bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Mobilizing faith-based COVID-19 health ambassadors to address COVID-19 health disparities among African American older adults in under-resourced communities: A hybrid, community-based participatory intervention
Authors: Adinkrah Edward K. , Bazargan Shahrzad , Cobb Sharon , Kibe Lucy W. , Vargas Roberto , Waller Joe , Sanchez Humberto , Bazargan Mohsen
Published: February 2024

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected older adults, particularly those with pre-existing chronic health conditions. To address the health disparity and challenges faced by under-resourced African American older adults in South Los Angeles during this period, we implemented a hybrid (virtual/in-person), pre-post, community-based participatory intervention research project utilizing a faith-based lay health advisor model (COVID-19 Health Ambassador Program (CHAP)). We recruited COVID-19 Health Ambassadors (CHAs) and African American older adults (participants) from faith-based organizations who partook in CHA-led meetings and follow-ups that educated and supported the participants. This paper seeks to evaluate this intervention’s implementation using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) as a reporting tool with an emphasis on fidelity, challenges, and adaptations based on data collected via stakeholder interviews and surveys.

Results

CHAP was delivered to 152 participants by 19 CHAs from 17 faith-based organizations. CHAs assisted with chronic disease management, resolved medication-related challenges, encouraged COVID-19 vaccination, reduced psychological stress and addressed healthcare avoidance behaviors such as COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among the participants. Challenges encountered include ensuring participant engagement and retention in the virtual format and addressing technological barriers for CHAs and participants. Adaptations made to better suit the needs of participants included providing communication tools and additional training to CHAs to improve their proficiency in using virtual platforms in addition to adapting scientific/educational materials to suit our participants’ diverse cultural and linguistic needs.

Conclusion

The community-centered hybrid approach in addition to our partnership with faith-based organizations and their respective COVID-19 health ambassadors proved to be essential in assisting underserved African American older adults manage chronic health conditions and address community-wide health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Adaptability, cultural sensitivity, and teamwork are key to implementing health interventions especially in underserved populations.
Undiagnosed hypertension and associated factors among long-distance bus drivers in Addis Ababa terminals, Ethiopia, 2022: A cross-sectional study
Authors: Adal Abebaw Bires , Kassa Rahel Nega , Habte Mekdes Hailegebreal , Jebesa Melkamu Getaneh , Ademe Sewunet , Tiruneh Chalachew Teshome , Andualem Atsedemariam , Aynalem Zewdu Bishaw , Bewket Bekalu
Published: February 2024

Introduction

Hypertension is a major public health problem that is often unrecognized, and its detection and control should be prioritized. The level of undiagnosed hypertension and its associated factors among long-distance bus drivers in Ethiopia is unknown.

Objective

This study aimed to assess the magnitude of undiagnosed hypertension and its associated factors among long-distance bus drivers in Addis Ababa bus terminals.

Methods

A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 391 long-distance bus drivers from December 15, 2021, to January 15 2022 at five cross-country bus terminals in Addis Ababa. A standardized and structured questionnaire was adapted based on the WHO stepwise approach to a non-communicable disease study and translated into Amharic. Data were coded, cleaned, and entered using Epi-data version 4.6 and exported to SPSS version 26. Logistic regression analysis was performed. Variables with a P-value < 0.25 in the bivariable analysis were selected for multivariable logistic regression analysis. Independent variables with a P-value < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. The magnitude of association between independent and dependent variables was measured by odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval.

Results

In this study, 391 study participants were involved with a response rate of 97.1%. The prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension was 22.5% (CI: 18.7%, 26.6%). Poor level of knowledge (AOR: 2.00, CI: 1.08, 3.70), long duration of driving per day (AOR: 2.50, 95% CI: 1.37–4.56), habit of chewing of chat (AOR: 2.61, 95% CI: 1.44, 4.73), regular alcohol consumption (AOR = 3.46; 95% CI: 1.70, 7.05), overweight (AOR:3.14, 95%CI: 1.54,6.42) obesity (AOR: 3.21, 95% CI 1.35, 7.61) and regular physical exercise (AOR: 0.16, 95% CI: 0.09, 0.29) were statistically significantly associated with undiagnosed hypertension.

Conclusion

This study revealed that the prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension among long-distance bus drivers was 22.5%, which was associated with modifiable behavioral factors, lack of regular physical exercise, lack of adequate awareness and high body mass index.

Recommendation

Stakeholders must implement the necessary preventive measures. These include increasing the level of awareness of hypertension among long-distance drivers and developing prevention of hypertension strategies and policies focusing on lifestyle and behavioral modifications.
Modelling the significance of food delivery service quality on customer satisfaction and reuse intention
Authors: Wu Mengling , Gao Jingzu , Hayat Naeem , Long Siyu , Yang Qing , Al Mamun Abdullah
Published: February 2024

