bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An efficient multi-level cache system for geometrically interconnected many-core chip multiprocessor
Authors: Ramesh Tirumale , Abed Khalid H
Published: March 2022

Many-core chip multiprocessor offers high parallel processing power for big data analytics; however, they require efficient multi-level cache and interconnection to achieve high system throughput. Using on-chip first level L1 and second level L2 per core fast private caches is expensive for large number of cores. In this paper, for moderate number of cores from 16 to 64, we present a cost and performance efficient multi-level cache system with per core L1 and last level shared bus cache on each bus line of a cost-efficient geometrically bus-based interconnection. In our approach, we extracted cache hit and miss concurrencies and applied concurrent average memory access time to more accurately determine the cache system performance. We conducted least recently used cache policy-based simulation for cache system with L1, with L1/L2, and with L1/shared bus cache. Our simulation results show that an average system throughput improvement of 2.5x can be achieved by using system with L1/shared bus cache system compared to using only first level L1 or L1/L2. Further, we show that the throughput degradation for the proposed cache system is only within 5% for a single bus fault, suggesting a good bus fault tolerance.
Three new species of Euplocania Enderlein (Psocodea, ‘Psocoptera’, Ptiloneuridae), for the state of Roraima, Brazil
Authors: Pereira Antoniel Francisco , Silva-Neto Alberto Moreira da , Boldrini Rafael
Published: March 2022

The three new species of Brazilian Euplocania are described and illustrated, two species belong in the amabilis species group (Euplocania maraca sp. nov. and Euplocania ufrr sp. nov.) and one species belong in the marginata species group (Euplocania macuxi sp. nov.). Information on species groups, species subgroups and distribution by Brazilian states is included for known species of Euplocania.
An annotated catalogue of Echinodermata types in the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Authors: Martins Luciana , Marques Alexandre Oliveira , Fukuda Marcelo Veronesi , Tavares Marcos Domingos Siqueira
Published: March 2022

The types of nominal species of Echinodermata in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo are catalogued: Holothuroidea (19 species – 16 holotypes, 1 paratype and 2 neotypes) and Ophiuroidea (4 species – 1 neotype and 3 paratypes). Photographs of all the type specimens are given. A brief account of the history of the MZUSP’s echinoderm collections is presented.
Análise de denúncias de maus-tratos aos animais no município de Campo Magro, Paraná
Authors: Wolf Larissa Rachel , Galdioli Lucas , Brugnerotto Michele , Ramos Mateus Gemelli , Garcia Rita de Cassia Maria
Published: March 2022

Os maus-tratos aos animais são considerados crime no Brasil e o atendimento desse tipo de ocorrência pode ser realizado por diferentes órgãos governamentais, incluindo os municipais. O presente trabalho analisa denúncias atendidas pelo Departamento de Vigilância em Saúde, da Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Campo Magro, Paraná, Brasil, entre março de 2019 e dezembro de 2020 e avalia os tipos mais comuns de maus-tratos a animais e os animais envolvidos. Um total de 140 denúncias foram recebidas e 132 foram fiscalizadas, destas, 81 foram consideradas procedentes. A forma mais prevalente de maus-tratos foi a negligência com 64,2% (52/81). Os casos de negligência foram classificados em quatro diferentes tipos (cada caso pode ser classificado em mais de um tipo de negligência). O tipo mais frequente foi a negligência comportamental com 33,9% (36/106). Como mais de um animal podia estar envolvido em cada caso de maus-tratos, os 81 casos procedentes contabilizaram 471 animais envolvidos. A espécie canina foi a mais afetada, sendo 78,5% (370/471). A maior parte dos casos de maus-tratos foram cometidos contra animais adultos. Correlações estatísticas significativas foram encontradas entre o sexo e faixa etária dos cães em relação à ocorrência de maus tratos e, também, entre a espécie e os diferentes tipos de maus-tratos para cães e gatos.
La “Imagen de Brasil” por Thiago de Mello y Carolina María de Jesús en los Encuentros de Escritores de la Universidad de Concepción, Chile (1962)
Authors: Cruz Cristian Cisternas
Published: March 2022

El encuentro Internacional de Escritores de 1962 en Concepción, en donde Thiago de Mello y Carolina María de Jesús expusieron como representantes de la literatura de Brasil, es considerado hoy como una reunión con carácter inaugural e histórico (Bradú, 2019). Para Carlos Fuentes, es en esta reunión en donde se genera el inicio del boom de la literatura latinoamericana, movimiento que sólo fue posible bajo el contexto que reunió a tanto a críticos como escritores. Este Encuentro, no sólo tuvo alcances en la reflexión estético-literaria, sino que se vio enriquecido por las voces de nuevas subjetividades autoriales, por el debate marcadamente político entre estos autores y por la reflexión sobre los límites de la libertad de expresión social. Dentro de este ambiente germinal, las posturas de ambos escritores brasileros dan cuenta de tales tensiones e intensidades y son testimonio del intercambio político y cultural entre Chile y Brasil durante la década del sesenta del siglo XX.
Ensaios sobre o limiar entre a vida e a morte – notas a respeito de Diamela Eltit e Jeanne-Marie Gagnebin
Authors: Ginzburg Jaime
Published: March 2022

