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Healing Historic Memories, Thomas Menamparampil
Healing Historic Memories, Thomas Menamparampil
Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture
The history and reality of violence ceaselessly plagues communities all over the world. There is no history book and news agency that lacks a piece on violence. Retaliations and reactions as a result of fear and anger quickly turn to violence whether it is protecting one’s boundaries from invaders, fighting for one’s rights, or even the simple prioritizing of the self over the other. Narratives of protection from violence through violence have been (dangerously) immortalized through the collective memory of these injuries that are relived through both myth and history, promoting the conqueror/conquered and hero(ine)/victim narrative and cultivating prejudice. Despite …
Geo-Political, Moral, And Virtual Contexts Of Peace-Making, Rainier A. Ibana
Geo-Political, Moral, And Virtual Contexts Of Peace-Making, Rainier A. Ibana
Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture
Geo-political, Moral, and Virtual Contexts of Peace-making
Circum-Navigating The World Island, Among Enemies, John T. Giordano
Circum-Navigating The World Island, Among Enemies, John T. Giordano
Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture
Everyday our vision travels across time and space. We see images in the media about atrocities, disruptions, crises, famine, and wars. And in each case, our sense of injustice is awakened. We feel outrage and indignation based upon our ideals and value systems, which were formed through our traditions and religions. But in this age where the power of media and information is so powerful, what we see is often manufactured to appeal to our values. While these values circulate among the images we see in cyberspace, these manipulations are rooted in certain realities: geography, natural resources, and power relationships. …
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Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture
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A Tale Of Two Walls: A Comparison Of The Green Wall Projects In Inner Mongolia And The Sahelo-Saharan Regions, Daniel Chen Ratilla
A Tale Of Two Walls: A Comparison Of The Green Wall Projects In Inner Mongolia And The Sahelo-Saharan Regions, Daniel Chen Ratilla
Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture
Desertification as a bio-physical stressor threatens food and water security, and is exacerbated by climate change. Other issues such as peace, gender equity, and livelihood are some examples of socio-economic issues also connected to desertification. This is apparent in the cases of Inner Mongolia and the Sahelo-Saharan region, where desertification has spurred the creation of afforestation projects, colloquially known as “Green Walls”: these are the Three-North Shelterbelt Project, and the Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative, respectively. This paper explores the principles of environmental ethics (such as vulnerability, common goods, biological and cultural diversity, and environmental …
Nakaparsuaan, Kadagaan, And Panaglunit Ti Daga: Climate Justice And Environmental Ethics In Ilokano Life, Aurelio S. Agcaoili
Nakaparsuaan, Kadagaan, And Panaglunit Ti Daga: Climate Justice And Environmental Ethics In Ilokano Life, Aurelio S. Agcaoili
Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture
The work offers an interpretation of the world as understood and being lived until today by Ilokanos. Such a reading involves the plumbing into linguistic and cultural data as proofs of an inchoate philosophy that has been preserved in the minds of the Ilokano people and which continues to guide their conduct. The world, understood as the physical environment, peoples, and communities, is linked back to the problem of social justice and stewardship of living and nonliving things, to the issue of who calls the shots in the unethical exploitation of these resources, and to the lessons that can be …
Harnessing 360-Degree Video To Prompt Users To Think Along With Pro-Environmental Campaign Messages, Mincheol Shin, Heejae Lee
Harnessing 360-Degree Video To Prompt Users To Think Along With Pro-Environmental Campaign Messages, Mincheol Shin, Heejae Lee
Mass Communications - All Scholarship
