bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Neural Correlates of Embodied L2 Learning: Does Embodied L2 Verb Learning Affect Representation and Retention?
Authors: Zappa Ana , Bolger Deidre , Pergandi Jean-Marie , Fargier Raphael , Mestre Daniel , Frenck-Mestre Cheryl
Published: January 2024

We investigated how naturalistic actions in a highly immersive, multimodal, interactive 3D virtual reality (VR) environment may enhance word encoding by recording EEG in a pre/post-test learning paradigm. While behavior data have shown that coupling word encoding with gestures congruent with word meaning enhances learning, the neural underpinnings of this effect have yet to be elucidated. We coupled EEG recording with VR to examine whether embodied learning improves learning and creates linguistic representations that produce greater motor resonance. Participants learned action verbs in an L2 in two different conditions: specific action (observing and performing congruent actions on virtual objects) and pointing (observing actions and pointing to virtual objects). Pre- and post-training participants performed a match–mismatch task as we measured EEG (variation in the N400 response as a function of match between observed actions and auditory verbs) and a passive listening task while we measured motor activation (mu [8–13 Hz] and beta band [13–30 Hz] desynchronization during auditory verb processing) during verb processing. Contrary to our expectations, post-training results revealed neither semantic nor motor effects in either group when considered independently of learning success. Behavioral results showed a great deal of variability in learning success. When considering performance, low performance learners showed no semantic effect and high performance learners exhibited an N400 effect for mismatch versus match trials post-training, independent of the type of learning. Taken as a whole, our results suggest that embodied processes can play an important role in L2 learning.
Modernism in a Non-Melancholic Key
Authors: Foster Hal
Published: January 2024

Once again it is time for a reckoning about the status of modernist art in Western Europe and North America. However we frame it, it's now perceived, in artist studios and academic programs alike, as just one formation among others, with no special claim on art practice or art history. No longer central, the field is relative not only to other modern arts in other geopolitical regions but also to all other art-historical fields. In short, it is neither the aesthetic epitome nor the historical gateway that most old-school modernists have believed it to be. This isn't news in other fields; that it might be for many modernists is one more sign that we have fallen behind.
When Monopsony Power Wanes
Authors: Kumar Ashok
Published: January 2024

In this Part 1, Material Conditions, I look at the changing material conditions of capital in the most labour-intensive manufacturing sectors in world production. I argue that these changes are leading to a waning in monopsony power. The paper introduces a universal logic that governs competition and reshapes the chain around the question of monopsony in the global supply chain. Put simply, deregulation produces high degrees of monopsony power, increasing the value share for the lead firm. This intensifies competition, exerts downward pressure, and winnows the number of suppliers able to compete. The result is a supplier consolidation. Consolidation increases the surviving suppliers’ share of value, which expands access to finance, facilitates self-investment, and raises entry barriers. In Part 2, Subjective Agency, I look at how this leads to the emergence of market spatial inflexibility, which has given labour new openings by increasingly their disruptive power.
Koselleck and the Problem of Historical Judgment
Authors: Riebeling Zachary
Published: January 2024

This article undertakes an exploration of Reinhart Koselleck’s ideas concerning historical knowledge and moral judgment. Koselleck’s position is exemplified by the maxim “knowing is better than knowing better,” declaimed throughout his career. I argue that Koselleck’s separation of knowledge and judgment was unstable, with the prescription to know repeatedly folded into the proscription against knowing better.

This article begins with an analysis of Koselleck’s maxim and the underlying theoretical position that sustained it. I show how the separation resulted from Koselleck’s attempts to delegitimate utopian philosophies of history and to maintain a plurality of possible histories. I also demonstrate how Koselleck’s maxim reveals the centrality of philosophical-historical schemata in current debates about the meaning and utility of the past, and how recognizing the tension between knowledge and judgment can reshape concerns about history and moral judgment. Throughout, I illuminate how Koselleck’s knowledge/judgment problematic is germane to the philosophy of history by reading him alongside R.G. Collingwood and Joan Scott.
Sitting with the Death of a (Cherry) Tree
Authors: Goto-Jones Chris
Published: January 2024

Making use of a case study in the contemporary deployment of Zen Buddhism as a framework for environmental activism and chaplaincy, this article considers the cultural politics and philosophical importance of ‘how Chan became Zen,’ revealing some tendencies towards the hegemony of Japanese cultural preferences in the representation and practice of Zen today. Concretely, it explores the significance of cherry trees as emblems of this tendency.

Rather than simply reflecting a cultural or aesthetic preference for cherry blossom in Japanese culture, this article goes further to suggest that exhibiting a preference for any particular species of tree at all might be a distinctive feature of the development of Chan into Zen in the Japanese context, and that this actually represents a philosophical and doctrinal shift in the content of the paired traditions. If true, this observation suggests that the contemporary move to return Chan (rather than Zen) to the center of scholarly and practical attention is more than a correction of names in the international marketplace, but it also has some concrete implications for Buddhist practice today, including in the practice of eco-chaplaincy. Does the (re)turn to Chan mean that we have to give up the privileging of cherry trees? Even more provocatively, if it is necessary to surrender this privilege, might it also be necessary to re-cast Dōgen, the founder of Sōtō Zen in Japan, as Chan descendant rather than primarily a Zen ancestor?

