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The Big Five personality traits and the fear of COVID-19 in predicting depression and anxiety among Japanese nurses caring for COVID-19 patients: A cross-sectional study in Wakayama prefecture
Authors: Odachi Ryo , Takahashi Shun , Sugawara Daichi , Tabata Michiyo , Kajiwara Tomomi , Hironishi Masaya , Buyo Momoko
Published: October 2022

Recent studies have found a relationship between fear of COVID-19 and mental health problems. Medical workers caring for COVID-19 patients tend to suffer from mental health problems; however, the impact of their personality traits, in the form of mental problems like depression and anxiety in Japan is unclear. In this study, we investigated the risk of nurses’ depression and anxiety, predicted by the fear of COVID-19 and the Big Five personality traits. A total of 417 nurses working in hospitals providing care to COVID-19 patients in Wakayama prefecture of the Kansai region participated in this study. The questionnaires comprised items on nurses’ basic characteristics and three scales: the Fear of COVID-19 Scale 2020, the Big-Five Scale, and the Japanese version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Depression and anxiety in the HADS were set as dependent variables, and basic attributes, fear, and personality traits as independent variables; multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted. The questionnaire, with no missing items was distributed from February to March 2021. Neuroticism (OR = 1.06, 95%CI = 1.03–1.09) was the only significant factor associated with the depression symptom, and both FCV-19S scores (OR = 1.16, 95%CI = 1.09–1.23) and neuroticism (OR = 1.09, 95%CI = 1.06–1.13) were the significant factors associated with anxiety. The Nagelkerke’s R squared was 0.171 in the depression model and 0.366 in the anxiety model. Thus, it was found that it is necessary to support nurses’ mental health by developing methods suitable to their personalities.
Adhesions in abdomino-pelvic surgeries: A real economic impact?
Authors: Capmas Perrine , Payen Florent , Lemaire Anais , Fernandez Hervé
Published: October 2022

Study objective

To evaluate the epidemiologic and economic burden related to adhesions and their complications for the French healthcare system.

Design

A descriptive and economic retrospective analysis.

Setting

Medicalized information system program (PMSI), national scale of costs.

Patients

Female patients operated on to treat adhesions related complications in 2019.

Interventions

All patients with coded adhesiolysis acts were selected in order to identify the characteristics of Diagnosis related groups (DRG) and compare them with the general DRGs. Then, a sub-analysis on surgery types (laparoscopy or open procedures) was performed to evaluate impact adhesions development and Length of Stay. Lastly, direct costs of adhesions for the healthcare system were quantified based upon adhesiolysis acts coded as main diagnosis.

Measurements and main results

26.387 adhesiolysis procedures were listed in France in 2019 through 8 adhesiolysis acts regrouping open surgeries and laparoscopic procedures. Adhesiolysis was coded in up to 34% in some DRGs for laparoscopic procedures. 1551 (1461 studied in our study) surgeries have been realized in 2019 with main procedure: adhesiolysis. These surgeries were associated with an expense of €4 million for the healthcare system for rehospitalizations and reoperations only. Social costs such as sick leaves, drugs and other cares haven’t been taken in consideration.

Conclusion

Adhesions related complications represent a massive burden for patients and an expensive problem for society. These difficulties may likely to be reduced by a broader use of antiadhesion barriers, at least in some targeted procedures.
Multivariate analysis of roadway multi-fatality crashes using association rules mining and rules graph structures: A case study in China
Authors: Gu Chenwei , Xu Jinliang , Gao Chao , Mu Minghao , E Guangxun , Ma Yongji
Published: October 2022

Roadway multi-fatality crashes have always been a vital issue for traffic safety. This study aims to explore the contributory factors and interdependent characteristics of multi-fatality crashes using a novel framework combining association rules mining and rules graph structures. A case study is conducted using data from 1068 severe fatal crashes in China from 2015 to 2020, and 1452 interesting rules are generated using an association rule mining approach. Several modular rules graph structures are constructed based on graph theory to reflect the interactions and patterns between different variables. The results indicate that multi-fatality crashes are highly associated with improper operations, passenger overload, fewer lanes, mountainous terrain, and run-off-the-road crashes, representing the key variables of factors concerning driver, vehicle, road, environment, and accident, respectively. Furthermore, crashes involving different severity levels, road categories, and terrain are verified to possess unique association rules and independent crash patterns. Moreover, the proportion of severe crashes caused by a combination of human-vehicle-road-environment factors (43%) is much higher than that of normal crashes (3%). This study reveals that the hidden associations between various factors contribute to the overrepresentation and severity of multi-fatality crashes. It also demonstrates that the crash mechanisms involving multi-fatality crashes and their interactions are more complex at the system level than those for normal crashes. The proposed framework can effectively map the intrinsic link between multiple crash factors and potential risks, providing transportation agencies with helpful insights for targeted safety measures and preventive strategies.
Evaluation of barometric whole-body plethysmography for therapy monitoring in cats with feline lower airway disease
Authors: Gareis Hannah , Hörner-Schmid Lina , Zablotski Yury , Palić Jelena , Schulz Bianka
Published: October 2022

Objectives

Feline lower airway disease (FLAD) is a common respiratory condition in cats. Traditionally, response to therapy is monitored only by evaluation of clinical signs and radiographic examination of the lungs. Barometric whole-body plethysmography (BWBP) is considered a non-invasive, well-tolerated form of measuring airway reactivity in cats. The aim of the study was to assess pulmonary function testing by BWBP for non-invasive evaluation of response to therapy in cats with FLAD and to investigate whether BWBP parameters correlate with clinical severity.

