bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The role of mindfulness training in sustaining weight reduction: retrospective cohort analysis
Authors: Hanson Petra , Lange Maria , Oduro-Donkor Dominic , Shuttlewood Emma , Weickert Martin O. , Randeva Harpal S. , Menon Vinod , Alexander Regi T. , Basset Paul , Shankar Rohit , Barber Tom M.
Published: November 2022

Background

Psychological stress has an established bi-directional relationship with obesity. Mindfulness techniques reduce stress and improve eating behaviours, but their long-term impact remains untested. CALMPOD (Compassionate Approach to Living Mindfully for Prevention of Disease) is a psychoeducational mindfulness-based course evidenced to improve eating patterns across a 6-month period, possibly by reducing stress. However, no long-term evaluation of impact exists.

Aims

This study retrospectively evaluates 2-year outcomes of CALMPOD on patient engagement, weight and metabolic markers.

Method

All adults with a body mass index >35 kg/m2 attending an UK obesity service during 2016–2020 were offered CALMPOD. Those who refused CALMPOD were offered standard lifestyle advice. Routine clinic data over 2 years, including age, gender, 6-monthly appointment attendance, weight, haemoglobin A1C and total cholesterol, were pooled and analysed to evaluate CALMPOD.

Results

Of 289 patients, 163 participated in the CALMPOD course and 126 did not. No baseline demographic differences existed between the participating and non-participating groups. The CALMPOD group had improved attendance across all 6-monthly appointments compared with the non-CALMPOD group (P < 0.05). Mean body weight reduction at 2 years was 5.6 kg (s.d. 11.2, P < 0.001) for the CALMPOD group compared with 3.9 kg (s.d. 10.5, P < 0.001) for the non-CALMPOD group. No differences in haemoglobin A1C and fasting serum total cholesterol were identified between the groups.

Conclusions

The retrospective evaluation of CALMPOD suggests potential for mindfulness and compassion-based group educational techniques to improve longer-term patient and clinical outcomes. Prospective large-scale studies are needed to evaluate the impact of stress on obesity and the true impact of CALMPOD.
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Anti–Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Treatment–Naive Patients With Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Low Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma: Exploratory Cohort Results in a Phase II Trial
Authors: Yamaguchi Kensei , Bang Yung-Jue , Iwasa Satoru , Sugimoto Naotoshi , Ryu Min-Hee , Sakai Daisuke , Chung Hyun Cheol , Kawakami Hisato , Yabusaki Hiroshi , Lee Jeeyun , Shimoyama Tatsu , Lee Keun-Wook , Saito Kaku , Kawaguchi Yoshinori , Kamio Takahiro , Kojima Akihito , Sugihara Masahiro , Shitara Kohei
Published: November 2022

PURPOSE

To investigate efficacy and safety of trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–low gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma.

METHODS

Patients with locally advanced or metastatic HER2-low (cohort 1, immunohistochemistry 2+/in situ hybridization–negative; cohort 2, immunohistochemistry 1+) gastric/GEJ adenocarcinoma treated with at least two prior regimens, including fluoropyrimidine and platinum, but anti-HER2 therapy naive, received T-DXd 6.4 mg/kg intravenously once every 3 weeks. The primary end point was confirmed objective response rate by independent central review.

RESULTS

Among 21 patients enrolled in cohort 1 and 24 enrolled in cohort 2, 19 and 21 patients, respectively, had central HER2 confirmation, received T-DXd, and had measurable tumors at baseline. The confirmed objective response rate was 26.3% (95% CI, 9.1 to 51.2) from five partial responses in cohort 1 and 9.5% (95% CI, 1.2 to 30.4) from two partial responses in cohort 2. Thirteen patients (68.4%) in cohort 1 and 12 (60.0%) in cohort 2 experienced reduced tumor size. The median overall survival was 7.8 months (95% CI, 4.7 to nonevaluable) in cohort 1 and 8.5 months (95% CI, 4.3 to 10.9) in cohort 2; the median progression-free survival was 4.4 months (95% CI, 2.7 to 7.1) and 2.8 months (95% CI, 1.5 to 4.3), respectively. The most common grade ≥ 3 treatment-emergent adverse events in cohorts 1 and 2 were anemia (30.0% and 29.2%), decreased neutrophil count (25.0% and 29.2%), and decreased appetite (20.0% and 20.8%). Drug-related interstitial lung disease/pneumonitis occurred in one patient in each cohort (grade 1 or 2). No drug-related deaths occurred.

CONCLUSION

This study provides preliminary evidence that T-DXd has clinical activity in patients with heavily pretreated HER2-low gastric/GEJ adenocarcinoma.
Unliterary History: Toni Morrison, The Black Book, and “Real Black Publishing”
Authors: Brier Evan
Published: November 2022

How should Toni Morrison’s work as a Random House editor be understood? How does it figure, that is, in the larger contexts of literary history, publishing history, and the history of African American expression? Positioning Morrison’s editorial work in relation to the corporate takeover of American publishers and the rise of Black studies programs, this article reconstructs a lost moment in both cultural history and business history. Starting with the story of The Black Book, a “scrapbook-history” of African American experience edited by Morrison and published by Random House in 1974, this article examines the fleeting institutional context that made not just The Black Book but a body of African American writing possible. In doing so, it makes a case for reconsidering how changes to the publishing business, late in the twentieth century, shaped American literary history.
What the Afterlife ofSCUMCan Teach Us about Autotheory
Authors: Ioanes Anna
Published: November 2022

