bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The continuing decline in cohort fertility and mixed evidence of narrowing educational differences
Authors: Gray Edith , Lazzari Ester
Published: December 2023

Background   Typically, women with higher levels of education have had fewer children and were more likely to be childless compared to those with lower levels of education. However, in recent years, there has been a trend of fertility convergence between education levels in several high-income countries, including Australia. New data are needed to determine whether this trend has continued and fertility remains educationally stratified among Australian women.

Aims   Using the latest available data from the 2021 Australian Census, the aim of this study is to compare the average completed fertility and number of children ever born of women born between 1952 and 1981, with a specific focus on how these metrics vary by education level.

Data and methods   Data on the number of children ever born are sourced from the 2021 Australian Census to compute population statistics (completed cohort fertility, proportion of women by parity, and parity progression ratios) for six educational categories (postgraduate, graduate, bachelor, diploma, year 12, year 11 and below) and six cohort groups (1952-56, 1957-61, 1962-66, 1967-71, 1972-76, 1977-81). These statistics are used to describe trends in fertility patterns over time and by education.

Results   Completed cohort fertility has continued to decline slowly, from 2.22 for the1952-56 birth cohorts to 1.89 for the 1977-81 birth cohorts, mostly due to an increase in childlessness and a decrease in larger families with more than two children. There has been more divergence than convergence by education level, with those with bachelor's or diploma qualifications experiencing greater declines in fertility than any other education group. Although childlessness rates by education level have converged, women with lower education have also become increasingly likely to have larger families.

Conclusions   While there is evidence of convergence in childlessness rates across different levels of education, the gap in fertility rates between education groups continue to increase in Australia.
Visualising the impact of COVID-19 on Australian SA3 populations
Authors: Grossman Irina
Published: December 2023

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Reporting of housework hours in the Australian Census
Authors: Gray Edith , Reimondos Anna
Published: December 2023

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Preventing Crime and Terrorist Activities with a New Anomaly Detection Approach Based on Outfit
Authors: ORTAÇ KOŞUN Gizem , YILMAZ Seçkin , KAYIPMAZ Yusuf , ŞAMLI Rüya
Published: December 2023

Video surveillance systems play an important role in ensuring security indoors and outdoors and detecting suspicious persons due to the increasing violence and terrorist acts every year. In the proposed study, an artificial intelligence-based warning system has been developed, which enables the detection of potential suspects who may carry out criminal or terrorist activities by detecting anomalies in surveillance videos. In this developed system, an abnormality is detected by using the outfits of the people. The YOLOv7 object detection model is trained on our customized data sets, and suspicious person detection is made through outfit information. Especially in cases where biometric data is hidden, dress information makes it easier to obtain information about people. For this reason, the knowledge of outfits is the main point of this study in the detection of suspicious persons. Thanks to this study, security guards will be able to focus on this suspicious person before they pre-empt any crime or terrorist activity. If there are other data confirming the suspicious situation as a result of this follow-up; security personnel will have time to eliminate the crime or attack. The experimental results obtained have been promising in terms of the usability of a person's outfit anomalies to ensure public confidence or avoid risk to human life. Although there are various studies in the literature for the prevention of terrorist or criminal activities; there is no study in which people's outfit is used to identify suspects.
Accretion-modified Stars in Accretion Disks of Active Galactic Nuclei: The Low-luminosity Cases and an Application to Sgr A*
Authors: Wang Jian-Min , Liu Jun-Rong , Li Yan-Rong , Songsheng Yu-Yang , Yuan Ye-Fei , Ho Luis C.
Published: December 2023

In this paper, we investigate the astrophysical processes of stellar-mass black holes (sMBHs) embedded in advection-dominated accretion flows (ADAFs) of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in low-luminosity active galactic nuclei. The sMBH is undergoing Bondi accretion at a rate lower than the SMBH. Outflows from the sMBH-ADAF dynamically interact with their surroundings and form a cavity inside the SMBH-ADAF, thereby quenching the accretion onto the sMBH. Rejuvenation of the Bondi accretion is rapidly done by turbulence. These processes give rise to quasi-periodic episodes of sMBH activities and create flickerings from relativistic jets developed by the Blandford–Znajek mechanism if the sMBH is maximally rotating. Accumulating successive sMBH-outflows trigger a viscous instability of the SMBH-ADAF, leading to a flare following a series of flickerings. Recently, the similarity of near-infrared flare’s orbits has been found by GRAVITY/VLTI astrometric observations of Sgr A∗: their loci during the last 4 yr consist of a ring in agreement with the well-determined SMBH mass. We apply the present model to Sgr A*, which shows quasi-periodic flickerings. An sMBH of ∼40M
⊙ is preferred orbiting around the central SMBH of Sgr A* from fitting radio to X-ray continuum. Such an extreme mass ratio inspiraling provides an excellent laboratory for LISA/Taiji/Tianqin detection of mHz gravitational waves with strains of ∼10−17, as well as their polarization.
A new species of Casearia Jacq. (Salicaceae) from Central Panama and insights into its phylogenetic position within the genus
Authors: de Mestier Astrid , Campos Pineda Ernesto , Cedeño Fonseca Marco , Ortiz Orlando O.
Published: December 2023

