bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Corinto grecorromana: centralidad y periferia en la Antología Palatina y otras fuentes escritas antiguas
Authors: Difabio Elbia Haydeé
Published: August 2021

En la Antología Palatina, representantes de distintas escuelas literarias, algunos más célebres que otros, junto con autores anónimos, recuerdan las ciudades antiguas –en Grecia y luego en Roma, además de las zonas de influencia de ambas–, como cuna de inolvidables referentes históricos o míticos, foco de contiendas bélicas o de victorias en competencias y juegos, epicentros de curación o modelos de paisaje natural o urbano, entre otros motivos de inspiración. En el marco del proyecto SIIP 2019-2021, “La política como eje vertebrador en la Grecia Antigua. Expresiones discursivas en fuentes diversas”, se examina una de ellas, Corinto y su ciudadela Acrocorinto, presentes en alusiones de unos versos o en poemas completos de la compilación. Previa traducción directa personal de la fuente original y de la confrontación de diversas traducciones (latina –que se transcribe–, española, inglesa e italiana), se sistematizan los rasgos que el imaginario colectivo retuvo, en consonancia con las posibles causas movilizadoras que inspiraron a sus creadores. Se han consignado las notas filológicas consideradas más oportunas. La consulta de Homero, Hesíodo, Heródoto, Píndaro, Pausanias, Estrabón, Higino, Cicerón, Alcifrón, Elio Arístides y Diógenes Laercio corrobora, complementa y amplía el contenido de los epigramas, para la mejor comprensión de la πόλις en la geografía, la historia, la filosofía, el arte, el deporte, la religión, el mito y las costumbres, verificando también los lazos jerárquicos con el resto de Grecia y con Roma.
Arma sumpserit (Lucan. 7, 259-260). Maradona, Malvinas y el arte de la cauta crítica
Authors: Marron Gabriela Andrea
Published: August 2021

El propósito de este trabajo consiste en estudiar las estrategias discursivas utilizadas por Frederick Ahl en el artículo titulado “A mão de Deus: Diego Maradona e a natureza divina da trapaça na Antiguidade Clássica”, estableciendo sus convergencias con ciertos recursos poéticos y procedimientos retóricos descriptos por él en sus investigaciones sobre la literatura clásica. Intentaré demostrar que, para estudiar la heroificación del gol de Maradona contra Inglaterra, el autor urde un contexto interpretativo mayor, donde las referencias mitológicas funcionan como veladas alusiones al conflicto de Atlántico Sur.
Sobre la familia y el dinero en Asinaria de Plauto
Authors: Monti Gabriela
Published: August 2021

El motor de la acción en Asinaria es la circulación del dinero. A través de esta se definen conductas, se orientan las acciones y se determina el destino de los personajes de la comedia. El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en analizar las relaciones familiares entre el senex, la matrona y el adulescens y su vinculación con el dinero para dar cuenta de las relaciones de poder. A través de la circulación del dinero y del lugar en que cada uno se ubica respecto de él, es posible dar cuenta de las relaciones de poder –sujeción, dominio, horizontalidad– que se establecen a lo largo de la comedia. De alguna manera, la carencia, la necesidad o la posesión del dinero determinan el interés de preservación de los vínculos que se trazan y ubica a la mujer en un lugar dominante.
De los ojos de Roma a las voces de lxs jóvenxs: una vía para presentar las Letras Clásicas a través de la Extensión Universitaria
Authors: Robledo Alexis Emanuel , Russo Nicolás
Published: August 2021

El presente artículo analiza una experiencia didáctica de Extensión universitaria del área de Letras Clásicas orientada a la comunidad académica de Nivel Medio y desarrollada virtualmente durante los meses de agosto y septiembre de 2020. La experiencia, titulada “Los otros en los ojos de Roma”, abordó durante cinco clases las representaciones de cuatro alteridades contraculturales en la sociedad romana –el monstruo político, la bruja, el bárbaro y el enfermo–, mediante el análisis de textos latinos de los períodos republicano e imperial. Esta actividad, en el marco del Programa “Filo y Secundarios” coordinado por la Secretaría de Extensión Universitaria y Bienestar Estudiantil (SEUBE) de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, buscó un doble objetivo. Por un lado, presentar a lxs jóvenxs cursantxs las herramientas de trabajo del método filológico y mediante ellas, introducirlos al área de estudio de las Letras Clásicas; por otro, favorecer el intercambio dialógico, la construcción colectiva de conocimiento y la apropiación de los textos clásicos por parte de lxs jóvenxs estudiantxs de Nivel Medio.A partir de ello, este trabajo presenta las secuencias didácticas, las reflexiones teóricas y los aportes de una novedosa experiencia de Extensión para los Estudios Clásicos.
Lavinia, de la periferia al centro. Análisis de Lavinia de Ursula K. Le Guin
Authors: Zapata Patricia
Published: August 2021

El trabajo se propone un análisis del personaje de Lavinia basado en la novela homónima de Ursula K. Le Guin. Nuestro recorrido considera el pasaje de la periferia al centro de la escritura. El discurso de Lavinia reflexiona acerca del rol del héroe, acerca del poeta y del poder de los textos. Finalmente, este vínculo entre Eneida de Virgilio, que nos recuerda que el poder asociado con la acción y la palabra pertenece a los hombres, y Le Guin cuya narrativa se focaliza en la experiencia y la voz femenina de la protagonista.
Incluso porque hablo griego / con tu imaginación: Poesía y canción en Choro Bandido
Authors: Silva Douglas
Published: August 2021

