bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Virological and genetic characteristics of human respiratory syncytial viruses isolated in Russia, 2017-2018
Authors: Prokopyeva Elena Alexandrovna , Kurskaya Olga Grigoryevna , Solomatina Mariya Vladimirovna , Sobolev Ivan Andreevich , Saroyan Tereza Araevna , Dubovitskiy Nikita Artemyevich , Derko Anastasiya Alexandrovna , Kozhin Peter Mikchailovich , Alikina Tatyana Yurievna , Kabilov Marsel Rasimovich , Shestopalov Alexander Mikchailovich , Sharshov Kirill Alexandrovich
Published: March 2023

Isolation of human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) from clinical samples and storage of isolates for long period remains a considerable problem. We describe in detail the optimized conditions of HRSV isolation and cultivation in three cell cultures HeLa, HEp-2, and Vero. HRSV was detected in 35.2% (166/471) specimens by real-time PCR from symptomatic infants and children up to 15 years from October 2017 to March 2018 in Russia. HRSV-positive samples were used for virus isolation in HeLa, HEp-2, and Vero cells in different manners (in monolayer or suspension). To optimize the conditions of HRSV cultivation, these cell cultures were treated or not with receptor-destroying enzyme (RDE). Ten isolates were successfully obtained by the way of infection of the suspension of cells with subsequent RDE treatment. Among them, several isolates induced the cytopathogenic effect (CPE) by the syncytium formation in both Hela and HEp-2 cell cultures. The genetic analysis revealed that the manners of isolation by using monolayer or suspension and subsequent RDE treatment did not influence the nucleotide and amino acid structures of obtained HRSVs. The CPE characteristics of obtained viruses were the same in HeLa, HEp-2, and Vero cell cultures, and were described as large syncytium up to 150 microns or more in size with the nuclei peripheral location and an optically bright zone in the center of the formation. We showed that infection of cell suspension with the subsequent RDE treatment increased the chance of HRSVs isolation from clinical samples.
Against Prefiguration: an Anarchist Iconoclasm
Authors: Hines Frankie
Published: March 2023

Prefigurative politics is frequently identified as a central, essential feature of anarchist theory and practice. Can claims for prefiguration's centrality to anarchism, though, withstand scrutiny? Departing from familiar debates that pit prefiguration against strategy, this paper critically
assesses the continued relevance of prefiguration for anarchist thought. The first half of the paper contends that prefiguration continues to be ascribed a pivotal role in accounts of anarchist theory largely due to a continued, unacknowledged commitment to Marxism as a category through which
anarchism is understood. It also highlights contradictions between efforts to establish prefiguration as one of anarchism's essential features and definitions of anarchism that disavow the existence of any such essential qualities, proposing that claims for a fundamental centrelessness
in anarchism both conflict with claims for prefiguration's centrality and constitute a more convincing and more useful approach. In the second half of the paper I respond to the vexed issue of prefiguration's relation to violence. How can an overriding emphasis on 'being the change
one wishes to see' be reconciled with the fact, recognised by anarchism in its most compelling articulations, that violence is an unavoidable feature of politics and of life? Considering the weaknesses of attempts to reconcile prefiguration with violence, I propose that prefiguration requires
a commitment to nonviolence, but that the resulting paralysis requires accounts of prefiguration as a fundamental anarchist precept be rejected.
Le voile : une autre forme de séduction
Authors: Cherni Sana , Jelizi Sarah , Ben Said Islem
Published: March 2023

Cette étude ouvre de nouvelles perspectives de compréhension du voile chez les jeunes femmes « arabo-musulmanes » en se basant notamment sur une approche complexe de cet objet, tout en restant ancrée dans une épistémologie psychanalytique. Si le voile était une sorte de compromis entre le désir de plaire et l’interdit sexuel. Si le voile avait une fonction de pare-excitation, en protégeant l’adolescente de ses propres transformations corporelles et pulsionnelles. Si le voile intervenait dans le processus de socialisation en empêchant la chosification de l’adolescente et lui donnant la place d’un sujet. Si le voile permettait de lutter contre la pulsion scopique vécue comme agressive et effractante ? Le voile permettrait-il alors une nouvelle forme de séduction ? À l’aune de ces questionnements, nous posons l’hypothèse que le port du voile sert, entre autres, à lutter contre l’érogénéité de la pulsion scopique ainsi qu’à endiguer les angoisses masculines archaïques.
Inhibition et fonctionnement limite à l’adolescence
Authors: Paoli Catherine
Published: March 2023

À partir de l’étude approfondie d’un protocole de Rorschach et de tat d’une adolescente âgée de 16 ans qui présente un fonctionnement limite, l’auteure en dégage les modalités défensives et les problématiques. Après avoir constaté l’inhibition du sujet, le blocage des affects et le gel du mouvement pulsionnel, l’auteure s’intéresse à l’expression des problématiques de perte d’objet et à leur articulation avec une dimension dépressive. L’inhibition lui a paru un point nodal pour dégager différentes modalités de fonctionnement limite, notamment l’hypothèse d’un désinvestissement objectal face aux angoisses de perte.
L’écriture et la vie en médecine intensive réanimation
Authors: Sportouch Sabine
Published: March 2023

