bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
First Report of Mexican Patients with PACS1-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder and Review of the PACS1-, PACS2-, and WDR37-Related Ophthalmological Manifestations
Authors: Corona-Rivera Jorge Román , Zenteno Juan Carlos , López-Pérez Leopoldo Gildardo , Yokoyama-Rebollar Emiy , Villarroel Camilo E. , Barragán-Arévalo Tania , Montes-Almanza Luis Ángel , Zepeda-Romero Luz Consuelo , Morales-Domínguez Guadalupe Elena , Peña-Padilla Christian , Bobadilla-Morales Lucina , Corona-Rivera Alfredo
Published: December 2022

Introduction: PACS1-related neurodevelopmental disorder (PACS1-related NDD) is caused by pathogenic variants in the PACS1 gene and is characterized by a distinctive facial appearance, intellectual disability, speech delay, seizures, feeding difficulties, cryptorchidism, hernias, and structural anomalies of the brain, heart, eye, and kidney. There is a marked facial resemblance and a common multisystem affectation with patients carrying pathogenic variants in the WDR37 and PACS2 genes, although they vary in terms of severity and eye involvement. Case Presentation: Here, we describe 4 individuals with PACS1-related NDD from Mexico, all of them carrying a de novo PACS1 variant c.607C>T; p.(Arg203Trp) identified by exome sequencing. In addition to eye colobomata, this report identified corneal leukoma, cataracts, and tortuosity of retinal vessels as ophthalmic manifestations not previously reported in patients with PACS1-related NDD. Discussion: We reviewed the ocular phenotypes reported in 74 individuals with PACS1-related NDD and the overlaps with WDR37- and PACS2-related syndromes. We found that the 3 syndromes have in common the presence of colobomata, ptosis, nystagmus, strabismus, and refractive errors, whereas microphthalmia, microcornea, and Peters anomaly are found only among individuals with PACS1-related NDD and WDR37 syndrome, being more severe in the latter. This supports the previous statement that the so-called WDR37-PACS1-PACS2 axis might have an important role in ocular development and also that the specific ocular findings could be useful in the clinical differentiation between these related syndromes.
Diagnosis and Management of Lemmel Syndrome: An Unusual Presentation and Literature Review
Authors: Love James Stephen , Yellen Meredith , Melitas Constantine , Yazici Cemal , Zar Fred
Published: December 2022

Lemmel syndrome is a rare clinical entity characterized by the presence of a periampullary duodenal diverticulum resulting in compression and dilatation of the pancreatic and common bile ducts, accompanied by obstructive jaundice. Gastric outlet obstruction is not a known complication of this syndrome, and there are no standardized approaches to its treatment. We present the first case of Lemmel syndrome presenting as gastric outlet obstruction and provide the results of a systematic literature review.
Effects of Viktor Philippi’s Bioenergetic Meditation on Anxiety, Burnout, and Depression: An Analysis of Four Feasibility Studies
Authors: Lehnert Wiebke , Günther-Pusch Julia , Klement Rainer Johannes
Published: December 2022

Introduction: Anxiety, burnout, and depression cause a substantial psychological and social burden. Bioenergetic meditation (BM) was developed by Viktor Philippi as a method to strengthen psychological and physical health. This work presents the results of four feasibility studies investigating the effects of BM developed by Viktor Philippi as a support for people suffering from these psychological disorders. Materials and Methods: A total of four prospective, non-randomized feasibility studies were conducted (N1 = 185, N2 = 140, N3 = 33, N4 = 32). Studies 1 and 2 were multicentric studies with a pre-post comparison consisting of 10 BMs within 10 weeks with individual study start and end points. Studies 3 and 4 consisted of 7 BMs within 3 days with a pre-post evaluation and follow-up measurements at 6, 12, and 18 months. The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), and Hamburg Burnout Inventory (HBI) were used to measure symptoms of anxiety, depression, and burnout, respectively. Results: After 10 BMs within 10 weeks, highly reliable decreases in symptoms of depression occurred in 58–73% of cases (p < 0.005). The median BDI-II score declined significantly by 60% (p < 0.0001) after 10 weeks of BM. Symptoms of anxiety were highly reliably reduced in roughly one-third of cases after 10 weekly BMs, with the average total BAI score declining from a severe to a moderate anxiety (p < 0.0001). The HBI showed significant improvement in all subscales. Psychological symptoms also improved significantly after 7 BMs, and symptom reductions classified as highly reliable were maintained until 18-months follow-up in more than 50% of participants. Conclusion: BM results in significant and lasting improvements in clinical symptoms of anxiety, depression, and burnout. Further studies including control groups are necessary to confirm these findings and determine any BM-specific effects.
Fluorescence Spectroscopy Shows Porphyrins Produced by Cultured Oral Bacteria Differ Depending on Composition of Growth Media
Authors: Lennon Áine M. , Brune Leonora , Techert Simone , Buchalla Wolfgang
Published: December 2022

