bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Reframing dopamine: A controlled controller at the limbic-motor interface
Authors: Lloyd Kevin , Dayan Peter
Published: October 2023

Pavlovian influences notoriously interfere with operant behaviour. Evidence suggests this interference sometimes coincides with the release of the neuromodulator dopamine in the nucleus accumbens. Suppressing such interference is one of the targets of cognitive control. Here, using the examples of active avoidance and omission behaviour, we examine the possibility that direct manipulation of the dopamine signal is an instrument of control itself. In particular, when instrumental and Pavlovian influences come into conflict, dopamine levels might be affected by the controlled deployment of a reframing mechanism that recasts the prospect of possible punishment as an opportunity to approach safety, and the prospect of future reward in terms of a possible loss of that reward. We operationalize this reframing mechanism and fit the resulting model to rodent behaviour from two paradigmatic experiments in which accumbens dopamine release was also measured. We show that in addition to matching animals’ behaviour, the model predicts dopamine transients that capture some key features of observed dopamine release at the time of discriminative cues, supporting the idea that modulation of this neuromodulator is amongst the repertoire of cognitive control strategies.
Dormancy-release and germination improvement of Korean bellflower (Campanula takesimana Nakai), a rare and endemic plant native to the Korean peninsula
Authors: Kim Hyeon Min , Kim Jun Hyeok , Lee Jae Hyeon , Kim Gun Mo , Lee Mi Hyun , Park Chung Youl , Kim Do Hyun , Lee Da Hyun , Kim Kyeong Min , Na Chae Sun
Published: October 2023

Korean bellflower (Campanula takesimana Nakai) is a rare and perennial herb with medicinal and ornamental values, is endemic to the Ulleung Island of Korea. In this study, we investigated the dormancy-release and germination characteristics of C. takesimana (Campanulaceae) seeds by subjecting them to varying temperatures (5, 10, 15, 20, and 25°C and diurnal/nocturnal temperatures of 15/6, 20/10, and 25/15°C), cold stratification periods (0, 4, 8, or 12 weeks at 5°C), and gibberellic acid (GA3) concentrations (0, 10, 100, or 1,000 mg·L-1 at 15/6°C and 25/15°C) to identify the ideal seed propagation conditions. The seeds were stimulated to germinate (at 25°C, 12-h photoperiod with fluorescent lamps at 40 ± 10 μmol∙m-2∙s-1) after cold stratification. To examine the germination characteristics, the seeds were tested for water imbibition and found to readily absorb water. The seeds exhibited underdeveloped embryos during dispersal, showed final germination of 37.00% ± 4.43 at 25°C and were not influenced by temperature. The seeds subjected to 0, 4, 8, or 12 weeks of cold stratification germinated at a success rate of 22.00% ± 4.76, 87.00% ± 6.80, 79.00% ± 2.52, and 77.00% ± 1.91, respectively. Additionally, the germination characteristics, which were based on final germination, mean germination time, and germination velocity (Timson index), were significantly greater in the seeds pretreated with 1,000 mg·L-1 GA3 at 25/15°C than in seeds pretreated with 0 mg·L-1 GA3. Overall, the seeds broke dormancy with GA3 and short-term cold stratification. Therefore, we concluded that C. takesimana seeds have non-deep, simple, morphophysiological dormancy, and pretreatment with cold stratification and GA3 is required for effective seed propagation.
Post-epidemic health system recovery: A comparative case study analysis of routine immunization programs in the Republics of Haiti and Liberia
Authors: Ravi Sanjana J. , Potter Christina M. , Paina Ligia , Merritt Maria W.
Published: October 2023

Large-scale epidemics in resource-constrained settings disrupt delivery of core health services, such as routine immunization. Rebuilding and strengthening routine immunization programs following epidemics is an essential step toward improving vaccine equity and averting future outbreaks. We performed a comparative case study analysis of routine immunization program recovery in Liberia and Haiti following the 2014–16 West Africa Ebola epidemic and 2010s cholera epidemic, respectively. First, we triangulated data between the peer-reviewed and grey literature; in-depth key informant interviews with subject matter experts; and quantitative metrics of population health and health system functioning. We used these data to construct thick descriptive narratives for each case. Finally, we performed a cross-case comparison by applying a thematic matrix based on the Essential Public Health Services framework to each case narrative. In Liberia, post-Ebola routine immunization coverage surpassed pre-epidemic levels, a feat attributable to investments in surveillance, comprehensive risk communication, robust political support for and leadership around immunization, and strong public-sector recovery planning. Recovery efforts in Haiti were fragmented across a broad range of non-governmental agencies. Limitations in funding, workforce development, and community engagement further impeded vaccine uptake. Consequently, Haiti reported significant disparities in subnational immunization coverage following the epidemic. This study suggests that embedding in-country expertise within outbreak response structures, respecting governmental autonomy, aligning post-epidemic recovery plans and policies, and integrating outbreak response assets into robust systems of primary care contribute to higher, more equitable levels of routine immunization coverage in resource-constrained settings recovering from epidemics.
Censorship, cultural expectations and transformations: The role of genitalia in disabled lives
Authors: Mitchell Cavyn
Published: October 2023

