bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Selected aesthetic medicine treatment in patients with autoimmune diseases - a literature review
Authors: Łopuszyńska Inga , Stańczyk Justyna , Adamowicz Dominik , Meliksetian Astrik , Wosińska Alicja , Pazik Dorota , Kosecka Katarzyna , Cieślik Aleksandra , Jargieło Anna , Kosieradzka Karolina
Published: October 2023

Introduction Interest in cosmetic procedures has been increasing. Data on practices for correcting aesthetic deficits, including those caused by autoimmune diseases are limited. There are fears of disease reactivation and exacerbation of inflammation after surgery. Aim of the study The aim of the study was to investigate the potential influence and safety of aesthetic medicine treatment - hyaluronic acid, botulinum toxin and breast augmentation with implants in patients with autoimmune diseases. Materials and methods A search was conducted using PubMed and Google Scholar databases. Articles were searched in English using the following key words: autoimmune disease, immunogenicity, inflammation, connective tissue, aesthetic medicine. Results Hyaluronic acid is considered the best filler for cosmetic procedures, mainly due to its lack of immunogenicity. No clinical studies have identified contraindications to the administration of hyaluronic acid-based dermal fillers in patients with inflammatory diseases. Botulinum toxin is essential in alleviating involuntary functions currently associated with dystonia, spasticity, and autonomic disorders. The long-term safety of implants should be assessed concerning genetic and environmental factors and whether the autoimmune disease is in remission.Conclusion With the increasing number of aesthetic procedures using hyaluronic acid, there are more reports of potential adverse events. Most side effects are associated with hypersensitivity reactions. The use of hyaluronic acid products in patients with autoimmune diseases is controversial. However, no clinical studies have identified contraindications to the administration of hyaluronic acid-based fillers. Botulinum toxin is used for healing and pain control in patients with systemic sclerosis who have suffered phalangeal ulcers. Despite epidemiological studies conducted to assess the association between breast implants and autoimmune diseases the results remain inconclusive
One step closer – the impact of daily step count on health and how many steps should be taken per day
Authors: Polak Paulina , Polaszek Monika , Stencel Katarzyna , Berner Aleksandra , Pękała Maciej , Olszewska Anna , Stelmaszak Karina , Bogowska Marta , Matyja Karolina , Marczyk Klaudia
Published: October 2023

Introduction: Physical activity is an essential component of a healthy lifestyle. Walking is an open-accessed form of physical activity that requires no specialized equipment and can be performed at practically any moment of the day. In recent years, it has gained increasing interest and stands out as one of the most widely recommended forms of exercise. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the number of studies focusing on the impact of mean daily step count on health has been growing each year, with a significant surge observed since 2017. Undoubtedly, this topic is relevant to current health trends. Hitherto, there are no evidence-based recommendations regarding the number of steps that should be taken per day. Within this review, we conducted an analysis on the impact of daily step count on the risk of death and the incidence of selected diseases.
Aim of the study: The aim of our study is to review of current literature on the influence of daily step count on both physical and mental health.
Materials and Methods: We reviewed the literature available in PubMed, using the key words: „daily step count”, „step count mental health”, „ physical activity”, „pedometr”.
Results: The daily step count can prominently impact the improvement and maintenance of human health and significant health benefits can be achieved by taking 4000-10000 steps per day.
Summary: Research has shown that individuals who take more steps throughout the day are less prone to certain diseases, experience milder symptoms, exhibit better overall physical fitness, and have a lower risk of all-cause mortality. In the upcoming years, we can expect further studies aimed at identifying the most optimal daily step count.
Opłata paszportowa – charakter prawny, konstrukcja, funkcje i przeznaczenie wpływów
Authors: Ofiarski Zbigniew
Published: October 2023

W opracowaniu przedstawiono elementy prawnej konstrukcji opłaty paszportowej, zidentyfikowano jej charakter prawny, realizowane funkcje oraz dokonano analizy zasad poboru tej opłaty unormowanych w przepisach ustawy o dokumentach paszportowych. Wniesienie opłaty paszportowej jest niezbędnym warunkiem wszczęcia procedury w sprawie wydania lub odmowy wydania paszportu. Obowiązek ich wnoszenia związany jest z wydawaniem paszportów oraz paszportów tymczasowych i nie obejmuje procedury wydawania paszportów dyplomatycznych i służbowych. Opłaty paszportowe są źródłem dochodów budżetu państwa pobieranych przez wojewodów i konsulów. W ustawie o dokumentach paszportowych ustalono przedmiot opłaty paszportowej, podmioty zobowiązane do jej wnoszenia, zwolnienia z tego obowiązku oraz zasady określania przez Radę Ministrów stawek tych opłat, w tym również stawek obniżonych. W celach porównawczych poddano analizie wybrane akty prawne normujące zakres stosowania opłat paszportowych w Polsce w okresie międzywojennym i w latach poprzedzających transformację ustrojowo-gospodarczą zapoczątkowaną w 1990 r. W opracowaniu pozytywnie zweryfikowano tezę o publicznoprawnym charakterze opłaty paszportowej. Ustalono, że pełnione są przez nią funkcje fiskalne i pozafiskalne. W toku prowadzonych badań zastosowano metodę dogmatycznoprawną oraz uzupełniająco metodę empiryczno-analityczną.
Utrwalona praktyka interpretacyjna w zakresie składek na ubezpieczenia społeczne
Authors: Wantoch-Rekowski Jacek
Published: October 2023