The millions-worth revenue derived from large-scale food delivery characterises the service as a relatively established phenomenon with potential growth. The current cross-sectional research examined online food delivery service quality on consumer satisfaction and reuse intention. Service quality was divided into seven categories (i.e., reliability, assurance, security, maintaining food quality, system operation, traceability, and perceived service value). Perceived service value offer the unique understanding of the online food delivery consumer satisfaction. Empirical data were elicited from 1352 valid respondents and subsequently assessed through the partial least square structural equation modelling. Findings revealed that reliability, assurance, maintaining food quality, system operation, traceability, and perceived service value could elevate customer satisfaction and optimize the intention to reuse food delivery services. Specific measures to improve service quality, including staff training, improved after-sales service, and system optimisation, were proposed to increase users’ satisfaction and intention to reuse optimally.
A wellbeing program to promote mental health in paediatric burn patients: Study protocol
Authors: Wickens Nicole , McGivern Lisa , de Gouveia Belinelo Patricia , Milroy Helen , Martin Lisa , Wood Fiona , Bullman Indijah , Janse van Rensburg Elmie , Woolard Alix
Published: February 2024

Background

One of the most traumatic injuries a child can experience is a severe burn. Despite improvements in medical treatments which have led to better physical outcomes and reduced mortality rates for paediatric burns patients, the psychological impact associated with experiencing such a traumatic injury has mostly been overlooked. This is concerning given the high incidence of psychopathology amongst paediatric burn survivors.

Objectives

This project will aim to pilot test and evaluate a co-designed trauma-focused intervention to support resilience and promote positive mental health in children and adolescents who have sustained an acute burn injury. Our first objective is to collect pilot data to evaluate the efficacy of the intervention and to inform the design of future trauma-focussed interventions. Our second objective is to collect pilot data to determine the appropriateness of the developed intervention by investigating the changes in mental health indicators pre- and post-intervention. This will inform the design of future interventions.

Methods

This pilot intervention study will recruit 40 children aged between 6–17 years who have sustained an acute burn injury and their respective caregivers. These participants will have attended the Stan Perron Centre of Excellence for Childhood Burns at Perth Children’s Hospital. Participants will attend a 45-minute weekly or fortnightly session for six weeks that involves building skills around information gathering, managing reactions (behaviours and thoughts), identifying, and bolstering coping skills, problem solving and preventing setbacks. The potential effects and feasibility of our intervention will be assessed through a range of age-appropriate screening measures which will assess social behaviours, personal qualities, mental health and/or resilience. Assessments will be administered at baseline, immediately post-intervention, at 6- and 12-months post-intervention.

Conclusion

The results of this study will lay the foundation for an evidence-based, trauma-informed approach to clinical care for paediatric burn survivors and their families in Western Australia. This will have important implications for the design of future support offered to children with and beyond burn injuries, and other medical trauma populations.
Possibilities for ranking business schools and considerations concerning the stability of such rankings
Authors: Boric Sandra , Reichmann Gerhard , Schlögl Christian
Published: February 2024

In this article, we discuss possibilities for ranking business schools and analyse the stability of research rankings using different ranking methods. One focus is set on a comparison of publication-based rankings with citation-based rankings. Our considerations and discussions are based on a (small) case study for which we have examined all (six) business schools at public universities in Austria. The innovative aspect of our article is the chosen mix of methods and the explicit comparison of the results of a publication analysis with those of a citation analysis. In addition, we have developed a new indicator to check the stability of the obtained ranking results with regard to the individual business schools. The results show that the ranks of the individual business schools are quite stable. Nevertheless, we found some differences between publication-based and citation-based rankings. In both cases, however, the choice of the data source as well as switching from full to adjusted counting only have little impact on the ranking results. The main contribution of our approach to research in the field of university rankings is that it shows that focusing on a single (overall) indicator should be avoided, as this can easily lead to bias. Instead, different (partial) indicators should be calculated side by side to provide a more complete picture.
The validity and reliability of school-based fundamental movement skills screening to identify children with motor difficulties
Authors: Eddy Lucy H. , Preston Nick , Boom Shania , Davison Jessica , Brooks Rob , Bingham Daniel D. , Mon-Williams Mark , Hill Liam J. B.
Published: February 2024

Aim

Assess whether school-based teacher-led screening is effective at identifying children with motor difficulties.

Methods

Teachers tested 217 children aged between 5 and 11 years old, after a one hour training session, using a freely available tool (FUNMOVES). Four classes (n = 91) were scored by both researchers and teachers to evaluate inter-rater reliability. Researchers assessed 22 children using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC-2; considered to be the ‘gold standard’ in Europe for use as part of the diagnostic process for Developmental Coordination Disorder) to assess concurrent and predictive validity.

Results

Inter-rater reliability for all individual activities within FUNMOVES ranged from 0.85–0.97 (unweighted Kappa; with 95%CI ranging from 0.77–1). For total score this was lower (κ = 0.76, 95%CI = 0.68–0.84), however when incorporating linear weighting, this improved (κ = 0.94, 95%CI = 0.89–0.99). When evaluating FUNMOVES total score against the MABC-2 total score, the specificity (1, 95%CI = 0.63–1) and positive predictive value (1; 95%CI = 0.68–1) of FUNMOVES were high, whereas sensitivity (0.57, 95%CI = 0.29–0.82) and negative predictive values (0.57, 95%CI = 0.42–0.71) were moderate. Evaluating only MABC-2 subscales which are directly related to fundamental movement skills (Aiming & Catching, and Balance) improved these values to 0.89 (95%CI = 0.52–1) and 0.93 (95%CI = 0.67–0.99) respectively.