El propósito de este breve ensayo es analizar las referencias y posibles conexiones entre las canciones del disco Paratodos de Chico Buarque, especialmente la canción “Choro Bandido”, compuesta en colaboración con Edu Lobo, y conceptos de poética antigua. Consciente de la proximidad entre el canto, la entonación y el habla (que también se entrelazan en las antiguas artes verbales que dieron nombre a lo que hoy llamamos poesía), la voz de un poeta aparece en “Choro Bandido”, desplegándose no solo en un conjunto de imágenes que aluden a antiguas nociones de la vida de poeta (pobreza, astucia, necesidad, mentira, inspiración, ceguera, poder sobrenatural), sino también en detalles de la reflexión desarrollada por Platón en su obra.
Arte rupestre, agencia y ontología: Reflexiones actuales sobre el viejo animismo al sur de la Meseta Central de Santa Cruz. (Patagonia, Argentina)
Authors: González Dubox Raúl
Published: August 2021

Analizar la agencia y ontología de la materia en restos arqueológicos plantea desafíos innegables y en ningún lugar estos desafíos son más agudos que en la interpretación del arte rupestre de Patagonia. Si bien la discusión en torno a la ontología de nuestros supuestos y categorías disfruta de un considerable lugar en la literatura antropológica y arqueológica, los estudios de cazadores-recolectores patagónicos se mantienen al margen. En el presente ensayo exploro, sin pretensiones conclusivas, un modo de aproximarme a las manifestaciones rupestres de la Localidad Arqueológica La María al sur de la Meseta Central de Santa Cruz desde una perspectiva ontológica. Repasando las crónicas de Musters y las recopilaciones etnográficas que Casamiquela realizo entre pueblos tehuelches actuales, indago en la relevancia del concepto de ensamble de Fowler (2017) y animismo de Descola (2005), evaluando la posibilidad que motivos del repertorio rupestre como guanacos, felinos y negativos de manos, puedan ser abordados en términos de exterioridad/interioridad-similitud/diferencia, retomando la noción de animismo como recurso interpretativo.
RECITAR E PRODUZIR POEMAS: Práticas literárias que desenvolvem a oralidade e escrita dos alunos
Authors: Santos Peixoto Ana Cristina , Ferreira da Cunha Rossimara Inês
Published: August 2021

Este trabalho tem por objetivo contribuir para o desenvolvimento da oralidade e escrita dos alunos na sala de aula, como espaço possível para o resgate da voz própria de alunos e professores, através da recitação de poemas. A metodologia utilizada foi a pesquisa bibliografia e participante, com abordagem qualitativa. Os sujeitos observados nesta pesquisa foram professores e alunos da Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA), participantes do Projeto Poesia fora da Estante, na Escola Municipal João Pedro dos Santos, localizada na cidade de Salvador, no bairro Bonoco. No desenvolvimento teórico, foram relatadas algumas experiências vivenciadas durante a aplicação do projeto referenciado, que ilustram como a poesia, a leitura e a escrita podem entrar na vida de professores e alunos e se fazerem elementos de expressão de si mesmos e ponte para o outro. Conclui-se com este estudo que há necessidade da sala de aula se tornar espaço de criação e recriação para alunos e professores, espaço de liberdade, de autonomia e de reflexão crítica. Ler, ouvir e produzir poemas sensibiliza a inteligência humana, possibilita a descoberta da poesia na vida, oferece o conhecimento de nós mesmos como seres únicos, individuais e coletivos, inseridos no contexto de uma sociedade. Poesia é vida que pulsa.
Aesthetic Emotions
Authors: Baumbach Sibylle
Published: August 2021

Not all emotions experienced in the encounter with literature are ‘aesthetic’. As suggested by the seeming paradox inherent in the term ‘aesthetic emotions’, the latter embraces reactive and reflective responses, combining emotional and cognitive processes in the appreciation of a literary text, and includes some conceptual tension. Following a brief survey of recent research in the field, this chapter explores fascination as aesthetic emotion, proposing that the latter can be conceived as mixed emotions which push our emotional repertoire to its limits, create instances of emotional and cognitive disorientation, and prompt temporary in/securities of attachment which ultimately contribute to the pleasure arising from coping with these complex emotions in the process of reading. It further suggests that due to its focus on mixed emotions and the sublime, the Gothic genre in particular affords aesthetic emotions.
Differential expression of mannan binding lectin serine peptidase 1 in human epithelial ovarian cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: August 2021

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecologic cancer (1). We performed discovery of genes associated with epithelial ovarian cancer and of the high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) subtype, using published microarray data (2, 3) to compare global gene expression profiles of normal ovary or fallopian tube with that of primary tumors from women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer or HGSC. We identified the gene encoding mannan binding lectin serine peptidase 1, MASP1, as among the genes whose expression was most different in epithelial ovarian cancer as compared to the normal fallopian tube. MASP1 expression was significantly lower in high-grade serous ovarian tumors relative to normal fallopian tube. MASP1 expression correlated with overall survival in patients with ovarian cancer. These data indicate that expression of MASP1 is perturbed in epithelial ovarian cancers broadly and in ovarian cancers of the HGSC subtype. MASP1 may be relevant to pathways underlying ovarian cancer initiation (transformation) or progression.
Are we in time? How predictive coding and dynamical systems explain musical synchrony
Authors: Palmer Caroline , Demos Alexander Pantelis
Published: August 2021

