bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Winkelstabile Plattenosteosynthese bei distalen periprothetischen Femurfrakturen
Authors: Gassner C. , Sommer F. , Rubenbauer B. , Keppler A. M. , Liesaus Y. , Prall W. C. , Kammerlander C. , Böcker W. , Fürmetz J.
Published: November 2020

Hintergrund

Die Versorgung distaler periprothetischer Femurfrakturen (PFF) stellt aufgrund des geriatrischen Patientenkollektivs eine große interdisziplinäre Herausforderung dar und erfolgt (abhängig vom Frakturtyp) häufig mittels winkelstabiler Plattenosteosynthese (WPO), wobei bisher nur wenige Daten zum klinischen Outcome existieren. Ziel der Untersuchung ist die Identifikation von Risikofaktoren für ein schlechtes Outcome und erhöhte Mortalität.

Methoden

In dieser retrospektiven Studie wurden 36 Fälle mit distaler PFF untersucht. Eingeschlossen wurden nur Versorgungen mit WPO. Neben relevanten Vorerkrankungen (ASA-Score, Charlson Index), der Frakturmorphologie und relevante Komplikationen, wurden u.a. die 1- und 3-Jahres-Mortalität, sowie das klinische Outcome mit Hilfe des Lysholm-Scores erfasst.

Ergebnisse

Die 1- und 3- Jahres Mortalität betrug 9% bzw. 26%, wobei dies ausschließlich ASA 3 und 4 Patienten betraf. Der Lysholm Score zeigte eine hohe Variabilität (65 ± 27 Punkte) mit höheren Werten in der ASA 1-2 Subgruppe (82 vs. 63 Punkte) aber unabhängig vom Frakturtyp. Als Risikofaktoren für die 3-Jahres Mortalität konnten der präoperative ASA-Score, der Charlson Komorbiditätsindex und das Patientenalter identifiziert werden.

Diskussion

Die dargestellte Fallserie weist eine hohe absolute Mortalitätsrate auf, auch wenn diese im Vergleich zu bisher publizierten Daten, etwas geringer war. Die Rate an Sekundärdislokationen, fehlender Frakturheilung oder Folgeoperationen war ebenfalls gering. Die WPO erscheint daher als geeignete Versorgung für Frakturen mit stabiler Prothese. Jedoch besteht eine hohe Variabilität im klinischen Outcome unabhängig vom Frakturtyp, sowie signifikant erhöhte Mortalitätsraten bei vorerkrankten Patienten.
Accreditation as a quality-improving policy tool: family planning, maternal health, and child health in Egypt
Authors: El-Shal Amira , Cubi-Molla Patricia , Jofre-Bonet Mireia
Published: November 2020

Accreditation of healthcare providers has been established in many high-income countries and some low- and middle-income countries as a tool to improve the quality of health care. However, the available evidence on the effectiveness of this approach is limited and of questionable quality, especially in low- and middle-income countries. We exploit the interventions introduced under Egypt’s health sector reform program between 2000 and 2014 to estimate the effect of health facility accreditation on family planning, maternal health, and child health outcomes. We use difference-in-differences fixed-effects and propensity score matching difference-in-differences models. To do so, we spatially link women to their nearest mapped health facilities using their global positioning system coordinates. We find that accreditation had multiple positive effects, especially on delivery care and child morbidity prevalence. The effects appear to weaken over time though. Our findings suggest that facility accreditation can be effective in improving family planning, antenatal care, delivery care, and child health, but stress the need to study how the effects can be sustained.
Trends and variability of ocean waves under RCP8.5 emission scenario in the Mediterranean Sea
Authors: De Leo Francesco , Besio Giovanni , Mentaschi Lorenzo
Published: November 2020

Wind-generated ocean waves are key inputs for several studies and applications, both near the coast (coastal vulnerability assessment, coastal structures design, harbor operativity) and off-shore (a.o. oil and gas production, ship routes, and navigation safety). As such, the evaluation of trends in future wave climate is fundamental for the development of efficient policies in the framework of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures. This study focuses on the Mediterranean Sea, an area of primary interest, since it plays a crucial role in the worldwide maritime transport and it is highly populated along all its coasts. We perform an analysis of wave climate changes using an ensemble of 7 models under emission scenario RCP8.5, over the entire Mediterranean basin. Future projections of wave climate and their variability are analyzed taking into account annual statistics of wave parameters, such as significant wave height, mean period, and mean direction. The results show, on average, a decreasing trend of significant wave height and mean period, while the wave directions may be characterized by a slight eastward shift.
A review of common practices in gravimetric and volumetric adsorption kinetic experiments
Authors: Wang Jin-Yu , Mangano Enzo , Brandani Stefano , Ruthven Douglas M.
Published: November 2020

The availability of commercial gravimetric and volumetric systems for the measurement of adsorption equilibrium has seen also a growth of the use of these instruments to measure adsorption kinetics. A review of publications from the past 20 years has been used to assess common practice in 180 cases. There are worrying trends observed, such as lack of information on the actual conditions used in the experiment and the fact that the analysis of the data is often based on models that do not apply to the experimental systems used. To provide guidance to users of these techniques this contribution is divided into two parts: a discussion of the appropriate models to describe diffusion in porous materials is presented for different gravimetric and volumetric systems, followed by a structured discussion of the main trends in common practice uncovered reviewing a large number of recent publications. We conclude with recommendations for best practice to avoid incorrect interpretation of these experiments.
What drives relocation policies in the Maldives?
Authors: Gussmann Geronimo , Hinkel Jochen
Published: November 2020

