bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Visual resolution under photopic and mesopic conditions in patients with Sjögren's syndrome
Authors:   Department of Optometry, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11433, Saudi Arabia, Alhassan Mosaad , Alessa Issa ,   Department of Optometry, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11433, Saudi Arabia, Alhijji Rafif ,   Department of Optometry, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11433, Saudi Arabia, Alduhayan Reema ,   Imaging Research Department, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud bin Abdelaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia, Almustanyir Ali ,   Department of Optometry, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11433, Saudi Arabia
Published: September 2023

AIM: To focus on different visual resolution tasks under photopic and mesopic conditions in Sjögren’s syndrome patients compared to age-matched healthy controls.
METHODS: The visual resolution measurements included high and low visual acuities and contrast sensitivity functions. These tests were conducted under photopic and then mesopic conditions. Twenty-one Sjögren’s syndrome patients and 21 aged-matched healthy volunteers completed all the measurements in this study.
RESULTS: Sjögren’s syndrome patients have greater impairment in contrast sensitivity than standardized visual acuity. This reduction was significant under the mesopic condition. Also, Sjögren’s syndrome patients treated with pilocarpine suffer more than patients without pilocarpine treatment under low light conditions.
CONCLUSION: Sjögren’s syndrome patients shows greater impairment in different visual resolution tasks due to dry eye symptoms.
Diagnóstico da denominação dos espaços de organização administrativos e acadêmicos dos cursos médicos no campo da Saúde Coletiva: um estudo ecológico
Authors: Da Silva Barros Camilla , Cristina Oliveira de Melo Beatriz , Ramos de Carvalho David , José de Lima Martelli Petrônio
Published: September 2023

Introdução: Pelo impacto na formação médica, os processos de ‘estruturar’ e ‘nomear’ formatos de organização demandam contínuo aprimoramento frente às mudanças da sociedade e sua expressão na produção de conhecimento na saúde coletiva, algo nem sempre percebido na realidade. Por este motivo, o objetivo deste trabalho consiste em diagnosticar a filiação dos cursos médicos brasileiros aos paradigmas do histórico campo da saúde coletiva. Metodologia: Neste estudo de caso transversal foi realizado um levantamento das instituições com cursos médicos reconhecidos ou em processo de reconhecimento pelo Ministério da Educação, identificação das estruturas administrativas ou acadêmicas correspondentes à Saúde Coletiva, seus programas de pós-graduação relativos a este campo (quando existentes) e organização de tais dados por macrorregião, unidade federativa, organização administrativa e índice do Exame Nacional de Desempenho de Estudantes. Discussão dos Resultados: Foi possível observar um discreto predomínio do grupo que adere ao paradigma da saúde coletiva (37,89 %), o que na análise por macrorregiões é válido apenas para Sudeste (51,11%) e Centro-Oeste (66,67%). Em 75% das instituições privadas não foi possível identificar a estrutura organizacional. Não foi estabelecida correlação entre categoria administrativa, índice do Exame Nacional de Desempenho de Estudantes e a capacidade da instituição em aderir ao ‘novo’. Considerações Finais: Apesar de grande parte das instituições não atribuírem a devida relevância à sua estrutura de organização e da dificuldade em reconhecer algumas inter-relações, levantam-se importantes indagações acerca da temática, passíveis de resposta em estudos posteriores.
Integration of information as a factor of generating semantically complicated sentences in colloquial speech
Authors:   Saratov State University, Kormilitsyna Margarita A. , Degaltseva Anna V. ,   Saratov State University
Published: September 2023

The article conducts a multidimensional study of two semantically condensed evaluation sentences specific for everyday colloquial speech: N1 – (это) Adv-o and Adv – (не) значит Adv. In colloquial speech, the subject of the conversation is most often not described, but evaluated by the participants of the social interaction, and this assessment, as a rule, does not need motivation. Statements constructed according to the models N 1 – (это) Adv-o and Adv – (не) значит Adv are necessary and possible precisely in colloquial speech due to the speaker’s lack of striving for the accuracy of the expression of thought. In everyday communication, there is a tendency to implicit meanings due to the conceptual integration of information. The generation of these axiological statements turns out to be a socially significant speech fact, since it reflects the desire of the members of the speech community to express folk wisdom. This phenomenon is dualistic: on the one hand, it reflects the speaker’s unconscious desire to compress information, on the other, it is associated with the creative transformation of the reality surrounding the addressee, the identification of connections and relationships between fragments of reality. During this complex mental process, the speaker identifies and evaluates the most important fragments of reality and synthesizes the results of these mental operations in the form of a semantically complex structure. The sentences we study arise as a result of the integration of information, occupy strong positions in everyday discourse and hlp the addressee formulate generalizing conclusions and maxims. The integration of thoughts, in turn, contributes to the development of the language, since it increases the amount of transmitted information per unit of time.
A foreign proper name in Spanish idioms and proverbs
Authors:   Moscow Pedagogical State University, Bogdanova Elena V.
Published: September 2023

