bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Is peer review duration shorter for attractive manuscripts?
Authors: Zhang Guangyao , Shang Furong , Wang Lili , Xie Weixi , Jia Pengfei , Jiang Chunlin , Wang Xianwen
Published: May 2023

Authors often ask how long the peer review process takes. Peer review duration has attracted much attention in academia in recent years. Existing research focuses primarily on the statistical characteristics of peer review duration, with few studies considering the potential influence of manuscripts’ attractiveness. This study aims to fill this research gap by employing attention economy theory. By analysing the peer review history of articles published in The British Medical Journal and 16 information and library science journals, we find a significant negative relationship between peer review duration and the Altmetric Attention Score. Overall, our study offers a new perspective on peer review behaviour and bridges the divide between peer reviews and altmetrics.
Review of current status of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery in Nepal: An analysis from collection of institutional database
Authors: Rajbanshi Bijoy G , Panthee Nirmal , Joshi Dharmendra , Pradhan Sidhartha , Gauttam Navin , Timala Rabindra , Koirala Raamesh , Bhattarai Anil , Sapkota Ranjan , Sharma Jyotindra , Tuladhar Sampurna , Karmacharya Robin , Jaiswal Lokesh , Shrestha Uttam , Shrestha Kiran , Koirala Bhagawan
Published: May 2023

Objective

Data collected from various institutions around the country was analyzed to assess the current status of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery in the country.

Methods

We collected data from institutions performing cardiovascular and thoracic surgery from all over the country through direct correspondence for the year 2019. Individual institution data on the number of surgeries performed for cardiac, vascular, and thoracic surgery and its outcome in terms of mortality were compiled. The data were further evaluated depending on the type of procedures performed.

Results

Overall, a total of 2264 cardiac surgeries were performed in the country in the year 2019. The majority of the surgeries were for valvular heart surgery accounting for 34.3%, followed by congenital surgeries (32.8%) and surgeries for coronary artery disease (25.9%). A total of 649 thoracic surgeries were documented, which is probably marginally less than the actual numbers because we were unable to include an additional few institutions performing low-volume or isolated thoracic procedures in this report. A total of 852 vascular procedures were performed in the country, which is probably underreported. The mortality rates for complex congenital procedures were higher than those reported in the literature and that of adult procedures such as valvular heart disease and coronary artery disease similar to literature.

Conclusion

We evaluated the recent status of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery in the country with respect to the type of procedures and the postoperative outcomes.
Risk management in open prisons: A critical analysis and research agenda
Authors: Goodley Gary , Pearson Dominic
Published: May 2023

Open prisons offer a unique contribution to the community resettlement of those serving custodial sentences. However, the evidence base for the efficacy of open prisons is limited and their existence is frequently scrutinised following adverse events including prisoner absconding and re-offending. This paper critically evaluates open prisons’ efficacy and the effective management of risk in this environment. We present a research agenda which aims to delineate the potential mechanisms of open prisons that rehabilitate offenders, while maintaining the safety of these environments. We emphasise the importance of an improved understanding of risk manifestation, and the need to evaluate existing risk management protocols.
Serious illness care quality during COVID-19: Identifying improvement opportunities in narrative reports from a National Bereaved Family Survey
Authors: Giannitrapani Karleen F , McCaa Matthew D , Maheta Bhagvat J , Raspi Isabella G , Shreve Scott T , Lorenz Karl A
Published: May 2023

Background:

COVID-19 significantly impacted care delivery to seriously ill patients, especially around including family and caregivers in patient care.

Aim:

Based on routinely collected bereaved family reports, actionable practices were identified to maintain and improve care in the last month of life, with potential application to all seriously ill patients.

Design:

The Veterans Health Administration’s Bereaved Family Survey is used nationally to gather routine feedback from families and caregivers of recent in-patient decedents; the survey includes multiple structured items as well as space for open narrative responses. The responses were analyzed using qualitative content analysis with dual review.

Setting/participants:

Between February 2020 and March 2021, there were 5372 responses to the free response questions of which 1000 (18.6%) responses were randomly selected. The 445 (44.5%) responses from 377 unique individuals included actionable practices.

Results:

Bereaved family members and caregivers identified four opportunities with a total of 32 actionable practices. Opportunity 1: Facilitate the use of video communication, included four actionable practices. Opportunity 2: Provide timely and accurate responses to family concerns, included 17 actionable practices. Opportunity 3: Accommodate family/caregiver visitation, included eight actionable practices. Opportunity 4: Offer physical presence to the patient when family/caregivers are unable to visit, included three actionable practices.