Z ustawy – Prawo przedsiębiorców wynika, że przedsiębiorca może powoływać się na otrzymaną indywidualną decyzję interpretacyjną lub utrwaloną praktykę interpretacyjną. W artykule analizie poddano instytucję utrwalonej praktyki interpretacyjnej – zbadano obowiązujące regulacje prawne, poglądy doktryny i judykatury. W opracowaniu wskazano także na analogiczne rozwiązania przyjęte w ustawie – Ordynacja podatkowa, które dotyczą podatków. Celem opracowania jest ustalenie, czy utrwalona praktyka interpretacyjna jest dobrym rozwiązaniem legislacyjnym i jakie ma znaczenie praktyczne.
Zadania gminy w zakresie opłaty z tytułu gospodarowania odpadami komunalnymi
Authors: Namieciński Bartosz
Published: October 2023

Gminom powierzone zostały liczne zadania związane z gospodarowaniem odpadami komunalnymi. Realizacja tych zadań nie jest jednak możliwa bez zapewnienia odpowiedniego poziomu środków finansowych. Środki te pochodzą z opłaty za gospodarowanie odpadami komunalnymi, która stanowi daninę publiczną o charakterze obligatoryjnym. W tym zakresie zadania finansowe gminy polegają na obowiązku ustalenia kształtu ww. opłaty. Opłata ta stanowi złożoną konstrukcję normatywną, w ramach której wyróżnić można rozwiązania, które oprócz osiągania celów fiskalnych, zachęcają także osoby fizyczne do podejmowania działań mających na celu ochronę środowiska. Przyjęcie rozwiązań gratyfikujących zachowania podatników opłaty za gospodarowanie odpadami komunalnymi, które jednocześnie realizują cele ochrony środowiska, może przyczynić się do ograniczenia ilości wytwarzanych odpadów komunalnych, a tym samym do zmniejszenia kosztów obsługi tego systemu oraz skuteczniejszej realizacji zadań gmin, w szczególności tych o charakterze finansowym. Celem prowadzonych badań była weryfikacja zadań finansowych gmin w zakresie gospodarowania odpadami komunalnymi oraz ich usystematyzowanie. Dążąc do realizacji weryfikacji teoretycznych rozważań za pomocą praktycznych treści, przeprowadzono w tym zakresie badania na obszarze miasta Szczecina i gmin powiatu polickiego. Artykuł opracowano z wykorzystaniem dogmatyczno-prawnej metody badawczej oraz metody empiryczno-analitycznej.
Wyzwania dla nowej starości – esej gerontologiczny
Authors: Szarota Zofia
Published: October 2023

Celem artykułu jest naszkicowanie obrazu osób starszych oraz makroproblemów wynikających ze starzenia się społeczeństwa. W artykule podjęty został namysł nad tym, jacy za 20–30 lat będą starsi dorośli, czyli dzisiejsi czterdziesto-, pięćdziesięciolatkowie? Jakie zawody powstaną w związku ze starzeniem społeczeństwa, jakie zmiany nastąpią na rynku pracy, a jakie w opiece i pomocy społecznej? Co będzie cechować relacje społeczne, dialog z innymi pokoleniami? Czy i jak zmieni się sposób doświadczania i społeczne postrzeganie starości? Planując rozwiązania (z) przyszłości, należy uwzględnić różnorodne potrzeby starszych dorosłych, trendy społeczno-ekonomiczne oraz kulturowe i technologiczne. Stawiam tezę, że w wyniku procesów starzenia się społeczeństw seniorzy z grupy „młodych-starych” będą bardziej niż obecnie aktywni społecznie i zawodowo, a przestrzeń życiowa (life space) kolejnych pokoleń ludzi starzejących się ulegnie poszerzeniu. Natomiast starość właściwa – kohorta „old-old” i „oldest-old”, osób zazwyczaj przewlekle chorujących, częstokroć samotnych, z osłabioną samodzielnością funkcjonalną zostanie objęta instytucjonalną opieką, wykorzystującą cyfrowe technologie.
Wsparcie osób żyjących z chorobą Alzheimera – lokalne rozwiązania wzmacniające potencjał opiekuńczy rodziny
Authors: Bugajska Beata
Published: October 2023

W obliczu starzenia się społeczeństw wyzwaniem staje się zapewnienie godnej opieki rosnącej liczbie osób starszych chorych na chorobę Alzheimera lub inne choroby otępienne. W sytuacji braku systemowych rozwiązań jedyną szansą w zakresie zapewnienia godnej opieki w chorobie Alzheimera jest wdrażanie lokalnych strategii ukierunkowanych na wzmacnianie potencjału opiekuńczego rodzin osób żyjących z tą chorobą. Przedmiotem wyników badań przedstawionych w artykule było instytucjonalne wsparcie rodzin osób żyjących z chorobą Alzheimera. Celem poznawczym badań było natomiast rozpoznanie instytucjonalnych form wsparcia rodzin osób żyjących z chorobą Alzheimera w Szczecinie. Cel praktyczny badań wyraża się w określeniu rekomendacji służących optymalizacji wsparcia. W postępowaniu badawczym zastosowano analizę danych zastanych, jedną z metod badań niereaktywnych. Zgodnie z przyjętą Strategią Rozwiązywania Problemów Społecznych do 2027 roku, rozwijane w Szczecinie instytucjonalne formy wsparcia rodziny w opiece nad osobami żyjącymi z chorobą Alzheimera mają wzmacniać potencjał opiekuńczy rodzin. Do kluczowych form wsparcia zaliczyć można: jedyne w Polsce świadczenie pieniężne „Bon Alzheimer 75”, dzienne ośrodki wsparcia dla osób z chorobą Alzheimera, świetlicę wytchnieniową, Centrum Wsparcia Opiekunów „Niezapominajka”, w tym zespół mobilny świadczący wsparcie w środowisku zamieszkania.
Współuzależnienie w relacji z recydywistą
Authors: Jarzębińska Aneta
Published: October 2023

