bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Plant Morphology, Geomorphology, and Weather
Authors: Mathews Andrew S.
Published: September 2023

In the Tuscan Apennines, loggers, foresters, and other rural people believe that trees stabilize hillsides and prevent landslides, as long as periodic cutting prevents them from growing too tall. Extreme weather events are mitigated by managing the relationships between plants and soils. Landscape stability is maintained through attention to the morphologies of trees, hillsides, riverbeds, and drainage systems. Perceptions of landscape form support popular biogeomorphological politics. The tradition of linking plant form, weather, and landscape stability continues to inform contemporary environmental politics and has more traction than official theories of climate change.
Biogeomorphological Politics
Authors: Mathews Andrew S.
Published: September 2023

Disastrous floods and landslides are a recurring feature of Italian history. Description of the landslide disaster in Cardoso and Fornovolasco in the province of Lucca in 1996. Biogeomorphological politics seeks to maintain landscape stability through landowner or state action to maintain drainage systems and riverbeds, and stabilize the morphology of the entire landscape. State efforts to maintain landscape stability, reclaim land, and control floods date back to early modern states, with greatly increased state attention to drainage and erosion prevention during the Fascist regime (1923–43). Since the 1950s, hydrogeological instability has been an increasing concern, and the state channels money into bioengineering structures to prevent landslides and floods. Ordinary people are more concerned with landscape stability than with climate change. Attention to morphology allows people to think about multiple temporal rhythms.
Talking Back
Authors: Dubcovsky Alejandra
Published: September 2023

This book tells a story of war, slavery, loss, remembrance, and the women whose resilience and resistance transformed the colonial South. In exploring their lives, the book rewrites early American history, challenging the established male-centered narrative. The book reconstructs the lives of Native women—Timucua, Apalachee, Chacato, and Guale—to show how they made claims to protect their livelihoods, bodies, and families. Through the stories of the Native cacica who demanded her authority be recognized; the elite Spanish woman who turned her dowry and household into a source of independent power; the Floridiana who slapped a leading Native man in the town square; and the Black woman who ran a successful business at the heart of a Spanish town, the book reveals the formidable women who claimed and used their power, shaping the history of the early South.
A Lab for All Seasons
Authors: Kingsland Sharon E.
Published: September 2023

Laboratory innovation since the mid-twentieth century has powered advances in the study of plant adaptation, evolution, and ecosystem function. The phytotron, an integrated complex of controlled-environment greenhouse and laboratory spaces, invented by Frits W. Went in the 1950s, set off a worldwide laboratory movement and transformed the plant sciences. This book explores this revolution through a comparative study of work in the United States, France, Australia, Israel, the USSR, and Hungary. These advances in botanical research energized physiological plant ecology. Case studies explore the development of phytotron spinoffs such as mobile laboratories, rhizotrons, and ecotrons. Scientific problems include the significance of plant emissions of volatile organic compounds, symbiosis between plants and soil fungi, and the discovery of new pathways for photosynthesis as an adaptation to hot, dry climates. The advancement of knowledge through synthesis is a running theme: linking disciplines, combining laboratory and field research, and moving across ecological scales from leaf to ecosystem. The book also charts the history of modern scientific responses to the emerging crisis of food insecurity in the era of global warming.
Subchondral fatigue fracture of the femoral head in young military recruits: Potential risk factors
Authors: Yang Jun-Zheng , Chen Peng , Chen Bai-Hao , Zhao Bin
Published: September 2023

β cells are the main cells responsible for the hypoglycemic function of pancreatic islets, and the insulin secreted by these cells is the only hormone that lowers blood glucose levels in the human body. β cells are regulated by various factors, among which neurotransmitters make an important contribution. This paper discusses the effects of neurotransmitters secreted by various sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves on β cells and summarizes the mechanisms by which various neurotransmitters regulate insulin secretion. Many neurotransmitters do not have a single source and are not only released from nerve terminals but also synthesized by β cells themselves, allowing them to synergistically regulate insulin secretion. Almost all of these neurotransmitters depend on the presence of glucose to function, and their actions are mostly related to the Ca2+ and cAMP concentrations. Although neurotransmitters have been extensively studied, many of their mechanisms remain unclear and require further exploration by researchers.
Pulmonary artery aneurysm protruding into the bronchus as an endobronchial mass: A case report
Authors: Li Min , Zhu Wen-Ye , Wu Rong-Rong , Wang Le , Mo Meng-Ting , Liu Shi-Nan , Zhu Dong-Yi , Luo Zhuang
Published: September 2023

β cells are the main cells responsible for the hypoglycemic function of pancreatic islets, and the insulin secreted by these cells is the only hormone that lowers blood glucose levels in the human body. β cells are regulated by various factors, among which neurotransmitters make an important contribution. This paper discusses the effects of neurotransmitters secreted by various sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves on β cells and summarizes the mechanisms by which various neurotransmitters regulate insulin secretion. Many neurotransmitters do not have a single source and are not only released from nerve terminals but also synthesized by β cells themselves, allowing them to synergistically regulate insulin secretion. Almost all of these neurotransmitters depend on the presence of glucose to function, and their actions are mostly related to the Ca2+ and cAMP concentrations. Although neurotransmitters have been extensively studied, many of their mechanisms remain unclear and require further exploration by researchers.
Rare rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumor case: A case report and review of the literature
Authors: Dong Ruo-Xi , Wang Chen , Zhou Hao , Yin Hao-Qiang , Liu Yang , Liang Hong-Tao , Pan Yi-Bin , Wang Jia-Wen , Cao Yong-Qing
Published: September 2023