Psychologue clinicienne en médecine intensive réanimation, je m’intéresse ici à la fonction pare-excitante que l’écriture a jouée pour les soignants de notre service, par le biais des « carnets de bord » rédigés à l’attention des patients atteints de Covid-19 et/ou de leurs familles. Ces carnets ont été le lieu de partage de la peur et de l’angoisse, le lieu d’une dramatisation et d’une scène subjective, le récit remettant de l’ordre face à la maladie somatique, insensée, désorganisatrice, laissant les proches et les soignants démunis. Lieu aussi d’une pensée magique censée réparer le vécu d’impuissance face à une pathologie inconnue ; lieu où les mots revêtent le pouvoir d’empêcher les événements tragiques ; lieu d’une pulsion de vie se maintenant dans la parole et le récit collectif par lesquels pourra se reconstituer une mémoire individuelle interrompue ; lieu d’une continuité narrative face à la discontinuité somatique ; lieu d’un engagement thérapeutique dans une situation d’impasse ; lieu d’un défi inconscient à la mort, lieu du bruit des mots pour tenter de maintenir celle-ci à distance.
Au fil de la parole : une méthode d’analyse clinique d’un entretien de recherche en psychologie
Authors: Casper Marie-Claude , Pradelles-Monod Marie-Lorraine
Published: March 2023

Cet article présente une méthode d’analyse clinique d’un entretien dans le cadre d’une recherche qui se réfère à la théorie de l’inconscient. Cette proposition méthodologique s’organise autour d’une logique où, inséparable de celui qui l’énonce, inséparable d’un contexte dans lequel elle s’élabore et de son adresse, la parole est façonnée par les processus psychiques inconscients. De la rencontre à la transcription et de la transcription à l’analyse, la spécificité clinique de cette méthode est d’approcher, dans des formulations en train de s’énoncer, les manifestations de l’activité psychique qui les sous-tendent et qui en influencent le modelage.
Peut-on soigner les institutions aujourd’hui ?
Authors: Rizet Clément
Published: March 2023

« Remettre sans cesse l’ouvrage sur le métier », tel est l’adage sempiternel. La répétition qui relève de la pulsion de mort est aussi nécessité vitale. Elle l’est en ce qui concerne les institutions. Ce travail s’appuie sur la comparaison entre deux concepts, sur lesquels le psychiatre catalan François Tosquelles insistait en les opposant : l’établissement et l’institution ; opposition trop vite oubliée. Mais c’est au cours d’une autre comparaison que celle-ci nous apparaîtra comme heuristique pour aujourd’hui : la comparaison entre psychothérapie institutionnelle et anti-psychiatrie. Enfin, j’aborderai la question cruciale : que peut-on faire actuellement, alors que l’établissement (establishment) détruit les institutions ?
La gouvernance de l’information, inséparable de l’archivistique. Retour d’expérience des Archives cantonales vaudoises (1996-2019)
Authors: Coutaz Gilbert
Published: March 2023

À partir d’un exemple de direction d’un service d’archives, l’article démontre comment les questions archivistiques se sont imposées à la gouvernance des systèmes d’information, la seule voie choisie dans un premier temps par les autorités du canton de Vaud. Le dialogue entre les conjonctures institutionnelles, professionnelles et informationnelles, dans une période de difficultés financières et d’évolution rapide du métier d’archiviste et des nouvelles technologies, met en rapport leur interdépendance et leur interaction. Parallèlement, on assiste à la lente maturation des concepts, la gouvernance informationnelle émergeant dès 2010, la plus-value des apports des archives étant reconnue plus tardivement.
Les sorties culturelles des Français après deux années de Covid-19
Authors: Müller Jörg , Schreiber Amandine
Published: March 2023

Depuis le mois de mars 2020 et le premier confinement lié à la pandémie de Covid-19, les Français vivent au rythme des vagues épidémiques successives. Ils ont connu des bouleversements de leur vie quotidienne dans toutes ses dimensions (santé, travail, sociabilité, loisirs, etc.) et dû modifier certaines de leurs pratiques, notamment culturelles. À l’occasion d’un sondage réalisé du 31 août 2021 au 3 septembre 2021 par l’institut Harris Interactive, puis de l’enquête Conditions de vie et aspirations des Français, réalisée du 21 décembre 2021 au 14 janvier 2022 par le Crédoc, les Français âgés de 15 ans et plus ont été interrogés sur leurs pratiques culturelles récentes. Des questions leur ont été posées à propos des effets du contexte sanitaire sur leurs intentions de sorties culturelles, tant à très court terme qu’à plus long terme. En janvier 2022, au cœur de la cinquième vague épidémique, plusieurs facteurs continuent de limiter les sorties culturelles : la préférence pour les activités de plein air (pour 66 % des Français), la peur de contracter le virus ou de le transmettre (56 %) et, dans une moindre mesure, la réticence à porter un masque (35 %) ou à présenter un passe sanitaire (19 %). D’autres facteurs, indirectement liés au contexte sanitaire, affectent également la fréquentation des lieux culturels ou de spectacle, parmi lesquels le télétravail, qui s’est généralisé notamment chez les cadres, ou le développement des loisirs numériques, nouvelles pratiques répandues chez les jeunes et les couples avec enfants. Malgré ces multiples freins, en janvier 2022, 56 % des Français de 15 ans et plus déclarent avoir effectué au moins une sortie culturelle depuis le 1 er  septembre 2021 et 71 % émettent le souhait d’en effectuer une au cours du premier semestre 2022. À plus long terme, même si l’incertitude continue de peser sur l’échéance de sortie de crise, près de huit Français sur dix estiment que leur fréquentation des lieux culturels ne sera pas affectée par la pandémie.
Benoît XVI : un pontificat décevant
Authors: Schlegel Jean-Louis
Published: March 2023

