bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Workflows and Laboratory Cost for Removable Digital Complete Denture: Two Case Reports with and without Existing Denture
Authors: Techapiroontong Siraphob , Limpuangthip Nareudee , Prawatvatchara Wisarut , Yongyosrungrueng Duangporn , Kaewkamnerdpong Issarapong
Published: February 2024

The integration of digital dentistry in the fabrication of complete dentures (CDs) has been facilitated through the use of intraoral scanners and computer‐aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM). However, the financial implications associated with the fabrication of digital CDs have been rarely explored. This study is aimed at presenting two different approaches to CD fabrication, combining conventional with digital techniques, and comparing the total cost of fabrication. The first case involved a 70‐year‐old woman without existing denture, while the second case involved a 97‐year‐old woman with inadequate retention and stability of CDs in both jaws. In the first patient, who lacked information about her old denture, the first approach was employed, utilizing milling technology for denture processing. The second patient, who already had an existing denture, underwent the second approach, which employed printing technology for denture processing. CAD/CAM replicas of the existing dentures were used for the final impression, bite registration, and as a guide for tooth arrangement. Two digital protocols and laboratory cost in CD fabrication have been proposed. The relatively high cost of CAD/CAM CDs restricts the widespread of digital technology in CD fabrication.
Effect of an Exhaust Heat Exchanger with Inserts on the Performance of Thermoelectric Generators
Authors: Patil Dipak S. , Majumder Himadri
Published: February 2024

A thermoelectric generator is used as a waste heat recovery system for generating electric power. The thermoelectric generator system consists of an exhaust heat exchanger, a thermoelectric module, and a water heat exchanger. The aim of the current work is to explore different types of inserts used in the test section of the exhaust heat exchanger and power generation of thermoelectric generators at different operating conditions. An experimental setup has been developed for conducting experimental investigation on thermoelectric generators to find the effect of the exhaust heat exchanger (EHE) with inserts on the performance of thermoelectric generators. The cone (G‐type test section) and cone‐cylinder (H‐type test section) type inserts were introduced to enhance the performance of the thermoelectric generator. Compared with an insert‐free (empty, F‐type) thermoelectric generator with cone and cone‐cylinder type inserts in terms of the output power, the average heat transfer rate and convection heat transfer coefficient of F‐type, G‐type, and H‐type test sections of the EHE are 358, 468, and 459 W and 76, 100, and 97 W/m2K, respectively. It shows that the G‐type test section of EHE exchanges more heat from engine exhaust to the hot surface of the thermoelectric module through the wall of the EHE. The G‐type test section created more temperature difference; obviously, it generated more power output. It was observed that the G‐type and H‐type test sections of exhaust heat exchangers improved average maximum output power by 29.49% and 26.11% than that by the F‐type test section of heat exchanger, respectively. The F‐type, G‐type, and H‐type test sections of exhaust heat exchangers showed a maximum average efficiency of 0.80, 0.78, and 0.70%, respectively.
Skin Cancer Segmentation and Classification Using Vision Transformer for Automatic Analysis in Dermatoscopy-Based Noninvasive Digital System
Authors: Himel Galib Muhammad Shahriar , Islam Md. Masudul , Al-Aff Kh. Abdullah , Karim Shams Ibne , Sikder Md. Kabir Uddin
Published: February 2024

Skin cancer is a significant health concern worldwide, and early and accurate diagnosis plays a crucial role in improving patient outcomes. In recent years, deep learning models have shown remarkable success in various computer vision tasks, including image classification. In this research study, we introduce an approach for skin cancer classification using vision transformer, a state-of-the-art deep learning architecture that has demonstrated exceptional performance in diverse image analysis tasks. The study utilizes the HAM10000 dataset; a publicly available dataset comprising 10,015 skin lesion images classified into two categories: benign (6705 images) and malignant (3310 images). This dataset consists of high-resolution images captured using dermatoscopes and carefully annotated by expert dermatologists. Preprocessing techniques, such as normalization and augmentation, are applied to enhance the robustness and generalization of the model. The vision transformer architecture is adapted to the skin cancer classification task. The model leverages the self-attention mechanism to capture intricate spatial dependencies and long-range dependencies within the images, enabling it to effectively learn relevant features for accurate classification. Segment Anything Model (SAM) is employed to segment the cancerous areas from the images; achieving an IOU of 96.01% and Dice coefficient of 98.14% and then various pretrained models are used for classification using vision transformer architecture. Extensive experiments and evaluations are conducted to assess the performance of our approach. The results demonstrate the superiority of the vision transformer model over traditional deep learning architectures in skin cancer classification in general with some exceptions. Upon experimenting on six different models, ViT-Google, ViT-MAE, ViT-ResNet50, ViT-VAN, ViT-BEiT, and ViT-DiT, we found out that the ML approach achieves 96.15% accuracy using Google’s ViT patch-32 model with a low false negative ratio on the test dataset, showcasing its potential as an effective tool for aiding dermatologists in the diagnosis of skin cancer.
Exploring the Impact of Rainfall on Vehicle Trajectory Patterns and Sideslip Risk: An Empirical Investigation
Authors: Wang Bo , Wong Yiik Diew , Zhang Chi , Zhang Hong , Gao Yanyang
Published: February 2024

