bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A 2-year longitudinal follow-up of quantitative assessment neck tics in Tourette’s syndrome
Authors: Eriguchi Yosuke , Gu Xiaoxue , Aoki Naoto , Nonaka Maiko , Goto Ryunosuke , Kuwabara Hitoshi , Kano Yukiko , Kasai Kiyoto
Published: December 2021

Background

Neck motor tics in Tourette’s syndrome can cause severe neck complications. Although addressed in a few longitudinal studies, the clinical course of Tourette’s syndrome has not been quantitatively assessed. We had previously developed a method for quantifying the angular movements of neck tics using a compact gyroscope. Here, we present a follow-up study aimed at elucidating the clinical course of neck tics at both the group and individual levels.

Methods

Eleven patients with Tourette’s syndrome from our previous study participated in the present study, and their neck tics were recorded during a 5-min observation period. The severity of neck symptoms was assessed using the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale. The peak angular velocities and accelerations, tic counts, and severity scores in our previous study (baseline) and the present study (2-year follow-up) were compared at the group and individual levels. The individual level consistency between baseline and follow-up were calculated using intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs, one-way random, single measure).

Results

At the group level, no significant change was observed between baseline and follow-up. At the individual level, angular velocity (ICC 0.73) and YGTSS scores (ICC 0.75) had substantial consistency over the two time points, and angular acceleration (ICC 0.59) and tic counts (ICC 0.69) had moderate consistency.

Conclusions

The intensity and frequency of neck tics did not change over time. Therefore, quantification of angular neck motor tics will aid in identifying patients with neck tics at high risk for severe neck complications.
Validation and deployment of a direct saliva real-time RT-PCR test on pooled samples for COVID-19 surveillance testing
Authors: Rainey Amanda , Pierce Austin , Deng Xiaoyun , Actis Luis A. , Smith Philip , Kiss Andor J. , Wilson Timothy J.
Published: December 2021

A direct, real-time reverse transcriptase PCR test on pooled saliva was validated in 2,786 participants against oropharyngeal swabs. Among asymptomatic/pre-symptomatic participants, the test was found to be in 99.21% agreement and 45% more sensitive than contemporaneous oropharyngeal swabs. The test was then used for surveillance testing on 44,242 saliva samples from asymptomatic participants. Those whose saliva showed evidence of SARS-CoV-2 within 50 cycles of amplification were referred for confirmatory testing, with 87% of those tested by nasal swab within 72 hours receiving a positive diagnostic result on Abbott ID NOW or real-time PCR platforms. Median Ct values on the saliva PCR for those with a positive and negative confirmatory tests was 30.67 and 35.92 respectively, however, binary logistic regression analysis of the saliva Ct values indicates that Ct thresholds as high as 47 may be useful in a surveillance setting. Overall, data indicate that direct RT-PCR testing of pooled saliva samples is an effective method of SARS-CoV-2 surveillance.
PROBLEMATIC ASPECTS OF THE OWNERSHIP RIGHT ACQUISITION TO THE OWNERLESS PROPERTY BY A MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY (THE CASE OF BARNAUL CITY)
Authors: Drannikova E.A.
Published: December 2021

The article is devoted to the issues of ownerless property, its legal nature, and the right of municipalauthority to acquire ownership of the ownerless property. The research is drawing on the practice cases ofAltai Krai courts and the Committee for the management of the municipal property of Barnaul city.
THE CONCEPT OF THE POWERS OF THE PROSECUTOR IN THE EXERCISE OF PROSECUTORIAL SUPERVISION OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL ACTIVITIES OF THE BODIES OF INQUIRY
Authors: Emelyanova D.A. , Sinkin K.A.
Published: December 2021

The article deals with the issues of the concept of the powers of the prosecutor in the exercise ofprosecutorial supervision of the criminal procedural activities of the bodies of inquiry. The authors havecome to the following conclusions. The powers of a prosecutor in criminal proceedings are a set of his rightsand obligations provided for by criminal procedural norms aimed at implementing his functions in criminalproceedings in order to achieve his appointment. In essence the powers are a form of expression of the willof the prosecutor as a public authority. An important feature of the concept of «prosecutor’s authority» is thatit can be defined and established only in a law or other normative legal act that has binding force. Often in the special literature the concepts of powers and legal means of the prosecutor are interpreted as equivalent.In the opinion of the authors it is wrong to identify these concepts. The powers represent the rights of theprosecutor provided for by law. In fact these are the possibilities of the prosecutor regulated by law. Thepowers of the prosecutor are broader than legal means since they cover a larger range of prosecutorialactivities. As a final conclusion the authors define the powers of the prosecutor in the supervision of thecriminal procedural activities of the bodies of inquiry which is understood as the totality of his rights andobligations provided for by criminal procedural norms aimed at the implementation of his functions incriminal proceedings in order to achieve his appointment
CRIMINAL LAW PROTECTION OF RELATIONS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH INSOLVENCY (BANKRUPTCY) IN THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION: COMPARATIVE LEGAL RESEARCH
Authors: Korennaya A.A.
Published: December 2021

The Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) was signed on May 29, 2014 in Astana by thePresidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. It came into force on January 1, 2015. Currently, the fivemember States of the Eurasian Economic Union, in addition to ensuring the freedom of movement ofgoods, services, capital and labor, have set the goal of conducting a coordinated, coordinated or unified policy in economic sectors. Insolvency, being an objective economic phenomenon characterized by an acuteconflict of interests of participants, needs an effective system of protection, including criminal law. In thispaper, the author analyzes the current criminal law norms on liability for crimes in the field of insolvency(bankruptcy) in Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. On the basis of the general historicaland theoretical development of criminal legislation in the post-Soviet space, reflected in the Model CriminalCode of the CIS member states, the author highlights the features of criminal law norms formed during theperiod of independent lawmaking of all states. Based on the conducted research, the author comes to theconclusion that the possibilities of unification of criminal legislation on liability for crimes in the field of nonproperty (bankruptcy) for the Union states have not been lost. Such integration should become one of thepriority areas for improving criminal legislation.
DIETARY PATTERNS, NUTRIENT INTAKES, AND NUTRITIONAL AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY STATUS OF SAUDI OLDER ADULTS: A NARRATIVE REVIEW
Authors: Alsufiani H. M. , Kumosani T.A. , Ford D. , Mathers J.C.
Published: December 2021

Objective: to review the dietary patterns, nutrient intakes, and nutritional and physical activity status of older adults living in Saudi Arabia, to examine geographical differences in such patterns and to identify research gaps in respect of nutrition and physical activity for this population group. Design: Databases and websites (including Pubmed, Scopus, Proquest, Google Scholar and Arab Center for Nutrition) were searched in English and Arabic languages using the following key words: nutritional status, dietary pattern, food pattern, dietary habits, micronutrient intake and status, macronutrients intake, obesity, malnutrition, iron deficiency anemia, vitamin D, physical activity, exercise, Saudi older adults and Saudi elderly. All relevant and available data for both free-living and institutionalized Saudi older adults (> 50 years old or with mean age > 50 years) published in the last 20 years were included in this review. Results: We found that free-living females consumed fewer meals, and less fruits and vegetables, but their reported energy intake was higher than for males. Low intake of vitamins C and D were common in both genders and in those who lived in western and northern regions while low intake of folate and fiber were common in institutionalized people. Omega-3 fatty acids and fish were more highly consumed by older adults living in the coastal region compared with residents in the internal region. Obesity, overweight, vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency and physical inactivity were prevalent in free living older adults throughout the country while underweight and iron deficiency anemia were prevalent in institutionalized persons. Conclusion: Information on dietary patterns, nutrient intakes, and nutritional and physical activity status of older adults living in Saudi Arabia is fragmentary and interpretation of the findings is hampered by the lack of population-representative sampling frames and the use of heterogeneous data collection tools. More systematic studies are essential to facilitate objective assessment of these important lifestyle-related factors and to inform public health policies.
AN OVERVIEW ON ASSESSMENT TESTS FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE IN MEXICO. THE NATIONAL DEMENTIA SURVEY: A STUDY FROM THE MEXICAN GROUP OF SPECIALISTS IN DEMENTIAS
Authors: Ramírez Díaz S.P. , Albert Meza G. , Albrecht Junghanns R.E. , Zúñiga Gil I.C. , Bedia Reyes M.A. , Barba Valadez L.A. , Almanza Huante E.
Published: December 2021

Objective: To know the current status of the clinical assessment tests used to evaluate Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and memory-related dementias in specific regions throughout Mexico. Design, patients and settings: Patients with objective memory impairment were subjected to a clinical survey in medical centers specializing in memory loss. Each patient’s consultation was conducted like a routine clinical practice. Patient’s data were recorded using an anonymous patient survey. The most prominent behavioral problems were recorded. Results: 1350 patients were tested, 65.19% female (n=880). Out of 1350 patients, 76.59% (n=1034) had been previously diagnosed with any kind of dementia. The most common diagnosis concerning cognitive impairment was AD (54.2%, n=560) and Vascular Dementia (VaD, 19.7%, n=204). Minimental State Examination (MMSE) was performed in all patients and the average score was of 18±7. Katz scale for Activities of Daily Living (ADL) was performed in 49.41% (n=667) of patients, Lawton and Brody scale for Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) in 35.78% (n=483), and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-Yesavage) in 32.89% (n=444). The most prominent behavioral symptom was apathy (12.15%, n=164).The most frequent concomitant diseases were: high blood pressure in 52.3%, diabetes in 27.0% and Dyslipidemia in 23.4%. Conclusions: Through the assessment of clinical surveys throughout Mexico, it was found that the most common form of dementia is AD and it is followed by VaD. Commonly, the Katz, Lawton and Brody, and the GDS-Yesavage scales are clinical assessment tests that are the most commonly used. There are many differences in the use of tests to evaluate patients with dementia across Mexico. For the first time, we were able to identify tendencies in the assessment of dementias by Mexican physicians.
Factors influencing the place of delivery in the rural region of Labrousse, Hati
Authors: MADDY Herby , ST VIL James Ernst Wil , CEISTE Eddy , ALCIME Deborah
Published: December 2021

Objectives

The objective of this study is to determine factors that influence the place of delivery in the rural region of Labrousse, Haiti

Design

This study employed a cross-sectional survey design to collect data using an anonymous interview guide comprising structured questions and made up of two parts: 1- Identification of personal and socio-cultural parameters. 2-Identification of the reasons for the place of the last childbirth.

Setting

The study was conducted fromSeptember to November 2017 in Notre-Dame of Lourdes of Labrousse community health center and the area catered to by it. Labrousse is a rural community located in the 3rd communal section of Miragoâne about 19 kilometers from the main road, in the department of Nippes.

Participants

The survey included 92 women aged 13–46 years, live in the area who had at least one birth in the last 1–3 years by the time of data collection.

Results

75% of women gave birth to their last child at home. 76% of home births were assisted by a matron or traditional practitioner. age, religion, level of education of mothers and fathers, distance between home and health facility, availability of transportation and prenatal follow-up are significant factors (P <0.05) that influence the choice of delivery place.

