bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Journey to the Self: The Quest for Identity in Clarice Lispector’s Fiction
Authors: Grigore Rodica
Published: November 2023

One of the best representatives of Latin American literature, Clarice Lispector has always fascinated her readers. Her novels bring into question some major aesthetic and ideological issues, sometimes under the mask of elaborated textual games implying innovative narrative strategies and a new way of understanding fiction. The Hour of the Star (A hora da estrela, 1977) addresses the problem of identity and storytelling, as well as the complex relationships established among author, narrator, character and reader. The violence which the novel’s protagonist has to face and endure is also an expression of the force of literature. Therefore, the heroine’s death stands for the symbolic birth of fiction, her personal life being permanently mirrored by the metaphorical level of this extraordinary text. The novel progressively turns into an intricate and symbolic journey to the self, Lispector analysing the quest for personal (and artistic) identity and its hidden meanings. [Article copies available for a fee from The Transformative Studies Institute. E-mail address: journal@transformativestudies.org Website: http://www.transformativestudies.org ©2023 by The Transformative Studies Institute. All rights reserved.]
Investigation of the Reasons for the Ottoman Empire's Limited Participation in the Modern Olympic Games
Authors: ÖGÜR İbrahim , PANCAR Zarife
Published: November 2023

The Olympic Games organised in the ancient Greek civilisation was a formation in which only Greeks and men could participate and individual competitions were held. Years later, the work carried out by archaeologists and researchers in Olympia attracted the attention of Baron Pierre De Coubertin. These studies sparked the idea of creating the modern Olympic Games, a modernised version of the ancient Greek games. Thoughts such as the modern Olympic Games, providing a peaceful and goodwill environment, and being open to the whole world affected the perspective of the Ottoman Empire on the Olympics, and in this sense, the Ottoman Empire was also involved in the process of participation in the modern Olympics, albeit limited. The aim of this study is to examine the Ottoman State's perspective on the modern Olympic Games, to analyse the process of participating in these Olympics and to determine the reasons for the limited participation considering the conditions of the period, which first started in Athens in 1896 and the date of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. In the study conducted for this purpose, the conditions of the period in question were analysed and a literature review covering various articles and academic books was conducted. During the relevant period, the Ottoman Empire could not participate in the first Olympic Games due to financial difficulties and the oppressive regime; afterwards, this participation was made possible through individual efforts. The oppressive regime of tyranny imposed on Turks paved the way for the participation to be realised through non-Turkish athletes. In this sense, the reasons for the limited participation of the Ottoman Empire in the modern Olympics can be considered as financial impossibilities, the oppressive regime imposed, distance, the outbreak of the World War and the attribution of the responsibility to the Allied States in which the Ottoman Empire was located.
First results of the SA Agulhas II mobile mini-neutron monitor
Authors: Strauss Roelf du Toit , Effenberger Frederic , Lotz Stefan , Herbst Konstantin , Krüger Helena , Diedericks Corrie
Published: November 2023

We present the first results of a new redesigned version of the mini-neutron monitor installed on the South African Research vessel, the SA Agulhas II. Measurements taken from the 2019/2020 relief voyages are presented.
We show that the instrument is very sensitive to temperature variations when the ambient temperature is below 3oC. This is believed to be an instrumental effect. Additionally, we show the presence of high-frequency
interference in the calculated waiting time distributions when the vessel reaches polar latitudes. We show that these periodic variations are only present in the intensity of secondary atmospheric particles and most
likely related to the operation of the vessel’s ice radar. We are currently looking at moving the instrument to a more suitable location on board the SA Agulhas II where we will hopefully be able to operate the
instrument in a continuous fashion for several years to come.
Servikal Kanserde Prognozu Etkileyen Faktörler ve Neoadjuvan Tedavinin Prognoza Etkisi
Authors: Tekelioglu Tugba , Ayhan Ali , Tunc Mehmet
Published: November 2023

Amaç:

FIGO 2009 Evre 1B2 ve üzeri lokal ileri evre serviks kanserli hastalarda tedavi seçeneği olarak Radikal Histerektomi ile neoadjuvan kemoterapi sonrası Radikal Histerektominin genel ve hastalıksız sağkalıma etkisi araştırıldı.

Gereç ve Yöntem:

Çalışma Şubat 2007 – Ocak 2015 tarihleri arasında Başkent Üniversitesi Jinekolojik Onkoloji Bölümünde tedavi edilen 119 FİGO 2009 evre 1B2 ve üzeri lokal ileri serviks kanserli hastaları içermekte olup retrospektif olarak düzenlendi. Hastalar jinekolojik muayene ile klinik olarak evrelendirilip, görüntüleme tetkikleri ile değerlendirildikten sonra, tedavi planlarına göre 2 gruba ayrıldı. Primer olarak cerrahi yapılacak hastalara (grup1) Radikal histerektomi ve lenf nodu diseksiyonu yapıldı. Neoadjuvan kemoterapi uygulanan hastalarda ise (grup 2) 3 kür kemoterapi verildikten sonra radikal histerektomi ve lenf nodu diseksiyonu uygulandı. Çalışmada bu iki grup arasında genel ve hastalıksız sağkalım süreleri araştırıldı. Ayrıca genel ve hastalıksız sağkalımı etkileyen faktörler araştırıldı.

