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Review: Language and Politics: A Cross-cultural Pragmatic Perspective, by Juliane House and Dániel Z Kadar
No full textMariam Titilope Olugbodi reviews Language and Politics: A Cross-Cultural Pragmatic Perspective, by Juliane House and Dániel Z. Kádár. Cambridge University Press, 2025. 231 pp. $95.00 (ISBN:9781009092180 | doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009092180
Review: Heading to the Fleadh: Festival, Cultural Revival and Irish Traditional Music, 1951–1969, by Méabh Ní Fhuartháin
No full textKathleen Coker reviews Heading to the Fleadh: Festival, Cultural Revival and Irish Traditional Music, 1951–1969, by Méabh Ní Fhuartháin. Cork University Press, 2024. 262 pp. €49.00 (ISBN: 9781782050131
Review: On the Threshold: Hospitality in Shakespeare’s Drama, by Sophie E. Battell
No full textShahira Hathout reviews On the Threshold: Hospitality in Shakespeare’s Drama, by Sophie E. Battell. Edinburgh University Press, 2025. 264 pp. £ 24.99 (paperback, 2025) / £95 (hardback, 2023) / £0 Open Access PDF (ISSBN: 9781474475693 / 9781474475686 / 9781474475709
Resilience, Resistance and Relationality: Transformational Politics in Australian Lesbian Grassroots Organising and Community Spaces
No full textThis article explores lesbian grassroots organising and community spaces in the past and present within the context of response, reflection, and action. Specifically, it examines how such activist organising efforts and spaces of culture and community in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in Australia are responses to the confrontation, violence, alienation and trauma of heterosexist oppression. These responses provide lesbians opportunities to reflect on oppressive systems through the deconstructing of stereotypes and othering, transforming notions of identity and the self toward acceptance. Lesbians are able to act in ways which foster resistance, resilience and healing. In particular, connection with the Australian environment and ecological commitment plays a considerable role in facilitating independence, relationality and psychic healing. However, lesbians in the later twentieth century also experienced internal community fragmentation as reconstructions of the lesbian identity—from broadly negative to celebratory—involved a recognition of intersectional oppressions. Those with privilege grappled with their perpetuation of what were deemed ‘patriarchal values’. This article uses AnaLouise Keating’s post-oppositional consciousness framework to analyse how Australian lesbians historically responded to issues of intersectional marginalisation—including identity markers such as race and class—within grassroots organising and community space efforts. It also explores potential transformative pathways for the present and future. Post-oppositional consciousness involves an understanding and an embrace of difference to challenge status-quo thinking and generate commonalities among people, rather than insisting on unified notions of sameness. It encourages interconnectedness, relationality, complexity and flexibility. Findings from this article can contribute to research in post-oppositional consciousness theory as well as theories of trauma, identity, social organising and community spaces
The Art of Letting Go
No full textA poem written by Athira Sanal. The Art of Letting Go is a poem written as a response to unhealed trauma, fake people, unfinished love which i have experienced in my life. The poem can be seen as a medium to reflect life in general and a call to take action by letting go and finding peace and freedom.
Shades of Maharees
No full textA poem written collaboratively by Mairead Kinsella, Zoë Rush, Jeanne Spillane; facilitated by Emer Fallon.
Neart na Machairí means strength of Maharees. It is the title of our Creative Ireland funded project, under its Creative Climate Action Fund II, helping the community of the Maharees, in West Kerry, to explore the impacts of Climate Change and what Climate Resilience might mean for them through artistic methods
Foreword
No full textForeword for Aigne, 11: "Response: Reflection and Action", written by Dr Barry Monahan (Vice Head of College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences - Head of Graduate School
LTBP2: Bridging our understanding of the extracellular matrix in cardiac fibrosis
No full textCardiac fibrosis is a major driver of heart failure, with complex mechanisms contributing to its progression. One such contributor is latent transforming growth factor-beta binding protein-2 (LTBP2), a protein significantly upregulated in fibrotic tissues. Unlike other TGF-beta binding proteins, LTBP2 does not bind to TGF-beta, and its role in cardiac fibrosis is largely unexplored. However, LTBP2 is involved in key profibrotic signaling pathways, including those related to TGF-beta1, fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2), caspase-3, and NF-kB, all of which are potential therapeutic targets. Notably, NF-kB signaling activation through LTBP2 in fibrosis progression has been identified as an important mechanism that warrants further investigation.
In addition to its role in cell signaling, LTBP2 is essential for maintaining microfibril structural integrity, particularly in tissues such as the eye. However, the specific contributions of LTBP2 and microfibrils to cardiac fibrosis remain to be fully elucidated. Furthermore, LTBP2’s early-stage upregulation and its presence in circulating serum highlight its potential as a biomarker for fibrotic diseases. Studies in pulmonary fibrosis and other organ systems have demonstrated that serum LTBP2 levels correlate with fibrosis progression and the differentiation of fibroblasts to myofibroblasts. These findings suggest that LTBP2 may serve as an early indicator of cardiac fibrosis.
Overall, the investigation of LTBP2’s role in cardiac fibrosis is crucial for understanding its therapeutic potential and for identifying new strategies to promote reparative fibrosis and prevent the progression to heart failure
A retelling of the first successful treatment of Total Posterior Craniopagus
No full textIntroduction: The case of the first total posterior craniopagus twins in the Central African Republic highlights the complex challenges and remarkable outcomes in paediatric neurosurgery, particularly in resource-limited settings.
Objectives: The twins underwent a meticulous separation process at Bambino Gesù Hospital in Rome. A three-step separation was performed in order to construct two independent venous systems—the first part involving the separation of the tent and the first of the two common transverse sinuses. The second surgery scheduled was the separation of the upper sagittal sinuses and the junction point of the cerebral venous sinus, with the use of a neuronavigation. The final operation performed was the separation of the second transverse sinus and its tentorium and the reconstruction of the brain envelope. In total, the three-part surgery was spread over the time frame of 13 months.
Conclusion: The results of this surgery reaffirm that early surgical intervention combined with post- operative care and rehabilitation can optimise outcomes for complex congenital conditions. It also emphasises the importance of detailed pre-surgical planning, advanced imaging techniques, and a multidisciplinary approach in achieving a successful separation. Finally, this case underscores the critical role of neuroplasticity in children, where the brain’s remarkable ability to reorganise and adapt facilitates recovery post-surgery. Neuroplasticity was pivotal for the twins’ cognitive and motor development, resulting in a favourable clinical prognosis and quality of life.