Interpretation

Teacher-led screening of fundamental movement skills (via FUNMOVES) is an effective method of identifying children with motor difficulties. Such universal screening in schools has the potential to identify movement difficulties and enable earlier intervention than the current norm.
Building an ab initio solvated DNA model using Euclidean neural networks
Authors: Lee Alex J. , Rackers Joshua A. , Pathak Shivesh , Bricker William P.
Published: February 2024

Accurately modeling large biomolecules such as DNA from first principles is fundamentally challenging due to the steep computational scaling of ab initio quantum chemistry methods. This limitation becomes even more prominent when modeling biomolecules in solution due to the need to include large numbers of solvent molecules. We present a machine-learned electron density model based on a Euclidean neural network framework that includes a built-in understanding of equivariance to model explicitly solvated double-stranded DNA. By training the machine learning model using molecular fragments that sample the key DNA and solvent interactions, we show that the model predicts electron densities of arbitrary systems of solvated DNA accurately, resolves polarization effects that are neglected by classical force fields, and captures the physics of the DNA-solvent interaction at the ab initio level.
Perspectives of patients who inject drugs on a needle and syringe program at a large acute care hospital
Authors: Brooks Hannah L. , Speed Kelsey A. , Dong Kathryn , Salvalaggio Ginetta , Pauly Bernadette (Bernie) , Taylor Marliss , Hyshka Elaine
Published: February 2024

Background

People who inject drugs in North America often continue to inject while hospitalized, and are at increased risk of premature hospital discharge, unplanned readmission, and death. In-hospital access to sterile injection supplies may reduce some harms associated with ongoing injection drug use. However, access to needle and syringe programs in acute care settings is limited. We explored the implementation of a needle and syringe program integrated into a large urban tertiary hospital in Western Canada. The needle and syringe program was administered by an addiction medicine consult team that offers patients access to specialized clinical care and connection to community services.

Methods

We utilized a focused ethnographic design and semi-structured interviews to elicit experiences and potential improvements from 25 hospitalized people who inject drugs who were offered supplies from the needle and syringe program.

Results

Participants were motivated to accept supplies to prevent injection-related harms and access to supplies was facilitated by trust in consult team staff. However, fears of negative repercussions from non-consult team staff, including premature discharge or undesired changes to medication regimes, caused some participants to hesitate or refuse to accept supplies. Participants described modifications to hospital policies regarding inpatient drug use or access to an inpatient supervised consumption service as potential ways to mitigate patients’ fears.

Conclusions

Acute care needle and syringe programs may aid hospital providers in reducing harms and improving hospital outcomes for people who inject drugs. However, modifications to hospital policies and settings may be necessary.
Uncertainty and bank risk in an emerging market: The moderating role of business models
Authors: Huynh Japan , Phan Thi Minh Hue
Published: February 2024

The paper explores the role of business models in the link between uncertainty and bank risk. From the perspective of banks, given that future outcomes tend to be less predictable if banking uncertainty rises, we highlight a framework that a larger dispersion of bank shocks to bank-specific variables might mirror such decreased predictability as a consequence of increasing uncertainty. To compensate for the persistence of bank risk and address the endogeneity issue, we applied the system generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator as the main regressions. Analyzing a panel of commercial banks from Vietnam between 2007 and 2019, we find that higher levels of banking uncertainty may increase bank risk, as gauged by banks’ credit risk (loan loss reverses and non-performing loans) and default risk (Z-score index). This detrimental influence of uncertainty appears to be most pronounced with banks relying on pure lending, and it decreases with more non-interest income. A deeper investigation after estimating the marginal effects with plots reveals an asymmetric pattern that bank risk is immune to uncertainty in banks with the highest level of income diversification. Interestingly, we also provide evidence that uncertainty may lower the default risk level when income diversification exceeds a sufficiently high level. Our findings demonstrate that diversified business models are an efficient buffer against higher bank risk in times of increased uncertainty.
Personality traits and high cigarette dependence among university students: Insights from Lebanon
Authors: Bou-Hamad Imad , Hoteit Jaafar , Yehya Nadine , Ghandour Lilian
Published: February 2024

Purpose

The use of tobacco and cigarette products remains widespread globally, with varying patterns across countries. Understanding the factors influencing cigarette dependence among young adults is crucial for effective smoking prevention and control programs. Personality traits are one of the factors that influence smoking behaviour, yet the evidence on their role in high cigarette dependence among young adults remains inconclusive. This study aims to provide insights and initial evidence on the potential association between personality dimensions, sociodemographic factors, lifestyle habits, and high cigarette dependence among Lebanese university students.

Methods

A convenient sample of 212 student smokers from one private and one public university in Lebanon participated in an online survey. The survey included measures of personality traits using the Big-Five framework, sociodemographic factors, lifestyle habits, and the Fagerström Test for Cigarette Dependence (FTCD). Logistic regression models and mediation analysis were used to analyze the data.

Results

The results revealed significant associations between personality dimensions and high cigarette dependence among Lebanese university students. Smokers with higher levels of Openness to Experience were more likely to have high cigarette dependence (β = 0.408, p < = 0.015). Conversely, smokers with higher levels of Conscientiousness (β = -0.500, p < 0.001) and Agreeableness (β = -0.491, p < 0.01) were less likely to have high cigarette dependence. Additionally, attending a public university (β = 1.198, p = 0.018), having more close friends who smoke (β = 0.525, p < 0.01), and switching to a cheaper cigarette brand (β = 0.928, p < 0.05) were associated with a higher cigarette dependence.

