bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Preparing behavioral health clinicians for success and retention in rural safety net practices
Authors: Pathman Donald E. , de Saxe Zerden Lisa , Gingras Mandi , Seel Jessica , Fannell Jackie , Lombardi Brianna M.
Published: February 2024

Purpose

This study assesses how, among behavioral health clinicians working in rural safety net practices, the amount of exposure to care in rural underserved communities received during training relates to confidence in skills important in their work settings, successes in jobs and communities, and anticipated retention.

Methods

This study uses survey data from Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, and Psychologists working in rural safety net practices in 21 states while receiving educational loan repayment support from the National Health Service Corps, from 2015 to April 2022.

Findings

Of the 778 survey respondents working in rural counties, 486 (62.5%) reported they had formal education experiences with medically underserved populations during their professional training, for a median of 47 weeks. In analyses adjusting for potential confounders, the estimated amount of rural training exposure was positively associated with a variety of indicators of clinicians’ integration and fit with their communities as well as with longer anticipated retention within their rural safety net practices. The amount of training in care for rural underserved populations was not associated with clinicians’ confidence levels in various professional skills or successes in their work, including connection with patients and work satisfaction.

Conclusions

Formal training in care for underserved populations is a large part of the education of behavioral health clinicians who later work in rural safety net practices. More training in rural underserved care for these clinicians is associated with greater integration and fit in their communities and longer anticipated retention in their practices, but not with skills confidence or practice outcomes.
Transformed‐Linear Models for Time Series Extremes
Authors: Mhatre Nehali , Cooley Daniel
Published: February 2024

To capture the dependence in the upper tail of a time series, we develop non‐negative regularly varying time series models that are constructed similarly to classical non‐extreme ARMA models. Rather than fully characterizing tail dependence of the time series, we define the concept of weak tail stationarity which allows us to describe a regularly varying time series via a measure of pairwise extremal dependencies, the tail pairwise dependence function (TPDF). We state consistency requirements among the finite‐dimensional collections of the elements of a regularly varying time series and show that the TPDF's value does not depend on the dimension of the random vector being considered. So that our models take non‐negative values, we use transformed‐linear operations. We show existence and stationarity of these models, and develop their properties such as the model TPDFs. We fit models to hourly windspeed and daily fire weather index data, and we find that the fitted transformed‐linear models produce better estimates of upper tail quantities than a traditional ARMA model, classical linear regularly varying models, a max‐ARMA model, and a Markov model.
New insight in characterization of red wine astringency using soft tribology method
Authors: Zhu Chengxin , Liu Yantao , Ma Jinhui , Chen Yongjia , Pan Xianwei , Nishinari Katsuyoshi , Yang Nan
Published: February 2024

The variation of friction coefficient (μ) of model wine and model saliva mixtures with entrainment speed (VR) on simulated oral surfaces was evaluated by oral tribology. Combined with techniques of dynamic light scattering (DLS), atomic force microscopy (AFM), rheometer, and quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM‐D), the correlation between characteristics of the model wine and model saliva mixtures (particle size and morphology, suspension viscosity, adsorption film thickness, and viscoelasticity) and the oral lubrication loss was established. The results showed that the higher the concentration of tannin in the model wine, the larger the size of the complexes with the model saliva, and the higher the thickness, viscoelasticity, and roughness of the adsorption film formed, which resulted in the increase of friction coefficient in the boundary lubrication regime. Different from previous results, it is found that the maximum value of the friction coefficient (μmax) in the boundary regime has the best positive correlation with the astringency perception intensity of the model wine accordingly.
Navigating competing goals for language in curricularized school settings: Lessons from teachers of multilingual students
Authors: Kibler Amanda K. , Sandstead Martha , Wiger Sara , Weiss Jane
Published: February 2024

As an international phenomenon, standardization has become increasingly prominent, and language has been curricularized through learning progressions, curricula, and high‐stakes assessments. Curricularized systems exist in tension with what we know about how individuals develop language. As scholars have asserted, language development is mediated by students’ motivation, investment, and agency, suggesting that learners’ goals and purposes for communication are key drivers of language learning. A contradiction therefore exists in institutionalized language teaching: How can curricularized goals—that, by definition, are not created for individual students—be negotiated such that students’ own language goals and curricularized ones work together rather than in opposition? We take up recent calls for teacher‐informed research and use qualitative case‐study and constructivist grounded theory to synthesize insights from a set of US elementary teachers teaching in English‐medium classrooms. We engaged in an inquiry‐based professional development initiative with these teachers to explore how they address students’ purposes and goals for language use in the context of the curricularization that takes place in schools. Findings suggest a complex and interdependent set of instructional practices that form a possible pedagogical model that navigates expectations found in curricularized classroom settings with multilingual students.
Maternal periodontitis potentiates monosodium glutamate‐obesity damage on Wistar offspring's fast‐glycolytic muscle
Authors: Costa Liziane Nunes Conrad , de Paula Thayná Petry , Zazula Matheus Felipe , Naliwaiko Katya , Nassar Carlos Augusto , Bertolini Gladson Ricardo Flor , Torrejais Marcia Miranda , Ribeiro Lucinéia de Fátima Chasko , Costa Rose Meire
Published: February 2024

Objective

To evaluate the effects of magnifying the damage caused by obesity induced by monosodium glutamate, using a model of maternal periodontitis, on the structure of the anterior tibialis muscle of the offspring.