Along the way, this article considers the challenges encountered by Zen as a global presence, especially as it encounters indigenous cultures outside Asia. The rapid spread of Zen in North America has created some complicated dilemmas in settler politics and decolonial practice. Once again, the cherry tree emerges as an emblem of these issues.
Typification of the name Eryngium ×chevalieri (Apiaceae—Saniculoideae)
Authors: FERRER-GALLEGO P. PABLO
Published: January 2024

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Delphinium sinovitifolium (Ranunculaceae), a superfluous name for the species D. vitifolium Finet & Gagnepain from northern Sichuan, China
Authors: YUAN QIONG , REN CHEN , YANG QIN-ER
Published: January 2024

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The Interpretation of the Vocative Case in Ukrainian Language Education: Scientific Foundations and Socio-political Factors
Authors: Kobchenko Natalia , Yasakova Nataliia , Ozhohan Vasyl
Published: January 2024

The paper traces the dynamics of the interpretation of the grammatical nature of the vocative in Ukrainian grammars from the 16th century until the present. The subject of the analysis is the content and presentation of this category in two sections of Ukrainian grammar books: (1) morphological, which clarifies the status of the vocative in the inflectional paradigm of the noun, and (2) syntactic, in which the means of expressing address are characterized. Based on the findings of the research, various trends in the description of the vocative in different historical periods have been identified, in particular: (1) until the beginning of the 20th, it was unequivocally qualified as an equal member of the inflectional paradigm of the noun, equal to other cases; (2) from the beginning of the 20th century to 1933 was a period of competition between two theories (the vocative is a case the same as others or the vocative is not a true case, but a “special” form in the inflectional paradigm of the noun); (3) the canonization of the “fake case” status theory; (4) from 1991 to the present there has been an unanimity of authors in qualifying the vocative as a case. Comparing the stages of fundamental changes in the scientific definition of the vocative in grammars with defining events in the history of Ukraine provides the basis for discussions about the influence of socio–political factors on the representation of linguistic theories and the codification of the linguistic norms.
The Semantic Space of Concepts in Modern British Political Discourse
Authors: Mykhalchuk Nataliia , Bihunova Svitozara , Bihunov Dmytro , Ivashkevych Ernest
Published: January 2024

The article examines the semantic space of concepts in modern British political discourse. The basic concepts of GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL EVENTS, CITIZEN and ECOLOGY in the British press are analysed, taking into account: 1) the main, dominant, feature; 2) additional “passive” features; 3) the actualization of the internal hidden form. It was determined that these characteristics allow the concepts to be updated on different levels, as well as to be perceived by carriers of different cultures in different ways. On the basis of the content-analysis of modern British media contexts and semantic network analysis, a field model of the political discourse of the modern British press was constructed. It is proved that all the presented sub-concepts are at the final stage of formation in British political language consciousness, which is indicated by the high density of political discourse lexemes that objectify these sub-concepts.
Can We Interpret Implicitness?
Authors: Dinc Dilem , Aslan Asli , Ergenoglu Tolgay
Published: January 2024

This study investigates whether cognitive styles have an effect on the interpretation of implications hidden in speech and examines the Event-Related Potential (ERP) pattern of this effect. In the first study (104 participants), a Cognitive Style Analysis (CSA) test, an interpretation task (meaning), Indirectness Scale, Cultural Communication Scale-Turkish (CCS-TUR), and information collection forms were used as data collection tools. In the second study (29 participants), an interpretation task (implicitness) and the EEG-ERP system were used. In the meaning interpretation task, the analyses revealed that individuals with an Analytic CS tendency preferred interpretations containing implications less than individuals with Holistic CS. In addition, it has been observed that individuals with an Analytic CS tendency focus their attention more when asking questions for the texts in the implicitness interpretation task according to the ERP patterns. This may be an indication that brain function is physically different in all individuals when interacting with each other.
The Vocabulary Skills of Ukrainian Pre-schoolers in Poland
Authors: Shevchuk-Kliuzheva Olha , Błasiak-Tytuła Marzena
Published: January 2024

This article analyses the language situation in preschool communities in Poland where Ukrainian children have access to education. The authors report the results of a pilot study conducted in Krakow with Ukrainian preschool children as part of the project "Early stages of development of bilingualism of Ukrainian children in Polish preschools" funded by the National Agency for Academic Exchange (BPN/GIN/2022/1/00013).As part of the project, 4- and 5-year-old Ukrainian children who arrived in Poland after February 24, 2022, as a result of Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, participated in a study of lexical competence in Ukrainian and Polish. Vocabulary tests in Ukrainian and Polish reveal the Ukrainian children's previous language experience as well as quantitative indicators of their mastery of Polish during their brief stay in Poland.The study provides information about the characteristics of vocabulary acquisition of early bilinguals in general. The results indicate significant differences between 4- and 5-year-old Ukrainian children in terms of learning Polish vocabulary in different situations.
The Polish Language in Georgia (U.S.)
Authors: Głuszkowski Michał
Published: January 2024