Conclusion

Acting on the factors influencing the delivery place in Labrousse would make it possible to bridge this gap between the number of home births and the number of births in healthcare facility.
Crosstalk among strenuous exercise, IL-6, and S-Protein Based Vaccines for COVID-19 may explain the rare adverse effects of myocarditis and thrombosis in recently vaccinated young people. A prospective observational study.
Authors: Elkazzaz Mahmoud , Alofi Saleh , Ahmed Amr , Alshuwaier Ghareeb
Published: December 2021

Abstract

Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is a type of interleukin that functions as both a pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine. It is encoded by the IL6 gene in humans. Both COVID-19 infection and S-Protein Based Vaccines for COVID-19 were found to induce the production of pro-inflammatory IL-6, and also, strenuous exercise was found to induce IL-6 secretion by the skeletal muscles via lactate. Exercise causes skeletal muscle cells to release IL-6, and it raises the plasma concentration of IL-6 100 times higher than at rest. Exercise-induced IL-6 release is highly correlated with exercise intensity and duration; thus, IL-6 is regarded as an energy sensor released by contracting muscles. Although, COVID-19 infection and S-Protein Based Vaccines for COVID-19 have similar pathological effects, such as myocardial infarction, thrombotic and coagulation abnormalities (deep thrombosis), but these adverse effects are rarely associated with S-Protein Based Vaccines for COVID-19. Recently, it was shown that most patients who experienced myocarditis after the COVID-19 vaccine were young male youth aged 16 to 29 years had the highest incidence of myocarditis. Interestingly, It was observed that IL-6 was linked to adverse effects such as thrombosis and myocarditis, both of which are similar to that was caused by COVID-19 infection, and that S-Protein based vaccines for COVID-19. Here, we propose a testable hypothesis that strenuous exercise could be a risk and cofactor helping in the existence of these adverse effects in young people such as myocarditis and thrombosis via induction of the secretion of proinflammatory IL-6. In our retrospective and prospective observational study, we will assess the possible correlation among strenuous exercise, IL-6, myocarditis, and thrombosis. The study will be multi-center and will involve a young patient who will be vaccinated with first, second, and third doses of S-Protein Based Vaccines for COVID-19 (Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine). Pfizer and BioNTech have successfully developed the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine, which consists of the full-length S glycoprotein with the K986P and V987P mutation sites. Also, Moderna's mRNA-1273 vaccine contains the coding sequence for an S glycoprotein stabilized by a pair of proline substitutions (K986P/V987P), a transmembrane anchor, and an intact S1-S2 cleavage site

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Consumption Contribution to Economy Growth
Authors: Sudibyo Ivan
Published: December 2021

The analysis of the final consumption influence on the Gross Domestic Product is rarely studied. The final consumption is one important studies that follow the expenses method of GDP calculation and formation. The econometric approach gives substantial results when a longer interval is approached. The fact of econometric model is the dependence of the national economy on final consumption. Thus, the unifactorial regression model can be used to establish the influence that the value of final consumption. The Researcher make some description about final consumption in Southeast Asia+3 and US.
Composing an “Agon” and “Lettering a Public”: Democracy Between Binaries?
Authors: Gordon Jeremy
Published: December 2021

In response to ongoing expansion of neoliberal ideology in democratic education, this essay details a classroom experiment that attempts to “redo,” or “recraft” democracy. Recrafting democracy, in this context, takes shape in active efforts to compose an agonistic public sphere through a specific kind of “lettering a public.” As described, intentionally inefficient student efforts to “care-fully” compose, revise, and mail democratic letters allowed a more reciprocal and felt form of democratic deliberation to unfold. The essay describes the “Dear Demos” course assignment and articulates how the experiment in doing democracy might work to contest neoliberal notions of efficient, technocratic models of self-governance.
QUERY EXPANSION RANKING PADA ANALISIS SENTIMEN MENGGUNAKAN KLASIFIKASI MULTINOMIAL NAÏVE BAYES (Studi Kasus : Ulasan Aplikasi Shopee pada Hari Belanja Online Nasional 2020)
Authors: Siniwi Lutfiah Maharani , Prahutama Alan , Hakim Arief Rachman
Published: December 2021

Shopee is one of the e-commerce sites that has many users in Indonesia. Shopee provides various attractive promos on special days such as National Online Shopping Day on December 12. Shopee site was a complete error on December 12, 2020. Complaints and opinions of Shopee users were also shared through various media, one of them was Google Play Store. Sentiment analysis was used to see the user's response to the Shopee’s incident. Sentiment analysis results can be extracted to obtain information regarding positive or negative reviews from Shopee users. Sentiment analysis was performed using the Multinomial Naïve Bayes classification. the simplest method of probability classification, but it is sensitive to feature selection so that the amount of data is determined by the results of feature selection Query Expansion Ranking. The algorithm that has the highest accuracy and kappa statistic is the best algorithm in classifying Shopee’s users sentiment. The results showed that the classification performance using Multinomial Naïve Bayes with 80% of the features (terms) which have the highest Query Expansion Ranking value was obtained at the accuracy and kappa statistics values are 89% and 77.62%. This means that Multinomial Nave Bayes has a good performance in classifying reviews and the number of features used affects the performance results obtained.
IMPLEMENTASI MODEL ACCELERATED FAILURE TIME (AFT) BERDISTRIBUSI LOG-LOGISTIK PADA PASIEN PENYAKIT JANTUNG BAWAAN
Authors: Nooriqfina Dwi , Sudarno Sudarno , Santoso Rukun
Published: December 2021