Deploying theories of power and stigma, this article aims to discuss the perceptions of genitalia and the cultural expectations of genital transformations and representations in consideration to disability. Through a transcription-based content analysis of the audio description (AD) used in Series 10 ofNaked Attraction(2016–present), this article aims to explore how the media shapes expectations and feeds into the problematic and powerful impact that audio description can have upon disabled individuals. This article focuses upon the representational transformations of genitalia from the corporeal into the visual, then, delving deeper, from the televisual to the audio, using this double layer of transformation to look at the deeper complexities at play. By AD not using the correct terminology for genitalia, an inclusion/exclusion or us/them dualism is formed based on power relations which make assumptions about disabled individuals. These assumptions are that disabled individuals either do not want or do not have the capacity to consent to sex. This links to the infantilization and patronization that disabled individuals are subjected to within wider society. A further aim is to interrogate how these expectations are perpetuated through televisual representations to create power relationships, and the impact this has upon disabled individuals. The shielding/censorship of genitalia from disabled individuals is evident in AD on television shows such as this, which contains euphemisms for genitalia rather than accurate descriptions. This feeds into the desexualization of disabled individuals and conflation and confusion between asexuality and disability alongside the dismissal of disabled individuals as potential sexual and life partners. This article shows how ableism runs through society perpetuated by the media and the effects this has on the disabled community.
Fitting the vulvas: Online discussion on labiaplasty
Authors: Miloš Brigita
Published: October 2023

This article aims to analyse the arguments or reasons that participants in Croatian online forum subtopic named ‘Labiaplasty – labia correction’ put forward as motives for opting for a labiaplasty procedure or as a rationale for having the procedure done. The emphasis of the analysis will be on those reasons or arguments that were predicated on functionality (of the vulva). Functionality is understood both in terms of changes in – or the desire to change – specific physical sensations or limitations and in those aspects evident in the psychological, emotional or cognitive effects of thinking about the procedure or the procedure once performed. Given that the analytical part of the work focuses on analysing textual material (the content of posts on the forum), the fundamental methodological basis of this work is a feminist critical discourse analysis. The analysis points to two main conclusions. First, it is necessary to include a broader context in the discussion on labiaplasty. Second, an analysed online forum on labiaplasty functions primarily on supportive principles, and it does not support critical approaches that reveal more general gender inequality aspects.
Introducción de problemas comunes. La gobernanza en las áreas perirubanas: problemas y estrategias
Authors: Casas Matiz Elvia Isabel
Published: October 2023

Este documento nace como parte del proceso de investigación Modelo sostenible y resiliente aplicado al área periurbana desde la UCAT. Estudios de caso (fase 2), que se llevó a cabo entre la Universidad Católica de Colombia, el Instituto Mario Molina de México y la Universidad Católica de Salta de Argentina. La preocupación por comprender las dinámicas complejas de las áreas periurbanas de cada lugar de estudio llevó a los investigadores a observar y comprender los desarrollos formales y problemas sociales de tres áreas periurbanas, en las que observaron no solo las particularidades que les son propias, sino los conflictos comunes al entorno latinoamericano y, que de forma recurrente, se presentan tanto en asentamientos históricamente consolidados como en asentamientos rurales con cualidades ambientales variadas y expuestas a la presión continua de expansión urbana.
Metodología y diseño participativo dentro del marco de la buena gobernanza y la sostenibilida
Authors: Casas Matiz Elvia Isabel , García Moncada Doris , Ulivarri Paula , Polliotto Gabriela Alejandra , Reyes Gabriela Leonor
Published: October 2023

Este capítulo se acerca a reconocer el rol que tiene el capital social y ambiental dentro de los procesos de planeación sostenible y resiliente, bajo el supuesto de que estos deben ser parte fundamental de la buena gobernanza, pues a través de su implementación es posible reconocer tanto las formas de gobernabilidad como las formas de gestión activa y abierta de las comunidades. Para ello se observa cómo las metodologías cualitativas —que para esta investigación se basan en el diseño de estudios de caso— son por naturaleza colaborativas y permiten fortalecer el encuentro interdisciplinar, la participación ciudadana y la visibilización de tejidos y contenidos socioculturales desplegados en el territorio; finalmente se plantea que dentro de estos reconocimientos es necesario partir de un principio común, como lo es el valor de la otredad social y ambiental.
Approximative Modellierung eines LLC-Resonanzwandlers mit Takagi-Sugeno-Modellen
Authors: Cavaterra Alessio , Lambeck Steven , Schwalbe Ulf
Published: October 2023

