bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Observations on the morphology and distribution of Parameira setosa Seidlitz, 1868, and P. gebleri Faust, 1893 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)
Authors: YUNAKOV NIKOLAI , KHRAPOV DENYS
Published: February 2024

This study presents data on the morphology and distribution of Parameira setosa Seidlitz, 1868, and P. gebleri Faust, 1893. The former species is documented in the northern rim of the Podolian Upland in Rivne Province of Ukraine, significantly expanding its range westward into the Central European Mixed Forest zone. Species distribution modeling (MaxEnt), based on climatic variables, suggests that P. gebleri might have survived the Last Glacial Maximum in several refugia from the Podolian Upland to Transbaikalia, south of its current range in Siberia. The absence of a well-defined external morphological hiatus may be attributed to the co-occurrence and hybridization of P. setosa and P. gebleri in the early- to mid-Holocene in East Europe. There is a suggested analogy in weevil composition between the Podolian Upland and the West Siberian Plain.
NEUTRINO: A PARTÍCULA FANTASMA
Authors: R. de J. Silva Wanderlley , Lima dos Santos Wesley , Do Carmo Teixeira Kamila , Fernandes de Fernandes. Iranderly
Published: February 2024

Este trabalho é um artigo de divulgação científica que busca levar o conhecimento da física de partículas, em particular do neutrino, a quem nunca ouviu falar dele. Abordando a história dos elementos, o desenvolvimento do modelo atômico, o mistério e a proposta do neutrino, além de sua detecção, fontes e influências não só para o modelo padrão de partículas, mas também para o desenvolvimento científico da humanidade.
Plantar Fasciitis with Chronic Baxter’s Neuropathy Causing Hindfoot Pain – A Case Report
Authors:   Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, Punjab, India,, Kaur Harmeet , Tiwari Punit ,   Department of Orthopaedics, Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College and Hospital, Kumarhatti, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India,, Bansal Nitish ,   Department of Orthopaedics, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.
Published: February 2024

Introduction: The main differentials of non-traumatic heel pain are plantar fasciitis (PF), plantar heel fat pad atrophy, worn-out footwear, especially asymmetric wear and tear, hyperuricemia, corns, callosities, tumors of the calcaneum, osteomyelitis, calcaneal stress fractures due to overweight or unaccustomed over usage, radiating pain from S1 nerve root compression, and seronegative spondyloarthropathies. Compression of the tibial nerve or the medial calcaneal nerve at or around the flexor retinaculum is the other possibility. In this case report, we want to highlight a sparsely known pathology, caused due to the entrapment of the first branch of the lateral plantar nerve or inferior calcaneal nerve, also known as Baxter’s nerve that may present independently or accompany the common PF. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications or injections of local steroids are typically used for conservative management. However, hydro-dissection or surgical release may be needed in non-responsive cases. Case Report: We present the case of a 57-year-old female with complaints of chronic pain and tenderness in the middle of the heel radiating laterally. She underwent magnetic resonance imaging that revealed chronic denervation changes in the form of marked atrophy and near complete fatty replacement of abductor digiti minimi muscle suggesting chronic Baxter neuropathy. A mildly thickened and hyperintense plantar fascia adjacent to the calcaneal spur and significant heel fat pad edema were seen too. The patient responded well to a local steroid injection and remains pain-free at the 1-year follow-up. Conclusion: When heel pain is present, Baxter’s nerve impingement presents as a challenging clinical diagnosis that may accompany the common PF and is often overlooked. MRI can be used to assess the denervation effects of both the acute and chronic stages of Baxter’s nerve impingement by identifying abnormalities of the abductor digiti minimi muscle belly. Keywords: Baxter neuropathy, inferior calcaneal nerve, abductor digiti minimi, plantar fasciitis, heel pain, case report.
Welfare solidarity in multi-ethnic societies: can social investment reduce the anti-immigrant bias?
Authors: Bonoli Giuliano , Chueri Juliana , Gandenberger Mia K.
Published: February 2024

Migration flows have diversified western societies, challenging the political viability of inclusive welfare states. This is very clear in research on perceptions of deservingness to social benefits, which consistently shows that immigrants are considered as less deserving of collective help than natives. At the same time, welfare states are being reoriented towards social investment, putting more emphasis on services that strengthen human capital and improve access to employment rather than on redistribution. In this article we ask whether the shift towards a social investment welfare state is likely to reduce the immigrant deservingness penalty. Theoretically, we rely on two perspectives: social trust and identity theory. Following the literature on social trust, we expect the reorientation of welfare states towards social investment to reduce the negative impact of diversity on solidarity, as those interventions are to an extent immune to free-riding. Alternatively, according to social identity theory, we expect a similar in-group bias independent of the intervention. We rely on vignette experiments conducted in 2021 in Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US to compare the immigrant deservingness penalty between social compensation and social investment interventions. Results show no difference between the immigrant deservingness penalty across the social intervention types, suggesting exclusionary attitudes are driven by in-group favouritism.
'TLÖN, UQBAR, ORBIS TERTIUS': ENTRE MITO E REALIDADE, A FICÇÃO CIENTÍFICA DE BORGES
Authors: Sales Araújo Naiara
Published: February 2024