Bulgular:

Hastaların ortalama yaşı 56 (32-85) idi, ortalama takip süresi ise 35(1-100) aydı. 119 hastanın 36’sına neoadjuvan kemoterapi uygulanırken, 83 hasta primer cerrahi grubundaydı. 5 yıllık genel sağkalım neoadjuvan kemoterapi grubunda %51,7 (56,3 ay), primer cerrahi uygulanan grupta ise %73,5 (79,2 ay) olarak bulundu (p=0,03). Hastalıksız sağkalım ise neoadjuvan alan grupta %48,2 (49,2 ay) bulunurken bu oran primer cerrahi grubu için %61,4 (67,7 ay) olarak hesaplandı (p=0,17). Primer cerrahi yapılan grubunun genel sağ kalım hızı, neoadjuvan kemoterapi sonrası cerrahi uygulanan hastalardan anlamlı olarak yüksekti (p=0.036).

Sonuç:

Çalışmamızda servikal kanserli hastalarda uygulanan 2 farklı tedavi şekli karşılaştırılmış olup, primer olarak radikal histerektomi ve lenf nodu diseksiyonu yapılan hastalarda genel sağkalım hızının, neoadjuvan kemoterapi sonrası radikal histerektomi ile lenf nodu diseksiyonu uygulanan hastalardan istatiksel olarak daha iyi olduğu saptanmıştır. Neoadjuvan kemoterapi tedavisi lokal ileri evre serviks kanserli hastalarda standart bir tedavi şekli olmayıp çalışmamızda da genel ve hastalıksız sağkalıma etkisi olmadığı saptanmıştır. Neoadjuvan kemoterapinin lenf nodu tutulumuna ve tümör çapına etkisi olduğu bulunmuştur.
Late Type Stars in the Michigan Spectral Catalogue: Conflation of Luminosity Classes IV and V
Authors: Bord Donald J. , Sowell James R.
Published: November 2023

While computing a comprehensive set of mean values and uncertainties for key stellar parameters, particularly absolute V magnitudes and (B − V)0 colors, for main sequence stars drawn from the Michigan Spectral Catalogue (MSC), we discovered a significant co-mingling between luminosity classes IV and V in spectral types G8 and later. Indeed, among the ∼200 nearby K0 dwarfs examined, as many 20% may be misclassified subgiants. We present data to substantiate this view and offer some commentary on the observed conflation of these two luminosity classes. We conclude that while the MSC is a unique and largely reliable database for spectral classifications of predominantly southern hemisphere HD stars across the H-R diagram, it does contain some ambiguities in the assignment of luminosity classes IV and V among the late G and early K stars of which users should be aware.
Levels of Antithyroid Antiperoxidase and Antithyroglobulin Antibodies in Patients with Graves Hyperthyroidism – Predictors of Initial and Sustained Remission and Consecutive Hypothyroidism
Authors: Stojkovska Natasha , Manevska Nevena , Makazlieva Tanja , Stojanoski Sinisha
Published: November 2023

BACKGROUND: Initial and sustained remission is the principal objective in patients with Graves hyperthyroidism (GH) treated with antithyroid drugs (ATD).
AIMS: Our study aimed to investigate the predictive value of antithyroid antiperoxidase (aTPO) and antithyroglobulin (aTg) levels on initial and sustained remission or consecutive hypothyroidism in subjects with GH treated with ATD.
METHODS: Randomized, prospective, and longitudinal study during period 2013–2018 was performed. Eighty GH patients (thyrotropin [TSH] <0.01 mIU/L, free thyroxine [FT4] >30 pmol/L, triiodothyronine [FT3] >8 pmol/L), 59 females (73.75%), and 21 males (26.25%), aged 51 ± 12 years were included in the study. Subjects were divided into four subgroups (each with 20 patients) according to aTPO and aTg levels: Group I – no antibodies; Group II – (<500 IU/mL), Group III – (500–1000 IU/mL), and Group IV – (>1000 IU/mL). All subjects underwent 24 months of propylthiouracil treatment with follow-up of 24 months after remission (TSH >0.4 mIU/L, FT4 11–25 pmol/L, FT3 2.8–6.5 pmol/L). Blood samples were analyzed every 4 months.
RESULTS: In Group I, 11 (55%) of the patients attained remission; during follow-up, 5 (45%) of them had disease relapse. In Group II, 12 (60%) attained remission and 5 (42%) had relapse. In Group III, 15 (75%) attained remission, 2 (13%) had disease relapse, and 4 (26%) developed hypothyroidism. In Group IV, 18 (90%) attained remission, 1 (5%) had disease relapse, and 9 (50%) developed hypothyroidism. Patients with values below 500 IU/mL attained remission in 60%, similar as the group without antibodies in 55% (p < 0.3). Patients in Group III and IV had significantly higher remission rates compared to Group I and II (p < 0.001). Baseline values of aTPO and aTg >1000 IU/mL were significant predictors of consecutive hypothyroidism (p < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: Baseline aTPO and aTg values above 500 IU/mL were significantly prognostic for attaining and  sustaining  remission  in  GH  and  values  above  1000  IU/mL  were  significant  predictors  of  consecutive hypothyroidism.
Contribution to the floristic knowledge of Lipari and Panarea Islands (Sicilia, Italy)
Authors: Barone Giulio , Bajona Enrico , Bartolucci Fabrizio , Cancellieri Laura , Caruso Giuseppe , Conti Fabio , Domina Gianniantonio , Fascetti Simonetta , Franzoni Jacopo , Laface Valentina L. A. , Pinzani Lorenzo , Rosati Leonardo , Scoppola Anna , Stinca Adriano , Tilia Agnese , Crisafulli Alessandro
Published: November 2023

