bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Trickster’s Challenge to Rationalism
Authors: Lettman Stacy J.
Published: May 2023

Chapter one argues that violence is also located within discursive elements of power, wherein Western ideologies (i.e., Christianity and capitalism) maintain the sublime presence of slavery. This chapter focuses on Andrew Salkey’s A Quality of Violence and explores the suitability of realism as a novelistic mode for representing the slave sublime elements of the post-emancipation era in Jamaica, which replicates the rhetorical strategies such as the rationalistic, humanist, and onto-epistemological discourses of slavery. As the novel suggests, Christianity was the colonial tool that represented the potential for transcendence toward the ideal of freedom from the supposed irrational and superstitious world of African spirituality. Salkey depicts colonial violence as the uncanny transcripts that are adopted from the slave plantation. He attempts to move away from textuality towards the performative (music and the religious rituals of Pocomania possession that employ the body through performance to suggest the embodiment of the slave sublime), conveying the limitations of the realist novel as a genre to represent the extant nature of violence in post-emancipation Jamaica. Salkey writes within the trickster tradition, embracing the power of the Imagination through the West African trickster figure Anancy, to maintain ambiguity and to disguise his counter-hegemonic critique of rationalism.
The Changing Same for I-an-I in Babylon
Authors: Lettman Stacy J.
Published: May 2023

This chapter discusses Bob Marley’s music and how performance offers a more viable medium for memorializing the histories of violence rooted in slavery. While Kant wants the sublime to keep imagination in its place, to discipline it with reason, Marley liberates the imagination to evoke historical memory and draws parallels between the political landscape during slavery and that of his lifetime. This chapter contextualizes the slave sublime as infinite violence the imagination endures by discussing the antithetical and paradigmatic idea of change and sameness in relation to “I-an-I,” the embodied, plural Rastafari speaker in Marley’s music who endures transhistorical violence under the Babylon system, pervading plantation or colonial power structures. Marley’s music captures the repeating experience of slavery, but it changes this same, and repeats it differently in its aesthetic and political expression. It's not just a representation; it's a restaging and re-enactment. These instances of repetition, therefore, are elements of the changing same that are inherent components of the slave sublime in its metamorphic transcendence of time and space as what philosopher Paul Ricoeur calls idem and ipse identity. Such elements of identity are identifiable in Marley representation of himself as a “bounded” slave given slavery’s ongoing afterlife.
The Real (and) Ghetto Life
Authors: Lettman Stacy J.
Published: May 2023

This chapter examines the significance of the imagination, beauty, madness, and Manichean despair in the ghetto as represented in Marlon James’s A Brief History of Seven Killings. James’s novel suggests the imagination’s importance to the slave sublime condition and apperception of tragedy and ghetto life. James describes Trench Town, a West Kingston garrison where Bob Marley once lived as a “Third World slum” that “defies beliefs or facts,” as a place that “immediately leaves the real to become this sort of grotesque” within the “imagination.” James’s representation underscores the central importance of the imagination, and the fact that he articulates this focal idea of the slave sublime validates the urgent need for this term as an aesthetic, critical tool and vocabulary. Using a Foucauldian lens, this chapter also explores the issue of madness in relation to slave sublime experience stemming from the logic of capital and the pervasive Babylon system: how the ghetto, for instance, is a plantation structure—as a space of confinement depicting Babylon’s Manichean divisions and use of the Jamaican police (who have a genealogical connection to slave drivers and constables during slavery and apprenticeship) in efforts to contain the so-called unreason linked to Blackness and poverty.
Maroon Life in the Great Dismal Swamp
Authors: Morris J. Brent
Published: May 2023

Chapter Four is a close look at the lives maroons lived in communities across the swamp. The maroons themselves had as their primary goal to stay below the radar, undetected. In this, they were incredibly successful. However, it is possible to partially reconstruct how they lived from the evidence provided by contemporary documents, oral history, and through recent discoveries in archaeology. Across the Dismal Swamp, three types of marronage developed. Fringe Marronage included those maroons who settled at the natural edge of the swamp, strategically situated for easy access to both the swamp and outside worlds. Liminal Marronage was embraced by maroons beginning in the late 18th century alongside corporate exploitation of the swamp, draining projects for agriculture, canal digging, and lumber production. The Deep Swamp Maroons of the interior were those who sought to distance themselves physically, socially, and economically from the exterior world as much as possible. These were the most permanently settled maroons of the swamp, often living for years (even decades sometimes) in their swamp isolation.
From Dismal Freedom to the Free Dismal
Authors: Morris J. Brent
Published: May 2023

When the war ended, Great Dismal Swamp maroons quietly emerged from the swamp and then disappeared again, this time into the bustle of a world where slavery no longer existed. But now they traded one set of dangers and uncertainties for another. Bears and rattlesnakes were no longer a constant threat to their safety, but many now-former maroons were a bit skittish on the outside after so many years in exile. They would have to wrestle with the ambiguous meaning of freedom, their place in Reconstruction governments, and later, a Jim Crow world that led some former maroons back to the only secure and safe place they had known, the Great Dismal Swamp.
Save File as…DNA
Authors: Murphy Brian Michael
Published: May 2023