Materials and Methods

Twenty‐four female Wistar rats were divided into four experimental groups: control (n = 6), obese (n = 6), control with periodontitis (n = 6) and obese with periodontitis (n = 6). At 78 days of life, the rats were mated with males without any experimental intervention. The offspring of these rats (n = 1/L), at 120 days of life, were weighed and measured, then euthanized. Plasma was collected for analysis of cytokines IL‐6, IL‐10, IL‐17 and TNF‐α. Adipose tissues were collected and weighed, and the anterior tibial muscle was designated for histomorphological analyses (n = 6/group).

Results

Monosodium glutamate offspring showed significant muscle changes, such as a reduction in the size of fibres and neuromuscular junctions, and an increase in the nucleus and capillaries. However, all these changes were more expressed in monosodium glutamate‐obese with periodontitis offspring.

Conclusion

This leads us to suggest a magnifying effect promoted by periodontitis to the damage already well described by monosodium glutamate‐obesity, determined by low‐intensity inflammation, causing greater muscle damage.
Photovoice: An active learning tool with community nursing students
Authors: Andina‐Díaz Elena , Welch Lindsay , Siles‐González José , Serrano‐Fuentes Nestor , Gutiérrez‐García Ana Isabel , Solano‐Ruiz MCarmen
Published: February 2024

Objective

To assess nursing students’ experiences of using photovoice as a pedagogical approach to active learning in the community.

Methods

A descriptive design with a cross‐sectional mixed‐method questionnaire was used with 108 students following an educational activity, in which their communities were photographed and the impact of the pandemic on vulnerable populations was reflected. Descriptive statistics and thematic analysis were used to analyze the data.

Results

Seventy eight percent of the students felt that photovoice was an interesting and useful tool for nurses, 89% affirmed it helped stimulate reflection on social and health inequities in times of pandemic, 82% described that it developed many emotions and feelings and 86% would like to disseminate their photographs directly to stakeholders, citizens, and politicians. Three themes were identified in the data: “stimulate critical reflection”, “develop emotional skills”, and “encourage action”.

Conclusions

Photovoice is a successful active learning pedagogical approach that engages nursing students to develop critical awareness while connecting with their communities, with the real world. It fosters students' sensitivity and motivation and encourages them to take action. Teachers need to introduce new scaffolds for active learning, such as photovoice, to provide innovative academic support that nurtures and develops the next generation of nurses appropriately.
Management of HIV in the older adults: Clinical and public health challenge
Authors: Zdanowicz Martin M. , Valdes Beatriz , Salani Deborah
Published: February 2024

As a result of significant advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART), the number of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) who are alive well into their senior years has increased significantly in recent years. While increased life expectancy is a highly desired outcome for PLWH, it brings with it a number of challenges that are only now starting to be understood and fully appreciated. These challenges include higher rates of co‐morbidities, polypharmacy, drug side effects, and cognitive deficits, as well as numerous psychosocial issues such as stigma, loneliness, and depression. Older PLWH also face challenges related to housing, health insurance, and long‐term care. This review will discuss many of the challenges faced by older PLWH and present clinical and public health responses with suggested interventions that may improve outcomes for this population.
Secularization, secularism andlaicidadein Brazil: Rethinking global theoretical assumptions
Authors: Dullo Eduardo
Published: February 2024

Current studies on religion in Brazil are marked by the dispute over secularism and the boundaries between the religious and the political. This paper shows how the literature on secularization andlaicidadefollowed the social relevance of religions to adjust the focus on the subjects under research to the point that throughout the 20th century, studies were mainly dedicated to analyzing the position of the Catholic Church vis‐à‐vis the national secular state; the growth of the Pentecostals since the mid‐1990s, led to a shift in the literature dedicated to their new relevance in public life and their dispute overlaicidade. I argue that this social transformation broadened the scope of the investigation to the particularities of their presence in the public sphere and the production of Pentecostal political‐esthetic sensibilities, in contrast to the previous Catholic secularity pattern. This scenario of transformation with increased religious pluralism and conflict of public religions has enabled an understanding of the particularity of the experience of secularity in Brazil and allows us to rethink some of the previous global theoretical assumptions about secularization.
Comunicación, información y lenguajes en tiempos de pandemia : Cátedra Unesco de la Comunicación
Authors:   Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Published: February 2024

