Unexpected Twists Research Articles

Resettlement Implementation in Water Projects: A Case of Northern Collector Tunnel Murang'a County

Large-scale water projects threaten livelihood and disrupt communities due to demand for large tracts of land (Walelign & Lujala, 2022). Despite conducting social impact assessment, water projects carry unexpected twists that extend for years. This paper focused on Murang’a Northern Collector tunnel, Murang’a County in Kenya through an ex-post facto design with descriptive survey analysis. It described the impacts of resettlement restoration efforts in water projects. The total land affected by Phase 1 was about 10.766 acres disrupting around 657 people (World Bank Group, 2019). The study found that the affected persons were dissatisfied with the resettlement process. Stakeholders complained of delayed and insufficient compensation, lack of access to water in the project area, and limited public participation. A sample of 261 respondents was used to draw conclusions. The correlation coefficient for the study was R=0.886 with P<0.001, F=163.550, and adjusted R2=0.779. This indicated that the regression model was statistically significant and resettlement implementations contribute to variation in project outcomes. In examining the individual variables most of the participants disagreed or strongly disagreed they were satisfied with the process of resettlement. The paper proposed policy change, adequate multi-stakeholder engagement and harmonization of valuation for fair compensation of land acquired during projects and livelihood restoration.

A Long Road to Diagnosis: A Case with Unexpected Twists

A Long Road to Diagnosis: A Case with Unexpected Twists

Hahaha! Unmasking sexual humour in some Ghanaian and Nigerian YouTube comedy skits

ABSTRACT This study examines sexual humour in some Ghanaian and Nigerian YouTube comedy skits through the theoretical lens of social semiotics. It focuses on two YouTubers, Jeffrey Nortey from Ghana and Viper the Wiper from Nigeria, purposively sampled for their extensive use of sexual humour. Analysis reveals that they employ intertextuality, exaggeration, and dramatic irony as their key communicative strategies. Intertextuality draws on folk knowledge, the Bible, social, and religious issues. Exaggeration is used to depict actions that are humanly impossible, while dramatic irony introduces unexpected twists. The effectiveness of these strategies is evident from the numerous views and comments their skits receive, highlighting their successful engagement with the taboo topic of sex. However, the study also notes the potential negative impact of some sexual jokes, which may reinforce harmful stereotypes about men and women. It underscores the importance of responsibly portraying human sexuality in humour, advocating the avoidance of perpetuating damaging societal norms through comedic narratives.

Biological Roles of Local Protein Synthesis in Axons: A Journey of Discovery.

The remit of this review is to give an autobiographical account of our discovery of the role of local protein synthesis in axon guidance. The paper reporting our initial findings was published in 2001 (10). Here, I describe some of the work that led to this publication, the skepticism our findings initially received, and the subsequent exciting years of follow-up work that helped gradually to convince the neuroscience community of the existence and functional importance of local protein synthesis in multiple aspects of axon biology-guidance, branching, synaptogenesis, and maintenance. The journey has been an exhilarating one, taking me into a new field of RNA biology, with many unexpected twists and turns. In retelling it here, I have tried to recall the major influences on my thinking at the time rather than give a comprehensive review, and I apologize for any omissions due to my own ignorance during that era.

Plot Twist: Unexpected twists in the sexist narrative of reggaetón

Building on ideas of feminism and post-feminism, this paper looks at the development and reception of reggaetón, which has been associated with buzzwords such as machismo and sexism, especially at the beginning of its emergence around the turn of the millennium. Its aim is to show what roles these two concepts have played in this Latin American pop music genre since its emergence. It discusses and illuminates ambivalences within the genre on an artistic level as well as impulses and turning points in its reception using examples from artistic projects and post-feminist voices of women who experience reggaetón as positive for themselves and have been able to establish new perspectives in the context of sexism, feminism and the freedom of female sexuality through it.

Dubious Identities: A Visit to the Borwein Zoo

We contribute to the zoo of dubious identities established by J.M. and P.B. Borwein in their 1992 paper, “Strange Series and High Precision Fraud” with five new entries, each of a different variety than the last. Some of these identities are again a high precision fraud and picking out the true from the bogus can be a challenging task with many unexpected twists along the way. This work is dedicated to the Borwein family, mathematicians extraordinaire with a propensity for the implausible.