Red fluorophores synthesized by oral bacteria are important for fluorescence-based diagnosis and treatment because they are used as markers for bacterially infected tissue, mature plaque, or calculus. A range of porphyrins have been identified as the source of this fluorescence in carious tissue. It is not clear which of these porphyrins are produced by individual oral bacteria or whether this ability depends on other factors. This study examined and compared the fluorescence spectra produced by selected cultured oral bacteria when grown on agars containing different nutrients with spectra for protoporphyrin IX, Zn-protoporphyrin IX, haematoporphyrin, and haematin. Actinomyces israelii (Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen [DSM], 43320), Actinomyces naeslundii (DSM 43013), Fusobacterium nucleatum (DSM, 20482), Lactobacillus casei (DSM, 20011), Prevotella intermedia (DSM, 20706), Streptococcus mutans (DSM, 20523), Streptococcus oralis (DSM, 20627), Streptococcus salivarius (DSM, 20560) and Streptococcus sobrinus (DSM, 20742) were rehydrated and grown anaerobically on caso, caso blood (containing 5% sheep blood), and caso chlorophyll (containing 5% spinach extract) agar for 3 days at 37°C in the dark. Colonies were harvested, transferred to ethanol, and centrifuged. Fluorescence emission spectra were recorded from the supernatant at 405 nm excitation (Fluorolog 3–22, Jobin Yvon-Spex ISA, Edison, NJ, USA). All Streptococci, L. casei, and F. nucleatum produced red fluorescence when grown on caso and caso chlorophyll agar but not on caso blood agar. A. naeslundii and P. intermedia emitted intense red fluorescence when grown on caso or caso blood agar but not on caso chlorophyll agar. Fluorescence emission spectra of A. naeslundii and P. intermedia grown on caso blood agar correlated exactly with both fluorescence peaks for protoporphyrin-IX at 632 and 701 nm. Most peaks observed could be correlated with at least one of the emission peaks of protoporphyrin IX, Zn-protoporphyrin IX, or haematoporphyrin. Oral bacteria emitted red fluorescence matching known porphyrins, but this depended on nutrients available in the agar.
Razão e razões masculinas: geração de desigualdades pelas práticas de meritocracia em uma empresa tecnocrática brasileira
Authors: Alvarenga Gustavo Leite , Pimentel Ricardo
Published: December 2022

O artigo revela como a meritocracia – transvestida como um sistema neutro de promoções – produz e reproduz as desigualdades entre atributos de gênero, em uma empresa brasileira do setor elétrico. O enfoque teórico estabelece paralelo entre a prática meritocrática, como luta de categorias e seus valores, e a praxiologia de Bourdieu. A abordagem é qualitativa, baseada em entrevistas semiestruturadas e observação participante. Da análise de conteúdo emergiram três pares de categorias analíticas: técnico/não técnico, meritoso/não meritoso e masculino/feminino. A associação entre atributos masculinos e méritos mais valorizados é uma relação desigual de gênero não explícita no discurso, mas envolta em atributos de mérito que se agrupam em rótulos neutros e dissimuladores associados à masculinidade. O estudo contribui com a ampliação da compreensão sobre a construção de significados que subjazem aos processos de ascensão na estrutura hierárquica organizacional, ao revelar as relações entre os atributos de méritos e de valor; além de os atributos de  masculinidade e racionalidade.
Trabalhando como militar-músico: subjetividade, afetos e antinomias no Exército Brasileiro
Authors: Zimmerman Alessandra Caroline Ortiz , Roso Adriane Rubio , Souza Ana Flavia de
Published: December 2022

O presente estudo teve como objetivo refletir acerca da experiência de trabalho no Exército Brasileiro e seus efeitos na subjetivação de militares- músicos, identificando suas estratégias de acomodação, resistência e singularização (invenção de vida) para lidarem com o modelo disciplinar e vigilante da instituição. Participaram deste estudo, de caráter qualitativo, descritivo e exploratório, sete sargentos músicos, pertencentes a uma banda de música do exército de uma cidade do Rio Grande do Sul, no  Brasil. Para se aproximar das experiências dos participantes, utilizou-se a técnica de grupo focal. As análises foram construídas considerando a noção de poder, especialmente a partir do referencial foucaultiano, e autores do campo das representações sociais. Foi percebida uma distinção entre ser músico ou militar músico, além de um forte sentimento de desvalorização dos militares-músicos. Concluiu-se que a música é um dispositivo importante para a saúde mental dos trabalhadores no exército, propiciando processos de resistência e a permanência em contexto militar.
Muito além de 90 minutos: narrativas de atletas profissionais do futebol
Authors: Nascimento Mariana Rambaldi do , Vieira Fernando de Oliveira
Published: December 2022

Esta pesquisa objetiva compreender as narrativas de atletas profissionais do futebol a partir de conceitos da psicodinâmica do trabalho, identificando vivências de prazer e sofrimento no trabalho e suas estratégias de defesa. Para isso, foram aplicadas duas técnicas de coleta de dados com profissionais do esporte: entrevistas semiestruturadas e Lego® Serious Play.Também participaram da pesquisa outros atores presentes no cenário do futebol, como empresários, mães de atletas e técnicos. A análise do material qualitativo foi feita sob as diretrizes de Johnny Saldaña. Os resultados indicam que essa categoria de trabalhadores está exposta a práticas de gestão produtivistas. Os atletas adotam estratégias defensivas para lidarem com o sofrimento; entretanto, em alguns momentos, tal sofrimento pode desencadear patologias. A qualidade do trabalho exercido no esporte indica o nível da cooperação, pois, apesar de ser um ambiente competitivo, quando os atletas conseguem estabelecer vínculos e confiança no trabalho do outro, cria-se um espaço prazeroso, em que a cooperação fortalece o coletivo.
A pandemia e o “Lobo Mau” da Psicologia: sobre a formação e a prática da(o) psicóloga(o) do trabalho e organizacional
Authors: Figueiredo Julio Carlos
Published: December 2022