A partir de la crisis generada por la pandemia, en octubre de 2020, la Cátedra Unesco de Comunicación y la Facultad de Comunicación y Lenguaje de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana crearon un espacio de reflexión, un evento virtual y remoto, sobre las relaciones entre la comunicación, la información y los lenguajes en tiempos de pandemia. Se trataba de identificar los impactos, las transformaciones y la emergencia de nuevos actores, prácticas, modos y formas de comunicación, información y lenguajes en el contexto de la crisis multidimensional que se estaba viviendo, situación que cuestionó las categorías y los modos de indagar y comprender la sociedad contemporánea, así como sus tensiones y sus contradicciones. Los expositores abordaron temas relacionados con los cambios estructurales y multidimensionales producidos en diversos ámbitos por la pandemia: la digitalización de la vida social, los datos en la trama de la comunicación, la necesidad de interpretar los procesos de creación cultural y comunicativa desde el confinamiento; el sentido y los desafíos de los estudios del lenguaje y del discurso, así como los estudios críticos decoloniales en tiempos de crisis; y los efectos de la crisis en las actividades investigativas y educativas.
Comparative Analysis of Shape Defects Induced by the Micro-Machining of Glassy Polymers
Authors: Chegdani Faissal , El Mansori Mohamed , Bessonnet Stéphane , Pinault Sébastien
Published: February 2024

This paper aims to investigate the cutting behavior of optical glassy polymers in order to identify the shape defects induced by the micro-machining processes. Polycarbonate (PC), Allyl Diglycol Carbonate (CR39), and polythiourethane (MR7) polymers are considered in this study to perform micro-machining experiments using the orthogonal cutting configuration. The comparative analysis is carried out by conducting the cutting experiments on hybrid samples that are composed of two types of polymers (MR7-PC, CR39-PC, and MR7-CR39) and then comparing the topographic state of the machined hybrid surfaces. Results show that PC is by far the polymer that generates the most shape defects because of its high rate of spring-back. This finding has been validated by nanoindentation experiments that reveal the highest mechanical reaction of PC at the time of nanoindentation unloading. This study demonstrates also that the measured thrust forces could be an indicator for predicting the spring-back defects induced by micro-machining.
Three-step docking by WIPI2, ATG16L1, and ATG3 delivers LC3 to the phagophore
Authors: Rao Shanlin , Skulsuppaisarn Marvin , Strong Lisa M. , Ren Xuefeng , Lazarou Michael , Hurley James H. , Hummer Gerhard
Published: February 2024

The covalent attachment of ubiquitin-like LC3 proteins (microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3) prepares the autophagic membrane for cargo recruitment. We resolve key steps in LC3 lipidation by combining molecular dynamics simulations and experiments in vitro and in cellulo. We show how the E3-like ligaseautophagy-related 12 (ATG12)–ATG5-ATG16L1 in complex with the E2-like conjugase ATG3 docks LC3 onto the membrane in three steps by (i) the phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate effector protein WD repeat domain phosphoinositide-interacting protein 2 (WIPI2), (ii) helix α2 of ATG16L1, and (iii) a membrane-interacting surface of ATG3. Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) lipids concentrate in a region around the thioester bond between ATG3 and LC3, highlighting residues with a possible role in the catalytic transfer of LC3 to PE, including two conserved histidines. In a near-complete pathway from the initial membrane recruitment to the LC3 lipidation reaction, the three-step targeting of the ATG12–ATG5-ATG16L1 machinery establishes a high level of regulatory control.
Complete genome sequences of five
Ackermannviridae
that infect
Enterobacteriaceae
hosts
Authors: Harris Evan B. , Anthony Laura B. , Ali Sakhawat , Atkin Hannah , Bowden Lucy C. , Brugger Steven W. , Carr Emille L. , Eberhard Nathaniel , Flor Samuel , Gaertner Rochelle K. , Gleave Austen , Hess David , Hoggan Trevor , Lazaro Elisa Correa , Leonard Katherine , Lewis Trek , Newey Colleen R. , Ramsey Joshua , Sajous Kayla R. , Schaeffer Daniel , Stoker Tyson , Stump Sierra , Thompson Daniel W. , Weyland Rachel , Grose Julianne H.
Published: February 2024

This announcement contains the whole genome sequences of five
Ackermannviridae
that infect members of the
Enterobacteriaceae
family of bacteria. Four of the five phages were isolated using
Salmonella enterica
serovar Typhimurium as a bacterial host: AR2819, Sajous1, SilasIsHot, and FrontPhageNews. ChubbyThor was isolated using
Shigella boydii
.
Examining local smoke-free coalitions in Armenia and Georgia: context and outcomes of a matched-pairs community-randomised controlled trial
Authors: Berg Carla J , Haardörfer Regine , Torosyan Arevik , Dekanosidze Ana , Grigoryan Lilit , Sargsyan Zhanna , Hayrumyan Varduhi , Sturua Lela , Topuridze Marina , Petrosyan Varduhi , Bazarchyan Alexander , Kegler Michelle C
Published: February 2024

Introduction

Local coalitions can advance public health initiatives such as smoke-free air but have not been widely used or well-studied in low-income and middle-income countries.

Methods

We conducted a matched-pairs community-randomised controlled trial in 28 communities in Armenia and Georgia (N=14/country) in which we helped establish local coalitions in 2019 and provided training and technical assistance for coalition activity promoting smoke-free policy development and enforcement (2019–2021). Surveys of ~1450 households (Fall 2018, May–June 2022) were conducted to evaluate coalition impact on smoke-free policy support, smoke-free home adoption, secondhand smoke exposure (SHSe), and coalition awareness and activity exposure, using multivariable mixed modelling.