Magnetic Field Draping in Induced Magnetospheres: Evidence From the MAVEN Mission to Mars

AbstractThe Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission has been orbiting Mars since 2014 and now has over 10,000 orbits which we use to characterize Mars' dynamic space environment. Through global field line tracing with MAVEN magnetic field data we find an altitude dependent draping morphology that differs from expectations of induced magnetospheres in the vertical ( Mars Sun‐state, MSO) direction. We quantify this difference from the classical picture of induced magnetospheres with a Bayesian multiple linear regression model to predict the draped field as a function of the upstream interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), remanent crustal fields, and a previously underestimated induced effect. From our model we conclude that unexpected twists in high altitude dayside draping (>800 km) are a result of the IMF component in the MSO direction. We propose that this is a natural outcome of current theories of induced magnetospheres but has been underestimated due to approximations of the IMF as solely directed. We additionally estimate that distortions in low altitude (<800 km) dayside draping along are directly related to remanent crustal fields. We show dayside draping traces down tail and previously reported inner magnetotail twists are likely caused by the crustal field of Mars, while the outer tail morphology is governed by an induced response to the IMF direction. We conclude with an updated understanding of induced magnetospheres which details dayside draping for multiple directions of the incoming IMF and discuss the repercussions of this draping for magnetotail morphology.

Forgotten Pediatrics: 8 Disturbing Windows on the Past.

The 75 years since Pediatrics was first published has witnessed an explosion of the scientific knowledge base informing child health. Yet, the path leading to the present has not been linear. We examine several articles that illustrate some of the unexpected twists and turns that have characterized our specialty's history. We hope that it will provide a reminder of the ever-changing nature of scientific knowledge and the need to continually re-evaluate how our own cultural assumptions shape medical practice.

A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community. By Natalia Molina

It’s not often that one reviews a scholarly book and feels the need to promise no spoilers, but Natalia Molina’s A Place at the Nayarit has enough unexpected twists and intriguing real-life characters that readers will want to enjoy just learning how things turn out. This is a microhistory of a restaurant, its creator, its employees, and its clientele—but Molina succeeds in opening the scene outward, pivoting from the hyperlocal to encompass a neighborhood, a city, and ultimately a continent. Molina’s aim is classic social history; she wants to tell stories that most other genres “rarely capture: how marginalized people can create their own places in ways that reclaim dignity, create social cohesion, and foster mutual care.” The ethnic Mexican “placemakers” at the heart of her book, she explains, “were not just putting food on the table or into their mouths. They were creating meaning, establishing links with one another, and… asserting their place in a nation that often seemed intent on pushing them to the margins” (pp. 8–9).

“Pudiya Veielum Neelakadalum” Navalil Vazhvin Etharththangal

On the one hand, it is to live that life is to live. On the other hand, it is to make a commitment to live this way and not to deviate from it. We can see that the way of life of man lies behind these contradictory principles. As Kierkegaard puts it in his book Either / or, it is as if man’s life is an ethical life and an aesthetic life. That is to say, it is the reality of human life to experience every moment the various existences of joy, sorrow, hatred, sadness, misery, etc., as life is conducted in the context of unexpected twists and turns, problems and struggles. A copy of such realities is the novel ‘ pudiya veielum neelakadalum (The New Sun and the Blue Sea). With two central characters, Ashokarajan and Latha, this article presents a glimpse into the realities of human life that are intertwined with the story of the novel.

Unravelling an assessment puzzle: reflections on reconciling effective assessment and workload management in South African higher education

Assessment in higher education is a complex path to navigate, with unexpected twists and turns. Although many studies project the positive outcomes of assessment for learning, the outcomes do not always match the intention. Even when formative assessment is well-planned, the implementation may take such a toll, leaving a lecturer physically drained. A big puzzle with assessment in higher education is how to design formative assessment tasks that promote deep learning for students but do not increase staff workload. In this article, I explore this puzzle in relation to my teaching of a second-year module in an English course that is part of the Bachelor of Education programme at my university. I look at how the specific context of my teaching in 2021 influenced my formative assessment design and reflect critically on the affordances and constraints of the design in relation to existing conceptualisations of assessment in higher education. Lastly, I propose some possibilities for resolving the assessment puzzle and highlight the implications of these possibilities for the reconceptualisation of assessment in higher education.

An Unexpected Journey

Unexpected twists and turns on the PhD journey can be directly related to the research itself, while others are related to the experience of the journey. For me, the most unexpected aspects were related to my health and saw me transition from writing and typing to dictating to the computer. This autoethnographic article is based on the lived experience of this unexpected journey and explores the implications for this necessary change in procedure. Implications included learning new processes for writing, transcribing interviews and controlling the computer by voice. Consideration of this experience viewed through Heidegger's ontological concept of being helped ease frustrations brought on by this unexpected twist. Becoming aware of the skills mentioned above may help others with accessibility issues, and reflection on the PhD journey from the perspective of this article may help others make sense of frustrations related to their own experiences.

