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A Swan Uncarved: Russian and Irish Heroes Breaking the Table Etiquette
Authors: Chekhonadskaya Nina 
Published: November 2021

The quarrels at feasts were a common topic in heroic poetry in many countries and ages. The feast was a convenient occasion for a public display of one’s status and wealth and a handy opportunity of its re-establishing and re-evaluation. A number of Irish tales contains the motive of the quarrel at a feast. Among the most important texts are Scéla mucce meic Dathó and Fled Bricrend. The carving of the Pig in the SMMD is the crucial point of the tale. The fact that the Pig is left uncarved and the Ulster hero Conall Cernach eventually swallows most of its meat leads to a bloody fight. The relative standing of the two tribes — Ulaid and Connachta — depended on the distribution of meat which, in fact, did not take place because of the absence or/and improper behaviour of the Pig’s owner. A number of Russian bylinas describing quarrels at feasts offer some interesting and enlightening parallels to the SMMD. The main course is not a pig, but a swan — a traditional Russian specialty. The swallowing of the Pig by Conall is represented in the Ulster cycle in a totally favourable light (pace K. McCone). In the Russian epic the situation is reversed.
The person who can swallow the uncarved swan (sometimes a bull) is represented as a stranger and eventually an enemy. His rudeness, bad manners and foreignness are strongly emphasized. The fact that the swan (and often a loaf of bread) is left uncarved is sometimes ascribed merely to the guest’s gluttony, but most often to foul play: the hostess is the stranger’s lover and intentionally tries to avoid distributing the proper portions. As a result, the stranger swallows the whole swan (often accompanied by a loaf and a vat of wine). This gluttony becomes the subject for an open derision: the hero compares the stranger with an old mare or/and an old dog who died from gluttony. In the ensuing fight the stranger is defeated and killed.
In Russian stories as well as in Irish, the carving of the main course at a feast becomes a way to assess and appreciate the relative standing of the two or more competing heroes and, eventually, the two societies (tribes). Both stories suppose lack of scruple or trickery from the host’s side. But the outcome is entirely different. In the Russian story the adversary is defeated and the young hero thereby asserts his right to be a full member of the heroic elite. In the SMMD the situation remains indecisive and the quarrel leads to a permanent rift in the Ulaid-Connachta relationships.
Direct Object Double Marking in Celtic and South Slavic Languages: Preliminary Remarks
Authors: Parina Elena 
Published: November 2021

The phenomenon of pronominal reprise has been extensively studied in French and Spanish, languages of the Balkan Sprachbund and in Modern Welsh. In some of those languages this feature has been claimed to be specific for oral speech (for French see [Lambrecht 1981], Bulgarian [Lopashov 1978: 28], Welsh [Rowlands 1981: 424ff.]). In our paper we shall analyze how the South Slavic languages (Bulgarian and Macedonian) and the Celtic languages (Middle and Modern Welsh, and Middle Irish) vary as regards constructions they allow, the frequency of these constructions and their semantics. In this abstract we concentrate on Middle Welsh comparing it to Bulgarian. The pronominal reprise (i.e. the co-occurence within the same clause boundary of both a full NP/pronominal and a clitic replica [Dimitrova-Vulchanova 83]) in Bulgarian is obligatory only in a small numbers of contexts, and has often a semantics of contrast or emphasis: Мене ме мама не дава ‘Mother does not give me’ [de Bray 1951: 206].
This situation reminds us about the use of affixed pronouns in Welsh: Pwy bynnac a ’m metrei i yuelly… (PKM 87.2-3) ‘Whoever should smite me when so…’ T. Arwyn Watkins wrote that the difference in the usage of affixed pronouns strikingly reflects the gap between spoken and literary Welsh [Watkins 1977-8: 349]. Prof. Pr. MacCana noticed that this discrepancy might go back to Middle Welsh and noted a tendency for a more frequent usage of affixed pronouns in PKM dialogs in [MacCana 1975-6: 323]. Having analysed all the examples of affixed pronoun usage in PKM we could now refine this statement. Affixed pronouns are more frequently used in 1-2 persons also with possessive pronouns and personal endings of the inflected prepositions. It should be noted that this tendency is true also for MIr. notae augentes, but not for the Modern Welsh affixed pronouns.
Rancang bangun aplikasi booking Lapangan Futsal pada Kevin Futsal berbasis Android
Authors: Fikri Paturahman Muhamad , Yasin Verdi , Haroen Rachmawaty 
Published: November 2021

