorumu, müfessirlerin görüşleriyle kıyaslanarak değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışmanın sonuçları maddeler halinde ortaya konulmuş ve hikmet kavramı, pek çok manasıyla izah edilmiş, ama bütün manaları kapsayan anlamının ilim olduğu belirtilmiştir. Bu bilgi aşamalı bir bilgidir. Kişi Hakk’ın kendisine bahşettiği hikmet bilgisine eriştiğinde söz ve amelde isabet eder, güzel ahlaklı olur, olayların iç yüzünü bildiği için adaletle hükmeder.
Assessing Population Variation Using Heritable Nonmetric Traits
Authors: Taylor Katie Marie
Published: November 2021

This research investigates the use of heritable nonmetric traits as a means for assessing population
variation and biological relatedness within an archaeological sample using the commingled human skeletal
tomb assemblage from the Bronze Age site of Tell Abraq, United Arab Emirates (2100-2000 BCE). A total of
410 individuals representing all ages and both sexes were interred in the Umm an-Nar period tomb. An analysis
of sixteen heritable nonmetric traits was conducted on the adult human skeletal remains for both cranial and
postcranial elements. Of the eight elements analyzed, one element in particular displayed anomalies rarely
described in archaeological contexts. Seven patellae were identified as emarginated, six as bipartite and one
as tripartite. The frequency of traits found here are inconclusive in suggesting biological homogeneity or
heterogeneity. However, the baseline data provided here may be useful in investigating biological homogeneity
in other studies in the future and may allow us to look at social practices such as marriage patterns. These
data may also provide an additional line of evidence to the previous hypotheses concerning consanguineous
marriage for this assemblage.
Study and Design of Array and Beamsteering Antennas for Millimeter Wave Band Application
Authors: Shad Saeideh
Published: November 2021

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems have attracted significant interest regarding supporting high data
rate of Gigabit/s communications for the new generation of wireless communication networks. MmWave communication systems
have frequency ranges in between 30 and 300 GHz wherein an enormous amount of unused bandwidth is available. Although the
available bandwidth of mmWave frequencies is promising for high data rate communications, the propagation characteristics
of mmWave frequencies are significantly different from microwave frequency band in terms of path loss, diffraction and
blockage, and atmospheric absorption. In general, the overall losses of mmWave signals are significantly larger than that
of microwave signals in point-to-point wireless communications. To compensate the high propagation losses, due to the
limited output power that the current RF active components can deliver in millimeter waves, the use of directional and
beam-steerable antennas become necessary in mmWave wireless systems. The use of directional antennas can effectively
alleviate the signal interference in mmWave communications. High-gain directional antennas can be used at both the
transmitting and receiving ends, resulting in a significantly enhanced Signal-to-Noise ratio (SNR) and improved data
security, and can be used in long-range mmWave point-to-point communications. Moreover, directional antenna beams
with limited spatial coverage need to be steered either electronically or mechanically to obtain a better substitute
link for non-Line of Loss (LOS) communications. Therefore, this dissertation mainly focuses on antenna design for
mmWave frequency band applications. High gain and beam-steerable antennas with the merits of low profile, high gain,
high efficiency and low cost are studied to address the new challenges of high frequency band antennas. First,
waveguide-based technology is employed to propose a new wideband high gain antenna for 60 GHz band applications.
Then, for beam-steerable antenna applications to steer the antenna beam in a specific direction, different
structures of cylindrical lens antennas are studied. First, a compact two-dimensional lens antenna is designed
and proposed at 28 GHz, and then a possible design of a wideband beam-steerable lens antenna is discussed and
presented. Finally, a fully metallic wideband metasurface-based lens antenna is explored. The antenna is
realized based on an array of periodic unit-cells to reduce the loss of the dielectric part in the conventional
lens antennas. This property is exploited to design wideband cost-effective fully metallic antenna at mmWave frequencies.
Stepfather Investment and Reproductive Outcomes Among US Couples
Authors: Gomez Daniela
Published: November 2021

