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Confronting Fascism in the Arabic Jewish Press
Authors: Admiraal Lucia 
Published: October 2024

During the 1930s and 1940s, Jews in the Middle East took part in extensive debates on fascism in the public sphere. How did the rise of fascism impact the ways in which Jews in the region envisioned the past, present and future?Confronting Fascism in the Arabic Jewish Pressexamines Jewish discussions on the positions and identities of Jews in the Middle East within the context of multifocal debates on fascism. Focussing on the Arabic Jewish press in Egypt, Lebanon and Syria, it studies the ideas of its editors and main contributors and their intellectual networks. Putting those debates within the context of social, political and national reorientations following the end of the Ottoman Empire, the book uses an ideas-based and conceptual approach to also connect this history to global debates on fascism centred on the concepts of race, civilization and religion. In doing so, it situates Jewish discussions on fascism in the Middle East not only at the heart of Arab intellectual history, but also as part of a globalizing public sphere during the interwar, war and immediate post-war periods (1933-1948).
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
Iranian Kurdistan Under the Islamic Republic
Authors: Cabi Marouf 
Published: October 2024

This book presents a social, political, cultural, and socioeconomic history of Iranian Kurdistan since the 1979 Revolution.
In this study, Marouf Cabi shines a spotlight on the modern history of Iranian Kurdistan – an area of Greater Kurdistan understudied in comparison to its regions in Syria and Iraq. The book provides a historical narrative and analysis of Kurdistan since the Revolution. It addresses key changes and events in detail, such as the participation of the Kurds in the Revolution, the reinvigoration of the Kurdish movements and the emergence of the women's movement, the armed struggle of the 1980s, socioeconomic and political change of the 1990s, and the emergence of civil society since 2000. Cabi draws on extensive primary sources, including oral history, various newspapers, journals, and books published during the period.
Microscopy, Magnification and Modernist Fiction
Authors: Armstrong Patrick 
Published: October 2024

Exploring how modernism registered shock experiences of the microscopic and extended vision in prose fiction through the work of four modernist writers – D. H. Lawrence, Marcel Proust, Virginia Woolf, and Samuel Beckett – this book is the first substantial study of the interrelations between microscopy and modernist fiction.
Illustrating ways in which optical instruments had the capacity to change, displace and reframe ideas of what the world is like, this book argues that encounters with the microscopic are often depicted as thresholds between the human and the non-human, in ways that reverberate through modernist fiction.
Exploring a period of significant developments in microscopical tools and techniques, from the light microscope to the electron microscope, this book traces a shift that reconfigured the limits of the observable.
Early Modern Literature and the Bodies of a Reformed Eucharist
Authors: Sandberg Julianne 
Published: October 2024

Examining what the eucharist taught early modern writers about their bodies and how it shaped the bodies they wrote about, this book shows how the exegetical roots of the Eucharistic controversy in 16th century England had very material and embodied consequences.
To apprehend the nature of Christ’s body—its nature, presence, closeness, and efficacy—for these writers, was also to understand one’s own. And conversely, to know one’s own body was to know something particular about Christ’s.
Sandberg provides new insights into how Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, John Donne, and Aemilia Lanyer use the reformed eucharistic paradigm to imagine the embodied significance of the sacrament for their own bodies, the bodies of their narrative subjects, and the body of their literary work. She shows the significance of this paradigm was for poets and playwrights at this time to represent the embodied self and negotiate how the body was read, interpreted and understood.
Richard Burton, T.E. Lawrence and the Culture of Homoerotic Desire
Authors: Alkabani Feras 
Published: October 2024

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Arabic-speaking regions of the Ottoman Empire saw a crucial change in attitudes towards sexuality. Notions of ‘respectability’, ‘propriety’ and ‘sexual morality’ were being transformed in literary and cultural discourses, a shift that was related to the gradual rise in anti-Ottoman Arab nationalism. However, contemporary Orientalists such as Sir Richard Burton and T.E. Lawrence were oblivious to certain aspects of this process of cultural reconfiguration. While accounts of male-love poetry (ghazal al-mudhakkar) were being gradually expurgated from the Arab literary heritage, elaborate narratives of Oriental homoerotic desire distinctively characterise the encounters of both Burton and Lawrence with the Arab East.
By comparing their literary and autobiographical accounts of the Arab Orient with contemporary Arabic literature, Feras Alkabani is able to expose this critical disparity in cross-cultural portrayals of sexual morality and homoerotic desire. Alkabani relates the conflicting agendas of contemporary Orientalists and Arab scholars to the shifts in international imperial power relations and the eventual collapse of the Ottoman Empire. His detailed comparative study reveals the significance of homoerotic desire within Orientalist and Arab literary discourses at a time when the meaning and connotations of poetic male-love were undergoing a critical change in Arab culture and literature. It will prove invaluable for those researching Orientalism, nationalism, imperialism and manifestations of homoerotic desire in the fin-de-siècle Middle East.
Complete Guide to Training Library Staff
Authors: Leachman Emily , Libby A. Garrison 
Published: October 2024

