bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Evaluation laboratory prenatal screening performance based on biological variation of risk assessment in second trimester in China
Authors: He Falin , Zhong Kun , Yuan Shuai , Du Yuxuan , Wang Wei , Wang Zhiguo
Published: December 2022

Objectives

This study intends to evaluate prenatal screening risk assessment performance based on biological variation to help clinical laboratories realize their own screening performance and set the appropriate performance specifications for prenatal screening risk assessment in China.

Methods

Fifteen samples with detailed clinical information were distributed to participants and the prenatal screening Down syndrome risk assessment of each sample were submitted. Three levels of performance specification (optimum, desirable, minimum) derived from biological variation were used to evaluate laboratory prenatal screening risk assessment performance.

Results

A total of 797 laboratories participated in the survey project. There are 216 laboratories using serological double-marker test and 581 laboratories using serological triple-marker test. For each screening protocol, more than 92.00% laboratories meet minimum performance specifications, more than 84.00% laboratories meet desirable performance specifications, and only about 62.50%laboratories meet optimum performance specifications. The Feltz and Miller test indicated that there were no significant statistical differences in the RCV for double-marker screening in 5 platforms and triple-marker screening in 6 platforms.

Conclusions

The risk assessment of prenatal screening in the second trimester in China can be improved further. It is appropriate to choose desirable performance specifications for external quality assurance organizations to evaluate the risk assessment performance.
Nonprofits as a Resilient Sector: Implications for Public Policy
Authors: Young Dennis R.
Published: December 2022

Lester Salamon first characterized nonprofits in the United States as “the resilient sector” in 2003. He based this characterization on the sector’s growth, its ability to adapt to new economic and political conditions over time and its increasingly adaptive entrepreneurial culture. The view of nonprofits as resilient institutions has been reinforced since by their performance in recent crises including the COVID pandemic beginning in 2020 and the financial crisis of 2008–2009, though not without exception or assurance that nonprofits would necessarily be resilient in future crises. This paper examines some of the strategies nonprofits have employed to navigate recent crises and prepare themselves for less certain futures. It also teases apart the nature of resilience, asking how resilience at the organizational level differs from network level and sector-level resilience. Such differences have important implications for public policy vis-à-vis nonprofits. In particular, policies that would strengthen nonprofits at the organizational level may differ from, even conflict with, those that would strengthen the nonprofit sector as a whole.
Discussion of ceramic bar reinforced TWIP steel composite structure
Authors: Sun Guo-jin , Qi Wang , Miaoyu Hou
Published: December 2022

A ceramic–steel composite structure which consists of Si3N4 ceramic bars and twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) steel matrix was prepared using lost foam casting method. Microstructural analysis indicated that the ceramic bars and TWIP steel matrix can form favorable and tight interface. A comparison of mechanical properties between the composite structure and TWIP steel matrix was made. Results show that the bending strength increased from 388 to 805 MPa compared with TWIP steel matrix. The influence of annealing heat treatment on the bending strength of this new type of composite structure was also discussed.
Hypophosphatasia as a plausible cause of vitamin B6 associated mouth pain: a case-report
Authors: Andersen Eline Sandvig , Rasmussen Maria , Brasen Claus Lohman
Published: December 2022

Background

Mouth pain has been associated with abnormal vitamin B6 levels. Hypophosphatasia is a rare genetic disease, which causes imbalances between B6 vitamers. We report the case of a patient with hypophosphatasia and burning mouth pain.

Case presentation

A 39-year old Caucasian male with chronic burning mouth pain underwent extensive investigations with no cause of the pain being found. During the course of the investigation, an elevated vitamin B6 (pyridoxal phosphate) level was detected, which led to the diagnosis of hypophosphatasia. We hypothesize that the patient’s mouth pain stems from hypophosphatasia through a B6 dependent mechanism.

Conclusions

Mouth pain may, in some cases, be a symptom of hypophosphatasia and when investigating B6 in relation to mouth pain, attention should be paid to the exact B6 vitamer measured. The case underlines the importance of low alkaline phosphatase results, especially in patients with unexplained pain, as this should prompt suspicion of hypophosphatasia.
Sociolinguistics in an increasingly technologized reality
Authors: Kelly-Holmes Helen
Published: December 2022

Digital media have become a mainstream source of data for sociolinguistics, reflecting the ubiquity of such media and the centrality of their role in people’s everyday speech as well as changed attitudes towards what constitutes a valid object of study in sociolinguistics. As our personal and professional reality becomes more technologized, there is, however, an urgent need to engage with a deeper understanding of the current and evolving digital economy underpinning this reality in order to assess critically the data that we now encounter. Trends such as personalization, securitization, and hierarchization, for example, mean that the sociolinguistic data we encounter are increasingly shaped by users’ digital identities. In the current digital economy, language is a key tool for steering, recording, and tracking these identities, for example, in the form of algorithms; however, the sociolinguistic dimension to these processes has not yet been explored fully. As well as more integrated approaches to studying digital sociolinguistic data, our increasingly technologized reality demands that we build algorithmic reflexivity into our teaching and our research.
Language policy research directions embedded in the sociolinguistic enterprise
Authors: Kristinsson Ari Páll
Published: December 2022