Współuzależnienie rozumiane jako dysfunkcyjny i wyuczony wzór radzenia sobie ze stresem występuje w różnych relacjach, w tym u kobiet żyjących z recydywistami. Jest to kontekst zjawiska słabo rozpoznany przez badaczy.
Celem podjętego badania było ustalenie, jakie własności opisane jako charakterystyczne dla współuzależnienia w relacji z alkoholikiem występują w związkach kobiet z recydywistami. Materiał do badania pochodził z dyskusji na forach internetowych, w których uczestniczyły kobiety z doświadczeniem życia z recydywistą. Dyskusje zbadano metodą analizy treści. Ustalono, że partnerki recydywistów stosują skrypty zachowań typowe dla kobiet żyjących z alkoholikami. Były to zwłaszcza: podejmowanie prób stabilizowania i kontrolowania przestępczej aktywności mężczyzny, udzielanie mu bezwarunkowej pomocy i wsparcia, stosowanie psychologicznych mechanizmów obronnych w celu zniesienia jego odpowiedzialności za przestępstwo, zniekształcanie rzeczywistości przez uruchomienie systemu iluzji i fantazji. W następstwie tych zachowań kobiety tworzyły trudny do przerwania cykl, który skutkował dla nich negatywnymi przeżyciami, m.in. spadkiem poczucia własnej wartości, chorobami, separowaniem się od własnego środowiska społecznego, a na niektóre z nich partner ściągnął problemy z prawem.
Ze względu na fakt, że patologiczne przywiązane kobiety do recydywisty jest barierą w odstąpieniu przez niego od działalności przestępczej, warto zaoferować recydywistom odbywającym wyroki odpowiednie programy edukacyjne.
JOSÉ FERNÁNDEZ GUERRERO, UN ESCULTOR ENTRE LA TRADICIÓN IMAGINERA Y LA RENOVACIÓN MENGSIANA
Authors: Maura Alarcón Carlos
Published: October 2023

Se ofrece por primera vez en este texto una visión general de la producción del artista y académico José Fernández Guerrero (Ubrique, 1748 - Cádiz, 1826), poniendo en orden la información que se tenía de él, sumando datos y trabajos inéditos, así como atribuyéndole tres nuevas obras en el entorno gaditano. Concluimos el artículo con una reflexión nacida del estudio de los modelos visuales manejados en su creación, los cuales oscilan entre las obras devocionales de su ámbito y las novedades aportadas por Antón Rafael Mengs.
“LA RESURRECCIÓN DEL CID”. ANNA HYATT HUNTINGTON, ESCULTORA
Authors: Pérez Martín Mª. Ángeles
Published: October 2023

La norteamericana Anna Hyatt (1876-1973) es autora de esculturas emblemáticas como la estatua ecuestre del Cid Campeador. Tras casarse con Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955), fundador de la Hispanic Society of America, compartió con el filántropo el amor por el hispanismo. La estatua, inaugurada en 1927, se ubicó frente a la fachada del Museo Hispánico de Nueva York. Una crónica del madrileño diario La Nación destacaba que el Cid había “resucitado” a orillas del Hudson. Una resurrección doble, pues, al mismo tiempo una réplica se levantó en Sevilla con motivo de la Exposición Iberoamericana. El mecenazgo del matrimonio Huntington se extendió por toda España y se conservan numerosas obras de Anna Hyatt, entre las que destaca la estatua del Cid.
UNA NUEVA ATRIBUCIÓN AL ESCULTOR BLAS MOLNER: LOS ÁNGELES PASIONARIOS DE LA HERMANDAD DE LA VERA CRUZ DE PILAS
Authors: Molina Cañete David
Published: October 2023

En el presente texto se plantea una nueva atribución al escultor Blas Molner (1738-1812), artista valenciano afincado en Sevilla, donde fue director de la Real Escuela de las Tres Nobles Artes. Se trata de dos ángeles pasionarios conservados en la Hermandad de la Vera Cruz de Pilas (Sevilla). Para el estudio de las tallas se han analizado sus características formales y estilísticas, poniéndolas en relación con otras obras documentadas del mencionado artista.
Efeitos da COVID-19 na vida universitária migrante
Authors: Izidorio da Silva Neto Ulisses , Alves Freires Leogildo , César Costa Gabriela Letícia , Da Silva Crispim Roberta Caroline , Silva Soares Ana Karla , Albuquerque da Costa Julio Cezar
Published: October 2023

