bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Deep ocean temperatures through time
Authors: Valdes Paul J. , Scotese Christopher R. , Lunt Daniel J.
Published: July 2021

Abstract. Benthic oxygen isotope records are commonly used as a proxy for global mean
surface temperatures during the Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic, and the
resulting estimates have been extensively used in characterizing major
trends and transitions in the climate system and for analysing past climate
sensitivity. However, some fundamental assumptions governing this proxy have
rarely been tested. Two key assumptions are (a) benthic foraminiferal
temperatures are geographically well mixed and are linked to surface
high-latitude temperatures, and (b) surface high-latitude temperatures are well
correlated with global mean temperatures. To investigate the robustness of
these assumptions through geological time, we performed a series of 109
climate model simulations using a unique set of paleogeographical
reconstructions covering the entire Phanerozoic at the stage level. The
simulations have been run for at least 5000 model years to ensure that the
deep ocean is in dynamic equilibrium. We find that the correlation between
deep ocean temperatures and global mean surface temperatures is good for the
Cenozoic, and thus the proxy data are reliable indicators for this time
period, albeit with a standard error of 2 K. This uncertainty has not
normally been assessed and needs to be combined with other sources of
uncertainty when, for instance, estimating climate sensitivity based on
using δ18O measurements from benthic foraminifera. The
correlation between deep and global mean surface temperature becomes weaker
for pre-Cenozoic time periods (when the paleogeography is significantly
different from the present day). The reasons for the weaker correlation
include variability in the source region of the deep water (varying
hemispheres but also varying latitudes of sinking), the depth of ocean
overturning (some extreme warm climates have relatively shallow and sluggish
circulations weakening the link between the surface and deep ocean), and the
extent of polar amplification (e.g. ice albedo feedbacks). Deep ocean
sediments prior to the Cretaceous are rare, so extending the benthic foraminifera
proxy further into deeper time is problematic, but the model results
presented here would suggest that the deep ocean temperatures from such time
periods would probably be an unreliable indicator of global mean surface conditions.
Continuous vegetation record of the Greater Cape Floristic Region (South Africa) covering the past 300 thousand years (IODP U1479)
Authors: Dupont Lydie M. , Zhao Xueqin , Charles Chistopher , Faith J. Tyler , Braun David
Published: July 2021

Abstract. The flora of the Greater Cape Floristic Region (GCFR) of South Africa is a biodiversity hotspot of global significance, and its archaeological record has contributed substantially to the understanding of modern human origins. For both reasons, the climate and vegetation history of south-western South Africa is of interest to numerous fields. Currently known paleo-environmental records cover the Holocene, the last glacial-interglacial transition and parts of the last glaciation but do not encompass a full glacial-interglacial cycle. To obtain a continuous vegetation record of the last Pleistocene glacial-interglacial cycles, we studied pollen, spores and micro-charcoal of deep-sea sediments from IODP Site U1479 retrieved from SW of Cape Town. We compare our palynological results of the Pleistocene with previously published results of Pliocene material from the same site. We find that the vegetation of the GCFR, in particular Fynbos and Afrotemperate forest, respond to precessional forcing of climate. The micro-charcoal record confirms the importance of fires in the Fynbos vegetation. Ericaceae-rich and Asteraceae-rich types of Fynbos could extend on the western part of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain (PAP), which emerged during periods of low sea-level of the Pleistocene.
First-principles modeling of the infrared spectrum of antigorite
Authors: Balan Etienne , Fritsch Emmanuel , Radtke Guillaume , Paulatto Lorenzo , Juillot Farid , Petit Sabine
Published: July 2021

Abstract. The infrared absorption spectrum of a natural antigorite sample from New
Caledonia is compared to its theoretical counterpart computed for the
pristine antigorite m=17 polysome within the density functional
perturbation theory framework. The theoretical model reproduces most of the
bands related to Si-O stretching in the 800–1300 cm−1 range, OH
libration, hindered OH translation and SiO4 bending in the 400–800 cm−1 range, and OH stretching in the 3500–3700 cm−1 range.
Most of the observed bands have a composite nature involving several
vibrational modes contributing to their intensity, except the apical and one
of the basal Si-O stretching bands whose intensity is carried by a single
mode. The peculiarity of the antigorite structure favors a localization of
the Si-O and OH stretching modes in specific regions of the unit cell.
Weaker Si-O stretching bands experimentally observed at 1205 and 1130 cm−1 are related to the occurrence of 6- and 8-reversals in the
antigorite structure, respectively. The distribution of OH bond lengths
leads to an asymmetric distribution of frequencies consistent with the width
and the shape of the experimentally observed OH stretching band. It also
leads to a strong distribution of OH libration frequencies ranging from 600
to 830 cm−1 explaining the asymmetry of the band observed at 648 cm−1 in the antigorite spectrum.
Greenland ice velocity maps from the PROMICE project
Authors: Solgaard Anne , Kusk Anders , Merryman Boncori John Peter , Dall Jørgen , Mankoff Kenneth D. , Ahlstrøm Andreas P. , Andersen Signe B. , Citterio Michele , Karlsson Nanna B. , Kjeldsen Kristian K. , Korsgaard Niels J. , Larsen Signe H. , Fausto Robert S.
Published: July 2021