The next frontier for preserving digital data in high-density materials is the realm of DNA. Scientists have already stored digital copies of photos, moving images, and books in synthetic DNA and even living organisms. Startups using biofabrication—such as growing masonry bricks from mycelium, or using genetically modified yeast to produce fragrances or colors—could contribute to an economic shift that enables DNA data storage to scale in the near future, and become a much more common data format, or even a data-recording technology. In the early twenty-first century, the data complex is expanding deeply into the inner space of DNA, even as metagenomocists dream of modifying the human body to be capable of long-term, deep space travel, and of interrupting the eventual death of the universe, so that humans can continue to pursue their fantasy of immortality.
After Life
Authors: Murphy Brian Michael
Published: May 2023

Memorial chatbots imitate the personality of deceased people, using artificial intelligence that draws upon the aggregated social media posts, texts, and other information generated by that person. In the future, it is possible that such technologies will become more mainstream, and raise a number of ethical and cultural questions, and new challenges for human relationships to navigate. At the same time, virtual reality platforms provide ways for people to “travel” the world through immersive experiences, and such technology has already been used in hospice care. Perhaps a day will come when humans use VR to have such experiences long before the end of their lives, or even use it to experience a simulation of Heaven before they die, blurring the line between biological life and digital afterlife.
Extraordinary Demonstrations of Respect
Authors: Purcell Sarah J.
Published: May 2023

Public funerals for Frederick Douglass and Winnie Davis showed how the ritual forms of public mourning could stretch to include new subjects of public grief: a Black man and a white Southern woman. Douglass’s and Davis’s funerals also demonstrated contested versions of the national reconciliation that characterized overall Civil War memory at the turn of the twentieth century. Public mourning for Douglass evidenced the vigor of emancipationist memory in the face of intensifying Jim Crow segregation, but his funerals also prompted white supremacist backlash. Winnie Davis, in contrast, personified whiteness and the Lost Cause, but her large public funeral also showed how vitriolic Lost Cause ideas could sometimes coexist with visions of national reconciliation.
Acorn Bread
Authors: Sharpless Rebecca
Published: May 2023

This chapter examines baking by Native Americans in the South at the time of European contact. Native Americans baked grains that they had gathered, roots, nuts, and corn into breads in open fires. Corn agriculture eventually became a central feature of life in the southern regions. European colonists arrived in the region in the 1530s, bringing with them wheat agriculture and flour, as well as other ingredients, but corn became a prominent part of the invaders' diet as well.
Plumb Cakes
Authors: Sharpless Rebecca
Published: May 2023

This chapter examines baking in the South during the last days of colonial rule in the eighteenth century. Wheat growing and milling expanded. As the number of African enslaved people working in Europeans' kitchens grew, they learned new ways of baking. Oven technology continued to evolve alongside large fireplaces. Sugar became more common in the diets of the wealthy but remained rare among the less elite. Rice cultivation began in South Carolina as enslaved people brought their knowledge to the Lowcountry. Race remained a key determinant of people's diets. As southern towns and cities grew, individuals, both free and enslaved, peddled baked goods, and the numbers of commercial bakeries increased.
Hoecake
Authors: Sharpless Rebecca
Published: May 2023

This chapter examines baking in the antebellum South. Corn remained a staple food for many, especially the enslaved, but wheat cultivation spread with Anglo colonization. Mechanized mills created economies of scale, and wheat flour became cheaper. The spread of cookstoves changed baking technology, though many southerners continued cooking in fireplaces and brick ovens. Enslaved African Americans turned out elaborate baked goods, both breads and sweets, in the kitchens of their enslavers, but those enslavers severely restricted access to baked goods for most enslaved people. Technology also made sugar cheaper. With inexpensive sugar, chemical leavening, and standardized yeast, baked goods became more elaborate and widespread. A growing number of bakeries provided bread and sweets for urban dwellers.
Jelly Roll
Authors: Sharpless Rebecca
Published: May 2023

This chapter traces baking in the modernizing South through 1940. Urban home kitchens often had stoves, and some had refrigeration. Many rural people continued to bake under less convenient circumstances. Southerners still ate cornbread but bread made with wheat flour continued to increase. Baking mixes increased as well. Wider transportation networks brought new ingredients into southern homes, and shortening and oleomargarine took the place of lard. While southerners continued to bake sweets at home, the majority of bread baking shifted to commercial bakeries, which were increasingly mechanized.
Chiffon Pie
Authors: Sharpless Rebecca
Published: May 2023

This chapter traces baking in the South during the middle of the twentieth century. World War II created significant difficulties for bakers, particularly African Americans, with sugar rationing and other shortages. The shortfalls were brief, however, and in the late 1940s, consumer prosperity appeared even as some southerners remained mired in poverty. Kitchen appliances appeared in record numbers. Although bread baking occurred almost exclusively in commercial bakeries, southerners continued to produce cornbread and biscuits at home. New sweets, such as chiffon pies and bar cookies, appeared in American, and southern, homes. Civil rights workers used baked goods to fuel their campaigns. The bakery industry consolidated into large businesses with uniform products.
The Deeply Hated Wilderness
Authors: Wert Jeffry D.
Published: May 2023

This chapter describes the two-day battle fought on May 5-6, 1864, in the Wilderness of Spotsylvania. The combat between the opponents in the Army of the Potomac and Army of Northern Virginia flowed back and forth along two roads that passed through the forbidding landscape—Orange Turnpike and Orange Plank Road. A soldier asserted that the fighting among the underbrush and trees was “a blind and bloody hunt to the death, in bewildering thickets, rather than a battle.” Evening breezes fueled fires ignited by musketry as wounded men became trapped within the flames. When the struggle ended late on May 6, the Battle of the Wilderness had exacted a total of more than 29,000 casualties. It resulted in a tactical stalemate.
The Very Air Smelled of a Fight
Authors: Wert Jeffry D.
Published: May 2023

