bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Clinicopathological features of myofibromas and myofibromatosis affecting the oral and maxillofacial region: A systematic review
Authors: Silveira Felipe Martins , Kirschnick Laura Borges , Só Bruna Barcelos , Schuch Lauren Frenzel , Pereira Prado Vanesa , Sicco Estefania , Lima Rafael Rodrigues , Bologna‐Molina Ronell Eduardo , Mosqueda‐Taylor Adalberto , Vasconcelos Ana Carolina Uchoa , Martins Manoela Domingues
Published: May 2024

Background

Myofibromas are rare benign neoplasms composed of myoid cells and myofibroblasts. This study aimed to systematically review case reports and a series of myofibromas (MF) and myofibromatosis (MFT) occurring in the oral and maxillofacial regions in order to describe their main clinicopathological features.

Methods

This systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses guidelines. Electronic searches were conducted in 2023 in four databases: MEDLINE/PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and EMBASE. A manual search and a search in the grey literature were also conducted. The lesions were classified as MF or MFT according to their original report.

Results

A total of 169 cases were included in this systematic review. Men were slightly more affected, with a painless nodule. When occurring in soft tissue, MF usually developed in the gingiva (mean age:29.23 ± 21.93 years) and when it was intra‐osseous, it occurred more frequently in the posterior mandible (mean age:14.33 ± 15.62 years). MFT occurred mainly in the mandible and was predominantly described as well‐circumscribed masses of spindle cells organized in fascicles with a prominent vascular activity in a hemangiopericytoma‐like pattern. The lesions were mainly positive for smooth muscle actin and vimentin immunomarkers. Surgical excision was the treatment of choice in the majority of cases and recurrence was observed in only three cases.

Conclusion

MF and MFT affect more men, with an indolent clinical course. Intra‐osseous tumors and MFT seem to occur more frequently in younger individuals. These lesions seem to have a good prognosis and low recurrence.
Expanding plant genome editing scope and profiles with CRISPR‐FrCas9 systems targeting palindromic TA sites
Authors: He Yao , Han Yangshuo , Ma Yanqin , Liu Shishi , Fan Tingting , Liang Yanling , Tang Xu , Zheng Xuelian , Wu Yuechao , Zhang Tao , Qi Yiping , Zhang Yong
Published: May 2024

CRISPR‐Cas9 is widely used for genome editing, but its PAM sequence requirements limit its efficiency. In this study, we explore Faecalibaculum rodentium Cas9 (FrCas9) for plant genome editing, especially in rice. FrCas9 recognizes a concise 5′‐NNTA‐3′ PAM, targeting more abundant palindromic TA sites in plant genomes than the 5′‐NGG‐3′ PAM sites of the most popular SpCas9. FrCas9 shows cleavage activities at all tested 5′‐NNTA‐3′ PAM sites with editing outcomes sharing the same characteristics of a typical CRISPR‐Cas9 system. FrCas9 induces high‐efficiency targeted mutagenesis in stable rice lines, readily generating biallelic mutants with expected phenotypes. We augment FrCas9's ability to generate larger deletions through fusion with the exonuclease, TREX2. TREX2‐FrCas9 generates much larger deletions than FrCas9 without compromise in editing efficiency. We demonstrate TREX2‐FrCas9 as an efficient tool for genetic knockout of a microRNA gene. Furthermore, FrCas9‐derived cytosine base editors (CBEs) and adenine base editors (ABE) are developed to produce targeted C‐to‐T and A‐to‐G base edits in rice plants. Whole‐genome sequencing‐based off‐target analysis suggests that FrCas9 is a highly specific nuclease. Expression of TREX2‐FrCas9 in plants, however, causes detectable guide RNA‐independent off‐target mutations, mostly as single nucleotide variants (SNVs). Together, we have established an efficient CRISPR‐FrCas9 system for targeted mutagenesis, large deletions, C‐to‐T base editing, and A‐to‐G base editing in plants. The simple palindromic TA motif in the PAM makes the CRISPR‐FrCas9 system a promising tool for genome editing in plants with an expanded targeting scope.
A review of dynamic optimization in aquaculture production economics
Authors: Domínguez‐May Roger , Hernández Juan M. , Velázquez‐Abunader Iván
Published: May 2024

Dynamic optimization (DO) has been applied to aquaculture industry to determine optimal management strategies of aquaculture production systems. Optimal control of feeding, optimal stocking successions, and harvesting time among other factors has been studied. This work shows a review of the application of optimal control theory (OCT) and dynamic programming in economics and management of aquaculture. The Pontriagyn's maximum principle and the Bellman's optimality are the most commonly used mechanisms to solve control problems that optimize the producer's benefit or cost. Recently, model‐based predictive control has also been applied. Such tools have been used in aspects involving the design, planning, and monitoring of variables relevant to the optimal management of the culture system. It was found that in aquaculture there is low scientific productivity in the application of DO in bioeconomic models. In this review, an example of OCT applied to the control of feeding of farmed tilapia using a bioeconomic model is shown. DO represents a useful tool for optimal decision‐making and this review discusses the implications of the use of DO in aquaculture and recommendations for its use in the future.
Chief Executive Officer's national culture and bank risk‐taking behavior: International evidence
Authors: Luong Quang Duy , Vo Duc Hong , Ho Chi Minh
Published: May 2024