Holding Gusti’s Hand

Holding Gusti’s Hand Ana Emilia Silva (bio) Translated by Stella M. Rizzo Going through the works of Argentine artist Gusti (Gustavo Ariel Rosemffet) is a transforming experience. Each of his books bears his mark and at the same time presents something new; the reader discovers a different path to follow. Like the waters of a flowing river, there is no repetition, but his essence navigates between pages and proposes other ways of seeing things. The drawings are so eloquent that we stop and take in the amazing landscape as one who explores the world. Today we will stop at four of his works: La mosca (The Fly; 2005); Animales escondidos (Hidden Animals; 2017); Mallko y papá (Mallko and Dad; 2014); and No somos angelitos (We Are Not Little Angels; 2017). Click for larger view View full resolution The Fly—La mosca In this picturebook, Gusti plays with scatological humor. He tells the story of an atypical fly that decides to take a delicious bath on a perfect day. The omniscient narrator shows, step by step, through a synergy of text and image, how the initial situation takes unexpected twists. At the end of the picturebook, the protagonist is very annoyed and promises never to bathe again. The book cover features the protagonist as well as a phrase in red that warns the reader that something disturbing is going to happen: “A perfect day can turn into a nightmare.” Decorative patterns scattered with little flies reaffirm the leading role of the fly and plunge us into a special world that appears on the back cover: a perfect day to take a bath. What seemed to be ideal gets more and more complicated, and the use of black color is a sign of danger. Shadow is imposed on bright sky blue. The story is told by means of brief texts entwined with illustrations. Images get closer by zooming. Simple illustrations, the use of collage, and cut-out cardboard figures painted in tempera in a not very neat way enable the reader to follow the adventures of the main character. Varied materials, such as cloth, paper, wood, and screws, give movement and color and increase tactile sensations. Click for larger view View full resolution Hidden Animals—Animales Escondidos This picturebook explores the varied world of the animal kingdom. Each of its pages shows different animals in wide community. Two voices make up the story: poems by Lola Casas playfully dialogue with the colorful illustrated world of Gusti. The Casas-Gusti duo has also created ¿Feos y feas? (Ugly and Ugly?), another unforget-table picturebook that shows a very peculiar parade of faces. From the very book cover a wide variety of animals, colors, and shapes make up an intricate diversity. The reader is then invited to find the [End Page 58] character suggested by the verses and the drawings in a guessing game. The text is hidden between legs or somewhere on the sheet, never in the same spot. This coming and going of the gaze creates an atmosphere of expectation and opens out to a world of search and fun. Click for larger view View full resolution Mallko and Dad—Mallko y Papá Both this book and No somos angelitos (We Are Not Little Angels) tackle a subject closely related to Gusti’s life. In Mallko and Dad, the author/illustrator draws a path in which personal life and artistic work merge. By means of texts similar to those written in a notepad, he organizes a daily parade of moods ranging from grief to acceptance. Eventually, he takes the big leap: his love for his child with Down syndrome. In his journey toward both his inner self and those who are close to him, Gusti learns to see inside himself while also learning from his older son, Théo, and from Anne, his wife. The evolution of this parallel process goes beyond the individual and testimonial value; it impinges on the outside as it also reflects the experiences of many families in similar situations. The picturebook offers multiple reading possibilities, from the deepening of a suffering subjectivity to the growth implied in reaching absolute love without hesitation. As it contains...

ВЛАДИМИР ИВАНОВИЧ РЕБИКОВ И ЕГО МУЗЫКА В ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИИ. По материалам англоязычной прессы

In tsarist Russia, the musical legacy and views of Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov (1866–1920) — the "father of Russian modernism" — were often perceived with irony and misunderstanding, being called quackery and pretentious. In Soviet times Rebikov and his music were simply ignored for a long time, being categorically attributed to musical decadence. Interestingly, the British press spoke of Rebikov in a positive way. The publication of sheet music and frequent concert performances of the composer's music in London, in particular at the Proms in autumn 1916, laid the interest of the British audience in the composer, which lasted throughout the 20th century. And in general, the fate and work of Rebikov turned out to be full of unexpected twists, profound and beautiful, and the looming image of the composer is quite different from the usual one. The analysis of academic publications, as well as viola transcriptions of the distinguished British violists Lionel Tertis and Watson Forbes, hitherto unknown in Russia, is based on archival collections from British libraries.