This chapter details the fearful struggle for the Mule Shoe during the morning of May 12, as more units from both armies entered the fighting. Troops from Ambrose Burnside’s Union Ninth Corps attacked the salient eastern face, while veterans of the Sixth Corps joined in the action along the apex and western face. More Confederate brigades advanced into the fury—Abner Perrins Alabamians, Nathaniel Harris’s Mississippians, and Samuel McGowan’s South Carolinians. The musketry and cannon fire never ceased. “The question became, pretty plainly, whether one was willing to meet death, not merely to run the chances of it,” according to a South Carolinian. “I can not imagine,” declared a Pennsylvanian afterward, “how any of us survived the sharp fire that swept over us.”
The Origins of a Crisis
Authors: Casavantes Bradford Anita
Published: May 2023

This chapter provides an overview of the four decades following the passage of the 1980 Refugee Act. During this period, despite the institutionalization of federal responsibility toward unaccompanied refugee minors, the geopolitics of compassion have continued to shape decisions about which children are deemed worthy of admission and protection. Recent URM resettlement patterns are the result of the Refugee Act’s failure to account for entirely predictable flows of unregulated refuge seekers from south of the US border. Notwithstanding the Act’s universal framing and the care it provides to a small and highly curated number of unaccompanied refugee minors, the ambivalence about the legal rights of unauthorized child migrants have led to their inconsistent, frequently inhumane, treatment by immigration officers whose pro-deterrence biases influence their responses to children of different races and national origins. Despite sustained legal advocacy seeking to bring the US into compliance with international law detailing the rights of unaccompanied migrant children, underage unauthorized border crossers continue to confront an enforcement regime that treats them first as “illegal” immigrants and only secondarily as children. A geopolitics of compassion reaching far back almost a century thus continues to fuel legal violence against Mexican and Central American child migrants today.
Epilogue
Authors: Casavantes Bradford Anita
Published: May 2023

This epilogue reflects on several persistent trends in the history of unaccompanied child migration to the United States. As the only U.N. member nation to never ratify the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, the US’s unwillingness to codify a commitment to the best interests of children in immigration law facilitates the application of a geopolitics of compassion to decisions about which children are deserving of admission and protection. The story of unaccompanied child migration to the US compels Americans to confront our ongoing failure to treat unaccompanied migrant children as individual rights-bearing subjects. In many other cases, it has worked to the detriment of children from poor and non-white nations, whose asylum claims were adjudicated not in terms of their individual circumstances or needs but rather in light of broader implications for refugee and immigrant flows from their homelands. Children’s individual rights have inspired a growing number of immigration officials to work to undercut unaccompanied Southeast Asian, Haitian, Central American and Mexican minors’ access to asylum, despite indisputable evidence of their acute need for protection.
PENGARUH FAKTOR SOSIAL EKONOMI TERHADAP KEJADIAN STUNTING
Authors: Holbala Dwiki , Nur Marselinus Laga , Boeky Daniela L. A.
Published: May 2023

Stunting adalah kondisi gagal tumbuh pada anak balita (bayi di bawah lima tahun)akibat dari kekurangan gizi kronis sehingga anak terlalu pendek untuk usianya. Kekurangan gizi terjadi sejak bayi dalam kandungan dan pada masa awal setelah bayi lahir akan tetapi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh factor social ekonomi terhadap kejadian stunting pada balita usia 12-59 bulan diwilayah kerja Puskesmas Batakte Kecamatan Kupang Barat. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah observasi analitik dengan rancangan case control study. Sampel dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 120 ibu yang memiliki anak balita yang dibagi menjadi 60 untuk balita stunting dan 60 untuk balita normal di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Batakte. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis univariat, bivariat dan multivariat, dengan uji statistik chi square dan regresi logistik berganda. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa faktor yang berpengaruh terhadap kejadian stunting adalah tingkat pendidikan ibu (p=0,025) dan factor besar keluarga (p=0,022), sedangkan faktor yang tidak berpengaruh terhadap kejadian stunting adalah pekerjaan ibu (p=0,761), dan tingkat pendapatan keluarga (p=0,819).
DETERMINAN KEJADIAN NYERI PUNGGUNG BAWAH PADA PENJAHIT PAKAIAN DI KELURHAN WAITABULA KABUPATEN SUMBA BARAT DAYA
Authors: Kii Maria Ina , Manongga Stefanus P. , Ndoen Enjelita M.
Published: May 2023

