bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Intercultural competition over resources via contests for symbolic capitals
Authors: Even-Zohar Itamar 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Intergroup competition over resources is attested since the dawn of history. Written and archaeological evidence go back to at least the fourth millennium BC. According to accepted views, evolution has favored humans because of their ability to have cumulative cultures, which has made flexible adaptation possible. One major aspect of this adaptation has been the ability to handle power contests without engaging physical force. Instead, increasing prestige dynamics has allowed contest management by displaying symbolic assets. These have growingly been instrumental in deterring external assaults, thus guaranteeing the possession – or expansion – of a group’s resources. However, while material assets are believed to create status by the evidence of their tangible usefulness (such as foods, husbandry and tools), symbolic assets are by definition subject to ongoing negotiation, entirely dependent on being socio-semiotically recognized as types of capital. Symbolic stock exchanges thus appear to have been determinative since antiquity in hierarchizing ethnic and political groups fighting over resources, prioritizing ones over the others. They have culminated in repertoires of more solid tangible and intangible assets, from impressive buildings, city gates, gardens and temples, to ideas such as freedom, quality of life and wealth, justice, personal security, or whatever values that have gained universal recognition. The article discusses the creation and expansion of such symbolic repertoires and their uncertain position in recent times.
Intercultural parallax: Comparative modeling, ethnic taxonomy, and the dynamic object
Authors: Pelkey Jamin 
Published: January 2020

AbstractComparative modeling is necessary for semiotic inquiry. To better theorize such pursuits, a reflexive turn is in order: comparative modeling needs comparative modeling. In search of experientially grounded analogies better suited for understanding, validating, scrutinizing, and accounting for the situation of the semiotic inquirer, this paper applies insights from Peircean process semiotics and Göran Sonesson’s extended theory of cultural semiotics toward two ends: one theoretical, the other applied. First, I undertake a critical review of recent scholarly and creative works that attempt to adapt concepts of “parallax” as a source domain for comparative modeling activities. I do this in order to continue laying groundwork for a more complex, systematic theory of reflexive semiotic modeling in human inquiry, building on my earlier work. Second, I explore a specific case study of comparative intercultural modeling: namely, nationalist ethnic classification strategies in China and Vietnam. While many researchers have considered the onomastic and geopolitical dimensions of state-sanctioned ethnic categorization programs in these two countries, little has been done to unpack the powerful visual and narratological strategies employed by both; and little has been done to compare the intercultural categories these strategies serve to legitimize. The Vietnamese classification program is clearly modeled on its Chinese counterpart historically, but important categorical mismatches emerge between the two that indicate the presence of hidden diversity. Comparing the two systems also leads to a number of discoveries with implications for further developing the theory of cultural semiotics. Ultimately, the function or purpose of parallax modeling is shown to both comprehend and point beyond nascent intercultural and intracultural models toward more complex blends, by holding all such relations in a comparative frame, not as irreconcilable positions but as a more developed composite sign indicating the presence of yet more deeply buried dynamic objects to be searched out through further collateral experience.
Spiritual Care als Therapeuticum spätmoderner Medizin
Authors: Neuhold David 
Published: January 2020

ZusammenfassungVorliegender Essay beschäftigt sich kritisch mit dem jüngst erschienenen Buch des Ehepaars Balboni „Hostility to Hospitality“. Er analysiert die Herangehensweise der Autorin und des Autors und fokussiert vor allem auf den Gebrauch von geschichtlichen Argumenten. Zwar ist es erfreulich, dass historische Überlegungen in die These miteinbezogen werden, aber dies geschieht in selektiver Weise und ist mit großen „Narrativen“ – wie dem einer spezifischen Verlustgeschichte – hinterlegt. Das alles schmälert den Wert des Bandes, der sehr breit aufgestellt ist, sich engagiert zeigt und argumentativ aus vielen Quellen schöpft, letztendlich nicht.
KONUT DEĞERİNİN OLUŞMASINDA VE ZORUNLU DEPREM SİGORTASI SAHİPLİĞİNDE ETKİLİ OLAN FAKTÖRLERİN ANALİZİ: ERZURUM İLİ ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: ORÇANLI Kenan 
Published: January 2020

