bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Madness and Revenge: Gendered False Consciousness in the Golden Age Crime Novel
Authors: Walton Samantha
Published: February 2023

Elaine Showalter has objected to what she sees as a tendency in Cixous's writing to reflect on hysteria as a subversive and even empowering 'act' in the confrontation of patriarchy. To Showalter, the self-destructiveness and further loss of autonomy suffered by female hysterics make it practically and ethically untenable as a form of protest: “[…] hysteria was at best a private, ineffectual response to the frustrations of women's lives. Its immediate gratifications – the sympathy of the family, the attention of the physician – were slight in relation to its costs in powerlessness and silence” (161). Taking this dissonance in feminist thought as our starting point, this essay will examine representations of madness in three golden age mystery novels by female authors – Christianna Brand's Green for Danger (1945), Gladys Mitchell's Laurels Are Poison (1947),and Dorothy L. Sayers' Gaudy Night (1935). In this account, 'madness' will not be taken to have a consistent or scientific meaning. While each text is steeped in Freud, only Brand and Mitchell use psychoanalytic terminology to diagnose their murderess's motivations. Madness can signify irrationality, unconventionality, a delusional state of mind or severe emotional imbalance. Taking these various meanings into account, this paper will assess whether madness is used as a potent metaphor for acts of resistance and negation, and whether it costs female characters in powerlessness and silence. Specifically, this paper will consider acts of revenge carried out by each novel's female antagonist because, like madness, revenge can be considered an empowered, highly insurgent act. While to Showalter madness is always a constrained form of protest, this essay will ask, can the same be said of revenge?
The Sacred Dragon in the Woods: on Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem
Authors: Boll Julia
Published: February 2023

This article will trace how Jez Butterworht's play Jerusalem (2009) portrays, in Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron, the figure of what Giorgio Agamben calls the homo sacer, the bare life, as a character that encapsulates both the scapegoat and the monster, and on which the dreams and the fears of the community equally settle (Agamben, passim). His liminal state of being signifies the watershed between accepted and unaccepted, desired and undesired, and ultimately between disenfranchised and free. In this way, the play is revealed as a depiction not only of the state of England, but of how contemporary societies treat their outcasts.
Angels of Punishment and the Sword of God: Symbols of Justice or Tyranny?
Authors: Paterson-Morgan Emily
Published: February 2023

It is the inherent ambiguity of the imagery in Genesis 3.24 and Matthew 10.34 that provides the focus of this article, addressing the theme of Sacred and Sacrilegious by investigating how these biblical passages were used to express negative apprehensions of God and Christianity. The poets Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Thomas Love Peacock, along with the artist J.M.W. Turner, take the sacred images of the Sword of God and the avenging angel, literal representations of the Glory of God, and reinterpret them in a sacrilegious manner.
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue: Aspects of Interdisciplinary Knowledge Transfer from a Translation Studies Perspective
Authors: Götz Mara
Published: February 2023

This article sets out to investigate points of contact and pathways of interdisciplinary knowledge diffusion from a translation studies point of view. For this purpose, notions of innovation, memes, aspects of idea transmission, sociological network theories, and diffusion of knowledge in networks are discussed against the backdrop of network studies theories from the discipline of sociology.
“Trust me, I’m telling you my life story”: Queer Return in the memoirs of Jeanette Winterson and Jackie Kay
Authors: Pollard Eileen
Published: February 2023

This essay will consider the notion of ‘queer return’ through examining the experience of adoption in Jeanette Winterson’s Why be happy when you could be normal (2011) and Jackie Kay’s Red Dust Road (2010). I will use definitions of Derrida’s ‘eccentricity’ to expand the remit of the word queer.
Molly Bloom and the Comedy of Remarriage
Authors: Raghinaru Camelia
Published: February 2023

Drawing upon Stanley Cavell’s concept of the comedy of remarriage and Alain Badiou’s event theory, this essay argues that, in James Joyce’s Ulysses, Molly Bloom’s love-event is necessarily missed the first time, but it is reasserted in a final repetition, after the initial misrecognition of infidelity.
The Archontic Holmes: Understanding adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in the context of Jacques Derrida's “Archive”
Authors: Black Suzanne R.
Published: February 2023

A consideration of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories and their subsequent adaptations reveals a complex web of interdependency, which is in keeping with Jacques Derrida's concept of the archive, and can be extended to describe the functions and relations of all texts, not just those that claim explicit inter-relations.
I am a Cliché
Authors: Williams Alexander
Published: February 2023

I am a writer. Being comfortable saying this is taking me a long time. While I wait for that day to arrive I revisit some of my old work. I find it full of clichés and feel embarrassed by its naivety and simplicity. This is the story of my development as a writer. This is the story of my increasing ambivalence towards academic writing.
On The Threshold of New Materialist Studies
Authors: Tuin Iris Van der
Published: February 2023