Although paternal investment in humans is highly variable, many males invest heavily in offspring.
Biological fathers invest more in children than stepfathers, yet stepfathers do invest in their
stepchildren, possibly to gain mating access to the mother. Stepfathers are also more likely to
be abusive and antagonistic towards their stepchildren than biological fathers. Most previous
research quantifies the investment of stepfathers in relation to biological fathers. However,
no studies have explored how investment and relationship quality influences reproductive outcomes
for stepfathers. I examine how stepfathers’ relationship quality with stepchildren associates with
stepfathers’ reproductive success (number of biological children born to the couple) by utilizing
the National Survey of Families and Households longitudinal survey of American couples. I also
examine how mother’s financial autonomy may moderate the relationship between investment and
reproductive success. Results show some evidence that stepfather investment can improve reproductive
success, but these results are not particularly strong and may be difficult to interpret.
A Case Study in Representing Scientific Applications (GeoAc) Using the Sparse Polyhedral Framework
Authors: Shankar Ravi
Published: November 2021

Tsunami detection and forecasting is a difficult problem that scientists are trying to tackle. Early path
estimation and accurate prediction of the arrival time and size of a tsunami can save lives and help with
impact assessment. Tsunami inducing earthquakes cause ground and sea-surface displacements that push up on
the atmosphere. This atmospheric disturbance propagates upwards as an acoustic wave and eventually hits the
ionosphere. IonoSeis is a software simulation package that leverages satellite-based
ionospheric remote-sensing techniques to determine the epicenter of these earthquakes.

The execution time of the ray-tracing component of IonoSeis prevents its use as a real-time
modeling tool. A proposed solution is to replace this component with a newer ray-tracing package developed by
Los Alamos National Laboratory called GeoAc and parallelize it. This research is a case study
that uses the sparse polyhedral framework (SPF) to represent the operational GeoAc code and
thereby drive the requirements for a SPF optimization framework that is being actively developed.
Autophagy Regulation by Lipid Factors with Implications for Parkinson's Disease
Authors: Soto-Avellaneda Alejandro
Published: November 2021

Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. It is characterized by the death of
dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and a series of debilitating motor symptoms. Macroautophagy (hereafter
referred to as autophagy) is a cellular process by which cells degrade proteins, lipids, organelles or dysfunctional
components. Autophagy is thought to play an important role in Parkinson’s disease, because it is the only cellular
process known to remove large protein aggregates, such as those seen in Parkinson’s disease pathology. Historically,
a large body of work has focused on reporting on protein effectors of autophagy, and regulation of autophagy but
lipophilic molecules has garnered less attention. This dissertation focuses on the regulatory contributions of lipid
molecules to autophagy in addition to describing the identification and lead discovery of autophagy-regulating lipid
factors using an endogenous lipid chaperone protein, known as Fatty Acid Binding Protein 5, as a ‘bait’ molecule.
PC12 Cells as a Model System to Study LARP6 in the Brain
Authors: Rogers Beth
Published: November 2021

La-related protein 6 (LARP6) is an RNA binding protein with an intriguing set of functions and interactions.
It has an unknown function in the brain that should be investigated further. To do this, we propose to investigate
PC12 cells as a model system for studying LARP6 in the brain. PC12 cells have a long history of being used in
neurodegenerative models and pharmaceutical testing due to their ability to differentiate into neuronal-like cells.
We hypothesize that PC12 cells will make a good model system for studying LARP6 in the brain. In this study, we
conducted western blot, PCR, immunofluorescence, IP-MS, and a morpholino knockdown of LARP6 in PC12 cells to assess
our hypothesis. We concluded from our results that PC12 cells do not make a good model system for the brain.
Game Based Intervention to Develop Early Childhood Mathematical Understanding and Decrease Gaps Related to Socioeconomic Status
Authors: Flynn Lydia
Published: November 2021

Early mathematical understanding is important for later success in mathematics. Game based interventions can be a
successful means by which to help young students to improve their mathematical understandings. The purpose of this
study is to examine whether a math game that was to be played at home improved the mathematical understanding of
kindergarten students. Kindergarten students, from rural Idaho, were assigned to a group that played math games
(n = 15) or a control group that did not (n = 13). The intervention group was given a simple
math game and instructed to play 20 times in a 2 week period. The control group played a sight word game with the
same instructions for frequency. Results showed that playing the game at home did not improve performance on the
math assessment. A survey was also used to gather information about whether or not reported amounts of game playing
at home would be correlated to higher scores on a mathematics assessment. Results showed that reported game playing
at home was not related to higher scores on a mathematics assessment.
(Re)Discovering I am Worthy
Authors: Keeton Sarah Elizabeth
Published: November 2021

