bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Incidence of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in the Selected Elementary Schools in Jolo and Its Preventive Measures Applied by Their School Prin-cipals, School Teachers, and School Nurses
Authors: Hayudini Magna Anissa E. Aming , Hussin Brenda E. Aming , Aming Rofaida E. , Abdurahman Jonrad Q. , Abdurahman Arsheema E. Aming , Ynawat Melchor B.
Published: December 2022

This study was purposely conducted to determine the preventive measures employed by the principals, teachers and school nurses in the elementary schools in Jolo and the incidence of dengue hemorrhagic fever was also investigated. Moreover, the significant difference between the employment of preventive measures and the incidence of dengue hemorrhagic fever were assessed. The descriptive method served as the research design of the study. In gathering data, a validated self-devised survey questionnaire was used and results were interpreted using the statistical tools of frequency, percentage, mean and chi-square. A focus group discussion was also conducted using interview guide questions tool, video recorded interviews and notes. The study revealed that majority of the preventive measures enumerated by the national agencies like Department of Health, Department of Science and Technology and Department of Education were implemented by the principals, teachers and school nurses among the selected elementary schools in Jolo. These included information dissemination about dengue hemorrhagic fever, observation of strict environmental sanitation, giving advice to pupils on the application of mosquito repellant and placement of Department of Science and Technology OVI-Larvicidal Tap inside the classroom at least once a week. The item on protection of pupils from mosquito bites showed that spraying of insecticides in classroom was poorly implemented. Unfortunately, results revealed that there was poor implementation on school children’s wearing of prescribed uniforms. As to the incidence of dengue hemorrhagic fever, there were 38 reported cases among children from the data provided from the Sulu Sanitarium and General Hospital and Sulu Provincial Hospital. The significant difference between the employment of preventive measures and the incidence of dengue hemorrhagic fever were revealed and the hypotheses were rejected.
Literature Study of Factors Causing Fraud in Public & Private Sector Companies
Authors: Hidayat Amir Nur
Published: December 2022

This study aims to describe the factors that cause fraud in Indonesia, both from public sector organizations and non-public sector organizations. The research carried out is a literature review research sourced from articles that are in accordance with the research topic for further analysis. The research method used is descriptive qualitative method by taking data from literacy studies on research on fraud in various entities in Indonesia. The results of this study are expected to be used as an initial method of fraud detection and provide input and additional insight to all parties including company management, auditors, and users of financial statements about the factors that cause fraud in public and private sector companies.
Etapas para a construção do plano de comunicação interna para instalações animais em universidades públicas brasileiras
Authors: Moroni Fábio Tonissi , Borges-Moroni Raquel , Loebel Eduardo , Betanho Cristiane , Paulo Renata Rodrigues Daher
Published: December 2022

Instalações animais são locais onde ocorre reprodução, manutenção ou experimentação em seres vivos para atividades de ensino e pesquisa. Atualmente, elas são legalizadas. Mesmo assim, isso não é suficiente para convencer alguns setores da sociedade civil sobre a necessidade da existência desses espaços. Portanto, para preservar a boa reputação das universidades, é justificável fortalecer a comunicação interna. Logo, este trabalho propõe etapas para a construção desse plano de comunicação. Como resultado, sugerem-se sete passos, os quais são discutidos sob a ótica das teorias institucionais.
Governança para a Agenda 2030 : organizações, complexidade e os desafios do Antropoceno
Authors: Nardy Rita Machado de Campos , Borges Junior Eli , Felice Massimo Di
Published: December 2022

Este artigo problematiza a participação de organizações privadas na efetivação dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Organização das Nações Unidas. Além de rever as práticas internas da organização, surge como desafio pensá-la como elemento de um ecossistema que envolva seu setor, sua cadeia produtiva e de valor, a partir da noção de governança colaborativa. Este texto discute os principais fundamentos dessa ideia e apresenta o exemplo do Consórcio Cerrado das Águas, parceria entre marcas de café em Minas Gerais.
Comunicación, Agenda 2030 de la ONU y Organizaciones
Authors: Herrera Echenique Raúl
Published: December 2022

El presente artículo tiene el objetivo de describir el estado de desarrollo de la comunicación en tanto aporte a la agenda 2030 de Organización de Naciones Unidas en sostenibilidad y su posible impacto en las organizaciones. Se planteó la pregunta central de investigación, ¿cuál será el estado de avance de los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible planteados por la ONU para ser cumplidos al 2030. La metodología que se utilizó fue cualitativa, transversal y descriptiva/hermenéutica, la que se construyó a partir de información de primera fuente y basado en un conjunto de cinco entrevistas semiestructuradas a expertas latinoamericanas en comunicación y sostenibilidad. Se llega a la conclusión que hay un mayor impacto en grandes empresas, ya que son presionadas por el contexto que presenta nuevas demandas. En cuanto a compromiso, habría más discurso y menos acción. La comunicación se transforma en fundamental para las organizaciones como vehículo de información y posibilidad de relacionamiento con audiencias. Un compromiso claro y sostenido de las organizaciones suma reputación a ellas. Es central desarrollar una cultura de sostenibilidad para asentar su desarrollo y cumplimiento en el tiempo. Finalmente, bienestar, salud, ética, co-creación, libertades y derechos humanos, serían temáticas emergentes que ya están presentes como demandas sociales
Contribuições de uma entidade de representação setorial no atingimento do ODS 4 no Brasil
Authors: Gonçalves Thiago Severo , Santos Ana Clarissa Matte Zanardo dos , Medeiros Vicente Reis
Published: December 2022