yeri Punggung bawah merupakan salah satu masalah kesehatan yang dialami oleh penjahit, baik pekerja formal maupun pekerja informal nyeri punggung bawah timbul karena posisi kerja yang statis dalam bekerja atau sikap kerja yang bersifat continuedapat mengakibatkan kehilangan jam kerja sehingga menggangu produktivitas kerja. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh kejadian nyeri punggung bawah pada penjahit pakaian di Kelurahan Waitabula Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian analitik observasional dengan cross sectional study. Subyek dalam penelitian ini adalah penjahit. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis bivariat dengan uji Chi-square dan analisis multivariat dengan metode regresi logistik berganda. Hasil penelitian ini menyatakan bahwa variabel usia (ρ= 0,007), jenis kelamin (ρ= 0,00) masa kerja (ρ= 0,009), lama duduk (ρ= 0,000), sikap kerja (ρ= 0,000) berpengaruh terhadap nyeri punggung bawah. Hasil analisis multivariat menunjukkan bahwa faktor yang paling berpengaruh terhadap nyeri punggung bawah adalah lama duduk (OR=1,2 ρ= 0,008), sikap kerja (OR=1,3, ρ= 0,008). Pada penjahit pakaian disarankan agar menerapkan sikap kerja yang baik (ergonomi) dan meluangkan waktu untuk beristirahat agar memperkecil terjadinya risiko nyeri punggung bawah.
PENGARUH KONSUMSI PANGAN TERHADAP TEKANAN DARAH PADA SISWA SMA DI KECAMATAN OEBOBO KOTA KUPANG
Authors: Pidor Ambrosia Aventi , Manongga Stefanus Pieter , Oematan Grouse T. S.
Published: May 2023

Tekanan darah merupakan faktor penting dalam sistem sirkulasi pada tubuh manusia perubahan tekanan darah ada dua yaitu tekanan darah tinggi dan tekanan darah rendah. Berdasarkan data dari Dinas Kesehatan Kota Kupang 2018 prevalensi hipertensi di kecamatan oebobo sebesar 10,1%, jumlah estimasi hipertensi usia ≥15 tahun di kecamatan Oebobo adalah 19.474. Sedangkan prevalensi kejadian hipotensi secara umum di perkirakan 5% sampai dengan 34% dan memiliki kecenderungan meningkat pada usia 17-19 tahun. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang berpengaruh terhadap tekanan darah pada siswa SMA di Kecamatan Oebobo Kota Kupang. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian analitik observasional dengan cross sectional study. Populasi target dalam penelitian diambil menggunakan teknik proportional sampling yaitu ada lima SMA yang terpilih. Sampel dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 140 siswa. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis bivariat dengan metode regresi logistic. Hasil penelitian ini menyatakan bahwa konsumsi pangan (ρ= 0,299) tidak berpengaruh terhadap tekanan darah pada siswa SMA di Kecamatan Oebobo Kota Kupang. Status gizi yang normal, serta perilaku hidup sehat yang baik seperti tidak merokok, tidak mengkonsumsi alkohol, kebiasaan istirahat/tidur yang cukup dan aktivitas fisik yang cukup dapat mempertahankan status tekanan darah normal.
PENTINGNYA SARAPAN SEHAT DALAM MENINGKATKAN PRESTASI SISWA DAN PENCEGAHAN STUNTING PADA PELAJAR SMP NEGERI 16, KELAS IX KOTA KUPANG
Authors: Intje Picauly  , Noorce Ch. Berek  , Diana Apipideli
Published: May 2023

Sarapan adalah kegiatan makan dan minum yang dilakukan antara bangun pagi sampai jam 9 untuk memenuhi sebagian (15—30%) kebutuhan gizi harian untuk mewujudkan hidup sehat, aktif, dan cerdas. Berbagai kajian membuktikan bahwa gizi yang cukup dari sarapan dapat membekali tubuh untuk berpikir, beraktivitas fisik secara optimal setelah bangun pagi. Bagi anak sekolah, sarapan terbukti dapat meningkatkan kemampuan belajar dan stamina anak. Kegiatan Pengabdian ini dilaksanakan dengan tujuan untuk memampukan siswa dalam meningkatkan pengetahuan dan pemahaman mereka tentang pentingnya sarapan pagi dan memampukan mereka dalam mengukur dan menentukan status gizi dan mengambil tindakan preventive yang baik dalam hal menyiapkan sarapan pagi.  Pelaksanaan pengabdian ini menggunakan metode “Pendidikan dan Pelatihan kepada Masyarakat”.  Dimana, para peserta didik (siswa/siswi) akan diberikan pengajaran dan praktek dengan tujuan agar  mereka mampu memilih atau menentukan sendiri jenis sarapan sehat dan mampu untuk melakukan penilaian atau pengukuran status gizi mereka.  Metode ini dilaksanakan dalam bentuk penyuluhan dengan kombinasi “Simulasi”. Selanjutnya, akan dilakukan evaluasi pre dan post test untuk mengukur perubahan sikap siswa tentang materi penyuluhan. Adapun jumlah sampel adalah 36 orang siswa kelas IX. Kegiatan penyuluhan ini menemukan hasil bahwa dari 35 anak yang tidak sarapan pagi sebanyak 31 orang siswa. Hal ini berarti bahwa sebagian besar siswa 94% tidak melakukan sarapak pagi sewaktu berangkat kesekolah. Setelah dikonfirmasi, diketahui bahwa 94% siswa tersebut tidak terbiasa melakukan sarapan pagi. Setelah melakukan penyuluhan ditemukan bahwa semua siswa mempunyai ketertarikan dan peningkatan ketrampilan dalam menentukan status gizi serta memilih jenis pangan atau makanan serta jajanan yang sehat bagi tubuh mereka.
COBLATION TONSILLECTOMY VERSUS DISSECTION TONSILLECTOMY IN MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC TONSILLITIS
Authors: Muhammad Ilyas  , Waqas Javaid  , Sarwar Mirza Muhammad , Khalid Muhammad Usman , Hassan Majid  , Maryam Fatima
Published: May 2023

BACKGROUND: Tonsillectomy is the most routinely performed surgical operation in the recent years.  There have been lots of controversies about tonsillectomy techniques to provide better conditions with more benefits and less complications. Coblation tonsillectomy is an advanced surgical technique and demands further research to be proven as a suitable and standard method of tonsillectomy. For more than a century, traditional dissection tonsillectomy has remained the gold standard for tonsil removal.  