Çalışma,
günümüzde insanlar için yaşamları boyunca önemli bir yere sahip olan konutun fiyatının
belirlenmesinde konutun hangi özelliklerinin önemli olduğunu saptamayı ve konutun
güvenliği ile ilgili olarak kanunen yaptırılması zorunlu olan zorunlu deprem sigortası
(ZDS) sahipliğinde hangi faktörlerin etkili olduğunu belirlemeyi amaçlamaktadır.
Çalışmada kullanılan veriler, anket yöntemine dayalı olarak Erzurum il merkezinde
konut sahibi 570 kişiye uygulanarak elde edilmiştir. Araştırmacılar tarafından
oluşturulan anket, geçerlilik ve güvenirlik testine tabi tutulmuş ve Cronbach
Alpha (α) katsayısı, 0,749 ve KMO değeri, 0,78 olarak hesaplanmıştır. Konut
fiyatının oluşmasında etkili faktörlerin belirlenmesinde hedonik fiyatlama
modeli, ZDS sahipliğinde etkili faktörlerin belirlenmesinde ise iki kategorili
lojistik regresyon modeli kullanılmıştır. Analizler SPSS 23 paket programı ile
R paketi kullanılarak yapılmış ve her iki istatistiksel hesaplama araçlarından
elde edilen değerler karşılaştırılmıştır. Çalışmanın sonunda; her iki program
sonuçlarının tutarlı olduğu ancak iki kategorili regresyon analizinde R paket
programı arzu edilen sonucu vermediği, konutun fiyatının belirlenmesinde evin
büyüklüğü, konutun kira getirisi, bina kat sayısı, daire sayısı ve bina yaşı özelliklerinin
önemli ve ZDS sahipliğinde ise çalışmanın bulgular kısmında belirlenen 41 değişkenin
(yaş, eğitim durumu, meslek, hanedeki
birey sayısı, ZDS bilgi, evin
büyüklüğü, evin oda sayısı, ikamet süresi, konutun kira değeri, binada daire
sayısı, piyasa değeri, çelik daire kapısı, ilk yardım çantası, apartman dış
kapısında otomatik kapı açma cihazı, kasko sigortası, hırsızlık sigortası, ZDS
olağan düşüncesi (5 adet madde), ZDS faydasının olmadığı düşüncesi (7 adet
madde), ZDS'nin yaygınlaştırma düşüncesi (2 adet madde), deprem riski (2 adet
madde), binaların depreme dayanıklık durumu (1 adet madde), depreme hazırlık durumu (3 adet madde)) etkili
olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
İŞLETMELERİN LOGOLARINI DEĞİŞTİRME NEDENLERİ, YÖNTEMLERİ VE SONUÇLARI: VAKIFBANK ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: AYCI Ali 
Published: January 2020

Bir
işletmenin yeniden markalaşması; marka isim değişikliği, marka estetiği
değişiklikleri (renk paleti, logo vb.) ve marka konumlandırması değişiklikleri
için kullanılmakta, bu değişim süreci görsel estetikten, pazar konumlandırmaya
kadar farklı seçenekleri kapsamaktadır. Logonun, müşterilerin işletmeye
bağlılığı konusunda etkisi bulunmakta ve bu olumlu etki işletme performansını
artırmaktadır. Logonun etkinliği; şekil, renk, boyut gibi unsurların ideal
seçimine bağlı olup logo değiştirme kararında, logo değişiminin maliyeti ile değişimden
beklentilerin ayrıntılı olarak belirlenmesi gerekir. Bu çalışmada yeniden
markalaşma kavramı çerçevesinde logo değişimiyle ilgili literatür araştırılmış,
köklü değişikliklerinin gösterimi olarak
2008 yılında logo değişikliğine giden Vakıfbank örnek olay olarak incelenmiş, Vakıfbank
yetkilileri ile yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme gerçekleştirilmiştir. Vakıfbank’ı
yeniden yapılanma ve logo değişimine yönlendiren etkiler, değişimin
metodolojisi ve sonuçları araştırılarak bulgulara yer verilmiştir.
Patelloplasty with and without circumpatellar denervation in reducing anterior knee pain in primary total knee arthroplasty: a comparative prospective study
Authors: Kanugula Sandeep Kumar , Rathod Mallesh , S. M. Venugopal 
Published: January 2020

