bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Age-Dependent Evaluation of Immunoglobulin G Response after Chikungunya Virus Infection
Authors: Patil Harshad P. , Gosavi Mrunal , Mishra Akhilesh C. , Arankalle Vidya A. 
Published: February 2021

ABSTRACTCurrent chikungunya antibody prevalence and titers are likely to differ based on the exposure rates before the 2006 reemergence in India. For vaccine usage, such data are of immense importance. This study addresses age-stratified IgG titers and its subtypes in Pune, India, endemic for the disease. 170 age-stratified serum pools from 791 individuals with prior chikungunya exposure, and 15 samples from acute disease phase were analyzed. An indirect ELISA based on inactivated chikungunya virus was used to determine anti-CHIKV-IgG and its subtypes. Neutralizing antibody titers (plaque reduction neutralization test [PRNT]) were compared with binding antibody titers (ELISA). Anti–CHIKV-IgG titers along with IgG1 and IgG4 increased till the age-group of until 11–15 years and remained comparable thereafter till > 65 years. IgG1 was the predominant IgG subtype detected in all the pools, whereas IgG4 was present in 151/170 pools. Strong positive correlation of IgG1 was obtained with CHIKV–PRNT50 titers. None of the sample had anti–CHIKV-IgG2, whereas five pools had IgG3 antibody. In the acute-phase serum sample, IgG1 was present in all the samples, whereas IgG4 was present in 8/15 samples. IgG4 was predominant in four samples. During acute phase and at different times postinfection, IgG1 circulated in high titers followed by IgG4. Higher antibody titers in adults reflect reexposures. The data will prove useful in assessing immune response to CHIKV vaccine in relation to IgG subtype.
Molecular characterization of Enterobacteriaceae producing β-lactamase and methicillin-resistant staphylococci isolated from the hospital environment and catheters in two public hospitals in Benin, Republic of Benin
Authors: Gbotche Elodie , Dougnon Victorien , Chabi Yossounon , Vissoh Sosthène , Agbankpe Jerrold , Deguenon Esther , Sedah Paulin , Fabiyi Kafayath , Missihoun Antoine , Baba-Moussa Lamine , Bankole Honoré , Agbangla Clément 
Published: February 2021

Antimicrobial resistance is a real public health problem. All over the world, it has a considerable impact in hospitals. The present study was conducted to ascertain the bacterial ecology in two hospitals in Benin as well as the resistance genes present in the recovered isolates. A total of 146 environmental and catheter samples were collected at the University Hospital Center of Abomey-Calavi / So-Ava and at the Beninese Army Hospital of Cotonou. These samples were inoculated on Mannitol Salt and Eosin Methylene Blue agars. The colonies obtained were identified and their sensitivity to antibiotics were tested, using the Kirby Bauer technique. Four resistance genes encoding the production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (blaCTX-M1, blaCTX-M2, blaCTX-M9, blaCTX-M15) and the gene coding for methicillin resistance (mecA) were screened. The gene coding for methicillin resistance (mecA) was sought in staphylococci. A total of 69 (53,49%) and 60 (46,51%) strains belonging to Enterobacteriaceae family and staphylococci were identified, respectively. A predominance of Staphylococcus aureus (25.6%) followed by Enterobacter cloacae (21.0%) and coagulase negative staphylococci (21.0%) was observed. These bacterial strains showed multidrug-resistance, particularly to beta-lactams, fluoroquinolones, aminoglycosides, and macrolides. Beta-lactamases were identified in the genome of bacterial strains with a predominance of blaCTX-M15 (42.8%). The frequency of the mecA gene in staphylococci was 50%. These results show the magnitude of the antimicrobial resistance situation in the hospitals investigated. They can be used to support advocacy for urgent action at the national level, especially with regards to the management and efficient use of antimicrobials in Benin.
The Resurrection of Jesus
Authors: Allison ,   Jr. Dale C. 
Published: February 2021

The earliest traditions around the narrative of Jesus’ resurrection are considered in this landmark work by Dale C. Allison, Jr, drawing together the fruits of his decades of research into this issue at the very core of Christian identity.
Allison returns to the ancient sources and earliest traditions, charting them alongside the development of faith in the resurrection in the early church and throughout Christian history. Beginning with historical-critical methodology that examines the empty tomb narratives and early confessions, Allison moves on to consider the resurrection in parallel with other traditions and stories, including Tibetan accounts of saintly figures being assumed into the light, in the chapter “Rainbow Body”.
Finally, Allison considers what might be said by way of results or conclusions on the topic of resurrection, offering perspectives from both apologetic and sceptical viewpoints. In his final section of “modest results” he considers scholarly approaches to the resurrection in light of human experience, adding fresh nuance to a debate that has often been characterised in overly simplistic terms of “it happened” or “it didn't”.
Alan Moore
Authors: Ayres Jackson 
Published: February 2021

