bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
‘We Are Proactive against the Thieves’: Community Mobilisation against COVID-19 Criminality in Ibadan, Nigeria
Authors: Tade Oludayo
Published: August 2022

One of the unintended consequences of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) preventive protocols that restricted movements and disrupted livelihoods was the changing nature of criminal behaviour from the streets to residential neighbourhoods. While studies on COVID-19 have focussed on economic losses, disrupted livelihoods and changes in social relations, scant attempt has been made to understand how fear of insecurity during the health pandemic could reinforce the need for community policing. Against this background, this study investigated community mobilisation against insecurity of lives and properties during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Ibadan, Nigeria. Using participant observation and in-depth interviews with 15 purposively selected residents, the study shows how collective perceived insecurity can engender social and communal bonding in the formation of defensible spaces. Findings showed that mobilisation for community policing was executed because of the insecurity experienced in neighbouring communities. A decentralised mechanism was established to allow zonal community executives take charge of their community security. This involved daily midnight house-to-house mobilisation with whistle, deployment of vigilante to hotspots, burn fires to signal the presence of community guards and decentralisation of residents into different patrol groups to community borders to guard against invasion.
Does Dynamic Assessment Offer An Alternative Approach to Identifying Reading Disorder? A Systematic Review
Authors: Dixon Chris , Oxley Emily , Nash Hannah , Gellert Anna Steenberg
Published: August 2022

Traditional static tests of reading and reading-related skills offer some ability to predict future reading performance, though such screeners may misclassify children with or at risk of reading disorder (RD). Dynamic assessment (DA) is an alternative approach that measures learning potential and may be less dependent on learning background. A systematic review was carried out to examine the ability of DA to classify children with or at risk of RD. A database search yielded 14 eligible articles assessing DA of decoding, phonological awareness (PA), and working memory (WM). Results suggest that DA explains unique variance in the prediction of later RD status, and although models with a single dynamic predictor sometimes achieved good classification accuracy, this was enhanced somewhat by the addition of static predictors. Higher classification accuracy was found for DA targeting constructs more proximal to reading, particularly decoding, but the predictive power of DA of decoding and PA appeared to wane with increasing age as static measures explained more variance in outcomes. Some evidence emerged that DA provides benefits over static tests for the prediction of RD in bilingual students, though no studies examined outcomes by administration format or orthographic depth. Limitations and suggestions for future work are discussed.
Agriculture and New Farm Laws in India: A Study of Probable Impacts on Marginal and Small Farmers
Authors: Sahay Gaurang R.
Published: August 2022

The insistent push towards privatisation of the agrarian sector is epitomised in the now repealed farm laws, and field data from thirteen Bhojpuri villages in Bihar, reveals that they would have further weakened the vulnerable position of marginal and small farmers. These laws would have enabled private traders and the corporate sector to manipulate the agriculture market in their favour. This article states that the new farm laws, rather than bringing about positive changes in agriculture, as proclaimed by the government, would aggravate rural conditions further and enhance the process of de-peasantisation.
When the Nation Conquered the State: Arendt’s Importance Today
Authors: Arnold Kathleen R.
Published: August 2022

This essay focuses on the contemporary relevance of Hannah Arendt’s work insofar as it relates to US racism, imperialism, and migration. While Arendt denied that US migration policy and racism were linked or even similar to exercises of racialized sovereignty, totalitarian tactics, and mass displacement in Europe, I suggest that her analyses help us to understand important racialized dialectics between prison and camp, citizen and stateless, and external displacement and internal displacement. In effect, this essay suggests that many of Arendt’s analyses of racism, migration, and camps are more relevant to US history and contemporary US reality than she did or would have admitted. Arendt’s work importantly suggested that the stateless were so rightless that they lacked even criminal rights. In many respects, the criminal-stateless binary accurately illustrates the rightlessness of refugees in contrast to the rights of US citizen-criminals. However, she partly fails to recognize how the dialectical opposition between foreigner and citizen-criminal could lead to less visible forms of overlap and convergence. Arendt’s binary also indicates an adherence to crypto-normativity, despite her professed antifoundational approach to political issues. Together, her theoretical strengths and certain failures illuminate our own (mis)understandings of a set of complex circumstances experienced today.
“I Will Also Ask You a Question” (Luke 20:3): The Social and Rhetorical Function of Opposing-Turn Questions in the Gospel of Luke
Authors: Smith Joshua Paul
Published: August 2022

In this essay, I argue that Jesus’s mastery of the use of questions as a method of public argumentation is a key component of his characterization in the Gospel of Luke. As Douglas Estes has argued convincingly, a bias against questions exists within the Western intellectual tradition, which tends to favor declarative propositions for the negotiation of truth claims. This bias has resulted in the general neglect of the logical, rhetorical, literary, and philosophical role that interrogatives play in agonistic discourse (Estes, 2–9). Reading the questions of Jesus in Luke through a socio-rhetorical lens, I argue that a proper understanding of the social function of questions in the first century reveals a key insight underlying Luke’s theology of the crucifixion, suffering, and death of Jesus that has until recently gone unnoticed: namely, that within an honor/shame social matrix, Jesus’s failure to respond to the questions of his interrogators constitutes a willful submission to the violent principalities and powers of this world.
How Do Auditors Respond to Clients’ Rollover Risk?
Authors: Lobo Gerald J. , Son Myungsoo , Song Hakjoon
Published: August 2022