Abstract. We present the Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) Ice Velocity product (https://doi.org/10.22008/promice/data/sentinel1icevelocity/greenlandicesheet, Solgaard and Kusk, 2021), which is a time series of Greenland Ice Sheet ice velocity mosaics spanning September 2016 through to the present. The product is based on Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar data and has a 500 m grid spacing. A new mosaic is available every 12 d and spans two consecutive Sentinel-1 cycles (24 d). The product is made available within ∼ 10 d of the last acquisition and includes all possible 6 and 12 d pairs within the two Sentinel-1A cycles. We describe our operational processing chain from data selection, mosaicking, and error estimation to final outlier removal. The product is validated against in situ GPS measurements. We find that the standard deviation of the difference between satellite- and GPS-derived velocities (and bias) is 20 m yr−1 (−3 m yr−1) and 27 m yr−1 (−2 m yr−1) for the components in an eastern and northern direction, respectively. Over stable ground the values are 8 m yr−1 (0.1 m yr−1) and 12 m yr−1 (−0.6 m yr−1) in an eastern and northern direction, respectively. This is within the expected values; however, we expect that the GPS measurements carry a considerable part of this uncertainty. We investigate variations in coverage from both a temporal and spatial perspective. The best spatial coverage is achieved in winter due to the comprehensive data coverage by Sentinel-1 and high coherence, while summer mosaics have the lowest coverage due to widespread melt. The southeast Greenland Ice Sheet margin, along with other areas of high accumulation and melt, often has gaps in the ice velocity mosaics. The spatial comprehensiveness and temporal consistency make the product ideal both for monitoring and for studying ice-sheet-wide and glacier-specific ice discharge and dynamics of glaciers on seasonal scales.
Long-term variations in actual evapotranspiration over the Tibetan Plateau
Authors: Han Cunbo , Ma Yaoming , Wang Binbin , Zhong Lei , Ma Weiqiang , Chen Xuelong , Su Zhongbo
Published: July 2021

Abstract. Actual terrestrial evapotranspiration (ETa) is a key parameter
controlling land–atmosphere interaction processes and water cycle. However,
spatial distribution and temporal changes in ETa over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) remain very uncertain. Here we estimate the multiyear (2001–2018) monthly ETa and its spatial distribution on the TP by a combination of meteorological data and satellite products. Validation against data from six eddy-covariance monitoring sites yielded root-mean-square errors ranging from 9.3 to 14.5 mm per month and correlation coefficients exceeding 0.9. The domain mean of annual ETa on the TP decreased slightly (−1.45 mm yr−1, p<0.05) from 2001 to 2018. The annual ETa increased significantly at a rate of 2.62 mm yr−1 (p<0.05) in the eastern sector of the TP (long >90∘ E) but decreased significantly at a rate of −5.52 mm yr−1 (p<0.05) in the western sector of the TP (long <90∘ E). In addition, the decreases in annual ETa were pronounced in the spring and summer seasons,
while almost no trends were detected in the autumn and winter seasons. The
mean annual ETa during 2001–2018 and over the whole TP was 496±23 mm. Thus, the total evapotranspiration from the terrestrial surface of the TP was 1238.3±57.6 km3 yr−1. The estimated ETa product presented in this study is useful for an improved understanding of changes in energy and water cycle on the TP. The dataset is freely available at the Science Data Bank (https://doi.org/10.11922/sciencedb.t00000.00010; Han et al., 2020b) and at the National Tibetan Plateau Data Center (https://doi.org/10.11888/Hydro.tpdc.270995, Han et al., 2020a).
Climate-model-informed deep learning of global soil moisture distribution
Authors: Klingmüller Klaus , Lelieveld Jos
Published: July 2021

Abstract. We present a deep neural network (DNN) that produces accurate predictions of observed surface soil moisture, applying meteorological data from a
climate model. The network was trained on daily satellite retrievals of soil moisture from the European Space Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative
(CCI). The predictors precipitation, temperature and humidity were simulated with the ECHAM/MESSy atmospheric chemistry–climate model (EMAC). Our
evaluation shows that predictions of the trained DNN are highly correlated with the observations, both spatially and temporally, and free of
bias. This offers an alternative for parameterisation schemes in climate models, especially in simulations that use but may not focus on soil
moisture, which we illustrate with the threshold wind speed for mineral dust emissions. Moreover, the DNN can provide proxies for missing values in
satellite observations to produce realistic, comprehensive and high-resolution global datasets. As the approach presented here could be similarly used
for other variables and observations, the study is a proof of concept for basic but expedient machine learning techniques in climate modelling,
which may motivate additional applications.
Attribution of the role of climate change in the forest fires in Sweden 2018
Authors: Krikken Folmer , Lehner Flavio , Haustein Karsten , Drobyshev Igor , van Oldenborgh Geert Jan
Published: July 2021