Humans tend to anticipate events when they synchronize their actions with sound (such as clapping to music), which has puzzled scientists for decades. What accounts for this anticipation? We review two theoretical mechanisms for synchrony: predictive coding and dynamical systems. Both theories are grounded in neural activation patterns, but with important distinctions. We contrast their assumptions, computations, and musical applications to explaining anticipatory synchronization.
Differential expression of ADAMTS9 antisense RNA 2 in human epithelial ovarian cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: August 2021

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecologic cancer (1). We performed discovery of genes associated with epithelial ovarian cancer and of the high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) subtype, using published and public microarray data (2, 3) to compare global gene expression profiles of normal ovary or fallopian tube with that of primary tumors from women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer or HGSC. We identified the gene encoding ADAMTS9 antisense RNA 2, ADAMTS9-AS2, as among the genes whose expression was most different in epithelial ovarian cancer as compared to the normal fallopian tube. ADAMTS9-AS2 expression was significantly lower in high-grade serous ovarian tumors relative to normal fallopian tube. ADAMTS9-AS2 expression correlated with overall survival in patients with ovarian cancer. These data indicate that expression of ADAMTS9-AS2 is perturbed in epithelial ovarian cancers broadly and in ovarian cancers of the HGSC subtype. ADAMTS9-AS2 may be relevant to pathways underlying ovarian cancer initiation (transformation) or progression.
PENGARUH SELF EFFICACY, SELF ESTEEM, DAN MOTIVASI KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN PADA PT. BANK BPR JATIM CABANG KEDIRI
Authors: rahmasari yayang riski
Published: August 2021

This study was conducted to determine the effect of self-efficacy, self-esteem, and work motivation on employee performance at PT. Bank BPR JATIM Cabang Kediri. The population and sample in this study amounted to 31 employees. The sampling technique used a saturated sample. The research method used in this research is descriptive quantitative. The analytical technique used is multiple linear regression analysis using SPSS version 16.0. The results of this study indicate that partially self-efficacy has a positive and significant effect on the performance of employees of PT. Bank BPR JATIM Cabang Kediri as evidenced by the value of sig t of 0.038 <0.05. Partially, self-esteem has a positive and significant effect on employee performance, as evidenced by the sig t value of 0.007 <0.05. Partially, work motivation has a positive and significant effect on employee performance, as evidenced by the sig t value of 0.000 <0.05. Simultaneously self-efficacy, self-esteem, and work motivation have a positive and significant effect on employee performance, this is evidenced by the sig t value of 0.000 <0.05
We Can Look Like What We Believe: Introducing A Belief-Driven Model of Social Perception
Authors: Bai Hui
Published: August 2021

Our beliefs about society do not determine our race and sex, nor do they determine our racial and sexual phenotypes (physical traits). However, eleven experiments show that our beliefs can determine our race, sex, and phenotypes in the eyes of others: one who has liberal (as opposed to conservative) beliefs is more likely to be identified as Black, and in turn, perceived to have darker skin. The findings were tested in three cultures (US, South Africa, and Mexico) and across two domains of perceptions (race and sex). The effect of a target’s belief on identity perception is explained by perceivers’ political stereotypes (e.g., Black=liberal association), and the effect on phenotype perception reflects a biased visual perception, not a biased memory recall. Together, these results introduce a belief-driven model of social cognition that reverses the conventional understanding of social perception by showing that mind perceptions can determine identity perceptions, which in turn determine phenotype perceptions. Implications for the post-racial society’s racial relations and racism are discussed.
Revision, Reclassification, and Refrigerators
Authors: Taylor Marshall A. , Stoltz Dustin S. , McDonnell Terence E.
Published: August 2021

Current debates about cultural change question how and how often change in personal culture happens. Is personal culture stable, or under constant revision through interaction with the environment? While recent empirical work finds attitudes are remarkably stable, this paper argues that typifications—how material tokens are classified as a particular mental type by individuals—are more open to transformation as a result of the fundamentally fuzzy nature of classifying. Specifically, this paper investigates the social conditions that lead people to reclassify. How do we move people to see the same thing differently over time? Paying attention to type-token dynamics provides mechanisms for why and under what circumstances personal culture may change. To assess reclassification, the paper analyzes an online survey experiment that asked people to classify refrigerators as owned by “Trump” or “Biden” voters. Those participants who received definitive feedback about the correct answer were more likely to reclassify than are those receiving normative feedback about how “most people” classified the images. Implications for cultural change and persuasion are discussed.
La figura del arquitecto y su ideología al pie de la letra en las Tradiciones peruanas de Ricardo Palma
Authors: Romucho Atauqui Andrea Yoan
Published: August 2021

Este artículo abordará las tradiciones «Lavaplatos» y «Al pie de la letra». Se propone que en estos textos el tradicionalista satiriza la figura del arquitecto y sus ideologías estancadas.
La trayectoria del papel que desempeña el médico y sus consecuencias en la salud pública según las Tradiciones peruanas de Ricardo Palma
Authors: Hualpa Baylón Johanna Marcela
Published: August 2021