This paper examines the effect of the national culture of the chief executive officers (CEOs) on their risk‐taking behavior in managing the banks, leading to banks' instability using a sample of 805 CEOs for 517 commercial banks in 33 countries from 2011 to 2017. Our empirical results confirm that bank risk‐taking behavior is negatively associated with the national culture of the CEOs who score high on the individualistic culture dimension. We also find that bank risk is likely to increase under the management of CEOs coming from high power distance countries. These results have largely remained unchanged across different settings.
Achilles tendon assessment on quantitative MRI: Sources of variability and relationships to tendinopathy
Authors: McNish Reika , Lohse Keith , Pruthi Saksham , Hastings Mary K. , Zheng Jie , Zellers Jennifer A.
Published: May 2024

Quantitative MRI (qMRI) measures are useful in assessing musculoskeletal tissues, but application to tendon has been limited. The purposes of this study were to optimize, identify sources of variability, and establish reproducibility of qMRI to assess Achilles tendon. Additionally, preliminarily estimates of effect of tendon pathology on qMRI metrics and structure–function relationships between qMRI measures and ankle performance were examined. T1, T1ρ, T2, and T2* maps of the Achilles tendon were obtained using a 3T MRI scanner. In participants with asymptomatic tendons (n = 21), MRI procedures were repeated twice, and region of interest selection was performed by three raters. Variance decomposition and reproducibility statistics were completed. To estimate the effect of pathology, qMRI measures from individuals with asymptomatic tendons were compared to qMRI measures from a pilot group of individuals with Achilles tendinopathy (n = 7). Relationships between qMRI and ankle performance measures were assessed. Between‐participant variation accounted for the majority of variability (46.7%–64.0%) in all qMRI measures except T2*. ICCs met or exceeded 0.7 for all qMRI measures when averaged across raters or scans. Relaxation times were significantly longer in tendinopathic tendons (mean (SD) T1: 977.8 (208.6) ms, T1ρ: 35.4 (7.1) ms, T2: 42.8 (7.9) ms, T2*: 14.1 (7.6) ms, n = 7) compared to asymptomatic control tendons (T1: 691.7 (32.4) ms, T1ρ: 24.0 (3.6) ms, T2: 24.4 (7.5) ms, T2*: 9.5 (3.4) ms, n = 21) (p < 0.011 for all comparisons). T1 related to functional performance measures in symptomatic and asymptomatic groups. Study findings suggest that qMRI is reliable to assess the Achilles tendon. qMRI quantitatively assesses the presence of tendon pathology and relates to functional performance outcomes, supporting the utility of incorporating qMRI in research and clinic.
A Aplicabilidade Da Resolução n° 22 De Novembro de 2018 da Corte Interamericana de Direitos Humanos pelos Tribunais Brasileiros
Authors: De Oliveira Trajano Izabela , Maia Goltzman Elder , Costa Sousa Monica Teresa
Published: May 2024

Este trabalho traz o seguinte problema de pesquisa: como os tribunais nacionais, em especial o Tribunal de Justiça do Rio de Janeiro, têm exercido o controle de convencionalidade em relação à aplicabilidade da Resolução n° 22 de novembro de 2018 da Corte Interamericana de Direitos Humanos? A hipótese defendida é que o Judiciário doméstico, sobretudo o TJRJ, não está realizando o controle de convencionalidade em relação à Resolução, pois não há um consenso acerca da sua aplicação, prevalecendo uma ausência de diálogo entre o Judiciário doméstico e os órgãos internacionais de proteção de direitos humanos, o que pode ensejar uma eventual responsabilização internacional do Brasil. O estudo apresenta os seguintes objetivos: a) analisar o histórico da Corte, seus princípios, funcionamento, competência e jurisdição; b) traçar um panorama da jurisprudência da Corte sobre condições degradantes no cárcere em cotejo com a Resolução n° 22 e o caso que ensejou sua edição; c) debater o controle de convencionalidade a partir da aplicação da Resolução, em especial no TJRJ. Utiliza-se o método indutivo (GUSTIN, DIAS, 2002) em uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa e exploratória, realizada por uma abordagem bibliográfica e documental (LAKATOS; MARCONI, 2017) e de levantamento de decisões. Realizou-se consulta à jurisprudência em mecanismo de busca do sítio eletrônico do TJRJ, catalogando processos de 2018 a 2022 com as seguintes palavras-chave: “Resolução da Corte IDH”, “22/11/2018” e “cômputo em dobro”. Apenas a segunda instância faz parte da análise, por ser responsável pela estabilização do entendimento dentro do TJRJ.
PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Convenção Americana de Direitos Humanos; Aplicabilidade; Resolução n° 22 de novembro de 2018; Instituto Plácido de Sá Carvalho; Controle de Convencionalidade.
Carta Editorial - Dossiê "Desigualdades e Direitos Humanos: Desafios nos Sistemas de Proteção Constitucional e Transnacional"
Authors: Portela Gomes Rodrigo , Sueli das Neves Ciani
Published: May 2024

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“Von Recht zum Unrecht”
Authors: Bielschowsky Raoni
Published: May 2024

