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Delayed Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis Following Septic Arthritis of a Hip: A Case Report
Authors: Barwar Nilesh , Rai Ankit
Published: June 2021

Introduction: Delayed slip of the capital femoral epiphysis is a rare entity in the setting of a septic hip.
Case Report: A 13-year-old male presented with an inability to walk and pain around right hip and knee region with fever. On imaging evaluation, a diagnosis of septic hip and knee arthritis was made and both the joints were drained under general anesthesia by anterior approach and an empirical antibiotic therapy was started. On the initial radiograph, there was no sign of slippage of the capital femoral epiphysis. Although the limb was kept in an immobilized position in the 1st week of the surgical debridement, yet it did not prevent the subsequent development of slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). Open reduction and screw fixation was done to stabilize the slippage. Healing took place with reduction of joint space with some restriction of the hip motion.
Conclusion: SCFE is a disastrous complication in association with septic arthritis of a hip. Routine traction and immobilization may not prevent slippage. Disproportionate amount of pain on weight bearing in a post septic hip should raise the suspicion of SCFE. Prophylactic pinning may be considered in selective cases with antibiotic coverage.
Keywords: Hip sepsis, septic sequelae, slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
Analytical optimization of the cutting efficiency for generic cavitation bubbles
Authors: Arba-Mosquera Samuel , Naubereit Pascal , Sobutas Simas , Verma Shwetabh
Published: June 2021

A theoretical method to determine the optimum laser parameters for maximizing the cutting efficiency for different materials (in particular human cornea) is proposed. The model is simple and reduced to laser beam characteristics and cavitation properties. The model further provides a method to convert energy fluctuations during the cutting process to equivalent deviations in the cavitation bubbles. The proposed model can be used for calibration, verification and validation purposes of laser systems used for cutting processes at relatively low cost and may improve the quality of the results.
Optoelectronic chromatic dispersion and wavelength monitoring in a photodiode
Authors: Glasser Ziv , Dubey Pawan Kumar , Dutta Ayuushi , Liokumovitch Egor , Abramov Rita , Sternklar Shmuel
Published: June 2021

The optoelectronic process of light absorption and current formation in photodiodes is shown to be a significant source of optoelectronic chromatic dispersion (OED). Simple design rules are developed for fabricating a photodiode-based dispersion device that possesses large, small, zero, and either positive or negative OED. The OED parameter is proportional to a spectrally-dependent absorption term α−1dα/dλ . Silicon-based devices are predicted to display significant OED throughout the near IR, while Ge and InGaAs have high OED in the C- and L-bands and 1650 nm region, respectively. The OED of a commercial Ge PN photodiode is measured to be 3460 ps/nm at 1560 nm wavelength with 500 kHz modulation, demonstrating 8 pm spectral resolution with the phase-shift technique. Temperature-tuning of the OED in the Ge photodiode is also demonstrated. The ubiquitous photodiode is a tunable OED device, with applications in high-resolution optical spectroscopy and optical sensing.
Visible upconversion luminescence of doped bulk silicon for a multimodal wafer metrology
Authors: Afinogenov Boris I. , Sofronov Anton N. , Antropov Ilya M. , Filatov Nikita R. , Medvedev Anton S. , Shorokhov Alexander S. , Mantsevich Vladimir N. , Maslova Natalia S. , Kim Taehyun , Jeang Eunhee , Kim Ingi , Seo Minhwan , Han Kyunghun , Bae Sangwoo , Joo Wondon , Yoo Hosun , Bessonov Vladimir O. , Fedyanin Andrey A. , Ryabko Maksim V. , Polonsky Stanislav V.
Published: June 2021

We report the experimental observation of the UV-visible upconverted luminescence of bulk silicon under pulsed infrared excitation. We demonstrate that non-stationary distribution of excited carriers leads to the emission at spectral bands never to our knowledge observed before. We show that the doping type and concentration alter the shape of luminescence spectra. Silicon nanoparticles have a size between quantum-confined and Mie-type limits (10–100 nm) yet show increased luminescence intensity when placed atop a silicon wafer. The findings demonstrate that upconversion luminescence can become a powerful tool for nearest future silicon wafer inspection systems as a multimodal technique of measuring the several parameters of the wafer simultaneously.
OAM Light for Communications
Authors: Willner Alan Eli
Published: June 2021

Light carrying orbital angular momentum could eventually boost
the capacity and performance of the optical communication system.
Multigigawatt 50  fs Yb:CALGO regenerative amplifier system with 11  W average power and mid-infrared generation
Authors: Wang Weizhe , Wu Han , Liu Cheng , Sun Biao , Liang Houkun
Published: June 2021

Lasers with high average and high peak power as well as ultrashort pulse width have been all along demanded by nonlinear optics studies, strong-field experiments, electron dynamics investigations, and ultrafast spectroscopy. While the routinely used titanium-doped sapphire (Ti:sapphire) laser faces a bottleneck in the average power upscaling, ytterbium (Yb)-doped lasers have remarkable advantages in achieving high average power. However, there is still a substantial gap of pulse width and peak power between the Ti:sapphire and Yb-doped lasers. Here we demonstrate a high-power

