bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Konsumerhebung und Verbraucherpreisindex
Authors: WUG Redaktion WUG
Published: November 2023

Die Covid-19-Pandemie hat die gewohnten wirtschaftlichen Abläufe in vielen Bereichen stark beeinflusst. Die Einzigartigkeit dieser Krise stellte und stellt somit ebenso die amtliche Statistik vor neue methodische Herausforderungen, Adaptionen des statistischen Methodeninventars wurden nötig. Das betrifft vor allem bei der Preiserhebung die verstärkte Nutzung von Scannerdaten und die Anwendung saisonaler Fortschreibungen bei der Indexberechnung; dies erfordert Kreativität, aber immer auch den Bezug zu vorhandenen und bewährten Methoden; es galt und gilt der Grundsatz „faute de mieux“.
Wenn es gelingt, diese durchaus außergewöhnliche Situation mit geeigneten Erhebungs- und Analysemethoden zu bewältigen, dann hat man eine Art Blaupause für künftige Krisen gleicher Gestalt geschaffen, zumindest was deren nummerische/statistische Beschreibung betrifft.
Das hat politische Konsequenzen. Amtliche Statistiken sind die Grundlage jeder evidenzbasierten Wirtschaftspolitik. Bei Mikroerhebungen stehen die Lebensrealitäten der Vielen jedenfalls gleichberechtigt im Fokus der Aufmerksamkeit, während in synthetischen Statistiken wie den Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnungen finanzstärkeren AgentInnen ein größeres Gewicht zukommt. Um die Volkswirtschaft an allen Stellen der Einkommens- und Vermögensverteilung zu verstehen und die Auswirkungen von Veränderungen einschätzen zu können, ist eine seriöse Diskussion über Erhebung und Analyse unverzichtbar.
Wir unterziehen deshalb die Situation bei der Konsumerhebung, der Preiserhebung bzw. der Inflationsberechnung einer näheren Betrachtung. Denn wie schon 2008 im Finanzsektor zeigte sich in der Corona- Pandemie, dass selbst bei scheinbar einfach zu erhebenden Daten wie den Konsumausgaben nicht nur die Probleme größer werden, etwa in den Lieferketten oder bei Kostenüberwälzungen, auch ihre Erfassung in der Statistik wird schlechter.
Erwerbsarmut in Österreich aus Geschlechterperspektive
Authors: Siegert Christina
Published: November 2023

Der Beitrag widmet sich anhand österreichischer EU-SILC-Querschnittsdaten (2017—2019) der Frage, ob und wie sich unselbständig beschäftigte Frauen und Männer hinsichtlich ihres Erwerbsarmutsrisikos auf Basis des Personeneinkommens unterscheiden. Dazu werden auf Basis der individuellen Beschäftigungssituation, des gestaffelten Personeneinkommens (Erwerbseinkommen, andere Personeneinkommen, anteilige Haushaltseinkommen) und haushaltsspezifischer Armutsschwellen Erwerbsarmutsquoten für Frauen und Männer ausgewiesen. Ausgehend von Überlegungen zur Arbeitsmarktbenachteiligung und finanzieller Abhängigkeit von Frauen stehen geschlechts- und haushaltsspezifische Beschäftigungsstrategien, erfasst durch Beschäftigungsausmaß und Lohnhöhe, und deren Konsequenzen für das individuelle Erwerbsarmutsrisiko im Zentrum der Analyse. Potenzielle Zusammenhänge werden mit Hilfe von Kontingenz- und logistischen Regressionsanalysen überprüft, womit dieser Beitrag neue Erkenntnisse über die haushalts- und geschlechterspezifische Situation unselbständig beschäftigter working poor in Österreich liefert. Die Resultate weisen darauf hin, dass Frauen häufiger teilzeit- und niedriglohnbeschäftigt sind und in Paarhaushalten mehrheitlich nur einen Zuverdienst zum Haushaltseinkommen leisten, während Männer überwiegend Allein- oder Hauptverdiener sind. Frauen sind stärker als Männer auf Einkommenskomponenten jenseits des eigenen Erwerbseinkommens angewiesen, um Erwerbsarmut zu vermeiden. Aber nicht Frauen per se, sondern ausschließlich (die überwiegend teilzeitbeschäftigten) Mütter sind gegenüber Männern einem erhöhten Erwerbsarmutsrisiko ausgesetzt. Könnten Mütter nur auf ihr Erwerbseinkommen oder andere Personeneinkommen zurückgreifen, wäre mindestens jede Zweite von ihnen working poor.
Ein Blick aus der Praxis auf die Corona-Krise in deutschen Betrieben
Authors: Lugger Elisabeth
Published: November 2023

© Titelbild mit freundlicher Genehmigung des VSA Verlags
Verkannte Leistungsträger:innen
Authors: Glassner Vera
Published: November 2023

© Titelbild mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Suhrkamp Verlags
Tax me if you can. Potenziale moderner Vermögensbesteuerung in Österreich
Authors: Bernhofer Dominik , Ertl Michael , Bohnenberger Katharina , Disslbacher Franziska , Hofmann Julia , Innreiter Petra , Marterbauer Markus , Mokre Patrick , Schnetzer Matthias
Published: November 2023