Conclusion

These findings highlight the importance of considering personality dimensions, sociodemographic factors, and lifestyle habits in understanding high cigarette dependence among Lebanese university students. The results can inform the development of targeted interventions to address high cigarette dependence in this population.
Chasing high and stable wheat grain mineral content: Mining diverse spring genotypes under induced drought stress
Authors: Lan Yuzhou , Kuktaite Ramune , Chawade Aakash , Johansson Eva
Published: February 2024

Climate change-induced drought has an effect on the nutritional quality of wheat. Here, the impact of drought at different plant stages on mineral content in mature wheat was evaluated in 30 spring-wheat lines of diverse backgrounds (modern, old and wheat-rye-introgressions). Genotypes with rye chromosome 3R introgression showed a high accumulation of several important minerals, including Zn and Fe, and these also showed stability across drought conditions. High Se content was found in genotypes with chromosome 1R. Old cultivars (K, Mg, Na, P and S) and 2R introgression lines (Fe, Ca, Mn, Mg and Na) demonstrated high mineral yield at early and late drought, respectively. Based on the low nutritional value often reported for modern wheat and negative climate effects on the stability of mineral content and yield, genes conferring high Zn/Fe, Se, and stable mineral yield under drought at various plant stages should be explicitly explored among 3R, 1R, old and 2R genotypes, respectively.
Molecular and morphological characterisation of larvae of the genus Diamesa Meigen, 1835 (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Alpine streams (Ötztal Alps, Austria)
Authors: Dvorak Martin , Dittmann Isabel L. , Pedrini-Martha Veronika , Hamerlík Ladislav , Bitušík Peter , Stuchlik Evzen , Vondrák Daniel , Füreder Leopold , Lackner Reinhard
Published: February 2024

Diamesa species (Diptera, Chironomidae) are widely distributed in freshwater ecosystems, and their life cycles are closely linked to environmental variables such as temperature, water quality, and sediment composition. Their sensitivity to environmental changes, particularly in response to pollution and habitat alterations, makes them valuable indicators of ecosystem health. The challenges associated with the morphological identification of larvae invoke the use of DNA barcoding for species determination. The mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene is regularly used for species identification but faces limitations, such as similar sequences in closely related species. To overcome this, we explored the use of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) region in addition to COI for Diamesa larvae identification. Therefore, this study employs a combination of molecular markers alongside traditional morphological identification to enhance species discrimination. In total, 129 specimens were analysed, of which 101 were sampled from a glacier-fed stream in Rotmoostal, and the remaining 28 from spring-fed streams in the neighbouring valleys of Königstal and Timmelstal. This study reveals the inadequacy of utilizing single COI or ITS genes for comprehensive species differentiation within the genus Diamesa. However, the combined application of COI and ITS markers significantly enhances species identification resolution, surpassing the limitations faced by traditional taxonomists. Notably, this is evident in cases involving morphologically indistinguishable species, such as Diamesa latitarsis and Diamesa modesta. It highlights the potential of employing a multi-marker approach for more accurate and reliable Diamesa species identification. This method can be a powerful tool for identifying Diamesa species, shedding light on their remarkable adaptations to extreme environments and the impacts of environmental changes on their populations.
Science at risk? Considering the importance of academic freedom for STEM research production across 17 OECD countries
Authors: Fernandez Frank , Chykina Volha , Lin Yin Chun
Published: February 2024

Since 2011, a declining trend in academic freedom globally has paralleled a rising tide of neo-nationalism. We use fixed effects models to examine data from the Varieties of Democracy (V-DEM) academic freedom index and bibliometric data for 17 OECD countries across nearly three decades (1981–2007) that precede the recent decline in academic freedom. We find substantial, statistically significant, positive relationships between cross-nationally comparable and longitudinal measures of academic freedom and volume of STEM publications. Additionally, academic freedom positively influenced the quality of STEM publications as measured by journal rankings. Our findings were relatively consistent across various measures of academic freedom and model specifications. We discuss implications for safeguarding academic freedom, applying neo-institutional theory, and identifying directions for future research.
Genetic and environmental influence on alcohol intent and alcohol sips among U.S. children–Effects across sex, race, and ethnicity
Authors: Puga Troy , Liu Yadi , Xiao Peng , Dai Ran , Dai Hongying Daisy
Published: February 2024

Introduction

Alcohol intent (the susceptibility to initiating alcohol use) and alcohol sips (the initiation of alcohol) in youth are a multifactorial puzzle with many components. This research aims to examine the connection between genetic and environmental factors across sex, race and ethnicity.

Methods

Data was obtained from the twin hub of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study at baseline (2016–2018). Variance component models were conducted to dissect the additive genetic (A), common (C) and unique environmental (E) effects on alcohol traits. The proportion of the total alcohol phenotypic variation attributable to additive genetic factors is reported as heritability (h2).

