bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Common mental health problems and associated factors among recovered COVID-19 patients in rural area: A community-based survey in Bangladesh
Authors: Ibne Zaid Zobayer , Tasnim Anika , Haque Khan Md Maruf , Ahmed Ratan Zubair , Tanvir Islam Mohammad , Haque M. Atiqul
Published: April 2024

Purpose

Since the coronavirus (COVID-19) was announced as being a global pandemic on 11 March, governments from all parts of the world declared a quarantine period, during which people were prohibited from leaving their homes (except for essential activities) to contain the spread of the virus. Since then, the population has faced different levels of restrictions (i.e., mobility, social activities) that limited participation in normal daily routines. Consequently, these restrictions may have adversely changed physical activity, diet, sleep patterns, and screen time or work routine. So, the pandemic has had profound influence on the mental health of the entire societies. As the mental health status of Bangladeshi patients living in rural area that have recovered from COVID-19 has not been previously studied, this gap is addressed through the present investigation focusing on one rural Bangladeshi community.

Methods

A convenience sampling method was employed to recruit participants for this cross-sectional study. Data was gathered by conducting face-to-face interviews with 243 recovered COVID-19 patients (as confirmed by a positive Reverse Transcription PCR test) attending a local primary health care facility center and instructed to consider how they felt in the preceding week

Results

By administering a validated Bengali version of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21) to measure participants’ mental health status, we noted that 24% of the sample exhibited depressive symptoms. In addition, 30.9% and 21.8% of the participants experienced stress symptoms and reported anxiety, respectively. Sociodemographic factors such as female sex, lower educational level, living away from family, smaller living accommodations, and lower economic status significantly predicted mental health outcomes in multivariate logistic regressions.

Conclusion

These results may help health care providers formulate proper mental health interventions and preventive measures to minimize the mental health problems among patients that have recovered from COVID-19.
Structure-based identification of salicylic acid derivatives as malarial threonyl tRNA-synthetase inhibitors
Authors: Bobrovs Raitis , Bolsakova Jekaterina , Buitrago Jhon Alexander Rodriguez , Varaceva Larisa , Skvorcova Marija , Kanepe Iveta , Rudnickiha Anastasija , Parisini Emilio , Jirgensons Aigars
Published: April 2024

Emerging resistance to existing antimalarial drugs drives the search for new antimalarials, and protein translation is a promising pathway to target. Threonyl t-RNA synthetase (ThrRS) is one of the enzymes involved in this pathway, and it has been validated as an anti-malarial drug target. Here, we present 9 structurally diverse low micromolar Plasmodium falciparum ThrRS inhibitors that were identified using high-throughput virtual screening (HTVS) and were verified in a FRET enzymatic assay. Salicylic acid-based compound (LE = 0.34) was selected as a most perspective hit and was subjected to hit-to-lead optimisation. A total of 146 hit analogues were synthesised or obtained from commercial vendors and were tested. Structure-activity relationship study was supported by the crystal structure of the complex of a salicylic acid analogue with a close homologue of the plasmodium target, E. coli ThrRS (EcThrRS). Despite the availability of structural information, the hit identified via virtual screening remained one of the most potent PfThrRS inhibitors within this series. However, the compounds presented herein provide novel scaffolds for ThrRS inhibitors, which could serve as starting points for further medicinal chemistry projects targeting ThrRSs or structurally similar enzymes.
Domain adaptive learning for multi realm sentiment classification on big data
Authors: Ijaz Maha , Anwar Naveed , Safran Mejdl , Alfarhood Sultan , Sadad Tariq , Imran
Published: April 2024

Machine learning techniques that rely on textual features or sentiment lexicons can lead to erroneous sentiment analysis. These techniques are especially vulnerable to domain-related difficulties, especially when dealing in Big data. In addition, labeling is time-consuming and supervised machine learning algorithms often lack labeled data. Transfer learning can help save time and obtain high performance with fewer datasets in this field. To cope this, we used a transfer learning-based Multi-Domain Sentiment Classification (MDSC) technique. We are able to identify the sentiment polarity of text in a target domain that is unlabeled by looking at reviews in a labelled source domain. This research aims to evaluate the impact of domain adaptation and measure the extent to which transfer learning enhances sentiment analysis outcomes. We employed transfer learning models BERT, RoBERTa, ELECTRA, and ULMFiT to improve the performance in sentiment analysis. We analyzed sentiment through various transformer models and compared the performance of LSTM and CNN. The experiments are carried on five publicly available sentiment analysis datasets, namely Hotel Reviews (HR), Movie Reviews (MR), Sentiment140 Tweets (ST), Citation Sentiment Corpus (CSC), and Bioinformatics Citation Corpus (BCC), to adapt multi-target domains. The performance of numerous models employing transfer learning from diverse datasets demonstrating how various factors influence the outputs.
Priorities and barriers for ageing well; results from stakeholder workshops in rural and urban Rwanda
Authors: Uwizeyimana Theogene , Uwimana Aimable , Inkotanyi Collins Fred , Goodman-Palmer Dina , Ntaganira Samuel , Kanyana Leslie , Odland Maria Lisa , Agyapong-Badu Sandra , Hirschhorn Lisa , Yohannes Tsion , Greig Carolyn , Davies Justine
Published: April 2024

Background

The National Older Person’s Policy of 2021 in Rwanda highlights the need for social protection of older populations. However, there is a lack of local knowledge regarding the priorities and challenges to healthy aging faced by older people and their caregivers.