The inventory of the taxa collected in 2022 during the annual field trip of the Working Group for Floristics, Systematics and Evolution of the Italian Botanical Society is reported. The field trip was held from 19th to 22th April in the islands of Lipari and Panarea (Aeolian Islands, Sicilia). Overall, 1,664 herbarium specimens were deposited in public and private herbaria. The flora documented for the studied area amounts to 386 specific and subspecific taxa, belonging to 241 genera and 74 families. Centaurea aeolica, Helichrysum litoreum (Asteraceae), and Dianthus rupicola subsp. aeolicus (Caryophyllaceae) were the only three Italian endemics found in the study area, whereas 48 alien taxa were recorded. Dimorphotheca ecklonis (Asteraceae), Nassella tenuissima (Poaceae), Solanum torvum (Solanaceae), and Viola wittrockiana (Violaceae) are casual alien species new to Sicilia, whereas Oenothera odorata (Onagraceae) is a new naturalized alien species for the Italian vascular flora.
Traceable Use of Emerging Technologies in Smart Systems
Authors: Luther Wolfram , Schiele Gregor
Published: November 2023

This volume presents a selection of invited papers from the 3rd Workshop on Collaborative Technologies and Data Science in Smart City Applications (CODASSCA 2022): From Data to Information and Knowledge, held in Yerevan, Armenia, August, 23-25, and further articles from a free call for papers JUCS-CODASSCA-2023 published by Easychair. The workshop continues the cooperation between the University of Duisburg‐Essen (UDE) and the American University of Armenia (AUA) funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Research Foundation (DFG). The workshop took place together with a one-week summer school on the topic Enhancements of Deep Learning for Intelligent Applications and the Connected Society. 
Two-Stage Optimal Hypotheses Testing for a Model of Stegosystem with an Active Adversary
Authors: Haroutunian Mariam , Hakobyan Parandzem , Avetisyan Arman
Published: November 2023

We study the information-theoretic model of stegosystem with an active adversary, where unlike a passive adversary he can not only read but also write. The legitimate sender as well as the adversary can embed or not a message in the sending data. The receiver’s first task is to decide whether the communication is a covertext, data with no hidden message, or a stegotext, modified data with a hidden secret message. In case of stegotext, the receiver’s second task is to decide whether the message was sent by a legitimate sender or from an adversary. For this purpose an authenticated encryption from the legitimate sender is considered.

In this paper we suggest two-stage statistical hypothesis testing approach from the receivers point of view. We propose the logarithmically asymptotically optimal testing for this model. As a result the functional dependence of reliabilities of the first and second kind of errors in both stages is constructed. A comparison of overall error probabilities with the situation of one stage hypotheses testing is discussed and the behaviour of functional dependences of reliabilities are illustrated.
Metagenomic exploration of endosymbionts and pathogens in the tropical lineage of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (s.l.) ticks in Colombia
Authors: Paez-Triana Luisa , Herrera Giovanny , Vega Laura , García-Corredor Diego , Pulido Medellín Martin Orlando , Paniz-Mondolfi Alberto , Muñoz Marina , Ramírez Juan David
Published: November 2023

Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (s.l.), commonly known as the domestic dog tick, is a globally distributed tick. This species plays a significant role in human and animal health, as well as in economy due to its ability to infest livestock. The use of shotgun metagenomics has proven valuable in identifying tick-borne pathogens and key members of the tick microbiome, including endosymbionts. However, the application of shotgun metagenomics in R. sanguineus s.l. ticks in Latin America remains largely unexplored. Therefore, our objective aimed to explore and further analyze the metagenome of the tropical lineage of R. sanguineus s.l. ticks in Colombia. Through our analysis, we identified the three most prevalent pathogens harbored by these ticks, namely: Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Francisella tularensis, and Theileria equi. However, the most abundant microorganism detected was not a pathogen but the endosymbiont Coxiella mudrowiae. Interestingly, Coxiella mudrowiae exhibited significant negative correlations with several pathogens and other endosymbionts. Furthermore, we successfully constructed 27 medium-quality metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) for this microorganism, enabling us to conduct a pangenome analysis by comparing them with available genomes and identifying proteins of interest, such as those involved in vitamin B synthesis. This study represents the first implementation of shotgun metagenomics as a methodology to expand our understanding of pathogens and endosymbionts in the circulating tropical lineage of R. sanguineus s.l. ticks in Colombia. The findings of this research serve as a foundation for the development of prevention and mitigation strategies against pathogens transmitted by this tick species. Information gained from this study can contribute to the improvement of public health measures and veterinary practices aimed at controlling the impact of tick-borne diseases.
Stochastic homogenization on perforated domains Ⅰ – Extension Operators
Authors: Heida Martin
Published: November 2023

In this first part of a series of 3 papers, we set up a framework to study the existence of uniformly bounded extension and trace operators for $ W^{1, p} $-functions on randomly perforated domains, where the geometry is assumed to be stationary ergodic. We drop the classical assumption of minimally smoothness and study stationary geometries which have no global John regularity. For such geometries, uniform extension operators can be defined only from $ W^{1, p} $ to $ W^{1, r} $ with the strict inequality $ r < p $. In particular, we estimate the $ L^{r} $-norm of the extended gradient in terms of the $ L^{p} $-norm of the original gradient. Similar relations hold for the symmetric gradients (for $ {\mathbb{R}^{d}} $-valued functions) and for traces on the boundary. As a byproduct we obtain some Poincaré and Korn inequalities of the same spirit.