Tekonologi semakin berkembang dan maju pada saat ini sudah tidak terpungkiri lagi. Kemajuan teknologi saat ini yaitu android yang membawa dampak positif dan canggih sehingga dapat meningkatkan kualitas dalam mengembangkan usaha kepada konsumen. Pada sistem penyewaan lapangan futsal saat ini masih menggunakan sistem manual yang dirasa kurang efektif dan efisien karena dapat menyita banyak waktu dalam pemesanan lapangan futsal. Oleh sebab itu, penulis bermaksud untuk merancang suatu sistem aplikasi yang mempermudah proses dalam penyewaan lapangan futsal. Sistem aplikasi ini dibuat agar pemesan dapat melakukan proses penyewaan melalui online tanpa harus mendatangi lokasi lapangan terlebih dahulu, sistem aplikasi ini juga dapat memperlihatkan jadwal lapangan yang masih tersedia.Penelitian ini dibangun dengan metode pengembangan sistem SDLC dengan model Waterfall,untuk permodelan sistem menggunakan UML (Unified Modeling Language) serta perangkat lunnak yang digunakan dalam membangun sistem ini menggunakan bahasa pemrograman JAVA.Metode pengumpulan data yaitu metode observasi, wawancara dan studi Pustaka.Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan aplikasi booking berbasis android ini dapat memudahkan dalam proses pemesanan.
Shimmer et Chimère. Genre, transe et rimes à l’ère de l’anthropocène dans Annihilation de Jeff Vandermeer et Alex Garland
Authors: Hossaert Clément 
Published: November 2021

L’ambition de cet article est de proposer une lecture d’Annihilation à l’orée des théories féministes, et sur la science-fiction populaire, Donna Haraway, Christine Cornea et Vivian Sobchack parmi d’autres, ainsi que d’utiliser la « rime » comme nouvel outil de conceptualisation de la référence au cinéma. Le film d’Alex Garland propose un épissage à la fois de créatures et de thèmes chers aux films à la croisée de la science-fiction et de l’horreur, tels qu’Alien et The Thing. Une lecture de ces références et leur nature unique nous permet de dégager une définition singulière de la science-fiction.
Les modalités de captation d’attention dans l’art immersif à l’ère de l’anthropocène
Authors: Abassi Mehrez 
Published: November 2021

Notre attention, ciblée par la société hyperindustrielle (Bernard Stiegler) est l’objet d’une économie (Yves Citton), et ses modalités de capture prennent la forme de stratégies anéantissant « (…) les processus d’individuation psychique et collective qui caractérisent la vie de l’esprit. » (B. Stiegler). Nous observerons comment les artistes actuels, par leurs dispositifs immersifs, captent notre attention sur ces phénomènes disruptifs et ces stratégies de désindividuation de l’humain. Avec Tino Sehgal, la captation devient un mode de création prompt à remplir l’espace du Palais de Tokyo de poésie visuelle, sonore, et de récits imaginaires. Le spectacteur devient l’un des rouages d’une immense « machinerie » performative, entraîné par des acteurs performers à vivre différentes expériences immersives gratifiantes, teintées de relations interhumaines. Pour Maurizio Cattelan le détournement d’attention est employé comme un procédé de captation qui retarde la perception pour, in fine, nous sidérer, et dénoncer des politiques génocidaires. Piéger le spectateur au coeur même d’un white cube scénarisé, tout en choquant sa conscience, revient à l’alerter sur les dangers de la désindividuation produite par « un monde sans ombre, illuminé 24/7, amputé de l’altérité (…). » (Jonathan Crary). Enfin, à l’ère de l’anthropocène, de la disruption sociétale et de la dénoétisation planifiée par l’industrie culturelle, une alternative humaniste en marge des marchés spéculatifs internationaux, celle de la société des Nouveaux commanditaires, réhabilite l’individu psychique. Le spectateur-citoyen y est instauré en coauteur d’une oeuvre fondée sur « la confiance pour s’entendre et non plus par un acte d’autorité. » (François Hers).
Robert-Lionel Séguin et sa collection ethnologique : démarches, méthode et réseau
Authors: Provencher-St-Pierre Laurence 
Published: November 2021