Esta pesquisa apresenta como o Sistema Fecomércio-RS/Sesc/Senac contribui para o atingimento das metas do Objetivode Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) 4. Para isso, foi realizado um estudo qualitativo por meio de entrevistas, observação participante e análise documental. Entre os resultados, identificou-se uma quarta abordagem que se soma às indicadas por Ruiz-Mallén e Heras (2020), a gestão ativo-transformadora da educação, e se evidenciou que parcerias interatores são medidas relevantes para promover o alcance do ODS 4.
Yamin’s sociocultural and mythical creation of colonized Indonesia by the Dutch for 350 years
Authors: Lubis Ikhsan , Hasudungan Anju Nofarof
Published: December 2022

This research aims to assess Muhammad Yamin’s sociocultural aspects in the process of developing the 350-year Dutch colonization of Indonesia myth. Descriptive qualitative research and Kuntowijoyo’s socio-cultural approach were used. A bibliographic search, document analysis, and data from the 1957 first national history congress, and M. Yamin’s profiles and academic manuscripts were used. Our results show that the myth of the 350-year Dutch colonization of Indonesia was deliberately created in 1936 to weaken the fighting spirit and unity of the Indonesian people. Then, M. Yamin adopted the myth to foster a fighting spirit of nationalism, patriotism, and unity in the Indonesian people during the colonial period. Critical historians eventually began to challenge Yamin’s version of philosophy of history. Moreover, G.J. Resink, in 1968, studied the myth of the 350-year Dutch colonization of Indonesia, successfully dispelling it. Finally, Indonesia accepted Resink and other researchers’ findings as a new historical fact in 2012.
Sensitivity of the Southern Hemisphere Wintertime Teleconnection to the Location of ENSO Heating
Authors: Gillett Z. E. , Hendon H. H. , Arblaster J. M. , Lin H.
Published: December 2022

The Southern Hemisphere extratropical atmospheric circulation response to anomalous convection in the tropical western and eastern Pacific Ocean is distinctly different. The response to westward-located heating has a meridional dipole in the South Pacific with large zonal scale and appears unable to be interpreted simply as a stationary Rossby wave train that disperses poleward and eastward from a tropical source like the meridionally arched response to eastward-located heating. This study investigates the cause of this asymmetry by examining the daily evolution of the response to suddenly switching on steady diabatic heating over a western and central/eastern equatorial Pacific location using large-ensemble integrations from the Community Atmosphere Model version 5. We focus on the austral winter months when the subtropical jet supports the development of an effective Rossby wave source in the subtropical westerlies and acts as a waveguide. We show that the subtropical jet strongly influences the height response to the western tropical Pacific heating, promoting prominent zonal circumglobal propagation. Development of a transient eddy feedback in the extratropical storm track after approximately 10 days appears to play a primary role in establishing the time-mean response, which we test through comparison with similar experiments conducted using a simplified linear model. Conversely, the height anomalies for eastern tropical Pacific heating, farther away from the subtropical jet core, have larger meridional propagation, dispersing in a typical Hoskins–Karoly manner into the Southern Hemisphere extratropics, while the transient eddy feedback plays a secondary role for the establishment of the steady response.
Achieving Realistic Runoff in the Western United States with a Land Surface Model Forced by Dynamically Downscaled Meteorology
Authors: Bass Benjamin , Rahimi Stefan , Goldenson Naomi , Hall Alex , Norris Jesse , Lebow Zachary J.
Published: December 2022

In this study, we calibrate a regional climate model’s (RCM) underlying land surface model (LSM). In addition to providing a realistic representation of runoff across the hydroclimatically diverse western United States, this is done to take advantage of the RCM’s ability to physically resolve meteorological forcing data in ungauged regions, and to prepare the calibrated hydrologic model for tight coupling, or the ability to represent land surface–atmosphere interactions, with the RCM. Specifically, we use a 9-km resolution meteorological forcing dataset across the western United States, from the fifth generation ECMWF Reanalysis (ERA5) downscaled by the Weather Research Forecasting (WRF) regional climate model, as an offline forcing for Noah-Multiparameterization (Noah-MP). We detail the steps involved in producing an LSM capable of accurately representing runoff, including physical parameterization selection, parameter calibration, and regionalization to ungauged basins. Based on our model evaluation from 1954 to 2021 for 586 basins with daily natural streamflow, the streamflow bias is reduced from 24.2% to 4.4%, and the median daily Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE) is improved from 0.12 to 0.36. When validating against basins with monthly natural streamflow data, we obtain a similar reduction in bias and a median monthly NSE improvement from 0.18 to 0.56. In this study, we also discover the optimal setup when using a donor-basin method to regionalize parameters to ungauged basins, which can vary by 0.06 NSE for unique designs of this regionalization method.