Este trabalho tem como objetivo realizar balanço avaliativo e leitura livre das principais questões presentes no texto “O papel do psicólogo na organização industrial (notas sobre o “Lobo Mau” em psicologia)” escrito por Wanderley Codo, publicado em 1984 no livro Psicologia social: O homem em movimento. A proposta assume outra dimensão diante da pandemia do coronavírus, que eclodiu no mundo em dezembro de 2019. Considerando o texto, ainda hoje, de extrema pertinência, propomos seu balanço crítico e uma atualização que aprimore sua influência na formação e atuação da(o) psicóloga(o) do trabalho e organizacional. Busca-se identificar as principais determinações do capital e seus representantes no ambiente de trabalho, sem negar as possibilidades de ajuda às(aos) trabalhadoras(es), em defesa do posto de trabalho, da saúde e da qualidade de vida. São apresentadas indicações de estratégias e táticas para a formação e atuação crítica das(os) profissionais da área. Na conclusão, faz-se uma indicação sucinta das prováveis consequências pós-pandemia para as(os) trabalhadoras(es), diante das quais as(os) psicólogas(os) da área precisarão responder aos desafios colocados.
“Patrão é patrão, empregado é empregado”: identidade profissional de domésticas
Authors: Mourão Luciana , Reis Lucimar dos Santos , Carvalho Luara , Sandall Hugo Leonardo Póvoa
Published: December 2022

O trabalho doméstico vem passando por mudanças, principalmente nos países em desenvolvimento. No Brasil, as mudanças no trabalho doméstico têm sido impulsionadas pela Emenda Constitucional nº 72, de 2013. Esta pesquisa objetivou discutir a identidade profissional e as relações de trabalho de empregadas domésticas brasileiras a partir dos discursos das próprias trabalhadoras. Assim, foram realizadas dez entrevistas em profundidade, sendo cinco com empregadas mensalistas e cinco com diaristas da Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro. As entrevistas foram gravadas em áudio e transcritas. Seguindo o método de análise dos núcleos de sentido, foram identificados dois núcleos centrais: ingresso na profissão e identidade profissional; e ambiguidade na relação empregada-empregadora ou empregador. Os discursos das trabalhadoras domésticas sinalizaram uma inserção precoce no mundo do trabalho e uma identidade profissional tênue, com relações dúbias entre patroas e empregadas e dúvidas quanto ao reconhecimento e valorização por parte dos empregadores. Os resultados são discutidos à luz da literatura da área e do contexto atual.
A Experiência dos hóspedes na hotelaria de João Pessoa: uma análise a partir do conteúdo gerado no website Booking.com
Authors: Bandeira Lidiana de Castro Lima , Menezes Paula Dutra Leão de
Published: December 2022

Os hóspedes relatam a experiência de suas estadias em meios de hospedagem em diversos canais da internet, avaliam o desempenho dos hotéis quanto aos serviços prestados e podem, através da reputação online, impactar na tomada de decisão de futuros hóspedes. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi analisar a experiência dos hóspedes de dez hotéis classificados como quatro e cinco estrelas da cidade de João Pessoa, Paraíba, por meio dos comentários gerados pelos usuários (CGU) disponíveis no site da Booking.com. Realizou-se uma pesquisa netnográfica descritiva. Foram coletados 5.570 comentários. Os hotéis 1, 3, 4, 5 e 10 apresentam melhor posicionamento e consequentemente maior vantagem competitiva. Segundo os hóspedes, estes hotéis oferecem serviços com maior qualidade, como: café da manhã, localização e conforto. Contudo, os hotéis 2, 6, 7, 8 e 9 tiveram maior quantidade de avaliações negativas em infraestrutura. A pesquisa constatou que, apesar das empresas serem bem-avaliadas, ainda existem elementos que podem ser aperfeiçoados para aumentar a vantagem competitiva dos estabelecimentos e gerar uma boa reputação online e influenciar positivamente a tomada de decisões de futuros hóspedes.
As cidades brasileiras de Vilém Flusser
Authors: Philipson Gabriel Salvi
Published: December 2022

Esse artigo ensaístico postula que o motivo das cidades ocupa lugar decisivo na operação e na articulação do pensamento flusseriano do exílio. Atravessando os mais diversos momentos e tipos da escritura flusseriana, as cidades se configuram como um nódulo que a interliga e conecta. Centrando-se sobretudo nos textos sobre as cidades brasileiras de Flusser, analisa-se, de maneira ampla, mas não exaustiva, os modos como esse atravessamento ocorre. A partir disso, propõe-se algumas consequências dessa hipótese, destacando a da necessidade de reorganização do corpus flusseriano como um todo, repensando suas fases e seus movimentos e a da suposição de que Flusser introduza, em sua análise da cidade de Brasília recém-construída, uma falibilidade no mito do “país do futuro” zweigueano. Em seguida, ao analisar a filosoficção “Avô”, que se passa no Bairro do Bom Retiro, em São Paulo, e dois poemas sem data de Flusser em que aparece o motivo das cidades, o artigo encaminha suas considerações finais sobre as relações nele estabelecidas entre pensamento, exílio, ser judeu, cidades e brasilianidade.
Do ‘País do Futuro’: Como os judeus latinoamericanos se tornaram globais (Luis S. Krausz em conversa com Ilan Stavans)
Authors: Krausz Luis Sergio
Published: December 2022