Este artículo analizará las tradiciones «La camisa de Margarita» y «Muerte en vida». Se propone resaltar la forma en que se denominaba a un médico en la época republicana y el papel que desempeñaba en la sociedad teniendo como consecuencia la poca confiabilidad de la sociedad y las repercusiones en la salud pública.
Concepciones de la medicina tradicionalista y la herbolaria en las Tradiciones peruanas de Ricardo Palma
Authors: Bedoya Castillo María Paula
Published: August 2021

Este artículo analizará las tradiciones «El abad de Lunahuaná» y «Los panecitos de San Nicolás», textos que presentan las diferentes concepciones de la medicina tradicionalista que se encontraba en auge en la época en la que fueron escritos. También se abordarán los tratamientos herbales de aquella época y los cambios de estos en la actualidad.
Análisis psicológico de la mujer en la tradición «La conspiración de la saya y manto», de Ricardo Palma
Authors: Esquivel Ronceros Deisy Alejandra
Published: August 2021

El presente trabajo tiene como propósito analizar la psicología de la mujer peruana representada en «La conspiración de la saya y manto». Por ende, se desarrollarán las siguientes facetas: la llegada de la saya y el manto al Perú, la situación social de la mujer, el significado que tuvo la tapada limeña durante trescientos años, la expansión a países vecinos y su culminación en el siglo XIX. En la primera parte, se enfoca el análisis de la vestimenta de las mujeres españolas; en la segunda, se evalúa el trato de las limeñas; en la tercera, se reflexiona sobre las consecuencias y los efectos que trajo el uso de la saya y el manto tanto en la vida del hombre como de las mujeres; en la cuarta, se indaga sobre su prolongación al exterior del país, como moda peruana. Finalmente, en la última sección, se interpreta el término del uso de la saya y manto en 1860.
Las Tradiciones peruanas vistas desde la ingeniería civil
Authors: Ferrari Lavalle Vanessa Lisbeth
Published: August 2021

Este estudio analizará las tradiciones «El puente de los pecadores» y «Los azulejos de San Francisco», pues en ellas se observa la situación de la especialidad de ingeniería civil en la época en las que estas fueron escritas, basadas en las construcciones mencionadas en cada una.
Presentación y comparación de la educación en las Tradiciones peruanas
Authors: Pauca Huallpar Adeline Juliana
Published: August 2021

En este artículo se abordará la tradición «El latín de una limeña». El objetivo es analizar la educación en ese contexto y compararla con la educación peruana actual. Para ello se abordará la importancia del latín antiguamente y en la actualidad en el Perú; el estudio de este por tres o cuatro años en la escuela, lo que no se hace en las escuelas actuales; ejemplos del uso del latín en la vida cotidiana en ambos casos, como en la religión (las misas), la medicina (las recetas de los doctores que mareaban a los pacientes) y en el hablar cotidiano. También se realizarán algunas comparaciones con las carreras de Traducción (resaltan aquí grandes mujeres traductoras como doña María Juana Calderón) y con la de Literatura (el gongorismo de la época y los escritores destacados).
Desarrollo de la autonomía y la autorregulación en estudiantes universitarios: una experiencia de investigación y mediación
Authors: García Montero Ivet , Bustos Córdova Ruth Belinda
Published: August 2021

El artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación realizada con estudiantes de la licenciatura en Intervención Educativa de la Universidad Pedagógica Nacional en Morelos, cuyo objetivo fue formar competencias para la autorregulación del aprendizaje en los aprendices y fortalecer sus procesos de autonomía, así como generar y sustentar teóricamente un sistema de acciones psicopedagógicas que medien el desarrollo de la autorregulación en el contexto de su formación profesional. El estudio se sustenta en el enfoque histórico cultural y en otras concepciones teóricas que explican la autorregulación del aprendizaje y la formación de aprendices autónomos, así como en el enfoque de investigación cualitativa; su diseño metodológico articula los principios del método genético y de la investigación-acción participativa. Los resultados avalan la relevancia de los procesos educativos y de las acciones de mediación psicopedagógica en el desarrollo de la autonomía y la autorregulación.
First Choice Lipid-Lowering Treatment of Hypercholesterolemias
Authors: Martinez Tania
Published: August 2021

Several recent studies with lipid-lowering substances have shown a significant reduction in complications of this disease with drastic reduction of LDL-cholesterol levels. However, a huge proportion of patients in secondary prevention remain with inefficient treatment. Vastatins, also called statins, are considered worldwide as the first-line pharmacotherapy for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, being the most efficient drugs to lower LDL-cholesterol, still presenting excellent tolerability. The main mechanism of action of vastatins is inhibition of the enzyme hydroxymethylglutaril-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase. Currently, the therapeutic arsenal for cases of family hypercholesterolemia and statin intolerance incorporated PCSK9 inhibitors (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9) which is an enzyme that is involved in the degradation of the LDL- cholesterol receptor in the lysosome, preventing its recycling to the cell surface, thus reducing the amount of LDL- cholesterol receptors available, with consequent elevation of this lipid. Mutations with gain of function that lead to an increase in the expression of this enzyme cause, therefore, an increase in LDL- cholesterol, while mutations that lead to a decrease in its expression decrease LDL-cholesterol.
Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a ten-year old boy in a resource limited setting: a case for locally developed diagnostic criteria
Authors: Ba Animasahun , Mo Lamina , Fo Lawani , Ao Akinola
Published: August 2021

Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome (PMIS) occurs two to four weeks following exposure to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). It is characterized by the presence of persistent fever, inflammation and organ dysfunction. We present AE a 10-year old Nigerian boy who presented to the children emergency room with a history of continuous and high grade fever with back and multiple joint pains. While on admission he developed cough, difficulty with breathing, bleeding from the gums and altered consciousness which progressed to loss of consciousness. Complete blood count showed neutrophilia of 82.9%, lymphopenia of 9.8%, thrombocytopenia of 142,000 cells/mm3, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 75mm/hr, chest radiograph findings of ground glass appearance and consolidation in all lung lobes bilaterally with a positive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction test for COVID-19 which met the Centre for Disease Control criteria for the diagnosis of pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome. The patient was treated with intranasal oxygen, transfused with fresh whole blood, analgesics and antifailure drugs. His condition however deteriorated while on admission and died on the seven days of admission.
On the status, synonymy and tribal position of Phaeocoris Jakovlev, 1887 (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)
Authors: Gapon D.A. , Baena M.
Published: August 2021

Phaeocoris is resurrected from synonymy with Dymantis. Lodosia is synonymized with Phaeocoris, and L. gonocoxa, with Ph. ellipticus. The structure of the male and female genitalia of Phaeocoris shows that this genus does not belong to Sciocorini, but also its placement in Myrocheini is problematic.
Shockwaves
Authors: Fregonese Sara
Published: August 2021

Urban conflict literature has attempted new comparisons between contested cities in conflict zones and cities with no armed conflict. This literature tends to use representational frameworks around defensive planning and normative government discourses. In this article, I propose to expand these frameworks and to engage with epistemologies of lived experience to produce new relational accounts linking “conflict cities” with “ordinary cities”. The article accounts for the lived, sensory and atmospheric in exploring the legacies of conflict on the everyday urban environments. It then reflects on the everyday and experiential effects of counterterrorism in ordinary cities. While this is designed to minimize threat, it also alters urban spatiality in a way reminiscent of urban conflict zones. It then explores the unequal impacts of counterterrorism across urban publics, and their experiential connections with practices of counterinsurgency. The article is structured around two ‘shockwaves’ entwining lived experiences across seemingly unrelatable urban settings.
Changing Narratives of Intimate Partner Violence
Authors: Copes Heith , Leban Lindsay , Ragland Jared
Published: August 2021

We explore how women’s narratives of abuse change, including narratives of self as well as narratives of their abusers. We draw on experiences from a photoethnography of people living in rural Alabama who use methamphetamine. The use of photographs taken throughout the project aid in both the representation of the women as well as in data collection (through photo-elicitation interviews). While we draw on the overall experiences from the project, we focus specifically on one key participant— Misty—to illustrate the ways that she made sense of and excused intimate partner violence, and how her narrative eventually changes. Our findings illuminate how the narratives people construct of themselves are intertwined with those they construct with others, and how such narratives change together.
Times of Violence
Authors: Turner Simon
Published: August 2021

Over the past two decades, I have done ethnographic fieldwork amongst Burundians in Burundi and in exile, exploring the different ways they deal with the violence that the country has witnessed over the decades. In this article I follow my tracks back and forth and in and out of the country, reflecting on the advantages and challenges of long-term engagement. At a conceptual level, I propose that while violence is indeed lodged in a social context, violent events create a momentary temporal rupture, thereby dislodging meaning from its local context of understanding. My methodological contribution is to explore how long-term engagements, revisits, and diachronic comparisons in ethnography may help us understand violence and violent events. I explore how violent events have affected the past, the present, and the future, causing those who experience it to reorient their understanding not only of their pasts but also of their anticipations for the future.
For Us, By Us
Authors: Mukandi Bryan
Published: August 2021

This article examines the Australian ‘Continental Philosophy’ community through the lens of the Azanian philosophical tradition. Specifically, it interrogates the series of conversations around race and methodology that arose from the 2017 Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy (ASCP) conference. At the heart of these were questions of place, race, Indigeneity, and the very meaning of ‘Continental Philosophy’ in Australia. The pages that follow pursue those questions, grappling with the relationship between the articulation of disciplinary bounds and the exercise of colonial power. Having struggled with the political and existential cost of participation in the epistemic community that is the ASCP, I argue for disengagement and the exploration of alternative intellectual communities. This is ultimately a call to intellectual work grounded on ethical relations rather than on the furtherance of the status quo. It is a call to take seriously the claim, ‘the land is ours’.
Understanding sagittal compensation in adult spinal deformity patients: relationship between pelvic tilt and lower-extremity position
Authors: Shimizu Takayoshi , Cerpa Meghan , Lenke Lawrence G.
Published: August 2021

OBJECTIVE

In adult spinal deformity (ASD), quantifying preoperative lower-extremity (LE) compensation is important in formulating an operative plan to achieve optimal global sagittal alignment. Whole-body radiographs are not always available. This study evaluated the possibility of estimating LE compensation without whole-body radiographs.