Significance Statement

This study provides useful guidance for improving a land surface model to accurately represent runoff across a spatially extensive and hydroclimatically diverse region (the western United States). The land surface model is updated to represent runoff more accurately at gauged basins, and then additionally updated for basins without observational data using a mathematical approach called the donor-basin method. We make use of a regional climate model’s reanalysis-derived meteorological data and its underlying land surface model to achieve realistic runoff. The calibrated land surface model can thus be tightly coupled in subsequent studies in a manner that should more accurately reflect runoff conditions. Findings from this study will serve as a useful reference for the atmospheric (and hydrologic) modeling communities and their ability to represent large-scale hydrology accurately.
A Theory for Why Even Simple Covariance Localization Is So Useful in Ensemble Data Assimilation
Authors: Morzfeld Matthias , Hodyss Daniel
Published: December 2022

Covariance localization has been the key to the success of ensemble data assimilation in high dimensional problems, especially in global numerical weather prediction. We review and synthesize optimal and adaptive localization methods that are rooted in sampling error theory and that are defined by optimality criteria, e.g., minimizing errors in forecast covariances or in the Kalman gain. As an immediate result, we note that all optimal localization methods follow a universal law and are indeed quite similar. We confirm the similarity of the various schemes in idealized numerical experiments, where we observe that all localization schemes we test—optimal and nonadaptive schemes—perform quite similarly in a wide array of problems. We explain this perhaps surprising finding with mathematical rigor on an idealized class of problems, first put forward by Bickel and others to study the collapse of particle filters. In combination, the numerical experiments and the theory show that the most important attribute of a localization scheme is the well-known property that one should dampen spurious long-range correlations. The details of the correlation structure, and whether or not these details are used to construct the localization, have a much smaller effect on posterior state errors.

Significance Statement

Covariance localization has been the key to the success of ensemble data assimilation (DA) in global numerical weather prediction. In this paper, we synthesize a large body of literature on optimal localization and then report and explain a number of surprising observations.
Minimally Invasive Lower Anterior Resections – Better than Open But Not All the Same
Authors: Lim Joseph S , Brant Nicholson , Downs John M. , Apple William , Stadler Ronney , Jeyarajah Dhiresh Rohan
Published: December 2022

Background/Objective: Optimal approach for lower anterior resection has been closely debated. The relatively new addition of the robotic approach adds a layer of complexity to this topic. The majority of the literature has compared the possible approaches between two techniques; however, only a few studies have comprehensively compared all 3 approaches at the same time, especially in a non-academic center.

Study Design: This is a retrospective cohort study of a prospectively maintained database of data from a large group of private-practice colorectal surgeons in a large metropolitan area. Specifically, rectal resections using open, laparoscopic, and robotic approaches were queried. A total of 130 patients underwent open, laparoscopic, or robotic oncological lower anterior resection from 2016 to January 2020.

Results: Statistical significance of length of stay was noted between the three approaches with the mean length of stay for open being 8.08 days, laparoscopic being 7.04 days, and robotic being 4.96 days (P < .005). No statistical significance was noted for estimated blood loss, operating time, or postoperative complications including anastomotic leak, ileus, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, surgical site infection, and urinary tract infection. When directly comparing any minimally invasive surgery approach to open, estimated blood loss was decreased in addition to the shortened length of stay (P < .05).

Conclusions: This study demonstrates that MIS LAR has significant benefit over the open approach. However, finding that robotic surgery had was superior to laparoscopic LAR which was surprising and important. This experience in the private world raises the question as to whether robotic LAR should be considered the standard of care.
The Role of Anticoagulants and Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors in the Treatment of Pseudoaneurysms and Risk of Venous Thrombosis
Authors: Juenger Jonas , Mahlmann Adrian , Udelnow Andrei , Bauersachs Rupert , Braun-Dullaeus Ruediger C. , Herold Joerg
Published: December 2022

Pseudoaneurysms (PSA) are one of the most common complications after arterial punctures. This retrospective study examined whether platelet aggregation inhibitors (APT) or anticoagulants (AC) lower the success rates of PSA treatment. A total of 468 patients with PSA were retrospectively analyzed between 2010 and 2018, and 238 were included in the study. Despite co-medication with APT or AC, thrombin injection (TI) was superior to compression bandage (CB) therapy in treating PSA (TIwAC 79 vs CBwAC 51%; P = .004 and TIwAPT 93 vs CBwAPT 54%; P = .001). There was no decrease in PSA-associated thrombosis in patients requiring anticoagulation after TI. The success rates of the TI and CB groups were compared in patients with and without AC therapy, and the latter was significantly lower. A reduced success rate was not observed in CB therapy patients requiring APT. In contrast, better results were seen in the TI group. Regarding PSA treatment, TI therapy is significantly superior to CB, including in patients requiring concomitant AC or APT therapy. PSA-associated thrombosis also occurs in patients requiring anticoagulation, and sonography should be performed. Concomitant medication use with APT does not significantly influence PSA therapy success or prevention of PSA-associated thrombosis.
The diverging gender inequality across households: The case of Palestinian-Arab families in Israel
Authors: Sabbah-Karkabi Maha
Published: December 2022

