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“Before, We Didn’T Eat Manioc Flour”: Historical And Social Transformations In Food Techniques Among Indigenous Peoples Of The Rio Negro Basin In The Brazilian Amazon, Lorena França

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Manioc flour is currently considered one of the main foods consumed by Indigenous peoples in the Northwest Amazon. It is fundamental both to the traditional diet and to adding an "Indigenous flavor" to urban dishes. This article presents an analysis of historical sources that position manioc flour as an important trading commodity since the 19th century and shows how its internal consumption seems to have grown in recent decades. This significance contrasts with the role of manioc flour in mythic narratives about the origin of foods, where it is either not mentioned among the Tukano peoples or referred to as …

“We Will Fight For Them”: The Defense Of The ´Isolated´ Piriti People By The Waimiri Atroari, Amazonas And Roraima, Brazil, Silvia Melo Futada, Walter Nicanor Fontoura Blos, Antônio Carlos Andrade Do Nascimento, Marcelo De Sousa Cavalcante, Glenn H. Shepard Jr, Waimiri Atroari Community Association (Acwa)

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

The Pirititi are a little known ´isolated´ Indigenous group occupying a highly threatened territory on the border between Amazonas and Roraima states in Brazil who have rejected all previous attempts at contact and encounter. The Waimiri Atroari previously had conflicts with the Pirititi, who occupy a contiguous area, but over the past decade have taken it upon themselves to defend the Pirititi and their territory, relying mostly on their own resources. Given the slow pace of official Brazilian governmental responses to land invasions and other threats to the Pirititi, the Waimiri Atroari have become the main protagonists of protection and …

La Escucha De Los Soplos: Chamanismo Y Proposiciones Ontológicas Sobre El Lenguaje En El Alto Río Negro, Amazonas, Danilo Paiva Ramos

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

La región del Alto Río Negro-AM es considerada una de las áreas con mayor intensidad de multilingüismo en Brasil e incluso en el mundo. Hay un total de 23 pueblos indígenas que hablan lenguas de las familias lingüísticas arawak, tukano y hup, yuhup, dâw y nadëb. El presente trabajo busca analizar, desde un enfoque comparado, cómo un sistema regional multilingüe y multiétnico se compone no sólo de exogamia lingüística, sino también de la articulación ontológica entre endoexogamia lingüística y dialogismo chamánico. Comienza con el estudio del antropólogo tukano João Rivelino Barreto sobre el arte del diálogo chamánico tukano para describir …

We Will Not Be Saved: A Memoir Of Hope And Resistance In The Amazon Rainforest, Theodor Borrmann

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Review: We will not be saved: a memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon rainforest, by Nemonte Nenquimo and Mitch Anderson. London: Wildfire, 2024. 368 pp., plates.

Revitalizing While Transmitting: Conversations Around “Natural Birth”Practices With Kichwa Midwives In Ecuador’S Napo Region, Laura Rival

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Despite its relevance for analyzing many distinctive native imaginaries and societal values, childbirth remains a relatively neglected theme within Amazonianist scholarship. Yet, birthing can be shown to structure contemporary struggles around kinship, politics, economics, and the place of transformation in social life. This article proposes to examine a Kichwa organization (AMUPAKIN) through an experimental anthropological lens. By putting childbirth at the center of its political struggle, AMUPAKIN seeks to keep Kichwa knowledge/power alive. The goal of the organization is that each child born the Kichwa way will be able to live a good life in multicultural contexts. The article documents …

(Un)Worlding With Karipuna’S Shadowy Alliances: The Mirangã And The Isolados, Hanmin Kin

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

This ethnographically inspired article investigates the ways in which the Karipuna Indigenous people in Rondônia defend their land in the Western Brazilian Amazon against forces of deforestation and dispossession. I focus on the Karipuna’s plurivalent and collective forest spirits called the mirangã, through life experience accounts of two survivors from the “pre-contact” era who embody the Karipuna-mirangã connection. Through an analysis of the onto-epistemological entanglements in which the mirangã and my interlocutors are situated, I articulate another front of the Karipuna’s multi-faceted resistance: the struggle of worlding vis-à-vis the non-indigenous world. This process also reveals the association (from …

