bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Bakuchiol and its pharmacological benefits
Authors: Nizam Nuder Nower , Mahmud Sohel , Kamruzzaman Mohammad , Hasan Md. Kamrul
Published: January 2023

Background and aims: Natural compounds extracted from medicinal plants have recently gained attention in therapeutics as they are considered to have lower toxicity and higher tolerability relative to chemically synthesized compounds. Bakuchiol is one such compound; it is a type of meroterpene derived from the leaves and seeds of Psoralea corylifolia plants. Natural sources of bakuchiol have been used in traditional Chinese and Indian medicine for centuries due to its preventive benefits against tumors and inflammation. It plays a strong potential role as an antioxidant with impressive abilities to remove Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS). This review has focused on bakuchiol's extraction, therapeutic applications, and pharmacological benefits.

Methods: A search strategy has been followed to retrieve the relevant newly published literature on the pharmacological benefits of bakuchiol. After an extensive study of the retrieved articles and maintaining the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 106 articles were finally selected for this review.

Results: Strong support of primary research on the protective effects via antitumorigenic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, antimicrobial, and antiviral activities are delineated.

Conclusions: From ancient to modern life, medicinal plants have always been drawing the attention of human beings to alleviate ailments for a healthy and balanced lifestyle. This review is a comprehensive approach to highlighting bona fide essential pharmacological benefits and mechanism of action of therapeutic implications.
Przez getto warszawskie, bezpiekę wojskową do sportu. Meandry życia prezesa RTS Widzew Łódź Ludwika Sobolewskiego (1925–2008)
Authors: Lesiakowski Krzysztof
Published: January 2023

W poniższym tekście omówiono meandry życia Lutka Rozenbauma, znanego po II wojnie światowej jako Ludwik Sobolewski. Był on twórcą silnej i rozpoznawalnej nie tylko w Polsce drużyny piłkarskiej Widzew Łódź. Na życiorysie tego utalentowanego działacza sportowego ciąży jednak siedem lat służby w aparacie bezpieczeństwa, a dokładniej w Informacji Wojskowej Korpusu Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego. W jego biografii są jeszcze dwie inne nieznane karty – życie i ucieczka z getta warszawskiego oraz przynależność do oddziału partyzanckiego AK.
The European structure of digital competences in Ukrainian society: challenges and innovations
Authors: Batyuk Liliya
Published: January 2023

Digital competences in education not only improve the learning process, but also stimulate changes in the pedagogical process on the path of informatization of Ukrainian education and society as a whole and directly affect the reduction of the «digital divide». In recent years, the position of information and communication technologies (ICT) in Ukrainian society and education has strengthened. In addition to ICT infrastructure, digital content creation and teacher training initiatives, recent curriculum reforms support the use of digital technologies in many subjects. In order for citizens to improve their digital competence, the European Commission has proposed a tool known as The European Digital Competence Framework (DigComp). In this article, we analyze a number of concepts and approaches related to the European structure of digital competences in Ukrainian society and related with it the projects and initiatives of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on several educational, cultural and disciplinary grounds.
El velo de la publicidad intercultural y sus prácticas coloniales: Un estudio de caso de Benetton en la Patagonia argentina.
Authors: Huenchumil Jerez Paula
Published: January 2023

Benetton Group es una de las empresas de moda más conocidas del mundo cuya estrategia de comunicación publicitaria apela a la inclusión y a la diversidad, por lo que ha logrado instalarse como una marca que favorece la construcción de una sociedad intercultural. Sin embargo, a su vez, es un agente activo que se encuentra en disputa política territorial en la Patagonia argentina, por ser dueña de 900.000 hectáreas con fines productivos y que el pueblo mapuche reclama como territorio ancestral. El objetivo de este trabajo es examinar si tanto su publicidad como su misión empresarial se condicen con sus prácticas de desarrollo o si, por el contrario, y bajo la retórica de la igualdad, se esconde una recolonización que reproduce modos de dominación que vulneran los derechos colectivos del pueblo mapuche en el sur de Argentina. El análisis de este estudio de caso podría contribuir a una comprensión contrastada de prácticas similares realizadas por otras compañías transnacionales.
Significados musicales en ‘Breaking Bad’: acercamiento didáctico sonoro y visual.
Authors: Montoya-Rubio Juan Carlos
Published: January 2023

Breaking Bad (Gilligan, 2008-2013) supuso un gran éxito en el ámbito de las series de televisión, por lo que ha generado un buen número de estudios en torno a sus personajes y tramas, así como implicaciones para el estudio desde varias disciplinas. A pesar de haberse configurado una notable literatura al respecto, el elemento musical aparece menos profusamente tratado que el visual. El presente artículo se plantea cómo aprender a descifrar claves sobre la narración audiovisual poniendo el foco en la parte sonora de la serie en cuestión. Para ello, se realiza un análisis en torno a las cápsulas musicales, escenas que poseen autonomía a partir de la integración sonora y visual, de forma que se pueda discutir y entender mejor las interioridades del discurso narrativo. Se concluye que, musicalmente, se potencian aspectos venidos de la conformación de los personajes o las situaciones, como era de esperar, pero además la banda de sonido ejerce un papel fundamental, tanto en la narración en sí como en la configuración de la trama.
Understanding Contemporary Security: A Prolegomenon to the Interplay Between Technology, Innovation and Policy Responses
Authors: Gruszczak Artur , Kolaszyński Mateusz
Published: January 2023