The article deals with Spanish set expressions that include a foreign proper name. The study overviews phraseological units, as well as proverbs and sayings included in the most important Spanish lexicographical works. Dealing with an onomastic (onymic) component requires the description of idioms, their origin, meaning and the degree of linguistic actuality. The study of the selected number of set expressions and proverbs has revealed that some proper names may be considered as international precedent onyms (anthroponyms, mythonyms, poetonyms, etc.) This type of proper names may be interpreted as part of the world cultural legacy, since they are present in the onomastic fund of many languages and are considered a sort of linguistic constant formed throughout human history. Spanish national and cultural identity may be illustrated by idioms with a foreign toponym or anthroponym. Generally, those are set expressions and idioms that allude to some historical events and reflect Spanish military and political activities in the world arena, Spanish cultural and linguistic contacts in different periods. The study of idiomatic phrases, their origin and motivation has revealed the key sources to replenish the Spanish phraseological fund, which are world literature, cinema, classical mythology, the Bible, military and political activities. Chronologically, the majority of the analyzed idioms was created in the Middle Ages and the Modern period, however, foreign proper names continue to replenish the Spanish lexis, since there are many expressions and proverbs with a foreign onym that have been created in the recent centuries.
Scientific ideas of Olga B. Sirotinina and Saratov linguistic school of researching real communication units. On the occasion of the centenary of birth of the scientist and teacher
Authors:   Saratov State University, Andreeva Svetlana V. , Viktorova Elena Yu. ,   Saratov State University
Published: September 2023

The article is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the outstanding Russian linguist, professor of Saratov State University Olga B. Sirotinina (born in 1923). The article presents and analyzes a number of scientific ideas of the scholar: the necessity to work out new approaches to syntactic units; the interaction of primary (factual) and secondary (organizational) levels of communication; attention of the author to the addressee as a leading principle of linguistic ecology; semantic diffusion as a dynamic process in the Russian discourse. In the late 20th century Olga B. Sirotinina in her research of the colloquial speech determined new approaches to communicative units: alongside the syntax of predicative units she developed the syntax of non-predicative ones. Her works prove that while studying real discourse a special focus should be put on the role of functional words as the effectiveness of communication is directly determined by the interaction of factual and organizational communication units. The author’s concern about the addressee is one of the main principles of linguistic ecology. It is the author who is primarily responsible for the success of communication, so they are supposed to make a number of reasonable efforts to facilitate for the addressee the perception of their message. The process of semantic diffusion is often connected nowadays with the violation of linguo-ecological principles. This problem is one of the main concerns of Olga B. Sirotinina: de to weakened and broadened meaning some words start to mean almost anything, are used widely and turn into fashionable words. Excessive use of diffused lexis leads to the language system impoverishment as well as to numerous social and professional risks. The ideas of Olga B. Sirotinina under discussion have organized the research of real communication units and determined the directions of the development of Saratov linguistic school in the late 20th – early 21st centuries. The article focuses on the tendencies in the development of these ideas by Saratov linguists.
Science as a vocation. On the occation of the 85th anniversary of birth of Professor M. A. Kormilitsyna
Authors:   Saratov State University, Baikulova Alla N. , Degaltseva Anna V. ,   Saratov State University
Published: September 2023

The article discusses the 85th anniversary of the Doctor of Philology, Professor of Saratov State University, M. A. Kormilitsyna. A wellknown scientist in Russia and abroad, Margarita Anatolyevna has devoted her whole life to scientific activity. Together with her teacher and friend, O. B. Sirotinina, M. A. Kormilitsyna was at the origin of Saratov Linguistic School of the functioning of the Russian language. The article highlights the main stages of the scientist’s scientific activity, presents the areas of scientific interests: syntax, stylistics and culture of the speech of the Russian language, colloquial speech, the language of the media, etc. All scientific and educational activities of Margarita Anatolyevna are based on the principles of Saratov Linguistic School, the main methodological principles of which are attentive and unbiased attitude to language, its facts, accuracy in their analysis, striving not for superficial, but for a deep understanding of the essence of linguistic phenomena. The article reveals the significance of the works of M. A. Kormilitsyna for modern linguistics: her works on colloquial speech, the language of the media, the effectiveness of communication, overcoming communicative risks, cause numerous responses in the scientific community. M. A. Kormilitsyna pays a lot of attention in her work to editorial activities (work on the interuniversity collection of scientific papers Problems of speech communication, participation in the editorial board of the journal Media Linguistics, etc.). The article reveals not only the scientific, but also the pedagogical activity of the scientist: students and teachers know Margarita Anatolyevna as a highly erudite, creatively working teacher. M. A. Kormilitsyna has been the head of the Department of the Russian Language, Speech Communication and Russian as a Foreign Language (the new name of the department) for 25 years. Colleagues respect Margarita Anatolyevna for her honesty, integrity, and friendly attitude towards people.
Museum metaphysics
Authors:   Saratov State University, Elina Elena G. , Sapozhnikova Jennet G. ,   Independent Researcher
Published: September 2023