De que maneira os judeus da América Latina, como o proverbial camaleão, têm se tornado parte essencial do ambiente em que habitam? Ou eles estão mais integrados aos padrões culturais “globais”, substituindo a cor local por uma abordagem mais universalista? Por que a América Latina tem sido um imã para imigrantes judeus, desde o período colonial até o presente? Que tipo de lealdade eles professam para com a região? E, mais importante, que papel os judeus latino-americanos desempenham tanto na história judaica geral quanto em sua contraparte, a história latino-americana? Essas e outras questões são abordadas nesta conversa entre Luis S. Krausz e Ilan Stavans. Krausz é professor de Literatura Judaica e Hebraica na Universidade de São Paulo. É autor de Passagens: literatura judaico-alemã entre gueto e metrópole (2012); Santuários heterodoxos: subjetividade e heresia na literatura judaica da Europa Central (2017) e Entre exílio e redenção: aspectos da literatura de imigração judaico-oriental (2019). Stavans é Professor Lewis-Sebring em Humanidades, América Latina e Cultura Latino Americana no Amherst College. Seus livros mais recentes são The Seventh Heaven: Travels through Jewish Latin America (2019), How Yiddish Changed America e How America Changed Yiddish (2020), Selected Translations: Poems, 2000-2020 (2021) e What Is American Literature? (2022). Este diálogo ocorreu eletronicamente entre 9 de novembro e 10 de dezembro de 2021.
Sabbatai, Sebastião: imersão e dissimilação em “A balada do falso messias”
Authors: Oren Eviatar
Published: December 2022

O conto “A balada do falso messias”, do escritor judeu brasileiro Moacyr Scliar, contém uma narrativa anacrônica sobre a chegada dos judeus ao Rio Grande do Sul no início dos anos 1900, que inclui o personagem histórico de Sabbatai Zevi. O uso que Scliar faz do anacronismo, da paródia e da representação não realista, assim como a amálgama de diferentes tradições literárias e referências históricas, serve para problematizar os conflitos inerentes à identidade judaico-brasileira. Sua versão do falso messias titular ecoa e parodia não apenas o Zevi histórico, mas também figuras messiânicas cristãs e lusófonas. Ao introduzir uma série de paradoxos e contradições, a narrativa sugere um processo de imersão dos judeus na sociedade brasileira, não por assimilação, mas por reclusão e rebelião. Uma análise do autor implícito da história a apresenta como resultado desse processo.
Ladino e sua expressão literária na América Latina
Authors: Igel Regina
Published: December 2022

“Tal vez sea la lucha contra el olvido el vínculo que serve de común denominador en la cultura sefardí.” (Jacobo Sefami). A luta contra o esquecimento pode ser o denominador comum que une a cultura sefardita, como bem observa o Prof. Jacobo Sefami. Envolvidos nessa luta no campo literário estão os autores mexicano Miriam Moscona e o chileno Hernán Rodríguez Fisse. Muitas de suas páginas oferecem textos em ladino, um dos antigos elos do mundo sefardita que agora ressurge na América Latina, por meio de seus escritos.
Caminhando em solo clássico – Karl Philipp Moritz em Roma: literatura e imaginação histórica
Authors: Ferreira Neto Orlando Marcondes
Published: December 2022

Nesse artigo abordamos aspectos do pensamento e da sensibilidade histórica de Karl Philipp Moritz. Para tanto, tomamos como fio condutor o topos do “solo clássico”, enfatizado por Moritz no livro a Viagem de um alemão à Itália de 1786 a 1788: um diário de viagem em cartas (Reisen eines Deutschen in Italien in den Jahren 1786 bis 1788: Reisebericht in Briefen). No contexto das viagens formativas à Itália realizadas na década de 1780 por intelectuais e poetas alemães, o termo “solo clássico” (klassische Boden) denota uma relação que Moritz – assim como Goethe, Herder e outros autores de narrativas de viagens dessa época – estabelece entre a imaginação literária e os locais nos quais os eventos retratados pela literatura antiga tiveram lugar. Segundo Moritz, a experiência de ler um autor antigo (ou recordar essa leitura) no local onde os fatos retratados teriam ocorrido seria capaz de ativar, por meio da “imaginação”, a memória histórica, concedendo ao passado uma presença viva. Ao evocar esta experiência do (no) “solo clássico”, Moritz estabelece uma dialética entre imaginação e lugar, literatura e paisagem, linguagem e “solo”. Ele constata que em Roma o antigo persiste imbricado no moderno, seja na paisagem (que inclui a arquitetura, os monumentos, ruínas, o traçado urbano da cidade e a natureza italiana), ou no “povo” italiano (em seus hábitos linguísticos e “culturais”, cerimônias e instituições políticas e religiosas). Trata-se, para ele, por fim, de pensar em que medida, partindo dessas sobrevivências, a Antiguidade pode ser (re)visitada e depurada de suas imbricações com o moderno.
O romance de artista alemão – Introdução
Authors: Marcuse Herbert , Kunz Cibele Saraiva
Published: December 2022