We describe here a new species of Casearia from Panama based on both morphological and molecular data. Casearia isthmicasp. nov. is restricted to the mid-elevation cloud forests of Central Panama and presents morphological similarities with two more widespread species, C. sanchezii from high elevation areas of El Salvador and Mexico and C. tremula from the Caribbean, Central America, and Northern South America. Casearia isthmica differs in presenting pedunculated and congested inflorescences with up to 20 flowers, as well as flowers with 12 stamens and a pubescent style. Phylogenetic analysis based on selected plastid (petD, trnK-matK, rpl16 and rps4-trnLF) and nuclear (GBSSI and ITS) markers shows that the new species belongs to subclade B3 of Casearia, a lineage that encompasses species from Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean. Results of the morphological and molecular analysis were congruent and allowed a broader understanding of this new taxon, especially regarding its relationships to other Casearia.
New nematode Tahamina indica gen. nov., sp. nov. (Nematoda, Dorylaimida, Tylencholaimoidea) from the tropical rainforest, Western Ghats
Authors: Islam Md Niraul , Ahmad Wasim
Published: December 2023

During a nematological survey in the Western Ghats a new nematode belonging to the superfamily Tylencholaimoida (Dorylaimida) extracted from the rhizosphere of the soil of grasses, is described and illustrated. Tahamina indicagen. nov., sp. nov. is characterized by females with a body length of 1.3–1.4 mm; lip region 8.0 μm wide, approximately one-fourth of the body diameter at the pharyngeal base; amphidial fovea cup-shaped, about one-half as wide as the lip region diameter. Odontostyle 8.0–9.0 μm long, 1.0–1.1 times lip region diameter; guiding ring simple; odontophore rod-like, 10.5–11.5 μm long with basal thickening or minute knobs-like structure; pharynx consisting of a weakly muscular anterior part, expanding abruptly into a cylindrical basal bulb, occupying about two-fifths to one-half of the total pharyngeal length; female genital system monodelphic-opisthodelphic with anterior uterine sac; vulval opening pore-like, and tail elongated with a slight dorsally curved tip. Males not found.
Réflexions théoriques et cliniques autour de la portée logique de l’affect de honte à l’épreuve du vieillissement
Authors: Pascal Jean-Brice , Scotto di Vettimo Delphine
Published: December 2023

Appuyé par l’éclairage d’une vignette clinique, cet article propose de mettre en tension synergique trois concepts auprès desquels la psychanalyse a partie liée : l’affect de honte dans toute sa complexité, sa présupposée portée logique en tant que phénomène rationnel de structuration de la vie psychique, soutenue en dernier lieu par l’épreuve intime du vieillissement. La honte est souvent distinguée comme un affect d’empêchement, de désorganisation, relatif au manque et à la castration ; il s’agira alors d’entrevoir que saisie à partir d’un autre versant métapsychologique, la honte peut être un affect logique de structuration de la psyché, lors de moments où l’inconscient est mis à mal, notamment durant la période du troisième âge, temps de remodelage de l’identification et du narcissisme.
De quoi la psychose ordinaire est-elle le nom ?
Authors: Lévy Alexandre , Jolly Romain
Published: December 2023

Ce travail tente de déplier les enjeux cliniques, théoriques et épistémologiques autour de la notion contemporaine de psychose ordinaire . Après avoir rapidement envisagé quelques repères historiques, nous abordons la question problématique de la clinique différentielle tout en précisant que le rapport de psychose dite ordinaire ne peut se discerner sans la question des suppléances. Notre approche critique permet de mettre en perspective une forme d’étiquette diagnostique faisant l’économie d’une investigation psychopathologique afin de faire consister de manière problématique un discours sur la normalité de civilisation.
Sur la question du sujet, Lacan avec les philosophes arabes
Authors: Bessaih Zoubida
Published: December 2023

La question du sujet en psychanalyse est centrale. Définie comme praxis par Lacan, la psychanalyse est orientée par la clinique du sujet, aussi la question devient-elle cruciale pour la psychanalyse dans le monde arabo-musulman si on prend en compte les assertions selon lesquelles il n’y aurait pas de sujet en Islam et que par conséquent le musulman serait inanalysable. Les travaux d’Alain de Libera, qui fait remonter la naissance du sujet au Moyen Âge, permettent de mettre en lien le sujet d’Ibn Ruschd et le sujet lacanien et d’en relever les similitudes.
(Re)Trouver le goût du collectif
Authors: Gaillard Georges
Published: December 2023

L’auteur propose l’idée que la préoccupation à l’égard du collectif a été une question centrale pour Jean-Pierre Pinel, tout au long de sa vie, et qu’elle constitue simultanément un défi pour la période contemporaine. Témoignant d’un lien de compagnonnage et de fraternité, il développe sa réflexion en interrogeant la corrélation entre la « matière » qu’ils ont conjointement mise en travail de pensée, et quelques grandes dynamiques qui ont spécifié leur génération : une naissance dans l’immédiat après-guerre, une migration culturelle, une coloration par le moment 68, et simultanément l’absence d’inscription des hommes en tant que meurtriers au service de la « mère patrie ».
Cadres, enveloppes et institution
Authors: Mellier Denis
Published: December 2023