We examine whether and how auditors incorporate rollover risk in assessing a client’s risk. Rollover risk is the risk associated with long-term debt maturing in 1 year, which has to be refinanced or settled shortly. Debt has two counteracting effects on firms’ riskiness: increased liquidity risk and increased monitoring. The finance literature suggests that rollover risk is an apparent risk factor because it results in high liquidity risk but only a weak (or limited) monitoring benefit. Consistent with that literature, we show that auditors increase audit fees, exhibit a higher likelihood of issuing a going-concern opinion, and terminate relations with their clients more frequently as rollover risk increases. Our study is the first in the audit research literature to document that auditors factor rollover risk in their pricing, going concern, and client portfolio decisions.
Known and Unknown Mental Illness: Uncovering the Multiple Routes to Workplace Inequities
Authors: Colella Adrienne , Santuzzi Alecia
Published: August 2022

This article examines the hidden nature of mental illness in the workplace and the resulting inequities. We examine inequities that may occur when mental illness is known to others and when it is concealed in the workplace. When mental illness is known to others, assumptions about capabilities, dangerousness, validity of mental illness, and the health consequences of work can drive a variety of employment inequities, including unfair or inaccurate hiring decisions, underemployment, inaccurate performance appraisals and judgments about potential, social shunning resulting in weak social networks, fewer resources to deal with discrimination, bullying, and difficulty in obtaining accommodations. When mental illness is concealed, misattributions about behavior and performance, self-stigma, and identity management dynamics can lead to similar inequities. Research in other fields has mainly examined inequities occurring when others know about the mental illness. Furthermore, this research conducted outside the management field does not usually address the more proximal causes and workplace dynamics behind inequities. The purpose of this article is to uncover the multiple routes to workplace inequities facing employees with mental illness and to spur management researchers to devote more research attention to these issues to promote the full inclusion of people with mental illness into the workforce.
β-Sitosterol & quercetin enhances brain development in iodine deficient rat models
Authors: Chandra Rashmi , Singh Sushant , Ganguly Chaiti
Published: August 2022

Background

Recently thyroid hormone studies on brain growth, development and activity are regaining popularity. Thyroid hormones have long been believed to play critical role in mammalian brain growth and maturation regulating facets of neuronal cell growth, proliferation and differentiation and further signaling and glial cell differentiation. Deficiency of these hormones in mother leads to mental retardation in the subsequent offspring's.

Methods

In this presented study, brain development of iodine deficient rat models created through deficiency in feeding, mating and further selection. Young adult female wistar rats were induced with iodine deficiency and then mated with healthy male rats. These pregnant hypothyroid induced females were treated with β-sitosterol (150 mg/kg/day) and quercetin (150 mg/kg/day) alone and in combination for whole gestation period. Analysis were dealt with the genetic and histological studies of the pups brain. PCR based RNA analysis was also carried out. Histology was done using eosin and hematoxylin.

Results

Positive impacts of the β-sitosterol and quercetin on the iodine deficient brain were observed upon histological and PCR analysis. Altogether, the analysis proves that combined doses of β-sitosterol and quercetin for normal brain development in iodine deficient infants hence can be potentially applied as therapeutics in iodine deficiency circumstances.
North-South Partnership in God’s Mission: Joining Hands in the Construction of a Reconciliation Politics
Authors: Padilla DeBorst Ruth
Published: August 2022

This paper asks if there any hope today, in the midst of the pulls and tugs of current globalizing and counter-globalizing forces, of differing theological outlooks and intestine tensions, that the world Church can constitute a politics of reconciliation instead of one characterized by polarized confrontation. Employing the metaphor of “hands,” it proposes some needed steps towards the realization of that hope. Hands can join in reconciliation when they are open in confession and emptied of the manipulation of money, when all hands are welcome at the table, wounded as they are, and when they are raised in communal praise and supplication.
Facilitators and barriers to patient-centred goal-setting in rehabilitation: A scoping review
Authors: Crawford L. , Maxwell J. , Colquhoun H. , Kingsnorth S. , Fehlings D. , Zarshenas S. , McFarland S. , Fayed Nora
Published: August 2022

Objective

Identify, map, and synthesize existing reviews, to extract and analyse the most prominent barriers and facilitators to applying patient-centred goal-setting practice in rehabilitation using the Capability, Opportunity Motivation Behaviour (COM-B) model.

Design

Scoping review.

Data source

A primary search was conducted in MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, PsychInfo, and Cochrane. Citation chaining was employed.

Review methods

All types of review (systematic, scoping, and narrative) studies published up to June 14, 2022 that included physical and neurological rehabilitation, patient-centeredness, and goal-setting were reviewed. Studies were scrutinized for relevance, quality was not assessed. The most prominent barriers and facilitators were synthesized using thematic content analysis and mapped onto the COM-B model.