Material and methods

The prospective study included 25 client-owned cats, diagnosed with FLAD on the basis of their medical history, clinical signs, radiographic findings, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) examination. At three time points (day 0, 14, and 60), a standardised owner questionnaire, a clinical examination and BWBP measurements were carried out. Results of the questionnaire and the clinical examination were evaluated using a clinical 12-point score. Individual therapy was administered to all patients after diagnosis, based on the severity of disease and compliance of the cat.

Results

The total clinical score significantly improved over the entire study period (p<0.001). Significant improvement was detected for the frequency of coughing (p = 0.009), respiratory distress (p = 0.001), lung auscultation findings (p = 0.002), and general condition and appetite (p = 0.045). The BWBP parameterPenh, an indicator of bronchoconstriction, improved significantly under initial therapy between day 0 and 14 (p = 0.009). A significant correlation betweenPenhand the severity of auscultation findings was seen on day 0 (r = 0.40; p = 0.013).

Conclusion

The study supports the role ofPenhas a non-invasive parameter for monitoring initial treatment response in cats with FLAD. Further studies are needed to address whether other BWBP parameters might be suitable for non-invasive therapy monitoring of FLAD. Clinical evaluation is always essential in cats with FLAD to evaluate treatment response.
Age prediction from coronary angiography using a deep neural network: Age as a potential label to extract prognosis-related imaging features
Authors: Sawano Shinnosuke , Kodera Satoshi , Sato Masataka , Katsushika Susumu , Sukeda Issei , Takeuchi Hirotoshi , Shinohara Hiroki , Kobayashi Atsushi , Takiguchi Hiroshi , Hirose Kazutoshi , Kamon Tatsuya , Saito Akihito , Kiriyama Hiroyuki , Miura Mizuki , Minatsuki Shun , Kikuchi Hironobu , Higashikuni Yasutomi , Takeda Norifumi , Fujiu Katsuhito , Ando Jiro , Akazawa Hiroshi , Morita Hiroyuki , Komuro Issei
Published: October 2022

Coronary angiography (CAG) is still considered the reference standard for coronary artery assessment, especially in the treatment of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Although aging causes changes in coronary arteries, the age-related imaging features on CAG and their prognostic relevance have not been fully characterized. We hypothesized that a deep neural network (DNN) model could be trained to estimate vascular age only using CAG and that this age prediction from CAG could show significant associations with clinical outcomes of ACS. A DNN was trained to estimate vascular age using ten separate frames from each of 5,923 CAG videos from 572 patients. It was then tested on 1,437 CAG videos from 144 patients. Subsequently, 298 ACS patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were analysed to assess whether predicted age by DNN was associated with clinical outcomes. Age predicted as a continuous variable showed mean absolute error of 4 years with R squared of 0.72 (r = 0.856). Among the ACS patients stratified by predicted age from CAG images before PCI, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) were more frequently observed in the older vascular age group than in the younger vascular age group (p = 0.017). Furthermore, after controlling for actual age, gender, peak creatine kinase, and history of heart failure, the older vascular age group independently suffered from more MACE (hazard ratio 2.14, 95% CI 1.07 to 4.29, p = 0.032). The vascular age estimated based on CAG imaging by DNN showed high predictive value. The age predicted from CAG images by DNN could have significant associations with clinical outcomes in patients with ACS.
Pain-related fear of movement dynamics in individuals with and without low back pain participating in weightlifting and/or powerlifting training
Authors: Liew Bernard X. W. , Syrett Josce , Freeman Paul , Evans David W.
Published: October 2022

Purpose

Pain-free adults in the general population have been shown to possess unhelpful beliefs that certain movements and postures are harmful to the spine, potentially reinforcing fear-avoidance behaviour. Whether such beliefs occur in individuals undertaking regular powerlifting (PL) and Olympic weightlifting (OWL) training is unclear.

Methods

In a cross-sectional study design, 67 individuals who participate in OWL and PL training completed an online survey. Demographic characteristics, training history, and self-reported perceptions of harm, on the 40-item Photograph Series of Daily Activities shortened electronic version (PHODA-SeV), were collected. After removing collinear variables, 13 items were entered into a network analysis, in which the adjusted correlations between items, and the centrality indices of each item (i.e., the degree of connection with other symptoms in the network) were quantified.

Results

Twenty-one (31.3%) participants had LBP symptoms. The pairwise correlations with the greatest magnitudes were between images of ‘leg stretch’ and ‘jumping’ (0.32 [95%CI 0.08 to 0.45]) and two images depicting ironing (0.32 [95%CI 0.05 to 0.54]) respectively. The three most Central (connected) items were ‘stair ascend’, ‘walking with groceries’, and ‘mopping with spine flexion’.

