bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Customs control over illicit international trade: The impact of different forms of illegality
Authors: Smart Alan 
Published: June 2024

This article examines a process central to the anthropological understanding of the state, how smuggling persists despite diverting a large portion of the revenues critical to the operation of state organizations. Developing the author’s prior typology of basic reasons why illegal practices persist, the article argues that there are five distinct types of smuggling, related to factors such as the social legitimacy of the activity. Legitimacy appears to make control much more difficult, but the availability of profits is also a key factor that can operate in the absence of social legitimacy, and which can contribute to the corruption of state officials. The result of intensified enforcement crackdowns also differs between the types, affecting the nature of the organization of smuggling practices. I conclude that the exploration of diversity among smuggling practices demonstrates the advantages of avoiding a treatment of illegality in general terms, and to pluralize the concept to understand the diverse motivations and forms that illegal practices can take.
Carole Counihan, Valeria Siniscalchi, eds, <em>Food Activism: Agency, Democracy and Economy</em>, London - New Dehli - New York - Sydney, Bloomsbury Academic, 2014, pp. 251
Authors: Faldini Luisa 
Published: June 2024

Book review of Carole Counihan, Valeria Siniscalchi, eds, Food Activism: Agency, Democracy and Economy, London - New Dehli - New York - Sydney, Bloomsbury Academic, 2014, pp. 251.
Didier Fassin, <em>La forza dell’ordine: Antropologia della polizia nelle periferie urbane</em>, traduzione e cura di Lorenzo Alunni, Bologna, La Linea, 2013, pp. 351
Authors: Deiana Alessandro 
Published: June 2024

Book review of Didier Fassin, La forza dell’ordine: Antropologia della polizia nelle periferie urbane, traduzione e cura di Lorenzo Alunni, Bologna, La Linea, 2013, pp. 351.
Ignazio Figus, Cosimo Zene, <em>S’Impinnu. Il voto</em>, Isre, Hdv, colore, sonoro, 16:9, 107’, 2014
Authors: Tiragallo Felice 
Published: June 2024

Book review of Ignazio Figus, Cosimo Zene, S’Impinnu. Il voto, Isre, Hdv, colore, sonoro, 16:9, 107’, 2014.
Breve genealogia e anatomia del concetto di <em>habitus</em>
Authors: Wacquant Loïc 
Published: June 2024

In questo saggio Loïc Wacquant propone una messa a punto del concetto di habitus, correggendone alcuni fraintendimenti ricorrenti. In un primo momento ricostruisce brevemente la genealogia della nozione mettendone in luce le origini filosofiche e accennando all'uso fattone da alcuni classici delle scienze sociali. In seguito l'autore svolge una dissezione dell'habitus all'interno dell'opera di Pierre Bourdieu e ne ricostruisce puntualmente l'anatomia, riferendosi anche alla propria esperienza di ricerca etnografica.
James G. Carrier, Don Kalb, eds, <em>Anthropologies of class: Power, practice and inequality</em>, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 248
Authors: Pusceddu Antonio Maria 
Published: June 2024

Recensione di James G. Carrier, Don Kalb, eds, Anthropologies of Class: Power, Practice and Inequality, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015, pp. 248.
Colmare il buco della povertà: Le occupazioni come oggetto di analisi sociale
Authors: Vereni Piero 
Published: June 2024

Nota critica di Freia Anders, Alexander Sedlmaier, eds, Public Goods versus Economic Interests. Global Perspectives on the History of Squatting, London, Routledge, 2016, pp. 318; Pierpaolo Mudu, Sutapa Chattopahyay, eds, Migration, Squatting and Radical Autonomy, London, Routledge, 2017, pp. 294.
The national project for Roma, Sinti and Caminanti children inclusion: A Socio-Anthropological overview
Authors: Persico Greta , Sarcinelli Alice Sophie 
Published: June 2024

