bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Assessing the fidelity of a behavioural intervention involving academic detailing in general practice: a sub-study of the ‘Implementing work-related Mental health guidelines in general PRacticE’ (IMPRovE) trial
Authors: Camões-Costa Vera , Chakraborty Samantha , Mozaffari Fatima , Collie Alexander , Kenardy Justin , Brijnath Bianca , Mortimer Duncan , Enticott Joanne , Kidd Michael , Trevena Lyndal , Reid Sharon , Mazza Danielle
Published: November 2023

Background

Assessing the fidelity of intervention components enables researchers to make informed judgements about the influence of those components on the observed outcome. The ‘Implementing work-related Mental health guidelines in general PRacticE’ (IMPRovE) trial is a hybrid III trial aiming to increase adherence to the ‘Clinical Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of work-related mental health conditions in general practice’. IMPRovE is a multifaceted intervention, with one of the central components being academic detailing (AD). This study describes the fidelity to the protocol for the AD component of the IMPRovE intervention.

Method

All AD sessions for the trial were audio-recorded and a sample of 22% were randomly selected for fidelity assessment. Fidelity was assessed using a tailored proforma based on the Modified Conceptual Framework for fidelity assessment, measuring duration, coverage, frequency and content. A descriptive analysis was used to quantify fidelity to the protocol and a content analysis was used to elucidate qualitative aspects of fidelity.

Results

A total of eight AD sessions were included in the fidelity assessment. The average fidelity score was 89.2%, ranging from 80 to 100% across the eight sessions. The sessions were on average 47 min long and addressed all of the ten chapters in the guideline. Of the guideline chapters, 9 were frequently discussed. The least frequently discussed chapter related to management of comorbid conditions. Most general practitioner (GP) participants used the AD sessions to discuss challenges with managing secondary mental conditions. In line with the protocol, opinion leaders who delivered the AD sessions largely offered evidence-based strategies aligning with the clinical guideline recommendations.

Conclusions/implications

The IMPRovE AD intervention component was delivered to high fidelity. The sessions adhered to the intended duration, coverage, frequency, and content allowing participating GPs to comprehend the implementation of the guideline in their own practice. This study also demonstrates that the Modified Conceptual Fidelity Framework with a mixed methods approach can support the assessment of implementation fidelity of a behavioural intervention in general practice. The findings enhance the trustworthiness of reported outcomes from IMPRovE and show that assessing fidelity is amenable for AD and should be incorporated in other studies using AD.

Trial registration

Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN 12620001163998, November 2020.
QSAR modeling, molecular docking, dynamic simulation and ADMET study of novel tetrahydronaphthalene derivatives as potent antitubercular agents
Authors: Moulishankar Anguraj , Sundarrajan T.
Published: November 2023

Background

Tuberculosis is an air-borne contagious disease caused by slow-growing Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). According to Global Tuberculosis Report 2022, 1.6 million people were infected by tuberculosis in 2021. The continuing spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most difficult challenges to control the tuberculosis. So new drug discovery is essential to the treatment of tuberculosis. This study aims to develop a QSAR model to predict the antitubercular activity of tetrahydronaphthalene derivatives. The QSARINS was used in this study to develop the QSAR predictive model.

Results

A number of tetrahydronaphthalene derivatives with MIC90 values were obtained from the literature to develop the QSAR predictive model. The compounds were divided into two sets: a training set consisting of 39 compounds and a test set containing 13 compounds. The best predictive Model 4 has R2: 0.8303, Q2LOO: 0.7642, LOF: 0.0550, Q2-F1: 0.7190, Q2-F2: 0.7067, Q2-F3: 0.7938 and CCCext: 0.8720. Based on the developed QSAR equation, the new compounds were designed and subjected to molecular docking, molecular dynamics and ADMET analysis.

Conclusion

In the QSAR model, the molecular descriptors of MATS8s, Chi4, bcutv8, Petitjeant and fr_aniline were highly influenced the antitubercular activity. The developed QSAR model helps to predict the antitubercular activity of tetrahydronaphthalene derivatives.
Parathyroid gland preservation in laryngectomy patients with total thyroidectomy
Authors: Alsedra Sundus , Zahran Mohamed , Mina Amir Gorguy , Ayoub Mohamed Gamal , Youssef Ahmed
Published: November 2023

Background

Postoperative hypocalcemia in laryngectomy patients can occur when part or whole of the thyroid gland has been removed. Preservation of the parathyroid glands in situ is considered one of the initial measures to prevent postoperative hypocalcemia even if all thyroid gland is removed. Our study aims to assess the efficacy of parathyroid gland preservation in situ to prevent postoperative hypocalcemia in cases where total laryngectomy is done with total thyroidectomy.

Methods

The study included all laryngectomy patients done during a period from April 2020 to May 2021. Parathyroid gland preservation was done in both primary (12 cases) and salvage (16 cases). Both PTH and corrected calcium level were measured at different time points and used as a guide for further replacement.

Results

We studied the association between outcome including recovery from transient hypocalcemia and certain variables like age, type of surgery, stage of tumor, and extent of neck dissection. Regarding type of surgery, all patients that underwent primary laryngectomy were totally recovered (n = 12, 100%); however, salvage cases were partially recovered (n = 10, 62.5%).