Objectives

This study aimed to identify and compare the needs and priorities of older people and other stakeholders involved in caring for them in rural and urban areas of Rwanda.

Methods

The study was conducted in two locations, Kigali (urban) and Burera district (rural). Each site hosted two separate one-day workshops with older people (≥60 years) and stakeholders (all ages). Discussions were held in plenary and roundtable-groups to generate a list of the top 4 prioritized responses on areas of importance, priorities/enablers to be addressed, and obstacles to living a healthy and active life for older people. The research team identified similarities between stakeholder and older people’s responses in each area and a socio-ecological model was used to categorize findings.

Results

There were substantial differences in responses between rural and urban areas and between older people and stakeholders. For each question posed, in each rural or urban area, there was only agreement between stakeholders and older people for a maximum of one response. Whereas, when comparing responses from the same participant groups in urban or rural settings, there was a maximum agreement of two responses, with two questions having no agreement in responses at all. Responses across all discussion-areas were mostly categorized within the Societal level, with Individual, Relationship, and Environment featuring less frequently.

Conclusion

This study highlights the need for contextually curated interventions to address the concerns of older adults and their caregivers in rural and urban settings. An inclusive and multidimensional approach is needed to conquer the barriers that impede healthy aging, with input from various stakeholders.
Adverse fetal birth outcomes and its associated factors among mothers with premature rupture of membrane in Amhara region, Ethiopia
Authors: Alene Abebe Abrha , Mengesha Endalkachew Worku , Dagnew Gizachew Worku
Published: April 2024

Background

Adverse birth outcomes are the leading cause of neonatal mortality worldwide. Ethiopia is one of the countries struggling to reduce neonatal mortality through different strategies, but neonatal mortality remains high for many reasons. Despite adverse birth outcomes being a public health problem in Ethiopia, the contribution of Premature rupture of the membrane to the adverse fetal birth outcome is neglected and not well explained in our country. This study aims to assess fetal birth outcomes and associated factors among mothers with all types of PROM at Specialized Hospitals in Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

Methods

A facility-based cross-sectional study design was applied among 538 mothers with premature rapture of the membrane at Amhara region specialized hospitals. A simple random sampling technique was employed to select the medical charts diagnosed with all types of PROM and giving birth in the hospital within the period from July 8, 2019, to July 7, 2021. The data was collected using a checklist, entered into EPI Data version 3.1, and analyzed using SPSS version 23. A binary logistic regression model was used to see the association between independent and dependent variables. A P-value <0.05 was used to declare the statistical significance. The AOR with 95% CI was used to measure the strength of the association.

Result

Adverse birth outcome among all types of Premature rupture of membrane mothers was 33.1% [95% CI 29.2–37.2]. Rural residents [AOR = 2.94, 95% CI:1.73–4.97], have a history of urinary tract infection [AOR = 6.87, 95% CI: 2.77–17.01], anemia [AOR = 7.51, 95% CI: 2.88–19.62], previous history of adverse birth outcome [AOR = 3.54, 95% CI: 1.32–9.47] and less than two years interpregnancy interval [AOR = 6.07, 95% CI: 2.49–14.77] were positively associated with adverse birth outcome compared to their counterparts.

Conclusion

The adverse birth outcome was high in the Amhara region as compared to the World Health Organization’s estimated figure and target; the target is less than 15%. History of the previous adverse birth outcome, residence, urinary tract infection, Anemia, and interpregnancy interval had an association with adverse birth outcomes. Therefore, strengthening close follow-up for mothers who had previous adverse birth outcomes, screening and treatment of urinary tract infection, anemia prevention, and maximizing birth interval are recommended for reducing adverse birth outcomes.
‘The way to obtain freedom and equality’: Experiences and needs of Thai adolescent mothers in terms of the use smartphone applications for breastfeeding support
Authors: Nuampa Sasitara , Sirithepmontree Sudhathai , Sudphet Metpapha , Patil Crystal L.
Published: April 2024

Background

Breastfeeding brings about a positive impact on both child and maternal health in the short and long terms. However, adolescent mothers have a lower breastfeeding initiation rate and a shorter breastfeeding duration than adult mothers. Although mobile applications have been found to be the most widely used platform for breastfeeding support, there is still a lack of design specific for adolescents.

Aim

To explore the experiences, perspectives and needs of adolescent mothers and professional nurses using smartphone applications for breastfeeding support and the influence of this technology on healthcare in Thailand.

Methods

This formative qualitative research of the ‘Development of smartphone application for promoting breastfeeding and learning of infant responsiveness for Thai teenage pregnant women’ study intends to design a smartphone application and develop an implementation plan. A purposive sample was used to elicit experiences from adolescent mothers and nurses. Data were collected from 48 adolescent mothers through in-depth interviews with six focus group discussions and 12 nurses, following the data saturation principle. Thematic analysis was conducted, and potential factors and needs were mapped to the capability, opportunity, and motivation model of behaviour change (COM-B).

Results

Most adolescent mothers perceived the usefulness of smartphone apps as breastfeeding support resources. The qualitative findings of adolescent mothers were grouped into the following three themes: a friendly breastfeeding tool; allows them to manage their breastfeeding activities; and enhances the accessibility and equality of breastfeeding support. The professional nurses perceived the benefits of using smartphone applications in their work, which included the following three themes: reducing workload and making their work easier; preparation is always better; and increasing the standards of breastfeeding support.

