bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Role of Royal Women in the Establishment of Adil Shahi Sultanate of Bijapur (1489-1534)
Authors: Jadhav Kiran , Seshan Radhika
Published: November 2020

The role of women in politics has remained an area of interest, but there is still a dearth of research the documents of such participation. Given the dominance of patriarchal values, it has generally been accepted that there was little scope for women to participate in public/political life. However, history does throw up a few names of queens like Raziya Sultana, Nur Jahan, Chand Bibi, Jijabai, Tarabai, and Ahilyabai Holkar, who must, however, be seen as rather exceptional cases. This does not mean that there were no women in politics other than these. An attempt is made in this paper to throw light on the role of women in the establishment of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur. The establishment period (1489-1534) was the period of the first three sultans. During these 45 years the mother of the founder Sultan Yusuf Adil Shah, his foster sister Dilshad Agha and Queen Bubuji Khanum played an important role, which helped to establish the Sultanate on a firm foundation.
Incorporating Cyber Principles into Middle and High School Curriculum
Authors: Ivy Jessica , Kelley Robert , Cook Kristin , Thomas Kevin
Published: November 2020

Although many practicing teachers have not experienced teacher preparation programs that teach cyber security (Pusely & Sadera, 2011) or are familiar with cyber principles (Author), embedding these ideas into instruction in a variety of content areas is essential for promoting cyber literacy and citizenship. This study explores a professional development program that provided middle and high school teachers across disciplines with opportunities to explore, first as learners and then as educators, cyber citizenship and programming concepts with explicit connections to the cybersecurity principles and concepts. Participating teachers experienced inquiry-based learning, focused classroom discourse, and collaborative learning that centered on GenCyber Cybersecurity First Principles and GenCyber Cybersecurity Concepts (GenCyber, 2019). Results indicated the professional development enabled teachers to iteratively reflect on best practices in cyber education while learning and applying the content of GenCyber Principles within the context of their own field of study.
Grain displacement during backwash of drinking water filters
Authors: Ramsay Loren , Du Feng , Lund Majbritt , He Haiyan , Søborg Ditte A.
Published: November 2020

Backwashing rapid sand filters causes inadvertent displacement of filter media grains from their previous depths. This displacement can affect the hydraulic function of filters by mixing or segregating media grains, and the function of biofilters through displacement of active biomass and coatings from proper depths. This study quantifies grain displacement in a pilot-scale filter using tracer grains of colored sand, glass beads, anthracite and garnet to determine the effect of grain size, density and shape on grain displacement. Statistical moments are used to describe the depth distributions resulting from displacement during backwashing. Results show that significant grain displacement occurs during backwash consisting of air scour, air-and-water wash and sub-fluidization water-only wash. Here, displacement is largely independent of grain size, density and shape. When fluidization backwash is used, greater displacement and more dependence on grain characteristics is seen. A variety of grain movement phenomena can be observed during the backwashing steps, indicating that grain movement and therefore the resulting displacement is highly inhomogeneous in four dimensions. These results have direct practical implications for the design of rapid sand filters and the optimization of backwashing procedures, while suggesting that the current widespread backwashing practice used in the case study country (Denmark) should be abandoned.
Study of optimal allocation of water resources in Dujiangyan irrigation district of China based on an improved genetic algorithm
Authors: Li Ruihuan , Chang Yingli , Wang Zhaocai
Published: November 2020

In order to distribute water resources reasonably, it is advantageous to make full use of resources and produce high economic and social benefits. Taking the Dujiangyan irrigation area of China as an example, we discuss the idea of establishing and solving the optimal allocation model of water resources. With this aim, a two-dimensional constraint model with highest economic value, minimum water shortage, minimum underground water consumption and necessary living water demand was established. In order to solve this model, we improved a multi-population genetic algorithm, extending the genetic optimization of the algorithm into two dimensions, taking population as the vertical dimension and the individual as the horizontal dimension, and transforming the cross genetic operator to copy the genetic (crossover) operator and the mutation operator to only act on the vertical dimension, so as to optimize the allocation of such discrete objectives of water resources in the irrigation area with a particular model suitable for the region. The distribution results successfully control the water shortage rate of each area at a low level, which saves the exploitation of groundwater to the maximum extent and produces high economic benefits. The improved algorithm proposed in this paper has a kind of strong optimization ability and provides a new solution for the optimization problem with multiple constraints.
The effect of hydrodynamics on the succession of autotrophic and heterotrophic organisms of biofilms in river ecosystems
Authors: Pan Mei , Liu Xiang , Ma Weixing , Li Xuan , Li Haizong , Ding Cheng , Chen Yuxi , Chen Runze
Published: November 2020

Biofilms were cultivated for a 68-day period under different hydrodynamic conditions, and the effect of hydrodynamics on the succession of autotrophic and heterotrophic organisms of biofilms was investigated. Five obvious stages were observed during biofilm formation. At Stage I, the attachment of algae was delayed, especially under turbulent conditions. After Stage II, algal density and heterotrophic biomass of biofilms increased, which were obvious under turbulent flow. Therefore, the algal density and heterotrophic biomass of biofilms were largest under turbulent condition, followed by laminar condition, and then transitional condition. Diatoms were dominant in all flumes and were most abundant under turbulent conditions. The proportion of cyanobacteria was highest under laminar conditions. The ratio of aerobic to anaerobic bacteria decreased and their co-existence could facilitate the nitrification and denitrification in the biofilm. The ratio of monounsaturated fatty acids to saturated fatty acids was highest under turbulent conditions on the 15th day. While the ratio was highest under laminar condition on the 48th day, the high ratio indicates the high ability of biofilm to obtain nutrients, which affect the growth of algae. The regulation of hydrodynamics is a useful technology which can affect the growth of the microorganisms of biofilm, and further improve water quality.
Na@La-modified zeolite particles for simultaneous removal of ammonia nitrogen and phosphate from rejected water: performance and mechanism
Authors: Sang Wenjiao , Mei Longjie , Hao Shiwen , Li Dong , Li Xiaoyang , Zhang Qian , Jin Xi , Li Cuihua
Published: November 2020

