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De rolê pela fronteira
Authors: Nascimento Valdir Aragão do
Published: February 2022

O artigo discute brevemente os conflitos socioculturais que ocorrem na fronteira Brasil/Paraguai, especificamente na faixa de fronteira entre as cidades de Pedro Juan Caballero (PY) e Ponta Porã (BR), envolvendo motocicletas que transitam tanto do lado paraguaio como do lado brasileiro. O objetivo do trabalho é demonstrar como um fato aparentemente corriqueiro e tido por desimportante pode assumir contornos diversos no que diz respeito à realidade social, apresentando-se como um instrumento de análise de categorias como identidade étnica, redes de solidariedade, legalidade e ilegalidade e conflitos sociais. A metodologia utilizada para a realização do trabalho foi análise bibliográfica, trabalho de campo de cunho etnográfico e entrevistas semiestruturadas e livres. O referencial teórico-metodológico é tributário das contribuições de Fredrik Barth, Alejandro Grimson, Rogério Haesbaert dentre outros autores. A conclusão a que se chega com o presente estudo é que apesar de as fronteiras possuírem diversas capilaridades, sendo porosas em sua essência, os limites erigidos pelo Estado ainda se encontram presentes em diversas situações da vida cotidiana dos moradores das faixas de fronteira, impondo-lhes estratégias de ação no sentido de burlar a ordem vigente e equilibrar as forças em conflito.
Editorial
Authors: Oliveira Thiago Lima
Published: February 2022

Editorial
Movimentos
Authors: Tible Jean
Published: February 2022

contribuições para pensar os movimentos sociais no Brasil contemporâneo
Políticas educacionais e a questão do acesso ao ensino superior:
Authors: Macedo Renata Guedes Mourão
Published: February 2022

reflexões sobre as políticas educacionais de acesso ao ensino superior no Brasil contemporâneo
Gênero e emoções na publicidade da imprensa feminina
Authors: Pereira Charles Antonio
Published: February 2022

Com base na análise das peças publicitárias de produtos cosméticos presentes em exemplares da década de 1920 da revista A Cigarra e do ano de 2016 da revista Marie Claire, buscarei demonstrar as permanências e descontinuidades nos discursos regulatórios de gênero a respeito dos estilos de feminilidades veiculados por essas publicações. Procuro discutir como, apesar das inúmeras conquistas femininas no decorrer desses quase cem anos que as distanciam, muito do discurso publicitário da década de 1920 se apresenta de maneira semelhante às publicações voltadas para as mulheres na atualidade, por vezes se reinventando em relação à forma, mas se mantendo fiel a um conteúdo historicamente implícito sobre o papel feminino hegemônico em nossa sociedade. Aliado a isso, procuro analisar ainda como o discurso publicitário se apropria de uma “linguagem das emoções” baseada nos papéis tradicionais de gênero a fim de se aproximar de seu público-alvo.
INGOLD, Tim. Evolução e vida social
Authors: Gaspar Neto Verlan Valle
Published: February 2022

Resenha de INGOLD, Tim. Evolução e vida social. Tradução de Adail Sobral. Petrópolis: Vozes, 2019, 454p.
Alterações no padrão de internações hospitalares por infarto agudo do miocárdio em função das mudanças climáticas na cidade de São Paulo
Authors: Sarra Sheila Regina , Correa Camila Alves , Duarte Denise Helena Silva
Published: February 2022

Discute-se como a intensificação das mudanças climáticas urbanas pode afetar a saúde da população e alterar o padrão de incidência do Infarto Agudo do Miocárdio. O estudo compara os dados sobre as Internações Hospitalares no SUS por Infarto Agudo do Miocárdio (IAM) na cidade de São Paulo com os resultados mensais da temperatura máxima média, da temperatura mínima média, da temperatura compensada média e da insolação total. Salienta-se a importância da análise conjunta dos dados climatológicos quando se deseja estudar os seus efeitos sobre o organismo humano. O período de estudo foi de Janeiro de 2000 a Dezembro de 2017. Os níveis atmosféricos de SO2, CO, NO2 e O3 também foram analisados nos períodos avaliados. Os resultados evidenciaram os reflexos da acentuação do calor urbano sobre o padrão das internações hospitalares por IAM no SUS. Conclui-se que a saúde da população urbana pode estar sendo afetada pelo aquecimento urbano, justificando a necessidade de maiores estudos sobre o assunto.
Multimodality Imaging in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Authors: Malik Nitin , Mukherjee Monica , Wu Katherine C. , Zimmerman Stefan L. , Zhan Junzhen , Calkins Hugh , James Cynthia A. , Gilotra Nisha A. , Sheikh Farooq H. , Tandri Harikrishna , Kutty Shelby , Hays Allison G.
Published: February 2022

