bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Competitiveness and sustainable development of Chinableapple industry
Authors: Sun Yu , Deng Ye , Lu Yonghua , Li Mingyue
Published: June 2022

Agriculture faces a contradiction between sustainable resource utilization and maintaining market competitiveness. As a major agricultural product, the sustainability and competitiveness of the apple industry have become important topics. This study analyzes the competitiveness of China’s apple industry and the factors affecting it. Using 2004 and 2018 data for eight Chinese provinces, principal component analysis and spatial autocorrelation are used to examine competitiveness in terms of five aspects: market, production, technology, organization, and environment. The results indicate that Shandong, Shaanxi, and Gansu were the most competitive during the study period while Hebei, Henan, and Ningxia lagged behind. Regional differences are obvious, with Shandong in particular showing a clear competitive advantage. Although no spatial agglomeration is observed in China’s apple industry, with ongoing industrial development, local spatial correlations in the five aspects of competitiveness in the eight provinces have been increasing and gradually stabilizing. This study’s findings suggest that improved scientific production, reasonable capital investment, and an established industrial chain are needed to promote local agriculture, economic development, and the central role of the apple industry.
Statewide evaluation of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Rhode Island
Authors: Rogers Brooke G. , Tao Jun , Almonte Alexi , Toma Emily , Nagel Katherine , Fain Robert , Napoleon Siena C. , Maynard Michaela A. , Murphy Matthew , Sarkar Indra Neil , Chan Philip A.
Published: June 2022

Background

Vaccines are effective in preventing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Vaccine hesitancy defined as delay of acceptance or refusal of the vaccine is a major barrier to effective implementation.

Methods

Participants were recruited statewide through an English and Spanish social media marketing campaign conducted by a local news station during a one-month period as vaccines were becoming available in Rhode Island (from December 21, 2020 to January 22, 2021). Participants completed an online survey about COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine hesitancy with constructs and items adopted from the Health Belief Model.

Results

A total of 2,007 individuals completed the survey. Eight percent (n = 161) reported vaccine hesitancy. The sample had a median age of 58 years (interquartile range [IQR]: 45, 67), were majority female (78%), White (96%), Non-Hispanic (94%), employed (58%), and reported an annual individual income of $50,000 (59%). COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy was associated with attitudes and behaviors related to COVID-19. A one unit increase in concern about COVID-19 was associated with a 69% (Adjusted Odds Ratio: 0.31, 95% CI: 0.26–0.37) decrease in vaccine hesitancy. A one-level increase in the likelihood of getting influenza vaccine was associated with a 55% (AOR: 0.45 95% CI: 0.41–0.50) decrease in vaccine hesitancy.

Conclusions

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy was relatively low in a state-wide survey in Rhode Island. Future research is needed to better understand and tailor messaging related to vaccine hesitancy.
Assessing and visualizing fragility of clinical results with binary outcomes in R using the fragility package
Authors: Lin Lifeng , Chu Haitao
Published: June 2022

With the growing concerns about research reproducibility and replicability, the assessment of scientific results’ fragility (or robustness) has been of increasing interest. The fragility index was proposed to quantify the robustness of statistical significance of clinical studies with binary outcomes. It is defined as the minimal event status modifications that can alter statistical significance. It helps clinicians evaluate the reliability of the conclusions. Many factors may affect the fragility index, including the treatment groups in which event status is modified, the statistical methods used for testing for the association between treatments and outcomes, and the pre-specified significance level. In addition to assessing the fragility of individual studies, the fragility index was recently extended to both conventional pairwise meta-analyses and network meta-analyses of multiple treatment comparisons. It is not straightforward for clinicians to calculate these measures and visualize the results. We have developed an R package called “fragility” to offer user-friendly functions for such purposes. This article provides an overview of methods for assessing and visualizing the fragility of individual studies as well as pairwise and network meta-analyses, introduces the usage of the “fragility” package, and illustrates the implementations with several worked examples.
The discrepancies between clinical and histopathological diagnoses of cardiomyopathies in patients with stage D heart failure undergoing heart transplantation
Authors: Lertsuttimetta Thana , Tumkosit Monravee , Kaveevorayan Peerapat , Chantranuwatana Poonchavist , Theerasuwipakorn Nonthikorn , Chattranukulchai Pairoj , Puwanant Sarinya
Published: June 2022

Background

This study aimed to determine the etiology of stage-D heart failure (HF) and the prevalence and prognosis of misdiagnosed cardiomyopathy in patients undergoing heart transplantation.

Methods and results

We retrospectively reviewed 127 consecutive patients (mean age, 42 years; 90 [71%], male) from February 1994 to September 2021 admitted for heart transplant in our tertiary center. Pre-transplant clinical diagnosis was compared with post-transplant pathological diagnosis. The most common misdiagnosed cardiomyopathy was nonischemic cardiomyopathy accounting for 6% (n = 8) of all patients. Histopathological examination of explanted hearts in misdiagnosed patients revealed 2 arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, 2 sarcoidosis, 1 hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, 1 hypersensitivity myocarditis, 1 noncompacted cardiomyopathy, and 1 ischemic cardiomyopathy. Pre-transplant cardiac MRI and endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) were performed in 33 (26%) and 6 (5%) patients, respectively, with both performed in 3 (3% of patients). None of the patients undergoing both cardiac tests were misdiagnosed. During the 5-years follow-up period, 2 (25%) and 44 (37%) patients with and without pretransplant misdiagnosed cardiomyopathy died. There was no difference in survival rate between the groups (hazard ratio: 0.52; 95% CI:0.11–2.93; P = 0.314).

