bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Reseña/Review (Mancha, Luis, Director, “Julia y Fernando. Una historia de vida”, Open Circuit Television Producciones, Disponible en Filmin, 84’, 2022)
Authors: Feito Alonso Rafael
Published: January 2024

Reseña/Review (Mancha, Luis, Director, “Julia y Fernando. Una historia de vida”, Open Circuit Television Producciones, Disponible en Filmin, 84’, 2022)
Hacer que las estúpidas máquinas canten: Reflexiones preliminares (y provisionales) sobre e-literatura y escritura generativa
Authors: Rico León Patricia Georgina
Published: January 2024

Este artículo ofrece una panorámica de los usos actuales de la palabra electrónica y, en particular, de las composiciones escritas a partir de algoritmos generativos. A través de la presentación de ejemplos pioneros de arte generativo, la comparación con otros métodos combinatorios y la relación con perspectivas teóricas sobre la hiperrealidad y la reproductibilidad, se discuten tanto las sospechas como las expectativas a las que actualmente se encuentra asociada la escritura derivada del uso de algoritmos e inteligencia artificial en el entorno artístico.
Thelma & Louise: Rape culture, mudflaps and vaginal horizons
Authors: McLeod Dayna
Published: January 2024

This video essay isolates the rage of the protagonists of Ridley Scott’s 1991 film Thelma and Louise, against personal and systemic patriarchal violence. Using animation, multiscreen, and supercut editing, this video essay supposes what happens when supporting male characters are removed, erased, or diminished to focus our attention on Thelma and Louise’s response(s) to their violent acts. It also imagines mudflap girls –now women– talking and fighting back against their oppressor. Finally, this video essay transforms Thelma and Louise’s suicidal leap into a deep dive of the vagina, often essentialized, in heteropatriarchal discourses, as synonymous with the female body.
Hemşirelik Bilim Felsefesinde Paradigmaların Önemi
Authors: YILMAZ Makbule , KUĞUOĞLU Sema
Published: January 2024

Amaç: Hemşirelik bilim felsefesinde paradigmaların önemini açıklamaktır.

Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu derlemede, ulusal ve uluslararası veri tabanlarındaki araştırmalardan yararlanılmıştır.

Bulgular: Paradigmaları, bir disiplinin bilgi gereksinimleri ve bu bilgiyi üretme sistemleri arasında köprü kuran mekanizmalar olarak anlıyoruz. Hemşire teorisyenlerinin metaparadigmaları, kişi, hemşire, sağlık/hastalık, çevre anahtar kavramlarıyla ilgili paylaşılan değerlere ve varsayımlara dayanır. Çeşitli paradigmalar, araştırmayı kavramsallaştırma ve yürütme yaklaşımlarında ve disipliner bilgi inşasına katkılarında ontolojik, epistemolojik ve metodolojik farklılıklar ile karakterize edilir. Bu disipline özgü bilgi, hemşireliğin insan-çevre-sağlık/hastalık sürecine etik yaklaşımını çerçeveleyen ontolojik, epistemolojik ve metodolojik süreçlere gömülü felsefi görüşleri ortaya çıkartır. Bununla birlikte, güncel olmayan bilgi tabanı üzerinde çağdaş hemşirelik bakımına, araştırmalarına ve uygulamalarına rehberlik etmek mantıksızdır. Bu nedenle, bazı hemşirelik araştırma ve uygulama alanlarının, çağdaş hemşirelik fenomenlerine yönelik araştırmalara rehberlik etmek için hemşire bilim felsefesinde paradigmaları sürekli güncel tutmak gereklidir.

Sonuç: Literatürde çeşitli araştırmalarda kullanılan paradigmaların hemşirelik bilimi, felsefe ve paradigmaların disipliner gelişim üzerindeki evrimini, çağdaş hemşirelik paradigmalarını ve bu disipliner gelişime ihtiyaç duyulan kuram ve kuramcıların teorik perspektifi netleştiren bütünleştirici stratejileri vurgulandı. Sonuç olarak, hemşire bilim insanlarının, eski hemşirelik paradigmalarını yeniden yapılandırarak, hemşirelerin eğitim, bakım ve uygulamalarında çağdaş paradigmaları kullanması önerilmektedir.
The Relationship between CRP Levels and Depression Severity in Palliative Cancer Patients Experiencing Insomnia at H Adam Malik Central General Hospital Medan
Authors: Harahap Ahmad Syukri , Lubis Wika Hanida , Gatot Dairion
Published: January 2024

Background: Cancer is a non-communicable disease that is a major health burden worldwide. Sleep disturbances are more commonly reported in cancer patients than in the general population. Sleep disturbances occur in 24-95% of cancer patients. Patients with cancer are more likely to experience depression than the general population. The diagnosis of cancer and the psychological impact have a negative impact on quality of life and the prognosis of the disease. Insomnia can induce systemic inflammation, expression of leukocytes, pro-inflammatory cytokines and necrosis factor, where these inflammatory mediators worsen depression. Its concentration increases in response to inflammation. CRP is an acute-phase reactant induced by IL-6 during the inflammatory or infectious process. Increased CRP levels are associated with inflammation in cancer, depression, and sleep disturbances.
Methods: A cross-sectional study involving hospitalized palliative cancer patients was screened for sleep disturbances using PSQI, screened for depression with BDI, and CRP was examined.
Results: A total of 61 study participants were included in this study. The average PSQI score was 15. Sixty percent of subjects experienced moderate to severe depression. Forty subjects had elevated CRP levels. The results of the Spearman Rank test showed a positive corelative relationship between CRP levels and depression severity.
Conclusion: There is a significant positive correlation between increased CRP levels and the severity of depression in palliative cancer patients with insomnia.

