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Regulation of hepatic lipid metabolism by intestine epithelium-derived exosomes
Authors: Feng Tiange , Liang Yuan , Sun Lijun , Feng Lu , Min Jiajie , Mulholland Michael W , Yin Yue , Zhang Weizhen 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
The “gut-liver axis” is critical for the control of hepatic lipid homeostasis, where the intestine affects the liver through multiple pathways, such as nutrient uptake, gastrointestinal hormone release, and gut microbiota homeostasis. Whether intestine-originated exosomes mediate the gut’s influence on liver steatosis remains unknown. Here, we aimed to determine whether intestinal epithelium-derived exosomes (intExos) contribute to the regulation of hepatic lipid metabolism. We found that mouse intExos could be taken up by hepatic cells. Mice fed high-fat diet (HFD) received intExos showed strong resistance to liver steatosis. MicroRNA sequencing of intExos indicated the correlation between miR-21a-5p/miR-145a-5p and hepatic lipid metabolism. Both liver overexpression of miR-21a-5p and intExos containing miR-21a-5p alleviated hepatic steatosis in mice fed with HFD. Mechanistically, miR-21a-5p suppressed the expression of Ccl1 (C-C motif chemokine ligand 1) in macrophages, as well as lipid transport genes Cd36 (cluster of differentiation 36) and Fabp7 (fatty acid binding protein 7) in hepatocytes. Liver-specific inhibition of miR-145a-5p significantly reduced hepatic lipid accumulation in mice fed with HFD through negatively regulating the expression of Btg1 (BTG anti-proliferation factor 1), leading to an increase of stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 and lipogenesis. Our study demonstrates that intExos regulate hepatic lipid metabolism and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) progression via miR-21a-5p and miR-145a-5p pathways, providing novel mediators for the gut-liver crosstalk and potential targets for regulating hepatic lipid metabolism.
Gemini near-infrared spectroscopy of high-redshift Fermi blazars: jetted black holes in the early universe were overly massive
Authors: Burke Colin J , Liu Xin , Shen Yue 
Published: November 2023

ABSTRACT
Jetted active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are the principal extragalactic γ-ray sources. Fermi-detected high-redshift (z &gt; 3) blazars are jetted AGNs thought to be powered by massive, rapidly spinning supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the early universe (&lt;2 Gyr). They provide a laboratory to study early black hole (BH) growth and super-Eddington accretion – possibly responsible for the more rapid formation of jetted BHs. However, previous virial BH masses of z &gt; 3 blazars were based on C iv λ1549 in the observed optical, but C iv λ1549 is known to be biased by strong outflows. We present new Gemini/GNIRS near-infrared spectroscopy for a sample of nine z &gt; 3 Fermi γ-ray blazars with available multiwavelength observations that maximally sample the spectral energy distributions (SEDs). We estimate virial BH masses based on the better calibrated broad H β and/or Mg ii λ2800. We compare the new virial BH masses against independent mass estimates from SED modelling. Our work represents the first step in campaigning for more robust virial BH masses and Eddington ratios for high-redshift Fermi blazars. Our new results confirm that high-redshift Fermi blazars indeed host overly massive SMBHs as suggested by previous work, which may pose a theoretical challenge for models of the rapid early growth of jetted SMBHs.
Momentum-space spin texture induced by strain gradient in nominally centrosymmetric SrIrO3 films
Authors: Gu Minghui , Sheng Haohao , Wu Xiaofeng , Wu Mei , Liu Xiaoran , Yang Fang , Zhang Zhongshan , Gao Peng , Wang Zhijun , Meng Meng , Guo Jiandong 
Published: November 2023

ABSTRACT
Spin texture in k-space is a consequence of spin splitting due to strong spin–orbit coupling and inversion symmetry breaking. It underlies fertile spin transport phenomena and is of crucial importance for spintronics. Here, we observe the spin texture in k-space of nominally centrosymmetric SrIrO3 grown on NdGaO3 (110) substrates, using non-linear magnetotransport measurements. We demonstrate that the spin texture is not only induced by the interface, which inherently breaks the inversion symmetry in strong spin–orbit coupled SrIrO3 films, but also originates from the film bulk. Structural analysis reveals that thicker SrIrO3 films exhibit a strain gradient, which could be considered as a continuous change in the lattice constant across different layers and breaks the inversion symmetry throughout the entire SrIrO3 films, giving rise to the spin texture in k-space. First-principles calculations reveal that the strain gradient creates large spin-splitting bands, inducing the spin texture with anisotropy, which is consistent with our experimental observations. Our results offer an efficient method for inducing the spin textures in k-space.