Conclusions

The prevalence of misdiagnosed cardiomyopathy was 6% of patients with stage-D HF undergoing heart transplantation, the misdiagnosis mostly occurred in nonischemic/dilated cardiomyopathy. An accurate diagnosis of newly detected cardiomyopathy gives an opportunity for potentially reversing cardiomyopathy, including sarcoidosis or myocarditis. This strategy may minimize the need for advanced HF therapy or heart transplantation. With advances in cardiac imaging, improvements in diagnostic accuracy of the etiology of HF can improve targeting of treatment.
Aspects of online college science courses that alleviate and exacerbate undergraduate depression
Authors: Busch Carly A. , Mohammed Tasneem F. , Nadile Erika M. , Cooper Katelyn M.
Published: June 2022

Depression is a top mental health concern among college students, yet there is a lack of research exploring how online college science courses can exacerbate or alleviate their depression. We surveyed 2,175 undergraduates at a large research-intensive institution about the severity of their depression in large-enrollment online science courses. The survey also explored aspects of online science courses that exacerbate or alleviate depression and we used regression analyses to assess whether demographics predicted responses. Over 50% of undergraduates reported experiencing depression and LGBTQ+ students, financially unstable students, and lower division students were more likely to experience severe rather than mild depression compared to their counterparts. Students reported difficulty building relationships and struggling to perform well online as aspects of online science courses that exacerbated their depression and the flexible nature of online courses and caring instructors as aspects of online courses that alleviated their depression. This study provides insight into how instructors can create more inclusive online learning environments for students with depression.
Publication practice in Taxonomy: Global inequalities and potential bias against negative results
Authors: Salvador Rodrigo Brincalepe , Cavallari Daniel Caracanhas , Rands Douglas , Tomotani Barbara Mizumo
Published: June 2022

There is broad recognition by practicing taxonomists that the field is going through a crisis, which has been dubbed the “taxonomic impediment”. There are many aspects involved in said crisis, but publication practices in taxonomy are often neglected or relegated to the backseat. We provide an initial foray into this topic via a worldwide survey with taxonomists, spanning all botanical and zoological groups, and career stages. Demographically, most of the respondents identified themselves as males (70%), working in Europe or North America (68%), in universities (50%) or museums (27%). Over half of the respondents are established/late-career researchers (only about 25% of full professors were female), with a low number of early-career researchers and graduate students (i.e., taxonomists in training). Nearly 61% of the men acquired their highest title at least eleven years ago, while only 41% of the women did so. Nearly 92% of the respondents have published new species descriptions, while around 60% and 26% have synonymized, respectively, species-level or subspecies-level taxa. In general, respondents perceive the act of describing new species to be easier than synonymizing species (p = 0.05). Established/late-career researchers and male researchers, particularly in Oceania and North America, found it easier to publish nomenclatural acts such as new species descriptions, while early-career researchers had their acts contested more often. Our results reaffirm the low academic recognition of the field, the lack of funding for research and publishing charges especially in the Global South, and the difficulty in finding specialized outlets (and the low impact factor of those journals) as persistent issues in taxonomy. Other significant problems raised by respondents include ethical issues in the peer-review process, a bias against newcomers in the field coming either from established researchers or committees, and taxonomic vandalism.
Viral giggles: Internet memes and COVID-19 in Malawi
Authors: Ngwira Emmanuel
Published: June 2022

Social media played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic both as a tool for communicating COVID-19-related messages and as a platform for sharing lighter moments during the distressful time. My article focuses on these lighter moments in the form of internet memes. My interest is on internet memes shared by the cyber public in Malawi. I contend that besides the humour, the memes carry insightful commentary on and criticism of society’s reaction to and handling of the pandemic. The memes poke fun at petrified and distressed Malawians, at some politicians who took advantage of the pandemic to further their own interests and how the outbreak widened the gap between the rich and the poor. Some sinophobic memes accused China of infecting the world with virus. My methodological and theoretical approaches are based on netnographic studies and theories of humour (nature and function) respectively.
Is Koro indeed our man? Exploring the intertextual role of humour in the Twitter age
Authors: Ajala Bukola Christiana
Published: June 2022

