Original Identity Research Articles

Perception of wine with protection of origin using free association: case study Mexico

Social representations can be explored as an approach in food science to understand the type of information consumers have about a product. The objective of this study was to identify the social representations given to wine with protection of origin and Mexican wine, by consumers from four regions of Mexico, and to explore its valorization elements. The verbalization of the two wines was independently examined by the free association of words, through an Internet survey carried out on a sample of Mexican wine consumers (n = 615). Wine with origin protection was mainly represented by quality attributes in the Western, Central, and South regions of Mexico, and Mexican wine was conceptualized mainly with the identity of origin; in this case both stimuli formed a general tendency towards utilitarian meanings. The conceptualization of Mexicans regarding the two wines was distributed in both tangible and intangible categories; The representations granted in each region vary depending on the relationship that the culture of that area has with wine.

How Ethnic Origin Shapes Political Preferences: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Asian American Identity

AbstractHow do Asian Americans think about their ethnic origin? How do ethnic identities affect political preferences? Drawing on interviews with a diverse group of Asian Americans, I provide a nuanced understanding of how they think about their ethnic origin and pan-ethnic identities. The findings reveal that ethnicity plays a significant role in shaping electoral preferences, as Asian Americans exhibit coethnicity preferences, conditional on partisanship. Moreover, I uncover several factors that have been underexplored in the existing literature, including transnational ties, news consumption, and political preferences on foreign policies related to their home country. This article provides a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of Asian American identities by showing that the ethnic origin roots of Asian Americans can have significant influence on their political interests and candidate preferences.

Analisis Visual Kemasan Kue Gabin Samarinda Untuk Pengembangan Desain Kemasan

Heritage typical traditional food is the region typical food that is different from those from other regions. In carrying it, the food needs a container in the form of packaging. As a souvenir, the packaging needs to have a uniqueness that can differentiate it from other packages and at the same time can show its identity. One of the difference comes from the attributes of the packaging from the visual side. Because the visual appearance is the first thing that catch the costumers attention and also influences purchasing decisions. So it needs to be analyzed what attributes are required from the visual side.
 This is a qualitative reasearch. Preliminary data were obtained from a literature study on food packaging design which was analyzed for its attributes, the results were qualitativeized using the NVivo application. NVivo is used to illustrate the decision analysis results framework by coding the data according to the classification scheme.
 The result of this study is the arrangement of the visual attributes of traditional food packaging, which will be applied to develop the packaging design for the Samarinda gabin biscuit, to reconstruct the packaging which is suitable to current taste without losing its original identity.

A regularization algorithm of dynamic light scattering for estimating the particle size distribution of dual-substance mixture in water

Dynamic light scattering (DLS) is a nondestructive, well-established technique for the size characterization of proteins, nanoparticles, polymers, and colloidal dispersions. However, current DLS techniques are only applied to particle groups of single composition due to the limitation of their inversion algorithm. In this study, we propose a particle size distribution inversion algorithm based on the Tikhnonov regularization method that can be applied to the dual-substance particle mixture. The algorithm retrieves the particle size distributions of two substances, respectively, by taking advantage of their refractive index differences. The simulation results reveal that the algorithm has excellent accuracy and stability when the scattering angle is 30°. Instead of the original identity matrix, the first-order difference matrix and second-order difference matrix are used as the regular matrix when utilizing the Tikhnonov algorithm, which obviously improves the anti-interference, accuracy, and stability of the algorithm. Furthermore, the inversion of particle size distribution is carried out at a 0.01%–1% noise level, which shows that the algorithm has an available antinoise ability. Finally, experimental particle size measurements for a mixture of polystyrene beads and toner particles demonstrate that the proposed algorithm is superior to the traditional Tikhnonov algorithm in applicability and accuracy.