Rejected water from sludge processing in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is very harmful due to its high concentration of ammonia nitrogen and phosphorus. It is therefore necessary to find a low-cost and convenient technique to simultaneously remove ammonia nitrogen and phosphorus from rejected water. In this study, natural granular zeolite was modified by NaCl and La(OH)3 to obtain a new material (Na@La-MZP), with several advantages compared with powdered zeolite. Na@La-MZP could remove 92.61% ammonia nitrogen (50 mg/L) and 99.01% phosphate (60 mg/L) at the optimal conditions of dosage 12.5 g/L, initial pH 6.0 and reaction time 12 hours, which enabled the effluent to satisfy the discharge standard (GB 18918-2002) for municipal WWTPs in China. The maximum adsorption capacity of Na@La-MZP was determined as 17.92 mg -N/g and 9.53 mg P/g by the Langmuir isotherm. Pseudo-second-order kinetics could well illustrate the adsorption process and show that the ammonia nitrogen and phosphate can be degraded by chemical reaction. The characterizations of Na@La-MZP confirmed the removal mechanism of ammonia nitrogen and phosphate. The Na@La-MZP still maintained more than 75% removal efficiency after five reuses. Furthermore, the estimated cost of this treatment method was 0.22 $/m3 rejected water.
A Review of Pedal Peptide/Orcokinin-type Neuropeptides
Authors: Wang Pingyang , Cui Qiuying , Zhang Yuli , Wang Xia , Huang Xuhua , Li Xiaoxia , Zhao Qiaoling , Lei Guisheng , Li Biao , Wei Wei
Published: November 2020

Neuropeptides are endogenous active substances that play important roles in a number
of physiological processes and are ubiquitous in the nervous tissue in vivo. The gene encoding pedal
peptide/orcokinin-type (PP/OK-type) neuropeptide is an important member of the neuropeptide
gene family and is ubiquitous in invertebrates of Bilateria; orcokinin (OK) is mainly found in
Arthropoda, while pedal peptide (PP) is mainly found in Mollusca. OK and PP are also present in
other animals. PP/OK-type neuropeptides are a kind of multifunctional neuropeptides predominantly
expressed in the nervous tissue and play important roles in the nerve regulation of movement.
Moreover, OK has a number of other physiological functions. This review describes the distribution,
expression, function and maturation of PP/OK-type neuropeptides to facilitate investigations
of new functions and receptors of PP/OK-type neuropeptides, providing the theoretical foundation
for the potential use of PP/OK-type neuropeptides in the prevention and control of agricultural and
forestry pests, as an additive for skin care products and in the screening of drugs for the treatment
of diabetes.
Cu(II)/Vasicine Promoted Intramolecular C-O Formation: Synthesis of Benzoxazoles in EtOH
Authors: Li Minxin , Li Meiling , Tang Yanling , Sun Yun , Qu Lu , Mao Zewei
Published: November 2020

Aim and Objective:

Benzoxazoles are valuable bicyclic aromatic compounds; the construction of benzoxazoles via C-O cross-coupling reactions has attracted more and more attention.

Materials and Methods:

The best condition of C-O bond formation from o-haloanilides was carried out, taking Cu(OTf)2(5 mol%) and vasicine (10 mol%) as the catalysts in EtOH in the presence of K2CO3(2 eq.) for 12 h at 90°C.

Results:

A series of 2-substituted benzoxazoles have been prepared in high yields from 2-bromoanilides and 2- iodioanilides under mild conditions.

Conclusion:

We have developed an efficient Cu-vasicine catalytic system for intramolecular C-O bond formation. This strategy is applicable to the synthesis of a wide variety of 2-substituted benzoxazoles by intramolecular O-arylation of o-haloanilides.
Effect of Fetal and Neonatal Hypothyroidism on Glucose Tolerance in Middle- Aged Female Rats
Authors: Jeddi Sajad , Khalifi Saeedeh , Ghanbari Mahboubeh , Ghasemi Asghar
Published: November 2020

Background and Objective:

The effects of hypothyroidism during pregnancy and lactation
on carbohydrate metabolism have been mostly studied in male animals. The aim of this study
is, therefore, to investigate the effect of fetal and neonatal hypothyroidism (FH and NH) on glucose
tolerance in middle-aged female rat offsprings.

Methods:

Pregnant female rats were divided into three groups: Rats in the control group consumed
tap water, while those in the FH and NH groups consumed 250 mg/L of 6-propyl-2-thiouracil (PTU)
in their drinking water during gestation or lactation periods, respectively. After weaning, the
female offspring were separated and divided into 3 groups (n=8/group): Control, FH, and NH.
Bodyweight was recorded monthly and an intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT) was performed
at month 12.

Results:

Compared to controls, female rats in the FH group had significantly higher plasma glucose
levels than controls throughout the IVGTT except at min 60. Values at min 5 of the FH and
control group were 196.1±1.9 and 155.3±5.9 mg/dL, respectively (P<0.05). In the NH group, plasma
glucose levels were significantly higher only at min 5 (185.7±14.1 vs. 155.3±5.9 mg/dL,
P<0.05).

