bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Sentiment-electroencephalogram fusion for efficient product review prediction using correlation-based deep learning neural network
Authors: Sharma Rahul Kumar , Dagur Arvind
Published: October 2024

Various techniques have been proposed and implemented in previous work for sentiment analysis prediction. However, achieving satisfactory quality of description and fault prediction remains a challenging task. To overcome these limitations, this study proposes an efficient prediction technique that utilizes sentiment analysis of product reviews and electroencephalogram (EEG) signals using correlation-based deep learning neural network (CDNN). The study employs two types of datasets: EEG signals and Amazon product reviews. During the pre-processing phase, EEG signals undergo normalization, while Amazon product reviews undergo tokenization, stop word removal, and weighting factor application to convert unstructured data into a structured format. Subsequently, the pre-processed EEG signals and reviews are analyzed to extract features like emotion, demographic information, personality traits, and sentiment. These features are then employed in sentiment analysis via an entropy-based deep-learning neural network. The proposed CDNN utilizes the grasshopper optimization algorithm (EGOA) to optimize hyperparameters for each layer. Comparative performance assessment against established methods like convolutional neural network (CNN), long short-term memory (LSTM), multiclass support vector machine (M-SVM), and bidirectional encoder representations from transformers (BERT) is conducted, and the results are evaluated. Experimental result reveal that the proposed system outperforms traditional approaches.
Anchor selection based deep learning two stage fabric defect localization
Authors: Pooja Hattarki , Soma Shrideva
Published: October 2024

Localizing and classifying fabric defects is a crucial step in the quality control process used in the production of textiles. Recently, fabric defect classification and detection have made use of deep learning approaches based on anchor selection. But due to in effectiveness in anchor selection, the computational overhead and localization error are higher in these solutions. As a solution to this problem, this work proposes a two-stage improvised anchor selection deep learning technique. In first stage, quaternion fourier transform frequency domain analysis along with super pixel segmentation is done over the fabric image to select probable defect regions. In the second stage deep learning based regression along with super pixel segment comparison is done over the probable defect regions localize and categorize the defect. Due to effectiveness in selection of probable defect regions and categorization of regions, the defect localization accuracy is increased at a comparative low computational overhead in the proposed two stage improvise anchor selection deep learning technique. Testing against the irish longitudinal study on ageing (TILDA) fabric defect detection dataset, the proposed solution is found to provide 1.2% higher fabric defect localization accuracy at a 3% lower computation overhead compared to most recent existing works.
Diretrizes para a comunicação da gestão ambiental
Authors:   Universidade de São Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Vicentini Juliana de Oliveira , Queiroz Odaléia Telles Marcondes Machado ,   Universidade de São Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz
Published: October 2024

A relevância da comunicação da gestão ambiental é reconhecida por parte da sociedade, mas ainda é pouco incluída na rotina das organizações e nas políticas públicas. Isso se deve a um gerenciamento que por muito tempo baseava-se em competências técnicas e de engenharia, e pela pouca integração de aspectos sociais. A comunicação deve ser incorporada às organizações e às políticas públicas como elemento chave para planejar, implementar e operacionalizar decisões para otimizar a gestão ambiental. A comunicação é capaz de disponibilizar dados e informação, educar, engajar, conscientizar e criar senso de responsabilidade sobre o meio ambiente. Este guia objetiva fornecer diretrizes gerais para auxiliar as partes interessadas a planejarem e a executarem ações comunicacionais. Embora ele não pretenda esgotar a temática, o documento apresenta orientações para a implementação ou aprimoramento da comunicação externa de normas, ações e políticas de gestão ambiental. Ele foi elaborado a partir de normativas nacionais e internacionais, manuais e literatura científica. Esta publicação é parte da pesquisa desenvolvida no âmbito do pós-doutorado realizado no Programa USPSusten (USP Sustentabilidade), vinculado e financiado pela Superintendência de Gestão Ambiental (SGA) da Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Apresentação
Authors: Castro Raphael Antonio Medeiros de , Del-Ben Cristina Marta
Published: October 2024

Em relatório publicado pela Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) em 20191, estimou-se que aproximadamente um bilhão de pessoas no mundo vivem com algum transtorno mental. Em 2016, os transtornos psiquiátricos causaram a perda de 162,5 milhões de anos de vida ajustados por incapacidade (disability adjusted life years, DALYs), correspondendo a 6,8% de todos os DALYs daquele ano. Ademais, os transtornos mentais foram o grupo com a maior carga de incapacidade, sendo responsáveis por 18,7% de todos os anos vividos com incapacidade (years of healthy life lost due to disability, YLD) mundialmente2.-
Catatonia
Authors: Castro Raphael Antonio Medeiros de , Leal Lívio Rodrigues , Del-Ben Cristina Marta
Published: October 2024

Catatonia is a complex motor syndrome that all physicians must have knowledge about. Its symptoms are secondary to psychiatric disorders or other medical conditions. Therefore, this article aims to approach how to properly diagnose and assess this condition. The correct treatment, quickly initiated and effective, has an impact on the patients morbimortality.
O desafio da agitação psicomotora na prática clínica
Authors: Mantovani Célia
Published: October 2024