O presente estudo tem como objeto de análise a obra Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (1944), do argentino Jorge Luís Borges, um dos escritores mais expressivos da literatura especulativa da América Latina. O conto em questão apresenta-se como um verdadeiro labirinto de ideias e divide opinião de críticos quanto a sua classificação dentro do universo especulativo. Os gêneros Literatura Fantástica, Literatura de Fantasia e Realismo Mágico têm sido as principais bases teóricas de análise dessa obra. No entanto, o estudo aqui proposto visa enquadrar o conto, não dentro dos limites dos gêneros acima mencionados, mas dentro do gênero de Ficção Científica, que embora faça parte do amplo universo da literatura especulativa, tem seus próprios regimentos e figurações. Para tanto, buscamos explorar conceitos e premissas que amparam a tese aqui apresentada utilizando críticos, tais como Darko Suvin (2005), Damien Broderick (1995) e James Gunn (2005), dentre muitos outros. Os resultados apontam uma estreita ligação entre a Ficção Científica de Borges e sua forte ligação com narrativas mitológicas, o que seria, em parte, uma das principais razões da dificuldade de caracterização da obra dentro de uma única categoria genérica.
¿Por una novela de ideas? Coloquio entre María Zambrano y Rosa Chacel
Authors: Rodríguez Fisher Ana
Published: February 2024

El artículo analiza la amistad entre María Zambrano y Rosa Chacel a lo largo de los años, tomando en cuenta la correspondencia conservada y los ensayos o artículos que se dedicaron la una a la otra, con especial atención hacia los aspectos relacionados con el magisterio de Ortega y Gasset, su pensamiento y sus ideas sobre la novela, reflejadas en Estación. Ida y vuelta y en Delirio y destino.
Salvador Rus Rufino y Francisco Arenas-Dolz. El descubrimiento de la política: Solón de Atenas
Authors: Escudero Víctor José
Published: February 2024

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Fina Birulés. Hannah Arendt: el món en joc
Authors: Marquès Francesc Xavier
Published: February 2024

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Acute Physical Activity for Motor and Academic Learning in Education-based Settings
Authors: Roig-Hierro Eric , Gatinho Bonuzzi Giordano Márcio , Batalla Albert
Published: February 2024

Numerous studies have shown that engaging in physical activity significantly benefits several cognitive domains. Among them, research findings indicate that even a single bout of physical activity positively impacts executive functions, motor learning, and academic performance. For that reason, many school settings have recently implemented acute exercise-based strategies to enhance their student's academic performance, such as active breaks or physically active learning. In this review, we suggest using acute physical activity interventions to improve the learning of motor-related academic skills in education-based settings. We base our recommendations on studies that demonstrate the capacity of acute exercise to facilitate skill acquisition during practice and consolidate long-term declarative and motor memory, thereby promoting motor and academic learning. It is proposed to include strategically located acute exercise strategies throughout the school hours to promote declarative and motor skills learning over the school period. In addition, we will look into the practical considerations for implementing these types of interventions in school settings. Lastly, we evaluated the limitations of the previous research and then discussed what next steps need to be taken.
Creatividad en estudiantes universitarios venezolanos: creencias, percepciones y habilidades
Authors: Martínez Katherine , Vélez Valentina , Carvajal Rubén R.
Published: February 2024

Esta investigación buscó ahondar en la comprensión de la creatividad en una muestra de estudiantes universitarios venezolanos como parte de un proyecto neuroeducativo denominado C.R.E.A. (Creación, Retención, Emoción, Atención) que tiene como norte la comprensión, búsqueda y promoción de la creatividad a nivel educativo. Los objetivos fueron: conocer las creencias acerca del rol del cerebro en la creatividad, indagar la percepción de la creatividad asociada con las carreras ofrecidas y evaluar posibles relaciones entre dicha percepción, el nivel de pensamiento divergente y la puesta en práctica de soluciones creativas. El estudio fue exploratorio, con una muestra de 26 estudiantes, dos por carrera, de ambos sexos, de entre 20 y 27 años de edad, de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, en Caracas. Se diagnosticó la autopercepción de la creatividad mediante cuestionarios y se utilizó el Test de Usos Alternativos de Guilford para evaluar el pensamiento divergente y la puesta en práctica de la creatividad. La creencia predominante en la muestra estudiada asoció la creatividad con el hemisferio cerebral derecho y con las carreras humanísticas, aunque, en término de soluciones creativas, fueron los estudiantes de las carreras de ingeniería los que produjeron la mayor cantidad de soluciones creativas, con un importante nivel de elaboración. Asimismo, se encontró una relación estrecha entre el nivel de pensamiento divergente y la puesta en práctica de las respuestas creativas, pero no entre la autopercepción de la creatividad y el potencial creativo.
Educación artística en programas de mentoría social: inclusión socioeducativa a través de prácticas artísticas y creatividad en centros educativos
Authors: Ortega Alonso Diego , Parrilla González Juan Antonio
Published: February 2024

