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307Legal Transplants of Shareholder Voting Rights in the European Union – Evidence from the Past, Consequences for the Future
Authors: Corgatelli Michele 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
This article examines how shareholder voting rights can be transplanted from one jurisdiction to another within the European Union. In particular, it traces the spread of the right to vote on defence measures during takeovers, on directors’ remuneration, and on related party transactions, to assess whether the transplantation succeeded or failed. In doing so, this analysis highlights a dichotomy between a process of autonomous convergence undertaken by continental Member States, carried out through adaptive and circumscribed transplants, and a process of harmonisation promoted by the European Commission, that transplanted the rights in its proposals attempting to mandate them at the supra-national level. Eventually, this article sheds light on how corporate law-making can take place in the EU: in a multi-polar context where distinct corporate law systems coexist ‘horizontally’, Member States can borrow legal provisions spontaneously, while the European Commission can endorse country-specific provisions that considers to be the best corporate governance arrangements, disruptively seeking to extend them to all jurisdictions. As a consequence, the imitated Member State carries virtually no interest in exporting its rules, but is in turn interested in resisting any deviation from the Commission’s proposal to limit the changes that it will undergo in the implementation of the instrument. The other Member States, on the other hand, may actively engage within the Council of the EU to resist and water down the proposal, to avoid reforming their corporate law system and tilt their domestic allocation of corporate power towards a particular constituency.
398Regulation of Takeover Bids in a Global Context
Authors: Sjöman Erik 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
This paper describes how the regulation of corporate takeovers has developed over time in an increasingly global context, using Sweden – which is now one of Europe’s largest stock markets and one of the most active markets for corporate control – as an example. The paper discusses aspects such as the use of a Takeover Panel as a regulatory tool. It touches upon the economic aspects of corporate takeovers and their role as a corporate governance tool and a tool for the efficient allocation of resources. The policy choice of whether to allocate blocking powers to the board of the target company or to adopt a board neutrality approach is discussed. Protectionist trends as opposed to openness and free trade are also touched upon.
“The Report of My Death was an Exaggeration”: Business Dynamism in the United States
Authors: Mayo John W. , Otgon Tsolmon , Press Robert 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
The specific ways in which new businesses create jobs, stimulate productivity and enhance economic growth are complex. Amidst this complexity, a narrative has emerged that business dynamism has suffered a secular decline in recent decades that has continued to today. Our analysis, however, reveals that the so-called “secular trend” is more of a mechanical artifact than an indication of reduced entrepreneurial propensities to enter markets. Moreover, recent data indicate that both gross and net new establishment formation has been at historically unprecedented high levels.
Desfamiliarización y empoderamiento en La hija extranjera (2015), de Najat El Hachmi
Authors: Paatz Annette 
Published: December 2024

Resumen
Este ensayo indaga en cómo Najat El Hachmi (Beni Sidel, 1979) construye un escenario de desfamiliarización relacionado con la condición migrante femenina en su novela La hija extranjera (2015). El relato pseudoautobiográfico retrospectivo está narrado desde la perspectiva de una joven migrante marroquí en Cataluña que se encuentra en un complejo y doloroso entramado social y psicológico relacionado con su situación familiar. Además de la subversión de las estructuras familiares tradicionales que desembocan en el abandono del marido, la familia y su propio hijo por parte de la protagonista, se analizan el papel de la lengua en la relación entre la madre rifeña analfabeta y la hija socializada en el sistema de educación catalán y, sobre todo, la carga intertextual de la novela, que establece un sistema de referencias con el feminismo literario catalán.
La familia (2022) de Sara Mesa: la vulnerabilidad de un “proyecto” roto en mil pedazos
Authors: Gómez Trueba Teresa 
Published: December 2024