The following thesis is a Black Feminist Autoethnographic confrontation of white supremacist, racist ideology.
I assert that Black people are in an abusive relationship with America. Utilizing the Cycle of Violence, the
relationship abuse framework, Critical Race theory and Black Feminist Thought, this thesis explores the violent
ways America abuses Black bodies and how that abuse affects our very beings. Utilizing autoethnography to record
what others have erased, I confront my abusers in all of their different forms, including the internalized abuse
of self. This writing is a process of uncovering and (re)covery. This recovery process will examine the
convergence of the political, the cultural and the personal while exposing the master narrative or dominant
norms that inflict violence on Black, brown, queer, trans, and otherwise marginalized bodies. I integrate Black
Feminist Autoethnography, love, and Black Feminist Pedagogy to create a counternarrative which repositions my
truth at the center and validates my way of being and knowing as valid, dignified, and whole.
Understanding Principals’ Knowledge of Special Education
Authors: Schexnider Whitney G.
Published: November 2021

The percentage of students identified as eligible to receive special education services in the United
States has grown from 8.3% in the 1976-77 school year to 14% during the 2018-19 school year (Hussar et al.,
2020). Given this level of growth and the myriad of levels of support principals provide for students with
disabilities, one would assume that principal preparation programs have adjusted their curriculum to ensure
future school administrators are prepared to support every student, including those with disabilities. The
purpose of this research study is to better understand how current school administrators learned special
education-related information for their role, what they believe are the most important aspects of special
education, and to identify how background, experience, and self-efficacy play a role in principals’ skills
related to their role as their building’s special education leader. A web-based survey was used to gather
information from current school administrators working in Idaho’s P-12 school districts. Results of this study
show that the majority of Idaho’s school administrators are learning special education-related knowledge and skills
on the job and through professional development, rather than as part of their principal preparation programs.
Recommendations are made to enhance the learning opportunities in both principal preparation programs as well as
in-service professional development to develop strong, supportive, school-based special education leaders.
Exploring Electron-Sink Behaviors of Molecular Assemblies
Authors: Mai Yume
Published: November 2021

Metal carbonyl clusters, such as the [Ni32C6(CO)36]6- anion, have been documented to
display electron-sink phenomena. However, such large clusters suffer from inefficient yields due to their demanding and unreliable
synthesis routes. To approach this obstacle, we investigated the electrochemical properties of Fe2(μ-PPh2)2(CO)6,
an organometallic complex known to experience a reversible two-electron transfer process. In this work, we report a modular
synthetic strategy for expanding the electron-sink capacity of molecular assemblies by installing Fe2(μ-PPh2)2(CO)6 redox
mediators to arylisocyanide ligands. Specifically, the coordination of three Fe2(μ-PPh2)2(CO)6 subunits
to a trifunctional arylisocyanide ligand produces an electron-sink ensemble that can accommodate six electrons, exceeding the precedent
benchmark [Ni32C6(CO)36]6- anion. The redox mediators store electrons within quantized
unoccupied frontier orbitals and act as individual quantum capacitors. Ultimately, we propose to modify the electrode surfaces with
these redox mediators to examine the relationship between the electrode’s mesoscopic structure and its macroscopic capacitance.
Decentralized and Centralized Optimal Control of HVAC Systems
Authors: Montrose Ryan S.
Published: November 2021

Utility service providers are often challenged with the synchronization of thermostatically controlled loads.
Load synchronization, resulting from naturally occurring or demand response events, can damage power distribution
equipment and reduce the grid's efficiency. Because thermostatically controlled loads constitute most of the power
consumed by the grid at any given time, the proper control of such devices can lead to significant energy savings
and improved grid stability. The contribution of this thesis is developing optimal control algorithms for both
single-stage and variable-speed heat pump HVAC systems. Our control architecture allows for regulating home
temperatures through selective peer-to-peer communication while simultaneously minimizing aggregate power
consumption and aggregate load volatility. For comparison purposes, various low-level and centralized optimal
controllers are explored and compared against their decentralized counterparts.
Corridors for Coexistence
Authors: Trout Edward
Published: November 2021

Livestock depredation by carnivores is a globally pervasive and detrimental interaction that leads to
economic loss and retaliatory killings. Livestock trailed annually on US Rangelands impact wildlife communities- competing
with ungulate herbivores for forage, disrupting predator-prey dynamics, and shifting community structures. In order to
promote coexistence in these human-wildlife systems, a better understanding of how these processes interact is needed.
However, studies on the topic fail to fully capture both the spatial and temporal signals of moving livestock herds.

