bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Volume Raycasting Sampling Revisited
Authors: Steneteg Peter , Jönsson Daniel , Falk Martin , Hotz Ingrid
Published: March 2020

We investigate the effects of practical sample placement strategies when solving the volume rendering integral for interactive volume raycasting with fixed step lengths for each ray. Different sample placements have been used in previous work but they have not been compared with respect to their correctness or visual quality. In this work, the different sampling strategies are presented visually and practical implementation details are provided using algorithmic descriptions of each strategy. A thorough analysis based on comparisons with analytic solutions and real-world data shows that visual artifacts, especially at volume borders, can appear if samples are not placed correctly. Our analysis and comparison results in a sample placement strategy that easily can be integrated into existing implementations, has no impact on performance, and decreases visual artifacts of the rendered image compared to other fixed step size sample strategies.
REVIEW ARTIKEL TEOLOGI PERJANJIAN BARU
Authors: SELAN EKA MIRMA
Published: March 2020

Doktrin kerajaan seribu tahun berdasarkan kitab wahyu merupakan salah satu bagian dari pengajaran akhir zaman yang sangat penting dikatahui dan di pamahi oleh orang percaya.
MENANG TERHADAP KEKUATIRAN
Authors: Latumahina Dina Elisabeth
Published: March 2020

Kekuatiran adalah masalah yang selalu dialami dan dirasakan oleh semua orang baik percaya atau tidak percaya tak terkecuali para hamba Tuhan.Bahkan sudah sangat terbiasa sehingga kadang-kadang tidak dianggap lagi sebagai suatu masalah.Kekuatiran merupakan musuh masyarakat no.1 karena orang bisa sakit, menderita bahkan meninggal karena kekuatiran (Amsal 12:25 : kekuatiran dapat membungkukkan orang)Kekuatiran yang parah/kronis dapat menimbulkan penyakit yang namanya ‘abulia’ (gangguan syaraf yang parah) sehingga kehilangan kemauan untuk menyelesaikan atau mengatasi masalah-masalah.Penyakit-penyakit lain yang juga dapat disebabkan oleh kekuatiran adalah : sakit jantung, tekanan darah tinggi, asma, rematik, bisul, flu, gangguan kelenjar gondok, radang sendi, migren, kebutaan, gangguan sakit perut.
Festum Festorum
Authors: Latumahina Dina Elisabeth
Published: March 2020

Pengaruh Media Sosial yang positip dan negatip. Yang positip: salah satunya kita bisa mengetahui Hari Ulang Tahun teman-teman kita di dunia maya dan dapat mengucapkan selamat. Tidak hanya itu, tetapi hari ulang tahun pernikahan suami-istri sahabat-sahabat kita. Kita membaca bagaimana mereka bersyukur atas perbuatan Tuhan untuk keluarga mereka sekaligus menjadi saksi bahwa mereka masih bersama-sama, masih saling mengasihi. Dan kita mengucapkan selamat untuk itu. PENTING UNTUK MENGINGAT PERBUATAN TUHAN BAGI KITA KEMARIN, SUPAYA BISA MENJADI LEBIH BAIK PADA HARI ESOK.
ANUGRAHNYA YANG MEMAMPUKAN
Authors: Latumahina Dina Elisabeth
Published: March 2020

Penglihatan Nabi Zakharia yang ke-5 tentang Kandil emas ini merupakan salah satu nubuatan messianic yang ada dalam Perjanjian Lama. Dua pohon Zaitun yang berada di samping kiri dan kanan kandil emas itu melambangkan 2 orang hamba Tuhan yang dipakai Tuhan untuk pembangunan Bait Allah setelah pembuangan dari Babel (ay.11-14). Zerubabel, Bupati pertama setelah pembuangan yang berasal dari keturunan Daud dan Yesua Imam Besar, Raja dan Imam, yang diurapi dengan minyak untuk tugas yang mulia, menjadi Tipos Yesus Kristus sebagai Raja dari keturunan Daud dan Imam Besar Perjanjian Baru. Tuhan Yesus juga pernah mengumpamakan dirinya sebagai Bait Allah yang dirubuhkan tetapi dalam 3 hari akan dibangun kembali. (Matius 26:61,27:40). Tuhan Yesus juga pernah mengatakan bahwa Dialah Batu penjuru, batu besar yang ditaruh di tengah-tengah fondasi Bait Suci yang mempersatukan umat Tuhan. Dialah yang akan menjadi kekuatan besar bagi bangunan itu (Yes.28:16;Mat.21:42).
(2018) Involuntary Resettlement as an Opportunity for Development: The Case of Urban Resettlers of the New Tehri Town, Journal of Land and Rural Studies 6(2) 1–25
Authors: Reddy A Amarender
Published: March 2020