Weltweit findet eine intensive Diskussion zur Frage der Vermögenskonzentration und ihren negativen wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und politischen Folgen statt. Trotz der im internationalen Vergleich hohen Vermögensungleichheit ist Österreich bei den vermögensbezogenen Steuern auf den hintersten Rängen. Vorschlägen zur Wiedereinführung einer Vermögensteuer wird regelmäßig der hohe Aufwand der Vermögensbewertung sowie die Gefahr der Steuerflucht entgegengehalten. Die Diskussion der rechtlichen und ökonomischen Aspekte der Vermögensbesteuerung in diesem Artikel legt nahe, dass moderne Vermögensteuermodelle auf Instrumente zurückgreifen können, um diese Herausforderungen effizient zu meistern. Das sind einerseits die Bewertungsregeln im Bewertungsgesetz, die an wesentlichen Stellen vereinfacht werden könnten, andererseits diverse Kontrollinstrumente wie neue Vermögensregister, der automatische Informationsaustausch und die Wegzugsbesteuerung, deren Potential noch nicht vollständig ausgeschöpft wird. Bei optimaler Ausgestaltung können die Vollzugskosten und die Ausweicheffekte einer Vermögensteuer erheblich reduziert werden. Aufkommensschätzungen für Österreich auf Basis international anerkannter Vermögenskonzepte und Bewertungsregeln bei progressiver Ausgestaltung führen – im Mittel der untersuchten Modelle – zu einem jährlichen Steuermehraufkommen von etwa 5 Milliarden EUR.
Lessons learned: Eckpunkte eines transformationsorientierten und beitragsgerechten Kurzarbeitsmodells
Authors: Mokre Patrick , Simon Theurl , Heiling Michael
Published: November 2023

In der Covid-19-Krise war Kurzarbeit jenes arbeitsmarktpolitische Instrument, das die meisten Arbeitnehmer:innen betraf – zum Höhepunkt gleichzeitig 1,3 Millionen unselbstständig Beschäftigte. In diesem Beitrag wägen wir die Auswirkungen der Kurzarbeit auf Beschäftigung und Verfügbarkeit von qualifizierten Arbeitskräften im Aufschwung gegen mögliche finanzielle Mitnahmeeffekte ab. Gleichzeitig kann Kurzarbeit als staatlich subventionierte Umverteilung der notwendigen Arbeitszeit verstanden werden und bietet daher einen arbeitsmarktpolitischen Ansatzpunkt zu einer allgemeinen Arbeitszeitverkürzung.

Dieser Beitrag nähert sich der Analyse dieser Wirkung von Kurzarbeit auf drei Ebenen. Zunächst wird die Entwicklung der Kurzarbeit in Österreich bis zur Covid-19-Krise dargestellt. Danach zeigt eine dynamische Panelregression auf Wirtschaftsbranchenebene, dass die Inanspruchnahme von Kurzarbeit Arbeitsplatzverluste dämpfte. Eine Fallbeispielanalyse von sechs anonymisierten österreichischen Industrieunternehmen zeichnet weiters nach, dass eine Kostenbeteiligung von Unternehmen der Kurzarbeit grundsätzlich möglich gewesen wäre.

Vor diesem Hintergrund und diesen Erkenntnissen entwerfen wir Eckpunkte eines Kurzarbeitsmodells als Diskussionsgrundlage, das einen niedrigschwelligen Zugang beibehält, aber bei erzielten Unternehmensgewinnen Anreize für eine Kostenbeteiligung oder eine staatlich subventionierte Arbeitszeitverkürzung im Unternehmen vorsieht. Das Modell würde aus unserer Sicht die positiven Arbeitsmarkt- und Loheinkommenserhaltungseffekte der bestehenden Regelungen beibehalten, aber im Übergang in den gesamtwirtschaftlichen Aufschwung die staatliche Kostenbeteiligung als Hebel für eine Transformation der Normalarbeitsverhältnisse in Richtung besserer Arbeitszeitverteilung nutzen. So würden die positiven Beschäftigungseffekte der Kurzarbeit nicht nur in der Krise (Verlangsamung des Beschäftigungsabfalls), sondern auch im Aufschwung (Beschleunigung des Beschäftigungswachstums) wirksam.
Die Österreichische Schule – leicht gefasst
Authors: Klausinger Hansjörg
Published: November 2023

Das Buch richtet sich an eine breite Leserschaft und versucht, dieser die Einsichten der Österreichischen Schule der Nationalökonomie nahezubringen. Dazu werden hervorragende Vertreter:innen dieser Schule mit ihrem Leben und Werk vorgestellt. Es bietet eine lesenswerte, leicht fassbare Einführung.
Ein Leitfaden im Labyrinth multipler Krisen
Authors: Zotter Thomas
Published: November 2023

Brunnermeiers Buch ist in Zeiten multipler Krisen insofern ein guter Ratgeber, als es kein „How to“-Ratgeber ist, weil es nicht einen vorgefassten Lösungsweg anpreist, sondern Analyseinstrumente und visionäre Denkanstöße liefert, um als Individuum und als Gesellschaft selbst den Weg zu mehr Resilienz zu finden. Damit gibt er uns einen Leitfaden im Labyrinth multipler Krisen in die Hand, der weiter reicht als die gegenwärtigen Krisen.
Souveränes Geldsystem und demokratische Wirtschaftspolitik
Authors: Edelmüller Wolfgang
Published: November 2023

Der seit 25 Jahren virulente MMT-Diskurs in der postkeynesianischen Makroökonomik hat längst die akademische Ebene verlassen, um die Suche nach dem adäquaten „grand design“ in der Wirtschaftspolitik zu beginnen. Mit diesem Buch und seinem herausfordernden Titel hat sich L. Randall Wray, wohl der bedeutendste Gründungsautor der „Modern Monetary Theory“, diesem Trend angeschlossen. In sieben übersichtlichen Kapiteln wird zunächst eine konzise Einführung aus erster Hand in die theoretischen und empirischen Grundlagen der MMT geboten. Mit Rekurs auf die daraus gewonnen Erkenntnisse werden sodann die Steuerungspotenziale von souveränen Geldsystemen für die Ziele einer gemeinwohlorientierten Wirtschaftspolitik im Sozial- und Wohlfahrtsstaat ausgelotet. Dabei hält der Autor an den grundlegenden Forschungsfragen zum „modernen Geld“ fest (Was ist Geld? Woher kommt das Geld? Wie wird Geld in Umlauf gesetzt?) und klärt überdies strittige Fragen der kritischen MMT-Rezeption. Schließlich lässt Wray kaum Zweifel aufkommen, dass sich effektive Vollbeschäftigung und sicherheitsstiftende Preisstabilität in der pragmatischen Reichweite einer demokratischen Wirtschaftspolitik befinden.
Ciências Farmacêuticas – Edição III
Authors: Barroso L. De Freitas Guilherme , Reder Custodio de Souza Ariádine , Maria Moura de Paulo Martins Vieira Egidia , Khaled Sleiman Hanan
Published: November 2023