The emerging genre of autotheory has been tied to a longer lineage of feminist and queer writing. Valerie Solanas’s SCUM Manifesto (1967) forms an important context for contemporary autotheoretical practices not only as an influence but also as a cautionary tale. Published in 1967, just one year before its author shot Andy Warhol, the SCUM Manifesto was quickly overdetermined by readings that saw the shooting as a fulfillment of the manifesto’s vision, rewriting the manifesto as a kind of autotheory in reverse. Tracing SCUM’s afterlife in a range of cultural texts, including Riot grrrl zines and Andrea Long Chu’s autotheoretical work Females (2019), reveals consistent anxieties about the relationship between the manifesto and the shooting. As a parallel cultural formation arising alongside autotheory, SCUM’s afterlife shows how anxieties about interpretation drive the autotheoretical impulse.
Fashioning the Soul in Colonial Río de la Plata: Religious Education in the Guaraní Missions, 1609–1768
Authors: Huffine Kristin
Published: November 2022

This article examines how the 1705 Guaraní translation and publication of Juan Eusebio Nieremberg’s On the Difference between the Temporal and Eternal in Río de la Plata’s colonial missions provides evidence of Jesuit instruction in advanced spiritual formation as well as more limited forms of devotional training among Guaraní Indians. The book was translated for a growing population of elite Indigenous readers and for public readings among Indians without preparation in literacy in the missions. Introducing mission residents to the practice of spiritual exercises similar to those originally designed by Ignatius Loyola in his sixteenth-century handbook, the Guaraní Nieremberg imprint and its accompanying engravings reveal Jesuit methods of training in spiritual formation as well as efforts to provide for the development of Guaraní-Christian subject formation. The article also examines how the Guaraní brought their own knowledge of the soul-word and its close connections to language, dream songs, and speech to the Jesuit project of spiritual discernment and Guaraní-Christian subject formation.
CT coronary angiography first prior to rapid access chest pain clinic review: a retrospective feasibility study
Authors: Graby John , Murphy David , Metters Rhys , Parke Kady , Jones Samantha , Ellis Dawn , Khavandi Ali , Carson Kevin , Lowe Rob , Rodrigues Jonathan C.L.
Published: November 2022

Objectives:

Since rapid access chest pain clinics (RACPC) were established to streamline stable chest pain assessment, CT coronary angiography (CTCA) has become the recommended investigation for patients without known coronary artery disease (CAD), with well-defined indications. This single-centre retrospective study assessed the feasibility of General Practice (GP)-led CTCA prior to RACPC.

Methods:

RACPC pathway patients without pre-existing CAD electronic records were reviewed (September–October 2019). Feasibility assessments included appropriateness for RACPC, referral clinical data vs RACPC assessment for CTCA indication and safety, and a comparison of actual vs hypothetical pathways, timelines and hospital encounters.

Results:

106/172 patients screened met inclusion criteria (mean age 61 ± 14, 51% female). 102 (96%) referrals were ‘appropriate’. No safety concerns were identified to preclude a GP-led CTCA strategy. The hypothetical pathway increased CTCA requests vs RACPC (84 vs 71), whilst improving adherence to guidelines and off-loading other services. 22% (23/106) had no CAD, representing cases where one hospital encounter may be sufficient. The hypothetical pathway would have reduced referral-to-diagnosis by at least a median of 27 days (interquartile range 14–33).

Conclusion:

A hypothetical GP-led CTCA pathway would have been feasible and safe in a real-world RACPC patient cohort without pre-existing CAD. This novel strategy would have increased referrals for CTCA, whilst streamlining patient pathways and improved NICE guidance adherence.

Advances in knowledge:

GP-led CTCA is a feasible and safe pathway for patients without pre-existing CAD referred to RACPC, reducing hospital encounters required and may accelerate time to diagnosis. This approach may have implications and opportunities for other healthcare pathways.
Το θέατρο στην Κωνσταντινούπολη 1900-1922
Authors: Πεζοπούλου Παναγιώτα
Published: November 2022

Η παρούσα διατριβή είναι διαρθρωμένη σε τρεις τόμους. Στον πρώτο τόμο δίνεται μια εκτενής περιγραφή της κοινωνικοπολιτικής και θεατρικής ζωής της Κωνσταντινούπολης από το 1900 έως το 1922. Στο δεύτερο τόμο περιλαμβάνονται οι παραστάσεις που δόθηκαν στην Πόλη από τους ελληνικούς και τους ξένους θιάσους, ενώ στον τρίτο τόμο έχει γίνει μια επιλογή των κριτικών που δημοσιεύθηκαν στον Τύπο για τα έργα, τους ηθοποιούς και τις παραστάσεις.
Αξιολόγηση της επίδοσης υποθαλάσσιων ασύρματων οπτικών δικτύων
Authors: Χριστοπούλου Χρυσοβαλάντου
Published: November 2022