The rebuilding of livelihoods in the involuntary resettlement is commonly based on providing compensation to those who are displaced along with the creation of employment and income opportunities to sustain their livelihoods. Unlike rural resettlement, urban resettlement is very complex as it involves providingbusiness opportunities, urban-based employment and income. The article examined the resettlement of displaced families affected by Tehri Hydro PowerProject by constructing an entirely new town ‘New Tehri Town’ (NTT) by using impoverishment risks and reconstruction (IRR) framework developed by Cernea(1997, World Development, 25(10), 1569–1587). The result shows that projectaffected families (PAFs) are better off in NTT in terms of community amenities, income and employment opportunities and in terms of increase in value of houses, but traditional employment opportunities have been lost, they have to searchfor new jobs and livelihoods. The R&R policies in urban areas should focus on improving skill sets of the people along with increased income and employmentopportunities through the development of market and business opportunities.
REVIEW JURNAL TEOLOGI PB
Authors: MUSTANU EFI ADELINA
Published: March 2020

Orang percaya hendaknya selalu memiliki kewaspadaan serta kesiapsiagaan dalam menghadapi musuh yaitu iblis. Karena perlengkapan senjata Allah datangnya dari Allah sendiri maka prajurit juga mengandalkan kekuatan yang datangnya dari Allah sendiri.
TEOLOGI PB: REVIEW JURNAL
Authors: LAIDAT ODYN LYDIA
Published: March 2020

Doktrin Pneumatologi atau doktrin tentang Roh Kudus.Pada artikel ini, memaparkan tugas-tugas Roh Kudus dari Kitab Kisah Para Rasul dan kaitannya dalam misi pekabaran Injil
Sources of Interference in Memory across Development
Authors: Yim Hyungwook , Osth Adam F , Sloutsky Vladimir , Dennis Simon
Published: March 2020

Episodic memory involves remembering not only what happened but also where and when the event happened. This multi-component nature introduces different sources of interference which stem from previous experience. However, it is unclear how different interferences change across development and what may cause the changes. To address these questions, we tested 4-5-year-olds (N = 103), 7-8-year-olds (N = 82), and adults (N = 70) using item and source recognition memory tasks with various manipulations (i.e., list-length, list-strength, and word-frequency), and decomposed sources of interference using a computational model. We find that interference stemming from other items on the study-list rapidly decreases with development, whereas interference from pre-experimental contexts gradually decreases but remains the major source of interference. The model further quantifies these changes indicating that the ability to discriminate items undergoes relatively rapid development, whereas the ability to discriminate contexts undergo protracted development. These results elucidate fundamental aspects of memory development.
Evidence from the Visual World Paradigm Raises Questions about Unaccusativity and Growth Curve Analyses
Authors: Huang Y , Snedeker Jesse
Published: March 2020

Many syntactic theories posit a fundamental structural difference between intransitive verbs with agentive subjects (unergative verbs) and those with theme subjects (unaccusative verbs). This claim garners support from studies finding differences in the online comprehension of these verbs. The present experiments seek to replicate one such finding using the visual world paradigm (Koring, Mak, & Reuland, 2012). We control for several factors that were uncontrolled in previous studies. We find no differences in the processing of unergative and unaccusative sentences in logistic regressions and cluster analyses. However, in growth curve analyses, modeled closely on the original paper, we find differences between the verb conditions that appear to be statistically significant but are unstable across experiments. A resampling analysis reveals that the growth curve analyses are highly anticonservative, suggesting that the earlier finding was a false positive. We conclude that there is no strong evidence that unaccusatives are processed differently from unergatives. We suggest that growth curve analyses only be used with visual world paradigm data when the underlying assumptions of the analysis can be validated via resampling.
Self-stigma toward nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI): An examination of implicit and explicit attitudes towards self-injury
Authors: Piccirillo Marilyn , Burke Taylor , Moore-Berg Samantha , Alloy Lauren B , Heimberg Richard
Published: March 2020

Objective: Evidence suggests that individuals without a history of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) are likely to view NSSI as a stigmatized behavior. However, there is limited evidence evaluating the presence of self-stigma among individuals who have engaged in NSSI. Methods: We recruited a university sample (n = 351) and employed implicit and explicit measures to examine the degree of stigmatization towards those with NSSI scarring, as compared to nonintentional disfigurement (i.e., accidental scarring), and to tattoos (i.e., a culturally-sanctioned form of intentional tissue alteration). We examined the extent to which bias is related to indicators of NSSI severity among those with a history of NSSI. Results: We provide evidence that negative biases toward NSSI may represent the effects of self-stigma. However, findings suggest that biases were generally attenuated among participants with a history of NSSI as compared to those without. Participants who had lower levels of NSSI explicit bias were more likely to have a history of more severe engagement in NSSI; however, no significant relationships were found between implicit bias and NSSI severity indicators. Conclusions: We present a theoretical rationale for attenuated biases among individuals with a history of NSSI and discuss implications of this research for NSSI recovery.
Provision of noxious facilities using a market-like mechanism: A simple implementation in the lab
Authors: Mantilla Cesar , Alberti Federica
Published: March 2020

We study the provision of a public project that globally behaves as a public good but locally behaves as a private bad. This scenario imposes two problems: (i) finding a compensation that makes the project acceptable for the pre-determined host, and (ii) securing the budget to pay for the project and the required compensation. We use a market-like mechanism with two useful properties for this scenario: players can either contribute or request subsidies to fund the public project, and players have veto power over the desired project quantity. In our game, two players benefit from a waste incinerator facility, whereas the third group member, the host, is harmed if the facility is too large. We analyze the efficiency and the re-distributive potential of this mechanism, with and without communication, among group members. We find that the probability of positive provision did not differ with and without communication. However, average provided quantities with respect to the efficient quantity increased from 54% to 81% with communication. We also find that contributions fell below the Lindahl taxes, allowing the players who benefit from a larger facility to accrue most of the efficiency gains. The latter result is consistent with the infrequent evidence of veto threats as a bargaining strategy.
Procedure-Content Interaction in Attitudes to Law and in the Value of the Rule of Law: An Empirical and Philosophical Collaboration
Authors: Gur Noam , Jackson Jonathan
Published: March 2020