Conclusion:

Hypothyroidism during fetal or neonatal periods caused glucose intolerance in middle-
aged female offspring rats.
Yeni Doğum Yapmış Kadınların Aile Hekimlerinden Aldıkları Doğum Sonu Bakım Hizmetlerinin Değerlendirilmesi
Authors: ÖZEL GÜN Emine , ÖNER Can , CETİN Huseyin , ŞİMŞEK Engin Ersin
Published: November 2020

Giriş: Anne ölümlerinin büyük bir kısmı doğum sonrası dönemde meydana gelmektedir. Etkin bir doğum sonu bakım hizmeti anne ölümlerini azaltmaktadır. Bu çalışmada bir eğitim ve araştırma hastanesinde doğum yapan kadınların, kayıtlı olduğu aile sağlığı merkezinden aldıkları doğum sonu bakım hizmetlerinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Kesitsel tipteki çalışmanın evrenini Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi’nde Şubat-Haziran2019 tarihleri arasında doğum yapan kadınlar oluşturmuştur. Katılımcılara hastanede yattıkları sürede yüz yüze görüşme tekniği ile sosyodemografik ve obstetrik özellikleri değerlendiren bir anket uygulanmıştır. Taburcu olduktan sonra ise Sağlık Bakanlığı Doğum Sonu Bakım Yönetim Rehberi’nde önerilen izlem takvimine uygun olarak telefon ile iletişime geçilmiş ve 3 kez doğum sonu bakım izlem anketi uygulanmıştır. Bulgular: Katılımcıların %97,2 (n=311)’si taburculuk sonrası kayıtlı olduğu aile sağlığı merkezinden en az bir kez doğum sonu bakım hizmeti almıştır. Katılımcı başına düşen ortalama doğum sonu bakım sayısı 2,03±0,7’dir. Katılımcıların %12,8 (n=41)’i sadece bir kez, %63,4 (n=203)’ü iki kez, %20,9 (n=67)’u üç kez bakım hizmeti almıştır. Tüm izlemlerde ençok değerlendirilen parametreler; kanama durumu, tansiyon ölçümü ve emzirme iken, katılımcılar en az çarpıntı, nefes darlığı, meme ve perine muayenesi açısından değerlendirilmiştir. Değerlendirmede, muayene, bakım/danışmanlık alt başlıkları arasında en fazla puan bakım/danışmanlık kategorisinden, en düşük puan muayene kategorisinden alınmıştır. Aile tipi (p=0,025), nicelik olarak yeterli doğum öncesi bakım almış olma (p=0,002), doğum şekli (p=0,039) ile doğum sonu bakım hizmeti alma arasında anlamlı ilişki gösterilmiştir. Aile hekimleri ve aile sağlığı çalışanlarının ortak takip ettikleri lohusalarda doğum sonrası bakım parametrelerinin her biri için alınan puanlar, sadece aile hekimi veya aile sağlığı çalışanı tarafından takip edilen lohusalardan yüksektir (her bir parametre için p<0,001). Sonuç: Hastanede doğum yapan çoğu kadın, taburculuk sonrası en az bir kez doğum sonu bakım hizmeti almıştır. Ancak bu kapsamda verilen hizmetler Sağlık Bakanlığı’nın önerdiği kriterleri içerik bakımından tam olarak karşılamamaktadır.
Mobile App (UPrEPU) to Monitor Adherence to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a User-Centered Approach to Mobile App Design and Development
Authors: Strong Carol , Wu Huei-Jiuan , Tseng Yuan-Chi , Yuan Chien-Wen , Yu Yi-Fang , Liao Jay Chiehen , Chen Yi-Wen , Hung Yi-Chen , Li Chia-Wen , Huang Po-Hsien , Ko Nai-Ying , Ku Stephane Wen-Wei
Published: November 2020

Background

Daily and on-demand pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been well demonstrated to effectively prevent HIV acquisition for men who have sex with men (MSM). More than half of the MSM PrEP users in Taiwan prefer on-demand PrEP; however, on-demand PrEP involves a complicated dosing regimen because it requires precoital and postcoital dosing and sex events are hard to anticipate. Although there are a growing number of mobile apps designed to improve access to HIV prevention services and HIV medication adherence, few mobile apps focus on adherence to PrEP or are designed to accommodate a complicated, on-demand PrEP dosing schedule.

Objective

The aim of this project is to evaluate the usability of a newly developed mobile app (UPrEPU) to assist MSM PrEP users to self-monitor their adherence to either daily or on-demand PrEP using a user-centered scheme.

Methods

This research will be conducted in 2 phases: app development and usability study. In the app development phase, we will first conduct formative research with end users and stakeholders through in-depth interviews; the results will provide PrEP users’ and PrEP navigators’ personas as material used in the app conceptualization stage. PrEP navigators are individuals in the health care system that help HIV-negative individuals who need assistance in accessing PrEP care. A low-fidelity prototype of the app feature will be formatted by applying a participatory design approach to engage PrEP users, designers, and app developers in the design process of the app. Then, a high-fidelity prototype of the app will be developed for the usability study and refined iteratively by the multidisciplinary team and new internal testers. Internal testers include the research team consisting of experts in public health, infectious disease, and industrial design and a close network of the research team that is taking PrEP. In the usability study phase, we will enroll 70 MSM PrEP users and follow them up for 4 months. Usability, feasibility, and effectiveness of adherence monitoring will be evaluated.

