We classify generic unfoldings of germs of antiholomorphic diffeomorphisms with a parabolic point of codimension k (i.e. a fixed point of multiplicity $k+1$) under conjugacy. Such generic unfoldings depend real analytically on k real parameters. A preparation of the unfolding allows to identify real analytic canonical parameters, which are preserved by any conjugacy between two prepared generic unfoldings. A modulus of analytic classification is defined, which is an unfolding of the modulus assigned to the antiholomorphic parabolic point. Since the second iterate of such a germ is a real unfolding of a holomorphic parabolic point, the modulus is a special form of an unfolding of the Écalle–Voronin modulus of the second iterate of the antiholomorphic parabolic germ. We also solve the problem of the existence of an antiholomorphic square root to a germ of a generic analytic unfolding of a holomorphic parabolic germ.

Understanding today’s conflicts and compromises requires addressing the entanglement between material processes and the viewpoints of a variety of collective actors: how they understand themselves and the economy within which they act, what objectives they perceive it affords to them, and what constraints it imposes. The structural approach to economic analysis, which builds on the traditions started by Physiocracy and classical political economy, offers a vantage point to understand material processes. The paper proposes three directions to generalise it, thus making it more suitable to address the entanglement between such processes and the emergence and viewpoints of collective actors.

Can material reparations change political participation? To examine whether material reparations can increase political engagement among survivors of state violence, I use content analysis of survivor testimonies, interviews, and plausibly exogenous variation in the timing of reparations approval for surviving victims of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. After being approved for reparations, survivors are more likely to register to vote compared to those not yet enrolled in the reparations program. I present evidence that the symbolic value of reparations payments holds particular significance for survivors and suggest that the transitional justice experience provides an opportunity for them to revise their views of the state. These findings indicate that in post-violence contexts, policy experiences can be a consequential determinant of future political behavior, potentially expanding electoral engagement as societies move toward building peace and consolidating democracy.

Religious poems sung with music, the Alevi deyiş are an integral part of Alevi ritual and social life. Due to the dynamics of oral transmission, the same deyiş can be performed with all kinds of music, the words of the deyiş can change from one performance to the next, and pen names can multiply. The unique experiential function of the deyiş lies precisely in this dynamic and fluid plurality. The deyiş serve as the anchor of communal identity, linking the group to a mythico-historical past that also constitutes the hermeneutical background for making sense of the present and near past. Born from an affect that is at once personal and communal, the oral tradition of deyiş is an experience of collective and personal agency, re-created at each moment in the acts of performance and active listening. Grounded in conceptual frameworks on emotion, embodiment, and orality, the article explores the transmission of deyiş through the cases of early Republican singer–poet Âşık Veysel (d. 1973), poems by Kaygusuz Abdal (flourished late fourteenth–early fifteenth century) and Pir Sultan Abdal (flourished sixteenth century) in the compilation of Ottoman palace musician Ali Ufuki (d. 1675), and modern musical interpretations of Kaygusuz Abdal’s poem.

Synbiotic beverages have become a boon for health-conscious people as these beverages can offer a variety of health benefits. The present study aimed to produce a novel synbiotic beverage from browntop millet (Urochloa ramosa, previously Brachiaria ramosa). Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus was used for the fermentation of the browntop millet. Multi-response methodology optimization was performed, and maximum ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) concentration, reducing sugar and protein concentration was observed at 757.42 µ mol Fe (II)/ml, 90.38 mg/ml, and 1.31 mg/ml, respectively. The study also observed an excellent cell hydrophobicity (85.7%) of the probiotic strain. Thus, the final product obtained had a DPPH value of 54.89 ± 2.2 %.

This study aimed to develop a predictive model to investigate the effect of temperature, pH, NaCl concentration, initial inoculum concentration and time on enterotoxin A (SEA) production by Staphylococcus aureus. Combinations of three levels of temperature (10, 15 and 25°C ), five levels of pH (5.3, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5 and 6.7), five levels of NaCl (0.8, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.2%), three levels of inoculum concentration (0, 3 and 5 log CFU/mL) in brain heart infusion (BHI) broth were studied. Colonies were counted and SEA production was assessed at 24 h intervals for up to 240 h. A probabilistic logistic regression model was used to describe the production of SEA by Staphylococcus aureus. SEA production was influenced by all factors, except NaCl concentration. S. aureus produced SEA in all samples at 25°C, while the temperature of 10°C delayed the growth and SEA production of S. aureus at initial contamination levels of 3 log CFU/mL and 5 log CFU/mL and prevented it at 0 log CFU/mL. The model was statistically and experimentally validated, demonstrating a good fit, with a high percentage agreement, Nagelkerke's R2 and the Hosmer and Lemeshow test for the SEA production model. The experimental validation confirmed the effectiveness of the models for predicting the probability of SEA production by S. aureus in Minas Frescal cheese.

This study examines foraminifers from limestone horizons of the mainly Brigantian Lower Limestone Formation across the Midland Valley of Scotland (MVS), to determine more precisely the correlation of the limestone beds throughout the region and with the marine bands. Three quantitative biostratigraphical methods were applied to the foraminiferal dataset. The Ranking and Scaling method produced unusual mixed associations and a ranked optimum sequence, making it the least reliable. In contrast, the Unitary Associations (UA) and Constrained Optimization (CONOP) methods yielded more consistent sequences and correlations, especially the latter. The main conclusions drawn were: (i) The West Kirkton, First Abden and St Monans Brecciated limestones of the eastern MVS are considered the base of the Lower Limestone Formation; (ii) The Petershill Limestone is considered as the likely lateral equivalent of the Blackhall Limestone; (iii) the Seafield Tower, Charlestown Main and Middle Skateraw limestones can be correlated in the eastern MVS; (iv) the Abden Fauna (marine band) in central Fife, is confirmed just below the base of the Lower Limestone Formation in most sections; and (v) correlation of limestones below the Neilson Shell Band (marine band) in the eastern region is confirmed with the CONOP method, and in the western region with the Unitary Associations.