Humour as a communicative activity is meant to evoke laughter in people, hence, the amusement of an utterance is typically judged by its response from the audience. This study examines amusing tweets on the COVID-19 pandemic and traces the intertextual origin of discourse in some of the tweets. It primarily explores the core role of humour as a cultural tool for satire. The incongruity theory of humour was employed as a theoretical framework for the study as it helps to better understand the reason Nigerians’ tweets are antithetical to prevailing circumstances in the country. This is a qualitative research design where a content analysis of 125 amusing tweets relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was sampled on Twitter. Search terms such as #May4, #3rdMainlandBridge, #KoroIsOurMan and #Obanikoro were employed to identify the pattern of humour in selected tweets as Nigerians’ tweets at the period revolved more around each of the hashtags. Open messages sent via Twitter were assessed adopting purposive sampling technique. Particular characteristics such as location of users, timeline of the lockdown and its relaxation (25 March–30 June 2020) formed the parameters for the selection of the tweets. Though the coronavirus scourge has left thousands of people dead in its wake, Nigerians’ tweets and memes during the lockdown did not in any way reflect gloom or sombreness. This will pique an average readers’ interest as there is a violation of normative expectations. The results therefore reaffirm the age-long relevance of the incongruous in humour and the satirical role of intertextuality in discourse.
Theatricality in the midst of a pandemic: An assessment of artistic responses to COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe
Authors: Sibanda Nkululeko , Moyo Cletus
Published: June 2022

This article examines theatre as a creative journalistic media deployed by theatre practitioners to map experiences of Zimbabweans during the COVID-19-induced lockdown. When the first positive case of COVID-19 was reported in March 2020, the Zimbabwe government, like many other countries, responded by introducing restrictions for public gatherings and ultimately a lockdown including arts events. Yet, theatricality has refused to capitulate. Artists re-invented their theatre productions into theatrical comic and satirical works posted on various social media platforms, in an effort to make sense of the pandemic, bring laughter and address a serious complex situation. We examine how artists deployed theatre to journal, capture and document the citizen’s collective experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, for both the present and posterity. We are specifically interested in analysing the different ways art is deployed to provide entertainment, a broader understanding and awareness of the social, psychological and economic impact of COVID-19 for the present and future generations.
Hausa film industry and the ‘menace’ of appropriation of Indian romantic movies
Authors: Ibrahim Muhammad Muhsin
Published: June 2022

Against many odds, the Hausa film industry alias Kannywood has come of age. The film industry survives several pressing challenges from within and outside Nigeria, perhaps more than its counterparts anywhere else. Although there is no denying that the quality of its output has significantly improved, its survival has little or nothing to do with that. Many critics, including the Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MOPPAN) leadership, call ‘bad’ films, are still being made. Romantic movies, laden with a typical and predictable pattern of the love triangle, song and dance sequences among other appropriated and plagiarized Bollywood modalities, remain the favourite of producers and arguably that of the audience. However, according to some surveys, such films lack merit in the realm of critical film discourse in Africa and beyond. This article is set out to discuss this issue through a content analysis of a recent film titled Sareena (Nuhu 2019). The movie, released in 2019, is a bloated, implausible melodrama and a direct mimicry of a famous Indian film, Kaabil (Gupta 2017).
Cirugía tiroidea de acceso remoto
Authors: Granell José , Lee Kyu Eun
Published: June 2022

Introducción y objetivo: El objetivo de este artículo es describir la situación actual de la denominada cirugía de acceso remoto a la glándula tiroides. Aunque la motivación original para el desarrollo de estos abordajes es cosmética (evitar una cicatriz visible en el cuello), en la práctica han supuesto una auténtica revolución en el abanico de opciones técnicas para el manejo de la patología quirúrgica tiroidea. Síntesis: En un periodo de tiempo muy corto, desde el año 2000, se han testado multitud de variantes de acceso remoto, consolidándose finalmente cuatro abordajes. Estos son el abordaje axilar o transaxilar, el abordaje axilopectoral bilateral, el abordaje retroauricular o de facelift, y el abordaje transoral transvestibular. Se describen las indicaciones y los principios quirúrgicos de cada uno de ellos. Conclusiones: La tiroidectomía de acceso remoto ha demostrado ser segura y eficaz. Existe consenso en su aceptación como alternativa para determinados pacientes. En su innegable proceso de expansión, se mezclan múltiples temas de discusión, como el debate de la eficiencia de la tecnología quirúrgica.
Using Wlodkowski's Model To Enhance Motivation To Learn Financial Education
Authors: Delgadillo Lucy M.
Published: June 2022

There is domestic and international consensus that financial education is needed across all stages of the life cycle (Lusardi & Mitchell, 2014; OECD, 2019; PACFC, 2013). Mandell and Klein (2007) warned that young adults score low on financial literacy tests even after taking a personal
finance course. They claim that low scores on financial tests result from a lack of motivation to learn and a lack of motivation to retain and apply those financial skills previously learned.
Decolonisation of curriculum: the case of language education policy in Nepal
Authors: Poudel Prem Prasad , Jackson Liz , Choi Tae-Hee
Published: June 2022

