bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A World of Song
Authors: Kabat Julie
Published: May 2024

This chapter describes how Luke and his friends came up with a routine to help them relax after their long work hours. Most nights, around eleven o'clock, Luke, Freeman, Gail Falk, and other young adults of the Graham family congregated in the backyard to watch the stars and sing songs. Both Luke and Gail had brought songbooks by Joan Baez and the Weavers with them. With Gail strumming on an old guitar and Luke playing solos on his harmonica, they sang old familiar folksongs. In between Luke's phone calls home, the author and her parents searched for any information they could find about what was happening in Mississippi. What little they did hear was often grim. Nevertheless, Luke usually sounded upbeat when he called, even asking the author to send him some of her peace songs.
Hanging out the Window with My Ratchet-Ass Friends
Authors: Miles Corey J.
Published: May 2024

This chapter works from a Black feminist and Black queer lens to close the gap between ratchet and beautiful, between hood and feminist. Trap music is structured in double-time, which allows the songs to sound fast and slow at the same time. This chapter argues that Black women’s life is songlike in that they live in double time which means they can be ratchet, ghetto, caring, soft, and hard all at once. Similarly, the chapter concludes by showing how Black men work through the contradictions of masculinity through queer performativity. Black men’s desire to make bodies (cars) beautiful and changing their vocal intonation in songs are read as embodying a queer politic of freedom.
African Diasporic Consciousness
Authors: Flannery Ifetayo M.
Published: May 2024

This chapter offers an Afrocentric analysis of the significance and impact of the Haitian Revolution to Haiti and to African Americans, particularly located in Philadelphia, as a model of optimal African diasporic consciousness and African world expansion. “Africa” is located both cognitively and geopolitically in early diasporic world history through the successful Haitian Revolution. The Haitian national design for incorporative relations with other African diasporic communities suggests Haiti's intent to not only secure the freedom and longevity of Haitian natives but also to secure the African world's presence in territory that had long been considered the Western world. The chapter provides an alternative reading and analysis of the Haitian Revolution's significance for the benefit of cultural, historical, and psychological African restoration. Haiti's relationship with free Africans of Philadelphia is represented as optimal African diasporic consciousness because agency, support, and circumstance aligned to propel the existing consciousness into direct action, which ultimately shifted hegemonic European world domination.
Smelling Like a Slaughterhouse
Authors: Diffrient David Scott
Published: May 2024

Using a few cannibalism-themed films as case studies, this chapter sniffs out some of the ways that the horror genre’s unique—uniquely unsettling—smells are evoked through a combination of symbolic (audiovisual) cues and material (embodied) memories on the spectator’s part. Drawing upon the work of Vivian Sobchack, Laura U. Marks, Paul Elliot, Lorna Piatti-Farnell, and other theorists who have investigated the mimetic function and cultural significance of smell in cinema, the author strives to rectify the long-held misperception of the medium as a strictly audiovisual form of expressive communication; i.e., one that ostensibly lacks the means to stimulate our senses of taste (gustation), touch (somatosensation), and smell (olfaction) in any but the most superficial of ways. This approach flies in the face of several decades of received wisdom about cinema among ontological purists and technological determinists as first and foremost a visual medium. However, the haptic quality of visual images, in addition to the frequent foregrounding of air fresheners and less-pleasant odors in horror films (as well as the linguistic likening of one sensation for another, through metaphors and similes), can make one’s access to certain sense-memories, including those related to smell, possible.
Gary Floyd
Authors: Ensminger David A.
Published: May 2024

This chapter focuses on profiling Gary Floyd on the Dicks, an inveterate performer who first started in the loud, crude, politically fiery band the Dicks. As an “out” gay performer known to appear in drag, he also wore communist insignias and threw objects at raucous audiences. Floyd became a symbol of both left-wing views and liberated sexuality. Later, his band Sister Double Happiness wrote the first AIDs-themed rock’n’roll song and harboured a mix of Southern twang, soaring alternative rock, and rustic style.
Jeffrey Lee Pierce
Authors: Ensminger David A.
Published: May 2024

This chapter hones in on Jeffrey Lee Pierce, a Hispanic punk fan and fanzine writer turned lead singer for The Gun Club, one of the country’s molten punk bands that melded an earnest and deep love of the blues with feisty rock’n’roll. Though he has died, fans, fellow musicians, and I revisit his legacy, methods, and traits.
Filmic Migrations of the Carmen Figure
Authors: Brown Kimberly Nichele
Published: May 2024

In the chapter, Kimberly Nichele Brown reconsiders the story of transgressive female sexuality that Carmen, Prosper Mérimée’s 1845 novella, made famous. Given the novella’s many reinterpretations, Brown sees Carmen as a migratory figure, whose mythology traverses cultural and national boundaries, including Karmen Geï, the 2001 film by Senegalese director Joseph Gaï Ramaka. Karmen Geï offers an especially progressive rendering of Black female erotic agency that challenges the white western gaze and calls for a reevaluation of critical approaches that position African gender politics as atavistic and stagnant. The film adaptation reshapes a prescriptive morality tale into one that articulates and visualizes sexual decolonization for its western and Senegalese viewers. In Karmen Geï, Ramaka reframes the discourse of love to include self-actualization and civic responsibility, thereby modeling what sexual liberation might look like for its Black female viewers throughout the Diaspora.
“Liza Jane” Meets the Media
Authors: Gutstein Dan
Published: May 2024