LLC-Resonanzwandler spielen eine wichtige Rolle bei der Energieversorgung batteriebetriebener Elektrokleinfahrzeuge. Die Modellierung des nichtlinearen, dynamischen Verhaltens dieser Schaltungstopologie ist seit einiger Zeit Gegenstand von Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarbeiten. Häufig werden hierzu möglichst einfache lineare Kleinsignalmodelle abgeleitet, welche allerdings nur einen Reglerentwurf in einem Arbeitspunkt zulassen. Die vorliegende Arbeit greift eine neue Methode zur Modellierung von LLC-Resonanzwandlern auf und erweitert diese im Rahmen eines Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy-Modells, um das nichtlineare Verhalten über einen großen Arbeitsbereich abzudecken. Die vorgestellte Methode wird mit einem datengetriebenen Takagi-Sugeno-Modell verglichen.
Influence of nuisance variables on the PMU-based disturbance classification in power transmission systems
Authors: Kummerow André , Bretschneider Peter
Published: October 2023

The online classification of grid disturbances in power transmission systems has been investigated since many years and shows promising results on measured and simulated PMU signals. Nonetheless, a practical deployment of machine learning techniques is still challenging due to robustness problems, which may lead to severe misclassifications in the model application. This paper formulates an advanced evaluation procedure for disturbance classification methods by introducing additional measurement noise, unknown operational points, and unknown disturbance events in the test dataset. Based on preliminary work, Siamese Sigmoid Networks are used as classification approach and are compared against several benchmark models for a simulated power transmission system at 400 kV. Different test scenarios are proposed to evaluate the disturbance classification models assuming a limited and full observability of the grid with PMUs.
Two-stage quality monitoring of a laser welding process using machine learning
Authors: Dold Patricia M. , Bleier Fabian , Boley Meiko , Mikut Ralf
Published: October 2023

In production, quality monitoring is essential to detect defective elements. State-of-the-art approaches are single-sensor systems (SSS) and multi-sensor systems (MSS). Yet, these approaches might not be suitable: Nowadays, one component may comprise several hundred meters of the weld seam, necessitating high-speed welding to produce enough components. To detect as many defects as possible in time, fast yet precise monitoring is required. However, information captured by SSS might not be sufficient and MSS suffer from long inference times. Therefore, we present a confidence-based cascaded system (CS). The key idea of the CS is that not all data are analyzed to obtain the quality weld, but only selected ones. As evidenced by our results, all CS outperform SSS in terms of accuracy and inference time. Further, compared to MSS, the CS has hardware advantages.
International collaborative tasks in language courses for engineers integrated in a multidimensional teaching format
Authors: Kirchmeyer Nathalie , Knauff Kristina
Published: October 2023

The field of language learning has undergone considerable changes with the emergence of new technologies. This digitalization process has led us to reconsider the format of our language courses and has subsequently had an impact on course design, the teacher’s role as well as the student’s role. Language courses at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (KTH) aim to prepare students for their future professional lives and have a strong focus on language for specific purposes (LSP). Our experience has shown that a blended learning course design as well as student-owned learning are especially well suited for these language courses. In this report, we wish to present a multi-dimensional course-design which provides several pedagogical added values by combining three dimensions of teaching and learning; online/face-to-face, synchronous/asynchronous and teacher-led/student-owned. We will illustrate the combination of the three dimensions by presenting how we have integrated international collaborative activities in French and German courses for engineers. Collaborative online international learning projects (COIL) are well suited for our teaching model as they combine online meetings with asynchronous work and are typically a student-owned activity. As a virtual mobility experience, this activity assists students in creating a global engineer profile by emphasizing collaboration and developing intercultural and multilingual competence.
« Being plurilingual is a gift we make to ourselves. » : amener les étudiants à valoriser et développer leurs compétences plurilingues et pluriculturelles
Authors: Sedláčková Kateřina
Published: October 2023

L’article présente le concept du cours « International communication and interaction: Play with languages! » réalisé dans le cadre du projet Erasmus + BIP (Blended Intensive Programme) orchestré par l’Université Masaryk auquel ont participé, virtuellement ainsi qu’en présentiel, des étudiants de quatre universités (OTH Regensburg, Université libre de Bruxelles, CY Cergy Université Paris et Université Masaryk). L’objectif du cours est d’amener les étudiants à se familiariser avec les stratégies plurilingues et à développer leur répertoire linguistique en communauté plurilingue et pluriculturelle. Le cours visant six langues (français, allemand, italien, espagnol, portugais, tchèque) dépasse les schémas classiques d’intercompréhension orientés à des langues apparentées. Les activités portent sur la complémentarité des langues dans l’apprentissage et encouragent le développement de la conscience métalinguistique. Ainsi, la notion de répertoire linguistique devient le pivot du cours. L’analyse des dispositifs pédagogiques et didactiques est réalisée à partir des productions langagières des participants et de leurs écrits autoréflexifs.
“Mur de paroles” – ou tentative de promotion de l’expression orale en langue française
Authors: Guerra Joaquim
Published: October 2023