Despite the number of people of Polish origin (approx. 9 million) and the long history of this diaspora in the U.S., there have been no in-depth comprehensive sociolinguistic studies devoted to their language situation and bilingualism. The states of the Southeast (including Georgia) are particularly under-researched. The article presents the results of the Polish part of sociolinguistic research on the situation of Slavic languages in Georgia, carried out in the summer of 2022. Since Georgia is rarely a destination for direct migration from Poland, its Polish community differs linguistically and socially from the more typically “Polish” states of the Northeast and Midwest. Based on questionnaire research and interviews, the spheres of use of Polish and English, the linguistic competence of Poles in both languages, and the shape and main motives driving family language policy are discussed.
A New Pathway for Tornadogenesis Exposed by Numerical Simulations of Supercells in Turbulent Environments
Authors: Markowski Paul M.
Published: January 2024

A simulation of a supercell storm produced for a prior study on tornado predictability is reanalyzed for the purpose of examining the fine-scale details of tornadogenesis. It is found that the formation of a tornado-like vortex in the simulation differs from how such vortices have been understood to form in previous numerical simulations. The main difference between the present simulation and past ones is the inclusion of a turbulent boundary layer in the storm’s environment in the present case, whereas prior simulations have used a laminar boundary layer. The turbulent environment contains significant near-surface vertical vorticity (ζ > 0.03 s−1 at z = 7.5 m), organized in the form of longitudinal streaks aligned with the southerly ground-relative winds. The ζ streaks are associated with corrugations in the vertical plane in the predominantly horizontal, westward-pointing environmental vortex lines; the vortex-line corrugations are produced by the vertical drafts associated with coherent turbulent structures aligned with the aforementioned southerly ground-relative winds (longitudinal coherent structures in the surface layer such as these are well known to the boundary layer and turbulence communities). The ζ streaks serve as focal points for tornadogenesis, and may actually facilitate tornadogenesis, given how near-surface ζ in the environment can rapidly amplify when subjected to the strong, persistent convergence beneath a supercell updraft.

Significance Statement

In high-resolution computer simulations of supercell storms that include a more realistic, turbulent environment, the means by which tornado-like vortices form differs from the mechanism identified in prior simulations using a less realistic, laminar environment. One possibility is that prior simulations develop intense vortices for the wrong reasons. Another possibility could be that tornadoes form in a wide range of ways in the real atmosphere, even within supercell storms that appear to be similar, and increasingly realistic computer simulations are finally now capturing that diversity.
Effects of Background Synoptic Environment in Controlling South China Sea Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Size Changes in Pseudo–Global Warming Experiments
Authors: Chow Tsun Ngai , Tam Chi Yung , Chen Jilong , Hu Chenxi
Published: January 2024

Assessing how global warming affects tropical cyclones (TC) is immensely important for climate change adaptation and hazard mitigation. However, projected intensity and size change can vary greatly among different individual storms, even under the same forcing in pseudo–global warming (PGW) experiments. Here we hypothesize that these variations are related to the historical environment in which each TC was embedded. Twenty-five TCs in the South China Sea (SCS) region were simulated using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model. Their changes in the near (2036–65) and far future (2075–99) following the representative concentration pathways 8.5 (RCP8.5) and 4.5 (RCP4.5) under phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) were investigated by the PGW technique. The mean changes in TC intensity and gale-force wind radius (R17) in the SCS were +6.4% and +1.5% for a 2°C warming, respectively. Multiple linear regression and stepwise regression analysis revealed that storm intensity variations were positively correlated with historical sea surface temperature and negatively with outer (i.e., outside the TC’s R17) atmospheric instability, while the R17 variations correlated positively with outer midtropospheric relative humidity (RH) and surface outer wind speed (OWS). Ertel potential vorticity (EPV) diagnostics further showed a moister SCS background can cause stronger diabatic heating and EPV production at the spiral rainbands under PGW, which increases R17. Additionally, stronger background absolute angular momentum (AAM) promoted stronger AAM influx, leading to larger R17. Implications were drawn to explain the uncertainties in projected TC intensity and size due to natural variability.