Three-hundred-and-sixty-degree videos visualized through virtual reality (VR) technologies are recognized as an effective tool for fostering positive attitudes towards environmental stewardship by immersing users in persuasive storytelling narratives. However, a lack of an overarching framework hinders the understanding of its role in promoting prosocial environmental behaviors, particularly its effects on information processing and behavioral intentions. Notably, recent studies have suggested that feeling transported into a VR environment (i.e., presence) could positively bias message evaluation and the way people process information by activating heuristics connected to immersive experiences (i.e., the bias hypothesis of the heuristic-systematic model). Drawing on this proposition, this …
Gonzalez- Rodriguez, Alex, Robert Mitchell, Devon Rosano
Gonzalez- Rodriguez, Alex, Robert Mitchell, Devon Rosano
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Alex Luna Gonzalez Rodriguez is a 25-year-old transgender woman who was born in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. She first came out as bisexual to the only “out” gay person in high school before later discovering she was trans while attending college. She went to the University of Southern Maine after hearing about it on the radio in Austin, Texas. When she came to Maine, she discovered what she described as “the real me.” She discusses her journey of self-discovery and the challenges and support she has faced along the way. She discusses how life was different in Mexico, Texas, and Maine, …
Benchmarking Pretrained Models For Speech Emotion Recognition: A Focus On Xception, Ahmed Hassan, Tehroom Masood, Hassan A. Ahmed, H. M. Shahzad, Hafiz Muhammad T. Khushi
Benchmarking Pretrained Models For Speech Emotion Recognition: A Focus On Xception, Ahmed Hassan, Tehroom Masood, Hassan A. Ahmed, H. M. Shahzad, Hafiz Muhammad T. Khushi
Business Faculty Publications
Speech emotion recognition (SER) is an emerging technology that utilizes speech sounds to identify a speaker’s emotional state. Computational intelligence is receiving increasing attention from academics, health, and social media applications. This research was conducted to identify emotional states in verbal communication. We applied a publicly available dataset called RAVDEES. The data augmentation process involved adding noise, applying time stretching, shifting, and pitch, and extracting the features zero cross rate (ZCR), chroma shift, Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC), and a spectrogram. In addition, we used many pretrained deep learning models, such as VGG16, ResNet50, Xception, InceptionV3, and DenseNet121. Out of all …
Unbridled Advertising Of Female Cosmetic Genitoplasty Procedures In The Absence Of Health Policymaking In The World: An Argumentation, Elham Azmoude, Nahid J. Shoorab, Samira E. Zagami
Unbridled Advertising Of Female Cosmetic Genitoplasty Procedures In The Absence Of Health Policymaking In The World: An Argumentation, Elham Azmoude, Nahid J. Shoorab, Samira E. Zagami
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
No abstract provided.
Ovarian Hyperstimulation And Maternal Virilisation With Successful Pregnancy Outcome: A Case Report, Istaqlal Sh Al Ghaithi, Jayasree Santhosh, Thuria Al Rawahi, Maryam S. Al Shabibi, Najat R. Al Harthy, Jokha Al Kalbani, Maisa Ss Al Hanashi
Ovarian Hyperstimulation And Maternal Virilisation With Successful Pregnancy Outcome: A Case Report, Istaqlal Sh Al Ghaithi, Jayasree Santhosh, Thuria Al Rawahi, Maryam S. Al Shabibi, Najat R. Al Harthy, Jokha Al Kalbani, Maisa Ss Al Hanashi
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Hyperreactio luteinalis (HL) and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome during pregnancy are both benign conditions where the ovaries are enlarged with presence of multiple thin-walled cysts. The differential diagnosis is ovarian malignancy. Hyperandrogenism with resultant maternal virilisation could be seen in some cases of HL as well as in androgen secreting tumours. We report a 41-year-old female patient who underwent ovulation induction due to secondary infertility at a high-risk pregnancy unit in Muscat, Oman, in 2022. She had recurrent hospital admission with abdominal pain and large multicystic enlargement of both ovaries. She developed virilisation features by 35 weeks of pregnancy. Lower segment …
Diagnostic Test Accuracy Of The Years Algorithm For Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Sean R. Te Haara, Helena De Rezende, Chao Wang
Diagnostic Test Accuracy Of The Years Algorithm For Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Sean R. Te Haara, Helena De Rezende, Chao Wang