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a rare, heritable myocardial disease associated with the development of ventricular arrhythmias, heart failure, and sudden cardiac death in early adulthood. Multimodality imaging is a central component in the diagnosis and evaluation of ARVC. Diagnostic criteria established by an international task force in 2010 include noninvasive parameters from echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. These criteria identify right ventricular structural abnormalities, chamber and outflow tract dilation, and reduced right ventricular function as features of ARVC. Echocardiography is a widely available and cost-effective technique, and it is often selected for initial evaluation. Beyond fulfillment of diagnostic criteria, features such as abnormal tricuspid annular plane excursion, increased right ventricular basal diameter, and abnormal strain patterns have been described. 3-dimensional echocardiography may also expand opportunities for structural and functional assessment of ARVC. Cardiac magnetic resonance has the ability to assess morphological and functional cardiac features of ARVC and is also a core modality in evaluation, however, tissue characterization of the right ventricle is limited by spatial resolution and low specificity for detection of pathological changes. Nonetheless, the ability of cardiac magnetic resonance to identify left ventricular involvement, offer high negative predictive value, and provide a reproducible structural evaluation of the right ventricle enhance the ability and scope of the modality. In this review, the prognostic significance of multimodality imaging is outlined, including the supplemental value of multidetector computed tomography and nuclear imaging. Strengths and weaknesses of imaging techniques, as well as future direction of multimodality assessment, are also described.
Role of Extracellular Vesicles in the Pathogenesis of Vascular Damage
Authors: Buffolo Fabrizio , Monticone Silvia , Camussi Giovanni , Aikawa Elena
Published: February 2022

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanosized membrane-bound structures released by cells that are able to transfer nucleic acids, protein cargos, and metabolites to specific recipient cells, allowing cell-to-cell communications in an endocrine and paracrine manner. Endothelial, leukocyte, and platelet-derived EVs have emerged both as biomarkers and key effectors in the development and progression of different stages of vascular damage, from earliest alteration of endothelial function, to advanced atherosclerotic lesions and cardiovascular calcification. Under pathological conditions, circulating EVs promote endothelial dysfunction by impairing vasorelaxation and instigate vascular inflammation by increasing levels of adhesion molecules, reactive oxygen species, and proinflammatory cytokines. Platelets, endothelial cells, macrophages, and foam cells secrete EVs that regulate macrophage polarization and contribute to atherosclerotic plaque progression. Finally, under pathological stimuli, smooth muscle cells and macrophages secrete EVs that aggregate between collagen fibers and serve as nucleation sites for ectopic mineralization in the vessel wall, leading to formation of micro- and macrocalcification. In this review, we summarize the emerging evidence of the pathological role of EVs in vascular damage, highlighting the major findings from the most recent studies and discussing future perspectives in this research field.
Dynamic profiles and predictive values of some biochemical and haematological quantities in COVID-19 inpatients
Authors: Navarro-Badal Rosa , Dastis-Arias Macarena , Castro-Castro María José , Arbiol-Roca Ariadna , García-Tejada Laura , Sánchez-Navarro Lourdes , Rapún-Mas Loreto , Cachon-Suárez Isabel , Dot-Bach Dolors , Álvarez-Álvarez Marta , Güell-Miró Roser , Cortés-Bosch de Bassea Anna , Díaz-Troyano Noelia , Sancho-Cerro Ana , Escartín-Diez Teresa , Muñoz-Provencio Diego
Published: February 2022

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in some hospitalized patients has shown some important alterations in laboratory tests. The aim of this study was to establish the most relevant quantities associated with the worst prognosis related to COVID-19.
This was a descriptive, longitudinal, observational and retrospective study, in a cohort of 845 adult inpatients from Bellvitge University Hospital (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain). A multivariate regression analysis was carried out in demographic, clinical and laboratory data, comparing survivors (SURV) and non-survivors (no-SURV). A receiver operating characteristic analysis was also carried out to establish the cut-off point for poor prognostic with better specificity and sensibility. Dynamic changes in clinical laboratory measurements were tracked from day 1 to day 28 after the onset of symptoms.
During their hospital stay, 18% of the patients died. Age, kidney disease, creatinine (CREA), lactate-dehydrogenase (LD), C-reactive-protein (CRP) and lymphocyte (LYM) concentration showed the strongest independent associations with the risk of death in the multivariate regression analysis. Established cut-off values for poor prognosis for CREA, LD, CRP and LYM concentrations were 75.0 μmol /L, 320 U/L, 80.9 mg/L and 0.69 x109/L. Dynamic profile of laboratory findings, were in agreement with the consequences of organ damage and tissue destruction.
Age, kidney disease, CREA, LD, CRP and LYM concentrations in COVID-19 patients from the southern region of Catalonia provide important information for their prognosis. Measurement of LD has demonstrated to be very good indicator of poor prognosis at initial evaluation because of its stability over time.
Corrigendum to: Assessment of antinuclear antibodies (ANA): National recommendations on behalf of the Croatian society of medical biochemistry and laboratory medicine
Authors: Drvar Vedrana , Gugo Katarina , Kozmar Ana , Tešija Kuna Andrea , Đerek Lovorka
Published: February 2022

