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Conceptual Study on Basic Counting Visual Teaching Aids towards Autistic Young Children in Malaysia
Authors: Abdullah Thani Ainol Fauziah , Ramli Rusyaizila
Published: May 2023

In a recent assessment regarding the concern towards the awareness of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), it was implied that at least 1 in 200 children are diagnosed with autism (Fernell, Eriksson, & Gillberg, 2013). In Malaysia, it could possibly be said that it is a rare sight to find teaching aids or books at the physical bookstores specifically made for young children with autism, in which have their own traits in approaching matters. In this case study, a test was conducted to determine the basic counting skills based on attractive visual teaching aids for autistic children that will probably be assistance to parents. For this, a visual counting book was designed and tested by 15 autistics children at National Autism Society of Malaysia (NASOM). In hindsight, the results obtained shown that the users who participated quite adept when it comes to areas for knowledge responsiveness. However, the review highlights that an improvement is vital in this area
Creating effective awareness campaign on the importance of martial arts among youth
Authors: Hasnan Muhammad Hadriee , Ramli Rusyaizila , Mustapha Safinaz
Published: May 2023

Bullying tends to happen most often in and around the school, specifically in the areas where adult supervision is little or none at all. Campaigns on bully awareness is proven unsuccessful considering the situation has been going on and keep happening. This also due to the lack of firm and indecisive action against the bully. This research will focus on encouraging the victims to participate and learn how to defend themselves against bully. By learning martial arts, the victim will be able to defend themselves independently and stop putting hopes for others to do so in their rights. The objective of this marketing campaign is to encourage the bully victims to learn martial arts in order to defend themselves. The promotional marketing items that will be distributed along with the campaign shall explain the benefits of learning martial arts and where they can sign up for the courses. The concept and design theme for the promotional items will be made suitable and appealing for the target audiences. An attractive publishing is proved effective as a promotional items since it has the ability to persuade and pique the interest of the victims in learning how to defend themselves against bully. This, in hope will slowly but surely reduce the frequency of bully.
Determination of Quality of life, Self-esteem and Self-image in patients with Idiopathic Scoliosis subjected to Surgical treatment in Malaysia
Authors: Ab Rahman, Marini , P. Galaichelvi.
Published: May 2023

Idiopathic scoliosis is a spinal deformity which affects patient’s self-esteem, self-image and quality of life. Surgery is offered when the curve is more than 45 degree based on its progression. The objective of this study is to determine the pre and post-surgical self-esteem, self-image and quality of life in idiopathic scoliosis patients. A cross sectional study was conducted by using Scoliosis Research Society-30 (SRS-30) self-administered patient questionnaire. There are 115 patients were recruited in this study where 35 (30.43%) male and 80 (69.6%) female patients. Age of patient ranged from 10 to 49 years old with mean age of 24.65 ± 7.704. There were 42 (36.52%) Malay patients, 40 (34.78%) Chinese patients, 25 (21.73%) Indian patients and 8 (6.96%) from other races. Results shows that self-esteem and self-image is significantly higher (r = 0.216, p=0.021) after surgery compared to before surgery. As for quality of life, physical function did not significantly change after surgery but quality of life based on psychological function and social wellbeing is significantly higher after surgery. Positive association were found between satisfaction of treatment with self-image (r = 0.713, p=0.00) and self-image with self-esteem (r = 0.216, p=0.021) and negative association found between satisfaction of treatment with self-esteem (r = - 0.210, p=0.024). In conclusion patients with idiopathic scoliosis report lower self-esteem and self-image before surgical treatment and significantly improves after surgical correction and patients are generally satisfied with their life as well as the outcome of surgical treatment.
Factors Influencing Consumer Behavior
Authors: Voon Lew Qi , James Jennifer , Selvarajah Sherlyn , Syabil Mohar Raja Muhammad
Published: May 2023

There are many prior studies that focused on the adoption of mobile shopping by apply models like TAM, DOI and UTAUT, but there is still a lack of effort to determine the influential factors from user or consumer perception. The purpose of this paper is to determine the influential factors on intention of purchasing via mobile shopping application in Malaysia. The study identified five independent variables including perceived benefit, performance expectancy, security and privacy, perceived ease of use and customer services with proposed an integrated framework to understand intention mobile users. A total of 195 mobile device users were participating in this questionnaire survey in Malaysia. Collected data was utilized to analyze the hypothesized relationships. The results indicated that only two influential factors, namely perceived benefits and perceived ease of use were significant in predicting the purchase intention via mobile shopping application. The small sizes of respondents from whole population in Malaysia is the limitation of this study. The findings of this study benefit mobile shopping app developers to develop a suitable services and strategies to encourage mobile shopping app as a medium of exchange. Worth noting this study represents the purchase intention in using mobile application by using UTAUT model as a guiding theory.
Improvised Fundus Camera
Authors: M. Bernardo Bryan Joshua , OD Donnie Y. Saludes,
Published: May 2023