Este artículo relata una experiencia de mentoría social en educación artística desarrollada en el contexto del programa Fénix Andalucía de la Estrategia Regional Andaluza para la Cohesión e Inclusión Social (ERACIS) para desarrollar competencias en el alumnado de las zonas ERACIS y su inclusión social y educativa realizando acciones colectivas centradas en el desarrollo de la creatividad y el uso de herramientas digitales e interactivas, aplicadas a través de la unidad didáctica integrada del ámbito artístico del programa. Para la medición de la investigación se han utilizado metodologías activas propias del programa, así como metodologías artísticas. Los resultados permiten comprobar la eficacia de la mentoría social para la inclusión socioeducativa, y la oportunidad de instaurar dichas metodologías en el contexto educativo. La experiencia ha permitido al alumnado el desarrollo de habilidades artísticas, digitales y de emprendimiento, así como la mejora de sus competencias en conciencia y expresiones culturales.
Influencia de los asustadores cubanos en el imaginario visual del colectivo infantil
Authors: Monleón Vicente , Carbonell - Moliner Roberto Félix
Published: February 2024

La cultura visual influye en el imaginario colectivo de quienes forman parte de la infancia, sobre todo a partir de las figuras perversas que se incluyen en los productos que consumen. Estos personajes contribuyen a la moralización de la sociedad. Concretamente se atiende a las figuras denominadas “asustadores” y que son propias de la cultura cubana. Partiendo de un posicionamiento socio-crítico y utilizando una metodología cualitativa, se analizan los discursos visuales y orales que el alumnado de la Escuela Cubana utiliza para comunicar las ideas que tiene interiorizadas en relación al concepto de maldad. Para ello, se parte de una Investigación Basada en Imágenes (IBI). A partir de este estudio, se alcanzan conclusiones que contribuyen a la comprensión maniquea, estereotipada y machista con la que se atiende en la construcción de personajes malévolos
Análisis de técnicas didácticas en educación artística universitaria. Estudio de caso del Departamento de Arte de la Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
Authors: Alonso Sanz Amparo
Published: February 2024

La educación artística en España responde a una tradición de técnicas didácticas que requieren reflexión para la mejora pedagógica. El objetivo es identificar las técnicas didácticas empleadas por el profesorado de enseñanzas artísticas universitarias durante la ejecución de sus clases en varias facultades y titulaciones de Grados y Postgrados españoles de la Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH). La metodología cualitativa, desde la teoría fundamentada, permite analizar, mediante un estudio de caso, la práctica de 22 docentes del Dpto. de Arte. Se identifican 27 técnicas, siendo las más empleadas: uso de imágenes, muestra de referentes y realización de preguntas. Destaca que las técnicas se centralizan en el desarrollo de la sesión, mientras que se descuida la fase final de despedida como oportunidad de reflexión y metacognición. Se concluye resaltando que la enseñanza de artes emplea tanto técnicas propias de la didáctica de las artes visuales, como de la psicología, de la comunicación creativa y en menor medida técnicas activas que convendría potenciar.
Carles Santacana (ed.), Europa en España. Redes intelectuales transnacionales (1960-1975), Sílex Ediciones, Madrid, 2023, 426 pp.
Authors: Llombart-Huesca Maria
Published: February 2024

La historiografia sobre el franquisme ha experimentat un important desenvolupament en aquest primer terç del segle XXI, reflectit en nombroses investigacions i publicacions. En els darrers temps, excel·leix l’interès pels anys del desarrollismo i del tardofranquismo, amb notables aportacions i la incorporació de noves línies de recerca.
Paso a informar. Historia de la represión desde los Memorandos de la Policía Federal, Delegación Córdoba en dictadura y su antesala. (Argentina, 1975-1976)
Authors: Solis Ana Carol
Published: February 2024

A más de cuatro décadas del inicio de la última dictadura iniciada en 1976 y a dos de la reapertura de los juicios por delitos de lesa humanidad en Argentina, la disponibilidad creciente de archivos de la represión permite cotejar los propios modos en los que se informaba la denominada lucha contra la subversión. Esta exploración parte de la consulta a los archivos resguardados en el Archivo Provincial de la Memoria de Córdoba, bajo la serie Memorándums de la delegación local de la Policía Federal Argentina. El artículo se interroga por cómo se informaba puertas adentro la lucha antisubversiva, cuáles eran los tópicos, modalidades, frecuencias y contenidos de la acción informada por la inteligencia federal y sus aportes a la historia de la represión, en base a los Memorandos Reservados producidos entre septiembre de 1975 y diciembre de 1976. El artículo demuestra que la fuente aporta a identificar temporalidades y modalidades de la represión, avanzar en una caracterización del proceso de conversión de un/a detenido/a detenida en subversivo/a, establecer las recurrencias en el perfilado de los denominados “subversivos”, y caracterizar la propia lectura y valoración que de acontecimientos claves tenía la fuerza.
"Hay quien sigue enterrado aún en caminos de tierra y arena": balance de la situación de las fosas del franquismo en Castilla-La Mancha.
Authors: Campos Posada Ainhoa
Published: February 2024

