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Anthropocene Fiction and World-Systems Analysis
Authors: Milner Andrew , Burgann Milner James
Published: August 2020

As developed by Immanuel Wallerstein and various co-thinkers, world-systems analysis is essentially an approach to economic history and historical sociology that has been largely indifferent to literary studies. This indifference is perhaps surprising given that the Annales school, which clearly influenced Wallerstein’s work, produced a foundational account of the emergence of modern western literature in Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin’s L’apparition du livre (1958). More recently, literary scholars have attempted to apply this kind of analysis directly to their own field. The best-known instances are probably Pascale Casanova’s La republique mondiale des lettres (1999), Franco Moretti’s Distant Reading (2013) and the Warwick Research Collective’s Combined and Uneven Development (2015). More recently still, Andrew Milner in Australia and Jerry Määttä in Sweden have sought to apply “distant reading” more specifically to the genre of science fiction. Milner’s model of the “global SF field” identifies an original Anglo-French core, supplemented by more recent American and Japanese cores, longstanding Russian, German, Polish and Czech semi-peripheries, an emergent Chinese semi-periphery, and a periphery comprising the rest of the world. This essay attempts to apply that model to what Adam Trexler has termed “Anthropocene fictions” and Daniel Bloom “cli-fi”, which we treat here as a significant sub-genre of contemporary science fiction.
Disasters are Everyday Like the Weather
Authors: Ocampo Go Chaya
Published: August 2020

This essay offers an urgent intervention from the global South in contribution to this special issue on the Anthropocene. Drawing from Rob Nixon's work on slow violence, the author offers sobering reflections on the everyday realities of what she writes as the “Philippine Anthropocene”: not only is this defined by spectacular freak weather conditions, but also shaped by normalized and state-sanctioned forms of abandonment and terror. Written in the present political context of intensifying state attacks on civil society in the country, the author recasts the light on anthropogenic forces of violence which endanger lives at the front lines of daily disasters, more lethal than the strongest storm in recorded history.
2020 AAHA/AAFP Feline Vaccination Guidelines*
Authors: Stone Amy E. S. , Brummet Gary O. , Carozza Ellen M. , Kass Philip H. , Petersen Ernest P. , Sykes Jane , Westman Mark E.
Published: August 2020

The guidelines are a consensus report on current recommendations for vaccination of cats of any origin, authored by a Task Force of experts. The guidelines are published simultaneously in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery (volume 22, issue 9, pages 813–830, DOI: 10.1177/1098612X20941784) and the Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association (volume 56, issue 4, pages 249–265, DOI: 10.5326/JAAHA-MS-7123). The guidelines assign approved feline vaccines to core (recommended for all cats) and non-core (recommended based on an individualized risk-benefit assessment) categories. Practitioners can develop individualized vaccination protocols consisting of core vaccines and non-core vaccines based on exposure and susceptibility risk as defined by the patient’s life stage, lifestyle, and place of origin and by environmental and epidemiologic factors. An update on feline injection-site sarcomas indicates that occurrence of this sequela remains infrequent and idiosyncratic. Staff education initiatives should enable the veterinary practice team to be proficient in advising clients on proper vaccination practices and compliance. Vaccination is a component of a preventive healthcare plan. The vaccination visit should always include a thorough physical exam and client education dialog that gives the pet owner an understanding of how clinical staff assess disease risk and propose recommendations that help ensure an enduring owner-pet relationship.
Host and environmental factors as determinants of equine piroplasmosis seroprevalence in Central Spain
Authors: Bartolomé del Pino Leticia E. , Meana Aránzazu
Published: August 2020

Aim of study: To estimate equine piroplasmosis seroprevalence, identify associated risk factors and assess infection recentness.Area of study: Community of Madrid (Central Spain)Material and methods: Sera from 139 horses and 40 donkeys were examined by cELISA to evaluate Babesia caballi and Theileria equi seroprevalences and examine potential risk factors. They included species, gender, age, breed, colour coat, dedication, external parasite treatments, access to pasture, contact with other species, new introduction, tick infestation, farm altitude, land cover, soil type and climatic zone. A bivariate analysis was performed and significant variables were included in a logistic regression model to examine their independent contribution. In positive samples ELISA inhibition percentiles (EIPs) were used to assess whether infections were old or recent.Main results: True seroprevalence (95% CI), adjusted for test sensitivity and specificity was 19% (13-27) for T. equi and 1% (0-3) for B. caballi. In the bivariate analysis, T. equi seroprevalence varied significantly according to horse and farm-level explanatory variables; high seroprevalence groups generally had high EIPs suggesting recent infection. The multivariable analysis revealed that T. equi seroprevalence increased with age, it was higher in police horses compared to sporting, recreational and breeding animals and in those living in lower altitude where planosol soil type was predominant.Research highlights: T. equi seroprevalence in the area was significantly higher than B. caballi seroprevalence and depends on animal management and environmental factors that affect vector abundance and diversity. Identified risk factors must be considered to improve tick and tick-borne disease control and prevention.
The Influence of Behavioural Finance Factors and the Moderating Effects of Contextual and Demographic Factors on Individual Investor’s Investment Performance
Authors: Hamidon Tuan , Kehelwalatenna Sampath
Published: August 2020