Resumen
En la última novela de Sara Mesa, La familia (2022), nos enfrentamos a una original reflexión sobre esa vieja institución, decidida a sacar a la luz la tensión que se oculta bajo la calma y normalidad aparentes: un enjambre de asfixiantes relaciones, provocadas por la peculiar personalidad del padre y su actitud despótica y autoritaria. No obstante, contra todo pronóstico, la familia descrita por Sara Mesa no encaja exactamente en ese estereotipo tradicional y patriarcal tan cuestionado en la actualidad, sino que responde a un proyecto laico, liberal y progresista, pero de alguna manera anacrónico, trasnochado e ineficazmente proselitista, que constriñe la realización individual de cada uno de sus miembros. Técnicamente la novela se vale de eficaces estrategias de fragmentación, perspectivismo y elipsis, en aras de ofrecer una imagen poliédrica y problemática, capaz de rehuir cualquier lectura de fácil maniqueísmo o corrección política.
Der chinesische Messenger WeChat: Praktiken der Automatisierung
Authors: Szurawitzki Michael 
Published: December 2024

Zusammenfassung
Im Beitrag werden Praktiken der Automatisierung in der führenden chinesischen Messaging-Applikation WeChat untersucht. Die Applikation unterliegt ständigem Wandel, und die bisherigen Beschreibungen (v. a. Szurawitzki 2019; Szurawitzki 2022b) berücksichtigen Automatisierung kaum. Im Zentrum steht die Fragestellung, welche Praktiken der Automatisierung in der Interaktion in WeChat gegenwärtig möglich sind, und zwar auf der Ebene der offiziellen Konten (z. B. Firmen) wie für individuelle Nutzer:innen, und wie diese in ihrer Beschaffenheit eingeschätzt werden können. Nach einer Einführung (1.) und der Vorstellung des Forschungsstandes (2.) wird auf den bisherigen Status Quo der medialen Möglichkeiten von WeChat abgehoben (3.). Im Hauptteil (4.) kommen dann Praktiken der Automatisierung in WeChat in den Blick, aufgeteilt nach offiziellen (4.1.) und individuellen Nutzerkonten (4.2.). Im Bereich der offiziellen Konten geht es dabei u. a. um verschiedene automatisierte Bearbeitungen von User:innen-Prompts, Chatbots, Auto-Tagging, Auto-Grouping sowie Push Messaging. Bei den individuellen WeChat-Konten werden Übersetzungsprozesse innerhalb verschiedener kommunikativer Features sowie die Ende 2022 eingeführte Umwandlungsfunktion von Sprachnachrichten in Text (mit Fokus u. a. auf eine Problematisierung von Koch und Oesterreicher 2000) in den Blick genommen. Darüber hinaus wird der Bereich von automatisierten Effekten bei der Eingabe von Emojis berührt. Alle betrachteten Praktiken werden vor dem Hintergrund einschlägiger Forschung reflektiert. Der Beitrag endet mit einem Ausblick (5.) zu weiteren möglichen Entwicklungen in WeChat und vergleichbaren Applikationen.
Zwei Exilgedichte mit einer China-Komponente von Bertolt Brecht
Authors: Jing Jing , Li Changke 
Published: December 2024

Zusammenfassung
Im Exil griff Brecht nach anfänglicher Hoffnung auf eine baldige Rückkehr nach Deutschland gewissermaßen zum Trostgedicht, um seine Identität schreibend zu bewahren und das Exil geistig zu bewältigen. Auf diese Weise entstanden Brechts Exilgedichte Die Auswanderung der Dichter und Besuch bei den verbannten Dichtern. In beiden Gedichten lassen sich ein Anachronismus und eine China-Komponente ausmachen. Wird der Anachronismus als eine von Brecht entwickelte Form gegen das Exil betrachtet, so hat die China-Komponente in jedem Gedicht ihre Bewandtnis.
Social, academic, and emotional self-efficacies in adolescent girls and their determinants: a cross sectional study
Authors: Kaka Mirza Hemn , Dehghan Mahlagha , Abdulghani Mohammed Faris , Zakeri Mohammad Ali , Dakkalirad Abdollah , Prandeh Afshar Peiman 
Published: December 2024

Abstract

Objectives
To examine the levels of social, academic, and emotional self-efficacy in school-aged girls and to identify the factors that contribute to these self-efficacies.

Methods
This study included 246 girls in Sistan and Baluchistan, located in southeastern Iran. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 246 teenagers between the ages of 11 and 18 and the questionnaire consisted of a demographic form, the Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (SEQ-C), the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC), and the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI).