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(Yb:CALGO) regenerative amplifier system, delivering 1040 nm pulses with 11 W average power, 50 fs pulse width, and 3.7 GW peak power at a repetition rate of 43 kHz, which to some extent bridges the gap between the Ti:sapphire and Yb lasers. An ultrabroadband Yb-doped fiber oscillator, specially designed spectral shapers, and Yb:CALGO gain medium with broad emission bandwidth, together with a double-end pumping scheme enable an amplified bandwidth of 19 nm and 95 fs output pulse width. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of sub-100 fs regenerative amplifier based on Yb-doped bulk medium without nonlinear spectral broadening. The amplified pulse is further compressed to 50 fs via cascaded-quadratic compression with a simple setup, producing 3.7 GW peak power, which boosts the record of peak power from Yb:CALGO regenerative amplifiers by 1 order. As a proof of concept, pumped by the high-power, 50 fs pulses, 7.5–11.5 µm mid-infrared (MIR) generation via intrapulse difference-frequency generation is performed, without the necessity of nonlinear fiber compressors. It leads to a simple and robust apparatus, and it would find good usefulness in MIR spectroscopic applications.
An image-computable model of human visual shape similarity
Authors: Morgenstern Yaniv , Hartmann Frieder , Schmidt Filipp , Tiedemann Henning , Prokott Eugen , Maiello Guido , Fleming Roland W.
Published: June 2021

Shape is a defining feature of objects, and human observers can effortlessly compare shapes to determine how similar they are. Yet, to date, no image-computable model can predict how visually similar or different shapes appear. Such a model would be an invaluable tool for neuroscientists and could provide insights into computations underlying human shape perception. To address this need, we developed a model (‘ShapeComp’), based on over 100 shape features (e.g., area, compactness, Fourier descriptors). When trained to capture the variance in a database of >25,000 animal silhouettes, ShapeComp accurately predicts human shape similarity judgments between pairs of shapes without fitting any parameters to human data. To test the model, we created carefully selected arrays of complex novel shapes using a Generative Adversarial Network trained on the animal silhouettes, which we presented to observers in a wide range of tasks. Our findings show that incorporating multiple ShapeComp dimensions facilitates the prediction of human shape similarity across a small number of shapes, and also captures much of the variance in the multiple arrangements of many shapes. ShapeComp outperforms both conventional pixel-based metrics and state-of-the-art convolutional neural networks, and can also be used to generate perceptually uniform stimulus sets, making it a powerful tool for investigating shape and object representations in the human brain.
Association of APOE ε4 genotype and lifestyle with cognitive function among Chinese adults aged 80 years and older: A cross-sectional study
Authors: Jin Xurui , He Wanying , Zhang Yan , Gong Enying , Niu Zhangming , Ji John , Li Yaxi , Zeng Yi , Yan Lijing L.
Published: June 2021

Background

Apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 is the single most important genetic risk factor for cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease (AD), while lifestyle factors such as smoking, drinking, diet, and physical activity also have impact on cognition. The goal of the study is to investigate whether the association between lifestyle and cognition varies by APOE genotype among the oldest old.

Methods and findings

We used the cross-sectional data including 6,160 oldest old (aged 80 years old or older) from the genetic substudy of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) which is a national wide cohort study that began in 1998 with follow-up surveys every 2–3 years. Cognitive impairment was defined as a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score less than 18. Healthy lifestyle profile was classified into 3 groups by a composite measure including smoking, alcohol consumption, dietary pattern, physical activity, and body weight. APOE genotype was categorized as APOE ε4 carriers versus noncarriers. We examined the associations of cognitive impairment with lifestyle profile and APOE genotype using multivariable logistic regressions, controlling for age, sex, education, marital status, residence, disability, and numbers of chronic conditions.

The mean age of our study sample was 90.1 (standard deviation [SD], 7.2) years (range 80–113); 57.6% were women, and 17.5% were APOE ε4 carriers. The mean MMSE score was 21.4 (SD: 9.2), and 25.0% had cognitive impairment. Compared with those with an unhealthy lifestyle, participants with intermediate and healthy lifestyle profiles were associated with 28% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 16%–38%, P < 0.001) and 55% (95% CI: 44%–64%, P < 0.001) lower adjusted odds of cognitive impairment. Carrying the APOE ε4 allele was associated with 17% higher odds (95% CI: 1%–31%, P = 0.042) of being cognitively impaired in the adjusted model. The association between lifestyle profiles and cognitive function did not vary significantly by APOE ε4 genotype (noncarriers: 0.47 [0.37–0.60] healthy versus unhealthy; carriers: 0.33 [0.18–0.58], P for interaction = 0.30). The main limitation was the lifestyle measurements were self-reported and were nonspecific. Generalizability of the findings is another limitation because the study sample was from the oldest old in China, with unique characteristics such as low body weight compared to populations in high-income countries.