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to compare mean operation time and blood loss after radiofrequency coblation tonsillectomy versus dissection tonsillectomy in management of patients with chronic tonsillitis

RESULTS: The mean age of cases in this study was 33.78±16.21 years with 56(46.67%) male and 64(53.335) female cases in this study. In dissection group mean blood loos was 143.63±34 mL and in Coblation group the mean blood loos was 113.45±24.61 mL, p-value < 0.001. The mean surgery time in dissection group was 40.08±6.64 minutes and in Coblation group was 32.62±4.21 minutes with significantly less in Coblation method when compared with dissection group, p-value <

0.001.  

Conclusion: Through the findings of this study we found that radiofrequency Coblation yields less mean operation time and mean blood loss when compared with dissection tonsillectomy in management of patients with chronic tonsillitis. Using radiofrequency Coblation better outcome can be achieved along with patient’s and surgeons satisfaction.
A COMPARISON OF LAPAROSCOPIC TRANSABDOMINAL PREPERITONEAL (TAPP) VERSUS LICHTENSTEIN REPAIR FOR INGUINAL HERNIAS
Authors: Amna Javed  , Falak Sher  , Kareem Ullah  , Ahmed Shabbir , Ayaz Muhammad , Basharat Nazir
Published: May 2023

Background: Inguinal hernia, is undoubtedly the commonest type of hernia and has got a significant burden of morbidity and mortality posed by its symptoms and complications, especially if left untreated. Mesh hernioplasty is its well established cure commonly done by open method (Lichtenstein) and less so by laparoscopic method (TAPP).

Objective: To compare the outcome of TAPP and Lichtenstein repair for inguinal hernias.

Methods: In this randomized controlled trial carried out at the Dept of Surgery, LGH, Lahore, for full one year a total of 80 patients with mean ages of group-A (40.4±10.69) and group-B (40.52±11.03) years based on inclusion criteria were selected and equally divided in both groups randomly. In group A, TAPP repair was done. In group B, Lichtenstein repair was done. All research parameters were recorded and calculated to get results.

Results: Mean operative time was significantly lower for Lichtenstein Repair as compared to TAAP i.e. 44.05 vs. 52.27, P-Value = 0.001. The mean hospital stay was significantly short for TAAP as that Lichtenstein repair i.e. 2.05 days vs. 3.02 days, p-value=0.000. However postoperative infection rate was higher in patients in Lichtenstein Repair group i.e. TAAP: 10% vs Lichtenstein: 17.5%.

Conclusion: TAAP is more effective than Lichtenstein repair by offering the patients a shorter hospital stay and less postoperative infection for treating inguinal hernia but has a little longer operative time.
Pegcetacoplan (Empaveli)
Authors: CADTH
Published: May 2023

CADTH reimbursement reviews are comprehensive assessments of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, as well as patient and clinician perspectives, of a drug or drug class.

The assessments inform non-binding recommendations that help guide the reimbursement decisions of Canada's federal, provincial, and territorial governments, with the exception of Quebec.

This review assesses pegcetacoplan (Empaveli), 54 mg/mL, solution, subcutaneous infusion.

Indication: For the treatment of adult patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria who have an inadequate response to, or are intolerant of, a C5 inhibitor.
“Watching Eyes” Do Not Strengthen the Behavioral Intention of Donating Blood: A High-Powered Pre-registered Replication Study
Authors: Otsubo Kai , Masuda Yoshitaka , Yamaguchi Hiroyuki
Published: May 2023

Previous studies have demonstrated that eye-like images promote prosocial behavior and reduce antisocial behavior (watching-eyes effect). However, several recent reports of replication failure have called into question the replicability of the watching-eyes effect. It also remains unclear whether eye-like images promote prosocial tendencies or norm compliance. In this study, we attempted to replicate the watching-eyes effect on the behavioral intention of blood donation and examined the moderation effect of social norms in a high-powered pre-registered experiment. Participants were 1408 Japanese adults. A 2 × 2 (image: eye, control; norm: pro-donation, neutral) between-participants design was used. Participants first read an essay on either the importance of donating blood or a neutral topic. Then they reported their behavioral intention to donate blood while observing an eye-like or control image. The results showed non-significant effects of eye-like images and no interaction between eyes and norms. However, interestingly, our exploratory analysis suggests the possibility that the watching-eyes effect emerges only under specific contexts. We discuss the interpretations of the results and implications for future research.
APLICAÇÃO DO PRINCÍPIO DA SELETIVIDADE CONSTITUCIONAL SOBRE O ICMS NO CONTEXTO DO ACESSO AOS MEDICAMENTOS
Authors: Matos Antônio Vitor Morais de , Coelho Leandro Alves
Published: May 2023