Esta é a tradução da “Introdução” do livro Der deutsche Künstlerroman (O Romance de Artista Alemão) de Herbert Marcuse, que analisa um grande volume de obras literárias alemãs — desde os poetas do Sturm und Drang, no século XVIII, até Thomas Mann no século XX. Para Marcuse, estes romances têm em comum a ênfase no processo de tomada de consciência do artista, a compreensão da sua incompatibilidade com o mundo que o cerca e o seu amadurecimento enquanto artista. Na introdução, o autor expõe sobre a escolha deste gênero literário – o romance de artista –, suas diferenças com a poesia épica e sobre o panorama histórico que possibilitou o surgimento deste tipo de romance. A tradução é precedida por um texto introdutório (de autoria da tradutora), o qual apresenta e contextualiza o texto traduzido.
West Germany and NATO's Nuclear Force Posture in the Early 1960s (Part 1)
Authors: Lutsch Andreas
Published: December 2022

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the member-states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) debated whether a counterforce capability of hundreds of mobile medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs) under joint command in Europe was needed to reinforce U.S. extended nuclear deterrence. The conventional wisdom about this issue, echoing the official U.S. government position, has long been that deterrence was robust even without a joint missile force. According to this argument, U.S. policymakers tried to reassure NATO allies, particularly the West Germans, that sharing control of strategic nuclear weapons was unnecessary and unwise. The analysis presented here shows that the problem was not so straightforward. Many officials in NATO countries, particularly in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), viewed the MRBM debate not so much as a problem of nuclear weapons control but as a question of extended deterrence credibility and strategic stability, posing an all-or-nothing challenge to NATO.
The United States and Strategic Arms Limitation during the Nixon-Kissinger Period: Building a Stable International System?
Authors: Trachtenberg Marc
Published: December 2022

The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) played a key role in U.S.-Soviet relations in the early 1970s. This article reassesses some aspects of the SALT process in the light of important evidence that has become available in recent years. The key question is whether U.S. policy in the SALT negotiations was rooted in strategic stability theory—that is, in the idea that both major powers should work out an arrangement that would guarantee the survivability and effectiveness of both sides’ strategic nuclear forces, thereby reducing whatever incentive either of them might have to strike first in a crisis. The notion that U.S. policy on SALT was rooted in that theory is essentially a myth—although a myth that had important political consequences. The SALT process of the 1970s, as shaped by decisions made during the administration of Richard M. Nixon, helped pave the way for the hardening of U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union in the early 1980s—scarcely the result supporters of nuclear arms control had been hoping for a decade earlier.
Observations of River Plume Mixing in the Surf Zone
Authors: Kastner S. E. , Horner-Devine A. R. , Thomson J. M. , Giddings S. N.
Published: December 2022

We use salinity observations from drifters and moorings at the Quinault River mouth to investigate mixing and stratification in a surf-zone-trapped river plume. We quantify mixing based on the rate of change of salinity DS/Dt in the drifters’ quasi-Lagrangian reference frame. We estimate a constant value of the vertical eddy diffusivity of salt of Kz = (2.2 ± 0.6) × 10−3 m2 s−1, based on the relationship between vertically integrated DS/Dt and stratification, with values as high as 1 × 10−2 m2 s−1 when stratification is low. Mixing, quantified as DS/Dt, is directly correlated to surf-zone stratification, and is therefore modulated by changes in stratification caused by tidal variability in freshwater volume flux. High DS/Dt is observed when the near-surface stratification is high and salinity gradients are collocated with wave-breaking turbulence. We observe a transition from low stratification and low DS/Dt at low tidal stage to high stratification and high DS/Dt at high tidal stage. Observed wave-breaking turbulence does not change significantly with stratification, tidal stage, or offshore wave height; as a result, we observe no relationship between plume mixing and offshore wave height for the range of conditions sampled. Thus, plume mixing in the surf zone is altered by changes in stratification; these are due to tidal variability in freshwater flux from the river and not wave conditions, presumably because depth-limited wave breaking causes sufficient turbulence for mixing to occur during all observed conditions.

Significance Statement

River outflows are important sources of pollutants, sediment, and nutrients to the coastal ocean. Small rivers often meet large breaking waves in the surf zone close to shore, trapping river water and river-borne material near the beach. Such trapped material can influence coastal public health, beach morphology, and nearshore ecology. This study investigates how trapped fresh river water mixes with salty ocean water in the presence of large breaking waves by using high-resolution measurements of waves, salinity, and turbulence. We find that the surf zone is often fresh and stratified, which could have significant implications for the fate of riverine material. Wave breaking provides a constant source of turbulence, and the amount of mixing is limited by the degree of vertical salt stratification; more mixing occurs when stratification is higher.
Gatekeepers to Justice: Police Officers’ Experiences Responding to Sexual Assault
Authors: Murphy-Oikonen Jodie , McQueen Karen , Miller Ainsley , Chambers Lori
Published: December 2022

Police officers play a central role in attaining justice for sexual assault survivors. Disclosing sexual assault is critical to attain justice and foster support, yet survivors often experience negative interactions when disclosing sexual victimization to the police. Police officers’ experiences investigating sexual assault have not been explored. Qualitative methods were used to explore the experiences of police officers who respond to reports of sexual assault. Semi-structured interviews with 20 police officers were analyzed in NVIVO software and uncovered four themes, (1) Lack of Sexual Assault Training; (2) Compassion for the Victim; (3) Investigative Process, and (4) Police Distress. The first-hand accounts of police officers uncover opportunities to improve police response to sexual assault and enhance the disclosure experience of survivors.
Eye Errant: Kei Miller’s The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way To Zion and the geopoetics of the senses
Authors: Liu Wei
Published: December 2022