Conclusion

Parathyroid preservation is achievable in cases of salvage laryngectomy in addition to primary laryngectomy with total thyroidectomy. Early monitoring of the patients PTH and Ca during their hospital stay is a good indicator of successful preservation. Long-term follow-up is advised for potential recovery from transient hypoparathyroidism.
Reimagining local worlds: Wen village conservation and regeneration by Amateur Architecture Studio
Authors: Ren Xiang
Published: November 2023

This article theorises the local world as a conceptual scaffold for future conservation and regeneration. It aims to catalyse a theoretical dialogue across the East and West to understand how ordinary places and lifeworlds are preserved, reproduced, and possibly reimagined. The local worlds discussed herein are conceptualised as the worlds of many, the worlds of relating, the worlds of structuring and the worlds of becoming. These four cardinal points present a source of open-endedness and futurity for contemporary architectural reinterpretation. The current article examines the characterisation of the Wen village conservation and regeneration project, led by the Amateur Architecture Studio in Zhejiang Province of China (2012–2016), as an architectural reimagination of local worlds, with a strong sensitivity to the ordinary places and lifeworlds of rural China and juxtapositions of new local worlds within old worlds. By piecing together the flows and fragments of the architectural process, this article shows how locally situated designs and dynamics have shaped the project in both its formation and afterlife, both ethically and contemporarily. Using close readings of popular and oral accounts from both architect’s and users’ perspectives, this article extends the case study by broadening theoretical conversations about contemporary architecture’s capacity to reimagine local worlds.
Translingualism: A Poetics of Language Mixing and Estrangement
Authors: Ostashevsky Eugene
Published: November 2023

This essay attempts to think through what a “translingual” poetics might be like for contemporary poetry. Its first section discusses the term translingual as it is used in some areas of applied linguistics. The second section constructs an imaginary scenario where a poem employs more than one language and examines the relations between them. The third section asks whether the term translingual poetry might be used to refer not just to language-mixing but rather to a special way of handling even a single language. The fourth section tries to think of “translingual poetry” as one where the poet assumes the linguistic strategies of the language learner. The essay also revisits the argument by the Russian Formalist critics that the language of poetry resembles a foreign language.
Rachid Koraïchi Faces Sea Terror in His Le Jardin d’Afrique
Authors: Abusharaf Rogaia Mustafa , Acharya Pragyan
Published: November 2023

This essay addresses itself to the formidable Algerian artist Rachid Koraïchi’s Le Jardin d’Afrique. The spectacular naming of this cemetery bears testimony to his humanist commitments and efforts to interweave art and politics by revealing the enforced aversion toward migrations and border-crossings. He created Le Jardin to restore the deserved dignity and respect of those who drowned in the Mediterranean en route to Europe. Koraïchi’s Le Jardin not only speaks to the place of art as a purposeful human endeavor, but also unmasks his profound grasp of the place of burial in the symbolic cosmos and life-worlds of African societies as elsewhere in the world, across environments, cultures and faith traditions. In such a worldview, Koraïchi’s own subject-position as an African in the world whose cognizance of the ties that bind the dead to the living comes into play. At once a site of memorialization and remembrance, Le Jardin is also a project about the dead as much as the living and an extraordinary place of reflection. This resting place is a telegraph to a world heedless of the cruel predicaments of the aspiring young African sojourns.
Stress-Based Lattice Structure Design for a Motorbike Application
Authors: Ferretti Patrich , Fusari Elena , Alessandri Giulia , Freddi Marco , Francia Daniela
Published: November 2023

Background The “drive by wire” mechanism for managing the throttle is not applied to every modern motorcycle, but it is often managed through a steel wire. Here, there is a cam on the throttle control. Its shape allows the throttle opening to be faster or slower and its angle of rotation, required for full opening, to be greater or less. The maximum angle a rider’s wrist can withstand depends on numerous musculoskeletal mobility factors, often limited by falls or surgery. Methods Using a Progrip knob with interchangeable cams allows the customization of a special cam profile, to ensure the best engine response to throttle rotation and ergonomics for the rider. The use of FEA software and lattice structures, allows to realize a lightweight and efficient design, targeted for fabrication with additive manufacturing technologies. Results The cam was manufactured by exploiting MSLA technology. Finally, a dimensional inspection procedure was performed before assembly. The main result is to have obtained a lighter and cheaper component than the original. Conclusions This study has allowed the design of a mechanical component consisting of innovative shape, light weight, and ergonomics. Furthermore, it demonstrates the effectiveness in the use of lattice structures to enable weight optimization of a component while minimizing the increase in its compliance.
Case Report: Basaloid Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Tongue: A Case Report
Authors: Khan Samiha Jameel Ahmed , Gawande Madhuri , Hande Alka , Patil Swati , Sonone Archana , Pakhale Aayushi
Published: November 2023

