bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Tour of $p$-Permutation Modules and Related Classes of Modules
Authors: Lassueur Caroline
Published: February 2023

This survey provides an overview of numerous results on $p$
p
-permutation modules and the closely related classes of endo-trivial, endo-permutation and endo-$p$
p
-permutation modules. These classes of modules play an important role in the representation theory of finite groups. For example, they are important building blocks used to understand and parametrise several kinds of categorical equivalences between blocks of finite group algebras. For this reason, there has been, since the late 1990’s, much interest in classifying such modules. The aim of this manuscript is to review classical results as well as all the major recent advances in the area. The first part of this survey serves as an introduction to the topic for non-experts in modular representation theory of finite groups, outlining proof ideas of the most important results at the foundations of the theory. Simultaneously, the connections between the aforementioned classes of modules are emphasised. In this respect, results, which are dispersed in the literature, are brought together, and emphasis is put on common properties and the role played by the $p$
p
-permutation modules throughout the theory. Finally, in the last part of the manuscript, lifting results from positive characteristic to characteristic zero are collected and their proofs sketched.
PRSet: Pathway-based polygenic risk score analyses and software
Authors: Choi Shing Wan , García-González Judit , Ruan Yunfeng , Wu Hei Man , Porras Christian , Johnson Jessica ,   Bipolar Disorder Working group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Hoggart Clive J. , O’Reilly Paul F.
Published: February 2023

Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) have been among the leading advances in biomedicine in recent years. As a proxy of genetic liability, PRSs are utilised across multiple fields and applications. While numerous statistical and machine learning methods have been developed to optimise their predictive accuracy, these typically distil genetic liability to a single number based on aggregation of an individual’s genome-wide risk alleles. This results in a key loss of information about an individual’s genetic profile, which could be critical given the functional sub-structure of the genome and the heterogeneity of complex disease. In this manuscript, we introduce a ‘pathway polygenic’ paradigm of disease risk, in which multiple genetic liabilities underlie complex diseases, rather than a single genome-wide liability. We describe a method and accompanying software, PRSet, for computing and analysing pathway-based PRSs, in which polygenic scores are calculated across genomic pathways for each individual. We evaluate the potential of pathway PRSs in two distinct ways, creating two major sections: (1) In the first section, we benchmark PRSet as a pathway enrichment tool, evaluating its capacity to capture GWAS signal in pathways. We find that for target sample sizes of >10,000 individuals, pathway PRSs have similar power for evaluating pathway enrichment as leading methods MAGMA and LD score regression, with the distinct advantage of providing individual-level estimates of genetic liability for each pathway -opening up a range of pathway-based PRS applications, (2) In the second section, we evaluate the performance of pathway PRSs for disease stratification. We show that using a supervised disease stratification approach, pathway PRSs (computed by PRSet) outperform two standard genome-wide PRSs (computed by C+T and lassosum) for classifying disease subtypes in 20 of 21 scenarios tested. As the definition and functional annotation of pathways becomes increasingly refined, we expect pathway PRSs to offer key insights into the heterogeneity of complex disease and treatment response, to generate biologically tractable therapeutic targets from polygenic signal, and, ultimately, to provide a powerful path to precision medicine.
Deducing genotypes for loci of interest from SNP array data via haplotype sharing, demonstrated for apple and cherry
Authors: Schaller Alexander , Vanderzande Stijn , Peace Cameron
Published: February 2023

Breeders, collection curators, and other germplasm users require genetic information, both genome-wide and locus-specific, to effectively manage their genetically diverse plant material. SNP arrays have become the preferred platform to provide genome-wide genetic profiles for elite germplasm and could also provide locus-specific genotypic information. However, genotypic information for loci of interest such as those within PCR-based DNA fingerprinting panels and trait-predictive DNA tests is not readily extracted from SNP array data, thus creating a disconnect between historic and new data sets. This study aimed to establish a method for deducing genotypes at loci of interest from their associated SNP haplotypes, demonstrated for two fruit crops and three locus types: quantitative trait loci Ma and Ma3 for acidity in apple, apple fingerprinting microsatellite marker GD12, and Mendelian trait locus Rf for sweet cherry fruit color. Using phased data from an apple 8K SNP array and sweet cherry 6K SNP array, unique haplotypes spanning each target locus were associated with alleles of important breeding parents. These haplotypes were compared via identity-by-descent (IBD) or identity-by-state (IBS) to haplotypes present in germplasm important to U.S. apple and cherry breeding programs to deduce target locus alleles in this germplasm. While IBD segments were confidently tracked through pedigrees, confidence in allele identity among IBS segments used a shared length threshold. At least one allele per locus was deduced for 64–93% of the 181 individuals. Successful validation compared deduced Rf and GD12 genotypes with reported and newly obtained genotypes. Our approach can efficiently merge and expand genotypic data sets, deducing missing data and identifying errors, and is appropriate for any crop with SNP array data and historic genotypic data sets, especially where linkage disequilibrium is high. Locus-specific genotypic information extracted from genome-wide SNP data is expected to enhance confidence in management of genetic resources.
Drought adaptability of different subspecies of tetraploid wheat (Triticum turgidum) under contrasting moisture conditions: Association with solvent retention capacity and quality-related traits
Authors: Saeidnia Fatemeh , Shoormij Fatemeh , Mirlohi Aghafakhr , Soleimani Kartalaei Esmaeil , Mohammadi Majid , Sabzalian Mohammad Reza
Published: February 2023