This chapter begins with an empirical analysis of attitudes towards the law, which, in turn, inspires a philosophical re-examination of, and a distinctive approach to, the moral status of the rule of law. In Section 2, we empirically analyse nationally representative survey data from the US about law-related attitudes and legal compliance. Consistent with prior studies, we find that people’s ascriptions of legitimacy to the legal system (labelled here ‘legitimacy’) are predicted strongly by their perceptions of the procedural justice and lawfulness of police and court officials’ action. Two factors emerge as significant predictors of people’s compliance with the law: (i) their belief that they have a (content-independent, moral) duty to obey the law (which is one element of legitimacy, as defined here); and (ii) their moral assessment of the content of specific legal requirements (referred to here as ‘perceived moral content of laws’). We also observe an interactive relationship between these two factors. At higher levels of perceived moral content of laws, felt duty to obey is a better predictor of compliance than it is at lower levels. And, similarly, perceived moral content of laws is a better predictor of compliance at higher levels of felt duty to obey. This suggests that the moral content incorporated in specific laws interacts with the normative force people ascribe to legal authorities by virtue of other qualities, specifically here procedural justice and lawfulness. In Section 3, the focus shifts to a philosophical analysis, whereby we identify a parallel (similarly interactive) modality in the way that form and content mutually affect the value of the rule of law. We advocate a distinctive alternative to two rival approaches in jurisprudential discourse, the first of which claims that Lon Fuller’s eight precepts of legality embody moral qualities not contingent on the law’s content, while the second denies any independent moral value in these eight precepts, viewing them as entirely subservient to the law’s substantive goals. In contrast, on the view put forward here, Fuller’s principles possess (inter alia) an expressive moral quality, but their expressive effect does not materialise in isolation from other, contextual factors. In particular, the extent to which it materialises is partly sensitive to the moral quality of law’s content.
Outcome of supplementation of vitamin D on intact parathyroid hormone level in chronic kidney disease patients
Authors: Adhikary Laxman Prasad , Khanal Aarjan
Published: March 2020

Background: Secondary hyperparathyroidism is present in majority of patients with estimated glomerular filtrate rate less than 60 mL/min/1.73 m2. Sustained elevated parathyroid hormone level can cause osteitis-fibrosa-cystica, fracture, hypercalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and calciphylaxis. Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcome guidelines for Chronic Kidney Disease Mineral and Bone Disorder 2017 recommends treatment with calcitriol or vitamin D analogue if parathyroid hormone level is progressively increasing and remains persistently above the upper limit despite correction of modiﬁable factors.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the mean change in intact parathyroid hormone aftercalcitriol supplementation in patients with chronic kidney disease (stage 3 to 5).

Methodology: This prospective observational study enrolled 92 patients with chronic kidney disease stage 3 to 5, not under maintenance hemodialysis. Patients who had intact parathyroid hormone level more than 200 pg/ml, serum phosphate level less than 4.5 mg/dl and corrected serum calcium less than 9.5 mg/dl were selected for the study. They were supplemented with oral calcitriol 0.25μg thrice weekly for three months and intact parathyroid hormone level was measured after three months.

Results: Mean intact parathyroid hormone level before supplementation was 332.91 ± 96.046pg/ml and after three months of supplementation with calcitriol was 176.49 ±53.764pg/ml. This finding was statistically significant (Correlation: 0.471, p-value less than 0.05). Thus, supplementation of calcitriol reduced the mean intact parathyroid hormone level in the chronic kidney disease patients in our study.

Conclusion: Calcitriol supplementation seems to be an effective measure to reduce intact parathyroid hormone level in chronic kidney disease patients when it remains persistently high despite correction of modiﬁable factors.
Awareness and concern towards anesthesia among patients undergoing surgical procedure: A cross-sectional study at pre-anesthetic clinic of a Teaching Hospital
Authors: Moktan Sushila Lama , Shrestha Ujma , Sharma Mona , Karki Manan
Published: March 2020

Background: With the advent of anesthesia, surgery is no longer a race against the clock and surgeons. Many studies in the past have demonstrated limited knowledge among patients about various aspects of anesthesia.Objectives: To assess the awareness and concern of elective surgical patients towards anesthesia.Methodology: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted over two months’ period in adult patients of age eighteen years and above. Two hundred surgical patients accessing services at the pre-anesthesia check-up clinic were interviewed using 12 questions assessing demographic characteristics, educational status and their knowledge about anesthesia.Results: Out of 200 patients, only 32% knew that anesthesiologists provide anesthesia. It was found that 63% didn’t have any knowledge about the types of anesthesia. The most common fear among the participants about anesthesia was the fear of pain during surgery.Conclusion: The study showed poor knowledge of patients regarding anesthesia.
Maxillary sinus - A tool for sex determination in the Nepalese population
Authors: Singh Pankaj Kumar , Paudel Ram Chandra , Menezes Ritesh G , Khanal Kishor
Published: March 2020