Conclusion

Adolescent mothers and professional nurses showed favourable attitudes toward smartphone apps for breastfeeding support. These smartphone apps should be tailored to these groups to achieve optimal BF outcomes.
Profiling the medical, functional, cognitive, and psychosocial care needs of adults assessed for home care in Ontario, Canada: The case for long-term ‘life care’ at home
Authors: Saari Margaret E. , Giosa Justine L. , Holyoke Paul , Heckman George A. , Hirdes John P.
Published: April 2024

Calls to leverage routinely collected data to inform health system improvements have been made. Misalignment between home care services and client needs can result in poor client, caregiver, and system outcomes. To inform development of an integrated model of community-based home care, grounded in a holistic definition of health, comprehensive clinical profiles were created using Ontario, Canada home care assessment data. Retrospective, cross-sectional analyses of 2017–2018 Resident Assessment Instrument Home Care (RAI-HC) assessments (n = 162,523) were completed to group home care clients by service needs and generate comprehensive profiles of each group’s dominant medical, functional, cognitive, and psychosocial care needs. Six unique groups were identified, with care profiles representing home care clients living with Geriatric Syndromes, Medical Complexity, Cognitive Impairment and Behaviours, Caregiver Distress and Social Frailty. Depending on group membership, between 51% and 81% of clients had identified care needs spanning four or more Positive Health dimensions, demonstrating both the heterogeneity and complexity of clients served by home care. Comprehensive clinical profiles, developed from routinely collected assessment data, support a future-focused, evidence-informed, and community-engaged approach to research and practice in integrated home-based health and social care.
Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting lymph node metastasis in ductal carcinoma in situ with microinvasion: A SEER population-based study
Authors: Zhu Kaijun , Sui Yuan , Zhu Mingliao , Gao Yuan , Yuan Ying , Sun Pujian , Meng Liwei , Dai Jiangfeng , Li Zhian
Published: April 2024

Background

Ductal carcinoma in situ with microinvasion (DCIS-MI) is a special type of breast cancer. It is an invasive lesion less than 1.0 mm in size related to simple ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Lymph node metastasis (LNM) in DCIS-MI often indicates a poor prognosis. Therefore, the management of lymph nodes plays a vital role in the treatment strategy of DCIS-MI. Since DCIS-MI is often diagnosed by postoperative paraffin section and immunohistochemical detection, to obtain the best clinical benefits for such patients, we aim to establish and verify a nomogram to predict the possibility of lymph node metastasis in DCIS-MI patients and help preoperative or intraoperative clinical decision-making.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of patients with DCIS-MI in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database from 2010 to 2019 was performed. The study cohort was randomly divided into a training cohort and a validation cohort at a ratio of 7:3. The risk factors were determined by univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses in the training cohort, and a nomogram was constructed. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, calibration curve, and decision curve analysis (DCA) were used to evaluate the nomogram in the training set and validation set. An independent data cohort was obtained from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Breast Cancer Database (SJTU-BCDB) for external validation.

Results

This study included 3951 female patients from SEER with DCIS-MI, including 244 patients with regional lymph node metastasis, accounting for 6.18% of the total. An independent test set of 323 patients from SJTU-BCDB was used for external validation. According to the multifactorial logistic regression analysis results, age at diagnosis, ethnicity, grade, and surgical modality were included in the prediction model. The areas under the ROC curves (AUCs) were 0.739 (95% CI: 0.702~0.775), 0.732 (95% CI: 0.675~0.788), and 0.707 (95%CI: 0.607–0.807) in the training, validation and external test groups, suggesting that the column line graphs had excellent differentiation. The calibration curves slope was close to 1, and the model’s predicted values were in good agreement with the actual values. The DCA curves showed good clinical utility.

Conclusion

In this study, we constructed accurate and practical columnar maps with some clinical benefit to predict the likelihood of lymph node metastasis in patients with postoperatively diagnosed DCIS-MI and provide a reference value for specifying treatment strategies.
Distribution of pathogens and risk factors for post-replantation wound infection in patients with traumatic major limb mutilation
Authors: Gao Chang , Wang Haiyan , Ju Jihui , Zhang Keran , Gao Ye , Guo Shiqi , Yin Di , Hou Ruixing , Guo Qiang
Published: April 2024

Purpose

Even though replantation of limb mutilation is increasing, postoperative wound infection can result in increasing the financial and psychological burden of patients. Here, we sought to explore the distribution of pathogens and identify risk factors for postoperative wound infection to help early identification and managements of high-risk patients.

Methods

Adult inpatients with severed traumatic major limb mutilation who underwent replantation from Suzhou Ruixing Medical Group between November 09, 2014, and September 6, 2022 were included in this retrospective study. Demographic, and clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes were collected. Data were used to analyze risk factors for postoperative wound infection.

Results

Among the 249 patients, 185 (74.3%) were males, the median age was 47.0 years old. Postoperative wound infection in 74 (29.7%) patients, of whom 51 (20.5%) had infection with multi-drug resistant bacteria. Ischemia time (OR 1.31, 95% CI 1.13–1.53, P = 0.001), wound contamination (OR 6.01, 95% CI 2.38–15.19, P <0.001), and stress hyperglycemia (OR 23.37, 95% CI 2.30–236.93, P = 0.008) were independent risk factors, while the albumin level after surgery (OR 0.94, 95% CI 0.89–0.99, P = 0.031) was significant associated with the decrease of postoperative wound infection. Ischemia time (OR 1.21, 95% CI 1.05–1.40, P = 0.010), wound contamination (OR 8.63, 95% CI 2.91–25.57, P <0.001), and MESS (OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.02–1.71, P = 0.037 were independent risk factors for multi-drug resistant bacteria infection.