This article answers a question addressed to the author during the selection procedure for a research network: if we were to be awarded funding, would we also work toward formulating (under)graduate degrees in new materialist studies? The article engages with this issue of Forum to provide an original impetus for preliminary thoughts on the institutionalisation of new materialist studies as a platform for academic research and scholarly degrees.
Review of Ann Murray, ed. Germanistik in Ireland, Interrogating Normalcy
Authors: Robinson-Self Lizzy
Published: February 2023

Germanistik in Ireland, Interrogating Normalcy, edited by Ann Murray, is a rich and diverse collection of essays from postgraduate students within German Studies. The papers’ literary and historical subjects span three centuries and provide a helpful, wide-ranging insight into current postgraduate research in the field.
Notes on Metallic Affect: Metallurgy and New Materialism
Authors: Cline Alex Casper
Published: February 2023

This paper follows Theodore Wertime, twentieth century historian of metallurgy, spy turned survivalist. Wertime's fascination with metallurgy is related to the Smith in Deleuze and Guattari and the mythical Alchemist of Mircea Eliade's work; also explored are notions of the Cyborg and of Geotrauma. Wertime's work presages a conception of the anthropocene and presumes fatal entanglement between humans and the tools they use.
The Material Poetics of Fabien Bürgy: Reflections on Spikes
Authors: Morais Renata Lemos
Published: February 2023

Fabien Bürgy’s work creates interstitions in which the virtual becomes indistinguishable from the real, and the real becomes impregnated with the virtual. Spikes is a sculpture-installation that exists in a threshold in which matter becomes digital and the digital becomes matter. This review addresses the many conceptual layers particular to this artwork, and wishes to preserve the aura of inscrutability that belongs to its poetics.
"Being Alive is a Crock of Shit" - Kurt Vonnegut's Kind Pessimism
Authors: Hicks Andrew
Published: February 2023

Kurt Vonnegut, long considered one of the arch-misanthropes of the American literary canon, can more accurately be said to have only fallen into genuine cynicism at the very end of his life. Before this final despair, however, Vonnegut was a trenchant critic of a variety of aspects of American culture. In The Sirens of Titan (1959) and Slapstick (1976), Vonnegut respectively satirises the self-made myth of the American Dream and tackles the issue of modern loneliness. In both novels, he proposes far more modest but perhaps more achievable and compassionate goals than those promised by American convention, goals that only appear pessimistically limited in light of unrealistic or unfulfilled ideals.
Following Fashion: Sharing the Private in Public
Authors: Richards Harriette R
Published: February 2023

This article presents an exploration of the division, or lack of division, between the private and the public in relation to online fashion personalities. In the contemporary fashion world, where technology prevails, any girl-next-door can become a recognised fashion ‘personality’, seemingly qualified to present her private thoughts to a public apparently hungry to hear them. In discussing this assumption, this article examines how conceptions of private and public fit within the realm of the fashion spectacle, with particular reference to Instagram, and how the process of fashioning a self-brand is enacted within this sharing, attention economy.
Publicising the Private: Dressing Room Performances in Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus
Authors: Farrugia Jessica
Published: February 2023

As liminal spaces between the public and private, women’s dressing rooms are often represented in literary texts as sites within which gender constructs are contested. By engaging with notions of theatre, performativity, carnival and the grotesque, this article examines the ways in which the social fictions of women’s duality are dispelled in Fevvers’ dressing room in Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus.
“You’re either with us, or you are with the terrorists” – Juxtaposed Ideologies in the War on Terror
Authors: Jameela Maryam
Published: February 2023

A recent British government policy document has attempted to tackle the various guises of extremism by outlining definitions and proposed solutions for a structural approach to the threat of terror. In doing so, the command paper characterises the relationship between Britain and Islamic terrorists as one of an ideological conflict playing out between Western powers and Muslim fundamentalists. In exaggerating the apparent polarisation necessary for an ideological conflict, I will demonstrate how the text locks us into certain narratives that filter out historical contexts in favour of a binary rhetoric aimed at furthering conflicts based on ideology as natural conclusions, rather than the constructions and manipulations of policy.
‘Wheels of Tragedy’: Death on the Highways in Carnival of Souls (1962) and the Highway Safety Film
Authors: Murphy Bernice M.
Published: February 2023

This article argues that Carnival of Souls (1962), is a foundational text in the ‘Highway Horror’ sub- genre. It directly confronts one of the most pervasive taboos in modern American life: the horrific death toll associated with mass automobility. In Herk Harvey’s cult film, the protagonist is killed but finds herself unwilling to accept her fate. As in the many similar films that followed, the highway becomes a purgatorial space between life and death. The blindness of the protagonists is linked to society’s collective willingness to overlook (or tolerate) the devastating frequency of the fatal car crash. The article also discusses the highway safety films of the 1950s and 60s.
Bodies Out of Place: Poe, Premature Burial, and The Uncanny
Authors: Sederholm Carl H.
Published: February 2023