Mammalian Mitochondrial Inorganic Polyphosphate (Polyp) And Cell Signaling: Crosstalk Between Polyp And The Activity Of Ampk, Renata T. Da Costa, Anna Nichenko, Matheus M. Perez, Malgorzata Tokarska-Schlattner, Sheida Kavehmoghaddam, Vedangi Hambardikar, Ernest R. Scoma, Erin L. Seifert, Uwe Schlattner, Joshua C. Drake, Maria E. Solesio

Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology Faculty Papers

UNLABELLED: Inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) is an evolutionary and ancient polymer composed by orthophosphate units linked by phosphoanhydride bonds. In mammalian cells, polyP shows a high localization in mammalian mitochondria, and its regulatory role in various aspects of bioenergetics has already been demonstrated, via molecular mechanism(s) yet to be fully elucidated. In recent years, a role for polyP in signal transduction, from brain physiology to the bloodstream, has also emerged.

OBJECTIVE: In this manuscript, we explored the intriguing possibility that the effects of polyP on signal transduction could be mechanistically linked to those exerted on bioenergetics.

METHODS: To conduct our studies, …

Historias De Vida De La Práctica Pedagógica De Maestros Afectados Por El Conflicto Armado En La Frontera Del Departamento De Norte De Santander, Colombia, José Pascual Mora García

Educación

Este libro recoge los relatos de más de treinta docentes, en su mayoría mujeres, que ejercen su labor en zonas rurales de Norte de Santander, una región afectada por el conflicto armado en Colombia. Basado en el proyecto de investigación «La universidad colombiana en la formación de educadores, modernidad, poder político en la sociedad del conocimiento (1992-2019)», este trabajo explora prácticas pedagógicas resilientes y decoloniales, y recupera las voces de los maestros para destacar los desafíos y valores pedagógicos en contextos adversos. La investigación, realizada con enfoque fenomenológico y epistemología pluriversa, documenta sus experiencias a lo largo de décadas, abordando …

Assessing Knowledge And Preventive Practices Regarding Infectious Diseases Among Healthcare Workers In Hail City, Saudi Arabia, Sandro Costanilla Villareal

Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia

Studies suggest that there may be gaps in knowledge and compliance with infection control measures among healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia. This study aimed to determine the knowledge of, and preventive measures employed by the healthcare workers in Hail City, Saudi Arabia, regarding infectious diseases. A cross-sectional design was employed, and the study participants were 265 healthcare workers aged 18 or older who were currently employed at government hospitals, involved in patient care or essential healthcare services, and fluent in English. Healthcare workers on leave, with cognitive impairments, with language barriers, or who refused to participate in the study were …

Ratting On The Coca Spirit Or Mastering Exchange? Andoque Negotiations Of Power And Commodification Between Forest And Market, Eliran Arazi

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Asserting the importance of analyzing Indigenous involvement in the extraction and trade of nonhuman entities against the backdrop of Amazonian perceptions of personhood, this article investigates the risks and opportunities that coca commercialization by the Andoque of Northwest Amazonia, Colombia, holds for the Andoque’s relationships with the coca spirit, other nonhuman entities, and non-Indigenous agents. Considering the triangular relational dynamics between coca producers, urban consumers, and nonhumans as an inflection of Amazonian mastery dynamics within the context of market economic exchange, I analyze the Andoque’s statements and practices relating to this activity through the etic distinction between gifts and commodities …

Opa1 And Disease-Causing Mutants Perturb Mitochondrial Nucleoid Distribution, J. Macuada, I. Molina-Riquelme, G. Vidal, N. Pérez-Bravo, C. Vásquez-Trincado, G. Aedo, D. Lagos, P. Yu-Wai-Man, R. Horvath, T. J. Rudge, B. Cartes-Saavedra, V. Eisner

Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology Faculty Papers

Optic atrophy protein 1 (OPA1) mediates inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) fusion and cristae organization. Mutations in OPA1 cause autosomal dominant optic atrophy (ADOA), a leading cause of blindness. Cells from ADOA patients show impaired mitochondrial fusion, cristae structure, bioenergetic function, and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) integrity. The mtDNA encodes electron transport chain subunits and is packaged into nucleoids spread within the mitochondrial population. Nucleoids interact with the IMM, and their distribution is tightly linked to mitochondrial fusion and cristae shaping. Yet, little is known about the physio-pathological relevance of nucleoid distribution. We studied the effect of OPA1 and ADOA-associated mutants on …

Accounting For Post-Release Mortality In Data-Limited, Length-Based Assessments For Four Demersal Fish Species With Varying Life Histories, Brett Crisafulli, Sybrand A. Hesp, Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Ute A. Mueller, Karina L. Ryan, David V. Fairclough, Norman G. Hall, Johnny Lo

Fisheries Research Articles

Released (or discarded) fish from recreational and commercial line fisheries can experience significant levels of post-release mortality (PRM), affecting sustainability. Although PRM effects are often considered in data-rich (integrated model) assessments, this is uncommon in data-limited assessments. This study investigates impacts of PRM when applying data-limited, length-based assessment methods for four reef-dwelling demersal fish species in temperate Western Australia (Glaucosoma hebraicum, Chrysophrys auratus, Choerodon rubescens and Epinephelides armatus). These species differ considerably in their biology and susceptibility to PRM. For each species simulations were undertaken to (1) evaluate the reliability of a length-based catch curve (LBCC) …

Exploring The Use Of Music In Deradicalization, Pulung Agustanto, Arthur Josias Simon Runturambi, Puspitasari .

Journal of Terrorism Studies

This study seeks to explore music as an alternative method to enrich the variety of deradicalization programs in the framework of counterterrorism. The use of ethnic and local culture-based music is not only intended to prevent radicalism but also as an instrument of recovery therapy for terrorism prisoners in correctional institutions (Lapas). The offer of the programmatic agenda departs from the assumption that deradicalization so far still lacks a cultural approach. Moreover, the archipelago has a variety of music from various ethnicities, for example Javanese music, Sundanese music, Balinese music, Ambon music, and others that are rich in spiritual and …

Characterization And Performance Nanofiltration Membranes In Water Quality For Goldfish (Carassius Auratus) Aquaculture, Inpita Casuarina Eqisetia Utari, Uun Yanuhar, Asus Maizar Suryanto Hertika, Heru Suryanto, Jibril Maulana, Nico Rahman Caesar, Mahrus Ismail, Leong-Seng Lim

Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science and Technology (JMEST)

Water quality is an important factor in aquaculture activities, including goldfish (Carassius auratus) farming. One approach to improving water quality is the use of nanofilters. This study aims to evaluate the performance of nanofilters made from Sargassum sp. with the addition of copper oxide nanoparticles. The method used involves the fermentation of bacterial cellulose from Acetobacter xylinum using Sargassum sp. extract as a medium, followed by homogenization and the addition of CuO-NPs at concentrations of 0.5%, 1%, and 1.5%, and subsequent oven drying. The nanofilter membrane will then be analyzed using SEM, XRD, and FTIR to characterize its properties. Performance …

Waves Of Flickering Murmurs In Everyday Life: Playing Between Ages, Joanna Haynes, Jan Georgeson, Karen Wickett, Mandy Andrews, Dani Landau, Kathrin Paal, Emma Bush, Magda Costa Carvalho, Viktor Johansson, Tiago Almeida, Lois Peach, Giovanna Caetano-Silva, Rose-Anne Reynolds, Bakhtawar Khosa, Patricia Hannam, Arthur C Wolf, Claudia Blandon, Georgios Petropoulos, Hanna Oester-Barkey