Keywords: C-Reactive Protein, Depression, Insomnia, Cancer patient
Analysis of Cognitive Impairment Risk Factors for Drug Inmates
Authors: Asra Muhamad , Tosepu Ramadhan , Kusnan Adius
Published: January 2024

Cognitive impairment is defined as a decrease in cognitive function which is characterized by difficulty in learning new things, remembering, concentrating, mental disorders, behavioral disorders and making decisions. Cognitive disorders in drug abusers will have an impact on impaired cognitive function. Drug abusers are increasing every year, so researchers are interested in analyzing the risk factors for cognitive impairment in drug inmates at the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police detention center. The research design used is quantitative research with a cross sectional approach. The research location is at the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police detention center with a population of 2023 drug convicts for the period from May to December, totaling 112 people and the sample is the entire population because it uses total sampling. The variables studied were knowledge, length of use, age at first use and type of drug used. The results of statistical tests using chi-square are that there is a relationship between the risk factor variables knowledge, duration of drug use, and the type of drug used and cognitive disorders with a p value <α (0.05). Meanwhile, the risk factor variable, age of first using drugs, has no relationship with cognitive impairment in drug convicts at the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police detention center. The results of the chi-square statistical test obtained a value of p=0.594, where the value of p>α (0.05). The knowledge risk factor is the risk factor that has the most dominant influence, causing cognitive disorders in drug convicts at the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police Detention Center as proven by the results of the logistic regression test, which obtained the highest Odd Ratio (OR) value among the other risk factor variables tested, namely 79.414 and The significance value (sig.) is 0.019 < 0.025. Based on the results of research conducted by researchers, there is a relationship between the risk factors of knowledge, duration of drug use, and the type of drug used and cognitive disorders in drug inmates.

Keywords: Cognitive impairment, Drug Abuse, Knowledge, Duration of Drug Use
Анализ лечения больных с непаразитарными кистами селезенки: наш опыт
Authors:   ОГБУЗ «Детская областная клиническая больница», Игнатьев Евгений Михайлович ,   Белгородский государственный национальный исследовательский университет, Гаглоев Виктор Михайлович ,   ОГБУЗ «Детская областная клиническая больница»,   Белгородский государственный национальный исследовательский университет, Тулинов Андрей Иванович ,   ОГБУЗ «Детская областная клиническая больница»,   Белгородский государственный национальный исследовательский университет, Свиридов Александр Александрович ,   ОГБУЗ «Детская областная клиническая больница»,   Белгородский государственный национальный исследовательский университет, Багрянцев Дмитрий Александрович ,   ОГБУЗ «Детская областная клиническая больница»,   Белгородский государственный национальный исследовательский университет
Published: January 2024

Кисты селезенки необычны в повседневной хирургической практике и относятся к категории редко встречающихся заболеваний. Несмотря на то, что хирургическое лечение кист селезенки проводится уже более полутора веков, до сих пор четко не определены показания к проведению оперативного вмешательства, выбор методики и оптимальные сроки ее проведения. Проанализированы результаты лечения 22 детей в возрасте от 7 до 17 лет, прооперированных в нашей клинике с непаразитарными кистами селезенки. В 2 (9,1 %) случаях был рецидив кисты. Предпочтение отдается малоинвазивным органосохраняющим операциям. Учитывая возможности нашей клиники, мы предпочитаем лапароскопическую фенестрацию с физической деэпителизацией (аргоно-плазменный поток). Абсолютным показанием к спленэктомии считаем кистозную трансформацию селезёнки с сохранением менее 1/3 долженствующей паренхимы селезёнки. Вопрос о возможной спленэктомии может возникнуть также при центрально расположенных кистах, а также многокамерных кистах с неоднородным содержимым «вероятнее всего сосудистого генеза».
SPRAYING PROCESS FOR Cr3C2-NiCr COATING
Authors: Rakhadilov B. K. , Kurbanbekov S. R. , Seitov B. , Mukanova N. , Baltabayeva D. E. , Katpayeva K.
Published: January 2024

In this paper, the theoretical research of Cr3C2-NiCr coating for zirconia substrate is discussed. To obtain this coating, one of the multi-efficiency methods high velocity oxygen-fuel thermal spraying (HVOF) was investigated. The coatings were processed by different thicknesses of zirconia substrate sample of 3–5 mm also with length of 20 mm and width of 30 mm, at spraying speed of 600–700 m/s. The temperature during HVOF spraying is about 3000 ºC and the cooling temperature is 27 ºC. Investigating the theoretical data of Cr3C2-NiCr coatings, the development and thermal stresses after HVOF treatment were determined using Stone's method and Brenner-Senderoff equations with a coating thickness not exceeding 0.6 mm for carbide coatings. According to the results of theoretical research, the deposition efficiency values were found by the method proposed by Kosaku Shinoda. According to the theoretical and mathematical calculations, the deposition efficiency for Cr3C2-NiCr coating with zirconia substrate is in the range of 59.5%–69.4%. Thus, it was found that the deposition efficiency for the coatings depends on the thickness of the substrate, the powder feed rate, and the mass of the applied material and consequently the number of spraying passes.
IMPROVING ENERGY CONVERSION USING MXENES: EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS
Authors: Dzhusambaev M. T. , Askaruly K. , Shakenov K. B. , Azat S. , Zhantikeev U.
Published: January 2024