Malgré d’indéniables talents de théologien, Joseph Ratzinger (1927-2022) a gouverné l’Église catholique de manière conservatrice et intransigeante, défendant le rôle traditionnel du prêtre face au scandale des abus sexuels.
Ukraine, an II
Authors: Bozarslan Hamit , Bujon Anne-Lorraine
Published: March 2023

La guerre en Ukraine entre dans sa deuxième année. Pourtant, demeure l’inquiétante tentation de la tenir à distance. L’ambition de ce dossier est ainsi de réveiller l’opinion publique par un exercice de vérité historique.
Voix tchétchènes
Authors: Leprince Camille
Published: March 2023

La guerre en Ukraine réveille de sombres pensées chez les Tchétchènes, qui reconnaissent dans le déchaînement de violence actuelle une même mécanique de la terreur déployée par le pouvoir russe face aux velléités d’indépendance de leur peuple.
Le retour du risque géopolitique
Authors: Malige Francis
Published: March 2023

L’économie des belligérants, largement mobilisée, est prise pour cible par des bombardements ou des sanctions. Et le reste du monde voit le retour d’un risque géopolitique, qui oblige à une diversification des sources d’approvisionnement.
La « gestionnarisation » du processus de planification des grands projets industriels
Authors: Lanoë Lambert
Published: March 2023

Dans cet article, nous visons à analyser le processus d’élaboration des plannings de réalisation de grands projets industriels se caractérisant par une complexité multidimensionnelle. Ces grands projets doivent en effet répondre à des enjeux politiques majeurs, impliquant une forte exposition médiatique, et induisent également une complexité temporelle faisant de la planification une activité essentielle à leur réussite. Dans ce cadre, nous verrons dans un premier temps comment des ambitions politiques déconnectées des réalités industrielles conjuguées à une « gestionnarisation » de ces organisations ont conduit à la construction de plannings stratégiques fictionnels, artificiellement affranchis de la réalité. Dans un second temps, nous verrons que cette situation accroit les écarts de représentation entre les acteurs des projets, et conduit à des problématiques délétères en matière de construction et d’évaluation de la charge de travail.
La chute de Kodak : une affaire classée ?
Authors: Tellier Albéric
Published: March 2023

La faillite de Kodak est généralement considérée comme un cas exemplaire de disruption. Notre objectif est de revenir sur cette thèse, qui est aujourd’hui très largement partagée par les chercheurs et le grand public. L’analyse systématique des données publiées sur l’entreprise entre septembre 2003 et janvier 2008 révèle que la théorie de la disruption n’explique pas complètement le déclin de Kodak. Notre étude met notamment en évidence le rôle joué par les actionnaires dans le refus du plan initial de développement dans le numérique. Ces résultats montrent l’effet de l’activisme actionnarial sur les stratégies d’innovation de rupture. Ils permettent également de discuter des risques de biais de circularité dans l’utilisation de cas d’école pour illustrer des approches théoriques.
Patient-Reported Outcomes With Wavefront-Guided Laser in Situ Keratomileusis (PROWL) Study Outcomes From a Single Institution
Authors: Lee Michele D. , Leibold Collin , Manche Edward E.
Published: March 2023

Purpose:

To determine patient-reported outcomes after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) using wavefront-guided technology at a single institution.

Methods:

In this prospective observational study, 62 participants underwent examination and questionnaire at baseline, 1 month, and 3 months after surgery. The questionnaire included questions from validated questionnaires and new items to assess patient satisfaction with current vision and LASIK surgery, and existence/degree of visual symptoms.

Results:

At month 1, patients reported an improvement in far vision (
P
= .01), activity limitations (
P
≤ .001), and less worry about vision (
P
≤ .001), as well as new visual symptoms, including halos (
P
≤ .001) and double images (
P
= .03). At month 3, patients still noted an improvement in near vision (
P
= .05), far vision (
P
≤ .001), activity limitation (
P
≤ .001), and worry (
P
≤ .001) along with halos (
P
= .05), double images (
P
= .01), and dry eye (
P
= .01). A total of 3.3% of patients at month 1 and 0% at month 3 had difficulty performing any activity due to symptoms, and 34.6% and 25.0% of patients reported decreased quality of life at months 1 and 3, respectively.

Conclusions:

After LASIK, patients experience new visual symptoms. Patients have high rates of satisfaction overall but with some patients reporting a decrease in quality of life 1 month after surgery; quality of life improves by postoperative month 3, with 25% patients reporting a decrease in visual well-being after surgery.