Through the years, examination of fundus of the eye has come a long way. Technology has played a major part in the development of fundus imaging from direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy up to portable fundus cameras. However, the high cost of fundus cameras in the market creates an impediment in acquiring and utilizing such. The aim of this research was to improvise a cheaper yet fully functional fundus camera. A quantitative quasi-experimental type of research to rate the created prototype by a total of 23 respondents was applied. The device was rated according to functionality, design, ease of use, and cost, using numerical ratings from 4 to 1, with 4 being the highest and 1 the lowest. Results: Data revealed that the overall rating for the device was 4 or excellent. The “cost” achieved the highest, while the “design” had the lowest ratings respectively. Conclusion: The study shows that the created prototype can efficiently function as fundus camera with much cheaper cost of production than fundus cameras available in the market.
REGULAÇÃO DO TRABALHO, NEOLIBERALISMO E PANDEMIA
Authors: Santos Leonardo Alves dos , Dutra Renata Queiroz
Published: May 2023

O presente artigo busca analisar a manifestação do fenômeno neoliberal no contexto brasileiro contemporâneo e, em especial, seus reflexos sobre a legislação trabalhista recente, notadamente as reformas legislativas ocorridas a partir de 2017, incluindo a Reforma trabalhista, as medidas provisórias que a sucederam e a legislação de emergência pandêmica. Serão analisados, também, os efeitos dessas alterações legislativas sobre o mercado de trabalho, partindo-se do paradigma da centralidade do trabalho e pensando sua complexa interação com os momentos de crise. A análise terá como marcos teóricos a noção do neoliberalismo como racionalidade, construída por Pierre Dardot e Christian Laval, e o conceito de acumulação flexível, conforme estudo de David Harvey, como forma de regulação socioeconômica predominante.
Wohlfahrtsverbände als erfolgreich scheiternde Organisationen?
Authors: Seibel Wolfgang
Published: May 2023

Die jüngsten Skandale in Kreisverbänden der Arbeiterwohlfahrt machen notorische Kontrollprobleme von Nonprofit-Organisationen deutlich. Wohlfahrtsverbände sind nicht notwendigerweise ‚erfolgreich scheiternde Organisationen‘, ihr Management erfordert aber Systemwissen, das leicht zugänglich, doch nicht immer verfügbar ist, wenn es gebraucht wird.
Lehrpläne im Kontext von politischem und pädagogischem Wollen
Authors: Heiland Thomas
Published: May 2023

Curricula are a result of educational policy and pedagogical will. The curriculum development of the upper elementary school and the lower secondary school in Bavaria from 1945 to 2000 is presented to the reader in a longitudinal section. In doing so, continuities and discontinuities are shown with the help of a system of teaching categories. At the interface of pedagogy and history, the author's historical-systematic analysis is intended to encourage student teachers and current teachers, as well as all those interested in schools and school development, to read the curriculum critically, reflectively, and contextually.
Sound, Allusion, and the “Wandering Songstress” in Royston Tan’s Films
Authors: Groppe Alison M.
Published: May 2023

This chapter analyzes the songstress figure in films by Royston Tan (Chen Ziqian), arguing that the Sinophone Singaporean auteur's adaptation of this cinematic trope allows him to "act local" while "thinking globally." A dominant screen icon in Republican Shanghai and 1950s-60s Hong Kong cinema, the songstress or singing actress was overshadowed by the male action hero of martial arts cinema before returning as a figure of nostalgia symbolizing migration, circulation, and cultural diversity in recent films like Tsai Ming-liang's Hole, Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love, and Ang Lee's Lust, Caution. In his shorts Hock Liap Leong and Grandfather, and in his movie musicals 881, 12 Lotus, and 3688, Tan invokes the songstress figure and a rhetoric of fandom to explore local cultural and linguistic politics in Singapore and highlight regional cultural flows. Tan's filmmaking testifies to the songstress figure's enduring significance for illuminating the cinematic network linking the small nation cinema sites of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, and for contributing to the distinctiveness and visibility of Sinophone filmmaking in global cinema.
Unsettling the Familiar
Authors: Barber Lachlan B.
Published: May 2023

In Chapter 4, Lachlan Barber examines Hong Kong’s carefully restored former Central Police Station Compound (renamed as Tai Kwun). While the Tai Kwun site—comprising the former Central Police Station, Victoria Gaol, and Central Magistracy, among other buildings—celebrates the heritage of the Hong Kong Police Force, Barber’s analysis demonstrates how ruptures and selectivity in the process of conservation seem calculated to prevent visitors from critically engaging with the past. This is an instance of potentially difficult heritage ‘made easy’, in a context where the legacies of colonial policing remain a prominent and highly controversial feature of the post-colonial present.
Painting and Politics
Authors: Yu Leqi
Published: May 2023

This chapter shifts its focus from art to politics. After the Southern Song collapsed and the Mongols finally reunited China, Chinese painters from the South played the most significant role in the formation of Yuan jiehua as a distinct tradition that Mongol court patronized. This chapter examines these painters’ political careers at the Yuan court and analyzes how their jiehua helped them advance into government. It also explores how Mongol artistic patronage and taste—particularly that of Emperor Renzong (Ayurbarwada) and that of the Grand Princess Sengge Ragi—helped shape the mainstream of Yuan jiehua in the early fourteenth-century court.
Thrombotic or Thromboembolic Events in COVID-19: A Literature Review
Authors: Shojaee Reza , Karimi Matloub Saeed , Karimi Matloub Rasool
Published: May 2023