Contemporary security is shaped by a variety of factors which determine the changing dynamics of connections and interdependencies within and between social groups and political actors. The growing importance of technology and innovation for states and societies has been a critical factor in the infrastructural, organizational and decision-making dimensions. This article aims to integrate some aspects of contemporary security into current dynamics of technology and innovation as vehicles of rapid and substantial changes in security policies and actions. Designed as an essay based on qualitative method in social sciences, this paper raises theoretical and empirical questions concerning modernization and innovation as determinants of contemporary security structures and policies. The empirical dimension of technology, innovation and politics are presented in the microscale (local security), in the mesoscale (state security, national security, sectoral security) and in the macroscale (international security in regional and global dimensions), as well as from the cross-sectional (transversal) perspective.
The Withdrawal of International Forces from Afghanistan – Security Threats for the States and the Region
Authors: Kozerawski Dariusz S.
Published: January 2023

The paper discusses the problem of the withdrawal of multinational forces from the territory of Afghanistan in 2021. An attempt is made to answer the question: What has caused the failure of the international intervention and what could the further consequences of the withdrawal of the NATO coalition forces be? The paper also presents the problem of the decay of Afghanistan and threats to Polish military contingents during the ‘Enduring Freedom’, ISAF and ‘Resolute Support’ operations. The study takes advantage of the results of unique research conducted by the author in the zones of war and stabilization in Afghanistan and previously unpublished source documents. The field research was carried out in the area of responsibility of the Polish Task Force stationed in the Ghazni province in March and April 2009. Moreover, the non-confidential part of the documentation from the activities of individual organizational units of the Polish military contingent was used. The chapter may be of interest to researchers of international and national security, academics (teachers and students) of military and civilian universities as well as activists of governmental and non-governmental organizations providing aid in areas of armed conflicts and after their end.
Relacje pomiędzy Policją a samorządem terytorialnym – ujęcie prawne i polityczne
Authors: Nyzio Arkadiusz
Published: January 2023

Relations Between the Police and the Polish Local Governments – Legal and Political Approach The relationship between the police forces and local governments (self‑government units) is of particular importance to effective national security management. In the article, I provide an extensive review of the existing mechanisms in the area and track down their evolution. I analyze trajectories and results of reforms carried out after 1990, examining crucial aspects of the relationship, including the participation of local governments in the appointment of Police governing bodies, co-financing, the institution of the “demand” to restore legal order, and the particularly problematic ties between poviats and the Police.
The Impact of Ride-Hailing Services on Congestion: Evidence from Indian Cities
Authors: Agarwal Saharsh , Mani Deepa , Telang Rahul
Published: January 2023

Problem definition: Early research has documented significant growth in ride-hailing services worldwide and allied benefits. However, growing evidence of their negative externalities is leading to significant policy scrutiny. Despite demonstrated socioeconomic benefits and consumer surplus worth billions of dollars, cities are choosing to curb these services in a bid to mitigate first order urban mobility problems. Existing studies on the congestion effects of ride-hailing are limited, report mixed evidence, and exclusively focus on the United States, where the supply consists primarily of part-time drivers. Methodology/results: We study how the absence of ride-hailing services affects congestion levels in three major cities in India, a market where most ride-hailing drivers participate full time. Using rich real-time traffic and route trajectory data from Google Maps, we show that in, all three cities, periods of ride-hailing unavailability due to driver strikes see a discernible drop in travel time. The effects are largest for the most congested regions during the busiest hours, which see 10.1%–14.8% reduction in travel times. Additionally, we provide suggestive evidence for some of the mechanisms behind the observed effects, including deadheading elimination, substitution with public transit, and opening up of shorter alternative routes. Managerial implications: These results suggest that despite their paltry modal share, ride-hailing vehicles are substituting more sustainable means of transport and are contributing significantly to congestion in the cities studied. The reported effect sizes quantify the maximum travel time gains that can be expected on curbing them.

Funding: This work was supported by the Srini Raju Center for Information Technology and the Networked Economy at Indian School of Business.

Supplemental Material: The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2022.1158 .
Observations of feeding damage of some Turkish leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) with new masquerade and host plant records
Authors: KONSTANTINOV ALEXANDER S. , GÜLTEKİN LEVENT , GÜLTEKİN NESLİHAN
Published: January 2023

Twenty-three observations of leaf beetles and their feeding damage are reported. Masquerade is found in 15 observations. In 12 observations dark colored beetles were making obvious dark colored damage. Light colored beetles of three species were observed making light colored damage. Masquerade in Chrysomelinae is reported here for the first time. In Galerucinae, masquerade is recorded for the first time for the species of Calomicrus Stephens and Orthocrepis Weise. New host plants are recorded for: Longitarsus hittita Biondi - Anchusa azurea Mill.; Longitarsus audisioi Biondi - Symphytum asperum Lepech.; and Chaetocnema tibialis (Illiger) - Chenopodium rubrum L.
Supplemental table for "Work-Related Stress as a Risk Factor for Farm Injuries in the Central United States"
Authors: Beseler Cheryl , Rautiainen Risto , Baccaglini Lorena , Bai He
Published: January 2023