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the YEARS algorithm in excluding pulmonary embolism, as well as to compare the utilisation of advanced imaging modalities between the YEARS approach and standard clinical practice. Eligible studies were identified from multiple databases spanning July 2017 to September 2022, following the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for diagnostic accuracy reviews. A total of 10 studies, involving approximately 14,000 participants, were included in the analysis. The YEARS algorithm demonstrated a sensitivity of 96% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 93–98%) and a specificity of 50% (95% CI: 33–67%). Additonally, the risk ratio …
Profile Of Perinatal Infections Among Abandoned Neonates Admitted In A Tertiary Hospital In Oman, Laila Al Yazidi, Tahani Almughaizwi, Khuloud Al Maamari, Fatma Al Farsi, Mohamed Abdellatif, Naema Al Shibli
Profile Of Perinatal Infections Among Abandoned Neonates Admitted In A Tertiary Hospital In Oman, Laila Al Yazidi, Tahani Almughaizwi, Khuloud Al Maamari, Fatma Al Farsi, Mohamed Abdellatif, Naema Al Shibli
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Objectives: Little is known about the profile of perinatal infections among abandoned neonates, and there are no specific evidence-based guidelines on how to screen and manage these neonates. This study aimed to report the rate of perinatal infections among abandoned babies managed at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH), Muscat, Oman, over 15 years (2006–2021). Methods: This retrospective cohort study included all abandoned babies admitted at SQUH from January 2006 to December 2021. Demographic data, the area where they were found, anthropometric parameters, symptoms, investigations and management were included in the study. Results: Of the 20 neonates included in this study, …
Influence Of Drinking Context And Age Of Onset On Alcohol Consumption Patterns And Motivations Among Uruguayan Adults, Paul Ruiz, Agostina Barey, Angelina Pilatti, Ricardo Marcos Pautassi
Influence Of Drinking Context And Age Of Onset On Alcohol Consumption Patterns And Motivations Among Uruguayan Adults, Paul Ruiz, Agostina Barey, Angelina Pilatti, Ricardo Marcos Pautassi
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Objectives: An early age of drinking onset is linked to a greater likelihood of alcohol-related problems. Alcohol use occurs in places featuring characteristic social groups, and different drinking contexts are associated with different levels of alcohol-related outcomes. Drinking context may affect drinking motives, expectations or alcohol-related outcomes in concert with individual-level variables. The study aimed to examine how the preferred drinking context and age of the first drink affects the occurrence and volume of alcohol use, drinking motives and alcohol-related expectations. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay, from September …
Silence Is Golden: Publicly-Traded Corporations Should Not Speak Out On Social Or Political Issues, Alyssa Zern
Silence Is Golden: Publicly-Traded Corporations Should Not Speak Out On Social Or Political Issues, Alyssa Zern
Senior Honors Theses
In a social and political landscape that is becoming quite divided, the role of publicly traded corporations in this landscape is up for much debate. On one end, speaking out can improve a corporation’s overall brand image, help relate to socially conscious customers, and help maintain customer loyalty. On the other end, however, it creates significant risks. Speaking out can alienate stakeholders, create damaging backlash, and generate detrimental financial repercussions. This significant paradox asks an important question that must be answered by each company at some point: Should corporations remain neutral on contentious issues to perhaps protect their business interests, …
Enhancing Muscle Health And Modulating Immune Response With Galectin-1 In Lgmd2b/R2 Models, Stefannia Esparza Pulido
Enhancing Muscle Health And Modulating Immune Response With Galectin-1 In Lgmd2b/R2 Models, Stefannia Esparza Pulido
Theses and Dissertations
Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2B/R2 (LGMD2B/R2) is a type of dysferlinopathy, a progressive muscle-wasting disorder caused by mutations in the dysferlin gene. Hallmarks of the disease include chronic inflammation, impaired muscle regeneration, and eventual muscle degeneration. Currently, no FDA-approved therapies are available for dysferlinopathies. Recombinant human Galectin-1 (rHsGal-1) has shown multiple roles in maintaining skeletal muscle homeostasis, promoting muscle repair, enhancing myogenesis, and modulating inflammation by downregulating the NF-κB pathway. The ability of rHsGal-1 to modulate the immune response is particularly promising for therapeutic applications in patients with LGMD2B/R2. In this study, we evaluated the effects of rHsGal-1 in a …
Functions Of Tam Receptors And Ligands Protein S And Gas6 In Atherosclerosis And Cardiovascular Disease, Teagan Prouse, Samarpan Majumder, Rinku Majumder