Context: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), as a novel virus infection, was first detected in China in 2019 and has quickly spread as a pandemic leading to a high mortality rate and unprecedented challenges for healthcare systems. Although the SARS-CoV-2 clinical spectrum is different, acute failure of respiratory function and coagulopathy as a common manifestation can be observed in cases with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods: This literature review was conducted based on standard guidelines to evaluate related-to-title information about thrombotic or thromboembolic events in COVID-19. Keywords were combined and included as “thrombotic event”, “thromboembolic events”, “diagnosis”, “management”, “SARS-CoV-2”, “COVID-19”, and “literature review”. Results: Lung tissue is a serious target of the COVID-19 virus leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome related to a thromboinflammatory condition. The storm of cytokines, pulmonary tropism, and thromboinflammation are bases of tissue damage leading to acute failure of the respiratory system and extended infection, which can lead to different organ failure and death. The thrombogenicity of this condition has been shown by the high prevalence rate of thromboembolic events observed in SARS-CoV-2 cases treated with anticoagulation. Enhanced D-dimers, as a biomarker reflecting the activation of fibrinolysis and hemostasis, and thrombocytopenia have a relationship with a higher mortality rate in COVID-19 cases. Conclusions: Based on the finding, the inflammation phase of COVID-19 can induce thromboinflammation and lead to thromboembolic events.
A Case of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumour of the Kidney
Authors: Ram Dhayal Ishwar , Shah Shivani
Published: May 2023

Introduction: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) of the kidney is an uncommon neoplasm. We present a rare case of MPNST successfully managed by surgical intervention. Case Presentation: A 23-year-old male patient presented with dull aching pain in the right flank associated with hematuria. On examination, an abdominal mass with firm consistency occupied the right lumbar quadrant with the fullness of the right renal angle. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) showed heterogeneously hypoenhancing lobulated mass (9.2 × 6.4 × 7.6 cm) arising exophytically from the anterior cortex of the middle and lower poles of the right kidney with necrosis. It was compressing the pelvicalyceal system causing mild hydronephrosis. Kidney function tests revealed normal results. Urine cytology for malignant cells was negative. The patient underwent an open radical nephrectomy. Renal mass was adhered to ascending colon and duodenum and was abutting the liver. The histopathological report suggested malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors with margins microscopically clear of tumor cells. S-100 and Vimentin were stained positively. The patient has been under regular follow-up (every three months) for the last year. Conclusions: If feasible, wide local excision is considered the preferred approach, as prognosis mainly depends on the completeness of surgical resection.
GAMBARAN PELAKSANAAN INDIKATOR MUTU NASIONAL DI RUANG RAWAT INAP RSUD KABUPATEN MAJENE
Authors: Ners Irfan Irfan , Adhisty Weny Anggraini , Indrawati Indrawati , Pahmi Muhammad Salim
Published: May 2023

Abstract.  National Quality Indicators of Health Services, hereinafter referred to as Quality Indicators, are benchmarks used to assess the level of success of the quality of health services in health care facilities. Purpose: this study aims to find out the description of the Implementation of National Quality Indicators in the Inpatient Room of the Majene District Hospital which is directly related to the role of nurses. Sample: totaling 117 respondents using Stratified Random Sampling. Design: namely a quantitative descriptive research design that aims to describe or describe the variables studied without analyzing the relationship between variables and presented in a descriptive form, which is used to describe the implementation of the National Quality Indicators in the Inpatient Room of RSUD Majene. Results: hand hygiene compliance (70.9%), PPE use compliance (76.1%), patient identification compliance (78.6%) and patient fall risk prevention compliance (72.6%). Conclusion: shows the level of compliance with the implementation of the National Quality Indicators in the Inpatient Room of RSUD Majene which is directly related to the role of nurses who have not complied because they did not reach the target level of compliance according to compliance standards from the Ministry of Health.

Abstrak. Indikator Mutu Nasional Pelayanan Kesehatan yang selanjutnya disebut Indikator Mutu adalah tolok ukur yang digunakan untuk menilai tingkat keberhasilan mutu pelayanan kesehatan di fasilitas pelayanan kesehatan. Tujuan: penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran Pelaksanaan Indikator Mutu Nasional di Ruang Rawat Inap RSUD Kabupaten Majene yang berhubungan langsung dengan peran perawat. Sampel: berjumlah 117 responden dengan menggunakan Stratified Random Sampling. Desain: yaitu desain penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif yang bertujuan untuk menggambarkan atau memaparkan variabel-variabel yang diteliti tanpa menganalisis hubungan antar variabel dan disajikan dalam bentuk deskriptif, yang digunakan untuk mengetahui gambaran pelaksanaan Indikator Mutu Nasional di Ruang Rawat Inap RSUD Kabupaten Majene. Hasil: didapatkan kepatuhan kebersihan tangan (70,9%), kepatuhan penggunaan APD (76,1%), kepatuhan identifikasi pasien (78,6%) dan kepatuhan upaya pencegahan resiko pasien jatuh (72,6%). Kesimpulan: menunjukan tingkat kepatuhan pelaksanaan Indikator Mutu Nasional di Ruang Rawat Inap RSUD kabupaten Majene yang berhubungan langsung dengan peran perawat belum patuh karna tidak mencapai target tingkat kepatuhan sesuai standar dari Kemenkes.
Analysing Refugees’ Secondary Mobility Using Mobile Phone Call Detail Records
Authors: Sterly Harald , Wirkus Lars
Published: May 2023