Conclusions

Post-replantation wound infection was common in patients with severe traumatic major limb mutilation, and most were multi-drug resistant bacteria. Ischemia time and wound contamination were associated with the increase of postoperative wound infection, including caused by multi-drug resistant. Positive correction of hypoproteinemia and control of stress hyperglycemia may be beneficial.
Investigating the mediating role of food involvement in the relationship between eating restrictions, nutritional knowledge, and dietary patterns in adults
Authors: Saadati Kiyana , Kordbageri Mohammad Reza , Chaboksavar Fakhreddin , Jahangasht Ghoozlu Khadije , Parvizi Shabnam , Shamsalinia Abbas , Ghadimi Reza , Porasgari Zeinab , Ghaffari Fatemeh
Published: April 2024

People’s Dietary Patterns (DPs) are influenced by culture and ethnicity, and their identification requires a holistic assessment of diet. DP reflects dietary behaviors, and its analysis may provide further details about the dietary etiology of chronic diseases. By examining people’s DP and related factors, more practical solutions can be proposed to prevent overweight, obesity, and related diseases. This study aimed to describe DP, Eating Restrictions (ER), Food Involvement (FI), Nutrition Knowledge (NK), and anthropometric indices in Iranian adults and determine the mediating role of FI in the relationship between ER, NK, and DP. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using the structural equation modeling approach. The study was conducted on 2421 adults in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran. The Eating Restrictions Questionnaire (ERQ), the Food Involvement Inventory (FII), the komPAN questionnaire, and a demographic characteristics and anthropometric indices questionnaire were used to collect data. We also measured the seven major food groups, the Diet Quality Scores (DQS), and the six dietary indices, including the pro-Healthy-Diet-Index (pHDI-15), non-Healthy Diet-Index (nHDI-16), high-Glycemic-Diet-Index-7 (hGIDI-7), low-Glycaemic-Diet-Index-4 (lGIDI-4), high-Sugar-Diet-Index-4 (hSDI-4), and high-sugar product (hSFDI-6) and compared their values by gender and four BMI groups. The prevalence of ER and FI was 6.25% and 49.1%, respectively. NK was insufficient for 43.1% of the participants. Most participants (71.2%) had low DQS scores on pHDI-15 and moderate scores (52.9%) on nHDI-16. DQS scores were low in 64.8% of participants in the lGIDI-4 food group, while 71.7%, 92.6%, and 77.2% possessed moderate scores in the hGIDI-7, hSFDI-6, and hSDI-4 food groups, respectively. The mean pHDI-15 and lGIDI-4 indices were higher in women than in men. The amount of unhealthy food indices (nHDI-16, hGIDI-7, hSDI-4, and hSFDI-6) was higher in lean, overweight, and obese people than in people with a normal BMI. The structural model assumed between ER and DP and the mediating role of FI fit well with Iranian adults. Moreover, FI had a mediating role in the relationship between NK and pHDI_15 (Indirect Effects = 0.05, P<0.05) and nHDI_16 (Indirect Effects = -0.07, P<0.01). Most participants are small portions of the healthy food groups and the low glycemic foods, and FI plays a mediating role in the relationship between NK and ER with DP. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the role of FI as a mediating variable in interventions based on reducing ER, increasing NK, and shifting DP from unhealthy to healthy.
Apresentação do Dossiê:
Authors: Acácio Nina , Alfonso Louise Prado , Euzébio Felipe Aurélio
Published: April 2024

Apresentação do dossiẽ
Relato sobre a 1ª Feira da Visibilidade Trans e Travesti na UFSCar
Authors: Costa Iago Marichi , Marciano Fernanda
Published: April 2024

Nosso empenho conjunto voltou-se para apresentação de um relato sobre a organização, acontecimento e resultados da 1ª Feira da Visibilidade Trans e Travesti na UFSCar, evento realizado pelo GT Transformar com apoio institucional da universidade, sediado no Teatro de Bolso, onde reuniram-se membros da comunidade universitária e demais pessoas residentes na cidade de São Carlos. Nossas considerações se realizam tanto a partir de uma documentação desde a memória, como também traz figuras, poesias e relatos oriundos deste acontecimento. Como resultado, a mobilização em torno da feira se mostrou profícua e fundamental para a continuidade da permanência de estudantes trans na universidade, bem como eficiente instrumento de criação de laços, estratégias de sobrevivência e afetos entre a comunidade trans.
Corporificação do sagrado
Authors: Rosário Victor Lean do
Published: April 2024

Este artigo tem por objetivo compreender o lugar das homossexualidades masculinas no terreiro Mina Nagô Cabocla Mariana e Tapinaré das Matas, através das narrativas e corporalidades produzidas no contexto interiorano. O terreiro citado encontra-se na cidade de Igarapé-Açu, no nordeste paraense, Brasil, que abarca inúmeras sexualidades dissidentes, além de entidades que se relacionam de várias formas com estes sujeitos. Por isso, analiso, primeiramente, a genealogia das poucas pesquisas sobre diversidade sexual e gênero em contextos interioranos, e logo em seguida, busco compreender, a partir das narrativas de um filho de santo gay e da entidade intitulada Zé Pelintra, as relações, conflitos e confluências que ocorre no barracão. Por fim, apresento o conceito de corporificação do sagrado, a fim de explorar as especificidades do espaço, a produção dos sujeitos e as formas de sagrado construídas no terreiro em uma cidade interiorana.
Sobre medo, amor e engajamento
Authors: Batista Maria Alice Magalhães da Silva
Published: April 2024

