bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Pseudosperma indicum sp. nov. (Inocybaceae, Agaricales) from India
Authors: LATHA K. P. DEEPNA , HARIDEV P. , RAJ K. N. ANIL , MANIMOHAN PATINJAREVEETTIL
Published: October 2023

Pseudosperma indicum sp. nov. is described from Kerala State, India, based on morphology and DNA-based multigene phylogenetic analyses. A comprehensive description of this new species, including both macro- and microscopic characteristics, photographs of both the basidiocarps and the microscopic structures, line drawings of macro- and microscopic structures, and a phylogram, is provided, and its relationship with previously described species of Pseudosperma is also discussed.
A new species of Sapadrama Hancock & Marshall (Diptera: Tephritidae) from China and an updated key to the known species
Authors: CHEN XIAOLIN , WANG YONG
Published: October 2023

One new tephritid species, Sapadrama nigra sp. nov., from China is described and illustrated. In addition, the genus, Sapadrama Hancock & Marshall, 2012 and the species, Sapadrama citrina Hancock & Marshall, 2012 are reported from China for the first time. A key to the known species of this genus is provided, and the relationship of Sapadrama with Cyaforma Wang, 1989 and Ortalotrypeta Hendel, 1927 is briefly discussed. Moreover, some biological notes of this genus are reported.
Association Between Immune-Related Disease and Allergic Rhinitis: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study
Authors: Zhao Jinming , Zhang Mengmeng , Li Zufei
Published: October 2023

Background

Immune-related diseases can interact with each other, and growing evidence suggests that these diseases are associated with allergic rhinitis (AR). However, it is unclear whether previously observed associations reflect causal relationships.

Objective

This study estimated the genetic association between various immune-related diseases and AR using two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR).

Methods

Eight immune-related diseases were selected as exposure factors, and AR was selected as the outcome. The 8 immune-related disease categories included atopic dermatitis (AD), Graves’ disease (GD), asthma, Crohn's disease (CD), multiple sclerosis (MS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and ulcerative colitis (UC). Data from GWAS (Genome-Wide Association Studies) were selected to construct instrumental variables (IVs) for each disease, and multiple single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were selected as IVs. Corresponding data were retrieved according to the selected SNPs, and all data were summarized and analyzed.

Results

A total of 416 SNPs were screened as IVs, and the results of IVW support a causal relationship between AR risk and AD (OR: 1.026, 95% CI: 1.014-1.038, P = 9.59 × 10−6), asthma (OR: 1.057, 95% CI: 1.029-1.086, P = .0001), and CD (OR: 1.006, 95% CI: 1.002-1.011, P = .0085). Furthermore, GD (OR: 0.995, 95% CI: 0.991-0.999, P = .0213) and SLE (OR: 0.997, 95% CI: 0.995-1.000, P = .025) may be protective factors.

Conclusion

This MR study found that AD, asthma and CD increase the risk of AR in populations of European ancestry, GD and SLE may be protective factors. These results suggest that confounding factors may have influenced associations previously reported in observational studies.
Knowledge and practice of nurses regarding the care of patients with head trauma in intensive care units in the West Bank
Authors: Shehade Wa’el , Ayed Ahmad , Harazneh Lobna
Published: October 2023

Background:

Nurses in the intensive care unit are responsible for the continuous assessment and management of physiological parameters associated with head trauma. Nurses have a vital and significant role in the care of patients suffering from moderate-to-severe head trauma, both during acute and non-acute care. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Knowledge and Practice of nurses regarding the care of patients with head trauma in an intensive care unit.

Design and methods:

The study was designed as a cross-sectional study. The study recruited 165 nurses who work at intensive care unit (ICU) nurses in Palestinian hospitals. The data collected by a self-administered questionnaire developed by the researcher.

Results:

Among the 165 intensive nurses, the study findings revealed the majority of nurses 99 (60.0%) have low level knowledge regarding Care of Patients with a head trauma, and showed that most of the nurses 115 (69.7%) have poor level practice regarding Care of Patients with a head trauma.

Conclusions:

According to the results of the current study, approximately two-thirds of the studied nurses had unsatisfactory knowledge level regarding head trauma care. More than two-thirds of the studied nurses had poor level practice regarding head trauma care. Also, the study confirmed no statistical significant relation between knowledge and demographic characteristics. There was significant differences between total practice scores and both experience in general and experience in ICU.
Determining the True Incidence of Glenohumeral Instability Among Players in the National Football League: An Epidemiological Study of Non–Missed Time Shoulder Instability Injuries
Authors: Anderson Matthew J.J. , Confino Jamie E. , Mack Christina D. , Herzog Mackenzie M. , Levine William N.
Published: October 2023

Background:

Shoulder instability encompasses a spectrum of glenohumeral pathology ranging from subluxation to dislocation. While dislocation frequently leads to removal from play, athletes are often able to play through subluxation. Previous research on glenohumeral instability among athletes has largely focused on missed-time injuries, which has likely disproportionately excluded subluxation injuries and underestimated the overall incidence of shoulder instability.

Purpose:

To describe the epidemiology of shoulder instability injuries resulting in no missed time beyond the date of injury (non–missed time injuries) among athletes in the National Football League (NFL).