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Anterior knee pain (AKP) following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) ­­­­­­is one of the complication which cause dissatisfaction in patients. Incidence estimated to be 4-49%. The aim of our study is to know the efficacy of patelloplasty with circumpatellar denervation with diathermy in reducing AKP in primary TKA.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> A total of 130 unilateral TKAs’ are divided into 2 groups. Group I (control) includes 65 patients in which only patelloplasty was done. Group II (intervention) includes 65 patients in which both patelloplasty and circumpatellar denervation with diathermy was done and analysed. Mean follow up period was 18 months. Patients were assessed both preoperatively and postoperatively at final follow up.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> The overall incidence of AKP at follow up (18 months) was 16.9%, with 7.7% in the intervention group and 26.1% in the control group (p&lt;0.05). Western Ontario and McMaster Universities osteoarthritis index scores were significantly better in intervention group when compared to control group (28.71±3.948 vs 31.40±3.860). Better results were also found in knee society scores for intervention group compared to control group (166.57±7.941 vs 161.23±11.219); Feller patellar score of intervention group was significantly better when compared to control group (23.28±2.546 vs 20.69±3.729); the range of knee flexion was similar in both the groups (94.62±12.6 vs 93.54±10.7). In terms of pain referred by the patient at 72 hrs postoperatively, there was statistically significant difference observed according to visual analogue scale.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> There is statistically significant difference with respect to AKP in patients who have undergone patelloplasty with circumpatellar denervation using diathermy compared with patelloplasty alone.</p><p> </p>
Sexual risk behaviour and sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men
Authors: Swamiappan Murugan , Jagannathan Manjula , Abdulla Aysha 
Published: January 2020

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> In India the estimated men who have sex with men (MSM) population is around 352, 000, among that 4.3% are living with HIV. The incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in MSM is greater than that reported in women and men who have sex with women only. The aim of the study is to determine the trends of sexual behaviour and the pattern of sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> A retrospective study of the data collected from the clinical records of all MSM, who had attended the STI clinic of Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, during the three-year study period, from July 2016 to June 2019. Demographic data, sexual risk behaviour, condom usage and STIs, among the MSM, were computed and analyzed.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> During the study period 489 MSM attended the STI clinic, 51.9% were bisexual and 48.1 % were homosexual. Among them, exclusive penetrative sex in 50.7%, exclusive receptive sex in 15.7% and both in 33.6% were reported. Condom usage was consistent in 18.8%, inconsistent in 28.8% and 52.9% never used condom. Unprotected sex is more common in oral sex than with anal sex. STIs were seen in 20.9% and HIV in 1.4% of MSM. Syphilis was the most common STI seen.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Our study elucidated the high prevalence of STIs among MSM and increasing trends of sexual risk behaviour. Health service providers must take necessary steps to improve the provision of biological and medical measures to screen, treat and prevent infections.</p><p class="abstract"> </p>
THE REVITALIZATION MODEL OF WAN ABDURRAHMAN FOREST PARK AS A COMMUNAL FORESTRY CONSERVATION AREA
Authors: Bachri Erlina , Hartono Bambang , Ompu Jainah Zainab , Anggalana  , Safitri Melisa 
Published: January 2020

Purpose of study: This study aimed to develop a model of social planning and legal perspectives on forest park revitalization program. Which in this study forest park that will be examined is Abdurahman Wan forest park in Lampung province, Indonesia as communal-based nature conservation programs are guided by the principles of participation, utilization, harmonization, and sustainability?
Methodology: This study is a qualitative study using juridical and sociological perspectives by evaluating and comparing the Top-down and Bottom-up plans that have been done before. The SWOT analysis has been done for analyzing the data.
Result: The results of the study show that the "Top-down Planning" that has been done so far is not sufficient. This is because the legislature is not only limited to a basic concept but must also play a role in developing all strategic arrangements. Therefore, in this case, the government is not merely a member of parliament but oversees the course of the program. Also, the community must have broad access to fight for its communal values. In short, the study found that the "Bottom-Up Planning" model was more suitable for implementation because through this approach the community could participate and exchange ideas together in all policies.
Implications: This research is very useful for stakeholders because it can provide academic illustrations in the form of policy analysis and is able to force public participation and ensure that all policies are shared values ​​and collaborative in nature that provide so many assets related to the form of public policy in implementing activities in the park communal forest.
Applications of this study: This research can be used for the universities, managers, and policymakers.
Novelty/Originality of this study: In this research, the model of forest park conservation programs using communal-based based on participation, utilization, harmonization, and sustainability.
READING INTEREST AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH READING PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF ENGLISH AS SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN MALAYSIA
Authors: Normala Muhamad Siti , Nazri Latiff Azmi Mohd , Hassan Isyaku 
Published: January 2020