Οι ασύρματες οπτικές υποθαλάσσιες επικοινωνίες (underwater optical wireless communications) αποτελούν μια εναλλακτική τεχνολογία για τη μεταφορά ευρυζωνικής κίνησης στο υποθαλάσσιο περιβάλλον και έχουν αρκετά συγκριτικά πλεονεκτήματα έναντι των άλλων εναλλακτικών τεχνολογιών. Τέτοια συστήματα επικοινωνιών μπορούν να αναπτυχθούν είτε αποκλειστικά στο υποθαλάσσιο περιβάλλον είτε να αποτελούν μέρος ενός μικτού συστήματος επικοινωνιών με κάποια άλλη τεχνολογία για τη μεταφορά πληροφορίας από το υποθαλάσσιο στο επίγειο περιβάλλον. Σε κάθε περίπτωση, η εξαγωγή αξιόπιστων δεικτών που θα περιγράφουν τις επιδόσεις τους, είναι στο επίκεντρο πολλών ερευνητικών προσπαθειών τα τελευταία χρόνια. Η παρούσα διατριβή συμβάλει προς αυτή την κατεύθυνση με τη μελέτη απλών και μικτών συστημάτων, την διερεύνηση πιο ρεαλιστικών μοντέλων για τον συντελεστή εξασθένισης του υποθαλάσσιου καναλιού, τη διερεύνηση της σχέσης βάθους και κάλυψης καθώς και τη μελέτη ζεύξεων όπου ο δέκτης στο υποθαλάσσιο περιβάλλον δεν είναι στατικός. Τα αποτελέσματα της θεωρητικής έρευνας αποτελούν τη βάση για τη ανάπτυξη και αποδοτική λειτουργία ασύρματων οπτικών υποθαλάσσιων συστημάτων.
Multi-stage ytterbium fiber-amplifier seeded by a gain-switched laser diode
Authors: Ryser M. , Pilz S. , Burn A. , Romano V.
Published: November 2022

We demonstrated all-fiber amplification of 11 ps pulses from a gain-switched laser diode at 1064 nm. The diode was driven at a repetition rate of 40 MHz and delivered 13 µW of fiber-coupled average output power. For the low output pulse energy of 325 fJ we have designed a multi-stage core pumped pre-amplifier in order to keep the contribution of undesired amplified spontaneous emission as low as possible. By using a novel time-domain approach for determining the power spectral density ratio (PSD) of signal to noise, we identified the optimal working point for our pre-amplifier. After the pre-amplifier we reduced the 40 MHz repetition rate to 1 MHz using a fiber coupled pulse-picker. The final amplification was done with a cladding pumped Yb-doped large mode area fiber and a subsequent Yb-doped rod-type fiber. With our setup we reached a total gain of 73 dB, resulting in pulse energies of >5.6 µJ and peak powers of >0.5 MW. The average PSD-ratio of signal to noise we determined to be 18/1 at the output of the final amplification stage.
Chesterton jako teolog polityczny
Authors: Kmieć Michał
Published: November 2022

Gilbert K. Chesterton znany jest przede wszystkim jako apologeta chrześcijaństwa i autor powieści kryminalnych o księdzu-detektywie. Był również płodnym publicystą i eseistą. W swoich książkach poruszał aktualne jak i ponadczasowe problemy polityczne. Artykuł charakteryzuje jego myśl polityczną na tle debaty o teologii politycznej, jako jedno z jej ujęć. W tekście scharakteryzowano w kontekście myśli politycznej dwa najważniejsze pojęcia w tekstach Chestertona: herezja i ortodoksja.
The PFAPA syndrome: review on diagnosis and management
Authors: Zuchniak Paweł , Godek Grzegorz , Klajda Katarzyna , Sidorczuk Piotr , Król Olgierd , Wysokińska Olga
Published: November 2022

Introduction and purpose: Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis (PFAPA syndrome) is the most common periodic fever condition in child age. Discussed syndrome is generally a self-limited condition, but it can significantly decrease the quality of child’s life. It can be also challenge for parents, as well as medical professionals. Knowledge of the syndrome is very important among many specialists because early detection is the basis of the correct differentia and proper treatment. Many researches has been made to explain the genetic and immunologic elements which play a significant role in the pathogenesis of PFAPA, but it is not fully undestood. This review will focus on current knowledge regarding the pathogenesis of PFAPA, as well as surgical and conservative treatment strategies.

Material and methods: This review was based on available data collected in the PubMed database and published between 2013 and 2022. The study was conducted by reviewing key words as follows: "PFAPA","treatment", "diagnosis","tonsillectomy".

Results: The diagnosis of PFAPA syndrome consists of a typical clinical presentation, but sometimes diagnosis of this syndrome can be problematic. Some clinical criteria can be useful. We have vary of treatment arms depends on clinical targets. Depite that PFAPA is self limiting syndrome which can dissappear in later years of children’s life.

 

Conclusions: PFAPA syndrom is rare disease, but is very important to put emphasis on knowledge about it. Early diagnosis of this syndrome can make physicians send patient to specialized ward, and it will be possible to start proper and efficient treatment. It is a question of the future that we will get more patophysiologic knowledge about this disease.
Involvement of Teachers, Parents, and School Committees in Improving Scientific Attitudes of Elementary School Students: Application of Rasch Model Analysis
Authors: Suryandai Kartika Chrysti , Rokhmaniyah Rokhmaniyah , Salimi Moh , Fatimah Siti
Published: November 2022

This research analyzed the involvement of teachers, parents, and school committees in improving scientific attitudes in science learning using Rasch model analysis. A survey method was used in this quantitative study. Participants in the study were selected using a purposive sample of 174 teachers, parents, and school committees in Sleman and Kebumen Regencies, Indonesia. A questionnaire was used in data collection to determine the involvement of teachers, parents, and school committees in improving scientific attitudes toward science learning. The questionnaires were completed using a Likert scale of 1-4, and the data were then analyzed using the Rasch model. The result showed that all participants were the average logit items (+1.03 logit). The reliability was 0.89, indicating a positive response to improving students' scientific attitudes. The results of the Rasch model analysis suggested that the involvement of parents, teachers, and school committees in improving scientific attitudes differed according to their roles. Each instrument element was analyzed in more detail in the Rasch model. Participants' roles were reflected in the specific involvements of teachers in learning, parents at home with children, and school committees participating in school policy-making.
Crimes Against Agriculture: NAFTA as State Crime in Mexico
Authors: Patten Daniel
Published: November 2022