Few prior efforts have been made to investigate the genetic potential of different subspecies of Triticum turgidum for drought tolerance and their quality-related traits compared with common wheat (Triticum aestivum) and to identify the association among agronomic, micronutrients, and quality-related traits, especially under climate change conditions. In this research, grain quality, technological properties of flour, and some agronomic traits were studied in 33 wheat genotypes from six different subspecies of Triticum turgidum along with three cultivars of Triticum aestivum in the field, applying a well-watering (WW) and a water stress (WS) environment during two growing seasons. A high degree of variation was observed among genotypes for all evaluated traits, demonstrating that selection for these traits would be successful. Consequences of water stress were manifested as declined DM, GY, and LASRC; and significantly increased GPC, K+/Na+, WAF, WSRC, SuSRC, and SCSRC compared to the well-watering condition. The reductions in the unextractable polymeric protein fraction and glutenin-to-gliadin ratio indicated a poorer grain yield quality, despite higher protein content. This study showed that the early-maturing genotypes had higher water absorption and pentosan, and therefore were more suitable for bread baking. In contrast, late-maturing genotypes are ideal for cookie and cracker production. Two subspecies of T. turgidum ssp. durum and T. turgidum ssp. dicoccum with high micronutrient densities and quality-related traits, and T. turgidum ssp. oriental due to having high values of grain protein content can be used to improve the quality of T. aestivum through cross-breeding programs. Based on the association of different traits with SRC values and other quality-related traits and PCA results, contrasting genotypes can be used to develop mapping populations for genome studies of grain quality and functional properties of flour in future studies.
Granfluencers on TikTok: Factors linked to positive self-portrayals of older adults on social media
Authors: Ng Reuben , Indran Nicole
Published: February 2023

Lately, there have been news reports on the rise of older content creators on various social media outlets. However, while journalists have picked up on this topic, scholars have been slow to accord it any attention. Our study delves into this topic and looks at how older TikTokers’ self-perceptions of aging are expressed in their videos. Specifically, we analyze the valence of the content of these videos and factors associated with older adults’ self-presentations. TikTok has only gone from strength to strength since its global launch in 2017. Even as stay-at-home orders and safe distancing protocols amid the COVID-19 pandemic have led to a dramatic increase in the consumption of media across various platforms, TikTok stands out among its rivals in terms of growth and user activity. Given its wide reach, content on TikTok has the potential to influence public opinion. We collated 1,382 videos created by TikTokers aged 60 and above with at least 100,000 followers. These videos amassed over 3.5 billion views. Following previous studies, three raters coded each video for valence (negative-neutral-positive). We found that women created twice as many videos as men. The middle-old group (ages 75–84) created more videos than the young-old and oldest-old groups. Positive videos outnumbered negative ones by 10 times. As hypothesized, themes linked to positive self-portrayals were ‘physical functioning’ (p < .001) and ‘social interaction’ (p < .001). Conversely, ‘cognitive functioning’ (p < .001) evidenced a negative association, controlling for age and gender of the user. This is one of the first studies on older adults’ self-portrayals of aging on TikTok. Our findings suggest that older adults tend to portray themselves positively across various domains on the application. If used purposefully, TikTok may serve as a promising platform for improving public perceptions of old age.
Span-based single-stage joint entity-relation extraction model
Authors: Han Dongchen , Zheng Zhaoqian , Zhao Hui , Feng Shanshan , Pang Haiting
Published: February 2023

Extracting entities and relations from the unstructured text has attracted increasing attention in recent years. The existing work has achieved considerable results, yet it is difficult to solve entity overlap and exposure bias. To address cascading errors, exposure bias, and entity overlap in existing entity relation extraction approaches, we propose a joint entity relation extraction model (SMHS) based on a span-level multi-head selection mechanism, transforming entity relation extraction into a span-level multi-head selection problem. Our model uses span-tagger and span-embedding to construct span semantic vectors, utilizes LSTM and multi-head self-attention mechanism for span feature extraction, multi-head selection mechanism for span-level relation decoding, and introduces span classification task for multi-task learning to decode out the relation triad in a single-stage. Experiments on the classic English dataset NYT and the publicly available Chinese relationship extraction dataset DuIE 2.0 show that this method achieves better results than the baseline method, which verifies the effectiveness of this method. Source code and data are published here(https://github.com/Beno-waxgourd/NLP.git).
Maternal serum vitamin D level in early pregnancy and risk for preeclampsia: A case-control study in Southern Sweden
Authors: Malm Gunilla , Lindh Christian H. , Hansson Stefan R. , Källén Karin , Malm Johan , Rylander Lars
Published: February 2023

Background

Preeclampsia is considered a major cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. The aim of the present case-control study in Sweden was to assess the hypothesized association between low serum vitamin D concentrations in early pregnancy and the risk of developing preeclampsia since vitamin D may play a role in early placental development.