Abstract. In this study, we analyse the role of climate change in the forest
fires that raged through large parts of Sweden in the summer of 2018 from a
meteorological perspective. This is done by studying the Canadian Fire
Weather Index (FWI) based on sub-daily data, both in reanalysis data sets
(ERA-Interim, ERA5, the Japanese 55 year Reanalysis, JRA-55, and Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications version 2, MERRA-2) and three large-ensemble climate
models (EC-Earth, weather@home, W@H, and Community Earth System Model, CESM) simulations. The FWI, based on reanalysis, correlates well with the observed burnt area in summer (r=0.6 to 0.8). We find that the maximum FWI in July 2018 had return times of ∼24 years (90 % CI, confidence interval, > 10 years) for southern and northern Sweden. Furthermore, we find a negative trend of the FWI for southern Sweden over the 1979 to 2017 time period in the reanalyses, yielding a non-significant reduced probability of such an event. However, the short observational record, large uncertainty between the reanalysis products and large natural variability of the FWI give a large confidence interval around this number that easily includes no change, so we cannot draw robust conclusions from reanalysis data. The three large-ensembles with climate models point to a roughly 1.1 (0.9 to 1.4) times increased probability (non-significant) for such events in the current climate relative to preindustrial climate. For a future climate (2 ∘C warming), we find a roughly 2 (1.5 to 3) times increased probability for such events relative to the preindustrial climate. The increased fire weather risk is mainly attributed to the increase in
temperature. The other main factor, i.e. precipitation during summer months, is
projected to increase for northern Sweden and decrease for southern Sweden. We, however, do not find a clear change in prolonged dry periods in summer months that could explain the increased fire weather risk in the climate models. In summary, we find a (non-significant) reduced probability of such events
based on reanalyses, a small (non-significant) increased probability due to global warming up to now and a more robust (significant) increase in the risk for such events in the future based on the climate models.
Nonlinear turnover rates of soil carbon following cultivation of native grasslands and subsequent afforestation of croplands
Authors: Hernandez-Ramirez Guillermo , Sauer Thomas J. , Chendev Yury G. , Gennadiev Alexander N.
Published: July 2021

Abstract. Land use conversions can strongly impact soil organic matter (SOM) storage,
which creates paramount opportunities for sequestering atmospheric carbon
into the soil. It is known that land uses such as annual cropping and
afforestation can decrease and increase SOM, respectively; however, the
rates of these changes over time remain elusive. This study focused on
extracting the kinetics (k) of turnover rates that describe these long-term
changes in soil C storage and also quantifying the sources of soil C. We
used topsoil organic carbon density and δ13C isotopic
composition data from multiple chronosequences and paired sites in Russia
and United States. Reconstruction of soil C storage trajectory over 250 years following conversion from native grassland to continual annual
cropland revealed a C depletion rate of 0.010 yr−1 (first-order k
rate constant), which translates into a mean residence time (MRT) of 100
years (R2≥0.90). Conversely, soil C accretion was observed over
70 years following afforestation of annual croplands at a much faster k rate
of 0.055 yr−1. The corresponding MRT was only 18 years (R2=0.997) after a lag phase of 5 years. Over these 23 years of afforestation,
trees contributed 14 Mg C ha−1 to soil C accrual in the 0 to 15 cm
depth increment. This tree-C contribution reached 22 Mg C ha−1 at 70 years after tree planting. Over these 70 years of afforestation, the
proportion of tree C to whole-soil C increased to reach a sizable 79 %.
Furthermore, assuming steady state of soil C in the adjacent croplands, we
also estimated that 45 % of the prairie C existent at the time of tree
planting was still present in the afforested soils 70 years later. As
an intrinsic property of k modeling, the derived turnover rates that represent soil C
changes over time are nonlinear. Soil C changes were much more dynamic
during the first decades following a land use conversion than afterwards
when the new land use system approached equilibrium. Collectively, results
substantiated that C sequestration in afforested lands is a suitable means
to proactively mitigate escalating climate change within a typical person's
lifetime, as indicated by MRTs of a few decades.
Brief communication: Thwaites Glacier cavity evolution
Authors: Bevan Suzanne L. , Luckman Adrian J. , Benn Douglas I. , Adusumilli Susheel , Crawford Anna
Published: July 2021

Abstract. Between 2014 and 2017, ocean melt eroded a large cavity beneath and along the
western margin of the fast-flowing core of Thwaites Glacier. Here we show that
from 2017 to the end of 2020 the cavity persisted but did not expand. This
behaviour, of melt concentrated at the grounding line within confined
sub-shelf cavities, fits with prior observations and modelling studies. We
also show that acceleration and thinning of Thwaites Glacier grounded ice
continued, with an increase in speed of 400 m a−1 and a thinning
rate of at least 1.5 m a−1, between 2012 and 2020.
Impact of climate change on wintertime European atmospheric blocking
Authors: Bacer Sara , Jomaa Fatima , Beaumet Julien , Gallée Hubert , Le Bouëdec Enzo , Ménégoz Martin , Staquet Chantal
Published: July 2021

Abstract. We study the impact of climate change on wintertime atmospheric blocking over Europe focusing on the frequency, duration, and extension of blocking events. These events are identified via the weather type decomposition (WTD) methodology applied on the output of climate models of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6 (CMIP6). Historical simulations as well as two future scenarios, SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5, are considered. The models are evaluated against the reanalysis and only a subset of climate models, which better represent the blocking weather regime in the recent-past climate, is considered for the analysis. We find that frequency and duration of blocking events remain relatively stationary over the 21st century. In order to quantify the extension of blocking events, we define a new methodology which relies on the WTD to identify blocking events. We show that the results are in agreement with previous studies that define blocking events with blocking indexes. We find that blocking extension will increase, especially in the worst-case scenario, due to a pressure increase driven by a thermodynamical warming during blocking events rather than atmospheric circulation changes.
El banano, signo de la duración. Patrón, variación y extensión de un fruto
Authors: Henao Simón , Delgado Alba L.
Published: July 2021