Brahman Lineages beyond the Mughal Court
Authors: O’Hanlon Rosalind 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
In early modern India, the essential setting for the intellectual achievements of many Sanskrit scholars lay in the learned household. For lineages of Sanskrit scholars, many of them based in Banaras, the household was often a form of corporate enterprise. It was the site of their social reproduction, of the gendered division of labor that made their work possible, of the concentration and transmission between generations both of cultural capital, and of the tools of scholarship in family manuscript libraries. Household and lineage relationships were also on display in the sabhas, or deliberative assemblies, that formed such an important part of the intellectual life of the period. The Brahman scholar ascetic orders were in important ways a part of this social formation. The three daṇḍī branches of the Dasnāmī order of sanyasis, in particular, provided important forms of social and moral support to Brahman scholar households, in addition to the intellectual resources that they brought to key debates of the period, particularly among Advaitin intellectuals. These overlapping forms of lineage not only concentrated scholarly energies, but also provided many of the connections that carried scholars, ideas, and resources across the subcontinent.
Global Intergenerational Justice
Authors: Caney Simon 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Many serious problems of intergenerational justice are global in nature. An obvious example is climate change, but there are numerous others. A theory of global intergenerational justice is concerned with what principles of justice apply to all persons across the world (the global component), including both those alive at one time and those who will live in the future (the intergenerational component). This chapter introduces a particular cosmopolitan account of justice, one grounded in a liberal egalitarian account of justice, and examines how one might apply such an approach over time. A theory of global intergenerational justice must address two key questions. First, What principles of distributive justice should apply between generations? Second, since distributive justice concerns the just distribution of burdens and benefits we need to know what makes something a ‘burden’ and what makes something a ‘benefit’. The chapter begins by considering the first question and exploring six principles of global intergenerational distributive justice. It then turns to the second question. While many policymakers focus on economic criteria like the level of gross domestic product, this chapter explores three challenges to this and considers an alternative.
Translators, Translation, and Literature in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century South Africa
Authors: Mokoena Hlonipha 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
The earliest encounters between Europeans and the people of what is now South Africa resulted in the first attempts to translate texts and contexts among the different languages and cultures of the region. The process of translation among indigenous laborers, colonial administrators, and other groups helped to develop a literary tradition that encompassed poetry, novels, and essays. However, the fraught colonial context also contributed to the idea that the modern Black writer is not so much a translator at the level of linguistics, grammar, and phonetics but is instead more of a transmitter and assessor of custom and tradition. That tension continues to be a major part of the South African literary tradition, with its inherited orality, its connection to European traditions, and its history of resistance and defiance during the apartheid era.
Digital Landscapes of Early Childhood Music Learning and Development
Authors: Lunde Ingeborg 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This chapter investigates the role of historical children’s music media in the contemporary construction of children’s music cultures. The chapter argues that parents’ (re)appropriation of their childhood music involves negotiations of personal experiences with the music and negotiations of beliefs about what constitutes a valuable childhood. It also shows that musical parenting in terms of supporting children’s contemporary co-construction of this music’s meaning is a challenging but rewarding road for parents to embark on. The empirical base for the chapter consists of two sets of data. The first set is from an ethnographically oriented study of how one- to five-year-old children use music media (recorded music) in their everyday lives, and how these uses are described and legitimized. The second set is from an ongoing study of the social dynamics of the musical upbringing of children in the Norwegian welfare state (DYNAMUS), involving media history.
A Toddler’s Musical Interactions at Home on the Kibbutz
Authors: Gluschankof Claudia 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This article investigates the ways a toddler, Tommy, constructs his learning through home musical interactions with his family. Tommy’s mother shared the data with the researcher via WhatsApp videos and messaging. Four theoretical frameworks were used to interpret the interactions and learning construction: entrainment (Clayton, Sager, & Will, 2004), communicative musicality (Trevarthen & Malloch, 2012), flow experience (Custodero, 2002), and mediated learning experiences (Feuerstein & Feuerstein, 1991). Entrainment is a natural characteristic of making music together at all ages. Communicative musicality is present in adult-baby and principal caregiver-toddler interactions, and even in Tommy’s interactions with his baby brother. Parents intuitively support their child’s flow experiences, also intuitively fostering learning experiences by mediating them. Combining those theoretical lenses contributes to appreciating and recognizing the value of musical interactions of toddlers in the home. The study hints at a style of musical parenting that recognizes the value of children’s unstructured musical experiences.