La réalité psychique propre à la clinique institutionnelle a été tout particulièrement soutenue et développée par Jean-Pierre Pinel. Dans cet article, l’auteur, après quelques mentions de ses contacts avec lui, analyse son dernier texte sur les enveloppes institutionnelles. Au préalable il montre comment la conceptualisation des enveloppes suit celle du cadre avec les travaux notamment de Didier Anzieu et René Roussillon. Jean-Pierre Pinel a d’abord analysé les processus des équipes à partir du cadre institutionnel, en prolongeant notamment les travaux de René Kaës et de Jean Claude Rouchy. Dans son étude des enveloppes des institutions accueillant les pathologies limites il développe une perspective métapsychologique. Son apport pourrait s’étendre à l’ensemble des institutions en envisageant cependant ces enveloppes comme de véritables formations psychiques en rapport avec le cadre institutionnel, ce qui permettrait aussi de penser la transmission institutionnelle.
Arpenter les espaces pour se sentir vivant
Authors: Houssier Florian
Published: December 2023

À mi-chemin entre un souvenir amical et une perspective scientifique, l’auteur évoque la pratique du ski comme un point de départ métaphorique pour penser l’adolescence et le sentiment océanique à partir des propositions de Jean-Pierre Pinel. Le besoin de solitude et de contemplation implique une forme de dégagement vis-à-vis de l’objet externe, impliquant un répondant interne. La quête d’un sentiment de plénitude face à la nature s’articule avec la trouvaille d’une zone d’accalmie intérieure.
De la transmission, par l’expérience clinique de groupe…, de l’expérience clinique de groupe, à l’Université
Authors: Maurin Souvignet Aurélie , Bustros Thierry , Arabaci-Colak Feryal , Toupin Kévin
Published: December 2023

Cet article montre comment un dispositif formatif universitaire, destiné à des étudiants de psychologie, permet de faire l’expérience du groupe, d’en repérer les processus conscients et inconscients et d’ouvrir des perspectives de transmission à plusieurs niveaux : subjectif, épistémologique et méthodologique. Après avoir retracé l’historique de cette unité d’enseignement, les auteurs présentent le dispositif, son cadre, ainsi que les enjeux formatifs, évaluatifs et expérientiels. Quelques repères de modélisation porteront enfin sur le rôle spécifique de l’expérience clinique groupale des étudiants, considérés comme de futurs professionnels, susceptibles de conduire des dispositifs groupaux.
La capacité contenante et l’espace de rêverie du psychanalyste
Authors: Squires Claire
Published: December 2023

Le travail psychanalytique avec des bébés et leurs parents ainsi qu’avec des patients borderline ou psychosomatiques, ou encore avec des enfants agités ou psychotiques a développé l’intérêt pour les processus psychiques primaires à la fois intra et intersubjectifs perçus sous forme d’éprouvés affectifs ou corporels dans la relation transféro-contre-transférentielle. W. R. Bion, à partir de cette clinique a permis d’appréhender la communication émotionnelle préverbale du nourrisson avec sa mère et, par extension, les niveaux de fonctionnement archaïques, non verbaux et émotionnels dans le fonctionnement intersubjectif entre adultes. Dans cet article nous aborderons plus particulièrement la capacité de contenance qui fait partie des abstractions inventées par cet auteur, connaissant d’amples développements dans la clinique contemporaine.
Construction de la vie psychique et violences conjugales : l’impact des relations précoces
Authors: Cesari Justine , Maïdi Houari , Martin Élisabeth , Belot Rose-Angélique
Published: December 2023

Les violences conjugales interpellent l’opinion publique et nécessitent un intérêt particulier de la scène scientifique. Multiformes et complexes, leurs conséquences sont particulièrement destructrices. Dans le vécu de violence, c’est tout l’être du sujet qui est atteint, et notamment son appareil psychique. Notre recherche, issue d’une thèse de doctorat, s’intéresse aux modalités psychiques spécifiques de femmes victimes de violences conjugales rencontrées en service de Médecine Légale et Victimologie après dépôt de plainte à l’encontre du conjoint violent. Nos hypothèses suggèrent que la qualité du fonctionnement psychique, qui repose sur la construction des enveloppes psychiques, permet à ces femmes de se protéger contre la mise en place du lien d’emprise et élaborer le traumatisme qui découle de ces situations conjugales complexes. Trois outils sont apparus particulièrement utiles, sensibles et fiables : le RSQ (style d’attachement actuel du sujet), le PBI (style de parentalité perçue par le sujet sur la période de 0 à 16 ans) et l’IES-R (niveau de stress). Nos premiers résultats montrent que des modalités relationnelles précoces marquées par le traumatisme dès l’enfance gênent la construction et la qualité des enveloppes psychiques, s’accompagnant d’importantes répercussions sur les liens affectifs et conjugaux à l’âge adulte. Les sujets sont alors aux prises avec la répétition de schémas relationnels hérités de ces relations précoces, à l’inverse de sujets ayant bénéficié de relations étayantes, sécurisantes et stables. Les situations cliniques de Maya et Camille, paradigmatiques de ces configurations psychiques et relationnelles, montrent comment deux types de parentalités distincts peuvent conduire à deux trajectoires de vie particulières à l’âge adulte.
L’intérêt du groupe psychanalytique à médiation : auteurs de violences conjugales, intercontenance et alliances inconscientes
Authors: Mouillot Katia , Grihom Marie-José
Published: December 2023