A complete guide to the comics work of the writer Alan Moore, this book helps readers explore one of the genre’s most important, compelling and subversive writers.
In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book covers:
• Moore’s comics career – from his early work in 2000AD to his breakthrough graphic novels and his later battles with the industry
• Moore’s major works – including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Saga of the Swamp Thing and Promethea
• Key themes and contexts – from Moore’s subversion of the superhero genre and metafictional techniques to his creative collaborations and battles with the industry for creator control
• Critical approaches to Moore’s work
Casting the Parthenon Sculptures from the Eighteenth Century to the Digital Age
Authors: Payne Emma M. 
Published: February 2021

Through the 19th century, as archaeology started to emerge as a systematic discipline, plaster casting became a widely-adopted technique, newly applied by archaeologists to document and transmit discoveries from their expeditions. The Parthenon sculptures were some of the first to be cast. In the late 18th century and the first years of the 19th century, the French artist Fauvel and Lord Elgin’s men conducted campaigns on the Athenian Acropolis. Both created casts of parts of the Parthenon sculptures that they did not remove and these were sent back to France and Britain where they were esteemed and displayed alongside other, original sections. Henceforth, casting was established as an essential archaeological tool and grew exponentially over the course of the century.
Such casts are now not only fascinating historical objects but may also be considered time capsules, capturing the details of important ancient works when they were first moulded in centuries past. This book examines the role of 19th century casts as an archaeological resource and explores how their materiality and spread impacted the reception of the Parthenon sculptures and other Greek and Roman works. Investigation of their historical context is combined with analysis of new digital models of the Parthenon sculptures and their casts. Sensitive 3D imaging techniques allow investigation of the surface markings of the objects in exceptionally fine detail and enable quantitative comparative studies comparing the originals and the casts. The 19th century casts are found to be even more accurate, but also complex, than anticipated; through careful study of their multiple layers, we can retrieve surface information now lost from the originals through weathering and vandalism.
The Place and the Writer
Authors: Chen Ching-In , Ristow Benjamin , Westbrook Steve , Matuk Farid , Ryan James 
Published: February 2021

The combined experience of authors throughout the ages offers a wealth of valuable information about the practice of writing. However, such lore can also be problematic for students and practitioners as lore can be inherently additive, indelible in abandoning processes that do not work. This adherence to lore also tends to be a US-centric endeavor. In order to take a nuanced approach to the use and limitations of lore, The Place and the Writer offers a global perspective on creative writing pedagogy that has yet to be fully explored. Featuring a diverse array of cultural viewpoints from Brazil to Hong Kong, Finland to South Africa, this book explores the ongoing international debate about the best approaches for teaching and practicing creative writing.
Marshall Moore and Sam Meekings challenge areas of perceived wisdom that persist in the field of creative writing, including aesthetics and politics in institutionalized creative writing; the process of workshopping; tuition and talent; anxiety in the classroom; unifying theory and lore; and teaching creative writing in languages other than English.
For educators in the discipline of creative writing, the combined experience of authors throughout the ages offers a wealth of valuable information. However, such lore can also be problematic for students and practitioners as lore can be inherently additive; it can be difficult to identify and abandon processes that do not work, to distill efficacious pedagogy from mythology and superstition. This adherence to lore also tends to be a US-centric endeavor. The Place and the Writer examines the spread of creative writing around the world in order to challenge many areas of the received wisdom that persist in the field as well as some that have emerged alongside and because of changes in the publishing industry. By redirecting this dialogue through the perspectives of voices from outside the traditional poles of English-language scholarship, we interrogate the connections between teaching practices and issues of identity, culture, and practice. The chapters in this volume therefore decenter historically dominant views and voices in creative writing.
Ghost in the Well
Authors: Crandol Michael 
Published: February 2021

Ghost in the Well is the first study to provide a full history of the horror genre in Japanese cinema, from the silent era to Classical period movies such as Nakagawa Nobuo’s Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan (1959) to the contemporary global popularity of J-horror pictures like the Ring and Ju-on franchises.
Michael Crandol draws on a wide range of Japanese language sources, including magazines, posters and interviews with directors such as Kurosawa Kiyoshi, to consider the development of kaiki eiga, the Japanese phrase meaning "weird" or "bizarre" films that most closely corresponds to Western understandings of "horror". He traces the origins of kaika eiga in Japanese kabuki theatre and traditions of the monstrous feminine, showing how these traditional forms were combined with the style and conventions of Hollywood horror to produce an aesthetic that was both transnational and peculiarly Japanese.
Ghost in the Well sheds new light on one of Japanese cinema's best-known genres, while also serving as a fascinating case study of how popular film genres are re-imagined across cultural divides.
Douglas Sirk
Authors: Pippin Robert B. 
Published: February 2021