La collection de plus de 20 000 objets accumulés par Robert-Lionel Séguin demeure l’un des résultats les plus visibles de l’héritage de cet ethnologue passionné. À la fin des années 1970, Séguin amorce la rédaction de fiches d’objet détaillées. Que nous apprend ce premier travail d’inventaire ? D’abord, il s’agit de présenter le contenu de ces fiches et d’en extraire les éléments les plus révélateurs de son collectionnement. Puis, le croisement de ces données avec d’autres documents d’archives, comme la correspondance entre Séguin et le folkloriste Luc Lacourcière, expose le déploiement de son réseau d’informateurs et du rôle central de celui-ci dans sa démarche de collecte. Enfin, documenter cette collection par ses archives permet d’ouvrir la réflexion sur le projet scientifique de ce chercheur-collectionneur.
Economic Factors Influencing Sexual Violence against Children (SVAC) in Primary Schools of Urban District, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Authors: Msambila Amos Ansigary , Abdallah Ahmed Ally 
Published: November 2021

This study was conducted to find out the economic factors influencing sexual violence against children (SVAC) in primary schools of Urban District, Zanzibar. The study used cross sectional research design based on single research approach that is qualitative approach. The study used both primary and secondary source of data collection. Primary data were collected using interviews with semi-structure checklist guide to elicit information from the sample population while secondary data were obtained through documentary reviews from books, journals, magazines, from published and un-published paper, internet sources, University of Iringa (UoI) and Zanzibar National Libraries and from other institutions and organizations dealt with sexual violence against children nationally and internationally. Purposive sampling technique was used in selecting 20 respondents and 22 key informants for this study. The collected data were analyzed using content analysis technique where by data were organized and summarized into different themes based on conceptual description of ideas. Finally, the results were presented in the form of word text narration. The study found that poverty and shortage of basic needs to the children were the economic factors influencing to the children in primary schools. Children who came from poor family failed to meet their necessity needs in right time; hence perpetrators of sexual violence used the same opportunity to perpetrate their sexual incidents to children. The study recommended that the government, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Faith Based Organizations (FBO) and community members should establish various training programs to the medias including radios and television related to good child care practicing, child rights and child protections, and monitored their child behaviour, giving them time to express their problems and needs and sharing their ideas with promotion of gender equality at all level.
Insecticidal Activities of Leaf Methanol Extract of Clerodendrum polycephalum Baker against Aedes aegypti, Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus
Authors: Adewoyin F. B. , Odaibo A. B. , Elusiyan C. A. , Agbedahunsi J. M. 
Published: November 2021

Aim: In a view to determining the capacity of Clerodendrum polycephalum to control mosquitoes, the methanol extract of the leaf was investigated for insecticidal activities using three species of mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti, Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus.
Methodology: The leaves of C. polycephalum were collected, dried and extracted with methanol. Mosquito larvae were exposed to different concentrations for 24/48h. and sublethal concentrations (L25, 50, 75) of the extract to determine larvicidal activity and monitor growth and development respectively. Twenty (20) blood-fed female Aedes aegyti mosquitoes were allowed to lay eggs on treated filter papers for antioviposition bioassay. The crude extract was separated into N-hexane, Dichloromethane, ethyl-acetate, ethanol fractions using Vacuum Liquid Chromatography to determine the active fraction.
Results: Results showed that larval mortalities were in the order C. quiquefasciatus>A. gambiae>A. aegypti with effective concentration ranging from 250 – 8000 ppm. Mortalities at 48hr were significantly different (p<0.05) from mortalities at 24h. Of the four fractions obtained, ethanol fraction gave the highest larval mortality of 100% at 2000 ppm. Larval duration for all the three species of mosquitoes exposed to the crude extract varied between 2.25±0.5 and 3.25±0.5 days. As Antioviposition Index increased from 46.4 - 89.9, percent hatching of mosquito eggs deceased from 87.25 – 67.5% with increasing concentration.
Conclusion: The extract of C. polycephalum was found to contain insecticidal compounds which are soluble in polar solvent. The plant could be exploited in mosquito control programme.
Knowledge, Attitude and Beliefs of Parents Regarding Fever in Children
Authors: Dedeepya S. Dhanya , Krishnamoorthy Vidhyasagar , Ambikapathy P. 
Published: November 2021