Results

Refinement of the UPrEPU app is currently ongoing. The usability study commenced in May 2020.

Conclusions

The UPrEPU app is one of the first apps designed to help MSM PrEP users to self-manage their PrEP schedule better regardless of dosing modes. With a design-thinking approach and adapting to the cultural context in Taiwan’s MSM population, this novel app will have substantial potential to be acceptable and feasible and contribute to the reduction of new HIV infections.

Trial Registration

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04248790; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04248790

International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)

PRR1-10.2196/20360
Model-Based Reasoning of Clinical Diagnosis in Integrative Medicine: Real-World Methodological Study of Electronic Medical Records and Natural Language Processing Methods
Authors: Geng Wenye , Qin Xuanfeng , Yang Tao , Cong Zhilei , Wang Zhuo , Kong Qing , Tang Zihui , Jiang Lin
Published: November 2020

Background

Integrative medicine is a form of medicine that combines practices and treatments from alternative medicine with conventional medicine. The diagnosis in integrative medicine involves the clinical diagnosis based on modern medicine and syndrome pattern diagnosis. Electronic medical records (EMRs) are the systematized collection of patients health information stored in a digital format that can be shared across different health care settings. Although syndrome and sign information or relative information can be extracted from the EMR and content texts can be mapped to computability vectors using natural language processing techniques, application of artificial intelligence techniques to support physicians in medical practices remains a major challenge.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to investigate model-based reasoning (MBR) algorithms for the clinical diagnosis in integrative medicine based on EMRs and natural language processing. We also estimated the associations among the factors of sample size, number of syndrome pattern type, and diagnosis in modern medicine using the MBR algorithms.

Methods

A total of 14,075 medical records of clinical cases were extracted from the EMRs as the development data set, and an external test data set consisting of 1000 medical records of clinical cases was extracted from independent EMRs. MBR methods based on word embedding, machine learning, and deep learning algorithms were developed for the automatic diagnosis of syndrome pattern in integrative medicine. MBR algorithms combining rule-based reasoning (RBR) were also developed. A standard evaluation metrics consisting of accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score was used for the performance estimation of the methods. The association analyses were conducted on the sample size, number of syndrome pattern type, and diagnosis of lung diseases with the best algorithms.

Results

The Word2Vec convolutional neural network (CNN) MBR algorithms showed high performance (accuracy of 0.9586 in the test data set) in the syndrome pattern diagnosis of lung diseases. The Word2Vec CNN MBR combined with RBR also showed high performance (accuracy of 0.9229 in the test data set). The diagnosis of lung diseases could enhance the performance of the Word2Vec CNN MBR algorithms. Each group sample size and syndrome pattern type affected the performance of these algorithms.

Conclusions

The MBR methods based on Word2Vec and CNN showed high performance in the syndrome pattern diagnosis of lung diseases in integrative medicine. The parameters of each group’s sample size, syndrome pattern type, and diagnosis of lung diseases were associated with the performance of the methods.

Trial Registration

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03274908; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03274908
Exploring Interactive Survivorship Care Plans to Support Breast Cancer Survivors: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Kapoor Akshat , Nambisan Priya
Published: November 2020

Background

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among American women, accounting for 23% of all cancer survivors nationally. Yet, the availability of adequate resources and tools for supporting breast cancer survivors has not kept up with the rapid advancement in treatment options, resulting in unmet supportive care needs, particularly among low-income and minority populations. This study explores an alternative means of delivering breast cancer survivorship care plans (SCPs), with the aim of improving survivor morbidity, patient knowledge, and self-management of treatment-related symptoms, as well as addressing inconsistencies in follow-up care visits.

Objective

The overall goal of this study is to improve the uptake of SCP recommendations via an educational intervention for breast cancer survivors, to improve treatment-related morbidity, patient knowledge, self-management, and adherence to follow-up visits. The specific aims of the study are to (1) evaluate the feasibility of the online SCP, and (2) assess the impact of the online SCP on survivorship outcomes.

Methods

We will enroll 50 breast cancer survivors who have completed initial breast cancer treatment into a 2-armed, randomized, waitlist-controlled pilot trial, and collect data at baseline and 6 months. For the first aim, we will use mixed methods, including surveys and personal interviews among the intervention group, to determine the feasibility of providing an online, interactive SCP (called ACESO) based on the survivors’ online user experience and their short-term adoption. For the secondary aim, we will compare the 2 groups to assess the primary outcomes of survivor knowledge, self-efficacy for self-management, perceived peer support, and adherence to SCP-recommended posttreatment follow-up visits to oncology and primary care; and the secondary outcomes of treatment-related morbidity (body weight, fatigue, depression, anxiety, sexual function, distress, and sleep quality). We assess these outcomes by using measurements from validated instruments with robust psychometric properties.

Results

We have developed and refined the online breast cancer survivorship plan, ACESO, with consultation from breast cancer oncologists, nurses, and survivors. Approval for the study protocol has been obtained from the Institutional Review Board. An advisory board has also been established to provide oversight and recommendations on the conduct of the study. The study will be completed over a period of 2 years.

Conclusions

The results of this pilot study will inform the feasibility and design of a larger-scale pragmatic trial to evaluate the impact of an online breast cancer SCP on treatment-related morbidity and self-efficacy for self-management.

