bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Les mobilités camélines dans les sources grecques
Authors: Clément Jérémy 
Published: December 2024

Les camélidés (dromadaires et chameaux de Bactriane) ont joué un rôle majeur dans les circulations des hommes, des armées, des marchandises et des informations dans les empires de l’Orient ancien. Les Grecs découvrent ces animaux avant et pendant les guerres médiques, les associant dès lors aux entreprises militaires des Grands Rois. Avec la conquête de l’empire achéménide, Alexandre et ses successeurs se les approprient et cherchent à en tirer avantage. Il s’agira donc de voir le rôle que les sources grecques attribuent à ces animaux dans les mobilités militaires et civiles de l’Orient hellénistique.
Short and long distance circulation of marine animals, products and raw materials of marine origin in the 1st millennium BC Aegean
Authors: Theodoropoulou Tatiana 
Published: December 2024

This paper investigates the phenomenon of circulation of marine animals and marine products across the Aegean, as well import into the Aegean of marine resources from the Mediterranean and further beyond during the 1st millennium BC. Fresh fish and invertebrates, usually caught locally in inshore waters, have always supplied Aegean populations with a complementary food source. From the Classical Period onwards the number of literary references to the trade of fish and fish products either at short, i.e. intra-Aegean, or at longer distances, i.e. trans-Mediterranean or extra-Mediterranean, increases. Other products, namely raw materials of marine origin or finished objects made from marine materials, were also transported into the Aegean. This paper offers a review of zooarchaeological data from this region that provide direct or indirect evidence of such circulations, and discusses the limitations inherent in this record. It puts forward the hypothesis of a trans-Mediterranean fashion in the consumption of fish products or in the long-distance circulation of raw materials and finished items made from shell, that would have co-existed with local traditions.
Faunal dynamics in Majorca and Minorca during the 1st millenium BC
Authors: Ramis Damià 
Published: December 2024

The human communities from Majorca and Minorca maintained very stable and traditional food customs during the Bronze and beginning of the Iron Age. The first new faunal introductions are detected in the Late Bronze Age and seem to be related to the consumption of exotic goods by the local communities. The archaeological record shows a very significant change during the second half of the 1st millennium BC which involved the new exploitation patterns of different faunal species, the introduction of new taxa and the beginning of the exploitation of existing resources such as dog and fish.
Luttes contre les injustices et construction des solidarités
Authors: Lamoureux Diane 
Published: December 2024

Cet article explore les apports du paradigme de l’intersectionnalité visant à prendre en compte les « périls multiples » auxquels sont confrontés de nombreux acteurs sociaux. Sur le plan théorique, elles permettent d’analyser la complexité du social en termes de rapports sociaux qui produisent de l’injustice. Sur le plan politique, elles permettent de ne pas s’enfermer dans les politiques identitaires, ce qui signifie la possibilité, mais aussi la nécessité, de penser en termes de solidarité. La solidarité n’émerge pas spontanément d’une situation partagée ; elle exige un patient travail politique.
La Grande Guerre, une réaffirmation de l’identité créole
Authors: Ouali Thabette 
Published: December 2024

Dans ce roman hommage au Bataillon créole, l’écrivain donne enfin la parole à ces soldats qui se sont battus « là-bas » ainsi qu’à leurs familles. Grands oubliés de l’Histoire, ce roman retrace leurs sacrifices, longtemps tus, pour défendre la mère patrie. Raphaël Confiant s’empare de la représentation commune de ce conflit mondial pour construire l’identité créole à travers le croisement des différentes prises de parole de ses personnages. Ces différents dialogues sur la Grande Guerre sont à lire comme un rappel d’un épisode historique longtemps tu et oublié. Ils sont non seulement une revendication de l’identité créole dans la réaffirmation de la filiation à la mère-patrie, mais surtout une revanche du nègre qui s’acquitte en apparence de sa dette envers le pays qui l’a libéré du joug de l’esclavage. De même, le choix esthétique signifie à son tour le cheminement de cette langue nouvelle capable de délivrer les âmes tourmentées et d’authentifier cette affirmation identitaire légitimée par les sacrifices de la Grande Guerre.
Raphaël Confiant ou « l’oiseau maître de son vol »
Authors: Pageaux Daniel-Henri 
Published: December 2024