This article focuses on how the family’s position in the stratification system affects the division of housework and childcare in Palestinian-Arab society in Israel; a highly gendered society experiencing socioeconomic change. Recent studies carried out in economically developed countries have shown that the household position indicated by education, income, and employment, related to the way the household tasks are shared by the spouses. However, less is known about the phenomenon in the context of societies that maintain gendered norms regarding family roles while women improved their education and employment status. A multilogistic regression analysis for household tasks and logistic regression analysis for childcare were applied to data from Israeli Social Surveys to examine the effect of household strata in the social stratification system regarding the way Palestinian-Arab families in Israel manage their household’s demands. The main results show that upper-class households and couples with a higher education pose their gender roles as more egalitarian, which demonstrates selective gender equality. The gender boundaries in the sharing of caring tasks are less rigid by class in Palestinian-Arab families while they continued to be determined mainly by the couple’s relative education and attitudes toward gender roles.
Planned meetings: Multiplicity, boxed-in dialogues, and deliberative bureaucracy as social form
Authors: Paulsson Alexander
Published: December 2022

In what ways are meetings a social form? How are meetings organized and how do organizations structure meetings to produce consensus around visions of the future? In this article, planning meetings, which gather representatives from the regional Public Transport Authority and the municipalities involved in public transport planning in Stockholm, Sweden, is probed as a social form. By structuring the meetings as collaborative planning processes, the Public Transport Authority’s ambition is to draw on the municipalities’ multiplicity of experiences and views but then arrive at a consensus, on which a strategic document is produced. However, these meetings are perplexing as a social form. While expectations of their outcomes vary, dialogues in the meetings are boxed-in as they follow standardized protocols for agendas, discussions, and decision points. Planned meetings, as this article shows, are an undertheorized aspect of attempts at future-making among formally independent bureaucracies. The article concludes by proposing that deliberative ideals in bureaucratic settings allude to deliberative bureaucracy through the social form of planned meetings.
To what extent do post-traumatic mental health and other problems reflect pre-existing problems? Findings from the prospective comparative population-based VICTIMS-study
Authors: van der Velden Peter G. , Contino Carlo , Das Marcel , Wittmann Lutz
Published: December 2022

Background:

Findings from prospective studies question the assumption that mental health problems observed in traumatized adults mainly reflect the effects of potentially traumatic events.

Aims:

Aim of the present comparative prospective study is to clarify the extent to which victims of potentially traumatic events with mental health, social, financial, and/or legal problems, already suffered from such problems before these events.

Method:

Data was extracted from three surveys of the prospective VICTIMS-study (T1 = 2018, T2 = 2019, T3 = 2020), conducted with the population-based longitudinal LISS-panel. Differences between victims ( n = 340, victimized by violence, accidents, and serious threats in the 12 months before T3) and nonvictims ( n = 3,872, not victimized by such events in this period), were examined using multivariate logistic regression analyses.

Results:

The large majority of victims with current (at T3) anxiety and depression symptomatology (74%), general mental health problems (71%), partner/family (67%), financial (76%), and legal problems (58%), and lack of support (79%), already had these problems (at T1 and/or at T2). A similar pattern was observed among nonvictims. Of the victims with current probable PTSD (at T3), 87% already had any mental health problem. At T3, among both groups, the incidence of problems was substantially lower than their prevalence. The large majority of victims with post-event mental health, social, financial, and legal problems already suffered from these problems in the past.

Conclusions:

When victims seek help for their problems, professional care providers should be aware that in most cases, as among nonvictims, these problems are chronic/re-current rather than new problems.
Practice reflection: How social workers can use an intersectionality lens to understand recent older refugees falling through the cracks in services: Using Vancouver, Canada, as an example
Authors: Wong Karen Lok Yi
Published: December 2022

This article is a practice reflection of a social worker working with recent older refugees in Vancouver, Canada. Using an intersectionality lens, she will refer to four service areas to explain how recent older refugees can fall through the cracks. She will propose recommendations on practice at different levels.
Exploring beliefs around low rates of female participation in Canadian police emergency response teams
Authors: Cyr Kevin , Ricciardelli Rosemary
Published: December 2022

We present findings from an exploratory study on women’s participation in Emergency Response Teams (ERT). Our findings are based on a qualitative analysis of open-ended questions in a survey of ERT units ( n = 30) across Canada. We find women rarely apply for positions on ERT. While respondent answers cite many of the usual barriers—from “lack of interest” to “physical fitness standards”—our interpretation of these themes suggests that appraisals of the requirements to attain and retain these positions may lead potential women applicants to conclude the requirements are too steep, or too biased in favor of men.
Authentic Leadership Behaviors and Thriving at Work: Empirical Evidence From The Information Technology Industry in Australia
Authors: Durrah Omar , Charbatji Olga , Chaudhary Monica , Alsubaey Fahad
Published: December 2022

