Voz territorial, despojo y resistencia a la expansión del extractivismo carbonífero en el sur de La Guajira by María Cecilia Roa-García, Alejandro Quecedo del Val, Nils Lagrève, Ana Manuela Amaya Morales

“…However, it is also vulnerable to suppression by dominant forces. Drawing on Adriana Cavarero’s political philosophy of voice and Jacques Rancière’s concept of the distribution of the sensible, this article explores the erosion of territorial voice as a precursor to the dispossession inherent in extractivist projects. …”
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More than words: a study on the visibility of hand gestures in public spaces by Kamil Kopij, Kaja Głomb, Szymon Popławski

“…We used the calculation of the areas where gestures were visible to estimate crowd sizes by drawing on crowd behaviour observation during contemporary public gatherings. …”
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Rebuilding Participatory Institutions in Brazil: The <i>PPA Participativo</i> Between Corporate Demands and Climate and Animal Rights by Priscila Delgado de Carvalho, Priscila Zanandrez, Diego Matheus de Menezes

“…This paper discusses these outcomes, drawing on evidence of both societal engagement and institutional activism to promote specific agendas.…”
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The PROCAN-B study protocol: Early diagnosis of PROstate CANcer for Black men-a community-centred participatory approach in Scotland and the North-East of England. by Floor Christie-de Jong, Judith Eberhardt, Jonathan Ling, Marie Kotzur, Olugbenga Samuel Oyeniyi, Lawrence Nnyanzi, John Kabuye, Martin Kalemba, Kathryn A Robb

“…A Public Involvement and Community Engagement (PICE) group (n = 12), is involved at every step of the research. Drawing on principles of the Integrated Screening Action model (I-SAM), the study has 8 objectives: 1) to explore barriers to early diagnosis of prostate cancer among Black men (45+) through focus groups (n = 12); 2) to co-design a culturally acceptable peer-led intervention to tackle barriers to early diagnosis of prostate cancer in Black men; 3) to train members of the community as 'peer-facilitators' (n = 8); 4) to deliver the intervention in each location, facilitated by peer-facilitators, with a purposive sample (n = 20) of Black men (45+); 5) to qualitatively evaluate the intervention through focus groups; 6) to refine the intervention based on qualitative feedback; 7) to pilot the refined intervention with another purposive sample (n = 40) through a cross-sectional survey pre- and post-intervention; 8) to qualitatively evaluate the refined intervention through focus groups to further refine the intervention.…”
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'Sanctifying Sex': Exploring 'Indecent' Sexual Imagery in Pentecostal Liturgical Practices by Sarojini Nadar, Johnathan Jodamus

“…What if, like Foucault suggests, a deeper engagement with the subject matter would show, not sexual censorship, but rather a re-channeling of sexuality? Drawing on Foucault's challenge to the repressive hypothesis, where he suggests that so-called repressed sexuality finds 'appropriate' outlets in spaces such as psychiatry and prostitution, this essay suggests a third outlet, namely Pentecostalism. …”
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Development and Performance Evaluation of Thin-Layer Color Antiwearing Paving Materials by Zhaohui Liu, Xiangming Deng, Hao Guo, Yingchun Zhang, Di Wei, Dongmei Zhang

“…To develop a color antiwearing wear layer based on epoxy resin adhesives, the effect of single formula composition on the properties of adhesives was analyzed through drawing strength tests, shear strength tests, and bending strength tests. …”
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How bumblebees manage conflicting information seen on arrival and departure from flowers by Marie-Geneviève Guiraud, HaDi MaBouDi, Joe Woodgate, Olivia K. Bates, Oscar Ramos Rodriguez, Vince Gallo, Andrew B. Barron

“…We discuss how bumblebees might resolve this type of information conflict so effectively, drawing on the known neurobiology of their visual learning system.…”
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Whose PhD is it? A Case of Supervision in Higher Education in South Africa by Maserole C. Kgari-Masondo, Bernard Chingwanangwana, Pfuurai Chimbunde, Lungile P. Zondi, Aboshioke L. Umejei, Dineo F. Mosina

“…The study uses the qualitative self-study approach, and a case study was conducted from two purposively selected universities in South Africa, drawing data from five academics who lecture in these institutions. …”
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Comparative Cranial Joint Variation in Three Different Lizards: Impact of Feeding Habit by Elif Yıldırım Caynak, Kamil Candan, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Ahmet Gökay Korkmaz, Sezen Birlik, Dudu Mertgenç Yoldaş, Serkan Gül, Çetin Ilgaz

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Learning through “Research Cognitive Theory”: A new framework for developing 21st century research skills in secondary school students by Noora J. Al-Thani, Zubair Ahmad

“…This study introduces a novel framework for High School Research Cognitive Learning Program (HSRCLP), focused on developing 21st century research skills (including research behavior, scientific identity, and values for the scientific community) among high school students. Drawing on a novel framework of “Research Cognitive Theory” (RCT) and empirical evidence, the HSRCLP represents a paradigm shift in secondary education, offering a dynamic research learning environment to enculturate research skills in students. …”
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Attractions and Repulsions: How Competitive is the Hungarian Civil Service Today? by Csilla Paksi-Petró

“…Design/Methodology/Approach: The article is partly descriptive and synthesizing, drawing on extensive, comprehensive knowledge and systematization of domestic and international literature and legislation. …”
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Soviet and British diplomacy at international conferences on the eve of the formation of the USSR by E. Yu. Sergeev