The upper aerodigestive tract is where basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC), a rare variation of conventional SCC, is most frequently found. The hypopharynx, tonsil, supraglottic larynx, tongue (base), and head-neck regions are particularly susceptible to BSCC. Clinically, the presentation of BSCC is similar to that of conventional SCC, but it has a poorer prognosis than conventional SCC. BSCC is distinguished histopathologically by a dimorphic pattern, a distinctive basal cell component paired with a squamous component, and a squamous component. However, its similar features to conventional SCC make it difficult to diagnose. Therefore, histopathology and immunohistochemistry play a crucial role in diagnosing such tumors. Here we present the case of a 70-year-old male diagnosed with BSCC involving the tongue.
Translational regulation of cell invasion through extracellular matrix—an emerging role for ribosomes
Authors: Sherwood David R. , Kenny-Ganzert Isabel W. , Balachandar Thendral Siddharthan
Published: November 2023

Many developmental and physiological processes require cells to invade and migrate through extracellular matrix barriers. This specialized cellular behavior is also misregulated in many diseases, such as immune disorders and cancer. Cell invasive activity is driven by pro-invasive transcriptional networks that activate the expression of genes encoding numerous different proteins that expand and regulate the cytoskeleton, endomembrane system, cell adhesion, signaling pathways, and metabolic networks. While detailed mechanistic studies have uncovered crucial insights into pro-invasive transcriptional networks and the distinct cell biological attributes of invasive cells, less is known about how invasive cells modulate mRNA translation to meet the robust, dynamic, and unique protein production needs of cell invasion. In this review we outline known modes of translation regulation promoting cell invasion and focus on recent studies revealing elegant mechanisms that expand ribosome biogenesis within invasive cells to meet the increased protein production requirements to invade and migrate through extracellular matrix barriers.
Building a fatigue research collaborative: A scientometrics, topic and gap analysis
Authors: Aali Ghazaleh , Ainley Rachel , Ambler Julia , Peckmezian Tina , Shokraneh Farhad
Published: November 2023

Background Since fatigue is shared across many conditions, understanding and managing fatigue requires cross-condition collaboration. The current analysis, focusing on fatigue in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), aimed to take the first steps towards building such collaboration by identifying potential members, presenting a map of studied topics and remaining gaps, and highlighting potential funders. Methods This study used components of scientometrics, content analysis, systematic review, and gap analysis using four data sources. Results We identified research teams on IBD fatigue in six countries with 23 authors who have published on fatigue in more than one condition, with chronic fatigue syndrome as the dominant topic of interest among the researchers. Crohn’s & Colitis UK and AbbVie were the main funders of research on IBD fatigue. Most publications were observational studies and respectively focused on psychological problems, physical problems, and outcomes (quality of life followed by severity of illness index) associated with IBD fatigue. A triad with King’s College London + Crohn’s & Colitis UK + University College London was the main active research network. In co-authorship network analysis, the collaboration across countries was more visible in a wired or star-shaped network with multiple core points; however, the collaboration in the largest cluster showed a neuron- or loop-shaped collaboration across the most active institutes. Conclusions This research took a mixed methods approach to initiating a collaboration by identifying members and building a map of recent research and gaps in order to tackle fatigue as a complex, cross-condition, and multi-disciplinary problem. Interventional and qualitative studies, along with systematic reviews to fill the research gaps, are needed. An international collaboration among institutes could provide support for large initiatives such as the release of standards of best practice, clinical practice guidelines, and consensus-based definitions of fatigue.
Assessing the relationship of recommended diarrhea case management practices with the nutritional status of children aged between 0 to 59.9 months.
Authors: Khaliq Asif , Shah Syed Abdul Rehman , Holmes-Stahlman River , Tahir Muhammad Fawad , Karatela Shamshad , Lassi Zohra S.
Published: November 2023

Background Paediatric diarrhoea and malnutrition have a bidirectional relationship, which in turn augments the presence of each other. The diarrhoeal diseases in children can be prevented by using oral rehydration solution (ORS) and oral zinc sulfate. The relationship between paediatric diarrhoea treatment guidelines with the nutritional status is not yet investigated, and this study primarily aims to examine the relationship of recommended diarrhoea case management practices with paediatric undernutrition (wasting, stunting and underweight) among children aged between 0 to 59 months. Methods Data from Pakistan Demographic & Health Surveys (PDHS) conducted in 2012–2013 and 2017–2018 were used in this study to investigate the relationship between paediatric diarrhoea treatment adherence with the various forms of paediatric undernutrition. Data from children with complaints of acute watery non-dysenteric diarrhoea was used in this study, whereas data from those children presented with complaints of either dysentery, and/or severe dehydration, and/or incomplete anthropometry were excluded. Children were classified as complete adherent, partial adherent and non-adherent based on ORS and oral zinc sulfate consumption. The relationship of diarrhoea case management practices with different types of nutritional status was assessed using a binomial logistic regression method. Results The malnutrition in children with acute non-dysenteric diarrhoea is 54.2% in 2012–2013, which decreased to 48.2% in the succeeding survey of 2017–2018. Only 6.2% (1% in 2012–2013 ~ 10% in 2017–2018) children of Pakistan received appropriate treatment for managing their diarrhoea. However, no relationship between the diarrhoea case management and paediatric undernutrition was observed. Conclusion This study found did not demonstrate a significant connection of diarrhoea case management strategies with paediatric undernutrition. This highlights the complexity of addressing both diarrhoea and malnutrition in children. Future research should emphasize the identification and resolution of the multifactorial factors, which contribute to paediatric undernutrition, integrating both diarrhoea management and nutritional improvement strategies.
Twelve tips for creating a medical education society
Authors: Prasanna Kumar Menon Sowmya , Sokhal Balamrit Singh , Rao Vittal , O'Mahony Fidelma , Lefroy Janet
Published: November 2023