Results

Twenty-six review studies covering a range of conditions and settings, acute to community were included. Barrier and facilitators were identified at patient, provider, and organizational level. Barrier themes include provider's existing beliefs about goal-setting, lack of skills, and integration into clinical routines. Patient barriers related to capacity and opportunity to participate. Organizational barriers include lack of clinical guidelines, patient preparation, insufficient provider time, and high productivity expectations. Facilitators included goal-setting guidelines, training and education of providers and patients, revised clinical routines, performance monitoring, adequate time, and resources.

Conclusion

Healthcare providers should be the primary target of intervention. A provider's motivation to change current practice is the most prominent barrier, followed closely by capacity and opportunity. Patients require information, training, and structured engagement opportunities. Organizations play a key role in creating the optimal environmental conditions to enable patient-centred goal-setting.
Home-based is as effective as centre-based rehabilitation for improving upper limb motor recovery and activity limitations after stroke: A systematic review with meta-analysis
Authors: Nascimento Lucas R , Gaviorno Lívia Fornaciari , de Souza Brunelli Milena , Gonçalves Jéssica Vaz , Arêas Fernando Zanela da Silva
Published: August 2022

Objective

This systematic review aimed to examine the effects of home-based exercises in comparison with centre-based exercises for improving the paretic upper limb after stroke.

Data sources

AMED, MEDLINE, EMBASE CINAHL, Cochrane, PsycINFO, and PEDro databases.

Review methods

Only randomized clinical trials were included. Participants in the reviewed studies were adults at any time after stroke. The experimental intervention was home-based exercises compared with centre-based exercises. Outcome data related to strength, motor recovery, dexterity, activity, and participation were extracted from the eligible trials and combined in meta-analyses. The quality of included trials was assessed by the PEDro scores. The quality of evidence was determined according to the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system.

Results

Eight trials, involving 488 participants, were included. Most trials (63%) delivered semi-supervised interventions (amount of supervision 3–43%), and three trials provided full supervision. Random-effects meta-analyses provided moderate- to high-quality evidence that home- and centre-based exercises provide similar effects on motor recovery (MD 1.4 points; 95% CI −0.9 to 3.8), dexterity (MD −0.01 pegs/s; 95% CI −0.04 to 0.05), upper limb activity performance (SMD −0.04; 95% CI −0.25 to 0.18), and quality of movement (0.1 points; 95% CI −0.2 to 0.4). Effects on strength were also similar but the quality of the evidence was rated as low. No trials examined effects on participation.

Conclusion

Effects of home-based prescribed exercises on upper limb motor recovery, dexterity, and activity are likely to be similar to improvements obtained by centre-based exercises after stroke.
Adverse events in clinical treatments with serotonergic psychedelics and MDMA: A mixed-methods systematic review
Authors: Breeksema Joost J , Kuin Bouwe W , Kamphuis Jeanine , van den Brink Wim , Vermetten Eric , Schoevers Robert A
Published: August 2022

Introduction:

Small-scale clinical studies with psychedelic drugs have shown promising results for the treatment of several mental disorders. Before psychedelics become registered medicines, it is important to know the full range of adverse events (AEs) for making balanced treatment decisions.

Objective:

To systematically review the presence of AEs during and after administration of serotonergic psychedelics and 3,4-methyenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in clinical studies.

Methods:

We systematically searched PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase, and ClinicalTrials.gov for clinical trials with psychedelics since 2000 describing the results of quantitative and qualitative studies.

Results:

We included 44 articles (34 quantitative + 10 qualitative), describing treatments with MDMA and serotonergic psychedelics (psilocybin, lysergic acid diethylamide, and ayahuasca) in 598 unique patients. In many studies, AEs were not systematically assessed. Despite this limitation, treatments seemed to be overall well tolerated. Nausea, headaches, and anxiety were commonly reported acute AEs across diagnoses and compounds. Late AEs included headaches (psilocybin, MDMA), fatigue, low mood, and anxiety (MDMA). One serious AE occurred during MDMA administration (increase in premature ventricular contractions requiring brief hospitalization); no other AEs required medical intervention. Qualitative studies suggested that psychologically challenging experiences may also be therapeutically beneficial. Except for ayahuasca, a large proportion of patients had prior experience with psychedelic drugs before entering studies.