Partindo do reconhecimento da elevada carga tributária sobre medicamentos em território nacional, a qual, muitas vezes, obsta o acesso dos cidadãos aos remédios de que precisam, o presente estudo analisou a base doutrinária que trata da aplicabilidade do princípio da seletividade constitucional voltada à redução do ICMS sobre as medicações. O estudo trata-se de uma revisão de literatura de natureza qualitativa, o qual foi desenvolvido a partir do método dedutivo de abordagem em combinação com o procedimento monográfico de pesquisa, cujas fontes consistiram em livros, leis e artigos científicos publicados em revistas eletrônicas entre os anos de 2012 e 2022 e escolhidos em banco de dados como Google Acadêmico e Scientific Lirary Oline (Scielo), nos quais se buscou os seguintes descritores: a) ICMS; b) Princípio da Seletividade; c) Acesso aos medicamentos; d) Tributação. Foi possível concluir que a concreção da justiça fiscal aliada a efetividade da dignidade da pessoa humana, no contexto jurídico tributário, exige a aplicabilidade do princípio da seletividade no ICMS, ao ampliar o acesso aos medicamentos, bens, indiscutivelmente, essenciais. Assim, é bastante relevante que a aplicação do princípio da seletividade constitucional seja efetivada de modo que influa sobre a redução do ICMS relacionado às medicações, tanto por meio da diminuição das alíquotas e bases de cálculo, quanto pela criação de incentivos fiscais e a concessão de crédito presumido.
Minimisation of fresh produce loss in the fresh food supply chain
Authors:   , Alsbua Reham Abdullah Sanad
Published: May 2023

This thesis aimed to develop an integrated framework to minimize food losses in the fresh food supply chain by identifying the key factors that contribute to the loss, determining quality losses during transportation and storage, developing a quality degradation model, and formulating an optimization model. The study revealed that losses mostly occurred at the farm level due to picking practices and preharvest conditions, emphasizing the need for proper training and education for workers on harvesting and handling fresh produce. Developed quality prediction and optimization models showed promising results and should help stakeholders towards sustainable and efficient fresh food supply chain.
Ink-jet printable thermally activated delayed fluorescent polymers for organic light emitting diodes
Authors:   , Cole Cameron MacKillop
Published: May 2023

This thesis bridges the gap between ink-jet printing and thermally activated delayed florescent (TADF) materials, by developing ink-jet printed TADF polymer organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). TADF materials have become one of the leading emissive materials for highly efficient OLEDs, however, majority of TADF OLEDs are fabricated using expensive and size-limiting techniques. Ink-jet printing can reduce the fabrication costs of OLEDs, with the added benefit of being scalable and patternable. In this thesis, TADF polymers are ink-jet printed for simplified OLEDs and also demonstrated in flexible OLEDs. These developments are foundational and pave pathways for fully printable OLEDs.
Real-time driving emissions of on-road diesel vehicles
Authors:   , Shahariar G M Hasan
Published: May 2023

The impact of driver behaviour, traffic conditions, and route features on emissions and fuel consumption of diesel vehicles were investigated in Australian conditions. A diverse range of drivers took part in the study (sample size: 30) where no training was provided which enabled the capture of actual real-world driving behaviour and emissions. It was found that driving behaviour is significantly more influential on emissions than traffic conditions. A method of identifying emission hotspots due to certain route features was developed by analyzing high instantaneous emissions. Such hotspots may have an impact on air-quality degradation in surrounding areas.
Análise dos fatores condicionantes ao desinvestimento Pedagógico na Educação Física escolar
Authors: Teixeira Igor Vargas Ferreira , Santos Soraya Dayanna Gumarães
Published: May 2023

No cenário da prática pedagógica no Brasil, alguns docentes vêm apresentando um desânimo constante com a profissão, o que faz com que desistam de sua função pedagógica, entrando assim em um estado de desinvestimento pedagógico. O objetivo do estudo foi analisar os fatores que contribuem para o desinvestimento pedagógico dos professores da Educação Física escolar. Participaram dois professores de Educação Física com características do desinvestimento e também a Diretora e a Supervisora pedagógica da escola onde esses docentes atuam. Foram utilizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas e observações não participantes para o desenvolvimento dessa pesquisa. Para o tratamento dos dados foi utilizada a análise do conteúdo. Os resultados demonstram que o desinvestimento pedagógico na Educação Física escolar se trata de um fenômeno de caráter multifatorial, uma vez que ele se apresentou viabilizado por diversos fatores, como, procedimentos e características da instituição escolar e o perfil docente.
Reflexões sobre a BNCC na formação inicial de professores de matemática: relato de uma experiência
Authors: Ferrarotto Luana , Arashiro Iracema Hiroko Iramina , Lemes Fernanda Cristina Gaspar
Published: May 2023

A Base Nacional Comum Curricular (BNCC) é um documento normativo alinhado às avaliações externas em larga escala e às Diretrizes de Formação de Professores (BNC-Formação) de 2019. A análise da BNCC se faz necessária frente ao seu caráter regulador. Com intuito de problematizar a BNCC na formação inicial de professores, apresenta-se a experiência realizada, no 2o semestre de 2021, no curso de Licenciatura em Matemática do Instituto Federal de São Paulo, câmpus Bragança Paulista. Foi desenvolvido um trabalho interdisciplinar, envolvendo os componentes curriculares Laboratório de Ensino de Matemática, Organização e Política Educacional e Psicologia da Educação, a partir da construção de planos de aula. Nas apresentações dos planos, foi possível discutir sobre o uso da BNCC sem contextualização e refletir acerca da padronização dos processos formativos. Percebeu-se uma preocupação dos licenciandos quanto à autonomia no planejamento e a valorização do uso de materiais manipulativos, de modo a favorecer a criatividade.
A produção do dispositivo sexualidade em tempos de avalanche neoconservadora na educação: discursividades científicas latino-americanas
Authors: Voss Dulce Mari da Silva , Alves Eliada Mayara Cardoso da Silva
Published: May 2023