This article discusses Kei Miller’s The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion through the lens of visuality and multisensory poetic performance. Reenacting the tradition of map critique in postcolonial poetry, Miller both decries the map’s instrumentality to colonial dominance and reflects on the map’s utility in creating and communicating spatial knowledge. The two purposes are intensively manifested in his deployment of the visual vis-à-vis other senses. Enmeshing its capacious trope of visuality within a synesthetic poetic texture, Cartographer both revolts against the visual scheme associated with colonial cartographic regulation and erasure, and refashions the eye into a crucial means to affirm and empower underprivileged peoples and cultures. Ultimately, Cartographer illustrates how poetry conducts postcolonial critique through animating and cultivating the senses in a way that gestures beyond the binary of domination and resistance. Miller’s cartographic inquiry materializes in a geopoetics actively foregrounding its multisensory engagement, which begets “eye errant” as a paradigm of geo-cultural knowledge that negotiates rather than imposes, recognizes rather than misrepresents.
The mechanical and electrical properties of flexible strain sensors based on carbonized cotton knitted fabric
Authors: Zhang Jing , Long Hairu , Zhang Peihua
Published: December 2022

In recent years, developing flexible strain sensors with excellent and practical mechanical–electrical properties has remained a challenge. Weft knitted fabric made of loops with excellent extensibility is widely used in the textile and garment fields. In this work, a flexible strain sensor based on carbonized plain cotton fabric and thermoplastic polyurethane film for encapsulation was prepared by a simple, relatively environment-friendly, low-cost and scalable method. The plain cotton fabric was translated to a conductive fabric with impregnation (10% diamine hydrogen phosphate), oxidation (pre-oxidation at 240°C for 60 min in air), high-temperature carbonization treatment. The tensile and sensing properties of the encapsulated sensor based on this carbonized plain cotton fabric were tested in the course and wale extensions. The experimental results showed that the strain sensor exhibited high sensitivity, stable repeatability and low creep properties overall. The resistance change rates of the strain sensor stretched in the two directions had no apparent dependence on the tensile speed and frequency. The sensor in course stretching revealed a broad strain of more than 250% with the maximum gauge factor of 10.1, while in contrast, these two data were 140% and 9.2 in wale stretching, respectively. These excellent sensing performances were given credited to the unique modified structure of carbonized cotton knitted fabric. The carbonized cotton knitted fabric strain sensor has great potential in wearable devices for physiological signal monitoring and human motion detection due to its scalable manufacturing process, low material costs and superior mechanical–electrical properties.
Small sums, big impact: Corruption and microfinance institutions
Authors: Afrifa Godfred Adjapong , Amankwah-Amoah Joseph , Acquaye Adolf , Yamoah Fred A , Mwiti Fredah G
Published: December 2022

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have been promoted worldwide as developmental platforms that can help eliminate some of the major global challenges such as poverty and economic development. The effectiveness of using MFIs to fulfil such expectations depends on their performance, which can be affected by a range of institutional factors such as corruption, rule of law and financial sector development. However, there is a lack of clarity on whether these factors are performance inhibitors or promoters. Using gender as a mediating factor, this study develops and tests these relationships on MFI performance, with the aim of contributing to research on institutions and corruption in the Global South. Drawing on the MFI performance model, the study uses data on MFIs operating in 33 African countries. The results reveal that the control of corruption reduces MFIs’ operating expenditure, while it increases MFIs’ operating income. Drawing from the essentialist perspective of the theory of social construction of gender, it is argued that female borrowers from MFIs are shown to have a mediating impact on the relationship between the variables tested (such as control of corruption) and MFI performance. The study also has public policy relevance for nations seeking to use MFIs as means of fostering entrepreneurship and economic development.
Home is Where the Heart is: Implications of Dyadic Acculturation for Migrant Couples’ Personal and Relational Well-Being
Authors: Sun Qian , Geeraert Nicolas , Lamarche Veronica M.
Published: December 2022

Acculturation—the process through which people adopt the sociocultural values of their heritage and settlement cultures—is a complex experience, particularly within family structures. Although the consequences of acculturation gaps between parents and children have been studied extensively, the consequences for migrant couples are often overlooked. We propose that acculturation gaps in migrant couples are likely detrimental for personal and relational well-being. To test this, a study of 118 migrant couples with the same heritage culture and now living in the United Kingdom was conducted. Acculturation gaps in our studies were conceptualized as both within person and within couple, and their impact on personal well-being and relationship quality was tested using Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM). Results suggest that although within-couple acculturation gaps negatively impacted personal well-being, they were not necessarily harmful to relationship quality. Interestingly, within-person acculturation gaps had dyadic consequences, with one person specifically contributing to their partner’s personal well-being.
Socio-demographic and economic determinants of household expenditure on eating out in India – Evidence from India Human Development Survey (IHDS) II
Authors: Godbharle Swapnil , Jeyakumar Angeline , Kesa Hema
Published: December 2022