Cette recherche explore l’utilité des technologies mobiles en classe de langue, en se concentrant sur le système de feedback permis par l’application Padlet (ARS) utilisée dans la discipline de Langue et Culture Française VI des cursus en langues. En nous appuyant sur un modèle de recherche-action, nous avons visé à améliorer les compétences orales des étudiants après avoir constaté que les différents confinements pendant la crise sanitaire du covid-19, l’absentéisme et le manque d’investissement à l’oral ont donné lieu à une plus faible performance dans cette compétence. Les étudiants étaient appelés à télécharger sur Padlet un minimum de trois fiches de lecture, trois critiques de films et les activités collaboratives ou individuelles réalisées en classe. Leur point commun réside dans l’utilisation unique de la compétence orale. Ainsi, les élèves devaient poster des vidéos ou des podcasts et commenter les publications de leurs pairs en essayant de mettre en évidence leurs difficultés dans le cadre de leur pratique orale et de problèmes de contenus. Les données ont été recueillies à travers un questionnaire comportant des questions fermées et ouvertes. Les réponses démontrent que les étudiants ont une attitude positive sur l’utilisation de technologies numériques en classe et que cette expérience a eu un résultat positif sur leur compétence orale. Les étudiants ont aussi précisé que le feedback a engendré une meilleure conscience de leurs difficultés.
Predictors of English Medium Instruction academic success in Vietnamese Higher Education
Authors: Van Vu Duy
Published: October 2023

Recent research has investigated predictors of English Medium Instruction (EMI) academic success in Higher Education in various contexts; however, mixed findings have been reported, and empirical research in emerging contexts like Vietnam is relatively scarce. In addition, little is known about the associations between tertiary EMI outcome, gender, and high school performance. To fill these research gaps, the present study was conducted to explore the roles of gender, high school grades, English language proficiency and vocabulary knowledge (both receptive and productive knowledge) in Vietnamese tertiary EMI academic achievement. To this end, 78 Vietnamese undergraduates majoring in business studies participated in the study. The participants took the Vocabulary Levels Test (Schmitt et al. 2001) and Productive Vocabulary Levels Test (Laufer and Nation 1999) to measure their receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge. Their English language proficiency test scores, EMI course grades, and high school grade point average (GPA) were also collected for data analysis. Simple linear regression analyses revealed that high school GPA, English language proficiency together with both receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge significantly predicted EMI academic outcome while gender did not. The results are discussed with implications for EMI in Higher Education.
Digital multimodal PechaKucha presentations in ESP: insights from students’ learning experiences
Authors: Beltrán-Palanques Vicent
Published: October 2023

Advances in digital and audiovisual communication have contributed to the remediation and emergence of genres (Luzón and Pérez-Llantada 2022, giving rise to new discourse practices. Against this backdrop, it becomes important to review ESP pedagogy to better prepare students to communicate effectively in professional settings. For this purpose, ESP teachers should move beyond traditional literacy to embrace multimodality and develop students’ multimodal literacy. This study presents a multimodal genre-based approach to teaching PechaKucha (PK) presentations (Querol-Julián and Beltrán-Palanques 2021) and reports on students’ learning experiences. This pedagogical approach allowed students to explore the genre of PK presentations and reflect on how to construct their own version. The recipients of this approach were 127 ESP students, of which 44 voluntarily completed a survey purposely designed to explore their learning experiences regarding the preparation and performance of a digital PK presentation. Findings suggest that students made a great effort to effectively construct a digitalised PK mainly because of the format requirements. The students were faced with the challenge of making decisions about what and how to represent ideational, textual, and interpersonal meanings through a PK. Finally, this study suggests that students seemed to have become aware of the complexity of expressing meanings through the multimodal genre of PK presentations.
Neue Forschungen zu Glashandwerkern unter den Karolingern und ihren Nachfolgern ( 8. bis 10. Jahrhundert )
Authors: Zimmermann Martin
Published: October 2023

Abstract

So far, the history of early Medieval glassmakers has mainly been derived from archaeological sources. Significant in this context was, more than half a century ago, the discovery of a new glass recipe, which began to spread in Europe from the ‘deepest’ early Middle Ages; the question of how this could develop is still subject of various discussions. A new contribution was published by Alexis Wilkin in 2019. According to this contribution, the early Medieval glass artisans owed the technological foundations of their new recipe to their collaboration with metal artisans. There is some clear evidence for this theory, but besides the technical innovation the social conditions of the artisans should not be forgotten. The glassmakers of the early Middle Ages were not free entrepreneurs, in the historical texts they are dependent on their landlords. This dependency, however, gives rise to a purely historical method of investigation: new finds of early Medieval glassworks manufactured according to the altered glass recipe can be assigned to the territories of specific landlords. This paper examines the extent to which family connections can be made visible in the passing on of glassmakers belonging to these families, perhaps also in the development of the new glass recipe.
Local Priests and their Siblings c. 900–c. 1100
Authors: Hicklin Alice
Published: October 2023

