bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Quality Standards in Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Can Deep Sedation Influence It?
Authors: Correia Catarina , Almeida Nuno , Andrade Raquel , Sant’Anna Mariana , Macedo Cláudia , Perdigoto David , Gregório Carlos , Figueiredo Pedro Narra
Published: March 2023

Introduction: According to the guideline published by ESGE/UEG, a high-quality esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) implies the application of some criteria that enable better healthcare outcomes. Although intra-procedural performance measures are dependent on patient factors, there is no reference to sedation practices in the guideline mentioned above. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate whether deep sedation influences EGD performance measures established by ESGE/UEG. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, with a prospective enrollment, that considered for inclusion consecutive patients referred for EGD. Two questionnaires were used to assess performance measures and patient satisfaction after EGD. Results: Sedation had a statistically significant impact on most quality indicators, including complete examination (77.2% without sedation vs. 97.8% with sedation), inspection time (6.17 ± 3.45 vs. 8.39 ± 2.67 min), photodocumentation (78% vs. 97.8%), biopsies (39.3% vs. 60.7%), and patient satisfaction (5.42 ± 2.93 vs. 9.1 ± 1.19). The main reason for an incomplete procedure was patient intolerance (82.6%). Discussion: Deep sedation of patients submitted to EGD proved to be a determinant in the applicability of the ESGE/UEG quality indicators. Patient intolerance was eliminated in the group with sedation, enhancing procedure completeness, adequate pathology identification, management, and consequently, the effectiveness of the exam. Conclusion: Sedation administration should be considered in patients undergoing EGD since it ensures a high-quality procedure.
The Delicate Skin of Preterm Infants: Barrier Function, Immune-Microbiome Interaction, and Clinical Implications
Authors: Marissen Janina , Gomez de Agüero Mercedes , Chandorkar Parul , Reichert Lilith , Glaser Kirsten , Speer Christian P. , Härtel Christoph
Published: March 2023

The skin of preterm infants is a delicate organ with critical structural and functional differences as compared to term born infants. Unique features contribute to an increased susceptibility to injury, infection, thermal instability, and water loss. During rapid, often accelerated adaption of the physical barrier function of preterm skin, a parallel and mutual development of host skin immunity and skin microbiome seem to be crucial for skin homeostasis. Recent advances in molecular biology have enabled researchers to gain a deeper understanding of the microbial community composition of preterm skin and the important relationship with microbiome composition of other body sites. Nevertheless, several questions remain to be answered, including niche factors and environmental influences on skin maturation. In line with that, evidence-based guidelines on skin care practice in preterm infants are missing. This review articles aims to provide an overview of the current knowledge of preterm infant skin development including immune and barrier function, host-microbial interactions, and potential clinical implications.
Solar power plant on the rooftop of the Diponegoro University Rectorate: a technical and economic study
Authors: Windarta Jaka , Wardaya Asep Yoyo , Saptadi Singgih
Published: March 2023

Diponegoro University's Rectorate building uses electricity from the National Electricity Company with a S2 social subscription type of 105 kVA. The designed solar power plant has a capacity of 25 kW, or 25% of the installed electrical capacity. This research aims to compare the solar panels and inverter configurations that will be used in solar power plants. Moreover, this study aims to find out which configuration will provide the best results and the biggest savings. Technical analysis is carried out with the photovoltaic system (PVSyst) software to calculate the energy produced by solar panels, inverter losses, and other results. On the other hand, economic analysis is carried out with RetScreen software to calculate net present value (NPV), benefit cost ratio (BCR), and payback period (PP). Based on the PVSyst simulation results, the estimated energy production for each variant is 39,684 kWh; 39,633 kWh; 39,507 kWh; and 39,446 kWh. The first variant has the biggest performance ratio value of 84.1%. Based on the Retscreen calculation result, the third variant has an NPV value of $22,698, a BCR value of 2, and a PP of 8.7 years, which has the best result and the highest advantages.
Sentiment analysis from Bangladeshi food delivery startup based on user reviews using machine learning and deep learning
Authors: Bitto Abu Kowshir , Bijoy Md. Hasan Imam , Arman Md. Shohel , Mahmud Imran , Das Aka , Majumder Joy
Published: March 2023

Food delivery methods are at the top of the list in today's world. People's attitudes toward food delivery systems are usually influenced by food quality and delivery time. We did a sentiment analysis of consumer comments on the Facebook pages of Food Panda, HungryNaki, Pathao Food, and Shohoz Food, and data was acquired from these four sites’ remarks. In natural language processing (NLP) task, before the model was implemented, we went through a rigorous data pre-processing process that included stages like adding contractions, removing stop words, tokenizing, and more. Four supervised classification techniques are used: extreme gradient boosting (XGB), random forest classifier (RFC), decision tree classifier (DTC), and multi nominal Naive Bayes (MNB). Three deep learning (DL) models are used: convolutional neural network (CNN), long term short memory (LSTM), and recurrent neural network (RNN). The XGB model exceeds all four machine learning (ML) algorithms with an accuracy of 89.64%. LSTM has the highest accuracy rate of the three DL algorithms, with an accuracy of 91.07%. Among ML and DL models, LSTM DL takes the lead to predict the sentiment.
Malaysia coin identification app using deep learning model
Authors: Mohd Nazly Dania Qistina , Isawasan Pradeep , Ahmad Salleh Khairulliza , K. Sugathan Savita
Published: March 2023