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J Refract Surg
. 2023;39(3):198–204.]
A review of dynamics analysis of neural networks and applications in creation psychology
Authors: Yin Xiangwen
Published: March 2023

The synchronization problem and the dynamics analysis of neural networks have been thoroughly explored, and there have been many interesting results. This paper presents a review of the issues of synchronization problem, the periodic solution and the stability/stabilization with emphasis on the memristive neural networks and reaction-diffusion neural networks. First, this paper introduces the origin and development of neural networks. Then, based on different types of neural networks, some synchronization problems and the design of the controllers are introduced and summarized in detail. Some results of the periodic solution are discussed according to different neural networks, including bi-directional associative memory (BAM) neural networks and cellular neural networks. From the perspective of memristive neural networks and reaction-diffusion neural networks, some results of stability and stabilization are reviewed comprehensively with latest progress. Based on a review of dynamics analysis of neural networks, some applications in creation psychology are also introduced. Finally, the conclusion and the future research directions are provided.
Numerical analysis of Darcy resistant Sutterby nanofluid flow with effect of radiation and chemical reaction over stretching cylinder: induced magnetic field
Authors: Abbas Nadeem , Shatanawi Wasfi , Hasan Fady , Shatnawi Taqi A. M.
Published: March 2023

In this analysis, Sutterby nanofluid flow with an induced magnetic field at a nonlinear stretching cylinder is deliberated. The effects of variable thermal conductivity, Darcy resistance, and viscous dissipation are discussed. Thermal radiation and chemical reaction are considered to analyze the impact on the nonlinear stretching cylinder. The governing model of the flow problem is developed under the boundary layer approximation in terms of partial differential equations. Partial differential equations are transformed into ordinary differential equations by performing the suitable transformations. A numerical structure is applied to explain ordinary differential equations. The impact of each governing physical parameters on the temperature, concentration, skin friction, Sherwood, and Nusselt number is presented in graphs and tabular form. Increment in Prandtl number, which declined the curves of the temperature function. Temperature declined because the Prandtl number declined the thermal thickness as well as reduce the temperature of the fluid. Temperature curves showed improvement as Eckert number values increased because the Eckert number is a ratio of kinetic energy to the specific enthalpy difference between the wall and the fluid. As a result, increasing the Eckert number causes the transformation of kinetic energy into internal energy via work done against viscous fluid stresses.
The Outcomes of an e-Wellness Program for Lupus Patients in Thailand: A Participatory Action Research Approach
Authors: Ratanasiripong Nop T. , Cahill Steven , Crane Christine , Ratanasiripong Paul
Published: March 2023

Objectives: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or lupus patients usually experience various physical and psychological challenges. Since the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, these challenges have become even harsher. Using the participatory action research approach, this study evaluated how an e-wellness program (eWP) impacted SLE-related knowledge and health behaviors, mental health, and quality of life among lupus patients in Thailand.Methods: A 1-group, pretest-posttest design study was conducted among a purposive sample of lupus patients who were members of Thai SLE Foundation. The 2 main intervention components were: (1) online social support, and (2) lifestyle and stress management workshops. Sixty-eight participants completed all the study requirements, including the Physical and Psychosocial Health Assessment questionnaire.Results: After being in the eWP for 3 months, participants’ mean score for SLE-related knowledge increased significantly (t=5.3, p<0.001). The increase in sleep hours was statistically significant (Z=-3.1, p<0.01), with the percentage of participants who slept less than 7 hours decreasing from 52.9% to 29.0%. The percentage of participants reporting sun exposure decreased from 17.7% to 8.8%. The participants also reported significantly lower stress (t(66)=-4.4, p<0.001) and anxiety (t(67)=-2.9, p=0.005). The post-eWP quality of life scores for the pain, planning, intimate relationship, burden to others, emotional health, and fatigue domains also improved significantly (p<0.05).Conclusions: The overall outcomes showed promising results of improved self-care knowledge, health behaviors, mental health status, and quality of life. It is recommended that the SLE Foundation continues to use the eWP model to help the lupus patient community.
A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model for Selecting a Maturity Model
Authors: Sarmento dos Santos-Neto João Batista , Costa Ana Paula Cabral Seixas
Published: March 2023

This paper proposes a decision model for a maturity model choice problem via the multiple-criteria decision analysis method. The authors implemented the model in FITradeoff decision support system to select a project management maturity model for a Brazilian industry operating in the sector of distributing natural gas. FITradeoff is a flexible and interactive procedure of elicitation for multi-criteria additive models that requires only partial information from the decision maker (i.e., there is no need to elicit very detailed information from the decision maker, an approach that the decision maker can find laborious and tiring). The authors observed that the use of a multi-criteria approach imposes certain rigor and pattern on the decision process to select a maturity model in project management. Applying the model enabled comparison of information from the four maturity models and therefore selecting a project management maturity model based on the decision-maker preferences.
Geological interpretation of Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
Authors: Fader G B J , Miller R O , Todd B J
Published: March 2023

An important part of seabed mapping is understanding the shape of the seabed and the depth of water. Hydrographic charts are produced for this purpose by the Canadian Hydrographic Service. During the final survey stages of the Harbour a new technology called
multibeam bathymetry became available for high resolution mapping. This system uses transducers (sound sources) mounted on a ship that produce many independent sound beams and can map a large swath of the seabed at one time covering 100% of the bottom. The images that are produced are computer
shaded to look as if the water is drained and you are flying over the area. They are the underwater equivalent of aerial photographs of the adjacent land. Because the information is collected digitally, many different kinds of maps can be produced to show subtle aspects of sediment deposition,
erosion, and seabed features. The information can also be displayed using various colour schemes to represent seabed shape and computer generated fly-throughs can be produced. The multibeam bathymetric images nicely complement the other geological data sets.
Shipwrecks of Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
Authors: Fader G B J , Miller R O , Todd B J
Published: March 2023