This is a correction of Biochem Med (Zagreb) 2021;31(2):020502, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2021.020502. Since the publication of the article, the authors have noticed some errors.
Resolving Anomalies in the Behaviour of a Modularity-Inducing Problem Domain with Distributional Fitness Evaluation
Authors: Qin Zhenyue , Gedeon Tom , McKay R. I.
Published: February 2022

Discrete gene regulatory networks (GRNs) play a vital role in the study of robustness and modularity. A common method of evaluating the robustness of GRNs is to measure their ability to regulate a set of perturbed gene activation patterns back to their unperturbed forms. Usually, perturbations are obtained by collecting random samples produced by a predefined distribution of gene activation patterns. This sampling method introduces stochasticity, in turn inducing dynamicity. This dynamicity is imposed on top of an already complex fitness landscape. So where sampling is used, it is important to understand which effects arise from the structure of the fitness landscape, and which arise from the dynamicity imposed on it. Stochasticity of the fitness function also causes difficulties in reproducibility and in post-experimental analyses.

We develop a deterministic distributional fitness evaluation by considering the complete distribution of gene activity patterns, so as to avoid stochasticity in fitness assessment. This fitness evaluation facilitates repeatability. Its determinism permits us to ascertain theoretical bounds on the fitness, and thus to identify whether the algorithm has reached a global optimum. It enables us to differentiate the effects of the problem domain from those of the noisy fitness evaluation, and thus to resolve two remaining anomalies in the behaviour of the problem domain of Espinosa-Soto and A. Wagner (2010). We also reveal some properties of solution GRNs that lead them to be robust and modular, leading to a deeper understanding of the nature of the problem domain. We conclude by discussing potential directions toward simulating and understanding the emergence of modularity in larger, more complex domains, which is key both to generating more useful modular solutions, and to understanding the ubiquity of modularity in biological systems.
Consequences of hybridization on life history and growth in postmetamorphic Triturus macedonicus
Authors: Bugarčić Marko , Ivanović Ana , Cvijanović Milena , Vučić Tijana
Published: February 2022

The Macedonian crested newt T. macedonicus forms a complex hybrid zone with the Balkan crested newt T. ivanbureschi in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula. In this study, we compared life history parameters (sex ratio, survival rate and age of sexual maturation) and growth parameters (body length and mass) of T. macedonicus and T. macedonicus × T. ivanbureschi hybrids over the first three postmetamorphic years. Survival rates were high and similar for both genotypes. Sexual dimorphism in body size (length and mass) was evident at the beginning of the third postmetamorphic year, after the first breeding year, for both T. macedonicus and hybrids. We did not find clear and consistent difference in any of the analysed traits suggesting that hybridization with T. ivabureschi does not affect postmetamorphic growth and survival of T. macedonicus.
Ethnic Diversity, Racial Prejudice, and Attitudes towards Equity in the West and Beyond
Authors: Jakobsen Tor Georg , de Soysa Indra
Published: February 2022

Recent studies find that increasing ethnic diversity through immigration reduces support for welfare states. Using multilevel analysis of a wide sample of countries (≅100) and a large sampling of individuals (≅310,000), we find little evidence to suggest that the degree of diversity or antipathy towards ethnic others alone matter in explaining attitudes towards equity or public action aimed at reducing inequalities. Attitudes against reducing inequality are revealed mostly when the size of the majority ethnic group’s share is smaller, but only among people with preexisting skeptical attitudes towards ethnic and racial others. Those with no prejudicial attitudes show higher levels of support for equity. These effects are strongest when testing only a sample of Western countries. The results support the notion that sociotropic factors related to cultural biases are what matter, rather than fears attached to demographic change and increased ethnic competition in the economic realm.
Athyrium aberrans (Athyriaceae), a new species of the lady ferns from southeastern Xizang, China, based on morphological and molecular evidence
Authors: QIU YONG-LING , ZHANG LIN , ZHANG LI-BING , ZHOU XIN-MAO , ZHANG LIANG
Published: February 2022

A new fern species, Athyrium aberrans (Athyriaceae), currently only known from southeastern Xizang, China is described. Morphologically, A. aberrans is superficially similar to A. falcatum in the habit and pinna shape, but the new species can easily be distinguished from the latter by having purplish petioles and rachises, a bulbil on the rachis below the lamina apex, and finely toothed pinna margins. A phylogenetic analysis based on five plastid markers demonstrates that A. aberrans is most closely related to but obviously distinct from A. epirachis.
Advances in the Prediction of MJO Teleconnections in the S2S Forecast Systems
Authors: Stan Cristiana , Zheng Cheng , Chang Edmund Kar-Man , Domeisen Daniela I. V. , Garfinkel Chaim I. , Jenney Andrea M. , Kim Hyemi , Lim Young-Kwon , Lin Hai , Robertson Andrew , Schwartz Chen , Vitart Frederic , Wang Jiabao , Yadav Priyanka
Published: February 2022