It would be easy to dismiss the films of Douglas Sirk (1897–1987) as brilliant examples of mid-century melodrama with little to say to the contemporary world. Yet Robert Pippin argues that, far from being marginal pieces of sentimentality, Sirk’s films are rich with irony, insight and depth. Indeed Sirk’s films, often celebrated as classics of the genre, are attempts to subvert rather than conform to rules of conventional melodrama.
The visual style, story and characters of films like All That Heaven Allows, Written on the Wind and Imitation of Life are explored to argue for Sirk as an incredibly nuanced moral thinker. Instead of imposing moralising judgements on his characters, Sirk presents them as people who do ‘wrong’ things often without understanding why or how, creating a complex and unsettling ethics. Pippin argues that it this moral ambiguity and ironic richness enables Sirk to produce films that grapple with important themes such as race, class and gender with real force and political urgency.
Douglas Sirk: Filmmaker and Philosopher argues for a filmmaker who was a ‘disruptive not restorative’ auteur and one who broke the rules in the most interesting and subtle of ways.
Virtual Music
Authors: Rambarran Shara 
Published: February 2021

Virtuality has entered our lives making anything we desire possible. We are, as Gorillaz once sang, in an exciting age where ‘the digital won’t let [us] go…’ Technology has revolutionized music, especially in the 21st century where the traditional rules and conventions of music creation, consumption, distribution, promotion, and performance have been erased and substituted with unthinkable and exciting methods in which absolutely anyone can explore, enjoy, and participate in creating and listening to music.
Virtual Music explores the interactive relationship of sound, music, and image, and its users (creators/musicians/performers/audience/consumers). Areas involving the historical, technological, and creative practices of virtual music are surveyed including its connection with creators, musicians, performers, audience, and consumers. Shara Rambarran looks at the fascination and innovations surrounding virtual music, and illustrates key artists (such as Grace Jones, The Weeknd), creators (such as King Tubby, Kraftwerk, MadVillain, Danger Mouse), audiovisuals in video games and performances (such as Cuphead and Gorillaz), audiences, and consumers that contribute in making this musical experience a phenomenon. Whether it is interrogating the (un)realness of performers, modified identities of artists, technological manipulation of the Internet, music industry and music production, or accessible opportunities in creativity, the book offers a fresh understanding of virtual music and appeals to readers who have an interest in this digital revolution.
Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen
Authors: Boucher David , Boucher Lucy 
Published: February 2021

Both Dylan and Cohen have been a presence on the music and poetry landscape spanning six decades. This book begins with a discussion of their contemporary importance, and how they have sustained their enduring appeal as performers and recording artists. The authors argue that both Dylan and Cohen shared early aspirations that mirrored the Beat Generation. They sought to achieve the fame of Dylan Thomas, who proved a bohemian poet could thrive outside the academy, and to live his life of unconditional social irresponsibility.
While Dylan’s and Cohen’s fame fluctuated over the decades, it was sustained by self-consciously adopted personas used to distance themselves from their public selves. This separation of self requires an exploration of the artists’ relation to religion as an avenue to find and preserve inner identity. The relationship between their lyrics and poetry is explored in the context of Federico García Lorca’s concept of the poetry of inspiration and the emotional depths of ‘duende.’ Such ideas draw upon the dislocation of the mind and the liberation of the senses that so struck Dylan and Cohen when they first read the poetry and letters of Arthur Rimbaud and Lorca. The authors show that performance and the poetry are integral, and the ‘duende,’ or passion, of the delivery, is inseparable from the lyric or poetry, and common to Dylan, Cohen and the Beat Generation.
Grave of the Fireflies
Authors: de Wit Alex Dudok 
Published: February 2021