Conclusions:

AEs are poorly defined in the context of psychedelic treatments and are probably underreported in the literature due to study design (lack of systematic assessment of AEs) and sample selection. Acute challenging experiences may be therapeutically meaningful, but a better understanding of AEs in the context of psychedelic treatments requires systematic and detailed reporting.
Subjective Lateralization within Auditory Imagery: Valence and Verbality
Authors: Hubbard Timothy L. , Ruppel Susan E.
Published: August 2022

Two experiments examined whether auditory imagery was localized to the left or right ear. Building on research of Prete and colleagues, in Experiment 1, participants imaged a person spoke into their ear or they spoke into an imaged person's ear. Valence of the message was positive (e.g., “you won!”) or negative (e.g., “you lost!”), and sex of the imaged person and whether the participant or imaged person was imaged to have moved was varied. Positively-valenced messages were more likely to be imaged at the right ear; negatively-valenced messages were more likely to be imaged at the left ear. In Experiment 2, participants imaged a positively-valenced (e.g., a kitten purring) or a negatively-valenced (e.g., fingernails scratching a chalkboard) nonverbal sound. Both positively-valenced nonverbal sounds and negatively-valenced nonverbal sounds were imaged at the right ear. Auditory imagery vividness and clarity, handedness, and preferred telephone ear did not generally correlate with ear preferences. Implications for lateralization of language, emotion, and auditory frequency; the inner voice/inner ear distinction; and methods of analysis are discussed.
Enabling Factors and Durations Data Analytics for Dynamic Freight Parking Limits
Authors: Castrellon Juan Pablo , Sanchez-Diaz Ivan , Kalahasthi Lokesh Kumar
Published: August 2022

Freight parking operations occur amid conflicting conditions of public space scarcity, competition with other users, and the inefficient management of loading zones (LZ) at cities’ curbside. The dynamic nature of freight operations, and the static LZ provision and regulation, accentuate these conflicting conditions at specific peak times. This generates supply–demand mismatches of parking infrastructure. These mismatches have motivated the development of Smart LZ that bring together technology, parking infrastructure, and data analytics to allocate space and define dynamic duration limits based on users’ needs. Although the dynamic duration limits unlock the possibility of a responsive LZ management, there is a narrow understanding of factors and analytical tools that support their definition. Therefore, the aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly, to identify factors for enabling dynamic parking durations policies. Secondly, to assess data analytics tools that estimate freight parking durations and LZ occupation levels based on operational and locational features. Semi-structured interviews and focus group analyses showed that public space use assessment, parking demand estimation, enforcement capabilities, and data sharing strategies are the most relevant factors when defining dynamic parking limits. This paper used quantitative models to assess different analytical tools that study LZ occupation and parking durations using tracked freight parking data from the City of Vic (Spain). CatBoost outperformed other machine learning (ML) algorithms and queuing models in estimating LZ occupation and parking durations. This paper contributes to the freight parking field by understanding how data analytics support dynamic parking limits definition, enabling responsive curbside management.
Investigation of Polyurethane Modified Cold Bitumen for Fast Cold In-Place Recycling
Authors: Lin Peng , Liu Xueyan , Erkens Sandra , Welvaarts Bart , Brouns Koen
Published: August 2022

Cold in-place recycling is gaining more attention worldwide because of its lower energy consumption, while the normally used asphalt emulsion and foamed asphalt cannot meet this requirement of short traffic disturbance and road performance of the surface layer. In this research, a polyurethane-modified cold binder (PMCB) was designed and investigated for the fast and high-quality cold in-place recycling of reclaimed asphalt. For the first step, functional group analysis and fluorescent microscopy were used to reveal the curing process and the modification mechanism of the PMCB. Then a series of rheological tests were used to comprehensively evaluate the viscoelastic properties of the PMCB at different curing stages. Finally, the mechanical performance of the PMCB mortar sample was evaluated with the monotonic tensile test and tensile fatigue test. The results indicated that the polymerization reaction in the PMCB consisted of three reactions, and the urethane/urea linkage led to the formation of the polymeric network. The polyurethane polymeric network led to a significant increase in the complex modulus and a decrease of the phase angle. The PMCB also exhibits suitable viscosity at environmental temperatures, good relaxation properties at low temperatures, and less temperature sensitivity. Compared to the base asphalt and styrene butadiene styrene polymer modified bitumen mortar samples, the PMCB mortar samples showed significant advantages in tensile strength, dissipation energy, and tensile fatigue properties. Furthermore, the polyurethane-modified cold asphalt mixture (PMCM) showed better indirect tensile strength than the porous asphalt mixture with fresh aggregate and fresh asphalt binder when the curing time of the PMCM reached 6 h.
Psychology of Women Quarterly: Citation Network Analysis of Its Landscape and Evolution
Authors: Moradi Bonnie , Parent Mike C. , Nusrath Sumaiya F. , Falk Marissa R.
Published: August 2022