“Bodies Out of Place” discusses some of the ways Edgar Allan Poe confronted the taboos or boundaries associated with dying bodies. In tales such as “The Premature Burial,” “Ligeia,” and “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar,” Poe blurred the boundaries between life and death not only to show how strange they are but also to suggest how little human beings understand about the problem of death. Poe complicates this matter by suggesting that, even though some bodies may show all appearances of death, they remain very much alive. Even more frightening, Poe also suggests that some dead bodies may even somehow force their way back to life. Ultimately, Poe’s bodies resist easy classification because they are neither completely alive nor completely dead.
David Foster Wallace and Repressive Taboos: Clenette Henderson, yrstruly and the identity politics of representation
Authors: Alexander Matthew
Published: February 2023

David Foster Wallace’s use of disenfranchised voices in Infinite Jest (1996) receives little critical attention. Clenette Henderson and yrstruly’s narratives raise issues of taboo subjects: child sexual abuse, drug-addiction, and prostitution. A close reading of their voices aims to break over twenty years of critical silence by exposing such taboos.
Becoming-Black Bloc, Becoming-Anartist: the art of prolonging and remodulating counter-cultural lines of flight
Authors: Biagini Gian Luigi
Published: February 2023

The text describes the practice of the Anartist, which consists of interventions that subvert the urban space with an antagonist and countercultural spin inspired by the Black Bloc. The evil aura and the symbolic violence of the Black Blocks, a sort of magical Black Mana, are folded into a subversive aesthetic expressiveness that opens a line of escape in the urban space and provokes a viral infection in the Integrated Spectacle of Capitalism. The Anartist, a masked transpersona that can be embodied by anybody, extends the counter-spectacle of the Black Bloc destructive actions in disruptive line of flights that actualize their telluric subversion in site-specific situations of the urban space. The Anartist is a sort of simulacrum that decentralizes, remodulates and intensifies the counter-cultural mythology of Black Blocks. The practice of the Anartist, which can be defined as Disturbanism, unworks the money-form of the space, unleashing an event that is out of capitalist design but which arises from within itself as a virus that causes a negative diarrhea of dissensus. In fact, the Anarchist Disturbanist intervention can be considered as the unappropriated other that cannot be expelled outside by a totalitarian system that has no outside and returns as a viral scatological hauntology. The Anartist produces chaos, symbols and experiences through Black shit, ghosts and antagonist viruses to operate witchcraft rituals, which not only cannot be subsumed by the Capitalist Spectacle but continue to infect it in an eternal return producing a counter-culture and a counter-spell.
Reproductive effort in two viviparous species of blue-tailed skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Plestiodon) from Mexico
Authors: Muñoz-Nolasco Francisco Javier , Arenas-Moreno Diego Miguel , Cruz-Sáenz Daniel , Méndez-de la Cruz Fausto Roberto
Published: February 2023

The relative allocation of energy organisms devote to reproductive processes (aka reproductive effort) constitutes a central topic in life history theory. We document some aspects of the reproductive ecology and investment of 2 viviparous skinks of the genus Plestiodon from Mexico: an undescribed species previously assigned to P. brevirostris(Plestiodon sp., La Malinche, Tlaxcala, 2,700-3,000 m) and P. dugesii (2 populations, Mazamitla and Tapalpa, Jalisco; 2,400-2,500 m). We used relative litter mass (RLM) as a measure of reproductive effort and calculated a body condition index (BCI) as a proxy of the energy status of non-pregnant females, post-parturient females, and neonates. There were no differences in any of the reproductive characteristics between the 2 populations of P. dugesii. Both species lacked sexual size dimorphism, and female body size did not influence RLM, litter size nor litter mass. However, female BCI influenced RLM and, in P. dugesii, a larger litter size correlated with a lower BCI of neonates. Despite their overall similarities in reproductive investment, there seem to be differential selective pressures shaping offspring characteristics of these 2 lizard species.
Mitochondrial genome characterization and mitogenome phylogenetics in the central Mexican Stenopelmatus talpa complex (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Stenopelmatini)
Authors: Ruiz-Mendoza Paola Xanath , Jasso-Martínez Jovana M. , Gutiérrez-Rodríguez Jorge , Samacá-Sáenz Ernesto , Zaldívar-Riverón Alejandro
Published: February 2023

The Stenopelmatus talpa species-group (Stenopelmatidae) comprises cricket-like orthopterans distributed across the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB) morphotectonic province and adjacent areas in central Mexico. Despite recent efforts, the taxonomy and evolutionary relationships for members of this complex still are far from completely known. Here we generated and characterized the mitochondrial (mt) genome of 14 specimens of the S. talpa species-group and evaluated its species limits with the cox1 barcoding locus. Moreover, based on the mt genome DNA sequence data, we also reconstructed its phylogenetic relationships and made inferences about its biogeographic history based on a relaxed molecular clock analysis. A total of 9 species were delimited using a 2% pairwise distance criterion, which were consistent with our best estimate of phylogeny. The relationships recovered for the S. talpa species-group were similar although with more recent divergence time estimates than those obtained in a previous phylogenetic study, suggesting that its origin and subsequent diversification in the TMVB followed an east-central pattern, with its earliest divergence occurring during the late Pliocene to early Pleistocene.
Tata Kelola Perusahaan Dalam Mengurangi Kecurangan Laporan Keuangan (Systematic Literature Review Dengan Metode Meta Sintesis)
Authors: Tanjaya Andreas , Kwarto Febrian
Published: February 2023