Understanding the sideslip risks of various trajectory patterns, as well as the impact of rainfall on them, is critical for improving road safety. However, the lack of precise classification indicators hampers systematic analysis of the variations in vehicle trajectory patterns. To address this, this study proposes a parameterized classification method for trajectories on curved segments, employing the radius and offset of the trajectory as the primary classification features and dividing the trajectories into nine patterns. These patterns represent variations from smaller to larger radii and inside to outside lane offsets, reflecting different driving behaviors and vehicle stability during vehicle cornering. Concurrently, the friction coefficient utilization rate is used to effectively compare vehicles’ sideslip risk under different weather conditions. Based on this, we construct a framework using computer vision technology for automatically identifying trajectory patterns and measuring sideslip risk. We conducted an empirical study on a highway‐curved segment with high sideslip risk in China and collected two datasets under clear and rainy conditions for analysis. The classification results show that the proposed method can effectively classify trajectories according to nine trajectory patterns. Comparative analysis reveals that vehicle trajectories in both the inside and outside lanes are notably more affected by rainfall compared to the middle lane. Meanwhile, trucks demonstrate a higher susceptibility to rainfall than cars. In addition, the analysis of the sideslip risk for different trajectory patterns discovers several high‐risk patterns. This study provides an effective approach for monitoring and analyzing the sideslip risk on curved segments, thereby contributing to the enhancement of road design and traffic safety management.
Do Ultraconservative Access Cavities Hinder Endodontic Reintervention in Mandibular Incisors? A Laboratory Investigation
Authors: Meurer Luiz Caroline , Santos Goulart Taynara , da Silva Magalhães Ketillyn , da Rosa Souza Junior Gilmar , Garcia Lucas da Fonseca Roberti , de Almeida Josiane
Published: February 2024

This study assessed the influence of the type of endodontic access cavity on endodontic reintervention. Twenty mandibular central incisors were distributed into two groups (n = 10): TradAC group—traditional access cavities and UltraAC.Inc group—ultraconservative access cavities. After endodontic access, the root canals were prepared and obturated by the single cone technique. The filling material was removed with the Reciproc R25 instrument, followed by reinstrumentation with the R40 instrument. Images acquisition of each root canal hemisection was performed in a stereomicroscope to quantify the amount of remaining filling material. The amount of remaining filling material attached to the root canal walls was expressed in square millimeter (mm2). Data were statistically analyzed (one‐way ANOVA and post hoc Student’s t‐tests). There was no statistically significant difference between TradAC and UltraAC.Inc groups (p > 0.05). None of the tested endodontics’ access showed root canal walls completely free of filling material. Ultraconservative access cavities in mandibular incisors had no negative impact on the filling material removal.
A Comprehensive Index for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Ventilation‐Related Infection Prevention Measures with Energy Considerations: Development and Application Perspectives
Authors: Makris Ruben , Kopic Claudia , Schumann Lukas , Kriegel Martin
Published: February 2024

In the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic, prioritizing indoor air quality has emerged as a crucial measure for preventing infections. Effective ventilation is vital in mitigating airborne pathogen transmission and maintaining a healthy indoor environment by diluting and removing infectious particles from enclosed spaces. However, increasing the supply of pathogen‐free air to enhance infection control can lead to a rise in energy consumption. Nevertheless, evaluating the overall efficacy of ventilation‐based infection prevention strategies while considering their energy requirements has posed challenges. This scientific paper introduces the ICEE (Infection Control’s Energy Efficiency) index, a newly developed simple integrated index to assess the effectiveness of ventilation strategies in reducing infection risks while accounting for associated energy demands. The paper reviews the current understanding of ventilation strategies, their impact on infection prevention, and their corresponding energy consumption. By employing a straightforward analytical approach, this metric offers a comprehensive framework to optimize ventilation systems for both infection prevention and energy efficiency. To quantify infection risk, a simplified equation model is utilized, incorporating factors such as ventilation effectiveness and filter efficiency, in case of recirculation. Energy demand is determined using approximations and relevant values from existing literature. Reference cases are defined, distinguishing between natural and mechanically ventilated scenarios, as these reference situations influence the energy‐related effects of any implemented measures. The paper outlines the methodology employed to develop the index and illustrates its applicability through exemplary measures. The proposed index yields valuable insights for the design, operation, and retrofitting of ventilation systems, enabling informed decision‐making towards fostering a healthier and more sustainable built environment.
Supplementary Data from Neutralization of PD-L2 is Essential for Overcoming Immune Checkpoint Blockade Resistance in Ovarian Cancer
Authors: Miao Yu Rebecca , Thakkar Kaushik N. , Qian Jin , Kariolis Mihalis S. , Huang Wei , Nandagopal Saravanan , Yang Teddy Tat Chi , Diep Anh N. , Cherf Gerald Maxwell , Xu Yu , Moon Eui Jung , Xiao Yiren , Alemany Haizea , Li Tiane , Yu Wenhua , Wei Bo , Rankin Erinn B. , Giaccia Amato J.
Published: February 2024

Supplementary data, material methods and table
Supplementary Table 6 from A Bioinformatics Tool for Identifying Intratumoral Microbes from the ORIEN Dataset
Authors: Wang Cankun , Ma Anjun , Li Yingjie , McNutt Megan E. , Zhang Shiqi , Zhu Jiangjiang , Hoyd Rebecca , Wheeler Caroline E. , Robinson Lary A. , Chan Carlos H.F. , Zakharia Yousef , Dodd Rebecca D. , Ulrich Cornelia M. , Hardikar Sheetal , Churchman Michelle L. , Tarhini Ahmad A. , Singer Eric A. , Ikeguchi Alexandra P. , McCarter Martin D. , Denko Nicholas , Tinoco Gabriel , Husain Marium , Jin Ning , Osman Afaf E.G. , Eljilany Islam , Tan Aik Choon , Coleman Samuel S. , Denko Louis , Riedlinger Gregory , Schneider Bryan P. , Spakowicz Daniel , Ma Qin
Published: February 2024