O processo de descoberta de drogas não termina quando os cientistas criam uma
nova substância química com efeitos biológicos. Esse produto químico deve então
ser refinado e testado para determinar se é seguro, eficaz e vale a pena estudar em
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Assessment of the relationship between outsourcing and organization’s financial performance in Igara Growers Tea Factory in Bushenyi District.
Authors:   Department of Business Administration (Human Resource Management) of Kampala  International University, Uganda., Turyamushanga Labson Atuhire Madinah, Bateyo Asuman
Published: November 2023

This study examined the relationship between outsourcing and organization’s financial performance in Igara Growers Tea Factory in Bushenyi District. A conceptual framework was developed relating outsourcing functions and indicators of financial performance. This research findings will be employed by government agencies, private sector foundations for example Uganda National Chamber of Commerce among others to evaluate the role of outsourcing on financial performance. The results will also help business stakeholders on how to attach financial performance to the decision to outsource and finally the study will help future researchers as a source of references on a similar studies. Simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used to select the respondents. Cross sectional and descriptive research designs were used in the study to collect data from the field. Qualitative and quantitative approaches were also used. Pearson's linear correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship between outsourcing and financial performance of the factory. The researcher found out that outsourcing and organization’s financial performances are “two sisters of the same blood” they are closely related. This is based on various factors. The researcher found out that outsourcing promotes the volume of sales of Igara Grower’s Tea factory and increased sales go hand in hand with profitability. In conclusion, when outsourcing is done; the financial performance of the origination improves. Likewise when the organization’s financial performance improves it enables the organization to do outsourcing because then it has the financial capacity to meet outsourcing obligations. Keywords: Assessment, relationship, outsourcing, financial performances, Igara Growers and Tea Factory
An Assessment of the Effect of Motivation and Affirmative Action on Employee’s Performance in Gombe Local Government, Nigeria
Authors:   Department of Public Administration and Management, Kampala International University,  Uganda. 2Department of Public Administration, Gombe State University, Nigeria. 3Department of Banking and Finance, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, Bulus Jonah Saidu3 Tom Mulegi , Usman Bappi
Published: November 2023

This study examined the effect of motivation and affirmative action on the performance of Gombe local government staff, where intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation and affirmative action are used as the independent variables and performance as the dependent variable. Data was generated using primary source, where 330 staff responded through the use of questionnaire. Multiple regression was used for the analysis. The study found a significant effect of intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation and affirmative action on performance. Therefore the study recommended that Gombe local government should do more on intrinsic motivation as it is lagging behind in the area of vacation and job recognition of its workers and also improve the workers remuneration by adhering to the national minimum wage and overtime payment. Keywords: Motivation, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, affirmative action, performance.
Who is publishing how many open-access papers?
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

How many open-access papers are getting published these days?  And who’s doing it?  Inspired by a tweet from @labroides (link at the end so as not to give away the punchline), I went looking for numbers. We’ll start with our old friends Elsevier, since they are the world’s largest academic publisher by volume and by revenue.
Biology Open journal uses not-quite-open CC-BY-NC-SA licence
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

I have just sent this letter to the Editorial Office of the brand new open-access journal Biology Open, which has just published its very first issue. I feel like a bit of a jerk sending a criticism when they’re just up and running, but I think it’s the best thing in the long run.  I will let you know what they say if/when they reply.  Update (28 March 2012).  They did: read all about it.
Publishers invent a whole new form of evil: suing their customers
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

I know that I’ve tended to be very critical of Elsevier on these pages [peer review, economics, PLoS clone, RWA, profits].  I’ve sometimes wondered whether that’s really fair: after all, Elsevier are just one among many exploitative for-profit non-open scholarly publishers, right?  Shouldn’t I be equally harsh on Springer, Wiley, Informa and the rest? I’m not alone in this, of course.
Tutorial 15b: the bones of the theropod skeleton
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

Last time, we looked at the bones of the sauropod skeleton, and I mentioned that “thanks to the wonder of homology, it doubles as a primer for dinosaur skeletons in general”.  To prove it, here everyone’s favourite vulgar, overstudied theropod  Tyrannosaurus rex  , in L. M. Sterling’s reconstruction from Osborn 1906:plate XXIV, published just one year after the big guy’s initial description.
How long was the neck of Diplodocus?
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

In our recent paper on how the long necks of sauropods did not evolve primarily due to sexual selection (Taylor et al. 2011), one of the ideas we discussed is that sexual dimorphism between the necks of male and female sauropods would be an indicator of sexual selection.  And, rather despairingly, we wrote (page 4): But I wonder if we realise just  how  true this is, and how blind we are flying?
CSL 1.0 Specification Update 2010-05-30
Authors: Zelle Rintze M.
Published: November 2023

Changelog The CSL 1.0 specification update of 2010-05-30 includes the following changes: clarified behavior of the line-spacing and entry-spacing attributes [diff] clarified behavior of the position condition when used for bibliography formatting [diff] clarified behavior of the et-al-subsequent attributes [diff] changed the handling of name suffixes (now aligns with Chicago Manual of Style) [diff] changed et-al abbreviation to use a
The most awesome piece of art EVER
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