Background: ‘Eating out (EO)’ has witnessed a significant increase across nations and in India. Understanding food behaviour from an economic standpoint is essential to recognize food systems and nutrition transition. Aim: Our work compared the macro-data on per capita income and gross state domestic product from India with household expenditure on eating out. Using the India Human Development Survey II micro-data we studied the socio-demographic and economic determinants of household expenditure on eating out. Methods: The study design is a secondary data analysis of India Human Development Survey II from a sample of N = 42,152 households. It included socio-demographic and economic predictors, such as religion, caste, residence, migration for work, education, number of household members, income source, total annual income, consumption expenditure and poverty status. Results: No consistent trends emerged in the macroeconomic comparisons using gross state domestic product and per capita income. Results of logistic regression showed that the reserved caste categories OBC [COR 1.2 (1.1–1.2)] and SC/ST/Others [COR 1.1 (1–1.1)], household heads education up to secondary [COR 0.4 (0.4–0.5)] and higher secondary and above [COR 0.7 (0.6–0.8)], urban place of residence [COR 0.55 (0.53–0.58)], organised sector [COR 0.7 (0.6–0.7)] as the income source, higher annual income [COR 0.52 (0.50–0.54)], higher annual consumption expenditure [COR 0.44 (0.42–0.46)] and above poverty line [COR 2.1 (1.9–2.2)] were significantly positively associated with expenditure on eating out ( p = <0.05). All these variables stayed significant in the multinomial regression model as well. Conclusion: This analysis confirms the increase in household income along with other demographics, increases the frequency of eating out. However, such trends remained inconsistent in macroeconomic assessments using gross state domestic product and per capita income.
Suicide prevention as biopolitical surveillance: A critical analysis of UK suicide prevention policies
Authors: Oaten Alexander , Jordan Ana , Chandler Amy , Marzetti Hazel
Published: December 2022

Suicide prevention policies set out government strategies and priorities for action and in doing so construct meanings, legitimise knowledge and frame possibilities. Despite their importance, prevention policies remain underexamined and taken for granted. Using Bacchi's poststructuralist ‘What's The Problem Represented To Be’ approach we critically analyse UK suicide prevention policies as sites of biopolitical surveillance and consider how suicide is constructed within such policy regimes. Drawing on Foucault, we contextualise suicide as an object and focus of biopolitical surveillance. We argue that suicide prevention policies seek to negate the contingency and complexity of suicide and instead represent it as amenable to biopolitical governance. Prevention policies do this by framing suicide as a visible and predictable object that can be known and governed via surveillance driven risk management. Such policies risk marginalising some publics, and diverting attention from the political, social and economic contexts of injustice in which suicides occur.
Technology transfer from procurement relationships in big science contexts
Authors: Dal Molin Martina , Scarrà Deepa , Piccaluga Andrea , Valsecchi Veronica
Published: December 2022

Big Science is a fertile learning environment for the transfer of knowledge and technology to suppliers since it boosts economic performance, innovation and reputation. However, despite the growing importance of this topic in the literature, empirical evidence is still limited. This paper investigates technology transfer from Big Science through procurement relationships related to the need to develop front-end technologies for Big Science research infrastructures. The results show that the benefits generated for companies include intangible dimensions, such as the acquisition of technical knowledge and improved reputation. In addition, this procurement relationship leads to organizational changes such as the introduction of new specific organizational units and improved investment in R&D. In turn companies are able enter new markets thanks to the newly acquired competencies.
Input coupling modeling method for a three-PRR flexure-based compliant stage
Authors: Du Yunsong , Qiao Chongxin , Gao Guohua , Li Tiemin
Published: December 2022

This paper presents the input coupling modeling method for a three-PRR flexure-based compliant stage. The input coupling modeling for planar compliant mechanisms is first established. The kinematic structure of a three-PRR compliant stage is then designed, and its input coupling is derived by using the proposed method. Subsequently, the validation and analysis are carried out by using finite element method (FEM). The relationships between two main parameters and the input coupling rate of the three-PRR compliant stage are discussed, and the decoupling region is then determined. Finally, its geometrical parameters are optimized, and the workspace calculated by the analytical method is compared with that obtained from FEM. It not only provides a new input coupling modeling method for flexure-based compliant mechanisms, but also provides a reference for the design of three-PRR mechanisms.
Effect of secondary-jet on supersonic Coanda jet
Authors: Li Ling-Xiao , Xu He-Yong , Pei Zhen
Published: December 2022

The “ C μ-stall” phenomenon of supersonic Coanda jet is one of the difficult problems to be solved in circulation control technology. In this paper, the circulation control of supersonic jet under high-subsonic flight state is studied. The “ C μ-stall” phenomenon of supersonic Coanda jet is deeply explored. In this paper, it is found that there is the first “ C μ-stall” phenomenon before the periodic detachment of the jet. This phenomenon will also lead to a sudden drop of lift, but it will not cause the jet to detach from the Coanda surface. The first “ C μ-stall” is the main factor limiting the effect of supersonic circulation control. A scheme of using staged jet to delay “ C μ-stall” phenomenon and improve the lift increasing effect of circulation control airfoil is proposed. The results show that the secondary-jet can effectively delay the “ C μ-stall” phenomenon and increase the maximum lift coefficient from 0.4986 to 0.5763. The influence of secondary-jet on supersonic Coanda jet (main-jet) can be divided into the influence on its expansion degree and the influence on its attachment distance. The secondary-jet with appropriate strength can not only increase the expansion degree of the main-jet but also prolong the attachment distance of the main-jet, so as to obtain a higher lift coefficient. Finally, taking the lift coefficient as the optimization objective, this paper uses the back propagation (BP) neural network to optimize the mass flow rate combination of the staged jet scheme and improves the maximum lift coefficient to 0.5821.
Corpus Linguistics and Technical Editing: How Corpora Can Help Copy Editors Adopt a Rhetorical View of Prescriptive Usage Rules
Authors: Smith Jordan
Published: December 2022