With the implementation of NAFTA in 1994, several consequences have followed. The current study is a case study of the negative harms primarily felt by Mexican farmers. Using the copious research on NAFTA, the trade deal is shown to have ingratiated transnational corporations while leaving poor rural farmers to cope for themselves in a newly shaped economy. Using anomie-strain theory, social structure of accumulation theory, and the concept of a criminogenic policy, NAFTA is contextually situated and connected to its harmful effects, contributing to poverty, under- and unemployment, displacement of rural farmers, the destruction of small-scale corn growers, malnutrition via the neoliberal diet, and a loss of Mexican food sovereignty. Nearly three decades after NAFTA, ignorance of such effects should not be possible in light of negotiating new or renegotiated old trade deals. Researchers of state crime must build an understanding of how policy is a tool of state crime.
Simultaneous spatial and temporal focusing optical vortex pulses for micromachining through optically transparent materials
Authors: Tan Yuanxin , Ji Longfei , Liu Zhaoxiang , Li Dongwei , Hao Zuoqiang , Ren Yingying , Zhang Haisu , Cheng Ya , Cai Yangjian
Published: November 2022

We introduce the optical vortex beam into simultaneous spatial and temporal focusing (SSTF) technique, and theoretically and experimentally demonstrate the local control of peak intensity distribution at the focus of a simultaneous spatiotemporally focused optical vortex (SSTF OV) beam. To avoid nonlinear self-focusing in the conventional focusing scheme, a spatiotemporally focused femtosecond laser vortex beam was employed to achieve doughnut-shaped ablation and high aspect ratio (∼28) microchannels on the back surface of 3 mm thick soda-lime glass and fused silica substrates.
Point-by-point visual enhancement with spatially and spectrally tunable laser illumination
Authors: Wang Xin , Wang Zewei , Meuret Youri , Smet Kevin A. G. , Zhang Jingjing
Published: November 2022

Vision is responsible for most of the information that humans perceive of the surrounding world. Many studies attempt to enhance the visualization of the entire scene by optimizing and tuning the overall illumination spectrum. However, by using a spatially uniform illumination spectrum for the entire scene, only certain global color shifts with respect to a reference illumination spectrum can be realized, resulting in moderate visual enhancement. In this paper, a new visual enhancement method is presented that relies on a spatially variable illumination spectrum. Such an approach can target much more dedicated visual enhancements by optimizing the incident illumination spectrum to the surface reflectance at each position. First, a geometric calibration of the projector-camera system is carried out for determining the spatial mapping from the projected pixel grid to the imaged pixel grid. Secondly, the scene is segmented for implementing the visual enhancement approach. And finally, one of three visual enhancement scenarios is applied by projecting the required color image onto the considered segmented scene. The experimental results show that the visual salience of the scene or region of interest can be efficiently enhanced when our proposed method is applied to achieve colorfulness enhancement, hue tuning, and background lightness reduction.
Full mode power spectrum for Laguerre-Gauss beams in strong Kolmogorov turbulence
Authors: Elder Henry f. , sprangle phillip
Published: November 2022

We analyze the effects of atmospheric turbulence on the mode power spectrum of beams carrying orbital angular momentum represented by Laguerre-Gauss (LG) modes. For an input (p,m) LG mode, i.e. pump, we calculate the power transferred to other modes (p’,m’) due to turbulence. Our analysis is validated against split-step beam propagation simulations and shows agreement into the strong turbulence regime. These results have applications for the design and characterization of free-space laser communication systems.
Determination of a Raman shift laser power coefficient based on cross correlation
Authors: Hunter Nicholas , Rahbar Mahya , Wang Ridong , Mahjouri-Samani Masoud , Wang Xinwei
Published: November 2022

This work presents a novel, to the best of our knowledge, cross
correlation technique for determining the laser heating-induced Raman
shift laser power coefficient ψ required for
energy transport state-resolved Raman (ET-Raman) methods. The cross
correlation method determines the measure of similarity between the
experimental intensity data and a varying test Gaussian signal. By
circumventing the errors inherent in any curve fittings, the cross
correlation method quickly and accurately determines the location
where the test Gaussian signal peak is most like the Raman peak,
thereby revealing the peak location and ultimately the value of
ψ. This method improves the reliability of
optothermal Raman-based methods for micro/nanoscale thermal
measurements and offers a robust approach to data processing through a
global treatment of Raman spectra.
Oscillating optical fiber speckle patterns: modeling and application
Authors: Fujiwara Eric , Wu Yu Tzu , Suzuki Carlos K.
Published: November 2022

Speckle patterns produced by the interference between multiple optical fiber modes carry detailed information regarding the waveguide characteristics. However, reflection-type setups implemented with fiber coupler and mirror generate oscillating specklegrams that cycle consistently around well-defined states. To study such a peculiar phenomenon, an analytical model derived from a multimode fiber Fabry-Pérot interferometer investigates the contributions of the cavity length, refractive index, and laser wavelength, revealing a sinusoidal modulation of the correlation coefficient. Experiments confirm the effect of the fiber-mirror distance on the specklegram changes: computing the correlation and tracing the spatiotemporal evolution of a light granule through active contour models yielded a phase sensitivity of 15.71 rad/µm. Furthermore, the presented system works as a precise displacement sensor enhanced by the extended correlation algorithm, achieving 3 nm resolution with linear response over a 70 µm range.
The social learning and development of intra- and inter-ethnic sharing norms in the Congo Basin: A registered report protocol
Authors: Pope-Caldwell Sarah , Lew-Levy Sheina , Maurits Luke , Boyette Adam H. , Ellis-Davies Kate , Haun Daniel , Over Harriet , House Bailey R.
Published: November 2022