This review deals with the book by S. V. Klimenko, a well-known philologist, a staff member of the N. G. Chernyshevskiy Estate Museum. It shows the academic character of the book under review. The book is timed according to the periods of the author’s creative life, but at the same time the identified periods appear to be crucial for the history of the museum as they were linked to anniversaries of N. G. Chernyshevskiy or memorable dates in the history of the museum itself. The content of the book combines fascinating stories about the creation of new museum “products” and the definition of the essence and purpose of the profession of someone whose life is connected to a literary museum. A literary museum worker is presented in the book as a person for whom the literary studies of sources become not only a process inseparable from the museum work but also an object of academic research and exploration. Considerable attention is paid to the problems of museum work as the most important area of humanitarian knowledge. S. V. Klimenko is also concerned with the issues of personnel training and funding. An important point for the author of the book becomes the question of what materials a separate museum exhibition or a large exposition should be based on. S.V. Klimenko assigns great importance to the development of the concept of an exhibition or exposition in museum work. Discussions that accompany the emergence of any new “product” represent the birth of the concept, i.e. understanding of the principles of material selection, logic of its presentation and scientific commentary. The author of the book advocates the conceptual approach to the presentation of museum exhibits in showcases or on walls in an essentially rigorous way. S. V. Klimenko has succeeded not only in opening the world of the literary museum to the reader, but in showing its heartbeat in several dimensions, projected on the science, source studies, archives, education, working with the visitors, and the work of exhibition designers.
Diseño factorial completo de experimentos para optimizar un ELISA que detecta anticuerpos anti-RBD del SARS-CoV-2
Authors: Perez-Bernal Maylin , Hernández Carlos , Ibargollín Rafael , Martínez Midalis , Soria Migdiala , Delgado Magali , Perez Enrique , Sánchez-Ríos José
Published: September 2023

El diseño factorial completo de experimentos se ha utilizado con poca frecuencia para optimizar inmunoensayos, a pesar de sus ventajas en el ahorro de tiempo y recursos y sus resultados confiables. El objetivo de este trabajo fue optimizar un ELISA, que detecta anticuerpos IgA anti-RBD del SARS-CoV-2, mediante la aplicación de experimentos factoriales completos en varias etapas del ensayo. Se evaluaron las interacciones entre todos los factores y niveles en cada etapa, usando mezclas de leche materna, con alto y bajo contenido de anticuerpos, colectadas de puérperas vacunadas con la vacuna anti-COVID-19 Abdala. Se determinó la combinación óptima de factores y niveles para conformar el protocolo optimizado del ELISA, con el que se logró incrementar 4,67 veces la relación señal/ruido del ensayo respecto al protocolo no optimizado. Dado que este ELISA se aplica para verificar la presencia de anticuerpos anti-RBD del SARS-CoV-2 generados por la vacuna Abdala en la leche materna, el ensayo optimizado garantiza la detección en aquellas muestras con bajo contenido de anticuerpos, que probablemente tuvieran una señal de absorbancia cercana al blanco del ensayo si se aplicara el protocolo inicial no optimizado.
INSURGENTE E CRUCIAL
Authors: Carvalho Sueleny Ribeiro
Published: September 2023

COBRA, E. N. Virgindade inútil e anti-higiênica: virgindade anti-higiênica - preconceitos e convenções hipócritas, de 1924, virgindade inútil - novela de uma revoltada, de 1927. Belo Horizonte: Editoras Luas, 2021.
Virgindade inútil e anti-higiênica oferece a possibilidade de conhecermos, em uma só obra, as duas publicações mais relevantes de Ercília Nogueira Cobra75: Virgindade Anti-higiênica – preconceitos e convenções hipócritas, (1924) e Virgindade inútil – novela de uma revoltada, (1927). A obra publicada pela editora Luas – editora que publica exclusivamente obras de autoria de mulheres como parte do projeto de resgate, reconhecimento e inserção de escritoras no cenário literário brasileiro – compõe a Coleção Precursoras, formada de livros reeditado de autoria de mulheres do século XIX e início do século XX. Nessa edição, de 2021, encontramos, ainda, estudos e notas de Imaculada Nascimento, a cronologia de vida e obra da autora em questão, além de sua bibliografia.
HIPEREDIÇÃO DA POESIA DE ALCINA DANTAS
Authors: Silva Pollianna  dos Santos Ferreira , Borges Rosa
Published: September 2023

Este artigo traz os resultados parciais obtidos na realização do Acervo Alcina Dantas (AAD), situando-o como um lugar de memória sobre a escritora baiana Alcina Dantas (1892-1974). Nesse sentido, buscaremos fazer circular, por meio da práxis filológica, seus textos poéticos publicados, no século XX, nos jornais Folha do Norte, Folha da Feira, Gazeta do Povo, Vanguarda e O Itaberaba, usando, para tanto, o suporte eletrônico. Levaremos em consideração os trabalhos no campo da crítica textual, como os de Shillingsburg (1993), McGann (1995), Urbina e Furuta (2005), Duarte (2019), Borges (2020) e Borges et al. (2021), para realizar a edição de tais textos. Para apresentar a autora no contexto de produção e de circulação de sua poesia, valemo-nos ainda dos textos de Zahidé Muzart (1995, 1999, 2009), de Constância Lima Duarte (2003), entre outros. Compreendemos, assim, a hiperedição como um lugar de memória, conforme concebe Nora (1993), para preservar e trazer à cena elementos de sua vida e a obradessa escritora, contribuindo-se para a constituição de uma história da literatura de escritoras que produziram no interior da Bahia.
(RE)VISITANDO UM MODERNISMO DESCONHECIDO PELA POESIA DE ALCY ARAÚJO A PARTIR DOS POEMAS PARTICIPAÇÃO E MINHA POESIA
Authors: Silva Paulo César Andrade da , Cantuário Victor André Pinheiro
Published: September 2023