The predominant responses to rising sea levels are in situ adaptations. However, increasing rates of sea-level rise will render ex situ adaptations—in the form of relocations—inevitable in some low-lying coastal zones. Particularly small island states like the Maldives face this significant adaptation challenge. Here, government action is necessary to move vulnerable communities out of flood-prone areas. Yet, little empirical knowledge exists about the governance of relocations. While the literature often highlights risks and benefits of relocations, it remains unclear how governments organized relocations and what drove relocation policy. Therefore, we examined Maldivian relocation policies from 1968 to 2018 to explain government support of relocations. For this, we used a qualitative research design and extended the multiple streams approach with the theoretical lens of historical institutionalism. To gather data, we conducted semi-structured interviews (n = 23) with relocation policy experts and locals affected by relocations. Interview data was complemented with a desk review of relevant laws, historical records, and policy documents. We find 29 completed and 25 failed cases of relocations in the 50-year period. Key drivers of relocation policies are focusing events, socioeconomic development, and institutionalized island autonomy. We find that relocations were predominantly initiated as means to facilitate economic development, not as a response to rising seas or coastal risk. With current rapid economic development and strengthened democratic institutions, relocations are not considered as a policy option anymore. We conclude that implementing relocations proactively will face significant barriers in the future, which highlights the urgency of successful in situ adaptations in the Maldives.
Bionic Bodies, Posthuman Violence and the Disembodied Criminal Subject
Authors: Gilani Sabrina
Published: November 2020

This article examines how the so-called disembodied criminal subject is given structure and form through the law of homicide and assault. By analysing how the body is materialised through the criminal law’s enactment of death and injury, this article suggests that the biological positioning of these harms of violence as uncontroversial, natural, and universal conditions of being ‘human’ cannot fully appreciate what makes violence wrongful for us, as embodied entities. Absent a theory of the body, and a consideration of corporeality, the criminal law risks marginalising, or altogether eliding, experiences of violence that do not align with its paradigmatic vision of what bodies can and must do when suffering its effects. Here I consider how the bionic body disrupts the criminal law’s understanding of human violence by being a body that is both organic and inorganic, and capable of experiencing and performing violence in unexpected ways. I propose that a criminal law that is more receptive to the changing, technologically mediated conditions of human existence would be one that takes the corporeal dimensions of violence more seriously and, as an extension of this, adopts an embodied, embedded, and relational understanding of human vulnerability to violence.
Edge-based analysis of networks: curvatures of graphs and hypergraphs
Authors: Eidi Marzieh , Farzam Amirhossein , Leal Wilmer , Samal Areejit , Jost Jürgen
Published: November 2020

The relations, rather than the elements, constitute the structure of networks. We therefore develop a systematic approach to the analysis of networks, modelled as graphs or hypergraphs, that is based on structural properties of (hyper)edges, instead of vertices. For that purpose, we utilize so-called network curvatures. These curvatures quantify the local structural properties of (hyper)edges, that is, how, and how well, they are connected to others. In the case of directed networks, they assess the input they receive and the output they produce, and relations between them. With those tools, we can investigate biological networks. As examples, we apply our methods here to protein–protein interaction, transcriptional regulatory and metabolic networks.
Zerlegung des Arbeitsschutzes in der Fleischindustrie durch Werkverträge – und die Notwendigkeit integrativen Arbeitsschutzes
Authors: Kohte Wolfhard , Rabe-Rosendahl Cathleen
Published: November 2020

Die katastrophalen Arbeitsbedingungen in der Fleischwirtschaft sind nicht erst seit der Corona-Pandemie bekannt, jedoch erwiesen sich in diesem Frühjahr insbesondere Schlachthöfe als Hotspots der Sars-CoV-2-Verbreitung. Die Bundesregierung hat im Sommer dieses Jahres einen Entwurf für ein Arbeitsschutzkontrollgesetz vorgelegt. Der Gesetzesentwurf sieht unter anderem ein Verbot des Einsatzes von Werkverträgen und Leiharbeit im Kernbereich der Fleischwirtschaft ab 1. Januar bzw 1. April 2021 vor.

Der vorliegende Artikel zeichnet die Versäumnisse der letzten Jahre nach und zeigt, warum in Fremdbeschäftigungskonstellationen die wichtige zwischenbetriebliche Kooperation im Arbeitsschutz in der Fleischindustrie kein Erfolgsmodell darstellen kann, da sich in der Fleischindustrie die Werkunternehmen in Bezug auf den Arbeitsschutz nicht durchsetzungsfähig und –willig sind. Der Beitrag beleuchtet, warum die Organisationspflichten des Betriebsinhabers ausschlaggebend für die Einhaltung nationaler und unionsrechtlicher Arbeitsschutz- und Lebensmittelhygienevorschriften ist und letztlich durch die Arbeitsschutzaufsichtsbehörden kontrolliert werden müssen. Der Beitrag unterstützt die Ziele des Gesetzentwurfs, doch ist zum Zeitpunkt des Redaktionsschlusses (16.11.2020) noch offen, ob der Entwurf ohne substantielle Verschlechterungen im Bundestag beschlossen wird.
Neural and Hormonal Correlates of Sexual Arousal in Transgender Persons
Authors: Mueller Sven C. , Wierckx Katrien , T'Sjoen Guy
Published: November 2020

Background

Whereas mounting work has begun to document the neural correlates underlying sexual arousal (SA) in humans, the associations between gender identity and the brain correlates of SA as well as their hormonal contributions remain unknown.