Results

Bivariate analyses indicated that, at follow-up versus baseline, both conditions reported greater smoke-free home rates (53.6% vs 38.5%) and fewer days of SHSe on average (~11 vs ~12 days), and that intervention versus control condition communities reported greater coalition awareness (24.3% vs 12.2%) and activity exposure (71.2% vs 64.5%). Multivariable modelling indicated that intervention (vs control) communities reported greater rates of complete smoke-free homes (adjusted Odds Ratio [aOR] 1.55, 95% confiedence interval [CI] 1.11 to 2.18, p=0.011) and coalition awareness (aOR 2.89, 95% CI 1.44 to 8.05, p=0.043) at follow-up. However, there were no intervention effects on policy support, SHSe or community-based activity exposure.

Conclusions

Findings must be considered alongside several sociopolitical factors during the study, including national smoke-free policies implementation (Georgia, 2018; Armenia, 2022), these countries’ participation in an international tobacco legislation initiative, the COVID-19 pandemic and regional/local war). The intervention effect on smoke-free homes is critical, as smoke-free policy implementation provides opportunities to accelerate smoke-free home adoption via local coalitions.

Trial registration number

NCT03447912.
Health literacy interventions for informal caregivers: systematic review
Authors: Yuen Eva , Wilson Carlene , Adams Joanne , Kangutkar Tejashree , Livingston Patricia M , White Victoria M , Ockerby Cherene , Hutchinson Alison
Published: February 2024

Aim

The aim of the systematic review was to identify conceptual models and interventions designed to improve health literacy in caregivers of adults with a chronic disease/disability.

Methods

MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO and Embase were searched for relevant literature. Articles were included if they focused on adults who provided informal care to someone aged 18+ with a chronic disease/disability. Quantitative studies were included if they reported an intervention designed to improve caregiver health literacy (CHL) and assessed outcomes using a validated measure of health literacy. Qualitative and mixed method studies were included if they described a conceptual model or framework of CHL or developed/assessed the feasibility of an intervention. Study quality was appraised using the Mixed Methods Assessment Tool.

Results

Eleven studies were included. Five studies used pre–post design to assess outcomes of an intervention; four described intervention development and/or pilot testing; two described conceptual models. Two of five studies reported pre–post intervention improvements in CHL; one reported an improvement in one of nine health literacy domains; two reported no improvements following intervention. Interventions predominantly aimed to improve: caregiver understanding of the disease, treatment and potential outcomes, day-to-day care, self-care and health provider engagement. Few interventions targeted broader interpersonal and health service factors identified as influencing CHL.

Discussion

Evidence on the development and assessment of comprehensive CHL interventions is scarce. Recommendations include the development of interventions that are guided by a CHL framework to ensure they address individual, interpersonal and health service/provider factors that influence CHL.
Fractional Cumulative Residual Inaccuracy Information Measure and Its Extensions with Application to Chaotic Maps
Authors: Kharazmi Omid , Contreras-Reyes Javier E.
Published: February 2024

The purpose of this work is to introduce fractional cumulative residual inaccuracy (FCRI) information, Jensen-cumulative residual inaccuracy (JCRI), and Jensen-fractional cumulative residual inaccuracy (JFCRI) information measure. Further, we study the FCRI information for some well-known models used in reliability, economics and survival analysis. The associated results reveal some interesting connections between the FCRI information measure and cumulative residual entropy and Gini mean difference measures. Applications to two chaotic discrete-time dynamical systems (Chebyshev and Logistic) are presented to illustrate the behavior of the proposed information measures. FCRI and JFCRI measures allow to determine regions of discrepancy between systems, depending on their respective fractional and chaotic map parameters.
Impact of Varying Position and Ratio of Charge Generation Layer on Performance Parameters of Organic Photodiode
Authors: Yadav Sugandha , Mittal Poornima , Negi Shubham
Published: February 2024

Organic photodiodes have emerged as the best alternative to inorganic devices during the last decade. Herein, a highly efficient organic photodiode having charge generation layer (CGL) is demonstrated. This charge generation layer is a combination of HAT-CN (hexaazatriphenylene-hexacarbonitrile) and TAPC (1,1-bis[(di-4-tolyamino)phenyl)]cyclohexane) materials which generate electrons and holes, correspondingly. Moreover, in this work, the proposed device (D2) is compared with other four non-CGL (D1) and CGL based (D3, D4 and D5) devices. In all the CGL based devices, positional variation of the CGL layer is incorporated. In the proposed device (D2), the CGL is situated outside the active layer in such a manner like HAT-CN is placed near acceptor and TAPC is near donor layer. In this way, the proposed device is showing the remarkable improvements in terms of photocurrent and dark current as 134.2 nA and 10.2 nA, respectively. The value of photocurrent of D2 is 34 times increased of the reference device (D1). Furthermore, on comparing with other CGL based devices D3, D4 and D5, photocurrent of D2 is approx 1.6, 1.4 and 9 times enhanced, correspondingly. Moreover, the thickness optimization and internal analysis of the proposed device are also performed to show the novelty of the presented work.
Development of Hybrid Optimization Model Using Grey‐ANFIS‐Jaya Algorithm for CNC Drilling of Aluminium Alloy
Authors: Narasimhamu Katta Lakshmi , Natarajan Manikandan , Thejasree Pasupuleti , Makki Emad , Giri Jayant , Sunheriya Neeraj , Chadge Rajkumar , Mahatme Chetan , Giri Pallavi , Sathish T.
Published: February 2024