Compared to other species, the extent of human cooperation is unparalleled. Such cooperation is coordinated between community members via social norms. Developmental research has demonstrated that very young children are sensitive to social norms, and that social norms are internalized by middle childhood. Most research on social norm acquisition has focused on norms that modulated intra-group cooperation. Yet around the world, multi-ethnic communities also cooperate, and this cooperation is often shaped by distinct inter-group social norms. In the present study, we will investigate whether inter-ethnic and intra-ethnic social norm acquisition follows the same, or distinct, developmental trajectories. Specifically, we will work with BaYaka foragers and Bandongo fisher-farmers who inhabit multi-ethnic villages in the Republic of the Congo. In these villages, inter-ethnic cooperation is regulated by sharing norms. Through interviews with adult participants, we will provide the first descriptive account of the timing and mechanism by which BaYaka and Bandongo learn to share with out-group members. Children (5–17 years) and adults (17+ years) will also participate in a modified Dictator Game to investigate the developmental trajectories of children’s intra- and inter-ethnic sharing choices. Based on our ethnographic knowledge of the participating communities, we predict that children’s intra-ethnic sharing choices in the Dictator Game will match those of adults at an earlier age than their inter-ethnic sharing choices. We will analyze our data using logistic Bayesian modelling.
Behavioral trajectories of aging prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): Adapting behavior to social context wanes with advanced age
Authors: Powell Jeanne M. , Garvin Madison M. , Lee Nicholas S. , Kelly Aubrey M.
Published: November 2022

Several studies using mice have examined the effects of aging on cognitive tasks, as well as sensory and motor functions. However, few studies have examined the influence of aging on social behavior. Prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) are a socially monogamous and biparental rodent that live in small family groups and are now among the most popular rodent models for studies examining social behavior. Although the social behavioral trajectories of early-life development in prairie voles have been well-studied, how social behavior may change throughout adulthood remains unknown. Here we examined behavior in virgin male and female prairie voles in four different age groups: postnatal day (PND) 60–80, 140–160, 220–240, and 300–320. All animals underwent testing in a novel object task, a dominance test, a resident-intruder test, and several iterations of social approach and social interaction tests with varying types of social stimuli (i.e., novel same-sex conspecific, novel opposite-sex conspecific, familiar same-sex sibling/cagemate, small group of novel same-sex conspecifics). We found that age influenced neophobia and dominance, but not social approach behavior. Further, we found that young adult, but not older adult, prairie voles adapt prosocial and aggressive behavior relative to social context, and that selective aggression occurs in relation to age even in the absence of a pair bond. Our results suggest that prairie voles calibrate social phenotype in a context-dependent manner in young adulthood and stop adjusting behavior to social context in advanced age, demonstrating that social behavior is plastic not only throughout early development, but also well into adulthood. Together, this study provides insight into age-related changes in social behavior in prairie voles and shows that prairie voles may be a viable model for studying the cognitive and physiological benefits of social relationships and social engagement in advanced age.
Unequal effects of the COVID-19 epidemic on employment: Differences by immigrant status and race/ethnicity
Authors: Liao Kristin Tianqi , Villarreal Andrés
Published: November 2022

The COVID-19 epidemic resulted in a dramatic contraction in employment in the U.S., but the effects of this contraction have been unevenly distributed. We examine differences in employment among foreign- and native-born workers by race/ethnicity during the course of the epidemic. We test individual fixed-effects models based on data from the monthly CPS panel from January 2020 to December 2021 adjusting for seasonality. Immigrant men and women experienced greater declines in employment than non-immigrants of the same race/ethnicity when both compared to native-born Whites, but their disadvantage were limited to the initial months of the epidemic. Ethnoracial and immigrant status disparities were substantially reduced by the fall of 2020, except for Hispanic immigrant men and women, who still experienced substantial employment gaps with their native-born White counterparts. Differences in family characteristics account for Hispanic immigrant women’s lower employment rates during the epidemic but do not appear to account for differences between Black and Asian women and native-born Whites. Observed disparities in employment by race/ethnicity and immigrant status cannot be fully explained by differences in education, the concentration of minority and immigrant workers in industries and occupations that suffered steeper employment declines, or regional differences in the intensity of the epidemic.
Combination of visuo-tactile and visuo-vestibular correlations in illusory body ownership and self-motion sensations
Authors: Preuss Mattsson Nora , Coppi Sara , Chancel Marie , Ehrsson H. Henrik
Published: November 2022