Conclusion:

The findings from this quality improvement project are applicable during a pandemic, but also translate to improving the care of seriously ill patients in other circumstances, such as when family members or caregivers are geographically distant from a loved one during the last weeks of life.
Genetic insights into the risk of metabolic syndrome and its components on stroke and its subtypes: Bidirectional Mendelian randomization
Authors: He Qiang , Wang Wenjing , Li Hao , Xiong Yang , Tao Chuanyuan , Ma Lu , You Chao
Published: May 2023

The role of metabolic syndrome (MetS) on stroke has been explored only in many observational studies. We conducted Mendelian randomization (MR) to clarify whether or not the genetically predicted MetS and its components are causally associated with stroke and its subtypes. Genetic instruments of MetS and its components and outcome data sets for stroke and its subtypes came from the gene-wide association study in the UK Biobank and MEGASTROKE consortium, respectively. Inverse variance weighting was utilized as the main method. Genetically predicted MetS, waist circumference (WC), and hypertension increase the risk of stroke. WC and hypertension are related to increased risk of ischemic stroke. MetS, WC, hypertension, and triglycerides (TG) are causally associated with the increasing of large artery stroke. Hypertension increased the risk of cardioembolic stroke. Hypertension and TG lead to 77.43- and 1.19-fold increases, respectively, in small vessel stroke (SVS) risk. The protective role of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol on SVS is identified. Results of the reverse MR analyses show that stroke is related to hypertension risk. From the genetical variants perspective, our study provides novel evidence that early management of MetS and its components are effective strategies to decrease the risk of stroke and its subtypes.
Comparison of Preferences and Data Quality between Discrete Choice Experiments Conducted in Online and Face-to-Face Respondents
Authors: Jiang Ruixuan , Pullenayegum Eleanor , Shaw James W. , Mühlbacher Axel , Lee Todd A. , Walton Surrey , Kohlmann Thomas , Norman Richard , Pickard A. Simon
Published: May 2023

Introduction

Discrete choice experiments (DCE) are increasingly being conducted using online panels. However, the comparability of such DCE-based preferences to traditional modes of data collection (e.g., in-person) is not well established. In this study, supervised, face-to-face DCE was compared with its unsupervised, online facsimile on face validity, respondent behavior, and modeled preferences.

Methods

Data from face-to-face and online EQ-5D-5L health state valuation studies were compared, in which each used the same experimental design and quota sampling procedure. Respondents completed 7 binary DCE tasks comparing 2 EQ-5D-5L health states presented side by side (health states A and B). Data face validity was assessed by comparing preference patterns as a function of the severity difference between 2 health states within a task. The prevalence of potentially suspicious choice patterns (i.e., all As, all Bs, and alternating As/Bs) was compared between studies. Preference data were modeled using multinomial logit regression and compared based on dimensional contribution to overall scale and importance ranking of dimension-levels.

Results

One thousand five Online respondents and 1,099 face-to-face screened (F2FS) respondents were included in the main comparison of DCE tasks. Online respondents reported more problems on all EQ-5D dimensions except for Mobility. The face validity of the data was similar between comparators. Online respondents had a greater prevalence of potentially suspicious DCE choice patterns ([Online]: 5.3% [F2FS] 2.9%, P = 0.005). When modeled, the relative contribution of each EQ-5D dimension differed between modes of administration. Online respondents weighed Mobility more importantly and Anxiety/Depression less importantly.

Discussion

Although assessments of face validity were similar between Online and F2FS, modeled preferences differed. Future analyses are needed to clarify whether differences are attributable to preference or data quality variation between modes of data collection.
Distribution of the misfolded isoform of the prion protein in peripheral tissues and spinal cord of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) with naturally occurring chronic wasting disease
Authors: Spraker T. R. , Gidlewski T. , Powers J. G. , Nichols T. A. , Wild M. A.
Published: May 2023

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an infectious transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cervids associated with the presence of a misfolded prion protein (PrPCWD). Progression of PrPCWD distribution has been described using immunohistochemistry and histologic changes in a single section of brain stem at the level of the obex resulting in scores from 0 (early) to 10 (terminal) in elk with naturally occurring CWD. Here we describe the spread and distribution of PrPCWD in peripheral tissues and spinal cord in 16 wild and 17 farmed Rocky Mountain elk ( Cervus elaphus nelsoni) with naturally occurring CWD and correlate these findings with obex scores. Spinal cord and approximately 110 peripheral tissues were collected, processed, stained with hematoxylin and eosin, and immunolabeled with the anti-prion protein monoclonal antibody F99/97.6.1. The medial retropharyngeal and tracheobronchial lymph nodes were the first tissues to accumulate PrPCWD, followed by other lymphoid tissues, myenteric plexus, spinal cord, and finally tissues outside of the lymphatic and neural systems. However, the only significant histological lesion observed was mild spongiform encephalopathy in the dorsal column of the lower spinal cord in elk with an obex score of ≥9. Initial exposure to CWD prions may be through the respiratory system and spread appears to occur primarily via the autonomic nervous system. Therefore, we suggest using obex scores as a proxy for stage of disease progression and verifying with key peripheral tissues.
Foveal to peripheral extrapolation of facial emotion
Authors: Zoghlami Feriel , Toscani Matteo
Published: May 2023