Financial statement fraud is an opportunistic behavior of agents that misleads the principal due to information asymmetry. Principals take advantage of corporate governance to overcome this. Corporate governance is supervisory mechanisms carried out by principals against agents that aim to reduce information asymmetry. This study aims to identify the corporate governance structure and understand the role of corporate governance in reducing the potential for fraudulent financial statements. This research is a systematic literature review with a meta-synthesis method using a meta-aggregation approach. We identify six components of the corporate governance structure: the government, investors, the board of directors, management, whistleblowing systems, and auditors. Our research has not found the role of any of the components that can effectively reduce the potential for fraudulent financial statements. These components need to collaborate and synergize regarding reducing fraudulent financial statements. Our research also identifies several factors that can influence corporate governance
ALGORITMOS GENÉTICOS E MINERAÇÃO DE DADOS APLICADO NA PREDIÇÃO DA INADIPLÊNCIA DE CLIENTES
Authors: Germano João Vitor Souza , Menezes Lucas Kazuo Mizo Guti , Molina Mariângela Ferreira Fuentes
Published: February 2023

This study addresses the use of genetic algorithms (GAs) in conjunction with Data Mining, to predict whether a customer receiving credit will become delinquent, using the database provided free of charge by researcher Cheng Yeh. The choice of AGs is due to their flexibility and the fact that the data contain noise, insertion errors, variability and patterns are unclear. The quantitative and descriptive methodology was used that will evaluate the performance of the algorithm in relation to other data mining techniques. The results obtained were satisfactory, because the GA can predict with an f-score better than several alternative options, although the performance does not stand out so much in the face of the simplest alternative techniques due to the fact that there are only two possibilities and the proportion between the possibilities is very high.
Antibacterial activity of white tea extract against gram positive and negative bacteria
Authors: Widyasanti Asri , Hajar Siti , Rohdiana Dadan
Published: February 2023

This research was carried out to deterÂ­mine antibacterial activity of white tea extract against gram positive and gram negative bacteria based on its MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration). Ethanol solution 96% were used to extract of white tea with a ratio of 1:9 (w/v) by using maceration method. Paper disc diffusion method was used to determination of the MIC. The concentrations were used of 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, 10%, and 12% (w/v). The results of this research showed that MIC of white tea extract of 4%, 6%, 6% and 10% (w/v) against Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 9027, StaphyÂ­lococcus aureus ATCC 29213, Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC 12228, and Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, respectively. The inhibition zone for 4 bacteria were 10.83 mm, 10.08 mm, 10.16 mm and 12.08 mm respectively. This result of research concluded that white tea extract have antibacterial activity against both gram positive and gram negative bacteria
Pelanggaran Penelitian Ilmiah Kelautan Tanpa Izin oleh Pihak Asing di Wilayah Indonesia
Authors: Lapadengan M. Ikhsan , Afriansyah Arie
Published: February 2023

Pemahaman ilmiah tentang laut sangat penting terhadap kegiatan manusia atas lingkungan laut dan biota yang terkandung di dalamnya guna terpeliharanya ekosistem laut. Penelitian ilmiah kelautan mengacu pada berbagai disiplin ilmu, seperti biologi, bioteknologi, geologi, kimia, fisika, geofisika, hidrografi, oseanografi fisik, dan pengeboran laut. Meskipun demikian, perlu adanya pengaturan terhadap penelitian ilmiah kelautan baik dari hukum internasional, maupun hukum nasional negara pantai. Indonesia sebagai salah satu anggota Konvensi Hukum Laut PBB 1982, mempunyai kewenangan untuk mengatur dan melakukan penegakkan hukum terhadap penelitian ilmiah kelautan di wilayah yurisdiksi negaranya. Artikel ini akan membahas mengenai bagaimana Indonesia sebagai negara yang berdaulat, mengatur yurisdiksi negaranya dalam hal penelitian ilmiah kelautan, serta bagaimana upaya dari Indonesia dalam melakukan penegakkan hukum terhadap peneliti asing yang melakukan penelitian ilmiah kelautan di wilayah negaranya. Penegakan hukum ini akan memberikan dampak besar pada keamanan kedaulatan, kemajuan ilmu pengetahuan, dan teknologi di bidang kelautan bagi Indonesia.
Extrajudicial Killing Dalam Kebijakan War on Drugs di Republic of Philippines: Melanggar Statuta Roma?
Authors: Muthmainnah Aisyah
Published: February 2023