Diamela Eltit e Jeanne-Marie Gagnebin escreveram ensaios a respeito de regimes ditatoriais. Uma abordagem de Eltit sobre um caso de violência, na ditadura de Pinochet, e um estudo de Gagnebin sobre a ditadura militar brasileira apresentam aspectos em comum, como um interesse por efeitos da violência política, que motiva reflexões sobre a morte, e um respeito por Primo Levi. Um elemento específico dessas reflexões merece atenção – Eltit e Gagnebin discutem o limiar entre vida e morte, e esse limiar é uma mediação conceitual efetiva para que as autoras expressem os impactos da violência política.
Transcrítica: um experimento para João Gilberto Noll e Pedro Lemebel
Authors: Brandão Luis Alberto
Published: March 2022

Tomando como ponto de partida as obras e as figuras públicas do escritor brasileiro João Gilberto Noll e do escritor e artista multimídia chileno Pedro Lemebel, proponho um experimento de leitura, escrita e produção imagética no qual se explora a relação entre identidades em diversos níveis, incluindo identidades artísticas e nacionais (brasileira e chilena), e se formulam perguntas sobre as limitações e as possibilidades do próprio trabalho crítico.
Diálogos entre la novela chilena y brasileña actual: una lectura de De mim já nem se lembra y Chilean Electric
Authors: Rebolledo Matias
Published: March 2022

En este artículo se presenta una mirada comparativa y crítica sobre algunas de las directrices que siguen la narrativa chilena y brasileña actual (así como en general del Cono Sur), a través del análisis particular de dos novelas breves, De mim já nem se lembra (2007, revisada y ampliada en 2016), del brasileño Luiz Ruffato, y Chilean Electric (2015), de la autora chilena Nona Fernández. En ellas se analizarán aspectos formales y temáticos que configuran propuestas tan estéticas como políticas, y que se vinculan con diferentes escrituras contemporáneas. En particular, se discutirán dimensiones como las nuevas modalidades del realismo y la representación (realismo indicial), los límites/diálogos entre memoria, historia y ficción (autoficción), y la posible recuperación (ficcional) del sujeto en tanto subjetividad e identidad.
Romance policial: el deber de memoria y el cine de género acerca de la dictadura chilena
Authors: Dávila Ignacio
Published: March 2022

Este artículo tiene como objetivo estudiar la memoria de la dictadura chilena en la coproducción cinematográfica brasileño-chilena Romance policial (2015) del cineasta Jorge Durán. Mi hipótesis es que este largometraje de ficción, aunque no hace alusiones explícitas a la dictadura, puede ser interpretado como una relectura del mito de Orestes, donde la investigación de un parricidio funciona como una metáfora de la búsqueda de justicia ante los crímenes perpetrados por el régimen de Pinochet. Para ello, Durán utiliza los códigos del género policial, en una película que procura hacer llegar a un público masivo el imperativo moral del deber de memoria. Finalmente, analizaré las limitaciones que el principio narrativo del conflicto central y las convenciones de los géneros cinematográficos pueden significar para una reflexión profunda sobre el terrorismo de Estado y sus consecuencias en las sociedades contemporáneas de Brasil y Chile.
Participação de Maria Hermínia Tavares
Authors: Almeida Maria Hermínia Tavares de
Published: March 2022

Participação de Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida em 19 de agosto de 2019, no Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do SESC/SP. Transcrita pelas editoras do dossiê.
Participação de Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Authors: Cardoso Fernando Henrique
Published: March 2022

Participação de Fernando Henrique Cardoso em 19 de agosto de 2019, no Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do SESC/SP. Transcrita pelas editoras do dossiê.
Leer la sociedad a través del cordel: dos casos
Authors: Pizarro Ana
Published: March 2022

A partir de una comparación entre el cordel brasileño del sertón y de la Amazonía, y la Lira Popular chilena, se observan los temas semejantes de ambas tradiciones de poesía oral y su familiaridad con relatos medievales que pasan a América. Además de subrayar figuras icónicas, desplazadas del poder institucional, esta poesía oral también narra la explotación en la que viven los trabajadores rurales y operarios.
A catástrofe amazônica em dois contos de João Meirelles Filho
Authors: Souza Irisvaldo Laurindo de
Published: March 2022

Este trabalho tem como objetivo fazer a análise literária dos contos “Poraquê” e “Mamí tinha razão” de João Meirelles Filho (2017). O artigo levanta a hipótese de que essas duas narrativas curtas se conjugam num espaço-tempo comum e adquirem estatuto ficcional sob o regime de escrita da catástrofe. O trabalho discute o paradigma de catástrofe à contraluz da noção de desastre. Analisa as figurações do sujeito amazônico nos contos. E, pela via da representação alegórica, defende que as fraturas em seu modus vivendi, visíveis em “Poraquê” e “Mamí tinha razão”, decorrem não de fatores naturais como os fenômenos hidrológicos da Bacia Fluvial Amazônica, mas sobretudo da trama das relações de produção capitalistas, sistema que em seu modelo de geração de riqueza e organização social engendra a catástrofe da modernidade no cotidiano amazônico. Os autores de referência são Benjamin (2012; 2016), Seligmann-Silva (2000), Quarantelli (2015), Loureiro (2001) e Sarmento-Pantoja (2014), dentre outros.
A estética brechtiana na dramaturgia de Ponto de partida
Authors: Silva Marco Antonio Pedra da
Published: March 2022