This chapter examines how “Liza Jane” songs appeared at crucial moments in twentieth-century popular culture. From the 1929 Mary Pickford film Coquette, to an early Mickey Mouse animation; from the Fibber McGee and Molly radio show to the 1960 Harry Belafonte television special New York 19, (not to mention the Andy Griffith show), tens of millions of listeners and viewers experienced “Liza Jane” songs afresh. Strikingly, Belafonte presented a mixed-race cast of singers, dancers, and musicians, which famously led his sponsor, Revlon, to cancel several future shows. The irony of this—a “beautification” company demanding the ugliness of segregation—proved that American popular culture had not yet transcended the ugly days of minstrelsy. At the same time, “Little Liza Jane” continued to appeal. The popularity of new media as well as the popularity of “Liza Jane” songs intersected, further installing these catchy tunes in the American consciousness.
Die Theatralität von Gottesdiensten und Kirchenräumen
Authors: Risi Clemens , Roth Ursula
Published: May 2024

In der Dokumentation eines Gesprächs zwischen der Praktischen Theologin Ursula Roth und dem Theaterwissenschaftler Clemens Risi arbeiten beide heraus, dass und wie die Theatralität und Performanz der Aufführung Brücken zwischen Theater und Gottesdienst(raum) schaffen. In beiden Fällen sei eine Sicht viel zu schlicht, die von unbeteiligten Zuschauenden auf der einen Seite und Bühnendarstellenden auf der anderen Seite ausgehe. Der Raum der Performanz ist immer schon ein interaktives, durch sehr unterschiedliche Rollen und Teilnehmende bespieltes Spielgeschehen. Räume spielen eine besondere Rolle, indem sie Interaktionsprozesse vorsteuern. Beide, Räume wie Interaktionen, prägen damit auch Richtung und Inhalt von Gottesdienst wie Theater mit. Umbaute Räume werden durch das Verhalten der in ihnen Agierenden dynamisch verändert und immer neu konstituiert.
Kroatisch, katholisch, konservativ
Authors: Rieser Rebekka
Published: May 2024

Rückzugsort, Vermittlerin von Religion und eine Brücke zur Gesellschaft - religiöse Migrantenorganisationen in westlichen Demokratien balancieren zwischen den Erwartungen der Mitglieder der Herkunfts- bzw. Residenzgesellschaft und der eigenen organisationalen Umwelt. Rebekka Rieser analysiert den Umgang mit diesen Erwartungen und die daraus resultierenden Konsequenzen für die Organisationen, die Individuen und die Gesellschaft anhand der bislang wenig beforschten römisch-katholischen kroatischen Missionen in der Schweiz und in Deutschland. Dabei fokussiert sie besonders auf die Strukturen und Rollen von Religionsgemeinschaften in Integrationsprozessen und betont somit deren Bedeutung in einem zunehmend pluralisierten und säkularen Umfeld.
Coronary Angiography in Patients With Left Ventricular Hypertrabeculation/Noncompaction
Authors: de Cillia Nicolas , Finsterer Josef , Campean Radu , Noorian Ashkan , Winkler-Dworak Maria , Stöllberger Claudia
Published: May 2024

Background:

Left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction (LVHT) is a cardiac abnormality of unknown pathogenesis, frequently associated with neuromuscular disorders. The relevance of coronary artery disease (CAD) in LVHT is largely unknown. This study aimed to assess the role of CAD as a prognostic marker in LVHT.

Methods:

Data from patients with LVHT were collected from an echocardiographic laboratory. The hospital information system was retrospectively screened for coronary angiography. The association of CAD with clinical, echocardiographic, and neurologic baseline parameters was assessed. End points were all-cause death and heart transplantation.

Results:

A total of 154 patients (mean [SD] age, 57 [13.7] years; 31% female) who had undergone coronary angiography between 1995 and 2020 were included in the study. Coronary angiography disclosed CAD in 53 of 154 patients. Patients with CAD were older (mean [SD] age of, 64.2 [12.9] years vs 52.7 [12.4] years; P < .001); more frequently had angina pectoris (P = .05), diabetes (P = .002), and hypertension (P = .03); and more frequently had 3 or more electrocardiographic abnormalities (P = .04) than patients without CAD. During a median (IQR) follow-up period of 6.48 (2.44-11.20) years, 39% of patients reached an end point (death, n = 56; heart transplantation, n = 4). Mortality was 4.5% per year, and the rate of death or heart transplantation did not differ between patients with and without CAD (P = .26). Patients with 3-vessel disease had a worse prognosis than patients with 1- or 2-vessel disease (P = .046).