Section Introduction
Authors: Marsh Kathryn , Flynn Libby 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This chapter introduces the rationale for this section and the commonalities that bind the constituent studies together. Drawing on the fields of music education, music therapy, ethnomusicology, music psychology, and early childhood studies, this section outlines ways in which music may play a fundamental role in the lives of young children in ameliorating the psychosocial effects of familial or situational transition, abuse, violence and war, social marginalization and displacement, and maternal imprisonment. In examining these issues, the chapter summarizes the studies in this section, which have been conducted in diverse settings, including Australia, Northern and Southern Europe, Ireland, the United Kingdom, South Asia, and Central America, with some locating sites of originating trauma in the Middle East and the Balkans. In these contexts, the socio-musical lives of young children are explored in relation to emotional regulation, attachment, self-expression, self-esteem and identity formation, social integration and the feelings of connection that this entails, nostalgia, and alleviation of anxiety and trauma. Implications are drawn for caregivers, music facilitators, and researchers working with young children.
Child Music Development
Authors: Benetti Lucia , Costa-Giomi Eugenia 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This chapter examines core issues in music development research and different approaches to the study of developmental change in early childhood. It surveys common theoretical and methodological frameworks found in the field as well as more recent directions based on naturalistic data that attempt to explain learning and processes of change in the first years of life. References and examples drawn from the literature on infant vocalizations and singing development are used to illustrate the ideas presented. The chapter ends by proposing that the study of children’s music experiences and their spontaneous behaviors in everyday music environments is critical for understanding trajectories of change in early childhood music development. The value of research that focuses on variation and cultural differences is also discussed.
War and Conflict in Resettlement Contexts
Authors: Dieckmann Samantha Sebastian , Marsh Kathryn 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This chapter discusses children’s musical responses to war-related conflict as they have experienced it within their lives, through direct exposure to war; forced migration and displacement as a result of war; or through intergenerationally memorialized experiences of conflict and displacement. Utilizing examples from a study of refugee children and immigrant children in the resettlement context of Sydney, Australia, the chapter explores how the music children learn early in life can provide ways for them to express the ongoing disorientation and alienation resulting from, or connections with homeland disrupted by, conflict-related displacement. Featuring the everyday musical lives of those whose families have migrated from former Yugoslavia, South Sudan, and Iraq, it maintains that music and memory, musical adaptation, and musical recollection provide avenues for ongoing psychosocial resettlement and identity formation of children from a very young age. Thus music and conflict have a direct relationship in the lives of these children.
Connection through Music for Mothers and Young Children in Prison
Authors: Lamela Inês , Anderson Kirstin 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This chapter examines a particular sector of music practice that is seemingly underrepresented in the literature: music-making between mothers and their children residing together in custody. A scoping review of literature on music and attachment, music in prisons, and women’s experiences of custody was undertaken to explore how music is—or could be—used between mothers and their children to form positive attachment bonds in custody. At the time of this research, only one study was found that specifically examines music-making with mothers and their young children living in custody together (Rodrigues et al., 2010). Through their experience as practitioners teaching music in criminal justice settings, the authors know that wider practice exists, but this review suggests that it is not reflected in the academic literature. Given the importance of music-making for child development, this suggests a significant gap and presents a powerful case for future research.
Live Music in a Children’s Hospital
Authors: Shoemark Helen , Preti Costanza 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
The chapter discusses practical and theoretical aspects that are key to the success of implementing live music programs in pediatric hospitals. Over a period of ten months the authors had regular discussions following a duoethnography process. Thematic analysis was performed on the transcript of the discussions and is presented in a dynamic narrative informed by the literature. The final themes included aspects of identity, intention, issues of harm, underpinning theory, intrinsic and extrinsic role of music, professional place of the music provider, and the need for research. These themes promote clarity in the discourse about live music programs in hospitals as well as highlighting potential areas for collaboration between an established discipline (music therapy) and an emerging one (music in hospitals).
Unfurling the Musicality of Children with Autism
Authors: Jayashri Ramnath Bombay 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
The paper discusses the experience of the author—an Indian Classical music performer and teacher—and her students under the aegis of Hitham Trust, which is located in the Tamil Nadu region of India. The chapter reveals aspects of her journey in discovering and nurturing the musicality of children on the autism spectrum, primarily in the age group eight to seventeen years. In addition, there is evidence of the positive impact that regular musical instruction and engagement has had on the children’s evolving identity and personality. As well as general observations on the development and work of the Trust, three case studies of individual children with autism are reported, each with a history of advanced musical engagement from a very young age.