In this paper we propose to study the banana by problematizing the exoticism, mythification, fetishization and scientism of the colonial view. To do this, we approach the work Musa paradisiaca, a video installation by the artist José Alejandro Restrepo, and the dialogue that it holds with the text “Volver a comer del árbol de la ciencia” by Juan Cárdenas. Our main hypothesis is that in the articulation of these works the image of the banana becomes a sign of duration. As an expression of multiplicities, contradictions and heterogeneities of times, the duration is expressed in the modes of presence of a pattern (which in the case of our study is the banana) that is detached from the merely common and static and expresses a multiple, contradictory and heterogeneous presence that configures variations displayed in the extension of time. The inscription of banana as a pattern entails a departure from context, a search for the gaps where the disorder of the dominant and the norm occurs, that is, a variation.
Embodiment and the Animal in Guadalupe Nettel’s El matrimonio de los peces rojos
Authors: Wentworth Isabelle
Published: July 2021

This article explores an interaction between posthumanist and cognitive discourses through the work of award winning Mexican author, Guadalupe Nettel. I focus on her 2014 anthology, Natural Histories, rereading the central motif of the narrative, that animals ‘are like a mirror that reflects submerged emotions or behaviours that we don’t dare to see’ (Nettel, 9). This ‘reflection’ is not simply the image of the human reflected off the opaque surface of the animal, but rather the humans themselves act as a mirror, simulating the behaviour of the animals with which they cohabit. This can be read as a literary representation of a neurophysiological phenomenon — embodied simulation, an internal mimicry, either perceptible or imperceptible, performed when watching others completing certain tasks, movements or expressions (Gazzola et al. 2007; Uithol et al. 2011; Iacoboni 2009). In particular, the first story, ‘El matrimonio de los peces rojos’, depicts a profound human-nonhuman embodied resonance that moves between linguistic, narratological and characterological levels. A cognitive critical approach to the mirroring between animals and humans in the stories reveals the particular intersection between new paradigms in cognitive science, animal studies, and posthumanism that the anthology develops, each of its narratives intertwining mind, body and nonhuman other in a non-hierarchical network.
Las instancias narrativas en El Lazarillo De Ciegos Caminantes: Alonso Carrió de la Vandera, alias Concolorcorvo
Authors: Forace Virginia Paola
Published: July 2021

In 1771 and 1772 Alonso Carrió de la Vandera (1715?-1783) made an extensive trip to describe and evaluate the path of posts between Buenos Aires and Lima. His multifaceted journey was narrated in detail in El lazarillo de ciegos caminantes, a text that presents a scriptural awareness and an unusual plot development for its context. In this article we will deal in particular with the construction of an apocryphal author, Don Calixto Bustamante Carlos Inca, alias Concolorcorvo, to reflect on the problem of the attribution of the speeches and the proper name, and the condition of existence of the subject who signs and of the empirical author, since we affirm that Carrió de la Vandera becomes a paper being by entering the fictions he erects and interrelating on the same diegetic level with his creations.
Esa soy yo: un recorrido por la intimidad en Teoría de la gravedad de Leila Guerriero
Authors: Perez Berazadi Candelaria
Published: July 2021

Contrary to the 19th century’s modernist chronicles – such as Ruben Darios's or José Martí's– in which the “self” of the subject was defended (Rotker, 1992), in Leila Guerriero's narrative journalism, the subjectivity is expressed by the ways of telling chosen by her; i.e., in each process that form her writing practice, more than what is grammatically expressed. In Teoría de la gravedad (2018), the speech is codified through a particularly poetic use of the language. In these self-referential–chronicles (or profile-short story), the author recalls her childhood, her youth and her writing days from a perspective that intends to question her own privacy, through a precise dynamic of “looking” and “telling”. She represents herself in the narrative space as a limit-subject (at times, blurred) between a subjective interior and a tellable exterior, with the final purpose of finding another writing-place that can shelter her in the process of becoming more than in that of being.
Sensible/visible: les hijes de detenides desaparecides en Hasta que mueras, de Raquel Robles (2019) y Yo la quise (2020), de Josefina Giglio
Authors: Pino Mirian
Published: July 2021