In this study I investigated the effects of sheep grazing on a wildlife community in the Big Wood River Valley, Idaho.
I developed a grazing covariate that was temporally informed; and used a scaffolded modeling technique of single- and
multi-species occupancy models to evaluate the effects of grazing and environmental factors on spatiotemporal processes of wildlife.

Using an array of remote-triggered cameras, I sampled wildlife occurrence of focal carnivores including gray
wolves (Canis lupus), American black bear (Ursus americanus), coyote (Canis latrans),
and mountain lions (Puma concolor), along with ungulate herbivores mule deer (Odocoileus hemonius),
elk (Cervus canadensis), and moose (Alces americanus). I evaluated processes of detection
and occupancy using a single-species model for each species, two 2-species models including wolves and elk and wolves and
coyotes, and a 5-species community model including bears, coyotes, mule deer, elk, and wolves.

I found that the detection of bears, wolves, and mule deer was positively related in activity to grazing and
16-day NDVI (changing greenness), while the detection of elk was negatively related to grazing and 16-day NDVI.
These results suggest a divergence in community makeup as sheep move into an area- increasing predator activity
and shifting prey community structure.

Furthermore, this work shows that including a temporally informed grazing covariate into a multi-species
modeling structure can effectively predict changes in wildlife community activity when livestock are present.
These findings have important insights for livestock and wildlife management as the livestock-carnivore human-wildlife
system grows more prevalent and pertinent.
Mafic Explosive Volcanism at Llaima Volcano
Authors: Valdivia-Munoz Pedro Antonio
Published: November 2021

Mafic eruptions, which are typically effusive to mildly explosive, can produce much stronger explosive eruptions.
Eruption style is determined by the ability of gas to escape through the permeable network. If the permeability is
sufficiently high to reduce vesicle overpressure during ascent, the volatiles may escape from the magma, inhibiting
violent explosive activity. In contrast, if the permeability is sufficiently low to retain the gas phase within the magma
during ascent, bubble overpressure may drive magma fragmentation. Rapid ascent rates may induce disequilibrium crystallization,
increasing viscosity and explosivity, and have consequences for the geometry of the vesicle network. Quantitative vesicle
texture analyses are commonly measured in 2D. However, 2D vesicle analyses do not provide sufficient information about the
internal vesicle structures for permeability analysis. Here we use synchrotron X-ray computed microtomography of 10 pyroclasts
from the 12.6 ka mafic Curacautín Ignimbrite (Llaima Volcano, Chile) to reconstruct and quantify pyroclast textures in three
dimensions. Our goal is to obtain 3D measurements of porosity, bubble interconnectivity, bubble number density, and
geometrical properties of the porous media to investigate the role of magma degassing processes at mafic explosive eruptions.
We use an analytical technique to estimate permeability and tortuosity by combing empirical relationships and pyroclasts
vesicle textures. We identified two populations of vesicles: (1) a convoluted connected vesicle network produced by
extensive coalescence of smaller vesicles (> 99% of pore space), and (2) a population of very small and completely
isolated vesicles (< 1% of porosity network). Bubble numbe2r density measurements are 1-29×103 bubbles
per mm3, implying an average decompression rate of 1.4 MPa/s under heterogeneous nucleation. We computed tortuosities
factor between 1.89 and 4.4, with higher values in the less vesicular samples. Permeability ranges are
between 3×10-13 and 6.27×10-12 m2. 3D vesicle textures evidence rapid ascent
rates that induced high disequilibrium, promoting rapid syn-eruptive crystallization of microlites and late vesiculation.
We propose that the increase in viscosity due to crystallization and vesiculation, combined with rapid ascent, inhibited
outgassing and increased bubble overpressures, leading to explosive fragmentation. We estimated that a bubble overpressure
greater than 5.2 MPa could have been sufficient to fragment the Curacautín magma. Other mafic explosive eruptions report
similar disequilibrium conditions induced by rapid ascent rate, implying that syn-eruptive disequilibrium may control the
explosivity of mafic eruptions more generally.
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in giant lithiasis of the bile tract: case report and literature review
Authors: Corona Alexandro , Zepeda José M. , Bustos Fabiola , Contreras Javier , Osuna Felix
Published: November 2021