Aim

This study investigated neural activation to sexual arousal in transgender and cisgender persons.

Methods

20 transgender men and 19 transgender women (TW) already living in their identified gender were compared to 21 cisgender men (CM) and 19 cisgender women. Participants viewed erotic and neutral video clips while undergoing 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging.

Outcomes

Group-specific brain activation, brain functional connectivity, and brain-hormone associations within the neurophenomenological model of sexual arousal (Stoleru et al, 2012).

Results

Consistent with the model, participants activated most of its components. However, between-group differences were mostly showing larger activation for CM relative to any of the other 3 groups. Moreover, functional connectivity analyses (psychophysiological interactions) indicated unique patterns for CM, cisgender women, and TW in how different components of SA communicated with one another. Finally, androgens in transgender men and estrogens in TW correlated negatively with parietal cortex and primary (sensori-) motor regions, respectively, while CM showed positive correlations of androgens with parietal cortex, somatosensory regions, and the insula.

Clinical Implications

Data provide information on neurobiological changes in sexual arousal during treatment with gender-affirming hormone therapy.

Strengths & Limitations

Although a limitation is the lack of pretreatment data, the present study provides comprehensive information including brain activation, functional connectivity, and hormonal associations in a large sample.

Conclusions

The results highlight a complex picture of the neural correlates of SA in gender identity and sex assigned at birth.
Outcomes of RestoreX Penile Traction Therapy in Men with Peyronie’s Disease: Results from Open Label and Follow-Up Phases
Authors: Joseph Jason , Ziegelmann Matthew J. , Alom Manaf , Savage Joshua , Köhler Tobias S. , Trost Landon
Published: November 2020

Background

A randomized, controlled clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of RestoreX traction therapy in men with Peyronie’s disease (PD) has been completed, with the 3-month results previously reported. The present study presents outcomes from the open-label and follow-up phases of the original trial.

Aim

To report 6-month (open-label phase) and 9-month (follow-up phase) outcomes from a randomized, controlled trial (NCT03389854).

Methods

A randomized controlled trial was performed from 2017 to 2019 in 110 all-comer men with PD. Men were randomized 3:1 to RestoreX (PTT) or no therapy (control) for 3 months, followed by 3-month open-label and follow-up phases. Key outcomes included adverse events (AEs), changes in penile curvature and length, erectile function, and standardized and nonstandardized assessments of PD.

Outcomes

The primary outcomes are safety, penile length, penile curvature, Peyronie’s Disease Questionnaire, International Index of Erectile Function, and satisfaction.

Results

6-month (n = 64) and 9-month (n = 63) outcomes were reported, with a mean duration of PTT use of 31.1 minutes. No significant AEs were reported, with temporary erythema and discomfort being most common and resolving within minutes. On intent-to-treat analysis, control-to-PTT men experienced significant length (1.7–2.0 cm) and curvature improvements (18–20%). PTT-to-PTT men also achieved additional length (0.6–0.8 cm) without further curvature improvements. An as-treated analysis of PTT use ≥15 minute/day demonstrated 2.0- to 2.3-cm length gains (largest of any PTT to date) and 18–21% curve improvement. All sexual function domains of the International Index of Erectile Function and Peyronie’s Disease Questionnaire were significantly improved (except orgasmic domain). 95% of men treated for 6 months experienced length gains (mean 2.0–2.2 cm), and 61% had curve improvements (16.8–21.4° [32.8–35.8%]). RestoreX was preferred 3–4:1 over all other PD treatments, and 100% preferred it over other PTT devices.

Clinical Implications

Use of RestoreX 30 minutes daily results in significant length and curve improvements in PD men without significant AEs.

Strengths & Limitations

Strengths include largest randomized study of PTT, blinded assessments, and inclusion of all-comers with few restrictions; limitations include sample size that precludes comparisons between treatment cohorts and lack of long-duration (>3–9 hours) treatment arm.

Conclusion

PTT with RestoreX results in significant improvements in length, curve, and subjective and objective measures of sexual function without significant AEs. RestoreX PTT represents a safe, conservative, low-cost option for managing men with PD.
Palaeopathology
Authors: Waldron Tony
Published: November 2020

Palaeopathology is an evidence-based guide to the principal types of pathological lesions often found in human remains and how to diagnose them. Tony Waldron presents an innovative method of arriving at a diagnosis in the skeleton by applying what he refers to as 'operational definitions'. The method ensures that those who study bones will use the same criteria for diagnosing disease, thereby enabling valid comparisons to be made between studies. Waldron's book is based on modern clinical knowledge and provides background information on the natural history of bone disease. In addition, the volume demonstrates how results from studies should be analysed, methods of determining the frequency of disease, and other types of epidemiological analysis. This edition includes new chapters on the development of palaeopathology, basic concepts, health and disease, diagnosis, and spinal pathology. Chapters on analysis and interpretation have been thoroughly revised and enlarged.
Homosexuality, Transidentity, and Islam
Authors: Zahed Ludovic-Mohamed
Published: November 2020