While language policy and planning studies are a separate research field in sociolinguistics, they must develop in line with empirical and theoretical findings presented in the other branches of sociolinguistics. The distinctiveness of language policy and planning research lies in its interest in language management, while language practices and language attitudes, beliefs, and ideologies are also objects of study in sociolinguistics in general, as well as in other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Language policy and planning studies benefit from work carried out in other research traditions, and this relationship can be mutually beneficial if there is mutual will to exchange ideas, models and approaches. The position argued for in the present contribution is that it can be wise for language policy and planning researchers to take Spolsky’s work on language policy still further, particularly his fundamental assumption that language policy has three interrelated yet independent components, namely language practices, language beliefs, and language management. In doing so, language policy and planning studies can be sure to be at once firmly rooted in a wider research context, while their distinctiveness as a separate sub-field of sociolinguistics is underscored.
Digitale Plattformen als soziale Systeme?Vorarbeiten zu einer allgemeinen Theorie
Authors: Rachlitz Kurt , Waag Philipp , Gehrmann Jan , Grossmann-Hensel Benjamin
Published: December 2022

Die zunehmende Bedeutung digitaler Plattformen für die moderne Gesellschaft wird bisher noch nicht hinreichend von einem übergreifenden Interesse an einer allgemeinen Theorie begleitet. Der Beitrag steuert aus systemtheoretischer Perspektive erste Vorarbeiten zu einem solchen Vorhaben bei. In Abgrenzung zu bestehenden Konzeptualisierungen digitaler Plattformen als Techniken, Märkte, Netzwerke oder Organisationen bestimmt er diese als soziale Systeme sui generis. Insbesondere das Festhalten am Organisationsbegriff eröffnet dabei aussichtsreiche Vergleichspunkte für Funktionsbestimmungen digitaler Plattformen. Anders als Organisationen konstituieren sich diese nicht durch die Konditionierung von Mitgliedschafts-, sondern von Sichtbarkeitserwartungen. Digitale Plattformen leisten analog zu Organisationen eine Maximierung der Generalisierung von Verhaltenserwartungen in allen drei Sinndimensionen zugleich. Anders als Organisationen leisten sie diese Maximierung aber zeitlich über Kognitionen, sachlich über Programme und sozial über materiell-technisierte Spuren.
Organisation und digitale Technologien. Predictive Policing im organisationalen Kontext
Authors: Büchner Stefanie , Dosdall Henrik
Published: December 2022

Die Mehrheit aktueller Studien schätzt das Transformationspotenzial digitaler Technologien für Organisationen hoch ein. In Auseinandersetzung mit dieser Einschätzung entwickelt der Artikel eine konzeptionelle organisationssoziologische Perspektive auf das Verhältnis von Organisation und digitalen Technologien. Wir nutzen diese Perspektive, um den Fall des Predictive Policing in Deutschland zu betrachten und die Entscheidung zur Adaption der Technologie, ihre organisationale Situierung sowie die Rolle des Organisationstyps zu diskutieren. Unsere Perspektive führt zu einem zurückhaltenden Urteil über das Transformationspotenzial dieser digitalen Technologie, die wir daher als Reform unter anderen Reformen begreifen. Insgesamt argumentieren wir dafür, Digitalisierung stärker als bisher als heterogenen Prozess zu verstehen.
A geometric flow on null hypersurfaces of Lorentzian manifolds
Authors: Massamba Fortuné , Ssekajja Samuel
Published: December 2022

We introduce a geometric flow on a screen integrable null hypersurface in terms of its local second fundamental form. We use it to give an alternative proof to the vorticity free Raychaudhuri’s equation for null hypersurface, as well as establishing conditions for the existence of constant mean curvature (CMC) null hypersurfaces, and leaves of constant scalar curvatures.
“Part of Who You Are”: Reflections on Being a Military Psychiatrist
Authors: Greene Elizabeth Anne
Published: December 2022

This personal narrative reflects on the writer's formation of a military identity. It discusses the author's experience with the effects of military culture on both personal and group identity and the challenges of leaving the military.
Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Germany
Authors: Ammon Maria , Rosky Thomas
Published: December 2022

The authors relate the complex and eventful history of psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychiatry in Germany. After highlighting Wilhelm Griesinger's pioneering efforts, they describe the founding of the first psychoanalytic associations and their evolution under National Socialism and during the post-World War II period. They discuss the contributions of Günter Ammon, the state of psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychiatry in Germany, current trends, and future directions.
Conversion to Transference-Focused Psychotherapy from Other Treatments by the Same Therapist: Pitfalls and Benefits
Authors: Lendvay Judit , Brownstone George
Published: December 2022

Borderline personality disorder and broadly speaking, borderline personality organization, including narcissistic personality disorder, can be effectively treated by transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP), which is a modern object relations-based structured psychoanalytic psychotherapy. TFP can be taught successfully to therapists from a wide array of backgrounds, not only to psychoanalysts, provided they have a basic grasp of psychodynamic concepts, including object relations theory. We initially thought that starting with a new patient would always be easier than conversion to TFP from a different method. Our supervisory experience supported this only partially. To learn more, we distributed a survey among therapists who completed formal TFP training or participated in supervision for at least 1 year. Only four of the 36 respondents felt that starting with a new case was easier. Conversion was a lot more common than we had expected (in fact, it seemed to be an almost inevitable part of training), and it often took place without appropriate supervision of the process. Moving from supportive therapy to TFP was the most difficult for the therapist, and often for the patient. All respondents felt that they would treat all new patients with borderline personality organization with TFP from the outset or, if indicated or necessary, begin with a preliminary treatment using TFP elements. Our findings strongly suggest that conversion needs to be taught in training seminars, and should not be left to be dealt with entirely in supervision.
Déjà Vu in the Kingdom of Jordan?
Authors: Köprülü Nur , Marisa Pricillah
Published: December 2022