This study evaluates the ability of state-of-the-art subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) forecasting systems to represent and predict the teleconnections of the Madden–Julian oscillation and their effects on weather in terms of midlatitude weather patterns and North Atlantic tropical cyclones. This evaluation of forecast systems applies novel diagnostics developed to track teleconnections along their preferred pathways in the troposphere and stratosphere, and to measure the global and regional responses induced by teleconnections across both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Results of this study will help the modeling community understand to what extent the potential to predict the weather on S2S time scales is achieved by the current generation of forecasting systems, while informing where to focus further development efforts. The findings of this study will also provide impact modelers and decision-makers with a better understanding of the potential of S2S predictions related to MJO teleconnections.
Warming Pattern over the Northern Hemisphere Midlatitudes in Boreal Summer 1979–2020
Authors: Teng Haiyan , Leung Ruby , Branstator Grant , Lu Jian , Ding Qinghua
Published: February 2022

Significant surface air temperature warming during summer 1979–2020 is not uniformly distributed in the northern midlatitudes over land but rather is confined to several longitudinal sectors including Europe, central Siberia and Mongolia, and both coasts of North America. These hot spots are accompanied by a chain of high pressure ridges from an anomalous, circumglobal Rossby wave train in the upper troposphere. From reanalysis data and several baseline experiments from phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6), we find that the circulation trend pattern is associated with fluctuations of the Atlantic multidecadal variability (AMV) and the interdecadal Pacific oscillation. The phase shift of AMV in the 1990s is particularly noteworthy for accelerating warming averaged over the northern midlatitude land. The amplitude of the observed trend in both surface air temperature and the upper-level geopotential height generally falls beyond the range of multidecadal trends simulated by the CMIP6 preindustrial control runs, supporting the likelihood that anthropogenic forcing played a critical role in the observed trend. On the other hand, the fidelity of the simulated low-frequency modes of variability and their teleconnections, especially on multidecadal time scales, is difficult to assess because of the relatively short observational records. Our mechanistic modeling results indicate that synoptic eddy–mean flow interaction is a key to the formation of the anomalous wave train but how the multidecadal modes can modulate the synoptic eddies through atmosphere–ocean and atmosphere–land interactions remains poorly understood. This gap in our knowledge makes it challenging to quantify the roles of the low-frequency modes and external forcings in causing the observed multidecadal trends.
Characteristics of Precipitation Particles and Microphysical Processes during the 11–12 January 2020 Ice Pellet Storm in the Montréal Area, Québec, Canada
Authors: Lachapelle Mathieu , Thériault Julie M.
Published: February 2022

Freezing rain and ice pellets are particularly difficult to forecast when solid precipitation is completely melted aloft. This study addresses this issue by investigating the processes that led to a long-duration ice pellet event in Montreal, Québec, Canada, on 11–12 January 2020. To do so, a benchmark model initialized with ERA5 data is used to show that solid precipitation was completely melted below the melting layer, which discards partial melting from the possible ice pellet formation processes. Macro photography of precipitation reveals that small columnar crystals (∼200 μm) and ice pellets occurred simultaneously for more than 10 h. The estimation of ice crystal number concentration using macro photographs and laser-optical disdrometer data suggests that all supercooled drops could have refrozen by contact freezing with ice crystals. Rimed ice pellets also indicate ice supersaturation in the subfreezing layer. Given these observations, the formation of ice pellets and ice crystals was probably promoted by secondary ice production and the horizontal advection of ice crystals below the melting layer, as we illustrate using a conceptual model. Overall, these findings demonstrate how ice nucleation processes at temperatures near 0°C can drastically change the precipitation phase and the impact of a storm.

Significance Statement

Ice pellets are generally formed when snow particles partially melt while falling through a warm layer aloft before completely refreezing in a cold layer closer to the surface. Ice pellets can also be formed when snow particles completely melt aloft, but freezing rain is often produced in such conditions. On 11–12 January 2020, ice pellets were produced during more than 10 h in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Macro photographs of the precipitation particles show that ice pellets occurred simultaneously with small ice crystals. Most of the ice pellets were produced while snow particles were completely melted aloft. The supercooled drops probably refroze due to collisions with the ice crystals that could have been advected by the northeasterly winds near the surface.
Supplier-Selection Practices for Robust Global Supply Chain Networks: A Simulation Of The Global Auto Industry
Authors: Sytch Maxim , Kim Yong , Page Scott
Published: February 2022

How can companies develop and maintain global supply chain networks that are robust—that is, capable of maintaining an uninterrupted flow of goods and materials—when confronted with a geographically spreading disruption that could cause the shutdown of multiple suppliers at once? To answer this question, this article combines an empirical analysis of supply chain networks of three global automotive manufacturers with computational experiments. The results reveal that even when a small fraction of buyers adopt regionalizing supplier-selection practices—those in which a buyer chooses geographically proximate suppliers, whether to the buyer or its current suppliers—the supply chain network becomes more robust.
Attitudes toward mental illness among medical students and impact of temperament
Authors: Brahmi Lina , Amamou Badii , Ben Haouala Amjed , Mhalla Ahmed , Gaha Lotfi
Published: February 2022

Background:

Mental health-related stigma is a serious problem that has undesirable consequences for individuals with mental disorders including physical health disparities, increasing mortality, and social dysfunction. Besides, these individuals frequently report feeling ‘devalued, dismissed, and dehumanized’ when encountering health professionals who are also perpetrators of stigmatizing attitudes and discriminatory behaviors.