With a foreword
from Jan Jaap de Ruiter. Translation and Afterword by Adi S.
Bharat. --In Homosexuality, Transidentity, and Islam: a Study of
Scripture Confronting the Politics of Gender and Sexuality,
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed systematically analyses the entirety of
Islamic scriptural sources that relate to the question of Gender
and Sexuality In relation to their historical contexts. Through
an approach that is certainly more politically engaged than that
of most Islamic thinkers of our time, he clarifies key
theological concepts that may seem esoteric to the uninitiated.
In doing so, he makes a compelling case for the compatibility of
sexual and Gender diversity within Islam. Zahed also examines
the historical and contemporary socio-political impacts of
inclusive and exclusive (or, quite simply, homophobic,
transphobic, and misogynistic) interpretations of scripture.
This important Study dynamically examines the connections
between Scripture, interpretation, and the Politics of Gender
and sexuality.
Acceptability and feasibility of using actigraphy to assess habitual physical activity and sleep parameters in men and women living in rural communities in conflict-affected Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Authors: Wood Lisa J. , Christian Mervyn , Perrin Nancy , Backikenge Mirindi Alfred , Heri Banywesize Jean , Murhula Mitima Clovis , Kajabika Binkurhorwa Arsene , Mitima Ntqali Eric , Ntakwinja Mushengezi Gisele , Mpanano Remy Mitima , Glass Nancy
Published: November 2020

Background

The goals of this study were to (1) determine the feasibility and acceptability of using actigraphy to objectively measure sleep quality and habitual physical activity in rural Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and (2) examine the relationship between sleep parameters, self-report symptoms, daytime physical activity, and physical function, including the ability to work.

Method

Thirty individuals were asked to wear a wrist-worn accelerometer for 5 nights and 4 days. Nighttime sleep parameters derived were average and intra-individual variability (IIV) in total sleep time (TST), sleep onset latency (SOL), sleep efficiency (SE), and wake after sleep onset (WASO). Daytime habitual physical data derived were average and peak activity and daytime napping.

Results

Ninety-three percent (n= 28) of participants completed the study. All participants who wore the device marked sleep and wake cycles and periods of non-wear using the marker. Trauma-related symptoms were not associated with mean or IIV in TST, SE, SOL, or WASO (p> 0.01). Those with higher levels of bodily pain slept longer (β= 0.633,p= 0.003, adjustedR2= 0.279), were more likely to report that their physical health limited their physical activities (β= 0.71,p< 0.001, adjustedR2= 0.679) and had greater difficulty doing daily work (β= 0.84,p= 0.001, adjustedR2= 0.665).

Conclusion

The use of actigraphy to collect objective measures of activity and sleep quality in rural post-conflict settings is feasible and acceptable. Our preliminary findings suggest that bodily pain and not trauma-related symptoms have a significant impact on sleep and functional outcomes in men and women survivors of prolonged conflict in the DRC.
Eastern Andalusian Spanish
Authors: de Haro Alfredo Herrero , Hajek John
Published: November 2020

Eastern Andalusian Spanish (henceforth EAS), is spoken in the east of Andalusia, the southernmost autonomous region of Spain. EAS is most similar to Western Andalusian Spanish (WAS) and to Murcian Spanish, the latter spoken in the autonomous region of Murcia, immediately to the east of Andalusia, and it shares some phonetic traits with EAS, such as vowel lowering. Geographically, Eastern Andalusia includes the provinces of Almería, Granada, Jaén and Málaga, although the precise linguistic delimitation of this area is somewhat more complicated (Figure 1). The main criterion to differentiate EAS from WAS is the lowering or opening of vowels preceding underlying /s/ (Villena Ponsoda 2000). More detailed information on the differences between EAS and WAS can be found in Jiménez Fernández (1999), Villena Ponsoda (2000), Moya Corral (2010) and Valeš (2014). According to Alvar, Llorente & Salvador (1973: map 1696), Cádiz and Huelva in the west are the only Andalusian provinces where vowel lowering before underlying /s/ is not found. As the geographical extent of this phenomenon is widely debated, it is difficult to calculate the precise number of speakers of EAS, but we can assert that this geolect is the native variety of Spanish of approximately 2,800,000 speakers if we take into account the figures from the last census of Andalusia in 2011 (Instituto de Estadística y Cartografía de Andalucía 2011).
MARKOV CHAIN METHOD FOR COMPUTING THE RELIABILITY OF HAMMOCK NETWORKS
Authors: Jianu Marilena , Ciuiu Daniel , Dăuş Leonard , Jianu Mihail
Published: November 2020

In this paper, we develop a new method for evaluating the reliability polynomial of a hammock network. The method is based on a homogeneous absorbing Markov chain and provides the exact reliability for networks of width less than 5 and arbitrary length. Moreover, it produces a lower bound for the reliability polynomial for networks of width greater than or equal to 5. To investigate how sharp this lower bound is, we compare our method with other approximation methods and it proves to be the most accurate in terms of absolute as well as relative error. Using the fundamental matrix, we also calculate the average time to absorption, which provides the mean length of a network that is expected to work.
Natural language processing for similar languages, varieties, and dialects: A survey
Authors: Zampieri Marcos , Nakov Preslav , Scherrer Yves
Published: November 2020