Metabolomics data from colorectal cancer samples.
TABLE 3 from Real-world Trends, Rural-urban Differences, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Utilization of Narrow versus Broad Next-generation Sequencing Panels
Authors: Zhao Yiqing , Dimou Anastasios , Fogarty Zachary C. , Jiang Jun , Liu Hongfang , Wong William B. , Wang Chen
Published: February 2024

Association of panel size with ADI and urban/rural statusa
Supplementary Table 5 from A Bioinformatics Tool for Identifying Intratumoral Microbes from the ORIEN Dataset
Authors: Wang Cankun , Ma Anjun , Li Yingjie , McNutt Megan E. , Zhang Shiqi , Zhu Jiangjiang , Hoyd Rebecca , Wheeler Caroline E. , Robinson Lary A. , Chan Carlos H.F. , Zakharia Yousef , Dodd Rebecca D. , Ulrich Cornelia M. , Hardikar Sheetal , Churchman Michelle L. , Tarhini Ahmad A. , Singer Eric A. , Ikeguchi Alexandra P. , McCarter Martin D. , Denko Nicholas , Tinoco Gabriel , Husain Marium , Jin Ning , Osman Afaf E.G. , Eljilany Islam , Tan Aik Choon , Coleman Samuel S. , Denko Louis , Riedlinger Gregory , Schneider Bryan P. , Spakowicz Daniel , Ma Qin
Published: February 2024

16s rRNA dataset from colorectal cancer samples.
Supplementary Table 4 from A Bioinformatics Tool for Identifying Intratumoral Microbes from the ORIEN Dataset
Authors: Wang Cankun , Ma Anjun , Li Yingjie , McNutt Megan E. , Zhang Shiqi , Zhu Jiangjiang , Hoyd Rebecca , Wheeler Caroline E. , Robinson Lary A. , Chan Carlos H.F. , Zakharia Yousef , Dodd Rebecca D. , Ulrich Cornelia M. , Hardikar Sheetal , Churchman Michelle L. , Tarhini Ahmad A. , Singer Eric A. , Ikeguchi Alexandra P. , McCarter Martin D. , Denko Nicholas , Tinoco Gabriel , Husain Marium , Jin Ning , Osman Afaf E.G. , Eljilany Islam , Tan Aik Choon , Coleman Samuel S. , Denko Louis , Riedlinger Gregory , Schneider Bryan P. , Spakowicz Daniel , Ma Qin
Published: February 2024

Metabolic compounds relationships microbial signatures.
TABLE 1 from Real-world Trends, Rural-urban Differences, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Utilization of Narrow versus Broad Next-generation Sequencing Panels
Authors: Zhao Yiqing , Dimou Anastasios , Fogarty Zachary C. , Jiang Jun , Liu Hongfang , Wong William B. , Wang Chen
Published: February 2024

Demographic characteristics of patients
Supplementary Table 3 from A Bioinformatics Tool for Identifying Intratumoral Microbes from the ORIEN Dataset
Authors: Wang Cankun , Ma Anjun , Li Yingjie , McNutt Megan E. , Zhang Shiqi , Zhu Jiangjiang , Hoyd Rebecca , Wheeler Caroline E. , Robinson Lary A. , Chan Carlos H.F. , Zakharia Yousef , Dodd Rebecca D. , Ulrich Cornelia M. , Hardikar Sheetal , Churchman Michelle L. , Tarhini Ahmad A. , Singer Eric A. , Ikeguchi Alexandra P. , McCarter Martin D. , Denko Nicholas , Tinoco Gabriel , Husain Marium , Jin Ning , Osman Afaf E.G. , Eljilany Islam , Tan Aik Choon , Coleman Samuel S. , Denko Louis , Riedlinger Gregory , Schneider Bryan P. , Spakowicz Daniel , Ma Qin
Published: February 2024

Shared and unique microbial species identified across different cancer types.
Supplementary Table S2 from Real-world Trends, Rural-urban Differences, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Utilization of Narrow versus Broad Next-generation Sequencing Panels
Authors: Zhao Yiqing , Dimou Anastasios , Fogarty Zachary C. , Jiang Jun , Liu Hongfang , Wong William B. , Wang Chen
Published: February 2024

Supplementary Table S2 shows the association of area level deprivation and rurality with clinical trial matching among patients with known stage of disease
Supplementary Table 2 from A Bioinformatics Tool for Identifying Intratumoral Microbes from the ORIEN Dataset
Authors: Wang Cankun , Ma Anjun , Li Yingjie , McNutt Megan E. , Zhang Shiqi , Zhu Jiangjiang , Hoyd Rebecca , Wheeler Caroline E. , Robinson Lary A. , Chan Carlos H.F. , Zakharia Yousef , Dodd Rebecca D. , Ulrich Cornelia M. , Hardikar Sheetal , Churchman Michelle L. , Tarhini Ahmad A. , Singer Eric A. , Ikeguchi Alexandra P. , McCarter Martin D. , Denko Nicholas , Tinoco Gabriel , Husain Marium , Jin Ning , Osman Afaf E.G. , Eljilany Islam , Tan Aik Choon , Coleman Samuel S. , Denko Louis , Riedlinger Gregory , Schneider Bryan P. , Spakowicz Daniel , Ma Qin
Published: February 2024