Aim: To assess the knowledge, attitude and belief of Parents about fever in their children and how they respond to it while at home and when they seek medical attention.
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to know the preexisting knowledge of parents about fever in their children and to impart additional knowledge to them.
Materials and Methods: A Cross- Sectional study in the form of a questionnaire was conducted at a tertiary care hospital among parents of children visiting the outpatient department and those admitted as inpatient with fever. Children who presented to the emergency room and those with chronic illnesses were not included. Majority of the primary caregivers was the child's mother, and family becomes the 1st point of contact for the intervention, hence we chose family. As per our department that at least 80% of children were primarily brought to OP for fever, and 90% of those admitted in wards were for febrile illnesses, with or without other associated problems, we asked the statistician to come up with an adequate number and we were given.
Results: A total of 100 parents were selected and interviewed. The informants were mostly mothers (83%). Most of the children were brought to outpatient department within the first five days of onset of fever (68%). The parents said that they confirmed the fever by touch(86%)and most of them prefer to consult the pediatrician before giving any medication (56%).The most common symptoms which were seen associated with fever are cough, cold and running nose (54%).The most common cause for worry amongst parents are complications like febrile seizures (43%).
Conclusion: Fever is one of the most common complaints with which patients come to the hospital. Majority of parents in this study do not have the practice of documenting fever at home with a thermometer. Inadequate parental knowledge about the nature of fever can lead to poor management. Appropriate education helps them to take appropriate measures when their child develops fever.
Relationship between Visual Acuity and Contrast Sensitivity Testing in Low Vision Patients of Different Age Groups
Authors: Kanwal Shazia , Manzoor Rabia , Iqbal Ghazala , Mazhar Zehwa 
Published: November 2021

Objective: To find a relationship between visual acuity and contrast sensitivity testing in low vision patients of different age groups. Effect of visual acuity and contrast sensitivity on increasing age of low vision patients.
Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study.
Materials and Methods: The study included low vision patients of different age groups. Data was collected by Performa. Visual acuity was assessed by ETDRS chart and contrast sensitivity was checked by the peli-Robson chart at different distances. Data were analyzed by using SPSS 22.00.
Results: The study included a total of 64 patients with low vision of different age groups. Out of 64 patients, 31(48.44%) were males and 33(51.56%) were females. Patients with age group 1-15(15.63%). Patients with age group16-30(50%) and patients with age group above 30(34.36%). Relation between CS and VA of RE with age groups. In the age group 1-15, 2 patients have VA 0.9 and CS 0.10, in age group 16-30, 4 patients have VA 0.9 and CS 0.30 and in the age group of above 30 years 2 patients have VA 1 and CS 0.30. The relation between CS and VA of LE in different age groups of low vision patients in age group 1-15, 2 patients have VA 0.7 and CS 1.35 similarly in age group 16-30, 4 patients have VA 0.9 and CS 0.30 and in the age group above 30 years 2 patients have VA 1.3 and CS 0.75.
Conclusion: It is concluded that the statistical value is significant P_ 0.00 which shows a significant result. And it shows that there is a strong relationship between visual acuity and contrast sensitivity as age increases visual acuity and contrast decreases so age has to affect visual functions.
Patient backgrounds and short‐term outcomes of complicated appendicitis differ from those of uncomplicated appendicitis
Authors: Oba Takuya , Yamada Takeshi , Matsuda Akihisa , Otani Makoto , Matsuda Shinya , Ohta Ryo , Yoshida Hiroshi , Sato Norihiro , Hirata Keiji 
Published: November 2021

AbstractBackgroundAppendicitis is classified as either complicated (CA) or uncomplicated (UA). Some authors have shown that the epidemiologic trends of CA and UA may differ. The aim of this study was to clarify differences in backgrounds and surgical outcomes between CA and UA patients.MethodsThis study was a cohort study. We extracted case data from the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) database from January 2014 to December 2017. Patients were classified into three groups, depending on whether they underwent emergency appendectomy for CA (CA group), emergency appendectomy for UA (UA group), or elective appendectomy (EA group). We evaluated patient characteristics and surgical outcomes for each group.ResultsWe included 89,355 adult patients in the study, comprising 29,331 CA, 48,691 UA, and 11,333 EA patients. Old age, larger body mass index, smoking, and medication with antidiabetic drugs, oral corticosteroids, oral antiplatelet drugs, and oral anticoagulant drugs were independent risk factors for CA. The percentage of CA increased with age. In‐hospital mortality (0.15%, 0.02%, and 0.00%) and 30‐d mortality (0.09%, 0.01%, and 0.00%), respectively, of CA patients were significantly higher than those of the UA and EA groups. The duration of postoperative antibiotic administration, duration of fasting, and time before removal of a prophylactic drain were significantly longer in the CA group than in the UA and EA groups.ConclusionBackgrounds and treatment outcomes of CA and UA patients after emergency surgery are entirely different. Thus, the treatment strategy of CA and UA patients should differ accordingly.
Visible‐Light‐Induced Photocatalyst‐Free Oxidative Cyclization of Primary Alcohols by Selectfluor via HAT Process: Synthesis of Quinazolinones and Benzothiadiazines
Authors: Prasanth Kesavan , Bhargava Reddy Mandapati , Anandhan Ramasamy 
Published: November 2021