Psychology of Women Quarterly (PWQ) is a leading outlet for feminist psychology research. To elucidate the interrelations of PWQ publications over time, we conducted a citation network analysis of its 2,747 articles and 4,517 citation links. Of the 16 citation clusters that emerged, many echoed key elements of PWQ's scope. These included Cluster 1: feminist consciousness and sexism; Cluster 2: body image and objectification; Cluster 3: feminist psychology, epistemology, and methodology; Cluster 4: gender and educational and occupational experiences; Cluster 5: rape and sexual assault; Cluster 6: power and violence in close relationships; Cluster 7: sexual harassment and workplace discrimination; and Cluster 8: women and power with attention to race and nation. Areas of citation disconnection revealed avenues for resisting citation silos and advancing pantheoretical feminist frameworks on the continuum of patriarchal violence. Small and discontinued clusters were areas ripe for feminist revisiting (e.g., reproductive justice). PWQ articles were cited in an increasing number and breadth of journals over time. These findings can inform authors, reviewers, and editors to advance the next decades of scholarship in PWQ in ways that resist citation silos, revive research on critical domains of women's lives, and foster the feminist edge of our scholarship.
Transforming Nigerian Food Systems Through Their Backbones: Lessons From a Decade of Staple Crop Biofortification Programing
Authors: Birol Ekin , Foley Jennifer , Herrington Caitlin , Misra Rewa , Mudyahoto Bho , Pfeiffer Wolfgang , Diressie Michael Tedla , Ilona Paul
Published: August 2022

This article presents the evolution of the biofortification program in Nigeria over the last decade and the role of interdisciplinary research in informing cost-effective, efficient, and inclusive development; implementation; and scaling of this program. Launched in 2011 to improve Nigeria’s food systems to deliver accessible and affordable nutrients through commonly consumed staples, the Nigeria biofortification program was implemented through an effective partnership between the CGIAR and public, private, and civil society sectors at federal, state, and local levels. By the end of 2021, several biofortified varieties of Nigeria’s 2 main staples, namely cassava and maize, were officially released for production by smallholders, with several biofortified varieties of other key staples (including pearl millet, rice, and sorghum) either under testing or in the release pipeline. In 2021, the program was estimated to benefit 13 million Nigerians consuming biofortified cassava and maize varieties. The evidence on the nutritional impact, consumer and farmer acceptance, and cost-effective scalability of biofortified crops documented by the program resulted in the integration of biofortified crops in several key national public policies and social protection programs; private seed and food company products/investments, as well as in humanitarian aid.
Influence of gelatin modification on enzymatically-gellable pectin-gelatin hydrogel properties for soft tissue engineering applications
Authors: Ebrahimzadeh Asal , Khanalizadeh Elnaz , Khodabakhshaghdam Shahla , Kazemi Davoud , Baradar Khoshfetrat Ali
Published: August 2022

Injectable in situ-forming hydrogels appears to be a promising approach for tissue engineering applications. In this study, the effect of phenol moiety (Ph) addition to gelatin in enzymatically-gellable modified pectin hydrogel (Pec-Ph) was studied. Addition of gelatin-Ph to Pec-Ph (Pec-Ph/Gel-Ph) altered the physical properties of Pec-Ph-based hydrogels as compared to unmodified gelatin (Pec-Ph/Gel) addition. Swelling ratio and degradation rates of the Pec-Ph/Gel-Ph hydrogel decreased 35% and 50%, respectively, and the elasticity of Pec-Ph/Gel-Ph hydrogel was higher than the Pec-Ph/Gel hydrogels. Scanning electron microscopy images showed that the existence of phenolic groups in gelatin decreased the pore size of Pec-Ph/Gel-Ph hydrogels. Culture of chondrocyte cells in the Pec-Ph/Gel-Ph hydrogels showed more metabolic activity (4×) during a 14-day culture period. Hydrogels subcutaneously implanted in rats could also be identified readily without complete absorption and signs of toxicity or any untoward reactions after 1 month. The work showed the potential of Pec-Ph/Gel-Ph hydrogels as a promising in situ injectable hydrogel for soft tissue engineering applications.
Effect of Awake Prone Positioning in non-Intubated COVID-19 Patients with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Kang Hanyujie , Gu Xueqing , Tong Zhaohui
Published: August 2022

Background

Awake prone positioning (APP) has been considered as a feasible treatment for patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure in non-intubated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, the efficacy and safety of APP remain uncertain. This meta-analysis aims to assess the effect of APP on intubation rate and mortality in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory failure.

Methods

Relevant studies published from January 1, 2020, to June 17, 2022, were systematically searched. The primary outcomes were the intubation rate and mortality; the secondary outcome was the incidence of adverse events.

Results

Of 5746 identified publications, 22 were eligible for inclusion in the meta-analysis (N = 5146 patients). In comparison to the non-APP group, APP could decrease the intubation rates (OR 0.64; 95% CI 0.48-0.83; P = .001), particularly in the subgroup of the daily median duration of APP > 8 h and in the subgroup of receiving high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) or non-invasive ventilation (NIV). Patients treated with APP were associated with lower mortality rates (OR 0.61; 95% CI 0.45-0.81; P = .0008), but no mortality benefit was found in the APP group in the subgroup of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). No significant difference was found in the incidence of adverse events between the groups (OR 1.13; 95% CI 0.75-1.71; P = .56).

Conclusion

Our results demonstrated that APP could be an effective strategy to avoid intubation without detrimental effects in non-intubated patients with COVID-19, especially for patients requiring HFNC or NIV, and the daily APP duration with the target of minimally eight hours was suggested. In the subgroup of RCTs, the pooled results did not demonstrate any benefit of APP on mortality. Given the limited number of RCTs, further high-quality RCTs are needed to confirm the results.