University societies are student-led organisations which provide excellent opportunities for students to collaborate in a shared interest. Peer teaching is gaining recognition as an effective method of medical education. Peer teaching also provides student tutors with core educational skills and provides students with approachable peer mentors. This article offers practical guidance on organising, planning, executing and sustaining peer teaching via a medical education society at university and outlines the supporting literature.
A ascensão geoeconômica do leste asiático na segunda metade do século xx: méritos e incompletudes das interpretações analíticas | The geoeconomic rise of east asia in the second half of the xxth century: merits and incompleteness of analytical interpretations
Authors: Moura Rafael Shoenmann de
Published: November 2023

O principal objetivo deste artigo é analisar as principais literaturas debruçadas sobre a ascensão geopolítica e geoeconômica da região conhecida como Leste Asiático, termo aqui empregado em alusão aos casos históricos do Japão, da Coreia do Sul e de Taiwan. Dessa forma, serão colocadas em escrutínio três narrativas que buscaram dar respostas e explicações acerca de tal ascensão regional: a liberal, incorporando uma perspectiva centrada na teoria ricardiana das vantagens comparativas do comércio; a institucionalista, com ênfase sobre as políticas domésticas e engenharia institucional do Estado fomentando o desenvolvimento; e, por fim, a narrativa geopolítica, centrada em fatores sistêmicos que possibilitaram tais trajetórias. Após mapear essas três grandes interpretações, enfim procederei com uma visão crítica acerca de seus acertos e erros.Palavras-chave: Leste Asiático. Desenvolvimento. Economia Política.ABSTRACTThe main goal of this article is to analyze the main literatures focused on the geopolitical and geoeconomic rise of the region known as East Asia, term here employed in allusion to the historical cases of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Thus, three narratives that sought to provide answers and explanations about such regional rise will be scrutinized: the liberal one, incorporating a perspective centered on the Ricardian theory of comparative advantages of trade; the institutionalist, with an emphasis on domestic policies and institutional engineering of the State to foster development; and, finally, the geopolitical narrative, centered on systemic factors that made such trajectories possible. After mapping these three major interpretations, I will finally proceed with a critical view of their successes and errors.Keywords: East Asia. Development. Political Economy. Recebido em: 03 out. 2022 | Aceito em: 08 fev. 2023.
Fonseca, Carmen & Pinheiro, Leticia. 2022. Portugal-Brasil. Encontros e desencontros. Lisboa: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos. 112p. ISBN: 9789899118553
Authors: Oliveira Maria Clara
Published: November 2023

O livro analisa as relações luso-brasileiras, discutindo criticamente se as narrativas que são conta de uma ligação especial entre os dois países contribuem para informar as políticas que adotam um relativamente ao outro. O livro mostra que apesar da relevância do discurso que salienta as proximidades entre os dois países, este não é suficiente para garantir um lugar de destaque nas respetivas políticas exteriores. Argumenta-se ainda que as relações estabelecidas variam ao longo do tempo, havendo momentos de aproximação e outros de maior distanciamento.Palavras-chave: Política Exterior; Portugal; Brasil.ABSTRACTThe book analyzes Luso-Brazilian relations, critically discussing whether the narratives that account for a special bond between the two countries contribute to inform the policies they adopt towards each other. The book shows that despite the relevance of the discourse that highlights the ties that bind the two countries, this is not sufficient to ensure a prominent place in their respective foreign policies. It also argues that their relation varies over time, with moments of closeness and others of greater distance.Keywords: Foreign Policy; Portugal; Brazil. Recebido em: 03 jan. 2023 | Aceito em: 10 mai. 2023.
Relações da África do sul e do Brasil com Moçambique: limites das interações sul-sul na globalização | Relations of South Africa and Brazil with Mozambique: limits of South-South relations under globalization
Authors: Barbosa dos Santos Fabio Luis
Published: November 2023

Este artigo examina as relações econômicas da África do Sul com Moçambique no contexto pós-apartheid (1994 em diante), e a penetração de negócios brasileiros em Moçambique durante os governos Lula (2003-2010). Minha hipótese é que a globalização modificou os nexos históricos da África do Sul com o espaço econômico moçambicano sem subverter suas estruturas assimétricas, enquanto a análise do caso brasileiro explicita a importância da atuação política como ferramenta de aproximação entre os países. Para além da especificidade dos casos, esta análise ilumina o alcance e os limites de interações Sul-Sul avançadas por governos originalmente identificados com a mudança social (ANC, Frelimo e PT), mas sujeitos aos constrangimentos impostos pela articulação entre globalização e neoliberalismo.
Recebido em 08 jan. 2023 | Aceito em 17 out. 2023.
Nova Westfália: Apontamentos sistêmicos para uma Hegemonia Interdependente | New Westphalia: Systemic pointings towards an Interdependent Hegemony
Authors: Oliveira Octávio Henrique Alves Costa de , Belfi Lucca Gianinni Palermo Moreno
Published: November 2023