β cells are the main cells responsible for the hypoglycemic function of pancreatic islets, and the insulin secreted by these cells is the only hormone that lowers blood glucose levels in the human body. β cells are regulated by various factors, among which neurotransmitters make an important contribution. This paper discusses the effects of neurotransmitters secreted by various sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves on β cells and summarizes the mechanisms by which various neurotransmitters regulate insulin secretion. Many neurotransmitters do not have a single source and are not only released from nerve terminals but also synthesized by β cells themselves, allowing them to synergistically regulate insulin secretion. Almost all of these neurotransmitters depend on the presence of glucose to function, and their actions are mostly related to the Ca2+ and cAMP concentrations. Although neurotransmitters have been extensively studied, many of their mechanisms remain unclear and require further exploration by researchers.
Unusual case of emphysematous cystitis mimicking intestinal perforation: A case report
Authors: Kang Hye Yoon , Lee Dae-Sup , Lee Donghyoun
Published: September 2023

β cells are the main cells responsible for the hypoglycemic function of pancreatic islets, and the insulin secreted by these cells is the only hormone that lowers blood glucose levels in the human body. β cells are regulated by various factors, among which neurotransmitters make an important contribution. This paper discusses the effects of neurotransmitters secreted by various sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves on β cells and summarizes the mechanisms by which various neurotransmitters regulate insulin secretion. Many neurotransmitters do not have a single source and are not only released from nerve terminals but also synthesized by β cells themselves, allowing them to synergistically regulate insulin secretion. Almost all of these neurotransmitters depend on the presence of glucose to function, and their actions are mostly related to the Ca2+ and cAMP concentrations. Although neurotransmitters have been extensively studied, many of their mechanisms remain unclear and require further exploration by researchers.
Wandering spleen torsion with portal vein thrombosis: A case report
Authors: Zhu Xin-Yan , Ji Dong-Xu , Shi Wen-Zai , Fu Yu-Wei , Zhang Da-Kun
Published: September 2023

β cells are the main cells responsible for the hypoglycemic function of pancreatic islets, and the insulin secreted by these cells is the only hormone that lowers blood glucose levels in the human body. β cells are regulated by various factors, among which neurotransmitters make an important contribution. This paper discusses the effects of neurotransmitters secreted by various sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves on β cells and summarizes the mechanisms by which various neurotransmitters regulate insulin secretion. Many neurotransmitters do not have a single source and are not only released from nerve terminals but also synthesized by β cells themselves, allowing them to synergistically regulate insulin secretion. Almost all of these neurotransmitters depend on the presence of glucose to function, and their actions are mostly related to the Ca2+ and cAMP concentrations. Although neurotransmitters have been extensively studied, many of their mechanisms remain unclear and require further exploration by researchers.
UTILIZAÇÃO DO ETANOL HIDRATADO DE PRIMEIRA E SEGUNDA GERAÇÃO PELAS AERONAVES T-25 DA ACADEMIA DA FORÇA AÉREA
Authors: Costa Matheus Nazário da Silva , Antonio de Souza Luiz Gustavo , Cavalcante Camila Bezerra Calherani
Published: September 2023

Um dos grandes desafios da humanidade é conciliar a preservação do meio ambiente com a utilização de combustíveis para a movimentação de veículos, máquinas, aeronaves e outros. Nesse contexto, os combustíveis fósseis com fontes não renováveis estão sendo substituídos por fontes alternativas de combustível (biocombustíveis) que reduzem a agressão ao meio ambiente e dão mais segurança quanto à renovação dos estoques e capacidade de produção. Este artigo buscar responder se há viabilidade no uso do etanol de primeira e segunda geração nas aeronaves de instrução da Academia da Força Aérea. Nesse contexto, este trabalho tem por objetivo compreender a utilização do etanol hidratado pelas aeronaves T-25 Universal que são utilizadas na instrução e formação de pilotos e oficiais no Segundo Esquadrão de Instrução Aérea da AFA. Para isso, realizou-se uma abordagem exploratória a partir de bibliografias e documentos acerca de combustíveis que são utilizados atualmente, fontes alternativas, desde a produção até a conversão das aeronaves. Além disso, foi realizada uma análise quantitativa dos dados relacionados com os gastos com combustível nos últimos três anos de voo, comparando os valores encontrados com a utilização de ambos os combustíveis estudados. A partir dos resultados verifica-se que além de trazer maior sustentabilidade na utilização das aeronaves há ganhos econômicos na substituição do combustível.
Light scattering by a periodically time-modulated object of arbitrary shape: the extended boundary condition method
Authors: Stefanou Nikolaos , Stefanou Ioannis , Almpanis Evangelos , Papanikolaou Nikolaos , Garg Puneet , Rockstuhl Carsten
Published: September 2023