Last month, over at  Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs  , David Orr wrote about the dinosaur conflicts he’d like to see, in place of the ubiquitous  T  .  rex  -vs.-  Triceratops  .  Among the fights he wanted to see was: 2. Four strategically placed  Incisivosaurus  vs.  Giraffatitan  : Two words: beaver style.
Heading for #SfN23 with two posters
Authors: Brembs Björn
Published: November 2023

It’s the time of the year again where 30,000 neuroscientists head to the US to talk neuroscience. This year the big annual conference is in Washington, DC, one of the three cities able to host this large event. Our first poster will be up on Tuesday morning and shows results from operant self-stimulation experiments using optogenetics and dopaminergic neurons.
Things to dissect and see: longus colli dorsalis
Authors: Wedel Matt
Published: November 2023

Okay, special dissection post, coming to you live from the Symposium  of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy in Lyme Regis, on the Jurassic coast of England, well past my bedtime. First, check out this comment from Neil and see the linked image of some neck muscles in the anhinga. Here’s a small version I’m swiping.
Sideshow Collectibles Apatosaurus Maquette, Part 1: introduction
Authors: Wedel Matt
Published: November 2023

I only learned about a month ago that this exists. Mike had written to Sideshow Collectibles and offered to review their  Apatosaurus  maquette if they’d send him a review copy. The folks at Sideshow were game, and would have sent Mike a complimentary review copy and covered the shipping. But the import fees would have been appalling, so Mike very generously suggested that they send it to me instead. And here we are.
New mailing-list/forum: History of Paleontology
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

Just  a quick note to let anyone who’s not on the Dinosaur Mailing List know that the DML has spawned a new list dedicated to the history of palaeontology.  It’s hosted at Google Groups, so you have the choice of subscribing to it as a mailing list or reading it as a forum.
And a happy Christmas from me, too!
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

And a happy Christmas from me, too!
Many meetings
Authors: Wedel Matt
Published: November 2023

Mike, Darren, rex, Vanessa, and Matt. Photo by Paco Gasco. As previously reported, the lot of us are in Bonn for the sauropod biology workshop. Last night we met up at the welcome reception at the Goldfuss Museum. It was the first time for Mike and Darren to meet Vanessa Graff and Paco Gasco in person, and of course we all got to meet people we didn’t know previously who are here for the workshop.
Academic Spring and a declaration of independence
Authors: Wedel Matt
Published: November 2023

I only became aware of the term Academic Spring the other day but I instantly loved it. The OA wars have heated up significantly in the past few weeks, and Academic Spring crystallizes a lot of what is going on. Although we always welcome new readers, and no-one who cares about science can afford to be ignorant about access to scholarly publications, we do sometimes feel that at SV-POW! we are mostly preaching to the converted.
Xenoposeidon in all its glory
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

Back when Darren and I did the  Xenoposeidon  description, we were young and foolish, and only illustrated the holotype vertebra NHM R2095 in four aspects: left and right lateral, anterior and posterior.  No dorsal or ventral views.
More moves towards universal open access
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

Two things to briefly report. First, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has just announced its new policy that “all published EPSRC-funded research articles submitted for publication from 1 September 2011 must be made available on an Open Access basis”.  This policy brings EPSRC in line with other UK Research Councils (EPSRC is one of seven), the Wellcome Trust, and US funding bodies such as the NSF and NIH.
More Brontomerus artwork, from Highlights magazine
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

I’m delighted to have the opportunity to exhibit some more  Brontomerus  artwork.  Once more, as with  National Geographic  and indeed the original life restoration in the paper, Matt and I had the opportunity to work with the artist, feeding back on an initial draft, to help get the final version as accurate as possible. Andy Boyles is the Science Editor for  Highlights for Children  magazine.
Sauropod sighting
Authors: Wedel Matt
Published: November 2023

But where? You tell us. All will be revealed shortly.
Happy New Year!
Authors: Wedel Matt
Published: November 2023

Lots of love from the SV-POW!sketeers, and best wishes for 2012!
Best. Conference. Ever.
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

I’m just back from a three-day conference in Bonn, Germany, which I unhesitatingly nominate as the best I’ve ever been to.  To begin with, the subject was a guaranteed winner: sauropod gigantism.  I can hardly overstate how awesome it was to hear 43 talks about or relevant to sauropod gigantism (sixteen on the first day, fifteen on the second and twelve on the third).
Tutorial 16: giving good talks, part 3: rehearsal
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

The best part of a month ago, we posted the first two articles in a series of four on giving good talks: part 1 on planning, and part 2 on preparing the actual slides.  Then we got distracted and posted a whole sequence of articles on Open Access ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]).
Necks, I win; tails, Wedel loses –or– The SV-POW! Palaeo Paper Challenge
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

This year, I missed The Paleo Paper Challenge over on  Archosaur Musings  — it was one of hundreds of blog posts I missed while I was in Cancun with my day-job and then in Bonn for the  2nd International Workshop on Sauropod Biology and Gigantism  .  That means I missed out on my annual tradition of promising to get the looong-overdue Archbishop description done by the end of the year.
Want free-to-use silhouettes of organisms? PhyloPic is here!
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

I’m very aware that I’ve been whining incessantly on this blog recently: RWA this, Elsevier that, moan whine complain.  So I’m delighted to be able to bring some good news.  Mike Keesey’s site PhyloPic.org is back up, in new and improved form, and providing free silhouettes of organisms extincts and extant.
On display this weekend: LACM’s monster alligator
Authors: Wedel Matt
Published: November 2023