Este artigo tem o objetivo de reconhecer elementos do teatro brechtiano na dramaturgia da peça Ponto de partida (1976), escrita por Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (1934-2006). Para tanto, consultei materiais primários e bibliográficos acerca do teatro brechtiano, da peça em estudo, da trajetória artística de Guarnieri e da morte de Vladimir Herzog (1937-1975) - que inspirou a fábula da peça. Com isso, analisei a dramaturgia de Ponto de partida a partir dos seguintes recursos brechtianos: o gestus, a narratividade, a música-gesto e a parábola.
Transcrição das narrativas indígenas e fidedignidade aos relatos orais originários: o caso da lenda do Jurupari
Authors: Tessuto Junior Edgard
Published: March 2022

Este artigo visa a ilustrar o quanto a mitologia indígena foi adaptada aos interesses do colonizador europeu, correspondendo a interesses políticos ou religiosos. É função deste trabalho também reservar um espaço de representação para os linguistas e etnólogos que alcançaram a fidedignidade no letramento das histórias narradas oralmente. Para isto, ilustrou-se o caso da lenda do Jurupari e o quanto ela foi interpretada de acordo com o momento histórico e com o propósito a que correspondeu até chegar aos nossos dias, revalorizando a cosmogonia original com que os mitos indígenas foram criados.
Alteridade e diferença na Amazônia Brasileira: uma análise de Dois Irmãos, de Milton Hatoum e Chove nos Campos de Cachoeira, de Dalcídio Jurandir
Authors: Penalva Liozina kauana de Carvalho , Penalva Lorena de Carvalho , Penalva Gilson
Published: March 2022

Os relatos dos primeiros viajantes, missionários, cronistas e cientistas apresentam a Amazônia brasileira com características que geralmente convergem para o mesmo ponto: a perspectiva de cultura única, corroborada pela insistente negação da alteridade. Consciente dessa problemática, a proposta deste artigo é entender a maneira pela qual as formas de alteridade racial/cultural/histórica são demarcadas nos romances Dois irmãos, de Milton Hatoum e Chove nos campos de cachoeira, de Dalcídio Jurandir. A intenção é analisar vozes que permeiam a escrita desses autores e que problematizam imagens estereotipadas, alargando também a concepção de estrangeiro, uma vez que o outro é também o “lado obscuro” de si próprio. Para isso, tomamos como ponto de partida as discussões de Homi K. Bhabha, Julia Kristeva, Jacques Derrida e Ana Pizarro, contribuindo para que se analise a cultura como um entre-lugar.
Da margem à escrevivência: a memória ancestral na poesia de Conceição Evaristo
Authors: Santos Ana Beatriz dos , Cordeiro Amanda Fernandes Teixeira
Published: March 2022

A memória pode ser considerada a arma de resistência mais sutil dos negros da diáspora, pois foi por meio dela que sobreviveram a todos os processos de opressão e apagamento aos quais foram submetidos. Mediante à narrativa oral, que veiculava os valores da Mãe África, os afrodescendentes buscaram reconstruir uma memória através da negritude ancestral que não se perdeu na travessia do Atlântico. As memórias coletivas femininas presentes nas escrevivências de Conceição Evaristo (re)tecem identidades racializadas que ganham corpo político nas margens geográficas, enquanto grupos diversos culturalmente. Nesse sentido, o presente trabalho discutirá a construção da margem como um lugar de resistência formadora de identidades marejadas de experiências subjetivas, gerando, em diferentes instâncias, discursos pungentes e emancipadores, característicos da literatura afro-brasileira.
O resgate da memória do espaço amazônico por Isabella Thiago de Mello
Authors: Maltez Juliano Fabrício de Oliveira , Ferreira Rafael Rodrigo , Volcean Tamiris Tinti
Published: March 2022

A entrevista que compõe a décima nona edição da Opiniães – Revista dos Alunos de Literatura Brasileira foi realizada com a escritora Isabella Thiago de Mello, que, além de apresentar criações próprias e potentes, também resgata a memória do espaço amazônico por meio dos trabalhos biográficos que desenvolve atualmente, todos voltados à trajetória de vida de seu pai, o poeta  e tradutor brasileiro Thiago de Mello. A conversa foi conduzida pelos editores responsáveis pela Opiniães 19: Juliano Fabrício de Oliveira Maltez, Rafael Ferreira e Tamiris Tinti Volcean.
The Sex-Trafficking of Refugees and its Legal Challenges: The Case of Lebanon
Authors: Abdo-Katsipis Carla B.
Published: March 2022

The trafficking of refugees has become a priority in discussions about the efficacy of human trafficking law in recent years. While the number of studies concerning this phenomenon has increased, there is a paucity of literature about the effectiveness of anti-human trafficking laws in the Arab world. This article focuses on Syrian refugees trafficked into Lebanon, and evaluates the strength of Lebanese Law No. 164 Trafficking in Persons in its mandate to (i) prevent the act of trafficking, (ii) protect the trafficked, and (iii) prosecute the traffickers. Using original interviews conducted with participants in Lebanon’s ‘Chez Maurice’ sex-trafficking case, results indicate that the preventive and protective services the law purports to provide are largely supplied by civil society organizations, and that victims may face prosecution or deportation for sex work. These findings present particular challenges to women trafficked during wartime.
Through Daniello Bartoli’s Eyes: Francis Xavier in Asia (1653)
Authors: Frei Elisa
Published: March 2022