Operation characteristics related to CS-CASH surveillance study.
FUNDAMENTOS E CONSEQUÊNCIAS ÉTICAS DA APLICAÇÃO DOS PRINCÍPIOS DE UNIVERSALIZAÇÃO, SUSTENTABILIDADE E SEGURANÇA HÍDRICA CONTIDOS NO MARCO REGULATÓRIO DO SANEAMENTO NO BRASIL
Authors: Silas do Amaral Paulo , Zanatta Fernando , Barreto Meireles Gabriel , Pertile Mendes Jakeline , Pinheiro de Assis Cosso Sandro , Ferreira Mariosa Duarcides
Published: January 2023

Apoiando-se nos pressupostos da Agenda 2030 que a Organização das Nações Unidas estabeleceu para a universalização da água e saneamento, o presente estudo tem por objetivo apresentar à reflexão os elementos valorativos contidos no Marco Legal do Saneamento Básico no Brasil, Lei 14.026/2020, e, dessa maneira, reconhecer e derivar seus fundamentos e prováveis consequências éticas. trata-se de um estudo exploratório, reflexivo e de natureza qualitativa e de base documental. Mediante a análise crítica realizada, considera-se a segurança hídrica fundamental para garantia da sustentabilidade e perenidade do homem na Terra, em seus variados âmbitos. Estabelecer políticas públicas bem estruturadas, é uma das maneiras de acesso universal aos recursos hídricos, mas, ao analisar a atual mudança no marco regulatório do saneamento no Brasil, verificou-se a existência de distâncias metodológicas, técnicas e éticas, sugerindo o desfavorecimento das populações economicamente mais frágeis quanto ao acesso à água, tornando-as ainda mais vulneráveis.
A PRODUÇÃO DE SOJA E SUA INFLUÊNCIA NAS VARIÁVEIS SOCIOECONÔMICAS DA REGIÃO DO MATOPIBA
Authors: Paula Nunes Ana , Gomes Campelo Filho Eulalio , Gustavo Benini Elcio
Published: January 2023

O artigo centrou-se em analisar a evolução do agronegócio da soja nos municípios do Matopiba e sua correlação  com os indicadores socioeconômicos da região. Trata-se de uma pesquisa explicativa, de abordagem quantitativa, tendo como amostra dados anuais de 160 municípios da região no período de 2004 à 2018. Por meio da regressão linear múltipla cruzou-se os dados de produção de grãos e os dados socioeconômicos dos municípios das regiões selecionadas. Com base nas variáveis escolhidas, os resultados indicaram uma correção significante para as quatro variáveis dependentes do estudo: Índice FIRJAN de Desenvolvimento Municipal Saúde; Emprego e Renda; Educação; Geral. Sinalizando um poder explicativo em torno de 30% da produção de grãos sobre os indicadores socioeconômicos dos municípios das microrregiões do Matopiba estudadas
A GOVERNANÇA COLABORATIVA NO ENFRENTAMENTO DA PANDEMIA DE COVID-19 : um estudo a partir do modelo Hélice Quádrupla
Authors: Da Rosa Caroline , Luís Allebrandt Sérgio , Knebel Baggio Daniel
Published: January 2023

O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a materialização da governança colaborativa no contexto de enfrentamento da pandemia de covid-19 em um município gaúcho, a partir da percepção de diferentes hélices (governo, empresas, universidade e sociedade civil). Realizaram-se entrevistas com dois representantes de cada hélice e consulta a decretos municipais relativos a medidas de proteção ao covid-19. Os dados foram analisados pela técnica Análise de Conteúdo. Os resultados apontaram que as ações para o enfrentamento da pandemia foram tomadas pelo Poder Executivo no âmbito do Comitê de Enfrentamento do Novo Coronavírus, que contou com a participação de representantes de vários segmentos do setor público e privado. Não se pode afirmar que houve a concretização da governança colaborativa, pois não se observou uma atuação integrada de todas as hélices na busca pelo consenso na gestão da pandemia, com destaque para o descontentamento da hélice empresa perante as medidas adotadas pela hélice governo.
RELAÇÃO ENTRE CONSÓRCIOS PÚBLICOS E DESENVOLVIMENTO MUNICIPAL: uma análise a partir do tamanho e diversidade das redes intermunicipais em Minas Gerais
Authors: Leão Lucas , Quinet de Andrade Bastos Suzana , Dias Ribeiro Hilton Manoel
Published: January 2023

O estudo objetivou testar duas hipóteses relacionadas ao tamanho e a diversificação das redes de municípios mineiros, criadas a partir dos consórcios públicos. A primeira é que cidades com redes maiores (mais participantes) têm maior possibilidade de usufruir dos ganhos de escala e acesso a mais serviços públicos, o que influencia o desenvolvimento socioeconômico. A segunda é que a diversidade de áreas de atuação das redes também permite economias de escala, diante do reaproveitamento de insumos. A técnica estatística de Análise de Regressão Logística Ordenada é empregada considerando como regressandos diferentes dimensões do Índice FIRJAN de Desenvolvimento Municipal (IFDM) e como regressores variáveis criadas a partir dos dados da Confederação Nacional de Municípios (CNM) para refletirem as características das redes municipais, para 2020. Os resultados indicam que o tamanho da rede de municípios impacta positivamente a probabilidade de as cidades atingirem níveis mais elevados de desenvolvimento socioeconômico, medido pelo IFDM.
Effectiveness of gel formulation of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) bark extract and its potential as an anti-inflammatory in white male rats (Rattus norvegicus)
Authors: NURANI SHAFA GEULISTIA , DELUNA NAFASYA NEGIY , NABILA PUTRI , FALAH SYAMSUL
Published: January 2023