Aluminium alloys are gaining popularity in a diversity of engineering applications because of their extraordinary features such as strength, resistance to oxidation, and so on. AA5052 (Al‐Mg series) is generally used in antirust uses, particularly in desalination related activities, due to its better resistance to corrosion in marine applications at temperature ranges up to 125°C, lower cost, better heat‐carrying capacity, and nontoxicity of its corrosion components. Drilling is one of the most commonly adopted material removal processes that is adopted in numerous engineering uses. Taguchi’s technique is engaged to arrange and examine the tests, by treating the drilling diameter and speed and as independent process factors. The studies were carried out using an L27 orthogonal array. Material removal rate (MRR), surface roughness (SR), and form/orientation error are deemed as output characteristics. Taguchi’s analysis was engaged to discover the best process factors. ANOVA is used to examine the influence of process variables. Suitable application of artificial intelligence tools for making effective decision assists the manufacturer in accomplishing the benefits in numerous engineering domains. To obtain the maximum material removal and minimum roughness, circularity (circ), and perpendicularity errors (perp), the process variables have been optimized with the help of grey‐ANFIS‐amalgamated with Jaya algorithm. The multiperformance index was developed using grey theory. Statistical error analysis is used to estimate the performance of the established optimization model. Based on the investigative outcomes, the best‐suited process variable combinations will be used to provide improved and enhanced multiperformance characteristics.
Does Faeces Excreted by Moxidectin-Treated Sheep Impact Coprophagous Insects and the Activity of Soil Microbiota in Subtropical Pastures?
Authors: Gilaverte Hentz Susana , Reyes Reyes Felix Guillermo , Kaschuk Glaciela , Bittencourt de Oliveira Leandro , Machado Fernandes Maria Angela , Gomes Monteiro Alda Lúcia
Published: February 2024

Moxidectin (MOX) is used to control helminth parasites in ruminant livestock. It is released through feces and remains in the environment for a long period. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of faeces excreted by moxidectin-treated sheep on soil biodiversity (coprophagous insects, soil microbial biomass, and activity) to establish environment-related guidelines regarding the use of MOX in sheep livestock. The study consisted of two experiments. In the first one, faeces from MOX-treated (subcutaneous dose of 0.2 mg·kg−1 body weight) and nontreated rams were placed on an animal-free pasture field, protected or not against rain, for 88 days. Then, coprophagous insects were captured, identified, and counted, and faeces degradation was evaluated by measuring dry weight and carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) contents over time. Diptera, Hymenoptera, Isoptera, and Coleoptera were equally encountered in faeces from MOX-treated and nontreated animals. Faecal boluses of MOX-treated animals (with higher N content) not protected against rain degraded faster than faecal boluses of nontreated animals (with lower N content). In the second experiment, faeces from nontreated animals were amended with increasing amounts of MOX (75 to 3,000 ng·kg−1 faeces), mixed with soil samples from animal-free pasture (1.9 to 75 ng·kg−1 soil), and incubated in a greenhouse for 28 days. Increasing concentrations of MOX did not prevent the growth of cultivable bacteria, actinobacteria, or fungi in culture media. However, even the lower MOX concentration (1.9 ng·kg−1 soil) abruptly decreased soil microbial biomass, basal respiration, and N mineralization. Thus, the results indicate that faeces excreted from sheep treated with MOX under the experimental conditions of this study are not harmful to the coprophagous insects. However, adding MOX to faeces from drug-free sheep had a negative impact on soil microbial activity and biomass.
Compassion Satisfaction and Compassion Fatigue: Experiences of Rehabilitation Healthcare Workers in Rural and Remote Locations in Australia
Authors: McGrath Kelly , Matthews Lynda R. , Heard Rob , Hancock Nicola
Published: February 2024

Purpose. This study sought to gain an understanding of rural and remote rehabilitation healthcare workers’ perceptions and experiences of compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue. Method. Sixteen rehabilitation workers from four national providers of rehabilitation services to rural and remote communities participated in semistructured interviews conducted by telephone over a four‐month period in 2018‐2019. Braun and Clarke’s six‐phase framework guided the thematic analysis. Findings. Quality of work life, organisational and workplace culture, and organisational management practices, particularly key performance indicators (KPIs), were reported as impacting compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue. Sources of compassion satisfaction were also common to the development of compassion fatigue, suggesting that it is unlikely for compassion satisfaction to be experienced without risk of compassion fatigue. Conclusion. Although there are similarities in experiences of compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue with other remote healthcare workers, for rehabilitation workers, KPIs were a unique concern, mainly due to their uniformity regardless of geographic location. Participants’ concerns about meeting KPIs increased their work‐related pressures, normalised unsafe work practices, and were a cause of recruitment and retention concerns. These perceived influences suggest that rehabilitation workers have a lower likelihood of developing and maintaining compassion satisfaction and a heightened risk of developing compassion fatigue than other rural or remote healthcare workers.
A New Efficient Classifier for Bird Classification Based on Transfer Learning
Authors: Mochurad Lesia , Svystovych Stanislav
Published: February 2024