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

The article explores the rich and varied experiences of a collective writing project, unfolding through an anecdote involving Charlie, a young boy who creatively disrupted conventional pho-tography methods. This incident, during an evening promenade by the sea in Ericeira (Portugal), epitomizes the project's embrace of playfulness and exploration of diverse perspectives—materialized through Charlie's playful insistence on experimenting with different angles. The event embodied the group’s approach to writing, leading to a collective inquiry into the interplay of ages, angles, and other themes like waves, threads, shadows, and liminal spaces. The project, driven by the Between Ages Collective, began with informal …

Synthesis And In Vitro Testing Of Mg-6zn-Xhap Biocomposites From Beef Bone As Biodegradable Bone Implant Material, Jojor Lamsihar Manalu, Francisca Tjhay, Theodora Kristoforus, Sovian Aritonang

Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science and Technology (JMEST)

This study aimed to develop biodegradable Mg-6Zn hydroxyapatite (Mg-6Zn HAp) biocomposites for potential use in bone replacement applications. The hydroxyapatite (HAp) powders, sourced from cow bone, were synthesized through an eco-friendly and cost-effective process, leveraging bioresources for material sustainability. The Mg-6Zn and HAp powders were mechanically mixed through ball milling for six hours to ensure homogeneity. The resultant powder mixture was then subjected to isostatic pressing at a high pressure of 570 MPa, forming a dense coin-shaped composite with a 1.5 cm diameter. This coin was consolidated in a capsule furnace at elevated temperatures for one hour to enhance material …

Characterization Of Hydroxyapatite Derived From Scallop Shell Waste Synthesized By Sonochemical Method With Different Temperature Calcination, Diki Dwi Pramono, Poppy Puspitasari, Aminnudin Aminnudin, Jeefferie Abd Razak

Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science and Technology (JMEST)

One common bio-ceramic material used in the biomedical industry is hydroxyapatite. Because of its crystallographic and molecular resemblance to the hard tissues of the human body, hydroxyapatite is thought to form. Scallop shells are one natural source of hydroxyapatite, which is high in calcium. This study examines how the calcination temperature affects the characteristics of hydroxyapatite made from leftover scallop shell. Hydroxyapatite was synthesized via the sonochemical method, with calcination conducted at temperatures of 900°C, 1000°C, and 1100°C. The hydroxyapatite that was prepared was assessed using Xray diffraction (XRD) to determine the phase and crystallite size, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) …

Crosstalk Of Pyroptosis And Cytokine In The Tumor Microenvironment: From Mechanisms To Clinical Implication, Hua Wang, Tao Wang, Shuxiang Yan, Jinxin Tang, Yibo Zhang, Liming Wang, Haodong Xu, Chao Tu

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

In the realm of cancer research, the tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a crucial role in tumor initiation and progression, shaped by complex interactions between cancer cells and surrounding non-cancerous cells. Cytokines, as essential immunomodulatory agents, are secreted by various cellular constituents within the TME, including immune cells, cancer-associated fibroblasts, and cancer cells themselves. These cytokines facilitate intricate communication networks that significantly influence tumor initiation, progression, metastasis, and immune suppression. Pyroptosis contributes to TME remodeling by promoting the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines and sustaining chronic inflammation, impacting processes such as immune escape and angiogenesis. However, challenges remain due to the complex …

From Shocks To Solidarity And Superstition: Exploring The Foundations Of Faith, Aidin Hajikhameneh, Laurence R. Iannaccone

ESI Publications

Additive shocks can substantially increase cooperation in otherwise standard public goods game experiments. We study shocks that randomly adjust players’ earnings by a fixed positive or negative amount reported at the end of each round. These adjustments change neither the return to players’ contributions nor the information about other group members. We compare results across four treatments that employ the same group-level adjustment algorithm but frame it differently, with pre-play descriptions that range from omitting all useful information to accurately revealing its 50/50 random nature. In each treatment, overall contributions run about 50% higher than those obtained in the standard …

Carbon And Biodiversity Co-Benefits In Tropical Forest And Agroforestry Ecosystems: A Review, Anna N Mwambala