METHODS

In total, 200 consecutive ASD patients with full-body radiographic assessment were categorized into the following three groups according to their cranio-hip balance (distance from the cranial sagittal vertical axis to the hip axis [CrSVA-H]): group 1, anterior-shift (A-shift) group (CrSVA-H > 40 mm); group 2, balanced group, −40 mm < CrSVA-H < 40 mm; and group 3, posterior-shift (P-shift) group, CrSVA-H < −40 mm. After analyzing the correlation between CrSVA-H, pelvic tilt (PT), and LE parameters, the cutoff PT and PT/pelvic incidence (PI) values that correlated with the presence of LE compensation were determined. Previously published data from asymptomatic volunteers were used as a baseline threshold (sacrofemoral angle [SFA] > 217.0° and knee flexion angle [KA] > 11.0°).

RESULTS

Among the hip, knee, and ankle, only KA showed a significant increase in the A-shift group compared to the other two groups (p < 0.01). With a wide threshold (SFA > 208.0° and KA > 5.0°), 84.9% of the A-shift group showed LE compensation (hip or knee or both), which was a significantly greater percentage than those in the balanced and P-shift groups (48.4% and 51.9%, p < 0.01). With a narrow threshold (SFA > 217.0° and KA > 11.0°), 62.2% of the A-shift group showed any LE compensation, which was also a higher percentage than the other two groups. The CrSVA-H was moderately correlated with KA (r = 0.502), but had no correlation with PT, SFA, and ankle dorsiflexion angle (AA). PT showed a moderate/strong correlation with SFA, KA, and AA (r = 0.846, 0.624, and 0.622, respectively). With receiver operating characteristic curves, the authors determined that a 23.0° PT with PT/PI > 0.46 predicts the presence of any type of LE compensation with use of the wide threshold.

CONCLUSIONS

ASD patients with increased CrSVA-H, which represents cranio-hip anterior imbalance, demonstrated a higher prevalence of LE compensation, especially knee flexion, compared to those with neutral and posterior shift of CrSVA. PT represents the extent of LE compensation in patients with spinal sagittal malalignment. Using the cutoff value of PT determined in this study, surgeons can preoperatively estimate the extent of LE compensation without obtaining a full-body radiograph.
Treatment strategies and prognostic factors for spinal cavernous malformation: a single-center retrospective cohort study
Authors: Liu Tong , Li Kai , Wang Yongli , Zhao Zilong , Chen Xin , Li Fanjian , Zhao Lu , Peng Zhijun , Zhu Tao , Zhang Jianning
Published: August 2021

OBJECTIVE

The authors aimed to identify factors that influence neurological function after treatment in order to facilitate clinician decision-making during treatment of spinal cavernous malformation (SCM) and about when and whether to perform surgical intervention.

METHODS

The authors performed a retrospective observational cohort study of patients with SCM who were treated at their institution between January 2004 and December 2019. Multiple logistic and Cox regression analyses were performed to determine the prognostic predictors of clinical outcome. Neurological status was assessed according to Frankel grade.

RESULTS

A total of 112 patients met the inclusion criteria, and a minimum 24 months of follow-up was achieved by 73 surgically treated and 39 conservatively treated patients. The mean ± SD lesion size was 8.7 ± 5.2 mm. In the surgically treated group, preoperative lesion size ≤ 5 mm (OR 13.62, 95% CI 1.05–175.98, p = 0.045), complete intramedullary lesion (OR 7.48, 95% CI 1.39–40.15, p = 0.019), and subarachnoid hemorrhage (OR 6.26, 95% CI 1.13–34.85, p = 0.036) were independent predictors of worse outcome. In the conservative treatment group, lesion size ≥ 10 mm (HR 9.77, 95% CI 1.18–80.86, p = 0.034), ≥ 3 segments with hemosiderin deposition (HR 13.73, 95% CI 1.94–97.16, p = 0.009), and subarachnoid hemorrhage (HR 13.44, 95% CI 2.38–75.87, p = 0.003) were significant predictors of worse outcome. The annual hemorrhage rate of the conservatively treated patients was 4.3%.

CONCLUSIONS

Subarachnoid hemorrhage, lesion size, morphology, extent of hemosiderin involvement, and motor dysfunction were independent risk factors of prognosis. In clinical practice, these parameters may help to identify patients at high risk for worse outcome. The treatment strategy for patients with SCM should be based on these risk factors and balanced with clinical symptoms.
Actors of administrative and legal support of service and combat activity of the National Guard of Ukraine in peacetime
Authors: Korniyenko Dmytro
Published: August 2021

Based on the analysis of the current legislation governing public relations in the security and de-fense sector of the state, the article considers the subjects of administrative and legal support of service and combat activities of the National Guard of Ukraine in peacetime. It is emphasized that the administrative and legal status of the National Guard of Ukraine changes depending on the introduction of a certain administrative and legal regime, which provides for a change in the legal status of individuals (restrictions on rights and freedoms) and legal entities, increasing the powers of officials of the National Guard of Ukraine. specifically established by law legal conditions.
Combatting administrative offences committed by foreigners as a component of administrative activity of State Migration Service of Ukraine
Authors: Ryzhkova Svitlana
Published: August 2021