The problem of classification of different species of birds in the images is relevant in the modern world. The essence is to automatically determine the species of birds depicted in the photo using artificial intelligence. It is important for several areas of human life, in particular for nature conservation, environmental research, education, and ecotourism. The development of a classifier, based on deep learning methods, can help to effectively solve the problem of classifying different species of birds, ensuring high accuracy. The work developed a new effective algorithm for the classification of different species of birds in the images. An optimal model architecture was built using the transfer learning approach. A dataset of 525 bird species was analyzed and preprocessed in detail. The model training process was carried out, which includes two phases: only the upper layers are deactivated and the last 92 layers of the pretrained EfficientNetB5 model (not including BatchNormalization layers) and the top layers are activated. As a result, efficacy indicators were obtained: accuracy = 98.86%, precision = 0.99, recall = 0.99, and F1 score = 0.99, which showed improvement in comparison with modern research. The developed classifier is best suited for such areas of human life as education and ecotourism because for them the number of different species of birds that the classifier can determine is very important.
Supplementary Table 7 from Longitudinal Position and Cancer Risk in the United States Revisited
Authors: Niu Jin , Brown Charlotte , Law Michael , Colacino Justin A. , Ritov Ya'acov
Published: February 2024

Supplementary Table 7 shows Reported Coefficients of Relative Position for Other Selected Cancers (with 95% Confidence Interval)
Supplementary Table 5 from Longitudinal Position and Cancer Risk in the United States Revisited
Authors: Niu Jin , Brown Charlotte , Law Michael , Colacino Justin A. , Ritov Ya'acov
Published: February 2024

Supplementary Table 5 shows a Summary of Results Obtained by Gu et al. and Present Paper.
Supplementary Figure 3 from Longitudinal Position and Cancer Risk in the United States Revisited
Authors: Niu Jin , Brown Charlotte , Law Michael , Colacino Justin A. , Ritov Ya'acov
Published: February 2024

Supplementary Figure 3 shows maps of cancer incidence rate by county for most prevalent cancer.
FIGURE 1 from Longitudinal Position and Cancer Risk in the United States Revisited
Authors: Niu Jin , Brown Charlotte , Law Michael , Colacino Justin A. , Ritov Ya'acov
Published: February 2024

Map of relative position and cancer incidence. Figure shows maps of PTZ and cancer incidence rate by county for 607 and 2,853 counties (observations), respectively. A, Map of PTZ for 607 counties. B, Map of PTZ for 2,853 counties. C, Map of U.S. cancer incidence rate for 607 counties. D, Map of U.S. cancer incidence rate for 2,853 counties.
Relative susceptibility of tadpoles of Uperodon taprobanicus (Anura: Microhylidae) and Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Anura: Bufonidae) to predacious Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Anura: Dicroglossidae) tadpoles: significance of refugia and swimming speed in pre
Authors: Mogali Santosh M. , Shanbhag Bhagyashri A. , Saidapur Srinivas K.
Published: February 2024

The relative susceptibility of two closely associated herbivorous tadpole species (Uperodon taprobanicus and Duttaphrynus melanostictus) to their natural carnivorous predatory tadpole, Hoplobatrachus tigerinus and the significance of refugia in predator avoidance was studied in the laboratory. In a total of 50 trials, 10 tadpoles each of U. taprobanicus and D. melanostictus of comparable sizes were exposed to starved H. tigerinus. Twenty-five trials included refugia while 25 did not. The results of this study showed that in both the presence and absence of refugia, D. melanostictus tadpoles fell prey to H. tigerinus more frequently than U. taprobanicus tadpoles. A key difference between the two prey species is the speed of swimming; Vmax of D. melanostictus (13.58 cm/s) tadpoles is significantly lower than that of U. taprobanicus (24.89 cm/s) tadpoles. This is likely to be the main reason why more D. melanostictus tadpoles were preyed upon than were U. taprobanicus tadpoles. It is important to note that the Vmax of the predator (60.21 cm/s) is much greater than those of the two prey species. However, predation risk of both prey tadpole species was affected significantly by the presence of refugia. The susceptibility of both prey tadpole species was lower where refugia were available. The present study clearly demonstrates that the more efficient avoidance of predation by U. taprobanicus tadpoles could be due to better use of refugia and their faster rate of movement.
Fazer desaparecer, fazer esquecer: desaparecimentos forçados e danação da memória sob as ditaduras de Segurança Nacional
Authors: Marques Anna Clara Souza , Lucas Leila Claraliz Graça , Santos Pedro Caldas Novaes
Published: February 2024