Study Design:

Descriptive epidemiology study.

Methods:

The NFL's electronic medical record was retrospectively reviewed to identify non–missed time shoulder instability injuries during the 2015 through 2019 seasons. For each injury, player age, player position, shoulder laterality, instability type, instability direction, injury timing, injury setting, and injury mechanism were recorded. For injuries that occurred during games, incidence rates were calculated based on time during the season as well as player position. The influence of player position on instability direction was also investigated.

Results:

Of the 546 shoulder instability injuries documented during the study period, 162 were non–missed time injuries. The majority of non–missed time injuries were subluxations (97.4%), occurred during games (70.7%), and resulted from a contact mechanism (91.2%). The overall incidence rate of game-related instability was 1.6 injuries per 100,000 player-plays and was highest during the postseason (3.5 per 100,000 player-plays). The greatest proportion of non–missed time injuries occurred in defensive secondary players (28.4%) and offensive linemen (19.8%), while kickers/punters and defensive secondary players had the highest game incidence rates (5.5 and 2.1 per 100,000 player-plays, respectively). In terms of direction, 54.3% of instability events were posterior, 31.9% anterior, 8.5% multidirectional, and 5.3% inferior. Instability events were most often anterior among linebackers and wide receivers (50% and 100%, respectively), while posterior instability was most common in defensive linemen (66.7%), defensive secondary players (58.6%), quarterbacks (100.0%), running backs (55.6%), and tight ends (75.0%).

Conclusion:

The majority of non–missed time shoulder instability injuries (97.4%) were subluxations, which were likely excluded from or underreported in previous shoulder instability studies due to the inherent difficulty of detecting and diagnosing shoulder subluxation.
Refactoring and performance analysis of the main CNN architectures: using false negative rate minimization to solve the clinical images melanoma detection problem
Authors: Di Biasi Luigi , De Marco Fabiola , Auriemma Citarella Alessia , Castrillón-Santana Modesto , Barra Paola , Tortora Genoveffa
Published: October 2023

Background

Melanoma is one of the deadliest tumors in the world. Early detection is critical for first-line therapy in this tumor pathology and it remains challenging due to the need for histological analysis to ensure correctness in diagnosis. Therefore, multiple computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems working on melanoma images were proposed to mitigate the need of a biopsy. However, although the high global accuracy is declared in literature results, the CAD systems for the health fields must focus on the lowest false negative rate (FNR) possible to qualify as a diagnosis support system. The final goal must be to avoid classification type 2 errors to prevent life-threatening situations. Another goal could be to create an easy-to-use system for both physicians and patients.

Results

To achieve the minimization of type 2 error, we performed a wide exploratory analysis of the principal convolutional neural network (CNN) architectures published for the multiple image classification problem; we adapted these networks to the melanoma clinical image binary classification problem (MCIBCP). We collected and analyzed performance data to identify the best CNN architecture, in terms of FNR, usable for solving the MCIBCP problem. Then, to provide a starting point for an easy-to-use CAD system, we used a clinical image dataset (MED-NODE) because clinical images are easier to access: they can be taken by a smartphone or other hand-size devices. Despite the lower resolution than dermoscopic images, the results in the literature would suggest that it would be possible to achieve high classification performance by using clinical images. In this work, we used MED-NODE, which consists of 170 clinical images (70 images of melanoma and 100 images of naevi). We optimized the following CNNs for the MCIBCP problem: Alexnet, DenseNet, GoogleNet Inception V3, GoogleNet, MobileNet, ShuffleNet, SqueezeNet, and VGG16.

Conclusions

The results suggest that a CNN built on the VGG or AlexNet structure can ensure the lowest FNR (0.07) and (0.13), respectively. In both cases, discrete global performance is ensured: 73% (accuracy), 82% (sensitivity) and 59% (specificity) for VGG; 89% (accuracy), 87% (sensitivity) and 90% (specificity) for AlexNet.
Skeletal muscle oxygenation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation as a predictor of return of spontaneous circulation: a pilot study
Authors: Košir Miha , Možina Hugon , Podbregar Matej
Published: October 2023

Background

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) provides regional tissue oxygenation (rSO2) even in pulseless states, such as out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Brain rSO2 seems to be important predictor of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Aim of our study was to explore feasibility for monitoring and detecting changes of skeletal muscle rSO2 during resuscitation.

Methods

Skeletal muscle and brain rSO2 were measured by NIRS (SenSmart Model X-100, Nonin, USA) during CPR in adult patient with OHCA. Start (basal) rSO2, maximal during CPR (maximal) and difference between maximal–minimal rSO2 (delta-rSO2), were recorded. Patients were divided into ROSC and NO-ROSC group.

Results

20 patients [age: 66.0ys (60.5–79.5), 65% male] with OHCA [50% witnessed, 70% BLS, time to ALS 13.5 min (11.0–19.0)] were finally analyzed. ROSC was confirmed in 5 (25%) patients. Basal and maximal skeletal muscle rSO2 were higher in ROSC compared to NO-ROSC group [49.0% (39.7–53.7) vs. 15.0% (12.0–25.2), P =  0.006; 76.0% (52.7–80.5) vs. 34.0% (18.0–49.5), P =  0.005, respectively]. There was non-linear cubic relationship between time of collapse and basal skeletal muscle rSO2 in witnessed OHCA and without BLS (F-ratio = 9.7713, P =  0.0261). There was correlation between maximal skeletal muscle and brain rSO2 (n = 18, rho: 0.578, P =   0.0121).