Identity of Vocational Education and Training Teacher: Pathways and Competences

A teacher’s identity can be understood as comprehensive approach to the self-concept of the teacher and the teacher’s external environment. The teacher’s identity already begins to form during the teacher’s preparation for the future teaching profession. The requirements about necessary education and requested competences for the teaching profession are usually set by the state institution such as Ministry of Education. Even though the current conditions for becoming a vocational education and training (VET) teacher are relatively strict, in practice there are teachers in secondary vocational schools whose preparation for the profession varies greatly. It often happens that VET teachers have undergone a transition from the practical economic sphere to the teaching profession, transition from the branch expert to the VET teacher. Vocational education is an important part of the education system, preparing pupils directly for the labour market needs. For most pupils, it is the last formal form of education in their lives. In the Czech Republic, approximately 70% of the population is educated in vocational education every year. The paper identifies main pathways to the identity of VET teacher, consisting of the professional identity of an expert in relevant field and the professional identity of a teacher. When the identity of VET teacher is created, there is often a "boundary crossing" associated with the creation of a new identity, or problems with the loss of the original identity. The intertwining of the teacher’s identity areas subsequently affects development of wider spectrum of competences. These competences need to be developed in the preparation of VET teachers or they can be related to the requirements for the performance of the profession of VET teacher. They can be divided into general pedagogical competences, competences in the field of branch didactics and professional competences of the expert in relevant field. Teachers also participate in the implementation of the curriculum in a particular school and thus become part of the practical side of educational policy. The above-mentioned approaches thus create the basis for the subsequent investigation of "teacher agency" in the conditions of vocational education.

EPCO-41. MICRORNA-MEDIATED DIRECT NEURONAL REPROGRAMMING OF GLIOBLASTOMAS

Abstract Neuron-specific microRNAs miR-9/9* and miR-124 (miR-9/9*-124) are potent neurogenic molecules whose ectopic expression in non-neuronal somatic cells effectively induces direct cell fate conversion into a neuronal fate. Our recent work indicates that the fate transition occurs in distinct steps where miR-9/9*-124 first represses core gene regulatory networks to erase the original non-neuronal cell identity and subsequently activates the neuronal program to confer neuronal fate. Extending these findings, we reason that repression of similar gene regulatory networks by miR-9/9*-124 can also induce fate erasure in cancerous cells using glioblastoma as a paradigm. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a type of aggressive brain tumor with poor prognosis. Instead of having specific mutation profiles, GBMs present a global genetic network dysregulation which gives rise to a neural stem cell or progenitor cell-like state resembling embryonic neural development. Whereas miR-9/9*-124 plays a key role in inducing mitotic exit and orchestrating neurogenesis during development and neuronal reprogramming, we hypothesize that miR-9/9*-124 will instruct neuronal reprogramming of GBMs. Our results so far demonstrate that miR-9/9*-124 indeed exerts reprogramming activities in patient-derived GBM cell lines. Ectopic expression of miR-9/9*-124 in vitro readily induces GBM cells to exit cell cycle and promotes neuronal identity over time. In GBM intracerebral xenograft mouse model, mice receiving GBM cells overexpressing miR-9/9*-124 were able to survive longer than those with GBMs overexpressing non-specific microRNAs. We are currently carrying out transcriptomic and chromatin accessibility analyses to infer the epigenetic switch as GBM cells are reprogrammed to neurons. Based on these studies, we will further examine whether the GBM cells undergo irreversible fate erasure and are reprogrammed into a stable post-mitotic neuronal state. Our studies will provide insights into the plasticity of GBM fate that can be controlled by microRNAs and the key downstream regulatory nodes underlying fate transition of GBM to permanent post-mitotic state.