Conclusions

In this study, we observed that healthier lifestyle was associated with better cognitive function among the oldest old regardless of APOE genotype. Our findings may inform the cognitive outlook for those oldest old with high genetic risk of cognitive impairment.
Evaluating spatiotemporal dynamics of snakebite in Sri Lanka: Monthly incidence mapping from a national representative survey sample
Authors: Ediriweera Dileepa Senajith , Kasthuriratne Anuradhani , Pathmeswaran Arunasalam , Gunawardene Nipul Kithsiri , Jayamanne Shaluka Francis , Murray Kris , Iwamura Takuya , Isbister Geoffrey , Dawson Andrew , Lalloo David Griffith , de Silva Hithanadura Janaka , Diggle Peter John
Published: June 2021

Background

Snakebite incidence shows both spatial and temporal variation. However, no study has evaluated spatiotemporal patterns of snakebites across a country or region in detail. We used a nationally representative population sample to evaluate spatiotemporal patterns of snakebite in Sri Lanka.

Methodology

We conducted a community-based cross-sectional survey representing all nine provinces of Sri Lanka. We interviewed 165 665 people (0.8% of the national population), and snakebite events reported by the respondents were recorded. Sri Lanka is an agricultural country; its central, southern and western parts receive rain mainly from Southwest monsoon (May to September) and northern and eastern parts receive rain mainly from Northeast monsoon (November to February). We developed spatiotemporal models using multivariate Poisson process modelling to explain monthly snakebite and envenoming incidences in the country. These models were developed at the provincial level to explain local spatiotemporal patterns.

Principal findings

Snakebites and envenomings showed clear spatiotemporal patterns. Snakebite hotspots were found in North-Central, North-West, South-West and Eastern Sri Lanka. They exhibited biannual seasonal patterns except in South-Western inlands, which showed triannual seasonality. Envenoming hotspots were confined to North-Central, East and South-West parts of the country. Hotspots in North-Central regions showed triannual seasonal patterns and South-West regions had annual patterns. Hotspots remained persistent throughout the year in Eastern regions. The overall monthly snakebite and envenoming incidences in Sri Lanka were 39 (95%CI: 38–40) and 19 (95%CI: 13–30) per 100 000, respectively, translating into 110 000 (95%CI: 107 500–112 500) snakebites and 45 000 (95%CI: 32 000–73 000) envenomings in a calendar year.

Conclusions/significance

This study provides information on community-based monthly incidence of snakebites and envenomings over the whole country. Thus, it provides useful insights into healthcare decision-making, such as, prioritizing locations to establish specialized centres for snakebite management and allocating resources based on risk assessments which take into account both location and season.
Sleeping pattern and activities of daily living modulate protein expression in AMD
Authors: Sharma Kaushal , Singh Ramandeep , Sharma Suresh Kumar , Anand Akshay
Published: June 2021

Degeneration of macular photoreceptors is a prominent characteristic of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) which leads to devastating and irreversible vision loss in the elderly population. In this exploratory study, the contribution of environmental factors on the progression of AMD pathology by probing the expression of candidate proteins was analyzed. Four hundred and sixty four participants were recruited in the study comprising of AMD (n = 277) and controls (n = 187). Genetics related data was analyzed to demonstrate the activities of daily living (ADL) by using regression analysis and statistical modeling, including contrast estimate, multinomial regression analysis in AMD progression. Regression analysis revealed contribution of smoking, alcohol, and sleeping hours on AMD by altered expression ofIER-3,HTRA1,B3GALTL,LIPCandTIMP3as compared to normal levels. Contrast estimate supports the gender polarization phenomenon in AMD by significant decreased expression ofSLC16A8andLIPCin control population which was found to be unaltered in AMD patients. The smoking, food habits and duration of night sleeping hours also contributed in AMD progression as evident from multinomial regression analysis. Predicted model (prediction estimate = 86.7%) also indicated the crucial role of night sleeping hours along with the decreased expression of TIMP-3, IER3 and SLC16A8. Results revealed an unambiguous role of environmental factors in AMD progression mediated by various regulatory proteins which might result in intermittent AMD phenotypes and possibly influence the outcome of anti-VEGF treatment.
Pedestrian attribute recognition using two-branch trainable Gabor wavelets network
Authors: Junejo Imran N.
Published: June 2021

Keeping an eye on pedestrians as they navigate through a scene, surveillance cameras are everywhere. With this context, our paper addresses the problem of pedestrian attribute recognition (PAR). This problem entails recognizing attributes such as age-group, clothing style, accessories, footwear style etc. This multi-label problem is extremely challenging even for human observers and has rightly garnered attention from the computer vision community. Towards a solution to this problem, in this paper, we adopt trainable Gabor wavelets (TGW) layers and cascade them with a convolution neural network (CNN). Whereas other researchers are using fixed Gabor filters with the CNN, the proposed layers are learnable and adapt to the dataset for a better recognition. We propose a two-branch neural network where mixed layers, a combination of the TGW and convolutional layers, make up the building block of our deep neural network. We test our method on twoo challenging publicly available datasets and compare our results with state of the art.
Peer groups for organisational learning: Clustering with practical constraints
Authors: Kennedy Daniel W. , Cameron Jessica , Wu Paul P. -Y. , Mengersen Kerrie
Published: June 2021

