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Fostering Sustainable Behavior through Informal Education on Social Media: The Role of Instagram in Shaping Student Lifestyles
Authors: Bush Annika , Löns Maike 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
In today's digital society, the quest for sustainable development requires a paradigm shift in policy making, education, and individual lifestyle choices. This study explores the impact of informal education through communication technologies, with a specific focus on the social media network Instagram, to promote education for sustainable development and resulting sustainable behaviors. Based on the understanding that informal learning plays a crucial role in shaping individual attitudes and behaviors, our research seeks to uncover how students learn about sustainability in a less structured, more spontaneous manner through social media. Using a semi-structured interview methodology, the study examines the impact of sustainability education on Instagram and its role in shaping sustainable lifestyles among student users. The findings highlight the importance of emotional connection to the learning content and the relevance of the topics to everyday life. Having role models and practical tips seems to be crucial not only for learning about sustainability, but also for promoting sustainable behavior. With its various format options and different content creators, Instagram seems to be an ideal medium to raise awareness about sustainability and encourage users to take concrete sustainable actions.
Electric vs. Internal Combustion Vehicles: A Multi-Regional Life Cycle Assessment Comparison for Environmental Sustainability
Authors: Mendziņš Kārlis , Barisa Aiga 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
The growing concern for environmental sustainability has sparked a shift towards electric vehicles as a more environmentally friendly alternative to internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). This review paper comprehensively incorporates a wide range of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies to conduct a detailed comparison of the environmental impact of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEV) in different regions and under various scenarios. The analysis encompasses recent research from various years and diverse locations, such as the USA, Spain, Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic, China, and Japan. The LCA evaluations yield significant insights into the global warming potential (GWP) represented by CO2 equivalent emissions per vehicle kilometre over their lifespan. The findings also emphasize that BEVs charged with renewable energy offer greater environmental benefits than biofuel-driven cars. Furthermore, the study incorporates various future scenarios, such as the widespread adoption of renewable energies, which could lead to substantial reductions in CO2eq emissions. However, the comparative analysis reveals varying impacts for BEVs in different regions, particularly highlighting the importance of the electricity mix used to charge BEV batteries. Overall, the review paper serves as a valuable contribution to the broader aim of understanding transport drivetrain implications on environment. Integrating diverse LCA assessments can inform sustainable transportation policies and practices.
Figurative Language, Emotion and Ideology in U.S. and Russian Geopolitical Narratives Towards Africa
Authors: Kante Issa 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
This corpus-based study focuses on the revival of the geopolitical struggle in Africa between the U.S. and Russia (Stronski, 2019; Cohen, 2020). I investigate a corpus of speeches given by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during their respective visits to Africa in July and August 2022. On the one hand, I examine to what extent the two antagonists combine figurative language with various discursive and psycho-cognitive strategies in order to sustain and convey their ideological standpoint and their geopolitical agenda in Africa. On the other hand, I analyze how they select and construe some particular lexical units and structures, literally or figuratively, for the sake of foregrounding or backgrounding events, participants, and the relationships between them. Finally, based on a sample of reactions to the narratives, section (2.5) deals with their socio-cognitive perceptions by the African leaders and people.
Gestural Ways of Depicting Metaphors and Abstract Concepts
Authors: Kraśnicka Izabela 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
The aim of the article is to present ways in which gestures combine with the verbal layer of an utterance, thus reflecting embodied thinking and the rooting of abstract concepts in human bodily experience. The article discusses two different ways in which gestures, described in the literature as metaphoric, illustrate both linguistically expressed metaphors and abstract concepts that are not verbally expressed as metaphors. The data analyzed in this paper have been taken from speeches of politicians and other public figures.
Constraining Metaphor and Metonymy in Language and Depiction: A Cognitive Semiotics Approach
Authors: Zlatev Jordan 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