This chapter provides insights on how mobile phone data, more specifically Call Detail Records (CDR), can be used to perform mobility and migration analyses. It is written from the perspective of migration and mobility researchers, and thus should give an accessible exposition of the data science aspects. We start with a very brief introduction to the background of mobility analyses from CDR, and then, using a concrete example (Syrian refugees in Turkey), we provide basic steps and some key challenges that need to be considered when analysing and dealing with such data. As the ethical aspects of this topic are highly relevant, we provide a reflection of the ethics of this concrete case example as well.
Applying Computational Linguistic and Text Analysis to Media Content about Migration
Authors: Allen William L.
Published: May 2023

As larger and more varied datasets on socially and political relevant issues have become available to researchers, computational methods that aim to make sense of them have also proliferated. In response, social scientists need to critically reflect on and take stock of the opportunities and challenges presented by these shifts. This chapter draws upon on a series of projects that involved collecting, analysing, and communicating results from a large corpus of British newspaper texts about migration, asylum-seekers, and refugees spanning 1985-2015. By reporting the choices I made during these steps, as well as the contexts in which they happened, I aim to draw out both theoretical and practical lessons for researchers wanting to use computational approaches to media data involving political topics like migration—particularly, but not exclusively, from linguistic perspectives.
Exploring Digital Connectivities in Forced Migration Contexts: ‘Digital Making-Do’ Practices
Authors: Alencar Amanda , Godin Marie
Published: May 2023

This chapter is based on empirical studies of refugees’ digital connectivity while in various contexts of forced displacement (such as Venezuelan refugees in the city of Boa Vista, Brazil, and in Calais at the France-UK border). It discusses the emerging and expanding digital initiatives by humanitarian agencies, grassroots organisations, and tech developers, put in place to provide care and services to refugee groups during ‘migration crises’ in the Global North and Global South. Departing from a needs-based approach, often characterised by the initiatives of various social actors working to implement digital innovation, this chapter shows how top-down initiatives can not only fail to improve the realities of refugees, they can also create dependencies on technologies and initiatives that are not sustainable in many forced migration contexts. Building on critical discussions of digital connectivity and developments from a rights-based approach, we will propose the concept of ‘digital making-do’ as a method to capture the ways in which refugees mobilise and negotiate their rights in different contexts of displacement.
Conflict and Forced Migration: Social Media as Event Data
Authors: Unver H. Akin , Kurnaz Ahmet
Published: May 2023

Over the last decade, datasets that collect, sort and publish violent conflict events – conflict event datasets – have proliferated. The diversity and different levels of analysis found in this conflict event dataset ecosystem enables researchers to focus on the micro-dynamics of conflicts and combine them with existing datasets on migration and human flows. However, these conflict datasets have usually relied on media events, rather than field observations of violence. Over the last few years, a new methodological scholarship emerged that has attempted to use in-field social media data to acquire a better view of violence patterns compared to more traditional datasets. This chapter seeks to provide a tour d’horizon of the conflict event data ecosystem and introduce a workflow that harvests social media data, creating unique and tailored micro event datasets. We test this method by using Operation Olive Branch (February 2016) as a case study. Ultimately, we discover important advantages of using social media as conflict event data, especially at the micro-level.
The Invention of Imperial Sovereignty
Authors: Alston Richard
Published: May 2023

Using the paradigmatic transition between Rome’s Republic and Empire under Augustus, this essay deconstructs the notion of sovereignty, exploring its intellectual history through Bodin, Schmitt, and Agamben and rejecting their understanding of sovereignty as foundational. Instead, I argue for a historicist critique in which the sovereign results from an accretion of various social and political powers to a single locus. Sovereignty as a notion functions as a discursive support for such concentrations in obscuring their historical contingency and in laying claim to sovereignty as an essential feature of a state. This model is tested against the invention of the imperial sovereign. The Augustan sovereign resulted from a process of concentration of social and political authority on Augustus. His power was such as to render society seemingly dependent on the sovereign and to render citizens precarious before his authority, both within and beyond the law. In the concluding section, I suggest that the emergence of any sovereign entity is inevitably repressive because of that concentration and the extension of sovereign power into areas beyond the political. To understand this dynamic, I employ Gramsci’s notion of civil society as a multiplicity of locations of power and his analysis of how those locations were suppressed or assimilated to generate a national (fascist) society.
The Institution of Sovereignty in Central Asia
Authors: Buranelli Filippo Costa
Published: May 2023

This chapter illustrates how the Central Asian republics have adopted and interpreted the institution of sovereignty after becoming independent in 1991. By relying on an English School framework of analysis combined with subaltern realism, on material gathered during multi-year fieldwork in the region and on elite interviews with Central Asian diplomats, the analysis shows how a strictly legal and territorial understanding of sovereignty is the one prevalent in Central Asia, supported by an authoritarian form of governance intertwined with postcolonial discourses and processes of state-and nation-building. Through the case-study of Central Asia, the chapter also upholds the idea that to study sovereignty in a time where processes of globalisation, regionalisation and re-ordering of world politics are becoming increasingly complex, a thorough understanding of local histories, practices and meanings is crucial.
‘The Definite Is the Shadow and not the Owner’: Hannah Arendt in the Shadows of Sovereignty
Authors: Stonebridge Lyndsey
Published: May 2023