Such extension and trace operators are important for compactness in stochastic homogenization. In contrast to former approaches and results, we use very weak assumptions: local $ (\delta, M) $-regularity to quantify statistically the local Lipschitz regularity and isotropic cone mixing to quantify the density of the geometry and the mesoscopic properties. These two properties are sufficient to reduce the problem of extension operators to the connectivity of the geometry. In contrast to former approaches we do not require a minimal distance between the inclusions and we allow for globally unbounded Lipschitz constants and percolating holes. We will illustrate our method by applying it to the Boolean model based on a Poisson point process and to a Delaunay pipe process, for which we can explicitly estimate the connectivity terms.
Contrafacta in the Archive of the Abbey and Parish Church of St Daniel in Celje
Authors: Erjavec Jana
Published: November 2023

The article presents the collection of contrafacta preserved in the archive of the abbey and parish church of St Daniel in Celje. It provides an overview of the models used, the modes and outcomes of the transformations and the possible position of the repertoire in the cultural space of Celje in the first half of the nineteenth century.
The Singer and Composer Henry Holcombe (1690–1756)
Authors: Talbot Michael
Published: November 2023

Henry Holcombe (1690–1756) was trained as a chorister at Chester Cathedral. In 1705 he moved to London, where he sang at the Drury Lane theatre. He later pursued a lucrative career as a private music teacher. Only in later life did he achieve his full potential as a composer, producing four collections of exceptional quality. This is the first study to examine Holcombe’s life and music in detail.
Digitalno-konceptualistični premiki: analiza festivalov Forum nove glasbe
Authors: Pompe Gregor
Published: November 2023

Postopna digitalizacija družbe prinaša jasne spremembe tudi v krajino sodobne nove glasbe. Na podlagi zgodnjih teoretičnih premis o digitalizaciji nove glasbe sta analizirana prva festivala Forum nove glasbe. Analiza in primerjava s predhodnim Festivalom Slowind pokaže, da je novi festival jasno zaznamovan z digitalizacijo. Izkaže se, da je ta v prehodnem stadiju, kar se na estetski ravni kaže v številnih raznolikih kombinacijah digitalnega, »analognega«, konceptualnega, narativnega in abstraktnega.
La immigració en l’obra de Maria Barbal: una representació de la catàstrofe social?
Authors: Joutet Karim
Published: November 2023

Nous étudierons la manière dont Maria Barbal représente l’immigration dans Pedra de tartera et Carrer Bolívia. Nous nous demanderons si elle la représente comme une catastrophe sociale.
Tabu: de uma estória falsamente idílica ao indizível horror da História
Authors: Sobreira Luis
Published: November 2023

« Tabou » (2012), du réalisateur portugais Miguel Gomes envoûte le spectateur par le caractère aventurier des personnages et par le désir fatal qui les unit dans le scénario exotique de l’Afrique des années 1960, mythifiée par la remémoration nostalgique de l’ancien colon. Dans cette analyse du film, nous essaierons toutefois de démontrer la façon dont, paradoxalement, à travers cette évocation romancée, le réalisateur finit en réalité par déconstruire et dénoncer de manière assez subtile et ingénieuse une certaine vision idyllique du passé colonial portugais.
Persistance du rêve spatial américain
Authors: Saint-Martin Arnaud
Published: November 2023

Cet article analyse les usages des visions du futur dans le champ de l’astronautique aux États-Unis, et plus spécifiquement dans le domaine des vols habités. Celles-ci composent un répertoire « astroculturel », intégrant la science-fiction, la futurologie, les programmes d’exploration des agences spatiales, etc. Une fonction durable de cet ensemble de représentations et de valeurs est de légitimer les projets de « colonisation » de l’espace : d’entretenir un « rêve ». Ces objectifs n’en restent pas moins situés et non consensuels en dehors des communautés déjà conquises. Le système de croyances sous-tendant ces visions utopistes est ainsi persistant, mais fragile.
Mathematical Writing and English Language Learners
Authors: Huitzilopochtli Salvador
Published: November 2023

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the role of mathematical writing to enhance mathematics instruction for students bureaucratically labeled as English Language Learners (ELLs) and multilingual students. The chapter addresses the specific needs of these students and focuses on two major claims: first, mathematical writing is useful for ELLs learning mathematics, and second, mathematics instruction for ELLs should support them to generate mathematical claims and provide opportunities for them to revise their work. The claims are illustrated using data from a dissertation study that examined how multilingual students learned mathematical arguments in a classroom that used mathematical writing and conferencing. This chapter per the author frames mathematical arguments using proof schemes and Toulmin's model and takes a strengths-based approach to instruction. The final section suggests directions for future research and focuses on expanding beyond writing as an individual exercise.
Constructing Written Arguments for Developing Mathematical Reasoning for Students With Learning Difficulties in the Elementary Grades
Authors: Kiuhara Sharlene A.
Published: November 2023