Log-Logistic Accelerated Failure Time (AFT) model is survival analysis that is used when the survival time follows Log-Logistic distribution. Log-Logistic AFT model can be used to estimate survival time, survival function, and hazard function. Log-Logistic AFT model was formed by regressing covariates linierly against the log of survival time. Regression coefficients are estimated using maximum likelihood method. This study uses data from Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) patients, which is a congenital disease with a hole in the wall that separates the top of two chambers of the heart by using sensor type III. Survival time as the response variable, that is the time from patient was diagnosed with ASD until the first relapse and uses age, gender, treatment status (catheterization/surgery), defect size that is the size of the hole in the heart terrace, pulmonary hypertension status, and pain status as predictor variables. The result showed that variable gender, treatment status, defect size, pulmonary hypertension status, and pain status affect the first recurrence of ASD patients, so it is found that category of female, untreated patient, defect size ≥12mm, having pulmonary hypertension, having chest pain tend to have first recurrence sooner than the other category.
VALUE AT RISK (VAR) METODE DELTA-NORMAL BERDASARKAN DURASI UNTUK UKURAN RISIKO OBLIGASI PEMERINTAH
Authors: Setiani Setiani , Maruddani Di Asih I , Ispriyanti Dwi
Published: December 2021

A bond is one of invesment instrument that is basically a debt instrument. In investing, beside getting profit there is also the risk of loss. The risk of loss is unavoidable but it can be manageable. The concept of a portfolio in investing is to minimize risk. Value at Risk (VaR) is a method used to measure risk where VaR states the estimated amount of the maximum loss that will be obtained at a certain level of confidence during a certain period in normal market conditions. In this article the risk of bonds FR0053, FR0056, FR0059, FR0061 and portfolio combinations calculated with VaR value of the Delta-Normal method are calculated based on the duration of the bonds. Normality test of the bond market price return is required before calculating VaR. The results obtained if it is assumed that the bonds are purchased at a price of 100 and with a confidence level of 95%, then the portfolio that has the smallest risk is the Bond portfolio of FR0059 and FR0061 with a VaR value  Rp 21,436 (Trillions).
The Last Day and Brexit: Delusions of Future Past
Authors: Jajszczok Justyna
Published: December 2021

The paper aims to show how the traditions of science fiction and, above all, invasion literature provide the ideological background for reading Andrew Hunter Murray’s The Last Day as a novel about Brexit. As it draws on anxious visions of the future, in which the enemy lurks around every corner, and the only salvation is complete isolation from the world, Murray’s work is read here as a Brexit dream come true, in which Britain is once again great, independent and uncontaminated by foreign elements. By evoking the myths that focus only on glory and conveniently “forget” the dark sides of the empire, the novel demonstrates that the fantasies of the past are as distant as the fantasies of the future; the loss of the world that never was is reworked in The Last Day into the loss of ecologically viable planet.
In the Labyrinth of Forgetfulness: Charley Grainger’s Joycean Journey in Christine Dwyer Hickey’s Cold Eye of Heaven
Authors: Sikorska Liliana
Published: December 2021

Cold Eye of Heaven (2011) shows pre-Brexit Dublin steeped in the post-Celtic Tiger anxieties. The novel narrates the life of a contemporary Everyman, Charley Grainger, known as Farley, from his final moments back to his childhood. Thus, Farley’s journey envisages both a Joycean interior monologue depicting his old-age bafflement in the meanders of memory and a realistic description of the character’s bewilderment at the changes in the cityscapes of the Dublin of 2010. The present paper is a comparative study of the first two chapters of the novel in reference to the history of the city present in the entire text, through the use of the tropes of the mental and urbane labyrinths. Imbued with the allusions to current reality, i.e., the presence of immigrants, Hickey’s observations are in line with Joycean anti-nationalism, as the story offers a nostalgia-stricken picture of the inevitable economic transformation of the metropolis.
Borderland Anxieties: Brexit, Upper Silesia and Irish Partitions in Recent Novels by Glenn Patterson and Szczepan Twardoch
Authors: Drong Leszek
Published: December 2021

Northern Ireland owes its existence to a partition of Ireland that took place a century ago. The knottiest problems involved in the UK’s recent divorce with the European Union can be traced back not only to the Belfast Agreement of 1998 but also to the establishment of a new border, and a new borderland, in the island of Ireland in 1922. The same year (1922) saw the coming into effect of a partition of Upper Silesia, which was triggered by the events and political decisions taken in 1921. The primary focus of this essay is on literary representations of crises and anxieties connected with the transformations of the geopolitical statuses of the two provinces (i.e. Northern Ireland and Upper Silesia) and selected historical, political and cultural parallels between them. Those anxieties are exemplified and illustrated by the leading characters of Glenn Patterson’s Where Are We Now? (2020) and Szczepan Twardoch’s Pokora (2020). Both novels yield to provincial readings that explore basic aporias of uprootedness, displacement, deterritorialization and identity crises, collectively identified here as borderland anxieties. In consequence, transnational and postnational perspectives that emerge from Patterson’s and Twardoch’s works count as proactive responses, encoded in literary texts, to current geopolitical crises in Europe.
Zjadacze łabędzi. Obcość relatywna w doświadczeniu polskiej migracji ekonomicznej do Wielkiej Brytanii po roku 2004
Authors: Gosk Hanna
Published: December 2021