The first part of this chapter shows how Hannah Arendt’s critique of sovereignty can be situated in the modern refugee history that she herself lived and chronicled so eloquently. What later became plurality in her thinking began as a question of survival for a historically new kind of people – the ‘we’ of her famous essay, ‘We Refugees’. Refugee history, however, did not end with Arendt’s new life as an émigré political theorist in Cold War America. The second part of the chapter focuses on the recent writing of the Palestinian poet, Yousif M. Qasmiyeh. Writing of the ‘plurality of lives’ (his phrasing) that exist in Baddawi Camp, Northern Lebanon, Qasmiyeh picks up from where Arendt stopped: with the question of how to both survive and begin again in the shadows of sovereignty. At once conserving lives and memories otherwise lost to statelessness, and at the same time challenging the terms of that loss, in Qasmiyeh’s poetry plurality does not converge neatly around conventional understandings of sovereignty – which, as Arendt also understood, at least for those who have been failed by those understandings, may well be the point.
The Forgotten Legacies of Spanish Civil War Exile: Dispersed, Diverse, Divided
Authors: Faber Sebastiaan
Published: May 2023

This chapter sketches the broad outlines of the collective and individual experiences of cultural producers from Spain (writers, artists, composers, and scholars) who were forced to leave their country during or after the war of 1936–9 and during the close to four decades of military dictatorship (1939–75), often spending the rest of their lives in exile. The chapter first describes the nature of the exiles’ legacies and then explains why the significance of those legacies never properly registered in Spain, during but also after the Franco years. Throughout, the chapter underscores that the exiles’ experiences and legacies were geographically dispersed; socially, politically, and culturally diverse; and marked by deep political divisions.
Gerhard as Composer in Exile
Authors: Perry Mark E.
Published: May 2023

Roberto Gerhard’s early works reflect an advanced synthesis of Catalan elements and modern music, utilizing obvious markers of Catalan national identity; however, in 1939, because of the Spanish Civil War, Gerhard to fled from Spain to England. British nationalistic sentiments during and immediately after the Second World War drastically delayed due recognition of the composer in favour of British-born composers. While still living in Spain, Gerhard had composed for the BBC and the intended audience of his Albada, Interludi i Dansa was English—not Spanish or Catalan. At the time, interest in Spanish music was due largely to the events related to the Spanish Civil War. In exile in England, Gerhard’s compositional framework shifted from Catalan nationalism to moments of excursions of Spanish exoticism, composing an opera set in Seville, making arrangements of zarzuelas, while also making allusions to flamenco music. In exile, English institutions perceived Gerhard as a Spanish composer, which imposed an end to Gerhard’s overtly Catalan period.
The Influence of the Spanish Civil War in Gerhard’s Guitar Music
Authors: Ramelli Marco
Published: May 2023

The Spanish Civil War was a dramatic moment in Gerhard’s life as it forced him into exile. Away from his homeland, he maintained a pacifist stance and firmly opposed Franco’s regime. The personal connection of the composer with this tragic event was perhaps the reason why the BBC commissioned Gerhard two pieces of incidental music for two adaptations of important books set during the Spanish Civil War. In both compositions, The Revenge for Love (1957) and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1965), Gerhard decided to include the guitar, an instrument widely associated with the Spanish and Catalan culture. The chapter considers how his political views and experience regarding the Spanish Civil War influenced his approach to The Revenge for Love and For Whom the Bell Tolls, which was also the basis for his most important works for guitar: Fantasia for solo guitar and the chamber work Libra. Furthermore, the chapter examines the complex genesis of Fantasia for solo guitar showing how starting from the musical material of The Revenge for Love the composer wrote two versions of the composition: a first rejected by the guitarist Julian Bream, and a second that was then published and premiered by John Williams.
A Voice Apart: Constructing a Cosmopolitan Identity in Exile
Authors: Mann Rachel E.
Published: May 2023

This chapter explores Gerhard’s cosmopolitanism—both through his writings and the circumstances of his life. It details how these influences and Gerhard’s interest in mathematics and biology—particularly informing proportion and models for the development of musical materials—are manifest in his unique approach to serial thinking in the final decades of his life. The chapter examines the life and compositional identity of a composer whose trajectory was altered by war and exile, but, at the same time, whose circumstances and opportunities were shaped by his cosmopolitan upbringing and his careful cultivation of friendships, acquaintances, and collaborators, and offers one composer’s unique and cosmopolitan perspective on the development and evolution of musical composition and practice throughout Europe and the United States during the early to mid-twentieth century.
Comparing Apples and Oranges? Confronting Social Science and Natural Science Approaches to Migration in Archaeology
Authors: Gori Maja , Abar Aydin
Published: May 2023

This paper discusses the tension between natural science-driven and social science-driven approaches to human migration in late prehistory, focussing especially on the 3rd millennium BC. In order to understand the relevant issues at the core of these tensions, we discuss recent research on prehistoric migrations based on aDNA data and confront it with research that adopts an anthropological and social approach, as well as with research that deals with present migrations by adopting an archaeological approach. Migration models based on genomic research have provoked heated debate among archaeologists. In the conclusions, we propose some possible ways to go further in research on past migrations.
Rethinking Material Culture Markers for Mobility and Migration in the Globalising European Later Bronze Age: A Comparative View from the Po Valley and Pannonian Plain
Authors: Molloy Barry , Bruyère Caroline , Jovanović Dragan
Published: May 2023