Cette publication trouve son ancrage dans une recherche-action doctorale d’approche psychanalytique que nous avons menée en milieu pénitentiaire dans un service d’insertion et de probation à destination des auteurs de violences conjugales condamnés. Dans le cadre de cet article, nous questionnons en quoi le dispositif psychanalytique de groupe à médiation Photolangage® apporte une possible contenance, et favorise un remaniement en rapport à la victime de leurs violences en couple et en appui sur des alliances inconscientes. Une séance de groupe est analysée sous l’angle des alliances inconscientes et de l’espace intersubjectif groupal entre les participants.
Le tissage des enveloppes corporelles et psychiques en périnatalité à travers la danse
Authors: Stella Lucia
Published: December 2023

A partir de l’évolution du concept de Moi-Peau et des enveloppes psychiques, nous discuterons dans quelle mesure un dispositif médiatisé par la danse, peut favoriser le tissage d’enveloppes psychiques « unifiées » chez le bébé et la réparation de l’enveloppe « trouée », « dilatée », « pas très unie » chez la mère. Après avoir présenté brièvement le dispositif de soin et de recherche « Accordanse », que nous avons créé, élaboré et mis en place en unité périnatale dans le cadre de notre Thèse de Doctorat, nous allons étudier quelques séquences cliniques d’une des dyades rencontrées dans ce cadre, afin de comprendre dans quelle mesure la stimulation sensorielle de la peau favorise la création d’une chorégraphie des interactions harmonieuse.
Processus d’institutionnalisation de nouvelles pratiques de consommation : cas du marché de l’information en ligne
Authors: Benabid Mohamed
Published: December 2023

À travers l’étude du cas du marché de l’information en ligne, cet article s’intéresse au rôle des pratiques de consommation dans le processus du changement organisationnel, un phénomène peu étudié jusque-là. En mobilisant la théorie néo-institutionnelle, nous questionnons le statut de ces pratiques à la lumière des piliers institutionnels coercitif, normatif et cognitif. Le terrain étudié permet de constater que ces pratiques sont structurées par les deux premiers piliers et de manière moins consensuelle par le troisième.
Technology Acceptance, a relevant step to digitalize Moroccan human development public organizations
Authors: Oumlil Rachid , Aderkaoui Abderazak
Published: December 2023

De nos jours, des budgets colossaux sont investis pour l’incarnation et la mise en œuvre des stratégies digitales dans les organisation publiques. L’une des principales motivations derrière cet investissement revient au rôle important de cette digitalisation dans le succès des politiques publiques de développement humain durable. En outre, la digitalisation permet aux structures publiques de réduire leurs coûts, d’assurer plus de transparence et d’optimiser leur efficacité budgétaire. Par ailleurs, malgré tous les efforts fournis, la plupart des stratégies digitales n’atteignent pas les niveaux de maturité prévus. Ceci est dû aux plusieurs facteurs, dont l’acceptation des Technologies de l’Information (TI) par les employés (Dukic et al., 2016) comme une étape indispensable de digitalisation. Le présent article se propose d’identifier les facteurs qui influencent l’acceptation des TI par les fonctionnaires des structures publiques de développement humain au Maroc. Pour ce faire, les auteurs ont développé leur modèle de recherche en se référant à une revue de littérature sur l’acceptation des TI. Ensuite, ce modèle a été testé auprès d’un échantillon de 81 fonctionnaires de l’Agence de Développement Social. Les résultats obtenus ont révélé l’influence significative de l’attitude et du risque perçu sur l’intention des fonctionnaires d’accepter les technologies. Ces résultats ont permis de tirer des conclusions solides quant aux conditions de réussite de la digitalisation des structures publiques de développement humain au Maroc et aux pays en voie de développement.
Global properties of delayed models for SARS-CoV-2 infection mediated by ACE2 receptor with humoral immunity
Authors: Elaiw Ahmed M. , Alsulami Amani S. , Hobiny Aatef D.
Published: December 2023

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a new coronavirus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 infects the epithelial (target) cells by binding its spike protein, S, to the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor on the surface of epithelial cells. During the process of SARS-CoV-2 infection, ACE2 plays an important mediating role. In this work, we develop two models which describe the within-host dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 under the effect of humoral immunity, and considering the role of the ACE2 receptor. We consider two discrete (or distributed) delays: (ⅰ) Delay in the SARS-CoV-2 infection of epithelial cells, and (ⅱ) delay in the maturation of recently released SARS-CoV-2 virions. Five populations are considered in the models: Uninfected epithelial cells, infected cells, SARS-CoV-2 particles, ACE2 receptors and antibodies. We first address the fundamental characteristics of the delayed systems, then find all possible equilibria. On the basis of two threshold parameters, namely the basic reproduction number, $ \Re_{0} $, and humoral immunity activation number, $ \Re_{1} $, we prove the existence and stability of the equilibria. We establish the global asymptotic stability for all equilibria by constructing suitable Lyapunov functions and using LaSalle's invariance principle. To illustrate the theoretical results, we perform numerical simulations. We perform sensitivity analysis and identify the most sensitive parameters. The respective influences of humoral immunity, time delays and ACE2 receptors on the SARS-CoV-2 dynamics are discussed. It is shown that strong stimulation of humoral immunity may prevent the progression of COVID-19. It is also found that increasing time delays can effectively decrease $ \Re_{0} $ and then inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 replication. Moreover, it is shown that $ \Re_{0} $ is affected by the proliferation and degradation rates of ACE2 receptors, and this may provide worthy input for the development of possible receptor-targeted vaccines and drugs. Our findings may thus be helpful for developing new drugs, as well as for comprehending the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 infection inside the host.
Unveiling novel eccentric neighborhood forgotten indices for graphs and gaph operations: A comprehensive exploration of boiling point prediction
Authors: Wazzan Suha , Ahmed Hanan
Published: December 2023