Las fosas comunes constituyen uno de los elementos más característicos de la represión franquista tanto a nivel estatal como a nivel regional. Castilla-La Mancha no constituye una excepción: las cinco provincias que la componen acogen en su territorio numerosos ejemplos de estos enterramientos de víctimas de la violencia franquista. Conocer su localización y características es clave para, en primer lugar, comprender mejor el fenómeno de la represión franquista en la región, y, en segundo lugar, resulta imprescindible para plantear futuras actuaciones sobre dichas fosas. Realizar este balance es una cuestión compleja tanto por la escasez de información sobre lo acontecido con estos enterramientos durante la dictadura y la Transición y la confusión que reina en lo relativo a las actuaciones que tuvieron lugar ya en el nuevo milenio. Este artículo propone una nueva forma de contabilizar las fosas del franquismo que evite confusiones y traza la historia de estos enterramientos desde su apertura hasta nuestros días, con el propósito de poner orden en un conocimiento imprescindible para la comprensión de un fenómeno clave en la historia de la región y de facilitar el cumplimiento de los principios de verdad, justicia, reparación y garantía de no repetición que guían las políticas de memoria democrática.
Garifuna Land Security in Postcolonial Belize: The Curious Case of the "Carib Reserve" at Punta Gorda
Authors: Gough Alex
Published: February 2024

Abstract: In the last fifty years, the recognition of indigenous identity and associated rights has emerged as a well-established norm within the international legal system. In Belize, the Toledo Maya have become globally renowned due to the twenty-five-year legal battle they have fought for tangible recognition of their customary land rights. However, it was Toledo's "other" indigenous people—the Garifuna—who first used legal redress to claim their own collective rights in Belize. This article documents the unique story behind the purchase, reclamation, and struggle to maintain the land known as the St Vincent block, outside Punta Gorda town.
Large-scale quantum key distribution network simulator
Authors: Dervisevic Emir , Voznak Miroslav , Mehic Miralem
Published: February 2024

The wide range of supported services in modern telecommunication networks has increased the demand for highly secure means of communication. Common security frameworks based on the computational security model are expected to become insecure due to significant advances in quantum computing. Quantum key distribution (QKD), a new secret key agreement primitive, enables long-anticipated practical information-theoretical security (ITS). Over the past two decades, academic and industrial communities have devoted their time and resources to developing QKD-based networks that can distribute and serve ITS keys to remote parties. However, because the availability of QKD network testbeds to the larger research community is limited and the deployment of such systems is costly and difficult, progress in this area is noticeably slow. To address this problem and spur future development and education, we provide a valuable, unique tool for simulating a QKD network. The tool is essential to testing novel network management methodologies applied to large-scale QKD networks. The simulator model contained in the tool was validated by simulating a network with six nodes and three pairs of users. The results indicate that the designed functional elements operate correctly.
Narrowband terahertz generation in a plane-parallel Rb:KTP crystal using a phase mask
Authors: Avetisyan Yuri H. , Makaryan Armen H.
Published: February 2024

A scheme for efficient generation of multi-cycle terahertz pulses by optical rectification in an artificial periodically poled rubidium (Rb)-doped potassium titanyl phosphate (Rb:PPKTP) structure is proposed. The structure consists of a multi-slit phase mask placed in front of a large-aperture Rb:KTP crystal. The developed theory predicts the THz pulse energy of 343 µJ and the efficiency of the pump-to-terahertz conversion of 0.44% for pump pulse peak intensity of 70GW/cm2 inside an aperture of 9.4×15mm2 at a crystal temperature of 85 K. The opportunity to control the THz spectral bandwidth (in the range of 1.8%∼85%) and frequency of the generation (from 0.3 to 0.8 THz) is shown. The results of the study indicate the high potential of the artificial Rb:PPKTP structure for tunable high-energy THz generation.
Continuous ultra-wideband signal regeneration in random optoelectronic oscillators through injection locking
Authors: Ma Yanna , Linghu Shuangyi , Chen Bohuan , Gu Fuxing
Published: February 2024

By using an external injection locking method, for what we believe to be the first time, we experimentally demonstrate continuous ultra-wideband signal regeneration in random optoelectronic oscillators, achieving more adaptable signal processing capabilities than self-oscillation methods. Supported by theoretical analysis and experimental evidences, this system can regenerate any signal with sufficient gain in a random-feedback cavity, independent of cavity filters. Remarkably, enhanced phase noise performance with over 35.2 dB side mode suppression and a phase noise better than −86 dBc@1 kHz at higher injecting powers are demonstrated. Additionally, we successfully process complex multi-frequency communication signals, indicating potential applications in radar, remote sensing, and data communications.
Smooth motion parallax method for 3D light-field displays with a narrow pitch based on optimizing the light beam divergence angle
Authors: Yu Xunbo , Li Jinni , Gao Xin , Yan Binbin , Li Hanyu , Wang Yiping , Sang Xinzhu
Published: February 2024

The three-dimensional (3D) light field display (LFD) with dense views can provide smooth motion parallax for the human eye. Increasing the number of views will widen the lens pitch, however, resulting in a decrease in view resolution. In this paper, an approach to smooth motion parallax based on optimizing the divergence angle of the light beam (DALB) for 3D LFD with narrow pitch is proposed. DALB is controlled by lens design. A views-fitting optimization algorithm is established based on a mathematical model between DALB and view distribution. Subsequently, the lens is reversely designed based on the optimization results. A co-designed convolutional neural network (CNN) is used to implement the algorithm. The optical experiment shows that a smooth motion parallax 3D image is achievable through the proposed method.
Visible-NIR surface plasmon resonance sensing technology for high precision refractive index detection
Authors: Yin Zhiyong , Jing Xili
Published: February 2024