While decolonisation is usually discussed in relation to countries that were formally colonised, countries that have not been formally colonised have also faced challenges related to colonialism. In this case, it is worth considering whether decolonial theory has more widespread applicability to respond to global challenges faced in the postcolonial era. This article documents the historical trajectories of colonisation and decolonisation of the school curriculum in Nepal. Although Nepal was never formally colonised, the introduction of modern schooling in Nepal was informed by the British colonisation of India, where local languages were replaced by English in the curriculum, diminishing the value of local languages and knowledges. Against this backdrop, the Nepal government issued a series of policies supporting Nepali supremacy, but the expansion of English was not significantly challenged. Rather, the policies resulted in a double colonisation of ethnic/Indigenous languages: external colonisation by English, and internal colonisation by the Nepali language. However, significant decolonisation efforts have recently made space for minoritised languages in the curriculum. This article illustrates these colonisation and decolonisation waves, shaped by the government, local communities and other actors. Drawing on Nepal’s legislative and educational policies, the article relates language policy decisions and actions as decolonial efforts to support ethnic/Indigenous languages and explores the implications for understanding tensions around decolonisation of curriculum.
El Amor romántico y sus mitos en Colombia: una revisión sistemática
Authors:   Universidad de Córdoba, España, Ariza Ruiz Alejandra , Viejo Almanzor Carmen ,   Universidad de Córdoba, España, Ortega Ruiz Rosario ,   Universidad de Córdoba, España
Published: June 2022

Introducción: En Colombia, la violencia de pareja es una importante causa de agresión contra las mujeres. Sus principales detonantes son el machismo, los celos y la infidelidad. Algunas investigaciones señalan que los “mitos románticos” podrían contribuir a esta violencia, al reafirmar roles de género desiguales y patriarcales. Método: El trabajo es una revisión sistemática cualitativa, orientada a sintetizar los estudios empíricos sobre el amor romántico en Colombia. Siguiendo el protocolo Prisma, la muestra estuvo conformada por los artículos de mayor impacto, publicados en bases de datos especializadas de ciencias sociales, con énfasis en la psicología, se seleccionaron 26 estudios. Resultados: Los resultados señalan que los mitos románticos se encuentran relacionados con la violencia de pareja. En particular, los celos y la infidelidad constituyen los detonantes prioritarios de la agresión. Conclusión: Se concluye que el marco de creencias sociales sobre el amor en la cultura colombiana es fuertemente patriarcal, marco que se sustenta en un relacionamiento desigual, dominador y controlador entre los sexos, conducente a la violencia en la pareja.
Conjunctive Use of Landsat-8 OLI and MODIS Data for Delineation of Burned Areas
Authors: Azeemuddin Syed , Dwivedi R.S.
Published: June 2022

For regional-level monitoring of burned areas, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS ) MCD64A1 and MCD45A1 products have been operationally used. However, because of their coarser spatial resolution, such products do not allow for detection of small patches (<50 ha)
of burned areas, which are very important for modeling gas emissions. In order to bridge this gap, we undertook a study to evaluate the synergy of MCD64A1 and Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI ) data for delineating burned areas in part of the mountainous terrain of the Himalayas, northern
India. The approach involves generating a differenced normalized burn ratio image from Landsat-8 OLI data before and after fire events, refining the burned areas thus delineated using the MCD64A1 burned-area product and field data, and estimating accuracy. An overall mapping accuracy of 90.0%
was achieved using Landsat-8 OLI data. Inclusion of the MODIS MCD64A1 burned-area product resulted in marginal improvement in overall accuracy (to 94.0%).
Elástico em cadeia para rotações - parte 2
Authors: Bastos Marden
Published: June 2022

As rotações dentárias constituem um problema diário na prática ortodôntica. Sua solução demanda planejamento para evitar efeitos colaterais indesejados, como, por exemplo, a rotação dos dentes vizinhos. Na edição v17n1 dessa revista, descrevemos uma forma de corrigir rotações em fios leves com poucos efeitos colaterais, em que o elástico em cadeia parte de uma laçada no arco, circunda o dente e termina no braquete do próprio dente.
Torque dos incisivos inferiores no tratamento compensatório da Classe III: não perca o controle!
Authors: Prado Eduardo
Published: June 2022

As famosas expressões “caso fácil” e “já ganhou” não existem no tratamento dos pacientes Classe III, pois sesse tipo de problema é considerado um dos mais complexos e difíceis de se diagnosticar e tratar. Sabemos que a má oclusão de Classe III afeta entre 5 e 15% da população mundial e, apesar dos progressos obtidos nos últimos anos por meio de tratamentos conservadores, um grande número de ortodontistas acredita que a intervenção cirúrgica para pacientes adultos que apresentam esse tipo de problema seja a única alternativa para o restabelecimento de uma oclusão normal.
Mesiodens e impacção de incisivos centrais superiores: abordagem multidisciplinar para restabelecimento da estética e função
Authors: Monteiro Patrícia Maria , Mira Paôla Caroline Silva , Arnez Maya Fernanda Manfrin , Silva Francisco Wanderley Garcia Paula , Stuani Maria Bernadete Sasso
Published: June 2022