Vanessa Graff and I spent yesterday working in the herpetology and ornithology collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (LACM). The herpetology collections manager, Neftali Comacho, pointed us to this skull of  Alligator mississippiensis  . It’s not world’s biggest gator–about which more in a second–but it’s the biggest I’ve seen in person.
Hello again, old friend
Authors: Wedel Matt
Published: November 2023

This week the SV-POW!sketeers are off to Bonn, Germany, for the Second International Workshop on Sauropod Biology and Gigantism. All three of us will be there, plus SV-POW! guest blogger Heinrich Mallison, plus Wedel Lab grad student Vanessa Graff, plus about 50 other awesome scientists from around the world. So we’ll have a ton of fun, but we probably won’t get much posted.
Best. Exhibit. Ever.
Authors: Wedel Matt
Published: November 2023

Wedel lab group photo, December 12, 2011. Vanessa Graff and Mathew Wedel, with  Diplodocus carnegii  ,  Giraffatitan brancai  ,  Dicraeosaurus hansemanni  and assorted stinkin’ theropods and ornithischians for scale.
Tutorial 14: How to actually write a paper
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

Matt recently told us how to get ideas for papers, but if you’ve not previously published, you may be wondering how you get from idea to actual manuscript.  I’ve written about twenty palaeontology papers now, not counting trivial ones like encyclopaedia entries and corrections (plus a few in computer science).
Tutorial 17: preparing illustrations. Part 0: colour-balancing in thirty seconds
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

If you’re a scientist, then one of the things you need to do is prepare high-quality images for your papers.  And, especially if you’re a palaeontologist, or in some other science that involves specimens, that’s often going to mean manipulating photographs.
Why did sauropods have such long necks?
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

Why did sauropods have such long necks? Mamenchisaus hochuanensis skeletal reconstruction (Young and Zhao 1972:fig. 4), based on the holotype It’s the single most obvious and important question about sauropods, so it’s a bit surprising to think that we’ve never really addressed this question directly.
Nature and Elsevier on peer-reviewing
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: November 2023

I was directed to an article entitled  Rookie Review  on  Nature Jobs  by a tweet from Andy Farke (author of the Open Source Palaeontologist and an editor at PLoS ONE).  It has a lot of good stuff in it, once you get past the opening section.  But getting past that opening was difficult for me, because my blood was boiling by the time I reached the end of the third paragraph.
Mahmut Bakali: Contribution to political biography
Authors: Ristanović Petar
Published: November 2023

Mahmut Bakali (1936 - 2006) was the president of the Presidency of the Provincial Committee of the Union of Communists of Kosovo from 1971 to 1981. He was a member of the so-called Đakovica group - Albanian communists from the vicinity of Đakovica who occupied key positions in the province of Kosovo during the entire post-war period. Bakali came to power at the time of the expansion of Kosovo's autonomy. During his tenure, Kosovo functioned as a republic in all but name. Albanian nationalism grew, the foundations of the Albanian separatist movement were laid, the planned albanianization of the province took place, and the mass emigration of Serbs intensified. After his dismissal in 1981, Bakali spent almost two decades outside official politics but retained his reputation and influence among Albanians. He was a member of the Albanian delegation during the negotiations in Rambouillet in 1998, a deputy in the Assembly of Kosovo after the war in 1999, and an adviser to the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Agim Ceku. He was also a witness at the trial of Slobodan Milosevic.
SomBRafica: um relato sobre o processo
Authors: Robles Ronaldo , Godoy Silvia
Published: November 2023

Este texto apresenta os caminhos da Cia Quase Cinema na concepção e produção de um novo trabalho como teatro de sombras para a rua. Apresenta os estímulos para a pesquisa do grupo sobre a diáspora e como a montagem aconteceu, suas escolhas, os processos e o tratamento do material coletado para criação da obra. Dessa forma, compõe um relato sobre as etapas da montagem da peça SomBRafrica.
Pablo VI. Gobernar desde el dolor
Authors: Fazio Mariano
Published: November 2023

"Pablo VI es considerado por algunos como el primer Papa moderno. Alma del Concilio Vaticano II, propulsor del diálogo con el mundo contemporáneo, tuvo que hacer frente a muchas tormentas, dentro y fuera de la Iglesia. Solía afirmar que hoy el hombre cree más a los testigos que a los maestros. San Pablo VI es creíble, pues fue un auténtico testigo de la verdad" Semblanza Autor "Mariano Fazio (Buenos Aires 1960), es sacerdote, historiador y filósofo. Ha publicado más de treinta libros, traducidos en numerosos idiomas, sobre Cristianismo y Mundo Contemporáneo. Fue rector de la Pontificia Universidad de la Santa Cruz y presidente de la Conferencia de Rectores de las Universidades Pontificias Romanas. Actualmente es el vicario auxiliar de la Prelatura del Opus Dei".
Eutanasia: falacia de morir con dignidad
Authors: Gamboa Bernal Gilberto A.
Published: November 2023