The literature of the children of forced disappeared victims, including that of Raquel Robles and Josefina Giglio, who went through the traumatic experience of the last Argentine civic-military ecclesial business dictatorship in 1976, has been the subject of multiple approaches by vernacular critics (Reati, Domínguez, Basile), or foreign (García Díaz, Bolte, Gatti, et al). In this study, I name the group as lowercase in order to displace the institutional character that, although important, can reduce the perspective that I am trying to display. This perspective focuses on questioning what the writing of children of the disappeared contributes in terms of complexity to literary studies within the framework of memory-literature articulation. Thus, I notice an accumulation of writings, whether in the multiple arc of narrative or poetry, where the assumption of the voice that enunciates, in some cases, works the experience in the first person from styles already registered in literature, although the experiences of the authors enhance writings that are difficult to place in literary trends. As if literature were to make visible the very tension that its politicity implies from the narrative voices with one foot in the lived experience and the other in the creative laboratory; It is also necessary to point out that this experience places state politics as the central node since it reconfigured the life not only of the authors but of all society, in this case Argentina. In the selected novels we are faced with what Jacques Rancière (2015, 2011) understands as a principle of action, from which neither literature nor readers can be far from a new ethos. From this it is possible to connect with certain experiences that emerge in this case from both novels and that affect our perception of reality and history. Argentine literature, born in the very bosom of the nation-state, is not the same after the sons once they intervened in the street in the second half of the 90s of the last century to demand justice, they speak in the new millennium and write experiences that affect us all, and that reshape the ways of thinking politics, literature and history.
¿Tiene género la escritura?
Authors: Espinosa Hernández Patricia
Published: July 2021

In 1993, cultural critic Nelly Richards published a polemic article called “Does Writing Have a Sex?”. From this text I aim, on the one hand, to discuss the question that gives her article a name by stating that no, writing does not have a sex; it has a gender. On the other hand, I am interested in addressing Richards’ non-separatist perspective, which refers to the consideration of female writing as counter-hegemonic, a fact shared with male writings. For Richards, being male is not decisive in the appraisal of writing. Moreover, she points out that feminism is at risk of becoming a ghetto if it does not include writing from counter-hegemonic males.  From my vision, while it is true that there are different counter-hegemonic writings, it is not possible to de-gender writing; much less to put female and male writings in the same territory, whether they are heterosexual or homosexual, and even less, to catalogue their productions under “female writing”.
En estado de resistencia: la reciente narrativa hispanoamericana de mujeres
Authors: Amaro Lorena
Published: July 2021

The world is living times of social and political unrest and the feminist demands have gained strength and vigour in different spheres of life, including the literary and cultural world. This article echoes this moment and explores the female authorial constructions, from concepts as communalism (according to the ideas of Cristina Rivera Garza), sisterhood and genealogy. To that end, the article gathers some proposals from the anthologiesTsunami —name under which the publishing house Sexto Piso published in México (2018 and 2020) and then in Spain (2019) the three compilations— and Avisa cuando llegues (2018), Chilean anthology that compiles writings related to the proliferation of women on the public space.
Europe in Front of its Colonial Past. The Question of Historiography
Authors: Milioni Anna
Published: July 2021

This paper employs Paul Ricœur’s insights to examine how European states should approach their colonial past. First, I explore the significance of historical knowledge for people from formerly colonized countries through the views of several anti-colonial thinkers. Then, referring to Ricoeur’s analyses in History and Truth, Time and Narrative and Memory, History, Forgetting, I examine the grounds and the legitimacy, of a historiography of colonization. I argue that European states should make the history of colonization part of their school curricula, as an expression of Europeans’ debt to the victims of the colonial past, and as a way to prevent the repetition of the colonial crimes.
Non-Europeans and their Presence to History. Universality, Modernity and Decolonization in Ricœur’s Political Philosophy
Authors: Achenbach Alina
Published: July 2021

This article reconsiders Paul Ricœur’s political philosophical writings on the task of decolonization and European responsibility in light of a horizon of intercultural dialogue. Departing from the exchange between Ricœur and his former student Enrique Dussel, it discusses the Ricœurian critique of modernity. After giving some background on Ricœur’s reflections on decolonization, it will clarify what Ricœur calls the “crisis of the concrete universal in the thinking and in the historical experience of Western Europe,” and what role cultural difference has in this crisis. Considering Ricœur’s explicitly European perspective, this will lead us to a critical discussion on the envisioned possibility of a world-historical subject. Finally, I will discuss the role of European self-reflection in relation to a horizon of intercultural dialogue and narration from a post-/decolonial perspective.
La question coloniale
Authors: Ricœur Paul
Published: July 2021

In this anti-colonial treatise, Ricœur reflects on the responsibility of every French citizen and of the French state with respect to colonialism. He establishes five principles that should guide his readers in their reflection on this issue and expresses his support for the independence of the colonies.
Un maître inoubliable: Paul Ricœur
Authors: Hountondji Paulin J.
Published: July 2021

In this autobiographical essay, introduced by Ernst Wolff, Paulin Hountonji gives an account of his relation to Paul Ricœur. A sketch of his own academic development and his experience of the Parisian philosophy milieu in the 1960s serves as background for his chosing Ricœur as his doctoral supervisor. The essay makes plain the proximities between Hountondji and Ricœur (especially the study of Husserl), but identifies also occasional and missed encounters.
Um mestre inesquecível: Paul Ricœur
Authors: Hountondji Paulin J.
Published: July 2021

In this autobiographical essay, introduced by Ernst Wolff, Paulin Hountonji gives an account of his relation to Paul Ricœur. A sketch of his own academic development and his experience of the Parisian philosophy milieu in the 1960s serves as background for his chosing Ricœur as his doctoral supervisor. The essay makes plain the proximities between Hountondji and Ricœur (especially the study of Husserl), but identifies also occasional and missed encounters.
Distribution of causes and treatments of dysphagia at dysphasia/dysphagia rehabilitation clinic of Showa University Dental Hospital
Authors:   Department of Hygiene & Oral Health, Showa University School of Dentistry, Tamura Fumiyo , Ayano Rika , Haishima Hiroyuki , Ishida Ryo , Mizukami Miki , Mukai Yoshiharu
Published: July 2021