Results
The mean scores for social, academic, and emotional self-efficacies were found to be 27.24 ± 5.67, 30.52 ± 6.47, and 22.29 ± 6.36, respectively. All categories of self-efficacy had mean scores that were higher than the questionnaire midpoint. Furthermore, for every type of self-efficacy, the study identified significant predictors. To be more precise, social self-efficacy was significantly predicted by anxiety, depression, and education level (R2=13.7 %, p<0.001). Additionally, anxiety and age were significant predictors of academic self-efficacy (R2=4.9 %, p=0.002). Lastly, anxiety and education level were significant predictors of emotional self-efficacy (R2=9.2 %, p<0.001).

Conclusions
The results suggest that focusing on reducing depression and anxiety levels could potentially have a positive impact on various aspects of self-efficacy.
Vicarious Liability Restricted for Intentional Torts in English Law: Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB
Authors: Burin Achas K 
Published: December 2024

Abstract

Trustees of the
Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB, a sexual abuse case, is the latest UK Supreme Court judgment on vicarious liability. This case note is critical of the substantive judgment, as well as the court’s method of arriving at it. The case note argues that the Supreme Court allowed the appeal on tenuous grounds. Further, the practical effect of the judgment is unwelcome. As a result of this case, it will be harder for survivors of sexual abuse to demonstrate vicarious liability because they will find it difficult to show a naturally close connection between intentional torts and authorised employment activities. Lastly, the case note criticises the Supreme Court’s treatment of the facts and the language it used.
Purinergic P2X7 receptor mediates hyperoxia-induced injury in pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells via NLRP3-mediated pyroptotic pathway
Authors: Zeng Wen , Deng Zhuyu , Li Huaying , Gao Shuqiang , Ju Rong 
Published: December 2024

Abstract

Background
Hyperoxia-induced injury is a well-recognized cause of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Existing research studies have not well elucidated the exact mechanisms underlying hyperoxia-induced cellular damage. This study examines the involvement of the P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) in hyperoxia-induced damage to human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (HPMVECs) via the NOD-like receptor family, pyrin domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3) pathway.

Methods
HPMVECs developing hyperoxia-induced injury were subjected to the treatment of either selective inhibitors or a P2X7R/NLRP3 agonist. Western blot analysis assisted in the quantification of the levels of P2X7R, NLRP3, caspase-1, and gasdermin D (GSDMD). Additionally, the release of TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-18 was assessed by ELISA and qRT-PCR.

Results
Exposure to hyperoxia diminished cell viability and escalated the levels of P2X7R, caspase-1, NLRP3, GSDMD, and N-terminal-GSDMD. This exposure notably increased the release of TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-18 in HPMVECs. Notably, the suppression of P2X7R using the inhibitor A438079 decreased pyroptosis and inflammatory responses. Conversely, stimulation of P2X7R by 3′-O-(4-benzoylbenzoyl) adenosine 5′-triphosphate (BzATP) triggered pyroptosis, while inhibition of NLRP3 with glibenclamide ameliorated the damage induced by BzATP.