The mapping of Halifax Harbour has revealed the presence of about 45 shipwrecks in the Harbour. Near the mouth of the harbour, over 50 magnetic anomalies have been discovered, most of which also represent shipwrecks. There may be many others that are buried
beneath the muddy sediments that require other techniques for discovery. Together they represent a rich archaeological heritage yet to be fully explored.
Environmental impact and end-of-life options of disposed polymeric spectacle and contact lenses
Authors: Pillay Rayishnee , Hansraj Rekha , Rampersad Nishanee , Bissessur Ajay
Published: March 2023

Background: Global population growth and ageing are factors that contribute towards an anticipated increase in the usage of spectacles and contact lenses for vision correction. The subsequent disposal of polymeric vision corrective devices currently, has uncertain environmental impacts.Aim: The purpose of this study was to explore potential environmental impacts and end-of-life (EOL) pathways of a sample of polymeric spectacle lenses and through the use of analytical chemistry processes.Setting: Laboratory analysis of ophthalmic lenses.Methods: Inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectroscopy (ICP–OES), elemental analysis and calorific value investigations were conducted on a sample of spectacle lenses and contact lenses.Results: Metal ion analysis by ICP–OES confirmed the presence of manganese in all the lenses and chromium in two of the 13 contact lenses. All of the lenses had over 42% carbon while calorific values of up to 32.40 MJ/kg and 23.31 MJ/kg were found in the spectacle lenses and contact lenses, respectively.Conclusion: Further investigation is required regarding the presence of chromium in two of the contact lenses. In general, lenses are likely to remain as solid waste in landfills depending on the disposal conditions. Considering their calorific values, lenses would be useful in incineration with energy recovery processes however the suggested ideal EOL route would be the implementation of lens recycling, through non-toxic and green chemical processes, to retain material value and promote a circular economy.Contribution: This study provides new information on the environmental consequences of current modes of lens disposal and suggests EOL alternatives thereof.
From the ‘naked Spirit’ to a Nusantara contextual theology formula
Authors: Rumbay Christar A. , Kause Munatar , Siahaan Vera H. , Patora Marianus , Siagian Fereddy
Published: March 2023

Many contextual theology models have been shared, but no formula applies to all contexts, because each culture has specific and unique features. Indonesia shares a complex context and requires a proper approach for precise landing. This study aimed to formulate a contextual theology model on the Spirit suitable for Indonesians. It moves from the ‘naked Spirit’, a term provided by Vincent Donovan, originally ‘naked gospel’, highlighting the essence of the scripture or Spirit itself, to the Nusantara contextual formula. The Nusantara model is a promising formula that could contribute inputs to the tension. The local contextual model is a bright sketch that could help Indonesians to engage with pneumatology in the church traditions. This study analysed and described articles, journals and other related sources with a sensitive approach. Additionally, it proposed argumentations and provided a prospective contextual theology model for the Spirit. The findings showed that the Nusantara formula is a significant model for the Spirit to engage in an Indonesian context.Contribution: Through the examination of contextual theology model globally, and especially speaking of the ‘naked Spirit’ insight, the study provided an alternative contribution to the contextual theology model. The result showed that the Nusantara contextual theology formula offers an alternative contribution to an Indonesian context.
Values, accountability and trust among Muslim staff in Islamic organisations
Authors: Nasution Hasnah , Shihab Saman Ahmed , Ibraheem Shelash Al-Hawary Sulieman , Pallathadka Harikumar , Abdel Amir Al-Salami Ammar , Van Le , Ali Hussein Al-Khafaji Forqan , Morozova Tatiana Victorovna , Muda Iskandar
Published: March 2023

While humans are the best of creations and God’s caliphs on Earth, such a status is always hard to achieve and necessitates many efforts and too much practice. This world also has a two-way path, one terminating in the lowest of the low and the other culminating in the highest of the high. It means that one way leads to misfortune and misery and the other to happiness and perfection. To attain happiness, accountability can be of utmost importance. Besides, the purpose of human creation is closeness to God by preferring the right path, which is not often possible unless they speak the truth and make the best use of the enlightening teachings of the revelation to spot the bad and good, becoming aware of their own duties and responsibilities and ultimately putting them into effect. This research aimed to investigate the mediating role of values in the relationship between accountability and trust among Muslim managers and employees in Islamic organisations, using a descriptive method through a field study. The statistical population included 2500 senior Muslim managers and employees of Iraqi government organisations, selected via simple random sampling. In this research, structural equation modelling (SEM) analysis was recruited for data analysis in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and Analysis of a Moment Structures (AMOS). The study results demonstrated that accountability in Muslim managers and employees has a significant positive effect on trust (p = 0.45) and values (p = 0.81). Moreover, the findings revealed that values have a positive effect on reinforcing trust in Islamic organisations (p = 0.54), and above all bolster the relationship between accountability in managers and employees and organisational trust (p = 0.43).Contribution: The accountability of managers and employees can have a positive effect on individuals’ performance in organisations. In general, psychological pressures in organisations result in organisational transformation and then maintain values through trust-building. Such changes can be subsequently operationalized and have a profound impact on people’s behaviour by affecting work order and keeping them always growing, agile and diligent, in order to reach a new level of performance.
Perception of justice, citizens’ trust and participation in a democratic Islamic society
Authors: Saputra Bambang , I. Alghamdi Mohammed , Ali Hussein Al-Khafaji Forqan , Abdel Amir Al-Salami Ammar , Alexis Ramírez-Coronel Andrés , Muda Iskandar
Published: March 2023