In cognitive semiotics, metaphor and metonymy are crucially treated as special forms of sign use. In contrast, researchers in cognitive linguistics have extended the scope of metaphor and metonymy far beyond the traditional understanding of these semiotic figures based on, respectively, iconicity and contiguity into purely mental processes. I argue that this has led to unbounded over-extension, and general confusion about what metaphor and metonymy actually are, and thus on how to be able to reliably identify them in language and other semiotic systems like gesture and depiction. There is therefore an urgent need to constrain the concepts of metaphor and metonymy to more reasonable proportions, and in this article I propose such a more constrained approach, using the Motivation & Sedimentation Model (MSM) of meaning-making. For the purpose, I spell out an integrated definition of metaphor and metonymy along traditional lines, but not limiting them to language. I illustrate the applicability of this definition by offering analyses of political cartoons, showing how the two semiotic figures interact in complex ways, sometimes allowing for different interpretations.
Cognition, Relevance and Ideology Formation through Travel Documentaries: A Longitudinal Approach to Audiences
Authors: Castaldi Jacopo 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
The paper proposes a novel longitudinal approach to the study of the rhetorical effects of media by combining Audience Research (e.g. Schrøder et al., 2003), Social Semiotics (e.g. Kress and van Leeuwen, 1996, 2001; van Leeuwen, 1999; Machin and Mayr, 2012) and Relevance Theory (Sperber and Wilson, 1995). After introducing a more nuanced model of RT’s contextual effect, the paper reports an empirical case study to explicate the methodological approach. Evidence is provided that a specific text can have a long-lasting effect on an audience: a hierarchy of effects and the cognitive circumstances under which this may happen are discussed.
On The Gradability of Metaphor
Authors: Bierwiaczonek Bogusław 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
My purpose in this paper is to demonstrate that metaphor should be viewed as a gradable conceptual phenomenon, and to elucidate further the notion of minimal metaphoric mapping between subordinate level concepts dominated by the same basic level category, which I called “syntaphor” in my previous studies. Since the concepts involved in metaphor represent different conceptual distances, metaphor appears to be gradable, starting from the lowest level of syntaphors through the level of close metaphors, to the level of distant and maximally distant metaphors, which have been the focus of interest in most cognitive studies of metaphor so far. In Section 1 I describe briefly an approach to metaphor from the point of view of the theory of categorization, whereby metaphor is defined in terms of mappings between concepts rather than domains. Section 2 presents the notion and four degrees of conceptual distance between the concepts involved in metaphor based on the subordinate, basic and superordinate levels of categorization. In Section 3 four kinds of metaphor are distinguished depending on three degrees of conceptual distance between the source and the target concepts: distant metaphors, close metaphors and syntaphors. The role of syntaphors is further discussed in polysemy and novel metaphors. Some of the crucial aspects of syntaphors are highlighted when they are compared with image metaphors. The most important implications of the study for the theory of metaphor are presented in Conclusions.
A Cognitive Semiotic Perspective on Gestural Meaning-Making: Phenomenological Triangulation, Embodiment, and Consciousness
Authors: Konderak Piotr 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
The paper presents a cognitive semiotic perspective on spontaneous gesturing (or singular gestures), understood as spontaneous co-speech embodied activity, devoid of linguistic properties, and not conforming to social conventions. In line with the cognitive-semiotic attitude, the paper addresses the so far underexplored methodological issue of complementing third-person methods of gesture studies with first- and second-person perspectives on speech and gesturing in line with phenomenological triangulation. Merleau-Ponty’s ideas presented in Phenomenology of Perception are the starting point for the exploration of aspects of a phenomenological view of gestural meaning-making. Gesturing, as a meaning-making activity, is analyzed in terms of embodied accomplishment of meaning. Gestural bodily activity is subsequently analyzed in terms of pre-reflective self-consciousness and reflective self-consciousness. The paper is intended as a contribution to studies on the phenomenology of gesturing, with perspectives for further research sketched in the concluding section.
Gentzen and Temporal Sequents
Authors: Indrzejczak Andrzej 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
The paper presents a comparison of two generalised sequent calculi for temporal logics. In both cases the main technical solution is the multiplication of the sorts of sequents and, additionally, the application of some kind of labelling to formulae. The first approach was proposed by Kaziemierz Trzęsicki at the 1980s. The second, called Multiple Sequent Calculus (MSC), was proposed in the beginning of the present century. Both approaches are examples of the family of multisequent calculi.
The Ranunculus auricomus L. complex (Ranunculaceae) in Croatia
Authors: Dunkel Franz G. 
Published: December 2024

