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Remediate, Listen, Repeat
Authors: Bronfman Alejandra 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Drawing attention to recently digitized archives from across the Caribbean, this chapter frames the study of radio as an exploration of race, aurality, and the politics of the archive. The translation of radio from past to present, from ephemeral to permanent, and from the site of twentieth-century production to sites of twenty-first-century archiving and transnational consumption raise important theoretical and methodological questions. Here are opportunities to listen, for example, to Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén invoke the violence of Cuba’s slaveholding past or the radio announcer Jean Dominique denounce military impunity or state corruption in Haiti. The chapter raises questions about what listening to these voices can tell us about the sound of anticolonial Black politics. It also asks how the field of radio studies can or has acknowledged the silences and issues of power and access within these proliferating digitizing projects.
Radio, Cinema, and the South Asian Soundscape
Authors: Punathambekar Aswin 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
During the 1950s and 1960s, Radio Ceylon, a Colombo (Sri Lanka)-based commercial broadcaster, produced a series of programs based on Indian film music. Broadcast via powerful shortwave transmitters, these programs reached an estimated 90–120 million listeners across the Indian subcontinent and as far afield as South Africa and parts of East Africa. Drawing on news archives and an in-depth interview with the renowned broadcaster Ameen Sayani, this chapter traces radio and cinema’s intertwined trajectories and examines the crucial role radio played in film publicity, exhibition, and drawing together and sustaining cinematic publics beyond the spatial bounds of the movie theater and the temporal limits of the film screening. More broadly, this chapter argues that radio shaped imaginations of national and regional space and culture and signaled battles over language and other factors that would come to define politics and culture in postcolonial India.
Communication in the Radio Century
Authors: Lacey Kate 
Published: June 2024

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Radio figures in this chapter as a liquid medium, forever adapting and shifting form, occupying public spaces, inhabiting individual minds, negotiating, and renegotiating the modern variability of time and space. As the quintessential pioneer of modern communications, with a century’s experience of experimentation and renewal, and as an audio medium that puts into relief many of the dominant currents of visual and digital media culture, this chapter argues that radio ought to occupy a much more prominent space in the field of communication history and theory within which it is so commonly sidelined or relegated to a historical footnote. More than simply rehearsing radio’s resilience and its continuing significance, the conceit of this chapter is to offer some ways of thinking through radio – or, rather, ideas of radio understood as expansively as possible - as a foil with which to re-contextualize contemporary media as belonging to “the radio century”.
Punch Cards and Playlists
Authors: Russo Alexander 
Published: June 2024

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“Algorithmic culture” has typically been identified with twenty-first century media. However, this chapter argues that radio programming practices were influenced by concepts derived from the cybernetics moment of the mid-twentieth century. Radio formats and cybernetics were born of the same moment and the former bears the traces of the latter—specifically, a reliance on the concepts of feedback and noise. Beyond conceptual maps, some stations embraced computer-based data processing to evaluate the elements of their programming (in terms of song selection) and create electronically tabulated programming playlists. In so doing, practices from the moment in which the formats emerged anticipated ways in which contemporary streaming music platforms organize content.
Silly Women’s Stories?
Authors: Levine Elana 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
The daytime radio serial is a foundational form of US broadcasting at the crux of the economic and cultural functions of commercial, network radio and is strongly connected to conceptions of gender identity in twentieth-century American society. This chapter examines the place of the daytime radio serial in the business practices and economic structures of the broadcasting industry and the American consumer economy, in the scripted storytelling practices of first audio and, later, audiovisual media, and in the gendered dynamics of power and status associated with broadcasting that are representative of American culture writ large. It also examines the serials’ impact on practices of television storytelling and women-targeted podcasting, representing an economic and cultural return to the daytime radio serial’s roots. Altogether, the daytime radio serial serves as a space of struggle over fundamental characteristics of the commercial broadcasting business, narrative structure, and gender dynamics in US society.
The Reception of the Books of Kings in Second Temple Judaism
Authors: Pajunen Mika S. 
Published: June 2024

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This chapter reviews the reception of 1–2 Kings in Second Temple Jewish sources. It describes problems related to identifying the direct literary influence of Kings and the main sources that are plausibly aware of the text of Kings. It provides examples of the potential theological influence of Kings related to divine justice. The chapter covers the reception of key figures, the most important kings of Judah in the extant sources, and the prophets Elijah and Elisha. Short descriptions of the development of these traditions are given and the reception of Kings is placed in the context of how such traditions were typically interpreted and modified. A brief assessment of the Scriptural status of Kings in late Second Temple Judaism is provided. The influence of 1–2 Kings in Second Temple sources is meager in relation to the legal and prophetic traditions but similar to other Historical Books.
Reading Kings through the Lenses of Trauma
Authors: Janzen David 
Published: June 2024