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan constitutes a remarkable case of regime stability in the Middle East and North Africa region. The 2011 Arab Uprisings that swept through most of the countries in the Arab Middle East did not engulf the Kingdom of Jordan, as foreseen. At the height of the protests, Jordan employed a decades-old regime-survival strategy to cope with increased opposition. Having said that, the June protests in 2018 and the subsequent increased socio-economic problems unlocked an ascendant phenomenon in Jordanian politics. In light of this, this article analyzes what is “new” in Jordanian politics since the 2011 Uprisings, and as a corollary, it will address the mobilization of East Bank tribes as the new source of opposition and also the newly emerging direction of state–opposition dynamics. This article also scrutinizes the shortcomings of the authoritarian persistence paradigm in the case of the Kingdom of Jordan.
Influence of Stirring Speed on Glucose and Ethanol Production in Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation Process
Authors: Palniandy T. , Nafsun A. I. , Mohd Jamil N. , Herz F. , Azmi N. A. A. , Muhammad Zaki M. H.
Published: December 2022

Lignocellulosic biomass has a potential to be coverted to bioethanol which can be a new alternative for fossil fuel. Empty fruit bunches (EFB) is one of the most abundant lignocellulosic biomass in Malaysia, which has high content of cellulose and posses favorable physiochemical characteristics for bioethanol production via a process called simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF). In SSF process, the reaction is initiated by diffusion and consolidation of the enzyme and its substrate. Thus, optimum stirring speed is crucial, as diffusion rate of substrates is influenced by the agitation of reaction mixture. The influence of stirring speed on the glucose and ethanol concentration in SSF process was investigated in the current study.  Initially, 5 % (g/ml) of pretreated EFB in 1.5 liter of 0.05 M buffer citrate pH 4.8 were sterilized in autoclave at 121°C for 20 minutes. Then, enzyme Cellic Ctec-2 solution with concentration (1%) were added together with 1.5% (g/ml) Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast in the bioreactor. The process was conducted in the bioreactor under temperature of 37°C with stirring speed of 100 rpm for 72 hours. SSF process experiments were repeated with the same setup except by varying the stirring speed (150 and 200 rpm) independently. From the results, the glucose concentration and ethanol yield of 200 rpm indicated less concentration in every 24 hours compared to 150 rpm and 100 rpm. The stirring speed of 150 rpm shows the highest glucose concentration (1.914 mg/ml) and ethanol yield (16%) obtained after 72 hours and determined as the best stirring speed for this experiment.
Simulation of Fault Detection System of Automotive Coil Spring by using Acoustic Method
Authors: Hamdan M.Haiqal , Zainol Mohd Zuhaifi , Khalil Zubair
Published: December 2022

Due to rising client demand and accessibility to financing, local automotive manufacturer must become cost-competitive against well-known imported brand. As a result, manufacturer is facing more challengers in cost-effectiveness, manufacturing time, as well as quality of their production. Each product that reaches consumer are expected to be excellent in quality, and reliability. However, this could be a problem when quality check (QC) inspections are done using batch sampling method. This method only scans several samples due to complexity of structure and hard to detect fault occurred on the sample. Thus, this study is proposed to find a solution using acoustic method fault detection system to enable 100% automated inspection. This study focusses on automotive coil spring for its sample. Previous study has shown that each different sample conditions has its own distinctive vibration pattern when forced vibrated using same frequency of vibration. The study is done using coil spring model on Ansys simulation software platform that then verified against reference experimental data. Next, the model is used to simulate various fault conditions in order to recognize each different distinctive vibration pattern to reduce consumed cost and time to study the pattern trend. Results to this study shown that healthy and faulted coil spring’s vibration pattern were distinctive clear and easily recognizable. Thus, it is concluded that it is possible to automate 100 % inspection within manufacturing line.
Compressive Strength of the 5cmx5cm Coconut Empty Fruit Bunch Fiber Reinforced Cement Cubes
Authors: Mansor Muhammad Daniel Haiqal , Ismail Noor Mazni
Published: December 2022

As coconut cultivation expands, billions of tonnes of coconut waste, including empty fruit bunches (EFB) fibres are generated annually and mostly disposed in the landfills.  The increase in environmental concern pertaining disposal of waste has leads to an interest to use empty fruit bunch (EFB) fibre from coconut waste as an alternative reinforcement in the construction materials, as presented in this research. The objectives of this research are to fabricate coconut EFB fibre reinforced cement cubes, investigate the effectiveness of the fibres in improving the compressive strength of the cement cubes, and also to analyse the fractured surface of the cubes after the compressive strength test. The cement cubes of 5cm x 5cm were prepared by mixing the cement, water, and coconut EFB fibres at several mixing designs. In comparison to the control-plain cement cubes, the compressive strength of the fibre reinforced cement cubes improved with the addition of the coconut EFB fibres by 1.6 times. The fractured surface analysis on the compressed cement cubes revealed that the control-plain cement cubes shatter into many pieces and completely parted. Meanwhile, in the EFB fibre reinforced cement cubes, the fractured pieces remain attached due to the bridging action by the coconut EFB fibre.
Innovación educativa como reto de la enseñanza
Authors: Medina Uribe Jury Carla , Huamani-Chirinos Hubert
Published: December 2022

La innovación educativa trae como consecuencia la búsqueda del rompimiento de las estructuras tradicionales que se encuentran vinculadas al sistema educativo, ello con el fin de poder incorporar conocimientos en el proceso de enseñanza de la formación de los estudiantes, el elemento principal para que se de estos cambios esta a cargo de los docentes la que recae directamente en aquellos procesos que son de vital importancia para este cambio transformacional, evidenciándolos a través de: las competencias, la aplicación de la TICs, la inteligencia emocional y la educación hibrida. Es así que se tiene por objetivo la realización de la revisión del estado del arte del tema a tratar Innovación educativa como reto de la enseñanza a partir de una búsqueda bibliográfica.
Presentación
Authors: Germaná Cavero César
Published: December 2022