O cenário imposto pela pandemia da covid-19 e a implementação do modelo remoto de educação implicaram em mudanças nos padrões de deslocamento de estudantes universitários(as) que antes necessitavam realizar a mobilidade pendular entre municípios para ter acesso ao ensino superior. Para além das modificações no processo migratório, a pandemia trouxe outros agravos, como a vulnerabilidade à saúde mental e física. Nesse sentido, o presente estudo buscou analisar os efeitos da covid-19 no bem e mal-estar psicológico de estudantes universitários(as) migrantes segundo marcadores sociais. Para tanto, ainda que a coleta tenha sido realizada no período pandêmico, contou-se com a participação de 202 estudantes que realizavam mobilidade pendular em período antes da pandemia, ou que passaram a residir em outro município a fim de ter acesso ao ensino superior. Os(as) participantes foram convidados(as) a responder a um questionário eletrônico contendo as escalas dass-21 e perma-profiler, além de algumas questões socioeconômicas e discursivas. Os dados quantitativos foram analisados por meio dos softwares jasp e R. Em seguida, foram realizadas as análises lexicais com os dados qualitativos, através do software Iramuteq. Os resultados obtidos permitiram constatar que a maioria dos participantes apresentou níveis considerados severos de depressão, ansiedade e estresse, assim como níveis considerados medianos de bem-estar. Pode-se destacar ainda uma maior percepção de mal-estar psicológico em grupos específicos quando consideradas variáveis socioeconômicas como raça, gênero, orientação sexual e classe social.
Dynamic Bayesian Network–Based Product Recommendation Considering Consumers’ Multistage Shopping Journeys: A Marketing Funnel Perspective
Authors: Wei Qiang , Mu Yao , Guo Xunhua , Jiang Weijie , Chen Guoqing
Published: October 2023

Recommender systems are widely used by platforms/merchants to find the products that are likely to interest consumers. However, existing dynamic methods still face challenges with regard to diverse behaviors, variability in interest shifts, and the identification of psychological dynamics. Premised on the marketing funnel perspective to analyze consumer shopping journeys, this study proposes a novel and effective machine learning approach for product recommendation, namely, multi-stage dynamic Bayesian network (MS-DBN), which models the generative processes of consumers’ interactive behaviors with products in light of their stage transitions and interest shifts. In this way, consumers’ stage-interest-behavior dynamics can be learnt, especially the variability in interest shifts. This provides managerial implications for practice. MS-DBN demonstrates significant performance advantage with general applicability by extracting the generalizable regularity during shopping journeys, which compensates the diversity and sparsity frequently observed in consumer behaviors. In addition, aided by the identification strategies integrated into the learning process, the latent variables in the model can be detected such that consumers’ invisible psychological stages and interests in products can be identified from their observed behaviors, shedding light on the targeted marketing of platforms/merchants and thus enriching the practical value of the approach.
Housing Cycles and Exchange Rates
Authors: Ma Sai , Zhang Shaojun
Published: October 2023

This paper documents that the ratio of residential-to-nonresidential investment is a strong in-sample and out-of-sample predictor for the dollar up to 12 quarters. The predictability is robust to a battery of additional checks and holds for other G10 currencies. We explain the predictability in an analytical model with time-varying housing preference, productivity, and volatility. In the model, the U.S. housing investment share is higher during periods with higher growth and lower uncertainty, corresponding to lower future nontradable prices, dollar index, and excess returns. We find strong empirical support for the channel. Alternative explanations, including the business and financial cycle, find less empirical support.

This paper was accepted by David Sraer, finance.

Supplemental Material: The data files and online appendix are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4932 .
Os espaços de circulação dos provedores da Misericórdia. Uma análise sobre os locais de atuação dos gestores da caridade no Rio de Janeiro (c. 1640 – c. 1780)
Authors: Marques Machado Karoline
Published: October 2023

O presente artigo analisa os espaços de atuação, nas esferas política e administrativa, dos indivíduos que atuaram como provedores, entre os anos de 1640 e 1780, na Irmandade de Nossa Senhora da Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro. Acreditamos que ao olhar além dos muros da confraria, ponto de partida de nossa investigação, poderemos responder quais os motivos que levaram os homens de notada distinção e qualidade optarem por reforçar a sua diferenciação social ao assumir o compromisso com à caridade. Destacamos o artigo em tela desloca o ponto de partida – a partir de um espaço não hegemônicos, o Rio de Janeiro – para compreender as dinâmicas que conectam espaços tão vastos quanto os que constituíram a mundialização ibérica.
A cor local: Ideias e discursos em contextos imperiais (séculos XVI-XVIII) - recepção, reelaboração, produção
Authors: Corrêa e Silva de Freitas Camila , David Siqueira Ferreira Antônio Mário , Saint Williams Rachel
Published: October 2023

Apresentação. Revista Maracanan, PPGH/UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, n. 33 - "A cor local: Ideias e discursos em contextos imperiais (séculos XVI-XVIII): recepção, reelaboração, produção", maio-ago. 2023.
ANÁLISE FÍSICO-QUÍMICA E DE METAIS POTENCIALMENTE CONTAMINANTES EM ÁGUAS DO CORRÉGO CRIMINOSO, BACIA DO RIO PARAGUAI, NO MUNICÍPIO DE COXIM-MS
Authors: Da Silva Gomes Paulo Eduardo , Viana Jéssica Girello Motta , Martins Miranda Wilson Alex , Da Silva Geilson Rodrigues , De Oliveira Hygor Rodrigues
Published: October 2023