Maximizing energy conversion efficiency is a major goal in the field of sustainable energy systems. In recent years, MXenes, a new class of two-dimensional materials, have attracted much attention in the context of improving energy conversion efficiency. This literature review provides an overview of the current state of energy research on MXenes, including their synthesis, characterization, and applications in energy storage and conversion systems. There are various methods for the synthesis of MXenes that are being developed to obtain materials with optimal structural and electrochemical properties. Characterization studies of MXenes examine their electrochemical properties, structure, surface, and physicochemical behavior to understand the underlying energy conversion mechanisms and optimize their performance. Applications of MXenes in energy storage and conversion systems include their use in solar cells, thermoelectric devices and batteries. MXenes have high conductivity, mechanical strength, and chemical stability, making them attractive for these applications. Continued research is needed to more fully understand the physical and chemical properties of MXenes and to develop optimal synthesis and application methods to achieve maximum energy conversion efficiency.
Sobre la punibilidad de los engaños en los delitos sexuales
Authors: Hoven Elisa , Weigend Thomas
Published: January 2024

En virtud de la reforma de la ley de delitos sexuales de 2016 (2), la protección dela autodeterminación sexual se amplió considerablemente. Sin embargo, el legisladorno incluyó en la regulación aquellos casos en que se induce a una persona a consentiractos sexuales mediante engaño –como ocultar enfermedades contagiosas o fingirtener determinadas características personales–. El § 177 StGB (Código Penal alemán,en adelante StGB) no contempla actualmente este tipo de constelaciones.De legeferenda, los autores proponen una ampliación cautelosa del § 177 inc. 2 StGB de modo que incluya los casos en que el autor engaña sobre la naturaleza sexual de un acto o sobre su identidad.
Problemas asociados a la satisfacción de la responsabilidad civil en los supuestos de prescripción de la infracción penal
Authors: Gómez Lanz Javier , Sanmartín García-Osorio M.ª Eugenia
Published: January 2024

Esta contribución pretende explorar una aproximación sistemática entre la dogmática

del Derecho penal y la doctrina del Derecho internacional de los derechos

humanos hasta el punto que pueda colegirse una suerte de propuesta para una

(mayor) aproximación metodológica entre ambas disciplinas. Dicha propuesta está

cada vez más visible en la interpretación de los tipos penales de la Parte especial,

pero aquí se busca una fundamentación desde el mismo concepto del Derecho asentada

sobre la base de una concepción postpositivista del mismo. La aproximación se

sugiere al nivel de los propios fines del Derecho penal, de los principios limitadores

del ius puniendi (con especial atención al principio de exclusiva protección de bienes

jurídicos), de la teoría del delito, de la teoría de los fines de la pena y de la propia

Parte especial.
Seminario: «Alcalá y su patrimonio. Una visión desde la justicia penal: cárceles, galeras y prisiones» Alcalá de Henares, ciudad penitenciaria. Las huellas de la experiencia personal
Authors: García Valdés Carlos
Published: January 2024

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Seminario: «Alcalá y su patrimonio. Una visión desde la justicia penal: cárceles, galeras y prisiones» La reclusión de las mujeres en Alcalá: la Galera
Authors: Martínez Galindo Gema
Published: January 2024

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FEATURES OF THE PRINCIPLE OF SEPARATION OF POWERS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LEGAL LIMITATION OF STATE POWER/ ԻՇԽԱՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՏԱՐԱՆՋԱՏՄԱՆ ՍԿԶԲՈՒՆՔԻ ԱՌԱՆՁՆԱՀԱՏԿՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՆԵՐԸ ՊԵՏԱԿԱՆ ԻՇԽԱՆՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԻՐԱՎԱԿԱՆ ՍԱՀՄԱՆԱՓԱԿՄԱՆ ՀԱՄԱՏԵՔՍՏՈՒՄ/ ОСОБЕННОСТИ ПРИНЦИПА РАЗДЕЛЕНИЯ ВЛАСТЕЙ В КОНТЕКСТЕ ПРАВОВОГО ОГРАНИЧЕНИЯ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЙ ВЛАСТИ
Authors: Zaqaryan Ashot
Published: January 2024

This article addresses the most important theoretical and practical issues of modern jurisprudence, the manifestation of the principle of separation of powers in the context of the legal limitation of state power. The article reveals the essence and features of the manifestation of the concept of "legal restriction", the principle of separation of powers, as well as the system of checks and balances in modern legal literature. The purpose of the study of the topic is to present various approaches of well-known jurists and philosophers regarding the principle of separation of powers, the peculiarities of the manifestation of this principle in the presidential, semi-presidential and parliamentary republics, as well as to present the author's analysis of them. Particular attention was paid to the issues of delegating the right of legislative initiative and the use of the veto by the President in the context of the principle of separation of powers.