Peripheral vision is characterized by poor resolution. Recent evidence from brightness perception suggests that missing information is filled out with information at fixation. Here we show a novel filling-out mechanism: when participants are presented with a crowd of faces, the perceived emotion of faces in peripheral vision is biased towards the emotion of the face at fixation. This mechanism is particularly important in social situations where people often need to perceive the overall mood of a crowd. Some faces in the crowd are more likely to catch people's attention and be looked at directly, while others are only seen peripherally. Our findings suggest that the perceived emotion of these peripheral faces, and the overall perceived mood of the crowd, is biased by the emotions of the faces that people look at directly.
Sociology, labour and transition in post-Soviet Russia: A view from within
Authors: Morrison Claudio , Bizyukov Petr , Ilyin Vladimir , Kozina Irina , Petrova Larisa
Published: May 2023

For almost 20 years, since the early 1990s, Professor Simon Clarke led multiple international research projects in Russia, China and Vietnam studying labour relations, enterprise restructuring and household economics under post-socialist transition. Breaking out of post-socialist scholarship’s narrow confines, both social and ideological, he led an exploration of the void opened by former Soviet Union disintegration reconnecting with those who brought the brunt of it. Equally unique among western scholars was his promotion of a vast network of former Soviet Union researchers and activists, later formalised in the Institute for Comparative Research in Labour Relations. Here, for the first time, some of its leading scholars reflect on his legacy, methods and ever-lasting contribution to the advancement of sociology and social activism in Russia. Their accounts convey the radically alternative character of the overall project, returning both achievements and limitations. In substantive terms, the emerging picture confirms the indeterminacy and complexity of Clarke’s original findings: no linear development from ‘the subsumption of labour under capital’ to ‘familiar patterns of class conflict’ has occurred. Instead, growing labour protests follow labour degradation and restructuring, a strong state becoming the arbiter in the stand-off between neoliberalism and workers’ resistance.
Understanding Despair: The Role of Physical Pain
Authors: Macchia Lucía
Published: May 2023

In the United States, mortality due to alcohol, opioid overdose, and suicide has increased dramatically in the last decades. These deaths of despair have been the focus of recent and fast-growing literature. Yet little is known about the factors that are involved in despair. This article moves this area of research forward by highlighting the role that physical pain plays in the deaths of despair. This piece critically analyses the link between physical pain, the psychological states that precede pain, and the premature mortality that follows physical pain as well as the bidirectional relationships among these aspects.
Optimal key design for shaft hub connections
Authors: Pedersen Niels Leergaard
Published: May 2023

Key connections in shaft hub assemblies are typically used due to the price of production but also the possibility for using it as an overload protection and safety device is important. The design of keyways and keys is specified in standards, different designs are available but typically the contact area is flat. The connection fatigue strength is improved if the stress concentration is reduced; important here is both the key shape and also the tolerances between key and keyway. The present designs described in standards are to some extend the result of previous possibilities for production. Today larger variations are possible without increasing the production price significantly. New designs with improved strength are presented and the design evaluation is done using both 2D and 3D finite element models including contact modeling. The design is primarily described by the super elliptical shape, that is, the design parameterization is simple. Improvement in the stress level found is significant, a maximum reduction of [Formula: see text] is found, indicating that the fatigue strength can be significantly increased.
Usage of 3D printing technology in centrifugal pumps and material selection
Authors: Babayiğit Osman , Sefaci Selahattin , Şahbaz Mehmet
Published: May 2023

The fused deposition modeling (FDM) technique which is one of the 3D printing technologies was used to produce a centrifugal pump impeller. The fabrication and investigation of the impeller were preferred because of its complex geometry and the difficulties encountered in its production. The most commonly used ABS, HIPS, PLA, and carbon fiber filaments were preferred to compare and determine the most suitable material for the production of the impellers. Firstly, mechanical test specimens from four different materials were printed in the 3D printer according to standards. Then the tensile tests and quasi-static punch shear tests (QS-PST) were applied to determine the mechanical properties of the 3D printed parts. Also, the mechanical tests were repeated to some specimen with the different fillings to define the optimum fill rates. Secondly, the impellers were fabricated from four materials by using the 3D printer in determined fill rates. Then, these impellers were mounted in the actual pump system, and pump performance tests were performed. In the pump performance tests, the head, pump efficiency, and electric power parameters were measured against the flow rate for each impeller. Finally, the mechanical properties and pump performance of the impellers compared with the GG25 cast iron impeller which is produced by traditional technique. As a result, PLA was selected as the most appropriate material for the production of the impellers. Furthermore, PLA showed superior performance compared to others when price, production time, and product weight parameters were considered.
Experimental investigation on RFID-odometer-based localization of an automated shunting vehicle
Authors: Jung Hyun-Suk , Eschmann Frank , Schindler Christian
Published: May 2023