Neste artigo discutiremos aspectos clínicos no manejo da agitação psicomotora, uma condição clínica que ocorre com frequência em setores de atendimento de saúde de urgência. O manejo da agitação psicomotora pode ser desafiador para o profissional de saúde, especialmente devido aos riscos que podem estar associados, quer seja para o paciente ou para a equipe de saúde. Por esta razão, a utilização de uma tomada de decisão baseada em um protocolo passo-a-passo é de fundamental importância para o sucesso. Deve-se iniciar tendo em conta os três passos fundamentais no manejo de agitação, a saber:  ambiental, atitudinal, e farmacológico. Estes passos podem ser resumidos em: resolver ou mitigar qualquer causa médica geral de base, garantir a segurança do paciente e equipe (ambiental), manejo atitudinal através de técnicas de desescalada do comportamento, e, como último recurso, intervenções farmacológicas. A segurança do profissional na aplicação destes princípios é de fundamental importância na prevenção de consequências sombrias da agitação psicomotora, como ferimentos graves e trauma emocional para pacientes e equipe de saúde, e no tratamento adequado da condição médica geral e/ou psiquiátrica que esteja precipitando a agitação.
Intervenção Breve e Entrevista Motivacional no Uso de Substâncias Psicoativas
Authors: Ribeiro Danilo
Published: October 2024

O presente artigo visa apresentar para o médico não especialista o tratamento da Intervenção Breve (IB), além de técnicas de entrevista motivacional para o manejo de pacientes usuários de substâncias psicoativas em ambiente hospitalar e ambulatorial. A IB é um tratamento com eficácia comprovada no tratamento do uso abusivo e na dependência de substâncias psicoativas, com baixos custos para sua implementação e que pode ser realizada por diversos profissionais de saúde, desde que devidamente qualificados. O conhecimento da IB pelo médico não especialista é de extrema importância, pois permite que o tratamento do paciente seja iniciado de forma mais rápida. Muitas vezes ele será o primeiro e único profissional com o qual o paciente terá contato, o que aumenta a chance de adesão ao tratamento e por conseguinte a sua eficácia. O profissional que saiba aplicar a IB poderá realizar a triagem dos casos e assim encaminhar o paciente de forma adequada, caso seja necessário, para seguimento especializado.
α1
C
S1928 Phosphorylation of Ca
V
1.2 Channel Controls Vascular Reactivity and Blood Pressure
Authors: Flores‐Tamez Victor A. , Martín‐Aragón Baudel Miguel , Hong Junyoung , Taylor Jade L. , Ren Lu , Le Thanhmai , Syed Arsalan U. , Moustafa Yumna , Singhrao Navid , Lemus‐Martinez Wendy R. , Reddy Gopireddy R. , Ramer Victoria , Man Kwun Nok Mimi , Bartels Peter , Chen‐Izu Ye , Chen Chao‐Yin , Simo Sergi , Dickson Eamonn J. , Morotti Stefano , Grandi Eleonora , Santana L. Fernando , Hell Johannes W. , Horne Mary C. , Nieves‐Cintrón Madeline , Navedo Manuel F.
Published: October 2024

Background

Increased vascular Ca
V
1.2 channel function causes enhanced arterial tone during hypertension. This is mediated by elevations in angiotensin II/protein kinase C signaling. Yet, the mechanisms underlying these changes are unclear. We hypothesize that α1
C
phosphorylation at serine 1928 (S1928) is a key event mediating increased Ca
V
1.2 channel function and vascular reactivity during angiotensin II signaling and hypertension.

Methods and Results

The hypothesis was examined in freshly isolated mesenteric arteries and arterial myocytes from control and angiotensin II‐infused mice. Specific techniques include superresolution imaging, proximity ligation assay, patch‐clamp electrophysiology, Ca
2+
imaging, pressure myography, laser speckle imaging, and blood pressure telemetry. Hierarchical “nested” and appropriate parametric or nonparametric
t
test and ANOVAs were used to assess statistical differences. We found that angiotensin II redistributed the Ca
V
1.2 pore‐forming α1
C
subunit into larger clusters. This was correlated with elevated Ca
V
1.2 channel activity and cooperativity, global intracellular Ca
2+
and contraction of arterial myocytes, enhanced myogenic tone, and altered blood flow in wild‐type mice. These angiotensin II‐induced changes were prevented/ameliorated in cells/arteries from S1928 mutated to alanine knockin mice, which contain a negative modulation of the α1
C
S1928 phosphorylation site. In angiotensin II‐induced hypertension, increased α1
C
clustering, Ca
V
1.2 activity and cooperativity, myogenic tone, and blood pressure in wild‐type cells/tissue/mice were averted/reduced in S1928 mutated to alanine samples.