A proper generalization of the extended boundary condition method to calculate the transition matrix, T, for electromagnetic scattering from a homogeneous and isotropic body of arbitrary shape, characterized by a periodically time-varying electric permittivity, is presented. The application of the method on a specific example of a spheroidal dielectric particle confirms that time modulation induces strong inelastic scattering, accompanied by energy transfer between the scatterer and the light field, when the difference of the incident wave frequency to a particle optical resonance matches an integer multiple of the modulation frequency. Moreover, it is shown that, for nonspherical scatterers, these effects can be selectively tuned by external means such as the polarization and the propagation direction of the incident light beam. The method is readily implementable in available dynamic multiple-scattering computer codes, and, because of its versatility and computational efficiency, it can offer new opportunities for studying more complex time-varying photonic structures.
Subspace tracking for phase noise source separation in frequency combs
Authors: Razumov Aleksandr , Heebøll Holger R. , Dummont Mario , Terra Osama , Dong Bozhang , Riebesehl Jasper , Varming Poul , Pedersen Jens E. , Ros Francesco Da , Bowers John E. , Zibar Darko
Published: September 2023

It is widely acknowledged that the phase noise of an optical frequency comb primarily stems from the common mode (carrier-envelope) and the repetition rate phase noise. However, owing to technical noise sources or other intricate intra-cavity factors, residual phase noise components, distinct from the common mode and the repetition rate phase noise, may also exist. We introduce a measurement technique that combines subspace tracking and multi-heterodyne coherent detection for the separation of different phase noise sources. This method allows us to break down the overall phase noise sources associated with a specific comb-line into distinct phase noise components associated with the common mode, the repetition rate and the residual phase noise terms. The measurement method allow us, for the first time, to identify and measure residual phase noise sources of a frequency modulated mode-locked laser.
PLS performance analysis of the vertical UWOC system with perfect and imperfect CSI
Authors: Li Shuang , Wang Ping , Li Ganggang , Zhang Xindan , Li Hao , Zhou Binna , Yang Ting
Published: September 2023

Although underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) receives much interest lately, security issues associated with it get little attention. In this work, it is the first attempt to investigate the physical layer security (PLS) performance of the vertical UWOC system with perfect and imperfect channel state information (CSI). Specifically speaking, the communication between two legitimate peers in the presence of an external eavesdropper is studied from the information-theoretic security perspective. Assuming that turbulence-induced fading over the vertical UWOC links is respectively subject to cascaded lognormal (LN) and Gamma-Gamma (GG) distributions for weak and moderate/strong turbulence conditions, and the angular pointing error is randomized by the Beckmann distribution, the composite cascaded statistical fading models are derived with the comprehensive effects of path loss, underwater turbulence, angular pointing errors, and channel estimation error. On the basis of these models, analysis frameworks of the probability of strictly positive secrecy capacity (SPSC), secrecy outage probability (SOP), and average secrecy capacity (ASC) are further obtained for this UWOC system, which are confirmed by Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. Furthermore, the effects including the number of layers, the level of channel estimation error, the link distance, the location of the eavesdropper, the quality of the main and eavesdropping channels on this system are analyzed for different water conditions. The presented results give valuable insights into the practical aspects of deployment of UWOC networks.
Terahertz imaging: a diagnostic technology for prevention of grass seed infestation
Authors: Thigale Sonali , Wang Qigejian , Mishra Deepak , Goldys Ewa M. , Atakaramians Shaghik
Published: September 2023

One of the most significant problems the Australian sheep and lamb industry faces today is grass seed infestation (GSI), which occurs when
seeds accumulate in the sheep's fleece and penetrate the skin, causing infection. Meat & Livestock Australia estimates that the
yearly losses caused due to GSI are around AUD$47.5 M (in Australia alone). Here, we demonstrate that terahertz spectroscopy and imaging can be utilized
for early detection of GSI. This is possible because terahertz waves can penetrate through sheep wool and have the appropriate wavelength
for identifying the seed. Moreover, terahertz waves have non-invasive and non-ionizing properties and are ideal for non-contact and standoff
detection. This work demonstrates that terahertz waves can be utilized for the early detection of seeds in the animal fleece or on the pelt
as a precursor tool for the prevention of GSI.
Rapid measurement method of intracavity phase retardation based on laser frequency splitting
Authors: She Kai , Huang Yongcheng , Li Bingxuan , Huang Gang , Liao Wenbin , Lin Zhanglang , Zhang Ge
Published: September 2023

We present a method for phase retardation measurement of intracavity optical elements which is based on frequency splitting caused by weak phase anisotropy of Nd: YAG. The measurement range covers 0–π and the measurement uncertainty is less than 0.0300 rad. A theoretical analysis is provided to obtain the phase retardation of intracavity optical elements by using the phase difference or frequency difference of two eigenmodes. The minimum error is 0.0036 rad by using the composite wave plate to verify various phase retardation conditions. This work provides a rapid and accurate intracavity method for measuring the phase retardation of optical elements.
Efficient mid-infrared dispersive wave generation through soliton breakup and cascaded Raman amplification in an axially varying fluorotellurite fiber
Authors: Cui Linghao , Jia Zhixu , Guo Xiaohui , Jiao Yadong , Ohishi Yasutake , Qin Weiping , Qin Guanshi
Published: September 2023