Results

The sample (n = 1,772) included an approximately equal male-female distribution. The 886 same-sex twin pairs were 60.4% dizygotic (DZ), 39.6% monozygotic (MZ), 65.4% non-Hispanic Whites, 13.9% non-Hispanic Blacks, 10.8% of Hispanics with a mean age of 121.2 months. Overall, genetic predisposition was moderate for alcohol intent (h2 = 28%, p = .006) and low for alcohol initiation (h2 = 4%, p = 0.83). Hispanics (h2 = 53%, p < .0001) and Blacks (h2 = 48%, p < .0001) demonstrated higher alcohol intent due to additive genetic factors than Whites (h2 = 34%, p < .0001). Common environmental factors explained more variation in alcohol sips in females (c2 = 63%, p = .001) than in males (c2 = 55%, p = .003). Unique environmental factors largely attributed to alcohol intent, while common environmental factors explained the substantial variation in alcohol initiation.

Conclusion

Sex and racial/ethnic disparities in genetic and environmental risk factors for susceptibility to alcohol initiation can lead to significant health disparities. Certain populations may be at greater risk for alcohol use due to their genetic and ecological factors at an early age.
The break-up of SMAP and the rise of entrepreneurial masculinity in 2010s Japan
Authors: Tarcov Marianne
Published: February 2024

In SMAP’s post-break-up social media output, there was a shift in the kind of masculinity embodied by the performers: from the beautiful, sexually desirable mode of masculinity associated with their Heisei heyday to a more vulnerable mode of masculinity that emphasized intimacy and authenticity. I call this more recent mode of masculinity ‘entrepreneurial masculinity’, drawing on Akiko Takeyama’s study of male hosts, who use romance, emotion and intimacy to connect with customers. From an object of desire, particularly sexual desire, the male body changes to an entity associated with vulnerability. This article explores different kinds of vulnerability in SMAP’s post-break-up output, particularly in social media posts by member Katori Shingo: vulnerability to loneliness, vulnerability to social and economic precarity and vulnerability to violence. This shift with regard to the body and masculinity in idol culture reflects trends of increased social and economic precarity in neo-liberal Japan.
Emozioak harrapatzen
Authors: Gonzalez Artetxe Asier , Araña Oiarbide Alain , Vélaz Lorente Íñigo , Gil Monreal Eneko , Los Arcos Larumbe Asier
Published: February 2024

Neska-mutilen arteko harreman sozialak eraikitzeko portua izateaz gain, tokian tokiko joko-jolas tradizionalak emozioak identifikatu eta kudeatzen ikasteko, kultura-ondarearen parte diren jarduera hauek ezagutu eta hauetaz gozatzeko, eta ikasleen erabakimen motorra garatzeko tresna aproposak omen dira. Hau horrela, ikerkuntza honen helburuak Lehen Hezkuntzako ikasleek harrapaketa jolasean izandako harreman soziomotorrak eta bizipen emozionala aztertzea eta generoaren arabera alderatzea izan ziren. Horretarako, Nafarroako ikastetxe publiko bateko Lehen Hezkuntzako laugarren mailako gela bitako 23 ikasle, bederatzi emakumezko eta 14 gizonezko, harrapaketa jolasaren aldaera ezezagun batean aritu ziren hamar minutuz. Jolasean izandako harreman soziomotorrak bideo-behaketaren bitartez erregistratu ziren eta ikasleek bizitako emozioen intentsitatea eta bizikien sentitutako emozioa eta honen zergatia GES-C eskalaren euskaraturiko bertsioaren bidez baloratu zituzten. Emaitzei erreparatuz gero, neska-mutilen arteko desberdintasunek agerikoak dirudite, dimentsio sozialean zein emozionalean. Mutilek jolasaren protagonismoa, hots, harrapatzailearen rola, bereganatu zuten eta emozio positiboak modu biziagoan sentitu zituzten, poza erabat nagusituz. Nesken protagonismoa, ostera, nabarmenki baxuagoa izan zen eta emozio negatiboak gailendu ziren, amorrua gehien bat. Lehen Hezkuntzako irakasleek joko-jolasek eskaintzen dieten abagune aparta aprobetxatu beharko lukete; baina horretarako funtsezkoa da joko-jolas bakoitzak, bere barne logikaren eta komunikazio motor sarearen baitan, sor ditzaken harremanak eta sentimenduak ezagutzea, baita genero aldetik izan daitezkeen desberdintasunak ere.
Tourism and Impacts of COVID-19:
Authors: Souza Wellyngton Fernando Leonel de , Filippim Marcos Luiz , Neves Christopher Smith Bignardi , Chemin Marcelo
Published: February 2024

The search for natural environments is a valued alternative post-lockdown caused by Covid-19. This trend increases interest in the role of Conservation Units - CUs and the perspective of (re) connecting with nature. Thus, this study aims to understand the effects of the pandemic from the perspective of tourists who visit CUs in the state of Paraná. The research has an exploratory nature, adopting a mixed approach with a web survey and documentary research design. The results show that CUs underwent modifications with the outbreak of the pandemic. The use of technologies played a crucial role in keeping tourists informed, allowing them to explore CUs digitally or make reservations. The closure of CUs at various points during the pandemic was a significant hindrance to visitations, along with the fear of leaving home. Concerns such as changes in occupation/work, income, and difficulties in other routine activities also limited travel. However, the respondents understand that at the end of their visitation to the CUs, they tend to recover their well-being. In conclusion, natural spaces are deemed important for the society's mental health, offering the possibility of (re) connecting individuals with nature, highlighting the significance of CUs for mental well-being.
Arborização no semiárido: Estudo de espaços públicos de lazer na cidade de Pau dos Ferros/RN
Authors: Nunes de Souza Ellen Priscila , Santos Daniel de Oliveira , Marinheiro Neto Austidio Alves
Published: February 2024