Tekst włącza się w dyskusję o ruchach migracyjnych, aktualizujących kwestię podziałów społeczno-kulturowych także między społeczeństwami europejskimi o silnie ukształtowanych (a dodatkowo wewnętrznie zróżnicowanych) tożsamościach zbiorowych. Stawia tezę, że analizując doświadczenia polskich migrantów ekonomicznych w Wielkiej Brytanii, można też dostrzec zasadnicze problemy polskiej transformacji ustrojowo-gospodarczej w jej aspekcie społeczno-kulturowym, które w zderzeniu migracyjnych podmiotów (podporządkowanych, zmarginalizowanych) z nowym środowiskiem szybciej niż w kraju utraciły przezroczystość i nabrały cech dyskursywnych. Wywód koncentruje uwagę na spotkaniu polskiego Swojaka (przeciętnej jednostki, uosabiającej polską peryferyjną wersję normy cywilizacyjno-kulturowej, która wyraźnie separuje Swoich od Obcych) z sytuacją, w której ów Swojak sam zajmuje, jako migrant, pozycję Obcego. Przykładowego materiału do rozważań dostarcza tom reportaży Ewy Winnickiej Angole (2014). W warunkach, w których kondycja polskiego migranta bywa przezeń (często) mimowiednie problematyzowana, podmiot taki dokonuje autoobserwacji oraz próbuje (z różnym skutkiem) odnaleźć się w relacji do miejscowych brytyjskich Swojaków, a więc źródła normy, wobec której, jako przybysz, sytuuje się na zewnątrz. Ma przy tym do dyspozycji głównie instrumenty, które – uwewnętrzniona przezeń, a powstała w innych warunkach – polska norma przewiduje do użycia w relacji z Obcym. Paradoksalność tych okoliczności, poza wszystkim innym, daje asumpt populistycznej instrumentalizacji generowanych przez nie zjawisk, co skutecznie wykorzystali zwolennicy brexitu.
Krzywe lustra kryzysu? Konflikty i podziały społeczno-polityczne związane z brexitem we współczesnych powieściach z Wysp Brytyjskich
Authors: Bartnik Ryszard , Drong Leszek , Zduniak-Wiktorowicz Małgorzata
Published: December 2021

Celem niniejszego artykułu jest zarysowanie tła literackiego, a także filozoficznego i społeczno-politycznego związanego z gatunkiem, który w 2017 roku Jon Day określił jako „Brexlit”. Artykuł skupia się na kluczowych powieściach brytyjskich, irlandzkich, a także tych utworach anglojęzycznych spoza kręgu kulturowego Wysp Brytyjskich, które zawierają w swojej treści, a czasem również formie, przesłanie dotyczące decyzji podjętej w referendum z 2016 roku, tj. decyzji o opuszczeniu przez Zjednoczone Królestwo Unii Europejskiej. Świat powieściowy w szczególnie przenikliwy i wrażliwy sposób zareagował na przemiany społeczno-polityczne w Wielkiej Brytanii oraz, przynajmniej częściowo, w Irlandii Północnej. Podstawowe pytanie, jakie stawiamy sobie tutaj, dotyczy roli dyskursu literackiego w konfrontacji z rzeczywistością społeczno-polityczną oraz rozmaitymi ideologiami oddziałującymi na mieszkańców Zjednoczonego Królestwa. Czy powieści z ostatnich kilku lat pokazują alternatywne scenariusze polityczne? Czy, z nieuniknionym poślizgiem komentując rzeczywistość europejską, są jedynie przesuniętym w czasie i załamanym przez światło ideologii odbiciem zmian społecznych – krzywymi lustrami kryzysu? Czy może istnieje w dyskursie powieściowym wciąż niedostatecznie wykorzystany potencjał do kształtowania i urzeczywistniania narracji fikcyjnych z myślą o lepszejprzyszłości kultury i całej sfery publicznej na Wyspach? Odpowiedź, jaką tu proponujemy, skupia się na podtrzymaniu ścisłych związków między ewolucją brytyjskiego rozumienia świata społeczno-politycznego a kulturą europejską sensu largo. Także kulturą antycypowaną lub projektowaną na najbliższą przyszłość. Pisarze brytyjscy oraz irlandzcy, odnosząc się do brexitu, niemal bez wyjątku akcentują przesłanie o zachowaniu ponadpolitycznej i ponadnarodowej wspólnoty – nawet w obliczu niedawnych podziałów.
Schiller w masce. Literatura krajów niemieckiego obszaru językowego wobec pandemii sars-cov-2
Authors: Okoński Krzysztof
Published: December 2021

Interwencje pisarzy w czasach przełomu lub kryzysu mają w krajach niemieckojęzycznych długą tradycję. Pandemia sars-cov-2 zrewidowała jednak dotychczasowe praktyki obywatelskiego zaangażowania i literackiej refleksji nad problemami współczesności. Autorzy są konfrontowani nie tylko z zagrożeniami dla ich własnego bytu materialnego, ale także z koniecznością znalezienia nowych form komunikacji z czytelnikami, rozwojem radykalizmu oraz rosnącą wrogością wobec elit. Niniejszy artykuł omawia w oparciu o wybrane materiały prasowe i radiowe takie kwestie, jak reorganizacja życia literackiego w Niemczech, Austrii, Szwajcarii i Liechtensteinie, reakcje pisarzy na ograniczenia spowodowane lockdownem, literackie obrazy pandemii, polaryzacja społeczeństwa oraz instrumentalizacja motywów literackich i historycznych przez ruchy antycovidowe.
O duchu (brexitu). Z dodatkiem uwag o tymotycznej stymulacji narodu w najnowszej polskiej literaturze
Authors: Czardybon Marcin
Published: December 2021