Abstract. Nurani SG, Deluna NN, Nabila P, Falah S. 2022. Effectiveness of gel formulation of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) bark extract and its potential as an anti-inflammatory in white male rats (Rattus norvegicus). Nusantara Bioscience 14: 117-121. Mahogany bark contains phytochemical compounds that have anti-inflammatory activity. This study aims to determine the anti-inflammatory activity of gel formulation of mahogany bark extract in-vivo. Gel formulations of 96% ethanol extract of mahogany bark at different concentrations were tested for anti-inflammatory activity on the paws of rats induced by 1% carrageenan. The data observed were the thickness of the foot edema of rats. Positive control was anti-inflammatory drugs (Desoximetasone), and negative control was the gel formulation without extract. Data on the thickness of rat paw edema were analyzed using the ANOVA test. The results of the anti-inflammatory test showed that gel formulation 2 with an extract concentration of 10% had a thickness reduction value of 41.83%, which was not significantly different from the positive control treatment of 44.38%. The results of the dispersion test showed that formulation 2 and formulation 3 had good dispersibility as suggested in SNI, and all gel formulations had good adhesion. Based on these results, it was concluded that formulation 2 was the most effective in reducing rat paw edema.
Evaluation of effect of nicosulfuron at different time of application on the chemical component of maize (Zea mays)
Authors: Tizhe Tari , ALONGE SAMSON O. , IORTSUUN DORA N. , ADEKPE DAVID I. , BATTA KUCHELI
Published: January 2023

Abstract. Tizhe TD, Alonge SO, Iortsuun DN, Adekpe DI, Batta K. 2022. Evaluation of effect of nicosulfuron at different time of application on the chemical component of maize (Zea mays). Nusantara Bioscience 14: 123-128. This study was aimed at evaluating the effect of nicosulfuron at different concentration and time of application on the chemical compositions of maize (Zea mays L.) grain. A field experiment was conducted during the 2019 and 2020 cropping season. Using a split plot design, maize seed was planted; and four different concentrations of nicosulfuron (50, 100, 150 and 200 g/ha) were applied at 3, 5 and 7 weeks after sowing (WAS). The maize grain obtained were analyzed of its proximate, amino acids and mineral contents using a standard procedures. The results showed that both the different concentrations of nicosulfuron and its time of application had significant effect on the proximate compositions except on the ash content. The 5 WAS application time had the significantly highest content of protein, crude fibre and moisture with 11.35, 2.60 and 12.01% respectively; and lowest of carbohydrate (70.58%) and crude fat (2.33%). The nicosulfuron was also observed to have a significant effect on all the amino acids and mineral (except on N) contents of the maize grain with 100 g/ha recording the significantly highest content of almost all the amino acids; and 50 g/ha the lowest. The 5 WAS had the highest of virtually all the amino acids; while 3 WAS the lowest. Therefore, nicosulfuron and time of application both have a significant effect on the proximate, amino acids and Mg and Ca components of maize grain; which means that the use of nicosulfuron at concentrations especially above 100 g/ha and at time other than 5 WAS negatively affect the chemical components of maize grain.
The addition of vermicompost and biostarter affects the growth, total phenolic and antioxidant activity of Echinacea purpurea
Authors: CHOIRUNNISA LUTFIA FAJAR , WIDIYASTUTI YULI , SOLICHATUN SOLICHATUN , YUNUS AHMAD
Published: January 2023

Abstract. Choirunnisa LF, Widiayastuti Y, Solichatun, Yunus A. 2022. The addition of vermicompost and biostarter affects the growth, total phenolic and antioxidant activity of Echinacea purpurea. Nusantara Bioscience 14: 148-154. Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench or purple coneflower is a medical plant that originated in North America and contained various bioactive compounds, one of which is phenolic. Applying organic fertilizer like vermicompost has been reported to increase plants' bioactive compounds' components and antioxidant activity. The purpose of this study was to determine the addition of vermicompost and biostarter on the growth, total phenolic and antioxidant activity of E. purpurea. Split-Plot Randomized Complete Block Design was used with dosages of vermicompost 0, 40, 60, and 80 g/plant and different types of biostarter from Banana peel waste and effective microorganisms (EM). The results showed that treatment of 80 g/plant vermicomposts and EM highest resulted in the growth rate parameters (plant high, leaf numbers, leaf area, roots volume, plant fresh and dry weight) and total phenolic content with 1.802%. On the other hand, the herb extracts had the highest result with the treatment of 40 g/plant vermicomposts and EM (4.96%). The antioxidant activity was tested using the DPPH method with TLC and showed that all treatments indicated positive antioxidant activity.
Suitability of selected legume (Vachellia spp.) tree species for forest restoration in the Central Ethiopian highlands
Authors: ASMELASH FISSEHA , GETACHEW EMEBET
Published: January 2023