This paper marks a significant advancement in the field of chemoinformatics with the introduction of two novel topological indices: the forgotten eccentric neighborhood index (FENI) and the modified forgotten eccentric neighborhood index (MFENI). Uniquely developed for predicting the boiling points of various chemical substances, these indices offer groundbreaking tools in understanding and interpreting the thermal properties of compounds. The distinctiveness of our study lies in the in-depth exploration of the discriminative capabilities of FENI and MFENI. Unlike existing indices, they provide a nuanced capture of structural features essential for determining boiling points, a key factor in drug design and chemical analysis. Our comprehensive analyses demonstrate the superior predictive power of FENI and MFENI, highlighting their exceptional potential as innovative tools in the realms of chemoinformatics and pharmaceutical research. Furthermore, this study conducts an extensive investigation into their various properties. We present explicit results on the behavior of these indices in relation to diverse graph types and operations, including join, disjunction, composition and symmetric difference. These findings not only deepen our understanding of FENI and MFENI but also establish their practical versatility across a spectrum of chemical and pharmaceutical applications. Thus the introduction of FENI and MFENI represents a pivotal step forward in the predictive analysis of boiling points, setting a new standard in the field and opening avenues for future research advancements.
A new approach of overlapping generation model via fixed point technique
Authors: Belhenniche Abdelkader , Bota Monica-Felicia , Guran Liliana
Published: December 2023

This article explored a specific variant of the overlapping generation model using a nonlinear Fredholm integral equation. We considered assumptions related to the Ćirić operator, offering a new perspective compared to existing research. To solve the equation, we employed the Galerkin method, which approximates it as a finite system of equations. By combining these approaches, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of the model, providing insights into its dynamics and potential applications.
Nonrandom Exposure to Exogenous Shocks
Authors: Borusyak Kirill , Hull Peter
Published: December 2023

We develop a new approach to estimating the causal effects of treatments or instruments that combine multiple sources of variation according to a known formula. Examples include treatments capturing spillovers in social or transportation networks and simulated instruments for policy eligibility. We show how exogenous shocks to some—but not all—determinants of such variables can be leveraged while avoiding omitted variables bias. Our solution involves specifying counterfactual shocks that may as well have been realized and adjusting for a summary measure of nonrandomness in shock exposure: the average treatment (or instrument) across shock counterfactuals. We use this approach to address bias when estimating employment effects of market access growth from Chinese high‐speed rail construction.
CNN-LSTM MODELS COMBINED WITH ATTENTION MECHANISM FOR SHORT-TERM BUILDING HEATING LOAD PREDICTION
Authors: Lan Kun , Xin Xin , Fang Songlin , Cao Pangong
Published: December 2023

Predicting the heating load of a building is critical for efficient system operation and cost reduction. Besides the time series, building load data also includes geographical context. It is challenging for the traditional time series model to represent the load data’s time and spatial relations simultaneously. On the other hand, the dependence relationship between the long-time series is notoriously hard to describe in the conventional paradigm. This paper proposes a CNN-LSTM algorithm based on the attention mechanism, combining CNN-LSTM’s capacity to concurrently capture temporal and spatial features with the ability of the attention mechanism to simulate long-term dependence. In addition, the heating load of a university in Xi ‘an is adopted as a case study. Single CNN, LSTM models, and models based on attention mechanism, were used for comparison. The prediction results showed that the CNNLSTM model was more precise than a single CNN or LSTM model, and the global capture ability of the attention mechanism further increased the accuracy. Compared to the CNN-LSTM model, the AT-CNN-LSTM exhibited a 1.2% improvement in goodness-of-fit R2, a 25.9% drop in RMSE, a 25.4% decrease in CV-RMSE, and a 26.1% decline in MAE. In contrast, the R2 of the AT-CNN-LSTM model improved by 15.8% on average, RMSE reduced by 31.3%, CV-RMSE fell by 31.5%, and MAE decreased by 32.4% on average, compared to the single model. The paper’s findings will provide a basis for selecting a high-precision prediction model for building load forecasting.
STUDENTS’ AWARENESS, EXPECTATIONS, AND PERCEPTIONS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY: A CASE STUDY IN AN ORDINARY UNIVERSITY IN CHINA
Authors: Zhao Wanxia , Zou Yonghua
Published: December 2023

Students’ concern for sustainability is an important force in promoting green university initiatives. Although most of China’s college students attend ordinary universities, the extant literature regarding China’s green universities is limited to top-tier universities. Based on a case study, this research aims to explore the practice of the greening efforts of an ordinary university through surveying the students’ awareness, expectations, and perceptions about sustainability. This research finds that the students are aware of sustainability to a fair extent, but their awareness comes more from non-university factors (e.g., family education) than university factors. Furthermore, while students have high expectations regarding the university’s efforts to promote sustainability, their perceptions indicate that the university’s sustainability-related performance is poor. This research concludes that China’s ordinary universities need to bridge the gap between students’ expectations and perceptions, which they can do by responding to students’ concerns and by supporting bottom-up approaches of policymaking.
Uma avaliação crítica da implausibilidade teórica do socioconstrutivismo
Authors: Da Silva Marcos Rodrigues
Published: December 2023