Conclusions

Results suggest an essential role for α1
C
S1928 phosphorylation in regulating channel distribution, activity and gating modality, and vascular function during angiotensin II signaling and hypertension. Phosphorylation of this single vascular α1
C
amino acid could be a risk factor for hypertension that may be targeted for therapeutic intervention.
Assessing the consistency and sensitivity of the neural correlates of narrative stimuli using functional near-infrared spectroscopy
Authors: Kolisnyk Matthew , Novi Sergio , Abdalmalak Androu , Ardakani Reza Moulavi , Kazazian Karnig , Laforge Geoffrey , Debicki Derek B. , Owen Adrian M.
Published: October 2024

Investigating how the brain responds to rich and complex narratives, such as engaging movies, has helped researchers study higher-order cognition in “real-world” scenarios. These neural correlates are particularly useful in populations where behavioral evidence of cognition alone is inadequate, such as children and certain patient populations. While this research has been primarily conducted in fMRI and EEG, whether functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) can reliably detect these neural correlates at an individual level, which is required for effective use in these populations, has yet to be established. This study replicated widespread inter-subject correlations (ISCs) in the frontal, parietal, and temporal cortices in fNIRS in healthy participants when they watched part of the TV episode Bang! You're Dead and listened to an audio clip from the movie Taken. Conversely, these ISCs were primarily restricted to temporal cortices when participants viewed scrambled versions of those clips. To assess whether these results were reliable at the single-participant level, two follow-up analyses were conducted. First, the consistency analysis compared each participant’s ISCs against group results that excluded that individual. This approach found that 24 out of 26 participants in Bang! You’re Dead and 20/26 participants in Taken were statistically similar to the group. Second, the sensitivity analysis measured whether machine-learning algorithms could decode between intact conditions and their scrambled counterparts. This approach yielded balanced accuracy scores of 81% in Bang! You’re Dead and 79% in Taken. Overall, the neural correlates of narrative stimuli, as assessed by fNIRS, are reproducible across participants, supporting its broad application to clinical and developmental populations.
Distinct effects of slow and fast theta tACS in enhancing temporal memory
Authors: Wang Yuejuan , De Weerd Peter , Sack Alexander T. , van de Ven Vincent
Published: October 2024

Temporal memory plays a crucial role in organizing real-life events into meaningful segments. Previous research suggests that the clustering of temporally related information builds on the neural correlates of associative memory, including theta oscillations. Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) provides a means of modulating theta oscillations within associative memory networks, possibly including hippocampal modulation when targeting the parietal cortex. Theta oscillations are not limited to a single frequency range, but instead, exhibit functional specialization, with slow theta (3 Hz) implicated in short-term episodic memory formation and fast theta (8 Hz) involved in spatial navigation. Our study aimed to investigate the distinct effects of slow and fast theta stimulation on temporal memory. Participants encoded visual objects paired with frame color while receiving tACS stimulation at 3 Hz, 8 Hz, or sham targeting the left parietal cortex. The frame color would change after every eight objects, establishing a context boundary with each color change. Subsequently, participants performed a timeline task to assess temporal memory performance. Results showed that slow, but not fast, theta stimulation led to an enhancement in temporal accuracy (absolute temporal error) compared to sham tACS, in support of our main hypothesis. Under sham stimulation, participants consistently underestimated the temporal position of items presented further away from boundary, compared to those presented at boundary. This finding resembled temporal compression observed during event segmentation. Interestingly, fast, but not slow, theta stimulation reduced this temporal bias (rated position–actual position). This study represents the first tACS evidence for differential contributions of slow versus fast theta to temporal memory formation in humans. We speculate that parietal theta tACS may modulate the hippocampus and facilitate temporal memory formation.
Semantic Context Effects in Picture and Sound Naming: Evidence from Event-related Potentials and Pupillometric Data
Authors: Gruner Magdalena , Widmann Andreas , Wöhner Stefan , Schröger Erich , Jescheniak Jörg D.
Published: October 2024

When a picture is repeatedly named in the context of semantically related pictures (homogeneous context), responses are slower than when the picture is repeatedly named in the context of unrelated pictures (heterogeneous context). This semantic interference effect in blocked-cyclic naming plays an important role in devising theories of word production. Wöhner, Mädebach, and Jescheniak [Wöhner, S., Mädebach, A., & Jescheniak, J. D. Naming pictures and sounds: Stimulus type affects semantic context effects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 47, 716–730, 2021] have shown that the effect is substantially larger when participants name environmental sounds than when they name pictures. We investigated possible reasons for this difference, using EEG and pupillometry. The behavioral data replicated Wöhner and colleagues. ERPs were more positive in the homogeneous compared with the heterogeneous context over central electrode locations between 140–180 msec and 250–350 msec for picture naming and between 250 and 350 msec for sound naming, presumably reflecting semantic interference during semantic and lexical processing. The later component was of similar size for pictures and sounds. ERPs were more negative in the homogeneous compared with the heterogeneous context over frontal electrode locations between 400 and 600 msec only for sounds. The pupillometric data showed a stronger pupil dilation in the homogeneous compared with the heterogeneous context only for sounds. The amplitudes of the late ERP negativity and pupil dilation predicted naming latencies for sounds in the homogeneous context. The latency of the effects indicates that the difference in semantic interference between picture and sound naming arises at later, presumably postlexical processing stages closer to articulation. We suggest that the processing of the auditory stimuli interferes with phonological response preparation and self-monitoring, leading to enhanced semantic interference.
The Safavid Buffer: Co-Sectarian Rivalry in Early Modern Ottoman Diplomacy with Sunni Asia
Authors: Saçmalı Habib
Published: October 2024