There has been a lot of recent interest in the natural language processing (NLP) community in the computational processing of language varieties and dialects, with the aim to improve the performance of applications such as machine translation, speech recognition, and dialogue systems. Here, we attempt to survey this growing field of research, with focus on computational methods for processing similar languages, varieties, and dialects. In particular, we discuss the most important challenges when dealing with diatopic language variation, and we present some of the available datasets, the process of data collection, and the most common data collection strategies used to compile datasets for similar languages, varieties, and dialects. We further present a number of studies on computational methods developed and/or adapted for preprocessing, normalization, part-of-speech tagging, and parsing similar languages, language varieties, and dialects. Finally, we discuss relevant applications such as language and dialect identification and machine translation for closely related languages, language varieties, and dialects.
Introduction: special issue on the environment, resources and pollution – new challenges for economic development
Authors: Martínez-Zarzoso Inma , Oberst Christian , Turcu Camélia
Published: November 2020

This special issue contains a selection of six articles in the field of environmental and resource economics, which were presented in INFER workshops and supported events over the last two years. The topics include the effects of income inequality and freedom of the press on environmental stringency; the trade-environment nexus in China; the behavior of cross-country growth rates with respect to resource abundance and dependence; a stochastic frontier analysis to show that technological change is biased more towards energy rather than labor; how recycling and environmental taxes can affect the imbalances between the availability of and the demand for rare earth elements; and the interaction between demographic features and environmental constraints in Caribbean small island developing states. The papers include three empirical contributions and three methodological approaches, which help to improve our understanding of these topics.
Effects of maternal periconceptional undernutrition in sheep on offspring glucose–insulin axis function into adulthood
Authors: Oliver Mark H. , Bloomfield Frank H. , Bansal Amita , Phua Hui Hui , Thorstensen Eric B. , Harding Jane E. , Jaquiery Anne L.
Published: November 2020

Maternal periconceptional undernutrition (PCUN) affected fetal pancreatic maturation in late gestation lambs and impaired glucose tolerance in 10-month-old sheep. To examine the importance of the timing of maternal undernutrition around conception, a further cohort was born to PCUN ewes [undernourished for 61 d before conception (PreC), 30 d after conception (PostC), or 61 d before until 30 d after conception (PrePostC)], or normally fed ewes (Control) (n = 15–20/group). We compared glucose tolerance, insulin secretion, and sensitivity at 36 months of age. We also examined protein expression of insulin signalling proteins in muscle from these animals and in muscle from a fetal cohort (132 d of gestation; n = 7–10/group). Adult PostC and PrePostC sheep had higher glucose area under the curve than Controls (P = 0.07 and P = 0.02, respectively), whereas PreC sheep were similar to Controls (P = 0.97). PostC and PrePostC had reduced first-phase insulin secretion compared with Control (P = 0.03 and P = 0.02, respectively). PreC was similar to Control (P = 0.12). Skeletal muscle SLC2A4 protein expression in PostC and PrePostC was increased 19%–58% in fetuses (P = 0.004), but decreased 39%–43% in adult sheep (P = 0.003) compared with Controls. Consistent with this, protein kinase C zeta (PKCζ) protein expression tended to be increased in fetal (P = 0.09) and reduced in adult (P = 0.07) offspring of all PCUN ewes compared with Controls. Maternal PCUN alters several aspects of offspring glucose homeostasis into adulthood. These findings suggest that maternal periconceptional nutrition has a lasting impact on metabolic homeostasis of the offspring.
Relationship between Assumed Differential Socialization and Emotional Disorders in Women: A Form of Covert Social Violence
Authors: Vinagre-González Agustina María , Aparicio-García Marta Evelia , Alvarado Jesús M.
Published: November 2020

Women suffer different forms of violence, both explicit and covert, due to gender asymmetry. This study analyzes the relationship between the internalization of norms assigned to the female gender understood as a form of covert social violence and the presence of anxiety and depression. 286 women were evaluated with the Inventory of Concealed Social Violence (IVISEM) to measure the internalization of gender norms, the Inventory of Situations and Responses to Anxiety (ISRA), to measure anxiety, and the Three-Dimensional Depression Questionnaire (CTD) to measure depression. In addition, the possible influence of some variables such as maternity, age and marital status on the internalization of norms and on the presence of emotional alterations is discussed. The findings showed the relationship between IVISEM factors and the seven health indicators measured. Age appeared as a modulating variable in relation to cognitive anxiety and depression and marital status is related to all depression factors. The results show that women's internalization of gender norms can be understood as hidden social violence, since it was associated with high scores in anxiety and depression.
TEXTUAL TRIAGE AND PASTORAL CARE IN THE CAROLINGIAN AGE: THE EXAMPLE OF THE RULE OF BENEDICT
Authors: BRUCE SCOTT G.
Published: November 2020

The sixth-century Rule of Benedict became a foundational text for the practice of Christian monasticism in medieval Europe, but its utility extended outside of the monastery as well. In the Carolingian period church prelates repurposed parts of this influential monastic handbook for the purpose of pastoral care. In the decades around 800 CE, excerpts from the rule appeared in several composite manuscripts made for the instruction of parish priests and by extension their lay audiences. Benedict's fourth chapter on the “Instruments of Good Works” was deemed particularly useful in the context of preaching to lay people not only because of its ecumenical message to love God and one's neighbor but also due to its formulaic and repetitive idiom. This study examines the redeployment of extracts of the Rule of Benedict for the cura animarum in Carolingian parishes with particular attention to the role of Bishop Theodulf of Orléans (ca. 760–821) in disseminating Benedict's teachings beyond the walls of the cloister.
THE CAROLINGIAN RENEWAL IN EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE THROUGH HRABANUS MAURUS'SCOMMENTARY ON MATTHEW
Authors: PHELAN OWEN M.
Published: November 2020