Identified microbial signatures with normalized attention weights.
Supplementary Table S1 from Real-world Trends, Rural-urban Differences, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Utilization of Narrow versus Broad Next-generation Sequencing Panels
Authors: Zhao Yiqing , Dimou Anastasios , Fogarty Zachary C. , Jiang Jun , Liu Hongfang , Wong William B. , Wang Chen
Published: February 2024

Supplemental Table S1 shows the association of area level deprivation and rurality with genomic test type in the subgroup of patients with known stage of disease
FIGURE 2 from A Bioinformatics Tool for Identifying Intratumoral Microbes from the ORIEN Dataset
Authors: Wang Cankun , Ma Anjun , Li Yingjie , McNutt Megan E. , Zhang Shiqi , Zhu Jiangjiang , Hoyd Rebecca , Wheeler Caroline E. , Robinson Lary A. , Chan Carlos H.F. , Zakharia Yousef , Dodd Rebecca D. , Ulrich Cornelia M. , Hardikar Sheetal , Churchman Michelle L. , Tarhini Ahmad A. , Singer Eric A. , Ikeguchi Alexandra P. , McCarter Martin D. , Denko Nicholas , Tinoco Gabriel , Husain Marium , Jin Ning , Osman Afaf E.G. , Eljilany Islam , Tan Aik Choon , Coleman Samuel S. , Denko Louis , Riedlinger Gregory , Schneider Bryan P. , Spakowicz Daniel , Ma Qin
Published: February 2024

Circos plot representation of the distribution of identified species and cancer types. The segment length for each cancer type is proportional to the ratio of the total number of detected species within that cancer type, and individual ribbons are linked to their respective species. The cancer types are abbreviated as COAD (colon adenocarcinoma), LUAD (lung adenocarcinoma), LUSC (lung squamous cell carcinoma), OtherCR (other colorectal cancer types not specified), OtherLung (other lung cancer types not specified), OtherPancreatic (other pancreatic cancer types not specified), PAAD (pancreatic adenocarcinoma), READ (rectum adenocarcinoma), SARC (sarcoma), SCLC (small cell lung cancer), SKCM (skin cutaneous melanoma), and THCA (thyroid carcinoma).
Data from A Bioinformatics Tool for Identifying Intratumoral Microbes from the ORIEN Dataset
Authors: Wang Cankun , Ma Anjun , Li Yingjie , McNutt Megan E. , Zhang Shiqi , Zhu Jiangjiang , Hoyd Rebecca , Wheeler Caroline E. , Robinson Lary A. , Chan Carlos H.F. , Zakharia Yousef , Dodd Rebecca D. , Ulrich Cornelia M. , Hardikar Sheetal , Churchman Michelle L. , Tarhini Ahmad A. , Singer Eric A. , Ikeguchi Alexandra P. , McCarter Martin D. , Denko Nicholas , Tinoco Gabriel , Husain Marium , Jin Ning , Osman Afaf E.G. , Eljilany Islam , Tan Aik Choon , Coleman Samuel S. , Denko Louis , Riedlinger Gregory , Schneider Bryan P. , Spakowicz Daniel , Ma Qin
Published: February 2024

Abstract
Evidence supports significant interactions among microbes, immune cells, and tumor cells in at least 10%–20% of human cancers, emphasizing the importance of further investigating these complex relationships. However, the implications and significance of tumor-related microbes remain largely unknown. Studies have demonstrated the critical roles of host microbes in cancer prevention and treatment responses. Understanding interactions between host microbes and cancer can drive cancer diagnosis and microbial therapeutics (bugs as drugs). Computational identification of cancer-specific microbes and their associations is still challenging due to the high dimensionality and high sparsity of intratumoral microbiome data, which requires large datasets containing sufficient event observations to identify relationships, and the interactions within microbial communities, the heterogeneity in microbial composition, and other confounding effects that can lead to spurious associations. To solve these issues, we present a bioinformatics tool, microbial graph attention (MEGA), to identify the microbes most strongly associated with 12 cancer types. We demonstrate its utility on a dataset from a consortium of nine cancer centers in the Oncology Research Information Exchange Network. This package has three unique features: species-sample relations are represented in a heterogeneous graph and learned by a graph attention network; it incorporates metabolic and phylogenetic information to reflect intricate relationships within microbial communities; and it provides multiple functionalities for association interpretations and visualizations. We analyzed 2,704 tumor RNA sequencing samples and MEGA interpreted the tissue-resident microbial signatures of each of 12 cancer types. MEGA can effectively identify cancer-associated microbial signatures and refine their interactions with tumors.
Significance:
Studying the tumor microbiome in high-throughput sequencing data is challenging because of the extremely sparse data matrices, heterogeneity, and high likelihood of contamination. We present a new deep learning tool, MEGA, to refine the organisms that interact with tumors.
Neurostigma Enderlein, 1990: new records, update diagnosis, description, redescription, description increment of females, and a new synonymy (Psocodea: “Psocoptera”: Epipsocidae)
Authors: Reategui Natália Soares , Rafael José Albertino , Silva-Neto Alberto Moreira da
Published: February 2024

In this paper, we treat three species of Neurostigma. For the first, N. roesleri New, 1980 we provide illustrations of the holotype, a revised diagnosis, the female redescription, including the first description of the spermatheca and a distribution map of the species considering N. garcialdretei Mendivil Nieto, Gonzalez Obando & Carrejo Gironza, 2020 syn. nov. For the second species, N. enderleini New, we redescribe the male, describe and illustrate the unknown female, and provide a revised diagnosis and new records for the Brazilian states of Amapá and Rondônia. For the third species, N. xanthopterum New, 1980, we include the first description and illustration of the spermatheca.
Pedro Bala, Sem-Pernas e Volta Seca: a violência como forma de resistência em Capitães da Areia
Authors: Simon Lucimar
Published: February 2024