Most of the human work has been replaced by computers in recent years. With the rise of mobile technology and Internet access, recent developments in machine learning (ML) have designed many algorithms to solve diverse human problems. However, due to a lack of exposure to image processing, identification technology is still not widely employed in Malaysia. This paper outlines the steps involved in creating a mobile application for coin identification using ML. In the literature review, the history of the coins is studied in more depth and the features of already existing coin identification mobile applications are compared by their advantages and disadvantages. In addition, using the neural network model, the classification accuracy of successfully identified coins is recorded and disclosed. This study includes the limitations of the prototype mobile application and future improvements that could be added.
Relevant Words Extraction Method for Recommendation System
Authors: Naw Naw , Hlaing Ei Ei
Published: March 2023

Nowadays, E-commerce is very popular because of information explosion. Text mining is also important for information extraction.  Users are more preferable to use the convenience system from many sources such as through web pages, email, social network and so on. This system proposed the relevant words extraction method for car recommendation system from user email. In relevant words extraction, this system proposed the Rule-based approach in Compiling Technique. Context- free grammar is the most suitable for relevant words extraction. Recommendation System (RS) is a most popular tool that helps users to recommend according to their interests. This system implements efficient recommendation system by using proposed key extraction algorithm, Content-based Filtering (CBF) method and Jaccard Coefficient that will help the users who want to buy the car by providing relevant car information.
Adaptive E-Learning Based on Learner's Styles
Authors: M. El-Bakry Hazem , A. Saleh Ahmed
Published: March 2023

In this paper, a new model for adaptive e-learning based on learner's styles is presented. In the previous work, the dimensions of learner's styles given by Felder-Silverman did not consider some important issues of the learner himself. Here, new learner's parameters such as his social environment, health conditions, psychological and economical states are taken into account. Such parameters greatly affect the ability of student to learn and understand. Therefore, in order to perfectly recognize the ability of the student to be interactive in the leaning environment and accept information, new learner's styles are added to the dimensions of Felder-Silverman learning style model and our previous work [24]. The new proposed model is applied for logic gates and functions used in data encoding and computer networks. Such model presents suitable courses for each student in a dynamic and adaptive manner using existing database and workflow technologies. Furthermore, it is powerful, user friendly and easy to interpret. Moreover, it suggests a learning strategy and appropriate electronic media that match the learner’s preference.
Left Atrial Remodeling Following ST‐Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction Correlates With Infarct Size and Age Older Than 70 Years
Authors: Pascaud Adrien , Assunção Antonildes , Garcia Gabriel , Vacher Eloi , Willoteaux Serge , Prunier Fabrice , Furber Alain , Bière Loïc
Published: March 2023

Background

Following myocardial infarction, left ventricular remodeling (LVR) is associated with heart failure and cardiac death. At the same time, left atrial (LA) remodeling (LAR) is an essential part of the outcome of a wide spectrum of cardiac conditions. The authors sought to evaluate the correlates of LAR and its relationships with LVR after myocardial infarction.

Methods and Results

This is a retrospective analysis of 320 of 443 patients enrolled for study of LVR after ST‐elevation myocardial infarction. Left ventricular (LV) volumes, infarct size and LA volume index were assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging during index hospitalization (day 6 [interquartile range, 4–8]) and after a 3‐month follow‐up. LAR was studied using a linear mixed model for repeated measurements. Overall, there was a decrease in LA volume index between 6 days and 3 months (43.9±10.4 mL versus 42.8±11.1 mL,
P
=0.003). Patients with changes in LA volume index >8% over time were older, with greater body mass index, lower LV ejection fraction, and larger infarct size. Unadjusted predictors of LAR were age older than 70 years, infarct size, anterior infarction, time to reperfusion, history of hypertension, LV end‐diastolic volume, and heart failure at day 6. Independent correlates were age older than 70 years (3.24±1.33,
P
=0.015) and infarct size (2.16±0.72 per 10% LV,
P
<0.001). LA remodeling was correlated with LV remodeling (
r
=0.372,
P
<0.001), but neither LA nor LV volumes at day 6 were related to LVR or LAR, respectively.

Conclusions

The authors found LA changes to occur in the months after myocardial infarction, with an overall decrease in LA volumes. While LAR coincided with LVR, the correlates for LAR were age older than 70 years and larger infarct size.
Michal the Giver and Michal the Taker: The Systematic Misogyny of the Davidic Court
Authors: Case M. L.
Published: March 2023

This article examines the misogyny of the Davidic court through the lens of philosopher Kate Manne’s recent study Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, which illustrates how the individual deeds or words perceived as misogynistic fit into a well-ordered system. In particular, it analyzes how Michal is treated differently by Saul and David in 1 Samuel 19 and 2 Samuel 6 compared to other male characters, such as Jonathan. Within a patriarchal society, misogyny is the policing arm which differentiates between good women and bad women, or those who conform to the gendered norms and expectations of the patriarchy and those who do not. When a woman, like Michal, fails to uphold her role supporting the elite men in her life, the men must swiftly respond not only to ameliorate her threatening position, but also to warn other women, both inside and outside the text, against similar behavior.
Arboriculture and Viticulture as Investment in the Early Islamic Levant: An Archaeobotanical and Historical Investigation of the Site of Ashkelon
Authors: Forste Kathleen M.
Published: March 2023