Conclusions

For individuals training in OWL and PL, images reflecting walking, rather than those depicting high spinal flexion angle, had greater connectivity to other activity items. In addition, the strongest correlations were not between items reflecting high spinal flexion angle. Future studies that investigate the relationship between different intensities of OWL and PL training and the dynamics of pain-related fear are warranted.
Stress and viral insults do not trigger E200K PrP conversion in human cerebral organoids
Authors: Smith Anna , Groveman Bradley R. , Winkler Clayton , Williams Katie , Walters Ryan , Yuan Jue , Zou Wenquan , Peterson Karin , Foliaki Simote T. , Haigh Cathryn L.
Published: October 2022

Prion diseases are a group of rare, transmissible, and invariably fatal neurodegenerative diseases that affect both humans and animals. The cause of these diseases is misfolding of the prion protein into pathological isoforms called prions. Of all human prion diseases, 10–15% of cases are genetic and the E200K mutation, which causes familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), is the most prevalent. For both sporadic and genetic disease, it remains uncertain as to how initial protein misfolding is triggered. Prior studies have linked protein misfolding with oxidative stress insults, deregulated interactions with cellular cofactors, and viral infections. Our previous work developed a cerebral organoid (CO) model using human induced pluripotent stem cells containing the E200K mutation. COs are three-dimensional human neural tissues that permit the study of host genetics and environmental factors that contribute to disease onset. Isogenically matched COs with and without the E200K mutation were used to investigate the propensity of E200K PrP to misfold following cellular insults associated with oxidative stress. Since viral infections have also been associated with oxidative stress and neurodegenerative diseases, we additionally investigated the influence of Herpes Simplex Type-1 virus (HSV1), a neurotropic virus that establishes life-long latent infection in its host, on E200K PrP misfolding. While COs proved to be highly infectable with HSV1, neither acute nor latent infection, or direct oxidative stress insult, resulted in evidence of E200K prion misfolding. We conclude that misfolding into seeding-active PrP species is not readily induced by oxidative stress or HSV1 in our organoid system.
Teaching museum education without the museum: A case study of collaborative virtual teaching in the age of COVID-19
Authors: DiCindio Carissa , Rasmussen Briley
Published: October 2022

Teaching virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic presented myriad challenges for teachers and students around the globe. For art museum educators, the pandemic also forced consideration of questions about the core activities of art museums, the value of museum experiences and why we come together to look at and discuss art together in these public spaces. The physical spaces of museums and direct encounters with objects that were once regarded as essentials of museum education, were now inaccessible or had limited access due to pandemic restrictions. This article presents a collaborative project between two art museum education courses and two universities developed during the pandemic as a way to explore some of these questions, design methods of engaging audiences with art and ideas from respective university collections and build new collegial relationships.
Virtual reality and augmented reality technologies for art education: The perceptions and responses of undergraduate students
Authors: Song Borim
Published: October 2022

The emergent culture of COVID-19 underscored a gap among generations with regard to their responses to new innovations in the education field. This article explores the educational potential of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) for the secondary art curriculum through the perspectives and responses of undergraduate art students. The article examines the writing outcomes of a discussion board forum activity that I created to invite the students to share their responses to and reflections on the use of VR/AR technologies in visual art and art education. I share the students’ perspectives on VR/AR use for studio art making under the following three themes: (1) excitement about the new art medium, (2) strengths and risks and (3) educational potential for K–12 curriculum integration. In discussing the students’ reflections, contemporary artists’ use of VR/AR is also explored as a resource for art educators. I end the article by providing suggestions for art educators interested in incorporating VA/AR into their art lessons.
Routledge Handbook of Street Culture, Jeffrey Ian Ross (ed.) (2022)
Authors: Funk Clayton
Published: October 2022

Review of: Routledge Handbook of Street Culture, Jeffrey Ian Ross (ed.) (2022)

London and New York: Routledge,

ISBN 978-0-36755-953-3, 422 p., p/bk, £31.99
The efficiency of contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) combined with EUS elastography for pancreatic cancer diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Shin Claire M. , Villa Edward
Published: October 2022