Peer-grouping is used in many sectors for organisational learning, policy implementation, and benchmarking. Clustering provides a statistical, data-driven method for constructing meaningful peer groups, but peer groups must be compatible with business constraints such as size and stability considerations. Additionally, statistical peer groups are constructed from many different variables, and can be difficult to understand, especially for non-statistical audiences. We developed methodology to apply business constraints to clustering solutions and allow the decision-maker to choose the balance between statistical goodness-of-fit and conformity to business constraints. Several tools were utilised to identify complex distinguishing features in peer groups, and a number of visualisations are developed to explain high-dimensional clusters for non-statistical audiences. In a case study where peer group size was required to be small (≤ 100 members), we applied constrained clustering to a noisy high-dimensional data-set over two subsequent years, ensuring that the clusters were sufficiently stable between years. Our approach not only satisfied clustering constraints on the test data, but maintained an almost monotonic negative relationship between goodness-of-fit and stability between subsequent years. We demonstrated in the context of the case study how distinguishing features between clusters can be communicated clearly to different stakeholders with substantial and limited statistical knowledge.
Microblog credibility indicators regarding misinformation of genetically modified food on Weibo
Authors: Ji Jiaojiao , Chao Naipeng , Wei Shitong , Barnett George A.
Published: June 2021

The considerable amount of misinformation on social media regarding genetically modified (GM) food will not only hinder public understanding but also mislead the public to make unreasoned decisions. This study discovered a new mechanism of misinformation diffusion in the case of GM food and applied a framework of supervised machine learning to identify effective credibility indicators for the misinformation prediction of GM food. Main indicators are proposed, including user identities involved in spreading information, linguistic styles, and propagation dynamics. Results show that linguistic styles, including sentiment and topics, have the dominant predictive power. In addition, among the user identities, engagement, and extroversion are effective predictors, while reputation has almost no predictive power in this study. Finally, we provide strategies that readers should be aware of when assessing the credibility of online posts and suggest improvements that Weibo can use to avoid rumormongering and enhance the science communication of GM food.
Is social support related to better mental health, treatment continuation and success rates among individuals undergoing in-vitro fertilization? Systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Authors: Casale Marisa , Carlqvist Anna
Published: June 2021

Infertility and its treatment via in-vitro fertilization (IVF) represent a global health area of increasing importance. However, the physical and psychological burden of IVF can negatively impact psychological wellbeing, as well as treatment retention and success. Social support has been found to have positive health effects among populations facing health-related stressors worldwide, and its potential protective role for IVF patients merits further attention. We present a protocol for a systematic review of peer-reviewed published studies quantitatively investigating associations between social support and i) mental health; ii) the decision to (dis)continue with IVF treatment cycles and; iii) IVF success (pregnancy and birth rates); among individuals who are undertaking or have undertaken IVF cycles. Studies will be included if they work with human subjects, provide correlation coefficients between measures of social support and at least one of the outcomes of interest, and are in the English language. Social support may derive from both naturally occurring networks and more formalized sources or interventions. The protocol for this systematic review was developed according to the PRISMA-P guidelines. Ten health-, psychology- and sociology-related databases will be searched using composite search terms that include keywords for ‘IVF’ and ‘social support’. To assess methodological quality, the authors will use a modified version of the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Should three or more moderate or good quality studies be identified for any one outcome of interest, correlation meta-analyses, using the Hedges-Olkin method, will be conducted to pool effect sizes and heterogeneity will be assessed. Should the number, quality and characteristics of eligible studies not allow for reliable quantitative synthesis, the authors will limit the analysis to qualitative synthesis, with a focus on implications of findings for future research and programming.
Socioeconomic determinants of cumulative fertility in Ghana
Authors: Nyarko Samuel H.
Published: June 2021

The pace of decline in fertility rates in sub-Saharan Africa appears to have slowed or stalled in the last few decades. This study examines the socioeconomic associated with cumulative fertility in Ghana. Negative binomial regression models were used to estimate determinants of cumulative fertility using data from the Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys of 2003, 2008, and 2014. The composition of children ever born by women did not change considerably over the study periods. Socioeconomic disparities in educational attainment, household wealth, employment, and employer status are significantly associated with cumulative fertility risks in Ghana. The current age of women, age at sexual debut, and marital status, among others, are also linked to cumulative fertility levels. Place and region of residence are also linked to fertility in Ghana. Cumulative fertility levels in Ghana are underscored by considerable socioeconomic disparities among women of reproductive age. Fertility regulation policies should hinge on improving the socio-economic wellbeing of women in Ghana.
Prediction of outcome in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with second line PD-1/PDL-1 inhibitors based on clinical parameters: Results from a prospective, single institution study
Authors: Rounis Konstantinos , Makrakis Dimitrios , Papadaki Chara , Monastirioti Alexia , Vamvakas Lambros , Kalbakis Konstantinos , Gourlia Krystallia , Xanthopoulos Iordanis , Tsamardinos Ioannis , Mavroudis Dimitrios , Agelaki Sofia
Published: June 2021

Objective

We prospectively recorded clinical and laboratory parameters from patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with 2nd line PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in order to address their effect on treatment outcomes.