Background: In forensic science, skeletal examination is often done with primary focus on identification. Complete identification is a rare event in this type of examination. However, anthropological identification can be done in skeletal examination. Skull is the second best for determination of sex next to pelvis. Maxillary sinuses are paranasal sinuses, and a feature for sexual dimorphism which remains intact in partially charred. The study of maxillary sinus is best done on Computed Tomography.Objectives: The primary objective of this study is to evaluate bilateral maxillary sinus for sexual dimorphism using Computed Tomography.Methodology: A total of 104 CT head cases were studied of which 52 were male and 52 female. The anterior posterior length, transverse width and height of bilateral maxillary sinus were measured in male and female through their DICOM images using inbuilt electronic calliper. Descriptive analysis for mean, paired t test to compare right and left maxillary sinus in both male and female, and student t test for compare male and female were used for analysing the value measured and calculated.Results: Male maxillary sinus (Right 12.76±4.62 & Left 12.39±3.81) was found be to larger than that of female (Right 12.16±4.78 & Left 11.80±4.49). Right and left maxillary sinus of both the sexes showed no significant difference when paired t test was used. Using independent t-test showed no sexual dimorphism between the two sexes.Conclusion: Maxillary sinus is not good tool for sex determination in Nepalese population. However further studies could be done on larger population sample, as smaller sample size could be the limitation of this study.
The Effect of Corporate Governance and Ownership Structure on Financial Performance of Listed Companies in Nepal
Authors: G. C. Surya Bahadur , Baral Ravindra Prasad
Published: March 2020

The paper attempts to analyze relationships among corporate governance, ownership structure and firm performance in Nepal. The study comprises of panel data set of 25 firms listed at Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) covering a period of five years from 2012 to 2016. The econometric methodology for the study consists primarily of least squares dummy variable (LSDV) model, fixed and random effects panel data models and two-stage least squares (2SLS) model. The study finds bi-directional relationship between corporate governance and performance. Among corporate governance internal mechanisms; smaller board size, higher proportion of independent directors, reducing ownership concentration, improving standards of transparency and disclosure, and designing appropriate director compensation package are important dimensions that listed firms and regulators in Nepal should focus on. Ownership concentration is found to have positive effect on performance; however, it affects corporate governance negatively. This study raises understanding and provides empirical evidence for endogenous relationship between corporate governance and performance and offers support for principal-principal agency relationship. The results of this study lead to several practical implications for listed firms as well as policymakers of Nepal in promoting sound corporate governance practices and codes. For listed companies, the improvement in compliance with a code of corporate governance or voluntary adoption of best practices can provide a means of achieving improved performance.
Handicraft Tourism in Pokhara: Connecting the Past Tradition to the Present
Authors: Upadhyay Prakash
Published: March 2020

Although the importance of handicraft has been widely recognized, the literature regarding the role of handicraft in tourism market is scarce. Based on empirical data, the present article aimed to explore the interplay between handicraft and tourism, the contribution of handicraft in tourism promotion and the challenges faced by handicraft sector in Pokhara, Nepal. This study identifies that there is a significant level of correlation and dependency between handicraft and foreign tourist arrivals, job creation and the increase in income and social status of handicraft shop proprietor. As a harbinger of past tradition, handicraft tourism/souvenir items has created a unique experience for tourist, enriched nation’s pride, belief and identity and connected the past tradition to the present. Lack of effective advertisement/marketing, inequitable price, scarcity of raw materials, intrusion of foreign goods, ineffective government policies are the key challenges of handicraft tourism. Policy improvement, increase in source/supply of raw materials, supply of handicrafts as per demand, creative production and marketing are the ways that can promote handicraft market. Handicraft tourism is not just about displaying and selling products, it is about allowing tourists to truly understand the skill/craft at rear and realize handicrafts unique tradition, linking tourists to artisans to facilitate them understand and appreciate the art. It is necessary recognizing the importance of local handicraft in sustainable tourism development and the importance of tourism as an agent for protection and preservation of traditional crafts, methods of production and cultural milieu.
Impact of Humor Advertising on Brand Purchase Strategy
Authors: Palikhe Amin
Published: March 2020

The humor advertisement is important for every types of marketer. The main aim of the study is to analyze the impact of humor advertisement on the brand purchasing strategy of consumers. This study used descriptive research design by testing the hypothesis with dependent and independent variables. The questionnaire based survey has been undertaken upon the sample of 136 respondents. Furthermore, data analysis has been carried forward with the help of SPSS through regression and correlation. The results reveal that there is no significant relationship exists between the independent variable (humor advertisement) and the dependent variables (brand attitude, brand memories, purchase intention). There is low correlation between humor advertisement and brand attitude that shows p<0.1. Industries have been spending huge amount of money on humor advertisement but the study has also revealed that there is no significant changes in brand purchase strategy of consumer by appealing humor advertising. Test results of correlation and regression shows that humor advertisement can’t make brand purchase strategy. Therefore study of consumer behavior is important to create brand purchase strategy and spending nature of consumer towards advertised products.
Effects of Internal Factors on Financial Performance of Joint Venture Banks in Nepal
Authors: Ranabhat Deepesh
Published: March 2020