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the performance characteristics of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) elastography combined with contrast-enhanced EUS (CE-EUS) for the diagnosis of pancreatic malignancy among solid pancreatic lesions (SPLs).Methods: A comprehensive literature search using MEDLINE, Embase, and the Cochrane Library was performed from January 1991 through December 2020. The pooled performance characteristics, including sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (LR+), negative likelihood ratio (LR-), and diagnostic odds ratio (OR), were calculated using Meta-DiSc 1.4.Results: In total, 430 patients with 282 pancreatic malignancies were included in the metaanalysis. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, LR+, LR-, and diagnostic OR were 84% (95% confidence interval [CI], 80% to 88%), 85% (95% CI, 78% to 90%), 5.31 (95% CI, 2.57 to 10.97), 0.15 (95% CI, 0.07 to 0.34), and 67.72 (95% CI, 12.84 to 357.26) for the combination of CE-EUS and EUS elastography, respectively. In these same studies, the corresponding performance characteristics for EUS elastography were 87% (95% CI, 82% to 90%), 56% (95% CI, 48% to 64%), 2.28 (95% CI, 1.43 to 3.63), 0.12 (95% CI, 0.03 to 0.42), and 22.60 (95% CI, 5.81 to 87.92), respectively. In these same studies, the respective performance characteristics for CE-EUS were 84% (95% CI, 80% to 88%), 78% (95% CI, 70% to 84%), 3.80 (95% CI, 1.92 to 7.53), 0.13 (95% CI, 0.04 to 0.41), and 31.29 (95% CI, 6.12 to 159.87).Conclusion: CE-EUS and EUS elastography are reliable supplemental techniques for the characterization of SPLs and diagnosis of pancreatic malignancies. However, more studies assessing the combined utilization of both procedures are needed.
Inter-observer and intra-observer reliability between manual segmentation and semi-automated segmentation for carotid vessel wall volume measurements on three-dimensional ultrasonography
Authors: Chan Chun Wai , Chow Sze Chai Christy , Kwok Man Hei , Ngan Ka Ching Tiffany , Or Tsun Hei , Gunda Simon Takadiyi , Ying Michael
Published: October 2022

Purpose: Carotid vessel wall volume (VWV) measurement on three-dimensional ultrasonography (3DUS) outperforms conventional two-dimensional ultrasonography for carotid atherosclerosis evaluation. Although time-saving semi-automated algorithms have been introduced, their clinical availability remains limited due to a lack of validation, particularly an extensive reliability analysis. This study compared inter-observer and intra-observer reliability between manual segmentation and semi-automated segmentation for carotid VWV measurements on 3DUS.Methods: Thirty-one 3DUS volume datasets were prospectively acquired from 20 healthy subjects, aged >18 years, without previous stroke, transient ischemic attack, or cardiovascular disease. Five observers segmented all volume datasets both manually and semi-automatically. The process was repeated five times. Reliability was expressed by the intraclass correlation coefficient, supplemented by the coefficient of variation.Results: Carotid VWV measurements using the common carotid artery (CCA) were more reliable than those using the internal carotid artery (ICA) or external carotid artery (ECA) for both manual and semiautomated segmentation (manual segmentation, CCA: inter-observer, 0.935; intra-observer, 0.934 to 0.966; ICA: inter-observer, 0.784; intra-observer, 0.756 to 0.878; ECA: inter-observer, 0.732; intraobserver, 0.919 to 0.962; semi-automated segmentation, CCA: inter-observer, 0.986; intra-observer, 0.954 to 0.993; ICA: inter-observer, 0.977; intra-observer, 0.958 to 0.978; ECA: inter-observer, 0.966; intra-observer, 0.884 to 0.937). Total carotid VWV measurements by manual (inter-observer, 0.922; intra-observer, 0.927 to 0.961) and semi-automated segmentation (inter-observer, 0.987; intra-observer, 0.968 to 0.989) were highly reliable. Semi-automated segmentation showed higher reliability than manual segmentation for both individual and total carotid VWV measurements.Conclusion: 3DUS carotid VWV measurements of the CCA are more reliable than measurements of the ICA and ECA. Total carotid VWV measurements are highly reliable. Semi-automated segmentation has higher reliability than manual segmentation.
A educação no campo e as (Re)Existências camponesas em Piracanjuba (GO)
Authors: Nogueira Paulo Henrique Santos , Mendonça Marcelo Rodrigues , Carneiro Janãine Daniela Pimentel Lino
Published: October 2022

Ao contrário do que se constitui no imaginário popular acerca da “vida pacata”, o campo é espaço de contradições, lutas, conflitos. Embora as forças hegemonizadoras do capital tenham se firmado como principal agente ordenador do território, o capital não se consolida completamente, pois há os movimentos de enfrentamento político por parte daqueles que fogem à lógica do sistema capitalista de produção. Os camponeses e outros sujeitos que vivem do labor na terra, a partir da territorialização das empresas capitalistas, constroem as chamadas (Re)Existências, ou seja, (Re)Existem para continuar Existindo. Nessa perspectiva, compreendeu-se a relação entre a Educação desenvolvida nas escolas rurais em Piracanjuba enquanto (Re)Existências camponesas no Município. Especificamente, nesta pesquisa buscou-se analisar a relação entre a Escola Municipal de Educação Básica Urbano Pedro Guimarães e a Comunidade Areia, verificando a contribuição da educação no campo como instrumento de fortalecimento das famílias camponesas na terra.
Educação do campo e desigualdade social
Authors: Freitas Gilmar Vieira , Pietrafesa José Paulo
Published: October 2022