Abstract. Asmelash F, Getachew E. 2022. Suitability of selected legume (Vachellia spp.) tree species for forest restoration in the Central Ethiopian highlands. Nusantara Bioscience 14: 195-202. This study aimed to evaluate the comparative suitability of the legume tree species viz., Vachellia abyssinica (Hochst. ex. Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr., Vachellia etbaica (Schweinf.) Kyal. & Boatwr., Vachellia lahai (Steud. & Hochst. ex Benth.) Kyal. & Boatwr., and Vachellia seyal (Delile) P.J.H.Hurter for restoring forests in Central Ethiopian highlands. The suitability of three accessions of V. seyal was also compared. The correlation between root nodule number and root Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) colonization (RC) and seedlings’ growth variables were computed, and the effect of seedling age on nodule number and RC was determined. Seedlings were grown for nine months on degraded local soil in a mesh house in central Ethiopia. We measured shoot height, shoot fresh weight, rooting depth, root nodule number, and RC in the third and ninth months. The one-way ANOVA results indicated that tree species and/or accession (for V. seyal) had a significant (p<0.05) effect on all the measured variables except shoot height and rooting depth at the ninth month. Generally, nodule number and RC increased with seedling age. However, according to the independent t-test results, significant (p<0.05) differences were recorded for V. abyssinica, with a 57.16% reduction in nodule number, and V. seyal accession-1, with a 418.52% increase in RC. The Spearman’s rank correlation results indicated that the correlation between nodule number and RC was weak and non-significant (p>0.05) both in the third and ninth months. Based on the measured growth variables, nodule number (N-fixation potential), and RC, V. etbaica was the least suitable species for forest restoration in central Ethiopian highlands. The remaining species/accessions are comparably suitable. The V. abyssinica lost its comparative fitness with seedling age, maybe because it is a provenance far away from central Ethiopia. However, V. seyal accession-3, the furthest provenance, has performed much better. The legume trees of Ethiopia are less studied. Their role as environmental engineers could be better understood by knowing more about their root traits. Therefore, this study could motivate future research in this regard. Long-term experiments are required to consider more legume tree species and provenances in the future.
Las protestas de trabajadores estatales en Río Cuarto (Argentina, 1989-1991). Una dinámica contenciosa situada
Authors: Basconzuelo Celia Cristina
Published: January 2023

Este artículo presenta un análisis de las protestas de trabajadores estatales en una ciudad del interior de Argentina, durante el ciclo 1989-1991. En clave socio-histórica se indaga la dinámica de estos eventos, para lo cual se trabaja con tres dimensiones: la temporalidad, la configuración situada y los colectivos sociales participantes. Desde una escala local se evidencia cómo la frecuencia protestataria refuerza tendencias generales a la vez que exhibe una singular intensidad, mientras las condiciones contextuales explican la agudización del conflicto social. Al mismo tiempo, ciertos colectivos sociales actuantes generan conexiones entre sí, articulan organizaciones y potencian vínculos con algunos de los dirigentes representativos, por lo que adquieren, además, protagonismo nacional.
Reparación y garantía de no repetición en Wallmapu: la brecha entre la aplicación de justicia a las víctimas mapuche y las normas internacionales
Authors: Saavedra Cea Sebastián , Painevilo Maldonado Eduardo , Vargas-Forman Ruth , Molina González Claudia , Corvalán Rivera Christopher , Martínez Cañoles Wladimir , Le Bonniec Fabien
Published: January 2023

El artículo parte del trabajo de litigación y de observaciones realizadas en los tribunales del sur de Chile en estos últimos años y, en particular, en 2021. Da cuenta de la "dilatación" de los juicios cuando se trata de sancionar agentes del estado que han cometidos delitos en contra de personas mapuche, como en los casos Huracan o Lemun. Este tipo de situaciones afectan principios claves del derecho, como son la reparación del delito y la garantía de no repetición. Se expone cómo la lentitud y pasividad del sistema judicial chileno provoca un mayor sentimiento de injusticia para el pueblo mapuche. Después de haber presentado estos principios vinculados con los Derechos Humanos, y sus fundamentos en el ámbito legal y psicosocial, se analizarán dos casos de vulneración de derechos cometidos por agentes del estado aún vigentes para mejor aprehender sus diversas consecuencias.
Y se fueron. Licencias para navegar a las Índias otorgadas por mujeres a sus esposos
Authors: Barrientos Márquez Maria del Mar
Published: January 2023

A través de las licencias para navegar a las Indias firmadas en las notarías gaditanas de 1765 a 1793 se analiza quiénes fueron los hombres que las solicitaron, sus vidas e intenciones. Las otorgantes de estas licencias, las mujeres, también tienen su espacio de análisis; quiénes eran, qué papel jugaron y si participaron en la decisión del esposo de marchar hacia el Nuevo Mundo. Asimismo, también es objeto del estudio si dichas licencias constituyeron un instrumento de control hacia sus parejas, una herramienta que les permitió formular el discurrir de la familia.
La línea internacional del Partido Comunista del Perú, Sendero Luminoso (PCP-SL): del origen hasta el inicio de la lucha armada (1962-1980)
Authors: Jiménez Vigara Miguel
Published: January 2023

El Partido Comunista del Perú, Sendero Luminoso (PCP-SL) ha sido ampliamente estudiado por la historiografía. Ahora bien, existe una carencia investigativa sobre un aspecto esencial: la línea internacional de la organización maoísta. El objetivo de la presente investigación es exponer cómo fue de esencial el pensamiento internacional para Sendero Luminoso en el período anterior al inicio de la lucha armada, esto es, entre 1962-1980. Aspectos tratados encarecidamente son la influencia de José Carlos Mariátegui, la importancia de las masas del tercer mundo como sujeto revolucionario y, por último, la relevancia del contexto nacional peruano durante el gobierno de Velasco Alvarado (1968-1975). Todo ello bajo el contexto de las dinámicas de la Guerra Fría.
Trabajo industrializado y praxis social: la impronta republicano-democrática en la crítica económico-política de Marx
Authors: Manjarín Castellarnau Edgar
Published: January 2023