This paper examines the impact of bank specific variables on financial performance of joint venture banks. The return on assets and return on equity are selected as bank’s performance variables for this study and these two are the dependent variables. Spread rate, size of assets, loan, deposit, liquidity and capital adequacy ratio of the firms are the independent variables. The data are collected from supervision report of Nepal Rastra Bank and annual reports of concerned six banks for 10 years from fiscal year 2008/09 to 2017/18.The pooled OLS multiple regression models are applied to test the significance and effects of bank specific variable on financial performance of Nepalese Joint Venture Banks. The result shows that there is a significant positive impact of interest rate spread on ROA and ROE of the banks. Similarly, there is significant negative impact of asset size on ROA and significant negative impact of liquidity and loan ratio on ROE of the banks.
Effectiveness of Prenatal Ultrasound Examination at Second Trimester in Detecting Fetal Congenital Abnormalities-A Preliminary Study
Authors: Thapa Madan , Parajuly Shyam Sundar , Adhikari Rajesh , Shrestha Manish Kiran
Published: March 2020

Objective: Anomaly scan at the second trimester provides the detail anatomical study of fetus. Any structural or morphological defects detected prenatally guides the parents and doctors for further counseling. The main objective of this study was to detect the fetal congenital anomalies in high risk patients at 18-22 weeks and highlight the effectiveness of prenatal ultrasound examination.

Materials and Methods: This was a hospital based descriptive study done during the period of 2017 January to 2019 January in the department of Radiology, ultrasound unit, Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal. Pregnant women who were first examined and evaluated by the Obstetrician during the ante-natal check up (ANC) either by asking the patient history or by mother age or any symptoms or chance of being abnormalities or high risk patients during that time frame (18-22 weeks) were enrolled for the study. Maternal age, parity, any history of previous anomalies, previous history of miscarriage/Intra Uterine Fetal Demise ( IUFD) or any exposure to radiation or drugs, history of other disease were recorded during the filling of consent form. High risk patients were identified by the Obstetrician and anomaly examination was prescribed at second trimester (18-20 weeks). Descriptive analysis was done using SPSS 20.

Results: There were two hundred and twenty four patients who had undergone anomaly (targeted fetal anatomy) examination which were referred for “anomaly scan” from the gynaecology and obstetrics department during that period. Among all the cases, fourteen cases had anomalies detected during the scan (18-22 weeks). Out of which seven cases had central nervous system related anomalies, two cases had skeletal deformities (dysplasia), two case had urinary tract related anomalies, one had lungs related anomalies and one had single umbilical artery with polyhydroamnios associated with duodenal atresia and one case had malformation of lymphatic system ( cystic hygroma )

Conclusion: Our study revealed that ultrasound scan performed between 18-22 weeks of pregnancy is effective in diagnosing major fetal abnormalities in the high-risk patients.
Platelet Count/Splenic Diameter Ratio to Predict Oesophageal Varices in Portal Hypertension
Authors: Lamichhane Buddhi Sagar , Koirala Manoj , Baral Bishwo Raj
Published: March 2020

Background: One of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in Nepal is portal hypertension due to liver cirrhosis. In rural areas where a lot of cases of cirrhosis of liver are prevalent and endoscopic expertise and facilities are not available, predicting the presence of esophageal varices through non-invasive means may reduce a large number of unnecessary endoscopies. This study is to identify the relationship of platelet count /splenic bipolar diameter ratio with the presence of esophageal varices in portal hypertension.

Materials and methods: Eighty patients were included in this study between Jestha 2072 to Baisakh 2073 with the diagnosis of portal hypertension admitted in Bir hospital, Kathmandu which is a tertiary hospital of government of Nepal, which were mostly due to liver cirrhosis. The patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria underwent lab investigations, ultra sonogram and UGI endoscopy. The data were assessed for descriptive studies and means were compared using t-test. The cut off value of platelet count to spleen diameter ratio of 1150 was used to predict the presence or absence of oesophageal varices. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS 20 software

Results: Platelet count to splenic diameter ratio with a cut off value of 1150 has sensitivity of 89.7%, specificity of 83.3%, positive predictive value of 96.8% and negative predictive value of 58.8% (p= 0.002, CI=95%) with 89.5 % accuracy.

Conclusion: Platelet count to splenic bipolar diameter ratio can be a good predictor of presence of esophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension in the resource poor settings.
„Przepisywanie” dramatu jako przykład transferu literackich mitów
Authors: Figzał-Janikowska Magdalena Maria
Published: March 2020

Artykuł traktuje o zjawisku „przepisywania” klasycznych tekstów jako tendencji charakterystycznej dla dramaturgii drugiej połowy XX wieku, ściśle związanej z przemianami na gruncie literatury oraz zmianą paradygmatu w zakresie sztuk widowiskowych. Jako praktyka dramatopisarska „przepisywanie” polega na reinterpretacji i rekontekstualizacji utrwalonych kulturowo mitów literackich, dzięki czemu mogą one odsłonić całkiem nowe znaczenia. Dochodzi tu zatem do swoistego transferu pierwotnego tekstu do nowej rzeczywistości społecznej, historycznej i kulturowej, którego celem staje się poszukiwanie punktów stycznych między tradycją a współczesnością. Powyższe zjawisko zobrazowane zostaje na przykładzie tekstów dwóch współczesnych dramatopisarzy: Heinera Müllera i Piera Paolo Pasoliniego.
Szekspirowskie okruszyny
Authors: Mydla Jacek
Published: March 2020