The first four (out of eight) books of Daniello Bartoli’s (1608–85) officially commissioned Istoria della Compagnia di Gesù, dedicated to Asia, were devoted to recounting the miraculous deeds of Francis Xavier (1506–52). A century after his death, and thirty years after his canonization, Xavier was still an influential role model for all the Jesuits (especially those who desired to become missionaries in the “Indies”). Bartoli was a supreme stylist (Giacomo Leopardi later called him “the Dante of baroque prose”), and his talents were stretched to their limits by the imperative to celebrate Xavier’s miracles in ways that still accorded with the instructive genre of history. This article examines how Bartoli deployed his sources, which included not only previous biographies of the saint by João de Lucena and Orazio Torsellini, but unpublished letters and, most significantly, the report prepared for his canonization (the Relatio Rotae).
Lectotypification of the name Gaudinia maroccana (Poaceae)
Authors: GALÁN-DE-MERA ANTONIO , VICENTE-ORELLANA JOSÉ ALFREDO
Published: March 2022

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Lectotypification of the name Kalanchoe peltigera (Crassulaceae subfam. Kalanchooideae)
Authors: SHTEIN RONEN , SMITH GIDEON F.
Published: March 2022

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Object-Based Verification of GSI EnKF and Hybrid En3DVar Radar Data Assimilation and Convection-Allowing Forecasts within a Warn-on-Forecast Framework
Authors: Chen Lianglyu , Liu Chengsi , Jung Youngsun , Skinner Patrick , Xue Ming , Kong Rong
Published: March 2022

The Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms has recently developed capabilities to directly assimilate radar reflectivity and radial velocity data within the GSI-based ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) and hybrid ensemble three-dimensional variational (En3DVar) system for initializing convective-scale forecasts. To assess the performance of EnKF and hybrid En3DVar with different hybrid weights (with 100%, 20%, and 0% of static background error covariance corresponding to pure 3DVar, hybrid En3DVar, and pure En3DVar) for assimilating radar data in a Warn-on-Forecast framework, a set of data assimilation and forecast experiments using the WRF Model are conducted for six convective storm cases of May 2017. Using an object-based verification approach, forecast objects of composite reflectivity and 30-min updraft helicity swaths are verified against reflectivity and rotation track objects in Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor data on space and time scales typical of National Weather Service warnings. Forecasts initialized by En3DVar or the best performing EnKF ensemble member produce the highest object-based verification scores, while forecasts from 3DVar and the worst EnKF member produce the lowest scores. Averaged across six cases, hybrid En3DVar using 20% static background error covariance does not improve forecasts over pure En3DVar, although improvements are seen in some individual cases. The false alarm ratios of EnKF members for both composite reflectivity and updraft helicity at the initial time are lower than those from variational methods, suggesting that EnKF analysis reduces spurious reflectivity and mesocyclone objects more effectively.
Where to Draw the Line for Intracranial Hypertension; Opening Pressures and Mortality
Authors: Edwards Jacob D. , Quinn Seth A. , Saylors Seth , McBride Katherine , Scott Stephanie , Irish William , Garcia Nicole , Toschlog Eric
Published: March 2022

Background

Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring and treatment is a mainstay of severe TBI management but the relationship between intracranial opening pressure (OP) and outcomes has not been well established. The purpose of our study was to assess the relationship between OP and outcomes in severe TBI patients, with a focus on in-hospital mortality.

Methods

Adult blunt TBI patients with ICP monitoring between 2007 and 2017 were evaluated using sequential multivariable binary logistic modeling. Generalized additive model (GAM) was used to evaluate the relationship between OP and death. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated for measures of strength of association and precision.

Results

A total of 182 patients were identified, with 61 (33.5%) having OP >20 mmHG (overall mean ± OP = 19.4 ± 17.8 mmHG). Forty-eight percent, 9% and 8% of patients were discharged to rehabilitation, skilled nursing institution, and home, respectively. Thirty-five percent died in the hospital. A linear relationship was found between OP and log-odds of mortality. OP (OR = 1.07; 95% CI = 1.04-1.11), age (OR = 1.05;95%CI = 1.02-1.07), and injury severity score (ISS) (OR = 1.06; 95% CI = 1.02-1.10) were independently associated with increased odds of death while adjusting for sex, race, and year.

Discussion

Elevated opening pressure is strongly predictive of death in severe TBI. Age and ISS are independent predictors of mortality regardless of OP. These results suggest that maintaining low levels of ICP should result in decreased mortality in severe TBI patients. The patient’s age and ISS should be considered in the decision-making processes related to ICP utilization and management.
Complex innovation, organizations, and fields: Toward the organized transformation of today’s innovation societies
Authors: Windeler Arnold , Jungmann Robert
Published: March 2022

Societies are increasingly using innovation as a point of reference, thereby progressively transforming societies into innovation societies. Today, complex innovations are characteristically produced in fields where organizations play significant roles, as prom inent innovation models indicate. However, there is a lack of a conceptual framework to study the interplay between organizations and innovation fields. From a perspective informed by structuration theory, we provide such a research framework, enabling researchers to analyze how organizations increase their relevance by jointly producing innovations in innovation fields as a significant part of the organized transformation of our contemporary innovation societies.
Dynamics of Organizational Identification in the Wake of a Foreign Acquisition
Authors: Heidemann Christina , Holtbrügge Dirk
Published: March 2022