Não raro, vê-se argumentado por alguma teoria do direito e/ou da constituição que regimes políticos autoritários estariam relacionados a determinada teoria jurídica, sendo muito comum que a experiência nazista seja tomada como exemplo paradigmático. Curiosamente, no entanto, por vezes essa relação é traçada entre o regime nazifascista e o positivismo, por vezes ela feita em sentido contrário, apontando para a relação do nazismo com posturas antiformalistas. Desse modo, é possível levantar o problema: há alguma relação entre determinadas teorias, metodologias e/ou retóricas jurídicas e regimes autoritários? O objetivo deste trabalho é apontar que não é possível traçar uma relação de implicação entre regimes autoritários, particularmente regimes nazifascistas, com qualquer teoria ou método jurídico específico, seja ela positivista ou antiformalista. Assim, trata-se de pesquisa teórica, baseada em fontes bibliográficas de teoria e historiografia constitucional, que explora a questão, levantando que regimes nazifascistas utilizaram tanto retóricas jurídicas antiformalistas, na Alemanha, quanto positivistas na França do Regime de Vichy, para impor sua agenda autoritária e seus abusos. Por desdobramento, conclui-se que eventuais déficits de controlabilidade decisórias e quadros de exceção judicial estão especialmente mais relacionados à fuga de qualquer teoria/metodologia jurídica que a uma postura específica.
Política de Prevenção, Inovação Tecnológica ou Gestão Penal dos Indesejáveis? Reflexões Criminológicas sobre Tornozeleiras Eletrônicas e Controle Social
Authors: Vieira Fernandes Silva Ana Rafaella , Gomes de Sant’Ana e Silva Junior Nelson , Wanderley Tannuss Rebecka
Published: May 2024

Este artigo tem por objetivo analisar a produção científica brasileira a respeito das tornozeleiras eletrônicas, de modo a problematizar como os discursos sobre o controle social exercido pelo sistema penal comparecem nos estudos selecionados. O método consistiu numa revisão sistemática de literatura sobre monitoração eletrônica no contexto da política criminal brasileira, publicados em revistas brasileiras e na língua portuguesa entre 2010 e 2021, e realizada a partir de pesquisas em seis bases de dados. Foram analisados 45 artigos considerados relevantes para a discussão sobre controle social. A partir dos estudos selecionados, observa-se que a questão do controle social tem sido tratada sob duas perspectivas: a legitimação do controle social operado pelas tornozeleiras eletrônicas e a denúncia de sua atuação como instrumentos de expansão e atualização tecnológica do sistema punitivo. Ademais, materiais de ambas as vertentes apontam a estigmatização causada pelo uso de tornozeleiras eletrônicas. Analisa-se que expressões como “eficiência” e “utilidade”, bem como ideias de inovação tecnológica, redução de gastos e experiência internacional bem-sucedida, são abstratamente invocadas para legitimar o controle social empreendido pelas tornozeleiras eletrônicas, mesmo quando desacompanhadas de dados que sustentem referidas afirmações. Aponta-se que os dados sobre o sistema prisional brasileiro demonstram que a política de monitoração eletrônica tem se expandido concomitantemente ao crescimento da população carcerária. Conclui-se que há um esquema de complementaridade entre o controle das tornozeleiras e o controle exercido no espaço fisicamente delimitado da prisão e que as tornozeleiras têm operado como instrumentos eficazes para a expansão e atualização tecnológica do controle penal.
Desocupações forçadas na encruzilhada
Authors: Assis Alves Rafael , Trotta Dallalana Quintans Mariana
Published: May 2024

As violações de direitos humanos na execução de desocupações forçadas no Brasil foram percebidas por especialistas, mas largamente ignoradas pelos tribunais. A pandemia de Covid-19, ao sujeitar grande contingente da população ao risco de despejo e reintegrações de posse, pode alterar esse padrão decisório. A partir de ferramentas conceituais do neoinstitucionalismo, esse artigo examina se vivemos atualmente uma conjuntura crítica na qual é possível a mudança rápida e efetiva no modo como as desocupações forçadas são realizadas. Isso, no entanto, depende de condições permissivas e produtivas para reforma institucional. Nesse sentido, o artigo sustenta que a pandemia de Covid-19 é condição permissiva, pois acendeu na sociedade o alerta sobre as graves violações de direitos que podem ocorrer nas desocupações forçadas. As condições produtivas, por outro lado, consistem na Recomendação 90/2021 do Conselho Nacional de Justiça, na Arguição de Descumprimento de Preceito Fundamental 828 e na Lei n.14.216/2021. A combinação dessas condições não garante a reforma de que precisamos, mas pavimenta o caminho para a efetividade do direito à moradia digna.
O Processo e a Terra: Lutas Indígenas em Torno à Citação Judicial (Aldeia de São Pedro De Cabo Frio, 1838-1851)
Authors: De Freitas Macedo Camilla
Published: May 2024

Durante o primeiro século da independência política do Brasil, os conflitos de terra entre indígenas e colonos alcançaram novos matizes do ponto de vista jurídico. Parte desses matizes derivou da emergência progressiva de uma ideia de propriedade privada em sua forma moderna. Isso implicava, entre outros fatores, uma legislação restritiva em relação às terras de uso comum. Por outro lado, se intensificou o debate sobre os critérios para considerar as pessoas indígenas como “civilizadas”. Nesse contexto, algumas terras que tinham sido dadas em sesmaria a comunidades indígenas durante o período colonial foram alvo de interesses comerciais e de ocupação, com a anuência das autoridades designadas para tutelar os chamados “bens dos índios”. Neste trabalho, utilizei um processo ocorrido em São Pedro de Cabo Frio (1839-1850) como fio condutor para mostrar como as reformas do século XIX afetaram o acesso às terras indígenas. Esse conflito chegou até o Tribunal da Relação, estando todo o processo arquivado no Arquivo Nacional. O caso é interesante porque coincidiu temporalmente com algumas reformas importantes dos primeiros anos do imperio. Entre elas, a eliminação das Ouvidorias em materia civel, o aparecimento dos juízes de paz, e a aprovação, em 1845, do Regulamento das Missões. Cruzando os debates do processo judicial com outras fontes do período, como jornais, relatos particulares, relatórios dos presidentes da provincia e a doutrina jurídica coetânea, mostro algumas das estratégias juridicamente possíveis para os indígenas aldeados, destacando, ao mesmo tempo, as limitações que a circunstancia de ser considerado “índio” lhes impunha.
PALAVRAS-CHAVE: citação, indígenas, demarcação, aldeia, império
Picard sheaves, local Brauer groups, and topological modular forms
Authors: Antieau Benjamin , Meier Lennart , Stojanoska Vesna
Published: May 2024