International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)

PRR1-10.2196/23414
Tweets by People With Arthritis During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Content and Sentiment Analysis
Authors: Berkovic Danielle , Ackerman Ilana N , Briggs Andrew M , Ayton Darshini
Published: November 2020

Background

Emerging evidence suggests that people with arthritis are reporting increased physical pain and psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, Twitter’s daily usage has surged by 23% throughout the pandemic period, presenting a unique opportunity to assess the content and sentiment of tweets. Individuals with arthritis use Twitter to communicate with peers, and to receive up-to-date information from health professionals and services about novel therapies and management techniques.

Objective

The aim of this research was to identify proxy topics of importance for individuals with arthritis during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to explore the emotional context of tweets by people with arthritis during the early phase of the pandemic.

Methods

From March 20 to April 20, 2020, publicly available tweets posted in English and with hashtag combinations related to arthritis and COVID-19 were extracted retrospectively from Twitter. Content analysis was used to identify common themes within tweets, and sentiment analysis was used to examine positive and negative emotions in themes to understand the COVID-19 experiences of people with arthritis.

Results

In total, 149 tweets were analyzed. The majority of tweeters were female and were from the United States. Tweeters reported a range of arthritis conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and psoriatic arthritis. Seven themes were identified: health care experiences, personal stories, links to relevant blogs, discussion of arthritis-related symptoms, advice sharing, messages of positivity, and stay-at-home messaging. Sentiment analysis demonstrated marked anxiety around medication shortages, increased physical symptom burden, and strong desire for trustworthy information and emotional connection.

Conclusions

Tweets by people with arthritis highlight the multitude of concurrent concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding these concerns, which include heightened physical and psychological symptoms in the context of treatment misinformation, may assist clinicians to provide person-centered care during this time of great health uncertainty.
Patient Satisfaction and Trust in Telemedicine during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Preprint)
Authors: Orrange Sharon Elizabeth , Mack Wendy Jean , Cassetta Julia Ann , Patel Arpna S
Published: November 2020

BACKGROUND

Background: Los Angeles County is a hub for COVID-19 cases in the United States. Academic health centers rapidly deployed and leveraged telemedicine to permit uninterrupted care of patients. Telemedicine enjoys high patient satisfaction, yet little is known about the level of satisfaction during a crisis and to what extent patient or visit-related factors and trust play when in-person visits are eliminated.

OBJECTIVE

Objective: To examine correlates of patients’ satisfaction with a telemedicine visit. 

METHODS

Methods: In this retrospective observational study conducted in our single-institution, urban, academic medical center in Los Angeles, internal medicine patients aged 18 years and above who completed a telemedicine visit between March 10th and April 17th, 2020 were invited for a survey (n=1624). Measures included patient-related factors, degree of interpersonal trust in patient-physician relationships using the ”Trust in Physician Scale,” and visit-related concerns. Statistical analysis used descriptive statistics, Spearman rank-order correlation, and linear and ordinal logistic regression. 

RESULTS

Results: Of 1,624 telemedicine visits conducted during this period, 368 (22.7%) patients participated in the survey. Across the study, respondents were very satisfied (47.4%) or satisfied (35.3%) with their telemedicine visit. Higher physician trust was associated with higher patient satisfaction (Spearman correlation r=0.51, P<.0001). Visit-related factors with significant correlation with trust in physician score were technical issues with the telemedicine visit (r=-0.16), concerns about privacy (r=-0.19), concerns about cost (r=-0.23), satisfaction with telemedicine convenience (r=0.41), and amount of time spent (r=0.47) (all P<0.01).  Visit-related factors associated with patients’ satisfaction included fewer technical issues (P<0.01), less concern about privacy (P<0.01) or cost (P=0.02), and successful face to face video (P<0.01). The only patient variable with a significant positive association was income and level of trust in physician (r=0.18, P<.01). Younger age was associated with higher satisfaction with the telemedicine visit (P<0.01).

CONCLUSIONS

Conclusions: There have been calls for redesigning primary care after the COVID-19 pandemic and for the widespread adoption of telemedicine. Patients’ satisfaction with telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic is high Their satisfaction is shaped by the degree of trust in physician and visit-related factors more so than patient factors. This has widespread implications for outpatient practices and further research into visit-related factors and the patient-provider connection over telemedicine is needed.

CLINICALTRIAL
La herencia apocalíptica en fray Toribio de Benavente, “Motolinía”
Authors: Rodríguez Sandoval Gabriela
Published: November 2020

En la historiografía existe un debate sobre la posible influencia del joaquinismo y del milenarismo en los franciscanos que llegaron a América en el siglo XVI. Este artículo muestra otra vía para explicar sus inquietudes apocalípticas. En el Occidente cristiano persistió el anhelo de volver a encontrar el paraíso perdido antes del fin del mundo, y los esfuerzos se orientaron en proponer alternativas mesiánicas. Una de ellas fue el milenio del Apocalipsis de san Juan, pero al ser censurado surgieron diversas profecías que, de igual forma, referían un periodo de felicidad antes del fin, como la del emperador de los últimos días, la tercera época guiada por unos hombres espirituales de Joaquín de Fiore, etcétera. Desde el siglo XIII hasta el XVI, especialmente con Motolinía, el discurso franciscano utilizó estas profecías para explicar el devenir histórico y su propia historia.
Christoph Rosenmüller, Corruption and Justice in Colonial Mexico, 1650- 1755
Authors: Pinzón Ríos Guadalupe
Published: November 2020

Reseña sobre Christoph Rosenmüller, Corruption and Justice in Colonial Mexico, 1650-1755 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019).
Catastrophe-theory-based Health Condition Evaluation for Centrifugal Pump Unit
Authors: Duan Lixiang , Liu Yang , Zhang Dejun , Yuan Zhuang
Published: November 2020