Continuous information on the current location of a vehicle in its infrastructure is essential for automated driving. However, industrial railways and shunting operations may entail boundary conditions which are not suitable for widespread satellite-based positioning. Hence, this paper presents a positioning system, based on radio-frequency identification (RFID) and odometer, which was developed and tested on an automated road-rail vehicle for shunting at low velocities. The achieved accuracy for discrete positioning with RFID was estimated at 0.22 m. In quasi-continuous positioning between consecutive RFID tags, the odometer exhibited an error of −2.2% to 0.7% of travelled distance depending on the investigated stationary driving states and sensor data evaluation. Apart from enhancement potentials for the RFID system, the results also indicated the odometer to be prone to the shunting vehicle dynamics when the rotation of its rail wheels is measured. Furthermore, the shunting vehicle appears to run constantly with a notable lateral displacement even on straight tracks due to the property of its running gear, causing a systematic underestimation of the travelled distance.
Profiling Maternal and Child Health Care in the Tribal Communities of Telangana State: An Anthropological Enquiry
Authors: Sharma B. V. , Shamanna B. R. , Ajith Anakha
Published: May 2023

Sexual and reproductive health aspects of tribal communities have been a matter of concern for various scholars. The present study, conducted among the tribals in one of the Integrated Tribal Development Agency areas (Mannanoor ITDA) in the state of Telangana, is primarily set to enrich the existing knowledge concerning reproductive health. The article particularly focuses on the antenatal/prenatal care, intranatal care, and reproductive outcomes among the tribal communities. The article attempts to look into the age of these women at marriage and various conceptions, the spacing between conceptions, and the outcome of the conceptions. Besides this, efforts have been made to gather data on the place of delivery, antenatal care, and birth weights of infants. The study could identify that about a quarter were low-birth-weight babies. The study also showed that overall reproductive wastage is quite significant in the tribal communities in the study area, even though the women in the area were found to be avoiding marriages at a very young age. By and large, the study reveals that maternal and child health practices are relatively satisfactory in the tribal communities in the study area.
Minimising risks for South Australia’s legal interns
Authors: Hewitt Anne , Henderson Stacey , Covark Kylie
Published: May 2023

Australia’s legal profession is currently undergoing a long-awaited reckoning as professional representative bodies, law firms and courts craft solutions to the embedded culture of sexual harassment. But what of the other exclusionary and inequitable practices in legal workplaces? This article considers a project to minimise the myriad risks for legal interns in South Australia. By educating both law students and placement hosts about interns’ rights, and how lawyers from a range of backgrounds can be supported to succeed, we hope to facilitate equitable and successful participation in legal work experience for a new generation of diverse and inclusive practitioners.
Three-Dimensional Evaluation of Nasolabial Morphology After Applying Presurgical Nasoalveolar Molding in Primary Unilateral Cheiloplasty Using the Modified Millard Technique
Authors: Ho Nguyen Chon T. , La Tuyen N. , Nguyen Dau V.
Published: May 2023

Objective

To compare the soft tissue measurements of the upper lip and the nose on the cleft side and the noncleft side before surgery, immediately after cheiloplasty and two months after surgery.

Design

Descriptive clinical study with one group, prospective.

Setting

Department of Odonto-Stomatology, Children's Hospital 1, at Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam.

Patients

31 patients with a unilateral complete cleft lip participated in this study, 30 patients were evaluated at the time two months after surgery.

Interventions

Interventions include PNAM and cheiloplasty by modified Millard technique.

Main Outcome Measures

Patients proceed to acquire 3D images of lips and nose, define landmarks and measure dimensions. There are 11 evaluators to be compared, p < 0.05 was considered statictical significance.

Results

After two months of surgery, on cleft side and noncleft side, the lengths of the upper lip were 10.87 ± 0.80 and 11.92 ± 0.78 (mm), the widths of the upper lip were 16.06 ± 1.10 and 16.40 ± 1.02 (mm), the heights of the nostril were 4.85 ± 0.44 and 5.93 ± 0.43 (mm), the lengths of columella were 4.08 ± 0.37 and 4.93 ± 0.38 (mm), and the widths of the nostril were 9.07 ± 0.37 and 8.37 ± 0.40 (mm).