O presente texto tem como objetivo discutir questões relacionadas às desigualdades sociais como tema presente em estudos sobre Educação do Campo. Este estudo, fruto de leituras e reflexões realizadas a partir de levantamento para construção de tese, buscou compreender a construção conceitual sobre a dicotomia Educação do Campo versus desigualdades no cotidiano das vivências de jovens trabalhadores nos espaços rurais. O desenvolvimento deste trabalho teve como percurso metodológico uma pesquisa na Biblioteca Digital Brasileira de Teses e Dissertações (BDTD), com a utilização do termo de busca desigualdade AND “educação do campo”, que resultou na seleção de teses e dissertações com a temática deste artigo. A categoria “desigualdade” encontrou nas reflexões de Patto (1999) seu fundamento, ampliando as reflexões sobre Educação do Campo para um vasto conjunto de autores. Os resultados apontaram que o tema da desigualdade atravessa os estudos analisados como desafio fundante a ser enfrentado na formação dos educadores do campo, na Educação de Jovens e Adultos com necessidades específicas, na proteção do meio ambiente, na produção agrícola sustentável e na implementação da Pedagogia da Alternância. As desigualdades têm contribuído para o fechamento de escolas do campo, o que assola ainda mais os desafios de se viver no campo brasileiro.
Analisis reaksi pasar modal terhadap berbagai pengumuman kasus Covid-19 pada fase awal
Authors: Yulianti Eka , Siregar Ifan Wicaksana , Susyani Novi
Published: October 2022

The capital market is an investment place that is developing quite rapidly today. When investing in the capital market, investors are facing a trade off between return and risk. The purpose of this study is to analyze the reaction of the capital market to news related to the Covid-19 case in the early stages of the pandemic by using an event study, part of the theory of market efficiency. The announcements that were studied were the reactions: 1) Announcement of the initial appearance of Covid-19, 2). WHO announcement has declared Covid19 a global pandemic, 3). Announcement of spike in Covid-19 cases to reach 10,000. This study used stocks that join the LQ45 index as the population. Furthermore, the technique of determining the sample is a saturated sample. The results show that the capital market reacts to the 3 series of events studied. In addition, there is an abnormal return. This shows that the market is working efficiently in a semi-strong form. Furthermore, based on the paired sample T-test, there is no difference in TVA and transaction frequency before and after the event. For companies that are expected to develop strategies to minimize the occurrence of a significant decline in stock prices due to force majeure events. In terms of investors, this research provides information signals to them that force majeure events can affect market performance.
What Drives the Adaptive Capability of Indonesian SMEs during the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Interplay between Perceived Institutional Environment, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Digital Capability
Authors:   Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business & Economics, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia, Siahaan Dian Tauriana , Tan Caroline Swee Lin ,   School of Fashion & Textiles, RMIT University, Australia
Published: October 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused disruptive business environments that demand firms to develop their adaptive capacity to survive. This paper aims to investigate the antecedents of adaptive capability by integrating the resource-based view, dynamic capability, and institutional theories to explain firms’ adaptive capability during the pandemic in the context of Indonesia. A causal model was developed and tested using Partial Least Squares (PLS) with 262 participants. The findings reveal that institutional environment is the key driver of enhancing SME’s entrepreneurial orientation and developing their digital capabilities to adapt to disruptions triggered by the pandemic. In practice, the government needs to revise its support programs to assist SMEs in advancing their entrepreneurial skills and digital capability to operate their businesses in digital markets. Training on design thinking, digital technology, and Artificial Intelligence should be incorporated into any support programs provided to strengthen SMEs’ competitiveness through digital capability and entrepreneurial orientation. The government also needs to revisit the current IT infrastructure to provide affordable IT technologies to support the digital capability of SMEs.
The Queen Bee Syndrome. The paradox of women discrimination on the labour market
Authors: Sobczak Anna
Published: October 2022

Nowadays, women are present in all spheres of life and legislation gives them the same rights as men. We can therefore speak about the emancipation of women for whom new areas of social life have become available, especially the area of education and the labour market. However, despite the fact that gender equality is officially enforced in Western countries, we can still notice certain forms of discrimination against women, in particular related to their functioning in the labour market. The unequal access of women to managerial positions is just one of the many examples. Paradoxically, this access is sometimes hampered by women holding high positions who are not willing to help their younger colleagues in achieving professional promotion. The aim of this article is to present and explain the occurrence of this negative phenomenon, which will be referred to as the Queen Bee Syndrome.
Cosplay in the perspective of rape culture. Context, origins and conditions
Authors: Wrona Daria
Published: October 2022

Many people do not have the knowledge on what cosplay is, even less about its positive correlation with the rape culture we live in. It’s hard to disagree that the modern world is heavily influenced by the pop culture, current reality is based upon it, and so it cannot be omitted in such important things as education. Cosplay, as a generally new trend is heavily rooted in it and as such it’s connected to the battle for equality, emancipation, sexism and many movements which are part of video games. Patriarchal influences and rooted patterns found in our cultural circle have impact on the appearance of costumes, which we wear; supply and demand with the addition of consumerism and hedonism dictate the look of created characters and cosplays characters which are most popular. Situations which demands attention are ones, where we breach someone’s personal space, where molestation of rape occurs. Aspects which help here will be proper upbringing and education, which apart of implementing basic culture and its patterns will also sensitize towards the problems of sexual abuse. The issue here does not lie in the character models, scarce costumes or the unfair fight for equality, its indoctrination or inappropriate approach, but teaching respect and enjoying the phenomena which is cosplay.
Aliens No More? Addressing Feminist Critiques to Human Rights with Regard to Sexual Violence in the West
Authors: Luthra Vedika
Published: October 2022