Artykuł stanowi próbę odpowiedzi na pytanie o obecność „ducha brexitu” w tekstach literackich powstających poza Wyspami. Pierwsza część poświęcona jest wyjaśnieniu sformułowania „duch brexitu” w świetle kategorii Zeitgeist. W drugiej partii tekstu wskazuję na zbieżności i różnice pomiędzy eurosceptycznymi nastrojami w brytyjskiej literaturze, a eurosceptycyzmem polskich XXI-wiecznych pisarzy, sytuujących się blisko prawej strony sceny politycznej. W myśl głównej tezy artykułu „duch brexitu” uobecnia się tak w brytyjskiej, jak i w polskiej literaturze w pracach dowartościowujących kategorię narodu, jego tradycji i dziejów. Prace te pobudzają godnościowe roszczenia i aktywizują narodowe resentymenty. Wykorzystane w szkicu ustalenia filologów, socjologów, filozofów i badaczy retoryki służą dowiedzeniu przedstawionej tezy, ukazaniu sposobów przejawiania się omawianego fenomenu oraz sformułowaniu odpowiedzi na pytanie o jego przyczyny.
Under Irish and Foreign Skies: Home, Migration and Regrexit
Authors: Kucała Bożena
Published: December 2021

This article analyses literary reflections on the process of migration both from and to Ireland in selected contemporary short stories and poems. Changing Skies (2014), an anthology of stories by Manchester Irish writers, represents a wide spectrum of the Irish migrant experience. Although traditionally perceived as a country which has sent waves of emigrants to other parts of the world, recently Ireland has itself become the destination and adopted home for thousands of immigrants. The second part of the article discusses how foreign writers residing in Ireland view the questions of home, identity and migration in two companion volumes of poetry. The concluding section surveys a sample of Irish writers’ reactions to the process of Brexit, which is redefining migration, home and identity both in Britain and on the island of Ireland, and is causing widespread regret in the Irish community that the tendency towards greater diversity, mobility and heterogeneity has been halted.
Sporne problemy typizacji usiłowania
Authors: Liszewska Agnieszka
Published: December 2021

W artykule omówiono różne koncepcje na temat charakteru prawnego usiłowania postrzeganego tradycyjnie jako forma stadialna przestępstwa. Stosując metodę analizy przepisów prawnokarnych opartą na systemowym badaniu struktur normatywnych zakodowanych w tych przepisach, niektórzy autorzy dochodzą do odmiennych wniosków i przyjmują, że usiłowanie jest odrębnym typem czynu zabronionego. W artykule podjęto próbę takiego sposobu interpretacji, który uwzględniając dotychczasowy dorobek nauki w zakresie analiz normatywnych przepisów karnych, nie kwestionuje jednocześnie charakteru usiłowania jako nieposiadającej bytu samoistnego postaci stadialnej przestępstwa. Osobnym problemem, związanym ze sposobem odczytania charakteru normatywnego usiłowania, jest kwestia stosowania przepisów o usiłowaniu do przestępstw będących delictum sui generis usiłowania. Analiza normatywna usiłowania ukształtowanego w kodeksie karnym jako forma stadialna przestępstwa prowadzi do wniosku, że u podstaw tej konstrukcji prawnej leży naruszenie tej samej normy sankcjonowanej, którą odczytujemy z przepisu typizującego dokonanie.
Value relevance na przykładzie PZU SA
Authors: Pilch Bartłomiej
Published: December 2021

Value relevance to koncepcja, wedle której wartości księgowe oddziałują na rynkową wycenę spółki, kurs akcji czy ich stopy zwrotu w kolejnych okresach. Większość badań przeprowadzanych w tym zakresie opiera się na danych panelowych, syntetycznie ujmując tendencje obserwowalne dla grupy spółek. W przypadku analiz przeprowadzonych na przykładzie polskiego rynku kapitałowego wyróżnić można kilka odnoszących się do empirycznego wpływu zysków i danych bilansowych na zmienne rynkowe, a także do wpływu wprowadzenia nowych regulacji w zakresie rachunkowości na stopień value relevance. Badania zazwyczaj pomijają przedsiębiorstwa z sektora finansowego, jednakże wyróżnić można także takie, które skupiają się na określonej grupie podmiotów, takich jak banki czy zakłady ubezpieczeń. W artykule pod uwagę wzięto właśnie ostatnią z wymienionych grup. Niemniej zaprezentowano w nim odmienne podejście niż w większości badań empirycznych – skupiono się na danych finansowych jednej spółki z sektora ubezpieczeń: PZU S.A. Analizę przeprowadzono z wykorzystaniem modeli regresji liniowej, stosując modele oparte na MNK i metodę Praisa-Winstena. Wykorzystano dane finansowe pochodzące z raportów kwartalnych, półrocznych i rocznych z lat 2009–2019. Wyniki badania wskazują na objaśnianie kursów akcji w przyszłości szczególnie przez dane bilansowe, przede wszystkim aktywa i rezerwy techniczno-ubezpieczeniowe, a także przez operacyjne przepływy pieniężne, wynik techniczny i składkę na udziale własnym. Przedstawiono kilka modeli, które można uznać za użyteczne, biorąc pod uwagę ich poprawność pod względem statystycznym i zgodność oszacowań parametrów z założeniami teoretycznymi. Rezultat ten wskazuje również na celowość badań w koncepcji value relevance w odniesieniu do indywidualnych podmiotów.
Samodzielność prawotwórcza jednostek samorządu terytorialnego
Authors: Podgórska-Rykała Joanna
Published: December 2021