The article develops a critical, applied and interdisciplinary perspective, to contrast anti-Gypsyism. The research has been carried out within the “National Project for Inclusion and Integration of Roma children, Sinti and Caminanti”, realized during 2013/14 in the city of Milan. The theoretical frame refers to different dimensions, respectively represented by the paradigm of contrast of anti-Gypsyism, the researches focused on educational policies towards Roma children and the inclusive education theory. Within this framework, the article analyses the assumptions on which the whole intervention was based and will provide an ethnographic account of the training activities carried out with the contribution of the authors in two schools in Milan. Based on these data, the article highlights the elements of continuity and discontinuity in educational policy toward Roma children and their families implemented in the city in the last years. The article analyses eventually the results of the training that was carried out, highlighting the effects produced by the interaction between research and reality. The analysis aims at revealing that anti-Gypsysm is, paradoxically, necessary for the emergence of the opposite paradigm (“contrasting anti-Gypsyism”), within which discourses are produced, funds are allocated, and the projects and careers of “opponents to anti-Gypsyism” are advanced.
Juan Javier Rivera Andía, <em>La vaquerita y su canto: Una antropología de las emociones</em>, Buenos Aires, Rumbo Sur / Ethnographica, 2016, pp. 192
Authors: Branca Domenico 
Published: June 2024

Recensione di Juan Javier Rivera Andía, La vaquerita y su canto: Una antropología de las emociones, Buenos Aires, Rumbo Sur / Ethnographica, 2016, pp. 192.
The right to certify? A grassroot response to standardization
Authors: Koensler Alexander , Loce Mandes Fabrizio , Zappa Andrea 
Published: June 2024

Le recenti politiche della standardizzazione messe in atto in campo agroalimentare incidono in maniera profonda su come si definiscono agricoltori, su che cosa è considerato alimento “sicuro” e su come è gestito il paesaggio agrario. Spesso percepite dai soggetti in questione, come strati di complicazioni kafkiane, esse nascondono tuttavia interessi politici specifici. Il Peasant Activism Project indaga queste politiche della trasparenza, intese come un modo di ristrutturazione del controllo sociale attraverso pratiche, come certificazioni e standardizzazioni, incentrate intorno all’imperativo morale della trasparenza. Improntato da una prospettiva di antropologia politica, l’obiettivo del progetto è quello di mettere in luce gli effetti sulle relazioni sociali che si nascondono dietro l’apparenza oggettiva del paradigma di trasparenza, e di comprendere in che modo si rimodellano le relazioni di potere. In questo senso, il progetto mira a ridefinire le prospettive classiche dell’antropologia alimentare rimasta prevalentemente incasellata in una prospettiva culturalista. In questo report di ricerca presentiamo una conversazione circolare e collaborativa, incentrata sulle garanzie partecipative, viste come una riscoperta di forme orizzontali e neo-umanistiche di fronte alle politiche della standardizzazione, e che fanno parte di una più ampia tendenza di rivitalizzazione delle pratiche alternative di certificazione.
Dimitris Dalakoglou, <em>The road: An ethnography of (im)mobility, space, and cross-border infrastructures in the Balkans</em>, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2017, pp. 203
Authors: Iancu Bogdan 
Published: June 2024

Book review of Dimitris Dalakoglou, The road: An ethnography of (im)mobility, space, and cross-border infrastructures in the Balkans, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2017, pp. 203.
Di fantasmi teorici e chimere etnografiche
Authors: Palumbo Berardino 
Published: June 2024

Risposta ai commenti di Mara Benadusi, Michael Blim, Riccardo Ciavolella, Caterina di Pasquale, Adriano Favole, Noelle Molé Liston, Ivan Severi and Valeria Siniscalchi su Berardino Palumbo, Lo strabismo della DEA: Antropologia, accademia e società in Italia, Palermo, Edizioni Museo Pasqualino, 2018, pp. 289.
Not even a word: Politics of speech and silence in Palestinian memories
Authors: Rawash Sara 
Published: June 2024

This article explores the memories of female Palestinian former political prisoners, via a rethinking of the interrogation moment as liminal space. This arena reveals and triggers productive processes of recognition of self and other, construction of meaning, and resistance strategies by reproducing a mode of remembering that can transcend the yoke of “victimisation” and defeat. I aim to acknowledge the terminology that prisoners use – or refuse – to describe themselves and their “being-in-the-world” and to explore the wide range of meanings involved. In this context silence, the act of not confessing during the interrogation, can be read as a microcosm of values that is not reducible to traumatic discourses, a categorisation that risks obscuring the social, cultural and political frame in which it is shaped.
For Vintilă
Authors: Mesnil Marianne , Răutu Radu , Papa Cristina , Rostás Zoltán , Kideckel David A. , Nahorniac Raluca , Stoica Cătălin A. , Hertz Ellen , Iancu Bogdan , Stroe Monica , Duijzings Ger , V. Grecu Maria , Iuga Anamaria , Iosif Corina , Bălăşescu Alex , Sampson Steven , Tesăr Cătălina , Budrala Dumitru 
Published: June 2024