In this paper, we demonstrate efficient mid-infrared dispersive wave (DW) generation through soliton breakup and cascaded Raman amplification in an axially varying fluorotellurite fiber. The input part of the fluorotellurite fiber has two zero-dispersion wavelengths and the remaining part has an all normal dispersion profile. The pump source is a femtosecond fiber laser with an operational wavelength of 1980nm, which is located at the anomalous dispersion region between two zero-dispersion wavelengths and close to the second zero-dispersion wavelength of the fluorotellurite fiber. As the pump light is launched into the fluorotellurite fiber, the pump light (or a higher-order soliton) experiences a temporal breakup and large pulse broadening, which enables nearly complete conversion of input solitonic radiation into resonant nonsolitonic radiation in the DW regime. Meanwhile, the generated DWs are improved by more than two orders of magnitude via cascaded Raman amplification in the fluorotellurite fiber, resulting in the generation of efficient mid-infrared DWs peaked at 2700 nm with an ultrahigh power division ratio of ∼ 85% and a compressible pulse width of ∼ 61 fs. Our work presents a way to realize ultrahigh-efficiency mid-infrared coherent light generation.
Decentralizing cancer care in sub-Saharan Africa through an integrated regional cancer centre model: The case of Kenya
Authors: Nyangasi Mary F. , McLigeyo Angela A. , Kariuki David , Mithe Siwillis , Orwa Albert , Mwenda Valerian
Published: September 2023

For 50 years, comprehensive cancer treatment services were provided at one public hospital and a few private facilities in the capital city. In 2019, the services were decentralized to new national and regional centers to increase service accessibility using an integration model. This study aimed to analyze the status of the utilization of services at regional cancer centers. We analyzed data from the district health information system, focusing on patient demographics, visit type, cancer stage, and the type of treatment provided. For comparison, a trend analysis of new cancer cases recorded at the main national referral hospital between 2011–2021 was also conducted. We conducted a descriptive analysis of the variables of interest; the median was used to summarize continuous variables and percentages were used for categorical variables. A total of 29,321 patients visited the regional centers in 2021; the median age was 57 years (IQR 44–68) and 57.3% (16,815) were female. Visits to regional centres represented 38.8% (29,321/75,501) of all visits to public cancer centers; new visits accounted for 16.4% (4814/29321), and the rest were follow-up visits. Most patients (71%) had an advanced disease. The proportion of male patients with advanced-stage cancer was significantly higher than that of female patients (74% vs. 69%, P<0.001). Of the 15,275 patients who received treatment at regional centers, 69.1% (10,550) received chemotherapy.The increased patient visits show good service uptake at the regional centers, implying improved access. These findings can inform policies that will guide future expansion and service improvement. We recommend optimizing cancer service delivery at regional centers across the care continuum to improve patient outcomes.
“It saved me from the emergency department”: A qualitative study of patient experience of virtual urgent care in Ontario
Authors: Dainty Katie N. , Seaton M. Bianca , Hall Justin N. , Mondoux Shawn , Abraham Lency , McCarron Joy , Tarride Jean-Eric , McLeod Shelley L.
Published: September 2023

Introduction

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario Ministry of Health introduced a pilot program of 14 virtual urgent care (VUC) initiatives across the province to encourage physical distancing and provision of care by telephone and video-enabled visits. The implementation of the VUC pilot is currently being evaluated by an external academic team. The objective of this study was to understand patient experiences with VUC to determine barriers and facilitators to optimal virtual care as it rapidly expands during the current pandemic and beyond.

Method

The qualitative component of the evaluation used one-on-one telephone interviews with patients, families, providers, and program administrators as the main method of data collection. Patient and family participants were invited to participate by the triage nurse after their VUC visit. Data analysis, using thematic analysis, occurred in conjunction with data collection to monitor emerging themes and areas for further exploration.

Results

Between April and October 2021, we completed 14 patient and/or family interviews from a representative cross-section of 6 pilot sites. Participants had a range of presenting complaints including infection, injury, medication side effects, and abdominal pain. The vast majority of participants were female (90%), and 70% were VUC patients themselves. Our analysis identified three key themes in the data which characterise patient and family member experience with VUC: a) emphasis on access to the ED; b) efficiency and quality of care; c) obtaining reassurance and next steps.

Conclusion

Virtual care options are valued by patients and families; however, the nature of care needed by those accessing VUC and who can best provide that care needs to be evaluated to position it for sustainability. Understanding how virtual care performs from both a provider and patient perspective during the current crisis has implications for designing alternative care options beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
Estimating the time-varying reproduction number for COVID-19 in South Africa during the first four waves using multiple measures of incidence for public and private sectors across four waves
Authors: Bingham Jeremy , Tempia Stefano , Moultrie Harry , Viboud Cecile , Jassat Waasila , Cohen Cheryl , Pulliam Juliet R.C.
Published: September 2023

Objectives

The aim of this study was to quantify transmission trends in South Africa during the first four waves of the COVID-19 pandemic using estimates of the time-varying reproduction number (R) and to compare the robustness of R estimates based on three different data sources, and using data from public and private sector service providers.