The results of the study will provide an opportunity to gain a more detailed understanding of the legislative development of this principle of government in different states and forms of government, as a result of which we will be able to improve the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.
ԹՄՐԱՀԱՆՑԱՎՈՐՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՔՐԵԱԲԱՆԱԿԱՆ ԲՆՈՒԹԱԳԻՐԸ ԵՎ ԿԱՆԽԱՐԳԵԼՄԱՆ ՀԱՐՑԵՐԸ ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՈՒՄ /CRIMINOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ISSUES OF DRUG CRIME PREVENTION IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA/ КРИМИНОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКА И ВОПРОСЫ ПРЕДУПРЕЖДЕНИЯ НАРКОПРЕСТУПНОСТИ В РЕСПУБЛИКЕ АРМЕНИЯ
Authors: Israyelyan Gevorg
Published: January 2024

Despite the fact that appropriate measures are being taken in the Republic of Armenia to combat drug crime, negative criminological trends are being recorded: since 2019, there has been an increase in drug crime, which indicates the ineffectiveness of preventive measures and the need for comprehensive criminological research and the formation of a new approach to drug crime prevention.

Despite the fact that appropriate measures are being taken in the Republic of Armenia to combat drug crime, negative criminological trends are being recorded: since 2019, there has been an increase in drug crime, which indicates the ineffectiveness of preventive measures and the need for comprehensive criminological research and the formation of a new approach to drug crime prevention.

The author revealed the criminological characteristics of drug crime for 2017-2022, the consequences of latency, the causal complex, on the basis of which measures to prevent drug crime are presented. In particular, the author suggests the following organizational measures: to ensure periodic raids on the likely places of commission of the criminal acts under discussion, to increase the number of foot patrol squads of the Police Patrol Service; to intensify the activities of senior school inspectors, to carry out regular visits to educational institutions with the help of various police units, to collaborate closely with educational staff, to strengthen control in penitentiary institutions, to regularly carry out preventive measures in military units, at the place of service, to strengthen supervision of military personnel in order to prevent their use of narcotic drugs, meticulous scrutiny of the police recruitment process, addressing factors contributing to the low professional training of police officers, and an emphasis on retraining processes.
The quality promotion of the fundamental education in a municipality from the South of the State of Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Authors: Silva Rosilene de Lima Machado , Pereira de Faria Nogueira Joelma
Published: January 2024

This research is part of the doctoral dissertation which had the objective of analyzing the management of the financing of public policies which ensure the far-reaching and free offering of basic education, specifically the fundamental education, of a municipality from the South of Minas Gerais (Brazil), for the purpose of assessing whether the available and managed resources have had any effect on the commonly used indicators for measuring the quality of education. In order to attain this objective, it was performed a case study, in which the data collection was held through the Transparency Portals of public bodies, interviews and surveys, and the data were analyzed by the content analysis method. The collected data were compared with the mensurable indicators which assist the promotion of the quality of education, being analyzed by the approach of the input and results. Therefore, it can be inferred from the analyze of the results that there is not an abundance of financial resources to the achievement of all the necessities of basic education, and there is no conducive planning of the costing expenditure and investing that propitiate and increase the quality of education in the medium and long term.
Neuropsychiatric manifestations of COVID-19: a literature review
Authors: Dossi Camila Fortes , Bragato Simone Galli Rocha
Published: January 2024

The recent emergence of COVID-19, associated with its rapid expansion and systemic involvement, leads to a lack of knowledge regarding the scope of manifestations resulting from the disease. Thus, post-COVID syndrome constitutes several persistent sequelae after the period of SARS-COV-2 infection, which have not yet been completely elucidated. This study, therefore, aims to review in the literature the conditions resulting from post-COVID syndrome in the nervous system and also psychiatric scope. Thus, psychiatric disorders, sleep disorders, cognitive deficits, neurovascular disorders, syndromes related to the central and peripheral nervous systems were observed in this condition and described in this study. Furthermore, it characterizes the risk factors related to greater involvement in certain populations, such as female sex and chronic diseases, and greater severity of COVID-19, which, in general, have a pathophysiological relationship based on the exacerbation of the inflammatory process of these conditions and that arising from SARS-COV-2 infection. It is worth highlighting the importance of the biopsychosocial aspect when observing the stressful nature generated by social isolation and its consequences.
Anti-inflammatory effect of quercetin in a murine model of lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury: A systematic review
Authors: Silva Giselly de Oliveira , Borba Elizabeth Fernanda de Oliveira , Correia Maria Tereza dos Santos , Silva Teresinha Gonçalves da
Published: January 2024

Acute lung injury (ALI) and its most severe form, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), are pulmonary manifestations of a systemic inflammation that causes thousands of deaths every year around the world. However, there are still no specific treatment for this disease. Thus, based on a systematic review, this study aimed to investigate the anti-inflammatory effects of quercetin in a murine lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury model. The investigation was conducted in the PubMed, Science Direct, Web of Science, and Scopus databases via Periódicos Capes. Initially, 49 articles were found that went through screening and five studies were selected. The results showed that quercetin, when administered as a possible treatment for acute lung injury in mice, reduced markers of inflammation, such as MDA and NO levels, MPO activity, the accumulation of neutrophils in the lung, number of leukocytes in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), release of inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6 in BAL, pulmonary edema and infiltration in lung tissues.
Fortaleza: boas práticas adotadas pelo município aplicadas à gestão territorial georreferenciada e multifinalitária
Authors: Gimenes Fernanda de Souza Farias , De Oliveira Antônio Augusto Ferreira , Pinto Tatiane Castro , Noberto Luan Victor Vasconcelos
Published: January 2024