Individual investors trading at the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), Sri Lanka, behave irrationally despite objective finance models available for them to refer in making rational decisions. Therefore this paper examines the irrationality by testing whether behavioural finance factors (BF), stock broker’s recommendations (SBR) as a contextual factor, and individual investor’s existing knowledge of the stock market (EK) as a demographic factor affect individual investor’s investment performance (IP). Heuristic behaviour, prospect behaviour and market factors were conceptualised as independent variables of the study whereas SBR and EK act as moderators on the relationship between BF and IP. Data of 221 individual investors of CSE during first half of 2019 were analyzed using structural models to draw empirical evidence to test hypotheses of the study. Results of the study reveal that market information and past stock trends as market factors have a significant bearing on investment decision making, which ultimately affect IP, while the aggregate effect of BF upholds a significant impact on IP. The results expose some novel findings such as: investors receive inferior financial returns when imitating other investors’ trading behaviour whilst trading on SBR; receive lower returns once trading on market factors whilst resuming SBR; and receive mediocre returns when EK is affirmative whilst following other investors’ decisions; and suffer losses when trading on market factors whilst exploiting EK. The findings imply that the stock brokers should not merely consider the output of objective finance models, but market wide herding, market manipulations, market factors and EK in investment recommendations.
Healthcare challenges of incarcerated women in Australia: An integrative review
Authors: Stewart Christine , Bourke Sharon L , Green Janet A , Johnson Elianna , Anish Ligi , Muduwa Miriam , Jones Linda K
Published: August 2020

Background: Despite the rise in numbers of incarceration women, disparities between health care services and access exist. The health needs of incarcerated women is complex and influenced by multiple social determinants of health.Purpose: Explore the healthcare issues of incarcerated women within Australian Prisons.Methods: Integrative review of the literature.Results: Incarcerated women represent a small proportion of the prison population within Australia, however, health outcomes are significantly impacted. Socioeconomic status, abuse (physical, emotional, sexual), previous incarceration, generational factors are some of the factors impeding the health of incarcerated women. Mental health, chronic disease conditions, maternal and child factors are significant health concerns of this vulnerable population. There is a disparity in health access and programs to improve their health outcomes. This paper explores the challenges impacting the health of incarcerated women.Conclusions: Significant disparities exist in the access of health services available to incarcerated women. There needs to be more focus upon improving access to health services and health support programs to meet the complex health needs of incarcerated in Australia. Furthermore, there is a need for more primary health nurses to prevent and address the healthcare issues of this population.
Building Patient Trust in the Era of National Health Insurance: Consequences of Healthcare Service Quality, Satisfaction and Health Conditions
Authors: Wibowo Nugroho Mardi , Utari Woro , Widiastuti Yuyun , Muhith Abdul , Setyowati Dyah Eko
Published: August 2020

This study aimed to develop a patient trust model that contributes to patient satisfaction and quality healthcare services by focusing on the role of patient health condition as a moderator. Data were collected from three regional general hospitals in East Java, Indonesia, using a questionnaire administered to patients or the families of patients. The proposed model consists of seven constructs. Four represent the quality of healthcare: quality of interaction (five variables), physical environment quality (four variables), outcome quality (three variables), and justice quality (six variables). One construct represents the patient’s health condition (two variables), another represents patient satisfaction (six variables), and the last one is patient trust (six variables). The model was tested using structural equation modeling based on WarpPLS. The goodness-of-fit statistic supported the patient trust model. The hypothesis testing results indicated that physical environment quality, outcome quality, justice quality, and health conditions could predict patient satisfaction. The health condition construct was found to moderate the effect of justice quality on patient satisfaction. Moreover, interaction quality, outcome quality, health condition, and patient satisfaction had an influence on patient trust.
CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES OF PEOPLE-CENTERED PUBLIC HEALTH
Authors: Canchihuaman Fredy A. , Appleyard James , Mezzich Juan
Published: August 2020

Introduction: Public health is a discipline that focuses on populations and aims to prevent, promote, and protect health and well-being of individuals and communities. Different factors have limited the effectiveness of public health to achieve their goals. New perspectives to strengthen public health have been recommended.

Objective: To examine and describe concepts and strategies of people-centered public health.
NEW DELHI DECLARATION 2018 ON PERSON-CENTERED CARE FOR NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Authors: Mezzich Juan
Published: August 2020

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) pose the greatest problem for the health of nations in the 21st century. They are primarily cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, obesity and diabetes, and contribute to almost two-thirds of all deaths worldwide. The cost both in terms of human suffering and money is enormous for diseases, which are largely preventable. If the major risk factors for noncommunicable diseases were eliminated, around three-quarters of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes and 40% of cancer would be prevented.
SHARED DECISION MAKING IN ONCOLOGY AND PALLIATIVE CARE
Authors: Glare Paul
Published: August 2020

Background: Cancer raises many questions for people afflicted by it. Do I want to have genetic testing? Will I comply with screening recommendations? If I am diagnosed with it, where will I have treatment? What treatment modalities will I have? Will I go on a clinical trial? Am I willing to bankrupt my family in the process of pursuing treatment? Will I write an advance care plan? Will I accept hospice if I have run out of available treatment options? Most of these questions have more than one correct answer, and the evidence for the superiority of one option over another is either not available or does not allow differentiation. Often the best choice between two or more valid approaches depends on how individuals value their respective risks and benefits; “preference-based medicine” may be more important than “evidence-based medicine.” There are various models for eliciting preferences, but applying them can raise a number of challenges.