ste artigo apresenta os resultados de uma metapesquisa de análise das perspectivas teórico-epistemológicas presentes em estudos latino-americanos que abordam o tema da sexualidade nas políticas educacionais contemporâneas. As teorizações de Foucault e Butler subsidiam as análises desenvolvidas ao longo deste trabalho. Nele, percebe-se que as perspectivas pós-estruturalista, materialista dialética e pluralista são as mais empregadas na discussão das políticas neoconservadoras concernentes aos discursos produzidos pelo movimento Escola sem Partido e a enunciação denominada ideologia de gênero que visam respaldar valores morais de famílias cristãs e retirar dos currículos das escolas a educação dos corpos, dos gêneros e das sexualidades. Conclui-se que os estudos latino-americanos visam contrapor-se às políticas educacionais neoconservadoras, pois mobilizam uma forte crítica aos padrões morais e às interdições políticas e pedagógicas que atingem os interesses e os direitos de grupos sexuais dissidentes na educação.
How does Economic Policy Uncertainty affect Green Innovation?
Authors: Fakher Amjad , Khurshid Sobia , Naseem Benish , Rashid Javeria
Published: May 2023

This study aims to examine the impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on green innovation in the Chinese context. When economic policies are changed often, the Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) index rises. There is a dearth of studies examining how EPU affects corporate green innovation. This research shows that between 2007 and 2021, Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) would have a negative impact on green innovation inside Chinese corporations. Budgetary restraints cushion green innovation from the negative effects of Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU). Subsidies for the environment provided by the government may help reduce EPU. Eco-friendly innovation is negatively connected with EPU, especially for privately owned businesses, those in less competitive sectors, and those in locations with weak intellectual property protections. This research suggests that in order to encourage environmentally responsible business innovation, authorities should increase the proportion of public monies spent on environmental protection and IP rights protection. Green innovation is more prevalent in times of high economic policy uncertainty. Different provinces, with varying degrees of marketization and FDI, display varying degrees of Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU). The findings show that Environmental Policy Uncertainty (EPU) has a greater impact on green innovation in locations with higher degrees of marketization and trade openness compared to regions with lower levels of marketization and trade openness. The current study may be used to the investigation of government methods for fostering environmentally friendly innovation in the face of policy ambiguity.
Hubungan Kesegaran Jasmani terhadap Prestasi Hasil Belajar Siswa Sekolah Menengah Atas
Authors: Hidayat Joni , Porja Daryanto Zusyah , Duli Agus Lauh Whalsen
Published: May 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan mendiskripsikan: (1) Tingkat kesegaran jasmani siswa kelas XI SMA Negeri 3 Sukadana Kabupaten Kayong Utara; (2) Hasil belajar siswa kelas XI SMA Negeri 3 Sukadana Kabupaten Kayong Utara; (3) Hubungan kesegaran jasmani terhadap hasil belajar siswa XI SMA Negeri 3 Sukadana Kabupaten Kayong Utara. Metode penelitian adalah deskriptif dengan jenis penelitian kuantitatif. Bentuk penelitian adalah korelasional. Teknik penelitian yang digunakan dalam pengumpulan data adalah tes, pengukuran dan dokumentasi. Alat pengumpulan data berupa tes TKJI usia 16-19 tahun. Populasi dan sampel adalah siswa kelas XI SMA Negeri 3 Sukadana Kabupaten Kayong Utara yang berjumlah 36 siswa. Teknik analisis data menggunakan korelasi product moment dan uji regresi linier sederhana. (1) Hasil rata-rata  tingkat kesegaran jasmani siswa kelas XI SMA Negeri 3 Sukadana Kabupaten Kayong Utara 13,4 dinyatakan kategori kurang; (2) Hasil rata-rata pembelajaran Pendidikan Jasmani siswa kelas XI SMA Negeri 3 Sukadana Kabupaten Kayong Utara 80,1 dinyatakan kategori baik; (3) Hasil uji hipotesis diketahui nilai korelasi product moment  rhitung = -0,936 < rtabel  = 0,32, hal ini dapat dikatakan bahwa tidak terdapat hubungan yang positif dan signifikan antara kesegaran jasmani terhadap hasil belajar siswa SMA Negeri 3 Sukadana Kabupaten Kayong Utara
KETERAMPILAN DASAR BERMAIN SEPAKBOLA PADA SISWA PUTRA SD INPRES MANGGA DUA KABUPATEN MERAUKE
Authors: Dwi Kuswoyo Dili , Jondry Hiskya Hendra , Margaretha Warwuru Priciliya
Published: May 2023

Penelitian ini membahas masalah tingkat keterampilan sepakbola siswa putra usia 10-12 tahun di SD Inpres Mangga Dua Kabupaten Merauke . Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui tingkat keterampilan sepakbola siswa putra usia 10-12 tahun di SD Inpres Mangga Dua Kabupaten MeraukePopulasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa putra usia 10-12 tahun SD Inpres Mangga Dua Kabupaten Merauke yang berjumlah 35 siswa. Instrumen yang digunakan yaitu tes keterampilan sepakbola usia 10-12 tahun dari Daral Fauzi R. Untuk mengetahui tingkat keterampilan sepakbola menggunakan enam butir tes, yaitu: 1) dribbling, 2) short pass, 3) throw in, 4) running with the ball, 5) heading, dan 6) shooting at the goal. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah menggunakan statistik deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat keterampilan sepakbola siswa putra usia 10-12 tahun di SD Inpres Mangga Dua Kabupaten Merauke, jumlah siswa dengan  klasifikasi baik sekali = 7 orang (20 %), baik = 9 orang (25.71%), sedang = 11 orang (31.42 %), kurang 3 orang (8.57 %), dan kurang sekali 5 orang (14.28 %)
Project Based Learning Model: Can It Improve Dribbling Skills In Soccer Games?
Authors: Hardinata Riyan , Yosika Ghana Firsta , Haïdara Youssouf , Perdana Rahmat Putra , Gustian Uray , Suryadi Didi , Sacko Makan , Abidin Muhamad Zainal
Published: May 2023