Purpose of the study: This study aims to specifically examine reading interest among English as a Second Language (ESL) learners and determine its relationship with their performance in ESL classrooms.
Methodology: This study is based on cross-sectional survey design, comprising a randomly selected sample of 351 ESL learners from the state of Terengganu. The questionnaire was used as a data-gathering instrument, consisting of pre-test and post-test items using Know Want Learn (KWL) reading method.
Main Findings: The findings revealed that most of the ESL learners read English materials for academic purposes rather than news and entertainment. Also, there is a significant relationship between ESL learners’ reading interests and their performance in ESL classrooms.
Applications: This study consists of empirical evidence regarding students’ reading interests and their correlation with their performance in the ESL classroom. This could help ESL teachers to rectify the students’ problems in reading English materials.
Novelty/Originality: This study provides valuable information on the importance of reading interests in determining students’ performance, particularly in ESL classrooms.
Distance Learners’ Experiences of Silence Online: A Phenomenological Inquiry
Authors: Duran Leslie 
Published: January 2020

Although learner silence in face-to-face classrooms has been the topic of considerable research interest, relatively little investigation has been done into learners’ experience of silence in distance education. Guided by a phenomenology of practice approach, this study explores the lived experiences of online silence, using interview data gathered from 12 graduate students who were engaged in cohort-based distance learning.
Iterative rounds of a whole-part-whole interpretive process were used to identify key themes that emerged regarding the participants’ lived experiences. The findings highlight that silence is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon that was both enacted and received by the participants. Speaking out online was done carefully, sometimes with partial voice and sometimes in fuller voice, sometimes as an obligation and other times with a sense of spontaneity and connection.
The six themes that emerged were as follows: (a) learners enact purposeful silence; (b) learners absorb silence from others; (c) learners perceive, and use, silence as demarcation; (d) learners experience silence within voice; (e) learners use deliberate, complex strategies while engaging in online discourse; and (f) learners hear each other in a trusted community. These six themes give new understandings to the experience of online silence. They reflect the multifaceted and nuanced aspects of the phenomenon and have implications for distance education instructors, learners, and curriculum developers.
Management of stretched scar– induced secondary strabismus
Authors: Farid Mohamed F , Awwad Mohamed A , Mahmoud Mohamed R 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
BACKGROUND: To determine characteristics and management of consecutive or recurrent strabismus secondary to stretched scar. METHODS: This is a retrospective review of all patients diagnosed with late secondary consecutive or recurrent strabismus due to stretched scar from 2012 to 2017. The diagnosis of stretched scar was made in any case of late (≥ 1 month) consecutive or recurrent strabismus associated with underaction of the previously operated muscle. The diagnosis was confirmed intraoperatively by negative forced duction test and the characteristic appearance of the scar tissue. Surgical correction involved excision of the scar tissue with muscle re-attachment to the sclera using non-absorbable sutures. Study parameters include improvement in secondary deviations, degree of muscle underaction and diplopia. RESULTS: 21 consecutive and 6 recurrent cases of stretched scar –induced strabismus were identified and all cases were associated with variable degrees of limited ocular duction. After surgical correction of the stretched scar, consecutive deviations in the form of consecutive esotropia and exotropia were corrected by means of 26.1PD and 65.6PD while recurrent deviations in the form recurrent exotropia and recurrent hypertropia were corrected by means of 34.3PD and 11PD respectively with significant improvement of limited ocular ductions. 21 patients had diplopia at presentation and all were improved after surgery. CONCLUSION: management of stretched scar –induced secondary strabismus by excision of the stretched scar and muscle fixation to the sclera using non-absorbable sutures significantly corrects secondary deviations and improves limitation of ocular duction.
A Single Medical Marker for Diagnosis of Methamphetamine Addiction - DNA Methylation of SHATI/NAT8L Promoter Sites from Patient Blood
Authors: Yuka Kusui , Nishizawa Daisuke , Hasegawa Junko , Uno Kyosuke , Miyanishi Hajime , Ujike Hiroshi , Ozaki Norio , Inada Toshiya , Iwata Nakao , Sora Ichiro , Iyo Masaomi , Yamada Mitsuhiko , Kondo Naoki , Won Moo-Jun , Naruse Nobuya , Uehara-Aoyama Kumi , Ikeda Kazutaka , Nitta Atsumi 
Published: January 2020

Background:
Methamphetamine (METH) is one of the most widely distributed psychostimulants
worldwide. Despite active counter measures taken by different countries, neither overall usage of METH nor the
frequency of repeat users has reduced over the past decade. METH induces abuse and dependence as it acts on the
central nervous system and temporarily stimulates the brain. The recidivism rate for abuse of stimulants in Japan
is very high and therefore prevention of repeated usage is paramount. However, we lack information about the
relationship between METH users and genomic changes in humans in Japan, which would provide important
information to aid such efforts.