Este trabalho parte de uma perspectiva neogramsciana para indagar os rumos da ordem mundial atual em torno de uma transição ou reciclagem da hegemonia vigente. Para tanto, a partir de uma pesquisa exploratória e qualitativa apoiada em livros, artigos e documentos sobre a temática da ordem global e as características da EPI atual, a hipótese sustentada é de que as mudanças sistêmicas ocorridas nas duas últimas décadas representam uma mutação de uma hegemonia unipolar para uma hegemonia interdependente, em que potências do Norte e do Sul Global se entrelaçam em um processo co-constitutivo de constante formação e reformulação da ordem internacional. Empiricamente, dados como a maior fragmentação do poder em termos de PIB por poder paridade de compra (PPC), participação no campo da ciência e tecnologia, assim como uma descentralização e multilateralização institucional são analisados para sustentar a argumentação.
Recebido em: 13 fev. 2023 | Aceito em: 07 jun. 2023.
Fator Coreia do Norte e a Política de Defesa Japonesa no século XXI: uma análise sobre as ações norte coreanas e a capacidade de dissuasão do Japão | The North Korea factor and Japanese defense policy in the 21st century: an analysis of North Korean actions and Japan’s deterrence capacity
Authors: De Oliveira Alana Camoça Gonçalves , Mendes Aline
Published: November 2023

Os contínuos lançamentos de testes nucleares norte-coreanos no Nordeste Asiático têm impactado em transformações nas percepções e políticas de segurança dos países localizados em tal tabuleiro estratégico. Um dos casos mais emblemáticos de transformação nas políticas de defesa é o caso japonês e suas transformações no início do século XXI. Considerando o cenário de crescentes tensões na região, o presente artigo tem como objetivo central analisar as políticas adotadas pelo Japão em relação à Coreia do Norte, compreendendo se o país tem adotado uma postura de dissuasão por negação. Para isso o artigo analisa: (i) as relações Japão-Coreia do Norte, (ii) as percepções do país em relação às capacidades nucleares e tensões em seu entorno regional, por meio da análise dos Livros Brancos e dos Livros Diplomáticos, e (iii) as políticas de defesa durante o governo de Shinzo Abe (2012-2020).
Recebido em: 28 fev. 2023 | Aceito em: 05 jul. 2023.
Highlighting the latest research: November 2023
Authors: Palmer Sarah Jane , Cowan Helen
Published: November 2023

Sarah Jane Palmer presents a selection of recently published articles of interest to nurses working in cardiovascular nursing, while Helen Cowan explores their application to practice. The aim of this roundup is to provide a brief overview of the research papers selected and highlight their relevance to cardiac nursing practice. A full reference is provided for those who wish to look at the research in further detail.
The reluctant patient
Authors: Perry Karl
Published: November 2023

This patient story is the second instalment of Karl Perry's series, reflecting on his journey with cardiac disease. In this article, he describes how what seemed to be mild cold symptoms turned into a 3-week hospital admission and a planned heart bypass.
The NIS 2 Directive: securing critical assets
Authors: Kenny Steve
Published: November 2023

The recently adopted NIS 2 Directive (NIS 2) directive and its UK counterpart will compel organisations in Europe that are involved with essential services to meet stringent requirements for security. But it's not only the companies themselves that need to ensure they understand and can meet these requirements: security firms that provide services to these kinds of customers also need to be on top of the regulations.
Soybeans in Mato Grosso: Production Analysis and Crop Estimation Model
Authors: De Melo André Ximenes , Melo Sonia A. Beato Ximenes de , Giansante Antônio Cézare de Araújo , Donaire Denis
Published: November 2023

The present article aims to clarify the transformations that have occurred since the 1970s in the soybean production chain, having as a spatial clipping the state of Mato Grosso, which has been receiving contributions of technological innovations in the modernization of the agricultural sector, and becoming the first producer of Brazil's soybean, with 10% of all world production. What will be questioned in this article is: what are the qualities and potentialities to be used by soybean crops in the state of Mato Grosso? World soybean production is 3.36 108 t, occupying 124 M ha in plantation. The United States and Brazil account for 70% of world production, Argentina produces around 15%. Mato Grosso has a productivity of 3,367 kg ha –1, 25% higher than the world average. The research was exploratory, using secondary data provided by different institutions, which were analyzed using linear regression. It was found that productivity grew continuously during the period studied, and that the 20 largest producers are hegemonic in production, but they are seeing a reduction in participation from 73% to 59%, and that the area expected for 2019 is close to 10 M ha.
SISTEMA PRODUTIVO DO CAFÉ: Prioridades das pesquisas atuais
Authors: Ferreira João Batista , Castro Junior Luiz Gonzaga , Tonelli Danny Flávio
Published: November 2023