Foreign acquisitions are perceived as threats to organizational identification. Consequently, they trigger members’ sensemaking on their relationship with the organization. Analyzing these sensemaking processes is fundamental to understanding how members interpret identity-threatening events and which logics and motives underlie their identification. We conducted interviews with 28 members of a German company that had been acquired by a Chinese competitor. The study reveals three phases of sensemaking about identification, namely assessment of uncertainty, evaluation of organizational continuity, and reassessment of the organization’s potential for self-enhancement. Initially, concerns for uncertainty reduction are prevalent. Needs for continuity, distinctiveness, and self-verification dominate continuity evaluation. In the last phase, members seek continuous self-enhancement. They hereby evaluate whether they still share the organization's ideology. Furthermore, they reassess the benefits they receive from the organization. The study constitutes a dynamic extension of identification theory. It uncovers salient identification motives and members’ causal reasoning during different sensemaking phases.
Perceptions of Organizational Tightness–Looseness Moderate Associations Between Perceived Unfair Discrimination and Employees’ Job Attitudes
Authors: Marcus Justin , Aksoy Eda , Tesfa Alemu Gashaw
Published: March 2022

Fusing social psychological theory on the BIAS map and attributions with cross-cultural theory on organizational tightness–looseness, we examine the interactive effects of active/passive facilitation/harm by organizational members and perceptions of organizational tightness on employee job attitudes. Study hypotheses were tested using a sample of bank employees located across 26 branches of a large bank in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ( N = 324). Using a norm–behavior alignment perspective, we hypothesized that (supportive) active facilitation behaviors would be more strongly related to employee attitudes in tight versus loose perceived organizational cultures, whereas (negative) passive facilitation, active harm, and passive harm behaviors would be less strongly related to employee attitudes in tight versus loose perceived organizational cultures. Results provided overall support for these expectations. The present findings have implications for the mitigation of the effects of unfair discrimination on employee attitudes in organizational contexts, theorized associations between cultural T–L and unfair discrimination, and the generalizability of cultural T–L theory to developing country contexts that are typified by collectivistic and tight societal cultures.
Chilean English as a Foreign Language Teacher Educators’ Conceptions and Practices of Online Assessment
Authors: Morrison Astrid , Sepulveda-Escobar Paulina
Published: March 2022

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, online assessment has become pivotal to allow evaluation of the knowledge and competences of teachers-to-be. In this context, this study explored language teacher educators’ conceptions and practices of online assessment and the implications of this type of assessment for language teacher education. Forty-six language teacher educators working in Chilean English language teaching programmes completed an online adapted version of the Abridged Conception of Assessment inventory. From this group, 16 volunteered to take part in a follow-up semi-structured virtual interview. The results indicate that teacher educators’ conceptions of assessment remained unaltered despite the online context. Their conceptions relied mainly on the purpose of online assessment for improving teaching and learning and checking off student teachers’ language proficiency against standardised criteria. Their assessment practices, however, had to be adapted and modified to fit the online environment, which triggered participants’ concerns about the reliability and authenticity of the assessment methods to evaluate prospective language teachers. These findings suggest that there is a need to enhance teacher education programmes that are remotely delivered in order to shed light on reliable, valid and authentic tools to assess future English language teachers.
A study on the correlation of placental characteristics and the onset of selective intrauterine growth restriction
Authors: Wang Xueju , Shi Huifeng , Li Luyao , Yuan Pengbo , Zhao Yangyu , Wei Yuan
Published: March 2022

Objective:

To investigate the correlation between placental characteristics and the onset of selective intrauterine growth restriction (sIUGR) and to explore the influence of placental characteristics on sIUGR onset.

Methods:

A retrospective cohort study was conducted at our hospital from April 2013 to April 2019. The pregnancy data and placental perfusion of 114 sIUGR patients who had received conservative treatment and delivered in our hospital were included. Correlation analysis was conducted between the total diameter of placental anastomoses, placental territory discordance, umbilical cord insertion point distance ratio, and the onset time of sIUGR.

Results:

The prevalence of AA anastomoses was 88.6% (101/114), with an average total diameter of 2.8  ±  1.5 mm, the prevalence of AV anastomoses was 93.9% (107/114), with an average diameter of 5.4  ±  3.6 mm, and the prevalence of VV anastomoses was 18.4% (21/114), with an average diameter of 4.0  ±  1.9 mm. There was a significant negative correlation between the time of sIUGR onset and the placental territory discordance ratio with a Spearman correlation coefficient of −0.306 ( P  =  0.001).