Conclusion

Cheiloplasty by modified Millard technique on the patients who used PNAM showed that after two months of surgery, the morphology of the upper lip and nose has a slight disproportion with the nasolabial measurements of the cleft side being smaller than on the noncleft side.
Women Empowerment Through Kanyashree Prakalpa: Views of the Students of Raipur Block in Bankura of West Bengal
Authors: Mondal Saptarshi , Deb Prasenjit
Published: May 2023

This current study aims at revealing the actual impact of Kanyashree one-time grant (KOTG) existing in the grass root level of Raipur block area in Bankura district of West Bengal. The researcher's effort is to observe the level of women empowerment in the current study area. The whole study has found that the grant directly provides a scope for the development of women in this study area. A positive effect of the grant in restricting child marriage and girls’ dropout from school seems clear. The findings of the study significantly detect changes in perception as the effect of KOTG for girls.
Con Artist: Non-Cosplay Participation at Popular Culture Conventions as an Arts-Based Method of Inquiring Into Resistance and the Undoing of Rules
Authors: Thomas M’Balia
Published: May 2023

I conduct an inquiry into my participation as an African American woman at two popular culture conventions, the 2017 Dragon Con (Atlanta) and the 2018 annual general meeting of the Jane Austen Society of North America (Kansas City). Through a methodological approach to Con-ing—attending a popular culture convention—as arts-based inquiry and utilizing techniques of autoethnography, I inquire into my participation in spaces that, while intended to be havens of adult play, reproduce and reinforce discourses and material practices that can limit the play and participation of marginalized Others.
Nudge for Environmental Restructuring in Diabetes Self-Management: Comment on Existing Systematic Reviews
Authors: Tanaka Rie
Published: May 2023

Diabetes self-management education and support are necessary for all people living with diabetes, but its accessibility is limited worldwide. Nudge strategies have been proposed as an environmental outreach for diabetes management. This article provides further insights regarding environmental restructuring nudges into the cumulative evidence on diabetes self-management interventions from existing systematic reviews that classified primary trials using the behavior change technique taxonomy (BCTTv1). Among the 137 relevant articles searched through the bibliographic databases until 2022, three systematic reviews were scrutinized. Environmental restructuring nudges have been tested in interpersonal communications for diabetes self-management. Although nudge-based techniques were used with other types of behavior techniques in various trial contexts, the independent effects of social restructuring nudges were not denied in previous meta-analyses. Environmental restructuring nudges may be feasible in diabetes management, but they are still controversial with internal and external validation. Considering care accessibility for diabetes management, social restructuring nudges applied to healthcare providers are expected to complement healthcare systems. For future implementation, the rationale for the practice should be explicit in the conceptualization and evidence synthesis of diabetes-specific nudge interventions based on global sources.
A multi-stage and multi-actor perspective on intra-party competition: Introduction to the symposium
Authors: Put Gert-Jan , Coffé Hilde
Published: May 2023

In contemporary representative democracies, political competition is not only taking place between political parties but also within parties. Hitherto, research on such intra-party competition has been mostly focused on the electoral dimension, mainly looking at the distribution of preference votes among co-partisans running on the same party list. In this introduction to our symposium on intra-party competition, we argue that intra-party competition occurs in other stages of the electoral cycle than elections and involves the strategic behaviour of more actors than electoral candidates. We present an original conceptual model that introduces a multi-stage and multi-actor perspective on intra-party competition, including three stages (the nomination stage, the electoral stage and the post-electoral stage) and three key actors (voters, politicians and parties). Based on our novel conceptual model, we provide examples of strategic behaviour of each actor in each of the stages. We further introduce each contribution of this symposium and present how each contribution relates to our multi-stage and multi-actor model of intra-party competition.
A single, oral dose of the TLR7 agonist JNJ-64794964 induces transcriptomic and phenotypic changes in peripheral immune cells in healthy adults
Authors: Pierson Wim , Tuefferd Marianne , Herschke Florence , Slaets Leen , Crabbe Marjolein , Verstappen Dorien , De Pelsmaeker Steffi , Strickland Ian , Gane Edward J , Schwabe Christian , Zhang Yingjie , Meerts Peter , Vandenbossche Joris , Van Remoortere Pieter , Verbrugge Inge , De Creus An
Published: May 2023

Background

Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is responsible for major disease burden worldwide. However, the number of available therapies is limited; cure remains an elusive goal. JNJ-64794964 (JNJ-4964) is an oral toll-like receptor-7 (TLR7) agonist being evaluated for the treatment of CHB. Here, we investigated the capacity of JNJ-4964 to induce transcriptomic and immune cell changes in peripheral blood in healthy volunteers.

Methods

Peripheral blood was collected in the JNJ-4964 first-in-human phase 1 trial at multiple time points to assess transcriptomics and changes in frequency and phenotype of peripheral-blood mononuclear cells. Correlation of changes to JNJ-4964 exposure (Cmax) and changes in cytokine levels (C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10 [CXCL10] and interferon alpha [IFN-α]) were evaluated.