Celem artykułu jest ukazanie istoty samodzielności prawotwórczej jednostek samorządu terytorialnego, scharakteryzowanie poszczególnych form prawnych, które przybierają ich formalne decyzje, oraz wyodrębnienie i zdefiniowanie – posługując się dorobkiem doktryny i orzecznictwem – poszczególnych kategorii aktów tworzonych przez organy samorządowe. Zastosowana metoda badawcza oparta została na analizie prawnoporównawczej oraz badaniach literaturowych, ocenie stanu prawnego istniejącego w zakresie omawianej problematyki, a także na analizie poglądów prezentowanych w nauce prawa administracyjnego oraz w orzecznictwie. Autorka zwraca uwagę, że ustawodawca przyznał organom samorządu terytorialnego dużą samodzielność prawotwórczą. Jej źródeł można doszukać się w Konstytucji RP, a w następnej kolejności w samorządowych ustawach ustrojowych. Unormowania te są dodatkowo wzmocnione przez przepisy Europejskiej karty samorządu lokalnego, stanowiącej o prawie społeczności lokalnych do pełnej swobody działania na swoim terytorium z poszanowaniem zasady legalizmu. Przypisanie przymiotu samodzielności jednostkom samorządowym zostało utrwalone również w orzecznictwie Trybunału Konstytucyjnego. Z daleko idącą niezależnością samorządów mamy do czynienia w wielu dziedzinach ich działalności, jednak prawodawstwo wydaje się jedną z najistotniejszych. Akty prawne wyznaczają normy i reguły postepowania, gdyż wiążą określone grupy adresatów i wpływają na ich sytuację podmiotową: prawa i obowiązki.
The Philosopher’s Diet in Porphyry’s De Abstinentia: Characterizing a Historical Legacy of Minimalism in Food Consumption
Authors: Gamlath Isha
Published: December 2021

Historical legacy, as an important constituent for the evaluation of the extent to which the past influences the present, sheds much light on some of the broader issues of the relation between the past and the present. One of the components of historical legacy is human food consumption habits. The domain of food consumption habits, in traditional Greek and Roman culture, contains a fairly noticeable diversity as it fluctuates between what seems to be two wide poles of dietary practices such as a simple diet, with the focus on minimalism and health and a luxury diet, with the focus on excess and extravagance. These poles, upon close analysis, have determined the dietary customs of antiquity while also formed a gastronomic identity. The impact of this historical legacy seems to have not only flavored Porphyry’s discussion of the nature of the philosopher’s diet in On Abstinence from Killing Animals but has also served in characterizing an advanced stage of minimalism in Greek and Roman food consumption habits.
Olympiodorus on Philosophical Education: An Undogmatic Approach?
Authors: Umsu-Seifert Cagla
Published: December 2021

Plato and the Platonists presented different positions on philosophical education. This paper explores the views of Olympiodorus, a 6th-century AD Platonist, on education and the role of a teacher. Olympiodorus’ approach to the conception of philosophical authority provides a new perspective for re-evaluating the significance of his philosophy.
SIT1 transporter as a potential novel target in treatment of COVID-19
Authors: Semiz Sabina
Published: December 2021

Studies published earlier this year demonstrated the association of the solute carrier SLC6A20 gene with the risk and severity of COVID-19. The SLC6A20 protein product (Sodium-dependent Imino Transporter 1 (SIT1)) is involved in the transport of amino acids, including glycine. Here we summarized the results of recent studies demonstrating the interaction of SIT1 with the ACE2 receptor for SARS-CoV-2 as well as an observed association of SLC6A20 with the risk and traits of Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Recently, it was also proposed that SLC6A20 represents the novel regulator of glycine levels and that glycine has beneficial effects against the proinflammatory cytokine secretion induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection. Ivermectin, as a partial agonist of glycine-gated chloride channels, was also recently suggested to interfere with the COVID-19 cytokine storm by inducing the activation of glycine receptors. Furthermore, plasma glycine levels are found to be decreased in diabetic patients. Thus, further clinical trials are warranted to confirm the potential favorable effects of targeting the SIT1 transporter and glycine levels in the treatment of COVID-19, particularly for the severe case of disease associated with hyperglycemia, inflammation, and T2D. These findings suggest that SIT1 may potentially represent one of the missing pieces in the complex puzzle observed between these two pandemic diseases and the potential novel target for their efficient treatment.
Detection of arbitrage opportunities in multi-asset derivatives markets
Authors: Papapantoleon Antonis , Yanez Sarmiento Paulo
Published: December 2021

We are interested in the existence of equivalent martingale measures and the detection of arbitrage opportunities in markets where several multi-asset derivatives are traded simultaneously. More specifically, we consider a financial market with multiple traded assets whose marginal risk-neutral distributions are known, and assume that several derivatives written on these assets are traded simultaneously. In this setting, there is a bijection between the existence of an equivalent martingale measure and the existence of a copula that couples these marginals. Using this bijection and recent results on improved Fréchet–Hoeffding bounds in the presence of additional information on functionals of a copula by [18], we can extend the results of [33] on the detection of arbitrage opportunities to the general multi-dimensional case. More specifically, we derive sufficient conditions for the absence of arbitrage and formulate an optimization problem for the detection of a possible arbitrage opportunity. This problem can be solved efficiently using numerical optimization routines. The most interesting practical outcome is the following: we can construct a financial market where each multi-asset derivative is traded within its own no-arbitrage interval, and yet when considered together an arbitrage opportunity may arise.
Maternal mortality in the city of Berlin: consequences for perinatal healthcare
Authors: Hellmeyer Lars , Zinn-Kirchner Zahavah , Königbauer Josefine T.
Published: December 2021

Objectives

The fifth of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals proposed for 2000–2015 was to improve maternal health, which has only partially been achieved. Worldwide, the maternal mortality ratio is currently estimated at 216/100.000 livebirths, compared to 380/100,000 in 1990. As yet, there has been no published comprehensive analysis of maternal mortality data as it pertains to Berlin and by extension Germany. Aim of the study was to evaluate and analyze the maternal mortality rate of Berlin as a result of shortcomings in healthcare provision and identify possible solutions.