Conclusions:

The larger the placental territory discordance, the earlier onset time of sIUGR.
Global Local Linkages in Contemporary Environmental Movements: Networking, Diffusion and Scale Shift in the Niyamgiri Movement of Odisha
Authors: Rout Satyapriya
Published: March 2022

Taking the tribal resistance against Vedanta Alumina at Niyamgiri Hills of Odisha in India as a case in point, the present article deciphers the nuances of contemporary environmental movements. It discusses the manner in which movements like Niyamgiri address global environmental issues with local environmental actions. It examines the issue of scale shift of environmental activism and the process in which a local struggle over livelihood and resource capture becomes a global environmental movement. It unravels the subtle negotiations that the local agents of the movement engage in with their global counterparts. The major arguments of the article are based on empirical research at the site of contestation with the help of qualitative methods. The article vividly narrates the emergence of the Niyamgiri movement from that of a localised struggle against land acquisition to that of a transnational movement raising serious ecological concerns, which bridges the gap between the local and global in contemporary environmental movements. It argues that rather than an emphasis on ‘locale’, the point of departure should be the movement’s ability to establish networks with related as well as non-related social movement organisations, who share similar concerns with nature, and are ready to be a part of the mobilisation process.
Revising modern divisions between blindness and sightedness: Doing knowledge in blind assemblages
Authors: Porkertová Hana
Published: March 2022

Western society associates knowledge with vision while affiliating blindness with ignorance. Following critical disability studies and drawing upon non-structured interview data and ethnographic observations with visually disabled people, the article opposes this idea by examining how blind assemblages construct knowledge and highlight its heterogeneous and dynamic character, usually obscured by visual shortcuts. After discussing how the research participants encounter discourses devaluating knowledge not based primarily on vision, the article focuses on divisive practices that lead to the construction of dis/ability and ab/normality, and how they can be revised by conceiving knowledge, senses and dis/ability as assemblages. The heterogeneous and dynamic character of knowledge, which the text argues for, defies perceiving blindness as a deficit and blurs the divisions between the self and the other as well as the sighted and the blind since knowledge is produced collectively.
Research on the virtual display of a weft-knitted seamless kneepad based on the free-form deformation model
Authors: Cong Honglian , Shen Yingle , Zhang Jing
Published: March 2022

This paper proposes a virtual display method suitable for a weft-knitted seamless kneepad. The purpose of this study is to realize the virtual display of complete weft-knitted products, and it has the advantage of speed to display the virtual display results online in real-time. The basic loop of the model is controlled by up to eight characteristic points and the yarn path is fitted by a three-dimensional spline curve. First, the characteristic point coordinates of the seamless weft-knitted kneepad in the plane state were calculated, and then the corresponding spatial coordinate transformation matrix was selected according to the corresponding mesh of each loop to calculate the characteristic point coordinates in the wearing state. Finally, the virtual display model of the seamless weft-knitted kneepad was rendered by tubeline geometry. The virtual display of the weft-knitted kneepad is realized by the joint programming of Visual Studio and WebGL. The results show that the structure model can achieve the virtual display of the kneepad with high efficiency. This method has strong real-time performance and practicability.
Sound absorption coefficient analysis and verification of weft-knitted spacer fabrics for noise reduction application
Authors: Fu Shaoju , Zeng Pei , Zhou Linghui , Tang Xiaoning , Liu Yanping
Published: March 2022

Weft-knitted spacer fabrics with robust sound absorption ability had great application prospects in noise control engineering, but the relationship between structural parameters and sound absorption still required to be investigated further. In this work, a series of wet knit spacer fabrics with different structural parameters were fabricated, and the measured and predicted sound absorption coefficients were also compared. The results showed that the airflow resistivity was mainly determined by their density, thickness, porosity, and yarn arrangement. The sound absorption coefficient of samples can be enhanced with the increasing thickness and airflow resistivity, and the absorption tendency of double layer spacer fabrics assembled by samples with more yarns is coincident to those, and the coefficients were higher than 0.5 above 1000 Hz and higher than 0.8 above 2000 Hz. Sample numbers 6/4, 6/7, 12/10 exhibited the best sound-absorption ability among these samples in the high frequency bandwidth. In sum, the prepared weft-knitted spacer structure (consisting of top and bottom plain-knitted layers) with covered elastomeric yarns, has shown great potential in the application of noise reduction and control engineering.
Influence of core yarn structure and yarn count on yarn elastic properties
Authors: Elrys Samah M M E , El- Habiby Fawkia Faheem , Eldeeb Ahmed S , El-Hossiny Abdellatif M , Abd Elkhalek Rehab
Published: March 2022

This work aims to compare the effects of different yarn structures on the elastic properties. A new type of elastic core-spun yarn which is called tri-core (elastane/T400/elastane) yarn is introduced and tested for elastic properties after cyclic loading. The other yarn structures used are single-core/T400, single-core/lycra, dual-core (elastane/T400) yarn, and yarn without a core component (conventional). The five types of yarn structure were produced at three levels of yarn counts (10, 14, and 18 Ne). Elastic properties after cyclic loading including stress decay, permanent deformation, elastic recovery, and relaxation rate were calculated and statistically analyzed using two-way analysis of variance. The scanning electron microscopy images of the five structures used were produced to illustrate the structure of these yarns. The results determined that elastane/T400/elastane core-spun and single-core/T400 yarns have higher values for most of the elastic properties. It was found that yarn count and yarn structure significantly affect stress decay, while the yarn structure significantly affects permanent deformation and elastic recovery. On the other hand, yarn count significantly affects the relaxation rate. Data showed that the number of cyclic tests significantly influences yarn elastic recovery.
Tactical Technical Communication and Player-Created (DIY) Patch Notes: A Case Study
Authors: Caravella Elizabeth , Holmes Steve
Published: March 2022