Objectives: To present the concepts, the value, the strategies, the quandaries, and the potential pitfalls of Shared Decision Making in Oncology and Palliative Care.

Method: Narrative review.

Results: Some challenges to practicing preference-based medicine in oncology and palliative care include: some patients don’t want to participate in shared decision making (SDM); the whole situation needs to be addressed, not just part of it; but are some topics out of bounds? Cognitive biases apply as much in SDM as any other human decision making, affecting the choice; how numerically equivalent data are framed can also affect the outcome; conducting SDM is also important at the end of life.

Conclusions: By being aware of the potential pitfalls with SDM, clinicians are more able to facilitate the discussion so that the patients’ choices truly reflect their informed preferences, at a time when stakes and emotions are high.
The contested significance of financial expertise in predicting short- and long-term risk and return on the stock market
Authors: Jansson Magnus
Published: August 2020

This study investigates whether the influence of financial expertise on stock investors’ ability to predict risk and return is contingent on the length of the forecast horizon. In a quasi-experimental design, stock market professionals (N1=63, N2=36), private shareholders (N1=155, N2=172) and students (N1=124, N2=90) twice provided their short- (3-month) and long-term (2-year) risk and return predictions on stock indices. The results show that in general, experts did not outperform students or private shareholders in their return predictions. However, the level of financial expertise positively influenced the accuracy of risk predictions. An interaction effect between financial expertise and the length of the forecast horizon suggests that more knowledgeable and experienced investors performed better in the long term compared to the short term than inexperienced investors did
Forecasting Cryptocurrency Prices Using ARIMA and Neural Network: A Comparative Study
Authors: Kumar Saurabh
Published: August 2020

The prices of cryptocurrencies are very volatile and forecasting them is a challenging task for the researchers across the world. The present study examines the accuracy of forecasted returns of the two most popular cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin and Ethereum) for the sample period spanning from October 1, 2013, to November 30, 2018. Auto-regressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) and Neural Network models have been used to forecast the returns of the cryptocurrencies. The forecasting results for different time-horizons indicate that for a shorter time-horizon, ARIMA model is better for forecasting the returns of cryptocurrencies, whereas, for a longer time-horizon, Neural Network model is better for forecasting the returns of cryptocurrencies. These results have implications for traders, investors, regulators, policymakers and academia.
‘Caminho de São Tiago’ ou ‘Via Láctea’: por onde passam as escolhas lexicais no atlas linguístico do Paraná?
Authors: Guimarães Selma Sueli Santos
Published: August 2020

Investigar uma língua e suas variações implica investigar também a cultura, pois é possível dizer que as características culturais de uma sociedade são, normalmente, armazenadas por meio do sistema linguístico, sobretudo por meio do léxico. No Brasil, a língua falada é o português. Apesar disso, verifica-se, em todo o País, uma grande diversidade na escolha lexical feita pelo sujeito para nomear a realidade à sua volta. O registro das variações linguísticas é, normalmente, obtido pela aplicação do Questionário Semântico-Lexical. O presente estudo tem o objetivo de depreender e identificar a produção de sentidos e os registros da memória discursiva subjacente aos elementos textuais-discursivos presentes nas respostas dos sujeitos a uma questão do Questionário Semântico-Lexical, utilizado para a elaboração do Atlas Linguístico do Paraná, por Aguilera em 1994. A questão é: “Em noite bem estrelada, como se chama aquele espaço cheio de estrelas, até esbranquiçado, que fica bem no meio do céu?”. Para a análise, foram examinados os itens lexicais utilizados pelos sujeitos em suas respostas, as notas relativas aos cartogramas e as observações da autora do atlas. A análise permitiu observar que as diversas escolhas lexicais, ao produzir novos efeitos de sentido, constituem-se no registro da memória discursiva na qual se inscrevem os sujeitos e da qual eles se apropriam em suas interações, sustentando a ideia de que o sentido se produz em um espaço social diretamente ligado à inscrição ideológica do sujeito, pois sua voz revela esse espaço social no qual ele se inscreve.
Isolamento e porosidade do personagem em Heróis e figurantes, de Enrico Testa
Authors: Furtado Pedro Barbosa Rudge
Published: August 2020

O nosso objetivo principal, na breve resenha, é analisar a construção dos conceitos de "personagem absoluto" e "personagem relativo" criados por Enrico Testa em Heróis e figurantes: o personagem no romance. Tal obra, lançada em 2019 no Brasil, traz à tona pertinentes debates acerca da categoria narrativa do personagem, sobretudo no fito de constatar o desenvolvimento do ser-de-papel no que está relacionado à sua porosidade, sobretudo diante da confluência de perspectivas encerradas na diegese. Grosso modo, enquanto o personagem absoluto enovela-se sobre si, irradiando o mal-estar da solidão, o relativo mostra-se aberto, mesmo que minamente, à cosmovisão do outro.
Entrevista com prof. Dr. Carlos Alberto Faraco - Os estudos bakhtinianos na interface entre filosofia e ciências da linguagem
Authors: Gomes Filipe Almeida
Published: August 2020