Methods

The Institute for Quality and Transparency in the Healthcare Sector sourced external quality control from the Qualitätsbüro Berlin to provide maternal mortality data from Berlin hospitals from 2007 to 2020.

Results

Nineteen maternal deaths were registered between 2007 and 2020 in total. Case analysis shows that two main events occur: thrombosis and hemorrhage at 31.6%, respectively, followed by hypertensive disorder (15.8%), and sepsis (15.8%). After detailed analysis of each case report, we determined 8/19 (42.1%) maternal deaths as being potentially preventable given slightly altered circumstances.

Conclusions

The system of registration of perinatal data in Germany does not allow for a comprehensive recording of maternal death and requires alteration to provide a more accurate picture of the phenomenon of maternal mortality; presumably, there exist twice as many unreported cases. Symptoms, risks, and primary prevention tactics of thromboembolism during pregnancy and birth should be imparted to every licensed professional in individual hospital settings, along with evidence-based simulation training for the event of obstetric or prepartum hemorrhage.
Investigative properties of CeO2 doped with niobium: A combined characterization and DFT studies
Authors: Shittu Toyin , Altarawneh Mohammednoor
Published: December 2021

Catalytic capacity of ceria mainly stems from a facile switch in the Ce oxidation states from +4 to +4 − x. While various experimental and computational studies pinpoint the reduction chemistry of Ce atom through the creation of oxygen vacancies, the analogous process when ceria surface is decorated with cations remains poorly understood. Where such results are available, a synergy between experimental and first principle calculation is scarce. Niobium materials are evolving and their use in catalysis is being widely investigated due to their high surface acidity and thermal and chemical stability. This study aims to report structural and electronic properties of various configurations of mixed Ce–Nb oxides and elaborates on factors that underpin potential catalytic improvements. Evaluations of the samples through X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), N2-adsorption–desorption, scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscope (EDS), and thermogravimetric (TGA) analyses are examined and discussed. First principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations provide structural features of the Ce–Nb solutions at low concentration of Nb via computing atomic charge distribution. Contraction in the lattice parameter after Nb doping was confirmed with both XRD and DFT results. SEM analysis reveals particle growth at the loading of 50 wt%. FTIR results established the Ce–Nb–O bond at 1,100 cm−1 and the TGA analysis confirms the thermal stability of Nb-doped ceria. Tetrahedral O atoms demonstrate an increase in electronegativity and this in turn facilitates catalytic propensity of the material because the O atoms will exhibit higher affinity for adsorbed reactants. Cerium oxide (CeO2) after Nb doping displays a noticeable band gap narrowing, confirming the possible improvement in the catalytic behavior. The 4d states of the Niobium pentoxide (Nb2O5) is found to fill up the 4f states of CeO2 around the Fermi energy level promoting electrons excitation in the CeO2. Reported electronic, structural, and thermal characteristics herein indicate promising catalytic applications of niobium-promoted ceria.
Environmental and occupational health on the Navajo Nation: a scoping review
Authors: Coombs Sharly , Sleeth Darrah K. , Jones Rachael M.
Published: December 2021

A scoping review was performed to answer: what environmental health concerns have been associated with adverse health outcomes in the Navajo Nation? The review focused on occupational and ambient environmental exposures associated with human industrial activities. The search strategy was implemented in PubMed, and two investigators screened the retrieved literature. Thirteen studies were included for review. Data were extracted using the matrix method. Six studies described associations between work in uranium mining and cancer. Six studies focused on environmental exposures to uranium mine waste and other metals, with outcomes that included biological markers, kidney disease, diabetes and hypertension, and adverse birth outcomes. One study explored occupational exposure to Sin Nombre Virus and infection. Most research has focused on the health effects of uranium, where occupational exposures occurred among miners and environmental exposures are a legacy of uranium mining and milling. Gaps exist with respect to health outcomes associated with current occupations and the psychosocial impact of environmental hazards. Other environmental exposures and hazards are known to exist on the Navajo Nation, which may warrant epidemiologic research.
Crystal structure of phenanthrenide salts stabilized by 15-crown-5 and 18-crown-6
Authors: Eichstaedt Natalie , van der Zwan Kasper P. , Mayr Lina , Siegel Renée , Senker Jürgen , Breu Josef
Published: December 2021

Potassium 15-crown-5 phenanthrenide and potassium 18-crown-6 phenanthrenide were synthesized and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction and 39K solid state NMR spectroscopy. While the radical carbanion is very reactive in solution, the crystals are stable and storable under inert atmosphere. For 15-crown-5, a sandwich-like complex of potassium is formed with two molecules of crown ether per potassium resulting in a coordination number of 10. For the larger 18-crown-6 ligand, a 1:1 complex is obtained and a coordination number of 6 for the potassium cation. In neither crystal structure solvent molecules are incorporated. The 15-crown-5 compound crystallizes faster and is less soluble in THF as compared to the 18-crown-6 compound. Both compounds form solid phenanthrenide that is easy to handle and can be applied for reduction reactions.