Previous studies have shown that illusory ownership over a mannequin’s body can be induced through synchronous visuo-tactile stimulation as well as through synchronous visuo-vestibular stimulation. The current study aimed to elucidate how three-way combinations of correlated visual, tactile and vestibular signals contribute to the senses of body ownership and self-motion. Visuo-tactile temporal congruence was manipulated by touching the mannequin’s body and the participant’s unseen real body on the trunk with a small object either synchronously or asynchronously. Visuo-vestibular temporal congruence was manipulated by synchronous or asynchronous presentation of a visual motion cue (the background rotating around the mannequin in one direction) and galvanic stimulation of the vestibular nerve generating a rotation sensation (in the same direction). The illusory experiences were quantified using a questionnaire; threat-evoked skin-conductance responses (SCRs) provided complementary indirect physiological evidence for the illusion. Ratings on the illusion questionnaire statement showed significant main effects of synchronous visuo-vestibular and synchronous visuo-tactile stimulations, suggesting that both of these pairs of bimodal correlations contribute to the ownership illusion. Interestingly, visuo-tactile synchrony dominated because synchronous visuo-tactile stimulation combined with asynchronous visuo-vestibular stimulation elicited a body ownership illusion of similar strength as when both bimodal combinations were synchronous. Moreover, both visuo-tactile and visuo-vestibular synchrony were associated with enhanced self-motion perception; self-motion sensations were even triggered when visuo-tactile synchrony was combined with visuo-vestibular asynchrony, suggesting that ownership enhanced the relevance of visual information as a self-motion cue. Finally, the SCR results suggest that synchronous stimulation of either modality pair led to a stronger illusion compared to the asynchronous conditions. Collectively, the results suggest that visuo-tactile temporal correlations have a stronger influence on body ownership than visuo-vestibular correlations and that ownership boosts self-motion perception. We present a Bayesian causal inference model that can explain how visuo-vestibular and visuo-tactile information are combined in multisensory own-body perception.
The New Citizenship: Unconventional Politics, Activism, and Service, Craig Rimmerman (ed.) (2018)
Authors: Rubin Jee
Published: November 2022

Review of: The New Citizenship: Unconventional Politics, Activism, and Service, Craig Rimmerman (ed.) (2018)

New York and London: Routledge, 208 pp.,

ISBN 978-0-81334-457-7, h/bk, $69
Miscelânea de Estudos em Honra de Maria de Fátima Sousa e Silva - Volume I
Authors: Lourenço Frederico , Pereira Susana da Hora Marques
Published: November 2022

Este volume reúne estudos diversos nas áreas das Literaturas Grega e Latina, Cultura, Filosofia, Arte, Linguística, Antiguidade Tardia, Idade Média, Humanismo, Receção dos Clássicos e Literatura Portuguesa Contemporânea.
Miscelânea de Estudos em Honra de Maria de Fátima Sousa e Silva - Volume II
Authors: Lourenço Frederico , Pereira Susana da Hora Marques
Published: November 2022

Este volume reúne estudos diversos nas áreas das Literaturas Grega e Latina, Cultura, Filosofia, Arte, Linguística, Antiguidade Tardia, Idade Média, Humanismo, Receção dos Clássicos e Literatura Portuguesa Contemporânea.
Identifying present drivers of product development and describing roles of identified actors primarily affecting the development of harvesters: a multiple-case study
Authors: Gustafsson Åsa , Johansson Jimmy
Published: November 2022

Forest operations involve several different actors. Each actor imposes their own requirements on the harvester in relation to their differing roles in the industry, whether they are concerned with the harvester itself, information, environmental concerns, etc. The manufacturers of harvesters need to meet the requirements imposed by multiple actors, among them logging contractors, whose survival depends on their harvesters. This paper aims to identify the present drivers of product development and describe the roles of the actors who have been identified as those currently affecting the development of harvesters. A multiple-case study of harvester manufacturers was conducted. In total, 4 cases were studied. Each case was comprised of five interviewees: two from each harvesting manufacturer, two logging contractors, and one dealer. Following 20 interviews and 3 validation interviews (with experts from both the industry and academia), the paper concludes that the present drivers of product development of harvesters are legislators, logging contractors, and expert and research organizations. Harvester manufacturers appear to develop harvesters aligned with requirements coming from both logging contractors and legislators. Logging contractors are the primary customers, and they prioritize requirements that reduce cost and improve work environments. Legislators, and expert and research organizations are supporting development in relation to current regulations.
Invariant measures and random attractors of stochastic delay
differential equations in Hilbert space
Authors: Li Shangzhi , Guo Shangjiang
Published: November 2022

This paper is devoted to a general stochastic delay differential
equation with infinite-dimensional diffusions in a Hilbert space. We not
only investigate the existence of invariant measures with either Wiener
process or Lévy jump process, but also obtain the existence of a pullback
attractor under Wiener process. In particular, we prove the existence of a
non-trivial stationary solution which is exponentially stable and is
generated by the composition of a random variable and the Wiener shift. At
last, examples of reaction-diffusion equations with delay and noise are
provided to illustrate our results.
Indoor air quality and early detection of mould growth in residential buildings: a case study
Authors: Brambilla Arianna , Candido Christhina , Gocer Ozgur
Published: November 2022

Mould growth affects one in three homes, and it is the biggest cause for complaints and litigations filed to the relevant authorities in Australia, while also significantly affecting the physical and psychological health of the building’s occupants. Indoor mould is caused by excessive dampness, resulting from poor architectural specification, construction and maintenance practices, as well as inappropriate behaviour of the occupants. The consequences range from early biodeterioration of building materials, requiring anticipated renovation works, to deterioration of the indoor environment, posing a serious threat to the building’s occupants. This study investigates indoor air quality (IAQ) and mould growth, providing a snapshot of the current IAQ of Australian residential buildings regarding air pollutants. It uses a case study representative of the typical Australian suburban home to investigate the effects of unnoticed mould growth. The results of the monitoring campaign indicate that buildings with a high concentration of fungal spores are also more likely to present poor IAQ levels, high concentrations of particulate matters (PM10 and PM2.5) and carbon dioxide (CO2). This research suggests the need for the development of early detection strategies that could minimise the health hazard to people, thereby preventing the need for any major renovations.
El profesorado y los enfoques innovadores en centros de educación secundaria en España
Authors: Garcia-Gomez Soledad , Gil Flores Javier
Published: November 2022