The purpose of this study was to investigate the distribution of causes of dysphagia and the types of treatments being provided at the Dysphasia/Dysphagia Rehabilitation Clinic of Showa University Dental Hospital. The subjects included 173 dysphagic patients. Fifty-three percent of patients ranged 0-12 age, and 24% of them were over 60 years old. The survey results showed that diseases of the central nervous system, such as cerebral palsy (CP), was a major diagnosis in young patients, and cerebrovascular accident (CVA) was a predominant cause in adult and elderly patients. Diagnosis distribution showed that swallowing dysfunction was the most frequent diagnosis for patients on their first visit when compared to other feeding dysfunctions including malfunction of lips, tongue, and mastication. Almost 40 % of patients still continue to have rehabilitation for their dysphagic symptoms at the end of March 2002. This suggests that dysphagia rehabilitation is needed for a long time for many disabled individuals.
The white lady of mourning: glamour, power and a woman’s understanding
Authors: Eliot Matt
Published: July 2021

Rhetoric can serve as a useful tool in the creative writing process, providing insights into

the construction of cultural meanings. Using the tools of visual rhetoric, this article

explores one Australian funeral company’s use of marketing images that consciously

subvert the traditionally gendered depiction of funerals and mourning. The author

analysed the company logo and 14 banner images found on the marketing pages of the

White Lady Funerals website. Findings from the analysis reveal a new and potent

construction of the role of women in the mourning process which both reinforces

traditional elements of female visual presentation while actively subverting the dominant

symbols of women as passive and prostrate victims of mourning. Equally important, the

analysis for this paper serves as a useful tool for the creative writing process.
Taming the Hobyahs: Adapting and re-visioning a British tale in Australian literature and film.
Authors: De Stefani Michelle
Published: July 2021

Since its first collection and publication in 1891, the gothic fairy tale ‘The Hobyahs’

has inspired various incarnations in Australian literature and film. This paper explores

the trajectory of ‘The Hobyahs’ from its proposed Scottish ori-genesis and adaptation

within the context of Victorian (Australian) primary school education, to its revisioning in Australian director Ann Turner’s debut film Celia (1988). In so doing, the

paper raises questions about what was misplaced, or lost, as this British tale evolved

within Australia’s changing historical contexts and argues that re-visions of the tale

made possible through the process of filmic re-contextualisation engaged more

authentically with its original gendered undercurrents. Examining the evolution of ’The

Hobyahs’ from print to film also expands upon previous scholarship that has

acknowledged the tale’s distinct Australianness and suggests a broader contention

regarding the cyclical nature of Australia’s relationship to British fairy-tale traditions:

that re-visions have the potential to destabilise earlier twentieth-century Australian

adaptations and, in the process, critique the notion of Australian fairy-tale formation

itself.
Fairies in the bush: The emergence of a national identity in Australian fairy tales
Authors: Kellock Floyd Robyn
Published: July 2021

The outpouring of national sentiment as the colonies moved towards Federation

heralded a quest for the ‘Australianising’ of children’s books: fairy tales were no

exception. European fairy folk were placed in, or perhaps transported to, bush settings

as authors re-imagined the ways in which the emigrant old-world creatures could claim

a place in the Australian environment. This paper explores efforts of the early writers

to locate an Australian fairyland in the ‘bush’ and contribute to the transmission of

national identity.
Evaluation of nutritional status using bioelectrical impedance analysis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Authors: Kim Seung Hyuk , Kim You Sun , Lee Si Hyeong , Lee Hyun Mi , Yoon Won Eui , Kim Seo Hyun , Myung Hee Jun , Moon Jeong Seop
Published: July 2021

Background/Aims: Nutritional status influences quality of life among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), although there is no clear method to evaluate nutritional status in this setting. Therefore, this study examined whether bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) could be used to evaluate the nutritional status of patients with IBD. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from 139 Korean patients with IBD who were treated between November 2018 and November 2019. Patients were categorized as having active or inactive IBD based on the Harvey-Bradshaw index (a score of ≥5 indicates active Crohn’s disease) and the partial Mayo scoring index (a score of ≥2 indicates active ulcerative colitis). BIA results and serum nutritional markers were analyzed according to disease activity. Results: The mean patient age was 45.11±17.71 years. The study included 47 patients with ulcerative colitis and 92 patients with Crohn’s disease. Relative to the group with active disease (n=72), the group with inactive disease (n=67) had significantly higher values for hemoglobin (P<0.001), total protein (P<0.001), and albumin (P<0.001). Furthermore, the group with inactive disease had higher BIA values for body moisture (P=0.047), muscle mass (P=0.046), skeletal muscle mass (P=0.042), body mass index (P=0.027), and mineral content (P=0.034). Moreover, the serum nutritional markers were positively correlated with the BIA results. Conclusions: Nutritional markers evaluated using BIA were correlated with serum nutritional markers and inversely correlated with disease activity. Therefore, we suggest that BIA may be a useful tool that can help existing nutritional tests monitor the nutritional status of IBD patients.
Źródła do kasaty klasztorów w 1864 roku w zasobie Archiwum Głównego Akt Dawnych
Authors: Kośka Małgorzata
Published: July 2021