Abstract

Priests’ relationships with their brothers and sisters are richly evidenced in tenth- and eleventh-century documentary sources across the Latin West. But the looming shadow of the ‘Gregorian Reform’ has focused historians’ attentions on clerical marriage and vertical familial relationships ( fathers and sons, or uncles and nephews ). This article redresses the balance, arguing that sibling relationships have been underestimated in their importance to the lived experience of local priests, their families and communities in the tenth and eleventh centuries in post-Carolingian western Francia. It examines how priests and their brothers and sisters managed estates, co-operated to pool resources, and developed inheritance strategies with particular emphasis on how such records may reflect both practice on the ground and the concerns of the scribes, draftsmen and archivists who recorded, copied and edited them.
Second generation of soluble transferrin receptor assay – consequences for the interpretation of the ‘Thomas plot’
Authors: Mirtschink Peter , Neumeister Volker , Menschikowski Mario , Suliman Rayan , Wolf Gunter , Kade Jana , Tiebel Oliver , Poitz David M.
Published: October 2023

Objectives

The ‘Thomas plot’ is a very helpful diagnostic tool for evaluation, monitoring and therapy of the iron status and on the hemoglobinization of the reticulocytes of patients. In 2021 Roche Diagnostics launched a second generation assay for determination of the soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR). Here we compare the old and the new assay for sTfR and analyze the consequences for the ‘Thomas plot’.

Methods

Measurement of sTfR, ferritin and CRP were done using a Cobas8000 system. Hemoglobin content of reticulocytes (Ret-He) was determined using a Sysmex XN9000 system.

Results

The second generation of sTfR assay showed consistently lower sTfR values compared to the first generation, which would result in a left shift of the ‘Thomas plot’ and may lead to false diagnosis of patients using the original cut-offs. Fifteen thousand five hundred ninty two data sets for ‘Thomas plot’ from 2016 to 2021 were retrospectively analyzed to estimate how many patients in our hospital would be affected. In result around 5 % of all ‘Thomas plots’ would be affected by the lower sTfR values of the second generation assays.

Conclusions

Due to the lower sTfR values measured with the second generation assay new cut-offs for the Ferritin-Index (sTfR/lg Ferritin) should be used in order to correctly diagnose the iron status of patients.
Damage constitutive model of jointed rock mass considering structural features and load effect
Authors: Sun Bing , Yang Peng , Luo Yu , Deng Bo , Zeng Sheng
Published: October 2023

Rock masses in underground engineering are usually damaged, which are caused by rock genesis and environmental stress. Studying the constitutive relationship between rock strength and deformation under loading is crucial for the design and evaluation of such scenarios. The new damage constitutive model considering the dynamic change of joint damage was developed to describe the behavior of rocks under loading in this work. First, considering the influence of jointed rock mass structural features in their entirety, the Drucker–Prager criterion and the Hoek–Brown criterion were combined. Second, based on the idea of macro–micro coupling, the calculation formulae of damage variables were derived. Finally, the damage constitutive model of the jointed rock mass was established, and the proposed model was fitted and compared with the test data. Results show that the variation rules for damage value and peak strength are opposite, and the stress–strain is highly sensitive to changes in the parameter s of the model. Moreover, the proposed model can accurately describe the effect of joint deterioration on the entire process of rock mass compression failure, which shows that the damage constitutive models are useful for evaluating the strength characteristics of jointed rock mass in engineering practice.
Intracortical brain-computer interfaces for improved motor function: a systematic review
Authors: Holt Matthew W. , Robinson Eric C. , Shlobin Nathan A. , Hanson Jacob T. , Bozkurt Ismail
Published: October 2023

In this systematic review, we address the status of intracortical brain-computer interfaces (iBCIs) applied to the motor cortex to improve function in patients with impaired motor ability. This study followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 Guidelines for Systematic Reviews. Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies – of Interventions (ROBINS-I) and the Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP) were used to assess bias and quality. Advances in iBCIs in the last two decades demonstrated the use of iBCI to activate limbs for functional tasks, achieve neural typing for communication, and other applications. However, the inconsistency of performance metrics employed by these studies suggests the need for standardization. Each study was a pilot clinical trial consisting of 1–4, majority male (64.28 %) participants, with most trials featuring participants treated for more than 12 months (55.55 %). The systems treated patients with various conditions: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, stroke, spinocerebellar degeneration without cerebellar involvement, and spinal cord injury. All participants presented with tetraplegia at implantation and were implanted with microelectrode arrays via pneumatic insertion, with nearly all electrode locations solely at the precentral gyrus of the motor cortex (88.88 %). The development of iBCI devices using neural signals from the motor cortex to improve motor-impaired patients has enhanced the ability of these systems to return ability to their users. However, many milestones remain before these devices can prove their feasibility for recovery. This review summarizes the achievements and shortfalls of these systems and their respective trials.
Strengthening the Clinician's Self-Care and Resilience Based on the Catholic Christian Meta-Model of the Person
Authors: Titus Craig Steven , Vitz Paul C.
Published: October 2023

