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Jewish Roots and Principles of Dance Therapy
Authors: Berger Miriam Roskin , Perlmutter Kalina Marsha , Climenko Johanna , Gewertz Harris Joanna 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
A striking number of the early dance therapists in the United States were Jewish women. Beginning their work in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, these pioneers of dance therapy came from diverse Jewish communities, ranging from very religious to secular/socialist. Many of these communities were marked by recent upheaval and trauma. While not all of these women draw a direct link between their Jewish backgrounds and their dance therapy practice, their work often reflects certain themes in Jewish tradition, history, and culture. Many of these women also describe their dance therapy practice as an expression of Jewish spirituality and Jewish values, especially the principle of tikkun olam, or repairing the world. That vision continues to influence the development and global spread of dance therapy.
Joy Vey
Authors: Ahuvia Hadar 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
In this chapter choreographer and performer Hadar Ahuvia offers an analysis of her work Joy Vey, a deconstruction of Zionist Israeli folk songs and dances. Ahuvia is the granddaughter of Zionists who founded, composed, and ritualized the collectivist Zionist community, the kibbutz. A contemporary dancer in Brooklyn/Lenapehoking Ahuvia danced in Israeli folk dance groups with her family throughout her childhood. Ahuvia writes from her autobiographical experience as an ex-Zionist growing up in the United States in a Zionist Israeli family, and becoming a progressive activist within the Jewish, anti-Zionist, Palestinian solidarity movement. The essay contextualizes her work within the history of the Israeli Folk Dance movement, the Zionist movement, post-Zionist scholarship, and Radical Diasporism. It includes original performance descriptions, texts, poems, and lyrics that turn Israeli folk songs and dances to face the Nakba, as well as the iconic Israeli songs that were her source materials.
Believing Body, Dancing Body
Authors: Perlshtein Talia , Tabull Reuven , Sagee Rachel 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
This chapter describes a study that examines perceptions of observant dance teachers and choreographers on aspects of their professional and cultural-religious world. The participants are alumnae of the undergraduate dance major at the Orot Israel academic-religious college of education, which is the only framework in Israel for the religious sector granting a B.Ed. degree and a teaching certificate in dance. Quantitative analysis of questionnaires and analysis of narrative interviews show participants’ coping with the immanent tensions between the religious existence and the professional one, and between halachic rulings on chastity and the attitude toward the body in Jewish philosophy, and the need to feel comfortable exposing it and expressing oneself through it dance. The chapter’s contribution is in the identification of the new way in which this tension is turned into an important resource and inspiration for a new movement in dance that is forming within the boundaries of Halacha.
Ethnographies of Superdiversity
Authors: Wessendorf Susanne 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
This chapter discusses the historical emergence of ethnographies of superdiversity and the kinds of methods such ethnographies use. It provides an overview of social scientific scholarship concerned with the effects of globalization on the local level and illustrates how current ethnographies of superdiversity draw on long-standing research traditions of urban neighborhood research. The chapter discusses the political background of these types of ethnographies—namely, the backlash against multiculturalism and the ensuing local turn, which highlighted the need to move beyond the study of ethnic groups in urban contexts characterized by immigration and focus on social relations between groups and individuals differentiated along multiple categories. The second part of the chapter discusses different sites where ethnographies of superdiversity take place, from the neighborhood level and the public spaces within neighborhoods to semipublic spaces of regular encounters to workplaces, institutions, and the home. Lastly, the chapter presents a selection of the methods used as part of such ethnographies, some of which go beyond more conventional ethnographic methods. The chapter concludes by addressing some of the challenges of ethnographic research on superdiversity.
God in Dionysius and the Later Neoplatonists
Authors: Edwards Mark , Dillon John 
Published: April 2022