Results

Fifty-nine genes, mainly interferon-stimulated genes, were up-regulated between 6 hours and 5 days after JNJ-4964 administration. JNJ-4964 increased frequencies of CD69, CD134, CD137, and/or CD253-expressing natural killer (NK) cells, indicative of NK cell activation. These changes correlated with Cmax, increase of CXCL10, and induction of IFN-α and were observed at IFN-α levels that are associated with no/acceptable flu-like adverse events. JNJ-4964 administration resulted in increased frequencies of CD86-expressing B cells, indicative of B-cell activation. These changes were predominantly observed at high IFN-α levels, which are associated with flu-like adverse events.

Conclusions

JNJ-4964 administration led to changes in transcriptional profiles and immune cell activation phenotype, particularly for NK cells and B cells. Together, these changes could represent a set of biomarkers for the characterization of the immune response in CHB patients receiving TLR7 agonists.
The potential of a retractable roof of the natatorium on the indoor environmental improvement: Taking Jiading natatorium of Tongji University as an example
Authors: Qian Feng
Published: May 2023

The Star-ccm + multiphysics simulation software was used to perform Computer Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulation on the five operating conditions of a swimming pool at the Jiading Swimming Hall of Tongji University in Shanghai, to determine the energy efficiency of these operations. The indoor environment of each working condition was evaluated. The relationship between the opening and closing area ratio and the indoor environment was also evaluated and obtained the optimal opening area ratio for the Jiading Swimming Hall. The simulation research of the open–closed roof further confirmed that the open–closed roof technology can effectively adjust the internal environment of the swimming pool in summer. The open–closed roof could improve the indoor comfort and reduce the summer energy consumption of the swimming pool and could also provide an organically integrate architectural art feature and technology to create a new stadium design.
Structural health monitoring of inland navigation structures and ports: a review on developments and challenges
Authors: Negi Prateek , Kromanis Rolands , Dorée André G , Wijnberg Kathelijne M
Published: May 2023

Inland navigation structures (INS) facilitate transportation of goods in rivers and canals. Transportation of goods over waterways is more energy efficient than on roads and railways. INS, similar to other civil structures, are aging and require frequent condition assessment and maintenance. Countries, in which INS are important to their economies, such as the Netherlands and the United States, allocate significant budgets for maintenance and renovation of exiting INS, as well as for building new structures. Timely maintenance and early detection of a change to material or geometric properties (i.e., damage) can be supported with the structural health monitoring (SHM), in which monitored data, such as load, structural response, environmental actions, are analyzed. Huge scientific efforts are realized in bridge SHM, but when it comes to SHM of INS, the efforts are significantly lower. Therefore, the SHM community has opportunities to develop new solutions for SHM of INS and convince asset owners of their benefits. This review article, first, articulates the need to keep INS safe to use and fit for purpose, and the challenges associated with it. Second, it defines and reviews sensors, sensing technologies, and approaches for SHM of INS. Then, INS and their components, including structures in ports, are identified, described, and illustrated, and their monitoring efforts are reviewed. Finally, the review article emphasizes the added value of SHM systems for INS, concludes on the current achievements, and proposes future trajectories for SHM of INS and ports.
Cardio-vocal syndrome – How ‘benign’ condition can turn ‘malignant’?
Authors: Dharmapuri Jayavelu Raajkamal , James Taylor Robin , Ramnarase Demeytri
Published: May 2023

Cardio-vocal syndrome (also called as Ortner’s syndrome) is hoarseness of voice due to compression of left recurrent laryngeal nerve secondary to enlarged cardiac chambers and structures. We present two cases of Ortner’s syndrome secondary to atrial fibrillation causing enlargement of left atrium compressing the left recurrent laryngeal nerve, and their clinical outcomes.
Palliation, end of life care and ventilation withdrawal in neuromuscular disorders
Authors: Elverson Joanna , Evans Hayley , Dewhurst Felicity
Published: May 2023

Background/objectives

The role of palliative care in the support of patients with neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) is generally recognised in spite of the scarcity of condition-specific evidence in the literature.

Methods

We have focussed specifically on palliative and end-of-life care for patients whose neuromuscular disease has an impact on their respiratory function. Reviewing the literature, we have examined where existing palliative care knowledge can be applied to the specific challenges faced by patients with NMDs, identifying where lessons learnt during the management of one condition may need to be judiciously applied to others.

Results

We highlight lessons for clinical practice centring on six themes: management of complex symptoms; crisis support; relief of caregiver strain; coordination of care; advance care planning; and end of life care.