We develop tools to analyze and compare the Brauer groups of spectra such as periodic complex and real ‐theory and topological modular forms, as well as the derived moduli stack of elliptic curves. In particular, we prove that the Brauer group of is isomorphic to the Brauer group of the derived moduli stack of elliptic curves. Our main computational focus is on the subgroup of the Brauer group consisting of elements trivialized by some étale extension, which we call the local Brauer group. Essential information about this group can be accessed by a thorough understanding of the Picard sheaf and its cohomology. We deduce enough information about the Picard sheaf of and the (derived) moduli stack of elliptic curves to determine the structure of their local Brauer groups away from the prime 2. At 2, we show that they are both infinitely generated and agree up to a potential error term that is a finite 2‐torsion group.
On Distinguishability of Anomalies as Physical Faults or Actuation Cyberattacks
Authors: Roy Tanushree , Dey Satadru
Published: May 2024

Increased automation has created an impetus to integrate infrastructure with wide-spread connectivity in order to improve e ciency, sustainability, autonomy, and security. Nonetheless, this reliance on connectivity and the inevitability of complexity in this system increase the vulnerabilities to physical faults or degradation and external cyber-threats. However, strategies to counteract faults and cyberattacks would be widely di erent and thus it is vital to not only detect but also to identify the nature of the anomaly that is present in these systems. In this work, we propose a mathematical framework to distinguish between physical faults and cyberattack using a sliding mode based unknown input observer. Finally, we present simulation case studies to distinguish between physical faults and cyberattacks using the proposed distinguishability metric and criterion. The simulation results show that the proposed framework successfully distinguishes between faults and cyberattacks.
Development and Validation of the Combined Action Observation and Motor Imagery Ability Questionnaire
Authors: Scott Matthew W. , Esselaar Maaike , Dagnall Neil , Denovan Andrew , Marshall Ben , Deacon Aimee S. , Holmes Paul S. , Wright David J.
Published: May 2024

Combined use of action observation and motor imagery (AOMI) is an increasingly popular motor-simulation intervention, which involves observing movements on video while simultaneously imagining the feeling of movement execution. Measuring and reporting participant imagery-ability characteristics are essential in motor-simulation research, but no measure of AOMI ability currently exists. Accordingly, the AOMI Ability Questionnaire (AOMI-AQ) was developed to address this gap in the literature. In Study 1, two hundred eleven participants completed the AOMI-AQ and the kinesthetic imagery subscales of the Movement Imagery Questionnaire-3 and Vividness of Motor Imagery Questionnaire-2. Following exploratory factor analysis, an 8-item AOMI-AQ was found to correlate positively with existing motor-imagery measures. In Study 2, one hundred seventy-four participants completed the AOMI-AQ for a second time after a period of 7–10 days. Results indicate a good test–retest reliability for the AOMI-AQ. The new AOMI-AQ measure provides a valid and reliable tool for researchers and practitioners wishing to assess AOMI ability.
Effect of Electrostatic Interactions in Wormlike Micelles of Surfactants Based on Betaine and Charged Tertiary Amine with the Same Hydrophobic Groups
Authors: Hao W. , Molchanov V. S. , Chesnokov Yu. M. , Podlesnyi P. R. , Philippova O. E.
Published: May 2024

The viscoelastic properties and structure of solutions of mixed wormlike micelles based on a zwitterionic surfactant, oleylamidopropyldimethylcarboxybetaine (OAPB), and positively charged oleylamidopropyldimethylamine (OAPA) have been studied at different ratios between the components. At a small fraction of the cationic surfactant, OAPA, the solution exhibits viscoelastic properties characteristic of semidiluted solutions of entangled wormlike micelles, the presence of which has been confirmed by cryogenic electron microscopy data. It has been found that, as the molar fraction of the charged surfactant increases to 0.1, the viscosity and relaxation time of the solutions decrease by a factor of three, and the values of the storage modulus remain unchanged at short stress action times. The studied surfactants have a similar structure; therefore, when replacing zwitterionic OAPB molecules by positively charged OAPA molecules, the main factor of variations in the properties and structure is the enhancement of the electrostatic repulsion on the micelle surface. It has been shown that this factor leads to a decrease in the average length of micelles and an increase in their number, which have a weak effect on the rheological properties of the system as long as the length of the micelles is larger than the length of the subchains in the network. With an increase in the molar fraction of OAPA from 0.1 to 0.5, the viscosity and relaxation time drop drastically by several orders of magnitude and the viscoelastic response of the solution is lost; i.e., the network is destroyed. This transition from a semidilute solution to a dilute one is explained by a decrease in the length of the wormlike micelles and the formation of spherical ones. Cryogenic electron microscopy images have confirmed the formation of a mixture of long and short wormlike micelles with spherical micelles at an OAPA molar fraction of 0.5.
Phase Correction of the Channels of a Fully Populated Randomized Multielement Therapeutic Array Using the Acoustic Holography Method
Authors: Tsysar S. A. , Rosnitskiy P. B. , Asfandiyarov S. A. , Petrosyan S. A. , Khokhlova V. A. , Sapozhnikov O. A.
Published: May 2024