Functions Of Tam Receptors And Ligands Protein S And Gas6 In Atherosclerosis And Cardiovascular Disease, Teagan Prouse, Samarpan Majumder, Rinku Majumder
School of Medicine Faculty Publications
Atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease are associated with high morbidity and mortality in industrialized nations. The Tyro3, Axl, and Mer (TAM) family of receptor tyrosine kinases is involved in the amplification or resolution of atherosclerosis pathology and other cardiovascular pathology. The ligands of these receptors, Protein S (PS) and growth arrest specific protein 6 (Gas6), are essential for TAM receptor functions in the amplification and resolution of atherosclerosis. The Axl-Gas6 interaction has various effects on cardiovascular disease. Mer and PS dampen inflammation, thereby protecting against atherosclerosis progression. Tyro3, the least studied TAM receptor in cardiovascular disease, appears to protect against fibrosis …
Environmental Governance Challenges Of Indigenous Forest Recognition: Climate Solution Ideal And Its Uneven Outcomes In Indonesia, Abdurrahman Abdullah, Micah R. Fisher, Muhammad Alif K. Sahide
Environmental Governance Challenges Of Indigenous Forest Recognition: Climate Solution Ideal And Its Uneven Outcomes In Indonesia, Abdurrahman Abdullah, Micah R. Fisher, Muhammad Alif K. Sahide
Forest and Society
Formal policies on Indigenous land and forest rights recognition are increasingly being promoted as a climate solution in global forums. While this suggests a clear discursive victory for environmental justice movements, there has been less attention on the aftermaths of recognition. This in part owes to the novelty of policies on Indigenous land and forest recognition, but also due to the tendency among proponents to view formal legal victories as a means and ends of advocacy. In this paper, we spotlight what happens after recognition in Kajang, the site of the first Indigenous community to formally regain authority over state …
Invited Perspective: Climate Change And Maternal Mental Health-Looking Beyond High-Income Countries, Andrea G Buchwald, Sarah Boudova
Invited Perspective: Climate Change And Maternal Mental Health-Looking Beyond High-Income Countries, Andrea G Buchwald, Sarah Boudova
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty Papers
No abstract provided.
India’S Pride Marches Are Important Calls For Justice But Elitist – They Must Be Democratised, Swarupa Deb, Aniket Nandan
India’S Pride Marches Are Important Calls For Justice But Elitist – They Must Be Democratised, Swarupa Deb, Aniket Nandan
Popular Media
Dalit, non-English speaking, disabled and Indigenous queer people are still sidelined at these LGBTQIA+ events. This must change.
Changing Partners: Male Comradery And The Decline Of Homosocial Dance In American Film, Christopher Sparks
Changing Partners: Male Comradery And The Decline Of Homosocial Dance In American Film, Christopher Sparks
Longwood Senior Theses
After the decline of the American movie musical genre in the late 1960s to early 1970s, there have been several attempts at reviving the genre and paying homage to movie musicals from the 1930s to 1950s. One such example, the 2016 film La La Land, received critical acclaim from audiences and critics alike. Although La La Land features numerous references to the 1952 movie musical Singin’ in the Rain and references to the song and dance film spectacles choreographed by Busby Berkeley in the 1930s, La La Land fails to portray spectacles involving multiple men singing and dancing together. …
“I Found Home In A Strange Paradise”: Contesting Moral Economy And Becoming Moral Ethnicity In African Malaysian Encounters, Azman Muhammad Danial
“I Found Home In A Strange Paradise”: Contesting Moral Economy And Becoming Moral Ethnicity In African Malaysian Encounters, Azman Muhammad Danial
Research Publications (2021 to 2025)
The phenomenon of African migration and diaspora living in Malaysia is multifaceted, involving various sociopolitical, economic, and cultural dimensions. To understand this complex issue, it is essential to explore several key aspects: the acceptance rate of African migrants, the construction and reconstruction of Malaysian worldviews, and the impacts on sociopolitical fabrics and demographic landscapes. Below, I will provide a theorised analysis supported by recent evidence and data.
2024-11-27 Could South Korea’S 4b Movement Influence Sex, Marriage And Childbearing In The U.S.?, Hadia Noor Ahmed, Xol Holigores
2024-11-27 Could South Korea’S 4b Movement Influence Sex, Marriage And Childbearing In The U.S.?, Hadia Noor Ahmed, Xol Holigores
The Spectator Online
No abstract provided.