Study purpose. The ability to dribble is a very important skill in soccer, because dribbling skills in soccer aim to be able to pass opponents so that players have the opportunity to provide bait. However, there are still many students who have difficulty in dribbling in soccer games.
Materials and methods. This research uses a descriptive method in the form of Classroom Action Research. In this study using a learning tool, namely the Learning Implementation Plan (RPP). The data collection instrument is a test using periodical notes. The subjects in this study were all class XI students of State Senior High School 1, Merau District, Ketapang Regency, totaling 39 students
Results. The results showed that there was an increase in cycle I of 25,6%, but this figure was still relatively low, so it was necessary to continue in cycle II. Based on the results in cycle II, it showed that 89.7% of students completed, and there was a difference in the increase in cycle I and cycle II, namely 64.1%. Based on these results, there is an increase in learning outcomes to dribble (soccer) through problem based learning models.
Conclusion. The results of this study indicate that the problem based learning model can actually improve the learning outcomes of herding in soccer games. These results can be used as a reference in PJOK learning, especially in big ball game material (soccer).
Mental Strength of Football Players When Matching: Case Study on Village League Teams Karyamukti Village
Authors: Mohammad Ramdani Fajar , Angga Permadi Asep , Ramadhana Sonjaya Azhar , Izwan Shahril Mohd
Published: May 2023

Study purpose. This study aims to determine the level of mental toughness of players when competing, this is because one aspect of the team's success is that the players have mental toughness.
Materials and methods. This type of research is quantitative descriptive, the population in this study were Karyamukti Village players who participated in the match in the Zone 5 Village League competition in Garut Regency, the number of teams that followed amounted to 25 teams. The sampling technique uses probability sampling. The criteria for determining this sample include: (1) Karyamukti Village players who take part in the village league, (2) are willing to be a sample, and (3) fill out the instrument provided by the researcher in full. The instrument used is Mental Toughness proposed by (Gucciardi et al., 2009). The validity index is -0.135 - 0.729 with a reliability coefficient of 0.9156. Data analysis techniques used using Microsoft Excel applications.
Results. The results showed that the results obtained were: the indicator of developing through challenges with an average value of 80.8% was categorized as high, while the indicator of sports awareness with an average value of 72.0% was categorized as high, while the hard attitude indicator with an average value of 79.9% was categorized as high, and the indicator of wanting to succeed with an average value of 79.1% was categorized as high, and the overall result of the level of mental toughness of Karyamukti Village players when competing with an average result of 79.3%.
Conclusion. The results were categorized as high. This shows that the hypothesis proposed in this study is accepted.
Impact of Physical Health and Health Anxiety on Mental Health in Medical Diseases Patients
Authors: Akbar Muhammad , Mazhar Razma , Akhtar Masud , Akram Muhammad , Khan Nabiha , Chaudhary Muhammad Iqbal , Adeel Ifraz
Published: May 2023

The present study examined the impact of physical health and health anxiety on mental health in medical disease patients. The study also finds out the relationship moderating role of health anxiety in the relationship between physical health and mental health among medical diseases patients. The study was completed in one year, from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022. The study was based on a cross-sectional survey research design. The participants comprised 200 patients enrolled in different hospitals situated in Sargodha. Data were collected using a purposive sampling technique. Self-report measures, including Physical Health Questionnaire, Health Anxiety Inventory, and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale were used for data collection. Multiple regression analysis was applied to test the objective of the study. The findings revealed that physical health enhances the level of mental health, whereas health anxiety decreases mental health among participants.
Impact of Allied Factors on Investment Performance, Mediating Role of Investment Decision: Evidence from Investors in Lahore
Authors: Bokhari Uzma , Sulehri Fiaz Ahmad , Hassan Naveed ul , Aziz Bilal
Published: May 2023

In traditional finance, investors are assumed to behave rationally while making financial decisions. In contrast, proponents of behaviour finance argue that investors are not always rational. In fact, the financial decisions they make and their investment performance are influenced by various behavioural factors. So, the literature is filled with a plethora of studies on finding the impact of behavioural factors on decision-making and investment performance. However, studies on emerging economies like Pakistan are scarce. Further, most studies focus on finding only behavioral factors' impact. However, the current study takes into account behavioural factors, psychological factors, market factors, social factors, and financial literacy together in one model. This study aims to determine whether psychological factors, market factors, social factors, and financial literacy impact investment performance while testing the mediating role of decision-making. The study uses SEM for the analysis. Nine hypotheses are being investigated. The outcomes of the PLS-SEM mediation analysis suggest a mediation effect in all of the parameters investigated in this research study. Interestingly, the results of this study are persistent with the prospect theory and assert that investors do not always make rational judgments when making financial investments. Thus, study results are helpful for retail investors to understand the mistakes they make while making investment decisions.