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At least two kinds of trauma theory can be used to read Kings, one developed within sociology and one from within psychoanalysis and psychology. The latter has been adapted by literary criticism in its readings of trauma literature. The former, sometimes called collective trauma, allows for a reading of Kings as an explanation of the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile. The final form of Kings can be read as collective trauma that blames victims for their suffering in an attempt to create a social identity for Judahites that makes them dependent upon a future Davidic rule. Literary critics, however, conceive of trauma as something victims cannot understand or explain; a reading of Kings from this standpoint deconstructs the book’s explanatory narrative, throwing into doubt the notion that God functions as a just judge or that royal actions affect what happens to Judah.
Shock Therapy versus Gradualism in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Authors: Marangos John 
Published: June 2024

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The transition from a centrally administered economy to an economy based on market relations in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (CEE/FSU) took two alternate approaches: the “shock therapy,” or “big bang,” approach and gradualism, or the evolutionary approach. To comprehend and shape a supposition concerning the speed of the transition process, this chapter considers the transition process within a broader social science setting, integrating institutions. It identifies the different transition speeds—shock therapy and gradualism—and alternate institutional processes associated with these speeds. The shock therapy process of transition utilizes market incentives to internalize the developmental process of institutions, instead of relying on the government, an external actor to the whole process. In contrast, gradualism argues that the development of the institutional structure requires government action. Gradualism recommends active state intervention in institutional development. Subsequently, the shock therapy approach recommends a gradual development of institutions, whereas the gradualism recommends a shock therapy approach to institutional development. This chapter suggests that a combination of the two methods would produce the most optimal speed sequence in CEE/FSU. As a result, at least in the case of institutional development, this article argues that there is no clash between shock therapy and gradualism; rather, the two approaches are interconnected.
Global Value Chains Integration
Authors: Holzner Mario 
Published: June 2024

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This chapter shows, that although firm-level greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) data suggest that specialization dynamics seem to move Central, East, and Southeast Europe slightly in the direction of a knowledge-based economy, functional specialization levels still display the patterns of a region that is a mix of a factory economy and a business-services hub, where, apart from manufacturing production, for instance, logistics, sales, shared services, and customer-care-center services are being provided. Thus, along the smile curve of global value chains, the region has positioned itself in both lower and higher segments of value-added creation. However, the chapter also presents data on a growing share of this value added is being repatriated back to the countries of origin of the invested capital. Apart from the likely imminent loss of the segment of manufacturing production proper that is looming due to technological change, a growing concern in the region is also focused on the discrepancy between the value added created in the economy and the actual wages paid and profits that remains in the countries. At the end of the chapter, elements of a new growth model are suggested. They include policies that aim at facilitating the move from a factory economy to a more R&D-driven functional specialization via investment and the implementation of a wage compression policy.
Introduction
Authors: Laruelle Marlene 
Published: June 2024

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This introductory chapter argues that the term illiberal(ism) provides a new frame for understanding societal change. In contrast to existing concepts, illiberalism recenters our focus on liberalism and can therefore fruitfully account for different dimensions usually not taken into account. This chapter first advances a definition of illiberalism—in contradistinction to other concepts such as populism, conservatism, and authoritarianism—before exploring five main contentions related to this definition. It then moves to a broader discussion on the entanglements between liberalism and illiberalism, looking at liberalism’s own spaces of contention, its multiple scripts, its encapsulation of Western metamodernity, and how illiberalism contributes to the ongoing deconstruction of liberal hegemony. Finally, it delves into the “amplifying feedback loop” effect of illiberalism, which is both a by-product of the contradictions of liberalism and an amplification of liberalism’s challenges.
Machine Learning of Sound and Music for Sociological Research
Authors: Nie Ke 
Published: June 2024

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Despite the significance of sound and music to social life, sociological research on these topics rarely touches upon their formal analysis, often because of disparate interests and a lack of technical tools and expertise. Recent advancements in machine learning empower sociologists and other nonexperts to conveniently analyze large datasets of sound and music without the need for intensive labor or specialized knowledge. Focusing on the thriving field of music information retrieval (MIR), this chapter foregrounds how mutual engagement between sociological inquiries and machine-learning algorithms for sound and music analysis benefits the existing research agenda. It also extends new research possibilities for both sides. The chapter reviews the sociological concerns in MIR development and examines the use of MIR tools in sociological studies, highlighting the need for sociologists and MIR practitioners to critically assess the design and application of these tools to avoid reinforcing cultural biases.
The Intersection of Economics and Security
Authors: Norris William J. 
Published: June 2024