Entrevista concedida pelo prof. Dr. Carlos Alberto Faraco a respeito de questões próprias dos estudos em torno do Círculo de Bakhtin.
Entrevista com Profa. Dra. Márcia Marques de Morais - Leitura literária e ensino: trouxeste a chave?
Authors: Gonçalves Clézio Roberto , Silva Vera Lopes da
Published: August 2020

Entrevista com Profa. Márcia Maques de Morais (PUC Minas)
A língua não-padrão em traduções literárias brasileiras: nova tendência ou legado histórico?
Authors: Hanes Vanessa Lopes Lourenço
Published: August 2020

Há no Brasil uma tendência a elevar o registro do discurso direto em traduções literárias ao introduzir elementos linguísticos da norma culta pouco comuns na oralidade. Por outro lado, análises de traduções recentes do inglês para o português brasileiro, particularmente daquelas publicadas pós- anos 2000, demonstraram tentativas de tradução de variações linguísticas do discurso direto como alguma forma de (pseudo) variação linguística do português brasileiro. Nesse contexto questiona-se: as tentativas de utilização de variação no texto-alvo na tradução da variação do texto-fonte são realmente fenômeno recente na tradução literária? Ou seria possível encontrar elementos que apontam para uma resistência contra o uso homogeneizado da norma culta ao traduzir o discurso direto não-padrão já nas primeiras décadas do século XX? Achados indicam que a tentativa de dar voz às representações do discurso não-padrão em traduções literárias brasileiras utilizando português não-padrão é uma prática relativamente antiga, ainda que nunca tenha sido homogênea.
La filosofía y teología de la liberación haitiana en la historia y en la filosofía mundial
Authors: Bauer Carlos Francisco
Published: August 2020

Este escrito pretende revalorizar el proceso de la Revolución Haitiana desde el punto de vista histórico, filosófico y teológico como una de las más importantes cor-rientes culturales de América Latina y del ya establecido Sistema-Mundial. Es necesario para ello adentrarse en los conceptos propios de dicha cosmovisión y cosmovivencia, intentando re-descubrir qué papel cumplen dentro de esta cultura afroamericana para luego especificar la lucha de liberación afro-haitiana frente a la cultura del conquistador. No se trata de una tarea sencilla, debido a que la filosofía y la historiografía oficial-tradicional eurocéntrica como tal niega a dicha corriente, la tergiversa y la invisiviliza. Intentaremos rescatarla del olvido de la “civilización”.
A permanência e o abandono da docência em Matemática, sob uma perspectiva da construção identitária
Authors: Paz Mônica Lana da
Published: August 2020

Neste artigo discutimos os resultados de uma pesquisa sobre a permanência e o abandono da docência em matemática, sob uma perspectiva da construção identitária dos sujeitos. Participaram desta pesquisa dois grupos de professores: um constituído por docentes que atuavam no magistério em escolas da Rede Pública Estadual de Belo Horizonte, e outro, formado por sujeitos que abandonaram a docência. A pesquisa foi qualitativa e, para a produção dos dados, empregou-se entrevista semiestruturada. Os motivos que justificaram a permanência na profissão docente foram: vocação profissional, dificuldade de idealizar novas perspectivas profissionais, conquista de uma posição profissional, garantia de estabilidade empregatícia e o exercício de uma atividade rentável. Para os ex-professores, o conflito entre as condições de trabalho a que estavam submetidos e a prática profissional que eles gostariam de ou acreditavam que deveriam exercer revelaram-se o principal motivo do abandono da docência.
Surgical Management of Bronchiectasis
Authors: Ali Kamal Yasser
Published: August 2020

Bronchiectasis is a chronic clinicopathological disease of the lung characterized by chronic cough, sputum production, recurrent pulmonary infection, and persistent bronchial dilatation on computed tomography. For many years, bronchiectasis associated with high mortality and morbidity particularly before the advent of antibiotics. The medical treatment of bronchiectasis includes antibiotic therapy, airway clearance, bronchodilators, and anti-inflammatory agents. Surgery is mainly performed for localized disease after failure of the medical treatment, including: segmentectomy, lobectomy, and pneumonectomy. This chapter highlights the current surgical considerations for treatment of bronchiectasis, regarding indications of surgery, preoperative evaluation and preparation, available operative procedures, postoperative outcomes, and other important surgical issues.
Comparison of Sedation with Dexmedetomidine Alfentanil Versus Ketamine-Alfentanil in Patients Undergoing Closed Reduction of Nasal Fractures
Authors: Akhondzadeh Reza , Olapour Alireza , Rashidi Mahboobe , Elyasinia Fahimeh
Published: August 2020