Neste artigo, proponho reflexões tecidas a partir da interlocução com integrantes do coletivo de familiares de pessoas LGBTQIA+, Mães pela Liberdade, realizada através de entrevistas durante 2020 e 2021 e de trabalho de campo durante 2022. A partir de arcabouço teórico da Antropologia das Emoções, pretendo refletir sobre as narrativas de algumas mães acerca de sua adesão ao coletivo, bem como das transformações em suas subjetividades, possibilitadas pelo engajamento político, abordando o modo como tais falas foram permeadas por uma gramática das emoções. Desenvolvo, também, como essa gramática foi mobilizada enquanto ferramenta política na luta pelos direitos dos/das filhos/as e contra a LGBTfobia, a partir da evocação de categorias como acolhimento e amor num contexto de aliança ao movimento LGBTQIA+. Partindo de uma perspectiva micropolítica das emoções, proponho que exista um gerenciamento discursivo dessas emoções como forma de criar efeitos no cenário de políticas sexuais brasileiro, constando como prática de resistência e de aliança às minorias de gênero e sexualidade.
Ensaio sobre 2013 e uma guerra híbrida fora de lugar
Authors: Leirner Piero C.
Published: April 2024

Este ensaio pretende fazer uma avaliação crítica de leituras sobre o “Junho de 2013” no Brasil, abarcando uma contraposição de concepções que envolvem leituras sobre a ação política em um campo de esquerda. Nesta tensão apareceu a noção de “guerra híbrida”, ora usada para vincular 2013 à emergência da extrema-direita a partir da ação irresponsável de uma esquerda inocente-útil, ora tomada como falsa ideia para isentar uma esquerda hegemônica da culpa pelo estado posterior das coisas. Com uma profusão de causas, consequências, acusações e culpas analiso como ambas as posições partem de leituras parciais e algo mistificadoras sobre a guerra híbrida, que parece no final das contas apenas operar como um “tudo ou nada” – e, portanto, vazio em sua concepção. Como no centro desta tensão intelectual também operam conceitos-chave na esquerda, tais como Revolução e Contrarrevolução, procurei fazer um esforço complementar em entender sob quais termos penso ser adequado ler junho de 2013, chegando à conclusão de que “guerras híbridas” não podem atender a esta demanda.
Organic fertilizer application combined with seed inoculation using rhizobacteria on tomato yield and quality
Authors: Santos Lívian Patrícia da Silva , Mota Wagner Ferreira da , Pegoraro Rodinei  Facco , Polete Mizobutsi Gisele , Nobre Sérgio Avelino Mota , Soares Marcela de Castro
Published: April 2024

Organic fertilizer application combined with seed inoculation using rhizobacteria enables increases in industrial tomato production. The objective of this work was to assess the synergistic effect of organic fertilizer application and seed inoculation with rhizobacteria on tomato yield and quality. A randomized complete block experimental design with four replication was used, in a 6×3 factorial arrangement consisted of six fertilizer sources (mineral fertilizer; cattle manure; and organic composts based on tomato, sugarcane bagasse, tomato + sugarcane; and tomato + sugarcane + banana stalk) and three different seed inoculation with rhizobacteria (a control, without inoculation; inoculation with RZB 18; and inoculation with LEMB 17). The evaluated fruit characteristics were: commercial and non-commercial yields; firmness; soluble solids content (SSC); industrial yield; titratable acidity (TA); SSC to TA ratio, and pH. The rhizobacteria significantly affected all evaluated characteristics. The highest mean industrial yields were obtained with the application of mineral fertilizer (7.59), tomato-based compost (7.99), and sugarcane bagasse-based compost (7.95 Mg ha-1). Although seed inoculation with rhizobacteria did not affect fruit yield and quality, organic composts based on tomato and sugarcane bagasse residues might be used as organic fertilizer for industrial tomato production.
Reflector materials on benches act as supplementary sources of light in rucola cultivation
Authors: Cavalcante Daniele Ferreira , Garcia Akim Afonso , Vendrucolo Eduardo Pradi , Seron Cássio de Castro , Costa Edilson , Bastos Fernanda Espíndola Assumpção , Binotti Flavio Ferreira da Silva , Battistuzzi Martins Murilo , Seleguini Alexander
Published: April 2024

The purpose of this work is to present an alternative to the use of lamp and light diodes to increase production systems that lead to better natural energy use and better plant development. The species Euruca sativa L. was used, cultivated under a protected environment, and four treatments were taken (control; glossy white laminate; bright red laminate; aluminized thermoreflective screen). Our findings showed to reduce the efficiency of laminated reflective materials in increasing rucola production. The application of the red laminate with greater efficiency, positive results with the increase of fresh matter and number of leaves, increasing the energy efficiency of the plant. Furthermore, the better use of natural light can reduce production costs, since the application of artificial light generates an increase in fixed production costs.
Impactos de projetos de melhoria contínua na eficiência do transporte ferroviário de cargas
Authors: Nunes João Gabriel Viana Pessoa , Martins Ricardo Silveira , Santos Ricardo Augusto Oliveira
Published: April 2024