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), as a representative transition metal disulfide material, has contributed significantly to the development of plasmonic technology toward the near-infrared (NIR). In this Letter, the physical mechanism of MoS2 excitation of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) in the NIR is investigated, and it is shown that the MoS2 film can induce the resonance dip to move toward the NIR and demonstrate a sensitivity higher than that in the visible band. A dual-channel SPR sensor capable of operating in the visible and NIR bands for refractive index (RI) detection was also prepared using the cascade method. The simulated and experimental results of the sensor show consistency. The experimental results show that the maximum sensitivity of the NIR detection channel is 14600 nm/RIU in the RI range of 1.333–1.420, which is 37% higher than the sensitivity of the visible channel. However, the visible channel has the advantage of a narrow FWHM. Therefore, the proposed cascaded dual-channel RI sensor combines high sensitivity and narrow FWHM. This dual-channel construction method improves the detection level of RI, promotes the development of SPR sensing technology to the NIR band and significantly improves the narrowband problem existing in the previous multi-channel sensing.
Qudits of Multi-Single Slits, Multi-Double Slits and Multi-Triple Slits
Authors: Peng Hui , Peng James
Published: February 2024

One of tasks of quantum computing research is to reduce the components. We propose four kinds of Qudits, respectively formed by: (1) multi-single-slits;

(2) multi-double-slits (multi-Qubits);

(3) multi-triple-slits (multi-Qutrits); and (4) combination of (1), (2), (3).
The effect of cognitive behavioral therapy text messages on mood: A micro-randomized trial
Authors: Arévalo Avalos Marvyn R. , Xu Jing , Figueroa Caroline Astrid , Haro-Ramos Alein Y. , Chakraborty Bibhas , Aguilera Adrian
Published: February 2024

The StayWell at Home intervention, a 60-day text-messaging program based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) principles, was developed to help adults cope with the adverse effects of the global pandemic. Participants in StayWell at Home were found to show reduced depressive and anxiety symptoms after participation. However, it remains unclear whether the intervention improved mood and which intervention components were most effective at improving user mood during the pandemic. Thus, utilizing a micro-randomized trial (MRT) design, we examined two intervention components to inform the mechanisms of action that improve mood: 1) text messages delivering CBT-informed coping strategies (i.e., behavioral activation, other coping skills, or social support); 2) time at which messages were sent. Data from two independent trials of StayWell are included in this paper. The first trial included 303 adults aged 18 or older, and the second included 266 adults aged 18 or older. Participants were recruited via online platforms (e.g., Facebook ads) and partnerships with community-based agencies aiming to reach diverse populations, including low-income individuals and people of color. The results of this paper indicate that participating in the program improved and sustained self-reported mood ratings among participants. We did not find significant differences between the type of message delivered and mood ratings. On the other hand, the results from Phase 1 indicated that delivering any type of message in the 3 pm-6 pm time window improved mood significantly over sending a message in the 9 am-12 pm time window. The StayWell at Home program increases in mood ratings appeared more pronounced during the first two to three weeks of the intervention and were maintained for the remainder of the study period. The current paper provides evidence that low-burden text-message interventions may effectively address behavioral health concerns among diverse communities.
Re-engagement and retention in HIV care after preventive default tracking in a cohort of HIV-infected patients in rural Malawi: A mixed-methods study
Authors: Suffrin Jean Christophe Dimitri , Rosenthal Anat , Kamtsendero Linda , Kachimanga Chiyembekezo , Munyaneza Fabien , Kalua Jonathan , Ndarama Enoch , Trapence Clement , Aron Moses Banda , Connolly Emilia , Dullie Luckson W.
Published: February 2024

Loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) in the era of test-and-treat remains a universal challenge, especially in rural areas. To mitigate LTFU, the HIV program in Neno District, Malawi, utilizes a preventive default tracking strategy named Tracking for Retention and Client Enrollment (TRACE). We utilized a mixed-methods descriptive study of the TRACE program on patient’s re-engagement and retention in care (RiC). In the quantitative arm, we utilized secondary data of HIV-infected patients in the TRACE program from January 2018 to June 2019 and analyzed patients’ outcomes at 6-, 12-, and 24-months post-tracking. In the qualitative arm, we analyzed primary data from 25 semi-structured interviews. For the study period, 1028 patients were eligible with median age was 30 years, and 52% were women. We found that after tracking, 982 (96%) of patients with a 6-week missed appointment returned to care. After returning to care, 906 (88%), 864 (84%), and 839 (82%) were retained in care respectively at 6-,12-, and 24-months. In the multivariate analysis, which included all the covariates from the univariate analysis (including gender, BMI, age, and the timing of ART initiation), the results showed that RiC at 6 months was linked to WHO stage IV at the start of treatment (with an adjusted odds ratio (aOR) of 0.18; 95% confidence interval (CI) of 0.06–0.54) and commencing ART after the test-and-treat recommendation (aOR of 0.08; 95% CI: 0.06–0.18). RiC after 12 months was associated with age between 15 and 29 years (aOR = 0.18; 95%CI: 0.03–0.88), WHO stage IV (aOR = 0.12; 95%CI: 0.04–0.16) and initiating ART after test-and-treat recommendations (aOR = 0.08; 95%CI: 0.04–0.16). RiC at 24 months post-tracking was associated with being male (aOR = 0.61; 95%CI: 0.40–0.92) and initiating ART after test-and-treat recommendations (aOR = 0.16; 95%CI:0.10–0.25). The qualitative analysis revealed that clarity of the visit’s purpose, TRACE’s caring approach changed patient’s mindset, enhanced sense of responsibility and motivated patients to resume care. We recommend integrating tracking programs in HIV care as it led to increase patient follow up and patient behavior change.
Chronically stressed male and female mice show a similar peripheral and central pro-inflammatory profile after an immune challenge
Authors: Bodemeier Loayza Careaga Mariella , Wu T. John
Published: February 2024