This paper offers a new perspective on Ottoman-Safavid-Mughal relations in the early modern period by exploring the broader historical context of Swedish envoy Claes Rålamb’s report of the advice offered by the Ottoman chief mufti (the highest-ranking legal authority) to the court in 1657. Rålamb reported that the chief mufti had advised that the Ottoman court reject a Mughal offer to form a Sunni alliance against Iran and instead urged the court to protect the Shiʿi Safavids. By examining early modern inter-imperial Sunni relations in general and diplomatic exchange among these Muslim states between 1648 and 1656 in particular, this article challenges the prevailing narrative of sectarian differences driving political conflicts. I show that in the period following the Ottoman-Safavid peace treaty of 1639, the Ottomans regarded the Safavid state as a buffer polity that helped to secure their legitimacy against potential Sunni rivals in Central Asia and India. The article explores how a shared religious identity fueled rather than discouraged competition for legitimacy and supremacy among Sunni rulers in an increasingly interconnected early modern world, leading the Ottomans to align with their sectarian rivals.
Multisensory Integration of Native and Nonnative Speech in Bilingual and Monolingual Adults
Authors: Mohamed Riham Hafez , Ansari Niloufar , Abdeljawad Bahaa , Valdivia Celina , Edwards Abigail , Parks Kaitlyn M.A. , Rafat Yassaman , Stevenson Ryan A.
Published: October 2024

Face-to-face speech communication is an audiovisual process during which the interlocuters use both the auditory speech signals as well as visual, oral articulations to understand the other. These sensory inputs are merged into a single, unified process known as multisensory integration. Audiovisual speech integration is known to be influenced by many factors, including listener experience. In this study, we investigated the roles of bilingualism and language experience on integration. We used a McGurk paradigm in which participants were presented with incongruent auditory and visual speech. This included an auditory utterance of ‘ba’ paired with visual articulations of ‘ga’ that often induce the perception of ‘da’ or ‘tha’, a fusion effect that is strong evidence of integration, as well as an auditory utterance of ‘ga’ paired with visual articulations of ‘ba’ that often induce the perception of ‘bga’, a combination effect that is weaker evidence of integration. We compared fusion and combination effects on three groups ( each), English monolinguals, Spanish–English bilinguals, and Arabic–English bilinguals, with stimuli presented in all three languages. Monolinguals exhibited significantly stronger multisensory integration than bilinguals in fusion effects, regardless of the stimulus language. Bilinguals exhibited a nonsignificant trend by which greater experience led to increased integration as measured by fusion. These results held regardless of whether McGurk presentations were presented as stand-alone syllables or in the context of real words.
Description of a new species of Katerinaella Vlasak & Santos-Silva from Bolivia (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Rhinotragini)
Authors: VLASAK JOSEF , SANTOS-SILVA ANTONIO
Published: October 2024

A new species of Katerinaella Vlasak & Santos-Silva, 2018 is described from Bolivia. A key to species of Katerinaella is provided.
2. La scène de l’Hôtel de Bourgogne en 1630. L’iconographie relue au prisme de l’infographie
Authors: Rémond François
Published: October 2024

Plus ancien théâtre fixe de la capitale, l’Hôtel de Bourgogne demeure encore mal connu en termes d’architecture. Le manque de documents chiffrés sur cette salle dans la première moitié du XVIIe siècle a conduit à un certain nombre d’interprétations divergentes quant à l’aspect et aux dimensions de ce théâtre dans son premier état. Cet article se propose d’exposer l’état actuel de la question, et de présenter un chantier en cours consacré à la reconstitution de l’espace scénique de l’Hôtel à l’époque baroque, croisant un examen minutieux de l’iconographie disponible avec les ressources de la modélisation 3D.

The Hôtel de Bourgogne, the first Parisian public playhouse, is still little known in terms of its architectural features. The lack of quantified documents for this venue in the first half of the seventeenth century has led to a number of divergent interpretations regarding the original appearance and dimensions of this theater. This article aims to expose the current state of research on this question, and to present an ongoing project devoted to the reconstitution of the stage space of the Hôtel in the Baroque period, by combining a meticulous examination of the available iconography with 3D modeling resources.
11. Les salles de spectacle nantaises jamais construites de Vigné de Vigny et Ceineray (1755–1765)
Authors: Le Goff Julien
Published: October 2024

Avant l’inauguration du théâtre Graslin, deux architectes se chargent de dessiner des plans généraux pour la ville de Nantes : Pierre Vigné de Vigny (1690-1772) en 1755 et Jean-Baptiste Ceineray (1722-1811) en 1761. Cet article reconstitue l’histoire contrefactuelle des lieux de spectacle de Nantes en s’appuyant sur les plans conservés. Il retrace l’évolution de différents projets architecturaux depuis leurs motivations jusqu’aux raisons de leur abandon. L’étude de cas des théâtres nantais qui auraient pu exister permet de réfléchir aux moyens de conserver, valoriser et transmettre la mémoire de ces lieux de spectacle aux générations futures.