This article combines historical and archaeological evidence to investigate the role arboriculture played in the agricultural economy in the southern Levant as centers of production moved away from rural agricultural estates and focused instead on urban centers. Integrating this evidence with archaeobotanical data from Early Islamic deposits at the archaeological site of Ashkelon, located on the southern Mediterranean coast of modern-day Israel, I conclude that people specialized in arboriculture as a means to supply the needs of both subsistence and craft economies in this city, encapsulating the intensification of agricultural production in this period.
Preaching and Preening: A Ṭūṭī’s Book in Persianate India
Authors: Chanchani Jahnabi Barooah
Published: March 2023

Starting from the fifteenth century, richly illustrated manuscripts written in Perso- Arabic scripts began to proliferate in north-central India. In some manuscripts, paintings appeared as frequently as in every other folio. I investigate the rise to prominence of the visual through a close study of the Ṭūṭīnāma manuscript currently housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art. My argument is that this phenomenon can be explained by the growth of elite urban communities in north-central India. These communities, I argue, invested in the visual medium to learn more about and carefully modulate adab (intertwined aesthetic, ethical, and political codes of the Persianate world).
Building Empire, Creating Markets: Commercial Policies and Practices in Imperial Qin (221–207 BCE)
Authors: Korolkov Maxim
Published: March 2023

The expansion of states played a crucial role in the commercial growth in the ancient world. The empires provided physical infrastructures, such as roads, and institutions, such as legal order and standardized currencies, that reduced the transaction costs of economic exchanges. Expensive activities by the imperial governments, including military conquests and urban development, required efficient mechanisms for accumulating, transforming, and transferring resources, and markets often provided such mechanisms.

This article explores the relationship between empire-building and commercial change in the Qin Empire (221–207 BCE), the first of China’s centralized empires. I demonstrate how the empire’s need to administer and tax its territories contributed to the growth of markets.
Exploring the speciation continuum of slow worms: location and extent of the Anguis fragilis/veronensis hybrid zone in southeastern France
Authors: Dufresnes Christophe , Sourrouille Patricia , Olivier Anthony , Ballouard Jean-Marie , Leccia Marie-France , Tiné Rémi , Cheylan Marc , Le Henanff Maxime , Nicolas Jean , Caron Sébastien , Massez Grégoire , Cluchier Alexandre , Levasseur Romain , Pille Fabien , Peyre Olivier , Thibault Marc , Crottini Angelica , Fuento Nicolas , Crochet Pierre-André
Published: March 2023

With five currently recognized species that form several secondary contact zones, slow worms (Anguidae: Anguis) offer a valuable model to study the fate of evolutionary lineages in the face of hybridization and genetic introgression. The relationships between the Western Slow Worm Anguis fragilis and the Italian Slow Worm Anguis veronensis are particularly puzzling. Their respective distributions remain poorly known on the edges of their parapatric ranges, as both species lack external differentiation. Contra earlier mitochondrial phylogenies, new phylogenomic inferences have shown that A. fragilis and A. veronensis are sister taxa, thus casting doubts on their specific status. In this study, we analyze the A. fragilis/veronensis transition in southeastern France, based on one mitochondrial (ND2) and two nuclear (PRLR and HA1) genetic markers in 81 specimens from 61 localities. The ranges of A. fragilis and A. veronensis roughly extends northwest and southeast of the Rhône-Durance valleys, respectively, with clear signs of introgressive hybridization in the areas of contact (notably the eastern parts of the lower Rhône valley). Based on the three molecular markers analyzed, gene flow does not seem to reach outside the narrow hybrid zone, which likely indicates (incomplete) intrinsic reproductive isolation. Hence, we provisionally suggest maintaining A. veronensis as a separate species from A. fragilis. More generally, patterns of genetic divergence, external differentiation, and hybridization (both historical and contemporary) in Anguis ssp. supports a speciation continuum spanning from cryptic, genetically compatible alloparapatric lineages to phenotypically distinct, deeply diverged and fully reproductively isolated taxa able to coexist in sympatry.
The Polaire Brotherhood (La Fraternité polaire) in Belgrade
Authors: Radulović Nemanja
Published: March 2023

The Polaire Brotherhood (La Fraternité polaire) was an occult society active in interwar Paris. Some of the important names of the French occult scene of the period were among its members. According to the reports in the bulletin of the society, there was also a branch operating in Belgrade in the 1930s. However, this has not previously been confirmed. Archive materials used for this paper attest to the existence of the Belgrade group for the first time. Its most important figure was Ksenija Atanasijević (1894–1981), a prominent philosopher. Therefore, attention is also paid to her involvement with Theosophy and co-masonry and the place of esotericism in her work. The activity of the group reminded of the Theosophical—it included meetings, lectures and meditations. They were also familiar with The Oracle of Astral Force (the Fraternité’s key method). The existence of a branch of the French brotherhood in this period can be understood in the context of the French-Serbian cultural relations. This interest in the “alternative” helps us get a better understanding of the history of Serbian intellectuals.
Between Philosophy and International Criminal Law: Examples of Interdisciplinary Approaches
Authors: Matwijkiw Anja , Matwijkiw Bronik
Published: March 2023