Although acute stressors are known for stimulating the production of glucocorticoids and pro-inflammatory cytokines in rodents, the effects of chronic stressors on cytokine levels and the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, especially in response to a subsequent challenge, are less clear. In this study, male and female mice were exposed to 6 weeks of chronic variable stress (CVS) and the peripheral and central levels of IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α, as well as the HPA axis reactivity, were measured after an acute injection of LPS. The findings indicate that the pro-inflammatory profile in the plasma, regardless of stress exposure, was similar between male and female animals, whereas there was a region-, sex-, and stress-dependent pattern in the brain. Exposure to chronic stressors blunted the HPA reactivity to the LPS challenge, indicating a modulatory effect on the stress axis responsiveness.
Adverse events associated with the delivery of telerehabilitation: A scoping review protocol
Authors: Yau Thomas , McIntyre McKyla , Chan Josh , Bhogal Damanveer , Andreoli Angie , Bayley Mark , Leochico Carl Froilan D. , Kua Ailene , Guo Meiqi , Munce Sarah
Published: February 2024

Objective

This scoping review aims to map the existing research on adverse events during the delivery of telerehabilitation.

Introduction

Telerehabilitation, a subset of telemedicine, has gained traction during the COVID-19 pandemic as a means to deliver rehabilitation services remotely. However, there exists a research gap as there has yet to be any scoping review, systematic review, or meta-analysis published to identify and summarize the current primary research on adverse events related to telerehabilitation as a whole. It is important to understand how adverse events, such as falls during physiotherapy or aspiration pneumonia during speech language pathology sessions, are associated with telerehabilitation delivery. This will help to identify key limitations for optimizing telerehabilitation delivery by allowing for the development of key risk-mitigation measures and quality indicators. It can also help improve the uptake of telerehabilitation among clinicians and patients. This review aims to fill this research gap by conducting a search of published literature on adverse events in telerehabilitation. Anticipated key findings of this scoping review include identifying the characteristics and frequencies of adverse events during telerehabilitation, the patient populations and types of telerehabilitation associated with the most adverse events, and the quality of reporting of adverse events.

Methods

The review follows the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodological framework and adheres to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. The review protocol has been registered and published on Open Science Framework. A comprehensive search strategy was implemented across multiple databases (MEDLINE ALL, EMBASE, APA PsycINFO, CENTRAL, and CINAHL). All stages (screening, extraction, and synthesis) will be conducted in duplicate and independently, with data extraction following the TIDieR framework, along with authors, year of publication (before or after COVID), population and sample size, and specific mode/s of telerehabilitation delivery. For synthesis, data will be summarized quantitatively using numerical counts and qualitatively via content analysis. The data will be grouped by intervention type and by type of adverse event.

Inclusion Criteria

This scoping review will include qualitative and quantitative studies published between 2013 and 2023, written in English, and conducted in any geographic area. All modes of telerehabilitation delivery (asynchronous, synchronous, or hybrid) will be included. Systematic reviews, meta-analyses, commentaries, protocols, opinion pieces, conference abstracts, and case series with fewer than five participants will be excluded.
Lung impedance changes during awake prone positioning in COVID-19. A non-randomized cross-over study
Authors: Rosén Jacob , Frykholm Peter , Jonsson Fagerlund Malin , Pellegrini Mariangela , Campoccia Jalde Francesca , von Oelreich Erik , Fors Diddi
Published: February 2024

Background

The effects of awake prone positioning (APP) on respiratory mechanics in patients with COVID-19 are not well characterized. The aim of this study was to investigate changes of global and regional lung volumes during APP compared with the supine position using electrical lung impedance tomography (EIT) in patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19.

Materials and methods

This exploratory non-randomized cross-over study was conducted at two university hospitals in Sweden between January and May 2021. Patients admitted to the intensive care unit with confirmed COVID-19, an arterial cannula in place, a PaO2/FiO2 ratio <26.6 kPa (<200 mmHg) and high-flow nasal oxygen or non-invasive ventilation were eligible for inclusion. EIT-data were recorded at supine baseline, at 30 and 60 minutes after APP-initiation, and 30 minutes after supine repositioning. The primary outcomes were changes in global and regional tidal impedance variation (TIV), center of ventilation (CoV), global and regional delta end-expiratory lung-impedance (dEELI) and global inhomogeneity (GI) index at the end of APP compared with supine baseline. Data were reported as median (IQR).