Conclusions

The principles of palliative care are well suited to addressing the complex needs of patients with NMDs and should be considered early in the course of illness rather than limited to care at the end of life. Embedding relationships with specialist palliative care services as part of the wider neuromuscular multidisciplinary team can facilitate staff education and ensure timely referral when more complex palliative care problems arise.
The Professional Quality of Life of Domestic and Sexual Violence Advocates: A Systematic Review of Possible Risk and Protective Factors
Authors: Bromley Harriet , Davis Sarah K. , Morgan Blaire , Taylor-Dunn Holly
Published: May 2023

Professionals employed within the field of domestic and sexual violence (DV/SV) are known to experience both positive and negative psychological impacts because of the nature of their work. This review aims to establish which factors influence the professional quality of life (ProQOL) of DV/SV advocates. This group is known to face challenges that are specific to their working practices including scarce resources and frequent exposure to traumatic material. The systematic review protocol was designed based upon Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 guidance. Following a mixed-methods convergent segregated approach, a systematic search for qualitative and quantitative research within PsycINFO, Academic Search Complete, CINAHL, MEDLINE, Sage, Taylor & Francis, Wiley Online Library, and BASE was undertaken. Peer-reviewed empirical research and relevant gray literature, published in English, were considered for inclusion. Thirty articles were identified (16 quantitative, 13 qualitative, and 1 mixed-methods study), and assessed for methodological quality and risk of bias using established quality appraisal tools. An array of risk and protective factors emerged including communication competence, support from co-workers, office resources, and occupational stigma. A gap in the current evidence base was identified regarding the role that personal strengths may play in the well-being of those employed within the DV/SV sector. The ProQOL of DV/SV advocates is complex and dependent upon a variety of factors specific to their situation at the time. However, the findings of this review provide an important evidence base for future research avenues as well as policies and procedures for this workforce specifically.
Protective Factors for Sexual Violence Perpetration Among High School and College Students: A Systematic Review
Authors: O’Connor Julia , Smith Lakaysia , Woerner Jacqueline , Khan Assad
Published: May 2023

To prevent sexual violence (SV), it is important to understand both risk and protective factors for SV perpetration. Although considerable research has examined risk factors for perpetration of SV among high school and college students, less research is dedicated to investigating protective factors which might mitigate the risk of perpetration. This review summarizes existing research on protective factors for perpetration of SV among high school and college students. Thirteen articles were included in this study after reviewing 5,464 citations. Inclusion criteria included peer-reviewed scholarly journals, written in English, and published between 2010 and 2021. The included articles indicate that 11 factors were significantly related to less SV perpetration. Key protective factors identified in this study include empathy, impulse control, social support, parental factors, peers, church attendance/ religiosity, and school connections. In addition to protective factors, this review also examined study characteristics for the included articles and found that most participants were White and just over half of the studies were longitudinal. Overall, these findings indicate a lack of research focused on protective factors for SV perpetration, and a need for more research on the identified protective factors and to investigate additional protective factors. Such studies should include longitudinal designs and more diverse samples to understand the range of protective factors that can be bolstered through interventions to prevent SV among high school and college students.
Predicting Features of Visceral Stent Failure in Fenestrated Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Authors: Mancuso Enrico , Bootun Roshan , Stather Philip W. , Crawford Michael , Delbridge Michael , Tariq Ali Mohammad , Al-Jundi Wissam
Published: May 2023

Purpose:

Visceral stents in fenestrated endovascular aortic repair (FEVAR) have a significant risk of complications and carry a considerable burden of reinterventions. The aim of this study is to identify preoperative and intraoperative predictors of visceral stent failure.

Materials:

A retrospective review of 75 consecutive FEVARs in a single center from 2013 to 2021 was undertaken. Data on mortality, stent failure, and reintervention pertaining to 226 visceral stents were collected.

Methods:

Anatomical features including aortic neck angulation, aneurysm diameter, and angulation of target viscerals were obtained from preoperative computed tomography (CT) scans. Stent oversizing and intraprocedural complications were recorded. Postoperative CT scans were analyzed to determine the length of cover of target vessels.

Results:

Only bridging stents through fenestrations to visceral vessels were considered; 28 (37%) cases had 4 visceral stents, 24 (32%) had 3, 19 (25%) had 2, 4 (5%) had 1. Thirty day mortality was 8%, a third of which was related to visceral stent complications. Intraprocedural complexity was documented during the cannulation of 8 (3.5%) target vessels, with a technical success rate of 98.7%. A significant endoleak or visceral stent failure was identified in 22 stents (9.8%) postoperatively, of which 7 (3%) had in-patient reintervention within 30 days. Further reinterventions at 1, 2, and 3 years were 12 (5.4%), 2 (1%), and 1 (0.4%), respectively. Most reinterventions were for renal stents (n=19, 86%). A smaller stent diameter and a shorter length of visceral stent were significant predictors of failure. No other anatomical feature or stent choice was found to be a significant predictor of failure.

Conclusions:

The modality of visceral stent failures varies, but renal stents with a smaller diameter and/or shorter length are more likely to fail over time. Their complications and reinterventions are common and carry a significant burden; therefore, close surveillance must be continued long term.