Exploring the hidden geometry in the physical of sacred buildings of Iran in the Zandiyeh Era (case study: Vakil Mosque)

ABSTRACT Geometry is one of the most important foundations of Iranian art and architecture, which can be seen in the magnificent buildings left from the past that are important in architecture. One of the most important buildings of Iran from the Zandiyeh Era (250 years ago) is Vakil Mosque, which is located in Shiraz. Vakil Mosque is a sacred and Islamic building in Iran, which is the aim of this article to investigate and find geometry in the architectural body of this building. In the current research, descriptive-analytical methods were used to collect data. Then I studied the geometrical drawings of this mosque, which some of the most important books of Muslim scholars in this field have been studied to obtain the geometry of the plan and elevations of Vakil Mosque, and after many tests and finding acceptable answers, options were proposed as the physical geometry of this sacred building. Finally, I came to the conclusion that the architect or architects of this magnificent building have used their utmost efforts in designing its physical to create golden proportions and regular geometry on it, and this order and geometry is the reason for the glory and strength of this building. The findings of this article can be used along with other similar studies to recognize Iran’s architectural works and restore its original Islamic-Iranian identity.

Are public sector accounting researchers going through an identity shift due to the increasing importance of journal rankings?

Researchers are faced with increasing pressure to publish in top international journals, particularly public sector accounting (PSA) researchers due to the relatively lower ranking of journals in their field. Recruitment procedures for new staff members, protocols for the quality assessment of existing staff members, and decisions for funding research are increasingly affected by journal rankings. This paper aims to unravel the impact of the growing importance of journal rankings on the identity of PSA researchers. Professional identity is applied as a theoretical lens and so-called real-life constructs are developed for empirical investigation through interviews with senior researchers. The findings reveal how PSA researchers are coping with a context permeated by tensions between their original identity and an identity affected by a stronger reliance on scoring based on journal rankings. Our study shows in particular that PSA researchers tend to preserve their original identity of a committed PSA scholar and simultaneously move towards the “academic performer” identity by navigating the grey area between these extremes. There is no significant evidence for a fundamental identity shift towards an “academic performer” because researchers are primarily inspired by problems of public sector organizations or society at large. However, it remains to be seen if young scholars faced with publication targets that are too demanding and unrealistic shift their focus away from the original PSA researcher identity to an “academic performer” identity.

TRAVERSING SONIC TERRITORIES (TST)

What happens when musicians improvising on acoustic instruments sample and exchange their sound libraries? How can such a transgression of sonic territories contribute to an expanded understanding of one’s own sonic identity? And could this b/lending of identities point to a more ambiguous yet vibrant field of intra-play? Departing from these questions, this project intends to challenge our idea of sonic identity as a personal subject-oriented entity, and consequently investigate how a collaborative sharing of sampled sounds, can contribute to an expanded understanding of the sounds we play and are played by. Individual idiomatic approaches to one’s own instrument are thus interfered as we transgress habitual boundaries for action possibilities and musical imagination. The practice circulates from the duo of Torben Snekkestad and Søren Kjærgaard toward external collaborators, where the sharing process involves different approaches to audio sampling and mapping, embedding and embodying, listening and playing with each other’s sonic material to a point where authorship, origin, instrument and sonic identity is diffracted.

Integration Policy in Northwestern Region of Russian Empire in Second Half of 19th — Early 20th Centuries

The article examines the commemorative practices implemented by the Russian authorities in the Northwestern region at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, which were a key element of the integrative strategy of ‘soft power’. The formation of a memorial concept based on the idea of the ‘original Russian identity’ of the region and the ‘restoration’ of the lost unity with the core of Russia is analyzed. The article provides a detailed examination of the complex of memorial events associated with the commemoration of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Empress Catherine II, and Vilnius Governor-General M. N. Muravyov, whose activities were linked to the region’s integration into the Russian cultural and civilizational space. Special attention is given to the ideological foundations and intellectual support of anniversary celebrations aimed at asserting the dominant values of Russian political culture in the public sphere. It is concluded that these commemorative practices served as a significant element of symbolic politics by the authorities, aimed at affirming Russia’s moral right to govern and acculturate these territories based on Russian civilizational principles. It is noted that these events, which were part of the overall state memorial policy, were aimed at maintaining the official discourse in the Northwestern provinces, with the idea of ‘Russian cultural primacy’ as its foundation.