O presente artigo tem como objetivo explorar as políticas de desaparecimentos forçados em regimes de exceção para além da esfera da ação individual e insólita, localizando historicamente e situando simbolicamente o uso tático-político dessa técnica repressiva ao longo do século XX. Através da revisão bibliográfica embasada nas considerações de intelectuais como Hannah Arendt, Enrique Padrós e Marcos Napolitano, buscamos traçar um panorama histórico que ilustra como a eficiência dessa prática institucional se fez possível com um acúmulo de experiências de violência perpetradas pelo Estado, que culminaram nas ditaduras militares na Argentina, Uruguai e Brasil, bem como em outros regimes de exceção. Assim, a partir de uma compreensão do terrorismo de Estado como um contínuo histórico, é possível entender a política de desaparecimentos como a consolidação de um sistema operacional plenamente institucionalizado e eficaz, cuja finalidade era o fortalecimento de um aparato repressivo e a propagação de uma atmosfera de terror capaz de inibir a subversão das massas e destruir a construção de uma memória altiva popular.
Comércio de Longa Distância sob a perspectiva da historiografia: Síntese de quatro obras representativas das tradições clássica, marxista, weberiana e braudeliana
Authors: Vianna Carlos Frederico Alves Carneiro
Published: February 2024

O comércio de longa distância é uma atividade econômica complexa e de grande impacto nos planos econômico, político, social e cultural nas sociedades que o praticaram. Sua expansão durante as Idades Média e Moderna trouxe implicações importantes ao desenvolvimento do processo histórico global. Nosso objetivo neste trabalho é revisar criticamente as principais linhas historiográficas que influenciaram o estudo do comércio de longa distância. Neste sentido, foram selecionadas obras representativas de quatro tradições historiográficas - clássica, marxista, weberiana e braudeliana – com o propósito de analisar seus principais pontos de convergência e divergência. São textos que tem em comum a escolha do continente eurasiano como recorte espacial, porém cobrindo, dependendo do autor, o período que vai do século VII ao XVIII. Independente de suas matrizes teóricas e métodos de pesquisa empregados, duas questões são centrais em todos os textos: as possíveis causas da hegemonia europeia a partir da expansão do comércio de longa distância no século XVI e a discussão entre as eventuais diferenças entre as economias moderna e pré-moderna. Um ponto de convergência se destaca em todas as interpretações: o uso da violência como meio fundamental para a dominação econômica imposta pela Europa Ocidental.
Memória, identidade e currículo: as disputas e significações sobre a BNCC de História
Authors: Cintra Anthony Coldebella
Published: February 2024

A resenha aqui apresentada busca apresentar, de forma crítica, o trabalho produzido no âmbito da Associação Brasileira de Ensino de História e que resulta na obra A BNCC de História: entre prescrições e práticas. Ao abordar as principais questões analisadas no livro, busca contribuir para a ampliação do debate sobre o Ensino de História e suas conexões com os processos de construção de políticas curriculares.
narrativa da "linha dura" sobre a transição democrática: uma análise de Orvil
Authors: Paula Daniele de
Published: February 2024

O artigo busca analisar a narrativa da “linha dura” sobre a transição, a fim de evidenciar como esses militares enxergaram os anos finais da ditadura. Defende-se que a narrativa construída por esse setor tem mobilizado a extrema direita nacional desde a transição, estando no cerne discursivo dos projetos autoritários atuais. O artigo utiliza como principal fonte primária a obra ORVIL, projeto desenvolvido pelo Centro de Inteligência do Exército (CIE), entre 1985 e 1988.
Competências da União Federal frente à Lei n. 14.026/2020: a constitucionalidade e a legitimidade das normas de referência da Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento
Authors: Olmos Pedro Coelho Terrazas
Published: February 2024

This article studies the unprecedented competence atributed to the National Water and Sanita-tion Agency [Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico (ANA)] to establish "referential norms" for the regulation of the public services of sanitation by their titular and regulatory enti-ties. Therefore, the following question is posed: is the creation of referential norms by ANA a constitutional and legitimate act? This article first verifies the constituti-onality of this normative power, based on the competencies which the Federal Constitution gran-ted to the Federal Union in matters of sanitation, conducting, for this purpose, a bibliographical and documentary research and a case study of the Federal Supreme Court's judgement of the direct unconstitutionality actions filed against Law n. 14.026/2020. It is concluded that the constitutional conformity of this normative power is evident. However, its legitimacy is tied to the effectiveness of the produced norms, which, in turn, depends on an adequate balance between the depth and the appropriate production of the norm in the dictates of the law.
O regime tributário das estatais na concessão do serviço após o Novo Marco Legal do Saneamento
Authors: Rocha Luiz Alberto G. S. , Cunha Miguel Gustavo Carvalho Brasil
Published: February 2024