This introduction is written by the two guest editors for a Special Issue of International Criminal Law Review entitled ‘Between Philosophy and International Criminal Law: Examples of Interdisciplinary Approaches.’ The text briefly explains the need for interdisciplinary research on law, meaning that the scholarly approaches are not limited to the theoretical foundations and methodologies of international criminal law (icl) and international Criminal Justice (icj). The introduction also provides an interdisciplinary snapshot of a selection of seven contributions, which represent a broad spectrum of examples.
Adapting to Climate-Related Human Mobility into Europe: Between the Protection Agenda and the Deterrence Paradigm, or Beyond?
Authors: Scott Matthew
Published: March 2023

In 2015, following a series of sub-regional consultations, 109 states endorsed an Agenda for the Protection of Cross-Border Displaced Persons in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change. Although active in supporting the consultative process and notwithstanding their endorsement of this ‘Protection Agenda’, the European Union and its Member States promote ‘effective practices’ in the global South without committing to the same course of action at home. Recognizing that the Protection Agenda is difficult to reconcile with contemporary migration politics in the global North, this article argues that an approach that builds on the European Climate Law commitment to pursue climate change adaptation ‘guided by the best available and most recent scientific evidence’ provides a starting point for addressing some important aspects of human mobility in the context of disasters and climate change, and provides a context for discussing the kind of transformational adaptation called for by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Revision of Periboeum Thomson, 1864 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) with the description of two new species
Authors: Nascimento Francisco E. de L. , Mermudes José Ricardo M.
Published: March 2023

Herein, we present a revision of Periboeum Thomson, 1864 and its species, which are redescribed based on a detailed morphological study of exoskeleton. In addition, two new species are described from Brazil: Periboeum birai sp. nov. from the Caatinga biome (Bahia state) and Periboeum santossilvai sp. nov. from the Amazon biome (Pará and Amazonas states). The following synonymies are also proposed: P. acuminatum (Thomson, 1861) = P. atylodes Salvador, 1978 syn. nov.; P. ocellatum Gounelle, 1909 = P. maculatum Magno, 1987 syn. nov.; Sphaerion inerme White, 1853 = P. aduncum Napp & Martins, 1984 syn. nov. The following new combination is also proposed, Mephritus paucispinum (Lameere, 1890) comb. nov. (previously allocated in Periboeum). Additionally, we present new distributional records for P. obscuricone, Martins & Monné, 1975 (Peru and Argentina), P. terminatum (Perroud, 1855) (Uruguay), and P. vicinum (Perroud, 1855) (Bolivia). An updated key, photographs of all species (including types, when available), distribution maps, scanning electron microscopy images and schematic drawings are provided. Through this study, we conclude that transversal wrinkles near the posterior margin of pronotum (in some species, it is present on the entire pronotum) should be included as a new diagnostic feature for the genus.
An Indological transcription of Middle Chinese
Authors: HILL Nathan W.
Published: March 2023

Because most Sino-Tibetan languages with a literary tradition use Indic derived scripts and those that do not are each sui generis, there are advantages to transcribing these languages also along Indic lines. In particular, this article proposes an Indological transcription for Middle Chinese.
An analysis of Hodgson’s ‘Thochu’
Authors: SIMS Nathaniel A.
Published: March 2023

In 1853, Brian Houghton Hodgson published linguistic data for Rma (< Trans-Himalayan) under the label ‘Thochu’. Nonetheless, his work has not been fully considered in the study of Rma historical linguistics. Recent advances in the study of Rma phonology allow for us to more confidently identify the position of the variety described by Hodgson as well as isoglosses between Thochu and other Rma varieties. This present article gives an analysis of the Rma forms given by Hodgson and discusses their implications for the historical phonology of Rma.
Seeing Is (Non)Believing and More: Experiencing Further Adventures on the Journey to the West in Seventeenth-Century China
Authors: Ling Xiaoqiao
Published: March 2023

Further Adventures on the Journey to the West (Xiyou bu, 1641) is a quintessential literati novella that has inspired critical investigations in disciplines such as formal realism, structuralist narratology, psychological realism, stream-of-consciousness, and dream interpretation. This paper examines how the novella, in the form of a printed book, facilitated a reading experience of the text as a Buddhist allegory for readers’ self-interrogation, recognition, and alteration. Spectatorship plays a key role in readers’ experience of literature in its cognitive capacity: if Monkey as an allegory of the mind is the subject enacted by the text constantly positioned as a spectator of his own dreamscape, the subject enacted by the reader observes Monkey’s journey as a performative terrain sustained by historical and social imaginaries. In addition, illustrations function as a paratextual device that forges new image-text relationships to transcend the linear narrative, thereby altering one’s textual knowledge as part of the reading experience. By investigating the act of seeing that transpires on three levels, this study hopes to gain insight on a gnostic experience between seventeenth-century readers and the xiaoshuo narrative as literary and material artifact.
Early Korean Americans and Their Publishing, Focusing on the Collections of the University of Washington Libraries
Authors: Yi Hyokyoung
Published: March 2023