Methods

The study included 296 women diagnosed with preeclampsia (cases) and 580 healthy pregnant women (controls). Serum samples were obtained from a biobank of samples collected in early pregnancy including almost all pregnancies in Southern Sweden. Concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (vitamin D) were analyzed using liquid chromatography-tandem-mass-spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). The cases were divided into two categories: i) infants were born before gestational week 34 (early onset) and/or born small-for-gestational age (SGA)(n = 51), ii) and others defined as late onset (n = 245). Vitamin D concentrations were analyzed both as a continuous and a categorized variable.

Results

When all preeclampsia cases were included in the analyses no consistent patterns were observed. However, the median serum concentrations of vitamin D were significantly lower among the cases who were early onset and/or were born SGA (median 39.2 nmol/L, range 1.2–93.6) as compared to the controls (49.0 nmol/L, 0.1–219; p = 0.01). In addition, high concentrations were statistically significantly associated with a decreased risk of preeclampsia (>66.9 vs ≤30.1 nmol/L; crude OR 0.39, 95% CI 0.16–0.96). When potential confounders were included in the models the associations were even more pronounced.

Conclusions

Our results support the hypothesis that vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for preeclampsia, but only in preeclampsia cases who were early-onset and/or were born SGA. Preeclampsia is not a homogenous condition and more studies are needed before vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy can be recommended.
Effect of intraoperative systemic magnesium sulphate on postoperative Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale score after endovascular repair of aortic aneurysm under general anesthesia: A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial
Authors: Kanamori Haruna , Fujita Yoshihito , Joko Rina , Ishihara Ryota , Fujiwara Yoshihiro
Published: February 2023

Intraoperative magnesium has the effect of reducing postoperative opiate requirement, pain, and agitation. However, its effect on postoperative sedation and delirium is unclear. This study investigated the effect of magnesium on the postoperative Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) score and delirium following endovascular repair of aortic aneurysm (EVAR). Sixty-three consecutive patients diagnosed with abdominal (45) and thoracic (18) aortic aneurysm who underwent EVAR under general anesthesia were eligible. Patients were allocated randomly to the magnesium group (infusion of 30 mg•kg−1 magnesium in the first hour followed by 10 mg•kg−1 h−1 until the end of surgical procedure, targeting total 60 mg•kg−1) or the control group (0.9% saline at the same volume and rate). The primary outcome was whether magnesium had an effect on RASS score of patients at postoperative ICU admission. Secondary outcomes were effects on RASS score, numerical rating scale (NRS) score, Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU) until 24 h after postoperative ICU transfer, and length of ICU stay. At postoperative ICU admission, magnesium had no significant effect on the RASS score (0[−0.5 to 0] vs 0[0 to 0]; P = 0.114), but at 1 h the NRS score was statistically different, 2[0 to 4] vs 4[0 to 5] (P = 0.0406). However, other data (RASS score, NRS score, CAM-ICU and length of ICU stay) did not show a significant difference. Our results did not show that intraoperative magnesium of target total 60 mg•kg−1 affected postoperative RASS score for undergoing EVAR.

Trial registration: The current study was registered according to WHO and ICMJE standards on 4 July 2018, under registration number the Japan Registry of Clinical Trials, iRCTs041190013.
Modeling the formation of defensive gaps in basketball: Cutting on a teammate’s drive
Authors: Supola Bence , Hoch Thomas , Baca Arnold
Published: February 2023

Basketball is a game of simultaneous actions, and inter-player coordination is key for offensive success. One of the most challenging aspects in this regard is basket cutting on a teammate’s drive. The ability to make these cuts is considered to be an artistic skill, mastered by only a handful of players. This skill is also hard to assess, as there is no method to measure the players’ capability with respect to this quality–especially not automatically. Using SportVU data from the NBA, we created a mathematical model that identifies the openings in the defense which allow to perform a cut. Our model succeeds to generalize, as it detects these openings on average 139ms earlier than the actual cuts start and has an overall (balanced) accuracy of 0.818 on the test set. Having a tree-based gradient boosting classifier, we received a clear hierarchy of feature importance and were able to inspect the interactions between these attributes during action. This way, the model gives insights about the kind of defensive movements needed for a player to allow enough space to cut while in practical usage the analysis of the output can also help the coaching staff in designing play options and assessing player abilities. By paying more attention to the possible off ball movements during drives, offensive plays can become more versatile–benefiting the participants and the spectators alike.
Effects of personality traits on bus drivers’ prosocial and aggressive behaviours: The moderated mediating role of risk perception and gender
Authors: Wang Sihui , Zhang Youran , Sun Long
Published: February 2023

Purpose

The present study aimed to examine the effects of personality traits on bus drivers’ self-reported prosocial and aggressive driving behaviours as well as the mediating role of risk perception and the moderating role of gender in this relationship.

Methods

Three hundred and ten bus drivers who were 24–57 years old agreed to participate in this study. The measures utilized included personality scales, a risk perception scale and a prosocial and aggressive driving behaviour scale.

Results

A moderated mediation model was established. The effects of normlessness/anger on prosocial driving behaviour are mediated by risk perception. Risk perception has a stronger promoting effect on the prosocial driving behaviour of male drivers (b = 0.358, p < 0.01) than it does on that of female drivers (b = 0.072, p > 0.05). The effects of normlessness/anger on the aggressive driving behaviour of both male and female drivers are also mediated by risk perception. Moreover, gender plays a moderating role in the influences of personality and risk perception on aggressive driving behaviour. Drivers with higher risk perception and less anger exhibit less aggressive driving behaviour, and this effect is clearer among male drivers than it is among female drivers.