Using argument writing to enhance students' mathematics learning has been shown to increase students' content knowledge. Investigating argument writing has also been found to increase the content knowledge and quality of mathematical reasoning of students with learning challenges. This chapter examines the instructional challenges for implementing mathematics writing to students who experience learning difficulties, evidence-based practices to address these students' math and writing needs, and a closer look at how constructing written arguments can enhance fraction knowledge and genre knowledge for students with learning difficulties.
Targeted Solutions to Improve the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Authors: Kennedy Nicolas A. , Marsano Erin O'Connor
Published: November 2023

Students who are subjected to exclusionary discipline have worse academic performance and are more likely to be incarcerated later in life. This phenomenon is nuanced and requires a calculated, multifaceted approach. As an educator and juvenile law attorney, the authors have seen the school-to-prison pipeline from both the school perspective and the legal perspective. They will use their combined narratives to raise awareness of the school-to-prison pipeline and provide a three-pronged approach to help curb its growth. This chapter unfolds by first discussing the phenomenon and how it can be recognized. Next, the authors address who is being impacted by the phenomenon and where it is taking place. Then, they discuss when to do something about the phenomenon, and what to do, before discussing the ways this autoethnographic self-narrative forced us to revisit our thinking. Finally, they provide a three-pronged approach modeled on a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) framework, restorative circles, and a teen court system.
A ameaça do corpo tatuado: a criminalização da tatuagem durante a primeira metade do século XX
Authors: Brandão Leonardo , Garcia de Souza Fernando Lucas
Published: November 2023

Este artigo analisa a produção de discursos científicos e midiáticos sobre o corpo tatuado durante a primeira metade do século XX. No curso do texto, discutiremos como a estratégia discursiva de instituições privilegiadas de produção e circulação de discursos, notadamente a ciência e a imprensa, investiram na construção de uma imagem da tatuagem associada ao desvio, à criminalidade e a uma suposta insuficiência moral de seu portador. Como resultado, os tatuados foram representados como potencialmente criminosos e constantemente colocados sob suspeita por meio de uma associação entre tatuagem e criminalidade que, embora tenha oscilado entre as noções lombrosianas do criminoso nato e a noção sociológica do sujeito como produto do meio social, não hesitaram em borrar as margens entre o sujeito tatuado e o sujeito potencialmente criminoso.
A língua da Lira: jornalismo e vanguarda em entrevista com Fernando Alexandre
Authors: Alves Tiago João José , Aide Seganfredo do Canto Fernanda , Schoenherr Rafael , Boschilia Roseli Terezinha
Published: November 2023

Este diálogo aborda um traçado biográfico do jornalista, poeta, blogueiro, agitador cultural e ator Fernando Alexandre. Fernandão, como era chamado, trabalhou na imprensa paranaense, paulista, catarinense e carioca, foi um dos fundadores do Lira Paulistana e do jornal que leva o mesmo nome. No texto, o diálogo circundou temas como jornalismo, música, poesia, teatro, cultura e arte. É um documento que pode ser útil para o grande público e para os mais diversos ramos da pesquisa no Brasil por abordar momentos da história da arte e da cultura brasileira.
Healthy diet, prevalence and factors associated among adults of Nekemte dwellers, Oromia State, Western Ethiopia
Authors: Adeba Alemu , Tamiru Dessalegn , Belachew Tefera
Published: November 2023

Introduction. Adaption and adoption of a healthy lifestyle remain challenging worldwide. An unhealthy diet is the core risk of lifestyle illnesses. However, the status of a healthy diet and its predictors were not assessed in Nekemte town targeting middle-aged adulthoods. The study was designed to assess healthy diet, prevalence and factors associated among middle-aged adults in Nekemte town from January 15, 2019, to February 30, 2019. Materials and Methods. A descriptive epidemiological study design typically cross-sectional analysis was applied in Nekemte town on middle-aged adults. Primary data was gathered by using a questionnaire and checked for its normality. Factors associated with dependent variables were analyzed with logistic regressions and their significance was determined at P<0.05. Results. The status of dieting practice was 73.31% (unhealthy) and 26.69% (healthy), respectively. This study showed that being low income (P=0.001), not married (P=0.001), and daily meal frequency [adjusted odds ratio (AOR): 1.91, 95% confidence interval (CI): [1.04, 2.71]) are associated with unhealthy diets. The odds of having an unhealthy diet were almost 3 times (AOR=3.20, [95% CI: (2.04, 5.98) higher for illiterate compared to literate participants. In addition, an unhealthy diet was nearly 5 times (AOR: 4.87, 95% CI: [3.23, 7.65]) higher for having poor knowledge of healthy diet compared to alert participants. Conclusions. The researchers identified unhealthy diets practiced highly by the study samples of the populations.
A procedure to update quality indices based on species abundances: an example using the EPI-L diatom index
Authors: Marchetto Aldo , Musazzi Simona
Published: November 2023

We propose a procedure to update ecological quality indices using species autoecology estimated by gradient analysis when new species are found, or taxonomy is updated. When updating an index, the new values must be comparable to the old ones to avoid recalibration and quality class boundary changes. As gradient length influences the values of the species optima, we propose to avoid adding new species to existing lists and we suggest recalibrating the index with a new calibration dataset and rescaling species optima. This final step reduces index updating-induced quality classification changes. An example is shown using the EPI-L diatom index, a quality index for lakes affected by trophic pressure.
Serum anti-Müllerian hormone: A potential biomarker for polycystic ovary syndrome
Authors: Halder Ashutosh , Kumar Hemant , Sharma Mona , Jain Manish , Kalsi Amanpreet Kaur , Pandey Shivam
Published: November 2023

Background & objectives:

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterized by chronic ovulatory dysfunction, hyperandrogenism and polycystic ovary morphology (PCOM). Although hyperandrogenism is one of the major features of PCOS, it is rarely observed in southeast Asia. Recently, however, there has been growing evidence on association of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) with PCOS. The objective of this study was to investigate the diagnostic potentials of AMH in PCOS individuals.