A competição estimula a busca de melhorias na estrutura produtiva das empresas. Neste cenário, a eficiência é uma medida de desempenho que tem efeito na condição competitiva. O setor de transporte ferroviário de cargas no Brasil possui essa característica competitiva em nível operacional após o marco legal de 2021, e nesse sentido torna relevante compreender como projetos operacionais de melhoria podem impactar a eficiência do transporte ferroviário de cargas. Neste contexto, aplicou-se a metodologia Data Envelopament Analysis - DEA para evidenciar o impacto de projetos operacionais de melhoria contínua na eficiência do transporte ferroviário de cargas. O estudo tomou como referência à analise operacional em uma grande empresa do setor de transporte ferroviária Brasileira entre o ano de 2021 e 2022. Os resultados apontaram que alguns grupos de projetos operacionais de melhoria contínua têm efeito positivo na eficiência do transporte ferroviário de cargas no curto e médio prazo. Projetos operacionais agrupados e caracterizados como aumento da quantidade de vagões por trem (aumento da capacidade instalada de transporte por viagem), o aumento do peso médio de carga (aumento da quantidade transportada por vagão), melhorias operacionais de setup em manobra e carrega/descarga, redução da ociosidade para carregamento, aumento da velocidade média entre trechos (a partir do aumento de velocidade em trechos permitidos), redução do tempo de transporte, redução da ociosidade para carregamento, a redução do tempo de troca de maquinista entre jornadas.
Tanteos y retractos legales en el derecho civil común
Authors: Flores González Begoña
Published: April 2024

Dice la profesora Flores que la caracterización de los derechos de tanteo y retracto legales tradicionalmente ha sido objeto de debate y discusión, lo que no ha evitado que su encaje sistemático y académico haya sido siempre el de los derechos reales limitados, tanto en los manuales como en los programas universitarios. Es habitual situarlos en esa sede, si bien los autores comienzan sus manuales advirtiendo, al diferenciar los derechos reales de los derechos de crédito, que nos hallamos ante derechos reales discutidos. Y es que seguramente, que los tanteos y retractos legales se puedan oponer contra terceros con más fuerza que la propia publicidad registral resulta tan deslumbrante que ello conduce a que no nos preguntemos si tiene alguna importancia el que el titular del derecho no tenga poder inmediato sobre la cosa. Lo que pesa es, señala la autora, que gozan de una «eficacia erga omnes exorbitante o extraordinaria, impropia de los derechos reales en cuanto pasan hasta por encima del tercero hipotecario ex artículo 34 LH». Esta monografía contiene un estudio riguroso de estas figuras, que pasa por el estudio histórico de las mismas, su presencia (ciertamente, algo tibia o dispersa) en el Derecho común español, y, naturalmente, su nacimiento y ejercicio. Siempre teniendo muy a la vista la jurisprudencia del Tribunal Supremo y la doctrina de los autores. La autora de esta monografía es Begoña Flores González, Profesora Contratada Doctora de Derecho Civil en la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Inquieta investigadora, tuvo estancias en las Universidades de Roma, Perugia y Bolonia, y es una consumada especialista en los derechos de adquisición preferente. Sus publicaciones se han centrado fundamentalmente en el ámbito de los Derechos reales y del Derecho de obligaciones, pero también tiene interesantes aportaciones sobre la investigación de la paternidad y la situación jurídica de los menores inmigrantes. De hecho, es socia fundadora del Instituto para el desarrollo y Análisis del Derecho de Familia. Aporta con esta monografía un interesante título a la colección de Propiedad y derechos reales de nuestro sello editorial. MARIANO YZQUIERDO TOLSADA. Catedrático de Derecho civil. Director de la colección
Rekonstruksi Penyelesaian Sengketa Sertifikat Ganda Pada Badan Pertanahan Nasional
Authors: Aksar Aksar , Dinata Umar , Shaleh Ali Ismail , Az-Zahra Fatimah , Ambarwati Ambarwati , Putri Mediana
Published: April 2024

Sertifikat ganda adalah hal yang sering terjadi di tengah masyarakat sehingga menimbulkan permasalahan dalam penyelesaian sengketa pertanahan di Indonesia sehingga BPN Kota Pekanbaru perlu mengatur sebuah regulasi khusus menyelesaikan permasalahan di bidang pertanahan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah merekonstruksi penerbitan sertifikat tanah sebagai hasil dari penyelesaian sengketa sertifikat ganda di Badan Pertanahan Nasional di Kota Pekanbaru. Metodologi penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian adalah penelitian yuridis empiris dengan pendekatan deduktif didukung dengan data primer yakni wawancara narasumber. Hasil penelitian tersebut menunjukkan bahwa terjadi sengketa sertifikat ganda pada Badan Pertanahan Nasional Kota Pekanbaru sehingga perlu adanya sebuah konstruksi hukum dalam penyelesaian sengketa dengan jalur alternative penyelesaian sengketa agar permasalahan agrarian dapat di akomodir oleh BPN Kota Pekanbaru. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini bahwa kesadaran masyarakat dalam mengurus sertifikat belum terlaksana sehingga urgensi untuk dilaksanakan agar menghindari sengketa pertanahan, dalam hal ini BPN dapat meregistrasi setiap surat yang di terbitkan sehingga lembaga memfasilitasi upaya penyelesaian sengketa apabila terjadi penerbitan sertifikat ganda di masa akan datang.
Relevansi Nilai-Nilai Pancasila Dalam Pemberlakuan Putusan Arbitrase Internasional di Indonesia
Authors: Nusantara Erik Meza
Published: April 2024