Este artigo descreve as boas práticas adotadas pelo Município de Fortaleza na gestão do Cadastro Territorial Multifinalitário apresentando as políticas, processos e procedimentos adotados na última década para transformar o cadastro imobiliário em um instrumento que contivesse os dados geoespaciais e as informações alfanuméricas atualizadas e contidas em uma única base para uso multifinalitário, transformando estes insumos em produtos e serviços convertidos em benefícios para a sociedade civil. Desde 2010, o município de Fortaleza vem adotando boas práticas na gestão do Cadastro Imobiliário, com destaque ao seu georreferenciamento e implantação do Sistema de Informações Territoriais do Município (SITFor), além do acompanhamento do mercado imobiliário a partir do Observatório Urbano de Valores (OUV) integrado a ele; promoveu uma maior adesão ao geoprocessamento com treinamentos de seus colaboradores no uso de Sistemas de Informações Geográficas (SIG) livres; providenciou investimentos e utilização de produtos cartográficos, oriundos de mapeamentos aerofotogramétrico para aprimorar as informações cadastrais; implantou a Infraestrutura de Dados Espaciais (IDE) e instituiu junto a outros entes públicos municipais, integrações do sistema de cadastro com serviços pertinentes à gestão e uso do território.
Research on the Impact of Science and Technology Innovation on the Export of High-end Equipment of Yunnan Province Facing the Livelihoods of South Asia and Southeast Asia
Authors: Wang Xinyi , Zhang Xue , Zhang Jingyang , Fu Tao
Published: January 2024

Based on the panel data of Yunnan Province's export trade volume of high-end equipment for people's livelihood to 12 South Asian and Southeast Asian countries from 2010 to 2022, we empirically analyze the impact of science and technology innovation in Yunnan Province through the fixed effect model. The empirical results show that science and technology innovation has a significant positive impact on Yunnan Province's export of high-end equipment for people's livelihood to South and Southeast Asia; the impact of Southeast Asian countries is positive and significant, but the impact of South Asian countries is negative; the impact of different high-end equipment for people's livelihood is slightly different, and the promotion effect is reflected in the order from high to low in the medical high-end equipment, agricultural and food high-end equipment, and textile high-end equipment. Finally, based on the empirical results, it puts forward the countermeasure suggestions related to science and technology innovation to promote the export of high-end equipment for people's livelihood in Yunnan Province towards South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Costruendo un ‘canone’ alternativo: l’editoria milanese e gli autori africani di lingua portoghese (1961-1976)
Authors: Alberani Elisa
Published: January 2024

La traduzione e pubblicazione, in Italia, di opere di scrittori africani che si esprimono in lingua portoghese vede il suo inizio negli anni ’60 del secolo scorso proprio attraverso l’editoria milanese. Sicuramente non è casuale il ruolo della città di Milano nel far conoscere al pubblico italiano le opere di scrittori africani che proprio in quegli anni avevano iniziato una lotta anticoloniale che porterà alle indipendenze dei rispettivi paesi. Ma quali opere giungono in Italia e in che modo? Perché determinate case editrici decidono di pubblicare opere che in alcuni casi sono inedite in lingua portoghese? E soprattutto da chi e come vengono tradotte? Nel presente contributo si cercherà, dunque, di rispondere a questi quesiti per tentare di comprendere le dinamiche editoriali, le relazioni politiche e personali che hanno reso la città di Milano un punto di riferimento editoriale negli anni ’60 e ’70 del secolo scorso.
Angola come Milano: Agostinho Neto, Joyce Lussu e la poesia come resistenza anticoloniale
Authors: Russo Vincenzo
Published: January 2024

Nella costellazione terzomondista dell’anticolonialismo italiano, sicuramente Milano occupa un luogo centrale per la rielaborazione politica, per la ricezione culturale e per la diffusione editoriale di autori e di letterature dei cosiddetti Sud del Mondo, soprattutto a partire dalla fine degli anni Cinquanta del Novecento. Nell’ambito delle azioni di solidarietà culturale intraprese in Italia nei confronti dei movimenti di liberazione africani che combattono contro il colonialismo portoghese (1961-1974), il caso della traduzione e divulgazione dell’opera poetica di Agostinho Neto da parte di Joyce Lussu, ex partigiana e militante anticolonialista, ci pare paradigmatico di un’intera stagione milanese e italiana di soutien alla causa di popoli in lotta per la propria indipendenza.
Giovanni Pirelli, intellettuale e militante anticolonialista
Authors: Scotti Mariamargherita
Published: January 2024

L’articolo analizza la traiettoria intellettuale e politica di Giovanni Pirelli (1918-1973) alla luce del suo impegno di intellettuale e militante anticolonialista. Dal soutien alla lotta di liberazione algerina alla fine degli anni Cinquanta – in una Milano fortemente coinvolta nella solidarietà al FLN – alla radicalizzazione terzomondista della seconda metà degli anni Sessanta, Pirelli ha infatti rappresentato un importante punto di riferimento per il composito ed eterogeneo arcipelago della cosiddetta “nuova sinistra”. Grazie alla disponibilità del suo prezioso archivio personale, negli ultimi anni la storiografia sull’anticolonialismo ha saputo infatti finalmente restituire l’impegno di Pirelli alla sua dimensione internazionale, ricostruendone il ruolo cruciale nella diffusione del pensiero di Frantz Fanon in Europa e la funzione catalizzatrice di (contro)informazione e sostegno ai movimenti di liberazione anticoloniale, africani e non solo.
Dalla parte degli oppressi. Enrica Collotti Pischel tra ricerca storica e impegno politico
Authors: Montessoro Francesco
Published: January 2024