This article asks how the Catholic Christian Meta-Model of the Person might identify the personal capacities and interpersonal resources needed to strengthen clinicians’ self-care practices and build up their resilience. The Meta-Model provides 11 comprehensive principles, or premises, to better understand the person, by integrating a theological, philosophical, and psychological vision of the person (anthropology). It serves as a framework to contextualize therapeutic modalities, formulate case studies, interpret empirical studies, and make clinical applications. The article argues that the Meta-Model's interpersonal approach can help build up the self-care and resilience of clinicians (and clients) through attention to the resources available in their personal vocations, character strengths, and practice of virtues. Empirical evidence and clinical examples are provided to support the theoretical implications of the Meta-Model's principles.
Distinct Neural Components of Visually Guided Grasping during Planning and Execution
Authors: Klein Lina K. , Maiello Guido , Stubbs Kevin , Proklova Daria , Chen Juan , Paulun Vivian C. , Culham Jody C. , Fleming Roland W.
Published: October 2023

Selecting suitable grasps on three-dimensional objects is a challenging visuomotor computation, which involves combining information about an object (e.g., its shape, size, and mass) with information about the actor's body (e.g., the optimal grasp aperture and hand posture for comfortable manipulation). Here, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate brain networks associated with these distinct aspects during grasp planning and execution. Human participants of either sex viewed and then executed preselected grasps on L-shaped objects made of wood and/or brass. By leveraging a computational approach that accurately predicts human grasp locations, we selected grasp points that disentangled the role of multiple grasp-relevant factors, that is, grasp axis, grasp size, and object mass. Representational Similarity Analysis revealed that grasp axis was encoded along dorsal-stream regions during grasp planning. Grasp size was first encoded in ventral stream areas during grasp planning then in premotor regions during grasp execution. Object mass was encoded in ventral stream and (pre)motor regions only during grasp execution. Premotor regions further encoded visual predictions of grasp comfort, whereas the ventral stream encoded grasp comfort during execution, suggesting its involvement in haptic evaluation. These shifts in neural representations thus capture the sensorimotor transformations that allow humans to grasp objects.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTGrasping requires integrating object properties with constraints on hand and arm postures. Using a computational approach that accurately predicts human grasp locations by combining such constraints, we selected grasps on objects that disentangled the relative contributions of object mass, grasp size, and grasp axis during grasp planning and execution in a neuroimaging study. Our findings reveal a greater role of dorsal-stream visuomotor areas during grasp planning, and, surprisingly, increasing ventral stream engagement during execution. We propose that during planning, visuomotor representations initially encode grasp axis and size. Perceptual representations of object material properties become more relevant instead as the hand approaches the object and motor programs are refined with estimates of the grip forces required to successfully lift the object.
HERMENÉUTICA DE LA LIBERACIÓN DESDE MESOAMÉRICA: ESCUCHAR LA VOZ DE LA SELVA
Authors: Mena Oreamuno Francisco
Published: October 2023

Se propone una posición social para realizar una lectura bíblica en donde el Caribe, como espacio vital, de los mundos que abrazan sus aguas, esté incluido. Croatto llamó a este ejercicio eiségesis y proponía este concepto como una manera de ingresar las luchas de liberación dentro de la exégesis. La cuestión es que muchos de los temas que son acuciantes para las comunidades latinoamericanas y caribeñas no tienen referente en la Biblia, uno de esos temas es la riqueza de vida que nos nutre. Pensar en la Biblia es pensar en el desierto y a veces en las aguas del Mediterráneo (sobre todo Hechos de los Apóstoles). Pero la Biblia no conoce la selva, conoce el desierto, pero no la espesura de vida de la montaña. Por esta razón, y haciendo una serie de aclaraciones para construir esta posición, se concluye con tres grandes metáforas: la maraña, la simbiosis y la putrefacción.
TEXTOS Y TEJIDOS: LECTURAS INTERCULTURALES DE LA BIBLIA EN ABYA YALA
Authors: Chipana Quispe Sofía Nicolasa
Published: October 2023

En el compartir se plantea que las lecturas interculturales de la Biblia en Abya Yala, precisan partir de una actitud crítica que no cuestiona solo a la matriz colonial que se extiende en las formas de leer e interpretar los textos bíblicos, que sostienen la estigmatización de la idolatría respecto a los otros modos de sentir y vivir con lo sagrado. Sino también, de reconocer las palabras sagradas de los pueblos indígenas, expresadas de diversas maneras, y que tienen como fuente la fuerza de las espiritualidades relacionales recíprocas, como modo de vida que procuran sus resurgencias.
¿Son los implantes “personalizados” una solución en la cirugía de revisión acetabular? A propósito de un caso
Authors: Garrido Ferrer José Félix , Marco Díaz Laura , Mairal Sanromán Carlos , Diranzo García José , Estrems Díaz Vicente , Marquina Moraleda Vicente , Hernández Ferrando Lorenzo
Published: October 2023