Publicamos el número 6 de la revista con textos que tienen en común reflexionar sobre problemáticas que son fundamentales para comprender la situación de nuestro país y de América Latina. Para contribuir con el debate que nos hemos propuesto, hemos incorporado una nueva sección que la denominamos Clásicos de las Ciencias Sociales, que tiene por objeto reproducir artículos que nos ayuden a examinar, desde una perspectiva crítica, la situación actual y el futuro de la geografía y las ciencias sociales. Creemos que, de esta manera, incentivaremos el debate necesario para hacer avanzar el desarrollo del pensamiento social descolonial. Iniciamos esta sección con un artículo de Aníbal Quijano, maestro sanmarquino, sobre los problemas de la investigación social en América Latina “donde se discuten cuestiones epistemológicas y teóricas esenciales para el debate sobre la emergencia de un modelo de pensamiento social crítico alternativo a la hegemónica perspectiva eurocéntrica”, como señalamos en la breve presentación del texto.
Cell biologist’s perspective: frontiers in the development of PROTAC-HDAC degraders
Authors: Sobko Alex
Published: December 2022

This “Minireview and Perspective” article describes histone deacetylases (HDACs), as promising specific molecular targets to treat a variety of disease states by downregulating the expression of associated proteins with the use of a new generation of bioengineered compounds called protein targeting chimeras (PROTACs). We present the classification of HDACs, discuss their functions as key epigenetic regulators of gene expression, describe their roles in the biology of aging, describe histone- and nonhistone substrates of HDACs and their functions, and briefly introduce the concept of histone-modifying multiprotein complexes. Insight into the biological functions of specific HDACs comes from genetic knockout studies of individual genes encoding deacetylases. Initially discovered and newly developed HDAC inhibitors are powerful tools to investigate the functions of HDACs in cells and organs, that have also been successfully used in numerous preclinical and clinical studies, as promising drug candidates. We focus on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of their action, and introduce PROTACs, which are bivalent degrader molecules that have been recently developed to target HDACs. We then discuss recent studies focused on designing and testing several classes of selective and nonselective HDAC degraders in terms of their molecular and cellular mechanisms of action. Finally, we present open questions and new perspectives in developing the next generation of HDAC-degraders.
“Un pedacito tú, un pedacito yo”
Authors: Plana Virginia Romero
Published: December 2022

Este trabajo analiza la auto-solidaridad como posicionamiento ante la pobreza extrema y muestra el complejo articulado del sinhogarismo y la dificultad para superarlo. La historia de vida de Ramón, como estudio de caso en el norte de México, desentraña la vinculación entre la migración, la(s) masculinidad(es) y la exclusión social, y su relación con la situación de calle de hombres exmigrantes deportados, colectivo desamparado por la política social. La trayectoria vital de Ramón expone violencias, contextos de vulnerabilidad y resignificaciones, siendo un ejemplo de movilidad social descendente. Se concluye que la auto-solidaridad, como posicionamiento autónomo frente al sinhogarismo, se desarrolla como una herramienta práctica en el auto-cuidado, un elemento de resiliencia y una vía para comprender el contexto vivencial y dirigir las demandas de apoyo.
Composición bromatológica de ensilados de leguminosas con diferentes fuentes de carbohidratos
Authors: López-Herrera Michael , Castillo-Umaña Miguel , Alpízar-Naranjo Andrés , Arias-Gamboa Mauricio
Published: December 2022

El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar las características nutricionales de mezclas frescas y ensiladas, elaboradas a partir de leguminosas y cuatro fuentes de carbohidratos. El experimento fue realizado entre los años 2015 y 2016. Se utilizó un diseño factorial al azar, donde se combinaron cuatro especies de leguminosas (Vigna unguiculata, Arachis pintoi, Cratylia argentea, Erythrina poeppigiana) y cuatro fuentes de carbohidratos (melaza de caña de azúcar, pulpa de cítricos deshidratada, maíz molido y fruto inmaduro de guineo cuadrado), para un total de 16 tratamientos. Los forrajes fueron picados y colocados en bolsas de empaque al vacío durante 50 días. A todos los tratamientos se les agregó inóculo bacterial artesanal (1 L/ton), y fueron repetidos 4 veces. La bromatología de los ensilados fue influenciada por el efecto de la especie leguminosa y de la fuente de carbohidratos. El contenido de materia seca de los ensilados fue menor a 23%, siendo los ensilados de arbóreas los de mayor promedio (19,9%) en comparación con las leguminosas herbáceas (12,6%). La proteína cruda mostró valores entre el 13,9-19,4% en los diferentes tratamientos; los carbohidratos no fibrosos presentaron una concentración entre 23,1-37,5%; la fibra en detergente ácido fluctuó entre 21,6-38,2%; y el total de nutrientes digestibles mostró un intervalo entre 58,3-66,1%. Los ensilados de Cratylia son los materiales que, por su contenido de nutrientes, muestran mayor aporte de proteína bruta, aunque son los de menor contenido energético sin importar el tipo de carbohidrato que se utilice. Por otra parte, el maíz molido fue la fuente de carbohidratos que más cambios provocó en los ensilados, ya que aumentó los valores de materia seca, carbohidratos no fibrosos y energía.
Violencia contra la mujer y síntomas de depresión y estrés postraumático en Santa Rosa
Authors: Galarza-Chicaiza Lucia , Mayorga-Lascano Marlon
Published: December 2022