Este artigo analisa a violência como forma de resistência no romance Capitães da Areia (1937), de Jorge Amado, a partir de três personagens: Pedro Bala, Sem-Pernas e Volta Seca. Apresentaremos como e por qual motivo a violência exercida pelos personagens pode ser considerada uma forma de resistência. Abordaremos as teorias de Bosi (2002), Candido (2017; 2023), Foucault (2019), Arendt (2022), Chaui (2021), Žižek (2014), Han (2017) para uma conceituação teórica nesta construção textual.
Sobrevida da personagem: a volta da filha pródiga Tieta do Agreste e as mídias digitais
Authors: Timbó Margarida Pontes , Paula Carlos Emanoel da Silva
Published: February 2024

This article delves into the enduring legacy of Tieta, the central character in Jorge Amado's novel Tieta do Agreste. Hailing from Amado's literary universe, Tieta has undergone extensive artistic adaptations and has been reimagined in countless digital media text-images. The research foundation rests upon works by Reis (2015), Reuter (1995), and Wood (2001), which provide insightful analyses of the literary character. Additionally, the perspectives of prominent scholars in Amado's prose, like Jesus (2018) and Machado (2006) are also integrated, as well as contributions from experts in digital media, including Ribeiro (2018) and Porto (2018), among others. The focal point of the discussion lies in how Tieta's resurgence within the Brazilian cultural has further enriched the literary character’s legacy, shedding light on the protagonist’s remarkable depth, particularly as she becomes a constant subject of reinterpretations and creative endeavors.
A discursivização semiótica do ódio em Sem-Pernas
Authors: Ribeiro Leandro Lima
Published: February 2024

O artigo trata de uma aplicação teórico-metodológica dos procedimentos da Semiótica greimasiana para compreensão da paixão do ódio em Sem-Pernas, personagem do romance Capitães da Areia (1937), de Jorge Amado. Busca-se mostrar como essa paixão está imbricada em uma forte necessidade societária, parental e afetiva do outro. Resultados revelam que os desdobramentos passionais em exame nos sugerem uma ânsia pela tragédia, indutora do autoextermínio do menino em situação de rua.
Discurso, resistência e poder: as mulheres marítimas nos enunciados do romance Mar Morto (1936), de Jorge Amado
Authors: Fernandes Júnior Antônio , Coimbra Gustavo Amaral , Amorim Marcelo Vinicius Costa
Published: February 2024

O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar, da perspectiva da Análise do Discurso, recortes de enunciados do romance Mar Morto (1936), de Jorge Amado, para refletir sobre os discursos de resistência produzidos pelas personagens femininas, em oposição ao sistema vigente, construído no contexto do livro,  que às objetiva como frágeis e dependentes aos seus companheiros. Além disso, com este trabalho pretendemos compreender os processos de produção das subjetividades das mulheres, que viviam no cais baiano, e o funcionamento das relações de poder construídas no romance. Para efetuar as análises, tomamos como ferramentas metodológicas, os estudos de Análise do Discurso realizados por Michel Foucault (1972-2006-2009), sobretudo as noções de discurso, enunciado, poder e resistência. Além disso, acionamos os estudos de gênero realizados por Judith Butler (2000-2003) a fim de desenvolver a discussão acerca das objetivações feitas a mulheres e homens na sociedade retratada na ficção. Resultou-se, pois, na constatação e compreensão dos processos de formação de sujeitos que permitem que as mulheres passem de uma condição de passividade para um movimento de ruptura e resistência.
Ensinar a distração: Walter Benjamin, técnica e performance em Ofereço companhia (2016-2017), de Anna Costa e Silva, Outra identidade (2003-), de Ana Teixeira, e Trabalho normal (2017), de Claudia Müller
Authors: Cevales Renan Marcondes
Published: February 2024

This paper analyses three performative works by contemporary Brazilian artists that tackle the topic of work, focusing on Walter Benjamin’s theory and employing his proposed division between the first and second technique. This allows us to discuss these works outside the scope of relational art and unveil their political bias through other perspectives, no longer restricted to mere public participation, but to the formal choices encompassed by each proposal. We note from the adopted perspective, that featuring elements from the world of work within artistic productions, in these cases, invites public and artists to engage in modes of shared distraction as a critical form.
Caminhar sobre solos movediços: arte, participação e espaço urbano
Authors: Almeida Joana Dória de
Published: February 2024

Este artigo apresenta conceitos norteadores da reflexão crítica acerca da arte participativa no espaço urbano, abordando as tensões entre a prática artística em campo expandido e outras esferas da vida social. Em primeiro lugar, trata das motivações que, ao longo da década de 1960, impulsionaram artistas a migrar para fora dos museus e da produção de objetos rumo à proposição de ações. Em seguida, aborda desdobramentos conceituais dos deslocamentos dos anos 1960 que ecoam em experiências atuais: estética relacional (Nicolas Bourriaud), arte participativa (Claire Bishop) e site-specific art (Miwon Kwon). Por fim, no intuito de construir uma perspectiva panorâmica e atual dessas práticas no Brasil, examina trabalhos dos coletivos OPAVIVARÁ! e OPOVOEMPÉ e o projeto Lotes Vagos, dos artistas Breno Silva e Louise Ganz.
Teatro da PombaGira: origens e dinâmicas de criação: Douglas Ricci entrevista Marcelo D’Avilla
Authors: Ricci Douglas , D’Avilla Marcelo
Published: February 2024