Conclusion:

In patients with LVHT, CAD does not appear to be associated with an increased rate of death or heart transplantation.
Restoration of Epicardial Blood Flow After Left Ventricular Unloading With the Impella CP Heart Pump in a Patient With STEMI Treated With Surgical Revascularization
Authors: Liu Jason , Peer Syed B. , Sheth Samar S. , Loor Gabriel
Published: May 2024

Left main occlusion presenting as ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction is an exceedingly morbid condition. This article reports a case of cardiac arrest in a patient after a treadmill stress test. Coronary angiography revealed 100% occlusion of the left main coronary artery. Left ventricular unloading with the Impella CP heart pump (ABIOMED/Johnson & Johnson MedTech) was used, after which epicardial blood flow was restored without angioplasty. The patient underwent surgical revascularization. Despite a prolonged revascularization time, there was no evidence of severe myocardial injury postoperatively.
BEYOND DEVELOPED AND EMERGING: UNPACKING POLICYLENDING RATE DISCONNECTIONS AND INFLATION IN TURKIYE WITH A DIVERSE GLOBAL CAST
Authors: Özdurak Caner , Uzunoğlu Sadi
Published: May 2024

The study examines the impact of the divergence between policy rates and lending rates on inflation in Turkey, with a specific focus on the role of adaptive expectations. The analysis covers a long period, from January 2003 to January 2023, and includes six countries: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, US, UK and Turkey. The study finds that there is a persistent and significant divergence between policy rates and lending rates in Turkey. Additionally, the depreciation of the currency has a significant impact on lending rates in Turkey, as it increases both the cost of borrowing for banks and the cost of funding for businesses and consumers. Moreover, the study suggests that adaptive expectations play an important role in the relationship between policy rates, lending rates, and inflation. Past inflation rates have a significant impact on current inflation expectations, which, in turn, influences the inflation rate. This phenomenon is exacerbated by borrowers demanding higher lending rates to compensate for the increased risk in an environment of high inflation and uncertain policy, further widening the gap between policy rates and lending rates. The study's findings provide valuable insights into the complex dynamics of monetary policy, lending rates, inflation, and the exchange rate in soft currency economies such as Turkey. The results highlight the importance of addressing the issue of the divergence between policy rates and lending rates, while taking into account the impact of adaptive expectations and the exchange rate on inflation dynamics.
Comparing verbal and visual rhetoric – and the danger of “empirical shorthands”
Authors: Andersson Fred
Published: May 2024

This paper will evaluate the quantitative content analysis of visual rhetoric which has been put forward by George Rossolatos in the context of audio-visuality and marketing research. Rossolatos bases his taxonomy of visual rhetorical figures on Groupe µ’s adaptation of classical rhetoric in Rhétorique génerale (1970). With the aim of creating a systematic model for marketing analysis, he and his collaborators have coded and classified an extensive number of audiovisual commercials from the top international strata of economically valuable brands. For comparison, I have during a period of four years given undergraduates the task of collecting and categorizing a minimum of ten audio-visual commercials, each of which should exemplify one of the figures referred to by Rossolatos. The outcomes of the task indicate that a random explorative study with a minimum of operationalization and training of coders is enough for obtaining results akin to those reported by Rossolatos. This may be regarded as a positive outcome from a pedagogical point of view, but it may also raise the suspicion that Rossolatos’s criteria are merely intuitive. If the incidence of visual rhetorical figures is to be studied as an independent content variable of audio-visual enunciations, the values/figures should be described with greater caution.
Exploring pathogenic pathways in carpal tunnel syndrome: sterile inflammation and oxidative stress
Authors: Arshad Mohd. Sajid , Mattoo Bhawna , Alam Iqbal
Published: May 2024

Objectives

The main objective of the current study was to find the association between oxidative stress, inflammatory markers, and electrophysiological profile with symptom severity in patients of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).

Methods

Thirty-two carpal tunnel syndrome patients and 32 controls were included in the study. Boston CTS questionnaire along with plasma oxidative stress markers including superoxide dismutase, malondialdehyde, and nitric oxide and inflammatory markers including IL-6 and TNF-α were compared with the electrophysiological parameters derived from nerve conduction studies. Statistical significance of the levels between groups was calculated using unpaired-t test after checking for normality with D’Agostino & Pearson omnibus normality test.

Results

We found that the median nerve conduction velocity was prolonged, amplitude was decreased, while the levels of oxidative stress markers like malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxidase dismutase (SOD), and nitric oxide (NO) were increased in CTS patients compared to controls. Inflammatory markers like interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) were also increased in CTS patients. We found that plasma SOD and TNF-α correlated well with the median motor amplitude. There was no other significant correlation between oxidative stress markers and inflammatory markers with nerve conduction studies or disease severity. Patients with mild disease also showed lesser levels of SOD, NO, IL-6, and TNF-α markers than patients with severe disease.

Conclusions

CTS is probably a disease of sterile inflammation and disbalance of oxidative stress, with higher inflammatory and oxidative stress markers pointing to a more severe disease.
Efficacy and factors of myofascial release therapy combined with electrical and magnetic stimulation in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain syndrome
Authors: Zhu Mingyue , Huang Fei , Xu Jingyun , Zhou Qing , Ding Bo , Shen Yang
Published: May 2024