AbstractA mild and convenient method for oxidative cyclization of primary alcohols with o‐aminobenzamides and o‐aminobenzenesulfonamides to achieve quinazolinones and benzothiadiazines by selectfluor under visible‐light irradiation was reported. Selectfluor is used as hydrogen atom transfer reagent for oxidative cyclization under visible light irradiation. This photochemical approach offers broad substrate scope of quinazolinones and benzothiadiazines under mild reaction conditions.
Hydatid disease (Echinococcosis granulosis) diagnosis from skeletal osteolytic lesions in an early seventh‐millennium BP forager community from preagricultural northern Vietnam
Authors: Vlok Melandri , Buckley Hallie R. , Domett Kate , Willis Anna , Tromp Monica , Trinh Hiep H. , Minh Tran T. , Mai Huong Nguyen T. , Nguyen Lan Cuong , Matsumura Hirofumi , Huu Nghia T. , Oxenham Marc F. 
Published: November 2021

AbstractObjectivesCon Co Ngua is a complex, sedentary forager site from northern Vietnam dating to the early seventh millennium BP. Prior research identified a calcified Echinococcus granulosis cyst, which causes hydatid disease. Osteolytic lesions consistent with hydatid disease were also present in this individual and others. Hydatid disease is observed in high frequencies in pastoralists, and its presence in a hunter‐gatherer community raises questions regarding human‐animal interaction prior to farming. The objective of this article is to identify and describe the epidemiology of hydatid disease in the human skeletal assemblage at Con Co Ngua.Materials and methodsOne hundred and fifty‐five individuals were macroscopically assessed for lesions. Of these, eight individuals were radiographed. Hydatid disease was diagnosed using a new threshold criteria protocol derived from clinical literature, which prioritizes lesions specific to the parasite.ResultsTwenty‐two individuals (14.2%) presented with osteolytic lesions consistent with hydatid disease, affecting the distal humerus, proximal femur and forearm, and pelvis. Seven individuals radiographed (4.5%) had multilocular cystic lesions strongly diagnostic for hydatid disease. All probable cases had lesions of the distal humerus. The remaining lesions were macroscopically identical to those radiographed and were considered possible cases.DiscussionWhile hydatid disease has previously been found in pre‐agricultural communities, the high prevalence at Con Co Ngua is non‐incidental. We propose that the presence of wild canids and management of wild buffalo and deer increased the risk of disease transmission. These findings further reveal subsistence complexity among hunter‐gatherers living millennia prior to the adoption of farming in Southeast Asia.
Reversal of Solvatochromism: A New Strategy to Construct Activatable Two‐photon Fluorescent Probes for Sensing
Authors: Zheng Yingxin , Zhang Xing‐Xing , Shi Ling , Ren Tian‐Bing , Yuan Lin , Zhang Xiao‐Bing 
Published: November 2021

AbstractTwo‐photon (TP) imaging with a donor‐acceptor (D−A) type fluorophore is an emerging tool for bioimaging and sensing. However, current TP probes suffer from serious solvatochromic quenching in aqueous solution due to their strong intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) in excited states. In this work, based on solvatochromism reversal, we report a novel strategy to develop TP probes for bioimaging. Specifically, compared with the normal two‐photon probes that showed a fluorescence off with ICT suppressed, the novel probes exhibited strong fluorescence in the aqueous solution when their ICT was inhibited. This strategy not only provides a new way for the design of high‐performance TP probes, but also expands the biological analysis toolbox for use in living systems.