The acoustic holography method was used to characterize a therapeutic focused fully populated 256-element ultrasonic transducer array. Elements of the array with the shape of equal area polygons are densely arranged in an irregular pattern on a spherically concave surface with a radius of curvature of 150 mm and a diameter of 200 mm. The array has a central frequency of 1.2 MHz and is designed to operate in water. The performance of individual array elements was studied based on the holographically reconstructed normal velocity distribution over the array surface. It was shown that with the same electrical signals applied to the elements, their acoustic responses had a phase deviation relative to the nominal values, which can be caused either by the asphericity of the array surface, or by the introduction of additional phase delays by the electrical matching network. To compensate for the detected parasitic phase shifts of the elements and restore the effective sphericity of the radiating surface, the Verasonics V-1 control system was used. The hologram measured after making the correction, as well as the shape of the focal region and acoustic pressure magnitude at the focus, separately measured by a hydrophone, showed that the proposed method reconstructed the nominal operating parameters of the array with high accuracy.
Enhanced resistance to desiccation cracking of polymer–bentonite mixtures: an experimental investigation of underlying mechanisms
Authors: Taheri Sepideh , El-Zein Abbas
Published: May 2024

Polymers have been shown to enhance the resistance of swelling clay soils to desiccation cracking, a critical property in engineering applications, particularly in waste containment facilities. However, the microscopic and macroscopic mechanisms driving this improvement remain poorly understood. Additionally, the influence of different mixing methods on these mechanisms is not well-established. While dry mixing (DM) is more convenient for onsite implementation, wet mixing (WM) offers intercalation between clay and polymer, resulting in potentially more durable stabilization outcomes. In this paper, key properties related to desiccation cracking of a polymer–clay mixture were measured. The mixture was synthesized by amending Na-bentonite with sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (Na-CMC) using DM and WM. Soil water-retention characteristics curves (SWCC), swelling and shrinkage potential, tensile strength, and pore-size distribution by mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) were measured for both mixtures and untreated bentonite. Compared to pure bentonite, mixtures were found to have slightly reduced air-entry values, significantly lower swelling and shrinkage potentials, and higher tensile strengths. In all experiments, DM exhibited superior performance compared to WM. MIP analysis of the amended mixtures revealed a more porous structure compared to untreated bentonite.
Performances of a new generation tracking detector: the MEG II cylindrical drift chamber
Authors: Baldini A. M. , Benmansour H. , Boca G. , Cavoto G. , Cei F. , Chiappini M. , Chiarello G. , Corvaglia A. , Cuna F. , Francesconi M. , Galli L. , Grancagnolo F. , Grandoni E. G. , Grassi M. , Hildebrandt M. , Ignatov F. , Meucci M. , Molzon W. , Nicolò D. , Oya A. , Palo D. , Panareo M. , Papa A. , Raffaelli F. , Renga F. , Signorelli G. , Tassielli G. F. , Uchiyama Y. , Venturini A. , Vitali B. , Voena C.
Published: May 2024

The cylindrical drift chamber is the most innovative part of the MEG II detector, the upgraded version of the MEG experiment. The MEG II chamber differs from the MEG one because it is a single volume cylindrical structure, instead of a segmented one, chosen to improve its resolutions and efficiency in detecting low energy positrons from muon decays at rest. In this paper, we show the characteristics and performances of this fundamental part of the MEG II apparatus and we discuss the impact of its higher resolution and efficiency on the sensitivity of the MEG II experiment. Because of its innovative structure and high quality resolution and efficiency the MEG II cylindrical drift chamber will be a cornerstone in the development of an ideal tracking detector for future positron-electron collider machines.
New invariants for virtual knots via spanning surfaces
Authors: Juhász András , Kauffman Louis H. , Ogasa Eiji
Published: May 2024

We define three different types of spanning surfaces for knots in thickened surfaces. We use these to introduce new Seifert matrices, Alexander-type polynomials, genera, and a signature invariant. One of these Alexander polynomials extends to virtual knots and can obstruct a virtual knot from being classical. Furthermore, it can distinguish a knot in a thickened surface from its mirror up to isotopy. We also propose several constructions of Heegaard Floer homology for knots in thickened surfaces, and give examples why they are not stabilization invariant. However, we can define Floer homology for virtual knots by taking a minimal genus representative. Finally, we use the Behrens–Golla [Formula: see text]-invariant to obstruct a knot from being a stabilization of another.
New Insights into IGF-1 Signaling in the Heart
Authors: Lee Wang-Soo , Abel E. Dale , Kim Jaetaek
Published: May 2024

Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) signaling has multiple physiological roles in cellular growth, metabolism, and aging. Myocardial hypertrophy, cell death, senescence, fibrosis, and electrical remodeling are hallmarks of various heart diseases and contribute to the progression of heart failure. This review highlights the critical role of IGF-1 and its cognate receptor in cardiac hypertrophy, aging, and remodeling.
Test-Retest of the Spot Vision Screener among Children with Ophthalmological Diseases including Strabismus
Authors: Ichimura Mika , Ueki Satoshi , Fukuchi Takeo
Published: May 2024