El objetivo de la presente investigación es establecer la relación entre violencia contra la mujer y los síntomas de depresión y estrés postraumático. La muestra está conformada por 110 mujeres de Santa Rosa (Tungurahua- Ecuador), seleccionada a través del muestreo no probabilístico por conveniencia con criterios de inclusión. Para este estudio, se empleó una metodología de diseño no experimental, de tipo cuantitativo, de alcance descriptivo y correlacional, de corte transversal. La evaluación se realizó mediante la Escala de Tácticas de Resolución de Conflictos (CTS-2) para evaluar Violencia, el Inventario de Depresión de Beck-II para evaluar los Síntomas de Depresión, y la Escala de Gravedad de Síntomas del Trastorno de Estrés Postraumático (Egs-R) para evaluar Estrés Postraumático. Entre los resultados se encontró que las participantes del estudio presentan un nivel elevado de violencia en la dimensión Agresión por desvalorización; así como un nivel moderado de sintomatología depresiva; en la variable estrés postraumático, todos los valores se encuentran por debajo del punto de corte del instrumento. Se han encontrado correlaciones bajas positivas y estadísticamente significativas. Entre las principales limitaciones del estudio se halló que, debido a su carácter descriptivo, no se alcanza a establecer una explicación al respecto de las asociaciones descritas.
Seeking an African Community Approach to Theological Research
Authors: Ibhakewanlan John-Okoria
Published: December 2022

This response to Ernst Wolff’s “South African Universities and the Question of Decolonisation” is under five headings. Regarding the field of academic philosophy, this author insists on a unique African theology. On the role of Western legacy, this piece broadens Wolff’s approach in terms of how Western philosophy can commend itself. Thirdly, on the legacy of Africa’s colonial heritage, it denounces colonialism but argues against a simple Afro-centrism. On the issue of “relevance,” the tenability of Wolff’s view is questioned in the search for an African research methodology. The final point about who may legitimately speak is acknowledged as thorny. In conclusion, this response argues that Africa’s history is human history and recalls the need to distinguish between the “roots” and “routes” of African discourse. While the debate rages, this author proposes that the academy adopt an African Community-Based research (ACBR) methodology based on the guiding principle of Knowledge Diffusion.
Pandemic as Challenge for Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Authors: Robinson Matthew Ryan
Published: December 2022

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Allah: God in the Qur’an, by Gabriel Said Reynolds.
Authors: Ike George Obinna
Published: December 2022

Allah: God in the Qur’an, by Gabriel Said Reynolds. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020. x + 344 pages. $11.70 US. ISBN 978 0300246582
Hitting the Road to Shorten Distances
Authors: Schreijäck Thomas
Published: December 2022

Survey of the 33 years of, the  project Theologie interkulturell located at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main.
Atheist Critiques of the New Atheists
Authors: Admirand Peter
Published: December 2022

In this article, I examine atheist critiques of the New Atheists. The goals are both to highlight the diversity of atheist views and to examine how these intra-atheist dialogues and exchanges can advance atheist-theist dialogues and partnerships. As is commonly stressed, many New Atheist works tended to treat religion in a fairly provincial, negative way, leading many theists to claim their faiths were misrepresented or painted with an overly negative brush. Examining recent works of atheist thinkers like Michael Ruse, Philip Kitcher, Chris Stedman, and Timothy Crane presents atheist positions still critical of religious belief and arguments for God’s existence, but in a humble, open, non-judgmental, and reason-based approach. After examining a number of these works, the article concludes by highlighting seven features for viable and humbling atheist-theist dialogue for atheist participants. It also adds five lessons and examples theists can learn from this more conciliatory, dialogical approach.
Crucified Wisdom: Theological Reflection on Christ and the Bodhisattva, by Mark S. Heim.
Authors: Syndor Jon Paul
Published: December 2022

Crucified Wisdom: Theological Reflection on Christ and the Bodhisattva, by Mark S. Heim. Fordham University Press, 2019.
Sedimentation in the adjacencies of a southwestern Atlantic giant carbonate ridge
Authors: Santos Rosangela Felicio dos , Kim Bianca Sung Mi , Trevizani Tailisi Hoppe , Oliveira Rodrigo Udenal de , Maly Mascimiliano , Ramos Raissa Basti , Figueira Rubens Cesar Lopes , Mahiques Michel Michaelovitch de
Published: December 2022

Although carbonate mounds have been investigated for 100 years, few studies focus on the giant variety. The Alpha Crucis Carbonate Ridge (ACCR), a ~17 x 12-km ring-shaped ridge formed by hundreds of mounded structures, located between the 300 and 800-m isobaths and reaching a maximum height of 340 meters above the adjacent seafloor, is the first giant carbonate mounded feature described for the SW Atlantic margin. This study provides the first multiproxy approach to investigate sediments covering the ACCR and its adjacencies. Most of the area is located under the Intermediate Western Boundary Current (IWBC) flow, which carries the nutrient-rich Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW). Radiocarbon aging shows pronounced differences for the shallow layers (MIS3 for the top of the mounds and late Holocene for the adjacencies). Grain size data indicate the prevalence of sandy fractions on top of the mounds and muddy sediments in the adjacent areas. Fe/Ca and Ti/Ca proxies allowed for identifying mainly biogenic sedimentation in the area. However, the input of allochthonous terrigenous sediment is necessary for mound buildup, and values of Fe and Ti collected on the top of the mounds are significant. End-Members distributions and metal concentrations also allowed for recognition of distinct sources of sediment. εNd and Ln(Fe/K) indicated two primary terrigenous sources, the Precambrian rocks of the Brazilian shield (Cabo Frio end-member) and the multiple lithologies drained by the Rio de la Plata basin. Redox condition proxies indicated that the area is submitted to oxic conditions, probably reflecting the action of the IWBC. This work provides the first insight into an integrated grain-size and geochemical characterization of the Alpha Crucis Carbonate Ridge (southwestern Atlantic margin).
NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF LAMINAR NATURAL CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER IN SQUARE ENCLOSURE WITH TWO HOT INNER CYLINDERS: THE EFFECT OF ONE ELLIPTICAL CYLINDER WITH VARIOUS ASPECT RATIOS
Authors: El Khchine Younes , Sriti M.
Published: December 2022