Conclusions
The P2X7R/NLRP3 pathway crucially affects the hyperoxia-induced inflammation and pyroptosis in HPMVECs, hinting the potential of blocking P2X7R/NLRP3-mediated pyroptotic pathway as a valuable therapeutic strategy for BPD.
The challenges to detect, quantify, and characterize viral reservoirs in the current antiretroviral era
Authors: Gutierrez Hector , Eugenin Eliseo A. 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
A major barrier to cure HIV is the early generation of viral reservoirs in tissues. These viral reservoirs can contain intact or defective proviruses, but both generates low levels of viral proteins contribute to chronic bystander damage even in the ART era. Most viral reservoir detection techniques are limited to blood-based, reactivation, and sequencing assays that lack spatial properties to examine the contribution of the host’s microenvironment to latency and cure efforts. Currently, little is known about the contribution of the microenvironment to viral reservoir survival, residual viral expression, and associated inflammation. Only a few spatiotemporal techniques are available, and fewer integrate spatial genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics into the analysis of the viral reservoir microenvironment-all essential components to cure HIV. During the development of these spatial techniques, many considerations need to be included in the analysis to avoid misinterpretation. This manuscript tries to clarify some critical concepts in viral reservoir detection by spatial techniques and the upcoming opportunities for cure efforts.
Preparation of liquid metal/thermoplastic polyurethane composites with enhanced thermal conductivity via rolling regulation
Authors: Yin Xiaochun , Tian Zhen , He Guangjian , Yang Zhitao 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
This work reports a method for preparing liquid metal/thermoplastic polyurethane (LM/TPU) elastic composite materials through melt blending, and enhancing the thermal conductivity of the composites using a rolling regulation process. Through observation of the microstructure of the composite material, it is found that the vane mixer can effectively disperse LM uniformly, which leads to a significant enhancement in thermal conductivity from 0.21 W m−1 K−1 of pure TPU to 2.12 W m−1 K−1 for composite with 50 vol % LM. After rolling regulation, SEM images reveal the formation of interconnected thermal conduction pathways within the composites. The thermal conductivity of the composite material with 30 vol % LM increases from 1.74 W m−1 K−1 to 2.50 W m−1 K−1, which is higher than the pre-regulation thermal conductivity of the composite with 50 vol % LM. Moreover, the thermal conductivity of the composite material with 50 vol % LM increases even further to 3.16 W m−1 K−1. The rheological behavior of the composite further substantiates the establishment of a network configuration after the rolling regulation that facilitates heat transfer. This implies that the melt blending-rolling regulation process can achieve the fabrication of composite materials with high thermal conductivity, offering a reliable strategy for industrial development of flexible thermal conductive materials.
Fragment of a Roman Period jug handle from Vanovice, Blansko District (Moravia, Czech Republic) – interpretation possibilities
Authors: Kirilová Terézia , Jílek Jan 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
A remarkable discovery was made in Vanovice (Moravia, Czech Republic): a fragment of a Roman bronze jug handle from the 1st century AD. The find is stored in the Museum of Boskovice region under the inv. no. A50476. The workmanship of the bronze handle attachment far exceeds the typical finds from the region of Moravia. The design of the handle attachment is connected to the Hellenistic toreutic tradition. The head depicted on the handle is believed to be that of Dionysus or Silenus, as determined through iconographic analysis and comparison with other works from Roman sculpture (mostly double herms) and artistic craftwork. The context of this find raises many intriguing questions. The artefact was found on the periphery of a barbarian settlement from the Roman Period. The main characteristic of the site is the hilly landscape without any settlement or funerary activities from the Roman Period. Could this be an isolated find, or does it indicate evidence of ritual practices during the Roman Period in the Barbaricum?
Alles auf einen Blick?: Kontaktbögen zwischen historischer und gegenwärtiger Bildpraxis am Beispiel des „Stern“-Fotoarchivs
Authors: Zlobinski Miriam 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Aus der gegenwärtigen redaktionellen Arbeit mit Fotografie sind analoge Materialien und Prozesse nahezu vollständig verschwunden. Dies betrifft zumal die Arbeit mit Kontaktbögen. Wie groß deren Bedeutung zu Zeiten der dominierenden Kleinbildfotografie einst war, zeigt sich daran, dass in analogen Bildarchiven diese auf einem Bogen Kopierpapier zusammengeführten Direktkopien von Negativfilmstreifen in tausenden Exemplaren vertreten sind. Der Kontaktbogen wird gelegentlich als Skizzenbuch der Fotografie bezeichnet, was seine Funktion und Bedeutung innerhalb des kreativen Prozesses der Redaktion hervorhebt. Kontaktbögen enthalten vielfach Spuren nicht nur fotografischen, sondern auch redaktionellen Handelns, indem sie vor allem die Auswahl- und Wertungsprozesse dokumentieren. Wie sich etwa an der Präsentation der „Magnum Contact Sheets“ zeigt, ist die Auseinandersetzung mit ihnen inzwischen etablierter ­Bestandteil der Erzählung über Fotografie. Das analoge „Stern“-Fotoarchiv, eines der größten erhaltenen Pressebildarchive, bewahrt 3 424 Ordner gefüllt mit Exemplaren dieser ‚Schnittstelle‘ zwischen Film und Heftseite. Sie werden seit 2019 durch die Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB) in München digitalisiert, erschlossen und für die öffentliche Nutzung bereitgestellt. Der Beitrag befasst sich mit der Materialität, Symbolik und dem Potenzial des Kontaktbogens am Beispiel dieser Bestände.