Background. The spot vision screener (SVS) has been widely used for eye health examinations of infants and young children. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reproducibility of two SVS measurements in children with ophthalmological diseases. Methods. 29 patients aged 15 years or younger who visited our hospital for refraction examinations with SVS before and at least 60 minutes after administration of 2 drops of 1% cyclopentolate ophthalmic solution (before and after cycloplegia) were included in this study. Two SVS measurements were made before and after cycloplegia, respectively. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and Bland–Altman analysis for spherical, spherical equivalent (SE), cylindrical, J0, and J45 values before and after cycloplegia were analyzed. Results. The mean age ± standard deviation (SD) of the 29 patients was 7.6 ± 2.4 years. There were 11 males and 18 females. The mean spherical values based on the SVS before and after cycloplegia were 0.42 ± 1.67 diopter (D), and 1.47 ± 2.23 D for the first measurement and 0.60 ± 1.74 D, and 1.42 ± 2.27 D for the second measurement, respectively. The mean cylindrical values based on SVS before and after cycloplegia were −1.45 ± 0.96 D and −1.65 ± 0.89 D for the first measurement and −1.58 ± 1.13 D and −1.66 ± 0.91 D for the second measurement, respectively. The ICCs for the first and second spherical, SE, cylindrical, J0, and J45 values before cycloplegia were 0.95, 0.98, 0.83, 0.86, and 0.86, respectively. The ICCs for the first and second spherical, SE, cylindrical, J0, and J45 values after cycloplegia were 0.99, 0.99, 0,87, 0.73, and 0.80, respectively. The Bland–Altman analysis of the first and second spherical and SE values before cycloplegia showed fan-shaped variation as hyperopia increased. Conclusions. Two consecutive SVS refraction measurements have a high degree of reproducibility for spherical and SE values but a low degree for cylindrical, J0, and J45 values. From these results, multiple measurements are required to obtain reliable results for cylindrical values.
Sleep Quality and Subjective Cognitive Decline among Older Adults: The Mediating Role of Anxiety/Depression and Worries
Authors: Sun McKenna , Zhang Qianqian , Han Yifei , Liu Jianghong
Published: May 2024

Background. Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) in older individuals has been implicated as a possible precursor to Alzheimer’s disease. Poor sleep quality and anxiety/depressive symptoms have been linked to the progression of SCD, but these associations and older adults’ worries have yet to be fully established in the Chinese older adult population, which is one of the largest in the world. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between sleep quality, anxiety/depression symptoms, and worries, and SCD prevalence among Chinese community-dwelling older individuals. Methods. A total of 707 adults aged between 60 and 99 from Shanghai, China, completed self-report questionnaires that covered their cognitive and mental well-being, as well as demographic information. Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) was evaluated using the memory/cognition syndromes of the old adult self-report (OASR). Sleep quality, anxiety/depression, and worries were measured from their respective sections of the OASR. Results. The general linear regression models showed that poorer sleep quality was associated with an increased prevalence of anxiety/depression symptoms, worries, and SCD among older adults. As suggested by the mediation analysis, anxiety/depression and worries were significant mediators in the relationship between sleep quality and SCD prevalence, and these two factors also have a serial mediation effect between sleep quality and SCD prevalence. Conclusions. Poorer sleep quality is associated with a higher rate of SCD among older adults, and a higher prevalence of anxiety/depression and worries mediate this relationship, suggesting possible mechanism pathways that lead to SCD. These factors may provide the basis for early, targeted interventions for older adults’ mental health preservation and improved quality of life.
Finite Element Modelling and Simulation of Tunnel Gates of Dam Structures in ABAQUS Using Reduced-Integrated 8-Node Hexahedral Solid-Shell Element
Authors: Balkaya Can
Published: May 2024

Tunnel gates used for water regulation are very important and critical parts of dam safety. This is because they are exposed to the hydrostatic pressure of the total height of the water in the reservoir. In this case study, a nonlinear finite element modelling and simulation of the diversion tunnel gate of the Gokdere Bridge Dam in Adana, Turkey, are performed to investigate the performance and capacity of the structure before collapse. The maximum water level in the reservoir is 85 meters. A 3D finite element modelling of the gate structure was created, considering the details of the construction project. Both the concrete structure and the anchorages between the concrete of the first and second phases of the gate structure and the steel profiles in the gate supports are modelled to obtain composite behavior, bond stresses, and a more accurate load and stress distribution. For the nonlinear finite element modelling in ABAQUS, C3D8R reduced-integrated 8-node hexahedral solid elements with concrete damage and tension stiffening are used. For the simulation, linear and nonlinear capacity analyses of the gate structure are performed, and the stresses, strains, deformations, and crack propagation in concrete and steel are investigated. It is found that nonlinear analysis and finite element modelling of anchors for capacity and load transfer are important in the simulation of gate structures to prevent tunnel collapse. It is suggested that dam monitoring and control systems and the use of multiple gates are recommended when a problem occurs in the operation of a gate in the diversion tunnel gates of a dam structure.
TABLE 4 from Stay on Track: A Pilot Randomized Control Trial on the Feasibility of a Diet and Exercise Intervention in Patients with Breast Cancer Receiving Radiotherapy
Authors: SenthilKumar Gopika , Schottstaedt Aronne M. , Peterson Lindsay L. , Pedersen Lauren N. , Chitambar Christopher R. , Vistocky Alexis , Banerjee Anjishnu , Longo John M. , Kelly Tracy , Currey Adam , Stolley Melinda R. , Bergom Carmen
Published: May 2024

Comparisons of resting metabolism and energy expenditure, and metabolic biomarkers at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months
Comparison of the Effectiveness of Ceftobiprole and Vancomycin in a Rabbit Model of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus-Induced Meningitis
Authors: Mermer Sinan , Turhan Tuncer , Bolat Elif , Aydemir Sohret , Sipahi Hilal , Sipahi Oguz Resat
Published: May 2024