Aims:

The present study concentrates on attitudes, and behavioral responses of medical students and junior doctors toward individuals with a mental illness and explores factors associated with stigma including temperament.

Methods:

A cross-sectional study was conducted among medical students and junior doctors from medical schools of universities in Tunisia. All participants were invited to complete a brief anonymous electronic survey administered on the google forms online platform. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires, Stigma Measurement, Mental Illness: Clinicians’ Attitudes (MICA), Assessment of Affective Temperament, TEMPS-A scale.

Results:

A total of 1,028 medical students and junior doctors were recruited. The completion of a psychiatry clerkship for medical students didn’t improve significantly the level of stigma toward people with a mental illness. Students in the fourth year had significantly the lowest MICA scores comparing to other students. Psychiatrists had significantly lower scores of explicit stigma attitudes than the other groups (Mean score = 0.42). As for other specialties, surgical residents had more stigmatizing attitudes than those who had medical specialties. 70% of participants believed that people with a mental illness are more dangerous than the other patients. Hyperthymic temperament was significantly associated with decreased stigma attitudes toward patients with mental illness.

Conclusion:

A combination of medical school experiences of psychiatry’s theoretical learning and clerkship and wider societal beliefs are important factors that shape students. Awareness of this will enable educators to develop locally relevant anti-stigma teaching resources throughout the psychiatry curriculum to improve students’ attitudes toward mental illnesses.
Comparative study of two biocomposites: Effect of date stone flour treated with potassium permanganate as a filler on the morphological and elastic properties
Authors: Rabhi Said , Benghanem Nacera , Abdi Said
Published: February 2022

The paper deals with the effect of date stone flour (DSF) as a filler on the elastic properties of biocomposites based on two different matrices, namely, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and green epoxy resin (GER). Potassium permanganate treatment was applied to improve the surface properties of the DSF filler. Fourier transform infrared spectrotroscopy was used to analyze the chemical changes of the functional groups in the untreated DSF and the permanganate treated DSF filler. Different filler content of 10, 20, and 30 wt%, respectively, were used to obtain PMMA/DSF and GER/DSF biocomposites. The elastic properties, namely, longitudinal modulus, shear modulus, bulk modulus, Young’s modulus of elasticity, Poisson ratio, ultrasonic micro-hardness, and acoustic impedance of the biocomposites were determined using the ultrasonic through-transmission method. In addition, the morphology was studied using optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Fourier transform infrared spectrotroscopy analysis results revealed the success of the permanganate treatment. The elastic properties of PMMA/DSF biocomposites were decreased, while an improvement of these properties is observed for GER/DSF biocomposites. Morphological results showed the presence of pores and cracks in the PMMA/DSF biocomposites, which is attributed to poor interfacial adhesion between the DSF filler and the PMMA matrix. However, fewer defects were observed in the GER/DSF biocomposites, which is due to better interfacial adhesion between the DSF filler and the GER matrix.
Monodominant natural vegetation provides models for nature-based cereal production
Authors: Lenné J , Wood D
Published: February 2022

Nature-based solutions, principally diverse systems, are increasingly being promoted as the solution to future food production as they are perceived to be more productive, resilient and ecologically based. This ‘paradigm of in-field diversity’ approach is inciting a growing perception that monocultures, the source of most global food production, are ecologically dysfunctional and highly vulnerable to diseases and pests. Our perspective paper clearly shows that natural monodominant vegetation is common in nature and that the ancestral species of major cereals including wheat, barley and rice grew in monocultures maintained by disturbances such as fire or flood. Early farmers mimicked these ecological stresses during field management, favouring annual monodominant crops. We also present well-supported evidence that cereal monocultures are an ancient method of farming founded in the origins of agriculture and that modern plant breeding generates and supports monoculture crops that are inherently genetically diverse and usually resistant to prevailing diseases and pests. Until research has been done on the ecology, agronomy and management of diverse nature-based solutions to future agriculture, the scarce funding to agricultural research for future food production is better targeted at improving monoculture agriculture to be more efficient, productive, resilient and environmentally benign. Monoculture agriculture, particularly for cereals, is a proven natural model for future food production.
Philosophy and the study of capitalism
Authors: Evans Justin D
Published: February 2022

Sociologists, economists, historians, anthropologists, political theorists, and literary critics have all turned their attention to the study of capitalism. But philosophers remain much less engaged. Why is this? And what could philosophy bring to the study of capitalism? Could it help in the development of a general theory? My main argument here is that philosophy does have an important role to play in the study of capitalism, particularly if we want to develop a general theory. Philosophers must describe something that is peculiar to capitalism, in philosophical terms, which has not been explained by sociological, economic, or psychological means. This subject matter does exist: it is the nature of rationality within capitalism. I suggest that this can best be explained by using the theory of the space of reasons, which helps to show how rational human practices shape social and economic institutions, and how our form of rationality is in turn shaped by those practices and institutions.
The experiences of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina’s Library Working Group on COVID-19 Prevention
Authors: Righetto Guilherme Goulart , Rossi Tatiana , Soares Juliane Fonseca
Published: February 2022