Justice has a high status in Islamic societies, and as one of the most important human ideals, has long been the focus of thinkers and researchers. In fact, when the citizens do not understand the presence of justice in the behaviour of the officials of their society, their trust in the current procedures, and consequently the public participation will be affected. Considering the importance of the subject, the present study has been conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of perception of justice on citizens’ trust and participation in the creation of a democratic Islamic society. The statistical population of this research included 3578 Indonesian Muslim citizens in 2022, and the research questionnaires were distributed among them. Data analyses were done using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and Linear Structural Relations (LISREL) statistical software. The results of statistical analyses indicated that the perception of Islamic justice does not have a significant effect on the participation of Muslims in creating a democratic Islamic society. In addition, the perception of Islamic justice has a positive effect on the trust in officials of the Islamic society. Moreover, trust in the officials of the Islamic society positively affects the citizens’ participation in creating a democratic Islamic society.Contribution: According to the results of this research, it is necessary for the officials of the Islamic society to use all their efforts in creating a justice-oriented Islamic society in order to create trust among the citizens, and to involve Muslims in development decisions and to establish democratic Islamic society.
Sexuality in Folktales: Asset or Liability to Socialisation of Learners in Zimbabwean schools
Authors: Taringa Beatrice
Published: March 2023

The portrayal of sexuality in folktale course-books that are prescribed for secondary school learners in Zimbabwe is indeed a cause for concern. Not much attention, if any, has been given to exploring the portrayal of ‘sexuality’ especially in ChiShona prescribed course-books. This article qualitatively explored through content and discourse analysis the portrayal of ‘sexuality’ in folktales prescribed course-books based on an Afrocentric perspective of Unhu and Ubuntu. The study sought to determine whether course-books are an asset or a liability for the socialisation of learners of both genders especially at the critical adolescence stage of development. This undertaking assessed gender attributes, norms, values, and behaviour patterns proffered in school course-books. The examination of the ‘sexuality’ portrayed in these course-books was based on the assumption that education is value-laden. The gender value inherent in these course-books being a vaccine for the social ills like gender inequalities bedevilling Shona communities. The major finding was that the portrayal of ‘sexuality’ in the course-books analysed in this study shows that they are more of a liability. The article recommended a gender discourse that evaluates and critically analyses the gender portrayals in the course-books to avoid losing the gender equality milestones achieved so far in Zimbabwe.Contribution: The study examined sexuality sensibilities secondary school learners are exposed to through the authority of folktale prescribed course-books: Hodza’s (1983) Ngano Dzamatambidzanwa and Fortune’s (ed. 1983) Ngano Volume 4. It adopted the Afrocentric perspective of Unhu and Ubuntu to assess the impact of these instructional materials on the learners’ socialisation processes.
Realist literature, gender and gullibility in African Pentecostalism: The case of Chiundura Moyo’s Kereke Inofa
Authors: Gudhlanga Enna S. , Madongonda Angeline M. , Manyonganise Molly
Published: March 2023

There is a general consensus among religious scholars that Pentecostalism has risen phenomenally in Africa and Zimbabwe is no exception. In most cases, Pentecostalism has been presented as a sophisticated brand of Christianity while members of African Independent churches are shown to be gullible. The newly founded Pentecostal churches are more focused on gospreneurship while the media is busy with cases of cheating, dishonesty and the sexual abuse of women in these churches. Thus, academic scholars have begun to pay their attention on gullibility in Pentecostalism. Unfortunately, not many scholarly works have looked at literary texts that bring out the gullibility of members of Pentecostal churches in Zimbabwe. This article seeks to bridge this gap by analysing Aaron Chiundura Moyo’s Kereke Inofa [The Church Can die]. The main purpose is to bring out the significance of literary texts in projecting societal ills, specifically the gender power dynamics in Zimbabwean Pentecostal churches that may be difficult to deal with directly. The focus is on how women and some men are victims of the whims of some Pentecostal church leaders. The article is informed by the socio-historical approach, which states that artists derive the material for their works of art, subject matter, images and artistic languages from the life experiences of their societies. The socio-historical approach enables the researcher to understand the prevalence of gullibility in Pentecostal churches in Zimbabwe. The article relies heavily on content analysis of Moyo’s Kereke Inofa’s presentation of deception, and infidelity in Pentecostal Churches being performed on members who are projected in this play as ‘gullible’.Contribution: This article’s contribution lies in its critical analysis of gender and gullibility in African Pentecostalism in Zimbabwe. It is significant as it utilises a literary text to project the ills in Pentecostal churches and women’s sexual vulnerabilities.
Comprehensive semen examination in patients with pancreatic-sufficient and pancreatic-insufficient cystic fibrosis
Authors: Sedova Anna O , Shtaut Maria I , Bragina Elizaveta E , Sorokina Tatyana M , Shmarina Galina V , Andreeva Marina V , Kurilo Lyubov F , Krasovskiy Stanislav A , Polyakov Aleksander V , Chernykh Vyacheslav B
Published: March 2023