Centrifugal pump is an important kind of water injection equipment used to maintain reservoir pressure in oilfield development. The health condition evaluation of centrifugal pumps is helpful to improve the operation and maintenance level. Although Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and fuzzy evaluation method are widely applied in health condition assessment, there are still some problems, such as the determination of weight is greatly influenced by subjective factors and the calculation is complicated. To solve the above problems, this paper puts forward a catastrophe theory evaluation model combining fuzzy mathematics for the evaluation of centrifugal pump. Firstly, the structure, common faults model and operation mechanism of centrifugal pump units were considered, a multi-level security evaluation index system was established; combined with fuzzy mathematics, the bottom indexes used to evaluate centrifugal pump unit was calculated by dimensionless method; and various indicators of the impact of centrifugal pump operation have been processed with standardization and normalization. Secondly, the total security membership value layer by layer was obtained by using the security membership value of the underlying index layer, recursive quantization. Finally, the health level of the centrifugal pump unit was obtained according to the scores obtained by the catastrophe progression. The method takes the advantage of avoiding the quantification of assessing indexes and the choice of parameter values. Thus, the results of this evaluation model are reliable, and the evaluation method is objective, accurate and has a high value in engineering.
Health assessment for piston pump based on Laplacian eigenmaps-random forests method
Authors: Wang Haoren , Huang Yixiang , Gong Liang , Ye Pengfei , Liu Chengliang , Tao Zhiyu
Published: November 2020

A piston pump is one of the key components in a hydraulic system. Therefore, a failure may severely hurt the reliability of the hydraulic system and cause great loss. Currently, how to effectively evaluate the health condition of the piston pump remains an open problem. In this paper, a novel health assessment method based on an integration of Laplacian eigenmaps and random forests is proposed, which takes full advantage of both the fusion ability of correlated features enabled by the Laplacian eigenmaps and the optimized feature-selection ability provided by the random forest. The proposed method (LE-RF) is applied to piston pumps for validation. The results indicate that the Laplacian eigenmaps-random forest (LE-RF) technique can provide an effective tool for piston pump health condition assessment. Compare with other manifold methods, e.g., LLE and ISOMAP and classification method of KNN, the LE-RF method can achieve better and more accurate assessment results.
Perbandingan Kemampuan Motorik Dasar Siswa pada Tahun Pertama di SD Unggulan dan Biasa
Authors: Kasriman Kasriman
Published: November 2020

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui ada tidaknya perbedaan kemampuan motorik siswa kelas I antara siswa Sekolah Dasar Biasa dan Unggulan di Kecamatan Pasar Rebo Jakarta Timur. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas I Sekolah Dasar Negeri Susukan 06 pagi adalah 34 anak, dan jumlah siswa kelas I Sekolah Dasar Negeri Cijantung 03 adalah 35 siswa.  Setelah dilakukan pengambilan sampel melalui teknik purposive sampling diperoleh jumlah 60 siswa, masing-masing 30 siswa dari Sekolah Dasar Negeri Susukan 06 pagi dan 30 siswa dari Sekolah Dasar Negeri Cijantung 03, jumlah sampel 60 siswa. Instrumen yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini untuk mengukur kemampuan dasar motorik siswa adalah tes kemampuan motorik untuk anak Sekolah Dasar kelas 1 – 3 yaitu: 1) Menangkap penggaris/tongkat, 2) Berdiri dengan satu kaki, 3) Menolak bola, 4) Mendribel bola, 5) Memukul bola yang dijatuhkan, 6) Memindahkan kelereng, 7) Menendang bola, 8) Lempar tangkap bola, 9) Lari zig zag, 10) Tiarap berdiri, 11) Lompat jauh tanpa awalan, 12) Mencium lutut, 13) Aktivitas fisik relatif lama (15-20 menit). Data penelitian yang telah dikumpulkan melalui instrumen kemudian dianalisis dengan menggunakan uji persamaan rata-rata (uji t). Hasil perhitungan pengujian hipotesis dengan uji-t didapatkan thitung = 3,378 pada a = 0,05 dengan n = 30, sedangkan ttabel = 2,045. Hal ini berarti terdapat perbedaan kemampuan motorik siswa kelas I antara siswa Sekolah Dasar Negeri Susukan 06 Pagi dengan siswa Sekolah Dasar Negeri Cijantung 03 di Kecamatan Pasar Rebo Jakarta Timur. Dengan kata lain, bahwa kemampuan motorik siswa yang bersekolah di sekolah biasa lebih tinggi daripada yang unggulan.
Esboço teórico para uma sociologia do Movimento de Jesus a partir da tese de Gerd Theissen
Authors: De Jesus Jorge Martins , Salles Walter Ferreira
Published: November 2020

O artigo apresenta uma introdução ao instrumental teórico científico de investigação do movimento de Jesus a partir da sociologia. Como forma de estratégia básica de investigação é utilizado o método qualitativo, o qual irá auxiliar na descrição da teoria e dos métodos empregados. Como método de abordagem e de coleta de dados é utilizado o método bibliográfico por meio de literatura especializada. Uma das hipóteses obtidas como resultado é de que o movimento de Jesus não foi somente um monumento à fé e explicável apenas do ponto de vista religioso, mas, antes, uma realidade histórica e socialmente situada, demonstrável por um modelo social aplicável. As discussões que disso resultam são de que uma sociologia do movimento de Jesus pode fornecer quatro pontos de vista importantes como análise: descrever o comportamento inter-humano típico do movimento e seu papel social, analisá-lo como um fenômeno coletivo, verificar as influências recíprocas entre o movimento e a sociedade e, finalmente, realizar uma análise das ideias e dos valores nos quais o movimento de Jesus refletiu sua situação social.
Teologia litúrgica da libertação
Authors: Carvalhaes Cláudio
Published: November 2020