Apesar de o socioconstrutivismo defender que tanto os critérios epistemológicos quanto os fatores sociocomunitários devem ser levados em consideração na explicação de uma realização científica, os críticos desta concepção insistem na ideia de que os socioconstrutivistas atribuem um papel exclusivo aos fatores sociocomunitários e com isso os fatos científicos deixam de ser uma representação da natureza e se tornam uma mera construção social. O objetivo deste artigo é argumentar, por meio de uma discussão do conceito de construção para os socioconstrutivistas (a partir dos conceitos de heterogeneidade de Isabelle Stengers e de seleção de Karin-Knorr Cetina), não no sentido de uma defesa do socioconstrutivismo, mas de sua plausibilidade enquanto concepção de ciência a partir de um esclarecimento do conceito de construção: uma realização científica não é inevitável, senão que depende de escolhas epistemológicas e de circunstâncias sociais no interior das comunidades científicas.
Assessment of risk factors among cardiovascular patients: A WHO STEPS approach in Bangladesh
Authors: Hasan Towhid , Sultana Marjia , Purba Nafisa Habib , Shill Lincon Chandra , Rahman Mahmudur , Lashkar Md. Asaduzzaman , Hasan Md. Kamrul
Published: December 2023

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have already become the leading cause of death in Bangladesh. Hence, the purpose of the study was to identify the prevalence and determinants of NCDs risk factors among cardiovascular patients in Bangladesh. This cross-sectional study was conducted among 355 cardiovascular patients, aged 18 years and above visiting several tertiary care hospitals in Bangladesh. A validated, structured WHO NCD STEPS questionnaire was utilized to collect information including blood glucose level and lipid profile. Among patients, 58.9% were males and 41.1% females. Tobacco use was observed in 28.7% of the patients and only 1.7% consumed alcohol. Low levels of physical activity were recorded among 44.5% of the participants. Most of the subjects (83.1%) consumed an insufficient amount of fruits and vegetables. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 41.7% and raised blood pressure was noted among 56.9% of participants. Only 1.7% of respondents were reported to be free from any selected NCDs risk factors. The present study showed a high prevalence of NCDs risk factors among cardiovascular  patients and demands a multisectoral approach by the government and other stakeholders to lessen the impact of NCDs.
Representaciones Sociales de diabetes mellitus tipo 2 en la comunidad maya kaqchikel de Sumpango
Authors: Mazariegos Karin Danna Casasola , Patiño Donovan Casas
Published: December 2023

La Diabetes ha afectado a la población guatemalteca y en gran medida a los pueblos originarios, muchas veces estigmatizados e invisibilizados simbólicamente por las políticas públicas en salud. El objetivo de este estudio es analizar las representaciones sociales (RS) de la Diabetes Mellitus tipo2 (DMT2) en la comunidad maya kaqchikel de Sumpango. Para ello se realizó un estudio cualitativo utilizando entrevistas semiestructuradas a una muestra por conveniencia de 12 pacientes adultos de ambos sexos con DMT2 sin complicaciones que consultan al Centro de Atención Permanente (CAP) del municipio de Sumpango. Se utilizó la teoría de las “Representaciones Sociales” bajo el enfoque estructural de Abric (2021). Los resultados se analizan en 5 categorías: identidad, actividad, propósito, normas y valores, posición y relación. El análisis del discurso muestra las emociones como aspecto medular en la construcción de la identidad del paciente. El control de la DMT2 se enfoca en el ejercicio y en la atención complementaria en salud la cual denota un sincretismo entre sus elementos simbólicos y no simbólicos, los que se materializan en las prácticas terapéuticas. Estas prácticas y el control emocional favorecen la estabilidad física, emocional y el equilibrio frío-caliente. La dieta y la reducción de peso están condicionadas a las normas y valores del colectivo, expresadas a nivel familiar, donde las relaciones de poder tienen significados de apoyo sin limitar la autonomía en las decisiones del paciente sobre su tratamiento. La pandemia COVID influyó en las categorías analíticas al aumentar la percepción de vulnerabilidad, restringir actividades en la búsqueda de atención y modificar relaciones de poder. Se concluye que el análisis de las RS de la DMT2 integra elementos que permiten comprender la realidad de los pacientes maya kaqchikeles, de la que derivan prácticas y conductas respecto a la enfermedad.
Clinical characteristics and results of discharge and death of critically ill adults with COVID-19: a retrospective observational cohort study
Authors: Fernandes Vanessa Michelle de Souza , Oliveira Maria Itamara da Silva , Costa Karina Vieira da , Pedrosa Rafaela , Gama Tatiana Onofre , Brito Geraldo Eduardo Guedes de , Lima José Heriston de Morais , Elihimas Júnior Ubiraçé Fernando , França Eduardo Eriko Tenório de
Published: December 2023

Invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) as a supportive care can be vital for maintaining the respiratory function of those who develop severe respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Observational retrospective cohort study with a quantitative approach carried out with data from an official electronic platform for recording in two public hospitals in the state of Paraíba patients with confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2. To describe clinical characteristics of critically ill patients with COVID-19 and associate the outcome with discharge and death. The sample consisted of 81 patients with COVID-19 admitted between March and December 2020. Demographic, clinical, respiratory support, oxygen therapy, adjuvant measures, length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) and survival were collected. Data were tabulated in Excel software and spent in SPSS software, version 26.0, using descriptive and inferential statistics. Revealed that the average age of participants was 61.6 years; 58.0% of the individuals were male, 88.9% had comorbidities, 87.7% were admitted to the ICU and IMV was used in 56.8%. Age over 60 years and use of IMV support are highly associated with patient death. Age between 18 and 59 years and the use of oxygen therapy are associated with discharge. Patients with COVID-19 who evolved critically and required IMV were associated with increased mortality. Mortality was higher in older patients, with need for ICU, comorbidities and with a lower PaO2/FiO2 ratio.
Evaluation of the degree of contamination of breast milk by organochlorine pesticides in the Lower Amazon region: a preliminary study
Authors: Rêgo Isabella Clarissa Vasconcelos , Ribeiro Joseph Simões , Conde Guilherme Augusto Barros , Moura Lucinewton Silva de , Santana Maxwell Barbosa , Lopes Ruy Bessa , Mendes Rosivaldo de Alcântara , Cardoso Julio César Amaral , Azevedo Márcia Mourão Ramos , Taube Paulo Sérgio
Published: December 2023

The main source of human exposure to organochlorines is through food, especially food with a high fat content, such as breast milk, which is critical for child hood development. Therefore, it is important to analyze milk and other biological matrices for organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), and then determine the source of the OCP contamination. The objective of this study was to evaluate the degree of contamination by OCP residues and their metabolites in breast milk samples from the municipalities of Mojuí dos Campos and Belterra-Pará, Brazil. The OCPs analyzed were dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its metabolites (o,p'-DDT, p,p'-DDT, o,p'-DDE, p,p'-DDE, o,p'-DDD, and p,p'-DDD), aldrin, endrin, dieldrin, hexachlorocyclohexanes (α-HCH, β-HCH, lindane (γ-HCH), and δ-HCH­­), endosulfan α and β, endosulfan sulfate, heptachlor, and heptachlor epoxide. These substances were analyzed in 22 breast milk samples using gas chromatography with an electron capture detector (GC-ECD). Seven were contaminated with p,p'-DDT and/or p,p'-DDE. The mean p,p'-DDT and p,p’-DDE content in the contaminated samples was 0.0022 and 0.0152 mg·kg-1 of milk, respectively. This contamination may have been due to the inadequate application of DDT until the end of the 1990s for the control of tropical diseases, including malaria. Despite being a preliminary study, the number of contaminated samples was significant, which suggests the need to expand this study to other environmental and biological matrices.
Education in the health area: initiatives and possibilities envisioned
Authors: Mizoguchi Marcus Vinicius , Freitas Bruna Hinnah Borges Martins , Ferreira Ana Julia Candida , Lourencini Amanda Paganini , Costa Larissa de Almeida , Rodrigues Marcos Douglas Marques , Alencastro Lidiane Cristina da Silva
Published: December 2023

Interprofessional Education is characterized by a set of collaborative actions, developed by different professionals, from the exchange of knowledge and professional development in the educational sphere. The aim of this study was to explore the initiatives and possibilities of interprofessional education in health courses. This is a descriptive and exploratory research, with a qualitative approach, in which the data were absorbed from the Pedagogical Projects of the Courses (PPCs) of undergraduate health of a Federal University and the experiences of 14 academics, 4 coordinators and 6 professors. In the data collection, we used semi-structured interviews and documental analysis of the PPCs of the courses, analyzed through content analysis. Thematic units were identified as: “Curricular initiatives of interprofessional education in health courses”, “Initiatives of interprofessional education in health courses according to the academic community” and “Possibilities of interprofessional education in health from the perspective of the academic community”. The results indicated the absence of IPE in the health courses investigated with few curricular initiatives that ensure a training directed to the interprofessional competencies required by the UHS.
Comparison of laboratory methods for diagnosis of human visceral leishmaniasis in the Center-West Region of São Paulo State, Brazil
Authors: Ramos Lívia Carla , Reihner Kethlyn Magliani de Figueiredo , Ruiz Luciana da Silva , Anversa Laís , Joaquim Sâmea Fernandes , Tolezano Jose Eduardo , Nóbrega Diego Borin , Pereira Virgínia Bodelão Richini
Published: December 2023

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a neglected disease and represents an important public health problem. The present study aimed to compare the conventional laboratory methods with the molecular method for VL diagnosis in human blood samples. Direct parasitological test of bone marrow aspirate (direct parasitological test), rapid immunochromatographic test (RIT), indirect immunofluorescent antibody test (IFAT) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were used to evaluate 26 human samples with clinical suspicion of VL. The positivity rates obtained for direct parasitological test, RIT, IFAT and PCR were 80.8%, 80.8%, 73.1% and 84.6%, respectively. PCR had greater positivity and agreement with the other methodologies. Therefore, the use of PCR in the diagnostic routine should be encouraged to complement the serological results.
Sentido do ser como interrogação pelos pressupostos do existir humano
Authors: Seibt Cezar Luís
Published: December 2023