AbstractIn the first section of this essay, four general points of difference between Neoplatonic and Christian theology are formulated: (1) the proper name of the first principle for Christians is God, while ‘one’ and ‘good’ are not substantives but his epithets; (2) despite statements which imply that he transcends being, God is always the One Who Is for Christians; (3) most Christians do not postulate a hierarchic triad of being, life, and mind as a model for the Trinity; (4) Christians do not distinguish the imparticipable from the participated One. The essay then pursues the implications of these differences for Dionysian teaching on the causal and providential agency of God, the proper direction of eros or love and the practice of theurgy. It concludes that, while identification with any of the known Neoplatonists of late antiquity is highly improbable, Dionysius may have been a pupil of the Athenian school who adhered in some respects to Damascius rather than to Proclus.
John Sarracenus and his Influence
Authors: Edwards Mark 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
This essay examines the Latin translation of the Dionysian corpus by the twelfth-century scholar John Sarracenus, who may have been a Hellenophone and a Muslim by birth. The first section explains why Sarracenus and his ecclesiastical patrons felt the necessity of a new translation of Dionysius to replace that of John Scotus Eriugena’s ninth-century work. The second section compares a number of cardinal passages from the corpus in the versions of Eriugena and Sarracenus, concluding that, while Sarracenus is generally more lucid than Eriugena, his departures from the literal sense of the text sometimes appear to be tendentious or erroneous. The final section juxtaposes his rendering of the Mystical Theology with the medieval English treatise Denys Hid Divinite, noting the reliance of the anonymous English author on the annotations of Thomas Gallus and the additions from his own pen which enabled him to transform it into a manual for contemplatives.
Thomas Gallus: Affective Dionysianism
Authors: Lawell Declan 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThis essay seeks to provide an account of the affective interpretation of Dionysius the Areopagite which was pioneered by Thomas Gallus. Operating within a metaphysics in which God is viewed as fullness, Gallus argues that intellectual knowledge can ascend only so far in its upward journey to God before love or affect takes over to provide a superior form of knowledge or experience to which intellect has no access. At its peak, the soul experiences an ecstasy of union with God. In a psychological interpretation of Dionysius’ hierarchical cosmos, Gallus viewed the enraptured soul as having a hierarchy which parallels the nine traditional orders of angels.
Three Theologians: Dean Inge, Vladimir Lossky, and Von Balthasar
Authors: Edwards Mark 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThis essay considers the reception of Dionysius in three notable theologians of the twentieth century, each of whom was using mysticism as a basis for apologetic and ecumenical reasoning, although Inge represents the Anglican tradition, Lossky the Orthodox, and Von Balthasar the Roman Catholic. For Inge, Dionysius is a dangerous figure who incorporates into Christian thought the impersonalism of the later Neoplatonists; Lossky sees him, on the contrary, as the exponent of a genuinely Christian apophaticism, prefigured in the Cappadocian Fathers and schematically contrasted by Lossky himself with that of Origen and his successors. Von Balthasar offers a more holistic reading of the Dionysian corpus, taking into account the Celestial and the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy, and thus discovering in its theology an antiphonal conjunction of transcendence and immanence, which gives the death-blow to Origenism and foreshadows the thought of Maximus of Confessor.
Dionysius as a Mystic
Authors: de Andia Ysabel 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
Dionysius does not speak directly of experience, but of ‘suffering the divine things’ (pathein ta theia), about his master Hierotheus, and of union with the Deity, in the Divine Names, or of being united with God in Divine Darkness, in Mystical Theology. He develops three ways to attain mystical union—purification, enlightenment, and union. These are revealed in the Heavenly Hierarchy (I), with sacramental mystagogy, which presupposes an initiation leading to deification, in the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy (II), the ascent of Sinai and entry into Divine Darkness in Mystical Theology (III). The models of ‘mysticism’ for Dionysius, as for the whole tradition, are Moses and Paul (IV): Moses who ‘rises through unknowing to union with Him who is beyond all essence and knowledge’ (MT 997 B) and Paul who is ‘possessed by divine love’ (DN IV, 712 A). The ‘divine eros’ is at the heart of their ecstatic experience, just as it is the passion by which God is ‘outside him’ (exestèkôs), while dwelling in him (monè), in that procession (proodos) of the beings he creates and who return to him in a movement of conversion (epistrophè) (EP 9, 1112 C).
Dionysius and Gregory of Nyssa
Authors: Motia Michael 
Published: April 2022