Before the inauguration of the Graslin theater, two architects took on the task of drawing general plans for the city of Nantes: Pierre Vigné de Vigny (1690-1772) in 1755 and Jean-Baptiste Ceineray (1722-1811) in 1761. This article reconstructs the counterfactual history of Nantes’ venues for the performance arts, based on plans that have been preserved. It traces the evolution of various architectural projects, from their motivations to the reasons why they were abandoned. This case study of the theaters of Nantes that could have existed allows us to reflect on how best to preserve, enhance and transmit the memory of these venues to future generations.
13. Un théâtre virtuel pour La Nouvelle Orléans
Authors: Leichman Jeffrey M. , Trahan Shea
Published: October 2024

Cet article présente le prospectus pour un théâtre monumental sur les rives du Mississippi à la Nouvelle-Orléans, proposé en 1805 par l’architecte bordelais Jean-Hyacinthe Laclotte, mais jamais construit. Composé par un architecte étranger qui avait fait sienne la ville et qui allait peindre l’image la plus fidèle de la bataille de la Nouvelle-Orléans en 1815, ce document, redécouvert en 2021, offre un aperçu d’une histoire alternative du théâtre et de l’urbanisation à la Nouvelle-Orléans pendant la période dite « territoriale ». L’architecte Shea Trahan a construit un modèle numérique du théâtre imaginé par Laclotte, à partir des descriptions du prospectus, une restitution informatique virtuelle qui met en lumière les ambitions de Laclotte et de la Nouvelle-Orléans à l’aube du XIXe siècle.

This article describes the prospectus for a monumental playhouse on the Mississippi river in New Orleans, proposed in 1805 by Bordeaux-born architect Jean-Hyacinthe Laclotte but never built. This document, rediscovered in 2021, affords a glimpse into an alternative history of theatre and urban development in territorial New Orleans, proposed by a French-born architect who adopted the city as his own and would go on to paint the most historically accurate image of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans. Architect Shea Trahan, AIA, constructed a digital model of Laclotte’s unbuilt theatre based on the description in the prospectus, a computerized virtual restitution whose elaboration makes manifest the ambitions of both Laclotte and New Orleans at the dawn of the nineteenth century.
Cocreation of social value: A tripartite game analysis with Chinese state-owned enterprises as an example
Authors: Fan Mingyue , Tian Jiaxu , Zhou Jian
Published: October 2024

In the context of the digital economy era, it is urgent for Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to engage in social value cocreation activities. The government and consumers’ roles in SOEs’ social value cocreation system cannot be ignored. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the tripartite social value cocreation model involving the government, SOEs, and consumers. In this respect, this study constructs a tripartite evolutionary game model of the government, SOEs, and consumers, and explores the influencing factors and evolutionary mechanism of the system overall. Matlab software is used to analyze the simulation data. The results reveal that the prerequisite for SOEs’ successful social value cocreation is that consumers receive additional social value benefits greater than the level of improvement in social welfare. The allocation coefficient of consumers’ additional social value benefits, the degree of the government's digital empowerment subsidy, and the level of the punishment for SOEs that violate the government's cocreation requirements will accelerate the achievement of equilibrium in the social value cocreation system, without affecting the final equilibrium result. By analyzing the strategic choices and interactive relationships among the government, SOEs, and consumers in social value cocreation in-depth, this study offers suggestions to promote the government, SOEs, and consumers’ participation in social value cocreation. This research contributes to clarifying SOEs’ social value cocreation model and has significant implications for promoting enterprises’ high-quality development.
The uses of poetry
Authors: Smith Andrew
Published: October 2024

This article draws on evidence from a qualitative study of working-class readers in order to reflect on the ways in which readers can lay claim to, or can affirm a particular kind of meaningful relationship with, poetic texts. Drawing a lesson from the example of Bridget Fowler’s account of the reading of popular romances, it argues for the need to take seriously the question of the ‘uses’ of literary and cultural products. An account which construes the relationship between readers and literary texts only in terms of the accumulation of cultural capital within the context of a wider symbolic economy risks losing sight of the ways in which popular practices of using and sharing poems can be discordant with both the rationality of symbolic exchange and the wider rationalities which are characteristic of capitalism.
A process-relational sociology of art critics: Clement Greenberg’s Modernist theory and practice
Authors: Law Alex
Published: October 2024