O objetivo do artigo é categorizar a poesia de Alcy Araújo como modernista. A proposta é identificar nos poemas Participação e Minha poesia alguns elementos e eixos temáticos que foram defendidos pelos inauguradores do Modernismo e vêm sendo explorados desde 1922, entre os quais, o verso livre, o gosto pela inovação, o rompimento com o passado, o progresso social e tecnológico como via de acesso ao futuro e a consciência social. Para alcançar o objetivo delineado, o artigo parte de uma breve descrição do contexto de formação do Amapá como espaço de realização literária e da literatura amapaense como resultado do entrecruzamento de vozes que desde a década de 1940 vêm contribuindo para a construção de uma cena literária local.
Koncepcja uwagi wizualnej
Authors: Młodkowski Jan
Published: September 2023

According to the general theory of attention the selective function creates the perceptive and cognitive fractions. Conversely the controlling function creates behavioural and immanent fractions. Particular connection with visual attention has the perceptive function. It as two types such as an exploratory attention and as a penetrative attention. Former guides the process of focusing areas of retina with an existing image onto the central area ranking them accordingly with their physical properties such as density, contrast, motion, etc. The penetrative attention constantly creates a program of an object’s identification comprised of memory imprints and current spacial relation between the observed object and the observing eye. The cognitive attention supports only processing of imagering. It doesn’t involve oculomotoric activity. The full text of the article explores as well relationships between visual attention and phenomenons of classic psychology: Perky’s effect, eidetic imagery and alternative figures and silhouettes.
Wybrane predykatory przedsiębiorczości handlowców
Authors: Cębrzyńska Joanna , Dudek Bohdan
Published: September 2023

The aim of this research was to gain better understanding of the characteristics of individuals inclining towards setting up their own business. Because of a nature of this paper we restrict ourselves to analyzing the career anchors and locus of control. We claim that those variables affect one’s motivation and so determine individual behaviour (entrepreneurial behaviour as well). Also demographic factors such as: age, sex and education were included to the model to control their influence on a dependent variable. The study was conducted in commercial centre, both on business owners and workers employed. The aim of the research was to specify which of the considered variables allow us to predict a probability of being an entrepreneur – what are the typical traits of a person who starts a new venture. Obtained results show that the probability of being an entrepreneur is related to internal locus of control and one of the career anchor – creativity.
Kwestionariusz Lęku Porodowego (KLP II) Wersja Zrewidowana – konstrukcja i właściwości psychometryczne
Authors: Putyński Leszek , Paciorek Mariusz
Published: September 2023

Self-report Labour Anxiety Questionnaire (KLP II) was developed to asses the level of labour anxiety in pregnant women. This short tool consists of 9 items, which include attitudes toward labour and fear of labour. The questionnaire was valided on 53 pregnant women. The results of the study indicate that the Labour Anxiety Questionnaire (KLP II) is reliable and valid method to identify pregnant women with high level of labour anxiety.
Mapy naturalistyczne, mapy melancholijne. Z cyklu: intermedia podhalańskie
Authors: Nowina-Sroczyńska Ewa
Published: September 2023

Artykuł jest fragmentem powstającej książki pod roboczym tytułem Sylwy podhalańskie. Sylwa to forma piśmiennictwa popularna w okresie staropolskim, wywodząca się ze zbioru Silvae Stacjusza, obejmująca niejednorodne formalnie i treściowo teksty pochodzące od jednego bądź różnych autorów, także anonimowych. To zbiór stanowiący pewną uporządkowaną całość, otwartą jednak na kontynuacje, przekształcenia i uzupełnienia. Za odnowiciela sylwicznej formy wypowiedzi uznaje się Czesława Miłosza, orędownika tzw. sylw współczesnych, gdzie obok autorskich wierszy zamieścił utwory innych poetów, epigramy, fragmenty listów, cytaty z innych dzieł. Kategorię sylwy i sylwiczność uznano za użyteczne do opisu zjawisk współczesnych (autorem pojęcia sylwa współczesna jest Ryszard Nycz). W obrębie sylw współczesnych łączy się różnego rodzaju gatunki wypowiedzi: dokumentalne, autobiograficzne, cytaty z rzeczywistości, kopiowanie z innych tekstów, zakłada się akcentowanie procesualnego sposobu istnienia podmiotu w tekście i samego tekstu, akcentując jego formę „otwartą”. Wszyscy współcześni badacze sylw zwracają uwagę, że w sylwie zapis rzeczywistości podporządkowany zostaje jednej idei – „potrzebie pamięci”. W mojej książkowej opowieści o współczesnym Podhalu intermedia pełnią rolę przerywników, swoistych „zatrzymań” właściwej narracji; ich osią konstrukcyjną jest kulturowy fenomen drogi. Intermedium, które tu prezentuję, jest pierwszą z trzech prób namysłu antropologa przemierzającego podhalańskie gościńce.
Zmiany i napięcia w krajobrazie jurajskiej wsi. Na marginesie badań w Mstowie
Authors: Krupa-Ławrynowicz Aleksandra
Published: September 2023

Praca naukowa finansowana w ramach programu Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego pod nazwą „Narodowy Program Rozwoju Humanistyki” w latach 2014–2019. W artykule korzystam z materiałów zgromadzonych w ramach grantu badawczego Miejsca pamięci i zapomnienia. Badania interdyscyplinarne północnych terenów Jury Krakowsko- Częstochowskiej. Projekt realizowany jest w latach 2014–2019 na terenie pięciu gmin powiatu częstochowskiego: Janów, Mstów, Lelów, Olsztyn, Przyrów. Oficjalna strona projektu: najurze.uni.lodz.pl.
Introduction to Part I: Religion and Worldviews
Authors: Dossett Wendy
Published: September 2023