Objectives: To compare the sedative effects of dexmedetomidine alfentanil versus ketamine-alfentanil in patients undergoing closed reduction of nasal fractures on the basis of intraoperative hemodynamic changes, satisfaction of patients and surgeons, and the adverse effects. Methods: Sixty patients with ASA class 1 or 2 were randomized to either of two groups, a dexmedetomidine alfentanil group (DA group; n = 30) or a ketamine-alfentanil group (KA group; n = 30). Hemodynamic parameters, oxygenation status, adverse events, the satisfaction of patients and surgeons, and postoperative pain scores by visual analog scale (VAS) were recorded at specific time intervals during the trial. Results: Systolic blood pressure was significantly lower in the DA group than in the KA group from T1 min to T15 min. The duration of the recovery ward stay was longer in the DA group; however, two groups were similar in terms of total anesthesia time and awakening time. Likewise, two groups were similar in terms of the patient and surgeon’s satisfaction, pain scores, and the occurrence of adverse effects. Conclusions: Both sedation methods were safely performed, and dexmedetomidine-alfentanil is as effective as ketamine-alfentanil in patients undergoing short-term operations such as nasal fracture corrections.
Investigation of the Cumulative Effect of Diabetes and Hypothyroidism on Serum Resistin Levels in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
Authors: Tofangchiha Shahnaz , Moetaghedi Larijani Atoosa , Mirzaii-Dizgah Iraj , Isazadeh Mahdi , Rahimi Shima , Khazdooz Hamid
Published: August 2020

Background: Type 2 diabetes and thyroid disorders cause extensive changes in insulin resistance. An increase in serum resistin level is associated with insulin resistance. Objectives: The current study aimed to investigate the cumulative effect of diabetes and hypothyroidism on the serum resistin levels of type 2 diabetic patients. Methods: Participants were divided into four groups using the convenience sampling method. Each group contained 30 diabetic patients, 32 hypothyroid patients, 30 diabetics + hypothyroid patients, and 29 healthy individuals. Serum samples were taken from participants and their serum resistin levels were measured. Data were collected and analyzed using SPSS version 23. Pearson correlation test, ANOVA statistical analysis, and Tukey post hoc test were used to analyze the data. A P-value of < 0.05 was used as statistically significant. Results: Among patients with hypothyroidism, resistin, and thyroid-stimulating hormone were moderately correlated (P = 0.001, r = 0.580). ANOVA revealed a statistically significant difference between the resistin levels in the studied groups (P = 0.000, F = 6.813). Conclusions: Serum resistin levels are significantly lower in people with diabetes + hypothyroidism than in people with only one of these two conditions. Therefore, the cumulative effect of diabetes and hypothyroidism on resistin levels cannot be deduced from the findings of the present study.
A Case Report of a Patient with Severe Type of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treated by Hyperbaric Oxygen: CT Dynamic Changes
Authors: Liang Yi , Fan Na , Zhong Xiaoling , Fan Wenhui
Published: August 2020

: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is currently a pandemic affecting the world, and there is no specific therapeutic drug available. Hypoxemia is a common clinical manifestation of severe patients, and oxygen therapy is the main treatment. This article reports for the first time the computed tomography (CT) imaging dynamic changes in a case of 69-year-old male with severe type of COVID-19 treated by hyperbaric oxygen, which provides a more effective regimen for severe COVID-19 patients with hypoxemia. We emphasize that hyperbaric oxygen treatment for COVID-19 is a preliminary attempt, and more clinical studies are required to confirm its efficacy.
Laboratory Abnormalities in Patients with COVID-19 in Mazandaran Province, Iran
Authors: Alizadeh-Navaei Reza , Saeedi Majid , Valadan Reza , Roozbeh Fatemeh , Amjadi Omolbanin , Zaboli Ehsan , Moosazadeh Mahmood , Ranjbaran Hossein , Qazizadeh Zinab , Akbari-Malekshah Ali , Assadi Touraj , Omrani-Nava Versa , Hedayatizadeh-Omran Akbar
Published: August 2020

Background: Coronavirus is a single-stranded RNA virus, causing an epidemic of pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) worldwide in late 2019. Objectives: In addition to the clinical symptoms, laboratory diagnosis can greatly help diagnose the diseases; therefore, this study aimed to analyze laboratory parameters in patients with COVID-19. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the laboratory data of 2563 patients with COVID-19 admitted to hospitals affiliated with Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences were extracted from hospital information systems (HIS). The data were recorded on Excel and analyzed through t-test, chi-squared, and Fisher’s exact tests in SPSS 19 at the significance level of P < 0.05. Results: Out of 2563 patients with a mean age of 55.1 ± 16.7 years, 1409 (55%) were male, and 1154 (45%) were female with a mean age of 55.7 ± 16.8, and 54.3 ± 16.6 years, respectively. As the most frequent clinical findings, ESR, CRP, and LDH were increased by 83.5%, 71%, and 69.3% of the patients, respectively. Other research findings included lymphopenia, disturbed INR, abnormal SGOT, abnormal alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and increased lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), which were significantly higher in men than in women and was different between age groups. Conclusions: Conducting simple, convenient, and inexpensive laboratory tests can be helpful in the diagnosis of COVID-19.
Les dimensions silencieuses de l’acceptabilité sociale au Nunavik
Authors: Fortin Julie
Published: August 2020