Neste artigo o autor desenvolve um pensamento litúrgico-teológico que envolve conteúdo e formas metodológicas visando propor a criação de uma teologia litúrgica da libertação. A teologia da libertação latino-americana forjou um vasto campo de conhecimento teológico, mas nunca esteve plenamente interessada no campo da liturgia. Para preencher esse vazio, o autor propõe pensar a teologia da libertação a partir de uma práxis litúrgica, ou seja, como a vida toda dos pobres, se vivida toda na prática litúrgica pode se tornar o primeiro passo da teologia, fazendo assim o pensamento litúrgico/teológico o segundo ato teológico. Para isso, é preciso se refazer o entendimento da liturgia para que ela não seja somente o lugar da repetição da tradição, mas fundamentalmente o lugar onde a vida toda é vivida em cantos, orações e rituais que vão para além da tradição e também assumem o cotidiano e as crenças populares. Se a liturgia se torna a ritualização sagrada do que se vive amplamente no cotidiano, a partir das experiências todas de vida e de morte, a correlação entre a práxis/pensamento litúrgico e o pensamento/práxis teológico acaba por refletir o povo que vive e inventa a vida com Deus. No cerne dessa teologia litúrgica se encontra o corpo, microcosmo da terra e do universo, um mundo entre tantos mundos intermediários e relações complexas. O articular essa lacuna, depois de 50 anos de história da teologia da libertação latino-americana, mostra ser essa teologia vital, e ainda mais necessária para os nossos tempos.
Crise mimética e vítima sacrificial. Contribuição de René Girard para as teorias da religião
Authors: Pieper Frederico
Published: November 2020

A relação entre religião e violência, apesar de há muito discutida, tende a se reificar em duas posições extremas. De um lado, compreende-se que a religião, não obstante algumas atitudes violentas, tem como núcleo central um discurso e uma prática de paz. No outro extremo, há a associação muita rápida entre religião e violência, como se os termos fossem sinônimos. Tendo em vista a complexificação desse quadro, o presente artigo busca explorar as contribuições de René Girard, mostrando como ele se situa para além dessa polaridade, ao reconfigurar o lugar da violência no interior da religião. Para ele, de um lado, a violência é a alma e o coração da religião. Por outro lado, a religião visa à paz. Para entender essa aparente ambiguidade, o artigo explora as noções de desejo mimético e de vítima sacrificial. O artigo aponta como em Girard o desejo mimético conduz à exacerbação da violência e ao conflito. Para solucionar essa violência maior, recorrese à vítima sacrificial, cuja função é recriar, sob outras bases, a coesão social. Portanto a violência intrínseca à religião serve como meio para reestabelecer o convívio social. Com isso, o artigo procura indicar em que medida Girard assume a violência intrínseca à religião, ao mesmo tempo em que indica como ela pode conduzir à paz. Ao articular dessa maneira violência e paz, percebe-se como ele foge a posturas que negam uma ou outra face da religião, mas busca articular ambas.
Cristianismo e violência. Contribuições teológicas a partir de René Girard
Authors: Sbardella Ellton Luis , Peretti Clélia
Published: November 2020

O presente artigo discute três tópicos específicos do pensamento de René Girard, a saber: teoria mimética e desejo; Sagrada Escritura e as vítimas da violência; vocação cristã e denúncia da violência. Para isso, definimos como objeto de investigação Cristianismo e violência, a partir da teoria sobre o mecanismo da vítima expiatória, proposta nos livros Mentira Romântica e Verdade Romanesca, e também A Violência e o Sagrado, desenvolvida nos livros Coisas ocultas desde a Fundação do Mundo e Eu via Satanás caindo como um relâmpago. A metodologia consistiu no exame das obras, a fim de identificar questões centrais, definição e articulação dos conceitos propostos, a hipótese, sua demonstração e as críticas tecidas pelo autor. Girard apreende a violência humana como elemento desagregador da vida em sociedade, a qual exige mecanismos de controle inseridos no âmbito do sagrado e da religião. A teoria desse autor oferece uma contribuição para o debate pós-secular sobre a religião. Ele inaugura novas discussões entre a teologia e as ciências sociais e humanas, dando uma nova clareza às questões referentes ao embasamento antropológico da teologia. Propõe uma abordagem nova à doutrina da expiação e oferece interpretações signifi cativas de textos bíblicos centrais. Considera a Bíblia peculiar, no tocante ao tratamento das vítimas da violência, pois se diferencia das narrativas míticas. Nas Escrituras, a violência e o sacrifício não são absolutos, e não vêm de Deus; os seres humanos atribuem a Ele. A vocação cristã é a preocupação com as vítimas das violências e a defesa delas, assim como Jesus fez.
Lutero e o Matrimônio: economia e justiça de Deus
Authors: Wachholz Wilhelm
Published: November 2020