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This chapter reviews major works seeking to bridge the international relations subfields of international political economy and security studies. The review briefly synthesizes this extensive literature into seven related bodies of scholarship revealing fascinating associations within and among the intellectual traditions linking economics and security. The resulting synthesis not only contextualizes the study of economic statecraft, but also illuminates how various literatures connecting economics and security fit together intellectually. Today’s work on geoeconomics and economic statecraft stands on the shoulders of many earlier scholars (whose work has often been siloed). Bringing those literatures together in a synthetic review that highlights how these various intellectual strands are connected and have developed over time is valuable to do at the outset of this volume. The chapter culminates with suggestions for future study in the hopes of inspiring a new generation of scholarship seeking to better understand some of these timeless questions.
Theory and Practice of Geoeconomics in South Asia
Authors: Behera Laxman Kumar , Pattanaik Smruti S. 
Published: June 2024

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South Asia is riven with multiple security threats, ranging from conventional war under nuclear threat to cross-border terrorism, ethno-national insurgencies, and religious violence. The region is also at the heart of the Indo-Pacific, the new theater of great power competition. This chapter surveys economic statecraft deployed by six South Asian countries—India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Nepal. In so doing it also examines the key economic tools used by these countries in the region to advance their strategic goals. The chapter argues that India-Pakistan animosity makes geoeconomic instruments a weapon of choice, especially for Islamabad, while for other countries economic statecraft has been an attractive option to materially gain from the strategic competition between major powers—India and China—and also to balance India, the predominant power in South Asia.
Small Data and Big Data Analysis of Geoeconomics
Authors: Shih Victor , Hoffman Geoffrey 
Published: June 2024

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The study of geoeconomics is gaining prominence as the role of economic tools in international politics continues to grow. This chapter outlines the theory, key variables, and traditional data sources for empirical research in geoeconomics. Further, it discusses the rise of social network analysis and text as data as analytical approaches in geoeconomic scholarship, which are especially well-suited for the quantitative analysis of large datasets. This overview of both small data and big data methodologies will help provide geoeconomic researchers with the tools to engage in more nuanced and rigorous analysis.
St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain, St. Makarios of Corinth, and the Philokalia
Authors: Louth Andrew 
Published: June 2024

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The preface to the Philokalia envisages a hesychast anthology, setting out a spiritual program leading to deification, central to which is the Jesus Prayer. Much of the Philokalia seems only loosely connected with such a program, however, though the final third fits more closely. This chapter also concerns Nikodimos and Makarios, its presumed editors. From the scant evidence available, Nikodimos can be associated with a hesychast revival; with Makarios, it is less clear. However, both men were part of the Hellenic revival that led to Greek independence. Both the monastic revival associated with Basil of Poiana Mărului, which included Paisy Velichkovsky of the Slavonic Dobrotolyubie, and contemporary quests for lost ascetic literature—the tributaries to the Philokalia—were concerned to promote the Jesus Prayer and hesychasm. The influence of the Philokalia and the closely associated Dobrotolyubie has been long-lasting, though diverse, and much remains unclear.
Nineteenth-Century Russian and Ukrainian Religious Thinkers
Authors: Gavrilyuk Paul L. 
Published: June 2024

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It is generally assumed that deification has been a central and consistently salient feature of modern Orthodox theology. The evidence considered in this chapter indicates that this assumption needs to be qualified considerably. The chapter surveys deification in different registers of Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox religious culture, from literary fiction and popular piety, to hagiography and ascetical spirituality, to homiletics and dogmatic manuals, to religious philosophy and patristics. The conclusion is reached that deification as a theme of structural doctrinal importance for Orthodox theology first comes into focus in the writings of religious philosopher Vladimir Solovyov and becomes a magnet concept in the pioneering work of patristic scholar Ivan Popov.
The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Authors: Grillo Jennie , Hubler Caitlin Joy 
Published: June 2024

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Biblical Hebrew has no terms for deification or theosis: instead, this chapter investigates the biblical writers’ own categories of language and thought where they offer suggestive comparisons for the later terminology. First among these categories is humanity described as made in the image of God. This is examined against the related phenomena of cult statuary and anthropomorphic theophany. Next, biblical kingship ideology is considered against the Ancient Near Eastern background of divine kingship: while stopping short of asserting the divinity of the king as God’s son, the Old Testament preserves around its kings the aura of godlikeness from their Egyptian and Canaanite predecessors. Finally, Israel is examined as the locus of God’s personal presence on Earth; and Moses and Jacob are considered as individual examples of something like deification.
Deification and Theological Anthropology
Authors: Spencer Mark K. 
Published: June 2024