Materials and methods

Clinicopathological information (age, performance status, smoking, body mass index, histology, organs with metastases), use and duration of proton pump inhibitors, steroids and antibiotics (ATB) and laboratory values [neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, LDH, albumin] were prospectively collected. Steroid administration was defined as the use of > 10 mg prednisone equivalent for ≥ 10 days. Prolonged ATB administration was defined as ATB ≥ 14 days 30 days before or within the first 3 months of treatment. JADBio, a machine learning pipeline was applied for further multivariate analysis.

Results

Data from 66 pts with non-oncogenic driven metastatic NSCLC were analyzed; 15.2% experienced partial response (PR), 34.8% stable disease (SD) and 50% progressive disease (PD). Median overall survival (OS) was 6.77 months. ATB administration did not affect patient OS [HR = 1.35 (CI: 0.761–2.406, p = 0.304)], however, prolonged ATBs [HR = 2.95 (CI: 1.62–5.36, p = 0.0001)] and the presence of bone metastases [HR = 1.89 (CI: 1.02–3.51, p = 0.049)] independently predicted for shorter survival. Prolonged ATB administration, bone metastases, liver metastases and BMI < 25 kg/m2 were selected by JADbio as the important features that were associated with increased probability of developing disease progression as response to treatment. The resulting algorithm that was created was able to predict the probability of disease stabilization (PR or SD) in a single individual with an AUC = 0.806 [95% CI:0.714–0.889].

Conclusions

Our results demonstrate an adverse effect of prolonged ATBs on response and survival and underscore their importance along with the presence of bone metastases, liver metastases and low BMI in the individual prediction of outcomes in patients treated with immunotherapy.
Sentimental journey? The drifting rhythms of Tsai Ming-liang’s Journey to the West
Authors: Wilder Seth A.
Published: June 2021

With his experimental short, Journey to the West, Tsai Ming-liang creates a cinematic experience that recalls the early ‘cinema of attractions’, but this is an attraction with a twist. As a spectacle, it is more specular than spectacular. An attraction without the attendant excitement, his is a reflection that presents a provocation. By calling out the shortened attention span of contemporary life, Tsai identifies the level of distraction that characterizes the contemporary, post-industrialized spaces of late-stage capitalism. An attempt at redemption, his film conveys a sense of what Rey Chow refers to in contemporary Chinese cinema as ‘the sentimental’. Framed by Henri Lefebvre’s and Lea Jacobs’s respective ideas concerning rhythms both extrinsic and intrinsic to the cinematic, and complemented by considerations of temporality, rather than making meaning, this article attempts to make sense of the film by locating these rhythms within it.
Border-crossing and the narrative of the minor: Midi Z’s The Road to Mandalay
Authors: Wang Chialan Sharon
Published: June 2021

This article studies Midi Z’s The Road to Mandalay (2016) as a cinematic representation of Deleuze’s ‘minor literature’. I argue that the film gives rise to collective utterances against social and economic hegemony, particularly in its portrayal of Burmese immigrant characters who, as Agamben’s ‘bare life’, are subject to the violence underlying the biopower of neo-liberalism. A diasporic Burmese Chinese, Midi Z adopts the convention of cinema verité and fictionalizes the social reality of the migrant Burmese community. The Road to Mandalay articulates the pathos of those who are deprived of civil rights and who, in their negotiation with the exploitation of global capitalism, manage to survive in an interstitial space. The article unpacks the way the film allegorizes such a struggle in moments of surrealist and transcendental visions.
Hooligan Sparrow: Representation of sexual assault in Chinese cinema, feminist activism and the limits of #MeToo in China
Authors: David Mirela
Published: June 2021

Hooligan Sparrow breaks with many taboos in Chinese cinema. It is the first internationally acclaimed documentary by a Chinese female director to centre upon investigating the activities of Ye Haiyan, a Chinese sex and women’s rights activist, as well as to address the politically sensitive topic of sexual assault in China. This is the first study to examine the cinematic contributions of Wang Nanfu and Ye Haiyan’s activism and feminist writings posted on Ye’s online social media accounts on Sina Weibo and Twitter. I unpack the power dynamics in this documentary as well as the interplay between the filmmaker’s subjectivity and the female rights activist’s subjectivity. This study also investigates how masculine aesthetic representations of sexual assault in Chinese cinema have blurred the issue of consent and shows how the subjectivities of female directors like Wang Nanfu and Vivian Qu bring more impactful representations of sexual violence in Chinese cinema.
Foreign ideas, native spaces: Crime and Punishment in recent Asian cinema
Authors: Burry Alexander
Published: June 2021

