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Implementation of Character Education in Arabic Language Learning in Pesantren-Based University

This study aims to describe the implementation of character education in Arabic language learning in pesantren-based universities, including curriculum, character education models, and psychological and sociological app…

Local Wisdom and Civic Virtue: The Ceprotan Tradition as a Model for Internalizing Pancasila Values in Indonesia

This study investigates the Ceprotan tradition in Sekar Village, Donorojo District, Pacitan Regency, and its connection to Pancasila values, focusing on how character values are internalized to foster spiritual obedienc…

ASFO-SVM-Based Intelligent Load Prediction for Microgrid Energy Optimization in Renewable Energy Systems

Accurate load forecasting is essential for efficient microgrid operation, stability, and planning. Traditional forecasting methods often suffer from limitations in handling nonlinear, complex, and dynamic load patterns,…

Predictive Modeling of Iron Concentration in Groundwater Using Machine Learning Techniques: A Case Study in Part of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State

This study aimed to model and predict iron concentrations in groundwater within Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, using machine learning techniques. It focused on evaluating spatial variability and determining the most i…

Humanoid Robots, Public Trust, and Ethical Algorithm Design: A Multidisciplinary Framework for Societal Integration and Future Adoption

This study investigates the complex relationship between public trust and the ethical design of behavioral algorithms in humanoid robots, drawing on a qualitative, interdisciplinary narrative review. By synthesizing res…

Boundaries in literature

Borders in literature

Lado Kralj and Nikola Petković: Opposite Approaches to Humor and the Abject

The article provides an analysis of two novels, one Slovenian, Ne bom se več drsal na bajerju by Lado Kralj (2022), and one Croatian, Put u Gonars by Nikola Petković (2018), with a special focus on the theme of borders.…

The Limits of Men's Identity and the Transgressions of the Patriarchal Order in the Novels Alkar by Dinko Šimunović and Đuka Begović by Ivan Kozarac

The paper is based on a comparative analysis of the novel Alkar by Dinko Šimunović and the novel Đuka Begović by Ivan Kozarac. The existing psychoanalytical analyses of Đuka Begović appear to be insufficient due to the…

raming and Narrativizing of Borders around the post- Habsburg Rijeka: Giovanni Comisso's Il porto dell'amore and Viktor Car Emins Danuncijada

Between 1917 and 1923, as European continental empires were shattering after the lost world war and new nation-states were created on their ruins, several radical political-ideological movements emerged as well, employi…

Transgression in the novels of Esther Kinsky River and Rombo

The writing of transnational border spaces marks the literary works of German author and Slavist Esther Kinsky, also a translator from Polish, Russian and English. Her novels River (Am Fluss, 2014) and Rombo (2022) will…

"Over the naked skin, the vale of ice" - drawing boundaries in The Pit by Ivan Goran Kovačić

This article takes an analytical look at the narrative poem The Pit (1944) by Ivan Goran Kovačić. In Kovačić's work, the question of borders is important on many levels: The Pit belongs to the genre of the narrative poe…

About the relationship between people and animals. My Dren by Danko Anđelinović

The article is an attempt to read the novel My Dren (1939) by Danko Anđelinović in the context of ideas spread since the end of the 19th century, and in the strictly scientific field since the 1970s by the creators of a…

Boundaries of Samudaripen: Representations of the Romani Holocaust in Croatian and Serbian literature

The aim of this article is to analyse the relatively unknown literary representations of the Romani Holocaust within Croatian and Serbian cultures (both in personal documents and works of fiction). Mentions of Samudarip…

The Boundaries in Boris Senker's Istarska prikazanja

Senker's most recent dramatic trilogy, Istarska prikazanja (2023) includes the mystery play Istarska priča, the miracle play Sanjari budućnosti and the morality play Sanjarova priča. Istarske priče premiered in 2018 and…

Are there reasons to be sad? Wisława Szymborska's translation of Vesna Parun's poem Balada prevarenog cvijeća

The subject of the analysis is Wisława Szymborska's translation of Vesna Parun's poem Balada prevarenog cvijeća. This is the only work from Croatian poetry translated by the Polish Nobel Prize winner. It was published i…

The totalitarian worlds of Merry Cemetery by Vasyl Stus and Little Apocalypse by Tadeusz Konwicki: differences and similarities

The article is devoted to a comparative analysis of totalitarian worlds in Ukrainian and Polish literature based on the material of works published in the underground circulation and written in complete freedom from cen…

Boundaries of oral genres: strange case of rhetorical toast and lyrical praise poem

The paper discusses boundaries between the toast as an oral rhetorical genre and the praise poem as an oral lyrical genre. While on the one hand a toast (as a hybrid rhetorical genre) is related to a blessing (a primary…

Cultural taboo and the limits of the mind in the novel Jedan razoren um (A certain degraded mind) by Lazar Komarčić. The medicalization of madness and the changes in Serbian literature at the end of the 19th century

In this article, Lazar Komarčić's novel Jedan razoren um from 1893 is presented as a text inaugurating the literary discourse devoted to the medicalization of madness. The authors of the previous discussions of this nov…

Liminal and Limioid in Dubravka Ugrešić's Writing

The experience of borderlines, displacement, and non-belonging has fundamentally defined Dubravka Ugrešić's writing, as well as her personal biography. Initially as an exile, an outcast from national culture, and later…

National Border in the Classification of Literature: A Relevant or Outdated Category?

The aim of the paper is to reflect on the relevance of the concept of national literature from the perspective of the 21st century, to present methodological shortcomings and problematic aspects of the establishment of…

Reports from behind the "Red Curtain." Experiencing the Border in Soviet Russia: Antoni Słonimski, Moja podróż do Rosji (1932) and Ante Ciliga U zemlji velike laži (1938)

This article presents a comparative analysis of the personal experiences and impressions of 1930s Russia, as recounted by two figures: A. Słonimski, the Polish poet, editor, and founder of the influential literary group…

Nestin and WT-1: Potential Interplay in Astrocytoma Tumor Biology

Background: Glial cells are the origin of gliomas, a diverse group of brain tumors including Astrocytoma, Oligodendrogliomas and Ependymoma, classified based on their cellular origin. The St. Anne/Mayo grading system ev…

Exosome-Based Liquid Biopsy for Real-Time Diagnosis and Assessment in Acute Stroke and Its Subtypes

Acute stroke remained a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, emphasizing the need for rapid and accurate diagnostic tools to enable timely intervention. Conventional imaging techniques such as computed tomog…

Advances in Stem Cell Applications for Wound Healing

With the growing use of stem cells in burn treatment, their notable therapeutic effects, ease of accessibility (e.g., peripheral blood stem cells), and broad availability have significantly elevated their research value…