Conclusion

The present study revealed the relationship between personality traits and the prosocial and aggressive driving behaviours of bus drivers through a moderated mediation model. These findings highlight the importance of taking risk perception and gender into consideration when examining the effects of personality on bus drivers’ driving behaviours.
Spatial-temporal analysis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Hubei Province, China, 2011–2021
Authors: Zhang Yu , Ye Jianjun , Hou Shuangyi , Lu Xingxing , Yang Chengfeng , Pi Qi , Zhang Mengxian , Liu Xun , Da Qin , Zhou Liping
Published: February 2023

Background

Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is an infectious disease of major public health problem, China is one of the PTB high burden counties in the word. Hubei is one of the provinces having the highest notification rate of tuberculosis in China. This study analyzed the temporal and spatial distribution characteristics of PTB in Hubei province for targeted intervention on TB epidemics.

Methods

The data on PTB cases were extracted from the National Tuberculosis Information Management System correspond to population in 103 counties of Hubei Province from 2011 to 2021. The effect of PTB control was measured by variation trend of bacteriologically confirmed PTB notification rate and total PTB notification rate. Time series, spatial autonomic correlation and spatial-temporal scanning methods were used to identify the temporal trends and spatial patterns at county level of Hubei.

Results

A total of 436,955 cases were included in this study. The total PTB notification rate decreased significantly from 81.66 per 100,000 population in 2011 to 52.25 per 100,000 population in 2021. The peak of PTB notification occurred in late spring and early summer annually. This disease was spatially clustering with Global Moran’s I values ranged from 0.34 to 0.63 (P< 0.01). Local spatial autocorrelation analysis indicated that the hot spots are mainly distributed in the southwest and southeast of Hubei Province. Using the SaTScan 10.0.2 software, results from the staged spatial-temporal analysis identified sixteen clusters.

Conclusions

This study identified seasonal patterns and spatial-temporal clusters of PTB cases in Hubei province. High-risk areas in southwestern Hubei still exist, and need to focus on and take targeted control and prevention measures.
Non-scientific science and non-artistic art: ‘Other’ knowledges in the political practice of Forensic Architecture
Authors: d’Alancaisez Pierre
Published: February 2023

How do the disciplinary boundaries of arts education shape art’s political horizons? Sixty-five years on from CP Snow’s controversial lecture The Two Cultures, both his protagonists (on one side the arts and humanities, on the other the sciences, management, finance) have claimed significant epistemological, political and practical ground. The distance that separates them, however, appears greater than ever. Art often stands in opposition to the hegemonic tendencies of positivist forms of knowledge, dismissing them as incompatible with its political goals. Given the formal disciplinary setting of art education, exacerbated in the competitive modern academy, I suggest that such restrictions to art’s epistemological and practical horizons are, in fact, politically counterproductive. I propose that by rejecting an array of knowledges – particularly those based on ideals such as rationalism, evidence and epistemological certainty – as a priori incompatible with artistic practice, artistic education may be doing a considerable disservice to the political and social interventions of art that are shaped by it. To suggest that art could tactically engage with alternative forms of knowledge to expand the political field, I propose artist group Forensic Architecture as an example of a practice that circumvents traditional disciplinary limitations to, in Snow’s parlance, become a bona fide culture characterized by political credibility, albeit at the expense of limiting art’s epistemic influence in the process.
Aproximación a la investigación de instrumentos musicales en los videojuegos
Authors: Jiménez Bueno Francisco
Published: February 2023

La música en los medios audiovisuales siempre ha tenido gran importancia, y por ello en los videojuegos esto no es un hecho que difiera. Los videojuegos cuentan con una gran cantidad de contenido musical, lo que ha suscitado la aparición de la ludomusicología (Summers, T., 2016), pero en esta no se han tenido en cuenta los instrumentos musicales en los videojuegos. En este artículo se mostrará la importancia de los instrumentos musicales presentes en los videojuegos, la metodología a aplicar para la investigación de esta fuente, a través del análisis y del estudio del sit?r «Arpeggio» y que utilidad tiene la investigación de estos instrumentos.Para ello se usará una metodología iconográfica en la que comprendamos en contexto el instrumento en cuestión y realizaremos planos del mismo para poder comprender que aciertos y fallos tiene el instrumento. Tras esto se realizarán dos propuestas opcionales a este instrumento que cumplirán la misma función y mantendrán la estética del mismo. Con todo esto podremos comprender cómo trabajan estos instrumentos en los videojuegos, qué motivos hay para la elección de usar instrumentos como este sit?r en los videojuegos y la necesidad de más estudios y presencia de especialistas en torno a este patrimonio musical.
Kesadaran Ekologis Pasca Pandemi: Sebuah Tinjauan Filosofis
Authors: Mahaswa Rangga , Lingga Dharmayasa Putu Pradnya
Published: February 2023