Hrabanus Maurus'sCommentary on Matthewprovides a lens through which to view the centrality of biblical studies to Carolingian reform initiatives. The commentary sits amid a burst of interest in Matthew's Gospel in the first quarter of the ninth century. It also occupies a central place in Hrabanus's program for clerical education and renewal. Hrabanus imagined the work as a user-friendly reference guide or introductory text and structured the commentary with highly sophisticated and complementary indexing, organizing, and searching features to privilege ease of use. Hrabanus's design allows for quick appreciation and simple interpretation of the Gospel's overall narrative structure, its principal episodes, and its individual verses. Moreover, Hrabanus took painstaking effort to document the numerous patristic sources upon which he drew in building the commentary, as well as to acknowledge when he contributed thoughts of his own. The manuscript record, epistolary remarks, sermon texts, and literary references — including in the vernacular — testify to broad dissemination and use of the commentary by Hrabanus's network of patrons, peers, and students across Frankish Europe. Attention to the structure, content, and influence of the commentary expands scholarly appreciation of Hrabanus's genius beyond his achievements as an abbot and bishop or as a prolific biblical exegete, to include resourcefulness and practicality in teaching. Moreover, the study illumines the close association Carolingian leaders saw between biblical studies and broader cultural renewal along with the networks connecting leaders across the Frankish world as they reflected upon and promoted reform.
Nachhaltige Praxis
Authors: Stiehl Simon , Büscher Andreas
Published: November 2020

Zusammenfassung. In diesem erfahrungsbasierten Artikel geht es um die praktische Anwendung von Recovery-Strukturen-Setting und den Versuch, das Potenzial von Recovery für den rehabilitativen Bereich der Psychiatrie herauszustellen. Darüber hinaus wird weiterer Forschungsbedarf dargestellt. Hintergrund ist ein zehnwöchiges Praktikum in einer Tagesklinik in der Schweiz.
Jeder verhinderte Suizid ist ein Erfolg
Authors: Walter Esther
Published: November 2020

Zusammenfassung. Personen in psychiatrischen Einrichtungen sowie nach dem Austritt sind besonders suizidgefährdet. Deshalb hat das Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG) zusammen mit weiteren Akteur_innen Empfehlungen für Gesundheitsfachpersonen erarbeitet. Sie helfen, diesen Prozess „sicherer“ zu machen.
Different Models, Different Answers in Water Resource Planning
Authors: Cook Terri
Published: November 2020

The experimental design used in climate vulnerability assessments can strongly influence the assessments’ findings and skew decisions about which factors are most important for informing adaptation.
An Improbable Collaboration
Authors: Southwood David J. , Kivelson Margaret G.
Published: November 2020

Fifty years of collaboration between the authors are reviewed. Common themes cover magnetospheric magnetohydrodynamic phenomena: MHD waves, wave‐particle interactions, circulation, global modes and field line resonances in the terrestrial context, and magnetosphere‐moon interactions, transport processes, instabilities, and global structure in the magnetospheres of giant planets. Over the period reviewed, instrumentation has improved, particularly in particle detectors, and interpretations that seemed radical when first suggested are now supported by measurements and seem commonplace.
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Forecasting of the wind speed under uncertainty
Authors: Aslam Muhammad
Published: November 2020

In this paper, the semi-average method under neutrosophic statistics is introduced. The trend regression line for the semi-average method is given in the presence of Neutrosophy in the data. The application of the semi-average method under indeterminacy is given with the help of wind speed data. The efficiency of the semi-average method under the neutrosophic statistics is discussed over the semi-average method under classical statistics. From the analysis, it is concluded that the proposed method is effective, informative, and flexible for the forecasting of wind speed.
Acute pathophysiological myocardial changes following intra-cardiac electrical shocks using a proteomic approach in a sheep model
Authors: Bodin Alexandre , Labas Valérie , Bisson Arnaud , Teixeira-Gomes Ana-Paula , Blasco Hélène , Tomas Daniel , Combes-Soia Lucie , Marcelo Paulo , Miquelestorena-Standley Elodie , Baron Christophe , Angoulvant Denis , Babuty Dominique , Clementy Nicolas
Published: November 2020

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) are meant to fight life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias and reduce overall mortality. Ironically, life-saving shocks themselves have been shown to be independently associated with an increased mortality. We sought to identify myocardial changes at the protein level immediately after ICD electrical shocks using a proteomic approach. ICD were surgically implanted in 10 individuals of a healthy male sheep model: a control group (N = 5) without any shock delivery and a shock group (N = 5) with the delivery of 5 consecutive shocks at 41 J. Myocardial tissue samples were collected at the right-ventricle apex near to the lead coil and at the right ventricle basal free wall region. Global quantitative proteomics experiments on myocardial tissue samples were performed using mass spectrometry techniques. Proteome was significantly modified after electrical shock and several mechanisms were associated: protein, DNA and membrane damages due to extreme physical conditions induced by ICD-shock but also due to regulated cell death; metabolic remodeling; oxidative stress; calcium dysregulation; inflammation and fibrosis. These proteome modifications were seen in myocardium both “near” and “far” from electrical shock region. N-term acetylated troponin C was an interesting tissular biomarker, significantly decreased after electrical shock in the “far” region (AUC: 0.93). Our data support an acute shock-induced myocardial tissue injury which might be involved in acute paradoxical deleterious effects such as heart failure and ventricular arrhythmias.
A new technique for measurement of subrotational lifetime of molecular ions
Authors: Rajput Jyoti , Kumar Herendra , Bhatt Pragya , Safvan C. P.
Published: November 2020