We examined a cohort of 93 cystic fibrosis (CF) male patients who were pancreatic-sufficient (PS-CF; n=40) or pancreatic-insufficient (PI-CF; n = 53). Complex semen examination was performed, including standard semen analysis, quantitative karyological analysis (QKA) of immature germ cells (IGCs), transmission electronic microscopy (TEM), biochemical analysis, and sperm DNA fragmentation by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nickend labeling (TUNEL) assay. Azoospermia was diagnosed in 83 (89.2%) patients. The other 10 (10.8%) patients were found to be nonazoospermic and showed various spermatological diagnoses (asthenozoospermia, n = 2; asthenoteratozoospermia, n = 3; oligoasthenozoospermia, n = 1; oligoasthenoteratozoospermia, n = 3; and normozoospermia, n = 1) with no specific morphological abnormalities. Oligospermia was detected in 89.2% azoospermic and 30.0% nonazoospermic patients. Low seminal pH (<7.0) was found in 74 (89.2%) of 83 azoospermic patients. Moderate leukocytospermia (2.0 × 106–2.2 × 106 ml−1) was revealed in 2.4% azoospermic and 40.0% nonazoospermic semen samples. The signs of partial meiotic arrest at prophase I were found in 4 of 6 nonazoospermic patients examined by QKA of IGCs. The content of fructose and citrate was low in oligospermic and normal in nonoligospermic semen samples. An increased percentage (>30%) of spermatozoa with noncondensed (“immature”) chromatin was revealed in 2 of 6 nonazoospermic semen samples analyzed by TEM.
Insufficiency of Mrpl40 disrupts testicular structure and semen parameters in a murine model
Authors: Liu Ying , Fu Long-Long , Xu Hui-Zhong , Zheng Yi-Ming , Li Wei-Xi , Qian Guang-Hui , Lu Wen-Hong , Lv Hai-Tao
Published: March 2023

Approximately 31% of patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) have genitourinary system disorders and 6% of them have undescended testes. Haploinsufficiency of genes on chromosome 22q11.2 might contribute to the risk of 22q11.2DS. In this study, we used mice with single-allele deletion in mitochondrial ribosomal protein L40 (Mrpl40+/−
) as models to investigate the function of Mrpl40 in testes and spermatozoa development. The penetrance of cryptorchidism in Mrpl40+/−
mice was found to be higher than that in wild-type (WT) counterparts. Although the weight of testes was not significantly different between the WT and Mrpl40+/−
mice, the structure of seminiferous tubules and mitochondrial morphology was altered in the Mrpl40+/−
mice. Moreover, the concentration and motility of spermatozoa were significantly decreased in the Mrpl40+/−
mice. In addition, data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry indicated that the expression of genes associated with male infertility was altered in Mrpl40+/−
testes. Our study demonstrated the important role of Mrpl40 in testicular structure and spermatozoa motility and count. These findings suggest that Mrpl40 is potentially a novel therapeutic target for cryptorchidism and decreased motility and count of spermatozoa.
To study the learning curve of capsulorhexis in manual small incision cataract surgery among postgraduate residents in central India
Authors: Joshi Rajesh S. , Raza Nida , Wadekar Preeti , Patil Nivedita , Tamboli Sonali , Surwade Tanmay , Bansode Namrata , Turankar Avinash
Published: March 2023

PURPOSE:

To evaluate the learning curve of continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC) and to assess the number of surgeries required to master it among residents in a postgraduate teaching institute.

METHODS:

The present prospective observational study was based on the completion time and complication rates related to CCC performed using various techniques by 10 students in the 2nd (JR2) and 3rd-year (JR3) of residency. CCC was performed either by a cystotome or capsulorhexis forceps or by a combined method in 253 eyes, of which 160 eyes (63.2%) were operated by JR3 and 93 (36.8%) by JR2. The complication rates were studied with respect to the number of capsular extensions, posterior capsular rent (PCR), zonular dehiscence, need for senior surgical assistance, and nucleus drop.

RESULTS:

The average time required for the completion of CCC was 412 ± 90.5 s. The average number of times residents required to fill the anterior chamber with viscoelastic was 6.9 ± 1.4. The average size of CCC was 7 ± 0.66 mm. Extended CCC was the most common complication. JR2 required assistance from a senior surgeon in 47 eyes (50.5%), whereas JR3 required assistance in 39 eyes (24.4%) (P = 0.0001). The rate of PCR was not significantly different in JR2 (7.5%) and JR3 (8.8%).

CONCLUSION:

CCC is a difficult step to master in the trainee. Focusing and practicing on this step will help to reduce the complications and maximize proficiency. Approximately 6–eight surgeries are required to master CCC.
Short-term visual outcome with sclerocorneal contact lens on irregular cornea
Authors: Noufal K Husna , Babu Shruthi P.
Published: March 2023

PURPOSE:

The purpose is to study the change in visual acuity obtained with sclerocorneal contact lens (SCL) in patients with irregular corneal astigmatism.

METHODS:

A prospective pre–post observational study was designed to include consecutive consenting patients with irregular corneal astigmatism and best-corrected visual acuity worse than 6/12 and fitted with SCL. Visual acuity was assessed using Snellen charts before fitting SCL and 1 week after the fit and converted to the equivalent logMAR units for analysis.