AbstractDionysius the Areopagite’s account of Moses ascending Mount Sinai and achieving mystical union in darkness has consistently pointed readers back to Gregory of Nyssa, whose mystical theology parallels much of Dionysius’ language and imagery. Gregory’s mystical writings emerge from a doctrinal controversy with Eunomius of Cyzicus about the nature of the Trinity. This chapter discusses how Gregory’s response to Eunomius theorizes the function of language, Christian relation to mystery, and theological anthropology, and how, in turn, it shapes his account of meeting God in a ‘luminous darkness,’ where desire is endlessly ‘stretched’ to an infinite God.
Dionysius, Iamblichus, and Proclus
Authors: Stang Charles M. 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
The author who wrote under the name of Dionysius the Areopagite was deeply immersed in the Neoplatonic tradition, and owes an especial debt to the writings of Iamblichus of Chalcis and Proclus diadochus. This chapter explores Dionysius’ appropriation of some of Iamblichus’ and Proclus’ distinctive terminology. The first part focuses on his debt to Iamblichus—specifically, his appropriation of the language of ‘theurgy’. The second part focuses on Dionysius’ debt to Proclus. He excerpts Proclus’ account of evil and includes a lightly amended version of it in his Divine Names. He appropriates Proclus’ distinctive terminology for divine transcendence, ‘beyond-being’ (hyperousios) and ‘beyond-beingness’ (hyperousiotês). While these Neoplatonic concepts are buttressed by biblical and patristic language, it is striking how little the author has done to conceal this debt to Neoplatonism, a debt that would seem to jeopardize his authorial identity as a first-century Athenian convert.
Origen and Augustine
Authors: Cameron Michael 
Published: April 2022