The growth of the Terramare settlement network and material culture began to develop around 1600 BC. At this same time, the tell-centred settlement network of the Pannonian Plain to the east collapsed. Correlation between these two events – in particular the mobility of people east to west – has been much debated. The recent discovery of an extensive settlement network with densely distributed, large and enclosed settlements in the Pannonian Plain provides a new dynamic for the interpretation of interaction between these areas. In this paper, building upon knowledge of shared material culture styles and mortuary practices, we explore the character of movement of people between these two regions using a comparative framework that encompasses both life- and deathways. We argue that sustained and systematic mobility between the two regions took place over centuries and that this may have been punctuated by crisis-driven intensification of interaction – including directional migration – on two occasions around 1600 and 1200 BC. A key objective is to explore the strengths and limitations of material culture for characterising movement of people in this setting.
Migration in Archaeological Discourse: Two Case Studies from the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages
Authors: Metzner-Nebelsick Carola
Published: May 2023

After a brief introduction about the role of migration studies in the archaeological discourse since the late 20th century AD, this chapter presents criteria for differentiating between migration and various other forms of mobility. It addresses the chances and challenges of the ‘Third Science Revolution in Archaeology’ and argues in favour of a combination of two different ontologies in archaeological interpretation: the cultural historical approach and a scientific, often positivistic approach, which focuses on the physical traits of humans. The discussion is flanked by two case studies. The first is the Late Bronze-Early Iron Age pre-Scythian Mezőcsát group of mobile pastoralists in the eastern Carpathian Basin. Its presence has been associated with different models of migration and invasion and was seen in connection with the historic Cimmerians. The second case study introduces an interdisciplinary project aimed at detecting migration via isotope analysis with cremated individuals in the Alpine region.
The Scale of Population Movements: A Model for Later Prehistory
Authors: Wells Peter S.
Published: May 2023

Mobility is a regular feature of human behaviour. During late prehistoric times, people in Europe moved from place to place a great deal, sometimes to raid or trade, sometimes to settle in a new environment. To develop a better understanding of the effects of such mobility on the communities and individuals involved, it is important to assess the scale of movements – how many persons were moving in any given situation. Using three examples of mobility for which both textual and archaeological information are available, this paper proposes a model, based upon five conditions that need to be investigated in every case, for estimating the numbers of people that are likely to have been moving. To demonstrate the application of this model, the paper considers the archaeological evidence pertaining to Livy’s description of the migration of Gauls into Italy around 400 BC.
La disciplina de enfermería. Una perspectiva sobre su campo y dominio
Authors: Altamira Camacho Ramiro
Published: May 2023

La presente columna es una invitación a repensar la enfermería, sus límites y sus alcances, es decir, el lugar que le ocupa como ciencia, y las fronteras disciplinares autoimpuestas. Es una invitación a repensar tres aspectos cruciales para la ciencia de enfermería: el foco disciplinar, el mantener abierta la discusión en torno a ese objeto-sujeto que las enfermeras debemos estudiar, y los modos o formas en que podríamos alcanzar el conocimiento [Fragmento de texto].
الثورة الجزائرية في الشعر اليمني المعاصر
Authors: الكبسي د.عبدالسلام
Published: May 2023

نحو تواصل ثقافي اليمن و الجزائر

نسلط الضوء من خلال هذه الورقة الثقافية المطولة موضوعة الجزائر في الشعر اليمني المعاصر مشيرين في هذا السياق إلى إن جمع القصائد الشعرية التي تناولت الجزائر كموضوع أو كإشارة  وتوثيقها خشية التواري والضياع  هنا , يأتي لأول مرة إذ لم يقم في حدود علمي باحث بعد بمثل هذه المهمة التي نأمل أن تكون نواة لبحوث أكاديمية وجامعية ودراسات أدبية مع طلابنا الدارسين بالجزائر تحديداً. وموضحين مواقف الشعراء اليمنيين إزاء الثورة التحريرية , وأنهم لم يكونوا معزولين عن قضايا الأمة العربية بالرغم من وقوعهم ضمن الهامش الثقافي كمحيط منذ بداية القرن الماضي حتى فترة مابعد الثورات اليمنية في 1948 بسقوط نظام الإمام يحى , وفي 1962 بقيام النظام الجمهوري , وفي 1963 على المستعمر الإنجليزي بجنوب اليمن , علاوةً وهو الأهم , إلى تمتين التواصل المعرفي الثقافي الشعري الإبداعي مابين المشرق العربي ومغربه من خلال الشعر بإعتباره الخيط السري الذي يجعل اللقاء ممكناً بين الأطراف لأنه يخترق بطبيعته حواجز السياسات و نظم الإيديولوجيات , وعصبية القبائل , وذلك عن طريق لملمة الخيوط ’ خيوط الضوء , مابين الجزائر واليمن باعتبار الماضي المشترك والحاضر الملهم للثورة الجزائرية لا بالنسبة لليمن فحسب بل العالم العربي .