A partire dagli anni Cinquanta Enrica Collotti Pischel ha introdotto in Italia lo studio della Cina contemporanea cercando di descrivere e spiegare la natura e le caratteristiche dei processi politici e sociali in atto, dalla costruzione del socialismo alla rivoluzione culturale. Nello stesso modo ha contribuito a far conoscere la guerra del Vietnam, prendendo le parti dei vietnamiti e di tutti coloro che nel mondo riteneva fossero gli ‘oppressi’.
La scena finzionale della storia. "Maus" di Art Spiegelman
Authors: Quadrio Daniele
Published: January 2024

Nel 1981 esce Maus, di Art Spiegelman: un graphic novel che presenta, sul piano del rapporto tra linguaggio e immagine, una modalità innovativa e una connotazione autobiografica. La struttura narrativa si compone di diversi livelli, alternando le voci dei narratori. La drammatica vicenda vissuta dal padre di Art a Auschwitz viene rievocata attraverso un racconto i cui personaggi assumono le sembianze di animali. Le modalità narrative corrispondono a livelli temporali distinti, e danno luogo all’inclusione della realtà testimoniale all’interno di un universo finzionale. Parole e immagini costruiscono dialogicamente una narrazione polifonica e rivolgono uno sguardo critico sulla realtà storica dell’Olocausto.
In 1981, Art Spiegelman's Maus was published: a graphic novel with an innovative mode and an autobiographical connotation in terms of the relationship between language and image. The narrative structure consists of several levels, alternating the voices of the narrators. The dramatic event experienced by Art's father in Auschwitz is evoked through a story whose characters take on the appearance of animals. The narrative modes correspond to distinct temporal levels, and give rise to the inclusion of testimonial reality within a fictional universe. Words and images dialogically construct a polyphonic narrative and turn a critical eye on the historical reality of the Holocaust.
Systems and Futures
Authors: Hodgson Anthony
Published: January 2024

When systems thinking and systems methods are applied in practice it is usually with an intention to change something framed narrowly as a specific mechanism or technology (like a manufacturing system) or widely as the transformation of a social system (like adapting to climate change). The implication of this use of systems thinking implies some kind of desired change over time although methods of futures studies are rarely applied. Conversely, futures thinking which focuses on conjectures about a state of affairs at some point in the future for which there cannot be directly measurable evidence rarely use systems methods. However, the increasing complexity of wicked problems is increasingly being addressed by combining aspects of both methods. Hybrid combinations of the two approaches are being applied and the field of anticipatory systems theory is being developed. This raises the issue of systems thinking and futures thinking having different foundations in relation to evidence. The empirical and the speculative have to be combined. Second-order anticipatory system theory based on second-order cybernetics and three horizons foresight are promising areas under development. In strategic decision making, policy development and in complex design systems and futures strongly integrate to develop a shared transdisciplinary understanding.
A Systemic Lens on the Multi-store Model/Modal Model
Authors: Oktavia Mulyono Yeni , Cabrera Elena , Sukhbaatar Unur , Cabrera Laura , Cabrera Derek
Published: January 2024

The Modal Model (MM) is part of every Intro to Psychology or Cognition course and textbook because it provides a generalized, simple, and clear structure of how memory works. Because of its intuitive structure and simplicity, the model has been used for more than 50 years and the original paper upon which it is based has been cited over 11,000 times. The MM has received both wide support and some valid criticism but remains, generally speaking, a useful model for some applications of mind. This paper elucidates some of the more specific processes at play, specifically in the attentional, rehearsal, and encoding processes that act as gates to sensory, short, and long term memory and retrieval. It further points to the important role metacognition (i.e., DSRP awareness) plays in a subject’s agency regarding the modal mind process.
Systems Evaluation (SysEval)
Authors: Kushner Jennifer , Cabrera Laura , Cabrera Derek
Published: January 2024

Logic models have been the mainstay of evaluation for many years. But what happens when the logic is illogical or incomplete? These widely used popular tools have many shortcomings that can misguide evaluation itself. A systems view remedies these shortcomings and reveals extended logic that can be incorporated into a new kind of logic model that becomes the foundation of system evaluation in the future. In this chapter, we articulate a new model derived directly from the theory of change that aptly guides the evaluation of any complex system, problem, or issue. In addition, we explain how programmatic systems based program evaluations ‘roll up’ to important ideas around collective impact.
Defining Learning
Authors: Cabrera Derek , Cabrera Laura
Published: January 2024

Learning needs little in the form of justification—it is the basis of human discovery and organizational success. But, it does need a more precise definition. It is often confused with closely-related but different terminology such as: knowledge, mental models, concepts, information, ideas, organizational learning, culture, behavior, education, memorization, school, and many more.
Integrated Resource Planning
Authors: Turner Andrea , Fane Simon
Published: January 2024