INTRODUÇÃO: Os dentes supranumerários podem ser encontrados em qualquer área das arcadas dentárias, sendo sua localização mais frequente na linha média da maxila. A retenção de dentes anteriores permanentes pode gerar repercussões estéticas, funcionais e psicossociais, incluindo atraso na erupção ou impacção de dentes permanentes, erupções ectópicas, reabsorções radiculares e formação de cistos. Uma das principais condutas terapêuticas frente a esse problema é o tracionamento ortodôntico-cirúrgico. DESCRIÇÃO: O presente trabalho propõe uma abordagem clínica baseada no tracionamento ortodôntico-cirúrgico para um caso de incisivos centrais superiores permanentes impactados devido à presença de dentes supranumerários. CONCLUSÕES: A técnica de tracionamento cirúrgico utilizada é a de eleição da maioria dos ortodontistas, por apresentar melhores resultados estéticos e anatomofuncionais do periodonto ao final do tracionamento.
O tratamento da agenesia dentária e sua correlação com a impacção de caninos e a má oclusão de Classe III
Authors: Miguel José Augusto Mendes , Holz Isabella Simões , Santos Diego Junior da Silva
Published: June 2022

INTRODUÇÃO: Pacientes com agenesias de dentes permanentes apresentam uma prevalência significativamente aumentada de erupção ectópica de caninos por palatino (EECP), a qual pode estar associada à má oclusão de Classe III. OBJETIVO: O presente artigo objetiva apresentar, por meio de um caso clínico, o tratamento de paciente do sexo feminino, em período de crescimento ativo, que apresentava ausência congênita dos incisivos laterais inferiores e impacção do canino superior esquerdo, associadas a uma relação oclusal de Classe III. RELATO DO CASO: o tratamento incluiu expansão rápida da maxila seguida de instalação de aparelho fixo para recuperação de espaço na região do dente #23 e posterior tracionamento do canino incluso. RESULTADOS: Ao fim dos 43 meses de tratamento, o dente #23 foi tracionado com sucesso. Ademais, os dentes #32 e #42 foram substituídos pelos dentes #33 e #43 e a relação oclusal de Classe III de molares foi mantida, decorrente da mesialização de todo o segmento posterior. CONCLUSÃO: Sempre que possível, as anomalias dentárias devem ser diagnosticadas precocemente, pois funcionam como indicadores de risco para distúrbios de erupção dentária. Além disso, um plano de tratamento consistente associado a medidas preventivas pontuais para a simplificação do tratamento ortodôntico devem ser adotado.
Estudio de caso con profesores de bachillerato: sus competencias, retos y experiencias
Authors: López Rodríguez Erika
Published: June 2022

La educación es una labor compleja y relevante para el mejoramiento de la sociedad. Se requiere contar con una educación de calidad si se pretende construir un futuro donde la ciencia, la tecnología y los valores morales edifiquen una vida justa para todos. Sin embargo esto no se logra ni con los intentos de reforma estructural y uso de la evaluación docente, todavía se siguen presentando los mismos viejos vicios que han fraguado la historia de la educación latinoamericana. Para conocer la idiosincrasia mexicana, la forma en la que se da la educación en las escuelas públicas, las razones, motivos, explicaciones y estilos de vida más comunes de los docentes, sobre todo saber cuál es su reacción ante las reformas educativas, se realizó un estudio de caso en una preparatoria nocturna. Al final se presentan las conclusiones con base en el análisis de datos presentados por los informantes.
Die Grenzen des Wachstums werden konkret
Authors: Seidl Irmi , Zahrnt Angelika
Published: June 2022

Vor 50 Jahren erschien der Bericht des Club of Rome zur Lage der Menschheit mit dem programmatischen Titel „Die Grenzen des Wachstums“. Die resultierende Diskussion ist bis heute relevant, insbesondere für die Aufgabe der Dekarbonisierung.
Nachhaltige ländliche Regionalentwicklung durch Klimaschutz und Wertschöpfung
Authors: Zeigermann Ulrike , Böcher Michael , Weitz Lia
Published: June 2022

Nachhaltige Veränderungsprozesse in ländlichen Regionen erfordern eine Balance zwischen Klimaschutz, Klimaanpassung und Wirtschaftlichkeit. Ein neuer Ansatz zur Identifikation und Verstärkung von Erfolgsfaktoren für Regionalentwicklung und Klimaschutz erleichtert die Umsetzung entsprechender Vorhaben. Damit können konträre Zielsetzungen miteinander verbunden werden.
The relationship between leisure time management and leisure time benefit: A study on private sector employees
Authors: Büyükakgül Ümit Can
Published: June 2022

Research aim. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between leisure management and leisure benefits of individuals working in the private sector.  Method. The sample of this study was formed by using the purposive sampling method. A total of 231 males and 118 females took part in the sample consisting of 349 participants.  Free Time Management Scale and Leisure Benefit Scale were used to collect the data. To analyze the data MANOVA and Pearson-Correlation tests were performed. Findings. There are no significant differences between demographic variables and Free Time Management Scale total points. There is only a significant difference between work experience and Leisure Benefit Scale total points. Also, there is no significant correlation between the two scales’ dimensions. Conclusions. Briefly, it can be said that no significant relationship was found between the benefit of the participants from recreational activities and their perceptions of managing their leisure time.
Image of Women Character in Diddo Gaaru Short Story
Authors: Rahmah Yuliani , Sawiji Nur
Published: June 2022