AbstractNeither of these early Christian titans gladly suffers reduction to simple analysis, not as individuals and much less in tandem. But juxtaposition sheds light on intriguing complexes of convergence and divergence. Ambrose drew Augustine to Nicene Christianity through Origen’s exegesis. Origen the grammarian and Augustine the rhetor explored the same christologically shaped biblical terrain from different if congruent angles. Both saw Christian life developmentally, though each valued the beginning stage of faith differently. Origen expected purity and holiness from the visible Church, while Augustine allowed saints and sinners to mix for the sake of love. Origen saw eschatological punishment as temporary and pedagogical, inclining toward ultimate salvation, while Augustine thought unending penal justice serves God’s glory. Other differences regarding divine foreknowledge, free will, grace, and Judaism derive from their contrasting readings of Paul. Yet Origen’s enduring influence on Augustine is detectable in the bishop’s pastoral work.
Allegory and Midrash in Origen
Authors: Boyarin Daniel 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
This chapter discusses the fact that both Origen and the Rabbis grappled with the epistemological status of interpretations of a divinely ordained text. Behind the author’s comparativist approach is the conviction that when common questions originate in a shared intellectual milieu the differences in resolutions reveals the differences in their deeper structure. For Origen, the ‘ontotheological structure of Scripture’ is the Incarnation. The epistemological grounding, for Origen, is that the Logos taught in the flesh, so bridging the ontological gap between the noetic and corporal. The Rabbis’ theory of divine polysemy or indeterminacy, in contrast, leads to a rejection of the mediation between God and Word to guard multiplicity of meanings from any foreclosure.
Ran-GTP/-GDP-dependent nuclear accumulation of NONEXPRESSOR OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES1 and TGACG-BINDING FACTOR2 controls salicylic acid-induced leaf senescence
Authors: Pham Giang , Shin Dong-Min , Kim Yoon , Kim Soo-Hwan 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
Leaf senescence is the final stage of leaf development and can be triggered by various external factors, such as hormones and light deprivation. In this study, we demonstrate that the overexpression of the GTP-bound form of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) Ran1 (a Ras-related nuclear small G-protein, AtRan1) efficiently promotes age-dependent and dark-triggered leaf senescence, while Ran-GDP has the opposite effect. Transcriptome analysis comparing AtRan1-GDP- and AtRan1-GTP-overexpressing transgenic plants (Ran1T27Nox and Ran1G22Vox, respectively) revealed that differentially expressed genes (DEGs) related to the senescence-promoting hormones salicylic acid (SA), jasmonic acid, abscisic acid, and ethylene (ET) were significantly upregulated in dark-triggered senescing leaves of Ran1G22Vox, indicating that these hormones are actively involved in Ran-GTP/-GDP-dependent, dark-triggered leaf senescence. Bioinformatic analysis of the promoter regions of DEGs identified diverse consensus motifs, including the bZIP motif, a common binding site for TGACG-BINDING FACTOR (TGA) transcription factors. Interestingly, TGA2 and its interactor, NONEXPRESSOR OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES1 (NPR1), which are two positive transcriptional regulators of SA signaling, differed in their extent of accumulation in the nucleus versus cytoplasm of Ran1T27Nox and Ran1G22Vox plants. Moreover, SA-induced, Ran-GTP-/-GDP-dependent functions of NPR1 included genome-wide global transcriptional reprogramming of genes involved in cell death, aging, and chloroplast organization. Furthermore, the expression of AtRan1-GTP in SA signaling-defective npr1 and SA biosynthesis-deficient SA-induction deficient2 genetic backgrounds abolished the effects of AtRan1-GTP, thus retarding age-promoted leaf senescence. However, ET-induced leaf senescence was not mediated by Ran machinery-dependent nuclear shuttling of ETHYLENE-INSENSITIVE3 and ETHYLENE-INSENSITIVE3-LIKE1 proteins. We conclude that Ran-GTP/-GDP-dependent nuclear accumulation of NPR1 and TGA2 represents another regulatory node for SA-induced leaf senescence.
Cyan fluorescent proteins derived from mNeonGreen
Authors: Zarowny Landon , Clavel Damien , Johannson Ryan , Duarte Kévin , Depernet Hadrien , Dupuy Jérôme , Baker Heather , Brown Alex , Royant Antoine , Campbell Robert E 
Published: April 2022

AbstractmNeonGreen, an engineered green fluorescent protein (GFP) derived from lancelet, is one of the most brightly fluorescent homologs of Aequorea victoria jellyfish GFP (avGFP) yet reported. In this work, we investigated whether this bright fluorescence might be retained in homologs of mNeonGreen with modified chromophore structures and altered fluorescent hues. We found mNeonGreen to be generally less tolerant than avGFP to chromophore modification by substitution of the key chromophore-forming tyrosine residue with other aromatic amino acids. However, we were ultimately successful in creating a variant, designated as NeonCyan1, with a tryptophan-derived cyan fluorescent protein (CFP)-type chromophore, and two additional mutants with distinct spectral hues. Structural, computational, and photophysical characterization of NeonCyan1 and its variants provided insight into the factors that control the fluorescence emission color. Though not recommended as replacements for contemporary CFP variants, we demonstrate that NeonCyan1 variants are potentially suitable for live cell imaging applications.
Valuation of dry and wet aged beef by U.S. consumers
Authors: Ortez Mario , Widmar Nicole Olynk , Thompson Nathan M , Kim Yuan H Brad 
Published: April 2022