لكن قبل ذلك لابد لنا من اختبار مسألة المشرق والمغرب العربيين بإيجاز من خلال مفهوم : المركز والمحيط الثقافيين  بالنسبة للإبداع  ككل والشعري بالذات .
التجربة الاشتراكية في جنوب اليمن 1967- 1990م
Authors: ناصر د. ناصر محمد
Published: May 2023

يختلف التطور السياسي للدول النامية عن الدول المتقدمة، فالدول المتقدمة كبريطانيا مثلاً تطورت تطوراً موضوعياً، حيث سبقت حاجات المجتمع الرغبة في التغيير، ومن ثم أتى التغيير جزئياً وتدريجياً، وبهدف تلبية حاجات المجتمع. بينما الدول النامية وجنوب اليمن واحدة منها، أخذ التطور فيها شكل النموذج المسبق، حيث قامت النخب السياسية فيها بأخذ نماذج جاهزة، مجربة أو غير مجربة في مجتمعات أخرى، وقامت بإسقاطها على واقع اجتماعي مغاير، بهدف إحداث تغيير شامل وجذري، تعيد بموجبه إعادة صياغة البنى الاقتصادية، والاجتماعية، والثقافية، والمؤسسات السياسية، والدفع بها في مسار يتناقض تناقضاً حاداً وصارخاً مع تاريخ، ومسيرة، وثقافة تلك المجتمعات، دون أن تفكر في النتائج والتداعيات التي يمكن أن تنجم عن عملية إغراق نموذج جاهز في واقع اجتماعي مغاير، يشكل وجوده انعطافة حادة في حياة، وتطور، ومسيرة مجتمع قد لا تجد الكثير من مكوناته أن بوسعها استيعاب هذا النموذج أو تقبله أو السير في ركابه. ومن هذا المنطلق فإن الباحث سيناقش في صفحات هذا البحث التجربة من محاور ثلاثة هي المقومات الذاتية التجربة بهدف الوقوف على وجود أو عدم وجود تلك المقومات، ومدى كفايتها وصلابتها كمقومات للتجربة في حالة وجودها. وكيفية بناء وتأسيس التجربة، وكيفية تطورت التجربة، والعقبات والمآزق التي وقفت في طريق تطورها، والتي أودت بها في نهاية المطاف.
Desafios à permanência e agendas de acolhimento no mestrado profissional
Authors: Vieira Karen Mariane Petry Welter , Powaczuk Ana Carla Hollweg
Published: May 2023

Neste trabalho, enfocamos as condições de permanência de trabalhadores pesquisadores no âmbito da pós-graduação. Apresenta-se resultados de um estudo qualitativo narrativo de cunho sociocultural pelo qual se objetivou compreender os desafios envolvidos no percurso acadêmico na pós-graduação. Destacamos como desafios ao percurso formativo a sobreposição de tarefas no que tange à formação e as atividades laborais e distanciamento social ocasionado pela Covid-19. Como indicadores de permanência, identificamos a mobilização pessoal e social dos estudantes, bem como o perfil do programa voltado a trabalhadores. Neste sentido, destacamos a necessidade da consolidação de uma política de acolhimento capaz de impulsionar um conjunto de ações com vistas a fortalecer o percurso formativo.
Desarrollo de un refractario de MgO dopado con η-Al2O3
Authors:   Universidad Veracruzana, Gómez-Rodríguez Cristian , García-Quiñonez Linda Viviana ,   CONACYT-Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada B.C. (CICESE), Vázquez-Rodríguez Francisco Javier ,   Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), Fernández-González Daniel ,   Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, School of Mines, Energy and Materials, Uni-versity of Oviedo, Verdeja Luis Felipe ,   Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, School of Mines, Energy and Materials, Uni-versity of Oviedo, López-Perales José Fernando , Castillo-Rodríguez Alan ,   Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), Rodríguez Edén
Published: May 2023

Se estudia el efecto de las nanopartículas de α-Al2O3 (hasta 5 % en peso) sobre las propiedades físicas, mecánicas y térmicas, así como sobre la evolución microestructural de un refractario de magnesia densa. Se utilizan temperaturas de sinterización a 1300°C, 1500°C y 1600°C. Las pro-piedades físicas de interés fueron la densidad y la porosidad aparentes, que se evaluaron mediante el método de Arquímedes. Las propiedades térmicas se examinaron mediante calorimetría diferencial de barrido. El comportamiento mecánico se estudió mediante pruebas de resistencia a la trituración en frío y micro dureza. Finalmente, la microestructura y las características cualitativas mineralógicas se estudiaron mediante microscopía electrónica de barrido y difracción de rayos X, respectivamente. El aumento de la temperatura de sinterización dio como resultado una densidad mejorada y una porosidad aparente reducida. Sin embargo, a medida que aumentaba el contenido de nanopartículas de α-Al2O3, la densidad y la micro dureza disminuían. Las observaciones microestructurales mostraron que la presencia de nanopartículas de α-Al2O3 en la matriz de magnesia indujo la formación de espinela de magnesio-aluminato (MgAl2O4), que mejoró la resistencia mecánica más significativamente a 1500°C.
Experimental study of interface shear characteristics between calcareous soil and steel, application to estimate axial bearing capacity of steel pile
Authors: Nguyen Thanh Sang , Nguyen Tuong Lai , Pham Duc Tiep
Published: May 2023