Se presenta a un paciente de 73 años que había sido sometido a dos revisiones de prótesis de cadera debido a una infección crónica por un microorganismo multirresistente. Acude a nuestro centro tras un primer tiempo quirúrgico. En la radiografía simple y la tomografía computarizada, se observan un defecto femoral tipo IV y un defecto acetabular tipo IIIA de Paprosky. Tras un control clínico y análisis de laboratorio, se decide la reconstrucción acetabular mediante un implante “personalizado” y un vástago tumoral. A los 2 años, el paciente evoluciona favorablemente: deambula con bastón y sin dolor. El implante está estable y en posición normal, no hubo recidiva infecciosa.
Conservación de tallos femorales no cementados fijos en pacientes con infección periprotésica crónica de cadera
Authors: Martínez Walter F. , Tillet Fernando , Bochatey Eduardo Javier , Lopreite Fernando Adrián
Published: October 2023

Introducción: La revisión en dos tiempos se considera el método de referencia para tratar a pacientes con artroplastia de cadera e infección crónica. Sin embargo, durante el retiro de un vástago femoral no cementado fijo, se puede dañar el fémur proximal, lo que puede plantear dificultades en el reimplante.
Objetivo: Determinar si la infección periprotésica crónica de cadera se puede tratar con un intercambio parcial de sus componentes, conservando un vástago femoral no cementado fijo.
Materiales y Métodos: Estudio de serie de casos retrospectivo, multicéntrico que incluyó a 9 pacientes con artroplastia de cadera e infección crónica, programados para el recambio parcial en uno o dos tiempos con retención del tallo femoral fijo, entre enero de 2014 y noviembre de 2019. Se evaluó la evolución mediante el examen clínico, el puntaje de cadera de Harris, y estudios de laboratorio y radiológicos.
Resultados: En un seguimiento medio de 5.8 años de 9 pacientes con artroplastia de cadera no cementada, después del reimplante de la prótesis, la infección remitió en 8 pacientes (88,9%), y el puntaje medio de cadera de Harris fue de 81 en el último control. No hubo aflojamiento de componentes acetabulares ni femorales.
Conclusiones: La conservación de vástagos femorales no cementados puede representar una opción aceptable para los pacientes con infección periprotésica crónica de cadera cuando la extracción del componente femoral daría como resultado una pérdida significativa de hueso y un compromisode la reconstrucción. Sin embargo, se requieren más estudios sobre esta técnica.
Management of Discharge Instructions for Children With Medical Complexity: A Systematic Review
Authors: Glick Alexander F. , Farkas Jonathan S. , Magro Juliana , Shah Aashish V. , Taye Mahdi , Zavodovsky Volmir , Rodriguez Rachel Hughes , Modi Avani C. , Dreyer Benard P. , Famiglietti Hannah , Yin H. Shonna
Published: October 2023

CONTEXT

Children with medical complexity (CMC) are at risk for adverse outcomes after discharge. Difficulties with comprehension of and adherence to discharge instructions contribute to these errors. Comprehensive reviews of patient-, caregiver-, provider-, and system-level characteristics and interventions associated with discharge instruction comprehension and adherence for CMC are lacking.

OBJECTIVE

To systematically review the literature related to factors associated with comprehension of and adherence to discharge instructions for CMC.

DATA SOURCES

PubMed/Medline, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PsycInfo, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Web of Science (database initiation until March 2023), and OAIster (gray literature) were searched.

STUDY SELECTION

Original studies examining caregiver comprehension of and adherence to discharge instructions for CMC (Patient Medical Complexity Algorithm) were evaluated.

DATA EXTRACTION

Two authors independently screened titles/abstracts and reviewed full-text articles. Two authors extracted data related to study characteristics, methodology, subjects, and results.

RESULTS

Fifty-one studies were included. More than half were qualitative or mixed methods studies. Few interventional studies examined objective outcomes. More than half of studies examined instructions for equipment (eg, tracheostomies). Common issues related to access, care coordination, and stress/anxiety. Facilitators included accounting for family context and using health literacy-informed strategies.

LIMITATIONS

No randomized trials met inclusion criteria. Several groups (eg, oncologic diagnoses, NICU patients) were not examined in this review.

CONCLUSIONS

Multiple factors affect comprehension of and adherence to discharge instructions for CMC. Several areas (eg, appointments, feeding tubes) were understudied. Future work should focus on design of interventions to optimize transitions.
The Study of Intellectual and Leadership Qualities in Their Relationship among Students
Authors: Kuleshova Natalia E. , Garanina Zhanna G. , Lashmaikina Liudmila I.
Published: October 2023

Introduction. The article presents the results of a study of the problem of the emotional intelligence and empathy of university students. An analysis of theoretical approaches to this problem in domestic and foreign psychology is carried out. The results of an empirical study conducted among students of the Faculty of Law of the Synergy University are described, during which the features of the relationship between their intellectual and leadership qualities are revealed. Statistically significant differences in the level of development of intellectual and leadership qualities were revealed. We have set the following tasks: 1) on the basis of a theoretical analysis of scientific literature, to reveal the essence of the concepts of “leadership” and “intelligence”; 2) to explore the intellectual and leadership qualities of students in their relationship.