Aupaluk est le plus petit village du Nunavik, avec une population d’environ 200 personnes. Depuis très longtemps, ce territoire est convoité par les compagnies minières en raison de sa concentration élevée en minéraux, mais surtout en fer. Aupaluk est dans la mire de deux compagnies minières juniors canadiennes : Oceanic Iron Ore et Nickel North Exploration. Ces projets suscitent des attentes et des craintes, notamment en raison de leur localisation à proximité du village et du peu d’information disponible. À l’automne 2017, vingt-trois entretiens semi-dirigés ont été menés avec les membres de la communauté afin d’analyser leur position par rapport au développement minier. L’analyse de l’auteure fait ressortir de nombreux obstacles qui empêchent les membres de la communauté d’exprimer leurs préoccupations par rapport aux projets, soit des processus de consultation et de communication inadéquats, la présence de claims miniers historiques dans la région, l’insécurité alimentaire et une certaine pression sociale.
Vers une existence théologique de plus en plus fragile…
Authors: Dumas Marc
Published: August 2020

Théologien, l’auteur s’intéresse aux conditions de la pratique théologique en contexte séculier contemporain. Face aux soutiens institutionnels de plus en plus défaillants, une pratique théologique renouvelée doit reconnaître sa fragilité et, de là, apprendre à s’inventer dans une herméneutique critique de la différence théologale.
Le placebo céleste : la liturgie comme thérapie
Authors: Cardita Ângelo
Published: August 2020

Cette étude soutient que l’effet envisagé par le sacrement chrétien des malades consiste dans la guérison de la rupture provoquée par les procédures médicales scientifiques. L’onction des malades rétablit l’unité fondamentale de la personne humaine comme achèvement symbolique de ce que d’autres procédures partielles ont pu commencer à faire à la suite de la maladie : un achèvement symbolique qui marque le chrétien pour la résurrection. On commence par mettre en valeur le placebo comme allié des sciences médicales, tout en remarquant que la recherche sur les placebos pointe vers l’importance de la performance rituelle dans les traitements ainsi que vers la reformulation du dualisme corps-esprit. Ensuite, dans le but de développer la dialectique entre le rite comme thérapie et la thérapie dans ses aspects rituels, on rend compte de deux contributions complémentaires : l’une d’un spécialiste en études rituelles, Ronald L. Grimes, et l’autre d’un théologien, Andrea Grillo. On ajoute encore la clé utopique de Gregory Baum, comprise comme un discours de second ordre — réflexif — par rapport à l’articulation de premier ordre — symbolique, rituelle et performative — du sacrement de l’onction des malades. Celui-ci apparaît ainsi comme symbole du futur, c’est-à-dire comme anticipation du salut eschatologique dans le marquage du corps du croyant pour la résurrection.
Métaphysique de finitude et métaphysique créaturelle
Authors: Lambinet Julien
Published: August 2020

Erich Przywara admet avoir développé son idée de « métaphysique créaturelle » en confrontation avec la pensée de M. Heidegger. Nous montrerons comment la lecture que développe le jésuite de cette dernière s’appuie sur l’enracinement de la pensée heideggérienne dans les discussions des années 1920 autour de la nature du kantisme. Przywara tâche de rendre compte de ces débats à partir des tensions existant dans la démarche même du philosophe de Königsberg. Celles-ci donneront naissance à deux voies d’interprétation, que Przywara schématise sous les traits d’une « métaphysique de la finitude », telle que représentée par M. Heidegger, et d’une « métaphysique de l’infinitude », chez notamment E. Herrigel. C’est de la dialectique entre ces deux voies que doit surgir, selon Przywara, la perspective de l’analogia entis comme métaphysique de créature.
Atomic structure of a mitochondrial complex I intermediate from vascular plants
Authors: Maldonado Maria , Padavannil Abhilash , Zhou Long , Guo Fei , Letts James A
Published: August 2020

Respiration, an essential metabolic process, provides cells with chemical energy. In eukaryotes, respiration occurs via the mitochondrial electron transport chain (mETC) composed of several large membrane-protein complexes. Complex I (CI) is the main entry point for electrons into the mETC. For plants, limited availability of mitochondrial material has curbed detailed biochemical and structural studies of their mETC. Here, we present the cryoEM structure of the known CI assembly intermediate CI* from Vigna radiata at 3.9 Å resolution. CI* contains CI’s NADH-binding and CoQ-binding modules, the proximal-pumping module and the plant-specific γ-carbonic-anhydrase domain (γCA). Our structure reveals significant differences in core and accessory subunits of the plant complex compared to yeast, mammals and bacteria, as well as the details of the γCA domain subunit composition and membrane anchoring. The structure sheds light on differences in CI assembly across lineages and suggests potential physiological roles for CI* beyond assembly.
A transient role of the ciliary gene Inpp5e in controlling direct versus indirect neurogenesis in cortical development
Authors: Hasenpusch-Theil Kerstin , Laclef Christine , Colligan Matt , Fitzgerald Eamon , Howe Katherine , Carroll Emily , Abrams Shaun R , Reiter Jeremy F , Schneider-Maunoury Sylvie , Theil Thomas
Published: August 2020