Artikel ini menjelaskan tentang kesadaran ekologis yang diabaikan selama pandemi Covid-19. Fokus masyarakat dunia lebih pada peningkatan kesadaran terhadap kesehatan publik daripada meninjau ulang ruang yang terlupakan yakni lingkungan terdampak. Lingkungan terdampak terbagi menjadi lingkungan sosial dan lingkungan alam. Kesadaran ekologis merekognisi keduanya. Hal ini dikarenakan kesadaran ekologis tidak hanya sebatas pada kesadaran tentang kesehatan manusia semata tetapi juga mengkritisi bagaimana dampak tindakan kesehatan berlebihan memiliki pengaruh terhadap lingkungan budaya hidup. Kesadaran ini penting sebagai dasar fundamental dalam rangka mewujudkan kondisi masyarakat normal baru yang lebih transformatif dan adaptif. Penelitian ini berbasis pada tinjauan pustaka dan pendekatan filosofis untuk merumuskan ulang kesadaran ekologis di dunia pasca pandemi. Idealisasi dunia pasca pandemi wajib merekognisi keberagaman kesadaran ekologis yang memosisikan transformasi sosial yang lebih adaptif. Beberapa tahapan strategi kebudayaan dalam rangka membangun kesadaran ekologis antara lain: Pertama, tahap idealisasi konsep atau pandangan tentang ‘apa itu kesadaran ekologis’; Kedua, tahap perumusan kesadaran ekologis pasca pandemi. Ketiga, tahap implementasi tindakan. Strategi kebudayaan ini diharapkan mampu menghindari bias kelas, diskriminasi dan ketidakberpihakan terhadap alam dan sosial pada dunia pasca pandemi.
Tumbuhan Rempah dan Masakan Tradisional di Kelurahan Nanggewer Mekar, Cibinong, Kabupaten Bogor
Authors: Setiawan Marwan , Rahayu Mulyati , Wahyu Ningsih Dewi Qurrohta , Arifa Nissa
Published: February 2023

Keanekaragaman suku (etnis) yang terdapat di Indonesia sangat banyak dengan berbagai corak budaya yang berbeda satu sama lain, pengetahuan tradisional dan budaya yang berbeda menjadikan Indonesia sebagai negara kebudayaan. Masakan tradisional merupakan masakan yang dikonsumsi dari generasi ke generasi dengan berbagai rempah. Keanekaragaman hayati di Indonesia merupakan sumber komoditi niaga di masa lalu, menarik minat para pedagang termasuk tumbuhan rempah. Penelitian dilakukan di Nanggewer Mekar, Cibinong, Bogor. Mayoritas masyarakatnya yaitu Sunda, selain Jawa, dan Betawi. Masakan tradisional yang terdapat di Nanggewer Mekar ini banyak menambahkan rempah-rempah yang dapat menjadi ciri khas masakan tersebut. Tumbuhan rempah yang dimanfaatkan sebagai bumbu masakan terdiri dari 23 jenis yang termasuk dalam 19 marga dan 14 famili tumbuhan. Masakan tradisional tersebut meliputi: laksa, soto betawi, semur jengkol dan disajikan pada acara - acara tertentu.
The Perfumery Spices of Dayak Land and Its Trade in the Nineteenth Century
Authors: Listiana Dana
Published: February 2023

The study of spices in Kalimantan area tends to focus on pepper, a commodity that can be said to introduce this island as a 'pepper country' to the wider world in the maps made by European explorers. In fact, other commodities, such as garu (agarwood) and sintok (wild cinnamon), have also been traded long before pepper. As a commodity, the two endemic fragrances that grow naturally in the forest certainly have different effects on the community than the cultivated pepper. How the mutual influence that binds between the community and the environment in the perfume trade is the focus that will be revealed using the historical method with an environmental history approach. Thus, the environment becomes an aspect that is also discussed in changing people's lives. This is different from the study of pepper which focuses more on the political-economic aspects. The results showed that the production and trade system of perfumery spices is engaged with the values, traditions, and rules of the local forester of Dayak as the main actors, both as individuals and groups.
Direct-Conversion Spectrum Sensor Impaired by Symmetric α-Stable and α-Sub-Gaussian Noises
Authors: Barros Guedes Luiz Gustavo , Guimarães Dayan Adionel
Published: February 2023

Spectrum sensing in underwater cognitive acoustic networks or in underwater acoustic sensor networks can be impaired by impulsive noise generated by snapping shrimps. In mathematical analysis or simulations, the amplitude variations of this noise are commonly modeled by the symmetric alpha-stable (SαS) distribution. As an alternative, the alpha-sub-Gaussian (αSG) distribution can model both temporal correlation and amplitude variations. This article assesses the performance of underwater spectrum sensing with a direct-conversion receiver (DCR) under impulsive noise modeled by the SαS and αSG distributions. Several recent test statistics are compared, demonstrating that they have different degrees of robustness against impulsive noise and that the DCR is significantly less sensitive to this noise, compared to the conventional receiver model that does not take into account the influences of hardware characteristics into the performance of spectrum sensing.
List of Conchifera identified during a beach nourishment project in Balneário Camboriú, Brazil.
Authors: Beltrão Mayara Carneiro , Cunha Natalia Joana Rebello da , Diehl Fernando
Published: February 2023

In 2021, a beach nourishment project was carried out in Balneário Camboriú, during the process, it was found the presence of 53 taxa of Conchifera associated with the sediment dredged from the borrowing area. This source area is located 15 kilometers away from the Praia Central and has an average depth of 31m. The organisms were found on the beach without life, indicating that the borrow area consists in a bank rich of allochthonous biodetritus.
‘Francis Bacon: Man and Beast’, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 29 January – 17 April 2022. Catalogue: Eds. Michael Peppiatt and Stephen F. Eisenman, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2020, 160 pages, hardback, ISBN 1912520559, £35.00.
Authors: Shankar Louis
Published: February 2023