RESULTS:

We included 51 eyes of 41 patients with a mean age of 26.31 ± 8.86 of which 32 (78%) were men. Keratoconus was the most common indication (n = 42 eyes, 82.35%), followed by corneal scar (n = 3, 4%), post keratoplasty (n = 2, 4%), high myopia (n = 2, 4%), pellucid marginal degeneration (n = 1, 2%), and aphakia (n = 1, 2%). The mean overall uncorrected visual acuity improved significantly (P < 0.001) with SCL from 1.18 ± 0.34 logMAR (6/120 Snellen's equivalent) to 0.27 ± 0.15 (6/9 Snellen's equivalent) at 1-week post-SCL fitting. The mean overall best spectacle-corrected visual acuity improved from 0.89 ± 0.45 logMAR (6/36 Snellen's equivalent) to 0.26 ± 0.15 (6/9 Snellen's equivalent) at 1-week post-SCL fitting.

CONCLUSION:

Sclerocorneal contact lens improves visual acuity significantly in patients with irregular corneal astigmatism and reduces the need for corneal transplantation.
Teletrabajo como nuevo paradigma laboral. Algunos aspectos críticos de su regulación en Chile en relación a la seguridad de los trabajadores
Authors: Pinto Yenny
Published: March 2023

El presente artículo analiza la regulación del teletrabajo en la legislación chilena, como nuevo paradigma laboral. Introducido como un mecanisno destinado a precaver el impacto de desempleo, como consecuencia del Covid-19, se persigue determinar, a partir de las ventajas y dificultades de la figura, los aspectos criticos que envuelve la delimitación del deber de seguridad del empleador, en particular en tres ámbitos: en primer lugar, la fiscalización y verificación del cumplimiento de las medidas de control y cuidado dispuestas por el empleador, dado que el teletrabajo se realiza en el domicilio del propio trabajador. En segundo lugar, el concepto de accidente de trabajo, y las dificultades para distinguirlo del accidente doméstico; y, en tercer lugar, la aplicabilidad o no, en el caso del teletrabajo, de los accidentes in itinere.
Constant mean curvature hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{H}^n\times\mathbb{R}$ with small planar boundary
Authors: Nelli B. , Pipoli Giuseppe
Published: March 2023

We show that constant mean curvature hypersurfaces in

{\mathbb H}^n\times\mathbb{R}

, with small and pinched boundary contained in a horizontal slice

P

, are topological disks provided they are contained in one of the two halfspaces determined by

P

. This is the analogous in

{\mathbb H}^n\times\mathbb{R}

of a result in

\mathbb{R}^3

by A. Ros and H. Rosenberg [J. Differential Geom. 44 (1996), 807–817].
Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Content Knowledge for Teaching the Concept of Function
Authors: Hatisaru Vesife
Published: March 2023

This study examined secondary mathematics teachers' content knowledge for teaching the concept of function. Content knowledge, for the purpose of this study, includes the common content knowledge and specialized content knowledge domains of Ball and her colleagues' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (MKT) framework. Data were collected through a 10-item questionnaire from 42 teachers practicing at fifteen different industrial vocational high schools in Ankara, Turkey. Findings revealed that most of the teachers placed a strong emphasis on the set correspondence and algebraic representations; found the uniqueness condition of functions very important for students to understand; and had a wide repertoire of examples of functions which constitute the uniqueness condition. The teachers' choice of examples mostly included giving set correspondence relations and checking whether they define a function. Additionally, a strong focus on the computational aspects associated with functions was evident. The teachers' understanding of the function concept might be influenced by the curricular materials, contextual factors, and high-stakes testing. The methodological and practical implications of these findings are discussed, and directions for future studies are offered.
Epistemic and Mathematical Beliefs of Exemplary Statistics Teachers
Authors: Whitaker Douglas
Published: March 2023

Education research has established that teachers' beliefs matter because they can affect classroom practices and student outcomes, and beliefs are viewed as an important construct within statistics education. However, relatively little research about the beliefs of in-service statistics teachers has been conducted. Additionally, little research has been conducted with highly-experienced statistics teachers rather than pre-service teachers or typical teachers. Using two survey instruments, this study describes the beliefs about knowledge and beliefs about mathematical problem-solving for a sample of exemplary statistics teachers. The exemplary statistics teachers in this study responded to the Epistemic Beliefs Inventory and the Indiana Mathematics Belief Scales. Results show that the exemplary statistics teachers in this study had mature epistemic beliefs and strongly positive beliefs toward mathematical problem-solving, but notable patterns of similar responses that run counter to these trends were observed and are discussed.
Cognitive Processes in Problem Solving in a Dynamic Mathematics Environment
Authors: Bosse Michael J. , Slate Young Erica , Bayaga Anass , Lynch-Davis Kathleen , DeMarte Ashley , Fountain Catherine
Published: March 2023

While one branch of literature is replete with investigations of problem solving and another branch frequently investigates student use of dynamic mathematics environments (DMEs), most of the studies in both of these fields consider whether or not students can solve problems. Far fewer number of studies consider the cognitive processes associated during either problem-solving experiences or DME use and only a handful of studies consider cognitive processes associated with problem solving when working in a DME. This paper reports a novel approach to investigating, defining, and categorizing the cognitive processes used by students in mathematical problem-solving while working in a DME with examples found in student work. Using this approach, problem-solving is found to be nonlinear, iterative, and idiosyncratic. Insights gained by this analysis have both theoretical and practical applications in mathematics education.