Results

All patients (n = 10) were male and age was 64 (47–73) years. There were no changes in global or regional TIV, CoV or GI-index during the intervention. dEELI increased from supine reference value 0 to 1.51 (0.32–3.62) 60 minutes after APP (median difference 1.51 (95% CI 0.19–5.16), p = 0.04) and returned to near baseline values after supine repositioning. Seven patients (70%) showed an increase >0.20 in dEELI during APP. The other EIT-variables did not change during APP compared with baseline.

Conclusion

Awake prone positioning was associated with a transient lung recruiting effect without changes in ventilation distribution measured with EIT in patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19.
Indigenous Media Activism in Argentina, Francesca Belotti (2022)
Authors: Ramos-Rodríguez José Manuel
Published: February 2024

Review of: Indigenous Media Activism in Argentina, Francesca Belotti (2022)

New York: Routledge, 124 pp.,

ISBN 978-1-03215-183-0, h/bk, AUD 103.00

ISBN 978-1-00324-308-3, e-book, AUD 39.59
Hazugság, önámítás és lelkiismeret mint politikai fenomén
Authors: Laczkó Sándor
Published: February 2024

Does the problem of lying and self-deception and then conscience confronted with lying bear any ethical and political significance? The aim of this essay is to analyse the relation of lies, self-deception and conscience to political morality. The article argues that the oversimplifying statement ‘the essence of politics is lying’ is in fact false. If we consider politics as the art of deception, and not as a discourse on the common good, then our erroneous premise is that all political scheming is entirely independent from us, and we have helplessly fallen victims to the lies provided by politics. However, in fact our (false) hopes, illusions, (unfounded) desires and expectations, and (real or imagined) fears generate all the mendacious acts in politics. How does a liar’s conscience perceive their own lies? What is conscience anyway, always catching us in the act? It reproaches us tactlessly (Did I do right?) or it condemns us unappealably (I did wrong). It accuses and defends. Paradoxically, it accuses to defend. This article also argues that self-deception is not a question of conscience, but of self-awareness. In deceiving ourselves, we create a personal reality of desires different from objective reality. Lacking self-reflection will drift us away from reality, and eventually it may become a generator and a plaything of political lies. The question is: to what extent is our aspiration for truth and our ability to selfreflection able to counterbalance mendacious political attitudes? Kant, as a representative of relentless truth-telling, believed that distorting the truth is immoral, and indicates lack of conscience. If we violate the principle of telling the truth in all circumstances, it means that we are capable of lying to ourselves, then to others as well, and others will also lie to us. The political sphere will exploit and make use of the potential of such dispositions.
A turóci seditio és az ónodi abrenuntiatio
Authors: Tóth Sándor László
Published: February 2024

The War of Independence (1703–1711) led by Prince Ferenc Rákóczi II reached its turning point in 1707. After unsuccessful peace treaties, the idea of deposition and dethronement of the Habsburg dynasty and Joseph I was raised at the session of the Senate at Rozsnyó in January 1707. Almost at the same time, a sedition started in the Highlands in the county of Turóc. In a circular letter and in a memorial, they formulated their complaints and sent them to the neighbouring counties. Rákóczi, as a chosen prince of the Hungarian Confederation, convened a general assembly, diet in Ónod (31 May - 23 June 1707). First of all, the sedition of Turóc inside the War of Independence had to be settled. A heated debate erupted at the session on 6th June, during which the two representatives of the county of Turóc were killed, meaning that the sedition was liquidated. A week later, on 13th June, the assembly accepted the dethronement and the deposition of Joseph I.
Megtört a csend Bács-Kiskun megyében és Kecskeméten
Authors: Falusi Norbert
Published: February 2024

There was no open, pluralistic, democratic social public sphere in the one-party system of the socialist Hungary. The events of 1988–1989 were classified in different ways, but from our point of view, the framework for interpretation is the crisis of the communist system. In the Soviet model, alternative policy responses disappeared for nearly four decades. The situation changed in 1988, when more and more new social organisations started to claim a role in the political discourse. In addition to the new knowledge and the new perspectives, important results of fundamental research focus on the local and regional level that allows a more detailed description and understanding of the transition from the socialist to the capitalist social system.
Berzeviczy Albert és az 1918-1919. évi forradalmak
Authors: Gali Máté
Published: February 2024

One of the witnesses of the events which followed the collapse of the historic Hungary was Albert Berzeviczy. Before the last hours of the state in 1918, he had been a prominent politician in the Hungarian parliament. At the time of the Aster Revolution, he retired from the political life. He did not support the new Hungarian prime minister Count Mihály Károlyi, since he believed that the Count was a talentless and weak-handed leader, who disarmed the Hungarian army at the end of the First World War, and did not defend our borderlines against our enemies, for example the Romanians, Serbs, and Czechoslovakians. After the downfall of Mihály Károlyi – on 21st March 1919 – Berzeviczy became the enemy of the new regime, the bolshevist Hungarian Soviet Republic. In the eyes of the Bolsheviks, he was a representative of the old state order. At Easter of 1919, he was arrested and imprisoned for four days. After being set free, he lived in his own flat in the Hungarian capital city, but in May he hid in his brother-in-law’s flat for a week. The collapse of the Hungarian Soviet Republic was “a liberation” for him. He wrote in his memoirs that in his opinion the bolshevist regime was an irreligious, unpatriotic, and totally corrupt system. After “the liberation,” in February 1920 he met the most important leader of the counterrevolution, Miklós Horthy for the first time. It seemed to Berzeviczy that Horthy was a talented soldier and warlord, however, he was not skilled enough in political matters. At that time, little did he know that Miklós Horthy was to become the governor of Hungary for 24 years (1920-1944).
A népuralom kísérlete és bukása
Authors: Horváth Csaba
Published: February 2024