This article presents a brief overview of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of Brazilian university libraries, as well as the efforts made by those institutions. It aims to report the experiences of the University Library Working Group at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, located in southern Brazil, in COVID-19 prevention. It describes the guidelines that the Working Group established and the perspectives for returning to face-to-face work. It considers the relevance of the role of libraries in accessing and disseminating science information. It highlights the opportunities for change and advances in study, research and services aimed at libraries in general. The article concludes that the University Library at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, through the Working Group fulfilling its role of supporting teaching, made it possible to articulate an information exchange network about COVID-19 with public servants, where the Working Group has carried out research and guided the management of the University Library in conducting the provision of face-to-face and remote services securely, both for users and the BU/UFSC staff (or employees).
Development of Cost-Effective High-Modulus Asphalt Concrete Mixtures Using Crumb Rubber and Local Construction Materials in Louisiana
Authors: Elnaml Ibrahim , Mousa Momen , Hassan Marwa M. , Idris Ipshit , Mohammad Louay
Published: February 2022

One of the emerging solutions to enhance the durability of asphalt pavements is the use of a French asphalt mix known as “High-Modulus Asphalt Concrete (HMAC).” This mix uses a hard asphalt binder, high binder content (about 6%), and low air voids content as compared with Superpave mixtures. The key objective of this study was to develop a cost-effective HMAC mixture using crumb rubber and local materials in Louisiana. To achieve this objective, four HMAC mixtures were prepared using two asphalt binders (PG 82-22 and PG 76-22 plus 10% crumb rubber) and two Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) contents (20% and 40%); additionally, a conventional Superpave mixture in Louisiana was prepared as a control mixture. The laboratory performance of these five mixtures was evaluated in relation to workability, dynamic modulus, rutting resistance, and cracking resistance. The AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design software was also used to estimate the long-term field performance of these mixtures. Results indicated that the HMAC mixture prepared with 10% crumb rubber and 20% RAP successfully met the French mix design specifications for HMAC and LaDOTD specifications. This HMAC mix outperformed the control Superpave mix in relation to dynamic modulus, rutting resistance, and cracking resistance. Additionally, this HMAC mixture can reduce the required asphalt thickness by 1.5 or 2 in. based on traffic level. The cost-effectiveness analysis indicated that this HMAC mixture was more cost-effective than conventional Superpave mixtures in Louisiana. In addition, this mixture is environmentally friendly as it can reduce the disposal of scrap tires in landfills.
Understanding Divorce Trends and Risks: The Case of Norway 1886–2018
Authors: Zahl-Olsen Rune
Published: February 2022

Divorces have become common, but reliable longer-run historical data with several years of follow-up are scarce. This study investigates divorce trends and divorce risk based on prospective data for all Norwegian different-sex marriages formed from 1886–2018, with yearly follow-up continuing until 60 years after the wedding (N = 2.7 million). First marriages and remarriages are investigated separately, as are marriages in rural and urban areas. The results indicate a general decline in divorce risk, but not in rural areas. The previously suggested impacts of age-at-marriage and remarriage on divorce risk are questioned.
Exploring the Effectiveness of Learning Path Recommendation based on Felder-Silverman Learning Style Model: A Learning Analytics Intervention Approach
Authors: Joseph Lumy , Abraham Sajimon , Mani Biju P , N Rajesh
Published: February 2022

A fixed learning path for all learners is a major drawback of virtual learning systems. An online learning path recommendation system has the advantage of offering flexibility to select appropriate learning content. Learning Analytics Intervention (LAI) provides several educational benefits, particularly for low-performing students. Researchers employed an LAI approach in this work to recommend personalised learning paths to students pursuing online courses depending on their learning styles. It was accomplished by developing a Learning Path Recommendation Model (LPRM) based on the Felder–Silverman Learning Style Model (FSLSM) and evaluating its efficacy. The data were analysed with the help of a dataset from the Moodle Research Repository, and different learning paths were recommended using a sequence matching algorithm. The effectiveness of this approach was tested in two groups of learners using the independent two-sample t-test, a statistical testing tool. The experimental evaluation revealed that learners who followed the suggested learning path performed better than those who followed the learning path without any recommendations. This enhanced learning performance exemplifies the effects of learning analytics intervention .
Digitally enabled supply chain as a strategic asset for the COVID-19 response in Alberta
Authors: Snowdon Anne , Wright Alexandra
Published: February 2022