In memory of Vintilă Mihăilescu (1951-2020).
Apocalisse e storia: Fondazione trascendentale dell’umano
Authors: Quarta Luigigiovanni 
Published: June 2024

Commento su Ernesto De Martino, La fine del mondo. Contributo all’analisi delle apocalissi culturali, nuova edizione a cura di Giordana Charuty, Daniel Fabre e Marcello Massenzio, 2019 [ed. fr. La fin du monde. Essai sur les apocalypses culturelles, Éditions EHESS, 2016].
Assoggettamento da juju? Decostruire le categorie della dipendenza tra le giovani migranti dalla Nigeria
Authors: Brivio Alessandra 
Published: June 2024

L’articolo si propone di discutere il ruolo della dimensione magico-religiosa nell’asservimento e nello sfruttamento sessuale delle migranti nigeriane in Italia e la risonanza che tale dimensione ha nel discorso pubblico. A partire dal mio coinvolgimento come perito in un processo a carico di una donna accusata di tratta e di messa in schiavitù, l’articolo vuole fornire una prospettiva africanista per approfondire alcuni punti che caratterizzano la migrazione delle donne nigeriane. Dialogando con l’ampia letteratura sul tema specifico e con gli studi sulle discipline umanitarie, sulle politiche dei confini e dell’accoglienza, l’articolo si sviluppa attorno a due questioni principali. Innanzitutto, vuole ricostruire il quadro all’interno del quale le credenze e le pratiche, comunemente dette juju, si sono consolidate; quindi cerca di analizzare in prospettiva storica, con riferimento alla storia atlantica e coloniale, la correlazione tra dipendenza e debito. L’obiettivo dell’articolo è restituire ai migranti la dignità di un possibile agire politico all’interno di un discorso storico e mostrare come il dispositivo juju in Italia contribuisca a rafforzare le discriminazioni di genere, la sofferenza individuale e la produzione di discorsi razzisti.
Ivan Della Mea, Il penultimo comunista, A. Fanelli e M. Scotti (eds), Il de Martino, 29, 2019, pp. 245; E chi può affermare che un sampietrino non fa arte?, Jacopo Tomatis (ed), Il de Martino, 30, 2020, pp. 215
Authors: Pizza Giovanni 
Published: June 2024

Book review of Ivan Della Mea, Il penultimo comunista. Scritti sulla politica (1993-2009), edited by Antonio Fanelli and Mariamargherita Scotti, Il de Martino. Rivista dell’Istituto Ernesto de Martino per la conoscenza critica e la presenza alternativa del mondo popolare e proletario, 29, 2019, pp. 245; Ivan Della Mea, E chi può affermare che un sampietrino non fa arte? Scritti sulla musica (1965-2009), edited by Jacopo Tomatis, Il de Martino. Rivista dell’Istituto Ernesto de Martino per la conoscenza critica e la presenza alternativa del mondo popolare e proletario, 30, 2020, pp. 215.
Immigration in the media: The translation of control practices into the language we live in
Authors: Maneri Marcello 
Published: June 2024

We begin from the end: the realization – result of many researches carried out in this field – that the media representation of immigration and consequently its public image only relates to a “problem” concerning otherness, illegitimacy and finally a naturally criminal essence. Looking for the reasons of this representation in the functioning of media, as much literature has done, is certainly useful but not sufficient to understand the deep nature of this common sense, which acts as an actual “system of truth”. Seeing the other possible cause of our “democratic racism” in the tactical benefits assured by the hostility discourse to the political entrepreneurs of fear is as much legitimate but still unbalanced. The attempt of this article is to find the real roots of the language that we use – like it or not – to speak of immigration in the practices of control of the “Fortress Europe”, in the policies of exclusion of the new pariah, in the investigations and the provisions inspired by the counter-terrorism, obligatory “Islamic”. The available categories, topics, images, narratives reflect the organizational imperatives of the institutions in charge of the control of the phenomenon, whit their priorities, gazes, definitions. In this reconstruction media have the relevant role of translator: from practices of control – reported, justified, naturalized – into constructs and standardizations which become “archive” on which we draw in everyday life.
Ferrostatin-1 inhibits fibroblast fibrosis in keloid by inhibiting ferroptosis
Authors: Yang Liu , Li Xiuli , Wang Yanli 
Published: June 2024

Background
Keloid is a chronic proliferative fibrotic disease caused by abnormal fibroblasts proliferation and excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) production. Numerous fibrotic disorders are significantly influenced by ferroptosis, and targeting ferroptosis can effectively mitigate fibrosis development. This study aimed to investigate the role and mechanism of ferroptosis in keloid development.