The “Cinematic Promise” of Video Game Music

Consonant with recent developments that have contributed to the ongoing convergence of film and video game forms, a common aspiration exists among many contemporary “Triple A” titles to fulfil what we might call the “cinematic promise” of video games. Many recent releases illustrate that a shift has taken place towards certain games’ stylistic harnessing and hybridisation of cinematic idioms that, in turn, transforms the experience being marketed to gamers. One title in which these dual-aspirations are especially conspicuous is Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix, 2020), a game that straddles an intricate balance between channelling elements of both the cinematic and the game’s original identity as a fifth-generation video game. This article explores the ongoing convergence of scoring idioms for films and games. Remake is adopted as a central case study, considering the extent to which game and film music idioms coalesce as part of the game’s idiosyncratic musical identity and are foregrounded as a result of their interaction. I argue that the tension between Remake’s clear efforts to channel aspects of the cinematic alongside sounds, timbres, and compositional structures from the original game affords us new insights into: the relationship between film and game music; remakes and adaptations more generally; and game soundtracks that adapt pre-existing music. Beginning with overviews of existing research on (i) film and game music, and (ii) music in remakes, the article culminates in musical analyses of both Final Fantasy VII and its Remake, illustrating the palpable tension that emerges between Remake’s concessions to both film and game scoring conventions: arguably the defining characteristic of the game’s musical identity.

Giving voice to young adopted women of Chinese origin: Searching for origins and identity

The emerging adulthood of women adopted from China is understudied. This study aims to explore the search for origins and the adoptative and cultural identity among these girls, integrating these dimensions. A qualitative study based on grounded theory was conducted. A total of 31 young women (Mage = 21.4) participated in individual interviews. Regarding the search for origins, four categories emerged: no interest in the search for origins, initiation of the search for origins, the search for cultural origins and the search for family origins. Specifically, three-quarters of the sample initiated some form of search for family or cultural origins, with a particular emphasis on bonding with other adopted Asian girls. With respect to identity, the main categories were the preadoptive history, adoptive identity, cultural identity and ethnoracial identity. Some subcategories emerged such as the dichotomy between perceiving adoption as an act of love versus abandonment, and acceptance versus rejection of physical traits. It was more common to find girls with integrated adoptive identity and a Spanish cultural identity. Regarding the relationship between searches for origins and identity, we identified three groups, unexplored, controversial and constructed identity and origins, which ranged from no interest in the search for origins and desire for disengagement from China to the active search for origins, integrated adoptive identity or accepted ethnoracial identity. In conclusion, these results contribute to a comprehensive framework on the processes of origin search and identity construction during emerging adulthood. Significant topics emerge that should be addresses in future studies concerning the well-being of these women, such as the interpretation of adoption as abandonment or the desire for disengage from China.

In what sense are you the same person today that you were when you were ten?

This article is in favor of a non-romantic and non-essential exploration of the "true self". It is impossible to go back and gain direct insight into the "same person" (original self or original identity). The exploration of human nature can only be achieved through the exploration of all that is inherent in human nature. This paper will first analyze the philosophical basis of man's independence from the environment, point out its existing problems, and finally argue that man's subordination to the environment is our real experience, although not necessarily reflected in such a conscious way.

Hepatocyte reprogramming in liver regeneration: Biological mechanisms and applications.