A água é  essencial para a existência de vida e têm várias aplicações como a utilização para consumo humano, higiene pessoal, atividades domésticas, comerciais, agrícolas e indústrias. Por ser um dos constituintes de maior importância em qualquer organismo, a água precisa estar em padrões físicos e químicos de qualidade para ser utilizada, seja ingestão, irrigação ou recreação.  Sendo assim, este trabalho investigou a influência da urbanização nas águas superficiais do córrego Criminoso pertencente a bacia do Rio Paraguai no município de Coxim- MS, por meio de análises e monitoramento dos parâmetros físico-químicos, pH, oxigênio dissolvido (OD), turbidez, cor verdadeira, dureza total, condutividade elétrica (CE), cloretos totais, alcalinidade, sólidos totais dissolvidos (STD) e a influência de metais potencialmente contaminantes, Cu, Fe, Ni, Cd e Pb. A partir dos resultados obtidos, observamos que alguns parâmetros físico-químicos (pH, turbidez e cloretos) e o metais Cu, Ni Cd e Pd avaliados estavam de acordo com a legislação vigente em todos os pontos nos períodos analisados. Foram encontrado valores acima do permitido para Cor e Fe em todos os 4 pontos, para Oxigênio Dissolvido somente nos pontos 2 e 3, e para Condutividade Elétrica e Sólidos Totais Dissolvidos somente no ponto 2. Portanto, podemos apontar que a urbanização não planejada nas proximidades do córrego está afetando de forma negativa a qualidade das águas
‘I don't feel good about myself and sex’: sexual health experiences of women with gynaecological cancer in Ghana
Authors: Amenuvor Wonder Andrea Yayra , Wudagli Peace Mawufemor , Amissah-Essel Salome , Enyan Nancy Innocentia Ebu
Published: October 2023

Background/Aims

Patients with gynaecological cancer undergoing treatment face numerous challenges, including issues surrounding sexual health. Sexual health is an important aspect of human life, and the negative impact of gynaecological cancer, its treatments and any side effects may cause physical, emotional and psychological distress. In sub-Saharan Africa, sexual health and childbirth form the core of marital relationships; changes in sexual response and function as a result of cancer can lead to dysfunctional relationships. This study explored the sexual health experiences of patients with gynaecological cancer at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana.

Methods

This study used an exploratory, descriptive, qualitative design. A total of 12 adults with gynaecological cancer (cervical, endometrial and ovarian) were purposively selected from the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. Data were collected with a semi-structured interview guide through face-to-face or telephone interviews. Data were analysed using thematic analysis.

Results

Four themes emerged: changes to the sex organ, changes in sex life, anxiety about treatment outcome and coping strategies. The participants had generally had healthy sex lives before being diagnosed with cancer. Psychologically, participants experienced anxiety and lacked interest in sex. Physical effects included bleeding, changes to the female organ and pain. The participants self-stigmatised in the form of low self-esteem and separation. They coped through religious means, family support and health education.

Conclusions

There is a need for psychosocial interventions in the care of women with gynaecological cancers, including measures to support coping with the physical effects of the condition and its treatment. It is recommended that stakeholders in cancer care are made aware of, and make efforts to include in their care, spirituality, family support and health education.
Change is Good
Authors: Stone Tom
Published: October 2023

Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, is an ancient city that’s embracing the future of transportation, which makes it the perfect location for an event that aims to showcase smarter mobility solutions to enhance the quality of life for citizens across Europe and beyond. Tom Stone meets the show organizers
The role of the veterinary nurse in homecare for the cardiac patient
Authors: Murphy Emma
Published: October 2023

Many patients with degenerative or life-limiting disease may have improved quality of life with good homecare. Veterinary nurses are ideally positioned to educate clients on how to provide this, potentially extending life expectancy, improving animal welfare and easing caregiver burden. Through the use of patient assessment tools, including condition scores and quality of life assessments, veterinary nurses can open up conversations with owners in order to provide them with the information and support they need to provide the best quality care at home, improving patient outcomes while maintaining the best quality of life possible for both the patient and client.
Translation, Transference, Trouvaille : Derrida’s “what is a ‘Relevant’ Translation?”
Authors: Levine Michael G.
Published: October 2023

Abstract: Derrida’s “What is a ‘Relevant’ Translation?”, first delivered at the fifteenth annual Assises de la Traduction Littéraire à Arles in 1998, is an address that appears at first to speak from the outside and with a certain deference to professional translators. Yet, it quickly becomes apparent that Derrida not only counts himself among them but uses the occasion to reflect on his own surprising success as a translator of Hegel. This success has to do first and foremost with the proven “relevance” of his translation of the notoriously untranslatable term Aufhebung as relève [in English: sublation]. Not a little perplexed by this apparent triumph, Derrida takes up the French term again, this time redeploying it in the translation of a crucial line from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice . In doing so, he relaunches his engagement with Hegel, asking what energies bound up in the concept of relève might yet be released, what internal resistances silently at work in it might still be mobilized to take it in an entirely new direction. Such an engagement enables him to explore in turn what resistances may be at work in the notion of translation itself. Inhabited by an internal otherness, by a constitutive resistance to itself, translation must be understood from the very first as transference. While translation studies have long been attentive to the transferential dynamics in which individual translators find themselves enmeshed, Derrida’s text views transference in more impersonal terms as the tenacious grip in which certain structures of thought hold us, structures which also inform our understanding of translation. How to work with and against this structural unconscious? To address this question, it is necessary to examine Derrida’s own translational practice and the privilege he accords to the term trouvaille .
Uncertain Turns: Addressing Animal Trauma
Authors: Lozinski-Veach Natalie
Published: October 2023