This provincial case study, one of seven conducted as part of a national research program on healthcare supply chain management during COVID-19, focuses on Alberta. With a history of emergency preparedness, Alberta’s unique context, one that includes having an already established, centralized, and digital healthcare supply chain strategy, sets this case apart from the others in terms of pandemic responses. A key challenge navigated by Alberta was the inadequacies of traditional sourcing and procurement approaches to meet surges in product demand, which was overcome by the implementation of unique procurement strategies. Opportunities for Alberta included the integration of supply chain teams into senior leadership structures, which enabled access to data to inform public health decision-making. This case demonstrated how Alberta’s healthcare supply chain assets—its supply chain infrastructure, data, and leadership expertise, especially—contributed to resilient supply chain capacity across the province.
Renewable vs fossil fuel: How a fossil-fuel powered industry pushed a renewable resource out of the ice market in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Authors: Heidbrink Ingo
Published: February 2022

Artificially produced ice replaced natural ice as a cooling agent in a process of displacement that lasted several decades. This article uses the German market as an example to identify the three main factors that underpinned this process. First, it argues that the displacement process was largely driven by marketing and image campaigns created by the proponents of artificial ice-making technology, together with the general technophilia that prevailed in Imperial Germany. Second, the article shows how Europe's last major cholera outbreak in Hamburg was utilised to promote the transition from natural to artificial ice, and how public opinion and established knowledge disseminated by public authorities were by no means aligned, with natural ice – particularly imported Norwegian natural ice – becoming a victim of adverse public opinion. Third, the article explains why the fisheries, notably the developing steam trawling industry, which was a major and large-scale industrial user of ice in Germany, continued to use natural ice for a relatively long time regardless of public opinion and any perceived pollution of the ice. Rather, decisions to switch from natural to artificial ice in the fisheries were informed by economic and pragmatic reasoning.
The multi-component coupling horizontal vibration modeling technology of the high-speed elevator and analysis of its influencing factors
Authors: Zhou Huifang , Zhang Shuyou , Qiu Lemiao , Wang Zili , Li Heng
Published: February 2022

Horizontal vibration of a high-speed elevator can seriously influence the safety, stability, and ride comfort of the elevator during the operation. The construction of an accurate and robust dynamic model for horizontal vibration is the key to vibration control and suppression. In this article, the modeling and influencing factor analysis of the horizontal vibration of the high-speed elevator car are performed considering multi-component coupling. The rigid flexible coupling of the traction ropes and the elevator car system, the rigid irregularity perturbation generated by the manufacturing and installation errors of the guide rails, and the vibration inconsistency between the elevator car and car frame are considered in the modeling process. Based on the coupling system of the traction rope, elevator car, elevator car frame, guide rails, and rolling guide shoes, the kinematic horizontal vibration equation is established by using the generalized Hamilton’s principle. The solution of the horizontal vibration of the elevator car is derived based on the Galerkin method and MATLAB/Simulink software, and the influence of the perturbation frequency, irregularity perturbation type, and operating velocity on the horizontal vibration of the elevator car is analyzed. The KLK2 high-speed elevator is taken as a case study. Compared with the measured data, the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of the proposed model for maximum peak-to-peak (max [Formula: see text]) and [Formula: see text] peak-to-peak ([Formula: see text] [Formula: see text]) of the horizontal vibration acceleration is 6.08% and 5.16%, respectively, while the MAPE of a four degree-of-freedom model for the two is 16.74% and 7.35% and the MAPE of a distributed-parameter model for the two is 10.66% and 6.97%, respectively. The effectiveness of the proposed model is verified.
Automated inverter noise separation in the interior of electric vehicles using adapted Kirsch-Compass kernel and Hough-Transformation
Authors: Fröhlingsdorf Katja , Pischinger Stefan , Günther Marco , Steffens Christoph , Heuer Stefan
Published: February 2022

The increasing electrification of the powertrain of road vehicles creates new NVH challenges. In electric vehicles, the inverter noise is a dominant component of the overall interior noise. The typical high-frequency tonal noise shares often have a negative impact on the perceived sound quality of the vehicle. To improve the acoustic optimization, which is a complex and time-consuming process, a novel method for the automated separation of inverter noise shares in the vehicle interior has been developed and is presented in this paper. This method is based on image processing such as Kirsch-Compass filter and Hough-Transformation for line detection. It is designed to work even without the knowledge about component parameters such as the switching frequency and the number of pole pairs of the electric machine. The detection rate of the switching frequencies in the vehicle interior is 94%, and up to 86% for the inverter harmonics.
Business Incubators: A Need-Heed Gap Analysis of Technology-based Enterprises
Authors: Wasdani Kishinchand Poornima , Vijaygopal Abhishek , Manimala Mathew J.
Published: February 2022