Significance Statement

Changes in the intensity and size of individual tropical cyclones in future climates are highly variable. This study aims to understand the environmental factors influencing these variations. We selected 25 storms that entered the South China Sea region and modeled them in both present and future climates. The mean intensity and size were projected to increase by 6.4% and 1.5% for a 2°C warming, respectively. We found that tropical cyclones embedded in historically warmer oceans and more stable atmospheres intensified more than the others, while historically wetter and windier environments promoted larger size growth. Our results suggest that certain tropical cyclones can exhibit a greater increase in intensity and size in a warmer climate under favorable environmental conditions.
Seasonal Reversal of ENSO Impacts on SST in the East China Sea–Kuroshio Region
Authors: Xie Yuwei , Zhang Wenjun , Hu Suqiong , Jiang Feng
Published: January 2024

Sea surface temperature (SST) variability in the East China Sea–Kuroshio (EK) region has important implications for the surrounding weather, climate, and marine ecology. The year-to-year variations of the EK SST are expectedly linked to El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the predominant predictability source of seasonal-to-interannual climate variability. Surprisingly, no significant SST signal is observed in the EK region when focusing on the ENSO autumn–winter season with the persistent and pronounced SST anomalies in the tropical Pacific. We find that a remarkable seasonal reversal appears in the ENSO–EK SST connection, shifting from a negative relationship in autumn [Aug(0)–Oct(0)] to a positive relationship in winter [Dec(0)–Feb(1)]. This reversal is mainly attributed to the seasonally varying ENSO-associated western North Pacific (WNP) atmospheric circulation patterns. During ENSO autumns, the anomalous WNP anticyclone is confined south of 20°N, which is accompanied with cyclonic circulation anomalies in the EK region. The associated anomalous northerly wind tends to enhance the background northerly wind, thereby facilitating the local SST cooling mainly via the wind–evaporation–SST effect. In the subsequent winter, the ENSO-related WNP anticyclonic anomalies intensify and extend toward the EK region. Consequently, the weakened background northerly wind induced by southerly wind anomalies leads to the increase of downward latent and sensible heat flux in the EK region, fostering the local SST warming. The observed seasonal reversal of ENSO impacts can be evidenced by the tropical Pacific pacemaker experiments, emphasizing the importance of seasonally modulated ENSO teleconnection and holding implications for the local SST climate prediction.
Acceptability and feasibility of an app to prepare children for a blood test: An exploratory cohort study
Authors: Bray Lucy , Ng Sze May , Pyke Lauren , Kikby Joanna
Published: January 2024

Objective:

Children report needle procedures as one of their most feared and painful experiences. Negative blood test experiences can lead to lifelong implications. Xploro is an online health information platform (app) that uses age-appropriate self-directed augmented reality (AR) techniques. This study evaluated the acceptability, feasibility and self-reported impact of Xploro on children undergoing a planned blood test.

Method:

Children aged 6–14 years accessed Xploro at home before attending hospital for a planned blood test. Paper data collection booklets were completed by children, their parents and health professionals. We explored participants’ views of using Xploro and the perceived impact on a child’s ability to undergo the blood test. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and content analysis procedures.

Results:

Notably, 24 children, 24 parents and 6 health professionals participated. Children (96%; n = 23/24) reported that Xploro was ‘fun’ and ‘easy to use’ and helped them have their blood test (94%, n = 17/18), as they ‘knew what to expect’ and what would help them. Parents reported that the app helped ‘open up a dialogue about the blood test’ with their child and helped their child ‘know what would happen during the blood test’ and how to ‘stay calm’. Health professionals ( n = 6) reported that Xploro helped children access information ‘at their leisure at home’.

Conclusion:

Xploro was reported as being a useful and engaging self-directed child-friendly information app for children having a planned blood test which helped children know what was going to happen and improved their experiences of having a blood test.
The Sound of Grief: A Critical Discussion on the Experience of Creating and Listening to the Digitally Reproduced Voice of the Deceived
Authors: Maria Pizzoli Silvia Francesca , Vergani Laura , Monzani Dario , Scotto Ludovica , Cincidda Clizia , Pravettoni Gabriella
Published: January 2024

Technological tools allow for the reproduction and control of peculiar stimuli, such as the possibility of producing audio clips with the voices of deceased people. Artificial intelligence allows to create at-home vocal messages from an audioclip. Recently, some videos and documentaries depicting people interacting with artificial intelligence content related to the deceased have been released to the general public. However, the possibility of interacting with realistic stimuli related to deceased loved ones can create peculiar and delicate experiences and should gain the attention of the scientific community and mental health professionals. Listening and searching for experiences related to the deceived ones might indicate a natural way to elaborate and live the experience of grieving or the presence of symptoms related to more severe conditions. Moreover, such powerful stimuli might be potentially harmful to users, if not appropriately used. To the best of our knowledge, no scientific literature exists on the topic of listening to audio clips with the voice of the deceased yet, although various people shared thoughts and feelings about these habits on social networks and forums. Given the relevant psychological impact that grief can have on a person, an open discussion on the possibility and risks of the availability of digital stimuli related to grief should be taken into account by the scientific community.
Beyond Silence: A Scoping Review of Provided Support for Grieving Children With Intellectual Disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder
Authors: Bonin Maria , Augustine Lilly , Meng Qi
Published: January 2024