Suatu putusan arbitrase internasional hanya bisa diberlakukan di Indonesia jika sesuai dengan nilai-nilai Pancasila. Akan tetapi, menjadi persoalannya kemudian adalah bagaimana relevansi nilai-nilai Pancasila tersebut dalam pemberlakuan suatu putusan arbitrase Internasional? Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis pemberlakuan suatu putusan arbitrase internasional di Indonesia berdasarkan nilai-nilai Pancasila. Metode Penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian yuridis normatif dengan pendekatan undang-undang (statue approach). Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui penelitian kepustakaan dengan menganalisis bahan-bahan hukum primer dan sekunder yang relevan dengan permasalahan penelitian. Data yang terkumpul dianalisis dengan menggunakan analisis kualitatif. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa suatu putusan arbitrase internasional bisa berlaku di Indonesia jika ada putusan Pengadilan Negeri Jakarta Pusat yang pada intinya menyatakan bahwa putusan arbitrase internasional tersebut harus relevan dengan nilai-nilai Pancasila, hal ini menunjukkan bahwa yang berkompetensi memeriksa, menilai dan memutus apakah suatu putusan arbitrase internasional tersebut relevan dengan nilai-nilai Pancasila atau tidak sehingga bisa diberlakukan di Indonesia adalah Pengadilan Negeri Jakarta Pusat. Nilai-nilai Pancasila menjadi landasan hakim dalam memutus pemberlakuan suatu putusan arbitrase internasional di Indonesia karena pada hakikatnya Pancasila adalah sumber segala sumber hukum nasional bangsa Indonesia.
A blue fluorescent waterborne polyurethane-based Zn(ii) complex with antibacterial activity
Authors: Luo Xiang , Yang Yuqing , Yang Mingdi , Zhang Kehua , Xian Yuxi , Wang Ping , Xu Hongliang , Hu Xianhai
Published: April 2024

Polymer-based transition metal complexes have attracted much attention in many fields of application. In this article, a fluorescent polymer-based transition metal complex was prepared by bonding the transition metal complex with the polymer. First, Schiff base salicylaldehyde ethanolamine (HL) as a ligand was prepared by the reaction of salicylaldehyde with ethanolamine. Then, salicylaldehyde glycolamine Zn(ii) transition metal complexes (ZnL2) were synthesized with HL and Zn2+ as the central ion. Finally, a blue fluorescent waterborne-based polyurethane Zn(ii) complex (ZnL2-WPU) with an antibacterial function was prepared with ZnL2 as a chain extender by modified acetone method. The characteristics of fluorescence, heat stability, and bacteriostasis were characterized. Compared with ZnL2, the UV–vis absorption peak of ZnL2-WPU shows a blue shift of about 20 nm. ZnL2-WPU has a strong blue fluorescence emission at 450 nm, and the intensity increases significantly with ZnL2 content. Surprisingly, the fluorescence lifetime of ZnL2-WPU is obviously increased, reaching more than one time that of ZnL2. Interestingly, the antibacterial efficiency of ZnL2-WPU against E. coli reached an incredible 99%. More importantly, ZnL2-WPU uses water as the dispersing medium, which is more environmentally friendly.
Glaube und Geschäft. Evangelikale Prediger und die Transformation des US-amerikanischen Protestantismus zwischen 1865 und 1930
Authors: Siemens Daniel
Published: April 2024

Dass der evangelikale Protestantismus in den USA in enger Verbindung zur kapitalistischen Moderne stand und sogar als eines ihrer erfolgreichsten „Produkte“ angesehen werden kann, ist eine weit über den Kreis der Vertreter der Ökonomie der Religion hinaus vertretene These. Im Zentrum dieses Aufsatzes stehen drei Fallstudien zu Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899), William „Billy“ Sunday (1862–1935) and Bruce F. Barton (1886–1967), die die marktgerechte Propagierung eines besonderen Vertrauensverhältnisses zwischen dem Sohn Gottes und dem einzelnen Gläubigen, gekleidet in die Semantik von persönlicher Nähe und Geborgenheit, analysieren. Dieser Individualisierungsschub prägte die religiöse Kommunikation im protestantischen Milieu während der progressive era, einer Zeit extrem beschleunigter Urbanisierungs-, Migrations-, Industrialisierungs- und Rationalisierungsprozesse, entscheidend und wurde über den Kreis des Evangelikalismus hinaus ein wichtiger Aspekt bei der Konstruktion kapitalistischen Marktdenkens in den USA. Mit Jesus an ihrer Seite, so die Botschaft, könnten die Gläubigen nicht nur die Härten und Unwägbarkeiten ihres eigenen Lebens besser meistern und gesellschaftliche Übel bekämpfen, sondern sie gingen nun auch immer optimistischer in eine neue Welt des Konsums. Dieses Angebot war besonders für urban lebende weiße Männer attraktiv, die versuchten, ein Leben gestützt auf traditionelle christliche Werte mit den neuen Ansprüchen in der kapitalistischen Moderne in Übereinstimmung zu bringen und gerade durch die Verbindung eigentlich widersprüchlicher emotionaler Angebote zugleich fromme, starke und wirtschaftlich erfolgreiche Persönlichkeiten zu sein: ganze christliche Männer.
Processing reflexives in adjunct control: an exploration of attraction effects
Authors: Yoo Myung Hye
Published: April 2024