“A Complete Struggle”: Zion Building and Women Connected to the Mormon Battalion

“A Complete Struggle”: Zion Building and Women Connected to the Mormon Battalion

GRSS Accomplishments in 2021: Success and Unexpected Turns [President’s Message

In this last message of the year, I think it is important to summarize accomplishments of the Society in 2021 and describe our preparations for success in 2022. By the numbers, our Society continues to grow. We added two student branch Chapters in September with another one expected in November. When this one receives its final approval, the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) community will total 70 Chapters, 28 student branch Chapters, and 10 ambassadors engaged with communities in locations where we hope GRSS Chapters will form in the near future. This means that the GRSS community now consists of 98 combined Chapters with membership in the Society surpassing 5,300 members and submissions to our journals surpassing expectations. The numbers confirm continued success for GRSS in 2021, but this year also brought some unexpected twists and turns with high expectations at the beginning to immediately resume in-person meetings.

Jean-Luc Godard’s Le mépris: Conventional film music in an unconventional guise

Godard revisits in Le mépris (1963) the Hollywood genre of the melodrama which enjoyed a large popularity in the 1950s. For this self-conscious reflection upon the genre of the melodrama, Godard hired Georges Delerue to write the music. Due to the involvement of the powerful mainstream cinema producers Carlo Ponti and Joseph E. Levine, Le mépris grew into a sizeable Hollywood-style production. Under the looking glass of these producers, Godard was expected to abandon his eccentric small-film budget habits and to comply with standard film production procedure. Pertaining to the music (and against his usual modus operandi), he conceived, together with Delerue, a detailed musical concept, spotted the film with Delerue present, integrated each and every cue Delerue composed into the film and respected the placement of the music cues as discussed with the composer. Nevertheless, behind the back of his producers, he was frequently tempted to diverge from the accepted norms and played with audience expectations. He introduced unexpected twists into the placement of the cues, which invite the audio viewer to question the established film music standards. Despite the rigid brief Godard received from his producers, he managed to dissect – with the assistance of Delerue’s lush, Hollywood-style score – the worn-out mechanics of the cinematic apparatus. The over-emphatic, idiomatic and stereotypical symphonic score inspired him to break the illusion of the artificially staged narrative.

The Interrupted Semester: Thoughts and Tools that Move Us Full Circle

In a matter of weeks—and in some cases, days—teachers were asked to move the remainder of their semester-long, in-person courses to the online environment, restructuring assignments and methods of content delivery along the way. Now, we live in-between, as people have navigated hybrid, stops and re-starts. What helped us then can help us in the future as other unexpected twists and turns come our way. Whatever your situation may be, our hope is that the strategies, tools, and lessons learned outlined in this article will invite you to consider new and creative options for current and future curve balls that come your way while still maintaining the integrity of your learning objectives. The article specifically offers suggestions for moving lectures, group assignments, case studies, and activity simulations from the physical classroom to the virtual classroom. It is our desire that this article empowers you to make the best decisions for yourself and your students as you navigate the uncharted waters of online teaching and learning that could come again due to weather, illness and future unknowns. The keys are adaptation, flexibility, and curiosity about what could work.

The STK38-XPO1 axis, a new actor in physiology and cancer.

The Hippo signal transduction pathway is an essential regulator of organ size during developmental growth by controlling multiple cellular processes such as cell proliferation, cell death, differentiation, and stemness. Dysfunctional Hippo signaling pathway leads to dramatic tissue overgrowth. Here, we will briefly introduce the Hippo tumor suppressor pathway before focusing on one of its members and the unexpected twists that followed our quest of its functions in its multifarious actions beside the Hippo pathway: the STK38 kinase. In this review, we will precisely discuss the newly identified role of STK38 on regulating the nuclear export machinery by phosphorylating and activating, the major nuclear export receptor XPO1. Finally, we will phrase STK38's role on regulating the subcellular distribution of crucial cellular regulators such as Beclin1 and YAP1 with its implication in cancer.

The politics behind design projects: when space, organization, and technology collide

PurposeWhile more and more organizations commit to transformation projects with the aim of redesigning simultaneously their workspaces, work organization, and technologies, the design process supporting such projects remains largely understudied. This paper examines the political tensions that occur when such processes unfold as well as their implications for project management. By doing so, the paper counterbalances the prescriptive and normative literature on “New Ways of Working” which largely overlooks the political complexity of such projects.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based on a qualitative study of a triple design process in a media company. Data collection mainly consists of a nine-month process of non-participant observation of weekly meetings held by the strategic group in charge of the project. Semi-structured interviews with members of the executive committee have also been conducted.FindingsThe analysis illustrates how space, organization and technology are gradually designed and structured. Four interconnected and often concealed mechanisms that support triple design processes are identified: political tensions, unexpected twists, conflicting temporalities and arbitration measures.Originality/valueThe originality of the paper lies in breaking down the concept of design in three separate objects – organization, space and technology – and examining how these objects were conjointly problematized by an organization in transformation, whereas existing studies often investigate organization design, space design or technology design in isolation.