This study conducted two-dimensional numerical simulations of the natural convection in a square enclosure with two inner hot cylinders: one is circular and the other is elliptical at Rayleigh numbers (Ra) of 104 ≤ Ra ≤ 106 and a Prandtl number (Pr) of Pr = 0.7 (air). The aspect ratio (AR) of the elliptical cylinder ranging from 0.25 ≤ AR ≤ 4. The flow structures and heat transfer mechanism within a square enclosure were investigated with respect to the transition of the flow regime from steady to unsteady state. The thermal and flow fields reached steady state in the Rayleigh number range of 104 ≤ Ra ≤ 105, regardless of the variation in aspect ratio. However, at Ra = 106, the numerical solutions show time-dependent characteristics in the case of the lower and upper elliptical cylinders except at AR = 4. Thus, the steady or unsteady flow regime is strongly dependent on the Rayleigh number and aspect ratio of the elliptical cylinder. Thus, the variation of the aspect ratio has a significant effect on the heat transfer characteristics at the walls of the enclosure and the surface cylinders.
Greenly prepared antimicrobial cotton fabrics using bioactive agents from Cupressaceae pods
Authors: Syed Murtaza Haider , Qutaba Syed , Syed Lubna , Zahari Mior Ahmad Khushairi Mohd , Abdullah Norhayati , Abro Zamir
Published: December 2022

Antimicrobial fabrics have become essential in organizing and managing infestation and reducing odor formation by microbes. Various green sources add antimicrobial properties to fabrics, particularly cotton. However, the major problem with microbial fabrics is the reduction in antimicrobial activity after each wash. Cupressaceae pods have shown natural potential as an antimicrobial agent in herbal medicine. This study utilizes Cupressaceae for incorporating antimicrobial properties in cotton fabrics. After methanolic extraction of the Cupressaceae extract, it was applied to cotton fabrics. The application of the extract to cotton fabrics was performed by optimizing concentration, temperature and pH parameters. The extract-modified cotton showed the best performance at a 15 wt.% concentration, 140°C and pH 7.5. The treated fabrics were tested in the presence and absence of a binder using the standard washing method ISO 105-C10:2006. The mordant-treated fabric retained 16.4% more activity after 20 washes. Finally, the antimicrobial activity of the greenly developed antimicrobial cotton fabrics was checked against Staphylococcus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus and Candida albicans by using the AATCC 100-2004 test method. The study indicated that the prepared cotton fabric showed better antimicrobial activity against the earlier mentioned strains, except for C. albicans. The prepared antimicrobial fabric showed a wide range of antimicrobial activities and a lower fungal activity. Thus, the prepared fabric can be used for wound dressings, hospital staff gown material and athlete’s sportswear to prevent microbial infection.
Cadılar, Gezgin Ruhlar, Ginzburg ve Eliade: 'Şamanlık Nedir?' Sorusuna Analitik Bir Yaklaşım
Authors: DEMİRHAN Ahmet
Published: December 2022

Antropolojiden dinler tarihine, tarihten sosyolojiye neredeyse bütün beşeri bilimlerde şamanlık, genelde Sibirya kaynaklı kendine özgü birtakım ritüelleri olan bir uygulama olarak kabul görür ve genel anlamıyla bir esrime tekniği olarak tanımlanır. Bu haliyle şamanlık, Orta Asya'nın kadim toplumlarının dini yapısını ele veren bir uygulama olarak görülür. Bu çalışmada İtalyan tarihçi Carlo Ginzburg'un çalışmalarının izinden giderek şamanlığa dair bu kavrayış analitik bir yaklaşımla sorgulanmaya çalışılmaktadır. Ginzburg'un 16. ve 17. yüzyılda İtalya'nın küçük bir bölgesinde keşfettiği ve Engizisyon tarafından cadılıkla suçlanan bir kültün arkasında şamanik özellikler bulunduğuna dair iddiasını değerlendiren makalede, literatürde daha çok göçebe toplumlara hasredilen şamanlığın bir tarım toplumundaki varlığı konu ediniliyor. Ginzburg'a göre kadim bir bereket ritüelinin kalıntısı olan bu kült, Engizisyon'un soruşturmalarıyla cadılığa dönüşmüş avami bir inançtır. Şamanlık denince akla gelen ilk isimlerden olan Eliade ise, Ginzburg'un keşfettiği tarım kültürünü dünyanın başka yerlerinde de görülebilen daha kozmik bir ortak inancın bir yansıması olarak görür ve onu cadılığa dönüşen daha kökensel bir başlangıç mitinde arar. Böylece Eliade, kendi mitleri aralığıyla kendilerini üçlü bir yapıya bölmüş Hint-Avrupalı toplumlarda şamanlığın herhangi bir izinin olamayacağını iddia eder. Ginzburg'un buna cevabı ise, değişik zamanlarda ve mekanlarda birbirleriyle teması olmayan kültürlerin mitlerinde, masallarında ya da danslarında ortaya çıkan bir esrime tekniğinin sürekliliğini göstermektir. Ona göre bunun nedeni, nihayette insanın cismani oluşudur ve morfolojik olarak benzeşen kültler veya teknikler onun bu yönünün ortaklaşalığını gösterir. Bu çerçevede çeşitli kültlerde görülen ortak temalar da bu cismaniliği aşan arayışların bir tezahürü olarak değerlendirilebilir. Buna şamanlık da dahildir.
Kur'an ve Siret Bütünlüğü
Authors: KOTAN Şevket
Published: December 2022