József Sipos was the supervisor of my thesis that analysed the activities of the Social Democrats in 1918–1919. Later, a decisive element of our teacher-student and increasingly friendly relationship was a multitude of our professional discussions about the revolutionary period, one of the central issues of which was the failure to build a democratic system in 1918–1919. József Sipos believed that one of the most important reasons for this failure was the fact that a worker-peasant alliance – historically been burdened anyway in our current terminology – could not be realized. Accordingly, his analyses focused on the conflicts between the workers’ and peasants’ parties, as well as on their relations to their own social bases. In this present paper, I focus on the assumption that the consolidation carried out by a worker-peasant coalition in the spring of 1919 was a political reality. I examine the activities of the social democrats and smallholders through a few nodes: (1) the relation to Mihály Károlyi’s political programme; (2) the rural expansion of the political basis and (3) the debate on the land system; (4) the relation to the interpretation of the revolution in connection with the government crisis of December and January; (5) the participation in Berinkey’s coalition government. Despite political tendencies towards a worker-peasant alliance, the difference between political identities between social democrats and smallholders represented a fundamental problem. As opposed to the emancipation marks, the identity of the social democrats remained revolutionary, while the smallholders fully identified themselves as an emancipatory political movement. The resolution to this conflict was the most pressing question in the event of a coalition that appeared to be a political reality. Elections to clarify the balance of political power were not held, the political shock caused by the Vix Note swept away the chance for consolidation. The revolutionary identity of the social democrats led to their involvement in the dictatorship of the proletariat.
A szociáldemokraták és az 1922-es választás
Authors: Ignácz Károly
Published: February 2024

As we know from József Sipos’s last book (The Two-Thirds Victory of István Bethlen), the political events of 1922, the foundation of the Unity Party (Egységes Párt) and its electoral victory proved to be a turning point in the political system of the Horthy era. This study examines another important and interesting phenomenon of the anti-democratic election of 1922, namely the relatively good performance of the opposition, the Social Democrats. In the first years of the counter-revolutionary period, the left-wing party was a political force outside the parliamentary system until the agreement with the government at the end of 1921. Thereafter, the Social Democrats, as a ‘new force,’ managed to gain the support not only of (industrial) workers but of other social groups and to collect the protest vote with a dynamic and confident electoral campaign. Thus, they became the largest opposition force in the new parliament that was formed after the election in 1922.
A női emlékezés mikorrhizás hálózata Suzanne Simard A bölcs erdő titkai (2022) című memoárjában
Authors: Federmayer Éva
Published: February 2024

Tanulmányomban – a szerző bemutatását és kutatási területének felvázolását követően – Simard visszaemlékezésének narratív dinamikáját olyan szövegként értelmezem, amely a kreatív tényirodalomnak nevezett retorikai térben, több kifejezési forma metszéspontjában, női fejlődéstörténetbe ágyazódó memoárként konstruálódik. Simard narratíváját eképpen – magyar szakirodalmi terminussal élve – „kisparaszti szálalógazdálkodást” folytató, kanadai telepes családból származó kislány tudósnővé formálódásának rögzített nézőpontú, sorsesemények  által kikényszerített helyesbítések történeteként olvasom. Elemzésemben igyekszem rávilágítani arra, hogy miként viszonyul a memoár edőökológus elbeszélője a számára rendelkezésre álló nyelvhez, mellyel a humán világ és a nem-humán világ közti kontaktzóna  mikorrhizás jelentőségéről nagyközönségéhez szólni kíván. Végül a memoár látszólag „visszaantropomorfizáló” anyafa metaforáját és annak vélt esszencializmusát veszem szemügyre a poszthumanizmus és az ökofeminizmus szakirodalmi kontextusában.
Modern approaches to the treatment of Takayasu arteritis
Authors: Egorova O. N. , Tarasova G. M. , Koylubaeva G. M. , Sukhanina A. Yu. , Guseva I. A. , Bolotbekova A. M. , Suyunbai kyzy G. , Turatbekova A. T. , Okunova A. A. , Abdykerimov A. O. , Reshetnyak T. M.
Published: February 2024

Takayasu arteritis (AT) is a chronic granulomatous systemic vasculitis that affects large vessels and requires a multidisciplinary approach as the clinical signs are non-specific and disease activity is difficult to assess. Early rational drug treatment of AT suppresses both vascular and systemic inflammation, with glucocorticoids and immunosuppressants being of paramount importance. Advances in the understanding of the pathophysiology of AT have contributed to the development of new treatments that target key pro-inflammatory factors and involve the use of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.