This chapter introduces integrated resource planning, a systems approach to utility planning that originated in the United States electricity industry in the 1970s. The approach helped utility planners move beyond the delivery of supply infrastructure alone and towards planning for more complex socio-technical systems in which demand could be managed. It did this by asking how to provide utility “services”, such as energy to a growing city, not just by building more power stations (“hard path” supply-options) but also through considering increased “end-use” efficiency and more localised generation such as rooftop solar power (“soft path” demand-side options). The chapter first provides a brief history of integrated resource planning, which developed in parallel to systems thinking, and whilst not specifically using systems terminology applies many of the key tenets, making it inherently a systems approach. The chapter then details the principles of integrated resource planning, outlines the approach and how it applies systems thinking. Two illustrative case studies from the Australian water and waste sectors are then discussed before considerations on future directions. These including its potential use in planning combined utility services with multiple and often competing objectives and for emerging services such as separate organic waste management.
‘Hard’ and ‘Soft’ Methods in Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS)
Authors: Oktavia Mulyono Yeni , Sukhbaatar Unur , Cabrera Derek
Published: January 2024

In this chapter, we provide the basis for why a Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) approach is critically important to solving problems. As a naturalistic reality, a theoretical framework, or a heuristic device, CAS is a powerful tool. Agent Based Modeling (ABM), too, can be a powerful way to discreetly model a CAS understanding of phenomena. When ABM can be used, it is a powerful tool. However, ABM has drawbacks that make it an infeasible method some of the time. These drawbacks should not preclude us from using CAS as an alternative, ‘mixed,’ ‘qualitative,’ or ‘heuristic’ method. For this reason, we have outlined a new approach—the Agent Based Approach or ABA—which can be used the majority of the time when CAS analysis is indicated. ABA was developed by Drs. Derek and Laura Cabrera at Cornell University with an expressed focus on the analyses of CASs leading to specific policy recommendations, although it is quite possible that many aspects of ABA can be applied outside of a policy context. This is especially true in light of more nuanced and expanded definitions of ‘policy’ and/or ‘policy analyst.’ Where one might think of ‘a policy’ as a statement or document presented in a legislative, legal, or bureaucratic context, we promote that an understanding of CAS means that a ‘policy’ is simply a set of guidelines for understanding how agent action (the following of simple rules) will affect emergent properties. In other words, policy can be defined as “a statement of the simple interaction rules that one predicts will lead to desired systemic change.” In this regard, ‘a policy’ is something any person might utilize anywhere, not merely something a policy analyst in the halls of Congress might use. To understand and effect change on any CAS—even if the CAS is your family, your classroom, your team, your organization, the state or federal system, or a global crisis—requires you understand the system, to identify the types of actions that can be taken to alter it, and then codify those generalizable actions into specific recommendations. The steps to doing this are the same regardless of the venue or scale. The degree, scale, resources available, timeline, stakeholders, and relative complexity may change, but the basic process does not. In other words, policy analysis is a fractal pattern and ‘the analysis of policy’ is for everyone (i.e., not limited to legislative personnel). Therefore, ABA is a tool that anyone can use, and is well-suited for the formally trained policy analyst. ABA provides another tool in the systems scientist’s tool belt and is an invaluable means by which policy students or scientists can better understand and effect complex adaptive systems.
Editorial: The Four Waves: Then and Now
Authors: Cabrera Derek
Published: January 2024

An editorial on the ongoing debate of the four waves concept and the importance of moving systems thinking as a field toward an empirical standard. Editorials are the views of the author and do not represent the Journal’s views.
Utilization of neutrosophic Kuhn-Tucker’s optimality conditions for Solving Pythagorean fuzzy Two-Level Linear Programming Problems
Authors:   Department of Mathematics, College of Science and Arts, Al- Badaya 51951, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia; Department of Operations Research, Faculty of Graduate Studies for Statistical Research, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt, Khalifa Hamiden Abd El- Wahed ,   Basic Sciences Department, Preparatory Year Deanship, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia,   University Headquarter, Department of Scholarships and Cultural Relations, University of Anbar, Ramadi; College of Pharmacy, National University of Science and Technology, Dhi Qar, Iraq,   Special Interest Group on Modelling and Data Analytics, Faculty of Ocean Engineering Technology and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia,   Department of Mathematics, College of Science and Arts, Qassim University, Ar Rass 51452, Saudi Arabia,   University Headquarter, Department of Scholarships and Cultural Relations, University of Anbar, Ramadi,   Deanship of Development and Quality Assurance, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia, Al-Quran Ashraf Al , Al-Sharqi Faisal Al , .. Binyamin , Tajer Khadiga W. Nahar , Faisal Abeer T. , Awad Ali M. Alorsan Bany
Published: January 2024

This article considers a bi-level linear programming with single valued trapezoidal fuzzy neutrosophic cost coefficient matrix and Pythagorean fuzzy parameters in the set of constraints both in the right and left sides. Based on the score functions of the neutrosophic numbers and Pythagorean fuzzy numbers, the model is changed to the corresponding crisp bi-level linear programming (BLP) problem. This problem is designated as a Pythagorean fuzzy bi-level linear programming (PFBLP) problem under neutrosophic environment. Kuhn-Tucker's conditions for optimality are necessary and sufficient for the existence of the optimal solution to a BLP problem. Using the suggested methodology, the problem is formulated as a single-objective non-linear programming problem with several variables and constraints. Two typical numerical examples are examined to illustrate the proposed approach.
Correlation between uric acid/HDL ratio and total calcium score in coronary CT angiography
Authors: Bayraktar Muhammet Fatih
Published: January 2024