Authentic leaders display an exceptional level of integrity and honesty, a high level of awareness and responsibility as well as a commitment to achieving their goals; as a result, they develop more trusting relationships with their employees, which could be translated into many positive outcomes, such as enhancing the ability to thrive at work. The present study aims to determine the role of authentic leadership´s (AL’s) four dimensions (self-awareness, relational transparency, balanced processing, and internalized moral perspective) in fostering an environment that offers workers the opportunity to do well, including in terms of two related elements (vitality and learning). An online questionnaire was conducted to collect data from a sample of 402 participants from the information technology (IT) industry in Australia. The study used WarpPLS software to analyze the collected data by the structural equation model. According to the results, balanced processing of AL has a positive and significant effect on two aspects of thriving at work, namely vitality and learning, Moreover, the internalized moral perspective inherent in the aforementioned phenomenon affects learning. The current study is novel as it is among examples of pioneering research that employ the path model, and it uses multi-dimensional structures to examine authentic leadership and thriving at work in the workplace. The research also discusses theoretical contributions, managerial implications, and limitations along with future study directions.
Sample Selection Matters: Moving Toward Empirically Sound Qualitative Research
Authors: DeLuca Stefanie
Published: December 2022

Increasingly, the broader public, media and policymakers are looking to qualitative research to provide answers to our most pressing social questions. While an exciting and perhaps overdue moment for qualitative researchers, it is also a time when the method is coming under increasing scrutiny for a lack of reliability and transparency. The question of how to assess the quality of qualitative research is therefore paramount, but the field still lacks clear standards to evaluate qualitative work. In their new book, Qualitative Literacy, Mario Luis Small and Jessica McCrory Calarco aim to fill this gap. I argue that Qualitative Literacy offers a compelling set of standards for consumers to assess whether an in-depth interview or participant observation was of sufficient quality and, to an extent, whether sufficient time was spent in the field. However, by ignoring the vital importance of employing systematic, well-justified, and transparent sampling strategies, the implication is that such essential criteria can be ignored, undermining the potential contribution of qualitative research to a more cumulative creation of scientific knowledge.
The Emergence and Loss of the English Minor Complementizerstillanduntil
Authors: Castro-Chao Noelia
Published: December 2022

This article examines the development of the subordinators till and until as minor complementizers in the Late Middle English and Early Modern English periods. An analysis of data obtained from a number of sources shows that till/ until underwent a process of secondary grammaticalization, emerging as complementizers introducing clauses governed by the desiderative predicate long. The findings further suggest that the use of till/ until-clauses with long was the result of a process of lexical diffusion from the semantically related pattern think ( it) long till/until-clause (in the sense of ‘to seem or appear long, to be wearisome (to a person) (until something happens)’). In Late Modern English, till/until-clauses following long were lost and replaced by competing patterns with to-infinitives and for. . .to-infinitives, the latter emerging at the time as a new complement type. The article discusses the motivations and broader implications of the obsolescence of till/until-complements, which failed to spread to other members of the class of verbs of “desire,” such as desire, thirst, or yearn, and thus remained at the margins of the English system of complementation.
Overpoliced and Underrepresented: Perspectives on Cannabis Legalization From Members of Racialized Communities in Canada
Authors: Wiese Jessica L. , Watson Tara Marie , Owusu-Bempah Akwasi , Hyshka Elaine , Wells Samantha , Robinson Margaret , Elton-Marshall Tara , Rueda Sergio
Published: December 2022

Historically, overpolicing of some racialized and Indigenous groups in Canada has resulted in unequal application of drug laws contributing to disproportionate rates of charges and convictions in these populations. Criminal records severely and negatively impact an individual’s life and can perpetuate cycles of poverty and socioeconomic disadvantage. On October 17, 2018, Canada legalized cannabis production, distribution, sale, and possession for non-medical purposes. Advocates of criminal justice reform have raised concerns that Indigenous and racialized people may not equitably benefit from legalization due to unequal police surveillance and drug enforcement. These groups are among priority populations for research on cannabis and mental health, but their views on cannabis regulation have been largely absent from research and policy-making. To address this gap, we asked self-identified members of these communities about their lived experiences and perspectives on cannabis legalization in Canada. Between September 2018 and July 2019, we conducted semistructured interviews and focus groups with 37 individuals in Québec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. During this phase of early cannabis legalization, participants responded to questions about anticipated public health risks and benefits of legalization, how their jurisdiction is responding to legalization, and what community resources would be needed to address legalization impacts. We conducted a thematic analysis and identified five major themes in the data related to race and early cannabis legalization: overpolicing of racialized communities, severity of penalties in new cannabis legislation, increased police powers, and underrepresentation of racialized groups in the legal cannabis market and in cannabis research. Participants discussed opportunities to support cannabis justice, including establishing priority licenses, issuing pardons or expunging criminal records, and reinvesting cannabis revenue into impacted communities. This work begins to address the paucity of Indigenous and racialized voices in cannabis research and identifies potential solutions to injustices of cannabis prohibition.
Intramuscular granular cell tumor in the sternocleidomastoid muscle: A case report and literature review
Authors: Shi Yueyue , Xueyan Zhao , Zhou Yan , Zhang Xiaomeng
Published: December 2022