As crises climáticas, alertadas há décadas, têm encontrado resistência nas gestões das cidades em sua luta pelamitigação de danos ambientais. Devido ao crescimento desenfreado, diversas são as cidades brasileiras quetêm sua fauna e flora destruídas em nome do avanço econômico, esquecendo-se da necessidade de espaçosambientalmente equilibrados. O cenário torna-se preocupante quando cidades localizadas em condiçõesclimáticas extremas não consideram em seu planejamento e projetos urbanos o uso da infraestrutura verdecomo forma de reduzir danos ambientais e climáticos. O presente artigo visou analisar um espaço públicodestinado ao lazer em uma cidade localizada no clima semiárido, bioma caatinga sob a ótica da infraestruturaverde urbana – arborização de praças –, e adequação bioclimática. Foram utilizados materiais e métodosreferentes à pesquisa observacional e transversal analítica, buscando entender a causa e o efeito de projetosdesta tipologia no clima supracitado tendo em vista sua responsabilidade ambiental em uma região quente eseca. Os resultados mostram a discrepância entre o discurso ambientalista atual e o que é entregue àpopulação para usufruto, além de divergências com as funções sociais urbanas estabelecidas pelo Estatuto dasCidades e os ODS da Agenda 2030.
FACING THE BEST IN HANDLING PROSOPAGNOSIA
Authors: Wellen Hendrik
Published: February 2024

Prosopagnosia, a condition impairing face recognition, poses profound challenges in daily life and social interactions. Remedial techniques seek to restore face recognition skills through training, while compensatory approaches focus on practical strategies. The later ones are often seen as a more practical solution to individuals with prosopagnosia and hence more effective. This review assesses the comparative efficacy of compensatory and remedial interventions for acquired and developmental prosopagnosia. Compensatory methods, particularly for developmental prosopagnosia, improve face recognition skills, but generalisation questions persist. Remedial techniques demonstrate promise, enhancing perceptual skills in both developmental and acquired prosopagnosia. However, their realworld impact remains uncertain. Instead of debating their relative effectiveness, future research should find standardised protocols, evaluate long-term outcomes, and explore training's ecological validity.
Bissette and the Police des Noirs: Free Soil, Mobility, and the Status of the Patroné in the Early Nineteenth Century
Authors: Peabody Sue
Published: February 2024

In the early years of the July Monarchy, the antislavery activist of color Charles Auguste Bissette petitioned the Ministry of the Navy and Colonies on behalf of Hippolyte Roux, a former slave, to reclaim a security deposit left in the Martinique Treasury a decade earlier, prior to Roux's arrival in Paris. Roux's journey to freedom, and Bissette's advocacy for him, allow us to see how French policy evolved towards slaves and free people of color entering the metropole over the first half of the nineteenth century. As the July Monarchy sought to eliminate racially discriminatory legislation, it encountered the liminal status of the patroné, which had precedents in the colonial laws of Île Bourbon and Martinique during the Empire and customary practice in Martinique during the Restoration. Bissette, at the height of his influence with the July Monarchy, was successful in persuading the Ministry—through legally suspect arguments—to refund Roux's 1,000 livre deposit since the aim of regularizing Roux's status as a free man in the metropole coincided with the Ministry's aims of reconciling the ambiguous status of the patronés (also known as libres de fait and libres de savane) in the colonies. The restoration of France's Free Soil policy in 1836 marked a return to class-based distinctions of colonial slavery and metropolitan freedom and the elimination of the category of patroné.
Gouverner avec les yeux : La gestion des habous marocains sous protectorat dans les Archives du Maroc (Rabat)
Authors: Perrier Antoine
Published: February 2024

Depuis des siècles, les fondations pieuses (habous) financent plusieurs services publics dans les villes marocaines ; elles sont administrées par des agents nommés par le sultan, y compris sous la période coloniale (1912–1956). Une partie des archives de leur gestion est conservée aux Archives du Maroc, institution nationale ouverte à Rabat en 2013. En examinant la structure et l'histoire du fonds du service de contrôle, la matérialisation de la surveillance coloniale dans la correspondance en arabe entre acteurs marocains, cet article montre l'artificialité de la distinction entre archives locales et coloniales et l'autonomie étendue des agents marocains, objets d'une attention lointaine des contrôleurs français. Les caractéristiques ce fonds, reliquat de séries plus vastes et inaccessibles, conduisent à une réflexion sur la structure des archives marocaines et la richesse des sources au Maroc pour nous renseigner sur la centralisation de la gestion des fondations pieuses, les relations entre les élites urbaines et le sultan, les innovations techniques introduites par les Français et la continuité des procédés administratifs du Makhzen chérifien.
T. S. Eliot: Close Reading, and the Question of Feeling
Authors: Gutsell Rowena
Published: February 2024