Dos de las cuestiones que han suscitado mayor debate académico sobre la tradición republicana en los últimos años abordan su vinculación histórico-normativa con la democracia y las relaciones de trabajo. Sin embargo, la caracterización más popular actualmente, el neorrepublicanismo, desatiende la riqueza conceptual originada en las poleis democráticas, particularmente Atenas, en la que se conjugan ambas cuestiones. En este artículo se revisa la argumentación aristotélica acerca de la esclavitud natural, la virtud y el trabajo en el contexto de una activa movilización del demos que confrontó en la práctica los ataques demofóbos contra el trabajo libre. Tras disolverse las bases constitutivas de este contexto, proliferaron, a través del estoicismo primero, y luego del cristianismo, una serie de abstracciones ontológico-sociales y político-éticas que dieron lugar a supuestos atomistas en el pensamiento social. La crítica a la Economía Política de Karl Marx es heredera de una tradición, democrática, que problematiza las dinámicas sociales que fundamentan estos supuestos y los integra en su análisis de la articulación socio-institucional de la lucha de clases en el proceso de industrialización. La revisión de categorías y las dinámicas analizadas por Marx remiten a las condiciones de posibilidad y de conscienciación revolucionaria para llevar a cabo unas nuevas bases constitutivas para la virtud política, reorganizando la actividad productiva a fin de fomentar la deliberación.
Environments of Control in the Films of Melanie Gilligan
Authors: Kuhn Holger
Published: January 2023

Since 2008, the artist Melanie Gilligan has been investigating how the techniques of machinic capitalism have intensified in the face of digital environments. This is expounded upon in three video works in particular. Crisis in the Credit System (2008) raises the question of how the market, controlled by an “invisible hand”, functions as the milieu of an economic subject. Popular Unrest (2010) shows how algorithms intervene in the reproduction of life and, in doing so, not only govern subjects, but interpret their infra- and supraindividual data traces as an environment. In The Common Sense (2014), society regulates itself through a decentralized but omnipresent affective network created by environmentally distributed technologies. In this paper I want to ask what kind of power-formation is sketched by Melanie Gilligan, especially since the focus of all three works is put on the control of environmental factors.

In order to achieve this, I will follow what Foucault developed in his lectures on The Birth of Biopolitics. The power-formation he calls governmentality does not aim at the production of subjects (as disciplinary techniques), but rather at the control over their milieus or environments. I want to show that this is a central aspect of the power formation, that is implicated in the diegetic universes of Gilligan’s films. Additionally I discuss more recent contributions to the question of machinic control: Erich Hörl’s concept of environmentalization, Antointette Rouvroy’s term algorithmic governmentality, Gerald Raunig’s latest thoughts about the dividuum and machinic capitalism, as well as Maurizio Lazzarato who has taken up Deleuze’s and Guattari’s thoughts about asignifying semiotics.

By successively working through Gilligan’s three works, I conclude that the way Gilligan conceives of different formations of control may be analyzed as allegories of historical and technological processes of governmentality, that reach from the 18th century’s milieu of the market to today’s digital milieus.
Gandhi, Guattari and the Decolonization of the Anthropocene
Authors: Ishtiaque Ahmed Levin
Published: January 2023

This article examines the relevance of Guattari’s ecosophy and Gandhi’s ecophilosophy to provide an ontological response to environmental (in)justice in the Indian subcontinent in the context of Anthropogenic climate change. Considering what it signifies to live in the Anthropocene, it engages with the Guattarian idea of emancipation and the Gandhian concept of swaraj to understand the ethics of justice in the new climate regime. Through these intellectual encounters, this article develops an ontological framework for addressing the question of human agency in the Anthropocene considering the long history of decolonization in South Asia which was largely shaped by Gandhi’s idea of swaraj. To facilitate engagement across diverse philosophical cultures for the purpose of decolonizing the Anthropocene, this article seeks to understand possible points of alliance between Guattarian ecosophy and Gandhian ecophilosophy. This cross-cultural conversation becomes pertinent when neoliberal capitalism is radically transforming the lives and landscapes of the planet, reconfiguring the registers of what Guattari (2000) has called the three ecologies: namely those of the environment, social relations and human subjectivity. This cross-cultural confluence of philosophical ideas unveils how the ecologies of both humans and nonhumans are globally reconfigured according to the logic of neoliberal capitalism. Therefore, this article seeks to conjoin Guattarian ecosophy and Gandhian ecophilosophy to understand environmental (in)justice in the Indian subcontinent in the context of anthropogenic climate change. Reflecting on Gandhian ideas with the help of Guattarian ecosophy would help us understand the detrimental effects of the colonial Anthropocene. The condition of the Global South is still deeply colonial, which is marked by economic inequality and social injustice. Therefore, engaging with Gandhi and Guattari in the Anthropocene is a task of radical ecological imagination. This article elaborates on this project of radical ecological vision by drawing their philosophical contributions.
Blobs, Slime, and Fungi. The Queer Potential of a Mediamycology
Authors: Müller Maja-Lisa
Published: January 2023

This article wants to establish the blob and with it other amorphous structures not only as a symptom for life in networked times, but also as a way of thinking with blobs in queering ontological, biological and disciplinary spheres. In their emergent state, they are quasi-objects in nucleo and ontological beings in the process of unfolding, of spreading and coming into existence. In its amorphous form the blob questions scientific, philosophical as well as aesthetic categories and shall therefore be explored from these different perspectives.