Objective:
Shati/Nat8l is a METH-inducible molecule and its overexpression has protective effects on the brain
upon METH usage. Here we investigated the effect of METH usage on DNA methylation rates at the promoter
site of SHATI/NAT8L. We used DNA samples from human METH users, who are usually difficult to recruit in
Japan.

Methods:
We measured DNA methylation at SHATI/NAT8L promoter sites by pyrosequencing method using 193
samples of METH users and 60 samples of healthy subjects. In this method, DNA methylation is measured by
utilizing the property that only non-methylated cytosine changes to urasil after bisulfite conversion.

Results:
We found that the rate of DNA methylation at six CpG islands of SHATI/NAT8L promoter sites is significantly
higher in METH users when compared to healthy subjects.

Conclusion:
These results suggest that the DNA methylation rate of SHATI/NAT8L promotor regions offers a
new diagnostic method for METH usage.
Development and Antimicrobial Evaluation of Eruca Sativa Oil Nanoemulgel with Determination of the Oil Antioxidant, Sun Protection Factor and Elastase Inhibition
Authors: Eid Ahmad M. , Jaradat Nidal A. , Al-Masri Motasem , Issa Linda , Zubidat Fatimah , Asrawi Hanan , Ahmad Samah 
Published: January 2020

Objective:This project aims to develop a bio-natural nano-product with Cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical applications.Methods:E. sativa oil was evaluated for its anti-oxidant, sun protection factor and elastase inhibition. Then, nanoemulgel formulations were prepared for E. sativa oil through the combination of nanoemulsion with hydrogel. E. sativa nanoemulsion formulations were prepared by the help of a selfemulsification technique. After this, the optimum formulation was mixed with Carbopol to produce the nanoemulgel. Anti-bacterial and anti-fungal activities were evaluated.Results:Nanoemulsion occurred when the size of the droplets was 195.29 nm with the lowest polydispersibility index 0.207. The results of antioxidant, anti-elastase and SPF activities for E. sativa oil were 2.10 µg/ml, 25.1 µg/ml and an SPF value of 5.57, respectively. In addition, in the anti-bacterial test for Staphylococcus aureus, it was found that nanoemulgel has an inhibition zone of 2.1 cm in diameter. According to the MRSA, the inhibition zone was 1.5 cm.Conclusion:E. Sativa oil could be a promising candidate in cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical preparations.
Ibn â€˜Arabi and The Ambiguous Verses of the Quran: Beyond The Letter and Pure Reason
Authors: Arif Syamsuddin 
Published: January 2020

This article attempts to clarify this issue and explain Ibn â€˜Arabiâ€™s interpretive method, particularly in dealing with the so-called â€˜ambiguous versesâ€™Â (ayat mutashabihat)of the Holy Quran, on the basis of meticulous reading of several relevant chapters of his kitabÂ al-Futuhat al-Makkiyyah(â€˜Meccan Illuminationsâ€™) and other treatises. The discussion revealsÂ Ibn â€˜Arabiâ€™s approach to Quranic interpretation which rests on the assumption that all the possible meanings that the Arabic language allows for any given word or group of words in the Quran are valid, and that rejection of any one of these meanings would imply limiting Godâ€™s knowledge and inappropriately saying that God was unaware of the various ways in which His Word could be interpreted. In contrast to the theologiansÂ (Mutakallimun)and philosophersÂ (Falasifah), Ibn â€˜Arabi rejects rational interpretationÂ (taâ€™wil â€˜aqli)outright. If reason finds the ambiguous verses of the Quran unacceptable, this only proves its own imperfection and failure to comprehend, not the necessity of interpretation. While he insists that oneâ€™s reading of the Quran must conform to the Arabic language as spoken by its original recipient, Ibn â€˜ArabiÂ more often than not offers surprising and highly original interpretations that seek to unveil the mystical treasures hidden in the text.