The article demonstrates how early Korean Americans actively utilized the publication of books and journals in Korean vernacular language as a vehicle to educate next generation for the nation’s self-reliance, to strengthen national power among Koreans for independence movement, and to preserve national spirit during Japanese occupation in early 20th century.
Effect of Sesbania aculeata as brown manure on grain yield and partial factor productivity of nutrients in dry direct seeded rice-wheat system
Authors: Sah Akhilesh , Singh Devendra Narayan
Published: March 2023

Present study was undertaken to assess the scope of Sesbania aculeata as brown manure on grain yield, partial factor productivity of nutrients as well as to cut down the nutritional requirement of direct seeded rice and transplanted rice-wheat system cropping system. Results revealed that puddled transplanted treatment having 100% NPK with Sesbania aculeata recorded highest rice grain yield (4.3 t ha‒1) which was statistically at par to dry direct seeded rice treatment having 100%, 75% and 50% NPK with Sesbania aculeata. The yield of wheat taken after puddled transplanted rice was recorded lower than the wheat grown after direct-seeded rice. System productivity, PFP, AUE, net returns and B: C ratio of DSR-wheat was higher (7.5 t ha‒1, 25 kg grain/kg nutrient applied, 3.3%, USD 870 ha‒1, 1.2) compared to puddle transplanted rice-wheat (7.4 t ha‒1, 24.5 kg grain/kg nutrient applied, 0.6 %, USD 786 ha‒1, 0.9, respectively). The highest B: C ratio (2.4) was recorded in treatment having 50% NPK of recommended dose, which was statistically at par with the treatment having 75% NPK of recommended dose. Interaction effect of nutrient application coupled with crop establishment method revealed that the highest B:C ratio (1.7) was registered also in DSR-wheat system having 75% and 50% NPK of recommended dose.
DUS descriptors based morphometric characterization to analyze genetic variability in gladiolus
Authors: Hiremath Varun M. , Singh Kanwar Pal , Swaroop Kishan , Panwar Sapna , A. Pooja , B.K. Tejukumar
Published: March 2023

Present investigation involved phenotypic characterization of 84 gladiolus genotypes based on 18 DUS descriptors to estimate genetic variation and identify desirable genotypes for hybridization. Considerable variability was observed among the genotypes for most of the traits and principal component analysis revealed that the first two principal components explained most of the existing variation (>98%) in the germplasm. Genotypic coefficient of variation exhibited a wide range from 7.80% (androecium length) to 37.11% (duration of flowering) while, phenotypic coefficient of variation ranged from 8.12% (androecium length) to 37.61% (duration of flowering). Strong broad sense heritability estimates (>95%) were observed for the characters viz., bract length, flower width, tepal length, tepal width, style length, time of beginning of flowering and duration of flowering. Seventy four pair wise inter-trait combinations showed significant and positive genotypic and phenotypic correlations among 153 possible trait combinations. Mahalanobis D2 statistic analysis revealed that genotypes of the cluster II and V to be highly distinct and hybridization between them might have better chance to obtain desirable recombinants. Ward’s cluster analysis confirmed that the cv. Victor and cv. Malaviya Shatabdi to be highly diverse for the selected traits. It is concluded that the above genotypes may be utilized in crossing programme to obtain better progenies. Characterized data of gladiolus germplasm would assist the breeders in varietal identification, conservation and their sustainable utilization during breeding programme.
Soldier Saints, Missionaries and the Mountains
Authors: Bhutia Dechen Dolkar , Chaturvedi Namrata
Published: March 2023

This paper intends to contextualise the life of Christianity in British India through the developments in military theology in the late eighteenth and through the nineteenth century that put forth the image of the ‘soldier saint’- a true Christian soldier, British in blood and in faith. This discourse intensified after the military turned civilian Indian rebellion of 1857 which was immediately coloured in Christian vs heathen terms, and following which, the spiritual needs of Christian soldiers came into focus with the East India Company. The deaths, rituals and continued traditions of burial of the Christian soldiers, officers, and civilians have been marked through some prominent cemeteries and war memorials in India. While studies of these sites of memory have focused on the graves, tombs, and memorials in parts of north, west and south India, the frontier region of northeast India has remained outside the focus of most studies. This paper has chosen the eastern Himalayan territories comprising Sikkim and Kalimpong that fall on or near the Silk route to bring attention to the history of territorial aggression and the resulting material memory of lesser-known cemeteries and memorials Further. This paper analyses lesser discussed fiction to bring into focus the region’s human geography. This paper recognises the need to study inter-religious relations through materiality and afterlives of Christianity in India that was shaped to a large extent by the soldiers-both British and native, and the chaplains, gravediggers, priests and nurses and caregivers whose lives are recorded in the memory of death. By doing so, this study hopes to bring new dimensions to the study of Christianity in India with the inclusion of the materiality of religion, the postcolonial gothic imaginary and military theology.
Staatsbevoegdheid in Kerkelijke Aangelegenheden Volgens de Orthodoxie
Authors: Walter A.A. J.
Published: March 2023

State authority in the Church according to Orthodox Tradition.