Introduction to Part I: Religion and Worldviews
Introduction Part II: Teaching and Learning and the Study of Religion in Higher Education
Authors: Sinclair Stefanie
Published: September 2023

Introduction Part II: Teaching and Learning and the Study of Religion in Higher Education
E-Mentoring Student Researchers through an Undergraduate Field Experience Course - Lessons Learned
Authors: Mahayosnand Ponn P. , Bermejo Diana Mora
Published: September 2023

This paper is written by a mentor and mentee pair, sharing experiences from both perspectives. The mentor is an American independent public health researcher currently located in Gaza, Palestine. Her research focuses on Islam and Health, Muslim health, E-mentoring and remote research. The mentee, who co-wrote this paper, was a student in Rhode Island, USA, in a fieldwork experience course. In this paper, the pair reflected on their research e-mentoring experience and offer insights for future research mentor-mentee pairs. This paper is split into 4 sections: (1) the benefits of e-mentoring; (2) lessons learned, and policies developed; (3) effective e-mentoring tools and systems, such as the weekly meeting call notes system; e-mentoring internship syllabus agreement, mentee research orientation, and maximizing Google Workspace; and (4) tips from a mentee. One unexpected benefit to being matched with an international mentor, was being exposed to a religion (Islam) and culture (Middle Eastern) she had not been previously exposed to. While forced to remote online work during the pandemic, the authors conclude that e-mentoring offers an effective means to conduct global research, while offering a unique method for cultural or religious awareness. Therefore e-mentoring should be further explored and promoted beyond the pandemic.
The Performance of Interreligious Dialogue in the Realm of International Relations
Authors: Hedges Paul Michael
Published: September 2023

Interreligious Dialogue (IRD) is neither a simple concept, nor a simple practice. Even before we consider the issues of such things as the ethics, hermeneutics, and praxis of understanding across diverse worlds of meaning, it is something that is enacted and performed according to social, cultural, and political discourses. The agendas of participants, sponsors, and any supposed audience all have consequences for the performativity of IRD. This paper will specifically focus on the concept of performance in relation to IRD in the political sphere, most particularly the way that IRD has become part of international relations. Attention will be given to typologies and framings of IRD, including what does, or does not, get classed as being IRD, or “true” dialogue, but herein no definition is prescribed, taking a broad approach. We will look at some specific examples of IRD in relation to track 1.5 diplomacy, noting how it relates to a securitised framing of dialogue and to what Oddbjørn Leirvik has termed “necessary dialogue”. The whole paper will be framed within the concept of performance, or performativity, which will be the main analytical approach, but taking a wider critical religious studies approach to considering how IRD is performed, or operates, within international relations.
Soft Decoloniality and Decolonising the Displays at Chiddingstone Castle, Kent
Authors: Swann Nick
Published: September 2023

In the UK many popular misconceptions concerning Buddhist thought, practice, and material culture endure based on the colonial-era understanding of ‘Buddhism’ originating from the long 19th century. While academic Buddhist Studies has taken a more critical stance since the 1960s, a more nuanced understanding has not, by and large, percolated out of academia and dislodged earlier more simplistic ideas. Decolonising exercises such as those undertaken by national museums in the UK go some way to addressing this by presenting Buddhist cultures as dynamic and varied, and contextualising earlier colonial images of Buddhism. This constitutes a form of ‘soft decoloniality’ that addresses global cognitive justice in contrast to the ‘hard decoloniality’ of activist movements addressing global social justice. This article unpacks these ideas and discusses them in the context of an exercise to decolonise the displays in the Buddhist collection at Chiddingstone Castle, Kent: a small, independent museum based on the collections of the late Denys Eyre Bower (1905-1977), whose understanding of Buddhism was influenced by his close friend, Christmas Humphreys.
Perspectives on ‘Cult’ Rhetoric (And Its Future)
Authors: Thomas Aled , Graham-Hyde Edward , Chryssides George D. , Harvey Sarah , Newcombe Suzanne , Westbrook Donald A.
Published: September 2023

The ‘Cult Rhetoric in the 21st Century’ panel at the 2022 BASR conference brought together six scholars, specialising in the field of minority religion, to discuss developing trends in ‘cultic’ discourse. The panellists all argue for a nuanced, contemporary approach toward understanding the use of ‘cult’ rhetoric and have a clear focus on the lived reality of adherents and ex-members. In this article, the contributing panellists outline the dominant themes emerging in the contemporary use of ‘cult’ rhetoric, challenging scholars to move beyond the ‘cult wars’ and study of New Religious Movements to a more holistic study of everyday religion – in which ‘cult’ rhetoric is a consistent part. These reflections provide a snapshot of the discussions that were had at the BASR conference whilst simultaneously indicating what to expect from their contributions in the forthcoming volume: Cult Rhetoric in the 21st Century: Deconstructing the Study of New Religious Movements.
Unlearning - Buddhism and the Public Understanding of Buddhism
Authors: Harris Elizabeth June
Published: September 2023