Abstract
Aged-beef has historically been available in high-end establishments, but investigation into consumer preferences for aging is increasingly important as it has become more readily available. Consumer perceptions of and willingness-to-pay (WTP) for aged-beef under two methods dry-aging and wet-aging, were studied in a representative sample of n = 1,275 US residents alongside USDA quality grades. In general, US residents are not knowledgeable regarding aged-beef but have a positive direct-stated perception of the practice. Respondents self-reported familiarity with USDA grades Prime and Choice and perceived them as superior beef attributes. Half of respondents were randomly assigned to receive a low information treatment about beef aging, while the other half saw a high information treatment with additional information about beef aging. A likelihood ratio test indicated that the two information groups could not be pooled for analysis, and a two-class latent class model was estimated for both the low information and high information treatments. Respondents in class 1, in both information treatments, had stronger preferences for beef and were more receptive of beef aging, with the exception of wet-aged beef in the low information treatment, which they were not willing to pay a premium for. The second latent class, which is probabilistically smaller, had negative WTP estimates for both aging methods under both information treatments provided. Additional information regarding beef aging was found to have a positive impact on mean WTP for dry-aged beef in latent class 2. All models revealed positive mean WTP point estimates which ordinally behaved as expected with USDA Prime commanding the highest premium and Select the least.
SNP rs7130280 in lncRNA NONHSAT159216.1 confers susceptibility to Behçet’s disease uveitis in a Chinese Han population
Authors: Zhang Jun , Qi Jian , Shu Jia , Su Guannan , Cao Qingfeng , Zhou Chunjiang , Wang Yao , Yang Peizeng 
Published: April 2022

Abstract

Objective
Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) plays a crucial role in the process of immune-mediated diseases. However, the defined involvement of lncRNA on Behçet’s disease (BD) is not well known. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of lncRNA-related single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on BD susceptibility in Chinese populations.

Methods
A two-stage case–control association study was conducted in a cohort of 1152 BD individuals and 1152 healthy controls. Genotyping was performed by a MassARRAY System. Quantified expression of the lncRNA–miRNA–mRNA molecular axis was detected by real-time PCR and western blot. The cell proliferation was measured by CCK-8 assay.

Results
Two-stage association analysis showed a significantly decreased frequency of A allele of SNP rs7130280 in BD patients compared with healthy controls [OR 0.72 (95% CI 0.64, 0.81), Pc = 1.15 × 10−6]. Functionally, SNP rs7130280 could influence the secondary structure and relative expression of NONHSAT159216.1 in human THP-1/U937 macrophages and in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy volunteers. In vitro, overexpression of the rs7130280 A allele also suppressed cell proliferation. Mechanistically, rs7130280 A allele could inhibit the expression of miR-6778-5p, thus enhancing its downstream molecular RPS6KA4/IL10 in a competing endogenous RNA sponge manner.

Conclusion
Our findings suggest that NONHSAT159216.1 rs7130280 G&gt;A might be associated with a low risk of BD and participates in a potential lncRNA–miRNA–mRNA regulatory network.
Cadherin-11 Influences Differentiation in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Regulating the Extracellular Matrix Via the TGFβ1 Pathway
Authors: Passanha Fiona R , Geuens Thomas , LaPointe Vanessa L S 
Published: April 2022

AbstractFor regenerative medicine, directing stem cell fate is one of the key aims. Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) are versatile adult stem cells that have been proposed for several clinical applications, making directing their fate of utmost importance. For most clinical applications, their differentiation toward the adipogenic lineage is an undesired outcome. Understanding the mechanisms that regulate hMSC commitment toward the adipogenic lineage might help open up new avenues for fine-tuning implanted hMSCs for regenerative medicine applications. We know that cadherin-11 is required for hMSC commitment to the adipogenic lineage; therefore, we sought to investigate the mechanisms through which cadherin-11 regulates adipogenic differentiation. We observed that hMSCs lacking cadherin-11 had decreased expression of type VI collagen and increased expression of fibronectin. We provide evidence of increased transforming growth factor beta 1 and the subsequent translocation of phosphorylated SMAD2/3 into the nucleus by cells that lack cadherin-11, which could be attributed to the changes in extracellular matrix composition. Taken together, our study implicates cadherin-11 in regulating extracellular matrix production and thereby helping improve cell- and material-based regenerative medicine approaches.