This article aims to find out and analyze whether extrajudicial killings arising from the war on drug policy in the Philippines can be the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC). This article uses juridical-normative research with a legislative, historical and conceptual approach. The act of extrajudicial killing due to the war on drug policy in the Philippines violates the provisions in the Rome Statute. The Philippines itself was a State Party of the Rome Statute although in the end the Philippines withdrew from the Rome Statute. However, this cannot change the jurisdiction of the ICC to conduct investigations into extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. Extrajudicial killing is a violation of human rights as stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and related conventions. The act of extrajudicial killing due to the war on drug policy becomes the jurisdiction of the ICC under Article 7 paragraph 1 of the Rome Statute of 1998, namely crimes against humanity as part of murder. In establishing a crime the ICC uses elements of crimes. Therefore, extrajudicial killings that occur in the Philippines can be the jurisdiction of the ICC.
Transfer pricing applicability: Perceptions of the tax professionals
Authors: Al-Hamadeen Radhi , Almarayeh Taha , Fakhoury Dana , Rezqallah Jowan , Zraiqat Nadeen , Marzouka Zein
Published: February 2023

Recently, transfer pricing (TP) regulation was introduced in Jordan for the first time in the country’s history (Income and Sales Tax Department [ISTD], 2021). This research evaluates the overall awareness of tax professionals on TP and its applicability in the early stage of its implementation. This is mainstream accounting research that adopts the quantitative research approach to collect data. In this context, a research questionnaire consisting of 29 items was designed and distributed to TP specialists to investigate four key aspects of TP applicability and impact. The results of the study revealed that the majority of respondents have a good level of understanding of the TP regulation and the concept itself. In terms of the applicability of TP, the results revealed that less experience in how to implement the TP regulation has been gained so far due to insufficient training. It was also indicated that digitalized systems have a significant role in filing TP transactions efficiently. According to the tax professionals’ perceptions, TP has been shown to have a possible influence on lowering the overall tax burden and tackling tax evasion, which leads to increased compliance with the tax law. Statistically, it has been revealed that the perceptions of the tax professionals in Jordan towards the awareness, applicability, and implementation of the TP regulation were not significantly differentiated according to their demographical and professional characteristics. Finally, this research concludes with practical implications and some recommendations for future studies
Multi-marker DNA metabarcoding reveals spatial and sexual variation in the diet of a scarce woodland bird.
Authors: Stenhouse Ewan , Bellamy Paul , Kirby Will , Vaughan Ian , Drake Lorna , Marchbank Angela , Workman Trudy , Symondson W.O.C. , Orozco-terWengel Pablo
Published: February 2023

Avian diet can be affected by site-specific variables, such as habitat,
as well as intrinsic factors such as sex. This can lead to dietary niche
separation, which reduces competition between individuals, as well as
impacting how well avian species can adapt to environmental variation.
Estimating dietary niche separation is challenging, due largely to
difficulties in accurately identifying food taxa consumed. Consequently,
there is limited knowledge of the diets of woodland bird species, many
of which are undergoing serious population declines. Here, we show the
effectiveness of multi-marker faecal metabarcoding to provide in-depth
dietary analysis of a declining passerine, the Hawfinch
(Coccothraustes coccothraustes). We collected faecal samples from
(n=262) UK Hawfinches prior to, and during the breeding seasons in
2016-2019. We detected 49 and 90 plant and invertebrate taxa,
respectively. We found Hawfinch diet varied spatially, as well as
between sexes, indicating broad dietary plasticity and the ability of
Hawfinches to utilise multiple resources within their foraging
environments.
Pre-pregnancy transvaginal double cervico-isthmic cerclage to treat women with previous conventional failed cerclage for cervical insufficiency: a novel modification of treatment
Authors: Barini Ricardo , Machado Isabela
Published: February 2023

Pregnancy outcome following pre-pregnancy transvaginal cervico-isthmic
cerclage in a population of high-risk pregnant women. Pregnancy outcome
was analyzed for subsequent pregnancy of 64 women. The mean gestational
age at delivery was 35.5 weeks. Neonatal survival rate was 94%.
Pre-conceptional cerclage Shirodkar-Barini results in high percentage of
live born babies.
Eyring-Powell non-Newtonian fluid flow with Joule heating and thermal radiation effects: A numerical study.
Authors: C Sulochana , Savita *
Published: February 2023

The Eyring-Powell non-Newtonian fluid model is widely used to described
flow behavior with lowest and highest shear rates. Statistical analysis
is carried out in this present article to explore non-Newtonian BL flow
past an elongating sheet which is moving with linear velocity.
Similarity transforms are applied to express fluid governing equations
as ODEs which are then solved by bvp4c algorithm in MATLAB software. In
the energy equation thermal radiation and joule heating effects are
considered. Important key factors such as Nusselt number and friction at
the surface are computed with respect to different influencing fluid
parameters.
Tracheal resection in locally recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer; a case report.
Authors: Singh Vijay Pratap , Singh Akash , Sircar Sumantra , Choudhary Rahul , Ranjan Priyadarshi , Jha Arun
Published: February 2023