INPLASY registration number

INPLASY2021110037.
The affective afterlife of naked body protests
Authors: Mathebula Mpho , Canham Hugo
Published: August 2022

In this paper, we explore the afterlife of naked body protests through an examination of interview and archival data from women who participated in various naked protests in South Africa. We engage the emotional outcomes that follow African women’s naked protests. We read black women’s naked body protests through the theoretical lenses of refusal and the affective economies of shame and psychic distress. By examining a data corpus of 16 interviews, archival video, podcasts and written content emanating from South Africa, we explore what occurs after naked protests. The experiences endured by the women protestors range from negative affects such as shaming to humiliation by protestors’ communities and psychological distress. The findings suggest that refusal is not counter to women’s experiences of psychological distress and shame – they co-exist. We demonstrate how affects travel in affective economies and stick to bodies in ways that disperse bad feelings and create productive openings for freedom. Finally, we contend that the affective afterlife of naked protests might be understood as an ongoing theorisation of the body long after the event of the actual protest.
Serologic phenotypes distinguish systemic lupus erythematosus patients developing interstitial lung disease and/or myositis
Authors: Cotton Thaisa , Fritzler Marvin J , Choi May Y , Zheng Boyang , Niaki Omid Zahedi , Pineau Christian A , Lukusa Luck , Bernatsky Sasha
Published: August 2022

Objectives

To determine if serologic phenotypes could be identified in systemic lupus erythematosus patients developing interstitial lung disease (ILD) and/or myositis.

Methods

Adult SLE patients (without myositis/ILD at baseline) had annual assessments and serum sampling between 2000 and 2017. New-onset ILD was identified using the SDI pulmonary fibrosis item. New-onset myositis was identified using the SLICC Damage Index muscle atrophy/weakness item, the SLEDAI-2K item for myositis, and annual creatinine kinase testing. Chart review confirmed ILD/myositis cases and randomly sampled SLE patients from baseline formed our sub-cohort (N = 72). Cases and sub-cohort were compared regarding myositis-related biomarkers at baseline and at a randomly selected follow-up between baseline and end of observation (date of ILD/myositis diagnosis or Dec. 31, 2017). Descriptive analyses and hazards ratios (HRs) were generated for ILD/myositis incidence, focusing on baseline serology and adjusting for sex, race/ethnicity, age at SLE diagnosis, and SLE duration.

Results

Fourteen SLE patients developed ILD (N = 9), myositis (N = 3), and/or both (N = 2). Thirteen of those (92.9%) developing ILD/myositis had at least one biomarker at baseline, versus 47 (65.3%) SLE patients who never developed myositis/ILD. The most common biomarkers in myositis/ILD were KL-6, anti-Ro52, and anti-Ku. Baseline biomarkers tended to remain positive in follow-up. In multivariate Cox regressions, SLE patients had higher risk of developing myositis/ILD with elevated baseline KL-6 (adjusted hazard ratio 3.66; 95% confidence interval 1.01, 13.3). When updating biomarkers over time, we also saw correlations between anti-Smith and ILD/myositis.

Conclusions

Baseline myositis-related biomarkers were highly associated with ILD/myositis incidence. This is the first identification of biomarker phenotypes with ILD/myositis risk in SLE.
Lupus nephritis: A focus on the United Arab Emirates and the potential role of genetics
Authors: Tabouni Mohammed , Ali Amanat , Aljaberi Najla , Alblooshi Hiba
Published: August 2022

Lupus nephritis (LN) is a severe manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), characterized by chronic and progressive inflammation of the kidneys. As with many other autoimmune diseases, LN is a multifactorial disease caused by genetic and environmental factors. Globally, LN can affect around 60% of SLE patients, and it was observed to be less frequent and severe in Caucasian patients compared to other ethnic groups, including Arabs. Data on LN in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are scattered and scarce in literature. Nevertheless, LN is common, occurring in around 43%–55% of SLE patients in the UAE. Anecdotally, the demographics and clinical features of SLE in the UAE have been distinct. However, the paucity of supporting literature makes it difficult to draw meaningful conclusions. Over the past two decades, there have been improvements in understanding the pathogenesis of LN; however, many cellular and molecular mechanisms which are implicated in the disease development and progression remain ambiguous. Investigating the clinical, pathological, and genetic characteristics of LN in different cohorts of patients is of importance for a better understanding of its pathogenesis, and thus improving its outcome. As a result, we acknowledge the need for large-scale epidemiological, clinical, and genetic investigation of LN cohorts in the UAE and surrounding regions.
The association of lupus nephritis with adverse pregnancy outcomes among women with lupus in North America
Authors: Lucas Anika , Eudy Amanda M , Gladman Dafna , Petri Michelle , Urowitz Murray , Wyatt Christina M , Clowse Megan EB
Published: August 2022

Objectives

We evaluated the association of lupus nephritis (LN) and adverse pregnancy outcomes in prospective cohorts of pregnant women with SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus).