Recent events in Russia and Greece suggest that the Orthodox concede to the State more readily than do Catholics. fundamental office in the Church. There have indeed never lacked Orthodox theologians who vigorously defend the autonomy of the Church. However they have generally been. minority. The apparent readiness of the majority to collaborate even with. regime hostile to religion has. basis in the Stoic doctrine of Providence which deeply influenced Hellenistic political thought. According to this doctrine the Emperor was. Providential figure and the deputy of Jupiter. Christians attributed. Providential rôle to the Empire even before the conversion of Constantine. Eusebius and the court theologians easily adapted this Providential rôle to the Christian emperor. Constantine was the friend of Christ with. special vocation. Each of his successors was. New Constantine. Although the preoccupations of Christian emperors were not always those of the bishops,. harmony between the two offices of successor to the Apostles and successor to Constantine was achieved in the seven ecumenical councils. The doctrine of ʽsymphonyʼ was developed by Photius in the Epanagoge. Later Emperors, however, attempted to exert. more autocratic office in the Church. They attributed supremacy in Church affairs to their predecessors, and one canonist explicitly derived the Emperorʼs authority in religion from the office of Pontifex Maximus exercised by pre-Christian emperors.
Een Stap Verder Op Weg Naar Het Panorthodox Concilie
Authors: Kallis A.
Published: March 2023

Ein weiterer Schrift zum panorthodoxen Konzil

Die erste präkonziliare panorthodoxe Konferenz, die vom 21 .-28. November 1976 in Chambésy bei Genf stattfand, dokumentiert den Willen der orthodoxen Kirche, im Geist der Synodalität und Kollegialität den Problemen der Zeit zu begegnen. In einer frei,en Diskussion und Zusammenarbeit haben die Konferenzteilnehmer eine Bestandsaufnahme des consensus ecclesiae erarbeitet und einstimmige Beschlüsse zu vier Fragenkomplexen gefasst: Aufstellung eines neuen, kürzeren Themenkatalogs; Festlegung der Yerfah rensweise; allgemeine Wertung der Entwicklung der Gespräche der orthodoxen Kirche mitden anderen Kirchen und Konfessionen sowie ihrer Beziehungen zum Weltkirchenrat; Studium der Frage eines gemeinsamen Osterdatums aller christl ichen Kirchen.
The rediscovery of Heteragrion azulum Dunkle, 1989 with additional notes on the female (Odonata: Heteragrionidae)
Authors: NOVELO-GUTIÉRREZ RODOLFO , GÓMEZ-ANAYA JOSÉ ANTONIO
Published: March 2023

Some details of the morphology of the female of Heteragrion azulum Dunkle, 1989 are described for the first time such as the intersternite, and illustrated with high quality photographs, based upon two specimens collected in the tropical rain forest at the region of Los Tuxtlas, in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. A comparison with females of the other three species of Heteragrion Selys, 1862 occurring in Mexico is also provided. Additional data of males of H. azulum collected together with the females are also given, including some illustrations.
Cross-Coupling Mitigation in Polarimetric PAR via Antenna Tilt
Authors: Ivić Igor R.
Published: March 2023

The existence of significant cross-polar antenna patterns, as well as the scan-dependent measurement biases, inherent to the polarimetric phased array radar (PPAR), are among the most important risk factors for using this technology in weather observations. The cross-polar patterns on receive induce cross coupling between returns from the two orthogonal fields causing biases in polarimetric variable estimates. Furthermore, the electromagnetic coupling in hardware may exacerbate the cross-coupling effects. To address this problem, a pulse-to-pulse phase coding in either the horizontal or vertical ports of the transmission elements has been proposed. However, it does not affect the scan-dependent system biases in PPAR estimates, which require corrections via calibration mechanisms. Further, the cross-coupling signals are proportional to the cross-polar pattern power levels, rendering mitigation effective only at steering angles where these levels are sufficiently low (e.g., approximately less than −25 dB). In that regard, any approach that augments the number of such steering angles benefits the cross-coupling mitigation effectiveness. Herein, a simple approach that has a potential to achieve this via antenna tilt is presented.

Significance Statement

The issue of biases caused by cross coupling (due to significant cross-polar patterns in PPARs) is one of the biggest challenges for their weather observation applications. Numerous approaches have been proposed to address this issue, but none has been comprehensive. This suggests that the solution to the cross-coupling issue should be a combination of various mitigation approaches. In that regard, it is suggested in this work that a small antenna tilt can aid in the mitigation of the cross-coupling issue.
The COVID-19 Pandemic and E-Learning: The Digital Divide and Educational Crises in Pakistan’s Universities
Authors: Jamil Sadia , Muschert Glenn
Published: March 2023