Tanzania Journal of Science

Global efforts to mitigate climate change are focused on the protection and restoration of forest carbon. These efforts do not only hold promise for climate protection but also other benefits including conservation of biodiversity, the majority of which is sheltered in the forest. These include actions to combat climate change and land degradation and actions to halt biodiversity loss through sustainable forest management. However, the challenge remains as to what extent forest conservation that optimizes carbon storage will conserve biodiversity. Understanding synergies between climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation could be the basis for attaining sustainable development goals. Library catalogues …

Lifestyle, Values, And The Meaning Of Life, Ashok Vohra

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

There are alternative lifestyles. We choose the one which in our opinion will help us to fulfill our voluntarily chosen purpose or meaning of our life. The paper explores the meaning of “meaning of life.” To understand the notion of meaning of life, I have made an exhaustive and critical survey of the philosophical literature of both Eastern and Western philosophy. I have argued that one finds the meaning of one’s life and fulfills it, if and only if one follows one’s true nature and does not blindly follow what others are doing.

Chiron And The Machines Of Loving Grace: On Optimism, Pessimism, And Singularity, John T. Giordano

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

Singularity has been a concern of the developers of cybernetics and artificial intelligence (AI) since the pioneering writings of such thinkers as Norbert Weiner. Yet many accept the inevitability of systems of AI surpassing human control and are optimistic that machine intelligence will harmonize human life with our environment. This essay examines this optimism against a reading of two poets: Richard Brautigan and Friedrich Hölderlin. Through these readings, it will attempt to show that the eclipse of nature by human beings can be used to examine the eclipse of the human being by machine intelligence. Thus, what is missing in …

The Lure Of Liking And Being Liked: Philippine Cuisine At The Turn Of The Nineteenth Century, Felice Prudente Sta. Maria

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

When the Philippine archipelago was attached to the Spanish Empire from 1565 to 1898, native food and drink were exposed to new foreign ingredients, cooking techniques and technologies, tastes and preparations, as well as terms and status indicators. While there were required foods and food ways prescribed by Roman Catholicism as it acquired converts, there were also culinary attractions that made their way into Philippine culinary heritage seemingly by independent choice. Their Spanish-ness may have been one reason they were liked. There also could have been practical reasons for their acceptance ranging from portability to adaptability, as well as subjective …

Being Human In The World With Others, Rainier A. Ibana

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

Being Human in the World with Others

Exploring The Philosophy Of Development Through UexküLl's Notion Of Umwelt, Yuhi Fujita

Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture

This paper aims to depict the development of human beings as a transformative relationship between individuals and their world. Anchored on Uexküll’s concept of the environment, “Umwelt,” and further developed through the works of Heidegger, Kokubun, and Merleau-Ponty, I present the relationship between man and the world through the formation of the world and the movement of organisms between Umwelts. For Heidegger, humans live while forming their own world whereas animals can only be “poor in world.” Kokubun further emphasizes that human beings live while moving through various Umwelts. But according to Merleau-Ponty, human bodies reconfigure their fields of action, …

Near Anchorage, Moose Carcasses Hint Of Wolves, Bill Sherwonit

Appalachia

Ravens lead a hiker to a bloody scene.

Mountain Voices: The Limmer Family, Part Ii, Doug Mayer, Rebecca Oreskes

Appalachia

The wait for a custom pair of boots from the Intervale, New Hampshire, family business is now about three years.

A Whirlwind India Trek, John H. Swanson

Appalachia

After a week of business in northern India, he stole a day to climb a mountain in the Himalayan foothills. He found crazy cars, a Ferris wheel, and mud.

Appalachia Summer/Fall 2006: Complete Issue

Appalachia

Summer/Fall 2006 - Volume LVII, Number 1 - issue #222. Bringing the Journey Home: Featuring Arlene Blum's Reflections, Huts and Human Nature, and the Long Trail in Thirteen Days

A Friend Dies, But His Wilderness Ethics Live, Fred Stott

Appalachia

As a memorial to Guy Waterman, friends and his wife, Laura, formed a fund to protect the alpine zones of the Northeast.