Abstract

Zusammenfassung: In einer vorläufigen Übersicht des Ranunculus auricomus-Komplexes in Kroatien werden 24 Arten vorgestellt. Neu für Kroatien sind Nachweise von R. cassubicifolius W.Koch und R. poldinioides Dunkel. Insgesamt werden 18 Arten als neu für die Wissenschaft beschrieben und abgebildet, darunter die als Diploide besonders bemerkenswerten R. mutilicensis und R. slavonianus, sowie weiter R. albimonasterius, R. baranjanus, R. croaticola, R. divisior, R. dobranus, R. dravus, R. gradiscanus, R. istriacoides, R. marinianaënsis, R. plitvicensis, R. posavinanus, R. rondocroaticus, R. schlosseri, R. slavopontinus, R. turopoljensis, und R. velebiticus.

In this article, 24 species of the Ranunculus auricomus complex of Croatia are presented. New indications for Croatia include R. cassubicifolius W.Koch and R. poldinioides Dunkel. In total 18 species are described as new to science among them the two diploids R. mutilicensis Dunkel and R. slavonianus Dunkel being of special interest and the polyploids R. albimonasterius, R. baranjanus, R. croaticola, R. divisior, R. dobranus, R. dravus, R. gradiscanus, R. istriacoides, R. marinianaënsis, R. plitvicensis, R. posavinanus, R. rondocroaticus, R. schlosseri, R. slavopontinus, R. turopoljensis, and R. velebiticus.
Biodegradation Of Diethyl Phthalate (DEP) Using Fungi Isolated From Leachate Of Sarimukti Landfill, Bandung
Authors: Mulyana Suci , Sembiring Emenda 
Published: December 2024

Phthalate compounds that are commonly found in everyday life are diethyl phthalate (DEP). This compound is dangerous because it is carcinogenic, xenoestrogenic and has endocrine disrupting effects. The accumulation of plastic in landfill causes this compound to be identified in leachate with an existing concentration of 1,277 mg/L. Biological treatment is one of the appropriate technologies in DEP removal. The treatment involves the degradation of DEP using fungi isolated from leacheate samples. Degradation tests were carried out at varying concentrations of 2 mg/l, 4 mg/l, 6 mg/l, 8 mg/l and 10 mg/l in a test time span of 15 days and analyzed every 3 days. Concentration testing was perfomed using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). DEP removal efficiency reached 98-99% in each concentration variation on day 9 with a specific fungal growth rate of 0.0002-0.068/day.
Traditional Leadership of Kasepuhan Ciusul, Citorek Village, Cibeber District, Lebak-Banten Regency
Authors: Fajriati Nurul , Holisoh Iis , Muttaqin Ahmad , Jamaludin Ujang 
Published: December 2024

This study aims to analyze the structure, function, and role of traditional leadership in Citorek Village, especially in Ciusul Village, Cibeber District, Lebak Regency. The main focus of this research is to uncover the decision-making process carried out in the context of customary leadership and village government. Traditional leadership in Ciusul has a crucial role in maintaining the social and cultural balance of the local community. The method used in this study is a descriptive qualitative approach, with data collection techniques in the form of interviews, observations, and documentation analysis. The results of the study show that customary leadership contributes significantly to maintaining the culture and traditions inherited by previous ancestors, while the role of formal government in customary leadership is to support the sustainability and recognition of indigenous peoples. The existence of this collaboration is very effective in maintaining and preserving both culture and nature. This research provides insight into the sustainability of the customary leadership system in the midst of modernization and has the potential to contribute to the development of policies that support the preservation of local culture in Indonesia.
Diffusion tensor imaging in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: A case–control study
Authors: Saran Sonal , Nandolia Khanak , Baweja Ashish , Pai Venkatesh , Kumar Mrituanjai 
Published: December 2024