‘Everyone Has a Story’
Authors: Strausz Erzsébet 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
The Strangers Project in New York City invites ‘strangers’ to stop by and handwrite their story. Over 65,000 anonymous stories that capture a fragment of someone’s life have been collected and displayed on site and online in the past fourteen years. Drawing on Adriana Cavarero’s notion of the ‘narratable self’, Walter Benjamin’s figure of the ‘storyteller’, and other philosophical inspirations, this chapter engages various aspects of this ongoing experiential and experimental project with regards to how relationships to selfhood, otherness, and one’s own life story may be negotiated in writing and reading, as well as by navigating an expanding archive of autobiographical memory. Following Cavarero, the transformational potential of storytelling lies in offering the other a narration that speaks to what they may see and experience as fundamentally incomplete in their own quest for identity as ‘unity’. In dialogue with the founder of the project, I aim to uncover some of the complex ethical and aesthetic processes that lie within what it might mean to domesticate strange(r)ness and estrangement both within and outside oneself through the performative practices of writing, reading, and communal sharing. In this effort I pay special attention to the pictorial aspects of handwritten life stories—that is, the ‘second story’ that emerges from the marks and traces left on the page—as gateways to sensing and making sense beyond our habitual (academic) modalities.
Aesthetics for Everyday Quality
Authors: Cribb Alan , Pullin Graham 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
In this chapter we seek to illuminate the importance of aesthetics for health-care quality and encourage more explicit discussion of aesthetics in health-care improvement scholarship and practice. Drawing on the ‘everyday aesthetics’ literature, we hope to contribute to and help develop the hinterland between arts-based initiatives in health care and the ‘normal business’ of health-care quality improvement. Our broad contention is: (i) that aesthetic considerations should be seen as of universal relevance across quality debates; (ii) that they should never be assumed to have a marginal or even secondary status; and (iii) that taking aesthetic considerations seriously calls for explicit discussion of associated uncertainties and dilemmas and a readiness to welcome aesthetics expertise into health-care improvement debates.
Adamot—Art Music—Israel
Authors: Shelleg Assaf 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This chapter discusses the histories of art music in British Palestine and Israel reframing them through a study of the key variables of Hebrew culture (or Hebrewism) and the meanings they have accrued and lost between the 1930s and the early 2000s. Mapping the simultaneities and interdependencies of these variables—territorialism, biblocentrism, diaspora-negating rhetoric, Westernness, language, and historiography—this chapter is concerned less with surface phenomena like exoticism or identitarian qualities, and more with the transitions from musics conditioned by territorial nationalism to growing autonomous aesthetics manifested in deflations of neo-biblicism, dialectical returns to diasporic Jewish cultures, and the outgrowing of the theological from the national receptacles that attempted to tame it. The impact of these non-linear developments saw the introduction of other adamot (lands) whose histories, cultures, and ethnographic imports have steadily decentered Zionist territorialism, as much as it interfered with its management of Jewish history and socio-ethnic hierarchies. The music of Paul Ben-Haim, Abel Ehrlich, Josef Tal, Betty Olivero, and Chaya Czernowin serves as a springboard to illuminate the separation of culture from the national territory.
The YIVO Sound Archive as a Living Space
Authors: Biezunski Eléonore 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This chapter seeks to uncover the links between the establishment of the Max and Frieda Weinstein Archive of YIVO Sound Recordings in New York and the phenomenon of klezmer music’s revitalization by focusing on distinct moments in the 1970s and 1980s, when the Sound Archive was created. It approaches the Sound Archive not only as a repository of documents and sources, but as a social and musical phenomenon and as a living space. As such, the YIVO Sound Archive emerges as a product of dynamics generated by a group of individuals whose creativity is entangled in a web of social and cultural, intellectual and scientific, as well as institutional and artistic contexts. The small group of activists created the YIVO Sound Archive to gain access to the music—for the most part Yiddish song and klezmer—and to simultaneously revitalize it. This process reveals the archive as a space where objects and people circulate, and as a living space in which practices and usages evolve.
Early Modern Yiddish Wedding Songs
Authors: Matut Diana 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Several Yiddish and bilingual Hebrew-Yiddish wedding songs are known from the early modern period. Although it is safe to assume that their greater part has been lost, the existing material allows defining both, recurrent themes and changes in topics sung about. As this chapter uncovers, wedding songs promoted and also mirrored trends in the development of muser, mineg, and hanhoge (ethics, custom, and conduct) in Ashkenaz. Functionally, they served not only as entertainment, but first and foremost as vehicles for the conveyance of social, religious, and ethical norms of premodern Ashkenazic society. Especially in light of the new status of the couple within the community they were authoritative tools of societal “normativization” and part of the greater attempt of “streamlining” Ashkenazim and especially women into conformity within new sets of social norms and regulations, including a shift in singing practices. While the singing of women for bride (and groom) was common during the early modern period, it slowly disappeared, finally to be substituted in most functions by the performance of professional male wedding singers.