Punktem wyjścia są konstatacje na temat fragmentarycznej („cytatowej”) obecności Szekspira w kulturze współczesnej. Następnie wykorzystano schemat komunikacji Romana Jakobsona do analizy wybranych przykładów przywłaszczeń tekstu szekspirowskiego w postaci cytatu przeniesionego w nowy kontekst. Zastosowanie schematu umożliwia wniknięcie w przetworzenia, jakim ulega znaczenie oryginału w procesie transferu kulturowego.
Mobilność kulturowa w badaniach nad przedstawieniami - perspektywy metodologiczne
Authors: Bal Ewa Jolanta
Published: March 2020

Artykuł jest próbą nakreślenia metodologicznych perspektyw jakie rysują się przed badaczami performansów artystycznych w związku z ogłoszonym przez Stephena Greenblatta Manifestem kulturowej mobilności w 2010 roku. Autorka poddaje w nim analizie koncepcję stref kontaktu wprowadzoną do humanistyki przez Mary Luise Pratt, rozwiniętą następnie przez Stephena Greenblatta oraz Donnę J. Haraway, pokazując w jaki sposób pozwala ona przeformułować obowiązujące do tej pory w obrębie performatyki rozumienie pojęcia "przedstawienia" (performansu). Sugeruje, że poprzez strefy kontaktu, rozumiane jako przestrzeń wzajemnego spotkania i redefiniowania się uczestniczących w niej heterogenicznych podmiotów jako badacze kultury zyskujemy możliwość nowego sposobu oglądu zastanej rzeczywistości kulturowej i poznawania jej emergentnych znaczeń. Swoje hipotezy autorka rozwija w oparciu o analizę dwóch przykładów: performansu Exhibit B, Bretta Bailey’a z 2013 roku  oraz  wystawy fotografii Pietera Ugo, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea w Museu Coleção Berardo, Lizbona (05.07.2018 – 07.10.2018).
Sapieżyńska ochrona dóbr Potockich w starostwie owruckim w latach 80. i 90. XVII wieku Przyczynek do badań nad współpracą rodzin magnackich w czasach panowania Jana III Sobieskiego
Authors: Sawicki Mariusz
Published: March 2020

Sapiehowie i Potoccy byli jednymi z najbardziej wpływowych rodzin w dawnej Rzeczypospolitej. Druga z wymienionych familii posiadała liczne dobra na Ukrainie, które rujnowały częste przemarsze żołnierzy litewskich. Władzę nad nimi sprawował hetman wielki Kazimierz Jan Sapieha. Zasadniczym celem artykułu jest rozpatrzenie kwestii dotyczącej możliwej ochrony przez hetmana Sapiehę dóbr Potockich w zamian za ich głosy poparcia na sejmie i obronę w czasie ataków na litewskiego dowódcę wywołanych jego absencją pod Wiedniem.
Contexto sócio histórico das políticas de assistência a infância no Brasil: da caridade ao direito
Authors: Saraiva Joseana Maria
Published: March 2020

Este estudo tem como objetivo refletir questões acerca da origem, das formas e dos modelos das políticas de assistência à criança no Brasil, considerando o contexto social, econômico, político e cultural em que surgem e evoluem. Trata-se de uma pesquisa teórica, para qual se utilizou revisão bibliográfica, valendo-se das contribuições dos diversos autores que tratam do assunto. Sobressai a compreensão da relação entre Estado / sociedade na provisão da assistência à criança, objeto das iniciativas não governamentais, das instituições religiosas, das organizações filantrópicas e do setor privado através de associações e movimentos organizados que encontram na assistência à infância razão para sua institucionalização. Apesar dos avanços na legislação que institui a criança como sujeito de direito, os estudos revelam as carências enfrentadas pelos equipamentos e os serviços sociais de atendimento a infância, particularizando, as instituições de Educação Infantil. Apesar de necessários ao desenvolvimento integral da criança e da demanda cada vez maior, quando o foco é a assistência as classes menos favorecidas, os estudos têm mostrado a insuficiência da infraestrutura física e material, além da baixa qualidade dos serviços prestados por essas instituições.
Rituais de consumo no dia das mães sob a ótica de traços da cultura brasileira
Authors: Pinto Marcelo de Rezende , Pereira Danielle Ramos de Miranda , Lacerda Daniela Goes Paraíso
Published: March 2020