This paper will examine why the feminist critique to human rights is still relevant even in so-called ‘progressive’ Western societies today, with specific attention to sexual violence. The first part of this essay will explore the feminist critique concerning the public/private sphere, paying attention to its historical emergence, and effect on the progression of women’s rights in the area of sexual violence. This will be followed by a discussion of what has formally been done to address the issue, and a general discussion on shortcomings that exist today, with particular attention to the Larry Nassar case in the United States.
Le texte littéraire : de la formation linguistique à l’expression de soi en passant par l’émerveillement
Authors: Puchovská Zuzana
Published: October 2022

This article focuses on the use of literary text in a university context, within a curriculum that prepares future translators and interpreters. The author proposes to reflect on the role of language-dominant literary reading where the literary text can be approached as a linguistic object, an object of wonder and of self-expression. The first two roles are demonstrated in chapter 17 of the novel L’embrasure (2010) by the French-Swiss author D. Loup. The last role, self-expression, is the subject of the analysis of two collections of texts Et, si on faisait un livre ... (2019) and Amoureux des mots (2020), a joint writing project by the author and her students.
Determining the temporal, dose, and composition effects of nutritional substrates in an in vitro model of intrahepatocellular triglyceride accumulation
Authors: Nagarajan Shilpa R. , Cross Eloise , Johnson Elspeth , Sanna Fabio , Daniels Lorna J. , Ray David W. , Hodson Leanne
Published: October 2022

Pathological accumulation of intrahepatic triglyceride underpins the early stages of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and can progress to fibrosis, cirrhosis, and cancer of the liver. Studies in humans suggest that consumption of a diet enriched in saturated compared to unsaturated fatty acids (FAs), is more detrimental to liver fat accumulation and metabolism. However, the reasons for the divergence remain unclear and physiologically‐relevant cellular models are required. Therefore, the aims of this study were to investigate the effect of modifying media composition, concentration, and treatment frequency of sugars, FAs and insulin on intrahepatocellular triglyceride content and intracellular glucose, FA and circadian function. Huh7 cells were treated with 2% human serum and a combination of sugars and FAs (low fat low sugar [LFLS], high fat low sugar [HFLS], or high fat high sugar [HFHS]) enriched in either unsaturated (OPLA) or saturated (POLA) FAs for 2, 4, or 7 days with a daily or alternating treatment regime. Stable isotope tracers were utilized to investigate basal and/or insulin‐responsive changes in hepatocyte metabolism in response to different treatment regimes. Cell viability, media biochemistry, intracellular metabolism, and circadian biology were quantified. The FA composition of the media (OPLA vs. POLA) did not influence cell viability or intracellular triglyceride content in hepatocytes. In contrast, POLA‐treated cells had lower FA oxidation and media acetate, and with higher FA concentrations, displayed lower intracellular glycogen content and diminished insulin stimulation of glycogenesis, compared to OPLA‐treated cells. The addition of HFHS also had profound effects on circadian oscillation and gene expression. Cells treated daily with HFHS for at least 4 days resulted in a cellular model displaying characteristics of early stage NAFLD seen in humans. Repeated treatment for longer durations (≥7 days) may provide opportunities to investigate lipid and glucose metabolism in more severe stages of NAFLD.
Grasping and retrieving unknown hazardous objects with a mobile manipulator
Authors: Roennau Arne , Mangler Johannes , Keller Philip , Grosse Besselmann Marvin , Huegel Nicolas , Dillmann Ruediger
Published: October 2022

Robots show impressive flexibility and reliability in various applications. This makes them suitable to help and support humans in hazardous environments. They can handle dangerous, unknown objects with no risk for the operator’s health. In this work we present a shared operation approach for the identification and localization of unknown hazardous objects as well as a 3D mapping approach for mobile robots in challenging environments. A shared control force-based grasping approach complete these two components and makes it easy for a human operator to grasp and retrieve unknown hazardous objects. Including the human expertise in the operation and control is additionally supported by providing intuitive visualization on different levels of abstraction. The presented approach was successfully evaluated with two different mobile robots within a field test.
An autonomous crawler excavator for hazardous environments
Authors: Frese Christian , Zube Angelika , Woock Philipp , Emter Thomas , Heide Nina Felicitas , Albrecht Alexander , Petereit Janko
Published: October 2022

As part of ROBDEKON, a 24-ton crawler excavator was equipped with sensors and a digital actuation interface as a technology demonstrator which features autonomy capabilities. The system architecture includes algorithms for localization, perception, mapping, planning, and control. The system is capable of tasks like autonomous driving to a target location, excavation of a predefined area to a given depth, and autonomous loading of an autonomously approaching transport vehicle. To ensure safety, collision avoidance based on 360° perception is always active during autonomous operation. This article presents the concept and implementation of the excavator’s autonomy functionality.
Contaminated site, abandoned mine, landfill Morgenstern
Authors: Schmotz Walter , Peters Annika
Published: October 2022