In Mexico, the prevalence of biliary disease is 8.5% in men and 20.5% in women. Choledocholithiasis is a frequent clinical entity, predominantly in females and with well-defined risk factors. Obstruction of the bile duct due to stones is called giant choledocholithiasis when the largest diameter of the stone is greater than 15 mm. Endoscopic treatment fails in up to 88% of cases of giant choledocholithiasis. The authors presented the case of a patient suffering from giant choledocholithiasis, of 9 years of evolution, with an endoprosthesis, successfully treated by ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography). The selection of patients who will undergo this type of procedure must be careful, multidisciplinary management is essential to maintain the optimal conditions possible for each case, since the risks are usually high, it is a fact that the diameter of the distal bile duct it is the most important predictive factor when selecting the diameter of the balloon to use, since excessive dilation increases the risk of perforation.
A retrospective study of the epidemiology of esophageal cancer and its management in a Central Indian Institute
Authors: Ansari Fahad , Rai Arvind
Published: November 2021

Background: The aim of the study was to better understand the epidemiology of esophageal cancer and its management in Indian patients.Methods: This was a retrospective study conducted in a Central Indian institute in which 42 patients of esophageal cancer admitted during a 2 year period were evaluated and treated. All underwent upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy and computed tomography (CT) scan to assess site and extent of tumor.Results: There were a total of 42 patients in the study of which the mean age group was 50-65 years with the disease occurring more commonly in males (65%). The male -female ratio was 1.8:1. The most common histological type was squamous cell carcinoma with 32 patients (76.2%) followed by adenocarcinoma with 10 patients (23.8%). The most common site of the esophagus involved was the lower third and gastro-esophageal junction in 23 patients (54.76%) followed by mid esophagus in 14 patients (33.3%). Most patients were inoperable as the most common stage of presentation was IV in 18 patients. Esophagectomy was possible in 8 patients while 26 underwent feeding jejunostomy and 8 underwent esophageal stenting before being sent for chemoradiation. The 1 year survival rate in this study was 16.6%.Conclusions: Cancer esophagus is still a disease that presents late for treatment in India with majority of patients managed with palliative interventions followed by chemoradiation. The survival rate is poor. Squamous cell carcinoma is far more common with adenocarcinoma showing increasing trends, both occurring more commonly in the lower esophagus.
Etiology and types of necrotizing periodontal diseases
Authors: Abdullah Yazeed Abdullah , Albeshr Abdulhameed G. , Albasher Ala'a Abdulkalq , Alassiri Abdullah Saeed , Shater Mahmood Abdulaziz , Alqahtani Mohammed Ali , Ageely Khaled Taib , Alshahrani Raghad Saeed , Alkhormani Anas Abed , Bawakid Alaa Mohammed , Huwaity Lamia S. A. Al , Albulushi Rayan Ibrahim
Published: November 2021

Necrotizing periodontal diseases pose a clinical significance because it has been associated with a severe prognosis that can cumulatively lead to rapid tissue destruction. A slow rate of destruction has been reported for patients with necrotizing periodontal diseases, and reports show that chronicity might be a characteristic in some patients, while many patients might also suffer from disease recurrence. The association of other oral lesions might also be a characteristic in some situations, which usually occurs in cases when systemic involvement is present. In the present literature review, we aim to discuss the etiology and types of necrotizing periodontal diseases based on evidence from the different related studies in the literature. Microbiology plays an important role in the pathogenesis of the condition, and some organisms as spirochetes were directly correlated with the etiology of the condition. Evidence also shows that the presence of the different risk factors might be the major contributor to the development of the condition as different risk factors were found to be directly correlated with the disease. Among the different factors, impacted host immune response and the presence of deteriorating systemic conditions have been widely reported in the literature as significant factors predisposing to developing the disease. Other factors as smoking and alcohol consumption, previous history of the disease, and other oral lesions, were also reported. Further research is needed for better classification of the condition and determination of more significant risk factors.