The Royal Academy’s blockbuster exhibition, Francis Bacon: Man and Beast, sought to explore the ways in which Bacon looked to and drew inspiration from the animal kingdom within his art. Man, he seemed to suggest in his paintings, is just another animal. This review assesses the successes of the exhibition, interrogating the various connections made between animals and humanity in Bacon’s work, and situating the exhibition within the broader context of recent public scholarship on the artist. 
La promesse du maître: la psychométrie comme un outil essentiel pour le développement des pratiques éducatives et pour la construction d’une pédagogie expérimentale clinique
Authors: Melo Carolina Silva Bandeira de , Gutierrez Laurent
Published: February 2023

A la fin des années 1920, Théodore Simon est considéré comme l’un des meilleurs spécialistes français de l’éducation des arriérés. Force est toutefois de constater que son rôle a été minimisé dans l’historiographie de l’éducation et de la psychologie. En analysant son parcours de médecin des asiles et sa contribution dans l’élaboration et la diffusion des tests d’intelligence, nous soulignons l’originalité de sa démarche et de ses propositions. Notre travail sur archives nous permet aujourd’hui de mieux comprendre les raisons pour lesquelles les tests furent davantage utilisés à l’étranger qu’en France. Leur utilisation dans les écoles et les centres de formation d’enseignants de Minas Gerais atteste de ce paradoxe comme a pu le constater Théodore Simon, lui-même, lors de son séjour au Brésil en 1929. Ce voyage est une occasion supplémentaire pour souligner l’importance des recherches transnationales et montrer comment la psychométrie a accompagné l’histoire de l’éducation des arriérés.
I Congresso Internacional de Pedagogia dos deficientes: o Brasil na terra de Pestalozzi
Authors: Kassar Mônica de Carvalho Magalhães , Magalhães Justino
Published: February 2023

No estudo da história do atendimento educacional direcionado à criança com deficiência, é possível identificar a existência de interlocução constante entre ideias disseminadas no Brasil e a produção científica estrangeira. Com atenção ao contexto de trocas acadêmicas, os propósitos deste artigo são: dar a conhecer a realização do I Congresso Internacional da Criança Deficiente, realizado em 1939, em Genebra; analisar os principais temas e as principais perspectivas médicas, higienistas, psicológicas, pedagógicas presentes nas comunicações e nas teses apresentadas; focalizar no evento a participação de Thiago Würth, representante brasileiro; e identificar argumentos científicos expostos. Para o desenvolvimento deste trabalho, buscou-se como fontes as atas oficiais do Congresso e dois relatos elaborados pelo representante brasileiro. Na análise do material, foi possível identificar argumentos em torno das ideias de anormalidade, delinquência, inadaptação, que se relacionam a proposições pedagógicas prescritas no período.
Enhancement of work engagement through HRIS adoption mediated by workplace well-being
Authors: A. Ammupriya  , Subrahmanyan Preetha
Published: February 2023

Goal: The purpose of this paper is to find out the Role of HRIS adoption in enhancing work engagement by considering the mediating effect of workplace well-being.
Design/Methodology/Approach: Applying AMOS software, the (CFA) method is used to construct the actual SEM model. A well-structured questionnaire was framed and collected a maximum of 300 data points using a 5-point Likert scale in a non-probability convenience sample in several organizations.
Results: SEM modeling has various constraints to evaluate the original and modification indices. It is found that there is a mediating effect on workplace well-being between the human resource information system and work engagement. The model establishes the significant impact of workplace well-being in organizations.
Limitations of the investigation: Future research should address that HRIS adoption is necessary for every organization for better decision-making, but they will face challenges in adopting the HRIS
Practical Implications: Receiving innovation in the working environment and recommending how it should be swiftly involved and transformed into a standard method of practice.
Originality/ Value: The study demonstrates the originality and significance of the current model in developing the human resource information system, which helps to ensure employees' workplace well-being towards the organization.
Same tests, same results: Multi-year correlations of ESSA-mandated standardized tests in Texas and Nebraska
Authors: Gibbs Norman P. , Pivovarova Margarita , Berliner David C.
Published: February 2023

Statewide assessments in reading and math are required every year under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015, at an annual expense of billions of taxpayer dollars. Analyzing 10 years of school-level results from public schools in two states—Nebraska and Texas—we found that year-to-year correlations of schools’ test scores were exceptionally high, with reading and math correlations regularly above r = 0.9, indicating that little new information is derived from annual testing. Furthermore, while schools experiencing the largest demographic changes had significantly lower year-to-year correlations—highlighting the sensitivity of these scores to changes in underlying student demographics—even these lower correlations remained strong. We argue that the frequency of these tests may therefore be reduced, yielding substantial savings of time and money and no loss of useful information.
Perspectiva psicojurídica de la violencia de género
Authors: JIménez Molina José Raúl , Cárdenas Carrillo Deisy Alejandra , Jaramillo Hernández Rosa Angélica , Londoño Osorio Angie Juanita , Riaño García Daniel Ricardo , Orduz Gualdrón Frank Steward
Published: February 2023