The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and factors of myofascial release therapy combined with electrical and magnetic stimulation in the treatment of chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS). A total of 79 female patients diagnosed with CPPS from January 2021 to December 2022 were prospectively analyzed. Every patient received 3 weeks of treatment which included myofascial release therapy combined with electrical and magnetic stimulation. The visual analog score (VAS) of pelvic floor muscle (PFM) trigger points (TrPs) and the changes in pelvic floor surface electromyography before and after treatment were compared. Multiple linear regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of each outcome index. There were significant differences in VASs of muscle TrPs before and after treatment (P < 0.05). For the surface electromyography of PFMs, the differences in pre-baseline rest, post-baseline rest, isometric contractions for muscle endurance evaluation, and coefficient of variation were statistically significant (P < 0.05). Linear regression analysis showed that disease course (X
1), dyspareunia (X
5), and urinary incontinence (X
6) were influencing factors for the decline of pre-baseline rest (r5 = 1.067, R
2 = 0.089), post-baseline rest (r1 = 0.055, r5 = 0.99, R
2 = 0.119), VASs of ischial spine (r5 = 0.916, R
2 = 0.102), obturator internus (r5 = 0.796, r6 = −0.703, R
2 = 0.245), and pubococcygeus (r5 = 0.885, R
2 = 0.149) after treatment in the CPPS group. This study confirmed that individualized myofascial release therapy combined with electrical and magnetic stimulation has significant efficacy for patients with CPPS. At the same time, it is more effective for CPPS patients with longer course of disease, dyspareunia, and without urinary incontinence.
On hyper (r,q)-Fibonacci polynomials
Authors: Belbachir Hacéne , Krim Fariza
Published: May 2024

Related to generalized arithmetic triangle, we introduce the hyper (r,q)-Fibonacci polynomials as the sum of these elements along a finite ray starting from a specific point, which generalize the hyper-Fibonacci polynomials. We give generating function, recurrence relations and we show some properties whose application allows us to extend the notion of Cassini determinant and to study some ratios. Moreover, we derive a connection between these polynomials and the incomplete (r,q)-Fibonacci polynomials defined in this paper.
Gröbner bases in the mod 2 cohomology of oriented Grassmann manifolds G͠
2
t,3
Authors: Colović Uroš A. , Prvulović Branislav I.
Published: May 2024

For n a power of two, we give a complete description of the cohomology algebra H
*(G͠

n,3; ℤ2) of the Grassmann manifold G͠

n,3 of oriented 3-planes in ℝ
n
. We do this by finding a reduced Gröbner basis for an ideal closely related to this cohomology algebra. Using this Gröbner basis we also present an additive basis for H
*(G͠

n,3; ℤ2).
A study on error bounds for Newton-type inequalities in conformable fractional integrals
Authors: Budak Hüseyin , Ünal Cihan , Hezenci Fatih
Published: May 2024

The authors of the paper suggest a novel approach in order to examine an integral equality using conformable fractional operators. By using this identity, some Newton-type inequalities are proved for differentiable convex functions by taking the modulus of the newly established equality. Moreover, we prove some Newton-type inequalities by using the Hölder and power-mean inequality. Furthermore, some new results are presented by using special choices of obtained inequalities. Finally, we give some conformable fractional Newton-type inequalities for functions of bounded variation.
Suffixation in Zhangzhou
Authors: Huang Yishan
Published: May 2024

This study is the first to comprehensively describe suffixing morphology in Zhangzhou Southern Min, an under-described Sinitic language spoken in southern China. Suffixation can be derivational in this language to create new lexemes and expand local vocabulary but can be inflectional to convey grammatical information. It can also induce special tone sandhi patterns on either the lexical bases or the suffix itself. The bases that can undergo suffixation are cross-categorical, ranging from nouns, verbs, adjectives, classifiers, noun phrases, verb phrases to adjective phrases. However, the occurrences of suffixes, lexical bases, and derived items are subject to severe constraints from diverse factors of semantics, word class, syntax, phonology, and pragmatics. These reflect that the suffixing is not an isolated morphological event but rather involves systematic and complex interfaces among different linguistic levels. This study is a breakthrough to fill the research gap, while substantially broadening and deepening our knowledge of suffixation as an important morphological device in Sinitic languages. The study also contributes well-attested empirical data to the typology of suffixation in the world’s natural languages while shedding important light on how Sinitic languages and other so-called isolating languages should be better defined from a modern linguistic perspective.
Investigation of the effect of low-power, low-frequency ultrasound application on SARS-COV-2
Authors: Canbolat Orhan , Canbolat Fatih , Ergün Mehmet Ali , Yiğit Selin , Bozdayı Gülendam
Published: May 2024

Objectives

Numerous studies have been conducted on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, which remains a global health concern. Low-frequency and low-dose ultrasound can help eradicate the virus from the air and the environment. Our research aims to determine how altering ultrasonic waves frequencies and low power affects the virulence and replication rate of a virus.

Methods

The virus was identified using atomic force microscopy before the initiation of laboratory tests. The experimental environment was exposed to 8 W of ultrasound at frequencies of 40 KHz, 25, 50, and 110 MHz. The cycle threshold (Ct) of the samples before and after ultrasonography was evaluated using real-time PCR (RT-PCR). Before and during ultrasonography, the VERO E6 Cell line was employed to determine whether the virus was still alive.

Results

Following the RT-PCR results, the application of 40 KHz ultrasonic waves frequency enhanced the Ct values of the virus while concurrently inhibiting its growth rate in the cell culture.