This paper focusses on two popular book projects that sought to communicate Buddhism’s variety and complexity to non-specialists. The first emerged from a radio series that the author was asked to write and present for the BBC World Service in the mid-1990s, entitled The Way of the Buddha. A book from the series followed, published by Oneworld. The second was an edited book that also slotted into a series, published by Equinox - Buddhism in 5 Minutes. The paper is an exercise in self-reflexivity, in the context of two demands that are placed on academics within religious studies. The first of these is the government’s insistence that academic research should have an impact on ‘the economy, society, culture, public policy or services, health, the environment or quality of life’. The second is the lack of religious literacy within society and the demands placed on academics working within religious studies to address it. This short paper will, therefore, concentrate on the aims, method, structure and content of each book in the light of these demands. It will also explore the potential of such projects and the issues they raise for the discipline of religious studies and our role as academics.
Study of Religion and the Dawn of Everything
Authors: Tremlett Paul-François , Harvey Graham , Robertson David , Cusack Carole
Published: September 2023

Graeber and Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything takes on the West’s entwined and taken-for-granted histories of the state and of capital. Just as Freud insisted that the libido had to be sacrificed on the altar of civilization, so following Rousseau and Hobbes, freedom had to be sacrificed on the altars of order, population density and societal complexity. If early humans lived in egalitarian, mobile bands of hunter gatherers, that early freedom evaporated as soon as they became farmers and urbanites, obligated stage by historical stage first to chiefs, monarchs and priests, then to politicians and bureaucrats (and today to debt and the algorithm). It is precisely these origin myths, these linear just-so-stories for which inequality is natural and inevitable, that Graeber and Wengrow seek to unravel. What follows derives from a roundtable organised by Paul-François Tremlett for BASR 2022 that brought together Graham Harvey, David G. Robertson and Carole Cusack for a lively and critical engagement with The Dawn of Everything and its significance for religious studies.
Gestión y política de los bosques en el Perú
Authors: Suárez de Freitas Calmet Gustavo
Published: September 2023

Se realiza una revisión de la situación de la gestión de los bosques peruanos, en particular de la Amazonía, tomando como referencia la definición de las Naciones Unidas sobre gestión forestal sostenible, basada en: (i) la extensión de los recursos forestales; (ii) la diversidad biológica forestal; (iii) la salud y vitalidad de los bosques; (iv) las funciones productivas; (v) las funciones de protección; (vi) las funciones socioeconómicas; y (vii) el marco normativo, institucional y de políticas. A partir de revisión de información disponible sobre estos aspectos, se ha ilustrado la situación actual de la deforestación, que hace disminuir la extensión de bosques y reduce la provisión de servicios ecosistémicos; los riesgos de insostenibilidad en el aprovechamiento de ciertos recursos, como las especies incorporadas en la Convención CITES; la identificación de existencia de situaciones inapropiadas en términos de limitación de acceso al recurso de algunos actores; y la demora en aplicación de ciertos instrumentos que ayudarían a solucionar problemas clave de productores rurales, como los contratos de cesión en uso para sistemas agroforestales. Se realiza una revisión del marco legal y de la estructura de gobernanza desarrollada, que presenta características positivas distintivas, como la presencia paritaria de los pueblos indígenas, el Estado y el sector no público en el Consejo Directivo, y la existencia de importantes espacios de participación, como los Comités de Gestión Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre (CGFFS) que no se han instalado. Se discute brevemente, de cara a orientar intervenciones necesarias para mejorar los resultados de la gestión, si las limitaciones actuales identificadas son consecuencia de un problema de diseño legal y organizacional o más bien es un problema de gestión.
Sustainable Supply Chain Management Practices in the Dairy Industry: A Comparative Study of Leading Dairy Firms and Future Research Directives
Authors: Sinha Gyanesh Kumar , Mishra Sumit
Published: September 2023

The Indian dairy industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world which employs millions of farmers directly and also participates more than five per cent in the economy as well. As the industry continues to expand there is a growing need to adopt sustainable practices in the supply chain to minimize negative impact on the environment and society and ensure viability. The present research aims at examining the supply chain management practices of the two leading dairy firms -Amul and Danone. The study relies primarily on secondary sources like peer-reviewed journals, authentic websites and reports. A case study-based approach has predominantly been used to compare two leading firms in the dairy industry with respect to sustainable practices across the supply chain. Key aspects such as the scale of dairy production, technology adoption, pricing, traditional supply chain management, artificial intelligence in sustainable supply chains and logistics management in select dairy firms have been critically reviewed for comparison purposes. The study identified the various problems and challenges being faced by the Indian dairy industry. The study found that Amul and Danone both have focused on sustainable and green practices. However, Danone’s ability to incorporate and enable technology has helped in improving efficiency across the supply chain making the chain sustainable. On the other hand, Amul lacked the adaptation of emerging technologies across its supply chain. The study suggested the exploration of artificial intelligence that might help in achieving a sustainable supply chain in Indian dairy firms.
La sujeción del poder en el desarrollo del sujeto moderno: una interpretación de la teoría de Judith Butler
Authors: Blanco Ramos Roberto
Published: September 2023