The liver is one of the few organs that retain the capability to regenerate in adult mammals. This regeneration process is mainly facilitated by the dynamic behavior of hepatocytes, which are the major functional constituents in the liver. In response to liver injury, hepatocytes undergo remarkable alterations, such as reprogramming, wherein they lose their original identity and acquire properties from other cells. This phenomenon of hepatocyte reprogramming, coupled with hepatocyte expansion, plays a central role in liver regeneration, and its underlying mechanisms are complex and multifaceted. Understanding the fate of reprogrammed hepatocytes and the mechanisms of their conversion has significant implications for the development of innovative therapeutics for liver diseases. Herein, we review the plasticity of hepatocytes in response to various forms of liver injury, with a focus on injury-induced hepatocyte reprogramming. We provide a comprehensive summary of current knowledge on the molecular and cellular mechanisms governing hepatocyte reprogramming, specifically in the context of liver regeneration, providing insight into potential applications of this process in the treatment of liver disorders, including chronic liver diseases and liver cancer.

Analisis Semiologi Roland Barthes pada Teks Lirik Lagu Nanatsu no Ko Karya Noguchi Ujo

Examining literary texts, especially poetry or song lyrics, is generally always related to the problem of meaning. This is a natural thing because poetry is always conveyed in indirect language. Nevertheless, poetry research should understand more than just the meaning of poetry; more critical is how to manage understanding, imagination, and the role of the plurality of texts in uncovering its significance. This research is in line with that. Namely, it aims to examine the significance and appreciation of the lyrical text of a children's song entitled Nanatsu no Ko by Noguchi Ujo. This study uses the text semiology approach or textual narrative analysis proposed by Roland Barthes. The data analysed is the Lexia, the units of reading that comprise the entire text. The lexias have been determined and then analysed using five narrative codes: hermeneutic, proaretic, semic, symbolic, and references codes. This study also uses significance analysis (denotation and connotation) to understand the semic code and connotation of the text. The results of this study found that the significance of the text is a message of criticism about the author's disappointment with Japan's modernisation policy which abandoned the original identity of the Japanese nation. This significance is obtained through the analysis of narrative codes which show the role of plural texts, even though they are conveyed in the form of children's song lyrics, with simple and easy-to-understand diction and arrangement.

Exploring attitudes towards French, English, and code-switching in Manitoba (Canada)

ABSTRACT This study contributes to the understanding of attitudes towards monolingual and code-switched varieties by examining the perceptions of 95 bilinguals towards Manitoban French, Canadian English and code-switching in Manitoba, a Canadian province where French is a minority language with official federal status. By means of a matched-guise test, we explore French-English bilinguals’ social evaluations of the three linguistic varieties and examine how these social evaluations vary according to participant characteristics (i.e. age, gender, mother tongue, origin, and sociocultural identity). In our experiment, participants listened to a speaker using Manitoban French, Canadian English and code-switching and rated each guise on several solidarity and status traits. Results from the cumulative link mixed effects models reveal that French and English are rated similarly for status. Overall, both French and English elicit feelings of attachment, but a preference towards French emerges among participants born in Manitoba. Code-switching is rated lower than the monolingual varieties in most status and solidarity traits, which indicates that our participants implicitly value linguistic purism. However, results also show that participants born in Manitoba and those with French as their mother tongue ascribe covert prestige to code-switching.

AKTUALISASI NILAI PANCASILA DALAM TRADISI HAPUMPUNG MASYARAKAT DAYAK NGAJU DI PULANG PISAU, KALIMANTAN TENGAH

Abstract: The rapid development of the times has had a major influence on the assimilation of cultures between different owners in a cultural environment. The concern about losing the original regional cultural identity is an important issue and must be the subject of study, especially concerning community traditions. This research was conducted to explore and identify the hapumpung tradition that grows and develops in the community in Pulang Pisau Regency. This information will be collected and documented based on the classification of its forms and functions in the community. The research data is oral in nature so that the data collection method used in this study is the proficient method, namely collecting data (observing and studying) the conversations of informants about the hapumpung tradition. In its operation, the tapping technique is used as a basic technique, namely by tapping (recording) the informants' confessions/stories about the hapumpung tradition. In this case the writer is the key instrument who makes direct observations and records the data that has been listened to. Recording of informants' stories/confessions can be seen as an advanced technique and is called a recording technique and in this case the participation of the writer is receptive because he only listens to what his interlocutor tells him regarding the hapumpung tradition. The steps taken to analyze the data in this study were to describe the Hapumpung tradition based on the traditional values contained in it in accordance with the customary philosophy of the Dayak tribe in Bereng Kaligu Village and Bahu Palawa Village, Kahayan Hilir District, Pulang Pisau Regency. The Hapumpung tradition is an example of a community tradition that is still sustainable and is maintained by the community. The hapumpung tradition is a real manifestation of human interaction with other fellow human beings and it contains noble values in line with the philosophy of "Huma Betang".