Recent advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have significantly impacted some critical sectors of societies (such as transport, health, business, and communication) across many developed and developing countries. Nevertheless, the Internet has proliferated unequally across the world, resulting in global digital inequalities. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led to the deployment of online education to prevent the interruption of academic progress in schools and universities worldwide. The global pandemic further worsened the situation for Pakistan, which is neither economically strong nor has a well-established ICT infrastructure capable of facilitating the successful implementations of virtual courses and classes. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the level of Internet access among Pakistani universities’ teachers and students, and their ICT skills as they applied to online education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study used the qualitative method of email interviews and thematic analysis to present the study’s results. This study revealed that most Pakistani students, especially those from rural and remote areas, experienced challenges because they neither had proper Internet access, nor could they use laptops and virtual learning systems. Students who belonged to the upper and middle classes of urban areas and enrolled in private-sector universities, were not as directly affected by Pakistan’s pervasive digital divide to carry out their education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Uptake of Best Medical Therapy: Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Vascular Surgical Patients in Western Australia
Authors: Teh Ryan , Raymond Warren , Sieunarine Kishore
Published: March 2023

Best medical therapy (BMT) for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), carotid artery stenosis (CAS) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) involving concomitant use of antiplatelets, lipid-lowering agents, and blood pressure control, improves patient survival and prevents clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD). We performed a single-center cross-sectional study, over a 4-year period, describing BMT use in Western Australian patients with symptomatic PAD, CAS and AAA in the community. Overall, 45.3% of our cohort (n = 1689) were on appropriate BMT (CAS, 58.1%; PAD, 43.1%; AAA, 41.1%). There was highest uptake of blood pressure control at 93.0% (lipid-lowering agents, 65.3%; antithrombotics 63.5%). PAD was associated with highest uptake of blood pressure control (PAD 93.9%; CAS, 91.4%; AAA, 91.1%, P = .092) whilst CAS had highest uptake of antithrombotics (CAS 76.3%; PAD, 61.0%; AAA 60.4%, P < .001) and lipid-lowering agents (CAS 78.7%; PAD, 63.1%; AAA, 60.4%, P < .001). Our study indicates suboptimal use of BMT in patients with vascular disease in the community. The risk of CVD in CAS is likely misperceived as higher than PAD and AAA.
Political and Ideological Legacy of Ethiopia’s Contested Nation-Building: A Focus on Contemporary Oromo Politics
Authors: Kelecha Mebratu
Published: March 2023

Ethiopia’s nation-building is rife with accusations and claims of past atrocities and injustices from the time of Emperor Menelik’s southward expansion to recent political discourse since 2018. This article attempts to capture these complexities embedded in the making of the modern Ethiopian state, critiquing both modernization and colonial theses used to explain this process, with an emphasis on Oromo politics, the legacy of political and ideological contradictions in these endeavours. Its analysis, how production and reproduction of Ethiopia’s past has led to deep-seated divisions and complicated sense of common citizenship as a precondition for establishing stable democracy.
A quantitative simulation–based modeling approach for college counseling centers
Authors: Chatterjee Sohom , Hebaish Youssef , Ntaimo Lewis , Deegear James , Rucker Miles , Aprahamian Hrayer
Published: March 2023

College counseling centers in various universities have been tasked with the important responsibility of attending to the mental health needs of their students. Owing to the unprecedented recent surge of demand for such services, college counseling centers are facing several crippling resource-level challenges. This is leading to longer wait times which limit access to critical mental health services. To address these challenges, we construct a discrete-event simulation model that captures several intricate details of their operations and provides a data-driven framework to quantify the effect of different policy changes. In contrast to existing work on this matter, which is primarily based on qualitative assessments, the considered quantitative approach has the potential to lead to key observations that can assist counseling directors in constructing a system with desirable performance. To demonstrate the benefit of the considered simulation model, we use data specific to Texas A&M’s Counseling & Psychological Services to run a series of numerical experiments. Our results demonstrate the predictive power of the simulation model, highlight a number of key observations, and identify policy changes that result in desirable system performance.
Spatial iterative coordination for parallel simulation-based optimization of large-scale traffic signal control
Authors: Tan Wen Jun , Andelfinger Philipp , Cai Wentong , Eckhoff David , Knoll Alois
Published: March 2023

Applying simulation-based optimization to city-scale traffic signal optimization can be challenging due to the large search space resulting in high computational complexity. A divide-and-conquer approach can be used to partition the problem and optimized separately, which leads to faster convergence. However, the lack of coordination among the partial solutions may yield a poor-quality global solution. In this paper, we propose a new method for simulation-based optimization of traffic signal control, called spatially iterative coordination for parallel optimization (SICPO), to improve coordination among the partial solutions and reduce synchronization between the partitioned regions. The traffic scenario is simulated to obtain the interactions, which is used to spatially decompose the scenario into regions and identify interdependencies between the regions. Based on the regions, the problem is divided into subproblems which are optimized separately. To coordinate between the subproblems, the interactions between partial solutions are synchronized in two ways. First, multiple iterations of the optimization process can be executed to coordinate the partial solutions at the end of each optimization process. Second, the partial solutions can also be coordinated among the regions by synchronizing the trips across the regions. To reduce computational complexity, parallelism can be applied on two levels: each region is optimized concurrently, and each solution for a region is evaluated in parallel. We demonstrate our method on a real-world road network of Singapore, where SICPO converges to an average travel time 21.6% faster than global optimization at 62.8× shorter wall-clock time.
‘The Jews’ and Jesus: an Anglican perspective on the language of Holy Week
Authors: Bell Charlie
Published: March 2023