Nesta entrevista conduzida por Douglas Ricci, Marcelo D’Avilla, diretor do coletivo Teatro da PombaGira, discute as raízes do grupo, assim como as peças teatrais e obras de vídeo artes criadas pelo grupo em colaboração com Marcelo Denny. A conversa oferece reflexões sobre os intricados processos de criação que permeiam as produções desse coletivo.
Editorial
Authors: Montagner Alessandra , Rochelle Henrique , Guedes Lucienne , Bulhões Marcos , Boito Sofia , Viganó Suzana Schmidt , Veloso Verônica
Published: February 2024

Editorial do v.22, n.3.
Grupo TAPA: An Overview of The Work of a Brazilian Repertory Theater Company
Authors: Betti Maria Sílvia
Published: February 2024

This article contextualizes and briefly discusses the most important characteristics of Grupo TAPA’s work and acting methods. Special emphasis is given to the formative process in the area of acting and to the involvement of the group with the translation of plays by particularly relevant playwrights like Tchecov and Tennessee Williams.
A Flight from Reality: Chris Arthur's Hidden Cargoes
Authors: Waki Fabio
Published: February 2024

Review of Chris Arthur's Hidden Cargoes (2022).
Segredos do Putumayo: O diário da Amazonia de Roger Casement edited by Aurélio Michiles, Mariana Bolfarine e Laura P.Z. Izarra
Authors: Nenevé Miguel , Rocha Hélio
Published: February 2024

Michiles, Aurélio; Bolfarine, Mariana; Izarra, Laura P. Z. (Eds.). Segredos do Putumayo: O diário da Amazonia de Roger Casement. São Paulo: Colmeia, 2020.
The Time and Narrative of Making History: How Brian Friel Presented Hugh O’ Neill as the Leopold Bloom of Historiography
Authors: Fermino Victor
Published: February 2024

This paper presents Brian Friel’s Making History as a dialogical piece that illustrates the historiographical turn of the twentieth century as something close to the narrative that is also present in James Joyce’s Ulysses: that is, the polyphony of multiple heroes having their own voices, each with their own importance, and without compromising the author’s identity in their own work.
“The Incest Plot” in John Banville’s Ancient Light
Authors: McCarthy Karen Anne
Published: February 2024

Ancient Light (2012), the third and (to date) final book in the Alexander and Cass Cleave series by John Banville, is a text in which characters who died in the previous books are recycled and brought back as roles in a film, played by characters whose characterisation itself blurs with the roles they are playing. Banville’s established preoccupation with returning to the past and retracing old ground takes on an intriguingly excessive dimension in this novel. Ancient Light presents a heightened version of what Neil Murphy has referred to as an “interlocked intertextual Banvillean world” (86). This article will examine the book using Stephanie Insley Hershinow’s ideas around “the incest plot.” She calls this structure a “model of tautological self-enclosure – the embrace of self-sameness, repetition, even redundancy, over change” (150). My claim is that the novel’s very infrastructure is one of “tautological self-enclosure.” The features of “self-sameness, repetition [and] redundancy” are inescapable in this novel, and the “change” conventionally offered by third books in trilogies is simply not to be encountered in Banville’s relentlessly self-referential third instalment. In her discussion of incest as form, Hershinow contends that “highlighting form is the only way to see the ways that incest exceeds its literal manifestations” (156). She further suggests that incest “is a way for the novel to explore the minimal amount of difference required for narrative to continue to function as such, to experiment with narrative minimalism” (ibid.). The plot structure, as well as a more literal interpretation of ‘incest’ will be mined, given that the narrator’s desire for his dead daughter Cass is the primary animating force behind the narrative.
Dramaturgical Precedence: Music, Space and the Story in Conor McPherson’s The Night Alive and Girl from the North Country
Authors: Alatawi Maha
Published: February 2024

The spatial and musical cultures in The Night Alive and Girl from the North Country are complex and rich with meaning. Space and songs are integral components of both plays. While both plays have similar contexts in terms of being set within a great financial downturn, space and music are used differently to serve the narrative. The Night Alive relies on the creation of the space and setting to allow the audience a greater understanding of the characters and their backgrounds, whereas Girl from the North Country is a musical and therefore relies more on the music of Bob Dylan to help do something similar. This essay suggests that important aspects of Conor McPherson’s composition of space and music have been overlooked and that further examination is needed of the Irish experience concerning the significance of space and music used to advance a play’s narrative. Both plays deploy music in a way that assists the audience to become familiar with the space and in turn this creates a place, one in which the narrative of the play can sit comfortably.
Space, Place and Identity in Bernard Shaw’s The Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman
Authors: Zapin Justine
Published: February 2024

The last of Bernard Shaw’s “Irish” plays, The Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman (1921), raises the same concerns over colonialism, nationalism, and identity explored in John Bull’s Other Island (1904) and O’Flaherty V.C.: A Recruiting Pamphlet (1915) but does so from outside his preferred dramatic style, theatrical Realism. In this proto-Absurdist experiment, Shaw invents an Ireland in which differences of religion, class, and politics are moot; in 3000 A.D., age is the only category of social distinction. Experimenting with dramaturgical form and eschewing mimetic scenic design, Shaw utilizes Ireland’s mythic wildness and the transformational effect of its climate as an affective element of the play’s argument. Through Shaw’s treatment of space, this future Ireland with its inherently Irish inhabitants becomes the utopic home to a superior race that portends a life beyond the oppressive British/Irish and later intra-national binary partisan reality of post-WWI and pre-Free State Ireland.
The Two-Faced Mirror: The Aristotelian-Hegelian Structure of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Authors: Alves Manoel Carlos dos Santos
Published: February 2024