“…The paper focuses on the peripeteias of interaction between the Soviet and British diplomacy at the key international summits of 1922 — the Genoa, the Hague, and the Lausanne conferences. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources from the Russian and British archives, as well as the memoirs of the participants, their official and personal correspondence, the author examines the achievements and miscalculations of Moscow and London in attempts to stabilize the Versailles-Washington world order on the eve and during these conferences. …”
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Quality Care Through Clinical Audit: Blood Sampling Practices By Nurses In The Emergency Department Of A University Affiliated Teaching Hospital by Aimen Malik, Muhammad Azam Awais, Maria Aziz, Mubariz Ahmed, Muhammad Furqan Hussain, Usman Qureshi

“… Objective: We aimed to conduct an audit to investigate whether the steps of phlebotomy performed by nurses in our emergency department were in line with the WHO guidelines on drawing blood. Based on our investigation, we could then make interventions to ensure that the guidelines were followed diligently. …”
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Can Rural Industrial Convergence Alleviate Urban–Rural Income Inequality?: Empirical Evidence from China by Zhenyu Qi, Zixing Wu, Yuezhou You, Xiaoying Zhan

“…As a new industrial development model, rural industrial convergence can provide new ideas and impetus for alleviating the urban–rural income inequality. This study, drawing on provincial panel data from China spanning 2010 to 2022, used the entropy method and Theil index to measure the rural industrial convergence and the urban–rural income inequality, respectively, and empirically tested the effect and mechanism of rural industrial convergence on the urban–rural income inequality. …”
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Intellectualized forensic technique for Android pattern locks by Jiahao QIU, Weidong QIU, Yangde WANG, Yan ZHA, Yuming XIE, Yan LI

“…In the field of digital forensics, how to unlock mobile devices such as phones has always been an urgent problem to overcome.As a special kind of password, pattern lock is widely used in mobile phone screen unlock and software access authorization.Existing pattern lock cracking techniques have several non-negligible disadvantages, such as poor concealment, low practicability, non-intelligence and single application scenario.Two basic threat models were abstracted from shoulder surfing, surveillance camera, and real-time forensics, and a multi-scenario side channel attack on pattern locks was proposed.Based on the data of surveillance camera or manual video, intelligent vision recognition algorithms were adopted to identify, select and track the target device and biological key points in the video dynamically.Then, discrete tracking points were integrated by spatial mapping and pruning algorithm.The denoising algorithm was used to eliminate redundancy and optimize the trajectory.Through procedures above, the original trajectory was simplified into regular polylines defined by several key turning points.Finally, the simplified pattern was compared and matched with the rules of legal pattern locks to inference and retort its actual pattern.Possible candidates will be sorted in the output according to their confidences.Results show that in the surveillance camera scenario, where the device screen is always visible, the cracking success rate of our technique is 89% for 10 attempts and 99.3% for 20 attempts.In the face-to-face scenario, where the subject consciously blocks the screen and his drawing finger, the success rate was 82% after 10 attempts and 89.3% after 20 attempts.In the surveillance camera scenario, the increase of shooting horizontal distance can significantly decrease the cracking success rate.But this effect diminishes with the increase of the number of attempts.Results show that the cracking success rate of the complex password is always higher than that of the simple password during 20 attempts, which means a complex pattern lock cannot play a better protection role if the proposed technique is applied.Shooting angle deflection within 5° has little effect on the success rate of cracking.…”
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First report of the fruit-piercing moth, Gonodonta nutrix Stoll, 1780 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in Colombia, with notes on its morphology and biology by Yenifer Campos-Patiño, Rubilma Tarazona-Velásquez, Carlos E. Sarmiento, Erika Valentina Vergara-Navarro

“…Additionally, we provide information on the geographical distribution of G. nutrix in Colombia and the New World, drawing on scientific literature, GBIF data, and citizen science contributions. …”
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Terminologie et ontologie pour les humanités numériques : le cas des vêtements de la Grèce antique by Christophe Roche, Maria Papadopoulou

“…Ontoterminology defines concepts based on a set of essential characteristics, “knowledge primitives” shared by the experts, from which the ontology of the domain is built.The result is a multilingual terminology whose meaning is based on an ontology of the clothing domain of ancient Greece, which is seen here as shared and consensual, and which can give rise to many computer applications: multilingual terminology dictionaries, multilingual semantic search engines, automatic classification, document management, knowledge management, etc.This project highlighted the importance, even the necessity, of having a tool-assisted method based on a multidisciplinary approach, reconciling “emic” and “etic” approaches, and drawing on linguistics, terminology and knowledge modelling, a field of artificial intelligence. …”
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International development cooperation and political risks for transnational business: Linking research topics by V. I. Bartenev

“…Despite political risks had initially been associated with developing countries (and transition economies — after the Cold War), two distinctive research clusters have developed separately from one another — quite inexplicably. Drawing on the idea of immanent proximity of international development studies and political risk analysis, this paper develops the logic of blending their research agendas.The first two sections formulate key presumptions meant to justify the conjugation of two topics. …”
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The syntactic features and emotional impact of Xitsonga interjections by Respect Mlambo, Madala C. Hlungwani

“…Contribution: This article enhances our understanding of Xitsonga by exploring the diverse syntactic features and emotional effects of interjections, an area that has received little attention. Drawing on data from published Xitsonga drama texts, the article reveals that interjections can appear at the beginning, middle or end of a sentence or occupy various positions, each carrying different emotional impacts. …”
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Portrayal of Tradition and Culture in the Novel the Moon also Sets by Osi Ogbu. by Tusiimeruhanga, Brendah

“…Osi Ogbu, a distinguished Nigerian writer, has profoundly contributed to the literary landscape by drawing from the rich oral storytelling traditions of his homeland. …”
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