O reformador Martim Lutero (1483-1546) impactou a Igreja com seu combate da ética monástica medieval. Influenciada pelo neoplatonismo, a ética monástica medieval concebia o pecado como queda metafísica da alma do âmbito do espírito para o âmbito da matéria. O resultado deste pensamento foi a divisão da sociedade em dois estamentos e a consequente dupla ética, que acentuava a necessidade de libertação da alma da prisão do corpo. A ética monástica, que consistia na idealização do etéreo, e a consequente negação do corpo e seus desejos – jejum, celibato, abstinência sexual, castidade - desvalorizava a vida matrimonial. Lutero concebeu os esforços para a realização do ideal ascético do celibato como afronta à boa criação de Deus. O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a compreensão de Lutero sobre o matrimônio, estamento econômico criado por Deus para produção e reprodução da vida. Para fins de contextualização serão analisadas influências do neoplatonismo na ética monástica medieval e a ressignificação do matrimônio como boa criação de Deus no pensamento de Lutero. Considerando “economia” como produção e reprodução da vida, analisaremos a concepção de Lutero do pecado como germe da morte, afetando as relações ser humano-Deus e ser humano-ser humano/criação. Concluiremos o artigo com a análise do matrimônio como a afirmação do projeto original de Deus, isto é, a vida. Pelo matrimônio homem e mulher são tornados cooperadores para justiça econômica de Deus. O artigo analisará basicamente a Preleção sobre Gênesis de Lutero (1535-1545).
ORIGEM, TRANSMISSÃO E SIGNIFICADO DAS CARTAS DO CÉU (HIMMELSBRIEFE)
Authors: Janke Scheila
Published: November 2020

As assim chamadas Cartas do Céu ou Cartas de Proteção foram trazidas por imigrantes europeus ao Brasil e se tornaram importantes fontes de fé para eles e seus descendentes na superação de dificuldades, já que garantiam às pessoas que as portassem proteção contra todos os perigos que pudessem lhes afetar no corpo e na alma. Apesar de criticadas como fonte de superstição pela igreja durante séculos, a tradição literária das Cartas do Céu só pode ter surgido, se desenvolvido e sido propagada dentro do âmbito eclesial. O acesso a fontes primárias – como exemplares da Carta do Céu encontrados em arquivos e bibliotecas na Alemanha e também entre descendentes de imigrantes pomeranos no Brasil – bem como a estudos do historiador da religião Rudolf Stübe e de outros especialistas no assunto permite a reconstrução do conteúdo e da história traditiva dessas cartas. Esse será o propósito deste artigo. Por fi m, com base em um dos exemplares encontrados em Pelotas (RS), será possível fazer uma análise do seu conteúdo e das diferentes partes, originalmente independentes, que lhe foram acrescentadas para aumentar sua suposta eficácia.
RELIGIÃO DE MATRIZ AFRO-BRASILEIRA NO PENSAMENTO SOCIAL: DO RACISMO DOUTRINÁRIO A VIOLAÇÃO DE DIREITOS
Authors: Do Nascimento Sergio Luis
Published: November 2020

Apresento, neste artigo, uma revisão sobre os estudos e as pesquisas das religiões de matriz afro-brasileira no pensamento social brasileiro e sobre estereótipos, perseguições, preconceitos em relação a essas matrizes. Aporia, em que tudo aquilo que no cotidiano da vida prática se manifesta como sendo senso comum, outrora foi senso. A extensão dessa aporia relaciona-se com a necessidade de traçar um quadro sócio-histórico aprofundado acerca das teorias raciais no Brasil e das religiões afro-brasileiras, buscando sua análise e as interseções entre os temas na descrição sobre o constructo do racismo epistemológico e a violação dos direitos humanos. O artigo utilizará as pesquisas antropológicas, históricas, jornalísticas e psicanalíticas de importantes pensadores do fi nal do século XIX e início do XX, que se destacaram na história do pensamento sociorracial brasileiro por estabelecerem uma linha de análise em torno dos estudos que envolvem relação racial, religiões de matriz afro-brasileira e intolerância religiosa.
A RELEVÂNCIA DA DISCIPLINA ENSINO RELIGIOSO PARA A DESCONSTRUÇÃO DE PRÁTICAS RACISTAS E PRECONCEITUOSAS NO COTIDIANO ESCOLAR
Authors: Gama Jamylly Kelly Corrêa da , Videira Piedade Lino , Custódio Elivaldo Serrão
Published: November 2020

A presente pesquisa visa compreender como a impressão de um viés ecumênico e multiculturalista ao Ensino Religioso nas instituições públicas de educação pode ser um meio efi caz para a desconstrução de práticas racistas e preconceituosas em relação a religiões historicamente marginalizadas no cotidiano escolar. Temos como objetivo geral analisar como a disciplina Ensino Religioso está sendo ministrada na Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Goiás, com recorte para as religiões de matriz africana, a partir de pesquisa qualitativa, especialmente qual o tratamento dado às religiões de matriz africana. A escola está localizada no distrito do Coração, município de Macapá, região que conta com população, em sua maioria, formada por famílias negras com fortes tradições culturais e étnicas. Para a coleta de dados, utilizamos como recursos entrevistas semiestruturadas junto ao corpo docente e discente da escola e com membros da comunidade praticantes da umbanda. Os resultados obtidos apontaram que o Ensino Religioso oferecido na EMEF Goiás desprivilegia as religiões de matriz africana, que os alunos pouco conhecem sobre as práticas religiosas afro-brasileiras e que os professores têm difi culdade em discutir a questão da intolerância religiosa. Conclui-se que ainda há um longo caminho para plena implantação da Lei 10.639/2003 e que se carece ainda de maior capacitação para os docentes poderem trabalhar com a temática, visando ao respeito à diversidade cultural e religiosa.