Los enfoques de enseñanza innovadores aún son minoritarios en las aulas españolas de educación secundaria. Exploramos qué características del profesorado y de los centros donde estos enseñan se asocian al uso de enfoques innovadores. Utilizamos datos procedentes de los cuestionarios respondidos por 4574 profesores españoles participantes en el último estudio TALIS (Teaching and Learning International Study) y por los directores de sus centros. Mediante modelos lineales jerárquicos, identificamos variables vinculadas al profesorado y a los centros que contribuyen significativamente a explicar el uso de enfoques innovadores. Los resultados indican mayor relevancia del profesorado que de los centros en los que trabajan. El uso de enfoques innovadores se asocia a la autoeficacia percibida por el profesor, la claridad en la planificación de su enseñanza, la colaboración con otros docentes, la responsabilidad social como motivación para ser profesor y la participación en actividades de desarrollo profesional. Decrece su presencia a medida que se incrementan los años de experiencia, siendo más habitual en los centros con una mayor autonomía curricular. De estos resultados derivamos implicaciones para las políticas educativas, señalando vías que podrían favorecer la presencia sostenida de enfoques innovadores de enseñanza en la etapa de educación secundaria obligatoria.
Foreword
Authors: Tsagari Dina
Published: November 2022

Over the recent years research has focused on teachers’ assessment activities as an integral part of classroom activity (Tsagari & Csépes, 2011) while research projects and reforms have been implemented in classroom assessment (Hamp-Lyons, 2016). The growing awareness of the importance of assessment activities as a central part of classroom assessment also came with the initial discussions of Formative Assessment (FA) (Black & Wiliam, 1998a, 2009). Over the years, FA, also the focus of this book, has become an emerging paradigm of its own. Other than its exciting and evolving agenda of research, FA places a great deal of and links assessment with language learning (Airasian, 2001; Black & Wiliam, 1998b, 2009; Harlen, 2012; Torrance, 2012).
Analisis Kesalahan Berbahasa dalam Platform Berita Media Sosial
Authors: Alfarisy Fitri , Maghfirah Maghfirah , Devinsky Enrika , Hastiani Rr Kamila
Published: November 2022

Bahasa Indonesia sudah banyak diminati oleh orang-orang asing. Banyak pelajar dari berbagai negara yang menempuh pendidikan dengan belajar bahasa Indonesia melalui program-program yang telah dikembangkan oleh pemerintah. Sosial media menjadi salah satu tempat mereka belajar bahasa Indonesia, salah satunya dengan membaca artikel dan berita dalam bahasa Indonesia.  Salah satu media sosial yang populer di Indonesia adalah LINE TODAY. Namun tak jarang ditemukan kesalahan berbahasa pada berita-berita di sosial media, baik kesalahan yang tidak sengaja maupun kesalahan yang murni dari penulis akibat ketidak telitiannya. Penelitian ini ditujukan untuk mengetahui kesalahan apa saja dan seberapa banyak jenis kesalahan berbahasa pada sosial media terutama LINE TODAY periode September 2021, hal ini agar para penutur asing yang sedang mempelajari bahasa Indonesia juga dapat mengetahui penulisan bahasa Indonesia yang baik dan benar. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini memakai teknik simak dan catat. Teknik analisis data yang dilakukan berupa pengumpulan, pencatatan, klasifikasi, dan mendeskripsikan pembenarannya. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ini ditemukan empat bidang kesalahan berbahasa pada bidang linguistik, yaitu: (1) ejaan, (2) morfologi, (3) sintaksis, dan (4) diksi. Dengan adanya penelitian ini, diharapkan kedepannya berita-berita yang dipublikasi dapat memberikan pengetahuan kepada pembaca dengan penulisan yang benar sesuai kaidah bahasa Indonesia.
Pengaruh Indeks Prestasi Kumulatif Mahasiswa Program Studi S-1 Ilmu Perpustakaan, Fakultas Ilmu Budaya, Universitas Diponegoro Angkatan 2018 terhadap Kemampuan Literasi Informasi
Authors: Husna Putri Nabila , Jumino Jumino
Published: November 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh Indeks Prestasi Kumulatif (IPK) mahasiswa Program Studi S-1 Ilmu Perpustakaan, Fakultas Ilmu Budaya, Universitas Diponegoro Angkatan 2018 terhadap kemampuan literasi informasi. Teori yang digunakan untuk mengukur kemampuan literasi informasi adalah standar literasi informasi ACRL. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif analisis deskriptif dengan path analysis. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa Program Studi S-1 Ilmu Perpustakaan angkatan 2018 dengan sampel sebesar 90 responden. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa tingkat pengaruh berdasarkan  indikator menentukan sifat dan cakupan informasi yang dibutuhkan memperoleh mean tertinggi sebesar 4,22 dan dalam kategori sangat berpengaruh, indikator mengidentifikasi informasi yang dibutuhkan secara efektif dan efisien memperoleh mean tertinggi sebesar 4,07 dan dalam kategori berpengaruh, indikator memberikan evaluasi terhadap informasi dan sumber-sumbernya secara kritis memperoleh mean tertinggi sebesar 4,23 dan dalam kategori sangat berpengaruh, indikator menggunakan informasi untuk menyelesaikan tujuan tertentu memperoleh mean tertinggi sebesar 4,02 dan dalam kategori berpengaruh, indikator mengetahui aspek ekonomi, hukum, dan sosial yang bersangkutan dengan penggunaan informasi memperoleh mean tertinggi sebesar 4,21 dan dalam kategori sangat berpengaruh. Berdasarkan hasil analisis data diketahui bahwa indeks prestasi kumulatif mahasiswa memiliki pengaruh terhadap kemampuan literasi informasi.
Manajemen Informasi Kesehatan terhadap Stigma Masyarakat dalam Menghadapi Pandemi Covid-19 di Desa Tambakromo, Kecamatan Cepu, Kabupaten Blora
Authors: Putri Adela Nadinda , Ganggi Roro Isyawati Permata
Published: November 2022