Background: Locally recurrent papillary carcinoma of thyroid is a
treatable disease. Tracheal infiltration is associated with impaired
tumor free survival and increased disease specific mortality. Advanced
surgical technique has now allowed tracheal reconstruction with extended
tracheal resection at the same time preserving vocal cord function and
increasing survival. Case presentation: A 46-year female patient with a
history of total thyroidectomy + bilateral neck dissection for carcinoma
thyroid two years back presented with recurrent thyroid mass in neck
with endotracheal invasion. This was successfully treated with segmental
tracheal resection with end-to-end anastomosis after 4 cm defect. Post
– operative course was uneventful. Conclusion: Endotracheal invasion of
recurrent carcinoma thyroid is not a contraindication for surgery. Full
circumferential resection and end to end anastomosis is preferred to
shaving trachea. It can be safely anastomosed up to 5 cm defect length.
Apart from giving immediate relief of intratracheal bleeding and
obstructive airways, it gives long-term disease-free survival.
A Mass at Aorto-Mitral Continuity Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation That Mimics Infective Endocarditis.
Authors: Turan Burak , Solmaz Samet
Published: February 2023

Abstract With the increasing number of transcatheter aortic valve
implantations (TAVI) being performed comes a need to better understand
TAVI-associated complications such as infective endocarditis (IE),
leaflet thrombosis, and paravalvular regurgitation. An 83 year-old
women, who had undergone TAVI followed by permanent pacemaker
implantation 3 months before, presented to outpatient clinic with fever
lasting for 5 days. History revealed that fever reached 39°C and was
subsided by the initiation of amoxycillin/clavulinic acid prescribed by
her family physician. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) revealed
normal aortic leaflet thickness and motion. A mass at aorto-mitral
continuity in left atrium was detected (Figure 1A, Video 1). The mass
was heterogenous, 8×3 mm in size, and did not have visual
characteristics of vegetation. Mitral valve seemed unaffected. There was
no mitral regurgitation. No paravalvular abscess, pseudoaneurysm, or
fistula was detected. We had confirmed that the mass was not present
before the TAVI after reviewing preprocedural computed tomography (CT)
scan (Figure 1B). There was fluorodeoxyglucose uptake around TAV and
permanent pacemaker leads in positron emission computed tomography
(Figure 1C). With the fever early after TAVI and a suspicious mass
adjacent to TAV, we decided to treat the patient as “possible IE”
according to modified Duke criteria. A 6-week therapy of vancomycine
plus rifampin accompanied by 2-week therapy of gentamycine was
initiated. The first set of blood cultures turned out to be negative.
Second set of blood cultures were also negative at the second week of
hospitalization. TEE was repeated at the 3rd and 5th weeks and showed
identical findings to the first TEE (Figure 2, Video 2-3). Clinical
condition of the patient was very good. She did not develop fever after
hospitalization. The patient was discharged uneventfully after 6 weeks
of antibiotic therapy. We had concluded that the mass could be thrombus
in origin. After 6 motnhs of warfarin plus clopidogrel therapy control
TEE revealed that the mass at aorto-mitral continuity had disappeared,
mitral valve was normal, TAV was normal with similar valvular gradient
and had trivial paravalvular regurgitation identical to initial
examinations (Figure 2, Video 4). There was no finding of paravalvular
abscess, pseudoaneurysm, or fistula. The patient was still asymptomatic
with good functional capacity and TTE showed normal valvular function at
1-year followup of TAVI.
Japanese Diaspora and the Narratives of Migrants：The Case of Australia and Diasporic Literature
Authors: OISHI Nana
Published: February 2023

The overseas emigration of Japanese citizens has been on the rise in the last three decades, reaching at the level of 1.34 million in 2021 (MOFA 2022). While the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in its downturn, the number of Japanese citizens who obtained permanent residence overseas continued to increase, hitting a record high of 537,662 in 2021 (MOFA 2022). This article examines the factors behind this growing overseas emigration of Japanese citizens, particularly looking at its flows to Australia, which is now the second most popular destination for Japanese permanent residents. Based on the narratives of 62 research participants, this article will present the basic ideal types of Japanese emigrants and examine the themes that appeared prominently in their emigration decision-making, including the acquisition of global experience, work-life balance, gender inequality, aversion of disaster/environmental and long-term economic risks, and political concerns. It will also discuss the ways in which Japanese emigration and the diversifying experiences of Japanese citizens have impacted Japanese literature so far and how the growing presence of ‘global nomads’ moving across multiple borders is likely to enrich the Japanese literature in the future by challenging the existing understanding of “Japaneseness” and the meaning of migration.
A Note on Digital Humanities Research on the Reception of Matsuo Bashō in Modern Japan ：Crossing Borders between Human Reading and Machine Reading
Authors: HIBI Yoshitaka
Published: February 2023

In this essay, I provided a brief report and perspective on digital humanities research related to the study of modern Japanese literature. First, I reviewed the recent increase in the availability of digital full-text databases, including Aozora Bunko, the National Diet Library’s Next Digital Library, Maruzen eBook Library, and Google Books. Next, as an example of digital humanities-based literary studies using the Next Digital Library, I attempted to study the reception of Matsuo Bashō between 1868 and 1945. Specifically, I searched the Next Digital Library—which currently has about 280,000 modern books available for full-text search—for Bashō’s haiku and found over a thousand works by him, although the total number differs depending on the counting method. I researched the haikus individually for the full-text data in books published between 1868 and 1945, using the computer language Python to automate the search and retrieve the results. Consequently, the top 30 most frequently cited works were identified. For the top five, the number of mentions by year of publication was also investigated. Results between the human- and computer-based reception studies were compared, and the strengths and weaknesses in understanding the context were highlighted. As for future prospects, I discussed the importance of human-computer collaboration, the necessity for combining large-scale full-text data sets with other databases, and the possibilities for structuring text using TEI and other methods.
Japanese Literature in the 20th Century and Dalian
Authors: ZHANG Yu
Published: February 2023