Finde die Nadel im Heuhaufen: Erschließungskonzept und Benutzung des „Stern“-Fotoarchivs an der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek in München
Authors: Kraus Eva , de Laborda Ingrid Pérez , Waßer Fabian 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Im Digitalisierungsprojekt des analogen Fotoarchivs des Magazins „Stern“ an der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek (BSB) in München werden derzeit 3 Millionen Aufnahmen digitalisiert, inhaltlich erschlossen und in einem ­eigens für den Bestand entwickelten Portal bereitgestellt (<www.stern-fotoarchiv.de>). Der vorliegende Beitrag zeigt auf, wie die Fotografien – der Gesamtbestand des Archivs umfasst rund 15 Millionen Objekte – in der Erschließungsumgebung und dem Portal der BSB sukzessive sichtbar und nutzbar gemacht werden. Er legt die entscheidenden Prinzipien des zugrundeliegenden Konzepts, den Aufbau des Bildportals sowie die vielfältigen Formen der Benutzung dar.
Présence, statut et variétés du français dans le paysage linguistique du Maroc
Authors: Calvo del Olmo Francisco 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
The aim of this exploratory research is to map the presence of the French language in Morocco. To this proposal, we update the linguistic demographic profile of Moroccan francophones on the basis of numbers provided by international organisations and classify them according to the varieties used: basilectal, mesolectal and acrolectal. In this respect, we consider two important factors for the learning and use of French in Morocco: education and migratory flows. In addition, we draw on linguistic landscape studies to examine the traces that these linguistic practices leave in the public space, as this approach provides data on the functions, status and varieties of this language. Our approach is based on data collected in five main Moroccan cities, documenting, on the one hand, the highly standardised display used by public authorities and large private companies and, on the other, signs written in a more or less formatted manner by individual citizens. Our results allow us to corroborate the process of the ‘sédentarisation’ of French in Morocco on the basis of its visible traces. In addition, our sample illustrates the multilingualism displayed and the coexistence of several languages in Morocco. In the future, further in-depth studies could broaden our documentary bases, systematise the results and revise the conclusions that close this article.
Romanische Bereichsadverbien an der Schnittstelle von Semantik, Syntax und Pragmatik: Kontextuelle Bedeutungsanpassung und syntaktische Polyfunktionalität
Authors: Grübl Klaus 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
The present paper provides a comprehensive model of the various syntactic functions displayed by Romance domain adverbs (DAs), such as Fr. politiquement ‘politically’ or It. economicamente ‘economically’, as well as of the semantic and pragmatic side-effects of realizing DAs in different structural environments. It will be shown that – like their lexical bases, i.e. relational adjectives, from which they are formed by categorial transposition (political → politically) – DAs represent a special class of semantically underspecified modifiers whose function in context is to restrict the extension of their modifee by relating it to the extra-linguistic domain they denote (i.e. to conceptual frames such as politics or economy). Yet what follows from the fuzzy nature of this conceptual relation is that the interpretation of a DA is systematically enriched by certain grammatical and encyclopedic features of the syntactic context in which it is realized, in particular the [dynamicity/stativity] feature of the given modifee. In a first step, these observations allow us to describe typical effects of contextual adaptation, such as the preference for method or means readings of DAs modifying agentive (necessarily dynamic) verbs (to treat surgically). Moreover, the proposed interface approach helps to keep apart the pragmatic effects of contextual enrichment from the proper level of adverbial syntax, where different positions of DAs have to be formally and functionally distinguished even if they do not go along with intuitively diverging interpretations of the adverbial modifier. This will be shown to be the case for those syntactic environments where the DA’s function consists in restricting the validity of the – syntactically twofold and semantically stative – relation between a “predicator” and a “predication base”: Such predication relations actually can be modified by DAs on at least three distinct syntactic levels, to wit (i) within an expanded noun phrase (economically powerful province), (ii) within the Small Clause of a copular construction (The province is economically powerful) or, most interestingly, (iii) at the discourse level, where the function of a left-peripheral DA is to restrict the applicability of the proposition it frames (Economically, the province is powerful) to a particular aspect of the Question under Discussion (QUD). The function of this particular type of discourse-pragmatic “delimitation” (Krifka/Musan 2012) will be described by analyzing examples and corpus data from Italian and French.