Children with intellectual disabilities (ID) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are considered unable to grieve or understand the concept of death and might not receive grief support after the death of a beloved person; hence, they are at risk of developing complicated grief. This scoping review identified existing grief support for children with ID or ASD. Searching seven databases yielded 514 records; six studies met the predefined inclusion criteria. The six studies identified grief support, including discussions, participation in death rituals, family support, stories, and professional interventions. The support could be organized into three levels, micro, meso, and exo, overlooking the macro level completely, indicating that grief support for these children tends to be irregular and inconsistent.
Heart rate variability, recovery and stress analysis of an elite rally driver and co-driver during a competition period
Authors: Di Credico Andrea , Petri Cristian , Cataldi Stefania , Greco Gianpiero , Suarez-Arrones Luis , Izzicupo Pascal
Published: January 2024

To ensure both optimal health and performances, monitoring physiological and psychological states is of main importance for athletes. It is well known that monitoring heart rate variability and using validated questionnaires is useful for monitoring both the health and training status of athletes of different sports. Motorsports such as rally require high levels of physical and mental preparation thus information about psychophysiological status of rally athletes is fundamental. The aim of this study was to assess the autonomic regulation, stress, recovery conditions of one driver and one co-driver competing at the Italian National Rally Championship during their competition period. Heart rate variability parameters, acute recovery and stress states were assessed the day before, during the two days of race and the day following the races. Results showed that driver and co-driver had a sharp decrease of mean RR intervals, root mean square of successive differences between normal heartbeats, and standard deviation of the N-N interval during race days, while the stress index showed the inverse trend, and this behaviour was clearly visible in the Poincaré plots and power spectrum density graphs. The acute recovery and stress states questionnaire showed significant differences in recovery and stress scoring for the driver but not for the co-driver, although the trends were similar. This study describes the psychophysiological demands of a rally competition period suggesting that a daily evaluation of heart rate variability, recovery, stress states is useful for monitoring health status in rally athletes and could be implemented to make decision about training and recovery strategies.
Defensiveness Toward IAT Feedback Predicts Willingness to Engage in Anti-Bias Behaviors
Authors: Lofaro Nicole , Irving Louis H. , Ratliff Kate A.
Published: January 2024

People who are more defensive about their feedback on the Race-Attitudes Implicit Association Test (IAT) are less willing to engage in anti-bias behaviors. Extending on this work, we statistically clarified defensiveness constructs to predict willingness to engage in anti-bias behaviors among people who received pro-White versus no-bias IAT feedback. We replicated the finding that U.S. Americans are generally defensive toward pro-White IAT feedback, and that more defensiveness predicts less willingness to engage in anti-bias behaviors. However, people who believed their pro-White IAT feedback was an inaccurate reflection of their “true attitudes” were more willing to engage in anti-bias behaviors compared with people who received no-bias IAT feedback. These results better illuminate the defensiveness construct suggesting that receiving self-threatening feedback about bias may motivate people’s willingness to engage in anti-bias behaviors in different ways depending on how people respond to that feedback.
Longitudinal Association Between the Quality of the Separated Parents’ Relationship and the Frequency of Father–Child Contact: The Mothers’ Perspective
Authors: Drapeau Sylvie , Larouche Karl , Ivers Hans , Dussault Sarah , Baude Amandine
Published: January 2024

This longitudinal study is based on family systems theory and aims to explore the association between the quality of the separated parents’ relationship and the frequency of father–child contact up to five years after parental separation. Using data collected from 408 families from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (QLSCD), multilevel analyses and latent growth curve model were carried out. The results highlight a positive association between the separated parents’ relationship and father–child contact and demonstrate the impact of the initial contact frequency on the evolution over time of the separated parents’ relationship. They also highlight the contribution of custody tension, the child’s age, the length of time the couple lived together, and the socio-economic status on the initial levels of the studied trajectories.
Kinder-Conspiracy Theories: Disney's Gravity Falls and the Conspiracy Genre in Children's Television
Authors: Neville-Shepard Ryan , Whiteside Amy
Published: January 2024

This essay suggests that there is a variant of what Stephanie Kelley-Romano calls the “conspiracy genre on American television,” a subgenre targeting children that we call kinder-conspiracy theories. Treating Disney's Gravity Falls as an exemplar of the subgenre, we argue that kinder-conspiracy theories differ from the larger genre in three ways. First, while inspiring social mistrust like most conspiracy entertainment, the programs portray some conspiracy theorists as hucksters, encouraging viewers to build their defenses against possible deception. Second, by serving as an introduction to reading conspiracy culture, the genre also serves as a kind of conspiracy literacy training and an inoculation against a milieu of rampant suspicion and polarization. Finally, due to their prosocial messaging for younger audiences, the genre also emphasizes a kind of collectivistic agency that privileges community over the traditional individualism and fantasies of the lone wolf conspiracy theorist.
Gradations of Migrant Legality: The Impact of States’ Legal Structures and Bureaucracies on Immigrant Legalization and Livelihoods
Authors: Del Real Deisy
Published: January 2024