Methods:

This case-control study included a total of 131 women with PCOS and 49 healthy controls who were enrolled after the exclusion of secondary causes of PCOS. Serum AMH was measured using an ultra-sensitive AMH ELISA kit in addition to other diagnostic biomarkers. Statistical analyses was carried out using the Student’s t test, Wilcoxon rank-sum test, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, Spearman’s rank correlation test and multivariable binary logistic regression analysis.

Results:

The median AMH values were 8.5 ng/ml and 2.5 ng/ml in the study group and controls, respectively (P<0.001). The normal cutoff value of 4.1 ng/ml for AMH was derived from ROC curve analysis. With a 4.1 ng/ml cut-off value, high levels of AMH was found in about 84 per cent of PCOS cases. However, no significant difference in AMH level was noted between age groups (<20 vs. ≥20 yr), body mass index (BMI) (<25 vs. ≥25 kg/m2) and PCOM types. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) for AMH yielded diagnostic range values. In total PCOS cases, AUC was 0.93 (95% CI: 0.88 and 0.96), and in phenotype A PCOS cases, AUC was 0.96 (95% CI: 0.91 and 0.98). The correlation test also showed no association with BMI, the FG score, PCOM, free androgen index, androstenedione, dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate and luteinizing hormone. However, a weak correlation was observed with testosterone in total PCOS cases and with DHT as well as age in phenotype A PCOS cases. The prediction model for PCOS using multivariable binary logistic regression analysis showed AMH as the best marker.

Interpretation & conclusions:

The results of this study suggest that AMH can be considered as the most promising biomarker in PCOS women, particularly with phenotype A and phenotype D.
“Buenos jueces” en el proceso civil: dogmática y neurociencia
Authors: Carrasco Delgado Nicolás Ignacio
Published: November 2023

En este artículo se pone en tela de juicio los modelos de lo que puede entenderse como “Buenos Jueces” en el proceso civil. Esos modelos se exponen a la luz de las distintas perspectivas acerca de los fines de ese proceso. Desde esa mirada se aprecian desafíos, retos o limitaciones que los seres humanos tenemos para cumplir labores jurisdiccionales. Es a propósito de esas restricciones que la neurociencia puede resultar útil, a través de la neurotecnología como mecanismo que, entre otras utilidades, puede favorecer la mejora cognitiva. El uso de tales tecnologías ha logrado avances en otras profesiones, siendo una pregunta válida si puede ayudar a los jueces a mejoraren su desempeño.
Exact Calabi–Yau categories and odd-dimensional Lagrangian spheres
Authors: Li Yin
Published: November 2023

An exact Calabi–Yau structure, originally introduced by Keller, is a special kind of smooth Calabi–Yau structure in the sense of Kontsevich–Vlassopoulos (2021). For a Weinstein manifold

M

, the existence of an exact Calabi–Yau structure on the wrapped Fukaya category

\mathcal{W}(M)

imposes strong restrictions on its symplectic topology. Under the cyclic open-closed map constructed by Ganatra (2019), an exact Calabi–Yau structure on

\mathcal{W}(M)

induces a class

\tilde{b}

in the degree one equivariant symplectic cohomology

\mathrm{SH}_{S^1}^{1}(M)

. Any Weinstein manifold admitting a quasi-dilation in the sense of Seidel–Solomon [Geom. Funct. Anal. 22 (2012), 443–477] has an exact Calabi–Yau structure on

\mathcal{W}(M)

. We prove that there are many Weinstein manifolds whose wrapped Fukaya categories are exact Calabi–Yau despite the fact that there is no quasi-dilation in

\mathrm{SH}^{1}(M)

; a typical example is given by the affine hypersurface

\{x^{3}+y^{3}+z^{3}+w^{3}=1\}\subset\mathbb{C}^{4}

. As an application, we prove the homological essentiality of Lagrangian spheres in many odd-dimensional smooth affine varieties with exact Calabi–Yau wrapped Fukaya categories.
Partnering to Improve Mentorship Capacity for Ugandan Reproductive Health Researchers: Program Description and Evaluation
Authors: Buser Julie M. , August Ella , Jacobson-Davies Faelan E. , Bongomin Felix , Kumakech Edward , Gray Rachel , Pebolo Pebalo Francis , Auma Anna Grace , Endale Tamrat , Smith Yolanda R.
Published: November 2023