Conclusions

Our findings suggest that employing ultrasound to eliminate SARS-CoV-2 and possibly other closed and single-stranded RNA viruses from the environment is feasible.
Sex-Specific Mechanisms Underlie Long-Term Potentiation at Hippocampus→Medium Spiny Neuron Synapses in the Medial Shell of the Nucleus Accumbens
Authors: Copenhaver Ashley E. , LeGates Tara A.
Published: May 2024

Sex differences have complicated our understanding of the neurobiological basis of many behaviors that are key for survival. As such, continued elucidation of the similarities and differences between sexes is necessary to gain insight into brain function and vulnerability. The connection between the hippocampus (Hipp) and nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a crucial site where modulation of neuronal activity mediates reward-related behavior. Our previous work demonstrated that long-term potentiation (LTP) of Hipp→NAc synapses is rewarding, and mice can establish learned associations between LTP of these synapses and the contextual environment in which LTP occurred. Here, we investigated sex differences in the mechanisms underlying Hipp→NAc LTP using whole-cell electrophysiology and pharmacology. We observed similarities in basal synaptic strength between males and females and found that LTP occurs postsynaptically with similar magnitudes in both sexes. However, key sex differences emerged as LTP in males required NMDA receptors (NMDAR), whereas LTP in females utilized an NMDAR-independent mechanism involving L-type voltage-gated Ca2+channels (VGCCs) and estrogen receptor α (ERα). We also uncovered sex-similar features as LTP in both sexes depended on CaMKII activity and occurred independently of dopamine-1 receptor (D1R) activation. Our results have elucidated sex-specific molecular mechanisms for LTP in an integral pathway that mediates reward-related behaviors, emphasizing the importance of considering sex as a variable in mechanistic studies. Continued characterization of sex-specific mechanisms underlying plasticity will offer novel insight into the neurophysiological basis of behavior, with significant implications for understanding how diverse processes mediate behavior and contribute to vulnerability to developing psychiatric disorders.
Regulation of the Mouse Ventral Tegmental Area by Melanin-Concentrating Hormone
Authors: Spencer Carl Duncan , Miller Persephone A. , Williams-Ikhenoba Jesukhogie G. , Nikolova Ralitsa G. , Chee Melissa J.
Published: May 2024

Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) acts via its sole receptor MCHR1 in rodents and is an important regulator of homeostatic behaviors like feeding, sleep, and mood to impact overall energy balance. The loss of MCH signaling by MCH or MCHR1 deletion produces hyperactive mice with increased energy expenditure, and these effects are consistently associated with a hyperdopaminergic state. We recently showed that MCH suppresses dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens, which principally receives dopaminergic projections from the ventral tegmental area (VTA), but the mechanisms underlying MCH-regulated dopamine release are not clearly defined. MCHR1 expression is widespread and includes dopaminergic VTA cells. However, as the VTA is a neurochemically diverse structure, we assessedMchr1gene expression at glutamatergic, GABAergic, and dopaminergic VTA cells and determined if MCH inhibited the activity of VTA cells and/or their local microcircuit.Mchr1expression was robust in major VTA cell types, including most dopaminergic (78%) or glutamatergic cells (52%) and some GABAergic cells (38%). Interestingly, MCH directly inhibited dopaminergic and GABAergic cells but did not regulate the activity of glutamatergic cells. Rather, MCH produced a delayed increase in excitatory input to dopamine cells and a corresponding decrease in GABAergic input to glutamatergic VTA cells. Our findings suggested that MCH may acutely suppress dopamine release while disinhibiting local glutamatergic signaling to restore dopamine levels. This indicated that the VTA is a target of MCH action, which may provide bidirectional regulation of energy balance.
A control chart for time truncated life tests using type-ii generalized log logistic distribution
Authors: Rosaiah K. , Rao G. Srinivasa , Prasad S.V.S.V.S.V.
Published: May 2024

In this paper, an attribute control chart is aimed when the lifetime of the item follows Type-II generalized log-logistic distribution (TGLLD) under a time truncated life test assuming that the common scale parameter is known. Average run length (ARL) is used to assess the performance of the aimed control chart. Simulation technique is developed to present the performance of the control charts at a specified average run length (ARL), shift constant and for different parametric values of shape and scale parameters, sample size. The results are illustrated with live data example.
Considerations for Alternative Decision-Making When Transitioning to Adulthood for Youth With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Policy Statement
Authors: Turchi Renee M. , Kuo Dennis Z. , Rusher John W. , Seltzer Rebecca R. , Lehmann Christoph U. , Grout Randall W. ,   COUNCIL ON CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, Noritz Garey , Agrawal Rishi , Bell Deanna , Foster Jessica E.A. , Fremion Ellen , Frierson Sheryl , Melicosta Michelle E. , Saunders Barbara S. , Srivastava Siddharth , Vargus-Adams Jilda , Zuckerman Katharine E. , Brosco Jeffrey P. , Weitzman Carol , Sadof Matthew , Ware Allysa , Yeargin-Allsopp Marshalyn , Kuznetsov Alexandra ,   COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL LIABILITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT, Scibilia James P. , Alanzalon Ryan E. , Bondi Steven A. , Gosdin Craig H. , Khanna Kajal , Muraskas Jonathan , Sigman Laura J. , Srinivasakumar Preethi , Terry Michelle , Turbow Robert M. , Oken Richard L. , Ake Julie Kersten
Published: May 2024