This research is conducted to grasp the image of women and gender inequality experienced by female characters in the Diddo Gaaru short story. The method used in this research is a literature study in which primary data obtained from the short story Diddo Gaaru are then analyzed using feminist literary criticism theory and presented descriptively. It is concluded that there are four forms of gender inequality in this short story: marginalization, subordination, stereotype, and violence as for the image of women in this short story, including ten images that, as a whole, describe the image of oppressed women.
Once again on Noah’s lost son in the Qur’ān: the Enochic connection
Authors: Dost Suleyman
Published: June 2022

In the Qur’ān, a son of Noah dies in the flood because, the Qur’ān states, he is not actually of Noah’s family. The passage in question (Q 11:46) was puzzling to classical Muslim exegetes and modern scholars alike, and the search for parallel narratives in previous biblical and parabiblical texts has been largely unsuccessful. Another Qur’ānic passage that portrays Noah’s wife in negative terms (Q 66:10) led some early Muslim scholars to consider the possibility that she cheated on his husband but this interpretation was later dismissed on the principle of prophetic infallibility. In this paper, the story of Noah’s perished son is examined in the light of Second Temple Jewish texts, in particular the First Book of Enoch and the Genesis Apocryphon, where the sexual corruption of the fallen angels leads to cases of doubtful paternity. In these sources Noah’s own birth is recounted as a wondrous event that makes Noah’s father Lamech suspect that his wife had the child from an angel. Lamech’s grandfather Enoch eventually confirms Noah’s righteous conception and birth but the narrative motifs around antediluvian sexual decadence, conjugal disloyalty and miraculous birth stories survive into other Second Temple Jewish and early Christian texts. I argue that the Qur’ān, too, was aware of these narrative motifs and the story of Noah’s son constitutes a unique Qur’ānic spin on certain of these Enochic themes.
Fetal phonocardiogram signals denoising using improved complete ensemble (EMD) with adaptive noise and optimal thresholding of wavelet coefficients
Authors: Cheikh Fethi , Benhassine Nasser Edinne , Sbaa Salim
Published: June 2022

Although fetal phonocardiogram (fPCG) signals have become a good indicator for discovered heart disease, they may be contaminated by various noises that reduce the signals quality and the final diagnosis decision. Moreover, the noise may cause the risk of the data to misunderstand the heart signal and to misinterpret it. The main objective of this paper is to effectively remove noise from the fPCG signal to make it clinically feasible. So, we proposed a novel noise reduction method based on Improved Complete Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition with Adaptive Noise (ICEEMDAN), wavelet threshold and Crow Search Algorithm (CSA). This noise reduction method, named ICEEMDAN-DWT-CSA, has three major advantages. They were, (i) A better suppress of mode mixing and a minimized number of IMFs, (ii) A choice of wavelet corresponding to the study signal proven by the literature and (iii) Selection of the optimal threshold value. Firstly, the noisy fPCG signal is decomposed into Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs) by the (ICEEMDAN). Each noisy IMFs were decomposed by the Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT). Then, the optimal threshold value using the (CSA) technique is selected and the thresholding function is carried out in the detail’s coefficients. Secondly, each denoised (IMFs) is reconstructed by applying the Inverse Discrete Wavelet Transform (IDWT). Finally, all these denoised (IMFs) are combined to get the denoised fPCG signal. The performance of the proposed method has been evaluated by Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), Mean Square Error (MSE) and the Correlation Coefficient (COR). The experiment gave a better result than some standard methods.
Pedagogical issues related to the adverb dou [都] in Mandarin Chinese
Authors: Woo I-hao
Published: June 2022

The semantic and syntactic properties of the adverb dou ‘both/all’ in Mandarin Chinese have been extensively discussed. However, due to the increasing number of Chinese as a Second (CSL) learners, many researchers have recently begun conducting studies that address language learners’ acquisition of this adverb. In this study, I more widely investigate the usages of dou. More specifically, I examine how dou is presented in a CSL textbook and conduct a corpus study on the use of dou in various types of discourses. The main goal is to investigate whether or not there is a gap between the textbook and the corpus data. The overall results suggest that the focus of the textbook is dissimilar to the results of the data. To fill the gap, I provide several class materials and classroom activities involving the morphosyntax, semantics, and pragmatics of dou that can facilitate CSL learners’ acquisition.
Differences in the proportion of Croatian adolescents with abnormal individual metabolic syndrome components adjusted to gender and different criterion for individual metabolic syndrome component
Authors: Martinis Olgica , Ruljancic Nedjeljka
Published: June 2022

Objectives

There are different approaches to diagnosing of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in adolescents. We aim to compare the proportions of adolescents with abnormal values of MetS components between the NCEP/ATP criteria and the proposed cut-off values from the local population percentile distribution adjusted to gender.

Methods

Subjects were 358 high school students (246 girls, 112 boys) aged 14–17 years from three Croatian regions. The serum glucose levels were determined by hexokinase method, serum triglycerides by GPO-PAP method, and serum high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol by automated homogeneous assays on Beckman Coulter AU 680 analyser (Minneapolis, USA).

Results

Differences were seen between genders by NCEP/ATPIII modified criteria in the proportion of the adolescents with the proposed cut-off values for HDL-C levels, SBP, and DBP with a higher prevalence in boys. The proportion of girls differs between data set percentile criteria, and NCEP/ATP III modified criteria for HDL-C value, serum fasting glucose value and DBP value. The proportion of boys with higher values than suggested differs between proposed NCEP/ATP III modified criteria and percentile criteria for serum fasting glucose values and DBP.