Este artigo relata resultados de uma pesquisa empírica cujo objetivo foi analisar como são articulados traços da cultura brasileira em rituais de consumo no Dia das Mães. A revisão da literatura contemplou pontos atinentes aos rituais de consumo e aos traços da cultura brasileira. A partir da condução de entrevistas em profundidade, analisadas por meio da técnica de análise de conteúdo, emergiram categorias atreladas ao papel destinado à sociabilidade presente nos rituais de comida nessa data, ao destaque percebido ao dia das mães como momento de reunião, movimento e agitação e aos aspectos simbólicos do ritual de dar presentes. Isso permitiu concluir que são diversos os valores, as práticas, os mecanismos de fruição e os mecanismos de mediação social presentes nos rituais de consumo articulados aos principais traços caracterizadores da cultura brasileira presentes no Dia das Mães.
Evolução da Participação Feminina e Masculina em Afazeres Domésticos no Brasil
Authors: Dalagostini Bidarte Marcos Vinicius , Freddo Fleck Carolina
Published: March 2020

Esta pesquisa apresenta uma análise da evolução da participação feminina e masculina na realização de afazeres domésticos no Brasil, considerando os dados publicados pela Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD) para o período 2004-2014. Os resultados revelam que o número médio de horas semanais gastas na realização de afazeres domésticos está crescendo apenas para os homens residentes nas Regiões Norte (1,6% a.a.) e Sul (1% a.a.); em relação às mulheres, apenas para as residentes na Região Norte (1,3% a.a.). Constatou-se que a participação masculina na realização de afazeres domésticos no Brasil cresceu, em média, 11% no período 2004-2014, enquanto que a das mulheres mostrou-se constante. No entanto, ainda se perpetua a desigualdade de gênero no país com relação à distribuição do tempo dedicado à realização de afazeres domésticos.
Case Report: The Importance of Cystoscopic Evaluation and Management of Iatrogenic Lower Ureteric Injuries
Authors: Gray Struan , A Gkentzis , Gray Struan
Published: March 2020

Four days after emergency caesarean section, a 26-year-old lady presents with severe right flank pain and is found to have right hydronephrosis. A right nephrostomy was inserted, but antegrade stent insertion failed. Cystoscopy revealed two sutures obstructing the right intramural ureter. These sutures were removed via the cystoscope using Holmium LASER. Immediate and follow up investigations showed resolution of the injury and normal urinary drainage. This case highlights the importance of cystoscopic assessment of iatrogenic lower ureteric injuries, and its role in their management.
The Cumulative Perioperative Model: Predicting 30-Day Mortality in Abdominal Surgery Cancer Patients
Authors: Nates Joseph L , Jermaine Christopher M , Ruiz Joseph , Nates Joseph L , Myers Risa B
Published: March 2020

Objectives: 1) To develop a cumulative perioperative model (CPM) using the hospital clinical course of abdominal surgery cancer patients that predicts 30 and 90-day mortality risk; 2) To compare the predictive ability of this model to ten existing other models.
Materials and Methods: We constructed a multivariate logistic regression model of 30 (90)-day mortality, which occurred in 106 (290) of the cases, using 13,877 major abdominal surgical cases performed at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center from January 2007 to March 2014. The model includes race, starting location (home, inpatient ward, intensive care unit or emergency center), Charlson Comorbidity Index, emergency status, ASA-PS classification, procedure, surgical Apgar score, destination after surgery (hospital ward location) and delayed intensive care unit admit within six days. We computed and compared the model mortality prediction ability (C-statistic) as we accumulated features over time.
Results: We were able to predict 30 (90)-day mortality with C-statistics from 0.70 (0.71) initially to 0.87 (0.84) within six days postoperatively.
Conclusion: We achieved a high level of model discrimination. The CPM enables a continuous cumulative assessment of the patient’s mortality risk, which could then be used as a decision support aid regarding patient care and treatment, potentially resulting in improved outcomes, decreased costs and more informed decisions.
Regenerative Effect of Intraovarian Injection of Activated Autologous Platelet Rich Plasma: Serum Anti-Mullerian Hormone Levels Measured Among Poor-Prognosis In Vitro Fertilization Patients
Authors: Sills E. Scott , Sills E. Scott , Petersen J. L. , Rickers N. S. , Wood Samuel H. , Li Xiang
Published: March 2020

This registered, prospective clinical trial assessed serum anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) patterns after treatment with activated platelet rich plasma (PRP). Patients with low ovarian reserve and/or at least 1 prior failed in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle (n=182) received PRP injected into ovarian tissue under ultrasound guidance. Pretreatment AMH, BMI and platelet (PLT) concentration were recorded and serum AMH, follicle stimulating hormone, and estradiol were then measured at 2-week intervals for up to three months. Mean±SD patient age was 45.4±6.1yrs. Improved serum AMH was observed in 51 patients (28%) with median increase of 167% [95%CI 91; 280] after treatment; mean interval to maximum AMH increase was 4 weeks (range 2-10 weeks). Improved post-treatment AMH was not limited to younger patients; when stratified by age (<42 vs. ≥42yrs), significant AMH improvements were seen in both groups after treatment (p=0.03 and 0.009, respectively). Among responders, mean basal PLT count was higher (274K) vs. non-responders (250K); p<0.001. This is the first clinical trial to describe an intraovarian PRP technique for low reserve and finds the treatment safe and associated with significant increases in serum AMH for some patients, usually within four weeks. The substantially different pre-treatment PLT concentrations measured across PRP response groups warrants further investigation. Additional research can characterize ovarian response better, optimize PRP protocols, and collect outcomes data from those who subsequently undergo IVF with autologous oocytes.
Gastrosplenic Fistula and Coeliac Artery Occlusion
Authors: Wong Wen Jye , Chin Tze Yang , Wong Wen Jye
Published: March 2020