Ravines du devant-jour est lu non pas seulement comme un « récit d’enfance » ou un roman d’apprentissage, un « Bildungroman », mais comme un roman de la vocation. L’enfance, la jeunesse, les premières expériences de la vie sont relues dans la double perspective d’une sorte de prédestination et d’une réflexion sur la langue, mais surtout sur l’écriture. Le texte est avant tout l’affirmation d’une légitimité en tant qu’écrivain.
Critique de l’administration coloniale et de la « tropicalisation » du droit social français en Afrique Équatoriale Française : l’exemple de l’administrateur civil René Maran
Authors: Diouf Denis Assane , Ndione Lucienne Kodou 
Published: December 2024

Basé sur l’examen du dossier administratif de René Maran, sur l’analyse de ses écrits littéraires et sur l’interprétation de textes législatifs coloniaux, ce travail, d’approche transdisciplinaire, démontre que cet administrateur civil est un homme du système, mais un anti-système. La critique assumée des brimades administratives dont il a été l’objet en tant que fonctionnaire de race noire, et la dénonciation des excès ou errements des administrateurs coloniaux, surtout en matière de réquisition et de traitement de la main d’œuvre indigène, ont certes contribué à classer Maran parmi ceux qui se sont retrouvés par « erreur dans l’Administration coloniale ». Mais ses prises de position tranchées, en tant que fonctionnaire colonial discriminé, ont réussi à briser le tabou de la transposition dévoyée, ou « la tropicalisation » du droit social dans les colonies françaises d’Afrique. Il n’est pas exagéré de voir en René Maran un instigateur de la réforme d’un droit social colonial.
Senghor, pédagogue et didacticien
Authors: Dumont Pierre 
Published: December 2024

Pierre Dumont démontre, dans cette communication, que depuis 1936, date de sa célèbre conférence prononcée à la Chambre de Commerce de Dakar consacrée au problème culturel en Afrique de l’Ouest, jusqu’à la fin de ses jours, L.S. Senghor a été l’apôtre de la convergence des langues et des cultures en Afrique.
Léopold Sédar Senghor : le poète, l’écrivain et le politique ou Senghor l’Africain
Authors: Valantin Christian 
Published: December 2024

Le parcours de Léopold Sédar Senghor, l’un des deux pères fondateurs du mouvement de la Négritude, est fascinant, comme le montre Christian Valentin dans son article, en ce qu’il part de l’Afrique profonde, ce village sérère où le futur poète passa sa prime enfance jusqu’à l’Académie française à la fin de sa vie, en passant par sa rencontre avec Aimé Césaire au Lycée Louis-Le-Grand à Paris dans les années 30 et la présidence de la toute jeune République du Sénégal en 1960. Profondément enraciné dans sa terre et sa culture, Senghor, par le miracle d’une poésie qui emprunte tout à la fois aux griots, chantres des royaumes africains, et aux grands poètes français tel que Claudel ou Saint-John Perse, a su atteindre à l’universel. Pétri d’humanisme, il a réussi à donner une résonance mondiale à la Négritude, notamment à travers sa vision d’une francophonie ouverte et fraternelle.
Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain: The Roman de Bouqui, African folktales in the Caribbean
Authors: Ugochukwu Françoise 
Published: December 2024

Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain was Haiti’s first black female anthropologist. A student of Marcel Mauss and Bronisław Malinowski, she became a specialist in Creole and Haitian storytelling and conducted various studies on the status of women and oral literature in Africa. Her research focused primarily on Haitian folklore and on the origins of the Creole language, considered minor and worthless at the time. At a time when all over the world, academics were discovering traditional storytelling, she successively published Les Contes haïtiens (1937), Contes du pays d’Haïti (1938) and Le Roman de Bouqui (1940/1973). The publication of Le Roman de Bouqui triggered the process of rediscovery of Haitian oral literature, theorized in 1928 by Jean Price-Mars, revealing Bouqui as the golden thread taking us from Senegal to the rest of West Africa and the West Indies, always confronted to the same smart accomplice, there Leuk the hare or Tortoise, here Malice. This study will examine this third collection to reveal how it is built on the universal folktale structure, closely connected to African folktales, weaved around the trickster and his family, revealing the closeness of African and Haitian cultures.
De quoi l’écomusée/musée de société est-il le nom ? Jeux de vérité et de pouvoir dans la modernité
Authors: Barbe Noël 
Published: December 2024