Methods

R was estimated from March 2020 through April 2022, nationally and by province, based on time series of rt-PCR-confirmed cases, hospitalisations, and hospital-associated deaths, using a method that models daily incidence as a weighted sum of past incidence, as implemented in the R package EpiEstim. R was also estimated separately using public and private sector data.

Results

Nationally, the maximum case-based R following the introduction of lockdown measures was 1.55 (CI: 1.43–1.66), 1.56 (CI: 1.47–1.64), 1.46 (CI: 1.38–1.53) and 3.33 (CI: 2.84–3.97) during the first (Wuhan-Hu), second (Beta), third (Delta), and fourth (Omicron) waves, respectively. Estimates based on the three data sources (cases, hospitalisations, deaths) were generally similar during the first three waves, but higher during the fourth wave for case-based estimates. Public and private sector R estimates were generally similar except during the initial lockdowns and in case-based estimates during the fourth wave.

Conclusion

Agreement between R estimates using different data sources during the first three waves suggests that data from any of these sources could be used in the early stages of a future pandemic. The high R estimates for Omicron relative to earlier waves are interesting given a high level of exposure pre-Omicron. The agreement between public and private sector R estimates highlights that clients of the public and private sectors did not experience two separate epidemics, except perhaps to a limited extent during the strictest lockdowns in the first wave.
A novel Data and Model Centric artificial intelligence based approach in developing high-performance Named Entity Recognition for Bengali Language
Authors: Lima Khadija Akter , Md Hasib Khan , Azam Sami , Karim Asif , Montaha Sidratul , Noori Sheak Rashed Haider , Jonkman Mirjam
Published: September 2023

Named Entity Recognition (NER) plays a significant role in enhancing the performance of all types of domain specific applications in Natural Language Processing (NLP). According to the type of application, the goal of NER is to identify target entities based on the context of other existing entities in a sentence. Numerous architectures have demonstrated good performance for high-resource languages such as English and Chinese NER. However, currently existing NER models for Bengali could not achieve reliable accuracy due to morphological richness of Bengali and limited availability of resources. This work integrates both Data and Model Centric AI concepts to achieve a state-of-the-art performance. A unique dataset was created for this study demonstrating the impact of a good quality dataset on accuracy. We proposed a method for developing a high quality NER dataset for any language. We have used our dataset to evaluate the performance of various Deep Learning models. A hybrid model performed with the exact match F1 score of 87.50%, partial match F1 score of 92.31%, and micro F1 score of 98.32%. Our proposed model reduces the need for feature engineering and utilizes minimal resources.
Leveraging social media in digital scholarship: Perspective from developing country students
Authors: Ocran Theophilus , Barfi Kwaku Anhwere , Kodua-Ntim Kwame , Kwafoa Paulina Nana Yaa , Filson Christopher Kwame
Published: September 2023

Albeit the increasing relevance of digital scholarship in contemporary educational settings, the onset of global pandemics like COVID-19 has necessitated the need for academic institutions to rely on social media for digital scholarship. Digital native students are leveraging on social media for digital scholarship to enhance communication and information dissemination. However, a study from higher institution in a developing country is missing from the global discussion on leveraging social media for digital scholarship. This study seeks to examine students’ knowledge level in the use of social media for digital scholarship and the challenges associated with the use The study adopted stratified and non-probability voluntary response sampling methods because of the flexibility of these techniques. Data was collected from both undergraduate and postgraduate students of University of Cape Coast in Ghana. Students possess more than the average knowledge in social media for digital scholarship activities. However, students use of social media was for video presentations, online class, information sharing, publication of articles, search for academic related information, building proficiency in the search for information and making connections with individuals. Additionally, the conventional notion still holds that social media as a digital scholarship is susceptible to poor internet connection, jamming of digital systems and lack of adequate information on how to use digital scholarly platforms. The information literacy department of higher institutions are recommended to revise the content of their curriculum and incorporate mechanisms to leverage social media for digital scholarship to efficient disseminate scholarly outputs.
Evaluation of primary health care by users during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study
Authors: Celino Suely Deysny de Matos , Albuquerque Filho Nailton José Brandão de , Gomes Monalisa da Nóbrega Cesarino , Costa Gabriela Maria Cavalcanti , Mendonça Ana Elza Oliveira de
Published: September 2023

Objective

To evaluate the primary health care (PHC) attributes and associated factors during the COVID-19 pandemic using the perspective of users.

Methods

This cross-sectional, quantitative study included 422 PHC users from 96 Family Health Teams in a city in Brazil. The assessment used the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCATool) and a structured questionnaire on the sociodemographic and epidemiological characteristics of users and basic health units (BHU). The Person’s chi-square test was used to analyze the association between high overall scores in PCATool and characteristics of users and BHU. Crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) with a 95% confidence interval were also calculated. Poisson regression and Rao Scott’s Chi-square test were used to estimate crude PR.

Results

Most users were aged 30 to 39 years (26.3%), women (75.4%), registered at the BHU for over ten years (59.5%), and had incomplete secondary education (30.6%). The mean of PHC essential attributes and overall scores were low (6.10 ± 0.81 and 5.78 ± 0.77, respectively). "First-contact care–use" received the highest score (9.22 ± 1.62), while "first-contact care–accessibility" received the lowest (2.82 ± 0.90). High overall scores were associated with an average employment time of professionals (doctors and nurses) at the BHU (PR = 1.31; 95% CI 1.17–1.48; p < 0.001) and lower educational level of users (PR = 1.71; 95% CI 1.54–1.90; p < 0.001.