This practical guidebook presents an infrastructure for training library staff, starting with a robust onboarding process and continuing through a staff member's entire duration at an institution.
Because library services and resources can change rapidly, ongoing training is an important aspect of library operations. Training can be a particular challenge at large, multi-branch library systems, because it can be difficult to ensure all staff are able to receive the relevant information.
Written for library managers and training leaders,A Complete Guide to Training Library Staffpresents a comprehensive lifecycle for staff development with a focus on tools and techniques to build a sustainable training program, set staff up for success in their positions, and develop a positive and supportive community across the library. Authors Emily Leachman and A. Garrison Libby spearheaded their library's movement to largely online trainings, which are inclusive of staff at all branch locations.
This practical guidebook helps managers and trainers develop a comprehensive plan that allows new staff to quickly become acquainted with the operations of the library, provides ongoing training to make staff aware of new procedures and services, and creates a collaborative and supportive training environment to empower staff to learn and lead.
economic influence of prosperity gospel on individual followers in neo-Pentecostal movements in Karingani Ward Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya
Authors: Kinoti Evans , Kagema Dickson Nkonge , Orina Hellen Kagwiria 
Published: October 2024

The study sought to investigate how prosperity gospel influences the economic aspect of its followers in neo-Pentecostal movements in Karingani Ward Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya. In Kenya, Neo-Pentecostal movements are growing and spreading from urban to rural areas, as witnessed in Karingani Ward, Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya. There has been an increase in self-founded churches, commonly known as charismatic movements, over the past decade. The Functionalism Theory guided the study in analysing the prosperity gospel's influence on its followers' economic aspect. The theory indicates that religion is a social influencer that leads to changes in behaviour and perception or worldview that are essential to economic growth. The study applied the descriptive survey design. Yamane’s formula was applied to obtain a sample size of 288 respondents. In addition, six pastors were selected from the churches; the total sample was 294 respondents. In the six selected churches, a larger population was between (20-50 years); the majority were women and indicated to be small business owners and employed in the private sector. The research instruments utilised were questionnaires, interviews, and focused group discussions. The study's findings revealed that prosperity teachings in Neo-Pentecostal movements positively influenced its followers. Prosperity teaching with biblical grounding had influenced adherents in these movements to have financial, investment, and entrepreneurial abilities through seminars, idea sharing, and continuous assistance from members, which have impacted their followers to experience social status mobility. This paper recommends a future study on how perceived YouTube or social media incomes can benefit all adherents.
Türkiye’de Yüz Yıllık Sosyal Güvenlik Uygulamaları ve Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumları
Authors: ÇÖLÜK Özcan 
Published: October 2024