As technology-based enterprises (TBEs) are more promising than non-technology firms, there is a strong case for their incubation and promotion. However, TBEs use incubators not as support providers for idea incubation but to control costs incurred to develop and implement their ideas, thus defying the objective of incubation. Different types of incubators, such as commercial, social and university business incubators (UBIs), have different types of tangible and intangible resource offerings for their incubatees. Entrepreneurs utilize these resources based on their needs to save costs and reduce risks. Drawing from the conversations with the serial incubatees it was evident that once their access to resources at one incubation centre is exhausted, they move to another incubation centre for further fulfillment of their enterprise’s needs. Our analysis based on 20 interviews with the entrepreneurs of TBEs reveals a need-heed gap between the incubatees and incubators, which will have to be reduced for incubators to remain relevant to firms and effective for entrepreneurs.There is a need for a ‘hybridized incubation’ arrangement for TBEs in which incubators will have to pay heed to their roles as providers of specialized resources from both academia and industry.
The Prayer of Apostolic Faith: Moving Mountains in Mark 11:20–25
Authors: Cary Phillip
Published: February 2022

Jesus famously promises in Mark 11:20–25 that prayer can move mountains and cast them into the sea. In the Scriptures, mountains threatened by the sea are an image of kingdoms threatened by war, tumult, and destruction. In its immediate context, Jesus’ words look very much like a warning about the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple. In a larger historical context, Friedrich Nietzsche, of all people, gives us a clue to what mountain could be in view when he complains that in Christ, the Jews have conquered Rome.
Associations Between MMPI-3 Scale Scores and the DSM-5 AMPD and ICD-11 Dimensional Personality Traits
Authors: Brown Tiffany A. , Sellbom Martin
Published: February 2022

The current study aimed to examine the associations between Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3) scales and the dimensional personality traits contained within the ICD-11 Personality Disorder diagnosis and DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD) models. The sample consisted of 489 undergraduate students, with dimensional personality traits operationalized via the Comprehensive Assessment of Traits relevant to Personality Disorder (CAT-PD). A priori hypotheses were generated for which MMPI-3 scales would be most associated with each personality trait domain, as well as individual CAT-PD scales. Zero-order correlations and regression analyses were used to examine associations between a set of hypothesized MMPI-3 scale scores and CAT-PD scale scores. The results showed a pattern of meaningful correlations supporting the majority of hypotheses. Moreover, most hypothesized scales also incremented one another in regression models predicting hypothesized PD scale scores. These findings indicate that the MMPI-3 is well situated to aid clinicians in the assessment of personality trait dysfunction from a dimensional perspective.
“I Don’t Feel I’m Capable of More”: Affect, Literacy, Dis/Ability
Authors: Bacon Heidi R. , Rolim Paula , Humaidan Abdulsamad
Published: February 2022

In this single-case retrospective study, we examine the phenomenon of difficult experiences in schooling and literacy as described by Diana, age 25. Drawing on convergent theories of affect, new materialism, and critical dis/ability studies, we explore educational trajectories and complexities of entangled identities. Four open-ended interviews, a series of conversations, were conducted with Diana and analyzed through a rhizomatic lens. Our analysis illustrates Diana's participation histories and literacy trajectories (re)presenting dis/continuities of past, present, and future time, which bring to life emotional collisions, ruptures, and possibilities. As difficult experiences compel us to witness and to bear testimony, we address potential social and human consequences of labels and categories and argue that a new materialist approach to literacy research and critical dis/ability studies can powerfully frame research that calls out injustice and cultivates hope.
The economic implications of the COVID-19 outbreak on tourism industry: Empirical evidence from Turkey
Authors: Koçak Emrah , Dogru Tarik , Shehzad Khurram , Bulut Umit
Published: February 2022

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused tremendous fear and uncertainty and affected health, economy, and social life in an unprecedented form worldwide. Yet, the level of knowledge on its economic implications is very limited. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to explain the health, social, and economic impacts of COVID-19. Because the tourism is one of the most affected industries by the pandemic, this study aims to explain the effects of COVID-19 cases and deaths, global fear, and government responses on Turkey’s tourism industry. Empirical findings show that the tourism industry reacts negatively to new cases, number of deaths, and global fear measures. Also, government containment and health measures and economic supports positively affect the tourism industry. Furthermore, government stringency policies drive down the tourism industry’s performance. The findings of this study provide significant implications for tourism and travel firms, policy makers, and future research.
Automated decision-making, digital inclusion and intersectional disabilities
Authors: Goggin Gerard , Soldatić Karen
Published: February 2022

Disability is a long-standing area of digital inclusion finally emerging out of the shadows. In this article, we argue that a critical understanding of digital media from the perspectives of disability and intersectionality will offer generative insights for framing the terms and agenda of digital inclusion in the next decade. With a focus on the area of automated decision-making (ADM) in social and welfare services, we reflect upon the controversial 2015–2020 Australian government programme widely known as ‘Robodebt’ that recovers putative debts from support recipients – and we discuss implications for Indigenous Australians with disabilities in particular. We contrast the ‘Robodebt’ programme with explicit digital inclusion policy on disability in Australia, noting that such digital inclusion policy does not specifically acknowledge yet alone address ADM or other aspects of automation. Here, there is a major opportunity for overdue acknowledgement of disability and intersectionality to spur and shape an affirmative and just agenda on people with disabilities’ digital inclusion, ADM and other associated areas of automated technologies.