"Colombia es el país donde por primera vez se legisló sobre eutanasia en América Latina y el Caribe, en el sentido de despenalizar o legalizar su práctica. La novedad del caso colombiano está en la vía jurídica mediante la cual se despenalizó el “homicidio por piedad”, denominación tipificada en el Código Penal para la eutanasia. La eutanasia en Colombia se despenaliza mediante una sentencia de la Corte Constitucional, máximo organismo del poder judicial del país, sin pasar antes por el Congreso de la República (rama legislativa). Este artilugio jurídico fue el mismo que se utilizó en los EE. UU., en la década del setenta del siglo pasado, para hacer ver el aborto como si fuera un derecho derivado de la Constitución (caso Roe vs. Wade), que sin embargo fue corregido por la misma Corte Suprema de ese país en 2022. En la sentencia Dows vs. Jackson se indica que el aborto no es un derecho constitucional y que los organismos judiciales no son competentes para regular sobre esa materia y sobre otras análogas. Una de ellas es la eutanasia. El presente estudio incluye los siguientes elementos. Una introducción donde se expone parte de la historia de la eutanasia, y se explica la terminología relacionada con ella. Algunos argumentos a favor de la eutanasia son examinados para mostrar lo que hay detrás de cada uno y concluir por qué su práctica no es una buena idea. En la parte central del libro se hace una reflexión sobre la valoración ética que se puede hacer del acto eutanásico. Posteriormente se ofrecen unas reflexiones sobre la cultura de la muerte, pero sobre todo del sentido que el sufrimiento puede tener para el ser humano. Antes de las conclusiones el lector encontrará dos ensayos sobre la eutanasia en el mundo y en Colombia, que procuran aportar datos para una mejor comprensión de la situación. En el último capítulo se incluye un estudio breve sobre lo que dicen las religiones de la eutanasia. Las conclusiones se aprovechan para mostrar cómo la medicina paliativa y los cuidados paliativos son el mejor recurso médico que hace innecesario el que alguien pueda plantearse la aplicación de la eutanasia. Además, se explica qué son las voluntades anticipadas y la objeción de conciencia"
A Era da Inércia?
Authors: Oliveira de Almeida Philippe , Ribeiro das Chagas Dante Alexandre
Published: November 2023

As humanidades tomaram para si o conceito astronômico de revolução. Se antes a ideia consistia numa volta completa até o seu ponto de retorno, agora ela ultrapassa seu sentido original e passa a ser relacionada a grandes transformações estruturais, uma ruptura com o status quo, ou concebida como uma tentativa de adequar o ideal ao real; uma subversão da ordem. Todavia, hodiernamente, a ideia de Revolução parece temida ou algo que pertence somente aos livros de história. Com o ocaso da URSS, sob certo entusiasmo, proclamou-se um falacioso agouro: chegamos ao fim da História! Ao real cabia agora apenas uma adequação a um único e vitorioso ideal: o (neo)liberal. É como se passadas as Eras das Revoluções, dos Impérios e dos Extremos, tivéssemos alcançado uma era da conformação, a Era da Inércia, cuja noção de tempo apresenta-se como um eterno e inevitável presente sem qualquer dimensão de futuro, de modo a manter a contingência e criatividade humana reféns de um pensamento único, de uma ditadura da falta de alternativas. Portanto, o objetivo deste trabalho é recorrer a autores clássicos e contemporâneos que nos permitam pensar o hoje para além do agora, possibilitando o vislumbrar de novos amanhãs; um resgate de nossa criatividade e contingência. É preciso que recuperemos uma disputa por utopias e respondamos: uma revolução ainda é possível? Novos Brasis podem ser o nosso horizonte de expectativa? Assim, através de Hegel e da tradição hegeliana, refletiremos sobre a relação entre historicidade e revolução a fim de criticar o que identificamos ser uma tentativa neoliberal de congelar a temporalidade; e, por fim, resgatar nossa dimensão de futuro e potencial transformador.
Três dilemas e um caminho para a esquerda brasileira
Authors: Peixoto de Magalhães William Alexandre
Published: November 2023

O artigo explora o tema da crise das esquerdas, enfatizando três correntes que compõem esse campo do espectro político, sendo elas identificadas como esquerda marxista, esquerda identitária e esquerda “pobrista”. Cada uma se vê diante de um grande dilema que a desafia em sua perspectiva de transformar radicalmente a sociedade com vistas à emancipação dos seres humanos, sendo eles o saudosismo, o sectarismo e o conformismo. A não superação desses dilemas tem como consequência uma profunda desorientação política que se desdobra em na desconexão da realidade, na perda do senso de comunidade e no distanciamento do desígnio. Esse quadro, prolongado no tempo, incapacita a esquerda para formular um projeto de transformação do país e, logo, de cumprir sua autoproclamada missão. Para superar esses problemas é preciso enfrentar de forma contundente esses dilemas, se orientando pela primazia da realidade, fomentando o sentimento de comunidade e glorificando o desígnio. O sucesso dessa empreitada aponta para a reconstrução de um ousado programa de reformas políticas aqui desmembrado em três dimensões: as atitudes desejáveis para os defensores desse projeto, os valores que o orientam e o perfil que deveriam assumir as instituições existentes. O esforço aqui empreendido serve como um chamado à reflexão e à união das forças de esquerda comprometidas com um mundo mais igualitário e que proporcione a todos os indivíduos oportunidades para se desenvolverem como trabalhadores e a se realizarem como pessoas.
Esquerda e instituições: Marx, Foucault e Mangabeira Unger
Authors: Teixeira Carlos Sávio , Medeiros Tiago
Published: November 2023

Este artigo examina e critica as bases intelectuais que sustentam a compreensão da esquerda sobre instituições. Defende que a tradição dominante neste campo exprime concepção negativista acerca do fenômeno institucional. Toma a obra de Karl Marx como o paradigma principal dessa perspectiva, que sustenta um entendimento unidimensional acerca das instituições como tradução dos interesses das classes dominantes (seção I). Analisa a atualização dessa abordagem nas concepções de Michel Foucault, marcadas pela tese de que toda institucionalização da modernidade é pautada a partir do modelo disciplinar das prisões (seção II). Conclui, a partir daí, que ambas as posições, a de Marx e a de Foucault, compartilham a falta de realismo e são desprovidas de imaginação, embora reconhecendo no pensador alemão uma orientação macro e no intelectual francês uma visão micro. Argumenta, por fim, que há outra perspectiva, que toma as instituições como instrumentos promissores de inovação, casando realismo analítico com imaginação programática de alternativas, ideia apresentada de forma exemplar na teoria social do filósofo brasileiro Mangabeira Unger. Nela estão combinados os planos macro e micro de organização e funcionamento das instituições (seção III).
Associations Between Surrogates’ Decisional Regret Trajectories and Bereavement Outcomes
Authors: Wen Fur-Hsing , Hsieh Chia-Hsun , Shen Wen-Chi , Hou Ming-Mo , Su Po-Jung , Chou Wen-Chi , Chen Jen-Shi , Chang Wen-Cheng , Tang Siew Tzuh
Published: November 2023