With advances in medical care, more youth with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) are transitioning into adulthood. Patient- and family-centered, integrated care is warranted around this time of transition. Support teams (including the youth, caregivers, teachers, and pediatricians) should engage in transition planning, ideally starting between 12 and 14 years of age, to identify and develop resources to support the maturing youth’s capacity for independent decision-making. Care teams should consider the varied levels of alternative decision-making support, which may include supported decision-making, medical proxy decision-making, power of attorney, and/or establishment of legal guardianship arrangements, to support the youth’s health and well-being optimally. Ultimately, if independent decision-making is not appropriate, the goal for youth with IDD should be the least restrictive alternative, while preserving human rights and human dignity and promoting their autonomy. These considerations review alternative decision-making support, concepts, and legal requirements available for youth with IDD and their care teams. Pediatricians can support youth with IDD and their families in the transition process and decision-making autonomy by actively engaging the youth in care decisions, supporting needs for augmentative communication, fostering their expression of preferences and understanding of care decisions, and linking them to resources such as the medical-legal partnership model.
How Northern European Pagans Became Christians
Authors: Reichstäter Jan
Published: May 2024

The article analyzes the course and methods of the spread of Christianity in medieval and early modern Europe, particularly the politically and ethnically fragmented areas of the northern half of the continent. Based on a study of contemporary literary sources, it presents a typology of the ways in which conversion to Christianity was achieved, or the reasons why the natives were willing to accept a change of religion. My analysis shows that missionary strategies based on theological argumentation and criticism of local polytheism usually had only a minimal effect on the Pagan natives. On the contrary, successful missionary methods on most of the European continent were based on offensive political pressure, variously combined with power and economic incentives, the attractiveness of the material culture of Christian countries, or also the religious interpretation of “signs” in favor of Christianization by the natives themselves. I suggest that any positive response to Christianity by northern European Pagans was based on associations between cult and practical prosperity that were characteristic of Pagan religious thought.
Methodology for Collecting Data on the Activity of Malware for Windows OS Based on MITRE ATT&CK
Authors: Smirnov Danil , Evsutin Oleg
Published: May 2024

The digitalization of the modern economy has led to the emergence of information technologies in various areas of human activity. In addition to positive effects, this has enhanced the problem of countering cyber threats. The implementation of cyber threats often impacts serious consequences, especially when it comes to critical information infrastructure. Malware is an important part of the modern landscape of cyber threats; the most high-profile cybercrimes of recent years are associated with the use of malware. In this regard, the problem area of countering malware is actively developing, and one of the promising areas of research in this area is the creation of methods for detecting malware based on machine learning. However, the weak point of many well-known studies is the construction of reliable data sets for machine learning models, when the authors do not disclose the features of the formation, preprocessing and labeling of data on malware. This fact compromises the reproducibility a lot of studies. This paper proposes a methodology for collecting data on malware activity based on the MITRE ATT&CK matrix and Sigma rules and designed for Windows OS. The proposed methodology is aimed at improving the quality of datasets containing malware and legitimate processes behavior’s features, as well as at reducing the time of data label by an expert method. A software stand was prepared and experiments were carried out for testing the methodology. The results of experiments confirmed applicability of our methodology.
Characterising Real Estate Value as Co-determinant of Housing Choice Optimality in Nigeria
Authors: Olatunji Ayodele Isaac
Published: May 2024

Nigeria remains classified as a lower middle-income nation. Among middle-income households (MIHs), there exists an idea that real estate value is central to housing well-being, but the significance of the anecdote has not been empirically established.The principal aim of this study is to characterise real estate value (REV) as a co-determinant of optimality, the adopted proxy for housing well-being, through regression modelling of selected MIHs in Abuja and Minna, Nigeria. This study examined the impact of REV as well as the effects of four other pertinent variables (household income, commuting cost, workplace distance and household activity pattern) on housing choice optimality in Nigeria. Using primary and secondary data from purposively selected MIHs in Abuja and Minna, the study employed multiple regression to explore the relationships among the variables. The results show that the housing optimality model has a reasonable predictive explanation of approximately 57% - 77% for the explanatory variables. The study's findings also reveal that household income, real estate value and activity patterns have significant effects on housing choice optimality, albeit with varying magnitudes across the two cities. It is worth noting that the t-statistic ranges between -5.20(Abuja) and -2.12(Minna), thus implying that REV impacts optimality negatively and that REV is a burden which households must bear in order to secure the right to an apartment of their choices. The study concludes that given the real estate value, the consequential housing choice optimality could be predicted across different housing markets in Nigeria as a decision-support guide for rental seekers. Furthermore, given the consistency of these results with earlier studies, this work provides greater knowledge on the lifecycle of housing choices and realities in Nigeria. By adapting and extending the optimality idea to real estate, this study has made an important contribution to the discourse of optimal rental housing.
Predictors of Student Apathy amongst Generation Z
Authors: EWURUM NONSO , Obi-Aso Nkiruka , Emoh Fidelis
Published: May 2024