Conclusions

Recording of skeletal muscle rSO2 during CPR in patients with OHCA is feasible. Basal and maximal skeletal muscle rSO2 were higher in ROSC compared to NO-ROSC group.

Clinical trial registration number ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04058925, registered on: 16th August 2019. URL of trial registry record: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04058925?titles=Tissue+Oxygenation+During+Cardiopulmonary+Resuscitation+as+a+Predictor+of+Return+of+Spontaneous+Circulation&draw=2&rank=1.
Impact of social support and mindfulness in the associations between perceived risk of COVID-19 acquisition and pregnancy outcomes in Iranian population: a longitudinal cohort study
Authors: Sharifi-Heris Zahra , Amiri-Farahani Leila , Shahabadi Zahra , Sanaei Mohaddeseh
Published: October 2023

Background and aims

Various devastating infection outbreaks including COVID-19, threat both mother and fetus health. These life-threating outbreaks as potential harms are highly associated with relevant perceived risk. Social support and mindfulness are two factors that may moderate the associations between the perceived risk of COVID-19 and pregnancy outcomes. In this study we investigated the potential moderating impact of social support and mindfulness in the aforementioned association.

Methods

This study is a longitudinal cohort study in which 483 Iranian pregnant women in Tehran have been studied. Perceived risk of COVID-19 questions, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) were used through an online platform to assess the independent variables during pregnancy. Neonatal and maternal outcomes including gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, abortion, birth weight, and gestational age at birth, was extracted from Electronic Health Record (EHR) after childbirth as the dependent variables. The aim of the study is to investigate whether social support and mindfulness can affect the associations between perceived risk of Covid-19 acquisition and pregnancy outcomes.

Results

Perceived risk of COVID-19 was negatively associated with pregnancy outcomes including birth weight (-28, 95% CI [-53, -3.4], p < .05) and gestational age at birth (-0.9, 95% CI [-2,0.11], p < .05). However, social support could not moderate these associations. Mindfulness, on the other hand, moderated the association between perceived risk and stillbirth meaning that by increasing mindfulness, the association between the perceived risk and stillbirth may also be increased (OR = 0.03; p < .05).

Conclusion

The findings of this study showed that social support lacks the moderating impact on the association between perceived risk of COVID-19 and pregnancy outcomes. Mindfulness, on the other hand, indicate a positive moderating impact for the association between perceived risk of Covid-19 and stillbirth. More studies in different populations are suggested to investigate the impact of mindfulness and social support on the association between perceived risk and pregnancy outcomes.
Focus-RCNet: a lightweight recyclable waste classification algorithm based on focus and knowledge distillation
Authors: Zheng Dashun , Wang Rongsheng , Duan Yaofei , Pang Patrick Cheong-Iao , Tan Tao
Published: October 2023

Waste pollution is a significant environmental problem worldwide. With the continuous improvement in the living standards of the population and increasing richness of the consumption structure, the amount of domestic waste generated has increased dramatically, and there is an urgent need for further treatment. The rapid development of artificial intelligence has provided an effective solution for automated waste classification. However, the high computational power and complexity of algorithms make convolutional neural networks unsuitable for real-time embedded applications. In this paper, we propose a lightweight network architecture called Focus-RCNet, designed with reference to the sandglass structure of MobileNetV2, which uses deeply separable convolution to extract features from images. The Focus module is introduced to the field of recyclable waste image classification to reduce the dimensionality of features while retaining relevant information. To make the model focus more on waste image features while keeping the number of parameters small, we introduce the SimAM attention mechanism. In addition, knowledge distillation was used to further compress the number of parameters in the model. By training and testing on the TrashNet dataset, the Focus-RCNet model not only achieved an accuracy of 92$$\%$$
%
but also showed high deployment mobility.
Wear behaviour of hybrid (boron carbide-graphite) aluminium matrix composites under high temperature
Authors: Nagaraju Sharath Ballupete , Somashekara Madhu Kodigarahalli , Govindaswamy Pradeep Dyavappanakoppalu , Puttegowda Madhu , Shankar Premkumar Bagade Girija , Sathyanarayana Karthik
Published: October 2023