On its release in 1988, Grave of the Fireflies riveted audiences with its uncompromising drama. Directed by Isao Takahata at Studio Ghibli and based on an autobiographical story by Akiyuki Nosaka, the story of two Japanese children struggling to survive in the dying days of the Second World War unfolds with a gritty realism unprecedented in animation. Grave of the Fireflies has since been hailed as a classic of both anime and war cinema. In 2018, USA Today ranked it the greatest animated film of all time.
Yet Ghibli’s sombre masterpiece remains little analysed outside Japan, even as its meaning is fiercely contested - Takahata himself lamented that few had grasped his message. In the first book-length study of the film in English, Alex Dudok de Wit explores its themes, visual devices and groundbreaking use of animation, as well as the political context in which it was made. Drawing on untranslated accounts by the film’s crew, he also describes its troubled production, which almost spelt disaster for Takahata and his studio.
Atraso, liberalización y dolarización
Authors: Góchez Sevilla Roberto 
Published: February 2021

En este artículo, se desarrollan algunas de las ideas vertidas por el autor en el seminario “Análisis crítico de la dolarización” llevado a cabo por el Departamento de Economía de la UCA los días 27 al 29 de abril de 2011. En particular, este trabajo aborda aspectos estructurales del sector externo de El Salvador, y reflexiona sobre algunos posibles efectos de la dolarización, que acaba de cumplir diez años de vigencia legal en el país. El artículono pretende ser un análisis exhaustivo de la dolarización, sino más bien ofrecer reflexiones sobre la misma, basadas en la situación concreta que El Salvador tiene en su sector externo. Así, el énfasis principal del trabajo esubicar los principales problemas estructurales del sector externo salvadoreño, desde una perspectiva crítica y concluir reflexionado sobre la dolarización.
ECA Estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 66, No. 726, 2011: 331-354.
SISTEM INFORMASI PENJUALAN PADA TOKO JILBAB RJS KABUPATEN SUMBAWA BERBASIS WEB
Authors: Sasmita Susanto Eri , Karisma Yana , Isnaeni Susi 
Published: February 2021

Toko jilbab RJS Kabupaten Sumbawa yang bergerak dalam bidang penjualan jilbab dan busana muslim mempunyai cukup banyak pelanggan dikarenakan harga dari produk yang dijual cukup variatif, maka dari itu dibutuhkan sebuah sistem informasi penjualan untuk membantu pelanggan membeli dan menerima informasi produk dari toko tersebut. Sistem informasi penjualan berbasis web ini bertujuan untuk membantu pelanggan atau konsumen toko jilbab RJS dapat melakukan pembelian dan mengetahui informasi produk secara online tanpa harus mendatangi toko secara langsung. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membangun sebuah sistem informasi penjualan pada Toko Jilbab RJS Kabupaten Sumbawa berbasis web. Sistem ini dikembangkan menggunakan bahasa pemrograman PHP dengan menggunakan MySQL sebagai database. Metode Pengembangan Perangkat Lunak menggunakan Metode Waterfall. Pengujian perangkat lunak dilakukan melalui pengujian black-box, teknik pengumpulan data pada penelitian ini menggunakan observasi, wawancara, dokumentasi dan studi pustaka. Hasil akhir yang di peroleh adalah sebuah sistem informasi penjualan berbasis web yang digunakan oleh toko jilbab RJS Kabupaten Sumbawa. Sistem ini mampu memberikan promosi produk, penjualan produk dengan pembayaran melalui rekening.
UJI BEBERAPA KONSENTRASI EKSTRAK BIJI DAN DAUN MIMBA ( Azadirachta indica L ) TERHADAP KEMATIAN DAN PERKEMBANGAN LARVA ULAT GRAYAK (Spodoptera exigua Hbn)
Authors: Su’ud Moch. , Suyani Ida Sugeng , Maulana Achmad 
Published: February 2021