Bu makalede Kur’an-sîret münasebetine ilişkin bir kaç husus üzerinde durulacak, bu hususların hem tefsir çalışmaları hem de sîret yazımı açısından önemine dikkat çekilecektir. Kur’an’ın uygulamalı tefsiri mesabesindeki sîret ve sünnet’in tefsirin temel kaynakları oldukları bilinmektedir. Diğer taraftan Kur’an da sîretin sahih kaynağı ve onun yazımı için mihver konumundadır. Buna karşılık bilimsel bir sîret yazımı doğru bir peygamber tasavvuruna, doğru bir peygamber tasavvuru ise Kur’an’ın hakemliğine ihtiyaç duymaktadır. Bu ise sîret/sünnet ile Kur’an arasında diyalektik bir ilişki ve iç içelik manasına gelmektedir. Kur’an’dan anlaşıldığına göre Hz. Peygamber’in sîreti, Kur’an ahlâkının onun şahsında bir hayat tarzı olarak şekillenmesi ve adalet ilkesinin onun uygulamalarında somutlaşmasıdır. Zira Hz. Peygamber’in söz, sükût ve davranışlarıyla şekillenen sîreti, aynı zamanda onun sünnetidir. Sünnetin Kur’an’ın uygulamalı tefsiri olduğunda ise ihtilaf yoktur. Bu bakımdan makalede Kur’an ile sîret arasında sıkı bir bağ olduğu konu edinilmiş, Kur’an’ın tamamının onun sîretinin vahye yansıyan kısmı olduğu üzerinde durulmuştur. Kur’an’da geçen günlük hâdiselere dair âyetlerden geçmiş peygamber kıssalarına ilişkin âyetlere kadar, bütün Kur’an’ın onun sîreti çerçevesinde değerlendirilmesi gerektiği savunulmuştur. Buna göre her tefsir çalışması, aynı zamanda büyük ölçüde bir sîret çalışmasıdır. Kanaatimizce bu husus, onun sîretine ilişkin tarihsel arka planı ele almadan ve diyalektik bir süreç işletmeden sağlıklı bir tefsir çalışmasının ve Kur’an’ın atmosferine giriş yapmanın mümkün olmayacağını göstermektedir.
PESQUISAS BRASILEIRAS E AS COMPETÊNCIAS NECESSÁRIAS À PRÁTICA PEDAGÓGICA DE PROFESSORES QUE ATUAM NA EAD
Authors: Grossi Marcia Gorett Ribeiro , Vital Fábio Henrique
Published: December 2022

O objetivo desse estudo foi analisar se as pesquisas brasileiras que investigam as competências necessárias à pratica pedagógica de professores que atuam em EaD, abordam o mapeamento de competências, com as características postuladas por Behar, Schneider e Silva (2013). Para tal, foi feita uma pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa, do tipo descritiva. Quando ao  procedimento técnico, foi escolhida a pesquisa bibliográfica realizada no portal do Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia e, foram selecionadas para 18 pesquisas para análise (13 dissertações e cinco teses). No final da análise, verificou-se que todas as 14 competências listadas por Behar, Schneider e Silva (2013), estavam presentes nessas pesquisas (11 diretamente e três indiretamente). Acredita-se que essas 18 pesquisas podem contribuir para a compreensão do perfil necessário ao professor da EaD, por meio do mapeamento de suas competências, sendo possível refletir também sobre os papéis solicitados a esse, mediante a avalanche de mudanças registradas na EaD nos últimos anos. São mudanças impostas pelas novas relações sociais, impulsionadas pelas tecnologias digitais e seu  uso na educação.
CNC MAKİNESİ İLE İŞLENMİŞ LİF LEVHALARIN YÜZEY PÜRÜZLÜLÜĞÜ VE İŞLEM SÜRESİ ÜZERİNE İŞLEME PARAMETRELERİNİN ETKİLERİ
Authors: DUMANOĞLU Fevzi , BAL Bekir Cihad
Published: December 2022

Metaller, plastik, odun ve kompozit malzemeler önemli mühendislik malzemeleridir. Bu malzemeler CNC (bilgisayarlı sayısal kontrol) torna, CNC dik işleme merkezi, CNC freze ve CNC router gibi CNC makineleri kullanılarak şekillendirilmektedir. Mobilya fabrikalarında, CNC router makineleri yoğun bir şekilde orta yoğunlukta lif levha (MDF) yüzeylerinin şekillendirilmesinde kullanılmaktadır. Bu MDF levhaların bazıları dolap kapağı olarak kullanılmak için PVC film ile kaplanmakta ve diğer bazıları ise boyanmaktadır. Önceki çalışmalarda, işleme parametrelerinin MDF levhaların yüzey pürüzlülüğü üzerine etkisi çoğu araştırmacı tarafından araştırılmıştır. Fakat, farklı işleme parametreleri kullanılan CNC makinelerinin, büyük ölçülerdeki test örneklerinin yüzey pürüzlülüğü ve işlem süresi üzerinde yeterince çalışılmamıştır. Bu nedenle bu çalışmada, lif levhadan hazırlanan mutfak dolap kapakları üzerinde denemeler yapılmıştır. Bu çalışmada, bıçak motoru devri (8000, 12000, ve 16000 dv/dk) ve besleme hızının (3, 5, ve 7 m/dk) MDF levhalar işlenirken, işleme parametrelerinin yüzey pürüzlülüğü ve işlem süresi üzerine etkisi araştırılmıştır. Elde edilen verilere göre, besleme hızı azaldıkça ve bıçak motoru devri arttıkça yüzey pürüzlülüğünün azaldığı belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca, besleme hızı arttıkça, işlem süresinin azaldığı belirlenmiştir.
KARABUĞDAY (Fagopyrum esculentum) UNU İLE ZENGİNLEŞTİRİLMİŞ DUT PESTİLLERİNİN BAZI FİZİKO-KİMYASAL, RENK, BİYOAKTİF VE DUYUSAL ÖZELLİKLERİNİN ARAŞTIRILMASI
Authors: LEVENT Okan , YÜKSEL Ferhat
Published: December 2022