While extant evidence suggests that generation Z students are the dominant demography in universities, drivers of their apathetic behaviour for traditional pedagogic offerings appears minimally researched. The criticality of this lacuna lies in empirical evidence citing linear relationships between apathy and reduced performance. Thus, the study ascertains the predictors of learning apathy amongst generation Z students, using Estate Management departments in public Nigerian universities. Descriptive research design was employed on 244 generation Z students. Adapting the Theory of Planned Behavior to allow for generation Z-preferred learning preferences, Ordered Logit model was used to examine student apathy predictors in public universities. The logits report state of collaborative and simulated learning as significant predictors of student apathy. The findings delineated pathways for policy reengineering towards reduced apathy and improved satisfaction in universities. This is one of few studies at the fore of identifying learning apathy of generation Z students in public tertiary institutions.
Enhancing Accuracy and Consistency in the Valuation of Plant and Equipment through Cubic Regression Models of Physical Deterioration
Authors: Edionwe Osasumwen , Ogunba Olusegun
Published: May 2024

The valuation of plant and equipment often involves valuers deducting physical, functional and economic depreciation from replacement cost estimates. These calculations have faced accuracy and consistency problems in the aspect of determining how much physical deterioration should be deducted. This study attempted to develop cubic regression models to resolve these accuracy and consistency problems in the basic metal, iron and steel and fabricated metal product sectors in Ogun state, Nigeria (Sango Ota and Agbara). Questionnaire surveys were administered on senior operators of plant and equipment in these sectors to draw information on the degree of physical deterioration of plant and equipment over service life, using expenditure on repairs as a proxy for physical deterioration. The questionnaire sought information on the service lives of plant and equipment, the pattern of physical depreciation over the service lives, and the degree to which the pattern is influenced by various operational factors. Data were analysed using means, standard deviations, multiple linear regressions and cubic regressions, to produce what could be the first potentially accurate and consistent valuation model of physical deterioration in Africa. The service lives of various plant and equipment were found to range at various times between 8 to 60 years. Cubic regression analyses showed that the pattern of the movement of transitions of expenditure on repairs (proxy for physical deterioration) over useful life of plant and equipment were not linear but cubic, and generally followed S-shaped patterns. Multiple regression analyses showed that the S-shaped patterns were in turn influenced by operational factors (such as intensity of use and power outages). The study concluded that valuers’ interests in accuracy and consistency in plant and equipment valuation were not served by any of the accounting methods hitherto used by valuers; accuracy in physical deterioration modelling follows an S-shaped transition over time.
Changes in Phytoplankton of the Irpin River (Ukraine) as a Result of Military Activities in Its Basin
Authors: Shevchenko T. F. , Sereda T. M. , Nezbrytska I. M. , Bilous O. P. , Afanasyev S. O.
Published: May 2024

Phytoplankton structure was studied in a comparative aspect (before and after the beginning of military activities) in the section of the Irpin River belonging to a large lowland rivers flowing in silicate rocks. On the whole, 132 algal species of seven divisions were found in the water column of the Irpin River during the period of investigations. Bacillariophyta and Chlorophyta were highly diverse in their species composition (37.1 and 31.1% of the total number of species). The distribution of plankton algae at the studied stations even within the same massif of surface waters was non-uniform in terms of species composition (the Sorensen coefficient of community similarity on the average was 37%), species richness (18-49 species), cell numbers (1930 thousand cells/L - 24,450 thousand cells/L), and biomass (2.118 mg/L - 20.374 mg/L). Almost different algal species dominated at various stations (14 species among 20 dominated only at one station). Compared to the previous period of investigations (2018), the number of plankton algal species in the studied section of the Irpin River somewhat increased (from 121 to 132). Phytoplankton taxonomic structure also somewhat changed. The contribution of Bacillariophyta increased from 22.3 to 37.1% and that of Cyanoprokaryota - from 9.1 to 12.1%. In this case, the contribution of Chlorophyta decreased from 47.1 to 37.1%. The quantitative indices of phytoplankton development increased. The maximum numbers increased from 19,480 thousand cells/L to 24,450 thousand cells/L, whereas the maximum biomass - from 5.143 mg/L to 20.374 mg/L.

As a consequence of the impact of military activities on phytoplankton of the Irpin River, it is possible to consider an increase in the number of its species, the maximum numbers and biomass, as well as the contribution of water bloom forming blue-green algae in the estuarine section of the Irpin River due to the disturbance of hydromorphology and the income of an additional amount of nutrients from flooded territories, which can lead to the formation of such a negative phenomenon as water bloom in this section of the river.
Optimisation of mixed cargo allocation and stowage with heterogeneous vehicles
Authors: Zheng Yi , Qin Lu , Peng Zixuan
Published: May 2024

To solve the problem of low efficiency and high loading costs in business logistics and distribution operations, this paper classifies non-standard cargoes based on their spatial and temporal characteristics. Based on this, a dual-layer planning model for multi-vehicle cargoes’ loading and transportation is constructed to jointly optimise the loading process. In this paper, a space-inspired heuristic algorithm is designed to solve the model and the feasibility of the model is verified. The results show that, compared to a single-vehicle type, the joint optimisation of multi-vehicle combinations for loading and transportation has stronger adaptability and can better accommodate changes in cargo volume. Compared to the single-vehicle type, not only did the loading rate increase by 18%, but also the transportation cost was effectively reduced by 3%. Different proportions of spatial and temporal characteristics among cargoes have different effects on loading and transportation. Adjusting the proportion of cargoes that can be placed on both upper and lower layers to 50% can better utilise transportation resources such as vehicles. Increasing the proportion of urgent cargoes can improve the economic efficiency of loading and transportation.
Autonomía de la voluntad y consumo sostenible en el comercio electrónico : tensiones del Derecho colombiano
Authors:   Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Calderón Marenco Eduardo Andrés
Published: May 2024