Relying on rhetorical analysis, this article explores the rhetoric and ethics of a particular type of designer- and player-created technical communication genre, video patch notes, to further explore how various technical communication genres structure the experience of play. By providing a case study of official video patch notes for the game Overwatch in combination with Youtube user dinoflask's satirical fan made videos, the article examines both developers’ communication practices and the ways in which players creatively negotiate and re-purpose these practices in order to illustrate how such tactical technical communication remixes sustain a subtle dialogue between players and developers. This dialogue in particular illuminates pain points between stakeholders (in this case, discrepancies between developer intent and player experience) in ways that could potentially offer a means of persuading particularly ideologically fixed audiences, highlighting how practitioners might use tactical technical communication with activist intent.
Science without the Romance
Authors: Turner Stephen
Published: March 2022

This is a commentary on William Lynch’s Minority Report, which is a synthesis of the last 75 years of STS writings with philosophical themes from Lakatos, Feyerabend, and others. The comment questions the continued relevance of older ideas of scientific opinion which rested on the supposed autonomy of scientists in the face of the present grant system and the bureaucracy of peer review. The magnitude of the funding of science, and its apparent biases, call the whole of the inherited view of science into question.
A Replication and Extension of the Use of On-Line Discussion Boards: Teaching Chronic Pain to Health Psychology Students
Authors: Sheen Mercedes , Yekani Hajar A. K. , Jordan Timothy R.
Published: March 2022

Background

Case studies are often used to supplement lecture material to students of psychology. Recent research on the use of online support forums has been shown to be more effective in increasing student attainment of course learning objectives than the use of case studies.

Objective

The current research replicated two studies on the use of online support forums and extended this work to chronic pain and compared midterm exam scores from two different semesters when case studies and online support forums were used as a supplementary learning exercise.

Method

Following a lecture on chronic pain students were randomly assigned to either the case study or online support forum condition and asked to rate their experience based on four learning objectives.

Results

Students who took part in the online support forum learning exercise rated the four learning objectives higher and obtained higher marks on a midterm exam than students in the case study exercise.

Conclusion

Reading people’s personal accounts of their experience with chronic pain through online support forums is more effective in increasing student understanding of the effects of chronic pain than the traditional case study.

Teaching Implications

Implications for teaching material that is highly emotional are discussed.
Supervisor and customer incivility as moderators of the relationship between job insecurity and work engagement: Evidence from a new context
Authors: Ugwu Fabian O , Onyishi Ike E , Ugwu Lawrence E , Mazei Jens , Ugwu Joy , Uwouku Josephine M , Ngbea Kwasedoo M
Published: March 2022

Earlier studies on job insecurity tested job resources that may buffer the usual negative impact of job insecurity on job outcomes. The current study extends prior results by establishing that, given certain conditions, such as during an economic crisis that often gives rise to a dearth of employment opportunities and a precariousness of employment, perceived job insecurity could positively predict work engagement. Specifically, this study examined the relationship between perceived job insecurity and work engagement, and supervisor and customer incivility as moderators of this relationship. Cross-sectional data were collected from 1,200 volunteer mini-bus drivers from nine mass transit services companies in the Southeastern region of Nigeria. Results of a structural equation model (SEM) showed that job insecurity was positively related to work engagement. In turn, this positive relationship was weakened by supervisor incivility (but not by customer incivility). The results suggest that when supervisors are not supervised they could jeopardize employee effort.
Predicting the supply–demand of ecosystem services in the Yangtze River Middle Reaches Urban Agglomeration
Authors: Dai Xin , Wang Lunche , Yang Liu , Wang Shaoqiang , Li Yang , Wang Lizhe
Published: March 2022

Ecosystem service (ES) supply and demand assessment is essential for understanding the inner relationships between ecosystems and humans and is useful when formulating future ecological policies. This study analyses the spatial and temporal variations in key ESs in the Yangtze River Middle Reaches Urban Agglomeration to understand the relationship with human demand. First, the InVEST model is used to quantify the spatial and temporal changes in the key ESs from 2000 to 2019, and a supply–demand index is used to explore the supply–demand relationship at the county scale. Second, ES bundle is applied to analyse the relationships among ESs in different supply–demand balance areas. Finally, different ecological protection scenarios are proposed to simulate the supply–demand relationship in 2040. The results show that (1) the impacts of ecological factors on the ES supply are greater than socioeconomic factors, especially the precipitation and distance from the Yangtze River. (2) Regions of supply–demand imbalance are mainly concentrated in provincial centres and the surrounding cities, especially in the Wuhan city circle. (3) Each ES in regions of balanced supply and demand is well-balanced, and ESs in regions of supply-demand imbalance are dominated by one service. (4) Among the simulated scenarios, the climate regulation protection scenario in 2040 yields the optimal supply–demand result. This study can contribute to future management decision-making regarding the balance between the supply and demand of ecosystem services.
Using Global Positioning System Big Data to Define a Bikeshare User Typology and Model On-/Off-Road Bicycle Facility Preferences
Authors: Burmester Benjamin , LaMondia Jeffrey J.
Published: March 2022