Bu çalışmanın amacı farklı konsantrasyonlarda (0-12 g/100g) karabuğday unları (Fagopyrum esculentum) ile zenginleştirilmiş dut pestillerin bazı fiziko-kimyasal, renk, biyoaktif ve duyusal özelliklerini araştırmaktır. Dut pestillerin protein içerikleri 5.87-6.89 g/100g aralığında değişmiş ve karabuğday unu ilavesiyle anlamlı bir artma bulunmuştur (P
AN INTELLIGENT SYSTEM FOR DOCUMENT-BASED BANKING PROCESSES
Authors: DOGUC Ozge
Published: December 2022

Business process automation has been helping companies by eliminating mundane and repetitive tasks. Automation tools have been used in many sectors, providing high full-time employee (FTE) savings and low error rates to the companies. Banks have been utilizing the automation tools for core banking and branch operations. In addition, banks receive hundreds of notice documents from courts, municipalities and third parties; which usually contain private and time-sensitive information about their customers. Automated document processing requires special solutions such as optical character recognition (OCR), natural language processing (NLP) and taxonomy; and modern process automation tools can utilize these solutions to provide end-to-end automation.

This paper discusses how the notice documents such as account closure, payment blockage in Turkey can be automated.
Management of Mallet Finger: Current Status (Review)
Authors: Volkova Yulia S. , Rodomanova Liubov A.
Published: December 2022

Background. Often, an incorrect treatment tactic injuries of the mallet finger can cause a pronounced dysfunction of the finger. In addition, remaining finger deformation can significantly reduce the aesthetic satisfaction of the patient. The relevance of the problem of this injury type can be mainly explained by the lack of a unified algorithm for choosing treatment tactics, and, as a result, a high percentage of unsatisfactory clinical results.
Review purpose to assess the current state of the problem and the effectiveness of the proposed methods of treatment of mallet finger based on the analysis of the literature
Results. The lack of a single protocol for the treatment of mallet finger leaves the question of choosing the optimal tactics open. The variability of interventions and indications for their implementation force specialists to rely on their own empirical experience when determining tactics in each clinical case. The search continues for the optimal type of suture and methods of immobilization with a closed injury in the Zone I to improve clinical results and minimize the risk of potential complications. The proposed modifications of blocked osteosynthesis have their own advantages, however, they require future studies on a larger cohort of patients to confirm their effectiveness. Various internal implants that allow to achieve anatomical reposition require additional studies due to the high risk of complications and insufficient stability of fixation. The obtained data are not enough to make a reasonable decision on the choice of the optimal method of treating the pathology in question. Along with a high percentage of complications, these factors significantly worsen the functional outcomes of treatment.
Conclusion. Literature analysis shows that there is an active search for new surgical methods for the treatment of mallet finger injuries among both Russian and foreign specialists. The data obtained are not enough to make a reasonable decision on the choice of the optimal method of treating the pathology in question, since the results of the studies carried out are rather contradictory or require verification. This determines the need to improve treatment concepts with the elimination of existing shortcomings in order to create a well-founded algorithm for choosing a rational technique.
Dysregulation of Long Intergenic Non-Coding RNA Expression in the Schizophrenia Brain
Authors: Nguyen Tuan , Efimova Olga I. , Tokarchuk Artem V. , Morozova Anna Yu. , Zorkina Yana A. , Andreyuk Denis S. , Kostyuk George P. , Khaitovich Philipp E.
Published: December 2022

BACKGROUND: Transcriptomic studies of the brains of schizophrenia (SZ) patients have produced abundant but largely inconsistent findings about the disorders pathophysiology. These inconsistencies might stem not only from the heterogeneous nature of the disorder, but also from the unbalanced focus on particular cortical regions and protein-coding genes. Compared to protein-coding transcripts, long intergenic non-coding RNA (lincRNA) display substantially greater brain region and disease response specificity, positioning them as prospective indicators of SZ-associated alterations. Further, a growing understanding of the systemic character of the disorder calls for a more systematic screening involving multiple diverse brain regions.
AIM: We aimed to identify and interpret alterations of the lincRNA expression profiles in SZ by examining the transcriptomes of 35 brain regions.
METHODS: We measured the transcriptome of 35 brain regions dissected from eight adult brain specimens, four SZ patients, and four healthy controls, using high-throughput RNA sequencing. Analysis of these data yielded 861 annotated human lincRNAs passing the detection threshold.
RESULTS: Of the 861 detected lincRNA, 135 showed significant region-dependent expression alterations in SZ (two-way ANOVA, BH-adjusted p 0.05) and 37 additionally showed significant differential expression between HC and SZ individuals in at least one region (post hoc Tukey test, p 0.05). For these 37 differentially expressed lincRNAs (DELs), 88% of the differences occurred in a cluster of brain regions containing axon-rich brain regions and cerebellum. Functional annotation of the DEL targets further revealed stark enrichment in neurons and synaptic transmission terms and pathways.
CONCLUSION: Our study highlights the utility of a systematic brain transcriptome analysis relying on the expression profiles measured across multiple brain regions and singles out white matter regions as a prospective target for further SZ research.