Aluminium MMCs are among the many metal composites and are regarded as progressive engineering materials in numerous industries because of their advantages compared to standard aluminium alloy. Among the reinforcements in MMCs, ceramic particles are preferred for their superior wear resistance, temperature resistance, and adhesion to their matrix, making them a popular choice. This research work has been carried out to synthesise ceramic particle-reinforced aluminium metal matrix composites and to evaluate their tribological properties at different temperatures (50–300℃). Al2618 alloy was selected as the matrix, and boron carbide (B4C) and graphite (Gr) were selected as reinforcements. Hybrid composites are prepared through stir casting by varying the wt.% of B4C and Gr reinforcement particles with a ratio of 3:2. Microstructural observation shows the uniform distribution of B4C and Gr particles throughout the matrix without any agglomeration, and it also exhibits excellent scanning electron microscope (SEM). X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) was performed to verify the presence of different constituents in the developed material. Samples S4 (Al 2618 + 12 wt.% B4C—8 wt.% Gr) and S5 (Al 2618 + 15 wt.% B4C—10 wt.% Gr) exhibit enhanced wear resistance (16.45%) due to the incorporation of a higher quantity of Gr solid lubricants alongside B4C within the temperature range of 50 to 300℃. The thickness and stability of the glazed layer exhibited adequate resistance to wear.
Adolescent and Young Adult Germ Cell Tumors: Epidemiology, Genomics, Treatment, and Survivorship
Authors: Travis Lois B. , Feldman Darren R. , Fung Chunkit , Poynter Jenny N. , Lockley Michelle , Frazier A. Lindsay
Published: October 2023

Innovations in the care of adolescent and young adult (AYA) germ cell tumors (GCTs) are needed for one of the most common AYA cancers for which treatment has not significantly changed for several decades. Testicular GCTs (TGCTs) are the most common cancers in 15- to 39-year-old men, and ovarian GCTs (OvGCTs) are the leading gynecologic malignancies in women younger than 25 years. Excellent outcomes, even in widely metastatic disease using cisplatin-based chemotherapy, can be achieved since Einhorn and Donohue's landmark 1977 study in TGCT. However, as the severity of accompanying late effects (ototoxicity, neurotoxicity, cardiovascular disease, second malignant neoplasms, nephrotoxicity, and others) has emerged, efforts to deintensity treatment and find alternatives to cisplatin have taken on new urgency. Current innovations include the collaborative design of clinical trials that accrue GCTs across all ages and both sexes, including adolescents (previously on pediatric trials), and OvGCT (previously on gynecologic-only trials). Joint trials accrue larger sample sizes at a faster rate and therefore evaluate new approaches more rapidly. These joint trials also allow for biospecimen collection to further probe GCT etiology and underlying mechanisms of tumor growth, thus providing new therapeutic options. This AYA approach has been fostered by The Malignant Germ Cell International Consortium, which includes over 115 GCT disease experts from pediatric, gynecologic, and genitourinary oncologies in 16 countries. Trials in development incorporate, to our knowledge, for the first time, molecular risk stratification and precision oncology approaches on the basis of specific GCT biology. This collaborative AYA approach pioneering successfully in GCT could serve as a model for impactful research for other AYA cancer types.
Design for Learning in Museums: A Professional Development Exercise
Authors: Xanthoudaki Maria
Published: October 2023

The paper discusses the role of educational research and reflective practice in the design of a learning methodology in a museum education context. Educational research and reflective practice are addressed for their role in visitor-centred experiences and in the professional development of museum educators through the case of the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci. The paper first examines the research questions by looking into the work of the Education Department of the Museum in order to contextualize and justify certain choices and directions in the development of visitor learning and experience.  It then analyses one of the education projects of the Museum, “Future Inventors”, as the context for the learning design and reflective practice processes in order to question traditional epistemological stances in visitor learning and to stress the importance of professional development for museum educators to enrich their knowledge in the field and the competences necessary to stand as the audience advocates within the museum institution.
ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING STAFF WORKING CONDITIONS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Authors: Tarhanova E. , Loshkanova A.
Published: October 2023

The purpose of  the study presented in  the article is  to study and analyze factors, external and internal, that affect working conditions in  educational institutions and determine the directions for their improvement. The importance of working conditions and their impact on the quality of education is noted, the classification of working conditions is highlighted, the importance of observing not only sanitary and hygienic standards and safety precautions, but also the socio-economic and socio-psychological components of working conditions is noted. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of factors affecting working conditions in educational institutions: socio-production (technical), socio-economic, socio-hygienic (sanitary and hygienic), socio-psychological. The novelty of the work is a comprehensive study of working conditions in an educational institution in the city of Penza. The theoretical significance of the work lies in the consideration of the terminological apparatus of working conditions and the identification of the essential characteristics of the working conditions of a general educational organization. The practical significance of the study lies in the fact that, based on the results of the study, problems were identified and areas of  work were identified that need to  be changed or  adjusted to  improve working conditions and improve the quality of  the educational institution as a whole. This will reduce staff turnover, prevent professional burnout of employees of an educational institution, increase their job satisfaction, which, in turn, will improve labor productivity and performance of the organization as a whole. The identified aspects are designed for a “positive effect” and can be taken into account in the practical activities of organizations in similar areas of activity when developing specific recommendations for improving working conditions and certain aspects of personnel management.
HIGHLY QUALIFIED SPECIALISTS IN THE SYSTEM OF FOREIGN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Authors: Starovoytov A. , Dupliy E.
Published: October 2023