El artículo aborda un tema de gran relevancia en la era digital y el comercio electrónico en Colombia, esto es, la tensión entre dos conceptos fundamentales: la autonomía de la voluntad y el consumo sostenible. La autonomía de la voluntad es un principio jurídico que defiende la capacidad de las partes para establecer sus propias condiciones en un contrato. En el contexto del comercio electrónico, implica que los consumidores tienen la libertad de elegir y comprar productos y servicios en línea según sus preferencias individuales. Sin embargo, esta autonomía puede entrar en conflicto con la necesidad de promover el consumo sostenible, referido a la práctica de consumir de manera consciente, teniendo en cuenta el impacto ambiental y social de los productos y servicios adquiridos. En Colombia, como en muchos otros lugares del mundo, existe una creciente preocupación por la sostenibilidad y la protección del medio ambiente, lo cual ha llevado a la implementación de regulaciones y políticas que buscan fomentar un consumo más responsable. El artículo explora cómo estas dos ideas, autonomía de la voluntad y consumo sostenible, a veces entran en conflicto en el contexto del comercio electrónico colombiano. Se examina cómo la legislación colombiana aborda estos desafíos, identificando posibles soluciones para equilibrar la autonomía del consumidor con la promoción de prácticas de consumo más sostenibles. En síntesis, el artículo destaca la importancia de encontrar un equilibrio entre la autonomía de la voluntad de los consumidores y la necesidad de promover el consumo sostenible en el comercio electrónico colombiano. A su vez, proporciona una visión crítica de las tensiones legales y sugiere posibles vías para abordar este dilema en beneficio tanto de los consumidores como del medio ambiente.
La eutanasia ¿Muerte digna?: una visión ontológica
Authors:   Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Prada Galvis Alberto
Published: May 2024

Desde hace ya varios años, en el país se ha suscitado una discusión sobre la pertinencia de la eutanasia como procedimiento para evitar que a los pacientes con diagnóstico de una enfermedad incurable, y en estado supremo de dolor y sufrimiento, se les viole su derecho a morir dignamente. Dos posiciones polarizan la polémica: quienes están a favor del procedimiento y quienes se oponen a este. El presente artículo hace un análisis de la discusión, con un recorrido por la historia de la eutanasia a nivel internacional y nacional, en el marco de las normas específicas para el caso colombiano y de las experiencias que se han tenido al respecto. Se hace énfasis en el análisis ontológico de la eutanasia, considerando, además, su carácter epistemológico y una visión metodológica. A fin de realizar un aporte a la discusión, se intenta sugerir una visión conceptual acerca de los valores y los fines subyacentes al derecho a morir dignamente, en el contexto del ordenamiento jurídico colombiano. Se contemplan aspectos sustanciales como el enfoque bioético y el jurídico; el sustento filosófico y sociológico, así como las implicaciones de carácter sanitario y político, explicando su relevancia en el sistema jurídico colombiano. Se concluye que la discusión en su dialéctica va a continuar mientras el Congreso de la República no reglamente este procedimiento. A su vez, se encuentra que asumir la ontología de la eutanasia es una tarea que implica ubicarse en la interpretación de la vida y de la muerte como productos insertos en la cultura arraigada en cada contexto, en la visión histórica que se tiene acerca de estos conceptos y en el marco ideológico que resulta del tránsito por las distintas teorías que discurren sobre el proceso.
Dominio del hecho vs. Infracción de deber en la determinación de la autoría y participación: aproximación al interviniente en el Derecho Penal en Colombia
Authors:   Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Bermúdez Bermúdez Yonni Albeiro
Published: May 2024

El presente texto surge de la latente indeterminación de cómo se está abordando la participación del interviniente en el derecho penal. Con la entrada en vigor de la Ley 599 de 2000 (Código Penal), el legislador contempló una nueva forma de participación en la conducta punible (el interviniente), que aparece para suplir un vacío normativo que se presentaba al momento de querer sancionar penalmente a los sujetos que carecían de las condiciones descritas en el tipo penal especial. El método de estudio se basa en el análisis de fuentes legales y jurisprudenciales para determinar si la teoría del dominio del hecho o la teoría de la infracción de deber logran presentar soluciones plausibles al momento de endilgar responsabilidad penal. Los resultados demuestran que a pesar de que la teoría del dominio del hecho goza de reconocimiento para resolver los problemas de autoría y participación en los delitos especiales, en los últimos años ha tomado fuerza la teoría de la infracción de deber.
DNA Extraction: Zymo Research Quick-DNA Fecal/Soil Microbe Midiprep Kit (Cat #: D6110) v1
Authors: Brown Jenna , Powell Hunter , Marcelino Barros Mirayana , Pereira Tiago
Published: May 2024

DNA Extraction: Zymo Research Quick-DNA Fecal/Soil Microbe Midiprep Kit (Cat #: D6110); kit and protocol used for DNA extraction of soil samples in the Bik Lab.