Bikeshare programs have grown exponentially over the last decade and have been found to be influential in increasing the nonmotorized mode share. With shared microbility programs proving to be a key component of modern urban environments and in first- and last-mile connections to transit, there is a need to better understand users and their facility preferences. This study utilizes 3 years’ worth of data from a campus bikeshare program in Auburn, AL, that includes over 100,000 trips and almost 9,000 users to develop a bikeshare user typology. Whereas past research developing cyclist groupings has been based on self-reported cyclist comfort and confidence levels, this study utilized actual ridership data from the bikeshare program to create new typologies specific to bikeshare. Using a K-means cluster analysis, this study proposes four bikeshare user types: unsupported users, aspirational users, flexible users, and purposeful users. These users have varying travel motivations, needs, and patterns. Their choice between an on-road and off-road facility option was analyzed at nine specific locations displaying different roadway and physical conditions. A binary logistic regression analysis was performed to determine which variables are influential in a bikeshare user’s choice between riding on an on-road or off-road facility. The modeling results found two typology memberships were a significant predictor of bicycle facility preference, keeping all other factors constant. Specifically, flexible and purposeful users had stronger preferences for off-road bicycle facilities. Additionally, the physical conditions were found to be significant with users choosing off-road options away from motor vehicle traffic as the roadway environment becomes more intimidating.
Experimental Study of the Effects of Moisture on the Performance of Concrete Pavement Joint Sealants
Authors: Kim Jinho , Zollinger Dan , Cho Woohyun
Published: March 2022

Joint sealants play an important role in maintaining concrete pavement. They reduce or prevent numerous distresses, including spalling, faulting, and subbase erosion damage. The successful maintenance of such joint sealants is closely linked to a satisfactory lifespan for rigid pavement. However, it has been found that many sealants often fail in the early stages, as a result of inadequate or insufficient joint preparation. This study examined the effects of moisture content on bond strength, the main cause of joint sealant failure. Sealant use in various climatic regions throughout the United States was examined and Departments of Transportation were surveyed with regard to how they handled moisture. The survey showed that in cold-freeze areas, hot-pour sealants were preferred over silicone, and most states visually inspected the moisture condition of joint reservoirs. This research evaluated the effects of surface moisture on the tensile bond strength between a joint sealant and reservoir. In addition, an indirect measurement method was applied to estimate the reduction in bond strength in response to excessive moisture on the reservoir wall at the allowable strain. The causes of degradation in adhesion strength were evaluated by measuring the sealant wetting angle. Finally, it was determined that, while the choice of sealant may depend on the climate, those not currently preferred in wet-freeze regions could be used if accompanied by proper pretreatment and moisture control, contributing to the stable lifespan of joint sealants and concrete pavement alike.
Effects of COVID-19 Mental Health Interventions Among Children, Adolescents, and Adults Not Quarantined or Undergoing Treatment Due to COVID-19 Infection: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials
Authors: Bonardi Olivia , Wang Yutong , Li Kexin , Jiang Xiaowen , Krishnan Ankur , He Chen , Sun Ying , Wu Yin , Boruff Jill T. , Markham Sarah , Rice Danielle B. , Thombs-Vite Ian , Tasleem Amina , Dal Santo Tiffany , Yao Anneke , Azar Marleine , Agic Branka , Fahim Christine , Martin Michael S. , Sockalingam Sanjeev , Turecki Gustavo , Benedetti Andrea , Thombs Brett D.
Published: March 2022

Objectives

Our objective was to assess the effects of mental health interventions for children, adolescents, and adults not quarantined or undergoing treatment due to COVID-19 infection.

Methods

We searched 9 databases (2 Chinese-language) from December 31, 2019, to March 22, 2021. We included randomised controlled trials of interventions to address COVID-19 mental health challenges among people not hospitalised or quarantined due to COVID-19 infection. We synthesized results descriptively due to substantial heterogeneity of populations and interventions and risk of bias concerns.

Results

We identified 9 eligible trials, including 3 well-conducted, well-reported trials that tested interventions designed specifically for COVID-19 mental health challenges, plus 6 other trials with high risk of bias and reporting concerns, all of which tested standard interventions (e.g., individual or group therapy, expressive writing, mindfulness recordings) minimally adapted or not specifically adapted for COVID-19. Among the 3 well-conducted and reported trials, 1 ( N  =  670) found that a self-guided, internet-based cognitive-behavioural intervention targeting dysfunctional COVID-19 worry significantly reduced COVID-19 anxiety (standardized mean difference [SMD] 0.74, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.58 to 0.90) and depression symptoms (SMD 0.38, 95% CI, 0.22 to 0.55) in Swedish general population participants. A lay-delivered telephone intervention for homebound older adults in the United States ( N  =  240) and a peer-moderated education and support intervention for people with a rare autoimmune condition from 12 countries ( N  =  172) significantly improved anxiety (SMD 0.35, 95% CI, 0.09 to 0.60; SMD 0.31, 95% CI, 0.03 to 0.58) and depressive symptoms (SMD 0.31, 95% CI, 0.05 to 0.56; SMD 0.31, 95% CI, 0.07 to 0.55) 6-week post-intervention, but these were not significant immediately post-intervention. No trials in children or adolescents were identified.

Conclusions

Interventions that adapt evidence-based strategies for feasible delivery may be effective to address mental health in COVID-19. More well-conducted trials, including for children and adolescents, are needed.