Immigrant legalization scholarship assumes that immigrants with “non-tenuous” legal statuses—with ostensible pathways to citizenship—smoothly transition into enduring legality. However, under-studied features of the legal structure and bureaucracy likely disrupt their legalization. Thus, the present article introduces the concept of “gradations of migrant legality” to examine how multilayered, embedded interactions between the state's immigration regime, the structure of legalization opportunities, and the permeability of application procedural standards impact immigrants’ legalization transitions. The study draws on in-depth interviews to compare Venezuelan migrants’ “non-tenuous” legalization process in Argentina and Chile. Whereas Argentina has an inclusionary immigration regime, legalization opportunity structure, and procedural standards, Chile has an exclusionary one. Despite these contrasting trends, both countries have had some inclusionary and exclusionary executive administrative measures. Findings show smooth transitions were possible in both countries when procedural standards were predictable and state bureaucrats eased obstructive requirements. However, disruptive transitions occurred when digitalization changed procedural standards, visa categories required self-sufficiency, and administrative actions imposed cumbersome requirements. Disruptive transitions were more prevalent and harmful to immigrants in Chile because most visa categories (under the law and administrative actions) required formal employment. In contrast, disruptive transitions were less prevalent and harmful to Venezuelan migrants in Argentina because they could access the Mercosur Residency Agreement, which protected their livelihood by not requiring proof of economic solvency. Broadly, the “gradations of migrant legality” framework shows that different organizational levels interact and have compounding, unequal effects on immigrants, including those with visa categories that provide seemingly straightforward pathways to citizenship.
Dyadic links between adverse childhood experiences, mindfulness, and relationship quality in a diverse sample of couples
Authors: Cooper Erin , Adler-Baeder Francesca , McGill Julianne
Published: January 2024

Emerging research finds negative implications of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) for individual relational outcomes. The current study advanced these explorations by utilizing a risk and resilience approach, as well as a family systems framework that considers couple dynamics. We tested the concurrent dyadic links among (ACEs), mindfulness, and relationship quality in a racially and economically diverse sample of different-gender couples ( N = 801). Results from actor-partner interdependence models indicate men’s and women’s ACEs were associated with their own lower relationship functioning as expected. Further, men’s ACEs were associated with women’s lower relationship functioning. Importantly, men’s and women’s mindfulness level were each uniquely and positively associated with their own and their partner’s relationship functioning. Comparatively, the links between mindfulness and one’s own and their partner’s relationship functioning were stronger than the links between ACEs and relationship quality. Suggestions for research and practice are provided.
Septin9 DNA methylation is associated with breast cancer recurrence or metastasis
Authors: Zhang Shao-Ling , Yu Hai-Jing , Lian Zhen-Qiang , Wan Jian , Xie Si-Mei , Lei Wen , Chen Qiu-Ping , Zhang Liang , Wang Qi
Published: January 2024

Objective

We aimed to explore the prognostic value of Septin9 DNA methylation in breast cancer.

Methods

Breast cancer patients with and without recurrence or metastasis and matched non-breast cancer patients were screened retrospectively from 2014 to 2016. Bisulfite conversion and fluorescence quantitative methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction were used to detect the Septin9 methylation status and distribution levels in patient breast tissues.

Results

Septin9 DNA methylation was more frequent in breast cancer tissues than in non-breast cancer tissues, but was not significantly correlated with any relevant breast cancer patient clinicopathological characteristic. Septin9 methylation rates were higher in patients with recurrence or metastasis. Septin9 methylation, tumor size, lymph node status, and progesterone receptor (PR) expression could influence prognosis. Septin9 methylation was significantly associated with worse disease-free survival in breast cancer patients, with receiver operating characteristic curve analysis indicating that it had good prognostic ability, with an area under the curve (AUC) value of 0.719. The AUC values increased when Septin9 methylation was combined with tumor size, lymph node status, and PR to predict prognosis.

Conclusions

Septin9 DNA methylation was an independent predictors of breast cancer prognostic risk. This could possibly help improve comprehensive prognosis prediction methods when combined with other risk factors.
Local injection of platelet-rich plasma offers a new therapeutic option for the treatment of esophagotracheal fistula: a case report
Authors: Han Jing , Yue Lihui , Jia Weizhuang , Li JunLong , Liu Yan , Zhu Xichun
Published: January 2024

Esophagotracheal fistula (ETF), one of the most serious complications in the treatment of esophageal cancer, presents a complex management challenge. Early diagnosis and treatment are crucial to alleviate clinical symptoms and improve the quality of life of patients with ETF. The most commonly used method for treating ETF is esophageal stenting. However, because of the variable location and size of the fistula, stent placement alone sometimes fails to completely close the fistula, and complications such as fracture and displacement of the esophageal stent may occur. Therefore, safer and more effective methods for the treatment of ETF are required. In recent years, the application of bioactive factors to promote human tissue repair and wound healing has increased and achieved good therapeutic results. We herein describe a case in which we performed endoscopic injection of platelet-rich plasma directly into the ETF site and achieved a favorable outcome. This case suggests that local injection of platelet-rich plasma is a novel treatment modality for ETF.
Successful endoscopic combined with endovascular haemostasis of a ruptured pseudoaneurysm of the duodenal bulb: A case report
Authors: Lu Ting , Shen Ruiwei , Xv Minhong , Ye Qunqun , Shen Jianwei
Published: January 2024