Methods

We conducted a patient-level pooled analysis of data from three cohorts of pregnant women with SLE. Pooled logistic regression models were used to evaluate the association of LN and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated using a fixed effect model by enrolling cohort.

Results

The pooled cohort included 393 women who received care at clinics in the United States and Canada from 1995 to 2015. There were 144 (37%) women with a history of LN. Compared to women without LN, those with LN had higher odds of fetal loss (OR: 1.90; 95% CI: 1.01, 3.56) and preeclampsia (OR: 2.04; 95% CI: 1.01, 4.13). Among the 31 women with active nephritis (defined as urine protein ≥ 0.5 g/24 h) there was a higher odds of poor pregnancy outcome (OR: 3.08; 95% CI: 1.31, 7.23) and fetal loss (OR: 6.29; 95% CI: 2.52, 15.70) compared to women without LN.

Conclusions

In this pooled cohort of women with SLE, a history of LN was associated with fetal loss and preeclampsia. Active nephritis was associated with poor pregnancy outcome and fetal loss.
Can Knowledge of Administrative Law Impact Constructive Deviance and Task Performance: Empirical Evidence from Saudi Arabia
Authors: Alanzi Awad Ali , Sulphey M. M. , Jnaneswar K.
Published: August 2022

In today’s volatile, uncertain and hyper-competitive business environment, enhancing employees’ task performance is a major concern. Therefore, organizations need to find out the antecedents of task performance. In this context, the present study was undertaken to find the relationship between employees’ knowledge of administrative law, political skills, workplace dignity, constructive deviance and task performance. To our knowledge, no previous study investigated the simultaneous relationships between these variables. Data were collected through questionnaires from 117 faculty members across different universities in Saudi Arabia. Since there was a lack of valid scales to measure knowledge of administrative law, the study developed a questionnaire to assess the same. Drawing support from the personal initiative theory, affective events theory and self-determination theory, the present study found that knowledge about administrative law influences employees’ political skills and workplace dignity, motivating them to exhibit constructive deviance, ultimately improving task performance. This is the first such study to be conducted in Saudi Arabia, as no previous studies have empirically examined this aspect. Hence, it is a new significant contribution to management literature.
A Retrospective Analysis of the Impact of Health Disparities on Treatment for Single Suture Craniosynostosis Before and During the Pandemic
Authors: Hoffman Caitlin , Valenti Alyssa , Buontempo Michelle , Imahiyerobo Thomas
Published: August 2022

Candidates for endoscopic treatment for craniosynostosis must be less than 6 months old. Given the narrow window of eligibility, there is potential for barriers to access to impact the type of surgery a patient receives. We hypothesized that COVID may worsen these potential disparities.

Charts were reviewed for children with single suture craniosynostosis from January 2014 to March 2020 (pre-COVID cohort) and March 2020 to September 2021 (COVID cohort) from 2 academic centers.

110 children were in the pre-COVID group; 56 were treated open and 54 endoscopically. Of the 44 patients in the COVID cohort, 20 were treated endoscopically and 24 were treated open. There was no significant difference in age of presentation or age of surgery across cohorts when considering type of surgery performed. Rate of endoscopy in the pre-COVID versus COVID cohorts was not significantly different. In both the pre-COVID and COVID cohorts there were significant differences between age of presentation, age of surgery, and type of surgery received based on race—black and Hispanic patients presented later, had surgery later, and underwent open surgery more frequently than their white/Asian counterparts ( P = .0095, P = .0067).

The pandemic did not alter age of presentation/age of surgery or rates of patients receiving endoscopic surgery in patients with single suture craniosynostosis. There was no relationship between insurance status and type of surgery received during the pandemic, however Hispanic and black patients presented later and underwent surgery at an older age compared to white/Asian patients as they did pre-pandemic.
Centering Our Voices: Experiences of Violence Among Homeless African American Women
Authors: Deal Emily , Hawkins Maren , Del Carmen Graf Maria , Dressel Anne , Ruiz Ashley , Pittman Belinda , Schmitt Marin , Krueger Emma , Lopez Alexa A. , Mkandawire-Valhmu Lucy , Kako Peninnah
Published: August 2022

Women experiencing homelessness who are also survivors of violence require uniquely tailored programs to accommodate complex needs. To understand how violence shaped the lives of formerly homeless African American women, an instrumental case study design and community-based participatory research approach was utilized in this qualitative study. Focus group interviews with graduates ( N = 40) from a long-term transitional housing program were conducted. Using thematic analysis, identified themes included: cycles of violence, violence in the community, relationships with children, and coping with violence. These themes illustrated survivors’ growth through supportive programming and highlighted services dedicated to empowering women who have experienced violence.
Lubricity and mechanical stability of bio-grease formulated from non-edible vegetable oil
Authors: Amiruddin Hilmi , Bin Abdollah Mohd Fadzli , Mohamad Norani Mohamad Nordin
Published: August 2022