Abstract: Since the development of modern trauma theory, the limits of the human have worn increasingly thin. Today, mounting evidence of psychological injuries in other species poses new challenges for trauma studies. How might we think trauma beyond the human? What would such an effort unsettle, which epistemic structures would it destabilize? Reading Cathy Caruth with Jacques Derrida and W.G. Sebald, this essay considers nonhuman trauma as an apostrophic address that provokes radical uncertainty. The inherently aporetic structure of trauma theory cannot a priori exclude this address without fixing in place, and therefore undoing, its own foundations. Address-ability in the face of animal trauma hinges on the collapse of all certitudes, rendering possible responses rooted in something other than power. Such exposure turns us away from the familiar, toward the ungraspable traumatic histories that are catching up with us in this very moment of climate change and mass extinctions.
Dante's Arethusa and the Art of Transition
Authors: Hughes Lachlan
Published: October 2023

Abstract: This article examines Dante's allusion in the opening lines of Purgatorio to Ovid's account in the Metamorphoses of the song contest between the Muses and the Pierides. It argues that the Ovidian episode's pervasive concern for transition, seen in its many embedded and digressive tales, informs and amplifies Dante's negotiation of the textual border between Inferno and Purgatorio . In particular, it claims that the nymph Arethusa, whose journey from the underworld to 'see the stars again' occupies the lowest level of embedded narration in Ovid's poem, serves as an important but hitherto unacknowledged model for the pilgrim's arrival in Purgatory.
The Ethics of Animal Excess: Violence and Bataillean Vigilance in Ian McEwan's Black Dogs
Authors: Tan Ian
Published: October 2023

ABSTRACT: This essay offers a different reading of the ethical imagination in Ian McEwan's fiction from that of human responsibility towards otherness propounded by Emmanuel Levinas. Long regarded as a natural philosophical interlocutor to McEwan, Levinas's concepts of alterity and the transcendence of the other seem to crystallize intersubjective encounters in McEwan's fiction and promote an ethical attitude of peaceable relations between human beings who do not negate the primordiality of the other's presence. I suggest certain difficulties with an unqualified adoption of a Levinasian ethical approach, centered around contradictions inherent in Levinas's qualifications of otherness which negate its radical impact on a coherent account of subjectivity. These objections will allow me to turn to an ethics of transgression and loss as set out by Georges Bataille. Bataille's ideas about excess sets up a dialectical thinking about limits and their fracture which enables an alternative reading of ethics and narrative structure in Ian McEwan's Black Dogs . I demonstrate how Bataille offers a more compelling reading of otherness and the eccentric nature of the ethical self than Levinas, and how this reading is enacted in McEwan's handling of narrative structure and metafictional technique in the novel, stringing together a powerful reimagining of responsibility and political vision in the aftermath of excessive violence.
Phase retrieval for dual-projection pattern based on orthogonal frequency encoding to suppress superposing effects
Authors: Deng Gaoxu , Zou Lingyun , Niu Jian , Ma Lidong
Published: October 2023

When grating patterns are simultaneously projected by a dual-projection
structured-light system, interference-like blur and brightness
overexposure in the superposed area often cause miscalculation of the
phase of the grating pattern. In this study, we proposed a novel
method, to the best of our knowledge, that utilizes orthogonal grating
encoding to retrieve the phases of superposed grating patterns.
Specifically, we determined the frequency of the dual-projection
pattern based on the condition that enabled the separation of
superposed orthogonal signals in wireless communication. Additionally,
the maximum intensity of the projected pattern was determined using
the intensity-saturation relationship. By performing a discrete
Fourier transform on a series of superposed grating patterns, we
obtained the wrapped phase of the corresponding projected grating
patterns in the space-time dimension. Finally, we reconstructed the
measured object by fusing the point clouds obtained from the
dual-projection structured-light system. The experimental results
demonstrated that the encoded orthogonal grating patterns could
eliminate interference-like blurring and brightness overexposure
during superposition and obtain high-precision phase maps and 3D
reconstruction results, which provides the possibility for the
simultaneous reconstruction of multiprojection
structured light.
Spatial-frequency-oriented measurement strategy in two-dimensional slope deflectometry systems
Authors: Qin Xiaobo , Diao Dezhi , Dong Han , Yang Fugui , Li Ming , Sheng Weifan
Published: October 2023

A single-point-probe-based slope profiler is a common measurement scheme for the measurement of freeform optical surfaces, which has been a challenging research direction. Efficiency is a key issue in two-dimensional scanning-based measurement. This study establishes a measurement system simulation model and reveals that the height reconstruction accuracy of different reconstruction algorithms is primarily correlated with the sampling density. The spatial resolution calibrated of the slope measurement device is also identified to be an essential part of the strategy. Based on a kind of slope profiler, this paper applies variable sampling intervals for different spatial frequency characteristics of the surface under test (SUT). The result shows that the reconstruction accuracy can be controlled by selecting sampling parameters and calibrating the slope measurement device. For objects with different spatial characteristics, targeted optimization of the measurement scheme can be achieved. This strategy also has a certain universality for general scanning slope measurement and height reconstruction, providing a reference for device selection and sampling settings for different spatial frequency measurement requirements.
Dispersion models exhibiting natural optical activity: theory of the dielectric response of isotropic systems
Authors: Franta Daniel , Vohánka Jiří , Hroncová Beáta
Published: October 2023