In a comparative analysis of art works as well as texts from different scientific disciplines such as biology and anthropology, amorph objects reveal their world-building and connecting abilities across species and spheres. They can be understood as natural media of linking and cultivation.

Drawing from queer theory the abject culture of these phenomena asks for a reevaluation of these attributions and towards an appropriation of the dangerous qualities ascribed to slime and fungi.
Lo siniestro ayer y hoy: las conjuradas
Authors: Rodríguez Garcés Vanina
Published: January 2023

En este artículo se contraponen dos imágenes, la primera, una obra de Albrecht Dürer que se refiere a las llamadas ‘brujas’, aquellas mujeres acusadas de malignidad y condenadas a morir cruelmente. La segunda, una foto periodística de una movilización feminista que hace referencia a aquellas ‘brujas’ asesinadas. A partir de estas imágenes comienza un rastreo y un análisis genealógico que tiene como objetivo detallar y resaltar lo que de síntoma hay en todo esto y cómo los feminismos se proponen buscar nuevas formas de pensar, actuar y vivir. 

Se analizan dos momentos históricos cuyos lazos, conexiones y genealogías no pueden ser ignorados a pesar de su distancia temporal-espacial. A la búsqueda de algo de lo que plantea Foucault con respecto a la localización de la “singularidad de los acontecimientos”, es que se encara esta reflexión, siendo el epígrafe visual de cada uno de los dos apartados presentados, una imagen que implica también a dichos parentescos. El método utilizado es el ensayístico, en donde la contraposición de dos imágenes, dos momentos históricos y dos lecturas de cada uno de estos momentos, dan las pautas para llegar al escrito analítico presente. Los resultados proponen nuevas formas de entender y pensar nuestra realidad actual.

Al final del escrito, y a manera de conclusión, se acude a recomendaciones de dos pensadoras que tensionan las experiencias de vivir todo esto, tanto en Latinoamérica como en Europa; ellas son Rita Segato y Silvia Federici respectivamente. Con sus modos de reflexionar estas áridas cuestiones, se pretende atisbar posibles vías de escape de este sistema dañino y opresor.
Using a random laser to measure the content of protein in skim milk
Authors: dos Santos Araújo Suely , Prado Marcus V. A. , Abegão Luis M. G. , Pagani Alessandra A. C. , Rodrigues José Joatan , Zílio Sérgio C. , Alencar Márcio A. R. C.
Published: January 2023

The luminescence of skim milk samples with distinct protein content doped with rhodamine B was investigated. The samples were excited by a nanosecond laser tuned at 532 nm, and the emission was characterized as a random laser. Its features were analyzed as a function of the protein aggregate content. The results showed a linear correlation between the random laser peak intensity and the protein content. This paper proposes a rapid detection photonic method to evaluate the protein content in skim milk based on the intensity of the random laser emission.
Graphene surface modes enabling terahertz pulling force
Authors: Ferrari Hernán , Herrero Victor , Zapata-Rodríguez Carlos J. , Cuevas Mauro
Published: January 2023

Plasmonic substrates are widely reported for their use in the manipulation of sub-wavelength particles. Here we analyze the optical force in the terahertz (THz) spectrum acting on a dielectric nanoparticle when located close to a graphene monolayer. When lying on a dielectric planar substrate, the graphene sheet enables the nano-sized scatterer to excite a surface plasmon (SP) well confined on the dielectric surface. Under quite general conditions, large pulling forces can be exerted on the particle as a consequence of conservation of linear momentum and a self-action effect. Our results show that the pulling force intensity critically depends on the particle shape and orientation. The low heat dissipation of graphene SPs paves the way for the development of a novel plasmonic tweezer for applications involving biospecimen manipulation in the THz region.
Rapid identification of breast cancer subtypes using micro-FTIR and machine learning methods
Authors: Farooq Sajid , Del-Valle Matheus , dos Santos Moises Oliveira , dos Santos Sofia Nascimento , Bernardes Emerson Soares , Zezell Denise Maria
Published: January 2023

Breast cancer (BC) molecular subtypes diagnosis involves improving clinical uptake by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic imaging, which is a non-destructive and powerful technique, enabling label free extraction of biochemical information towards prognostic stratification and evaluation of cell functionality. However, methods of measurements of samples demand a long time to achieve high quality images, making its clinical use impractical because of the data acquisition speed, poor signal to noise ratio, and deficiency of optimized computational framework procedures. To address those challenges, machine learning (ML) tools can facilitate obtaining an accurate classification of BC subtypes with high actionability and accuracy. Here, we propose a ML-algorithm-based method to distinguish computationally BC cell lines. The method is developed by coupling the K-neighbors classifier (KNN) with neighborhood components analysis (NCA), and hence, the NCA-KNN method enables to identify BC subtypes without increasing model size as well as adding additional computational parameters. By incorporating FTIR imaging data, we show that classification accuracy, specificity, and sensitivity improve, respectively, 97.5%, 96.3%, and 98.2%, even at very low co-added scans and short acquisition times. Moreover, a clear distinctive accuracy (up to 9 %) difference of our proposed method (NCA-KNN) was obtained in comparison with the second best supervised support vector machine model. Our results suggest a key diagnostic NCA-KNN method for BC subtypes classification that may translate to advancement of its consolidation in subtype-associated therapeutics.
Ultrahigh extinction ratio and ultralow insertion loss for polarization beam splitter based on two folded asymmetrical directional couplers with dual-stage etching
Authors: Huang Yao , Zou Xihua , Xie Changjian , Zhang Yong
Published: January 2023