The article deals with peculiarities of administrative activity of the State Migration Service of Ukraine in the area of migration (immigration and emigration) and organization and functioning of the system of subordinate bodies, subdivisions and institutions in combatting administrative offenses committed by foreigners as a component of administrative activity of the State Migration Service. There is the author's definition of combatting administrative offenses committed by foreigners as a component of administrative activity of the State Migration Service of Ukraine, which is a kind of external organizational activity of the State Migration Service of Ukraine.
Features of the implementation of a public offer agreement in e-commerce in Ukrainian, Polish and Russian law
Authors: Kosychenko Oleksandr , Klinytskyi Illia
Published: August 2021

Given the specifics of the provision of services and sales of goods on the Internet, the contract of public offer is the most common and close to the electronic format of the agreement. However, in Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Poland, as in other countries, the use of this type of legal instruments has a number of problems related to the legal regulation and the procedure for concluding an agreement. This paper examines the main aspects of the legal implementation of public offer agreements in the above countries. Thus, the subject of the study is the contract of public offering as a legal phenomenon. The purpose of the work is to determine the main problems of concluding a public offer contract in electronic mode, and to find optimal solutions in the context of the stated issues, based on the legislation and practice of selected countries
Evaluation of the efficiency of providing social and service services by the police of the countries of Western Europe and Ukraine
Authors: Antoniv Mike , Myroniuk Stanislava
Published: August 2021

The authors have identified means and methods of assessing the effectiveness of the provision of social and service services by the police and the state of their legislative consolidation. The efficiency and expediency of their application are clarified in view of the positive international experience in the imple-mentation of control functions of civil society over the activities of the police. Taking into account the international experience of assessing the quality of police services, effective criteria for a comprehensive assessment of service activities of the National Police have been proposed, which are divided into four blocks.
On digitalization: a reply to critics
Authors: Maslanov Evgeniy
Published: August 2021

This paper suggests brief answers to the criticism given on the article “Digitalization Challenges for Technogenic Civilization”. New digital technologies make it possible both to obtain a huge amount of data about users and the world, and to process it. The evolution of new algorithms for data processing based on the shared activities of representatives from various social groups can become an important element in the formation of a future technogenic civilization. The use of algorithms in the practice of power requires the development of new approaches to data analysis and an assessment of the role that al-gorithms may play in decision-making.
Formalizing commitments using the event calculus and RuleML
Authors: de Kruijff Joost , Weigand Hans
Published: August 2021

Smart Contracts enable the automated execution of exchanges on the blockchain. From an ontological perspective, smart contracts create and automate the fulfillment of social commitments between actors. Whereas traditional deontic logic is used to make a legal determination in contractual multi-actor interactions, this paper focuses on the consequences of these actions resulting from that determination, thereby shifting the focus from monitoring to execution. The interactions between actors and the consequences in terms of commitments have not yet been formalized for smart contracts. The perspective of smart contracts is interesting, since they are considered to be autonomous agents, able to generate automated actions. We use the Event Calculus as a formal logic to represent and reason about the effects of these automated actions and the resulting commitments. Since the Event Calculus deals with local events and the consideration of time, this approach enables the uniform representation of commitments, including their operations and reasoning rules.
Permanence of nonuniform nonautonomous hyperbolicity for infinite-dimensional differential equations
Authors: Caraballo Tomás , Carvalho Alexandre N. , Langa José A. , Oliveira-Sousa Alexandre N.
Published: August 2021

In this paper, we study stability properties of nonuniform hyperbolicity for evolution processes associated with differential equations in Banach spaces. We prove a robustness result of nonuniform hyperbolicity for linear evolution processes, that is, we show that the property of admitting a nonuniform exponential dichotomy is stable under perturbation. Moreover, we provide conditions to obtain uniqueness and continuous dependence of projections associated with nonuniform exponential dichotomies. We also present an example of evolution process in a Banach space that admits nonuniform exponential dichotomy and study the permanence of the nonuniform hyperbolicity under perturbation. Finally, we prove persistence of nonuniform hyperbolic solutions for nonlinear evolution processes under perturbations.
Targeting Default Mode Network Dysfunction in Persons at Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (NEST4AD): Rationale and Study Design
Authors: Pievani Michela , Mega Anna , Quattrini Giulia , Guidali Giacomo , Ferrari Clarissa , Cattaneo Annamaria , D’Aprile Ilari , Mascaro Lorella , Gasparotti Roberto , Corbo Daniele , Brignani Debora , Bortoletto Marta
Published: August 2021