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Accounts of deification presuppose an anthropology, an account of what humans are such that they can be deified. This chapter surveys such anthropologies. It begins with anthropologies that account for deification through particular powers and activities, focusing on accounts within the Augustinian-Thomistic tradition, which emphasize the role of spiritual powers like intellect and will in deification. It next turns to anthropologies focused on the nature of activity as such, with special attention to the Greek tradition. This section discusses the role of the body, rest, and creativity in deification. Finally, the chapter considers anthropologies that focus on substantiality or personhood as such, and contends that only such an anthropology adequately accounts for the possibility of deification. This section discusses the role of relationality and communal nature in deification, as well as surveying (and arguing against) views on which humans have the same nature or personhood as God.
Left ventricular ejection fraction: time to revise the metric?
Authors: Ray Avik , Zlotoff Dan , Kawachi Ichiro 
Published: June 2024

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In this paper, we highlight the prevalent misconception among patients regarding the normal value of left ventricular ejection fraction in cardiac function assessment. This misconception arises from the proportion dominance effect, wherein individuals tend to judge based on proportions rather than absolute values. We explain how this misunderstanding impacts patient demoralization and medical adherence, leading to worse clinical outcomes. To address this, the concept of “Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction - Proportion of Normal” is introduced, which adjusts left ventricular ejection fraction to a patient-specific normal range. This patient-centric approach aims to enhance comprehension, engagement, and adherence by conveying accurate information through the lens of proportions, thereby potentially improving clinical outcomes.
Quadriceps recovery and pain relief in knee osteoarthritis rats by cog polydioxanone filament insertion
Authors: Cha Myeounghoon , Bak Heyji , Bai Sun Joon , Lee Bae Hwan , Jang Jun Ho 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Quadriceps muscles play a pivotal role in knee osteoarthritis (OA) progression and symptom manifestation, particularly pain. This research investigates the therapeutic effectiveness of muscle enhancement and support therapy (MEST), a recently developed device intended for intramuscular insertion of cog polydioxanone filaments, in quadriceps restoration to alleviate OA pain. Knee OA was induced in Sprague Dawley rats via monoiodoacetate injections. MEST or sham treatment was performed in OA or Naive rat quadriceps. Pain was assessed using paw withdrawal threshold and weight bearing. Quadriceps injury and recovery via MEST were evaluated using biomarkers, tissue morphology, muscle mass, contractile force and hindlimb torque. Satellite cell and macrophage activation, along with their activators, were also assessed. Data were compared at 1- and 3-weeks post-MEST treatment (M-W1 and M-W3). MEST treatment in OA rats caused muscle injury, indicated by elevated serum aspartate transferase and creatinine kinase levels, and local β-actin changes at M-W1. This injury triggered pro-inflammatory macrophage and satellite cell activation, accompanied by heightened interleukin-6 and insulin-like growth factor-1 levels. However, by M-W3, these processes gradually shifted toward inflammation resolution and muscle restoration. This was seen in anti-inflammatory macrophage phenotypes, sustained satellite cell activation and injury markers regressing to baseline. Quadriceps recovery in mass and strength from atrophy correlated with substantial OA pain reduction at M-W3. This study suggests that MEST-induced minor muscle injury triggers macrophage and satellite cell activation, leading to recovery of atrophied quadriceps and pain relief in OA rats.
Voluntarism as Resistance to State Control: A Case Study of the Kingston Victoria Hospital and the Fledgling NHS
Authors: Haydon Steph 
Published: June 2024

Summary
With the launching of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, this taxpayer-funded, centralised, universal service seemingly negated the need for new voluntary hospitals to be established in Britain. Within 3 years, however, the former doctors of the Kingston and Malden Victoria Hospital (KMVH) announced a new voluntary hospital (the New Victoria) after the KMVH was closed for repurposing in the NHS. Examining this case reveals stakeholder perceptions of the early NHS, including debates over general practitioner (GP) independence, local democracy and state control which predated and permeated the founding of the Service. I argue the New Victoria was founded as a response to and revolt against centralised bureaucracy and an attempt to restore a sense of GP independence and patient control in the local hospital service. Voluntarism, in the form of a voluntary hospital, was the medium through which these debates took place.