Kasata klasztorów w Królestwie Polskim przeprowadzona na podstawie ukazu carskiego z 27 października (8 listopada) 1864 r. spowodowała zamknięcie 190 klasztorów. Wytworzona wówczas dokumentacja, związana z zapewnieniem dalszego bytu zakonników i zakonnic, zagospodarowaniem zabudowań i wyposażenia poklasztornego, księgozbiorów i innego przejętego majątku, po zakoń-czeniu czynności trafiła do archiwów terenowych oraz stołecznych Archiwum Skarbowego i Archiwum Akt Dawnych.Ocalałe z II wojny światowej szczątki akt z archiwów warszawskich wraz z materiałami rewindykowanymi w latach 60. XX w. z ówczesnego Związku Radzieckiego znajdują się obecnie w Archiwum Głównym Akt Dawnych. Są przechowywane w zespołach: Centralne Władze Wyznaniowe Królestwa Polskiego, Komisja Woje-wództwa Kaliskiego – Rząd Gubernialny Warszawski, Komisja Województwa Mazowieckiego – Rząd Gubernialny Warszawski, Sekretariat Stanu Królestwa Polskiego, Komitet Urządzający w Królestwie Polskim, Zarząd Generał-Policmajstra w Królestwie Polskim, Namiestnik i Głównodowodzący Wojskiem w Królestwie Polskim, Zarządy naczelników Wojskowych w Królestwie Polskim i Zbiór Kartograficzny Archiwum Głównego Akt Dawnych.
Inwentarz archiwum klasztoru Kapucynów w Krośnie
Authors: Marecki Józef
Published: July 2021

Archiwum klasztorów kapucynów w Krośnie swoimi początkami sięga XVIII w. Narastający ciągle zasób archiwalny, podzielony na 12 grup, w początkach XXI wieku sięgał 128 jednostek archiwalnych. Jest to archiwum otwarte, w którym znajdują się materiały związane z życiem zakonnym kapucynów, ich działalnością duszpasterską, charytatywną, społeczną i kulturalną oraz dokumentacja obejmująca działalność osób pośrednio związanych z konwentem. Część zasobu obejmuje sprawy majątkowe i remontowo budowlane. Inwentarz został sporządzony zgodnie z normami w polskiej archiwistyce kościelnej.
Pobożność polityka motywowana - o działalności księcia krakowskiego i sandomierskiego Bolesława V Wstydliwego wobec klasztorów
Authors: Maciaszek Karolina
Published: July 2021

Celem artykułu jest omówienie specyfiki działalności księcia krakowskiego i sandomierskiego Bolesława V Wstydliwego wobec klasztorów. Wspomnianemu władcy nie można odmówić hojności wobec Kościoła. Nie można jednak nie spostrzec, że owa hojność – zwłaszcza wobec klasztorów założonych przez najbardziej potężne rody – była pochodną sytuacji politycznej i aktualnej pozycji owych rodów w elicie władzy. Ilość przywilejów dla „rodowych” konwentów była wprost proporcjonalna do znaczenia ich założycieli w państwie Bolesława. Działal-ność donacyjna księcia stała się narzędziem politycznym. Należy zwrócić uwagę, że zmniejszenia ilości wystawianych przywilejów nie doświadczyły fundacje rodów mało znaczących w XIII w., czy fundacje monarsze.
Działalność Bodzanty z Kosowic herbu Szeliga na stanowisku arcybiskupa gnieźnieńskiego
Authors: Hankus Michał Jerzy
Published: July 2021

Bodzanta z Kosowic herbu Szeliga wzbudza wśród historyków bardzo skrajne opinie – od wytrawnego gracza politycznego i dobrego administratora do człowieka nieporadnego o chwiejnych poglądach politycznych. Artykuł obejmuje okres od momentu nominacji Bodzanty na stanowisko arcybiskupa do jego śmierci. Głównym założeniem tekstu jest podważenie opinii Janka z Czarnkowa o Bodzancie – człowieku szkodzącemu polskiemu Kościołowi. Dotychczasowy stan badań na temat arcybiskupa ogranicza się do skrupulatnego opracowania jego działań politycznych podczas wojny domowej w Wielkopolsce. W artykule przede wszystkim kładę nacisk na działalność prawno-gospodarczą arcybiskupa, która miała miejsce po zakończeniu narracji Kroniki Jana z Czarnkowa. Szczególnie wartościowa jest analiza pomijanego do tej pory dokumentu dotyczącego konfliktu Bodzanty i Władysława Opolczyka z roku 1387 oraz opracowanie działalności prawno-gospodarczej arcybiskupa.
CHINA – PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PAKISTAN
Authors: Amna Ali, Prof. Dr. Samar Sultana
Published: July 2021