Os produtores rurais, independentes do tamanho das propriedades e das condições financeiras, são os principais alicerces da cadeia produtiva cafeeira. Para manter-se produzindo é necessário que tenham rentabilidade em seu empreendimento. Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar a estrutura e a dinâmica da cadeia produtiva do café, seus agentes e os inter-relacionamentos ao longo do sistema, através das técnicas de bibliometria e sociometria. Através dos resultados da pesquisa percebe-se que os produtores rurais de café estão atuando de maneira eficaz no setor de produção. Mas, a grande preocupação dos produtores rurais está relacionada com os fatores externos a produção e de difícil controle, envolvendo principalmente a comercialização de seus produtos. Conclui-se através da análise do sistema produtivo do café, que quanto maior for as inter-relações ao longo do sistema, menor será a remuneração recebida pelos produtores rurais.
Collecting Antiquities and Networking as Feminist Activity at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century: An Approach through Isabel F. Dodd (1857–1943)
Authors: Garcia-Ventura Agnès
Published: November 2023

Abstract: Collecting was one of the mechanisms through which women empowered themselves at the end of the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth. Through collecting they created networks with other women and established their presence in a public sphere from which they were habitually excluded because of their gender. In this article I flesh out these issues by focusing on the career of Isabel Frances Dodd (1857–1943), a specialist in art and archaeology who worked as a professor at the American College for Girls in Constantinople. The article is divided into two parts. First, I provide an overview of the historical context and the sources available for approaching the case study. Second, I concentrate on one of the main features of Dodd’s professional life—namely, her role as a collector of antiquities. In this part, particular attention is devoted to the largest project she launched: the creation of a museum.
Woman’s Era : A Catalyst for Literary Activism and the Social Evolution of Nineteenth-Century Black Clubwomen
Authors: Mahin Stephanie , Boynton Lois A.
Published: November 2023

Abstract: By the late nineteenth century, Black women used poetry, short stories, novels, and nonfiction to confront a white, patriarchal society and protest the lynchings of Black people and voting disenfranchisement of Black women. Woman’s Era became the first periodical written by and for Black women, which preserved a piece of intellectual strategy as elite Black clubwomen’s marketplace of ideas. This article explores the contributions of Woman’s Era , which also was the first to integrate into one journal various literary forms, thereby lending credence globally to many voices regularly overlooked by the white and male-dominated Black press. Their writings were a form of literary activism helping to legitimize Black women as change agents who fought socially and politically for their communities and collective rights as enfranchised citizens. This article complements the historical canon about Black clubwomen’s social and political contributions through literary interventions in their communities, states, nation, and the world.
Biting, Rubbing, Running, Burning: Recipe(s) for the "Mad Dog" Illness in Talmudic Texts
Authors: Lehmhaus Lennart
Published: November 2023

Abstract: Contribution to the essay forum "The Jewish Recipe."
Reading the Victorian Novel’s Future in Never Let Me Go
Authors: Du Angela Yang
Published: November 2023

ABSTRACT: Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (2005) exemplifies the contemporary Anglophone novel’s inheritance of the Victorian novel. Specifically, it reworks this historical genre’s thematization of an unchanging present for marginalized subjects. In Ishiguro’s counterfactual Britain, cloned beings are raised for organ harvesting. The predetermined condition of their trajectories applies to countless Victorian heroines. By comparing Ishiguro’s protagonist to the heroine of George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda (1876), I demonstrate that Ishiguro’s novel recontextualizes a gendered lack of futurity in the Victorian novel. Additionally, I connect pro-clone advocacy in Never Let Me Go to mid-Victorian liberalism. Despite professing objectivity and disinterestedness, the advocates reproduce the British public’s subordination of clones to a class of non-persons. As one of the Victorian novel’s futures, Never Let Me Go illustrates how the Anglophone novel still grapples with unjust experiences of the present while challenging readers’ assumptions of personhood, individuality, and difference.
“History Digs a Shallow Grave”: Queer Temporality in Emily M. Danforth’s Lesbian Gothic
Authors: Friars Rachel M.
Published: November 2023

ABSTRACT: Danforth’s Plain Bad Heroines (2020) revels in the disruption of time through erotic physicality. Because the Gothic and the queer break the bounds of normative constructions of time, the horror of Plain Bad Heroines arrives in the effect that queer Gothic time has on queer bodies by allowing them to delight in rejecting linearity while they run the risk of destabilizing their identities as they encounter the past. This article demonstrates that such disruption is particularly prevalent in neo-Victorian lesbian Gothic fiction by reading the novel through Freeman’s (2010) concept of erotohistoriography in two ways: first, by focusing on the way queer time effects and facilitates queer embodiment through the setting(s). Second, Gothic doubling is both an erotic and disorderly element of queer time’s effect on the lesbian body in Plain Bad Heroines . Temporal collapse allows the characters to encounter each other and the past, but with dire consequences.
Advancing Computational Miniature Mesoscope with Simulator-based Deep Learning Reconstruction
Authors: Yang Qianwan , Hu Guorong , Xue Yujia , Tian Lei
Published: November 2023

We demonstrate an advanced Computational Miniature Mesoscope with novel miniature optics and deep learning reconstruction to achieve wide field-of-view, high-resolution, single-shot 3D fluorescence imaging in a miniaturized platform.
3D Imaging Flow Cytometry with High-Resolution Light-Field Microscopy
Authors: Hua Xuanwen , Han Keyi , Jia Shu
Published: November 2023