This article is devoted to the analysis of the status of a foreign worker on the territory of the Russian Federation, whose employment is due to various difficulties for the employer: obtaining a permit to attract foreign labor, a work permit for an employee, etc. Particular attention is paid to such a category of foreign workers as highly qualified specialists, attracting which is greatly simplified due to the high interest in such specialists and their unique skills. The isolated position of highly qualified specialists among other categories of foreign workers is determined by building such relationships with the employer, in which the latter bears increased responsibility for the foreign worker and his actions in the Russian Federation, assumes additional obligations To determine the specifics of this connection and the peculiarities of the position of a highly qualified specialist, to familiarize themselves with the specific rules of law governing their employment and labor activity.
La elaboración de informes científicos en Psicología y ciencias afines
Authors: Jiménez García Lucía , Trigo Sánchez M. Eva
Published: October 2023

Esta obra constituye una herramienta valiosa para aquellos que buscan aprender las competencias necesarias para elaborar informes de investigación de manera efectiva y profesional. Está especialmente orientada a las áreas de psicología y ciencias afines, así como a la realización de trabajos fin de estudios (TFG y TFM). Se ofrecen indicaciones generales relativas a la búsqueda de teoría e investigación científica previa en fuentes bibliográficas para apoyar las argumentaciones; se atiende, además, al fichado de la información que se revisa, a las normas de referencia de las fuentes, así como a consideraciones encaminadas a evitar el plagio. Asimismo, se hacen recomendaciones de corrección lingüística y adecuación discursiva encaminadas a lograr textos coherentes en la estructuración de la información.
Pódcast narrados por mujeres: una revisión bibliográfica.
Authors: Montes-Rodríguez María-Inmaculada
Published: October 2023

Esta investigación realiza una revisión bibliográfica sistemática de los principales trabajos publicados en los últimos ochos años sobre pódcast narrados por mujeres con el objetivo de reseñar las líneas de investigación más relevantes y discernir los itinerarios no abordados, sobre todo en el estudio de esta temática en España. El trabajo analiza los 86 registros recogidos en Scopus, Web of Science, ÍnDICEs CSIC, ERIH Plus, Dialnet Plus, Communication Source (Ebsco), Taylor and Francis, Sage y Google Scholar. Se detecta un bajo volumen de estudios, realizados mayoritariamente en el ámbito geográfico anglosajón y brasileño durante los últimos tres años. En ellos predominan las técnicas de investigación cualitativas como el análisis de contenido y las entrevistas semiestructuradas. Las líneas más explotadas son las relacionadas con las gratificaciones o motivaciones que experimentan las personas emisoras y receptoras de pódcast narrados por mujeres y la identificación de este formato como espacio para el activismo feminista o como canal para dar voz a narrativas invisibilizadas o marginalizadas. Por ello, este trabajo propone posibles itinerarios a explorar como el esbozo del perfil de las podcasteras españolas; el análisis del discurso, del lenguaje y del contenido producido; el papel de este formato como espacio de expresión y su carácter transmedia; o la repercusión de los programas en la audiencia.
La economía de los lugares emblemáticos: una valoración económica de una conexión entre Monserrate y Guadalupe
Authors: Carriazo Osorio Fernando
Published: October 2023

La contribución de los lugares emblemáticos al bienestar individual y colectivo no siempre es tenida en cuenta cuando se evalúan elecciones sociales con respecto a la provisión pública, privada o mixta de estos sitios. En esta aplicación estimamos la disponibilidad a pagar (DAP) por un proyecto que conecta los cerros emblemáticos de Monserrate y Guadalupe en Bogotá (Colombia), bajo diferentes escenarios hipotéticos que describen un paisaje urbano-rural, utilizando la metodología de valoración contingente (VC). Exploramos el efecto que tienen visualizaciones dinámicas y estáticas usadas en la descripción de escenarios sobre la DAP promedio. Se encuentra que, en promedio, los encuestados están dispuestos a pagar 36 113 pesos como usuarios del proyecto de conectividad. La DAP promedio para las estimaciones con escenarios de visualización dinámica ($35 080) fue estadísticamente menor que la dap promedio para estimaciones con escenarios de visualización estática ($37 176). A partir de las estimaciones de VC se estiman los beneficios sociales generados por el proyecto de conectividad suponiendo diferentes tamaños de flujo anual de visitantes. Estos varían entre $81 885 181 134, para un escenario de bajo flujo, y $409 425 905 670, para un escenario de alto flujo. Los resultados del modelo de vc aplicado sugieren que una política pública dirigida a preservar o mejorar los lugares emblemáticos de patrimonio natural puede traer beneficios significativos que garanticen su provisión.
B&B Customer Experience and Satisfaction: Evidence from Online Customer Reviews
Authors: Jia Mengke , Kim Hak-Seon , Tao Shuting
Published: October 2023

With the popularity of the internet and the rapid growth of user-generated content facilitated by various platforms of social media, online reviews have become an important source of information for customers to obtain product information and affect their purchasing decisions in the service industry. The accelerated development of bed-and-breakfasts (B&Bs) in the context of a rural revitalization strategy implies a shift in people’s demand from standardized to personalized accommodation. From the first establishment to the well-developed industry, the competition among diverse B&Bs is getting fiercer, and it is essential for business operators to understand their customers deeply and timely. Therefore, online reviews posted by customers freely and in real time were adopted to explore key dimensions reflecting customer experience and examine their relationship with customer satisfaction, which is a vital antecedent for customer loyalty, repurchase intention, etc. A total of 8,691 reviews from Ctrip were collected and then used for extracting relative insights and cognition by qualitative and quantitative analysis. Consequently, several implications for future research development and practical application are discussed for service promotion and development of the B&B industry.