Methods
Keloid tissues from keloid patients and normal skin tissues from healthy controls were collected. Iron content, lipid peroxidation (LPO) level, and the mRNA and protein expression of ferroptosis-related genes including solute carrier family 7 member 11 (SLC7A11), glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4), transferrin receptor (TFRC), and nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) were determined. Mitochondrial morphology was observed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Keloid fibroblasts (KFs) were isolated from keloid tissues, and treated with ferroptosis inhibitor ferrostatin-1 (fer-1) or ferroptosis activator erastin. Iron content, ferroptosis-related marker levels, LPO level, mitochondrial membrane potential, ATP content, and mitochondrial morphology in KFs were detected. Furthermore, the protein levels of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), collagen I, and collagen III were measured to investigate whether ferroptosis affect fibrosis in KFs.

Results
We found that iron content and LPO level were substantially elevated in keloid tissues and KFs. SLC7A11, GPX4, and Nrf2 were downregulated and TFRC was upregulated in keloid tissues and KFs. Mitochondria in keloid tissues and KFs exhibited ferroptosis-related pathology. Fer-1 treatment reduced iron content, restrained ferroptosis and mitochondrial dysfunction in KFs, Moreover, ferrostatin-1 restrained the protein expression of α-SMA, collagen I, and collagen III in KFs. Whereas erastin treatment showed the opposite results.

Conclusion
Ferroptosis exists in keloid. Ferrostatin-1 restrained ECM deposition and fibrosis in keloid through inhibiting ferroptosis, and erastin induced ECM deposition and fibrosis through intensifying ferroptosis.
Estrategias de transición en manejo holístico para ganaderos del GTT+ de ganadería regenerativa de la provincia de Cardenal Caro
Authors:   , Vergara Rojas Matías 
Published: June 2024

Vergara Rojas, Matías	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía y Sistemas Naturales	https://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/86550	10.7764/tesisUC/AGR/86550	Estrategias de transición en manejo holístico para ganaderos del GTT de ganadería regenerativa de la provincia de Cardenal Caro
Evaluation of Nigerian Deposit Money Banks’ Soundness: Bankometer Model
Authors: Oseni Ezekiel 
Published: June 2024

The study examined the soundness of the Nigerian deposit money banks in view of stakeholders’ increasing dependence on it as a catalyst for achieving individual and corporate prosperity (wealth, access to funding, improved standard of living, etc.). The study examined 13 banks over a period of 10 years (2013 - 2022) using both ordinarily least square (OLS) and the IMF’s bankometer model for its analysis. The study observed that the IMF’s bankometer model variables exert significant influence on the soundness of the banks and therefore the model was found appropriate to evaluate banks to determine their state of health. Secondly, the study observed 92.30% of the Nigerian banks examined between 2013 and 2022 had solvency-score (s-score) above IMF’s model soundness minimum threshold of 70%. This implies that all the banks were healthy with the exception of one bank that had a negative s-score indicating a serious state of distress. The foreign affiliated banks were however found to be healthier than the 1st tier banks while three of the the 2nd tier banks had s-score higher than one of the 1st tier banks. The regulators should be proactive in their monitoring activities, rather than depending only on the historical performance review of the banks. Furthermore, the regulators should devise mechanisms to forecast future trends of each of the banks and for each of the measurement metrics to enable them take precautionary actions that would ensure financial stability and protect the interest of all the stakeholders.
Activation of 1,2‐Keto Esters with Takemoto’s Catalyst toward Michael Addition to Nitroalkenes
Authors: Raimondi Wilfried , Baslé Olivier , Constantieux Thierry , Bonne Damien , Rodriguez Jean 
Published: February 2012