A central theme of this article is the developing tension between art specialists and non-specialists as a function of complex, differentiated figurations. Bourdieu’s sociology of symbolic revolutions is allied to Elias’s model of the relative autonomy of the artistic figurations within lengthening relations of interdependencies and shifting cognitive-emotional tension balances of feeling and reasoning and spontaneity and self-restraint. Within the sociology of art, the field positionings, power, interdependencies, language and habitus of art critics remain a relatively underdeveloped area of enquiry. Art critics function as ‘professional explicators’ in Bourdieu’s terms or ‘specialists in verbalisation’ in Elias’s to communicate standard-setting models of value and taste of specialists to non-specialists. Clement Greenberg emerged as a socially mobile oblate from a position of artworld outsider to hegemonic dominance as the leading notable of Modernist art criticism. The article examines the social conditions of possibility for Greenberg’s standard-setting codes as they came to be established and sustained by particular figurations of people (a self-conscious avant-garde) at particular times (late 1930s–1970s) and places (New York).
The Rehabilitation Landscape in a Low-to-Middle-Income Country: Stakeholder Perspectives and Policy Implications—A Qualitative Study
Authors: Maart Rentia Amelia , Mji Gubela , Morris Linzette Deidré , Ernstzen Dawn Verna
Published: October 2024

The need for rehabilitation is increasing on a global level due to a rise in non-communicable diseases, aging and medical advances, and in South Africa (SA), due to the quadruple burden of disease. More information is required regarding rehabilitation scope and practices in SA to optimize the provision of rehabilitation interventions in the context of the transforming health care sector in SA, a low-to-middle-income country (LMIC). The purpose of this study is to explore the perspectives of South African rehabilitation stakeholders on the landscape of rehabilitation in SA. A descriptive qualitative study, with an interpretive approach, was used to explore stakeholder perspectives on rehabilitation practices in the public health care sector of SA. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 rehabilitation stakeholders. Data were analyzed using a combination of deductive and inductive processes to generate themes and categories. We identified 5 main themes, with subsequent categories and sub-categories. The themes include a composite definition of rehabilitation, core elements of rehabilitation provision, challenges affecting rehabilitation practices, the importance of policy implementation, and the progress of rehabilitation in SA. Despite a common understanding of rehabilitation practices in SA amongst stakeholders, many persistent challenges hamper the delivery of effective rehabilitation services. We recommend that further research explore the rehabilitation needs of end-users, together with collaborative research for priority setting on the translation of policy to practice ensuring equitable and quality rehabilitation service delivery.
Efficacy of prebiotic, probiotic, and synbiotics in improving growth in children under age five years in Africa: A protocol for a systematic review
Authors: Khouma Marietou , Diallo Mamadou , Sow Doudou , Allen Steve , Faye Babacar
Published: October 2024

Background: Stunting is among the main obstacles to human development affecting millions of children worldwide, particularly in the sub-Saharan Africa region. Randomized clinical trials have shown the positive effects of prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics in improving growth in children and toddlers. However, although the global mobilization to tackle its challenges in their different aspects is visible, it remains to define effective large-scale up interventions and strategies to obtain long-lasting impacts. Objective: The objective of this review is to re-evaluate the efficacy of prebiotics, probiotics, and/or synbiotics on growth in children 0 to 5 years in Africa including recently published studies. Methods: Systematic search will be carried out in Pubmed, Science Direct, clinicaltrial.org, and Google Scholar. Both randomized and observational studies that assess the association between prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics, and health benefits and growth in children under 5 years of age will be included in the review. PRISMA-P (preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols) will be used used for this protocol, and PRISMA will be used for the systematic review. The Cochrane Risk Assessment Tool will be used to assess the quality of eligible studies. If the compiled data are appropriate and sufficient enough, we will perform a meta-analysis using RevMan software. Conclusion: This review will provide up-to-date and reliable information on the efficacy of prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics on the growth of children under 5 years of age especially in developing countries. PROSPERO registration number CRD42022343138.
Investigation of Performance Specifications for Marshall Mixes Using Performance-Based Mix Design Methodology
Authors: Shaikh Sadiya , Gupta Ankit , Saboo Nikhil
Published: October 2024

This paper presents a comprehensive study for developing the performance specifications for the Marshall mixes using the performance-based mix design (PMD) methodology. The specification describes the desired levels of fundamental engineering properties for predicting performance during mix design or quality assurance checks at the time of construction. In this study, the bituminous concrete mixture was designed through complementing volumetric criteria with performance tests such as dynamic creep and the indirect tensile asphalt cracking test for evaluating resistance against rutting and fatigue cracking, respectively. This study considers different factors such as five different types of design aggregate gradations (mid-gradation, fine-coarse gradation, coarse gradation, coarse-fine gradation, and fine gradation), three binder types (VG-30, VG-40, and PMB-40), and five levels of compactive efforts (35, 50, 75, 90, and 110 blows on each face). The study finds the effect of design aggregate gradation, binder type, and compactive effort on the rutting and cracking resistance of bituminous mixes. The research study also comprehends the influence of volumetric properties on the performance parameters. Further, it establishes the initial performance criteria for rutting and cracking for Marshall mixes. The performance space diagram (PSD) has also been plotted, portraying the overall performance (acceptable, desirable, or unsatisfactory performance regions) of bituminous mixtures based on rutting resistance and cracking resistance. This paper highlights and advocates the integration of these performance-based specifications into the Marshall mix design specifications for improving pavement characteristics and extending overall service life.
Determination of Health Concepts in β-Propeller Protein–Associated Neurodegeneration
Authors: Kotes Emma , Gavazzi Francesco , Woidill Sarah , Sevagamoorthy Anjana , Yang Eric , Smith Vanessa , Dubbs Holly , Pierce Samuel R. , Pucci Kristy , Vithayathil Joseph , Thakur Nivedita , Adang Laura A.
Published: October 2024