Granular cell tumor (GCT) is a rare soft-tissue neoplasm that originates from Schwann cells. Most cases occur in the subcutaneous or submucosal regions, and intramuscular GCT is even more uncommon. Herein, we describe an atypical GCT growing in the sternocleidomastoid muscle. A 41-year-old Chinese man was admitted to our hospital for a right neck mass. In magnetic resonance images, the mass showed higher signal intensity than the adjacent normal muscle on T2-weighted images and intermediate signal intensity on T1-weighted images. Slightly enhanced and higher signal intensity was observed in the peripheral rim on contrast-enhanced fat-sat T1-weighted images, and the “stripe sign” was evident. The tumor was completely resected, and pathological examination indicated an atypical GCT. The patient tolerated the procedure well. This is a rare case report of an intramuscular GCT from diagnosis to treatment. Magnetic resonance imaging might help diagnose such tumors, and we review different magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of intramuscular GCTs at other sites.
Predictive Value of Adenoid-Nasopharyngeal Ratio in the Diagnosis of Secretory Otitis Media
Authors: Li Ping , Li Tao , Yu Liang , Chen Aiping , Wu Yisha , Wan Yuzhu , Shi Li
Published: December 2022

Objectives

To explore the associated factors of otitis media with effusion (OME) and analyze the diagnostic value of the adenoid-nasopharyngeal (A/N) ratio to OME.

Methods

Patients with adenoid hypertrophy (AH) recently in 2 years were collected, including sex, age, duration, with/without rhinosinusitis, and examination results, including Cone Beam Computerized Tomography (CBCT) sinus imaging, tympanometry, pure tone audiometry (PTA), blood test, and allergen detection. According to Liden/Jerger’s classification, the patients were divided into two groups: Type B and type C, which were defined as the tympanometry abnormal group (TAG), and the rest were classified as the tympanometry normal group (TNG).

Results

A total of 316 children were included in this study. Age and duration were significantly younger and shorter in TAG (6.0(4.0-9.0) vs.5.0(4.0-7.0)); 12.0(4.0-24.0) vs.6.0(2.0-12.0)). Compared to TNG, the allergen test results of fx5 (protein, milk, cod, wheat, peanut, and soybean) in TAG were higher (0.09(0.04-0.25) vs.0.14(0.05-0.45)), but eosinophilia in blood was lower (count: 0.21(0.13-0.35) vs. 0.18(0.12-0.27); ratio: 3.10 (1.90-4.70) vs. 2.50 (1.65-3.80)). A/N ratio and Visual obstruction ratio had a statistical difference (Z = −3.770, P < .01) but the two ratios didn’t have too much disparity (0.82(0.74-0.88) VS 0.80(0.75-0.80)), and they had a positive correlation (r = 0.345, P < .01). A/N ratio of TAG was higher than TNG (0.78(0.70-0.85) vs. 0.86(0.82-0.90)) and had a positive correlation with increasing negative middle ear pressure (r = −3.777, P < .01). A/N ratio was an associated factor of OME (OR:1355.611, P = .006), the cut-off value of A/N ratio was 0.815(sensitivity: 75.3%, specificity: 64.3%, area under the curve (AUC): 0.747)

Conclusions

A/N ratio indirectly reflected the abnormality of tympanometry in this study. When A/N ratio reaches 0.815, patients are at a higher risk of having OME so it could be a predictor of OME in patients with adenoid hypertrophy.
Tearing at the Tapestry: An ethnography of solidaristic humour, academic strike action and a new management strategy
Authors: McCabe Darren
Published: December 2022

This article emerged through ethnographic research into strike action at a UK university. It provides three insights. First, it adds to the literature linking humour to resistance that has largely focused on subterranean, disguised, hidden, camouflaged or decaf opposition. The resistant humour explored in this case is more diverse and challenges extant distinctions because it was overt and covert, individual and collective, decaf and ‘real’. Second, it posits that during strike action the already ambiguous distinction between humour and seriousness becomes even more blurred. Third, it contributes to our understanding of power-resistance relations through introducing the term solidaristic humour which conveys a neglected expression of opposition that reflects and seeks to galvanize solidarity.
Linking Trait Affectivity, Cognitive Ability, and Preferences Among Top Managers: Insights From a Lab-In-The-Field Experiment
Authors: Kim Huong Trang
Published: December 2022

Even though there has been increasing interest in the role of cognition in leadership and in identifying the personality traits of effective leaders, there is a paucity of studies that investigate the unique influence of managers’ trait affectivity and cognitive ability on their different risk and time preferences. This paper investigates the role of managers’ trait affectivity and cognitive ability in their loss aversion and present bias among 623 top managers at textile and garment firms in Vietnam. We combine data on preferences elicited through a lab-in-the-field experiment with survey data. We find that managers with high positive affectivity (PA) or cognitive ability are less subject to loss aversion and present bias. In contrast, a manager with high negative affectivity (NA) is more likely to be impatient and loss averse. Furthermore, heterogeneity of trait affectivity and cognitive ability determines different loss aversion and present bias levels of managers in SMEs vis-à-vis their counterparts in large firms. Remarkably, we observe striking evidence that trait affectivity and cognitive ability significantly affect loss aversion and present bias levels of managers who were born during the Vietnam War. Still, it is not the story of their counterparts born after the Vietnam War. The results of our study are expected to provide valuable information regarding the role played by trait affectivity and cognitive ability in determining managers’ loss aversion and present bias in different pathways.
The Role of Social Media Platforms in Contemporary New Zealand LGBTQ + Movements
Authors: Bandopadhyaya Suvojit , Kenix Linda Jean
Published: December 2022