AbstractWhen activated with Takemoto’s catalyst, 1,2‐keto esters constitute versatile nucleophiles in the Michael addition reaction with nitroalkenes affording synthetically valuable, optically active anti‐adducts in very good yields and high enantiomeric excesses.
Improved Synthesis of Buprenorphine from Thebaine and/or Oripavine via Palladium‐Catalyzed N‐Demethylation/Acylation and/or Concomitant O‐Demethylation
Authors: Machara Ales , Werner Lukas , Endoma‐Arias Mary Ann , Cox D. Phillip , Hudlicky Tomas 
Published: February 2012

AbstractAn improved preparation of buprenorphine via palladium‐catalyzed N‐demethylation/acylation is reported. Three routes were investigated and compared in overall yield. The first involved N‐demethylation/acylation of an advanced intermediate obtained from thebaine followed by hydrolysis of the N‐acetamide and alkylation with cyclopropylmethyl bromide and/or reduction of the N‐acetyl group with the Schwartz reagent followed by N‐alkylation. The second route employed cyclopropylcarboxylic acid anhydride in the N‐demethylation/acylation protocol and subsequent reduction of the cyclopropylcarboxamide by either lithium aluminum hydride or under hydrosilylation conditions. Both of these routes originated in thebaine and therefore required O‐demethylation as a final step. The third route employed an N‐demethylation/acylation sequence starting from oripavine rather than thebaine, thus avoiding the O‐demethylation. The routes are compared for overall efficiency and experimental and spectral data are provided for all new compounds.
A new Italian surveillance system for occupational injuries: Characteristics and initial results
Authors: Bena Antonella , Leombruni Roberto , Giraudo Massimiliano , Costa Giuseppe 
Published: February 2012

AbstractBackgroundOccupational injuries research and surveillance is important for prevention and public health protection. A new occupational surveillance system based on linkage of work histories calculated from the Italian National Social Security Institute (INPS) and occupational injuries provided by the National Insurance Institute for Occupational Injuries (INAIL) was created and assessed.MethodsIt has been extracted a 1% sample of individuals from INPS. For each subject, a detailed description of the career has been compiled between 1985 and 2004, and matched on an individual basis to work injuries between 1994 and 2003. It has been calculated injury rates and risks by economic activity, gender, age, job tenure, country of birth, and firm size.ResultsThe linkage success is very high both in engineering than in the construction sector. The comparison with Eurostat statistics is very positive. The injury risks calculated by job tenure, country of birth, and firm size are consistent with literature. The high injury rate for short work contracts remain unvaried also after controlling by age.ConclusionsIt is finally possible to describe injuries based on some main characteristics of the recent changes in the labor market, such as precarization, ageing of workers, migration, that databases currently available in Italy do not allow. The sample is longitudinal and can contribute to describing the development of the phenomena over time. The Ministry of Health is completing procedures to extend the sample and to increase the health outcomes for which a follow‐up is available. Am. J. Ind. Med. 55:584–592, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Castor oil/trimethylol propane‐based polyurethane reactions: Modeling in a batch reactor
Authors: Kaushik Anupama , Singh Paramjit 
Published: February 2012

AbstractPolyol as precursor of crosslinked polyurethanes was prepared through alcoholysis from castor oil having triglycerides of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. Alcoholysis between castor oil (CO) and Trimethylol propane (TMP) at elevated temperature results in an equilibrium mixture consisting mainly of monoglycerides, diglycerides and triglycerides of castor oil and trimethylol propane as well as some free trimethylol propane. Polyol thus prepared was characterized using FTIR, Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectroscopy (LCMS) and Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectroscopy (MALDI TOF MS). Series of bulk polyurethane polymerization reactions were carried out in a batch reactor in presence of solvent, xylene, using CO/TMP polyol and diphenyl methane diisocyanate (MDI) at different temperatures and different Stoichiometric Imbalance Ratio (NCO/OH) ratio i.e., 0.75, 1.0, and 1.25. All the reactions obeyed second order kinetics. Second order rate constants were calculated and were used to model the system using kinetic approach given by Gupta and Kumar. The kinetic model allows for the calculation of concentrations of all the species in the system. Different reactivities for isocyanate functional groups located in different positions of the monomer and polymer molecules, as well as the hydroxyl functional groups of different molecules, were allowed. Allophanate and biuret ramification reactions, as well as gel formation due to crosslinking, were considered in the model. Agreement between the model predictions and experimental data on isocyanate conversion and weight‐average molecular weight was satisfactory for the entire conversion range. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2012