O texto pretende mostrar a importância do projeto heideggeriano de desconstrução da Metafísica, que comporta o desafio de relembrar do esquecimento do ser em função da tendência do ser humano se habituar e acomodar a um projeto histórico em realização. Reavivar a pergunta pelo ser tem, nesse sentido, o potencial de liberar a energia e a criatividade que ficam retidas e cristalizadas na normalização da tradição que toma como medida o ente e não o ser. Nascemos, crescemos e nos tornamos o que somos a partir de uma realidade instaurada num determinado tempo e lugar. Tendemos a perder contato com as origens e a condição finita dessa configuração histórica que nos abriga. Reatar a relação com o originário apresenta o potencial de libertar nossos comportamentos e compreensões da forma mecânica e automática do cotidiano.  Junto com a questão do ser, Heidegger se interroga pela compreensão de tempo que guia a Metafísica. Ser é compreendido a partir do tempo como presença e não como movimento, como transcurso que caracteriza o existir humano. Enfatizamos a relação que se estabelece entre o ser e a questão do tempo, da historicidade, da finitude, visando mostrar as implicações dessa relação na existência humana. Compreendido a partir da diferença entre ser e ente, o ser humano resgata sua humanidade (seu Dasein, ser-aí), se liberta da fixação nas determinações históricas nas quais já sempre se encontra e abre-se para o ser-possível. Perguntar pelo ser e pelo tempo tem a ver com morar novamente na proximidade do inaugural, da experiência que não se fecha nas conquistas e explicações, mas as funda e possibilita. Em outras palavras, perguntar pelo ser tem o sentido de voltar a atenção para os pressupostos que configuram o existir humano em sua historicidade.
O Bolsonarismo e o fim do mundo
Authors: Santos Patrícia da Silva
Published: December 2023

O teor bélico do discurso veiculado pelo bolsonarismo tem sido destacado em diversas abordagens. Nesse texto, argumento que esse belicismo tem também um componente autodestrutivo, atualizando um elemento destacado por diferentes analistas de movimentos radicais de direita. A partir de discursos veiculados por bolsonaristas em canais de youtube de grande audiência, pretendo tentar compreender aspectos sociopsíquicos das ‘fantasias de fim do mundo’ (Theodor Adorno) inerentes ao bolsonarismo. Os resultados indicam que o ressentimento autoritário surge em um contexto neoliberal de sociedade, que deixa a antecipação do terror como única alternativa para alguns grupos sociais – mesmo quando ela implica autossacrifício.
Effects of Thermomechanical Treatments on Tensile Properties of Pure Titanium
Authors: Harada Yasunori , Ogawa Kohei , Aoki Toshinori
Published: December 2023

In order to increase strength while maintaining the ductility of material, pure titanium was improved through the thermomechanical treatment that combines rolling and heat treatment. The tensile properties of pure titanium treated by rolling and heating were investigated. Test material was JIS Grade 2. This material has a higher corrosion resistance. However, the strength of JIS Grade 2 is lower than that of JIS Grade 3. JIS Grade 2 with high strength while maintaining corrosion resistance is being developed. Techniques for improving the properties of materials with simple compositions are important. Thermomechanical treatment is used as a method for improving material properties. In the present study, the effect of thermomechanical treatment on the material properties of JIS Grade 2 was investigated. Rolling was performed at room temperature and the reduction ratio ranged from 70 to 90 %. The heating temperature was in the range of 300 to 700 °C. Heat treatment from 400 to 500 °C showed an increase in tensile strength while maintaining ductility. When the heat treatment temperature was 450 °C, the strength and elongation were approximately 600 MPa and 25 %. Tensile stress of JIS Grade 4 and the tensile strain of JIS Grade 1 were exhibited.
Data Analysis and Visualization of Mechanical Properties of Aluminium Coils, Focusing on Chemical Composition, Annealing Temperatures and Holding Time
Authors: Pfeiffer Patrick , Berneder Josef , Haidenthaler Alexander , Schulz Peter
Published: December 2023

As a producer of aluminium coils in a broad variety of applications AMAG faces challenges to control and monitor a long, multi-step production process with an immense number of parameters. Identifying impactful parameters or outliers becomes increasingly difficult when considering multiple production steps. Monitoring many coils over a big set of parameters manually is difficult, time consuming and error-prone and thus an unreasonable endeavour. To support employees in technology- and process-oriented domains, AMAG data scientists develop analytical tools for data exploration and data analysis. Based on material data containing mechanical properties in deformation tests, chemical composition, hot rolling temperature, intermediate annealing, and pre-heating duration we propose a framework of data collecting mechanisms and subsequent statistical methods to analyse and visualise data. The produced visuals can be interactively explored by material experts to gain better understanding of the complex interactions in production parameters and the effect on mechanical properties. Incorporating many coils at once, the framework offers a means to point out problems in process stability. A collaboration and a feedback loop between material scientists and data scientists is key to further develop advanced analytical methods.
Magnetic Semiconductors from Ferromagnetic Amorphous Alloys
Authors: Jiao Yu Zhang , Wang Xin Chao , Zhang Tao , Yao Ke Fu , Zhang Zheng Jun , Chen Na
Published: December 2023

Utilizing both charge and spin degrees of freedom of electrons simultaneously in magnetic semiconductors promises new device concepts by creating an opportunity to realize data processing, transportation and storage in one single spintronic device. Unlike most of the traditional diluted magnetic semiconductors, which obtain intrinsic ferromagnetism by adding magnetic elements to non-magnetic semiconductors, we attempt to develop room temperature magnetic semiconductors via a metal-semiconductor transition by introducing oxygen into three different ferromagnetic amorphous alloy systems. These magnetic semiconductors show different conduction types determined primarily by the compositions of the selected amorphous ferromagnetic alloy systems. These findings may pave a new way to realize magnetic semiconductor-based spintronic devices that work at room temperature.