One of the most highlighted projects of this decade is China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), between China and Pakistan this project leads its Uniqueness because both countries are different in account of social and political aspects. Despite of this Difference this paper explains about the challenges and opportunities for both countries through CPEC and also explains Pakistan’s explicit issues. Both countries facing different challenges but if Pakistan wants to have equal opportunities from CPEC so it is necessary to work on some explicit issues, initially we need skilled labor, highly qualified engineer, quality education from root to top, correct political concern also evolve for future, so we can take over all important project from chines, and avail all the coastal areas of Baluchistan, it is crucial favor for Pakistan to provides equal educational opportunity for Baluchistan people. Moreover, formulate long term policy of eliminating poverty on the other hand equal distribution of national wealth and atelic group of Pakistan, work for restoration confident of urban Sindh and Baluchistan people.
REVIEW OF "THE CHINA-PAKISTAN AXIS: ASIA’S NEW GEOPOLITICS"
Authors: Dr. Omme Asma, Dr. Syed Wasimuddin
Published: July 2021

This publication of Andrew Small is a brief however noteworthy record of a relationship amongst Islamic Republic of Pakistan and People’s Republic of China and their geopolitical proposition in the district. Small is an English creator and now works at the German Marshall Fund with the Asia program in the USA. He likewise contributed in a couple of daily papers and magazines. Essentially, the book watched out for two liberal subjects. To begin with, it looks to benefit from the states of relations amongst China and Pakistan between the cool war and 2015, and furthermore, it breaks down the geopolitics of South Asia on relations amongst China and Pakistan.
THE ROLE OF EDUCATION SECTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MALAYSIA
Authors: Dr. Maroof Bin Rauf, Ms. Rizwana Jabeen
Published: July 2021

Education system was the first system which was amended by the Malaysian society soon after the independence for the purpose of building a strong ideological nation. The most initial but an important change they made was by changing the medium of education from English to local language to cultivate their youth on their cultural and ideological values. In this article, I would like to highlight the changes that are starting from schools and then developed in all aspects of life today, turning Malaysia into a developed country and later into a technology-based economy in a decade. The research emphasizes on the development process and the application of a dialect schooling strategy in Malaysia.
NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION AND ROGUE STATES: CONCERNS, REALITIES AND FUTURE THREATS
Authors: Dr. Rani Erum
Published: July 2021

Proliferation of Nuclear technology is accepted as a grave threat to the world. However, after the initial use of this lethal weapon at the end of World War II, the technology and techniques were transferred from secret government programs and by private organizations in various fields. Such transformation has been amplified by the privatization of civil nuclear energy projects, as well as other established industries in such way that at the time of need they can use the technology in making of nuclear weapons. Thus, this advancement of nuclear weapons program, material, technology and expertise are not only accessible for purchase from nongovernmental institutions but it has also increased the threat of its misuse by non-state actors. This study examines not only reasons of military nuclearization adopted by powers that be and their regional rivals but also provide comprehensive analysis of relating threats of acquiring this devastating technology by Rogue states and non-states actors and possible future perils faced by the world due to misuse.
SYRIAN CIVIL WAR: A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
Authors: DR. RANI ERUM
Published: July 2021

The Syrian crisis is one of the most extensive issue of Middle East. The enduring fight among Baathist regime and factions of rebellion groups created a humanitarian dilemma in the country. Since 2011 the people of Syria are in complete despair, every dawn increases the intensity of their misery. The high amount of civilian deaths and destruction of infrastructure turned the country in to complete turmoil. Every day thousands of Syrian entre in Greece and Turkey for refuge and security, many among them died during this process which regularly shows on television screens but regional and internal actors are looking completely disable to do any significant effort to settle the conflicts among opponents of crisis. Therefore, the peace prospects are not very hopeful because the ongoing clashes frequently sabotage every effort between the combatants. This study design to discuss the reasons, consequences and effects of civil war on Syrians and enlightened the direct and indirect role of regional and Western powers in the past seven years.
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND PAKISTAN IN THE CONTEXT OF OBOR
Authors: Azra Firdous
Published: July 2021

This article relates to the Chinese multidimensional One Belt One Road Initiative (OBOR). One of the aspects of our research is the manifestation of cultural social relations between China and Pakistan. We have tried to prove that there is every likelihood that cultural onslaught of Chinese society will clash in the long run with the traditional Islamic society of Pakistan. CPEC has an economic potential. China's intention is to expand its dominance in the region, where as Pakistan will be in a position to move forward from its stagnant economy. We cannot forget the results of intermingling of socio-cultural norms, values and traditions. It may change the rules of the game. Under the canopy of euphoria, identity must not be forgotten. There is no doubt that regional connectivity would ultimately bring regional prosperity but there are serious socio culture impediments
Aspects, Impediments and Prospects of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Authors: Anila Sultana, Qaiser Sharif
Published: July 2021

Combined with common features such as historical context, geographical proximity, common characteristics of social and political values, the amount of material and human resources inspired the recognition of the South Asian block known as SAARC (South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation). The SAARC sanction plots alluring objectives and goals that are intended to advance nearer trade, economic, cultural, and social relations in South Asia. The association has passed a few goals and archives to seek after these destinations. This regional alliance has a great deal of potential for advancing trade, economic relations, education, travel industry, health care, women empowerment, terrorism, human development, communication, and agriculture development. The key concept behind this co-operational of regional partners was the extension of commercial, political, and social collaboration, a shared understanding of the region's tacit use, and persistence in countering threats