El presente capítulo desarrolla una mirada a la violencia de género como resultado de un análisis operacional y jurídico, fundamentado en la relevancia que tiene para toda la sociedad y disciplinarmente para los psicólogos, en especial aquellos que se desempeñan en áreas de incidencia de la política pública y la atención directa a las víctimas. Para ello, se realizó una revisión documental como soporte del marco teórico y el marco jurídico de la investigación, presentando en la primera parte del capítulo un abordaje conceptual sobre el tema, su operacionalización, las características asociadas al perfil de sus actores y los principales mitos respecto al mismo. Como resultado, este capítulo recoge el marco jurídico y parte del marco conceptual de la investigación. Se tomó como referencia para el marco jurídico una revisión y análisis de la legislación nacional e internacional que orienta las respuestas ante la violencia y la atención a las víctimas y un referente ético para el ejercicio profesional del psicólogo.
Medios de comunicación y violencia sexual contra población masculina perpetrada por mujeres: una invisibilización riesgosa
Authors: Borda Montenegro Angie , López Cantero Ever José , Ruiz Guevara Sandra Milena
Published: February 2023

El fenómeno de la violencia sexual contra la mujer ha sido ampliamente estudiado por la academia y reconocido a nivel periodístico; en la población masculina, por el contrario, parece ser un fenómeno que se ha invisibilizado debido a las escasas estadísticas al respecto y a variables socioculturales como el sexismo, que impiden que este fenómeno cobre la importancia que merece. Como consecuencia, se invisibiliza a su vez la necesidad de crear políticas de prevención de la violencia. La presente investigación se propuso analizar la representación de esta problemática en los principales medios de comunicación de acceso libre de Colombia haciendo una revisión del volumen de noticias en las páginas de internet de dichos medios alrededor de tres términos clave: violencia sexual, acoso sexual y abuso sexual; se realizaron comparaciones por género y se categorizaron las menciones de los términos asociadas con víctimas masculinas. Como resultado, se encontró una baja representación de la violencia sexual contra varones en comparación con la representación de los casos de violencia sexual contra mujeres, lo cual pone en riesgo la posible concienciación de la problemática y la aplicación de medidas de prevención y apoyo a las víctimas.
Pasado y presente de la atención a víctimas de violencia de género
Authors: Orduz Gualdrón Frank Steward , Parra Silva Maryori Fabiana , Jaimes Cuberos Edwin Alexis , Jiménez Molina José Raúl
Published: February 2023

Enmarcado en el objetivo central de la investigación, este capítulo se enfoca en el análisis de la violencia basada en género (VBG) con la mirada en la atención a víctimas. Se articula con la investigación general al constituir un abordaje histórico y contextual en el ámbito nacional e internacional de esta violencia, tratando de comprender los alcances y limitaciones de la misma. Para ello, se tomó como referente la revisión teórica y particularmente los elementos del pasado y la actualidad en materia de atención a las víctimas, esperando contribuir a la psicología jurídica, la política pública y el ejercicio profesional, mediante la identificación de procedimientos, posturas y orientaciones desarrolladas para el trabajo con población víctima de violencia de género, especialmente los discursos y herramientas vigentes. Las principales conclusiones se orientan a la importancia de los centros de atención y su fortalecimiento, lo cual es un reflejo del interés creciente sobre la víctima y los efectos de la victimización.
The COVID‐19 vaccine did not affect the basal immune response and menstruation in female athletes
Authors: Chiang Ming‐Ru , Shih Li‐Chun , Lu Chi‐Cheng , Fang Shih‐Hua
Published: February 2023

The COVID‐19 pandemic restricted the regular training and competition program of athletes. Vaccines against COVID‐19 are known to be beneficial for the disease; however, the unknown side effects of vaccines and postvaccination reactions have made some athletes hesitant to get vaccinated. We investigated the changes in inflammatory responses and menstrual cycles of female athletes before and after vaccination. Twenty female athletes were enrolled in this study. Blood was collected from each subject before the first COVID‐19 vaccination and after the first and second vaccinations. Laboratory data, including white blood cell, neutrophil, lymphocyte, and platelet counts, and inflammatory markers, including NLR (neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio), PLR (platelet lymphocyte ratio), RPR (red cell distribution width to platelet ratio), SII (systemic immune‐inflammation index), and NeuPla (neutrophil–platelet ratio), were analyzed statistically. The menstrual changes before and after vaccination and the side effects were collected by questionnaires. No significant changes in the laboratory data were found after the first and second shots when compared to those at prevaccination: white blood cell, neutrophil, lymphocyte, platelet, NLR, PLR, SII, RPR, and NeuPla (p > 0.05). In addition, there were no significant changes in the menstruation cycle or days of the menstrual period (p > 0.05). All side effects after vaccination were mild and subsided in 2 days. The blood cell counts, inflammatory markers, and menstruation of female athletes were not affected by COVID‐19 vaccines.
Training cessation and subsequent retraining of a world‐class female Olympic sailor after Tokyo 2020: A case study
Authors: Ishida Yuko , Yamagishi Takaki , Mujika Iñigo , Nakamura Mariko , Suzuki Eiko , Yamashita Daichi
Published: February 2023