Objectives:
It was aimed to assess the potential of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in detecting muscle inflammation in individuals affected by idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) compared to healthy controls. Specifically, we investigated the impact of myositis-related inflammation on the diffusion of water molecules across the sarcolemma and its detectability through DTI.

Material and Methods:
This prospective cross-sectional observational study included 36 patients diagnosed with IIM ([based on clinical tests manual muscle testing [MMT8] and serological marker N-acetyl-cystein(NAC)-activated creatine kinase [CPK-NAC]) and 51 healthy controls. All participants underwent bilateral thigh magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a DTI protocol. For patients, three region of interests (ROI) (80 mm2 to 130 mm2) were delineated on the most affected muscle containing maximum signal intensity (edema), while in controls, the ROIs were drawn on the healthy vastus lateralis muscle and average of five readings were used for statistical analysis. Average apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value, fractional anisotropy (FA), and three eigenvalues: Maximum (λ1), middle (λ2), and minimum (λ3) were measured in all the subjects.

Results:
The average age for cases and controls was 33.08 ± 12.45 years and 40.70 ± 17.17 years, respectively, with no significant age or gender distribution differences. MMT8 scores averaged 103.33 ± 36.42, and CPK-NAC values averaged 4323.44 ± 6354.45 U/L. DTI analysis revealed significantly higher average ADC values in patients (2.07 ± 0.45) compared to controls (1.76 ± 0.26) with a P < 0.001. FA values showed no significant difference (0.38 ± 0.19 in patients vs. 0.33 ± 0.09 in controls, P = 0.094). The three eigenvalues in the patients were 2.76 ± 0.63, 2.35 ± 0.33, and 1.30 ± 0.29, respectively, and in controls were 2.37 ± 0.36, 1.72 ± 0.25, and 1.21 ± 0.27, respectively, with P = 0.001, <0.001, and 0.818, respectively.

Conclusion:
In individuals with IIM, disruptions in the sarcolemma lead to altered water molecule diffusion, detectable through DTI. The study demonstrated significant differences in average DTI ADC, maximum (λ1), and middle (λ2) eigenvalues between cases and controls (P < 0.001). Integrating DTI into routine myopathy MRI may enhance the differentiation between inflamed and normal muscles. Limitations included the absence of follow-up to observe treatment effects and the non-characterization of IIM into distinct subtypes.
Risk-Based Method-Technology Integration on Spun Pile Production for Product and Service Quality
Authors: Hidayawanti Ranti , Latief Yusuf , Gaspersz Vincent 
Published: December 2024

The research aims to identify the risk factors and the medium-high risks to use as the basis for the innovative method of spun pile manufacturing technology. The research uses the Delphi method to analyze and review the validity of content construction, pilot and respondent surveys, focus group discussions, and expert validation. The findings show utilizing and optimizing the technology on production machinery is influential for results on both product and service quality. The dominance category in the medium-risk technology indicates the need for improvement in the operator's competence. The result also indicates the largest medium risk is during the initial integration, Cutting and Heading at 84%, and the final step, Stressing and Spinning, at 59%. The research improvement to map the production process is related to the medium and high risks to know where and how the industry can improve. This risk-based technology and integration method is a proposed method using an approach to innovation management by reducing the risk values. Innovation by improving the standard operational procedure (SOP) was based on the relation of each activity during the integration within the risk category of medium-medium, medium-high, and high-high. We recommend improving SOP and utilizing information technology on precision for both subprocesses. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2024-010-11-015 Full Text: PDF
Utilizing Recycled Rubber and Municipal Waste Incineration Fly Ash in Cement-Stabilized Clayey Soils
Authors: Aouf Gehan , Alhakim Ghida , Jaber Lina 
Published: December 2024