Conclusions

Our study has shown differences in the proportion of 14–17-year-old adolescents between gender according to modified NCEP/ATPIII criteria for HDL-C, SBP and DBP with a higher prevalence of SBP and DBP related to other individual MetS components for both genders. Gender adjusted cut-off value from own populations avoids possible under- or over-estimation in the distribution of individual MetS components with no difference in the proportion of adolescents between gender.
Telling stories of the local natural world: A path of reconnection with language and place in the Emilian context
Authors: Hampton Jessica
Published: June 2022

This paper takes a pragmatic approach to the issue of language maintenance and revitalization and constructs its argument through an ecological lens. Electing Emilian – a minoritized language of Italy, as a case study, this article analyzes folk stories related to the more-than-human world. Employing an ecolinguistic framework and focusing on key theoretical concepts of evaluation, salience, and identity, this paper proposes that these folk stories can serve a dual purpose. Firstly, they can be used as materials to re-introduce the use of Emilian in the public domain by creating local spaces where the language can be spoken organically thus escaping the social stigma usually attached to it. This would help raise awareness of Emilian as a language intrinsically valuable. Secondly, by using these texts as materials, users would be exposed to new ways in which the local environment can be looked at and rediscovered. The results of the analyses are used to illustrate how ecolinguistics can be used to identify materials for language revitalization efforts in Emilian and other similar communities where the connection with heritage language, place, and identity is either partial or missing.
Presentism & Passage
Authors: Daniels Paul R.
Published: June 2022

According to the presentist, only the present moment exists and, as time passes, what’s present changes. However some argue that, if only one moment exists, the presentist cannot explain the passage of time. While the presentist historically appeals to surrogates—proxies which exist in the present but play the role of non-existent past times—to evade this sort of worry, the appeal to surrogates has come under renewed attack from Lisa Leininger. But hope is not lost for the presentist. I argue that presentists do have the resources available to address the underlying issue Leininger articulates. Moreover, there’s disagreement amongst presentists about which version of presentism is best. For instance, David Ingram has recently argued that thisness presentism is preferable to other versions of presentism because it’s able to handle certain problems other versions of presentism cannot. However, I argue that this assessment is premature. More specifically, I argue that Ingram’s response to an objection from Lisa Leininger fails to address the core issue she raises. Consequently, I argue that presentists shouldn’t embrace thisness presentism just yet. In this way, my aims here are to: sharpen Leininger’s objection, highlight tenable presentist replies to it, and advance the discussion about which version of presentism should be favoured.
Latest developments in the upconversion nanotechnology for the rapid detection of food safety: A review
Authors: Ji Guangna , Wang Yu , Qin Yingkai , Peng Yuan , Li Shuang , Han Dianpeng , Ren Shuyue , Qin Kang , Li Sen , Gao Zhixian , Han Tie
Published: June 2022

Food safety has become a topic of global concern in the recent decades. The significant food safety incidents occur from time to time around the world, seriously threatening the public health and causing extensive economic losses. In particular, the occurrence of COVID-19 highlights the importance of the food safety for the public health. Therefore, there is an urgent need to establish a fast, simple, sensitive, and efficient method for the detection of food safety. In recent years, the upconversion (UC) nanotechnology has been widely used in the field of food detection. The UC fluorescence analysis technology possesses the advantages of ultra-sensitivity detection, non-invasiveness, light stability, etc., and has broad application prospects in the field of food safety. After cladding and surface modification, it can be combined with other substances through a variety of mechanisms, such as electrostatic interaction, thereby expanding its application in the food safety detection. Thus, overall, there is a vital need to evaluate and utilize the potential of UC nanoparticles in the field of rapid detection of food safety.
Optimization of electrolysis and carbon capture processes for sustainable production of chemicals through Power-to-X
Authors: Mostafa Mahmoud , Varela Christopher , Zondervan Edwin
Published: June 2022

This contribution presents the modelling and optimization strategy of the key intermediate processes in Power-to-X: water electrolysis and carbon capture. While the water electrolysis process is set to maximize the profit provided market data, the control structure in the capture process allows the production of the stoichiometric amount of carbon dioxide for further processing to methanol. The flexible operation of electrolyzers allowed efficient conversion of renewable energy into hydrogen with minimum grid compensation (around 4%). Furthermore, the capture process showed a favourable response to the fluctuating demand of CO2, with deviations lower than 1% over the simulated period. This optimization strategy represents a viable option for Power-to-X processes to cope with the fluctuations of volatile renewable energy.
Eine allzu lange 2. Zwischenzeit?
Authors: Gertzen Thomas L.
Published: June 2022