Conclusion

"First-contact care–use" was the best evaluated, while "first-contact care–accessibility" was the worst. High scores were associated with a lower educational level of users and BHU with more experienced professionals.
Priority Analysis for Resolving Community Welfare Blind Spot
Authors:   Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis, Song Hyo Jin , Lee Ju Ho
Published: September 2023

This study categorizes welfare blind spots based on previous studies to discover policy alternatives to resolve welfare blind spots in the community, and conducts AHP analysis for experts through applicable existing policy programs and proposed applicable policy alternatives. did Welfare blind spots for this purpose were classified as unqualified, insufficient, and unexplored welfare blind spots. As a result of the analysis, even though they are already in a crisis situation enough to meet the eligibility criteria, the key to solving the welfare blind spot is to discover and support the target of the welfare blind spot, which is located in the high-risk group. appeared as a policy target. As a policy alternative to solve this problem, the importance of informatization factors was ranked high, and above all, it was identified that it was necessary to expand and strengthen the scope of information integration of the existing system. In addition, the need for access through the expansion of social services for unqualified groups who do not meet the qualifications at the system boundary was presented as an important alternative.
A deep transfer learning approach for IoT/IIoT cyber attack detection using telemetry data
Authors: Poonkuzhal S. , Shobana M. , Jeyalakshmi J.
Published: September 2023

The rise of internet connectivity across the globe increases the count of IoT (internet of things)/IIoT (industrial internet of things) devices exponentially. The objects/devices which are connected to the internet are always prone to malicious attacks at various levels, such as physical, network, fog, and applications, which exist in the IoT architecture. Many researchers have addressed this issue and designed their own solutions based on machine and deep learning techniques. It is undeniable that deep learning outperforms machine learning (ML), but it necessitates a massive amount of datasets with appropriate labels. In this work, the deep transfer learning (TL) technique has been adapted for gated recurrent unit (GRU). Each model is trained using a dataset that belongs to one source IoT device (source domain), and this trained model is used to classify the malicious traffic in another dataset that belongs to some other IoT device (target domain). This approach is used for binary classification. These transfer learning models have been evaluated using an IoT/IIoT telemetry dataset called ToN IoT which comprises the sensor data generated from the seven different types of IoT devices. The highest accuracy achieved by IoT garage door was upto 99.76% as a source domain by fixing IoT thermostat as target domain. These models were also evaluated using some more metrics such as precision, recall, F1-measure, training time and testing time. By implementing transfer learning based GRU model, the accuracy of the model is improved from 69.20% to 99.76%. Moreover, to prove the efficiency of the proposed model, it is compared with state of art deep learning model and its results were analyzed in a detailed manner.
The effect of amplitude modification in S-shaped activation functions on neural network regression
Authors: Makhrus Faizal
Published: September 2023

Time series forecasting using multilayer feed-forward neural networks (FNN) is potential to give high accuracy. Several factors influence the accuracy. One of them is the choice of activation functions (AFs). There are several AFs commonly used in FNN with their specific characteristics, such as bounded type AFs. They include sigmoid, softsign, arctan, and tanh. This paper investigates the effect of the amplitude in the bounded AFs on the FNNs accuracy. The theoretical investigations use simplified FNN models: linear equation and linear combination. The results show that the higher amplitudes give higher accuracy than typical amplitudes in softsign, arctan, and tanh AFs. However, in sigmoid AF, the amplitude changes do not influence the accuracy. These theoretical results are supported by experiments using the FNN model for time series prediction of 10 foreign exchanges from different continents compared to the US dollar. Based on the experiments, the optimum amplitude of the AFs should be high, that is greater or equal to 100 times of the maximum input values to the FNN, and the accuracy gains up to 310 times.
Carnival in Alabama
Authors: Machado Isabel
Published: September 2023

Carnival in Alabama: Marked Bodies and Invented Traditions in Mobile uses carnival as a vehicle to understand social and cultural changes in a city of the American Deep South. Through archival sources and oral history interviews, the book investigates and analyses the roles assigned, inaccessible to, or claimed and appropriated by straight-identified African American men and women alongside people who defied gender and sexuality normativity in the festivities (regardless of their racial identity) and seeks to understand power dynamics through culture and ritual. By looking at Carnival as an “invented tradition” and as a semiotic system associated with discourses of power, it joins a transnational conversation about the phenomenon.
Rethinking Racial Uplift
Authors: Malcolm Nigel I.
Published: September 2023