In recent years, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment has furnished source material for two major Asian film directors: Darezhan Omirbaev (Student [2012]) and Lav Diaz (Norte, the End of History [2013]). Each director adapts Dostoevsky’s critique of the newly emerging market economy in 1860s Russia in order to depict the impact of capitalism on postcolonial Asian societies, highlighting the alienation characters experience from themselves and in relation to other human beings in particular. In doing so, Omirbaev and Diaz recreate and transfer the novelist’s opposition between native, eastern, Russian Orthodox values and encroaching western ideas to their own countries. Omirbaev depicts the damage caused to ordinary Kazakhs by a ‘survival-of-the-fittest’ economic model; Diaz chronicles the merciless toll of capitalism on the rural Filipino poor. Like Dostoevsky, each director proposes a return to native cultural, linguistic and environmental elements as a means of countering harmful foreign ideologies that victimize everyday people.
Reseña de Monereo Pérez, J.L., Ojeda Avilés, A., Gutiérrez Bengoechea, M.: Reforma de las pensiones públicas y planes privados de pensiones, Ediciones Laborum, 2021, 124 págs.
Authors: Chabannes Matthieu
Published: June 2021

Reseña bibliográfica de la obra
KAHALE CARRILLO, D.T. (Dir.), El impacto de la industria 4.0 en el trabajo: una visión interdisciplinar, Aranzadi Thomson Reuters, Pamplona, 2020. 423 pp.
Authors: Jardón Pardo de Santayana Pelayo
Published: June 2021

Reseña bibliográfica de la obra.
Condiciones de trabajo cotidiano de los periodistas de América Latina en la cobertura del fenómeno Covid-19, estudio descriptivo emergente
Authors: Navarro Zamora Lizy
Published: June 2021

Es un estudio descriptivo, a partir de la urgencia de conocer las condiciones en las cuales están trabajando los periodistas que cubren la fuente de salud de América Latina ante el fenómeno de la pandemia la Covid-19. Se aplicó un enfoque Mixto, en lo cuantitativo una encuesta aleatoria en el mes de abril, mayo y junio, a partir  de las respuestas recibidas de periodistas de los países que integran la región de América Latina. Un periodismo desarrollado por personas que no están formadas en la especialización de la ciencia y la salud, por condiciones laborales precarias, no apoyos, entre otras.
Del tin al clic: una radiografía de las alertas noticiosas
Authors: Lugo-Ortiz Lourdes , Rodríguez Sánchez Israel
Published: June 2021

Las alertas noticiosas se han convertido en herramientas esenciales del periodismo digital. Mediante un análisis de contenido y entrevistas a profundidad a los productores de las notificaciones, este estudio presenta una radiografía de las alertas en los dispositivos móviles producidas por los informativos en Puerto Rico. La investigación encontró que las notificaciones suelen comunicar asuntos relevantes y legítimos: noticias del momento y temas nacionales de política. Además, en consonancia con estudios anteriores, sirven para atraer tráfico, generar ingresos y posicionar la marca en el mercado mediático. Si bien reconocen que son disruptivas, los medios no suelen adoptar estrategias de personalización.
Incidencia y regulación de las dinámicas cinegéticas en la sociedad visigoda
Authors: Poveda Arias Pablo
Published: June 2021

El gran protagonismo dad­­o a los procesos políticos, sociales y religiosos desarrollados en el período visigodo ha provocado que muchas veces los historiadores hayamos dejado de lado otro tipo de problemáticas que, como aquellas de naturaleza económica, ofrecen una información igualmente rica para entender la historia social visigoda. Las dinámicas cinegéticas son una de esas problemáticas que adolecen de una falta de atención por parte de la historiografía. El objetivo del presente estudio es, aparte de llenar el vacío historiográfico sobre esta cuestión, entender la incidencia social y económica de la caza en la sociedad visigoda y su inserción en las dinámicas generales del Occidente post-imperial. Para ello, y en aras de ofrecer una visión lo más global posible, diferenciaremos en nuestro análisis los usos aristocráticos de aquellos más comunes desarrollados por el campesinado.
Portici, palazzi, torri e fortezze. Edilizia e famiglie aristocratiche a Roma (XII-XIV secolo)
Authors: Carocci Sandro , Giannini Nicoletta
Published: June 2021

Basato sull’esame sistematico delle fonti scritte e sul censimento e l’analisi archeologico-architettonica di tutta l’edilizia civile medievale, l’articolo illustra i patrimoni immobiliari e le forme di residenza sia dei vertici della aristocrazia romana, i cosiddetti baroni, sia del resto della nobiltà cittadina. L’esame di portici, domus magne, palatia, torri e fortezze mostra bene come dall’XI e, soprattutto, dal XII secolo si sia affermato con una forza prima sconosciuta un legame strutturale fra ricchezza e investimenti in costruzioni durature. Pietra, laterizi e malta si sono imposti come uno strumento fondamentale per manifestare l’identità aristocratica e  come luogo di espressione dell'agency individuale e familiare.
Review: Young Poland: The Polish Arts and Crafts Movement 1890-1918, J. Griffin and A. Szczerski (ed.s), (London: Lund Humphries, 2020)
Authors: Burakowski Kryssa
Published: June 2021

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Collective trauma, feminism and the threads of popular power: A personal and political account of Chile’s 2019 social awakening
Authors: Green Rioja Romina A.
Published: June 2021