We developed a new 3D imaging flow cytometer with microfluidics and highresolution light-field microscopy for single-cell studies. We demonstrated a near-diffraction-limited spatial resolution and a throughput of up to 10,000 objects per second.
Analyzing Lateral Resolution of a Coherent Single Random Phase Encoding Lensless Imaging System Under a Correlation-based Criterion
Authors: Goswami Saurabh , Wani Pranav , Gupta Gaurav , Javidi Bahram
Published: November 2023

We overview the assessment of lateral resolution of a single random phase encoded lensless system under a correlation-based criterion. The lateral resolution of this system was compared with that of an equivalent lens-based imaging system.
Approaches for high-throughput live cell imaging in digital holographic microscopy
Authors: Kemper Björn
Published: November 2023

The application of digital holographic microscopy (DHM) in biomedical laboratories requires a fast and robust image acquisition. In overview, different quantitative DHM phase contrast approaches towards high-throughput analysis of adherent and suspended cells are discussed.
Near-Eye Displays with Reflective Liquid Crystal Gratings for Metaverse
Authors: Chu Qiang , Chen Chao Ping , Ma Xinyu , Hu Haiyang , Ni Mingli , Sun Qimin
Published: November 2023

We present a near-eye display featuring a triple-channel waveguide with reflective liquid crystal gratings. Our triple-channel waveguide is capable of dividing one field of view into three through both the polarization orthogonality and angular separation.
Holographic contact lens display with enlarged field of view
Authors: Gu Youjia , Takeuchi Kentaro , Takaki Yasuhiro
Published: November 2023

We propose a technique to enlarge the field of view of the holographic contact lens display using a spherical wave illumination and the modification of the hologram calculation is presented. The experimental verification is shown.
Parallax error calculation in automotive Augmented Reality HUD and its impact on the requirements of the system
Authors: Mermillod Pierre , McDonald Gus
Published: November 2023

Evolution of parallax error for an augmented reality HUD is calculated in different use cases. Along with analysis of binocular and monocular cues, the outcomes of this study drive the optical requirements for such systems.
Development of a Quantum Dot Volumetric Display Based on Two-Photon Absorption
Authors: Rabia Sédick , Brousseau Denis , Gaulin Joseph , Chartrand Martin , Kassi Hassan , Allen Claudine , Mighri Frej , Thibault Simon
Published: November 2023

We developed a quantum dot volumetric display based on two-photon absorption. We have shown that we are able to form a voxel using an NIR laser focused in the volumetric display.
Lattice Resonances in Dielectric Antenna Arrays with Finite Dimensions
Authors: Karimi Vahid , Babicheva Viktoriia E.
Published: November 2023

We investigate periodic lattice effects on silicon antenna arrays’ optical characteristics. Our approach employs coupled-electric-magnetic-dipole calculations for finite-size arrays, showing faster convergence in broad resonances. Altered lattice resonances through array period modifications require higher antenna density for convergence.
Relation between frame rate and incident angle of light pulse to image sensor in digital light-in-flight recording by holography
Authors: Yamaguchi Ryuki , Inoue Tomoyoshi , Tsuji Asuka , Nishio Kenzo , Kubota Toshihiro , Rajput Sudheesh K. , Awatsuji Yasuhiko
Published: November 2023

Frame rate of digital light-in-flight recording by holography is estimated from the incident angle of light pulse to the image sensor and the number of sub-holograms in the whole hologram recorded with a single-shot pulse.
Curve Fitting Analysis for Integral Imaging Volumetric Reconstructed-Based 3D Depth Detection
Authors: Haviland Vanden , Green Nathan , Shen Xin
Published: November 2023

In this undergraduate research, we studied 3D integral imaging computational reconstruction-based object depth detection by using Polynomial and Spline curve fitting functions. Comparison experiments were conducted to analysis the performance of the proposed methods.
USR: Unrolled Super-Resolution with Deep Priors for Structured Illumination Microscopy
Authors: Dajkhosh S. Parisa , Hossain Mazharul , Preza Chrysanthe
Published: November 2023

We introduce a method for enhancing the resolution of Structured Illumination Microscopy images. It uses a deep prior network, unrolled with a model-based analytical process to improve performance, maintain structural details, and guarantee the theory.
Speckle-reduced Holography Using Time-Multiplexed Mask Optimization
Authors: Lee Eunbi , Jo Youngjin , Jeong Yoonchan , Lee Byoungho
Published: November 2023

Speckle is a serious issue that affects the quality of computer-generated holograms. In this study, we propose an optimization algorithm that employs 16 binary masks to address this problem. By applying time-multiplexing masked phase-only SLM patterns to a conventional computer-generated hologram, we could considerably alleviate the speckle issue.
Hologram generation method for color correction
Authors: Chen Chun , Nam Seung-Woo , Kim Dongyeon , Jeong Yoonchan , Lee Byoungho
Published: November 2023