In this study, dispersion models of the dielectric response of optically active isotropic media based on coupled harmonic oscillators are derived and discussed. These models are suitable for describing disordered condensed matter. In the isotropic case, the optical activity is an effect of the dielectric response of systems with chiral symmetry, which occurs in the medium due to spatial dispersion. Therefore, in addition to the frequency, the proposed dispersion models also depend on the direction and size of the wave vector. Moreover, the models satisfy all fundamental conditions imposed on the dielectric response, i.e., the time-reversal symmetry, Kramers–Kronig consistency, and conformity with the sum rules. It then follows that dispersion models have physically correct static and asymptotic behavior. The proposed models of optical activity go beyond the phenomenological models (approximations) commonly used in practice. It is shown that these phenomenological models correspond to certain approximations of the presented models. The main advantage of these models is that it is possible to introduce parameters controlling the radius on the non-local response, which is important from a theoretical point of view, and it could also be useful for the study of condensed matter in practice.
Acceleration-free propagation of Airy pulses in pure-quartic dispersion media
Authors: Zhang Jinggui , Xu Yunwu , Tian Yajuan
Published: October 2023

We investigate the propagation dynamics of Airy pulses in pure-quartic dispersion media both numerically and analytically. For linear propagation, our results show that Airy pulses will keep the acceleration-free propagation behaviors under the action of pure-quartic dispersion, quite different from the case in the presence of only quadratic or cubic dispersion. Another notable observation is that the optical fields will evolve to become a symmetric-shaped pulse and the oscillatory tail is gradually suppressed over long propagation. For nonlinear propagation, the Airy pulse having high powers will be shed into multiple soliton dynamics through the physical balance between anomalous pure-quartic dispersion and the Kerr nonlinear effect.
Real-infraredSR: real-world infrared image super-resolution via thermal imager
Authors: Zhou Yicheng , Liu Yuan , Yuan Liyin , Chen Qian , Gu Guohua , Sui Xiubao
Published: October 2023

Infrared image super-resolution technology aims to overcome the pixel size limitation of the infrared focal plane array for higher resolution images. Due to the real-world images with different resolutions having more complex degradation processes than mathematical calculation, most existing super-resolution methods using the synthetic data obtained by bicubic interpolation achieve unsatisfactory reconstruction performance in real-world scenes. To solve this, this paper innovatively proposes an infrared real-world dataset with different resolutions based on a refrigerated thermal detector and the infrared zoom lens, enabling the network to acquire more realistic details. We obtain images under different fields of view by adjusting the infrared zoom lens and then achieve the scale and luminance alignment of high and low-resolution (HR-LR) images. This dataset can be used for infrared image super-resolution, with an up-sampling scale of two. In order to learn complex features of infrared images efficiently, an asymmetric residual block structure is proposed to effectively reduce the number of parameters and improve the performance of the network. Finally, to solve the slight misalignment problem in the pre-processing stage, contextual loss and perceptual loss are introduced to improve the visual performance. Experiments show that our method achieves superior results both in reconstruction effect and practical value for single infrared image super-resolution in real scenarios.
Single-pumped gain profile for a superluminal ring laser
Authors: Sternfeld Yael , Zhou Zifan , Shahriar M. S. , Scheuer Jacob
Published: October 2023

We present an approach for realizing a superluminal ring laser using a single isotope of atomic Rb vapor by producing electromagnetically
induced transparency (EIT) in self-pumped Raman gain. Only a single pump laser is used for generating a Raman gain profile containing a dip
at its center. The position and depth of this dip can be tuned by adjusting the intensity of the pump laser, allowing for optimizing the
degree of enhancement in sensitivity within a certain operating range. This approach represents a significant simplification of the design
of superluminal lasers compared to the approaches demonstrated in previous studies. We demonstrate experimentally the realization of this
scheme using transitions within the D1 and the D2 manifolds of 85Rb. Numerical simulations based on an approximate model show
close agreement with the experimental results.
Active control of mid-wavelength infrared non-linearity in silicon photonic crystal slab
Authors: Wu Rihan , Navarro-Cia Miguel , Chekulaev Dimitri , Collins Jack , Kaplan Andrey
Published: October 2023

Natural materials’ inherently weak nonlinear response demands the design of artificial substitutes to avoid optically large samples and complex phase-matching techniques. Silicon photonic crystals are promising artificial materials for this quest. Their nonlinear properties can be modulated optically, paving the way for applications ranging from ultrafast information processing to quantum technologies. A two-dimensional 15-μm-thick silicon photonic structure, comprising a hexagonal array of air holes traversing the slab’s thickness, has been designed to support a guided resonance for the light with a wavelength of 4-μm. At the resonance conditions, a transverse mode of the light is strongly confined between the holes in the "veins" of the silicon component. Owing to the confinement, the structure exhibits a ratio of nonlinear to linear absorption coefficients threefold higher than the uniform silicon slab of the same thickness. A customised time-resolved Z-scan method with provisions to accommodate ultrafast pump-probe measurements was used to investigate and quantify the non-linear response. We show that optically pumping free charge carriers into the structure decouples the incoming light from the resonance and reduces the non-linear response. The time-resolved measurements suggest that the decoupling is a relatively long-lived effect on the scale comparable to the non-radiative recombination in the bulk material. Moreover, we demonstrate that the excited free carriers are not the source of the nonlinearity, as this property is determined by the structure design.
Design and performance assessment of modular multi-band photonic-integrated WSS
Authors: Tunesi Lorenzo , Khan Ihtesham , Masood Muhammad Umar , Ghillino Enrico , Curri Vittorio , Carena Andrea , Bardella Paolo
Published: October 2023