Chile’s 2019 uprising marked a moment of social awakening for many Chileans, recasting historical memory tropes and shattering the fear of collective action internalised during the years of dictatorial rule (1973–90). This article explores the political legacies of the Popular Unity period (1970–3) made apparent during the 2019 uprising and the popular movement that emerged in its wake. It also centres on the Chilean feminist movement, its historic role as a political force in Chilean politics and how a new feminist discourse became the necessary preamble to Chile’s 2019 social awakening. Lastly, this study describes the sprouting of a neighbourhood assembly movement within days after the 18 October 2019 uprising, its role in rearticulating politics from below and its alignment with the feminist movement, culminating in mass participation in the 8 March 2020 feminist strike. This article places personal and familial accounts in conversation with scholarly works, utilising the 2019 uprising as a lens to revisit the historical past within the onward moving historical present.
Movements in dialogue
Authors: Garcés Durán Mario , Winn Peter
Published: June 2021

In this interview, historians Mario Garcés Durán and Peter Winn discuss the emergence of the estallido social, or social uprising, that began in Santiago de Chile in October 2019 and quickly spread throughout the country. The two historians also consider connections between past and present, in particular the legacies of the Popular Unity revolution (1970–3), in which both were active participants.
The Chilean counter-revolution: Roots, dynamics and legacies of mass mobilisation against the Unidad Popular
Authors: Casals Marcelo
Published: June 2021

The election of Salvador Allende and the Unidad Popular (Popular Unity) in 1970 unleashed a radical and original revolutionary process, discernible not only in the depth of its redistributive measures and the expectations it generated, but also in the ferocity with which those who identified with the counter-revolutionary ideal responded to that project. The counter-revolution, initially confined to the conservative and reactionary sectors, in a matter of months became an immense mass mobilisation that would end up paving the way for the military coup. This article analyses that counter-revolutionary process, exploring its historic roots, the main actors involved and the innovations in political practices it developed at the time. The ‘counter-revolutionary bloc’ was formed by a diverse array of political and social actors – some of whom did not have previous experience in political mobilisations – who based their actions on the adoption and socialisation of a long-standing anti-Communist script, through which they could make sense of the period’s changing reality. That script – based on decades of taking in events from other parts of the world, elaborations and accusations against all those who identified as Communists – aimed to reduce the originality of the Unidad Popular’s political project to a remake of classic socialist experiences in Chilean territory and processed in a dystopian key. The counter-revolution’s power would be projected into the military dictatorship that began in 1973, when it became a sort of official state ideology, and it would become a foundational experience for Chilean conservative sectors with reverberations even in in the present.
Store-Related Factors Contributing to Offline Private Label Brands Purchase Intention among Gen Y Customers
Authors:   Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Mumin Sawanah Binti , Phang Grace Ing ,   Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Published: June 2021

The purpose of this study is to examine store-related factors contributing to the purchase intention towards private label brands (PLBs) among Gen Y customers in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Representing one of the biggest market segments in Malaysia, Gen Y is considered more open-minded to try new products than Baby Boomers. However, retail research focusing on Gen Y, particularly their buying intention of PLBs product, is scarce. A purposive sampling technique was utilised and a total of 300 questionnaires were distributed among Gen Y shoppers aged 23-39, who frequented supermarkets and drugstores. This study generated 240 usable responses (80% response rate). All the store-related variables were found to have significant relationships with attitude towards purchasing PLBs product, which in turn, affected purchase intention. Attitude mediated the relationships between all the store-related variables and purchase intention. Product category and retail format significantly moderated the relationship between attitude and purchase intention. This study benefits academic and marketing practitioners by expanding on previous literature towards customer behaviour, which the marketing practitioners could benefit from the private label initiative as well as have a better understanding of their target customers to further enhance the sales among the Gen Y customers.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE WORDS? DUAL-CODING METHOD ON LONG-TERM MEMORY
Authors: Aryanto Christ Billy
Published: June 2021

For students, long-term memory is required for individuals to study at various levels of education. An effective method is needed to help student to remember. This study aims to determine the dual-coding method on long-term memory in two levels of education: primary school and university. The first study was conducted on 60 primary school students and the second study was conducted on 81 university students, each divided into experimental group and control group. The two groups were shown 10 concrete nouns with the experimental group displayed along with the picture and only the word for the control group. Each word was displayed for 3 seconds. The results showed that the experimental group remembered more words in the first study, t(58) = 4.386, p < .05; and the control group remembered more words in the second study, t(79) = -3.036, p < .05. Therefore, the dual-coding method affects the long-term memory of primary school students but not on university students.
THE ILLNESS EXPERIENCE IN HYPERTENSION PATIENTS WITH LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
Authors: Hamzah Imam Faisal , Subandi Subandi
Published: June 2021