2024-11-27 Redhawk Romance: Student Perspectives On Dating At Seattle U, Dylan Berman
2024-11-27 Redhawk Romance: Student Perspectives On Dating At Seattle U, Dylan Berman
The Spectator Online
No abstract provided.
Eleven Quick Tips For Properly Handling Tabular Data, Marla Hertz, Ashley Mcneill
Eleven Quick Tips For Properly Handling Tabular Data, Marla Hertz, Ashley Mcneill
Libraries Professional Work
Proper handling of tabular data, i.e., spreadsheets, is an essential skill for most researchers. Well-curated tabular data has built-in quality control, is machine readable by downstream analysis applications, and ultimately saves researchers’ time. The increased expectation of data sharing grounded by funder and publisher policies has made it even more crucial to format and describe tabular data properly to ensure that it is FAIR—findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable [1]. However, many researchers are not formally trained in the data management skills necessary to build strong tabular datasets. They may also struggle to anticipate the future needs and potential applications of …
Beyond Climate In Placencia, Belize: Navigating Environmental Change In The Anthropocene, Rory E. Mckenna
Beyond Climate In Placencia, Belize: Navigating Environmental Change In The Anthropocene, Rory E. Mckenna
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Examining opportunities for climate resilience requires an evaluation of lived experiences of environmental change which benefits from transdisciplinary perspectives. This research examines those experiences through the lens of anthropogenic change which allows for a critical focus on local conditions of environmental change specific to Placencia Village, Belize, over time. An anthropology of the anthropocene framing shifts the focus from the results of the global phenomenon responsible for climate change to the implications of local human-caused environmental change on natural systems, human-environment relationships and dynamics, and the future trajectories of these relationships. Through the use of interviews, go-alongs, participatory mapping, transdisciplinary …
Ginhawa As Ethic Of Panatà: Body Politics And The Devotion To The Black Nazarene, Mark Joseph T. Calano
Ginhawa As Ethic Of Panatà: Body Politics And The Devotion To The Black Nazarene, Mark Joseph T. Calano
Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture
Operating within the ambiguity of the sacred and the secular, the devotion to the Black Nazarene in Quiapo is expressed in the different body performances and prayers directed towards the poón (image). These devotions, narratives, and norms make possible not only the performance, but also the celebration and repetition of faith experiences mediated by the body. The paper investigates the linguistic and body performances that makes possible one of the most attended religious performances in the Philippines in three parts. The first part looks into the body dynamics involved when participating in the devotion to the Black Nazarene. On the …
Grandeur A Meditation In Images And Verse, Victor R. Baltazar, Albert E. Alejo
Grandeur A Meditation In Images And Verse, Victor R. Baltazar, Albert E. Alejo
Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture
Grandeur A meditation in images and verse
Ethics Of Refusal: Globalization And The Penan People's Struggle For Recognition, Jeffry Ocay
Ethics Of Refusal: Globalization And The Penan People's Struggle For Recognition, Jeffry Ocay
Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture
In this article I explore ways in which the Penan of Sarawak, Malaysia, whose lives have been impacted by globalization, draw on their rich cultural heritage to demand recognition. I argue that an articulation of a new rather than traditional form of struggle for recognition should come from the margins of the global system. Their indigenous practices, when linked to neocolonial domination, point to a possible “outside” of the system by highlighting the system’s destructive potential rendered invisible “at the center” and by embodying ways of living that promote social solidarity and preserve the environment. I argue further that by …
The Stranger Society: The Case Of Economic And Social Development In The Tropics, Peter Murphy
The Stranger Society: The Case Of Economic And Social Development In The Tropics, Peter Murphy
Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture
The economic and social prosperity of nations are usually attributed to functional requirements—such as honest government, effective transport and communication networks, health care and education—and development strategies such as investment in infrastructure. However, beyond a certain point peak economic and social success relies as much on human ingenuity as on capital investment. The article proposes that the world’s most prosperous societies have three recurring characteristics that foster such ingenuity: (1) they are all closely connected to trading portals, (2) they nourish paradoxical belief systems that underscore a proclivity for intellectual abstraction and pattern-based interaction, and (3) they are stranger societies …