For centuries, classical Greek drama was considered, by playwrights and theorists alike, the greatest influence on the structure of the dramatic text. One of its main features, for example, was the law of three units. Elaborated by Aristotle, the prescriptions oriented the plays to take place in a single place, within twenty-four hours, and exhibit a continuous plot, with a beginning, middle, and end. However, for thinkers such as Hegel, modern drama needed new approaches. In his writings, the German philosopher postulated that modern drama should exhibit narrative speed, and a certain dynamic quality, aligned with the internal and external conflicts of the characters. This article aims at analyzing the way in which Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), balanced both Aristotle and Hegel’s views by engendering a modern text with classical roots, while simultaneously embedding a comedy satirizing the customs of English society.
“A player, a playwright, and the most famous poet in the world”: Highs and Lows in The Player Queen
Authors: Poulain Alexandra
Published: February 2024

Yeats published The Player Queen, a play he had struggled with for more than a decade, in 1922, just a year before he was awarded the Nobel Prize. This article argues despite its appearance of complete wackiness, The Player Queen constitutes a significant landmark in Yeats’s elaboration of his own theatrical aesthetics, as well as a meditation on artistic responsibility—or failure thereof. Why does the poet Septimus fail to communicate his beautiful vision of the Unicorn to anyone, and why does no-one in the play listen to him? On the one hand, the citizens in the play are figures of the incompetent spectators, reminiscent of the audience who rejected Synge at the Abbey. On the other hand, Septimus himself is an incompetent spectator, who is so engrossed in his poetic vision that he fails to pay attention to the momentous change that is really going on before his eyes, although this concerns his own wife Decima, the eponymous Player Queen who comes to replace the real queen. Septimus fails to make himself heard because he is not paying attention to what really matters, he is not fulfilling his duty, as a playwright and a poet, of translating the shapeless chaos of reality into intelligible forms.
Grieving Time: A Radio Play
Authors: Fehily Rachel
Published: February 2024

This play called Grieving Time, was written from the personal perspective of Rachel Fehily, author and barrister, in 2020 as a response to the Irish Coronavirus lockdown, with a theme based around how small comforts during the lockdown affected people’s grieving process. It was created through a process of collaboration and rehearsal between the author, actor, and producer within the constraints of the time. It was written in monologue for an actor with whom the author had worked previously. The completed radio play was broadcast on 17 August 2021 by the Irish public service broadcaster, Raidió Teilifís Éireann on the radio programme, Drama on One. It is available as a podcast on https://www.rte.ie/radio/dramaonone/1241306-grieving-time-by-rachel-fehily. The intended effect is to create a sense of communitas among listeners.
The Influence of Alpha Frequency on Temporal Binding across the Senses: Response to the Special Focus
Authors: Noppeney Uta , Pesci Ugo Giulio , Schoffelen Jan-Mathijs
Published: February 2024

The papers collected in this Special Focus, prompted by S. Buergers and U. Noppeney [The role of alpha oscillations in temporal binding within and across the senses. Nature Human Behaviour, 6, 732–742, 2022], have raised several interesting ideas, arguments, and empirical results relating to the alpha temporal resolution hypothesis. Here we briefly respond to these, and in the process emphasize four challenges for future research: defining the scope and limitation of the hypothesis; developing experimental paradigms and study designs that rigorously test its tenets; decomposing the scalp-level signal and isolating underlying neural circuits; and bringing uniformity to the current diversity of analysis and statistical methods. Addressing these challenges will facilitate the progression from merely correlating alpha frequency with various perceptual phenomena to establishing whether and (if so) how alpha frequency influences sensory integration and segregation.
Record High 2022 September-Mean Temperature in Western North America
Authors: Xie Jinbo , Tang Qi , Golaz Jean-Christophe , Lin Wuyin
Published: February 2024

Human-induced warming is estimated to have increased occurrence probability (magnitude) of the record-breaking September 2022 heat event in western North America by 6–67 times (0.6–1 K) by E3SMv2 and even higher by coupled regional refined model (RRM) simulations.
A Possible Case of Hypertensive Crisis With Aortic Dissection After an Anti-COVID-19 Vaccine
Authors: Mohsenian Leila , Noroozi Zahra , Farahmand Faramarz
Published: February 2024

Aortic dissection, a potentially fatal event, usually presents with acute intense chest or back pain. Painless aortic dissections constitute about 10% of all cases. High blood pressure is a common finding in both painless and painful aortic dissections. During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, various anti-COVID vaccines have been massively used. Although these vaccines are generally safe, there is a small risk of adverse effects which are mostly mild and transient, but sometimes they could be life-threatening. We report a case of painless aortic dissection that occurred within minutes of receiving the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine. A 65-year-old woman with chronic controlled systemic hypertension developed slurred speech, decreased level of consciousness, generalized weakness, and dyspnea without chest, back, or abdominal pain a few minutes after receiving the second dose of inactivated COVID-19 vaccine; she had a systolic blood pressure of 220 mmHg and left-sided pleural effusion. Drainage of the pleural effusion revealed gross blood and a spiral chest and mediastinum CT with intravenous contrast showed a penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer in the descending aorta. Therefore, thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) was carried out, and the patient was discharged in satisfactory condition after 3 days.
In-plane shear damages consideration of hoop wound composite cylinders using acoustic emission method
Authors: Farajpour Mehdi , Najafabadi Mehdi A
Published: February 2024