Introduction: Nosocomial meningitis may occur after procedures affecting the central nervous system or following traumatic injury. The causative infectious organism is commonly Staphylococcus aureus, a Gram-positive bacterium. The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of two antibacterial agents, ceftobiprole and vancomycin, in an animal model of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) meningitis. Method: The strain of MRSA used was ATCC 43300. The animals were divided into three groups and infected intracisternally with MRSA. Controls received no antibiotherapy while the ceftobiprole group received 25 mg/kg and the vancomycin group received 20 mg/kg intravenously. Blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were collected at three time points. All animals were euthanized at 73 h after start of treatment. Results: There was a significant difference (p < 0.05) between both treatment groups and the control animals at 24 h (drug trough) and 73 h (1 h after third dose) after start of treatment in terms of CSF bacterial levels. At 73 h, there was a significant difference in survival between the control group and the two treatment groups but no difference between the treated animal survival rates. Conclusion: Intravenous treatment with ceftobiprole and vancomycin appears to be equally effective in a rabbit model of MRSA meningitis.
Corpolítica, corpossonho e corpomundo: insurgências cênicas desde sul’América
Authors: Pereira Fabrício Trindade
Published: May 2024

Este artículo tiene como objetivo analizar y reconocer elementos escénicos presentes en algunas obras creadas por Pedro Lemebel y Francisco Casas, del dúo Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis (1987-1997), de Santiago/Chile, de Ione de Medeiros, del Grupo Oficcina Multimédia (1977) de Belo Horizonte/Brasil, y de Ana Correa, del Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani (1971), de Lima, en Perú. Las creaciones, referenciadas y habitadas en el breve cruce crítico-reflexivo que recorreremos, constituyen modos de creación y de vida de maestros artistas que crearon, imaginaron y compartieron sus creaciones en contextos de opresión y crisis en América del Sur. La composición de este texto surge de la práctica del pensamiento artístico para identificar, investigar, reflexionar y caracterizar elementos conceptuales que estructuran y definen las nociones cuerpopolítico, cuerposueño y cuerpomundo.
Cenografia expandida a partir do sul: por uma perspectiva decolonial da linguagem, prática e estética espaço-visual
Authors: Rebouças Renato Bolelli
Published: May 2024

Entre las definiciones actuales de escenografía, se analizará el concepto de escenografía desde una perspectiva del Sur Global en un campo amplio, cuya práctica se desarrolla fuera del edificio del teatro en una relación con el ambiente. A partir de la epistemología del Sur, defendida por el sociólogo Boaventura de Sousa Santos, se presentan y analizan diferentes aspectos de estas prácticas en sus múltiples lenguajes y conceptos, utilizando referencias y ejemplos de investigaciones realizadas en países latino-americanos, como Brasil, además de Sudáfrica, India y Grecia.
The utopia of the harem: representation of the harem in Montesquieu’s persian letters and Fatima Mernissi’s Dreams of trespass: Tales of a harem girlhood
Authors: Alvarenga Maria Francisca Bacelar Begonha de
Published: May 2024

The harem has long been depicted as representative of the Orient in Western imagination. For some, a place of despotic rule and (female) oppression; to others, a feminist utopia of female freedom and protection. This paper analyzes two fundamental works that focus on the harem, Montesquieu’s 18th century Persian Letters, and Fatima Mernissi’s 20th century Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood. It will do a comparative and exploratory reading of the harems presented in these two works, while focusing specifically on issues of agency and power—all departing from the concept of despotic power, female and authorial agency, and the gaze.
A herança do Índico em As visitas do Dr. Valdez
Authors: Machado João Victor Sanches da Matta
Published: May 2024

Esse trabalho objetiva realizar uma leitura do romance As Visitas do Dr. Valdez, do autor moçambicano João Paulo Borges Coelho. Com ele, eu pretendo observar como a narrativa torna evidente a herança que a nova sociedade que está se formando recebe do tempo colonial. Essa herança é marcada pelo encontro de culturas que atravessaram o território que viria a ser Moçambique, sendo central o interesse exploratório inerente ao colonialismo. Sendo assim, partindo dos elementos apontados por Aníbal Quijano sobre a dominação colonial, essa herança pode ser entendida aqui como marca das colonialidades que persistem apesar do fim desse sistema.
A colonialidade e a literatura na construção discursiva do sertão
Authors: Maia Mateus de Novaes
Published: May 2024

Neste artigo, pretende-se traçar um breve panorama da centralidade da literatura brasileira na produção de discursos sobre o sertão. Procura-se analisar as diversas apreensões literárias da paisagem sertaneja até o início do século XX e seu peso na formulação do sertão como categoria a ser instrumentalizada pelas elites políticas que se sucederam em solo brasileiro. A partir desse enfoque, dá-se particular atenção ao processo dialógico de marginalização dos estados do nordeste do País e à progressiva identificação exclusiva do sertão com a região.
Memórias interculturais e as crônicas sobre Egito e o Sudão na Revista Moderna – Magazine Brasileiro em 1898
Authors: Elgebaly Maged Talaat Mohamed Ahmed , Nascimento Luciana Marino do , Pinto Liliane Faria Correa
Published: May 2024

The article analyzes the concept of intercultural memory identified in the chronicles about Egypt and Sudan published in Revista Moderna: Magazine Brasileiro in 1898. Some are travel chronicles, especially the one referring to Egypt, and others are narratives about the occupation of Sudan and surrounding areas by the British. Reading the texts, we chose to make use of discourse analysis and the concept of intercultural memory to discuss the perceptions of these Portuguese chroniclers about Egypt and Sudan.
A ilha como maquete ficcional: colonialismo e miscigenção em Utopia, de Thomas More
Authors: Godoy José Roberto Araujo de
Published: May 2024