Background: Family surrogates experience heterogeneous decisional regret and negative long-lasting postdecision impacts. Cross-sectional findings on the associations between decisional regret and surrogates’ bereavement outcomes are conflicting and cannot illustrate the directional and dynamic evolution of these associations. In this study, we sought to longitudinally examine the associations between 4 previously identified decisional-regret trajectories and bereavement outcomes among family surrogates of terminally ill patients with cancer. Patients and Methods: This prospective, longitudinal, observational study included 377 family surrogates. Decisional regret was measured using the 5-item Decision Regret Scale, and 4 decisional regret trajectories were identified: resilient, delayed-recovery, late-emerging, and increasing-prolonged. Associations between bereavement outcomes (depressive symptoms, prolonged grief symptoms, and physical and mental health-related quality of life [HRQoL]) and decisional-regret trajectories were examined simultaneously by multivariate hierarchical linear modeling using the resilient trajectory as a reference. Results: Surrogates in the delayed-recovery, late-emerging, and increasing-prolonged trajectories experienced significantly higher symptoms of prolonged grief (β [95% CI], 1.815 [0.782 to 2.848]; 2.312 [0.834 to 3.790]; and 7.806 [2.681 to 12.931], respectively) and poorer physical HRQoL (−1.615 [−2.844 to −0.386]; −1.634 [−3.226 to −0.042]; and −4.749 [−9.380 to −0.118], respectively) compared with those in the resilient trajectory. Membership in the late-emerging and increasing-prolonged trajectories was associated with higher symptoms of depression (β [95% CI], 2.942 [1.045 to 4.839] and 8.766 [2.864 to 14.668], respectively), whereas only surrogates in the increasing-prolonged decisional-regret trajectory reported significantly worse mental HRQoL (−4.823 [−8.216 to −1.430]) than those in the resilient trajectory. Conclusions: Surrogates who experienced delayed-recovery, unresolved, or late-emerging decisional regret may carry ceaseless doubt, guilt, or self-blame for patient suffering, leading to profound symptoms of prolonged grief, depressive symptoms, and worse HRQoL over their first 2 bereavement years.
Referral, Uptake, and Outcome of Genetic Counseling and Testing in Patients With Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer
Authors: Syed Hareem , Sommovilla Joshua , Burke Carol A. , McGee Sarah , Macaron Carole , Heald Brandie , Lyu Ruishen , Schmit Stephanie L. , Nair Kanika , Kamath Suneel , Krishnamurthi Smitha , Khorana Alok A. , Liska David
Published: November 2023

Background: The incidence of early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) is rapidly increasing. Pathogenic germline variants (PGVs) are detected in 16% to 20% of patients who have EOCRC, highlighting a need for genetic counseling (GC) and multigene panel testing in these patients. We aimed to determine the rate of referral to GC and uptake and outcomes of germline testing in patients with EOCRC. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients aged <50 years diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC) from 2010 to 2019 at Cleveland Clinic. Demographic data were extracted, including age, sex, self-reported race, and family history of CRC. The proportions of patients with GC referral and completion of GC and genetic testing were investigated, and genetic testing results were analyzed. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify factors independently associated with GC referral and uptake. Results: A total of 791 patients with EOCRC (57% male and 43% female) were included; 62% were referred for GC, and of those who were referred, 79% completed a GC appointment and 77% underwent genetic testing. Of those who underwent testing, 21% had a PGV detected; 82% were in known CRC-associated genes, with those associated with Lynch syndrome and familial adenomatous polyposis the most common, and 11% were in other actionable genes. Referral to GC was positively associated with family history of CRC (odds ratio [OR], 2.11; 95% CI, 1.51–2.96) and more recent year of diagnosis (2010–2013 vs 2017–2019; OR, 5.36; 95% CI, 3.59–8.01) but negatively associated with older age at diagnosis (OR, 0.89; 95% CI, 0.86–0.92). Conclusions: Referral to GC for patients with EOCRC is increasing over time; however, even in recent years, almost 25% of patients were not referred for GC. We found that 1 in 5 patients with EOCRC carry actionable PGVs, highlighting the need for health systems to implement care pathways to optimize GC referral and testing in all patients with EOCRC.
Atencion Farmaceutica al paciente VIH en tratamiento con Dolutegravir y Lamivudina
Authors: Perales Pascual Judit , Navarro Aznarez Herminia , López Pérez Ana , Abad Bañuelos Beatriz , Pascual Matínez Oihana
Published: November 2023