Pseudoaneurysms are uncommon but their rupture and bleeding can lead to serious complications and be fatal. We present here a case of a man in his late 70s who was transferred to our hospital with persistent gastrointestinal bleeding. One month prior to his admission, he had undergone surgery for a fracture to his left knee. Endoscopic examination found pulsating blood vessels on a duodenal ulcer, which suddenly ruptured and caused significant bleeding. Immediate endoscopic haemostasis was administered and the bleeding decreased. Considering the high rate of rebleeding that may occur with a pseudoaneurysm, the patient underwent interventional radiology that culminated in a diagnosis of a pseudoaneurysm originating from gastroduodenal artery (GDA); successful embolization was achieved. Tests showed that the patient had Helicobacter pylori infection. We hypothesised that the H. pylori infection had led to the occurrence of the duodenal bulb ulcer, and the patient’s left knee fracture and surgery a month previously had contributed to this predisposition for a pseudoaneurysm.
Research on the automatic modeling and performance prediction of plain-woven composites based on beam elements
Authors: Liu Chang , Zhang Hualiang , Chen Haisheng , Xu Yujie , Zhu Yangli
Published: January 2024

This work presents an approach for the automatic modeling and high-efficiency simulation of the mechanical properties of plain-woven composites. For the beam element finite element model, a technical scheme for the automatic modeling of plain-woven fabrics is presented. Considering the constraint relationship between the matrix and the fibers, a method for creating matrix beam elements is proposed. Then, a beam element solver was compiled to simulate the tensile properties of the plain-woven composites. In addition, a method of rendering a three-dimensional model of yarn and the simulation results were presented, and a comparison between real fabric images and modeled fabric structure confirmed that the method proposed in this work could effectively model plain-weave fabric structures. Experimental results showed that the deviations of the tensile modulus and strength were 0.41% and −7.59% respectively, which verified the validity of the beam element model used in this study. Moreover, testing verification of the method used in this study could realize the automatic modeling and simulation of representative cells of plain-woven composites in a few seconds. The above results show that this work offers the potential to handle the efficient calculations of large-scale woven structure models.
Postarrest Care Bundle Improves Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes in the Normothermia Era
Authors: Caddell Andrew J. , Nagpal Dave , Hegazy Ahmed F.
Published: January 2024

Purpose

Temperature targets in patients with cardiac arrest and return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) have changed. Changes to higher temperature targets have been associated with higher breakthrough fevers and mortality. A post-ROSC normothermia bundle was developed to improve compliance with temperature targets.

Methods

In August 2021, “ad hoc” normothermia at the discretion of the attending intensivist was initiated. In December 2021, a post-ROSC normothermia protocol was implemented, incorporating a rigorous, stepwise approach to fever prevention (temperature ≥ 37.8). We conducted a before-after cohort study of all adult patients post-ROSC who survived to intensive care unit admission between August 1, 2021, and April 1, 2022. They were divided into “ad hoc” and “protocol” groups. Clinical outcomes compared included fevers, active cooling, and paralytic use.

Results

Fifty-eight post-ROSC patients were admitted; 24 in the “ad hoc” and 34 in the “protocol” groups. Patient demographics were similar between groups. The “ad hoc” group had more shockable rhythms (67% vs 24%, P = .001) and cardiac catheterizations (42% vs 15%, P = .03). The “protocol” group were significantly less likely to have a fever at 40 h (6% vs 40%, P < .001) and 72 h (14% vs 65%, P ≤ .001). Patients in the normothermia “protocol” used significantly less neuromuscular blocking agents (24% vs 50%, P = .05). The normothermia “protocol” resulted in similar mortality (56% vs 58%, P = 1.0).

Conclusion

Use of a normothermia “protocol” resulted in fewer fevers and less neuromuscular blocker administration compared to “ad hoc” management. A protocolized approach for improved quality of care should be considered in institutions adopting normothermia.
How Peer Privacy Concerns Affect Active and Passive Uses of Social Networking Sites: A Dual Peer Privacy Calculus Model
Authors: Nguyen Tin Trung , Tran Van Thi Thanh , Tran Hoang Minh Tu
Published: January 2024