Cumhuriyetin ilanından önce Birinci Meclis’te kabul edilen ve
Zonguldak kömür madenlerinde çalışan işçileri kapsayan, ardından 1923
yılında düzenlenen İzmir İktisat Kongresi’nde işçilerin lehine yapılan
birtakım düzenlemeler ile aynı yıl çıkarılan Umumi Hıfzıssıhha Kanunu’nda
yer alan hükümler Cumhuriyetin ilk sosyal güvenlik uygulamalarıdır.
1946 yılında İşçi Sigortaları Kurumu ile işçilere, 1949 yılında Emekli
Sandığı Kanunu ile memurlara sosyal güvenlik alanında önemli haklar
getiren kanunlar kabul edilmiştir. Bu dönemde kurulan çeşitli banka ve
meslek odaları sandıkları da her bir iş ve meslek kolunun ayrı ayrı sosyal
güvenlik kapsamına girmesine yol açmış, 1965 yılında 506 sayılı yasa ile
Sosyal Sigortalar Kurumu, 1972 yılında serbest meslek erbabı ve esnafın
sosyal güvenlik ihtiyacını gidermeye yönelik olarak Bağ-Kur kurulmuştur.
1980’li yıllarla birlikte sosyal güvenlik anlayışı, dünyaya hâkim olan
neo-liberal politikaları tarafından şekillendirilmiştir. 1999 yılında emeklilik
yaşı ve prim ödeme gün sayılarının arttırıldığı bir düzenleme yapılarak
birçok sigortalı ve iştirakçinin emeklilik hayali yıllar sonraya ötelenmiştir.
Sorun, ancak 2023 yılında yapılan düzenlemeyle kısmen de olsa
düzeltilebilmiştir.
2008 yılında 5510 sayılı yasa gereğince kurulan Sosyal Güvenlik
Kurumu, tüm sosyal güvenlik kurumlarını kademeli bir şekilde bir araya
getirme hedefinin bir ürünü olarak varlığını devam ettirmektedir.
Muhtelif Türk Köşe Yazarlarının “Cumhuriyet” in Anlam Yüküne İlişkin Belli Başlı Yaklaşımları (1955-1995)
Authors: ÖZÜÇETİN Yaşar , ASLAN Fatma Nur 
Published: October 2024

Cumhuriyet, Türk İnkılâbının ürünü ve başarısı olarak vasıflandırılmış,
özellik ve farklılığıyla içinde bulunulan durum ve sonrasına istikamet veren,
arzu edilen bir geleceğin başlangıç noktası olmuştur.
Cumhuriyet’ ten anlaşılan ve onun hatırlattığı düşünce ve nesne dikkat
çekmiş, bu bağlamda “Akşam”, “Cumhuriyet”, “Dünya”, “Milli Gazete”,
“Milliyet”, “Star”, “Tan”, “Tercüman”, “Türkiye”, “Vakit”, gazetelerinde
yapılan mütalâa ve değerlendirmelerin özü kendini şu şekilde belli etmiştir;
Ülkenin diriltilmesi ve milletin refahının millî iradeyle işleyen
cumhuriyetle mümkün olabileceği ortaya konulmuş ve cumhuriyet;
“cumhuriyet, çok bozuk ve yoksul şartlarla kurulmuş ve büyük sarsıntılara,
kötülüklere maruz kalmış olmakla birlikte bizi mutlu ufuklara götürecek
biricik altın yoldur” şeklinde sayılmıştır.
Cumhuriyet’in esasının ve ruhunun, “hâkimiyet kayıtsız şartsız
milletindir” cümlesinde olduğu, milletin hâkimiyetinin kayıtlanıp
şartlanmasının demokrasi ve cumhuriyet olamayacağı açıkça söylenmiş,
Millî Mücadele’nin getirdiği cumhuriyet, kurtulan Türk milletinin
yükselişine başlangıç olarak görülmüş ve bu durum; “Biz Türkiye’de
“cumhuriyet” dediğimizde, genel bir cumhuriyet kavramını değil, özel
olarak Gazi Mustafa Kemal ve arkadaşlarının kurduğu cumhuriyeti
kavrıyoruz”. “… Bunun da temelleri lâiklik, kadın erkek eşitliği, yasamayürütme-yargı erklerinin ayrılması, hukuk devleti gibi çağdaş Batılı
demokrasi değerlerine dayanıyor. Bu yönüyle bir yaşam biçimi”, tarzında
yerli yerinde kabul edilmiştir.
Köşe yazıları, herhangi bir konu ya da günlük olaylara ilişkin
görüşlerin, düşüncelerin ayrıntılara inmeden anlatıldığı gazete veya dergilerde yayımlanan kısa fikir yazıları olup, anlamlandırma çerçeveleri
izlenebilen metinlerdir. Bu amaçla araştırmada, cumhuriyetin anlam yükü ve
cumhuriyet kelimesinin oluşturduğu ortak alan, muhtelif köşe yazarlarının
ortaya koydukları metinler bağlamında incelenmiştir.
Araştırmada amacı, evrenin özellikleri hakkında bilgi toplamak,
kişileri, durumları veya olayları tam ve doğru olarak betimlemek olan
araştırma modeli esas alınmış, Akşam, Cumhuriyet, Dünya, Milli Gazete,
Milliyet, Star, Tan, Tercüman, Türkiye, Vakit gazeteleri köşe yazılarından
ve telif-tetkik eserlerden istifade edilmiştir.
Yugoslav Diplomacy and Public on “The Hatay Question” (the Sanjak of Alexandretta) in the Period of 20s and 30s of the 20th Century
Authors: VİRİYEVİÇ Vladan 
Published: October 2024