T. S. Eliot’s author portraits are, on the face of it, emblems of unfeeling. From the pencil-sketched portrait which looms on the cover of Faber’s T. S. Eliot: Collected Poems, 1909-1962, to the photographs reproduced in the glossy centrefold of Lyndall Gordon’s well-known biography, The Imperfect Life of T. S. Eliot (2012), a certain facial motif can be seen to curl around these images, and cling. Indeed, the visage we encounter in these public photographs belongs far more to Ozymandias than to Alfred J. Prufrock: statuesque and imperious, wan yet knowing, Eliot’s smile, like that of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s faded tyrant, might best be described as a ‘sneer of cold command’.
‘Narcolepsy in Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Authors: Griffin Nicholas
Published: February 2024

Moshfegh’s protagonist is not interested in the overwhelming sensations of the scandalous. She seeks a sleep characterised by an enveloping blankness. But can this blankness itself be a source of shock? Can this shutting down of emotions – a shift into a mode of unfeeling – be an effective form of resistance to, and rupture of, the perpetually new and fleeting sensations that characterise modernity? The novel’s sleeve claims that it shows us ‘how reasonable, even necessary' her quest is. If this is accurate, it perhaps results from Moshfegh’s placement of her narrative in the space between the solipsistic self and the world of the social – the gap between the delicate, sensitive consciousness and the intruding world around it.
Anniversary
Authors: Haldar Debakanya
Published: February 2024

Anniversary
Mackenzie at the Bow
Authors: Mock Erin Lee
Published: February 2024

Mackenzie at the Bow
Unfeeling
Authors: Edwards Sarah Bethany , Chambre Sarah , Burns William , Walsh Damian , Lewis Daniel , Helmers Miriam
Published: February 2024

The theme of ‘unfeeling’ promised an urgent exploration of what it is to be human after the enforced separation, dislocation, and artificially recreated forms of social interaction that were prevalent during the pandemic and continue to be so. It is almost that we have
discovered how to be posthuman. Unfeeling, we suggest, dislocates the internal subjective
experience and the external expression thereof in a culturally legible manner. This perhaps underlines the contingent and culturally motivated way in which we experience, read, and express ‘feelings’ intersubjectively. ‘Feeling otherwise’ is an important and empowering marker of difference and agency which threads through our articles, creative writing, and reviews (Yao 12). This standpoint can operate to interrogate and interpret (white) cultural and political hegemony with its insistence on the social legibility and necessity for ‘appropriate’ emotions and responses. In this issue, our writers explore how unfeeling can engender a defence mechanism; it offers to promote healing by setting aside hurt feelings and refusing to continue to incorporate or experience them; it creates a refusal to be complicit with this socio normative control.
Hierarchies of Feeling Structures of Sentiment and Refusal
Authors: Williamson Alex
Published: February 2024

This collection of works takes the form of a visual essay, an attempt to further explore ideas and themes found in Xine Yao’s Disaffected: The Cultural Politics of Unfeeling in Nineteenth-Century America (2021), which presents unfeeling as a method for disrupting colonialism and other oppressive hierarchies. This collection of images comprises a series of digitally rendered collages that encourage and value uncertainty and mystery. The images in this series are speculative, abstract and non-linear, created in ‘opposition to clarity’, with the intention to reflect the idea of ‘unfeeling’ by withholding or refusing easy understanding.
Batlló and Bataille: Four Photographs
Authors: Ko Chelsea
Published: February 2024

‘Eroticism’, says French philosopher Georges Bataille, ‘is assenting to life up to the point of death.’ The word denotes a quality of the sexual that is beyond the pleasure principle: it is self-loss approximated at the height of life. Communication, of which eroticism is one, entails a provisional imperilling of selfhood, a moment of ‘risk taking’ that, in Bataille’s description, places the being ‘at the limit of death and nothingness.’ A sexual communication, which Bataille likens to a religious festival, ‘provokes an outward movement in the first place.’ Unable to accomplish self-loss, this movement inevitably calls for a ‘retraction and a renunciation.’ But it is the rule with eroticism that this initial recoil ‘organises the merry-go-round’ and, as Bataille concludes in Eroticism (1957), ensures the ‘return of the forward movement.’
Reseña / Epistemología de la extensión universitaria: constructos iniciales
Authors: Santos de Souza Amauri , De Oliveira Ferreira Jeane , Dos Santos Lemos Adna
Published: February 2024

Andréa Kochhann es una investigadora brasileña que se ha consagrado al estudio de la formación docente y la extensión universitaria en Brasil. En su tesis doctoral en Educación, examinó las perspectivas y los límites de la extensión universitaria como posibilidad de práctica crítica y emancipadora en la formación de docentes del curso de Pedagogía en la Universidad Estatal de Goiás, estableciendo diálogos entre el estado del arte, la historicidad, la legalidad y las concepciones de la extensión universitaria en Brasil que inciden en la formación docente.La autora aborda la historia de la universidad a nivel mundial, de América Latina y, específicamente de Brasil, y señala que en Latinoamérica y el Caribe la universidad asume las funciones de enseñanza, investigación y extensión. La obra se focaliza en la extensión universitaria brasileña, abarca su historicidad, legalidad y sus concepciones. Además, reflexiona sobre la práctica de la extensión universitaria y sus sentidos epistemológicos.
Estudio de la intersubjetividad de las interacciones en las organizaciones: jefes subordinantes y subordinados seguidores
Authors: Reynoso Espinoza Deivit Wilfredo
Published: February 2024