β-Propeller protein–associated neurodegeneration (BPAN) is a rare, X-linked condition caused by pathogenic variants in the WDR45 gene that result in a defect of autophagy. Classified as a disorder of neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation, β-propeller protein–associated neurodegeneration is associated with severe neurologic impairments. With the anticipation of future therapeutic trials, this project characterizes the family's perspective of the impact of disease and defines Health Concepts (HC). Children with a molecularly confirmed diagnosis of β-propeller protein–associated neurodegeneration were enrolled in a prospective natural history study. We administered the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales–Third Edition and provided health-related quality of life questionnaires to 42 caregivers. Questionnaires included Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory–Generic Core and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory–Family Impact modules, Caregiver Priorities and Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities, and Caregiver TBI-CareQoL. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales–Third Edition (n = 42) captured the family's perspective that communication was more affected compared with socialization, activities of daily living (ADL), and motor skills ( P < .0001, P < .0001, P = .0053, respectively). Similarly, on the Caregiver Priorities and Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities (n = 26), Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory–Generic Core (n = 27), CareQol (n = 26), and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory–Family Impact (n = 27), communication abilities, as well as social functioning and activities of daily living, were noted to be most impacted. Through the use of standardized surveys and outcome assessments, we establish the effects of β-propeller protein–associated neurodegeneration on caregiver quality of life. Key health concepts identified by families included overall health, comfort, and communication. The identified HC will inform the future identification of concept of interest and selection of appropriate clinical outcome assessments through the administration of patient-reported outcomes.
Study on thermal-assisted underwater friction stir welding for carbon fiber-reinforced polyetherimide
Authors: Sun Yibo , Li Wenjun , Wang Zhuo , Guan Kainan , Zou Li , Wang Guodong , Yang Xinhua
Published: October 2024

Friction stir welding (FSW) of carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic has shown attractive applications in industrial fields. However, the heat input during the FSW is hard to control, which leads to significant material loss and carbon fiber damage. In this paper, a carbon fiber-reinforced polyetherimide (CF-PEI) plate is joined via thermal-assisted underwater friction stir welding (UFSW). The evaluation of heat-assisted UFSW joints is conducted by studying the surface morphology, microstructure of the weld interface, the state and distribution of carbon fibers, and tensile analysis. The findings indicated that water can reduce heat input, and the water temperature has a significant impact on the weld properties. Specifically, at a water temperature of 60°C, there is a considerable reduction in material loss and carbon fiber damage. The study also reveals that this temperature facilitates the interweaving of carbon fibers into a stable structure at the interface and their integration with the PEI substrate. This reduces the inhibition of the material on carbon fiber elongation, ultimately enhancing the bonding interface and improving tensile shear properties. The maximum tensile strength value of the welds reached 33.6 MPa, equivalent to 79.6% of the CF-PEI sheet. Compared to FSW, joint tensile strength is increased by 45.5%.
Linking Leading-Following and Family
Authors: Ortiz Mario R.
Published: October 2024

It is thought-provoking to reflect on the ways in which the idea of family arises within many leading-following situations, especially within work settings where coworkers may refer to each other as or name each other their “work family.” In this paper, the author explored the ways in which the humanbecoming paradigm (Parse, 2021) and its models may be used to lead with others from a family view. There are many meaning-making moments within leading-following professional relationships that shape all constituents (families) over time. As in all unique disciplines, such as nursing, that have leadership and practice components, it is important that there is a theoretical framework serving as the foundation to co-build professional relationships.
How to Build a Culture of Human Rights in the Era of Populism: Reflections From the Human Rights City of York (UK)
Authors: Gready Paul
Published: October 2024

This article analyses how to build a culture of human rights in the era of populism. The UK, and the York Human Rights City initiative, provide a case study. The article draws on a human rights practice methodology, activist practices and broader social processes and practices, both in York, to analyse the potential of the ‘local’, and in particular cities, to develop a human rights culture. It argues that such a culture needs to go beyond current responses to populism, notably a focus on values and framing (a variant of ‘if only people knew’), to draw on thicker components of culture (history and place, rather than law and institutions). Interviews with artists in York as a proxy for wider public engagement suggest an enduring disconnect with human rights but also that meaning-making, co-creation, not just better communication, is needed to build a culture of human rights.
Fault domain separation networks: A cross-domain diagnostic method for variable operating conditions in the elevator guidance system
Authors: Qiu Lemiao , Zhang Huang , Yang Gaopeng , Cheng Changlong , Wang Zili , Yu Cheng , Zhang Shuyou
Published: October 2024