A modified direct shear tests of interface between well-graded coral sand and coral sandy-gravel with smooth steel plate were conducted in this study under various normal stress levels. The obsevation from experimental results indicates that: (1) interface shear behavior between well-graded coral soils and steel structure follows the strain hardening rules; (2) the magnitudes of friction resistances between two materials are related to the gradation and grain size of coral soils, for coral sand limit sliding displacement is around 1mm with interface friction angle of 27.9o while for coral sandy-gravel these values are 2-3mm and 32.8o respectively; (3) interface direct shear test can be used to accurately determine friction characteristics between calcareous soil and structural material, which can effectively support analysis and design of structures built on calcareous soil.
No difference in outcomes with 15 mm vs. 20 mm lumen-apposing metal stents for endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastroenterostomy for gastric outlet obstruction: a meta-analysis
Authors: Vedantam Shyam , Shah Rahil , Bhalla Sean , Kumar Shria , Amin Sunil
Published: May 2023

Background/Aims: We compared outcomes between use of 15 vs. 20 mm lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMSs) in endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE) for gastric outlet obstruction.Methods: Databases were queried for studies that used LAMS for EUS-GE to relieve gastric outlet obstruction, and a proportional meta-analysis was performed.Results: Thirteen studies were included. The 15 mm and 20 mm LAMS had pooled technical success rates of 93.2% (95% confidence interval [CI], 90.5%–95.2%) and 92.1% (95% CI, 68.4%–98.4%), clinical success rates of 88.6% (95% CI, 85.4%–91.1%) and 89.6% (95% CI, 79.0%–95.1%), adverse event rates of 11.4% (95% CI, 8.1%–15.9%) and 14.7% (95% CI, 4.4%–39.1%), and reintervention rates of 10.3% (95% CI, 6.7%–15.4%) and 3.5% (95% CI, 1.6%–7.6%), respectively. Subgroup analysis revealed no significant differences in technical success, clinical success, or adverse event rates. An increased need for reintervention was noted in the 15 mm stent group (pooled odds ratio, 3.59; 95% CI, 1.40–9.18; p=0.008).Conclusions: No differences were observed in the technical, clinical, or adverse event rates between 15 and 20 mm LAMS use in EUS-GE. An increased need for reintervention is possible when using a 15 mm stent compared to when using a 20 mm stent.
Activation of Cannabinoid Receptor 2 Protects Rat Hippocampal Neurons against Chronic, Oligomeric A_-induced Neuronal Hyperexcitation
Authors:   Institute of Brain Science and Disorders, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China, Zhang Yudan , Zhao Jingfu , Sun Lin , Wang Menzheng , Liu Wei , Ma Zhegang ,   Institute of Brain Science and Disorders, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China;, Li Shuangtao , Wu Jie ,   Brain Function and Disease Laboratory, Shantou University Medical College, Xin-Ling Road #22, Shantou 515041, China
Published: May 2023

There is a significantly elevated incidence of epilepsy in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Burgeoning evidence indicates that soluble beta-amyloid peptides oligomers (oAβ) are vital players in driving neuronal hyperactivity in AD. It is well known that the modulations of the cannabinoid system exhibit neuroprotective effects in various neurological diseases, including AD. However, a consensus is yet to emerge as to the impact of hippocampal cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2R) in protecting hippocampal neurons against Aβ-induced neuronal hyperexcitation. Here, we report that chronic treatment of primary hippocampal neuronal cultures with 100 nM Aβ1–42 oligomers for 7 days results in a neuronal hyperexcitation. Further, pre-treatments of CB2R agonist (JWH133, 1 μM with Aβ1–42 for 7 days) significantly protect hippocampal neurons against Aβ-increased hyperexcitation, including prolonged action potential (AP) initiation, enhanced after hyperpolarization (AHP), and decreased AP numbers. These effects are eliminated by a selective CB2R antagonist, AM630. Furthermore, when the oAβ-increased neuronal hyperexcitation has already formed (pretreated with oAβ1–42 for 5 days), the addition of JWH133 also abolishes the Aβ’s effects. Collectively, our results suggest that the selective activation of hippocampal CB2Rs not only prevents Aβ-increased neuronal hyperexcitation, but also abolishes the established neuronal hyperexcitation, which underlies our recent findings that CB2Rs play a critical role in protection of hippocampal neurons against the Aβ-induced neuronal toxicity and degeneration. This novel finding suggests a potentially therapeutic strategy for the treatment of AD using CB2R agonists.
Sociopolitical Reconstruction in Niyi Osundare’s The State Visit and Ahmed Yerima’s Hard Ground
Authors:   Department of Languages, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Nigeria, Aminu Segun
Published: May 2023

Socio-political reconstruction is a motif in African literature and it is for this reason, among others, African literature is regarded as literature of commitment since creative writers in the continent embed socio-political and economic problems plaguing the continent in their writings. Thus, African literature dwells more on the functional role of literature than the entertaining role, and that is why African literature is often described as functional literature. African writers see literature as a tool for societal re-education and liberation. They consider themselves as the conscience of the nation and terror on corrupt political leaders. Therefore, they take advantage of the opportunity literature affords and affect the lives of the people. They do so by portraying the everyday socio-political and economic challenges thereby making their literary art a commitment geared toward a reconstruction of the socio-political and economic systems of the society. This paper is therefore an attempt to highlight how Niyi Osundare in State Visit and Ahmed Yerima in Hard Ground depict and attempt to reconstruct the society.