Funding: This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2022S1A5A2A03052622).
Didáctica de la educación socioambiental: orientaciones metodológicas para la transformación ecosocial
Authors: Morales Hernández Antonio José , Caurín Alonso Carlos , Lacruz Pérez Irene
Published: October 2023

Los problemas actuales del ambiente planetario, manifestados en diferentes escalas, nos obliga a reflexionar sobre su aprendizaje, para comprender las resistencias y el negacionismo de fenómenos que preocupan a la comunidad académica. Los trabajos realizados en el Máster de Investigación en Didácticas Específicas y las producciones de Tesis, Trabajos Final de Máster y Grado, nos ha permitido estudiar y explicar los problemas de nuestro mundo, en sus diferentes escalas espaciales, que se insertan en las finalidades mundiales educativas de la Agenda 2030 y las españolas. Con ello se construyen argumentos metodológicos que avalan la humanización de la educación, concretando indicadores de logro que profundicen en la transformación ecosocial desde las competencias sociales y ciudadanas. Una aportación específica dentro de un programa de investigación en el que se analizan las representaciones sociales que condicionan nuestras decisiones. En este artículo revisamos los enfoques metodológicos adoptados en los trabajos interdisciplinares, por su contribución a las necesidades de formación inicial y su vinculación con el trabajo comunicativo en las aulas.
Norwegian Baking on the Prairie, 1851–1859: The Transition to Wheat Flour and Leavened Bread Seen Through the Letters, Diary Entries, and Recipes of Linka Preus, Elisabeth Koren, and Caja Munch
Authors: Josephson Marika
Published: October 2023

Abstract: This article critically examines previously unpublished recipes from the hand-written notebooks of Elisabeth Koren and Linka Preus, putting them in context with their published letters and diary entries and the letters of their contemporary Caja Munch, in order to show how Norwegian women transitioned to baking with fine wheat flour and yeast in America during the 1850s. Such baking was little known to women even of the upper class in Norway at a time when wheat was used only on the rarest occasions. Between the three women they record five recipes for yeast, attributing them to Norwegian immigrants of both high and low classes, showing how the struggle with yeasted baking affected diverse women on the prairie. At a critical inflection point in Norwegian culinary and agricultural history, when Norway was at its peak in domestic grain agriculture and had yet to significantly import inexpensive wheat and rye, these three immigrants show how they reinterpreted a staple of their diet to the ingredients and technology available to them in the New World. The challenges they encountered and the innovations they discovered anticipated major changes that would come just a couple of decades later in their home land.
Impatient Consumers
Authors: Sunstein Cass R.
Published: October 2023

Abstract: Many consumers suffer from present bias. To present-biased consumers, the long term is a foreign country, and they are not sure they will ever visit. If consumers suffer from present bias, there is room to rethink national policies in multiple domains. Regulatory mandates might turn out to be better than economic incentives. Fuel economy and energy efficiency mandates might produce billions of dollars in annual savings to present-biased consumers. The net benefits of mandates that simultaneously reduce internalities and externalities might exceed the net benefits of incentives that reduce externalities alone, even if mandates turn out to be a highly inefficient way of reducing externalities.
Hourly Gratification: The Poetics of Patience in an Age of Speed
Authors: Chandler James
Published: October 2023

Abstract: The first serious and sustained literary response to cultural acceleration in modern society comes not from Benjamin or Simmel, as some have suggested, nor the work of Baudelaire and Flaubert, but the poetic experiments of Wordsworth. At the turn of the nineteenth-century Wordsworth confronted an impatient mediascape, inhabited by readers requiring "outrageous stimulation" that the "rapid communication of intelligence hourly gratifies." He published poetry that programmatically tried the patience of his readers and changed the course of literary history. He also evolved a theory of patience, passion, and poetic genius that shaped literature and criticism through the twentieth century, but had its opponents early and late, from Percy Shelley to Raymond Williams.
Deep learning design of topological bending waveguide
Authors: Sakamoto Itsuki , Okada Sho , Nishiyama Nobu , Hu Xiao , Amemiya Tomo
Published: October 2023

This study introduced design informatics using deep learning in a topological photonics system and applied it to a topological waveguide with a sharp bending structure to further reduce propagation loss. The sharp bend in the topological waveguide composed of two photonic crystals wherein dielectrics having C_6v symmetry were arranged in triangle lattices of hexagons, and the designing of parameters individually for 6×6 unit cells near the bending region using deep learning resulted in an output improvement of 60% compared to the initial structure. The proposed structural design method has high versatility and applicability for various topological photonic structures.
Almajiri health; a scoping review on disease, health literacy and space for participatory research
Authors: Muhammad Muzzammil Imran , Abdulsalam Amna Hassana , Petit-Clair Fadhina , Acquaye Amber , Nobles Autumn , Fleischer Brian , Konkwo Chigoziri , Ransome Yusuf , Paintsil Elijah
Published: October 2023

Introduction

Almajiraiare male children in Northern Nigeria and Southern Niger who study Islam in thealmajirancisystem. Almajiranci has been associated with non-participation in formal education, abuse, poverty, and underdevelopment. However, the peer-reviewed literature around health among almajirai remains limited. We conduct a scoping review around almajiri health to synthesize evidence for health problems, draw links between findings, identify research gaps, indicate areas for intervention, and assess participatory approaches in this literature.