Hypertension is one type of disease that is usually experienced by adults, where arteries have excessive pressure, which is above 140 mm Hg for systolic and diastolic 90 mm Hg. Hypertension is not only a physical experience, but also needs to be understood as a psychological and social experience. Health is a social problem because it is related to how a person finances his health and access appropriate health facilities. The purpose of this study was to obtain psychosocial dynamics in the experience of hypertension in patients with low socioeconomic status. This study used a qualitative method with an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) approach through semi-structured interviews. Three participants involved were female, aged 30 to 45 years, and had more than one year suffered from hypertension. This study found six superordinate themes that focused on perceptions of causes, perceptions of hypertension, unpleasant feeling, social resources, improvement efforts, and health development.
DOES EMOTIONAL CONGRUENCE AND COMPULSIVE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR INCREASE THE RECURRENCE RISKS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE?
Authors: Cahyaningrum Anindya Endah , Margaretha Margaretha
Published: June 2021

This research examines the influence of Emotional Congruence with Children and Compulsive Sexual Behavior towards Re-offend Prediction of Child Sexual Offenders. The research was conducted on 111 residents of correctional facilities for child sexual abuse in 5 correctional institutions in East Java, all of whom were males aged 18 to 81. The prediction of reoffending was assessed using an actuarial instrument, Static-2002 which was tested with Fleiss Kappa Inter-rater Reliability 89% (14 items). Emotional Congruence with Children was assessed by the adapted Emotional Congruence Scale of Children and Sex Questionnaire (EC-CSQ; 15 items, α = .88). Compulsive Sexual Behavior assessed by the Compulsive Sexual Behavior Inventory-13 (CSBI-13; 13 items, α = .85). The data was analyzed by using correlation and multivariate linear regression analysis. The research found that age and Compulsive Sexual Behavior, particularly Distress in Daily Functioning, significantly predicted reoffending among Child Sexual Crime Offenders (R 2 = .49). However, the inability to Control Compulsive Sexual Behavior was not predictive towards reoffending. The findings of this research are expected to provide input in the criminal justice and psychological correction-rehabilitation process for sexual offenders in Indonesia.
"Lekcje odwagi, lekcje lepszego jutra..."
Authors: Kuczyńska-Koschany Katarzyna , Patalas Agata
Published: June 2021

"Lekcje odwagi, lekcje lepszego jutra..."
Film o sprawie Dreyfusa
Authors: Jazdon Mikołaj
Published: June 2021

Autor analizuje w swym artykule film Romana Polańskiego Oficer i szpieg, film o sprawie Dreyfusa, przyglądając się uważnie wybranym scenom i sekwencjom, pokazując, w jaki sposób reżyser przedstawia i eksponuje temat antysemityzmu, jego zakorzenienie w elitach wojskowych i części społeczeństwa Francji końca XIX wieku. Sprawa fałszywego oskarżenia i skazania niewinnego oficera żydowskiego pochodzenia została pokazana w filmie jako złowróżbna zapowiedź nadchodzącego stulecia naznaczonego hekatombą Holokaustu, a wcześniej rzezią milionów ludzkich istnień na frontach I wojny światowej. W filmie Polańskiego pojawiają się aluzje do obu tych wydarzeń z historii. Autor wskazuje w artykule na obecne w dziele Polańskiego odniesienia do innych dzieł filmowych, nie tylko tych podejmujących temat sprawy Dreyfusa i słynnego artykułu Emila Zoli J’accuse.
Nie nekrolog, lecz brak (ten, co się zemści)
Authors: Kuczyńska-Koschany Katarzyna
Published: June 2021

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Differences and similarities in the milk production chain: a comparative analysis with the states of Minas Gerais and Paraná
Authors: Cruz Adriano Oliveira , Silva José Kennedy Lopes , Silva Elvis Magno da , Santos Antônio Carlos dos , Antonialli Luiz Marcelo
Published: June 2021

Brazilian agriculture has played a prominent role all over the world, being milk production one of the exponents of the national agribusiness. The states of Minas Gerais and Paraná are protagonists in the milk production business in the country. The objective of this study was to evaluate the differences and similarities of the milk production chain in these two states, considering the period from 2008 to 2017, in order to investigate their dynamics and their competitiveness. The methodological approach adopted in the research was of a quantitative nature, with the use of the software “Statistical Package for the Social Sciences” (SPSS), which allowed the analysis to be carried out with the statistical techniques of analysis of variance (Anova) and cluster analysis. Ward’s agglomerative method and discriminant analysis were also adopted. The state of Minas Gerais presented a superior milk production chain in comparison with Paraná in every year analyzed; however, statistically there was no significant difference in the milk production from 2009 to 2017. Paraná presented better milk productivity averages as compared to Minas Gerais; it was highly significant (1%) from 2008 to 2016 and significant (5%) in 2017. The results of the cluster analysis indicated that, due to the fact that Paraná has higher productivity indexes in relation to Minas Gerais, its limits are better in relation to Minas Gerais in the analyzed aspects. It was found that some municipalities that are considered to have high productivity in Minas Gerais do not enter this same group in Paraná. It can be said that Paraná was shown to be more efficient in the milk production chain as compared to Minas Gerais in the analyzed time period. The article indicates the need to improve the technology used in the milk production chain, so that the numbers related to productivity can be improved. In addition, it was found that it is necessary to invest in genetics and technical assistance so that milk producers in the states surveyed can become more competitive.