Materials and Methods: analysis of scientific literature; observation; psychodiagnostic methods (tests, conversation); experimental methods; mathematical and statistical methods (Spearman’s rank correlation method).

Results. The results of the study related to the identification of the relationship between intellectual and leadership qualities among students are presented.

Discussion and Conclusion. The relationship between the intellectual and leadership qualities of students was revealed.
Can online banking replace personal banking? A survey of Hungarian banking habits
Authors: El-Meouch Nedim Márton , Banai Ádám , Alpek B. Levente
Published: October 2023

One of the important issues of banking today is the role bank branches and online banking solutions play in serving consumers. With the help of a representative Survey of 1,000 adults in Hungary conducted in 2022, we examine how well online and mobile banking solutions can provide a suitable alternative to bank branches. Based on our results, online banking solutions cannot fully replace personal banking in Hungary due to the customers' attitudes, as we can see that their use does not significantly affect the frequency of visits to the bank branch, and their usage rate does not increase with the distance from the bank branch. We also point out that for the Hungarian population the trend of bank branch closures may entail the risk of being left out of the formal financial system mostly for the older, digitally less receptive social strata living in small settlements and in a relatively worse financial situation.
Crisis, conflict and global rankings
Authors: Holmes Richard
Published: October 2023

Global university rankings have always been associated with international political and economic conflicts. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic there were signs that scientific and academic globalism was breaking down. The pandemic, the various measures taken to combat it, and military and ideological conflicts have led to the breakdown of international academic cooperation, the formation of very different research complexes, and the development of new regional ranking systems.
Mechanism of scour around two piers
Authors: Malik Rahul , Setia Baldev
Published: October 2023

Scour around the bridge piers is the main cause of bridge failure below any bridge pier placed within the waterways. It is more than hundred years back a number of researchers described the vortex shedding phenomenon and the resulting Aeolian tones from a circular cylinder. Since then there have been a large number of investigations dealing with various aspects of this phenomenon. In many practical works and situations, flow takes place around more than one obstruction and objects in close proximity. Invariably in all these cases, interference effects occur and the forces on the obstructions are much influenced by these effects. These effects play a key role in the structures like flow-induced vibration of TV and transmission towers, and in many other practical situations. In this research paper the changes in the flow field that occur due to the interference effects are shown, analysed and the results as given in literature are compared with the present experimental work. The features have been brought out in this paper mainly make use of stand and geometry of circular cylinders in close proximity and the flow part of geometry in side by side arrangement.
Amortized Variational Inference: A Systematic Review
Authors: Ganguly Ankush , Jain Sanjana , Watchareeruetai Ukrit
Published: October 2023

The core principle of Variational Inference (VI) is to convert the statistical inference problem of computing complex posterior probability densities into a tractable optimization problem. This property enables VI to be faster than several sampling-based techniques. However, the traditional VI algorithm is not scalable to large data sets and is unable to readily infer out-of-bounds data points without re-running the optimization process. Recent developments in the field, like stochastic-, black box-, and amortized-VI, have helped address these issues. Generative modeling tasks nowadays widely make use of amortized VI for its efficiency and scalability, as it utilizes a parameterized function to learn the approximate posterior density parameters. In this paper, we review the mathematical foundations of various VI techniques to form the basis for understanding amortized VI. Additionally, we provide an overview of the recent trends that address several issues of amortized VI, such as the amortization gap, generalization issues, inconsistent representation learning, and posterior collapse. Finally, we analyze alternate divergence measures that improve VI optimization.
Species Richness of Cypress Dome Vegetation in West-Central Florida, USA
Authors:   Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, FL, Cameron Cortney , Venning TJ , Holzwart Kym Rouse , Frazier Madison , Leeper Doug , Hancock Michael
Published: October 2023

Cypress domes are relatively small forested depressional wetlands common in the southeastern United States. The vegetative species richness of cypress domes is quantified using 15 years of annual vegetation data for 41 relatively unimpacted cypress domes in west-central Florida. Wetland species richness was normally distributed, with a median of 73 species and standard deviation of 16 species. Across the sample, 396 species representing 204 genera and 92 families were observed, with the jackknife estimator predicting a species richness of 516, much higher than previous observed or predicted values for cypress domes. Using a bootstrapping technique, the effects of increasing the sampled number of years and wetlands on species richness estimates were assessed, with fewer years or wetlands resulting in considerably lower estimates of richness. The results demonstrate the major contribution of cypress domes to regional biodiversity and the value of long-term monitoring at multiple wetlands.