This study proposes the formulation of a novel grease material using biological resources, which displayed satisfactory mechanical and lubrication properties. This bio-grease material was formulated using non-edible vegetable oils (such as castor, neem and jatropha oils), with a beeswax thickener and hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN) as the nano additive. Thereafter, the optimal formulation of the bio-grease material was conducted using the Taguchi-based Grey Relational Analysis technique. The lubricity and mechanical stability of the formulated bio-grease material was tested with the help of a 4-ball tribometer based on the modified sliding frictional wear test, described in the ASTM D2266 standard. The fundamental wear mechanism occurring between the contact surfaces was also determined by investigating the surface morphology using Scanning Electron Microscopy embedded with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis (SEM-EDX). The results of the study indicated that base oil was the most significant factor that affected the Coefficient of Friction (COF) and the mechanical stability loss of the formulated bio-grease. Furthermore, the optimised bio-grease material contained 5 wt.% of thickener in castor oil and showed the lowest COF value of 0.04 and the highest delay in the mechanical stability loss (13,200 s). The acquired results were compared with those of the conventional grease material and observed that the SEM images of conventional grease material showed higher adhesive wear and rougher surface compared to the micrographs of the samples that were lubricated using the optimally-formulated bio-grease material.
Microstructure and mechanical properties of 7A48 aluminum alloy fabricated by the wire-arc additive manufacturing + micro forging hybrid process
Authors: Zhang Yan , Zhang Zhanwei , Xu Rongzheng , Guo Xuming , Li Zhi
Published: August 2022

Wire-arc additive manufacturing technology has been widely recognized as a suitable method for fabricating large-size, complex, and high-strength aluminum alloy components. Two components were obtained by adopting a self-made low Cu 7A48 wire under the deposition parameters (a voltage of 18 V, a current of 85 A, a welding speed of 9 mm/s, and an argon flow rate of 23 L/min). One was the wire-arc additive manufacturing component of Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloy, and the other was obtained via WAAM + micro forging hybrid process with about a 35% forging reduction ratio. Compared to that of the single wire-arc additive manufacturing component, the porosity of the micro forging component was reduced by 78.6%, and the micro forging hybrid process averagely increased the ultimate tensile strength and elongation by 23.3% (360.6 MPa) and 209.8% (18.9%), respectively. Besides, both the fracture modes were ductile fractures. The microstructure of the wire-arc additive manufacturing component consisted of the coarse grain area and fine grain band. For the micro forging component, the grains were equiaxed and obviously refined, and the average grains size was reduced by 81.6%. After the micro forging hybrid process, the grain orientation tended to be unified from disorder, and the maximum texture index reduced from 5.69 to 4.08. In addition, the secondary T (Al2Mg3Zn3) phase in two components precipitated along the grain boundary.
Centering Black women’s ways of knowing: A review of critical literacies research in early childhood
Authors: Starks Francheska D.
Published: August 2022

In the most recent edition of the Handbook of Reading Research, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas and colleagues (2020) identify the need to recontextualize critical literacy pedagogy and research in ways that center Black and Indigenous communities. Although critical literacy has a rich tradition in emancipatory work (e.g. Freire, 1996), Thomas et al. argue for the need to begin elsewhere, with the knowledge and traditions of Black and Indigenous communities, to produce literacy research and pedagogy that is more responsive to current social issues and iterations of racism. In this article, I combine their insights with those of early literacy researchers, such as Candace R. Kuby and Tara Gutshall Rucker, (e.g. Kuby, 2013; Kuby and Rucker, 2020) to suggest that the shifting of theoretical framings may be a useful way of broadening the context of critical literacies research and scholarship. Kuby and Rucker’s (2020) examination explores offerings from postructural and posthumanist theories for expanding conceptions of literacy in efforts to challenge our ideas of literacies, inequalities, and justice in early literacy research. Similarly, I analyze the affordances of Pro-Black and marginalized theories in critical literacies research, such as Black Feminist Thought (Collins, 2002), for understanding and expanding how we attend to positionality in early literacy educational research. Grounded in Black Feminist theories (Collins, 2002) and methodologies (Evans-Winters, 2019) as well my own positionality as a Black woman, this article takes up one specific concern from the call for this special issue, that is to address the lack of Pro-Black research in early literacy education. In so doing, I aim to broaden the ways that a historically praxis-oriented body of research in early childhood and elementary education, critical literacies research, is theorized and enacted by integrating more thoroughly Black women’s ways of knowing. I explore how to leverage our individual and combined perspectives, which are grounded in our rich history of resistance and thriving in the face of adversity, to produce knowledge and literacy practices useful for justice-oriented education. Through an analysis of academic literature related to critical literacies research and Black women educators in early childhood and elementary education, I address the question: How are Black women’s ways of knowing integrated in early childhood and elementary critical literacies research with participants who are Black women educators? I offer a sense of the extent to which Black women educators’ ways of knowing are associated with the term critical literacy and also identify fruitful strategies that critical literacies researchers can use to integrate Black women’s ways of knowing into the knowledge base and practices of critical literacies in early literacy research. Some strategies include integrating Black women educators' emotions and spiritual knowledge into the research and co-researching with Black women who are also participants.