In 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote about the Talented Tenth in an influential essay of the same name. The concept exalted college educated Blacks who Du Bois believed could provide the race with the guidance it needed to surmount slavery, segregation, and oppression in America. Although Du Bois eventually reassessed this idea, the rhetoric of the Talented Tenth resonated, still holding sway over a hundred years later. In Rethinking Racial Uplift: Rhetorics of Black Unity and Disunity in the Obama Era, authorNigel I. Malcolm asserts that in the post-civil rights era, racial uplift has been redefined not as Black public intellectuals lifting the masses but as individuals securing advantage for themselves and their children. Malcolm examines six best-selling books published during Obama’s presidency—including Randall Kennedy’s Sellout, Bill Cosby and Alvin Poussaint’s Come on People, and Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me—and critically analyzes their rhetorics on Black unity, disunity, and the so-called “postracial” era. Based on these writings and the work of political and social scientists, Malcolm shows that a large, often ignored, percentage of Blacks no longer see their fate as connected with that of other African Americans. While many Black intellectuals and activists seek to provide a justification for Black solidarity, not all agree. In Rethinking Racial Uplift, Malcolm takes contemporary Black public intellectual discourse seriously and shows that disunity among Blacks, a previously ignored topic, is worth exploring.
Old Southwest to Old South
Authors: Bunn Mike , Williams Clay
Published: September 2023

Old Southwest to Old South: Mississippi 1798-1840 chronicles Mississippi’s tumultuous transformation from a frontier region on the nation’s southwestern periphery into an integral part of the American South. During a period featuring dynamic physical and cultural development which charted the course for the state far into the future, Mississippi literally and figuratively took shape. Including forgotten stories of raucous political intrigue and pitched military conflict alongside candid discussions of what life was really like in the Mississippi Territory and young state for both free and enslaved, this book explains Mississippi’s foundational era and why it matters.
Blockheads, Beagles, and Sweet Babboos
Authors: Abate Michelle Ann
Published: September 2023

Blockheads, Beagles, and Sweet Babboos adds to the growing critical interest in Charles M. Schulz’s beloved comic, Peanuts. To do so, it examines a fundamental feature of the series: its core cast of characters. From Charlie Brown and Linus to Snoopy and Woodstock, these figures became not simply household names, but national icons and—even more importantly—beloved friends. Accordingly, each chapter spotlights a different well-known member from Schulz’s core cast: Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Franklin, Pig-Pen, Woodstock, and Linus, respectively. That said, it considers these exceedingly familiar figures in markedly unfamiliar ways. From suggesting a new way of viewing the zigzag pattern on Charlie Brown’s iconic shirt and identifying unforeseen links between Woodstock and his music festival namesake to exploring Snoopy’s feline side and considering the overlooked aesthetic connections between Franklin and Pig-Pen, the book revisits, reexamines, and rethinks characters from Peanuts that most of us believe we already know. During this process, Blockheads, Beagles, and Sweet Babboos not only demonstrates how Schulz’s comic remains a subject of acute critical interest more than twenty years after the final strip appeared, but how it also embodies a rich and fertile site of social, cultural, and political meaning.
Le mur et ses ornements, Tome II - Corpus
Authors: Titeux Catherine
Published: September 2023

Le sujet de la thèse de Catherine Titeux est le mur en tant qu’élément du « décor », tel que l’Âge classique l’entend. Pour les architectes et les théoriciens du XVIe et du XVIIe siècle, le mur contribue à la beauté de l’édifice. Différentes techniques de finition permettent de l’embellir : appareils en pierre de taille dressés et ravalés, bossages, briques polychromes, enduits qui unifient et enluminent les parements. Qu’il soit nu ou orné le mur n’est jamais neutre. Etudiant un vaste corpus, l'auteur confirme certaines observations sur la façade française : l’effet a-tectonique des ornements, même si ceux-ci structurent la composition. Au principe classique de l’unité de l’organisme architectural, dans lequel rien ne peut être ajouté ou retranché, les architectes français apportent leur réponse : tous les éléments sont des ornements ainsi que le mur lui-même, qui se montre ou se voile de légers ornements.

Catherine Titeux est architecte (ENSA de Paris Belleville), Docteur en Histoire de l'art et archéologie (Paris 4 Sorbonne). Elle enseigne à l’École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Montpellier dans les champs Histoire et Cultures Architecturales et Théories et Pratiques du Projet Architectural et Urbain. Ses recherches portent sur le langage de l'architecture, sur l'ornement, sur les figures de la muralité qu'elle a particulièrement étudiées chez Leon Battista Alberti et dans l'architecture classique française.
Le mur et ses ornements, Tome III - Annexes
Authors: Titeux Catherine
Published: September 2023

Le sujet de la thèse de Catherine Titeux est le mur en tant qu’élément du « décor », tel que l’Âge classique l’entend. Pour les architectes et les théoriciens du XVIe et du XVIIe siècle, le mur contribue à la beauté de l’édifice. Différentes techniques de finition permettent de l’embellir : appareils en pierre de taille dressés et ravalés, bossages, briques polychromes, enduits qui unifient et enluminent les parements. Qu’il soit nu ou orné le mur n’est jamais neutre. Etudiant un vaste corpus, l'auteur confirme certaines observations sur la façade française : l’effet a-tectonique des ornements, même si ceux-ci structurent la composition. Au principe classique de l’unité de l’organisme architectural, dans lequel rien ne peut être ajouté ou retranché, les architectes français apportent leur réponse : tous les éléments sont des ornements ainsi que le mur lui-même, qui se montre ou se voile de légers ornements.