This paper explores the shifting dynamics of what constitutes a contemporary social movement and the pros and cons that emerge after movements have gone online. This paper is premised on in-depth interviews with twenty-nine interviewees regarding how social media has brought changes to the contemporary LGBTQ + movement in New Zealand among both Māori and Pākehā (white New Zealanders) communities. The interviewees testified to the shifting nature of the contemporary LGBTQ + movement after the emergence and inclusion of the Internet and social media platforms on movement messaging and participant engagement. This research found that social networking sites have led to greater awareness and better coordination among movement actors to organise LGBTQ + movements in New Zealand (NZ). The paper concludes that the Internet and social media have led to more visibility and acceptability of information within contemporary movements. The Internet was a facilitator of movement organisation even before the emergence of social media platforms; however, online activism has amplified and has taken a new meaning with the advent of several social media platforms.
A comparison of single and double arterial cannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass for acute type A aortic surgery: A single center, retrospective observational study
Authors: Li Huili , Zhang Li , Ke Jun , Wu Wentao , Feng Weiqi , Yu Changjiang , Li Xin , Xiao Fei , Sun Tucheng , Fan Ruixin , Zhou Chengbin
Published: December 2022

Background: Acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) is a cardiovascular emergency and has high mortality and morbidity. We retrospectively compared the effects on outcomes of single arterial cannulation via axillary artery (AAC) with double arterial cannulation via axillary and femoral artery (DAC) in patients who underwent cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) for ATAAD.

Methods: Between January 2017 and May 2021, four hundred 29 patients who underwent aortic arch repair with circulatory arrest for ATAAD were divided into AAC group ( n = 283) and DAC group ( n = 146). The propensity score-matched (PSM) analysis were performed to compare the characteristics and outcomes of the groups.

Results: After PSM ( n = 137 in each), the DAC group had a longer duration of CPB (229 vs 244, p = 0.011), aortic cross-clamp time (121 vs 149, p < 0.001), durations of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) stay (7 vs 8, p = 0.014) and hospital stay (19 vs 25, p < 0.001) compared with AAC group. The incidences of dialysis (21% vs. 31%, p = 0.073), postoperative stroke (9% vs 15%, p = 0.143), ECMO support (2% vs 7%, p = 0.077), in-hospital mortality (7% vs 14%, p = 0.071) and follow-up mortality (10% vs 19%, p = 0.059) showed no significant difference between two groups. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed postoperative ECMO (OR: 16.69, 95% CI: 1.78–156.29; p = 0.014) or stroke (OR: 11.34, 95% CI: 2.64–48.72; p < 0.001) were associated with in-hospital mortality. Univariate Cox regression results showed stroke history (OR: 4.61, 95% CI: 1.90–11.16; p = 0.001), aortic valvuloplasty (OR: 0.21, 95% CI: 0.07–0.59; p = 0.003), postoperative ALT day1 (OR: 1.00, 95% CI: 1.00–1.00; p = 0.008), ECMO (OR: 16.30, 95% CI: 4.78–55.61; p < 0.001), tracheotomy (OR: 3.78, 95% CI: 1.08–13.20; p = 0.037), postoperative stroke (OR: 4.61, 95% CI: 1.90–11.16; p < 0.001) and re-exploration for bleeding (OR: 3.52, 95% CI: 1.01–12.27; p = 0.048) were associated to follow-up mortality.

Conclusions: For surgical treatment of ATAAD with CPB when compared to double axillary and femoral artery, single axillary cannulation was associated with shorter durations of CPB and ACC as well as ICU and hospital stays but no with significant difference in mortality.
Moving Away from Patronage: A Feedback Approach
Authors: Peters B. Guy , Bianchi Carmine
Published: December 2022

Patronage appointments in government are a continuing issue in many administrative systems. Especially for countries in Latin America and Africa patronage is considered a major impediment to developing more effective administrative systems. A great deal has been written describing patronage and discussing the causes for patronage, but much less research has addressed the dynamics of moving away from patronage to more merit-based systems. This paper reviews the patronage literature and then develops a dynamic feedback model for movement away from patronage. The model links the quality of the services provided by the government, the nature of the political party system, and levels of trust to patronage. The model uses several reinforcing and balancing feedback loops to demonstrate the possible dynamics of change in administrative appointments.
Territorial stigmatization and housing commodification under racial neoliberalism: The case of Denmark's ‘ghettos’
Authors: Risager Bjarke Skærlund
Published: December 2022

The relation between racialization and neoliberalism is relatively unexplored in urban geography, especially in the context of social democratic welfare regimes. This article aims to bridge this gap by applying the concept of racial neoliberalism, here referring to a co-constitutive relation between racialization and neoliberalism, to Denmark. Conceiving the country's so-called ‘ghetto’ politics as an expression of racial neoliberalism, the article retraces the development of this politics over the first two decades of the 21st century. I argue that territorial stigmatization and commodification of marginalized non-profit housing areas have been two co-constitutive expressions of racial neoliberalism that have intensified during this historical period. Examining three key policy moments through various grey literature, the article demonstrates how stigmatization has served to justify commodification, while the failure of the latter has been followed by intensified and bureaucratized stigmatization leading to new commodification efforts until culminating in the infamous 2018 ‘Ghetto Law’.
On the tedious and monotonous repetitions in the Tabernacle accounts: a reassessment
Authors: Friedberg A , Hoppe Juni
Published: December 2022