On avancera ici, d’abord, que les catégories « écomusée » et « musée de société » désignent moins un contenu qu’elles ne sont régulatrices de relations avec des populations, organisatrices des rapports entre l’État et les établissements qui s’en réclament, dans une tension entre l’hégémonie du paradigme de la représentation et celui de l’expression qui relève d’un minoritaire. Ensuite que la forme écomusée serait l’idiote utile de l’épistémologie politique de la modernité, parce que profondément marquée par quatre paradigmes de réduction d’un concret : un nationalisme et un naturalisme méthodologiques ; une conception linéaire du temps et le classement consécutif des choses et des êtres ; la représentation tout à la fois comme épistémologie et délégation. Si l’analytique est ici moléculaire, pour autant elle engage un désir de compréhension molaire, les expériences locales convoquées étant traversées à la fois par la modernité et non dépourvues de potentiel épistémologique.
Historicisation et pluralité
Authors: Huver Emmanuelle 
Published: December 2024

RésuméDans cet article, qui est une (presque) réponse à Daniel Coste, nous nous demanderons ce que les notions d’historicité et d’historicisation peuvent « faire » à la didactique des langues, selon les époques, les enjeux, les histoires et les projets propres à ce domaine, dans leur diversité. Dans un premier temps, nous nous demanderons pourquoi historiciser la recherche en didactique des langues à partir de quelle conception de la didactique des langues et, en cohérence, de l’histoire. Dans un second temps, nous nous intéresserons aux enjeux et aux difficultés à historiciser la DDL à partir de l’historicisation de ses chercheurs.
Motherpumping: women-artists-mothers-scholars-etc. discussing the art system from Brazilian viewpoints
Authors: Farias Sommer Michelle 
Published: December 2024

In light of the debate concerning women-artists and women-artist-mothers-etc. in the art system, and the introduction of “motherhood” as a topic in academia, this essay aims to contribute to research on conditions for artistic and theoretical practices and forms of legitimation vis-à-vis this particular segment. The association between feminisms-art-motherhood-academia locates viewpoints in Brazil, under the sway both of a precarization of reproductive rights and the absence of structural resources either from the state or from private sources. Taking this context into consideration, the essay is geared towards the question: from the force of creation – taken here in its more literal meaning – to the addressing of artistic-theoretical practices by female art (re)producers, what does the word “mother”, in association with women-artists and women-artists-scholars-etc., evoke nowadays? contemporary art, feminisms, motherhood, academia.
Topotecan Incorporation Into Avocado Oil-based Nanoemulsion Potentiates Its Inhibitory Effect on the Cellular Growth of Various Human Cancer Cells
Authors: Alkhatib Mayson H. , Bayoumi Hadeel M. 
Published: December 2024

Abstract

Background:
The aim is to ameliorate the anticancer activity of topotecan (topoisomerase [TOPO]) by solubilizing it in a nanoemulsion (NE) delivery system containing avocado oil (AO), then to assess its cytotoxicity in MCF-7 breast, HCT116 colon, HeLa cervical, and HepG2 liver cancer cells.

Methods:
AO-NE formulation was developed using an ultrasonic homogenizer and characterized by a zeta-sizer and transmission electron microscope (TEM). The effects of the TOPO-AO-NE formula on viability, cellular and nuclear morphology of cancer cells, as well as TOPO cellular accumulation, inflammatory effects, apoptosis, and autophagy, were examined.

Results:
The nanosized particles of the AO-NE formula were negatively charged (114.83 ± 1.10 nm, −8.96 ± 0.14 mV) even after TOPO loading (75.44 ± 8.51 nm,−5.79 ± 0.38 mV). In contrast to free TOPO, TOPO-AO-NE exhibited significant anti-proliferation, clear apoptotic changes, improved TOPO cellular uptake and decreased IC50 from (12.65 ± 0.05, 15.78 ± 0.08, 26.82 ± 0.50, and 5.50 ± 0.50 μM) to (2.35 ± 0.05, 4.90 ± 0.05, 2.58 ± 0.08, and 4.87 ± 0.08 μM) in MCF-7, HCT116, HeLa, and HepG2 cells, respectively. In MCF-7 and HCT116 cells, cytotoxicity of TOPO-AO-NE was attributed to decreased IL-6 levels relative to a negative control, lessened autophagic LC-3 levels compared to free TOPO-treated cells, and induction of type-I apoptotic cell death. In HeLa cells, TOPO-AO-NE-induced apoptosis through autophagy inhibition and induction of type-I apoptosis. In HepG2 cells, AO-NE reduced IL-6 cytokines and induced both type-I-apoptotic and type-II-autophagic cell deaths in comparison with control cells.