Clinical impact

With this work we share the methodology adopted at our centre to treat juxtarenal aneurysm with FEVAR. Thanks to this detailed review of anatomical and technical features we provide guidance for endovascular surgeons to face hostile aneurysm with peculiar visceral vessels anatomy. With our findings will also motivate industries in their attempt to produce improved technologies able to overcome issues identified in this paper.
Ludic Mechanics, Psychic Mechanisms and Explorations of “Inner Space” in Mindwheel and Psychonauts
Authors: Mayo Rob
Published: May 2023

Robert Pinsky's Mindwheel (1984) and Tim Schafer's Psychonauts (2005) are dissimilar games in terms of player interface and ludic mechanics, but both participate in the creative tradition of “inner space,” which begins in science fiction literature and depicts the human mind metaphorically as a physical space which can be explored and interacted with. This essay examines how each game contributes to this tradition, with particular attention to how the mechanics of each game develops an adversarial or cooperative tone to the player's interaction with the game, and how this produces different forms of inner space exploration. This essay also draws on Lakoff's and Johnson's concept of “orientational metaphors” which are familiar from embodied experience and various conventional expressions, and examines how coherent each game's metaphors and narratives are.
Higher education as public good, sustainable development goals, and crisis response in neoliberal political economy
Authors: Roshid Mohammod Moninoor , Le Ha Phan
Published: May 2023

Global higher education, including that of Asia, has been facing many challenges, notably declining government funding and simultaneously increased influences of neoliberalism on its outlook, aspirations, policies and practices. This reality has put the role and purpose of higher education (HE) under testament, particularly in unprecedented crisis-induced situations such as natural catastrophes and pandemics. This article, while focussing on an Asian context, is situated in the larger picture of HE’s responses to crises and what transformations that may be enabled in the process. In unprecedented crisis-induced challenges, how does HE serve the interests of the public and society? Likewise, in this context, how can HE maintain equity and social justice as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda? These very questions are critical for many societies and invite serious scholarly examination. Engaged with the literature on HE as a public/private good, HE and neoliberalism, and HE in times of crisis, this article discusses the case of the University of Dhaka – the leading university in Bangladesh – in its responses to the COVID-19 crisis (2020–2022). We show how HE as a public good is utmost important as governments everywhere are finding ways to incorporate the SDGs into every aspect of their HE systems. We also posit that the COVID-induced transformations of higher education in the case of the University of Dhaka have proved HE as a public good to be a robust and resilient pillar for fulfilling various stakeholders' needs and aspirations. Such transformations have affirmed the values of humanity, access and equity in HE, and these values are here to stay.
Telecommuters Working Remotely in Interdependent Virtual Teams: The Lines Between Work and Home
Authors: Michaud Damien Che , Conceição Simone C.O.
Published: May 2023

The lack of understanding about the process by which individuals subjectively experience remote work in virtual teams led to a phenomenological study drawing data from 10 interviews with telecommuters, who worked remotely more than 80% of the time. Using in-depth, semi-structured interviews, study findings contribute to the literature on Virtual Human Resource Development (VHRD) with five aspects of working remotely in virtual teams: (1) Telecommuters perceive time as an elastic, boundless aspect of how they work; (2) Telecommuters perceive increased effectiveness as a result of their work arrangements; (3) Individual initiative mediates the challenges of the social and emotional experience of telecommuting; (4) The social and emotional experience of telecommuting in virtual teams is impacted by the perception of others; and (5) The emotional experience of presence is enhanced by informal interactions. The article concludes with implications for VHRD scholars and practitioners in the post-COVID-19 workplace.
Leading While Leaning Back Beneath the “Glass Ceiling”
Authors: Beeson Sherrie Rhodes
Published: May 2023

Until recently, women were not the object of leadership studies. This research is a narrative study of Dr. Jane Bumpers Huffman’s transformational leadership in education through her own story and the stories of women with whom she worked, mentored, and conducted research. As Emily (pseudonym), shares “I knew right away that working with Janie would be different.” Included herein are rich descriptions and details of Huffman’s leadership, her beliefs in the power of education practitioners to bring about positive change, and her answers to some of the pressing current issues in education. Huffman’s work has had a global impact and through her leadership she has created a memorable legacy.
Dismissal for objective reason of data protection officer between data protection law and national legislation
Authors: Ingrao Alessandra
Published: May 2023

This contribution analyses the content and the relevance of the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the Leistritz AG/LH case which does not preclude national legislation from providing that a data controller (or a data processor) may terminate the employment contract of a data protection officer (DPO) only with just cause, even if the contractual termination is not related to the performance of that officer's tasks, in so far as such legislation does not undermine the achievement of the objectives of that regulation.