Previous research has demonstrated that dependencies between reflexives and their licensors resist attraction effects from structurally illicit but feature-matching attractors. However, mechanisms guiding reflexive licensing in control clauses remain insufficiently explored. To address this gap, this paper examines whether reflexives in adjunct control clauses primarily seek their licensors within the same clause (i.e., from the null subject) or access noun phrases in higher clauses by probing attraction effects from attractors in the higher clauses. The licensing of the null subject is dependent on the animacy requirement of the main clause subject. Therefore, if the reflexive searches for its licensor from the higher clause, the gender manipulation of noun phrases in the higher clause should exclusively impact the reflexive processing, not the null subject licensing. A self-paced reading task reveals that the licensing of reflexives is sensitive to attraction effects, but only when the overall gender feature of the main clause subject is complex. This finding suggests that reflexives in adjunct control clauses do not exclusively rely on the null subject as a licensor; instead, they extend their search beyond the local domain of the adjunct clause, using gender cues. The observed selective attraction effects support the notion that the distinctiveness of the main clause subject matters.
Global Futurities: Articulating the Struggle for (Other) worldly Justice
Authors: Bui Long T.
Published: April 2024

This essay lays out the concept of global futurities, which I define as the discursive scales and plural epistemologies by which marginalized identities and groups articulate, construct, imagine, or locate their futures. While global future is usually based on what could happen to all people and the planet, my framework of global futurities maps the differential horizon of being and co-becoming for those who have been historically denied a future due to discriminatory processes such as Black communities, Indigenous peoples, formerly colonized populations, migrants, etc. Such futurities are not simply pluralistic in terms of cultural diversity, but they serve as counter-hegemonic forms of futuring and worlding, shaped by dissident interests and political actors dedicated to promoting (Other)worldly justice. These subaltern viewpoints challenge a singular framing of humanity, as they involve multiple nodes and networks of power/knowledge/desire. These ontological and temporal geographies are centered in queer, feminist, intersectional, anti-racist, multi-species forms of collective agency amid existential threats from colonialism, globalization, the Anthropocene, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
From the Editors
Authors: Fox Jesse , Kugelmann Robert
Published: April 2024

Integratus is now in its second year. In this first number of Volume 2 of the journal, we have a healthy variety of types of articles. First is a report discussing how the Catholic Psychotherapy Association (CPA) Ethics Code was drafted. The article offers many insights into the making of the Code of Ethics. The authors claim that “The CPA Ethics Code appears to be the only code appropriate to a mental health professional organization that explicitly derives aspirational principles from Catholic faith and morals as well as the natural law.” It is thus a code appropriate to a professional organization and to a professional organization that strives to be Catholic. Moreover, in the making of the code, the boundaries between psychotherapy and spiritual direction were directly addressed. As the code is a living document, when in the future it is revisited, this article will provide some of the background to the current code.
“Making the Holy Obscene”: A Thematic Analysis of Freudian Psychoanalysis in the Catholic Press
Authors: Schneider Adam J.
Published: April 2024

This study completed a thematic analysis of the U.S. Catholic newspapers in the Catholic News Archive to assess the characterization of psychoanalysis in the Catholic press. References to psychoanalysis in the Catholic press peaked in the 1960s and diminished starting in the 1970s, parallel to its rising popularity and later disappearance from the larger public landscape. The qualitative themes identified Catholic concerns about the presence of pansexuality (referring to the theory that sexuality is the sole explanation of all psychopathologies) and determinism in psychoanalytic theory and the overlapping territory between confession and psychoanalysis, but overall a clear desire for reconciliation between two anthropologies. The identified themes demonstrate the differences in how Catholicism and psychoanalysis conceptualize psychological suffering and the effective interventions to reduce the suffering. Contemporary psychoanalysts and Catholic theologians are encouraged to continue the historical collaborations to use each of their strengths to address the urgent needs of the Church and society.
When love hurts: Testing the stress generation hypothesis between depressive symptoms, conflict behaviors, and breakup rumination in romantic couples
Authors: Kim Andy J. , Sherry Simon B. , Mackinnon Sean P. , Lee-Baggley Dayna , Wang Grace A. , Stewart Sherry H. , Antony Martin M. , Hahn Christian
Published: April 2024

Introduction: In this study we investigated the stress generation hypothesis in romantic relationships, testing how individuals’ depressive symptoms can lead to interpersonal stress that worsens their depressive symptoms. Interpersonal stress was operationalized as conflict enactment (critical, hostile, and rejecting behaviors toward one's romantic partner) and breakup rumination (persistent and intense thoughts of ending the relationship). Methods: Participants included 226 heterosexual adult romantic couples, with a mean age of 21.48 years for women and 22.35 years for men. A short-term longitudinal design was employed, involving three waves of data collection, including a daily diary portion. Depressive symptoms were measured in the lab at the beginning of the study (Wave 1) and again one month later (Wave 3). Following Wave 1, conflict enactment and breakup rumination were measured online over a 14-day period (Wave 2) through daily diary entries, which were then averaged across the 14 days into a single score for each construct. Results: Using actor-partner interdependence mediation modelling, we found women's and men's depressive symptoms at Wave 1 positively predicted their own conflict enactment and breakup rumination at Wave 2, as well as their own depressive symptoms at Wave 3 (actor effects). Women's depressive symptoms at Wave 1 positively predicted men's conflict enactment at Wave 2 (partner effect). Additionally, women's conflict enactment at Wave 2 positively predicted their own depressive symptoms at Wave 3 (actor effect) and mediated the increase in their own depressive symptoms from Wave 1 to 3 (indirect effect). Discussion: Findings illustrate how depressive symptoms are embedded in an interpersonal context and exacerbated by conflictual behaviors within romantic relationships over a period of one month.