During the development of the cerebral cortex, neurons are generated directly from radial glial cells or indirectly via basal progenitors. The balance between these division modes determines the number and types of neurons formed in the cortex thereby affecting cortical functioning. Here, we investigate the role of primary cilia in controlling the decision between forming neurons directly or indirectly. We show that a mutation in the ciliary geneInpp5eleads to a transient increase in direct neurogenesis and subsequently to an overproduction of layer V neurons in newborn mice. Loss ofInpp5ealso affects ciliary structure coinciding with reduced Gli3 repressor levels. Genetically restoring Gli3 repressor rescues the decreased indirect neurogenesis inInpp5emutants. Overall, our analyses reveal how primary cilia determine neuronal subtype composition of the cortex by controlling direct versus indirect neurogenesis. These findings have implications for understanding cortical malformations in ciliopathies withINPP5Emutations.
Poultry farmer response to disease outbreaks in smallholder farming systems in southern Vietnam
Authors: Delabouglise Alexis , Thanh Nguyen Thi Le , Xuyen Huynh Thi Ai , Nguyen-Van-Yen Benjamin , Tuyet Phung Ngoc , Lam Ha Minh , Boni Maciej F
Published: August 2020

Avian influenza outbreaks have been occurring on smallholder poultry farms in Asia for two decades. Farmer responses to these outbreaks can slow down or accelerate virus transmission. We used a longitudinal survey of 53 small-scale chicken farms in southern Vietnam to investigate the impact of outbreaks with disease-induced mortality on harvest rate, vaccination, and disinfection behaviors. We found that in small broiler flocks (≤16 birds/flock) the estimated probability of harvest was 56% higher when an outbreak occurred, and 214% higher if an outbreak with sudden deaths occurred in the same month. Vaccination and disinfection were strongly and positively correlated with the number of birds. Small-scale farmers – the overwhelming majority of poultry producers in low-income countries – tend to rely on rapid sale of birds to mitigate losses from diseases. As depopulated birds are sent to markets or trading networks, this reactive behavior has the potential to enhance onward transmission.
A molecular dual carriageway
Authors: Allen William J , Collinson Ian
Published: August 2020

In order to enter a cell, an ammonium ion must first dissociate to form an ammonia molecule and a hydrogen ion (a proton), which then pass through the cell membrane separately and recombine inside.
Sensory experience during early sensitive periods shapes cross-modal temporal biases
Authors: Badde Stephanie , Ley Pia , Rajendran Siddhart S , Shareef Idris , Kekunnaya Ramesh , Röder Brigitte
Published: August 2020

Typical human perception features stable biases such as perceiving visual events as later than synchronous auditory events. The origin of such perceptual biases is unknown. To investigate the role of early sensory experience, we tested whether a congenital, transient loss of pattern vision, caused by bilateral dense cataracts, has sustained effects on audio-visual and tactile-visual temporal biases and resolution. Participants judged the temporal order of successively presented, spatially separated events within and across modalities. Individuals with reversed congenital cataracts showed a bias towards perceiving visual stimuli as occurring earlier than auditory (Expt. 1) and tactile (Expt. 2) stimuli. This finding stood in stark contrast to normally sighted controls and sight-recovery individuals who had developed cataracts later in childhood: both groups exhibited the typical bias of perceiving vision as delayed compared to audition. These findings provide strong evidence that cross-modal temporal biases depend on sensory experience during an early sensitive period.
Reproductive pattern in the solanum mealybug,Phenacoccus solani: A new perspective
Authors: Huang Jun , Zhi Fuying , Zhang Juan , Hafeez Muhammad , Li Xiaowei , Zhang Jinming , Zhang Zhijun , Wang Likun , Lu Yaobin
Published: August 2020

Background

The reproductive pattern of most scale insects is ovoviviparity. The solanum mealybug,Phenacoccus solani(Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), is known as a thelytokous parthenogenetic species, but there is still debate about the reproductive strategies of this species.

Methods

Here, we investigated the oviposition characteristics ofP. solaniand used scanning/transmission electron microscopy and RNA-seq to identify the differences between two types of eggs.

Results

We found thatP. solanilaid two types of eggs in one batch, with no significant difference in apparent size: one with eyespots that hatched and another without eyespots that failed to hatch. Furthermore, the physiological and molecular differences between the two types of eggs were highly significant. KEGG enrichment analysis revealed significant enrichment for the JAK-STAT, Notch, Hippo, and Wnt signaling pathways and dorsoventral axis formation, wax biosynthesis, cell cycle, insulin secretion, and nitrogen metabolism pathways. The results suggest that the embryo of the egg undergoes development inside the mother and only a short molting period outside the mother.

Discussion

Ovoviviparous species produce eggs and keep them inside the mother’s body until they are ready to hatch, and the offspring exits the egg shell during or immediately following oviposition. Therefore, we suggest that the reproductive pattern ofP. solanican be described as ovoviviparity.
Utricularia gaagudju, a new species for the Northern Territory, and a recircumscription of U. kimberleyensis C.A.Gardner
Authors: Jobson Richard W , Cherry Wayne
Published: August 2020

A new species of Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) is recognised for the Northern Territory. A description of Utricularia gaagudju R.W.Jobson & Cherry is provided along with a new circumscription for the Western Australian species U. kimberleyensis to which it was previously assigned. Diagnostic features are illustrated, and distribution, habitat, and conservation status are discussed.
A new species of Indigofera (Fabaceae: Faboideae) from Central Australia
Authors: Wilson Peter G , Rowe Ross
Published: August 2020