This book focuses on the relationship between the Japanese colony of Dalian and Japanese literature in the 20th century. In the urban space of Dalian, the relationship between Japanese writers’ colonial experience and literary creation is revealed. The author discusses Japanese literature in Dalian by dividing it into two eras：the prewar-war period and the postwar one up until today. Dalian has become a city that is both exotic and modern at the same time, having undergone grandiose urban planning undertaken by the Soviet Union and redevelopment on the part of Japan. Meanwhile, behind such prosperity, the Chinese have lived a life of poverty and misery. Dalian, a modern city where prosperity and poverty are cheek by jowl, is an urban space in which Japanese writers created literature, and this book positions this Japanese work in the field of colonial literature.
The Journey of the Wounding Heart：Trauma Healing Therapy in the Novel Malika’s Sofa by Yoshimoto Banana
Authors: PURNOMO Antonius R. Pujo
Published: February 2023

Yoshimoto Banana’s novels are referred to as ‘self-help’ literature. As a result of Yoshimoto’s impactful role in literature, it has the power to be of use in self-healing. One of them is Yoshimoto Banana’s novel which describes the search for meaning within oneself by reconnecting with nature called Marika no Sofa (Malika’s Sofa). This novel tells the story of a female doctor named Junko sensei and Malika, her patient who has many personalities. The symptoms of DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) are shown by Yoshimoto in this novel, and it shows an interesting part that is highlighted how Yoshimoto offers a method of trauma healing by traveling and dialogue. In addition, in this study, the friendship connection and empathy emotion between the therapist and her patient are seen from the imago dialogue approach in Alfred Adler’s therapy. And then, followed by the natural therapy method using green trees approach. The researcher chose to use the concept of shinrin yoku (forest bathing), which is an immersion in the natural surroundings to have a good physiological effect and provide relaxation on the mind and body. Junko sensei and Malika’s trip to Bali can also be interpreted as a desire (motivation) to leave old wounds in the healing stage. Both of them rediscovered something that had been missing in their lives for a long time, it is to feel and live a full life like humans.
Towards a multi‐level model of continuous professional and technical education
Authors: Bakharev Nikolay P. , Zakieva Rafina Rafkatovna , Lotova Nadezhda K.
Published: February 2023

The purpose of the study is to design a professionally directed scientific and methodological system. The design of the structure and content of fundamental academic subjects is carried out on the example of physics, which are basic in the training of engineers - electricians, power engineers, electromechanics and electronics. For the design of the training planning structure, the following research methods were chosen: professional orientation of training, when the system-forming core of training is the training direction, the future specialty; principle of integrative relationship of all educational academic subjects between defining and leading role of special academic subjects or block of special academic subjects. When designing a scientific and methodological system of professionally directed training in academic subjects, the main conceptual provisions of a system of general theoretical academic subjects are established, based on the designed model of professionally directed training in general theoretical academic subjects.
The origins of education and worldview
Authors: Polonskiy Andrey V. , Osipova Elena A. , Gasanova Elmira H.
Published: February 2023

The article is devoted to the study of the factors that influenced the formation of education, world outlook and civic position of Academician D.S. Likhachev, whose spiritual and moral potential, being embedded in the family, was formed in a dialogue with time and those people who created his cultural and intellectual landscape. In the personality of D.S. Likhachev harmoniously combined courage and dignity, loyalty to high principles, moral exactingness towards oneself and other people, intellectual freedom and a sense of civic responsibility. D.S. Likhachev without exaggeration can be called “the keeper of the national culture and conscience of Russia”, the brightest phenomenon not only of Russian, but also of world culture. Life and work of D.S. Likhachev is a feat of a Russian intellectual who shared the fate of his country, all the trials that it faced in the 20th century.
Museum education and regional identity formation
Authors: Ushakova Svetlana V. , Baryshnikova Valentina A. , Srybnaya Maryana A. , Shabalina Elizaveta A.
Published: February 2023

Museum education is a specific field dedicated to developing and encouraging non-formal education spaces and institutions such as museums. Its principal purpose is to interest visitors in learning experiences to improve their curiosity and engagement in their objects and collections. General globalization trends cause changes in museum communication strategies. The museum is being considered as a cultural institution, which is becoming anthropocentrically oriented multifunctional cultural center in this global context. Main analysis criteria of modern museum communication are proposed and regional museums typical forms of educational activities are exposed in this article. It also demonstrates their potential for the regional identity formation.
The influence of the pedagogical technology for motivation development on the value self-determination of students with a high level of creative thinking
Authors: Khairullina Elmira R. , Oshchepkov Aleksey A. , Lushchik Irina V. , Lampsi Oksana E. , Romanov Igor V. , Burovkina Lyudmila A. , Krupnov Yuri A. , Butyrin Andrey Yu.
Published: February 2023