Conclusion:
Loading TOPO in AO-NE has dramatically enhanced its’ antiproliferative effects in cancer cells.
Cortical hypometabolism as a predictor of intermittent theta burst stimulation response in treatment-resistant depression patients: An open-label study
Authors: Bajaj Nidhisha , Kumar Nand , Kumar Rakesh , Patil Vaibhav , Sharma Anshul 
Published: December 2024

Background:
Intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) is an accepted and approved brain stimulation technique to treat patients with treatment-resistant depression.

Aim:
Using neuroimaging, this open-label study aimed to predict the response by observing glucose metabolism with the help of 18-FDG PET scan.

Methods:
A total of 25 treatment-resistant depression patients received 15 sessions of iTBS on the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Two FDG-PET scans were done for all the patients. Fifty-six percent of patients responded to treatment with iTBS.

Results:
We found that there was hypometabolism in left and right prefrontal lateral regions, left and right inferior parietal regions, and left prefrontal medial regions at baseline but no statistically significant difference in the metabolism between responders and nonresponders.

Conclusion:
We did not find any statistically significant difference in the metabolism between responders and nonresponders in any brain regions at T0 as well as T1. Further large-scale studies are required.
Prevalence and factors associated with high risk for obstructive sleep apnea in schizophrenia spectrum disorder patients on long-term clozapine
Authors: Rijal Rika , Grover Sandeep , Chakrabarti Subho , Sahoo Swapnajeet 
Published: December 2024

Aim:
This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and its correlates among schizophrenia spectrum disorder patients receiving clozapine.

Methods:
For this, 200 schizophrenia spectrum disorder patients receiving clozapine for at least one year were assessed on the Berlin Sleep Questionnaire for OSA.

Results:
Around one-sixth of the study sample (16.5%) had a high risk for OSA at a body mass index (BMI) cut-off of 30 kg/m2. When a BMI cut-off of 25 kg/m2 was used, the prevalence of OSA was 36%. A high risk for OSA is associated with a higher prevalence of depression, a higher number of psychiatric comorbidities, diabetes mellitus, a higher mean total chlorpromazine equivalent dose, a higher number of total medications, poorer quality of life in some of the domains, and scored high for all domains and the total score of UKU.

Conclusion:
To conclude, this study suggests that a high risk of OSA is associated with the presence of depression, a higher number of psychiatric comorbidities, diabetes mellitus, use of higher total chlorpromazine equivalent dose, the total number of medications, poorer quality of life, and a higher prevalence of other side effects.
Pharmaceutical and analytical study on modified dosage form (tablet) of Vidanga Tandula Rasayana: An Ayurveda Rasayana formulation
Authors: Shetty P. Shifa , Deogade Meena , Ghildiyal Shivani , Bhide Bhargav , Nesari Tanuja Manoj 
Published: December 2024

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Rasayana (immunomodulator) is integral to Ayurveda and offers a significant understanding of longevity and health promotion. However, their integration into contemporary healthcare necessitates adapting them into modern dosage forms for ease of utility and broader dispensing. This study focuses on the pharmaceutical and analytical aspects of a modified dosage form as a tablet derived from the classical Ayurveda immunomodulator formulation, Vidanga Tandula Rasayana (VTR).

METHODS:
For the preparation of VTR, equal parts of Yastimadhu and Vidanga powders were taken and mixed with honey, which is used as Sahapana in the textual reference, along with a binding agent. The reference was taken from the classical text, Sushruta Samhita—the reference method for tablet preparation as per the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India. The tablet was subjected to physicochemical analyses, which included a loss on drying, total ash, acid-insoluble ash, and aqueous and alcohol-soluble extractives. Additionally, powder microscopic analysis was conducted to evaluate the presence of characteristic cells and structures indicative of the ingredients. Qualitative phytochemical screening and analytical specifications of the tablet were assessed to ascertain its quality and for standardization purposes. Tests related to toxic contaminants such as microbial load, heavy metals, and aflatoxins were also performed.