Singly and multiply charged molecular ions are found in diverse environments and hold relevance for a wide range of research areas like combustion chemistry, accelerator physics, atmospheric sciences, plasma physics, astrophysics etc. Molecular dications are of special significance as they can be generated and studied comparatively easily in laboratory experiments. And they have enabled exploration of new and exciting phenomenon such as hydrogen migration, inter-atomic Coulombic decay, plasmonic excitations, orbital tomography etc. The lifetime of a molecular dication is one of its fundamental characteristics, whose measurement contributes to strengthening ab initio calculations and in predicting the concentration of its dissociation products. Most of the already reported lifetimes of molecular dications are in the range of nanoseconds to seconds and metastable states with lifetimes of the order of picoseconds have only been theoretical predicted and an experimental verification is pending. We present a method of measuring subrotational lifetimes of molecular dications formed in three-body sequential breakup of polyatomic molecular precursors. Specifically, we have measured the subrotational lifetime of $$\hbox {SO}^{2+}$$

SO

2
+

, which is formed as an intermediate in the three-body sequential fragmentation of $$\hbox {SO}_2^{3+}$$

SO
2

3
+

. The lifetime against dissociation is determined to be a fraction of the rotational period of $$\hbox {SO}^{2+}$$

SO

2
+

and is of the order of few picoseconds. The method proposed is general and is not restricted to triatomic precursors.
Polyrhythmic foraging and competitive coexistence
Authors: Mougi Akihiko
Published: November 2020

The current ecological understanding still does not fully explain how biodiversity is maintained. One strategy to address this issue is to contrast theoretical prediction with real competitive communities where diverse species share limited resources. I present, in this study, a new competitive coexistence theory-diversity of biological rhythms. I show that diversity in activity cycles plays a key role in coexistence of competing species, using a two predator-one prey system with diel, monthly, and annual cycles for predator foraging. Competitive exclusion always occurs without activity cycles. Activity cycles do, however, allow for coexistence. Furthermore, each activity cycle plays a different role in coexistence, and coupling of activity cycles can synergistically broaden the coexistence region. Thus, with all activity cycles, the coexistence region is maximal. The present results suggest that polyrhythmic changes in biological activity in response to the earth’s rotation and revolution are key to competitive coexistence. Also, temporal niche shifts caused by environmental changes can easily eliminate competitive coexistence.
Electrically conductive 1D coordination polymers: design strategies and controlling factors
Authors: Ahmed Faruk , Dutta Basudeb , Mir Mohammad Hedayetullah
Published: November 2020

This frontier article highlights the design strategy and controlling factors that affect the electrical conductivity of 1D coordination polymers.
Systematic comparison of the structure of homoleptic tetradentate N2O2-type Schiff base complexes of tetravalent f-elements (M(iv) = Ce, Th, U, Np, and Pu) in solid state and in solution
Authors: Radoske Thomas , Kloditz Roger , Fichter Sebastian , März Juliane , Kaden Peter , Patzschke Michael , Schmidt Moritz , Stumpf Thorsten , Walter Olaf , Ikeda-Ohno Atsushi
Published: November 2020

Tetradentate N2O2-type Schiff base complexes with tetravalent 4f- and 5f-block metals, [M(salpn)2] (H2salpn = N,N′-disalicylidene-1,3-diaminopropane; M = Ce, Th, U, Np, and Pu), were characterised both in the solid state and in solution.
Role of microporous Janus silica nanosheets in the assembly of ultra-small Ag nanoparticles with high catalytic activity
Authors: Yang Mengnan , Yan Zhaoli , Li Tiantian , Liu Bing , Jing Qiangshan , Liu Peng
Published: November 2020

Negatively charged surface hydroxyls and micropores of Janus silica nanosheets play a particular role in the highly efficient and dispersed assembly of ultra-small Ag nanoparticles with high catalytic activity.
A single-phase full-visible-spectrum phosphor for white light-emitting diodes with ultra-high color rendering
Authors: Zhang Xiangting , Zhang Dan , Zheng Zhibo , Zheng Baofeng , Song Yanhua , Zheng Keyan , Sheng Ye , Shi Zhan , Zou Haifeng
Published: November 2020

Through the regulation of energy transfer in the phosphor, a single-phase full-visible-spectrum YMAS:Eu2+,Mn2+ phosphor-converted WLED achieves an ultra-high Ra value.
Quantum chemical (QM:MM) investigation of the mechanism of enzymatic reaction of tryptamine and N,N-dimethyltryptamine with monoamine oxidase A
Authors: Kubicskó Károly , Farkas Ödön
Published: November 2020