¿Cuáles relaciones se establecen entre las categorías analíticas del sujeto moderno y la de subjetivación del poder? Con respecto a la primera, el establecimiento teórico desarrollado se ha orientado mediante conceptualizaciones diversas, donde, junto a la interpretación de la categoría sujeto, surge un nuevo entendimiento basado en contraposiciones y, en el que lo incuestionable, transita por esa delimitación de lo cuestionable. En ese sentido, este ensayo pretende seguir profundizando en torno a la dinamización teórica del poder y su vínculo con estructuras psíquicas que inciden en el proceso de sujeción del sujeto, tomando como base las formulaciones descritas por Butler en su libro: Mecanismos psíquicos del poder: Teorías sobre la sujeción, publicado por primera vez en el año de 1997. El artículo se artícula, en términos teóricos, desde la combinación de postulados de la filosofía, el psicoanálisis y los estudios de género. El texto concluye y contribuye a explicar propuestas necesarias alrededor de las discusiones establecidas por la teoría social referidas a la producción y regulación del sujeto moderno.
Diseño de un modelo de mejora de procesos basado en la metodología CMMI, para mitigar el desabastecimiento de mercado en una distribuidora del rubro farmaceutico
Authors:   , Quiroz Sucno Cristian , Flores Esquivel Sebastian Martin
Published: September 2023

En la última década, el mercado farmacéutico ha sufrido un crecimiento acelerado, donde las tendencias de mayor cuidado personas e incluso la pandemia, han permitido el desarrollo de nuevos mercados y nuevas necesidades. Esta situación afecta directamente a todas aquellas empresas que producen, comercializan o distribuyen productos farmacéuticos, por la urgencia de mejorar sus operaciones y garantizar un nivel óptimo de servicio al cliente. La presente investigación presenta un modelo logístico sustentado en la metodología Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), con la aplicación de herramientas de mejora continua y Lean SCM, enfocados en la mejora del abastecimiento en una empresa distribuidora del sector farmacéutico. Para lograr desarrollar el modelo se necesitó adaptar la metodología del sistema CMMI en el contexto peruano y con herramientas con mayor uso en este sector. Como parte de la metodología, se encuentra realizó una prueba piloto, con la cual se logró identificar mejoras entre 30% y 40% en los indicadores de Quiebre de Stock y Rechazo de Mercado, respectivamente: en comparación al estatus anterior al despliegue del proyecto. Ambos indicadores en conjunto reflejan el nivel de servicio que posee la empresa, con lo cual una reducción de los mismos repercute en garantizar un mayor servicio. Estos resultados permiten concluir que CMMI puede ser aplicado con éxito en el sector logístico y se recomienda para futuras investigaciones desarrollar adaptaciones del modelo para otros sectores de negocio aun sin explorar.
La digitalización y su relación con el comportamiento de compra omnicanal de los millennials de Lima moderna respecto a su consumo en tiendas por departamento en el 2021
Authors:   , Oliva Chavez Gabriela Bresia
Published: September 2023

Tras el inicio de la pandemia la digitalización se vuelve una necesidad para los negocios y las personas. Esto es un punto de inflexión, ya que las empresas priorizan la digitalización para poder seguir con sus operaciones. Por otro lado, en los clientes surge la necesidad de utilizar herramientas digitales con el fin de poder llevar a cabo las actividades que realizaban de forma tradicional antes de la pandemia. Por estas razones la omnicanalidad cobró mucha fuerza durante el último año, ya que se volvió una importante gestión que busca mantener el vínculo con sus clientes. La presente investigación se realizó con el objetivo de saber si la digitalización se relaciona con el comportamiento de compra omnicanal en los millennials. La investigación se enfocó en los jóvenes que viven en Lima Moderna y han realizado consumos en tiendas por departamento durante el 2021. La metodología incluyó una investigación de tipo cuantitativa, con un muestreo no probabilístico. El primer paso fue definir el tema en cuestión y luego se procedió con la búsqueda de fuentes e información que nos dé una mayor luz sobre el tema en cuestión. Una vez deslindado el tema se procedió a realizar encuestas como parte de la investigación cuantitativa. Se realizaron 384 para analizar la relación entre las variables de estudio. En el primer capítulo, se presenta el marco teórico, donde empieza definiendo las dimensiones de las variables de estudio: identidad móvil, calidad de integración, autoeficacia omnicanal, hábito de omnicanalidad, satisfacción de la omnicanalidad. Por otro lado, se analizarón los papers consultados para la realización del estudio y sus principales hallazgos. En el segundo capítulo, se muestran las hipótesis, objetivos y se determino la problemática del estudio. Mientras que en el tercer capítulo se describe la metodología, el proceso de muestreo y los instrumentos metodológicos para el recojo de la investigación. En el cuarto y quinto capítulo se analizarón los resultados de la investigación, junto a los análisis estadísticos, como el coeficiente de correlación de Spearman, y se realizo una comparativa entre los resultados y la teoría dentro de los papers de referencia. Por último, se brindan las conclusiones y recomendaciones de la investigación.
Percepción de estrés y autorregulación emocional en jóvenes durante la pandemia del COVID-19
Authors:   , Vela Vargas Angela Vanesa , Espil Martinez Luis Enrique
Published: September 2023