Mentorship is essential to health researchers in achieving their full potential and advancing public health. In most low-resource settings, there is a paucity of training on how to be a successful mentor. The Center for International Reproductive Health Training at the University of Michigan conducted and evaluated a workshop at two universities in Uganda for mentors of new reproductive health research grant awardees. The program aimed to strengthen mentors’ mentorship skills and to identify ways to foster institutional support for mentoring. Mentors rated their post-training skills using a 5-point Likert scale (not skilled to extremely skilled) immediately and 3 months after the training. Ten of 19 mentors who participated in the training completed the evaluation. The majority were 41 to 50 years old, male, midcareer faculty. Immediately after the training, mentors rated themselves (mean ± SD) highest in knowledge of research ethics (4.4 ± 0.5), fostering independence in mentees (4.3 ± 0.9), and understanding the benefits of mentoring (3.9 ± 1.1). Mentors felt least confident in fostering institutional change to support mentorship (3.3 ± 0.8), communication (3.5 ± 0.5), and overcoming adversity (3.5 ± 0.8). The two most important things the mentors learned were how to appreciate and manage diversity and how they can benefit from mentorship. Barriers to mentoring that persisted after the program ended included lack of time and institutional resources. Enhancing mentorship training opportunities will foster a generation of scientists who are more supported, skilled, and productive in research, leading to better reproductive and public health outcomes in their communities.
Secular stagnation: a Classical–Marxian view
Authors: Cruz Manuel David , Tavani Daniele
Published: November 2023

We study a model of secular stagnation, income and wealth distribution, and employment in the Classical–Marxian (CM) tradition, with the purpose of drawing a contrast with established Neoclassical accounts of the topic (Piketty 2014, Gordon 2015). In these explanations, which assume full employment of labor at all times, an exogenous reduction in the growth rate g increases the difference with the endogenous rate of return to capital r. The capital–income ratio rises and, if the elasticity of substitution is above one, the wage share falls. Our explanation does not presuppose full employment, and features a crucial tension between profit-driven capital accumulation and wage-driven labor-augmenting technical change: both these features are defining for CM economics and have been emphasized in recent heterodox macro literature. Institutional or technological shocks that lower the wage share initially foster capital accumulation – which is profit-driven – and increase wealth inequality. However, the effect on long-run growth is negative, because a reduction in the wage share lessens the incentives by firms to introduce labor-saving innovation, which is wage-driven. The capital–income ratio must rise in order to restore balanced growth and stabilize employment in the long run; and the increase in wealth inequality is permanent. The ultimate effect on long-run employment depends on the relative strength of the response of technical change versus real wage growth to labor market institutions: we identify a simple condition that delivers either a wage-led or a profit-led long-run employment regime. We then test the model using time-series data for the US (1960–2019): impulse responses from vector error-correction model (VECM) estimators lend support to the main predictions of our model, and point to the employment–population ratio being wage-led.
Persuasions, Resistance and Other Discourse Virtuosities
Authors: Brunila Kristiina
Published: November 2023

This article concerns the discursive power relations that have led to equality work in Finland. In addition to marketisation, publicly-funded projects, especially those funded by the European Union, have permeated the public sector. Equality has been labelled women’s work and something that women do and the continuity of equality work requires a complex form of competence. In this article, ways have been looked to analyse the current situation by conducting an analysis that will enable to see not only the discursive power relations that shape gender equality work but also how it has been possible that gender equality work has succeeded in remaining continuous. Persistence of problems concerning equality as well as co-operation between women and the ‘discourse virtuosity’ of equality work have opened up opportunities for continuity but not without problems.
State Feminism and the Basque Women's Movement: Transforming Gender Relations in the Home
Authors: Crumly Amy Leigh
Published: November 2023

This article explores the social and historical circumstances that contributed to the institutionalization of the Spanish Basque women's movement and in turn contributed to the development of a particular type of state feminism. In this context, state feminism is defined as the relationship between government political action directed at women through public institutions and the diffusion of the women's movement at the local level. State feminism is examined in relation to systems of gender relations and the division between the public and private domains. The day to day activities of the contemporary women's association, Mother of Alava, illustrates the ways government programs combine wih the mobilization of women at the local level to promote gender equality.
(Il)legal Subjects? Contested Identities of Canadian Indoor Sex Workers
Authors: Raguparan Menaka
Published: November 2023

Women’s participation in the sex trade industry has always been a subject of contention, with conflicting representations. In this paper, I present the finding of in-depth, face-to-face interviews with ten independent in-call and/or out-call sex workers in Canada. Through these interviews, I seek to understand the distinctive names and meanings attributed to the identities of sex workers. Driving on divergent analytical concepts such as legal consciousness, respectability, self-creation and the intersection between gender, race, class and sexuality I chart participants’ perceptions and interpretations of the classifications inscribed to them by legal, political, and the civil society. Moving beyond existing languages and discourses that are particularly used to define, name and characterize women’s involvement in the sex industry, in this paper I highlight the fluidity and complexities of personal, social and political identities of the ten sex workers. Key Words: Sex Work, Women, Law, Gender inequality, Resistance
Accra turns lives around: female migrant traders and their empowerment experiences in Accra, Ghana.
Authors: Wrigley Asante Charlotte
Published: November 2023

This paper examines young female migrants working as petty traders in the Accra Metropolitan Area. It discusses the processes through which female migrant traders as economic actors have used migration and trading as pathways to empower themselves through an analysis of their control over material and non-material resources, their choices in life and their ability to influence the direction of change. The author argues that young female migrants must not be looked at only in the context of vulnerability but rather seen as agents of change and people who can change their life circumstances, that of their families and make life choices. Facilitation of measures by relevant stakeholders to support the efforts of these female migrant traders as positive agents of change is recommended.
Inclusion of Women in Science. Long-term strategies for alone or with partners’ women
Authors: González Ramos Ana M.
Published: November 2023