The contaminated site “Morgenstern” in the German federal state Lower Saxony is an example of a complex case of remediation. The measures illustrated in this article are carried out in a conventional manner but represent a potential scope of application for robotic systems. Objective is the removal of a deposition of soil contaminated with drum residuals and chemical waste at the edge of an open pit within an abandoned iron ore mine. The slope angle of the area of operation is 45 degrees. Gas emissions from the depository above as well as organic substance residues in the contaminated layer below lead to a toxic and explosive atmosphere. In addition, the site’s critical structural integrity poses further risks so that manual operations presuppose maximum occupational health and safety measures.
The preanalytical process in the emergency department, a European survey
Authors: Garcia-Castrillo Riesgo Luis , Lauwaert Door , Cadamuro Janne , von Meyer Alexander , Dodt Christoph
Published: October 2022

Objectives

Clinical decision-making in emergency medicine is under constant pressure from demand and performance requirements, with blood tests being a fundamental part of this. However, the preanalytical process has received little attention. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the quality of preanalytical phase processes in European emergency departments (EDs) from the perspectives of the three main providers: clinicians, nurses, and laboratory specialists.

Methods

This online survey, distributed among European EDs and laboratories, was supported by the European Society for Emergency Nursing (EUSEN), European Society for Emergency Medicine (EuSEM), and the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM). The size of the centres, the European region, the responder’s profession and the country’s economic condition were used as co-variables.

Results

We included 376 responses from all ED-related professions from 306 European centres. In 66.9% of all ED visits, at least one blood test was performed. Tests were requested mostly by nurses (44.6%) using electronic Order/Entry systems (65.4%). Only a minority (19%) reported not using laboratory quality indicators (QIs). Most responders defined the TAT starting point “when the laboratory receives the sample” (66.1%), defining the goal to be “less than 60 min” (69.9%), but only 42.4% of the centres estimated achieving this goal.

Conclusions

Our survey illustrates the current situation on preanalytical blood sample processing in European EDs from the clinical and laboratory perspectives. The results emphasise the importance of the IT infrastructure and QI usage in this process and highlight some differences between European regions.
A study on the big data scientific research model and the key mechanism based on blockchain
Authors: Wen Shengwei
Published: October 2022

In an era of open data sharing, the scientific research field puts forward an urgent need for the value of big data. However, big data still form “data islands,” which seriously affects the level of scientific research and the progress of scientific research. In this regard, this article proposes the research and realization of the big data scientific research model and key mechanism based on blockchain. This article uses the K-means algorithm to cluster scientific research data and reasonably utilizes the decentralization, smart contracts, and non-tampering characteristics of the blockchain to design a distributed data model based on the blockchain. This article proposes that a BIZi network is formed based on a blockchain Interplanetary File System (IPFS) and Zigzag code (blockchain, IPF Sand Zigzag code, BIZi for short) to achieve reliable data connection and through a set of data access control mechanisms and data service customization mechanism to effectively provide data requirements for scientific research. Finally, IPFS network transmission speed performance can better meet the needs of scientific research. The larger the number of file blocks, the higher the fault tolerance rate of the scheme and the better the storage efficiency. In a completely open data-sharing scenario, the fault tolerance rate of Byzantine nodes is extremely high to ensure the stability of the blockchain. The current optimal consensus algorithm fault tolerance rate reaches 49%.
Robust Optimization of an Imperfect Process when the Mean and Variance are Jointly Monitored under Dependent Multiple Assignable Causes
Authors: Salmasnia Ali , Jafarian-Namin Samrad , Abdzadeh Behnam
Published: October 2022

Imperfect processes experience fault productions over time due to specific causes. Integrating the statistical process control, maintenance policy, and economic production quantity has led to more favorable results for the imperfect processes in literature. When monitoring a process, multiple assignable causes (ACs) may shift it to an out-of-control state. As indicated recently, if the interdependency of ACs is neglected, the total cost will be underestimated. Moreover, the mean and variance can simultaneously be affected by the occurrence of ACs. A non-central chi-square (NCS) chart was suggested for its decent performance against X-R chart in detecting the process disturbances and lowering quality loss cost. Besides, the increased occurrence rate of ACs over time leads to higher quality and maintenance costs. Employing a non-uniform sampling (NUS) scheme can significantly reduce costs. In the literature of modeling for imperfect processes under multiple ACs, all input parameters have always been fixed. The effectiveness of the models depends somewhat on the accurate estimates of these parameters. In reality, the estimation of parameters may be associated with uncertainty. For the first time, a robust design approach is proposed for designing NCS chart by considering the interval estimation of uncertain parameters. A particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is used to present solutions. The proposed model is investigated through a real numerical example.
A 156 GHz high-power doubler-embedded cross-coupled local oscillator in 55 nm CMOS technology
Authors: Yang Shenghui
Published: October 2022