Social networking sites (SNSs) have emerged as parallel societies, providing individuals with a platform to interact with peers and construct their desired self-identities. However, maintaining a positive image and safeguarding oneself from social judgment often necessitate self-censorship in self-identity expression. Drawing upon the privacy calculus theory, this study investigates how SNS users engage in a rational cost–benefit analysis between peer privacy concerns and self-presentation when deciding whether to actively or passively use SNSs. Findings from a variance-based analysis—partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM)—to a sample of 394 Facebook users revealed that active use was primarily driven by perceived benefits, while passive use was triggered by perceived privacy costs. However, employing a case-based analysis—fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), the present study uncovered that while some SNS users do not conform to the privacy calculus, many others do, thereby confirming the proposed dual privacy calculus model for SNS use. These findings resolve the contradictory findings from previous research on the privacy calculus model. This study extends the literature on the privacy calculus theory by developing a dual peer privacy calculus model to understand SNS users’ passive and active uses and validate the significance of peer privacy concerns on these behavioral patterns. This study underscores critical factors influencing SNS usage patterns, empowering platform developers to provide users with effective tools to combat privacy violations by peers, thereby promoting increased active engagement.
The Point-of-Care Peritoneal Dialysis System Early Evaluation Study (POC-PDEE): A pilot proof-of-principal study of the Ellen Medical Devices Point-of-Care affordable peritoneal dialysis system
Authors: Talbot Benjamin , Davies Simon , Burman Jenny , Ritchie Angus , Snelling Paul , Lynch Sue , Park Youn , Jones Brian , Garvey Vincent , Jaure Allison , Jardine Meg , Perkovic Vlado , Gallagher Martin , Brandwood Arthur , Kaur Navneet , Knight John
Published: January 2024

The global unmet need for kidney replacement therapy means that millions of people die every year as they cannot afford treatment. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) offers comparable survival to haemodialysis and is often more affordable, but one barrier to increasing access is that conventional manufacturing and distribution of PD fluid is costly. Here we report the results from a pilot proof-of-principal study demonstrating for the first time that the Ellen Medical Devices Point-of-Care system can be used by patients to produce sterile PD fluid at the point-of-care. With further development, this low-cost system could offer a solution to the many millions of people around the world who currently cannot afford treatment for kidney failure.
LatinX genesis: On the origins of a mongrel species
Authors: Milian Claudia
Published: January 2024

This essay focuses its attention on Madrid, the Royal Botanical Garden (RBG), and the LatinX presence just as they were all coming into existence in the Spanish and European world. Pursuing a LatinX origin that exceeds humanness, this thought exploration tracks the Mesoamerican dahlia, transplanted to Spain in 1789. Acocoxochitl—what we now know as the dahlia, named after Swedish naturalist Andreas Dahl (1751–1789)—was one of the first plants to arrive at Madrid’s RBG when it opened nearly three centuries ago. The flower was tested on, domesticated, and acclimated, making its botanical debut as the dahlia pinnata in 1791. The dahlia is a vector for an unanticipated life form, clueing us in on where the LatinX world-in-process was heading. It offers a glimpse of how the garden and the Latin find themselves arranged and come into being. How LatinX history is blurred—and how LatinX difference has been produced—in Madrid’s iconography is disentangled here. The piece weighs in on these considerations: What does it mean to think alongside the dahlia? What might the plant mean to a human whose body has been tampered with; who asymmetrically became one of Carolus Linnaeus’s Latin species; who has been “naturally” passed down to different kinds of nature; whose construction is both native and foreign; and who comes into being through a rather unnatural classificatory order?
Bionic topology optimization design and multi-objective optimization of guide arm
Authors: Zhu Yifan , Xu Fengxiang , Deng Xianglin , Niu Xiaoqiang , Zou Zhen
Published: January 2024

Lightweight design is universally recognized as a critical criterion for many engineering problems. In addition to the well-developed topology optimization (TO) method, structural bionics is also considered an effective approach to developing innovative structure designs with lightweight. In the process of natural evolution, bamboo has developed a unique hollow structure with ingenious mechanical properties. Inspired by these characteristics, this paper selected bamboo as a bionic prototype to carry out bionic structure optimization of guide arm. First, the initial guide arm was modeled and simulated for its mechanical behavior. Secondly, similarity analysis between bamboo and guide arm was performed from three aspects, and the parametric bionic guide arm model was established step by step. Then, the key parameters affecting the performance of the bionic guide arm were verified by the parameter sensitivity analysis method. The multi-objective optimization was carried out with the minimum of the total mass and the maximum deformation of guide arm as the optimization objectives. The optimal solution of Pareto solution set was determined by multi-objective decision methods of the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) and Gray Relational Analysis (GRA). Finally, finite element (FE) method was used to make a comparison between the initial model and the optimal bionic model in terms of mechanical performance. According to the results, under the premise of the mass of the optimized bionic model decreased by 17.44%, the maximum deformation was decreased by 9.24%, the equivalent stress was decreased by 17.33%, and the first-order frequency was increased by 22.92%. Comparison results showed that the proposed bionic model provided the best lightweight solution for guide arm. This study reveals that structural bionics provides a new solution for the lightweight design of guide arm and similar beam structural components.