Lack of apoptosis leads to cellular senescence and tumorigenesis in Drosophila epithelial cells

Programmed cell death (apoptosis) is a homeostasis program of animal tissues designed to remove cells that are unwanted or are damaged by physiological insults. To assess the functional role of apoptosis, we have studied the consequences of subjecting Drosophila epithelial cells defective in apoptosis to stress or genetic perturbations that normally cause massive cell death. We find that many of those cells acquire persistent activity of the JNK pathway, which drives them into senescent status, characterized by arrest of cell division, cell hypertrophy, Senescent Associated ß-gal activity (SA-ß-gal), reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, Senescent Associated Secretory Phenotype (SASP) and migratory behaviour. We have identified two classes of senescent cells in the wing disc: 1) those that localize to the appendage part of the disc, express the upd, wg and dpp signalling genes and generate tumour overgrowths, and 2) those located in the thoracic region do not express wg and dpp nor they induce tumour overgrowths. Whether to become tumorigenic or non-tumorigenic depends on the original identity of the cell prior to the transformation. We also find that the p53 gene contributes to senescence by enhancing the activity of JNK.

Developments in Stem Cell Therapy by Utilizing Artificial Intelligence.

Undifferentiated cells, known as stem cells, have the capacity to self-renew and specialise in a variety of distinct mature and functional cell types while still retaining their original identity. For their significance in regenerative medicine, stem cells' deep potential has been widely examined, and this work has established the groundwork for cell-based therapeutics. With the potential to repair and restore specific organs or tissue injuries or chronic disease situations when the body's regenerative process is insufficient to heal, regenerative medicine is quickly advancing in healthcare. The most recent developments in stem cell-based treatments for regenerative medicine are covered in this review, focusing on mesenchymal stem cell-based treatments because these cells have received the most clinical research. The most recent applications of artificial intelligence algorithms in stem cell-based therapeutics are presented, along with their limitations and potential future applications.

Lady Shallot and Her Nature in the Men's Fence; An Interdisciplinary Approach to Tennyson’s Poetry and Waterhouse Paintings

Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “The Lady of Shallot” is the portrayal of a woman’s active confrontation with the patriarchal society. By the woman’s seclusion from the social interactions, Tennyson debunks the bitter reality embedded within the social structure and by the lady’s manifestation of bravery in her social activism so as to prove her individuality, he depicts the annihilation of the woman in revolting against patriarchy. Parallel to the subjugation of femininity in the poem, ecology shows a pattern of tranquility and chaos through which masculine cultural codes reveal themselves. John William Waterhouse, a contemporary painter with Tennyson, has portrayed three suggestive scenes of the poem; how he portrays femininity and nature is the manifestation of patriarchal manipulation of the two aforementioned concepts. In congruence with the mentioned analysis, ecofeminism, by attributing resemblances to femininity and ecology, aims to divulge the patriarchal injustice inflicted upon them; by giving awareness about the rights of women and nature, it tries to rehabilitate their genuine identity. With the application of ecofeminism on Tennyson’s poem and Waterhouse’s paintings, with an interdisciplinary approach, the author discloses the patriarchal subordination of women and nature. I do hope that by the ecofeminist reading of “The Lady of Shallot” and its projected paintings, the authentic rights of femininity and ecology are defended, the importance of interdisciplinary studies is highlighted and the awareness about the original identity of these concepts is created.