Oxidation mechanism pathways of psychedelic N,N-dimethyltryptamine, or the so-called “spirit molecule”, with monoamine oxidase A enzyme were determined.
Recent highlights of biosynthetic studies on marine natural products
Authors: Amiri Moghaddam Jamshid , Jautzus Theresa , Alanjary Mohammad , Beemelmanns Christine
Published: November 2020

Marine bacteria are excellent yet often underexplored sources of structurally unique bioactive natural products.
Recent advances and prospects in the metal-free synthesis of quinolines
Authors: Harry Nissy Ann , Ujwaldev Sankuviruthiyil M. , Anilkumar Gopinathan
Published: November 2020

Metal-free synthesis of quinolines has recently gained attention, and this review focuses on the recent advances in the metal-free synthesis of quinolines.
Synthetic algorithm for deinterleaving radar signals in a complex environment
Authors: Chunjie Zhang , Yuchen Liu , Weijian Si
Published: November 2020

The electronic support measure has a pivotal role in electronic warfare. Radar signal deinterleaving achieves complex radar pulse streams to deinterleave by analysing the intercepted radar emitter signals and estimating the pulse repetition interval (PRI) values. At present, most of the deinterleaving algorithms use the classical model of pre‐sorting combined with the PRI deinterleaving algorithm, which is challenging to adapt to the current radar environment. The agility of pulse parameters increases the error rate; the existence of PRI jitter and pulse missing leads to the sub‐harmonic problem and low estimation accuracy; the overall algorithm real time is mediocre. To overcome these disadvantages, the authors propose a synthetic algorithm incorporating the statistical histogram into pre‐sorting, combining the improved sequence difference histogram algorithm with the multi‐width PRI transform in PRI deinterleaving. The simulation results show that the algorithm can accurately estimate the PRI values in a short time and detect various radar signals. C language experiments validate the algorithm in real time.
Orbital evolution of potentially habitable planets of tidally interacting binary stars
Authors: Graham David E. , Fleming David P. , Barnes Rory
Published: November 2020

We simulate the coupled stellar and tidal evolution of short-period binary stars (orbital period Porb ≲ 8 days) to investigate the orbital oscillations, instellation cycles, and orbital stability of circumbinary planets (CBPs). We consider two tidal models and show that both predict an outward-then-inward evolution of the binary’s semi-major axis abin and eccentricity ebin. This orbital evolution drives a similar evolution of the minimum CBP semi-major axis for orbital stability. By expanding on previous models to include the evolution of the mass concentration, we show that the maximum in the CBP orbital stability limit tends to occur 100 Myr after the planets form, a factor of 100 longer than previous investigations. This result provides further support for the hypothesis that the early stellar-tidal evolution of binary stars has removed CBPs from short-period binaries. We then apply the models to Kepler-47 b, a CBP orbiting close to its host stars’ stability limit, to show that if the binary’s initial ebin ≳ 0.24, the planet would have been orbiting within the instability zone in the past and probably wouldn’t have survived. For stable, hypothetical cases in which the stability limit does not reach a planet’s orbit, we find that the amplitudes of abin and ebin oscillations can damp by up to 10% and 50%, respectively. Finally, we consider equal-mass stars with Porb = 7.5 days and compare the HZ to the stability limit. We find that for stellar masses ≲0.12 M⊙, the HZ is completely unstable, even if the binary orbit is circular. For ebin ≲ 0.5, that limit increases to 0.17 M⊙, and the HZ is partially destabilized for stellar masses up to 0.45 M⊙. These results may help guide searches for potentially habitable CBPs, as well as characterize their evolution and likelihood to support life after they are found.
A random forest-based selection of optically variable AGN in the VST-COSMOS field
Authors: De Cicco D. , Bauer F. E. , Paolillo M. , Cavuoti S. , Sánchez-Sáez P. , Brandt W. N. , Pignata G. , Vaccari M. , Radovich M.
Published: November 2020

Context.The survey of the COSMOS field by the VLT Survey Telescope is an appealing testing ground for variability studies of active galactic nuclei (AGN). With 54r-band visits over 3.3 yr and a single-visit depth of 24.6r-band mag, the dataset is also particularly interesting in the context of performance forecasting for theVera C. RubinObservatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST).

Aims.This work is the fifth in a series dedicated to the development of an automated, robust, and efficient methodology to identify optically variable AGN, aimed at deploying it on future LSST data.

Methods.We test the performance of a random forest (RF) algorithm in selecting optically variable AGN candidates, investigating how the use of different AGN labeled sets (LSs) and features sets affects this performance. We define a heterogeneous AGN LS and choose a set of variability features and optical and near-infrared colors based on what can be extracted from LSST data.

Results.We find that an AGN LS that includes only Type I sources allows for the selection of a highly pure (91%) sample of AGN candidates, obtaining a completeness with respect to spectroscopically confirmed AGN of 69% (vs. 59% in our previous work). The addition of colors to variability features mildly improves the performance of the RF classifier, while colors alone prove less effective than variability in selecting AGN as they return contaminated samples of candidates and fail to identify most host-dominated AGN. We observe that a bright (r ≲ 21 mag) AGN LS is able to retrieve candidate samples not affected by the magnitude cut, which is of great importance as faint AGN LSs for LSST-related studies will be hard to find and likely imbalanced. We estimate a sky density of 6.2 × 106AGN for the LSST main survey down to our current magnitude limit.