The objective of this study was to examine the in-plane shear properties of filament-wound composite cylinders and assess the associated damage mechanisms using acoustic emission techniques. Two distinct composite materials, namely carbon/epoxy and glass epoxy, were manufactured for this purpose. The cylinders were subjected to torsion load conditions in accordance with ASTM D5448. Throughout the testing process, various parameters such as torque, angle of torsion, and strain were meticulously recorded. Additionally, the acoustic emission sensors were utilized to capture signals indicating the occurrence of damages. The findings of the study indicate that the in-plane shear strength and shear modulus of the carbon/epoxy specimens surpass those of the glass/epoxy counterparts. The results from acoustic emission testing indicated that in the CFRP specimens, there were no instances of fiber/matrix debonding. Instead, the main mode of damage observed was fiber breakage, accounting for approximately 71% of the total damage detected. On the other hand, in the GFRP specimens, the primary damage mechanism was found to be fiber/matrix debonding, making up approximately 50% of the overall damage recorded.
Travel Dining Experiencescape: A Comparative Evaluation of Dining Experiences in Restaurants and P2P Dining
Authors: Mhlanga Oswald
Published: February 2024

The emergence of P2P dining services has fundamentally altered consumer experiences in tourism gastronomy. Despite an increase in experience-related research in the sharing economy, existing literature focuses almost exclusively on P2P accommodation, with an obvious neglect of P2P dining. The purpose of this study was to examine the nature of experiential consumption underlying restaurants and P2P dining services. A survey of 640 international travelers who dined in restaurants or P2P dining facilities in South Africa, reveals that P2P dining outperformed restaurants in several domains in the provision of most experience dimensions. The study demonstrates that the dimensions of ethical consumerism and hospitableness represent valuable additions to Pine and Gilmore’s original experience economy construct. The study points out the necessity to create an expansive experiential proposition that goes beyond Pine and Gilmore’s original experience economy construct (e.g., storytelling) to evoke positive emotions and subsequent behavioral intentions for travelers.
Seeing Black Girls in Their Glory: Cultivating Spaces that Facilitate Black Girls’ Psychological Safety
Authors: Inniss-Thompson Misha N. , Leath Seanna , Harris Jamelia N.
Published: February 2024

Black girls are regularly exposed to physical, emotional, and psychological violence in schools. Spaces intentionally created for and by Black girls can offer them psychological safety, where they can feel comfortable being their authentic selves. In the current qualitative study, we explored Black adolescent girls’ sense of psychological safety using individual, semi-structured interviews with 16 girls ( Mage = 17.36 years) who participated in Black Girl Magic Crew (BGM), an after-school program in the Southeastern United States. This program was created for and with Black girls and focused on their identity development, mental health, and academic preparation. Drawing on the psychological framework of radical healing and Black feminism in qualitative inquiry, we depicted the practices and curricular elements that enabled the girls to feel psychologically safe in BGM. Findings demonstrated that within BGM, participants (a) were validated, (b) seen in their glory, and (c) freely expressed themselves. The authors discussed the implications of study findings for Black girls’ psychological safety and co-creating Black girl spaces that prioritize liberation and healing.
Comparing Survival Extrapolation within All-Cause and Relative Survival Frameworks by Standard Parametric Models and Flexible Parametric Spline Models Using the Swedish Cancer Registry
Authors: Chen Enoch Yi-Tung , Leontyeva Yuliya , Lin Chia-Ni , Wang Jung-Der , Clements Mark S. , Dickman Paul W.
Published: February 2024

Background

In health technology assessment, restricted mean survival time and life expectancy are commonly evaluated. Parametric models are typically used for extrapolation. Spline models using a relative survival framework have been shown to estimate life expectancy of cancer patients more reliably; however, more research is needed to assess spline models using an all-cause survival framework and standard parametric models using a relative survival framework.

Aim

To assess survival extrapolation using standard parametric models and spline models within relative survival and all-cause survival frameworks.

Methods

From the Swedish Cancer Registry, we identified patients diagnosed with 5 types of cancer (colon, breast, melanoma, prostate, and chronic myeloid leukemia) between 1981 and 1990 with follow-up until 2020. Patients were categorized into 15 cancer cohorts by cancer and age group (18–59, 60–69, and 70–99 y). We right-censored the follow-up at 2, 3, 5, and 10 y and fitted the parametric models within an all-cause and a relative survival framework to extrapolate to 10 y and lifetime in comparison with the observed Kaplan-Meier survival estimates. All cohorts were modeled with 6 standard parametric models (exponential, Weibull, Gompertz, log-logistic, log-normal, and generalized gamma) and 3 spline models (on hazard, odds, and normal scales).

Results

For predicting 10-y survival, spline models generally performed better than standard parametric models. However, using an all-cause or a relative survival framework did not show any distinct difference. For lifetime survival, extrapolating from a relative survival framework agreed better with the observed survival, particularly using spline models.

Conclusions

For extrapolation to 10 y, we recommend spline models. For extrapolation to lifetime, we suggest extrapolating in a relative survival framework, especially using spline models.

Highlights

For survival extrapolation to 10 y, spline models generally performed better than standard parametric models did. However, using an all-cause or a relative survival framework showed no distinct difference under the same parametric model. Survival extrapolation to lifetime within a relative survival framework agreed well with the observed data, especially using spline models. Extrapolating parametric models within an all-cause survival framework may overestimate survival proportions at lifetime; models for the relative survival approach may underestimate instead.