This article discusses whether the liturgical language of ‘the Jews’ is fit for purpose in the twenty-first-century church, and in doing so reflects on a tension found at the heart of the Christian faith. Questions of meaning, both textual and ecclesiological, are considered, and the question is asked as to whether liturgical changes in language are needed if the Christian church is to engage with its evangelizing and contextual role appropriately.
An Anglican common good?
Authors: Norman Ralph
Published: March 2023

This article examines recent use of the key phrase ‘common good’ in Catholic social teaching as well as in the Anglican tradition. It explores who first developed the term, and looks at the evidence for Anglican use of it before such language became widespread among Catholics. Use of the ‘common good’ by Henry Scott Holland and William Temple is surveyed. It is argued that Thomas Hill Green, first, and Jacques Maritain, second, are the real architects of the modern use of ‘common good’.
Does evil imply God’s existence?
Authors: Somervell Ben
Published: March 2023

Evil is the mystery within Christian apologetics and systematic theology which just will not go away. A failure to truly understand its nature can act as an obstacle to most other areas of theological enquiry and can distort our notions of the character of God. This article explains and evaluates St Thomas Aquinas’s view that the existence of evil implies the basic goodness of the world and therefore indirectly assumes God’s existence too. It analyses Aquinas’s privation theory of evil and refusal to see this as the best possible material world. It concludes that, while his counterargument to evil is a powerful, thought-provoking one, it could be strengthened if he acknowledged this as the best possible material world.
Perspectives of Frequent Users of Emergency Departments on a Case Management Intervention: A Qualitative Study
Authors: Schaad Luana , Graells Madison , Kasztura Miriam , Schmutz Elodie , Moullin Joanna , Hugli Olivier , Daeppen Jean-Bernard , Ambrosetti Julia , Ombelli Julien , Golay Michel , Ribordy Vincent , Grazioli Véronique S. , Bodenmann Patrick
Published: March 2023

Background:

Effective management of frequent users of emergency departments (FUED) remains challenging. Case management (CM) has shown to improve patient quality of life while reducing ED visits and associated costs. However, little data is available on FUED’s perception of CM outside of North America to further improve CM implementation.

Objectives:

Explore the FUED’s perspectives about CM in Switzerland.

Design, Setting & Participants:

Semi-structured qualitative interviews eliciting FUED’s experiences of CM were conducted among 20 participants (75% female; mean age = 40.6, SD = 12.8) across 6 hospital ED.

Outcomes measures & Analysis:

Inductive content analysis.

Main Results:

Most participants were satisfied with the CM program. In particular, FUEDs identified the working relationship with the case manager (cm) as key for positive outcomes, and also valued the holistic evaluation of their needs and resources. Overall, patients reported increased motivation and health literacy, as well as facilitated interactions within the healthcare system. Conversely, a small number of participants reported negative views on CM ( ie, stigmatization, lack of concrete outcomes). Barriers identified were cm’s lack of time, COVID-19′s negative impact on CM organization, as well as lack of clarity on the objectives of CM. FUED perceived CM as useful, in particular establishing a working relationship with the cm. Our results suggest that CM can be further improved by (1) professionals remaining non-judgmental toward FUED, (2) making sure the aims and objectives of the CM are understood by the participants, and (3) allowing more time for the cm to carry out their work.
Hospitals’ Adoption of Mobile-Based Personal Health Record Systems and Patients’ Characteristics: A Cross-Sectional Study Analyzing National Healthcare Big Data
Authors: Park Young-Taek , Park Hyeoun-Ae , Lee Jae Meen , Choi Byung Kwan
Published: March 2023

Insufficient information exists on the associations between hospitals’ adoption of mobile-based personal health record (mPHR) systems and patients’ characteristics. This study explored the associations between patients’ characteristics and hospitals’ adoption of mPHR systems in Korea. This cross-sectional study used 316 hospitals with 100 or more beds as the unit of analysis. Previously collected data on mPHR adoption from May 1 to June 30, 2020 were analyzed. National health insurance claims data for 2019 were also used to analyze patients’ characteristics. The dependent variable was mPHR system adoption (0 vs 1) and the main independent variables were the number of patients, age distribution, and proportions of patients with cancer, diabetes, and hypertension among inpatients and outpatients. The number of inpatients was significantly associated with mPHR adoption (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 1.174; 1.117-1.233, P < .001), as was the number of outpatients (aOR: 1.041; 1.028-1.054, P < .001). The proportion of inpatients aged 31 to 60 years to those aged 31 years and older was also associated with hospital mPHR adoption (aOR: 1.053; 1.022-1.085, P = .001). mPHR system adoption was significantly associated with the proportion of inpatients (aOR: 1.089; 1.012-1.172, P = .024) and outpatients (aOR: 1.138; 1.026-1.263, P = .015) with cancer and outpatients (aOR: 1.271; 1.101-1.466, P = .001) with hypertension. Although mPHR systems are useful for the management of chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, the number of patients, younger age distribution, and the proportion of cancer patients were closely associated with hospitals’ introduction of mPHR systems.