This article seeks to read Thomas More’s Utopia (1516) as a key of analysis of the intrinsic connections between European modernity and a set of practices produced by the colonial process. Thus, the main objective is to discuss how fictional discourse can serve us, contemporary readers, as a didactic tool to visualize, in territories created by the colonial process, the persistence of its mechanisms. Using fiction as a field of discussion and response to this process would mean to claim the topology of the utopic, making it a kind of fictional mock-up of societies constituted by colonialism, anticipating or reflecting the spatial alterations imposed by modernity.
Figuras da China e de Macau entre duas navegações portuguesas do século XX: consolidação e desconstrução
Authors: Yuan Jiayi
Published: May 2024

Durante os séculos XIX e XX, em Portugal, o orientalismo, um estilo ocidental para conhecer e melhor dominar as civilizações orientais, desempenhava uma função indispensável na estratégia colonial do País de regressar ao Oriente. Nessas circunstâncias, no campo da literatura portuguesa, ia constituindo-se um repositório de figuras estereotipadas do Oriente, mais especificamente, da China e de Macau. Este artigo visa demonstrar a consolidação e a desconstrução dessas figuras da China e de Macau manifestadas em O Caminho do Oriente, de Jaime do Inso e em Nocturno em Macau, de Maria Ondina Braga, duas obras em língua portuguesa sobre Macau criadas no século XX. Dessa forma, pretendemos delinear de forma mais clara mudanças que tinham lugar na posição tomada pelos portugueses diante do universo chinês num período em que o Império português ia chegando ao fim.
Olhos de Montaigne: o viajante como intérprete de culturas
Authors: Alves Daniel Vecchio
Published: May 2024

In the wake of French travelers, such as Thévet and Léry, for Montaigne, the contact with the New World would not exclude a certain (re)discovery of oneself and one’s own limits. Recognizing human eyes bigger than the stomach, or human curiosity larger than its capacity for understanding, Montaigne perspicaciously points to the problem that makes the desire to discover of the colonial voyages insufficient events for an effective problematization of the new spaces and of the newly contacted peoples.
África do Sul pelas reminiscências de Coetzee
Authors: Aguilar Núbia
Published: May 2024

This work seeks to point to a reading that allows a dialogue with the aspects of South African society present in the work Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life of John Maxwell Coetzee. From the way the events were organized and exposed in the narrative, we emphasize the construction of memory as a base element of this writing, and we propose to analyze some spare points from the threads that tie up the past events. Gender and race were two highlighted markers for the search for understanding the world look that a character has to build his own world, in part coinciding with the author’s life. This exercise guides us on sociocultural paths found in times lived, remembered, and recorded.
Ruy Cinatti e a representação do "outro": ambiguidades e contradições
Authors: Góis João Pedro
Published: May 2024

The Portuguese poet, essayist, and man of science Ruy Cinatti (1915-1986) developed professional activity as a high official of the colonial administration and, although integrated in the official structure of the regime and subscribing to the narrative about Portugal’s historical mission to civilize and educate the indigenous peoples from the colonized territories, he has developed, in parallel, a fascination for Timor and its people. Cinatti defended, albeit within the colonial framework, a territorial development able to favor the growth of the Timorese without offending their cultural traditions. In this essay, we reflect on whether Cinatti, by discursively inaugurating a new relationship of otherness, could be, from an epistemological point of view, anticipating the theses of Orientalism, a doctrine that, in the following decades, would affirm that the perception of the Orient constitutes a stereotyped image of the Western man, constructed to justify an alleged ethical and civilizational superiority of Europeans and to legitimize colonial domination.
Narradora ou coisa narrada: Eufrozina na representação de Isabel Valadão
Authors: Carvalho Eliana Pereira de , Cardoso Sebastião Marques
Published: May 2024

Angola, as ricas-donas, de Isabel Valadão, reapresenta o passado colonial angolano do século XIX, tendo como foco a elite crioula de Luanda, envolvida com o comércio transatlântico de escravos. Na escrita da autora, é outorgada a uma escrava a função de narradora. Este trabalho pretende dialogar sobre a representação do outro no romance a partir de uma pseudoautonomia da narradora. Ao dar voz a uma escrava em um território colonial do século XIX, a autora sugere a representação de um sujeito colonial a partir de um sujeito soberano do ocidente que não reproduza as forças de domínio e opressão colonial em sua escrita. O trabalho se fundamenta principalmente em Spivak (2000; 2010).
A tradução de espaços e as paisagens sonoras na escrita de Ruy Duarte de Carvalho
Authors: Cirne Matthews
Published: May 2024

This paper objectives to explore one of the main aspects of the poetry of Ruy Duarte de Carvalho, that is the space, consisting of visual and sound landscapes of the Angolan nation. The spaces translated in the poetry of Ruy Duarte present not only the marks of colonization, but also of your anthropologic observation, that always search for diferents territories and to learn with the transited spaces. Some theoric appointments will substantiate this reflection, as Poética e filosofia da paisagem (2013), by Michel Collot; A tarefa do tradutor (2013), by Walter Benjamin and Metamorfoses do corpo (1997), by José Gil.
Description of two new species of Spininola László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010 (Lepidoptera: Nolidae: Nolinae) from China
Authors: ZHANG HUAN , ZHANG WEI-ZHONG , GUO ZHEN-YU , YU YONG , HUANG ZHEN-FU , HU YAN-QING
Published: May 2024

The paper describes two new species of Spininola (Spininola zhaotongensis Yu & Hu sp. nov. and Spininola yuanjiangensis Yu & Hu sp. nov.) from Yunnan Province, China. Adults and genitalia are illustrated.