Catherine Titeux est architecte (ENSA de Paris Belleville), Docteur en Histoire de l'art et archéologie (Paris 4 Sorbonne). Elle enseigne à l’École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Montpellier dans les champs Histoire et Cultures Architecturales et Théories et Pratiques du Projet Architectural et Urbain. Ses recherches portent sur le langage de l'architecture, sur l'ornement, sur les figures de la muralité qu'elle a particulièrement étudiées chez Leon Battista Alberti et dans l'architecture classique française.
Droit de la géométrie et la fonction d'architecture
Authors: Masson Olivier
Published: September 2023

Cet article est un extrait de la thèse de doctorat de l'auteur, intitulée L'autre et le désir d'architecture.
Paysage et cyberspace
Authors: Cauquelin Anne
Published: September 2023

"Le paysage réussit l'exploit d'indiquer le rapport entre l'homme et le divin, ou pour parler en termes plus modernes entre la finitude humaine et l'infini du monde. C'est la nouvelle idée de "nature" qui, dans la pré-renaissance, sert de passage entre les mondes terrestres et célestes. Le paysage peint, ressemblant à ce que nous voyons de la réalité d'ici-bas, appelle à l'intuition d'une nature qui est, elle, l'icône du divin. Deus sive natura. Cette double iconisation, enchaînée, rend le paysage à une transcendance qui reste hors de portée. Ainsi la ligne d’horizon qui limite le paysage peint est-elle intraversable. Nous ne pouvons aller au-delà que par l'imagination. Qu'y a-t-il derrière cette ligne qui barre nos prétentions et les rabat sur le plan humain des mesures et des distances? Nous n'atteindrons pas l'arrière du paysage, ne le traverserons point."

 

Les patientes enquêtes que Anne Cauquelin conduit depuis de nombreuses années quant aux questions de lieu, espace, site, paysage, cyberespace sont précieuses pour la pensée de l'architecture et des paysages; elles constituent des référents importants dont les effets pour les travaux du laa sont loin d'être épuisés.
Structure et ornement dans la théorie de Leon Battista Alberti
Authors: Titeux Catherine
Published: September 2023

L’injonction moderne nous agit encore qui sépare la structure et l’ornement : la vérité de la structure à construire, la vérité de la structure à habiter se doivent de soumettre et de réduire à bas bruit le mensonge inutile des ornements.Cette injonction est l’avatar de l’antique distinction entre l’être et les apparences dont elle reconduit les apories. Comment présenter le réel sans qu’il se double aussitôt d’une représentation, d’une ressaisie imaginaire ? Comment se tenir au fil du réel sinon pour le reprendre et le dénier sous une façon plus consolante et convocable à merci ?Alberti a préparé la venue de l’injonction moderne en posant l’ornement comme un auxiliaire facultatif du Beau. Il suffira d’un infime déplacement pour permettre à Loos de proférer : "l’ornement est un crime".Catherine Titeux, dans le texte qu’elle nous propose : "Structure et ornement dans la théorie de Leon Battista Alberti", nous fait découvrir comment cette dichotomie structure/ornement affecte un élément-clé qui gouverne l’œuvre d’Alberti (théorique et construite) et qui, partant, agira les œuvres ultérieures qui en déploieront la fécondité. Cet élément, c’est le mur : structure construite destinée à accueillir l’habiter, le mur reçoit sur lui les apparences sensibles qui le forment pour confirmer et affirmer sa puissance structurante ; cela même au prix d’un écart à sa réalité construite.Le dispositif des apparences (ordre des pilastres, entablements, arcatures, bossages, parements, etc.) déclare "l’être" du mur quitte à se déplier en "bavardages" savants qui déplacent sa réalité pour la re-constituer avec d’avantage de force.La vérité du mur éclate en traits métaphoriques et métonymiques que nous pourrions appeler son "appareillage architectonique".
L’architecture, l’intime et le secret
Authors: Wajcman Gérard
Published: September 2023

"L'architecture, l'intime et le secret" fait suite à l’important ouvrage Fenêtre (Éditions Verdier, 2004) où Gérard Wajcman fait état de cet effet du traité d’Alberti De pictura (Florence, 1435), largement inaperçu… dans le champ de l’architecture ! Cet effet qui consiste tout simplement à instituer dans le champ de la peinture un objet qui deviendra paradigmatique en architecture : la fenêtre, donc. Porte ouverte, si l’on peut dire, à une inflation du regard, au fil de l’histoire, dans la production des architectes et sous le désir de ceux qui habitent. La contrepartie de cette mise en exergue du regard est la mise en évidence par les travaux de Gérard Wajcman d’une donnée plus archaïque – anthropologique – de l’architecture : sa fonction d’ombre ; l’architecture nous permettrait, en premier, de nous tenir à couvert du regard omnipotent de l’Autre dont la supposition coïncide avec le fait humain. La fonction d’ombre ? Exit dès lors le "jeu savant et magnifique des volumes assemblés sous la lumière", ou plutôt, l’architecture en serait le strict revers ! Ouf, de l’air, de l’air frais !

 

"L'architecture, l'intime et le secret" a été publié en langue espagnole sous le titre "La casa, lo intimo, lo secreto" dans Las tres esteticas de Lacan, Ediciones del Cifrado, Buenos Aires (2006).