Gastrosplenic fistula (GSF) is a very rare complication of several disease processes and can lead to catastrophic bleeding, necessitating emergent treatment. Splenic or gastric lymphomas are the predominant causes, with trauma and gastric surgery also implicated in several case reports. We present a case of a gastrosplenic fistula resulting from occlusion of the coeliac artery. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a GSF resulting from severe intra-abdominal arterial disease.
A 60-year-old male initially presented to the emergency department with epigastric pain. He had an extensive medical history, including dialysis-dependent end-stage renal failure, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, and multiple previous abdominal surgeries. Investigation with CT angiography revealed calcified occlusion of the coeliac artery as well as extensive calcification throughout his aorta and arterial tree. A diagnosis of mesenteric angina was made, but due to his poor functional status, he was not suitable for surgical or transcatheter interventions. He was treated symptomatically, but a month later developed sudden worsening of his epigastric pain, followed by large volume haematemesis. CT angiography showed a GSF with extensive gastric necrosis. Due to his poor functional status and rapid deterioration, he opted for palliation and passed away two days later.
It has been postulated that GSF develops from the invasion of malignant tissue from the stomach to the spleen or vice versa, and subsequent necrosis of this tissue results in fistula formation. This case demonstrates that the invasion of an adjacent organ may not be necessary; necrosis itself can cause erosion that ultimately results in fistula formation.
Introduction
Authors: Borrelli Lisa Marie , Andreetta Sophie
Published: March 2020

In order to better understand migration governance and the concrete, daily practices of civil servants tasked to enforce state laws and policies, this special issue focuses on the core artefact of bureaucratic work: documents, in their diverse manifestations, including certificates, letters, reports, case files, decisions, internal guidelines and judgements. Based on ethnographic studies in various contexts, we show how civil servants produce statehood, restrict migrants’ movements, and engage with migrants’ strategies to make themselves legible. State actors simultaneously limit access to legal statutes and benefits, question their own practices, and use their discretion in order to help themselves as well as migrant individuals. We also highlight organisational and professional differences in the way civil servants deal with migrants, relate to the state and its policies and define their obligations towards both, migrants and the state. This special issue therefore contributes to the study of the state as documentary practice and highlights the role of paperwork as serious practice of migration control.
Postface
Authors: Bierschenk Thomas
Published: March 2020

This postface links the contributions to this special issue to wider concerns in the anthropology of bureaucracy and the history of this disciplinary subfield. Anthropologists focus on documentary practices: how documents are produced, how they are being used (not always in the sense originally given to them by the producers), how they might be ‘brokered’ and how they are being contested – mostly by the production of other documents. The postface points to the epistemological implications of an anthropology of bureaucracy, under the term of ‘complicit positioning’, and argues for acknowledging the double face of bureaucracy and paperwork, as a form of domination and oppression, as well as of protection and liberation, and all the ambivalences this dialectic entails.
Managing paper trails after Windrush
Authors: Tuckett Anna
Published: March 2020

Stories of those who were victims of the Windrush scandal are characterised by tales of long-lost documents and urgent quests to procure paperwork – maternity certificates, payslips, dental records, school reports – that would attest to a lifetime spent in the United Kingdom. The so-called Windrush generation came to need this paperwork because, although unbeknown to most, the 1971 Immigration Act demanded that from 1973, all migrants must document their ‘legal’ presence in the UK. It was, however, only from 2014 – because of changes in legislation – that now retirement-age Commonwealth citizens, most of whom had migrated to the United Kingdom as children, found themselves facing deportation back to countries that many had not visited for decades (for a historical account of the legislation and politics that led to the Windrush scandal, see Olusoga 2019). The 2014 Immigration Act deleted a key clause of the 1999 legislation that had provided long-standing Commonwealth residents with protection from enforced removal (Taylor 2018). Some of those affected by this updated legislation report that they believed themselves to be legitimate citizens of the British state and therefore did not need to prove their right to be resident through such documentation (for case studies, see Gentleman 2019). In this case, as well as in common-sense thought more generally, documents and paperwork are understood to hold the ‘truth’. Uncover it and their holder’s rightful status will be triumphantly revealed. As such, documents are imagined to act as unambiguous mechanisms of inclusion, their absence therefore denoting the exact opposite.
Giving them the slip
Authors: Kaminer Matan
Published: March 2020

In a 2013 Facebook post, Israel’s then Minister of Economy Naftali
Bennett (2013; my translation) wrote: 'If an Israeli employer knows that he has to pay every worker the minimum wage, give him one day off a week, pay overtime and produce pay slips – he just won’t employ infiltrators and foreign workers. He will choose an Israeli worker. This is how we dry the main fuel which sets fire to the problem of infiltrators in south Tel Aviv and across the country, and at the same time do justice to workers who are exploited in substandard conditions.' Bennett posits the equal protections of labour law as primarily informed not by a universalist concern for the welfare of all workers but by a desire to exclude both documented ‘foreign workers’ and undocumented ‘infiltrators’ from the labour market. A document – the pay slip – serves in Bennett’s plan as an icon of legality and a tool in the hands of this policy of exclusion through egalitarianism.