Background: Default mode network (DMN) dysfunction is well established in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and documented in both preclinical stages and at-risk subjects, thus representing a potential disease target. Multi-sessions of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) seem capable of modulating DMN dynamics and memory in healthy individuals and AD patients; however, the potential of this approach in at-risk subjects has yet to be tested. Objective: This study will test the effect of rTMS on the DMN in healthy older individuals carrying the strongest genetic risk factor for AD, the Apolipoprotein E (APOE) ɛ4 allele. Methods: We will recruit 64 older participants without cognitive deficits, 32 APOE ɛ4 allele carriers and 32 non-carriers as a reference group. Participants will undergo four rTMS sessions of active (high frequency) or sham DMN stimulation. Multimodal imaging exam (including structural, resting-state, and task functional MRI, and diffusion tensor imaging), TMS with concurrent electroencephalography (TMS-EEG), and cognitive assessment will be performed at baseline and after the stimulation sessions. Results: We will assess changes in DMN connectivity with resting-state functional MRI and TMS-EEG, as well as changes in memory performance in APOE ɛ4 carriers. We will also investigate the mechanisms underlying DMN modulation through the assessment of correlations with measures of neuronal activity, excitability, and structural connectivity with multimodal imaging. Conclusion: The results of this study will inform on the physiological and cognitive outcomes of DMN stimulation in subjects at risk for AD and on the possible mechanisms. These results may outline the design of future non-pharmacological preventive interventions for AD.
Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation Impairs Sequence Processing in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Authors: Ye Zheng , Hanssen Henrike , Steinhardt Julia , Tronnier Volker , Rasche Dirk , Brüggemann Norbert , Münte Thomas F.
Published: August 2021

Background: Maintaining and manipulating sequences online is essential for language and memory. In Parkinson’s disease (PD), poor performance in sequencing tasks has been associated with basal ganglia dysfunction, especially subthalamic hyperactivity. Objective: This study is aimed to investigate the impact of high-frequency subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) on sequence processing in PD. Methods: Twenty-nine patients with PD (17 women) completed a ‘before/after’ sentence task and a digit ordering task with STN DBS ON and OFF. In the sentence task, patients read a sequence of events expressed in the actual order of occurrence (‘after’ sentences) or reversed order (‘before’ sentences) for comprehension. In the digit task, patients recalled a sequence of ordered digits (ordered trials) or reordered and recalled random digits in ascending order (random trials). Volumes of tissue activated (VTAs) were estimated for the motor and associative STN. Results: Patients were slower with STN DBS ON versus OFF in both tasks, although their motor symptoms were significantly improved under DBS. In the sentence task, patients showed higher ordering-related reaction time costs (‘before’ > ‘after’) with DBS ON versus OFF. Moreover, patients with larger left associative VTAs, smaller total motor VTAs, and more daily exposure to dopaminergic drugs tended to show larger reaction time cost increases under DBS. In the digit ordering task, patients with too large or too small right associative VTAs tended to show larger reaction time cost increases under DBS. Conclusion: Stimulating the STN, especially its associative part, might impair sequence processing in language and memory.
Diagnostic value of 2017 ACR Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS) combined with fine needle aspiration biopsy in thyroid nodules
Authors: Zhang Chao , Huang Yu-Qin , Liu Zhi-Long
Published: August 2021

OBJECTIVE:

To evaluate diagnostic value of Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System published by American College of Radiology (ACR TI-RADS) in 2017, ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (US-FNA), and the combination of both methods in differentiation between benign and malignant thyroid nodules.

METHODS:

The data of US-FNA and ACR TI-RADS are collected from 159 patients underwent thyroid surgery in our hospital, which include a total of 178 thyroid nodules. A Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology category of ≥IV and an ACR TI-RADS category ≥4 are regarded as diagnosis standards for malignancy in US-FNA and ACR TI-RADS, respectively. The pathological results after surgery are considered as the gold standard. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of the ACR TI-RADS, US-FNA and the combination of both methods for the differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules are calculated, respectively.

RESULTS:

The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of ACR TI-RADS are 85.4%, 37.5%and 72.5%, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of US-FNA are 70.0%, 100%and 78.1%, respectively. After combining these two methods, the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy increase to 99.23%, 37.50%and 82.58%, respectively. The sensitivity of ACR TI-RADS is higher than that of US-FAN, and the sensitivity of combining these two methods is also higher than that of using ACR TI-RADS and US-FNA alone.

CONCLUSION:

The established ACR TI-RADS can help in selecting the target during nodule puncture, while the combination of ACR TI-RADS and US-FAN can further improve diagnostic ability for detecting malignant thyroid nodules.
Tuberculosis detection in chest X-ray using Mayfly-algorithm optimized dual-deep-learning features
Authors: Rajakumar M.P. , Sonia R. , Uma Maheswari B. , Karuppiah SP.
Published: August 2021

World-Health-Organization (WHO) has listed Tuberculosis (TB) as one among the top 10 reasons for death and an early diagnosis will help to cure the patient by giving suitable treatment. TB usually affects the lungs and an accurate bio-imaging scheme will be apt to diagnose the infection. This research aims to implement an automated scheme to detect TB infection in chest radiographs (X-ray) using a chosen Deep-Learning (DL) approach. The primary objective of the proposed scheme is to attain better classification accuracy while detecting TB in X-ray images. The proposed scheme consists of the following phases namely, (1) image collection and pre-processing, (2) feature extraction with pre-trained VGG16 and VGG19, (3) Mayfly-algorithm (MA) based optimal feature selection, (4) serial feature concatenation and (5) binary classification with a 5-fold cross validation. In this work, the performance of the proposed DL scheme is separately validated for (1) VGG16 with conventional features, (2) VGG19 with conventional features, (3) VGG16 with optimal features, (4) VGG19 with optimal features and (5) concatenated dual-deep-features (DDF). All experimental investigations are conducted and achieved using MATLAB® program. Experimental outcome confirms that the proposed system with DDF yields a classification accuracy of 97.8%using a K Nearest-Neighbor (KNN) classifier.