In holographic displays, the color of reconstructed images often experiences a shift due to the light source's spectral property. To tackle this issue, we propose a method that incorporates both the laser and the camera into the optimization loop. Additionally, we employ a cascaded hologram optimization strategy to expedite the video hologram generation process. The simulation results effectively substantiate the efficacy of our proposed method.
Analysis of Light Field Displays using Depth Range Comparison
Authors: Son Wonseok , Kim Youngrok , Min Sung-Wook
Published: November 2023

We geometrically analyze depth range of multi-view with integral imaging. In multi-view, as the sub-pixel area approaches lens pitch, the system becomes similar to integral imaging, and the depth range also expands accordingly.
Conditional generative modelling based fringe pattern normalization
Authors: Narayan Subrahmanya Keremane , Ram Viren S , Gannavarpu Rajshekhar
Published: November 2023

In this article, we propose a generative adversarial network based fringe pattern normalization method. We investigate the method's effectiveness under various noise levels by evaluating root mean square error (RMSE) and structural similarity index measure (SSIM).
Material analysis with polarization holography and machine learning
Authors: Zhu Yanmin , Li Yuxing , Huang Jianqing , Zhang Yunping , Lam Edmund Y.
Published: November 2023

We design a polarization holographic system to record the sample holographic images with rich polarization states, amplitude, and phase information. Material analysis and characterization are realized with machine learning. We demonstrate the system feasibility on specific microplastic material identification.
A New Temporal Phase Shifting Algorithm for High-Stresses Zones Photoelastic Analysis
Authors: Restrepo-Martínez Alejandro
Published: November 2023

A new temporal phase-shifting algorithm has been developed for photoelastic analysis of high-stressed zones. It integrates a loading step strategy and a computational procedure for analyzing specimens with only one polariscope configuration.
Propagation of abrupt autofocusing beam inside scattering media using beam propagation method
Authors: Vyas Sunil , Chu Cheng Hung , Luo Yuan
Published: November 2023

The cylindrically symmetric airy beam, also known as the abrupt autofocusing (AAF) beam, has unique propagation properties. For precise power delivery at greater penetration depths, such a beam can be highly useful without affecting the surface of tissues or other intermediate planes. In this work using the beam propagation method, the point spread function of abrupt autofocusing beams inside the scattering media in the transition zone from ballistic to diffusive transport of light is explored in detail.
Bilayer and trilayer X-ray mirror coatings containing W, Pt, or Ir, in combination with C, C/Co, B4C, or B4C/Ni: X-ray reflectance, film stress, and temporal stability
Authors: Windt David L. , Conley Raymond P. , Gullikson Eric M. , Gollwitzer Christian , Krumrey Michael , Laubis Christian
Published: November 2023

X-ray reflectance and film
stress were measured for 12
bilayer and trilayer reflective interference coatings and compared
with a single-layer Ir coating. The interference coatings comprise a
base layer of W, Pt, or Ir, top layers of either C or B4C, and, in the case of the trilayer
coatings, middle layers of either Co or Ni. The coatings were
deposited by magnetron sputtering. Film stress was measured using the
wafer curvature technique, while X-ray reflectance was measured at
grazing incidence over the ∼0.1−10keV energy band using synchrotron
radiation. Re-measurements over a period of more than two years of
both stress and X-ray reflectance were used to assess temporal
stability. The X-ray reflectance of all 12 bilayer and trilayer
coatings was found to be both stable over time and substantially
higher than single-layer Ir over much of the energy range
investigated, particularly below ∼4keV, except near the B and C K-edges, and
the Co and Ni L-edges, where we observe sharp, narrow drops in
reflectance due to photo-absorption in layers containing these
materials. Film stress was found to be substantially smaller than
single-layer Ir in all cases as well; however, film stress was also
found to change over time for all coatings (including the single-layer
Ir coating). The effective area of future X-ray telescopes will be
substantially higher if these high reflectance bilayer and/or trilayer
coatings are used in place of single-layer coatings. Additionally, the
smaller film stresses found in the bilayer and trilayer coatings
relative to single-layer Ir will reduce coating-stress-driven mirror
deformations. Nevertheless, as all the interference films studied here
have stresses that are far from zero (albeit smaller than that of
single-layer Ir), methods to mitigate such deformations must be
developed in order to construct high-angular-resolution telescopes
using thin mirror segments. Furthermore, unless film stress can be
sufficiently stabilized over time, perhaps through thermal annealing,
any such mitigation methods must also account for the temporal
instability of film stress that was found in all coatings investigated
here.
Speckle suppression in holographic phase fringe patterns with different level noises based on FFDNet
Authors: Liu Yun , Wu Xiaoqiang , Kang Qi , Gao Jiahao , Jiao Mingxing , Xing Junhong , Wang Xian , Li Hequn
Published: November 2023

In this paper, an ANLVENet
speckle suppression method
in holographic phase fringe patterns with different level noises is
proposed based on FFDNet,
combined with asymmetric pyramid non-local block with a verge
extraction module. The experimental results are compared to three
network models and several representative algorithms. It is shown that
the ANLVENet method not only has better superiority in the speckle
suppression with different noise levels, but also preserves more
details of the image edge. In addition, another speckle noise model is
applied in the phase fringe patterns to prove the stronger
generalization of the ANLVENet algorithm. The proposed method is
suitable for suppressing the speckle with different levels in a large
noise range under complex environmental conditions.