The driving power of the local oscillator (LO) determines whether the mixers can work in an optimal state. Implementing high-power LO sources is challenging for transceivers in the terahertz band beyond 100 GHz. In this paper, a cross-coupled oscillator based on Cascode amplifiers is proposed. Using the principle of current-reuse, a high-power doubler-embedded cross-coupled local oscillator is designed by combing a frequency doubler and a cross-coupled oscillator. The circuit is processed by 55-nm CMOS technology. With a supply voltage of 1.6 V, the output power reaches −1.3 dBm at 156 GHz, and the DC-to-RF efficiency is 2.1%. In addition, this local oscillator has been used in an up-conversion mixer.
Assessing the tourist potential of cultural–historical spatial units of Serbia using comparative application of AHP and mathematical method
Authors: Vukoičić Danijela , Petrović Dragan , Gatarić Dragica , Božović Sanja , Ristić Dušan , Jeftić Marija
Published: October 2022

Various socio-historical and cultural influences that have permeated the territory of Serbia have created a specific cultural heritage composed of interesting architecture, spatial and environmental units, folklore, gastronomy, lifestyle, and other specifics, which are usually under protection and are significantly visited by tourists. The value of resources and the state of development determine the overall tourist potential of the area. In this research, two methods were used to assess the tourist potential for six spatial, cultural, and historical units in Serbia: the analytical hierarchical process and the mathematical model, which is based on the du Cros method. The aim of the research is to determine the validity of the obtained results through their comparison and to record the shortcomings. The same indicators and sub-indicators were used in both methodologies, while the weighting coefficients differed according to the methodology. The importance of the research is reflected in the confirmation of the fact that there is a need to develop new methods that would eliminate all the shortcomings and increase the level of objectivity in the assessment of tourism potential.
The Lex Specialis Regime Pertinent to Palestinian Refugees
Authors: Qafisheh Mutaz M. , Sahtout Rama , Albanese Francesca , Takkenberg Lex
Published: October 2022

The passage of over seven decades, coupled by consistent practice of States, has triggered the emergence of a distinct international legal regime for Palestinian refugees. Unlike the majority of contemporary refugees, Palestinians ‘refugeehood’ would not end pursuant to the acquisition of other citizenship(s) or by gaining protection akin to citizens in host States. Given their distinctive situation, individuals in this group, whose refugee status is intertwined to that of a prolonged denial of the right to self-determination, continue to be entitled to the right of return in their homeland in pre-1948 Palestine, namely either the State of Israel or the new State of Palestine within the 1967-occupied territory, depending on the original place of habitual residence of each individual or his/her ascendants before flight. In short, international law has generated a lex specialis regime for Palestinian refugees, which provides either equal, or heightened, protection and is in no means inferior, to other refugees.
Statistical modelling of COVID-19 and drug data via an INAR(1) process with a recent thinning operator and cosine Poisson innovations
Authors: Mohammadi Zohreh , Bakouch Hassan S. , Sharafi Maryam
Published: October 2022

In this paper, we propose the first-order stationary integer-valued autoregressive process with the cosine Poisson innovation, based on the negative binomial thinning operator. It can be equi-dispersed, under-dispersed and over-dispersed. Therefore, it is flexible for modelling integer-valued time series. Some statistical properties of the process are derived. The parameters of the process are estimated by two methods of estimation and the performances of the estimators are evaluated via some simulation studies. Finally, we demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed model by modelling and analyzing some practical count time series data on the daily deaths of COVID-19 and the drug calls data.
Oxidation of NMST to NMSBA catalyzed by Co/Mn/Br together with porous carbon made from coconut shell with acetic acid as an activator
Authors: Guo Feng , Liu Hua-jie , Zhou Xin-zhi , Long Xiang-li
Published: October 2022

In this paper, a heterogeneous catalytic system consisting of Co/Mn/Br/activated carbon is used to catalyze 2-nitro-4-methylsulfonyl benzoic acid (NMSBA) production from the oxidation of 2-nitro-4-methylsulfonyltoluene (NMST) by oxygen. The activated carbon (AC) is made from coconut shell with acetic acid as an activator. The experiments indicate that the best AC is made by immersing coconut shell in 12 mol L−1 HAc solution at 50 °C for 32 h with a liquid/solid ratio (mL/g) of 5:1 and then being heated in nitrogen at 800 °C for 6 h. Compared with the Co/Mn/Br/H3PMo12O40@CAC (CAC, commercial activated carbon originated from coconut shell) catalytic system, the Co/Mn/Br/AC catalytic system is able to gain much higher NMSBA selectivity. In spite of holding smaller surface and less acidic groups, the AC owns much more carboxyl than CAC, which is the main reason for its better performance in the preparation of NMSBA.
Existence and Hyers–Ulam stability of solutions for nonlinear three fractional sequential differential equations with nonlocal boundary conditions
Authors: Subramanian Muthaiah , Manigandan Murugesan , Zada Akbar , Gopal Thangaraj Nandha
Published: October 2022

In this paper, we analyses the existence and Hyers–Ulam stability of a coupled system of three sequential fractional differential equations with coupled integral boundary conditions. This manuscript can be categorized into three parts: The Leray–Schauder alternative is used to prove the existence of a solution in the first section. The second section emphasizes the analysis of uniqueness, which is based on the Banach fixed point theorem’s concept of contraction mapping, and the third section establishes the Hyers–Ulam stability results. In addition, we provide examples to demonstrate our findings.