Contemporary education in Russia is faced with the task of introducing a humane approach in the training of a future specialist capable of adapting to changing living conditions. The aim of the paper in this perspective was to substantiate theoretically and study empirically the relationship between the value-motivational sphere of the personality and creative thinking of a young person. A theoretical analysis of works devoted to a creative approach in education has shown that internal motivation for educational activities is combined with motivation for a creative approach in solving educational problems. As a result of the experimental study, a significant relationship was revealed between the significance of the value of spirituality and an increase in the integral indicator of the creative thinking level, which indicates the orientation of a creative person to the search for inner harmony and their own destiny among young people.
The storm period in psychological and educational development
Authors: Uzun Gizem Öneri
Published: February 2023

Adolescence is a significant period of transition between childhood and adulthood. This critical developmental period is conventionally understood as the years between the onset of puberty and social independence. This article will be divided into several parts; firstly, it will focus on factors affecting adolescent development such as educational development, cognitive development, moral and value development, emotional and psychological development. Finally, recommending some psychological supports for both parents and teachers to develop adolescent personality will be included. To satisfy the aim of the study, descriptive and data-gathering methods are utilized. Based on the results acquired, it can be concluded that adolescent self-esteem is often affected by appearance; they compare their bodies with friends and peers. For further research, each developmental area in adolescents can be psychologically and educationally examined in more detail, and it is thought that the field will be contributed.
Evaluation of education quality components
Authors: Godsmohammadi Amir , Nourabadi Soolmaz
Published: February 2023

The aim of the present study in the upper elementary school is to investigate the components of education quality that which one-teacher and multi-teacher methods are more effective from the Iranian teachers' point of view. This research is applied method in terms of purpose that was done through survey method. The results indicate that the quality of one-teacher teaching in upper elementary course is moderate to low because the average obtained is 2.96, less than the hypothetical average of number 3. Also, the quality of multi-teacher teaching in upper elementary course is moderate to high because the average obtained is 4.09, more than the hypothetical average. Therefore, considering the findings and analysis of the information that obtained in most components related to the quality of teaching, there are obvious differences between the one-teacher and multi-teacher in quality of courses, and the multi-teacher method is better than the one-teacher method in the upper elementary school.
The social and cultural atmosphere of libraries and their impact on education
Authors: Vasilievna Tolstoukhova Irina , Vladimirovna Kryucheva Yana
Published: February 2023

The transformation of culture ensures the correction and integration of various forms of activity of social subjects, thereby exerting a direct impact on the functioning of modern society. The article reveals the issues of the formation of socio-cultural space by cultural institutions. In particular, the library is considered as one of the important institutions of society, the activities of which are closely related to education, economic, socio-political, cultural factors. The main purpose of the library is shown, which can help to familiarize the younger generation with the true values of culture, for which it is necessary to model the cultural and informational environment of the formation of the moral experience of individuals. As a result, the work presents a project that provides a prompt response to urgent problems of both information and library services, and a factor in the formation of a socio-cultural space.
Competence model of personality of the graduate of the master's program in the direction 44.04.02 - psychological and pedagogical education
Authors: Aligaryevna Minyurova Svetlana , Kamilyevna Aminova Jennet
Published: February 2023

The article is devoted to the actual problem of the formation and development of the personality of a master student studying in the direction 44.04.02 - psychological and pedagogical education. With the introduction of new standards into educational practice, an urgent need arose to build a graduate model, according to competencies. The authors place particular emphasis on the methodological analysis of the foundations for the development of professionalism, on the patterns of formation of the labor functions of the teacher-psychologist. In their search for truth, researchers used only theoretical tools of knowledge, such as the axiomatic method, modeling, analysis, synthesis, idealization. Thanks to which the authors prescribe the content characteristics of the components of the competence model of a graduate of a pedagogical university in the direction of training "Psychological and pedagogical education". This model consists of professional, motivational, value and personal components.
Educational inequality in Russian society
Authors: Chikaeva Karina S. , Belikova Natalia Yu. , Rachipa Andrey V. , Trufanova Svetlana N. , Bychkova Ekaterina S. , Maltseva Olga V.
Published: February 2023

The image of the sociocultural and spiritual identity of Russia poses a task for modern society to preserve and transmit to future generations the existing unique type of morality and spirituality. This circumstance prompts the authors of the article to address the problem of educational inequality, which can lead to crises and threats that affect the process of spiritual and moral development of a person. To the authors opinion, social barriers that limit access to education include: the influence of the family and close circle; financial instability; commercialization of education; dividing students into groups, which are formed depending on their academic performance or the financial condition of the student; regional and territorial factors; family value attitude to education; student access to learning resources. The search for mechanisms to eliminate educational inequality leads the authors to the idea that overcoming the indicated barriers will be possible as a result of a deep reform of the entire social system.