Methods

We searched the academic literature for articles concerning almajiri heath using a framework integrating the biopsychosocial and socio-ecological models of health. We included articles in English and French published between 2000 and 2022. For each study we collected information regarding authorship, study year and location(s), study design and aims, sample characteristics, findings, and almajiri participation in research design, execution, interpretation and dissemination.

Results

Of 1,944 studies, 17 were found relevant for data extraction. These included 14 cross-sectional studies, 2 descriptive articles, and one case-control study. All were conducted in Nigeria, though one included Nigerien almajirai. No study engaged almajirai in participatory roles. Domains evaluated included infectious disease (10 studies), oral health (2 studies), workplace injury, nutrition, health status, health determinants, and mental health (1 study each). Almajirai included ranged from 3 to 28 years old. Included studies found high rates of malaria, intestinal parasitosis, urinary tract infection, N. meningitidis, and occupational injury among almajirai. Studies comparing almajirai to controls found significantly higher rates of cholera, urinary schistosomiasis, and psychiatric disorders, lower levels of rabies awareness and poorer oral hygiene among almajirai (p<0.05). One study, concerning nutrition, described an intervention to improve almajiri health, though did not provide health outcomes for that intervention.

Conclusion

We find that the literature around almajiri health has concerned a broad range of domains, though the number of studies within each domain remains limited. We further note limitations in the geographic scope of this literature, interventions to improve almajiri health, and the consideration of demographic features, like age, that may influence almajiri health. We stress the need for further study in these areas, and for participatory approaches, which may be more likely to effectively improve almajiri health.
Strategies to improve interpersonal communication along the continuum of maternal and newborn care: A scoping review and narrative synthesis
Authors: Olde Loohuis Klaartje M. , de Kok Bregje C. , Bruner Winter , Jonker Annemoon , Salia Emmanuella , Tunçalp Özge , Portela Anayda , Mehrtash Hedieh , Grobbee Diederick E. , Srofeneyoh Emmanuel , Adu-Bonsaffoh Kwame , Brown Amoakoh Hannah , Amoakoh-Coleman Mary , Browne Joyce L.
Published: October 2023

Effective interpersonal communication is essential to provide respectful and quality maternal and newborn care (MNC). This scoping review mapped, categorized, and analysed strategies implemented to improve interpersonal communication within MNC up to 42 days after birth. Twelve bibliographic databases were searched for quantitative and qualitative studies that evaluated interventions to improve interpersonal communication between health workers and women, their partners or newborns’ families. Eligible studies were published in English between January 1st2000 and July 1st2020. In addition, communication studies in reproduction related domains in sexual and reproductive health and rights were included. Data extracted included study design, study population, and details of the communication intervention. Communication strategies were analysed and categorized based on existing conceptualizations of communication goals and interpersonal communication processes. A total of 138 articles were included. These reported on 128 strategies to improve interpersonal communication and were conducted in Europe and North America (n = 85), Sub-Saharan Africa (n = 12), Australia and New Zealand (n = 10), Central and Southern Asia (n = 9), Latin America and the Caribbean (n = 6), Northern Africa and Western Asia (n = 4) and Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (n = 2). Strategies addressed three communication goals: facilitating exchange of information (n = 97), creating a good interpersonal relationship (n = 57), and/or enabling the inclusion of women and partners in the decision making (n = 41). Two main approaches to strengthen interpersonal communication were identified: training health workers (n = 74) and using tools (n = 63). Narrative analysis of these interventions led to an update of an existing communication framework. The categorization of different forms of interpersonal communication strategy can inform the design, implementation and evaluation of communication improvement strategies. While most interventions focused on information provision, incorporating other communication goals (building a relationship, inclusion of women and partners in decision making) could further improve the experience of care for women, their partners and the families of newborns.
Association between air temperature and risk of hospitalization for genitourinary disorders: An environmental epidemiological study in Lanzhou, China
Authors: Zhang Runping , Zhang Wancheng , Ling Jianglong , Dong Jiyuan , Zhang Li , Ruan Ye
Published: October 2023

Objectives

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between air temperature and the risk of hospitalization for genitourinary disorders.

Methods

Distributed lag non-linear models (DLNM) were used to estimate the association between air temperature and the risk of hospitalization for genitourinary disorders, with subgroup analysis by gender and age to identify the susceptible population of temperature-sensitive genitourinary system diseases.