Throughout history the division of gender roles has been a serious impediment for women working in science. Although they never desisted from conducting research, firstly as amateur and later as professional, they stood outside of scientific institutions and even now they hold low positions of ladder career. Women are finally in research institutions but they still need to make great efforts to achieve recognition from their colleagues and gatekeepers. Using the biographies of some contemporary scientific women, the objective of this work is to discover the role of partners at women’s professional advancement. Their partners’ role can supports, interferes or outlines professional decisions of women. This work also compares different cohorts of women scientist since a long-term approach that underlines social changes in Spanish society. Findings reveal that women need to plan very carefully work-life balance because some of the most important milestones coincide in the life-course. Social expectations regarding gender roles also mold women’s decisions even when they are professionals and totally independents. The role of partners if they both collaborate, family background, financial status, childcare facilities, workplace environments and gender policies also contribute to success of women in professional careers.
Women Transcending “Boundaries” in Indigenous Peacebuilding in Kenya’s Sotik/Borabu Border Conflict
Authors: Ombati Mokua
Published: November 2023

Opinion and understanding on the consequences of violent conflict on women, and the importance of their participation in peacebuilding processes is varied. What exactly are women’s roles in violent conflict transformation and peacebuilding? What can be done to enhance women's role and contribution to peacebuilding processes? This study addresses these and other questions concerning women’s experiences of and responses to violent conflict. Drawing from the human needs approach, the study explores grassroots women’s engagement of peacebuilding through the promotion of social capital as both a public and private good. The study explores how, women have (re)discovered, (re)formulated, (re)framed and (re)adapted their traditional gender roles for peacebuilding, empowerment and development. The adopted indigenous conflict resolution approaches, knowledge and citizen peacekeeping are playing a prominent role in reappraising and building sustainable peace. Individually and collectively, women contribute to peacebuilding in many ways; though their contributions are often neglected because they take avant-garde forms, occur outside formal peace processes or are considered extensions of women’s existing gender roles. The study is based on an ethnographic case study of Kenya’s Sotik/Borabu cross-border conflict.
Aportaciones a la Educación de las Mujeres del Movimiento Libertario
Authors: García Rocío , Ruiz Laura
Published: November 2023

Este artículo presenta las contribuciones en el ámbito educativo que las mujeres, que participaron en el movimiento libertario, realizaron durante su lucha en la Guerra Civil española (1936-1939). Partimos de una investigación en profundidad, inédita: Recuperando las voces de las mujeres luchadoras por la libertad. Catalunya, 1936-1939, que a través de la recuperación de la voz de las mujeres del movimiento libertario nos aporta tanto el conocimiento del impacto social y político de sus iniciativas como la vigencia de éstas en nuestro actual panorama educativo.
The Transmission of our Understanding of Historical Time
Authors: Gorman Jonathan Lamb
Published: November 2023

This paper explains a philosophically pragmatic approach to the understanding of historical time, and some implications of that for the transmission of such understanding. The philosophical route from Hume’s empiricism to American pragmatism and recent developments in the application of that approach to historiography are summarised. Such pragmatism is a historicising philosophy. Quine’s “web of belief” is developed as (1) diachronic and not synchronic; (2) (following Collingwood) idealist and not realist in metaphysics, so history is that which we conceptually count or organise as such; (3) involving narrative structures of time, rather than atomistic beliefs in mathematical point-presents. The ongoing reality of history is then expressed by a rolling web of narrative temporal structures. History itself and the practice of the discipline are both understood in these terms. Analysing our understanding of the “present” with reference to the infant mind, some roles of tenses and voices in the organisation of time are illustrated using brief literary examples, and choices are stressed as foundational, constrained only by practice. The paper concludes with the application of Collingwood’s notion of “absolute presuppositions” to our understanding of the distinctions between present, past and historical past, and to the notions of historical distance and hindsight.
Corporal Punishment as a Means of Education? Patterns of Interpretation in the German Educational Discourse in the First Half of the 19th Century
Authors: Heinze Carsten , Heinze Kristin
Published: November 2023

In the last third of the 18th century, in the context of a general discursive reference to the child´s nature as a child and its naturalness there were attempts at making educational punishment more humane. Notwithstanding the critical debate on so called barbarious punishment, going as far as to a “campaign against stick and birch” (MÃ¶ller), after all corporal punishment was not fundamentally questioned. Also suggestions in this respect did not push through in the discourse. This contribution is meant to explain the reasons for this, with the following central thesis: In the first half of the 19th century the debate on corporal punishment produced a contradicting context of justification - out of love for the child and in view of its future social activities, it was said, in case of inappropriate behaviour a child must indeed be punished, because although being capable of reason it is at first, like an animal, only open for sensory stimuli.
Convenciones Culturales y Estilos de Vida. La Elite Social de la Argentina de Entreguerras en las Crónicas Sociales de la Revista Caras y Caretas (1917-1939)
Authors: Losada Leandro Agustín
Published: November 2023

El artículo estudia las convenciones culturales y el estilo de vida de la elite social argentina durante los años de entreguerras. Se analizan sus rasgos y cambios, así como su influencia en la imagen pública de la elite. En este sentido, se despliegan argumentos sobre la relación entre distinción social, impugnación moral y legitimidad de la elite tradicional, en un momento definido por un cambio profundo de la estructura social argentina debido a la aparición de una incipiente sociedad de masas. Las fuentes utilizadas son las crónicas sociales de Caras y Caretas, la revista de mayor circulación durante el período.