In the 1830s, Ch. C. J. von Bunsen began to establish “Egypt’s place in universal history”. Initially he collaborated with C. R. Lepsius until by the earlier 1840s both men recognised insurmountable difficulties concerning chronology. Regardless, Lepsius praised Bunsen’s publication though he took exception to some details – in particular, rejecting Bunsen’s attribution of 900 years to the Hyksos Period. Shortly thereafter, a recently discovered history of Egypt by the Greek author Uranios was offered to the Berlin Academy. Initially Lepsius favoured its acquisition, but later he helped prove the text was a forgery, pointing specifically to the duration of the Hyksos-era, paralleling Bunsen’s publication which was among the possessions of K. Simonides, the suspected forger. The article discusses the respective legacies of Bunsen and Lepsius in Egyptological historiography.
Modelling the Dynamics of Ancient Egyptian State During the Old Kingdom Period: Hidden Markov Models and Social Network Analysis
Authors: Bárta Miroslav , Dulíková Veronika , Mařík Radek , Cibuľa Matej
Published: June 2022

The present study aims to outline new, more adjusted approaches of research addressing social complexity of past societies. In doing so, we use varied evidence to detect major ‘leap events’ in the history of ancient Egypt which were reflected by the state administration and its fluctuating complexity. The archaeological and inscriptional evidence shows that crucial changes in history had a non-linear, punctuated character. To reveal their true character, newly developed mathematical models have been applied. The analyses of early complex civilisations have made a noticeable progress recently. The current scholarship pays significant attention to a processual approach, description of the dynamics and its interpretation against the specific background formed by varied datasets originating from disciplines such as archaeology, history, art history, philology or environmental sciences to name but a few of the most relevant ones. Within this context, Old Kingdom Egypt evidence is reassessed using specific methods of analysis and interpretation. The ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom (2592–2120 BC), one of the earliest territorial states on this planet, is still frequently considered to be a homogenous continuum of isolated historical events manifested in various forms of architecture, art or religion. Some recent studies applied to its study put emphasis on a non-linear, ‘punctuated approach’ which appears to provide some new important perspectives on this traditional problem. The application of modern mathematical methods based on Hidden Markov Models and Social Network Analysis significantly changes this view. These methods have the potential to detail a vivid, heterogenous process of historical progress as a punctuated equilibria model, as a non-linear system with changing dynamics of its development in time. In this process, human agency, the rise and fluctuation of complexity and particular strategies of different social groups played significant roles and can be detected with the help of impartial approaches. The emerging picture can be used not only to describe the evolution of a past society but also for comparative purposes when studying the dynamics of past or present societies.
Amduat und Klassisches Himmelsbild (zu Amduat 325–328, 396–399 und 757–758)
Authors: Lieven Alexandra von
Published: June 2022

In the Fourth Hour of the Great Amduat, the group of deities 325 to 328 are identified as forms of Orion, Sothis and the planet Venus in disguise. This leads to some general observations on Venus and to a lesser extent Mercury within Egyptian Religious Astronomy. As the scene in question is one of only three that is made up of complete figures in red ink in the version of Thutmosis III, it is investigated what might link these three scenes. Ultimately, a possible connection to issues of time measurement is proposed.

Another one of these three scenes in red ink is in the Fifth Hour. It concerns figures 396 to 399 holding four crowns on their knees. This scene provides some ties with conceptions prominent for example in Edfu. The four crowns together form the -crown often attested for Horus of Edfu. As the astral form of this god is Venus, the Fourth and Fifth Hours prove to be closely bonded.
Community negotiation and pasture partitioning at the Trypillia settlement of Maidanetske
Authors: Makarewicz Cheryl A. , Hofmann Robert , Videiko Mykhailo Y. , Müller Johannes
Published: June 2022

The inhabitants of the vast Chalcolithic Trypillia sites of Eastern Europe required highly organised strategies to meet subsistence needs. Here, the authors use isotopic analyses of faunal remains from Maidanetske, Ukraine, to identify intensive and extensive grazing practices. The former demanded intra-community negotiation to ensure access to high-quality pastures for valuable animals such as dairy cows, suggesting that pasture may have also served socially integrative functions. The simultaneous use of extensive pasturing strategies for cattle placed on different pastureland suggests that landscapes were partitioned, with access determined by cooperation or competition. Maidanetske's dual pasturing system reflects the importance of spatially organised practices in maintaining social structure.
What Predicts a Clinical Discussion About PrEP? Results From Analysis of a U.S. National Cohort of HIV-Vulnerable Sexual and Gender Minorities
Authors: Carneiro Pedro B. , Frye Victoria , Mirzayi Chloe , Patel Viraj , Lounsbury David , Huang Terry T.-K. , Sabounchi Nasim , Grov Christian
Published: June 2022

HIV-outcome inequities remain prevalent in the U.S. Medical providers (MPs) are gatekeepers of PrEP, and understanding the dynamics of PrEP assessments is of major interest for public health. We analyzed data from Together 5000, an internet-based U.S. national cohort of sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals aged 16-49 years and at risk for HIV. Among those eligible for PrEP uptake (n = 6264), we modeled predictors of discussing PrEP with an MP. A third (31%) of participants had spoken to a MP about PrEP. Among those who spoke to a MP, 45% suggested they would initiate PrEP; this outcome was more common among participants older than 24. With a persistent stagnant uptake nationwide, new opportunities to influence PrEP uptake must be explored. An attractive less targeted space is the medical office, specifically ways to support an initial and continued discussion about PrEP between MPs and their patients.