Olympic sailing is a complex sport where sailors are required to predict and interpret weather conditions while facing high physical and physiological demands. While it is essential for sailors to develop physical and physiological capabilities toward major competition, monitoring training status following the competition is equally important to minimize the magnitude of detraining and facilitate retraining. Despite its long history in the modern Olympics, reports on world‐class sailors' training status and performance characteristics across different periodization phases are currently lacking. This case study aimed to determine the influence of training cessation and subsequent retraining on performance parameters in a world‐class female sailor. A 31‐year old female sailor, seventh in the Women's Sailing 470 medal race in Tokyo 2020, completely stopped training for 4 weeks following the Olympics, and resumed low‐intensity training for 3 weeks. Over these 7 weeks, 12.7 and 5.3% reductions were observed in 6 s peak cycling power output and jump height, respectively, with a 4.7% decrease in maximal aerobic power output. Seven weeks of training cessation‐retraining period induced clear reductions in explosive power production capacities but less prominent decreases in aerobic capacity. The current findings are likely attributed to the sailor's training characteristics during the retraining period.
Antiphospholipid antibodies and the risk of thrombosis in myeloproliferative neoplasms
Authors: Dambrauskienė Rūta , Gerbutavičius Rolandas , Rudžianskienė Milda , Paukštaitienė Renata , Vitkauskienė Astra , Skrodenienė Erika , Remeikienė Diana , Zaborienė Inga , Juozaitytė Elona
Published: February 2023

The morbidity and mortality of BCR-ABL-negative myeloproliferative neoplasia (MPN) patients is highly dependent on thrombosis that may be affected by antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLA) and lupus anticoagulant. Our aim was to evaluate the association of the aPLA together with platelet receptor glycoprotein (GP) Ia/IIa c.807C>T CT/TT genotypes and thrombotic complications in patients with MPNs. The study included 108 patients with BCR-ABL-negative MPN with data of previous thrombosis. Two different screening and one confirmatory test for the lupus anticoagulant were performed. Thrombotic complications were present in 59 (54.6%) subjects. aPLA were more frequently found in MPN patients with thrombosis vs no thrombosis (25.4 and 6.1%; p = 0.007). MPN patients with arterial thrombosis were more frequently positive for aPLA vs no arterial thrombosis (38.8 and 11.9%; p = 0.001). aPLA were more frequently found in patients with cerebrovascular events vs other arterial thrombotic complications or no thrombosis, respectively (39.3, 6.1, and 12.9%; p < 0.001). MPN patients with thrombosis were more frequently positive with aPLA and had platelet receptor GP Ia/IIa c.807C>T CT/TT genotypes compared to MPN patients without thrombosis (18.6 and 2.0%; p = 0.006). aPLA alone or with coexistence with platelet receptor GP Ia/IIa c.807C>T CT/TT polymorphism could be associated with thrombotic complications in patients with MPN.
Immunological responses of septic rats to combination therapy with thymosin α1 and vitamin C
Authors: Zhang Daquan , Wang Lu , Wang Zhigao , Shi Xiaohui , Tang Wen , Jiang Long , Bo Ran Yi Ba Yin Cha Han , Lv Xinwei , Hu Congyu , Xiao Dong
Published: February 2023

This study investigated the effect of combined thymosin α1 and vitamin C (Tα1 + VitC) on the immunological responses of septic rats. Five groups were designed. The septic model was established by the cecal ligation puncture (CLP) method. The sham group did not undergo CLP, the model group was given normal saline solution, the Tα1 group was given Tα1 (200 µg/kg), the VitC group was given VitC (200 mg/kg), and the Tα1 + VitC group was given Tα1 + VitC. Specimens for immunological analyses were collected at 6, 12, 24, and 48 h posttreatment in each group except for the sham group (only at 48 h). CD4 + CD25 + T cells in the peripheral blood and dendritic cell (DC) proportions in the spleen were analyzed by flow cytometry. Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interleukin 6 (IL-6), transforming growth factor-β (TGF-ß1), and nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) were measured by ELISA. CD4 + CD25 + T cells and OX62 + DCs levels significantly increased in the model group and decreased in the Tα1 and/or VitC treatment groups. Similarly, the levels of TNF-α, IL-6, TGF-ß1, and NF-κB significantly increased in the model group and decreased in the Tα1, VitC, and Tα1 + VitC groups, indicating that combined Tα1 and VitC therapy may help regulate the immunological state of patients with sepsis, thereby improving prognosis.
Crystal structure of (3a7R,13bR)-3-((1R)-1-hydroxy-1-(5-methyl-6-oxo-3,6-dihydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)ethyl)-3a,11,11,13b-tetramethyl-2,3,3a,4,5,11,11a,12,13,13b-decahydroindeno[5′,4′:4,5] cyclohepta[1,2-c]oxepin-9(1H)-one, C30H40O5
Authors: Ye Jiang-Hai , Chen Ren-Song , Xu Chuan-Yan , Zou Juan , Zhang Jing-Jie
Published: February 2023

C30H40O5, orthorhombic, P212121 (no. 19), a = 6.5012(3) Å, b = 15.3297(7) Å, c = 21.8138(14) Å, V = 2672.3(2) Å3, Z = 4, Rgt
(F) = 0.0537, wRref
(F
2) = 0.1355, T = 273(2) K.