The development of bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes (known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia since 1929) and
the Republic of Türkiye during the second half of the 20s and 30s of the 20th
century was characterized by intensive rapprochement within all spheres –
politics, economy, defense, education, culture etc. Owing to that very
rapprochement diplomatic societies and the wider Yugoslav public carefully
followed the events in Türkiye, considering internal as well as internal
aspects. Atatürk's extensive reform activities as well as those performed by
Turkish authorities concerning the establishment of neighbor relations with
the surrounding, regarding pacific external politics that was promoted by the
"Father of Turks", made Yugoslav daily papers and periodical publications
full of written columns on this matter. "The Hatay Question" (the Sanjak of
Iskenderun) together with "The Mosul Question" was one of the most
important challenges of the young Turkish Republic's external politics in the
constructive consideration of which the creators of the Yugoslav external
politics were interested since it was the obstacle between France, the main
Yugoslav external political support and Türkiye, its close ally with which it
has been bound by contractual relation within Balkan Agreement since 1934.
Therefore the reports of the Yugoslav Embassy in Ankara and the general
consulate in Constantinople written to the superiors in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs in Belgrade very often consisted of information on "the
Hatay Question". Yugoslav press also wrote on this matter, particularly those
papers that had reporters in Türkiye.
According to the unpublished archives of Yugoslav origin and articles
in journals, the most important moments and processes regarding "the Hatay
Question" will be analyzed chronologically as it is mentioned in the title, till
1940, namely its final solution, the realized demarcation of Türkiye and Syria in the region of the Sanjak of Iskenderun, while they regard the
circumstances and the situation in Hatay, the relationship of Turks and
Arabs, French-Turkish diplomatic complicated situations and tensions, the
role of the League of Nations and other important international political
factors (Great Britain, USSR, Italy, Germany) etc.
A RELAÇÃO ENTRE MICROBIOTA INTESTINAL E OBESIDADE: IMPLICAÇÕES E PERSPECTIVAS TERAPÊUTICAS
Authors: Santos Sabrina Oliveira , Carvalho Bruna Fontes de , Lima Bruno José Santos , Mendonça Carolina Monteiro de , Doria Felipe Meireles , Silveira Fernanda Beatriz Santos , Moreira Gabrielle dos Santos , Chaves José Andersands Flauzino , Melo Laís Oliveira , Azevedo Luiz Phillipe Silva , Segundo Nilton Loula Dourado , Mariz Rafael Cruz , Tavares Renata Beatriz Almeida , Melo Vitória Farias de 
Published: October 2024

Esse artigo buscou discutir a relação entre a microbiota intestinal e suas implicações na obesidade. Sabe-se que microbiota intestinal refere-se ao conjunto de trilhões de microrganismos que habitam o trato gastrointestinal. A relação desse microbioma com a obesidade é complexa, porém os estudos apontam uma íntima relação com o metabolismo corpóreo, imuno-modulação e inflamação crônica. O objetivo desse estudo é aprofundar as bases dessa relação e analisar o impacto das alterações da microbiota na obesidade. Para isso, foi realizada uma revisão de literatura a partir das bases de dados do PubMed e BVS utilizando descritores e termos booleanos: Obesity AND Microbiota. Foram incluídos 23 artigos publicados a partir de 2012 até 2024, em inglês, espanhol e português. Foram excluídos artigos desalinhados com o tema e incompletos. Foi visto que pessoas obesas tendem a ter uma menor diversidade microbiana no intestino em comparação com indivíduos com peso normal, além de alterações na síntese do hormônio da saciedade e mecanismos de armazenamento de tecido adiposo. As evidências apontam para intervenções no âmbito do uso de simbióticos e transplante fecal. Por fim, a microbiota intestinal oferece uma nova perspectiva sobre a obesidade, com potencial para revolucionar as estratégias de prevenção e tratamento.
Seasonal shifts in depth-to-water uptake by young thinned and overstocked lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) forests under drought conditions in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
Authors: Ellis Emory C. , Guy Robert D. , Wei Xiaohua A. 
Published: October 2024