A new species, Indigofera centralis Peter G. Wilson & Rowe, is described from Central Australia, west of the Finke Gorge National Park in the Northern Territory; it resembles some other inland species (I. fractiflexa, I. gilesii, I. warburtonensis and I. helmsii) but differs most conspicuously by the relatively larger flowers.
A New and Critically Endangered species of Phebalium (Rutaceae) from north-eastern Queensland, Australia.
Authors: Ford Andrew James , Duretto Marco
Published: August 2020

Phebalium cicatricatum A.J.Ford & Duretto is formally described and illustrated. Notes on habitat, distribution and conservation status are provided, as are detailed information how to distinguish it from P. longifolium, the only other species of the genus in north-east Queensland.
Co-existing with dingoes: Challenges and solutions to implementing non-lethal management
Authors: Smith Bradley P. , Appleby Robert G. , Jordan Neil R.
Published: August 2020

Where wild carnivores such as the Australian dingo interact with and impact on livestock enterprises, lethal control and landscape-scale exclusion are commonly employed. However, interest in alternative non-lethal management approaches has recently increased. This is evidenced by several reviews of non-lethal methods that can be said to be working toward improved coexistence. Nevertheless, and despite centuries of conflict, our non-lethal human-wildlife coexistence toolkit remains remarkably deficient. Innovation and evaluation of non-lethal methods should be prioritised to ensure that the economic, ecological, cultural and intrinsic values of dingoes are retained, while minimising the economic and emotional costs of conflict with livestock producers. In this paper we summarise some of the practical tools that might be effective in relation to the dingo, particularly those yet to be formally investigated, and discuss some of the possible hurdles to implementation. We conclude by suggesting pathways for human-dingo coexistence, and the steps necessary for appropriately evaluating non-lethal tools.
Technology Socialization Process of Pulse Enterprise: The Structural and Functional Analysis
Authors: Pal Dibyendu , Ghosh Arindam , Biswas Amitava , Acharya Sankar Kr. , Mondal Kabita
Published: August 2020

Technology socialization process has operationally been defined as the interactive summation of all possible responses to a technology application process in terms of adoption, rejection, discontinuance and reinvention. Here, this interactive summation is measured against a set of standard practices applied in pulse enterprises and the level of socialization as measured against a “recommended technology”. The following specific objectives are set to intervene the present study. Those are, to generate basic information on socialization of pulse crop in the study area to identify and standardize the variables, dependent and independent, impacting on both socialization of pulse crop in the study area, to elucidate inter and intra level interaction between dependent variables i.e. Socialization with those of selected socio economic and ecological variables, to delineate the micro level policy based on the empirical result on effective socialization process.

The study has been carried out in two developed block namely Chakdah and Haringhata of Nadia District in West Bengal. The multistage purposive and random sample techniques were the key to contrast sampling design in the present study. The following variables, gross return, area under pulse cultivation, training received, yield, farmer’s attitude towards pulse cultivation have been found generating significant functional impacts on the predicted character, technology Socialization. The statistical tools like mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation, coefficient of variation, coefficient of correlation, multiple regression, step down multiple regression and path analysis. The study also responded to the inquiry as to where and how the classical crop production process can be replaced with pulse crop and whereas this replacement will be much rewarding and beneficiary to the common farmer. The determinants like gross return, area under pulse crop, training received, productivity of pulse crop and farmer’s attitude are decisively characterizing the socialization process of pulse crop.
Evaluation of Blended Fertilizer Formulas under Limed Condition of Acid Soil on Soybean (Glycine max) at Asossa District of Benishal-gul Gumuz Regional State
Authors: Legesse Teriku , Anbessa Bakala , Temene Dassalegn , Dereje Getahun
Published: August 2020

Purpose: To evaluate the blended fertilizer formulas types, under unlimed limed condition of Asossa acid soil on soybean in Benishagul Gumuz of Ethiopia.

Methods: Two factorial RCB design with three replications was used in the investigation. Five types of blended fertilizer formulas were tested under limed and unlimed condition in Factorial Randomized Complete Block Design. Lime and blended fertilizer types were used as factor. The amount of lime that was applied at each location was calculated on the basis of the exchangeable acidity, bulk density and 15 cm depth of the soil. One mole of exchangeable acidity would be neutralized by an equivalent mole of CaCO3. Accordingly, the amount of lime for this particular activity would be uniformly applied for all plots at 1.5 times of the exchangeable acidity (Equation 1) and incorporated in to the soil a month before seed sowing.

Results: The effects of applied lime (CaCO3) and fertilizer types on growth and yield components of soybean were non-significantly (P>0.05) influenced except 100 seed weight, whereas the lime by blended fertilizer types interaction effects were not-significantly (P>0.05) affect all growth and yield components of soybean (Table 2). The highest plant height (71.58 cm) was obtained from NPKSZnB (Formula 5 modified) fertilizer type, however statistically non-significant from the other treatments.

Conclusion: The partial budget analysis indicated that, it was not necessarily based on the highest marginal rate of return, rather based on the minimum acceptable marginal rate of return and the treatment with the high net benefit, relatively low variable cost together with an acceptable MRR becomes the tentative recommendation. Therefore we recommend the treatments (100 kg /ha NPSB) that have acceptable marginal rate of return, relatively high net benefit and relatively small total cost of production for soybean production in Asossa zone.