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a polarization beam splitter (PBS) with excellent performance in terms of ultrahigh extinction ratio and ultralow insertion loss. The PBS consists of two dual-stage etched asymmetrical directional couplers, which are cascaded by a bend waveguide to form a folded structure. In the PBS, the fundamental transverse magnetic (

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Geometric descriptions for the polarization of nonparaxial light: a tutorial
Authors: Alonso Miguel A.
Published: January 2023

This tutorial provides an overview of the local description of polarization for nonparaxial light, for which all Cartesian components of the electric field are significant. The polarization of light at each point is characterized by a three-component complex vector in the case of full polarization and by a 3 × 3 polarization matrix for partial polarization. Standard concepts for paraxial polarization such as the degree of polarization, the Stokes parameters, and the Poincaré sphere then have generalizations for nonparaxial light that are not unique and/or not trivial. This work aims to clarify some of these discrepancies, present some new concepts, and provide a framework that highlights the similarities and differences with the description for the paraxial regimes. Particular emphasis is placed on geometric interpretations.
Generation of continuous-variable high-dimensional entanglement with three degrees of freedom and multiplexing quantum dense coding: publisher’s note
Authors: Guo Hui , Liu Na , Li Zhi , Yang Rongguo , Sun Hengxin , Liu Kui , Gao Jiangrui
Published: January 2023

This publisher’s note corrects the authorship in Photon. Res. 10, 2828 (2022)PRHEIZ2327-912510.1364/PRJ.469340.
Spatiotemporal patterns of early afterdepolarizations underlying abnormal T-wave morphologies in a tissue model of the Purkinje-ventricular system
Authors: Yuan Mengya , Lian Heqiang , Li Pan
Published: January 2023

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a leading cause of death worldwide, and the majority of SCDs are caused by acute ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). Early afterdepolarizations (EADs) are an important trigger of VA under pathological conditions, e.g., inherited or acquired long QT syndrome (LQTS). However, it remains unclear how EAD events at the cellular level are spatially organized at the tissue level to induce and maintain ventricular arrhythmias and whether the spatial-temporal patterns of EADs at the tissue level are associated with abnormal T-wave morphologies that are often observed in LQTS, such as broad-based, notched or bifid; late appearance; and pointed T-waves. Here, a tissue model of the Purkinje-ventricular system (PVS) was developed to quantitatively investigate the complex spatial-temporal dynamics of EADs during T-wave abnormalities. We found that (1) while major inhibition of ICaL can substantially reduce the excitability of the PVS leading to conduction failures, moderate ICaL inhibition can promote occurrences of AP alternans at short cycle lengths (CLs), and EAD events preferentially occur with a major reduction of IKr (>50%) at long CLs; (2) with a minor reduction of ICaL, spatially synchronized steady-state EAD events with inverted and biphasic T-waves can be “weakened” into beat-to-beat concurrences of spatially synchronized EADs and T-wave alternans, and as pacing CLs increase, beat-to-beat concurrences of localized EADs with late-appearing and pointed T-wave morphologies can be observed; (3) under certain conditions, localized EAD events in the midmyocardium may trigger slow uni-directional electric propagation with inverted (antegrade) or upright (retrograde) broad-based T-waves; (4) spatially discordant EADs were typically characterized by desynchronized spontaneous onsets of EAD events between two groups of PVS tissues with biphasic T-wave morphologies, and they can evolve into spatially discordant oscillating EAD patterns with sustained or self-terminated alternating EAD and electrocardiogram (ECG) patterns. Our results provide new insights into the spatiotemporal aspects of the onset and development of EADs and suggest possible mechanistic links between the complex spatial dynamics of EADs and T-wave morphologies.
Weaving hope: Tonino Guerra, fables and utopian holism in Red Desert
Authors: Nespoli Marianna
Published: January 2023

This article examines the interrelationship of the kite fable and island fable, both written by Tonino Guerra, in the film Red Desert. It highlights how both fables showcase Guerrian issues and motifs, such as holism and collectivity. In the first part of the article, I trace the genesis and transformation of Guerra’s tale L’aquilone (‘The kite’) in Red Desert. I show that Guerra’s utopic tone contrasts with the dystopian aura of Antonioni’s Ravenna. Then, I demonstrate that, although the kite tale was discarded from the filmed version of Red Desert, visual remnants are still present, and thus the story can be read as central to the film. In the final section, I draw connections between Guerra’s kite fable and island fable demonstrating that, in the latter, Guerra’s utopian world-view is distinctly ‘Antonionized’.
Perspectives on Tonino Guerra: Interviews with Rebecca West, Federico Pacchioni, Giame Alonge and Goffredo Fofi
Authors: Burke Frank , Hough-Dugdale Amy
Published: January 2023

The following interviews address Tonino Guerra’s poetry, fiction, installations and screenwriting, with special attention to his environmentalism, his work with Elio Petri, his novel L’uomo parallelo (1969) in relation to his and Michelangelo Antonioni’s Zabriskie Point (1970), his love for popular culture and his ‘anarchism’.