Aim: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a common manifestation of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The identification of reliable biomarkers for early CAD detection and risk assessment is crucial for effective prevention and management. This article examines the correlation between the uric acid to HDL cholesterol ratio (UHR) and the total calcium score (TCS) obtained from coronary CT angiography (CCTA) in the assessment of CAD.
Methods: The study included 60 patients (34 males and 26 females) without endocrine diseases or relevant medications to ensure a homogeneous population. Blood samples collected after an eight hour overnight fasting were analyzed for laboratory parameters. CCTA was performed using a standardized protocol. The total calcium score was calculated using established methods.
Results: The analysis showed a significant positive correlation between UHR and TCS (r=0.479, P=0.0001). Patients with coronary artery plaque had significantly higher UHR values compared to those without it (p = 0.001).
Conclusion: These findings suggest that UHR could serve as a promising biomarker for predicting CAD presence and severity, although further research is necessary to validate its clinical utility in CAD diagnosis and management.
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma case series
Authors: Küçüköztaş Nadire , Taslamacıoğlu Duman Tuba , Erdoğan Düzcü Selma , Rahatlı Samed , Üyetürk Ümmügül
Published: January 2024

Aim: Among the endocrine malignancies, thyroid carcinoma (TC) is the most common. However, anaplastic TC accounts for 1-2% of these cancers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the demographic and pathologic features, treatments, and survival of patients with anaplastic TC.
Methods: Anaplastic TC patients who applied to our medical oncology clinics between 01.01.2012 -01.12.2018 were retrospectively evaluated.
Results: A total of 8 patients were included in the study. There were 4 female and 4 male patients with a median age of 68 (minimum 61-maximum 83) years. The initial complaint of all patients was a fast-growing swelling in the neck. Six patients had total thyroidectomy. Two patients had anaplastic TC with a differential TC. Six patients were at stage 4C. The most common site of metastasis was the lung (75%). Five patients had received a median of 3 (1-6) cycles of chemotherapy. Radiotherapy was applied to 7 patients. All patients except one died during the follow-up period. The median survival time of the patients was 3 (2-15) months.
Conclusion: Anaplastic TC, an aggressive tumor with high metastasic potential, has no effective treatment at present. Effective treatments are needed for this rare and aggressive disease. Developments in the molecular field are promising for the treatment of ATC.
OPTIMIZATION OF DISSIMILAR WELDING PROCESSES BETWEEN
Ti-4V-6Al TITANIUM ALLOYS WITH SS304 STAINLESS STEEL
BY GAS TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING PROCESS
Authors:   Division of Industrial Education, Raja Mangala University of Technology, Suvarnabhumi, Suphunburi, 76000, Thailand, Namkaew Suriya , Srimaneerat Jirapan ,   Division of Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, Khon Kean University, KhonKean, 40002, Thailand, Prasomthong Suriya ,   Division of Industrial Technology, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Nakhon Phanom University, Nakhon Phanom, 48000, Thailand
Published: January 2024

This study investigated the ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of dissimilar welding processes between Ti-4V-6Al titanium alloys with SS304 stainless steel by gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process. The intermetallic compounds of the welds were investigated by X-ray diffraction, and the Taguchi method was used in the experimental design. The welding process parameters are welding current (A), welding speeds (B), and Wire feeds (C). ANOVA analysed the S/N ratio of ultimate tensile strength to determine the optimal parameters for statistically significant factors. Analyse for process parameters on the response and the level of the indispensability factor, as well as predict and regression model for optimal tensile strength. The investigation revealed that the optimum parameters were A1B2C2, and the ultimate tensile strength was 285MPa. The ANOVA analysis found that welding current and welding speeds had significance on the ultimate tensile strength of the workpiece at a 95% confidence level. The investigation of intermetallic compounds of the welds with X-ray diffraction technical found that increased welding current tended to cause Ti3Cu and Fe4Cu3 compounds and affected the tensile strength of the weld to decrease.
DIGITAL TRACTION FORCE METER FOR MODEL TRAINS
Authors:   University of Oradea, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, str. Universității nr.1, Oradea 410087, Romania, Ursu Mircea-Petru , Condruz Dragoș-Adrian ,   University Emergency Hospital Bucharest - SUUB, Department of Medical Microbiology, Splaiul Independenței No.169, District 5 Bucharest, Romania
Published: January 2024

Nowadays, model trains have become more and more complex, in order to replicate their real-life counterparts as closely as possible. However, miniaturization may negatively influence the traction power of locomotives because their reduced weight impedes the adhesion of their driven wheels on the tracks. Thus, the miniature trains should match the traction power of their locomotives to avoid wheelslip. There have been some attempts to assess the traction power of model locomotives using strings, pulleys and weights, and also custom-made railway-cars were used for this purpose. Along with these attempts, the authors of this paper designed and made a digital measuring device for traction force using a pressure transducer, an adequately programmed microcontroller and a 16×2 LCD screen. The results of the measurements proved to be consistent, stable and reproducible, and showed the differences between several model locomotives.