O artigo reanalisa o tratamento tributário conferido às empresas estatais após o Novo Marco Legal do Saneamento (NMLS), adotando como paradigma a Companhia de Saneamento do Estado do Pará (COSANPA), sociedade de economia mista integrante da administração indireta do estado do Pará e atual prestadora do serviço público no município de Belém. A relevância do tema está presente na definição sobre o reconhecimento e extensão da imunidade tributária recíproca sobre bens e serviços baseada na tese da prestação de atividade pública típica sem objetivo de lucro em regime não concorrencial e exclusivo. O estudo analisou, mediante a adoção do método hipotético dedutivo, que o NMLS transforma a natureza da prestação do serviço porque requer a comprovação da capacidade econômico-financeira do prestador do serviço, como também possibilita a contratação de empresa privada por meio de licitação prévia e em regime de concorrência. A imunidade tem dificuldades jurídicas para sua aplicação neste novo cenário por tratamento fiscal diferente do anterior. Seria o caso de estabelecimento de isenção fiscal do ente público titular dos serviços delegados independentemente da natureza jurídica do prestador.
Acesso das pessoas com deficiência aos cargos de professores substitutos nas Instituições Federais de Ensino
Authors: Teixeira Bruno Martins
Published: February 2024

Brazilian legislation on the inclusion of people with disabilities in public work has evolved considerably over the last three decades, especially after the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was incorporated into the constitutional text in 2009 and, more recently, with the publications of the Statute of Persons with Disabilities - Law n. 13.146, of 2015 (BRASIL, 2015b) and Decree 9.508, of 2018 (BRASIL, 2018). In practice, however, there is still no evidence of effective participation of these individuals in civil service staff, both with regard to permanent links and in relation to temporary hiring. Based on this situation, the study aims to analyze to what extent the selection processes for temporary hiring of substitute teachers in the main Brazilian federal educational institutions have been carried out in line with the aforementioned legal framework. With a theoretical reference in the right to equality and the use of bibliographical research and documental analysis, it is concluded that, despite the reduced presence of people with disabilities in the examined staff, there is a positive trend of normative adequacy that points to the expansion of the process of labor inclusion in these frameworks in the coming years.
“Hidden” No More: Newspapers’ Framing of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
Authors: Bien-Aimé Steve
Published: February 2024

When analyzing the composition of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, one can see the paucity of women and especially Black women in these areas. Generally when depicting people who excelled despite encountering substantial obstacles, news reports tend to celebrate the person’s success while often ignoring the structural reasons for the existing discrimination. Thus, this study analyzed media coverage of the 2020 death of legendary NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson to explore whether journalists emphasize race and sex as novelties compared to a person’s overall accomplishments, and whether journalists explored the structures underpinning the racism and sexism Johnson faced. In both standard news articles and opinion pieces, the theme of trailblazer or pioneer consistently appeared. Journalists took care to both highlight Johnson’s novelty as a woman in STEM, but also her significant contributions to the space program as a whole, which transcended her racial and gender identities. Additionally, fewer than half of the news items that contained direct quotations actually quoted women who were NOT Katherine Johnson. Many of the news items that quoted women contained comments from author Margot Lee Shetterly, whose book served as the basis for the movie Hidden Figures. News items also routinely treated the racial and gender discrimination Johnson faced as part of the past and not as a current issue. Racism and sexism existed, but there was not much explanation as to why it existed in its particular format, who benefited from the discriminatory apparatuses and who implemented and maintained those systems.
Derivational Morphology Training in French-Speaking 9- to 14- Year-Old Children and Adolescents With Developmental Dyslexia: Does It Improve Morphological Awareness, Reading, and Spelling Outcome Measures?
Authors: Ardanouy Estelle , Zesiger Pascal , Delage Hélène
Published: February 2024

Children with developmental dyslexia (DD) display partially preserved morphology skills which they rely upon for reading and spelling. Therefore, we conducted explicit and intensive training of derivational morphology in French and Swiss individuals with DD, ages 9 to 14 years, in order to assess its effect on: morphological awareness, reading (speed and accuracy), and spelling. Our pre–posttest design included a group trained in derivational morphology and a group of children who continued their business-as-usual rehabilitation program with their speech-language therapist. Results showed effects on morphological awareness and on the spelling of complex words, with a large between-group effect size for trained items and a large to moderate effect size for untrained items. All these gains tended to be maintained over time on the delayed posttest, 2 months later. For reading, the results were more contrasted, with large between-group effect sizes for accuracy and speed for trained items, reducing to a small effect for accuracy on the delayed posttest. For untrained items, small effects were observed on accuracy (at both posttests) but not on speed. These results are very promising and argue in favor of using derivational morphology as a medium to improve literacy skills in French-speaking children and adolescents with DD.
Impulsive bounded consensus of two-layer multi-agent networks under deception attacks
Authors: Gao Anan , Hu Aihua , Jin Yinghua , Jiang Zhengxian
Published: February 2024

This paper investigates the mean-square bounded consensus issue in a two-layer multi-agent network under deception attacks. The two-layer network is composed of the leader and follower layers with a switching topology. Employing an impulsive control method, the mean-square bounded consensus for the leader layer and the node-to-node mean-square bounded consensus of the two-layer network are analyzed. Based on the knowledge of graph theory, Lyapunov stability theory, and linear matrix inequalities, sufficient conditions for the mean-square bounded consensus of multi-agent systems in the two-layer network are derived. Finally, the practicability and efficacy of the theoretical outcomes are corroborated via the provided numerical simulations.