Abstract. As drought and prolonged water stress become more prevalent in dry regions under climate change, preserving water resources becomes a focal point for maintaining forest health. Forest regeneration after forest loss or disturbance can lead to overstocked juvenile stands with high water demands and low water-use efficiency. Forest thinning is a common practice with the goal of improving tree health, carbon storage, and water use while decreasing stand demands in arid and semi-arid regions. However, little is known about the impacts of stand density on seasonal variation in depth-to-water uptake or the magnitude of the effect of growing season drought conditions on water availability. Existing reports are highly variable by climatic region, species, and thinning intensity. In this study, stable isotope ratios of deuterium (δ2H) and oxygen (δ18O) in water collected from various soil depths and from branches of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) under different degrees of thinning (control: 27 000 stems per hectare; moderately thinned: 4500 stems per hectare; heavily thinned: 1100 stems per hectare) over the growing season were analyzed using the MixSIAR Bayesian mixing model to calculate the relative contributions of different water sources in the Okanagan Valley in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. We found that under drought conditions the lodgepole pine trees shifted their depth-to-water uptake through the growing season (June to October) to rely more heavily on older precipitation events that percolated through the soil profile when shallow soil water became less accessible. Decreased forest density subsequent to forest thinning did not cause a significant difference in the isotopic composition of branch water but did cause changes in the timing and relative proportion of water utilized from different depths. Thinned lodgepole pine stands were able to maintain water uptake from 35 cm below the soil profile, whereas the overstocked stands relied on a larger proportion of deep soil water and groundwater towards the end of the growing season. Our results support other findings by indicating that, although lodgepole pines are drought-tolerant and have dimorphic root systems, they do not shift back from deep water sources to shallow soil water when soil water availability increases following precipitation events at the end of the growing season.
Colonial Canal Built Environment of Multan Punjab: An Analysis of Administrative & Residential Structures
Authors: Abdul Basit  , Muhammad Shafique Bhatti  
Published: October 2024

Architectural structures are mirrors of society’s standard of living, norms as well as values, especially the old architectural structures, that are not only the tangible realities rather the providers of the clues to the patterns of living and human sense of understanding including the aesthetic sense. This research aims to analyses about the residential and official built structures of colonial era Multan in this perspective. The study also explores the architectural representation, ornamentation patterns, usage of spaces, and usage of material and climatic aspects of built structures of canal department in colonial Multan. Studying the drawings of the built structures (colonial circuit offices and bungalows of Multan), photographs, original and secondary type of documents are used while analyzing the colonial architecture of canal department of Multan. Analyzing the bungalows, the question taken up is: how different styles of architecture were adopted? and why these residential and official structures were built separately away from local populated area of Multan? Although the structure was developed in the sub-continent, both in terms of form and name, yet an indigenous typology of built environment was adapted and adopted by the Europeans and Bungalows as representative element of colonial built environment were restricted to Europeans. The colonial architecture fulfilled represented the social, environmental and political requirements of administrative European and mercantile class. Among the urban centers in India, Multan was one of the most important canal center that was occupied by the British in 1849 CE. It became an important frontier cantonment station in Punjab and very soon the major canal colony district of the British India. Therefore, the study analyses an important section of colonial continuity as Multan Canal Division still is represented as the agricultural center of Pakistani Punjab and Canal built structure is still functional and used residentially, administratively and for communication and irrigation purposes..
Equitable and Transparent Cash Disbursement under the BISP Program: An Analysis
Authors: Madiha Hasan  , Muhammad Muzammil Masood  
Published: October 2024

The Government of Pakistan launched BISP program to ensure merit based financial assistance to the deserving persons and at present it covers more than 9.3 million households under kafalat program. 1 The program provides financial assistance on a regular basis to families who are vulnerable to economic shocks and due to financial constraints are unable to support themselves. Based on pre-defined eligibility criteria the applicants are selected for the financial assistance and payments are made from the payment centers as well as from the biometric point of sale franchises of the partner banks. It has been observed that Pakistan has fragmented social protection landscape comprising of weakly coordinated overlapping programs. To address this issue One Window BISP Policy 2021 has been approved by the Prime Minister to ensure availability of all services related to BISP program in one space. However, despite all these efforts BISP program has its transparencies and equitability related challenges such as limited administrative capacity, absence of adequate monitoring and lack of evidence-based strategies to combat errors, fraud and corruption. To make this program more transparent it is required that safeguards like simple and cashless disbursement mechanisms, proper monitoring and an effective complaint resolution system must be introduced to enhance the effectiveness of the program.