This study explores an innovative approach combining municipal solid waste incinerator fly ash (MSWIFA), cement, and recycled rubber to enhance soil properties. The research fills a research gap by exploring the synergistic effects of these materials, striving to strike a balance between strength and flexibility in soil stabilization. A total of 123 tests, comprising Proctor compaction and unconfined compression tests, were performed on clayey soil samples treated with varying stabilizer proportions: 10%, 20%, and 30% MSWIFA; 10%, 15%, and 20% cement; and 0%, 5%, and 10% rubber by dry weight. The tests revealed that the ideal blend of 5% rubber, 10% MSWIFA, and 20% cement resulted in a notable 294% increase in unconfined compressive strength and a significant enhancement in soil ductility, presenting a stark contrast to traditional cement-stabilized soils recognized for their brittleness and limited flexibility. This approach not only enhances soil characteristics but also promotes environmental sustainability by utilizing waste materials in the stabilization process. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2024-010-11-017 Full Text: PDF
Assessment of Mechanical Properties of Corroded Reinforcement in Chloride Environment Based on Corrosion Rate Monitoring
Authors: Grandić Davor , Grandić Ivana Štimac , Šćulac Paulo 
Published: December 2024

Existing models for the evaluation of mechanical properties of corroded reinforcement, defined as a function of the mean cross-sectional loss or mass loss of the reinforcement, are not suitable in the case of chloride-induced corrosion, which causes irregular corrosion attack with pronounced localized damage—pits, whose geometry and spacing have a major influence on the mechanical properties of the reinforcement. Models that consider the irregularity of damage due to chloride corrosion are efficient, but as with models based on cross-sectional or mass loss, it is necessary to extract corroded rebars from the reinforced-concrete structure, which is a destructive procedure that can only be performed to a limited extent on an in-service building. To fill the above gaps, a new method based on the non-destructive measurement of corrosion parameters is proposed. The corrosion depth determined from the monitoring correlates directly with the remaining mechanical properties of the reinforcement; therefore, it is not necessary to determine the remaining cross-sectional area and geometry of the pits. The proposed models are based on experimental research on reinforced-concrete beam specimens subjected simultaneously to sustained loading and accelerated chloride corrosion in an environmental chamber in order to induce corrosion similar to that on real structures. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2024-010-11-02 Full Text: PDF
Global Buckling Strength of Girts with Inner Flange in Compression
Authors: Vu Huy Hoang , Vu Quoc Anh , Pham Cao Hung 
Published: December 2024

The objective of this paper is to provide guidance on improving the lateral-torsional buckling strength of cold-formed, channel-section wall girts subjected to leeward wind loads, which cause the inner flange to compress. Additionally, it aims to identify the cross-sectional dimensions that most affect this strength. This is necessary due to the observation that the lateral-torsional buckling strength, with the inner flange in compression, of those members is significantly lower than that of the outer flange due to the difference in lateral bracing lengths, which leads to material waste. The available methods for improving the lateral-torsional buckling of girts when the inner flange is in compression were first summarized. Then, a parametric study was performed on three typical channel cross-sections. Sixty-three cases were created by varying flange width, lip length, cross-sectional depth, and thickness within practical ranges. These cases were solved manually for lateral-torsional buckling strengths using Microsoft Excel. The results showed that increasing the flange width is the most effective way to improve the flexural strength without considering the bracing effect of sheathings, Mnl, while increasing the cross-section thickness is the best for the strength considering the sheathing effect, Mn. Therefore, a new asymmetrical section with a larger inner flange width is recommended for girts when Mnlgoverns the strength. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2024-010-11-05 Full Text: PDF