High-speed elevators play a critical role in vertical transportation. However, they may exhibit different working conditions under varying operating conditions, posing challenges for fault diagnosis. We propose a model named fault domain separation networks (FDSN) to tackle the cross-domain diagnostic problem of guidance system by leveraging transfer learning techniques. FDSN comprises three distinct modules that extract invariant fault features and variable operating condition features, and use orthogonal loss function for feature decoupling, achieving effective feature allocation, and mitigating the impact of variable operating conditions on fault diagnosis. To evaluate and demonstrate the efficacy of FDSN, a high-speed elevator platform is constructed, and fault vibration data under various working conditions are simulated to form a comprehensive dataset. The proposed FDSN achieved an average diagnostic accuracy of 92.7% in cross-domain diagnostic tasks, outperforming other comparative methods and demonstrating the remarkable superiority.
Effectiveness of Walking Exercise in Improving Physical Fitness and Depression in Patients With Schizophrenia
Authors: Huang Mei-Ling , Chen Miao-Chuan
Published: October 2024

Patients with schizophrenia often lack physical activity, which, together with physical complications, can lower their expected lifespan. Exercise strengthens their physical and mental health. The primary aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a walking exercise intervention in improving physical fitness, body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, and depressive symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. A quasi-experimental study design was used. Seventy-six participants were recruited from the psychiatric daycare center at a hospital in Northern Taiwan. They were divided into two groups. The intervention group received a walking exercise intervention, while the control completed their daily courses at the psychiatric daycare center. The changes in both groups’ physical fitness, BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, and depressive symptoms were monitored. Cardiorespiratory endurance significantly improved in the intervention group, attesting to the effectiveness of the walking exercise intervention. Their depression level significantly decreased across all measurement stages. The group walking exercise reduced sedentary behaviors and increased the participants’ autonomous motivation, hip circumference, and cardiorespiratory fitness. Structured exercise programs may increase the patients’ hippocampal neuroplasticity and reduce their depressive symptoms. The walking exercise intervention positively affected physiological traits, physical fitness, and mental health of the participants.
Surgeon Alignment With Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Qualitative Analysis of Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures
Authors: Schultz Emily A. , Eppler Sara L. , Shapiro Lauren M. , Kamal Robin N.
Published: October 2024

Background:

Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are developed to guide physicians in providing consistent high-quality care. Despite availability of evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of distal radius fractures, prior work suggests many patients receive treatment that is misaligned with the CPG. We sought to explore barriers and facilitators of guideline-aligned care for distal radius fractures.

Methods:

We conducted semistructured interviews of a purposive sample of surgeons who treat distal radius fractures. Our interview guide was based on the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF). Interviews were transcribed and coded using a deductive analytical approach within the 14 TDF domains. Belief statements underlying similar codes were developed to describe barriers and facilitators of guideline-aligned care. A content analysis was performed to count the frequency of each TDF domain.

Results:

We interviewed 14 surgeons. The most common TDF domains were beliefs about consequences (110), knowledge (49), and social influences (29). Belief statements representative of barriers of concordance to the CPGs included, “I am more likely to deviate from the CPGs when the CPGs differ from my professional opinion,” which was coded under beliefs about consequences. Similar belief statements were created for each theme within TDF domains.

Conclusion:

Decision-making for patients with distal radius fractures is driven by beliefs about consequences, knowledge, and social influences. Strategies to address these beliefs in other fields such as including patient factors in a further structured shared decision-making process, developing implementation toolkits as part of the CPG development process, and implementing payment programs may improve CPG alignment.
Land on fire: The spatial production of the mafia
Authors: Pearson Lauren R
Published: October 2024

“Land on Fire: The Spatial Production of the Mafia” proposes to address a major lacuna in geographic literature: How mafia groups are socially and spatially reproducing themselves through the intentional setting of fire. Analyzing the 2021 and 2023 wildfire seasons in Sicily, this research proposes that the Sicilian Mafia is operationalizing both rural and urban space in novel ways that reflect a transformation in their organizational structure. This work engages with Henri Lefebvre’s theory on the production of space but also uses ethnography in Sicily to reorient our understanding of mafia crime, suggesting that the Sicilian Mafia’s operationalization of the landscape reflects not only an evolution of the Mafia but also an altered relationship with the land itself.
(Post)-pandemic subversive pedagogies: Slowness, relationality and care
Authors: Schick Kate , Timperley Claire
Published: October 2024

While power is central to the study of global politics, pedagogy is often under-recognised as a central site of power within the discipline, shaping not only what is studied but who is invited into this scholarly endeavour. We advocate for subversive pedagogies that challenge the status quo by troubling the ‘knowledge-transmission’ model of education that sees learners as passive recipients of knowledge imparted by subject experts. We articulate three key dispositions in our pedagogical practices that allow us to acknowledge how existing power relations structure our teaching and provide alternative frames for learning with our students: slowness, relationality and care. First, we identify the challenges we face working in ‘the academy at speed’, advocating a slower approach to our pedagogical practice. Second, we articulate the central features of relationality and care that can accompany a slower pedagogy, offering new possibilities for how we engage our subject and our students. We finish by tracing these elements of subversive pedagogies across the contributions to this special issue, noting how intentional subversion and attentiveness to time, relationality and care centres the power inherent in pedagogy.