Manajemen informasi kesehatan merupakan proses yang dilakukan oleh setiap individu untuk mengatur informasi kesehatan hingga menyebarluaskan ke dalam lingkungan masyarakat. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui manajemen informasi kesehatan terhadap stigma masyarakat dalam menghadapi pandemi covid-19 di Desa Tambakromo Kecamatan Cepu Kabupaten Blora. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus. Teknik pengambilan data dilakukan dengan observasi, wawancara mendalam dan terbuka (indepth, open-ended interviews), dan dokumen tertulis. Pemilihan informan dilakukan dengan cluster sampling dan membagi informan menjadi 3 klaster. Klaster 1 yaitu pemangku kebijakan, klaster 2 informan yang sudah melakukan vaksin dan patuh protokol kesehatan, dan klaster 3 informan yang tidak melakukan vaksin dan tidak patuh protokol kesehatan. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa manajemen informasi kesehatan yang dilakukan memberikan stigma positif dan negatif di Desa Tambakromo Kecamatan Cepu Kabupaten Blora. Fasefase yang dilewati dalam manajemen informasi kesehatan yaitu menemukan kembali informasi, menyimpan informasi, mengatur informasi, mengambil informasi saat dibutuhkan, hingga menyebarluaskan informasi. Kemampuan dan kebiasaan dalam menggunakan media sosial dan peran pemangku kebijakan dapat mempengaruhi stigma dalam memperoleh informasi kesehatan di masa pandemi covid-19.
Perilaku Informasi Mahasiswa Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Diponegoro dalam Pemanfaatan Fitur Trending Topic Twitter Sebagai Pemenuhan Kebutuhan Informasi
Authors: Rufaidha Nabiella Fikri , Irhandayaningsih Ana
Published: November 2022

Perilaku Informasi merupakan salah satu kajian Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi yang menggali dan mengeksplorasi tingkah laku manusia dalam memenuhi kebutuhan akan informasi dan bagaimana seseorang atau individu melakukan pencarian informasi. Penelitian ini mengkaji tentang perilaku informasi mahasiswa Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Diponegoro dalam pemanfaatan Twitter khususnya fitur trending topic Twitter. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode kualitatif dengan pengumpulan data wawancara semi terstruktur dengan sembilan (9) informan yang berasal dari mahasiswa Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Diponegoro dan observasi. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis menggunakan thematic analysis untuk mengidentifikasi pola perilaku informan. Hasil analisis menunjukkan tiga tema terkait Perilaku Informasi mahasiswa Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Diponegoro dalam pemanfaatan fitur trending topic Twitter sebagai pemenuhan kebutuhan informasi. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa Mahasiswa Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Diponegoro memiliki dorongan atau motivasi dalam pemenuhan kebutuhan informasi melalui fitur trending topic Twitter sehingga memunculkan suatu kebutuhan informasi yang berbeda-beda, seperti kebutuhan informasi akan hiburan, berita, dan informasi terkini. Kebutuhan informasi menimbulkan suatu penelusuran informasi trending topic Twitter, tentang bagaimana perilaku mahasiswa Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Diponegoro dalam mencari, mengolah, dan menggunakan informasi yang ada pada fitur trending topic Twitter. Dalam prosesnya terdapat faktor yang mendukung dan menghambat faktor tersebut berupa kelebihan dan kekurangan fitur trending topic Twitter yang dijadikan sebagai sumber informasi. Fitur trending topic memiliki beberapa kelebihan seperti informasi cepat, murah, dan mudah. Adapun untuk kekurangannya yaitu terdapat banyak trending yang tidak jelas dan penyalahgunaan fitur trending topic Twitter.  Hasil penelitian ini dapat bermanfaat bagi semua orang khususnya mahasiswa dalam berperilaku dan memanfaatkan fitur trending topic Twitter sebagai sumber informasi untuk pemenuhan kebutuhan informasinya.
Alexander Onufrák: Vznik a vývoj britskej sociálnej politiky
Authors: Duffeková Katarína
Published: November 2022

Book review on Alexander Onufrák: Vznik a vývoj britskej sociálnej politiky. Košice: Vydavateľstvo ŠafárikPress, 2021, 240 s.
Zygmunt Mycielski – Michał Bristiger. Dialogi z Andrzejem Panufnikiem i socrealizmem w tle
Authors: Klubiński Michał
Published: November 2022

The paper is focused on analysing three texts: a letter from Zygmunt Mycielski to Michal Bristiger dated 15/16 March 1954, the latter’s answer from the beginning of April 1954, and Michal Bristiger’s article in Przegląd Kulturalny titled Andrzej Panufnik. Rozważania bez hagiografii [Andrzej Panufnik. Reflections without hagiography] which is the subject of the correspondence. The main topic of this dialogue is the question whether Panufnik’s oeuvre is grounded in socialist realist doctrine and whether the composer and his work were victimised by the communist system. In the paper the author also analyses the neoclassical views of the composers, Panufnik and Mycielski, and examines one of their strategies – relating to the great European traditions and re-defining the aims of socialist realism by promoting folklore.