OBSERVATION AND RESULTS:
Results revealed that all physicochemical parameters were within the general defined limits of tablets. While powder microscopy confirmed the presence of specific cellular features consistent with the ingredients, the tablet’s analytical specifications also met standard requirements. The microbial contaminants and aflatoxins were below detectable limits. Heavy metal levels were within acceptable ranges.

CONCLUSION:
The pharmaceutical and analytical evaluation indicates that VTR can be modified into tablet form, which has several advantages such as ease of dispensing, better shelf life, fixed dosage administration, and ease of dispensing. The present work can be considered an innovative and preliminary attempt at pharmaceutical and analytical evaluation of VTR.
Investigation of the Effects of Different Activation Techniques on the Penetration and Distribution of Novel Nanoparticle-Based Irrigants Within the Root Canal System
Authors: Kumari R Ambika , Vipin CK , Nandhini Palanisamy , Vadlamani Rohit , Kadam Krutika , Murugesan Sabari 
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACT

Background and Objective:
This study investigated the effects of different activation techniques on the penetration and distribution of nanoparticle-based irrigants in root canals.

Materials and Methods:
Forty-five extracted mandibular premolars were divided into three groups: conventional syringe irrigation (control), ultrasonic activation, and laser activation, each using silver nanoparticles. Confocal laser scanning microscopy and Image J software analyzed penetration depth.

Results:
The mean penetration depths of 2.79 mm (control), 6.58 mm (laser), and 5.37 mm (ultrasonic). Welch’s one-way ANOVA revealed significant differences (P < 0.001), with laser activation achieving the greatest penetration.

Conclusion:
Laser activation of AgNPs enhances root canal disinfection compared to other methods.
A Clinical Study on Evaluation of Vertical Accuracy of Interocclusal Registration Materials in Centric Relation—An In Vivo Study
Authors: Tank Bansri , Shah Rupal J. , Marwaha Gunjit , Chauhan Neelima , Chheda Ekta , Shah Om 
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACT

Background:
The precise recording and transfer of maxillo-mandibular relationships are pivotal in prosthetic treatments.

Aims and Objectives:
To evaluate the efficacy of four bite registration materials: alu wax, hard wax, polyvinylsiloxane, and bis-acrylic resin, in accurately recording, maintaining, and reproducing the vertical interocclusal relationship on either side of the dentition.

Materials and Methods:
Thirty subjects within the age group of 20–45 years were selected. The difference in the reading of the vertical distance with the material and at maximum intercuspation is calculated individually for each record on the left and right sides.

Results:
On the right side, the lowest mean was observed in MIP and the highest in hard wax. On the left side, the lowest mean was observed in MIP, while the highest was in alu wax. Among the four bite registration materials evaluated, Luxabite and Jetbite exhibited the highest mean accuracy scores.

Conclusions:
Closure on interocclusal record material and bite release produce vertical discrepancies. Waxes showed the most, and bis-acrylic Luxabite and addition silicones showed the least dimensional distortion vertically.
Assessment of Condylar Position and Its Association with Unilateral TMD in Patients with Angle’s Class I, II, and III Malocclusions Using CBCT
Authors: Mehta Dollchi , Swaminarayan Dhruv , Patel Nikita , Arsheed Noor Addeen Abo , Rai Narendra Prakash , Fakhra Ismat 
Published: December 2024

ABSTRACT

Introduction:
With cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) as a diagnostic tool, we compare and analyze the condylar position and its relationship with unilateral temporomandibular disorder (TMD) in patients with Angle’s Class I, II, and III malocclusions.

Materials and Methods:
The association between TMD and age, gender, vertical condyle position, horizontal condyle position, and steepness of articular eminence in individuals with various malocclusions was examined using 30 CBCT images.

Results:
The asymptomatic group shared the concentric location of the condyle in their respective mandibular fossae, which is also a typical hallmark of Class II and Class III malocclusion on the left temporomandibular joint. Patients with TMD were more likely to be in the posterior condylar position. In all malocclusions and TMD cases, the condylar head’s vertical position was mostly normal and slightly elevated. All malocclusions and TMD patients had moderate to severe articular eminence steepness. In individuals with TMD and malocclusions, the mesiodistal breadth of was considerable on the left side.

Conclusion:
Future research should be done with a larger sample size and an emphasis on assessing how the condyle’s location will change after therapy for patients with TMD.