Modern scholarship and medieval commentators have generally viewed the execution of the Tabernacle and the priestly ordination described in Exodus 35–40 and Leviticus 8 as the fulfilment of the earlier commands contained in Exodus 25–31, following the command-fulfilment pattern that is so common in priestly writings. We challenge this reading and conclude, on form, thematic, and narrative considerations, that we are in the presence of two alternate versions and that the skillful placement of the second version harmonizes these versions and creates a novel and largely ignored account. Priestly versions, when read in isolation, could have presented two competing (ideological) depictions of the Tabernacle.
Clinical and Radiological Outcomes in Patients With Anterior Shoulder Instability and Glenoid Bone Loss after Arthroscopic Free Bone Block Combined With Dynamic Anterior Stabilization
Authors: Wu Chenliang , Xu Junjie , Fang Zhaoyi , Chen Jiebo , Ye Zipeng , Wu Xiulin , Li Ziyun , Wang Liren , Kang Yuhao , Zhao Song , Xu Caiqi , Zhao Jinzhong
Published: December 2022

Background:

As an alternative to the Latarjet procedure, the arthroscopic free bone block (FBB) procedure combined with dynamic anterior stabilization (DAS) has been recently proposed to provide both glenoid augmentation and a tendon sling effect for treating anterior shoulder instability (ASI) with glenoid bone loss.

Purpose:

To evaluate the clinical and radiological outcomes of FBB-DAS for ASI with glenoid bone loss.

Study Design:

Case series; Level of evidence, 4.

Methods:

Patients who underwent arthroscopic FBB-DAS for ASI with >15% glenoid bone loss between February 2017 and March 2020 were screened and enrolled in this study. Clinical outcome measures were assessed preoperatively and at a minimum 2-year follow-up, including recurrence, complications, shoulder functional scores, range of motion, and return to sports. Postoperative computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were also performed.

Results:

Of a total of 65 patients with a mean follow-up of 46.1 ± 13.1 months, no patients experienced a recurrent dislocation or subluxation postoperatively, while 2 had a positive anterior apprehension test (3.1%). Additionally, 2 patients (3.1%) experienced complications of hematoma and shoulder stiffness, respectively. The mean visual analog scale score, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score, Rowe score, and Oxford Shoulder Instability Score all improved significantly from 3.2 ± 2.4, 75.0 ± 18.9, 43.6 ± 27.3, and 33.8 ± 9.0 preoperatively to 1.3 ± 0.8, 95.1 ± 8.0, 95.5 ± 7.8, and 14.8 ± 3.5 at final follow-up, respectively (all P < .001). No difference was detected in range of motion except for 8.1° and 7.5° external rotation limitations in adduction and abduction, respectively. There were 62 patients (95.4%) who returned to sports, and 54 patients (83.1%) returned to the preinjury level. The transferred biceps tendon was intact in all 59 patients who completed radiological examination at the latest follow-up. Good bone healing was achieved in 98.3% of patients, and the glenoid bone defect decreased from 18.1% to 4.9%. Osseous and labral glenoids were significantly enlarged in width and depth on the latest magnetic resonance imaging (all P < .001).

Conclusion:

Arthroscopic FBB-DAS provided satisfactory clinical and radiological outcomes for ASI with glenoid bone loss. Despite slight external rotation restrictions, it achieved low recurrence and complication rates, excellent shoulder functional scores, a high return-to-sports rate, and favorable graft healing and remodeling.
Association between brachial artery peak systolic velocity and ipsilateral radio-cephalic arteriovenous fistula maturation
Authors: Minxia Li , Yuehong Li , Jiaxuan Lv , Xianglan Wu , Chong Wang , Zhiyong Bai , Yue Liu
Published: December 2022

Objective:

To evaluate the association between brachial artery blood velocity by color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI) and primary maturation of radio-cephalic autologous arteriovenous fistula (RC-AVF).

Methods:

Clinical data from patients who underwent end-to-side cephalic-radial anastomosis were collected from December 2015 to December 2020. The anastomosis diameter (mm), blood velocity (cm/s), and brachial artery diameters (mm) 7 cm proximal to the elbow pre- and postoperation were measured by GE LOGIC-E9 ultrasound. The AVF was mature if it could be cannulated successfully and the blood flow was >200 ml/min during dialysis.

Results:

A total of 197 patients were included in our statistical analysis. A total of 163 patients had mature AVFs, and 34 patients had poor maturity (assisted and failed maturation). There were no significant differences in the clinical characteristics, peak systolic velocity (PSV) of the brachial artery, diameter of the radial artery or cephalic vein measured by CDFI preoperatively. The diameter of the brachial artery (5.41 ± 0.77 vs 4.89 ± 0.90, p = 0.00) and the fistula anastomosis (2.79 ± 0.78 vs 2.45 ± 0.85, p = 0.02) and PSV of the brachial artery (123.58 ± 37.11 vs 89.63 ± 28.31, p = 0.00) in the mature group were higher than those in the immature group.

Conclusion:

Brachial artery PSV and increased brachial artery PSV could be used to detect RC-AVF maturation in the early stage.