Esta investigación tuvo como objetivo determinar la relación entre estrés percibido y autorregulación emocional en jóvenes adultos de Lima Norte durante el aislamiento social obligatorio en la pandemia del COVID-19. Participaron 336 personas; 120 hombres (35,7 %) y 216 mujeres (64.3 %), cuyas edades oscilaron entre 20 a 30 años (M = 23; DE = 2.84), residentes en los distritos de San Martín de Porres, Comas, Los Olivos e Independencia. Se administró, la Escala de Percepción Global de Estrés de Guzmán y Reyes (2018) y el Cuestionario de Autorregulación Emocional (Gargurevich y Matos, 2010). Los resultados revelan que existen correlaciones pequeñas y directas entre estrés global y autorregulación Emocional, al igual que, supresión con distrés, y reevaluación cognitiva con eustrés. Por otro lado, reevaluación cognitiva y distrés, al igual que, supresión y eustrés, presentan una correlación inversa y negativa. Asimismo, la autorregulación emocional posee correlaciones pequeñas y directas con distrés y eustrés. Respecto al sexo, los hombres perciben mayor eustrés, en comparación con las mujeres, quienes perciben más distrés. Finalmente, respecto a la frecuencia de salida, se encontró que existe mayor malestar, a mayor número de salidas.
La evolución de los estereotipos femeninos en cuatro películas de Francisco Lombardi
Authors:   , Lino del Pino Alessandra Cecilia
Published: September 2023

Los estereotipos femeninos son un concepto que ha evolucionado en el Perú y, a su vez, ha sido cuestionado por las propias mujeres, debido a que suele derivar en formas de exclusión, desigualdad o subrepresentación. En tal sentido, es relevante cuestionarse sobre la dimensión de las transformaciones en los personajes femeninos, particularmente en el cine, debido a su capacidad de reflejar y reproducir realidades sociales. Esta investigación se propone analizar los cambios y continuidades de los estereotipos femeninos en el cine peruano. Para ello, se toma el caso del cineasta Francisco Lombardi, con el fin de comprender, a través de la evolución de su filmografía, los nuevos derroteros en la representación de la mujer, en caso existan. Así, desde una perspectiva de género, se propone una investigación cualitativa, enfocada en el análisis de contenido de cuatro muestras audiovisuales: Maruja en el infierno (1983), Pantaleón y las visitadoras (1999), Un cuerpo desnudo (2008) y Dos besos (2015). En cuanto al aspecto metodológico, el trabajo se enmarca en un paradigma interpretativo con un enfoque cualitativo clave junto a un diseño de estudio de casos. Basado en los estudios de Galán se optó por categorizar en la dimensión conductual, física y social. En líneas generales, luego del análisis de los cuatro filmes, se pudo encontrar que las producciones del cineasta sí son un espejo del cambio sociocultural, con avances y enfoques contemporáneos y positivos en la creación de los personajes femeninos.
Beneficios de las redes sociales ​​en las organizaciones y competitividad empresarial en PYMEs del sector textil - confecciones de Lima Metropolitana, 2020-2021
Authors:   , Eddahbi Vasquez Nathaly , Navarro Castillo Frida Alejandra
Published: September 2023

El presente estudio tiene la finalidad de explicar la i​​​​nfluencia de los beneficios de las redes sociales en la competitividad empresarial de las Pymes del sector textil y confecciones del “Top 10,000” de Lima Metropolitana, 2020-2021. El alcance de esta investigación es explicativa (causal), con un enfoque mixto y un diseño de tipo transversal, no experimental. El instrumento utilizado fue extraído de investigaciones previas relacionadas directamente para las variables de beneficio de las redes sociales y la competitividad empresarial. La recopilación de información se realizó mediante entrevistas a expertos y encuestas tipo Likert dirigidas a los responsables de las Pymes del sector elegido. Este estudio fue realizado en una muestra de 76 Pymes del sector textil y confecciones del Top 10,000 de Lima Metropolitana. Los resultados obtenidos demuestran que existe una influencia positiva entre los beneficios de las redes sociales y la competitividad empresarial. Sin embargo, los grados de influencia que tienen las dimensiones del presente estudio difieren en intensidad de lo señalado por otros autores. Este hallazgo deja campo abierto a que futuras investigaciones puedan profundizar en las razones por las que este sector tiene un nivel de reacción diferente a comparación de otros sectores.
Influence of a transversal load on the stability of a rod compressed by a longitudinal force
Authors: Tarasov V.
Published: September 2023

The work is devoted to the study of the effect of normal load

on the stability of a rod compressed by a longitudinal force.

Two types of boundary conditions are considered: the boundary

conditions of rigid sealing and the conditions of hinge support.

It is noted that in the case of the boundary conditions of

the hinge bearing, the shape of the elastic line of the rod qualitatively

depends on the magnitude of the longitudinal force.
Massless Stueckelberg field, exact solutions in Cartesian coordinates and gauge degrees of freedom
Authors: Semenyuk O. , Ivashkevich A. , Buryy A. , Pletyuhov V. , Red'kov V.
Published: September 2023

In the paper we examine the massless Stueckelberg field. Among the eleven field function components, the antisymmetric tensor represents the gauge variables, whereas the scalar and vector correspond to physically observable quantities. It is shown that in Cartesian coordinates the Stueckelberg equations permit the existence of five independent solutions which describe the different states of the field. We have derived an expression for the energy-momentum tensor of the massless Stueckelberg field. We find its explicit form for arbitrary linear combination of five established solutions. We have found four combinations of five solutions which do not contribute to energy-momentum tensor, therefore they correspond to purely gauge states. There exists only one solution which corresponds to nonvanishing energy-momentum tensor, it relates to physically observable states of the massless Stueckelberg field.