Today, optical transport and data center networks extensively utilize photonic integrated systems due to their large bandwidth and a high degree of reconfigurability. In addition to these properties, photonic integrated-based systems can deliver an overall low fabrication cost, a small footprint, and low power consumption. In this perspective, we present a modular photonic integrated multi-band wavelength selective switch (WSS) capable of managing a wide spectrum, covering the three S+C+L bands, and potentially scalable to larger numbers of output fibers and routed channels. We propose a complete description of the device starting from the physical level, commenting on the device’s internal structure and design-related issues. Then, we move to the transmission level, providing a complete abstraction of the proposed WSS in the context of software-defined optical networks by providing a deterministic model to evaluate the routing controls, thermal spectral tunability, and the quality of transmission degradation. Finally, a transmission scenario operating on 400ZR standards and a network case study are also demonstrated to evaluate the performance of the proposed WSS in a single or multistage cascade setup.
High-throughput sorting of nanoparticles with light-patterned dielectrophoresis force
Authors: Qiu Yuheng , Wei Shan , Li Jiachang , Zhang Zihao , Gong Lei , He Liqun
Published: October 2023

We present a size-based sorting method for nanoparticles in microfluidics with the aid of light-patterned dielectrophoresis (DEP) force. In a microfluidic channel, we have succeeded in manipulating a random distribution of particles into a single stream with the DEP force as well as the hydrodynamic force, and more strikingly, the trajectory of particles is found to be size-dependent, implicating that we can precisely separate nanoparticles based on their sizes even if they are identical in mass. We have numerically predicted the behavior of sorting nanoparticles, emphasizing on the size, velocity and electrical permittivity, so as to know their influences on the effective sorting, particularly in terms of high throughput. Our work confirms that what we believe to be the novel manipulation of nanoparticles features its flexibility as well as high throughput.
Beam quality control technology for solid-state lasers based on thermal effects
Authors: Li Jinyou , Shang Peijin , Gong Yifan , Guo Qian , Ma Fuqiang , Li BingBin , Li Lequn , Wang Shiyu
Published: October 2023

Thermal effects under high-power pumping significantly limit the laser beam quality. To address this, we developed an M2 simulation algorithm based on ray trajectory simulation and established a corresponding experimental platform. This approach optimized the M2 factor of pulsed lasers to 2.2 and output power of 25.9 W under a repetition rate of 10 kHz. The results revealed that under specific conditions, thermal effects, typically considered detrimental to beam quality, could significantly enhance it. Compared to other methods necessitating additional optical components, our strategy offers a streamlined and straightforward solution for beam quality control under high-power pumping conditions.
Method for testing freeform surfaces based on a Shack-Hartmann sensor with plane wavefront scanning and stitching
Authors: Wang Jing , Wang Xiaokun , Peng Lirong , Wang Jincheng , Liu Zhongkai , Li Lingzhong , Cai Mengxue , Liu Bin , Li Wenhan , Zhang Xuejun
Published: October 2023

Currently, the surface error measurement technology for freeform faces a significant contradiction between measurement accuracy and dynamic range. The study proposes a non-null testing method for measuring freeform surfaces by utilizing a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor to emit a small aperture parallel beam and scan along the normal direction at the center of subapertures for stitching (SHPSS). A mathematical model based on ray tracing and the reflection theorem is established to calculate the sampling points on an ideal freeform surface, the reference spot array on CCD, and the corresponding relationship between microlens array and spots. An algorithm is proposed to iteratively calculate the wavefront aberration and gradually approach the actual sampling points using the established model. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulation results indicate that SHPSS can increase the dynamic range and improve the accuracy of wavefront reconstruction. The error analysis of the SHPSS method is carried out, the measurement accuracy of full aperture freeform surface is 11.45 nm. A testing system is set up and experiments are conducted on a 100 mm aperture freeform reflective mirror. The RMS of the SHPSS test results is less than λ/30 (λ=635 nm) compared to the interferometric test results. By analyzing five groups of repeated measurement experiments, the repeatability accuracy of SHPSS method is less than 1/80 λ (RMS). This demonstrates the feasibility and measurement capabilities of the method for freeform surface testing.
Use of pupil-difference moments for predicting optical performance impacts of generalized mid-spatial frequency surface errors
Authors: DeMars Luke A. , Suleski Thomas J.
Published: October 2023

In this work, we present a methodology for predicting the optical performance impacts of random and structured MSF surface errors using pupil-difference probability distribution (PDPD) moments. In addition, we show that, for random mid-spatial frequency (MSF) surface errors, performance estimates from the PDPD moments converge to performance estimates that assume random statistics. Finally, we apply these methods to several MSF surface errors with different distributions and compare estimated optical performance values to predictions based on earlier methods assuming random error distributions.