Introducción: De acuerdo con la Organización Mundial de la Salud el Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia Humana (VIH) continúa siendo uno de los mayores problemas para la salud pública mundial. A día de hoy, la importancia de la adherencia al tratamiento continúa siendo el centro de atención de todos los profesionales sanitarios. La falta de adherencia supone un gran problema económico y sanitario.
Método: Este estudio se centra en el servicio de atención farmacéutica (AF) realizado a los pacientes VIH en tratamiento con el comprimido coformulado dolutegravir/lamivudina (DTG/3TC) desde su comercialización en julio de 2019 hasta mayo 2021.Variables estudiadas: sexo, edad, adherencia, carga viral, recuento de linfocitos CD4, terapia antirretroviral (TAR) previa en paciente no naive, tratamientos concomitantes, interacciones, en pacientes no naive el motivo que ha conducido al cambio de TAR y los efectos adversos (EA) desarrollados. Fuente de datos: programa informático dispensación pacientes externos e historia clínica electrónica. 
Resultados: En el servicio de AF en la primera entrevista con el farmacéutico se tratan cinco aspectos: adherencia, EA, tratamientos y/o productos de herboristería concomitantes, interacciones y motivo de cambio de TAR. 62 pacientes iniciaron tratamiento con DTG/3TC: 24,1% (15/62) naive y 75,8% (47/62) no naive. El 100% de los pacientes naive presentaron una alta adherencia, solamente el 6,4% de los pacientes pretratados fueron identificados como no adherentes. Se encontró una contraindicación: hipérico. 
Conclusiones: Los pacientes presentan una alta adherencia, el tratamiento es efectivo y seguro. Se realiza el servicio de AF de forma eficaz. Conocemos la adherencia de nuestros pacientes y realizamos un estrecho seguimiento farmacoterapéutico.
Pharmaceutical intervention in the usage of inhalers with COPD patients that have an appointment in a health center to do an spirometry
Authors: Peral Bolaños Cristina , Baró Rodriguez Luis , Carabaño Moral Rosa , Martin Ruiz Maria Victoria , Sanz Sanmartin Esperanza , Ordoñez Navarro Esther , Molina Conejo Isabel Maria , Garcia Buendia Aranzazu , Llamas Del Castillo Maria Dolores , Martinez Martinez Fernando , Martin Valero Rocio
Published: November 2023

Background: the usage of inhalers is something complex. This work with COPD patients pretends that, after the pharmacist intervention, the correct usage of these drugs is guaranteed so as to improve the quality of life. 
Methods: the nurse set a date to do an spirometry to the patients. On the other hand, the pharmacist assessed the usage of the inhalers and carried out the adherence and quality of life tests. Three months after, the patients came back to the consultation and the pharmacist repeated the same procedure to detect any possible change after the intervention.
Results: on those patients that attended both appointments, it was seen that there were statistically significant changes between the adherence punctuation regarding both appointments. The average of punctuation is higher in the second appointment (49.09) in respect to the first one (46.45), this is a significant difference with a p<0.05. The quality of life was the same in both appointments and the errors average in the usage of inhalators in the second appointment decreased (1773) significantly in respect to the errors average in the first appointment (4727).
Conclusion: the intervention of a pharmacist in a multidisciplinary team to the following of COPD patients is advantageous to these patients, mainly in relation to the usage of inhalers and the adherence to treatment.
Detección y resolución de Problemas Relacionados con Medicamentos en un servicio de Atención Farmacéutica en Argentina
Authors: Granchetti Hugo , Pappalaro Mónica , Romero Matías Emanuel , Domínguez María Paula , Gomboso Victoria , Larrea Marina , Raspanti Geraldine , Otero Matías , Reynaga Carla , Pezzaniti Antonella , Coyle Javier , Lagomarsino Eduardo
Published: November 2023

Introducción: La Atención Farmacéutica consiste en un proceso asistencial sistemático para detectar, resolver y prevenir Problemas Relacionados con Medicamentos. El objetivo del presente trabajo es describir el número y perfil de problemas detectados y resueltos en un conjunto de pacientes adultos atendidos en una Unidad de Optimización de la Farmacoterapia en Argentina, durante un seguimiento farmacoterapéutico promedio de un año.
Método: Se realizó un estudio cuasi-experimental, abierto y prospectivo en 40 pacientes ambulatorios. Se registraron las características clínicas y medicamentos, así como su adherencia o no al servicio. Se empleó la clasificación de Problemas Relacionados con Medicamentos de Minnesota, registrando su dimensión, categoría, causa, patología o condición clínica asociada, medicamento asociado, estado de riesgo, estado final y método de resolución.
Resultados: Los grupos farmacoterapéuticos mayormente utilizados fueron beta-bloqueantes, estatinas, vitaminas y minerales, analgésicos, inhibidores de la bomba de protones y benzodiacepinas. Los problemas de indicación, especialmente por necesidad de farmacoterapia adicional, prevalecieron como los más frecuentes, incluyendo la falta de farmacoterapia preventiva con vacunas. Se logró resolver el 73,6% de los problemas detectados, de los cuales el 60,3% se hizo a través de informes a los médicos tratantes. El resto se pudo abordar mediante la educación al paciente, especialmente los de adherencia.
Conclusiones: La Atención Farmacéutica permitió una descripción sistemática del perfil de problemas farmacológicos detectados y resueltos en un conjunto de pacientes adultos mayores ambulatorios, principalmente de sexo femenino, en el contexto de una Unidad de Optimización de la Farmacoterapia montada en un hospital universitario de Argentina.
Twenty-sixth annual report on federal agency use of voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment
Authors: Rioux Nathalie
Published: November 2023

In FY 2022, the 22 federal agencies that reported did not add or rescind any GUS in lieu of VCS, leaving a total of 80 previously reported GUS in lieu of VCS still in use. This analysis does not reflect the use of standards by the Department of Defense (DoD) or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as they report their use of GUS on a categorical basis via a different reporting mechanism. Agencies demonstrate the effectiveness of the NTTAA and Circular A-119 by their continuous review of opportunities to rescind GUS in favor of using VCS, and their involvement with the private sector through the VCS process. These activities suggest that federal agencies are cognizant of the benefits of meeting their mission needs by actively seeking to use VCS developed by the private sector.
Foundation of the SuperHyperSoft Set and the Fuzzy Extension SuperHyperSoft Set: A New Vision
Authors: Smarandache Florentin
Published: November 2023

We introduce for the first time the SuperHyperSoft Set and the Fuzzy and Fuzzy Extension SuperHyperSoft Set. Through a theorem, we prove that the SuperHyperSoft Set is composed from many HyperSoft Sets.