En esta investigación se exploran algunas características que tipifican la interacción entre jefes y subordinados. El estudio se llevó a cabo con una muestra de 73 participantes, varones y mujeres, inscritos en un programa de MBA en Perú. Se usó como método de estudio el análisis de las narraciones provenientes de una prueba proyectiva aplicada al grupo. Los resultados muestran la existencia de pautas intersubjetivas para la interacción entre jefes y subordinados. La interacción de un jefe con su subordinado se tipifica porque el jefe ejerce conductas relacionadas con la dirección, y espera conductas de seguidores en sus subordinados. La interacción de subordinado a jefe se tipifica por que el subordinado busca responder a las exigencias del jefe y espera evaluaciones positivas por su trabajo. Este estudio brinda un aporte metodológico para el estudio de las interacciones en las organizaciones.
Das Netzwerk der ungarländischen Studenten in Basel im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert. Unbekannte Beziehungen in den Hochschulschriften
Authors: Hegyi Ádám
Published: February 2024

Network research can be used to reconstruct personal relationships in the early modern period. A very good source for such research is provided by the entries in memorial books (or alba amicorum). An analysis of the memorial books in the Inscriptiones Alborum Amicorum database reveals that Professor Johann Heinrich Fries of Zurich had very intensive contacts with students from Hungary. However, it is possible to reconstruct contact systems not only on the basis of alba amicorum, but also on the basis of thesis, because the paratexts included in these booklets contain references of a wide variety of contact types, including teacher–student, student–student, and patron–student relationships. The University of Basel played an important role in the development of the Reformed Church in Hungary in the early modern period, but no research has yet been done into the paratexts of the thesis summaries published in Basel. The present study has therefore focused in reconstructing several connections that were unknown up until now: the Ruland family’s links with Bratislava/Pozsony/Pressburg and Basel, and the friendship between Ferenc Paris of Pápai and Jacob Högger. It also emerged that it was customary to thank Johann Martin Weiss, the leader of the Basel students, in the thesis summaries.
University Attendance and the Development of a Correspondence Network: The Case of Basel, ca. 1500–1550
Authors: Nelson Burnett Amy
Published: February 2024

This essay presents a prosopographical analysis of the social network revealed by the surviving correspondence of two dozen humanists and reformers in southern Germany and Switzerland between 1510 and 1555. Over half of the members of this correspondence network obtained a master’s degree or higher, placing them among Germany’s learned elite. As students, these men formed connections with future colleagues, employers, and patrons, and so their decisions about where to study were significant. The largest number of future network members matriculated in Basel’s university, although it was the smallest university in German-speaking Europe. Many Basel students also studied at one of the other universities in southern Germany or continued their studies in France or Italy. Basel’s small size and the mobility of its students were two factors that encouraged network formation. The university of Basel attracted students through the early sixteenth century, but it was particularly important for the generation born after 1510 as one of the few places where Protestants could obtain a degree. Basel’s influence was largely limited to south Germany and Switzerland, but it played a role in shaping the learned elite of this region that was analogous to that of Wittenberg in central and northern Germany.
Robert T. Tomczak, Kontakty edukacyjne Polaków z uniwersytetami praskimi w XVI-XVIII wieku. Studium prozopograficzne
Authors: Ďurčanský Marek
Published: February 2024

Book review on Robert T. Tomczak, Kontakty edukacyjne Polaków z uniwersytetami praskimi w XVI–XVIII wieku. Studium prozopograficzne Poznaň 2021, 264 pp., ISBN 978-83-66355-60-6
Histological and biochemical changes in lymphatic vessels after skeletal muscle injury induced by lengthening contraction in male mice
Authors: Tamura Yuma , Kawashima Takafumi , Ji Rui‐Cheng , Agata Nobuhide , Itoh Yuta , Kawakami Keisuke
Published: February 2024

Lymphatic vessels are actively involved in the recovery process of inflamed tissues. However, the changes in intramuscular lymphatic vessels during inflammation caused by skeletal muscle injury remain unclear. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to clarify the changes in lymphatic vessels after skeletal muscle injury. The left tibialis anterior muscles of male mice were subjected to lengthening contractions (LC) for inducing skeletal muscle injury, and samples were collected on Days 2, 4, and 7 for examining changes in both the skeletal muscles and intramuscular lymphatic vessels. With hematoxylin–eosin staining, the inflammatory response was observed in myofibers on Days 2 and 4 after LC, whereas regeneration of myofibers was found on Day 7 after LC. The number and area of intramuscular lymphatic vessels analyzed by immunohistochemical staining with an antibody against lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor 1 were significantly increased only on Day 4 after LC. Based on the abovementioned results, intramuscular lymphatic vessels undergo morphological changes such as increase under the state of muscle inflammation. This study demonstrated that the morphology of intramuscular lymphatic vessels undergoes significant changes during the initial recovery phase following skeletal muscle injury.