Results

Low mean temperature (MT) (RR = 2.001, 95% CI: 1.856~2.159), high MT (RR = 2.884, 95% CI: 2.621~3.173) and low diurnal temperature range (DTR) (RR = 1.619, 95% CI: 1.508~1.737) were all associated with the increased risk of hospitalization for genitourinary disorders in the total population analysis, and the high MT effect was stronger than the low MT effect. Subgroup analysis found that high MT was more strongly correlated in male (RR = 2.998, 95% CI: 2.623~3.427) and those <65 years (RR = 3.003, 95% CI: 2.670~3.344), and low DTR was more strongly correlated in female (RR = 1.669, 95% CI: 1.510~1.846) and those <65 years (RR = 1.643, 95% CI: 1.518~1.780).

Conclusions

The effect of high MT on the risk of hospitalization for genitourinary disorders is more significant than that of low MT. DTR was independently associated with the risk of hospitalization for genitourinary disorders.
Assessing the impact of anthropogenic influences on the sediment quality of Owalla Reservoir, Southwest, Nigeria
Authors: Aduwo Adedeji Idowu , Adesakin Taiwo Adekanmi , Oyewale Abayomi Tolulope , Adeniyi Israel Funso
Published: October 2023

The study aims to investigate the impact of anthropogenic influences within the catchment areas on the sediment physico-chemical quality of Owalla Reservoir in Osun State, Nigeria with the primary aim of creating baseline information on the aspect of limnology. Twenty sampling stations were established along the reservoir representing, its three different sections and two zones. The sampling was conducted for a period of two years to cover both seasons of the year in the area. The sediment samples were collected using a Van-Veen grab of 0.04 m2 area (0.2m × 0.2m) from the waterbed at each sampling locations; labelled, kept in cooler at 4°C and transported to the laboratory for the analysis. The reservoir sediment was mainly clayey-sand in texture, while the particle size distribution was in this order: sand (73.1%) > clay (17.4%) > silt (9.4%). The exchangeable cations order of dominance was in this order: Mg2+ > Ca2+ > H+ > Al3+ > K+ >Na+ and anions in this order: PO34- > SO42- > NO3-> Cl-. The highest mean values for water depth, transparency, air temperature, water temperature and sediment temperature (5.28 ± 0.40 m, 1.60 ± 0.05 m, 31.90 ± 0.29°C, 30.6 ± 0.18°C and 27.6 ± 0.23°C) were recorded during the dry season compared with the rainy season. The results obtained from this study, shows that Owalla Reservoir is fairly clean and not contaminated with toxic pollutants. The sediment pH is within acidic range, and enriched with nutrients due to the anthropogenic activities around this reservoir catchment areas. However, if the organic enrichments and siltation in this reservoir is not controlled, it could lead to the future eutrophication of this waterbody, which can cause water quality degradation, alter the aquatic biota and natural ageing process of this reservoir making it unsuitable for its purposes.
Towards an embodied spirituality: Laban’s principles in the expanded field of environmental performance
Authors: Fernandes Ciane , Scialom Melina , Pizarro Diego
Published: October 2023

How can we experience and mobilize the spirituality of Rudolf Laban’s praxis in the turn of the twenty-first century – in such a way that it makes sense to local (Brazilian) and global concerns of ecological being, neurodiversity and performative living? The intent is not to return to the modernist ideas Laban launched in the first half of the twentieth century, but to consider the twenty-first-century’s scholarship that is actualized in the practice and research of contemporary practitioners as an understanding of Laban in an expanded field. We consider that Laban in the twenty-first century is directly dependent on the individual embodiment and subjectivation of movement principles that merge a cross-cultural, somatic, theatrical and pedagogical practice. Following such thinking, in this article we aim to, through an extensive practice research of three practitioners, discuss the ways in which, in our practices of Somatics and environmental performance, we have been articulating the spirituality of Laban’s praxis within a contemporary and decolonial context.
The spatial matrix: Exploring space harmony (choreutics) through the teachings of Angiola Sartorio to Megan Reisel
Authors: Reisel Megan
Published: October 2023

This article recounts the Rudolf Laban concept of space harmony, also known as choreutics, as imparted to Megan Reisel, a protégé of the renowned Laban educator and choreographer, Angiola Sartorio, during the latter’s final years from 1991 to 1995. Sartorio presented a fundamental aspect of dancer training, which offers a unique perspective on the interaction between the dancer and space. In this paradigm, space is perceived as an invisible matrix of interconnected lines that emanate from the body’s centre and extend into an intuitive sense of infinite space. By embracing this approach, dancers gain an enriching opportunity to fuse their physical experiences with a spiritual connection to the world we inhabit. This exploration enhances the dancer’s artistic expression while also offering the dancer an invigorating opportunity that blends the physical experience with a spiritual connection to the world in which we live.
Dynamic dichotomies: How can the body be a dynamic archive?
Authors: Curtis-Jones Alison
Published: October 2023

This article discusses the complexities around movement dynamics and how the term ‘dynamic archive’ is understood in dance. Drawing from Andre Lepecki’s ‘The body as archive’ (2010), Rudolf Laban and F. C. Lawrence’s Effort theory (1947) and a choreological perspective to investigate the complexities of dynamics as an embodied phenomenon, I discuss the body as a dynamic archive of embodied experience. This article provides debate about how dynamics are learnt and recalled for the purposes of re-staging and how movement dynamics are stored by the dancer as a dynamic archive.