Scholars have long argued that technical editing should be viewed as a rhetorical practice in which copy editors take “a situational approach to each individual task” (Buehler, 1980/2003, p. 458). Yet many editing pedagogies still treat some language-level editing tasks, like those that involve prescriptive usage rules, as mechanical rather than rhetorical. This article discusses how empirical data from corpora can help copy editors adopt a more rhetorical view of prescriptive usage rules and introduces corpus linguistics as a methodology that can contribute to technical editing pedagogy.
Efficacy and Safety of NOACs Compared With VKAs for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A System Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Ge Junye , Han Wenqiang , Ma Chuanzhen , Maduray Kellina , Chen Tongshuai , Zhong Jingquan
Published: December 2022

Novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are preferentially recommended in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) for stroke prevention over vitamin K antagonists (VKAs). However, the evidence regarding the efficacy and safety of NOACs versus VKAs after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients with AF is very rare. Pubmed, Embase, Web of science, and Cochrane Databases were searched for eligible studies published before May 19, 2022. A total of 11 studies were included in this meta-analysis involving 27 107 patients. Regarding primary outcomes, there were no differences between NOACs and VKAs in all-cause mortality ( RR: 0.84, 95% CI: (0.69, 1.02)) and stroke ( RR: 1.00, 95% CI: (0.85, 1.19)). With respect to secondary outcomes, NOACs were associated with reduced incidence of bleeding ( RR: 0.77, 95% CI: (0.71, 0.83)) and intracranial bleeding ( RR: 0.57, 95% CI: (0.39, 0.83)), whereas no significant differences were found in major or life-threatening bleeding ( RR: 0.98, 95% CI: (0.82, 1.17)) and myocardial infarction ( RR: 1.37, 95% CI: (0.83, 2.26)). Our meta-analysis revealed the safety and efficacy of NOACs may be superior to VKAs in AF patients undergoing TAVI.
An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Visitors’ Cognitive Appraisals in a Meteorological Landscape Uncertainty Scenario
Authors: Qiu Hanqin , Lei Xiaowei , Chen Yujia , Chen Yanjun
Published: December 2022

The meteorological landscape has always been the main selling point for some destinations, but the uncertain supply of the meteorological landscape also poses challenges for destination management. Little is known about visitors’ emotional and behavioral tendencies elicited by this uncertainty under landscape viewing; therefore, it is critical for academics and practitioners to understand visitors’ emotional and behavioral changes after the viewing experience and strategize marketing plans to improve revisit intention. Grounded upon cognitive appraisal theory, this study conducted in-depth interviews with 31 visitors who had had meteorological landscape viewing experiences to solicit their perceptions and appraisals of uncertainty. Results revealed that the uncertainty influenced visitors’ entire cognitive appraisal process and resulted in four types of revisit intentions. Specifically, even if visitors have a negative emotion after the viewing, they may choose to revisit. Accordingly, theoretical and practical implications for destination management are offered.
Influence of Acacia concinna and Vachellia nilotica seed nanopowder on the properties of short Turkish hemp–reinforced epoxy composites
Authors: Kanimozhi T , Sundara Pandian S , Gokulkumar S , Sathish S
Published: December 2022

The study intends to examine the physical, mechanical, and moisture (water) absorption properties of Acacia concinna seed powder (ACSP) and Vachellia nilotica seed powder (VNSP) individually incorporated with short Turkish hemp (STH) natural fiber–reinforced composites (NFRCs) hybridized with epoxy matrix. ACSP and VNSP of size 30–40 nm were amalgamated with epoxy matrix in varying weight proportions (0, 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10 wt%), and the composite laminates were stacked manually followed by hydraulic compression molding. The fabricated NFRC nano-filled samples were tested for their density and void content, tensile, compression, flexural, and impact strengths along with hardness and water absorption characteristics. The incorporation of 7.5% ACSP and VNSP improved physicomechanical properties viz., 15.27% and 16.64% increase in the tensile strength, 16.39% and 16.41% increase in the flexural strength, 20.15% and 20.19% increase in the impact strength, 11.38% and 11.41% increase in the compressive strength, as well as 15.17% and 15.21% increase in the hardness, compared to non-filler composites. On the basis of the results acquired from various compositions of ACSP and VNSP, STH-based NFRCs were fabricated with the best proportion (7.5 wt%) of both the seed powders, and their physiomechanical properties were determined. The composites were analyzed using an atomic force microscope and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscope to determine their suitability for diverse applications. Using scanning electron microscopy, we analyzed the bonding nature at the fiber/matrix interface. On the basis of the results obtained, it was found that the combination of ACSP and VNSP improved the performance of the fabricated STH-based NFRCs. In addition, these composites had a higher moisture resistance, which might have implications for marine and automobile structural applications.
Talking about Europe? Explaining the salience of the European Union in the plenaries of 17 national parliaments during 2006–2019
Authors: Lehmann Felix
Published: December 2022

To provide accountability, Members of Parliament (MPs) are expected to publicly communicate European Union (EU) affairs. Yet, parliamentary communication of EU affairs remains underexplored and existing analyses are conflicting. Against this background, this article sheds light on what drives MPs to talk about the EU, utilizing a novel dataset based on over 20,000 plenary protocols from 17 parliaments during 2006–2019. The study highlights that EU mentions increase in connection to referendums, summits, treaty ratifications, and European elections. Additional drivers include transfers of authority to the EU level, EU legislation, and political incentives. The findings provide some nuance to more pessimistic evaluations of the EU's accountability deficit, but major legitimacy challenges remain concerning national elections and Eurozone integration.