Spodoptera exigua Hbn merupakan hama tanaman bawang merah koloni ulat kecil-kecil membuat lubang pada daun, kemudian merusak jaringan vasikuler dan masuk ke pipa daun sambil memangsa daging daunsebelah dalam. Daun bawang merah tampak bercak putih memanjang seperti membran, kemudian layu, berlubang, dan didekat lubang tersebut terdapat kotoran ulat. Pada saat ini usaha pencegahan dan penanggulangan kerusakan tanaman karena Spodoptera exigua khususnya masih banyak dilakukan dengan insektisida sintetis, penggunaan insektisida organik yang lebih aman masih jarang digunakan, misalnya ekstrak biji mimba dan ekstrak daun mimba. Selama ini tanaman mimba tidak diusahakan hanya sebagai tanaman peneduh, maka dari itu perlu dilakukan penelitian untuk melihat adanya pengaruh beberapa konsentrasi ekstrak biji dan daun mimba (Azadirachta indica L.) terhadap kematian dan perkembangan larva Spodoptera exigua Hbn.
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui efektifitas bagian tanaman mimba (biji dan daun) terhadap kematian dan perkembangan larva Spodoptera exigua Hbn. Metode penelitian menggunakan Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) Faktorial yang terdiri dari dua faktor dan masing-masing diulang 3 kali. Tempat dan waktu penelitian dilaksanakan di Laboratorium Pertanian Universitas Panca Marga Kabupaten Probolinggo pada bulan Januari 2016 sampai dengan bulan April 2016. Populasi Spodoptera exigua Hbn dari hasil pembiakan masal. Jumlah sampel 180 larva instar 3 dengan rincian 150 larva sebagai perlakuan dan 30 larva sebagai kontrol.
Analisa data menggunakan analisa probit dan uji lanjut dengan BNJ 5%. Hasil analisa probit menunjukkan kemampuan untuk membunuh 50% populasi Spodoptera exigua Hbn untuk ekstrak biji membutuhkan 48,732 g/l sedangkan untuk ekstrak daun membutuhkan 107,363 g/l. Dan untuk waktu membunuh 50% populasi hama Spodoptera exigua Hbn untuk ekstrak biji konsentrasi 100% mempunyai waktu tersingkat yaitu 2 jam 25 menit sedangkan konsentrasi ekstrak daun 100% membutuhkan waktu 3 jam 46 menit. Pengaruh ekstrak biji dan daun mimba terbawa sampai kegenerasi kedua, sehingga mempengaruhi pertumbuhan dan perkembangan larva, pupa, imago, dan juga jumlah telur serta daya tetasnya.

Kata kunci : biji mimba, daun mimba, ulat grayak
MULTIGRADE DIMASA PANDEMI
Authors: Astuti Marsini 
Published: February 2021

Multigrade Model pembelajaran adalah suatu perencanaan atau pola yang digunakan sebagai pedoman merencanakan pembelajaran dikelas atau pembelajaran dalam tutorial Multigrade teaching atau pembelajaran kelas rangkap di SD sudah banyak dilaksanakan di Indonesia di negara-negara maju hal ini sudah menjadi bagian dari sistem pendidikan secara utuh. Pengembangan dan penggunaan model ini dilakukan karena faktor kekurangan tenaga guru, letak geografis yang sulit dijangkau, jumlah siswa relatif kecil, keterbatasan ruangan, atau ketidakhadiran guru. Pembelajaran Multigrade atau Kelas Rangkap merupakan model pembelajaran dengan mencampur beberapa siswa yang terdiri dari dua atau tiga tingkatan kelas dalam satu kelas dan pembelajaran diberikan oleh satu guru saja untuk beberapa waktu. Pembelajaran kelas rangkap sangat menekankan dua hal utama, yaitu kelas digabung secara terintegrasi dan pembelajaran terpusat pada siswa sehingga guru tidak perlu berlari-lari antara dua ruang kelas untuk mengajar dua tingkatan kelas yang berbeda dengan program yang berbeda. Namun murid dari dua kelas bekerja bersama dalam kerja kelompok dan bekerja sendiri dalam kerja individu karena menyesuaikan kompetensi yang akan dicapai setiap tingkatan kelas . Mutigrade adalah suatu bentuk pembelajaran yang mensyaratkan seorang guru mengajar dalam satu ruangan kelas atau lebih, dalam saat yang sama, dan menghadapi dua atau lebih tingkat kelas yang berbeda (IG.AK.Wardhani, 1998). Katz (1992), menegaskan bahwa kelas rangkap dilaksanakan tidak hanya karena alasan-alasan letak gegorafis, kekurangan murid, atau kekurangan tenaga guru, akan tetapi lebih dari itu adalah bagaimana meningkatkan mutu pendidikan melalaui fasilitasi yang tinggi bagi perkembangan dan potensi siswa. Pembelajaran adalah proses interaksi peserta didik dengan pendidik dan sumber belajar pada suatu lingkungan belajar. Pembelajaran adalah bantuan pendidik agar terjadi proses perolehan ilmu dan pengetahuan, penguasaan kemahiran,dan tabiat serta pembentukan sikap dan kepercayaan pada peserta didik. Pembelajaran dimaksudkan untuk menghasilkan belajar, situasi eksternal harus dirancang sedemikian rupa untuk mengaktifkan, mendukung,dan mempertahankan proses internal yang terdapat dalam setiap peristiwa belajar ( Gagne 1977) Belajar dalam situasi seperti apapun harus terus berlangsung. Untuk menyikapi Pandemi SDN Ngadisari II tetap melaksanakan pembelajaran mutigrade, baik dilaksanakan secara luring dan daring.