bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Spatial distribution and natural environment mechanism of the cholera epidemic in ancient Jiangnan area, China
Authors: Wang Xiaowei , Yang Mengqi
Published: March 2021

Cholera, as an acute, high-risk and widespread infectious disease, has been studied by many scholars. Based on the data from , this research investigated the spatial distribution of the cholera epidemic and natural environment mechanism of the cholera epidemic in the Jiangnan area, from the year 1820 to 1821. We applied a set of spatial statistical analyses to investigate the spatial heterogeneity and the factors that influence the cholera epidemic in the Jiangnan area. Results show that: 1) Spatial distribution of cholera epidemic lied at different geographical scales. The cholera epidemic was highly concentrated in Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou; There was a north-south difference of cholera epidemic distribution at the regional scale. The cholera epidemic was more concentrated in the north part than in the south part of the Jiangnan area; Meanwhile, there was an east-west difference in cholera epidemic distribution where the intensity of the cholera epidemic decreased from east to northwest and southwest. 2) A land-sea distribution of cholera can be also found. The Chang-Hang line and the Hu-Jia line were the two boundaries of the cholera epidemic in the Jiangnan area. 3) There was a close relationship between the distribution of the cholera epidemic and natural environment in the Jiangnan area. The influence intensity of natural factors on epidemic disasters followed the order of temperature (0.760) > precipitation (0.663) > river distance (0.413) > river density (0.398) > elevation (0.395). The present investigation is conductive to establish a prevention system for public health emergencies, which contributes to the sustainable development of society and human health.
Myocardial extracellular volume quantification by computed tomography predicts outcomes in patients with severe aortic stenosis
Authors: Hammer Yoav , Talmor-Barkan Yeela , Abelow Aryeh , Orvin Katia , Aviv Yaron , Bar Noam , Levi Amos , Landes Uri , Shafir Gideon , Barsheshet Alon , Vaknin-Assa Hana , Sagie Alexander , Kornowski Ran , Hamdan Ashraf
Published: March 2021

Background

The extent of myocardial fibrosis in patients with severe aortic stenosis might have an important prognostic value. Non-invasive imaging to quantify myocardial fibrosis by measuring extracellular volume fraction might have an important clinical utility prior to aortic valve intervention.

Methods

Seventy-five consecutive patients with severe aortic stenosis, and 19 normal subjects were prospectively recruited and underwent pre- and post-contrast computed tomography for estimating myocardial extracellular volume fraction. Serum level of galectin-3 was measured and 2-dimensional echocardiography was performed to characterize the extent of cardiac damage using a recently published aortic stenosis staging classification.

Results

Extracellular volume fraction was higher in patients with aortic stenosis compared to normal subjects (40.0±11% vs. 21.6±5.6%; respectively, p<0.001). In patients with aortic stenosis, extracellular volume fraction correlated with markers of left ventricular decompensation including New York Heart Association functional class, left atrial volume, staging classification of aortic stenosis and lower left ventricular ejection fraction. Out of 75 patients in the AS group, 49 underwent TAVI, 6 surgical AVR, 2 balloon valvuloplasty, and 18 did not undergo any type of intervention. At 12-months after aortic valve intervention, extracellular volume fraction predicted the combined outcomes of stroke and hospitalization for heart failure with an area under the curve of 0.77 (95% confidence interval: 0.65–0.88). A trend for correlation between serum galectin-3 and extracellular volume was noted.

Conclusion

In patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing computed tomography before aortic valve intervention, quantification of extracellular volume fraction correlated with functional status and markers of left ventricular decompensation, and predicted the 12-months composite adverse clinical outcomes. Implementation of this novel technique might aid in the risk stratification process before aortic valve interventions.
Whose hobbyhorse now?: A revised Foreword for Chinese Landscape Painting as Western Art History1
Authors: Purtle Jennifer
Published: March 2021

This article constitutes a new Foreword for James Elkins’s Chinese Landscape Painting as Western Art History. Reflecting on this work a decade after it was first published, this Foreword seeks to position Elkins’s text with respect to current debates about appropriation, decolonization, race, whiteness, privilege and a problematic, colonialist, EuroAmerican notion of ‘the global’. Now the questions I asked ten years ago in response to Elkins’s text are more pressing than ever: how can the history of the art of non-western cultures be figured in their own terms, and how might such a project operate without transposing the object of inquiry entirely into western epistemological frameworks and strategies of academic inquiry? This article seeks to consider how Elkins’s text both de- and re-centres the discipline of art history so that the western tradition alone no longer dominates its master narrative and serves as sole source of its conceptual lexicon. Moreover, this article posits that from Elkins’s text we might contemplate a future in which the western tradition might become marginal within the discipline of art history, its established terms, discourses and practices incommensurate with newly centred analogues drawn from non-western cultures.
Making minimalism disappear…
Authors: Weng Cheng-Chu
Published: March 2021

‘Making minimalism disappear…’ presents an essay regarding my approach to ‘expansion painting’, and specifically provides a study of another kind of minimalist aesthetic. The account begins with a signature work, Shoji (2015), which is proposed as a way to unfold what expansion painting is. I describe my approach as drawing upon painterly compositional methods but developed through site-specific considerations of architectural spaces, bodies and differing levels of consciousness. The works ‘take place’ when interacting in these layered spaces, or what I refer to as a ‘sense’ of painting space. The article goes on to articulate how – in terms of a western discourse – my works might ‘look’ minimalist but, in fact, are not minimalist art. This article – in representing my practice and providing broader critical analysis – leads us to question an ideology of art history around the enigma of minimalist art, and gives rise instead to another shadowy form of minimalist art. Hence, this article can be said to make minimalism disappear in being haunted by it.
Fedezeti stratégia a gyakorlatban
Authors: Czike Anna
Published: March 2021

A vállalati pénzügyek kiinduló feltevése szerint a vállalatvezetés, és ezzel együtt az általuk alkalmazott kockázatkezelési stratégia célja az értékteremtés: a minél magasabb szintű kockázati tudatosság elérésével és fenntartásával a kockázatok lehetséges hatásainak minimalizálása, az üzleti döntések eredményének optimalizálása. Jelen cikkben a szerző célja a (részleges) pénzügyi kockázatkezelés lehetséges indokainak bemutatása egy példában vázolt feladat valós megoldásán, és a megoldás során felmerült kérdéseken keresztül. A következő kérdések – természetesen a mit-mivel-hogyan? alapvető pénzügyi kérdéseken kívül – végiggondolása bármely fedezeti stratégia megalkotásánál elengedhetetlenül szükséges: Milyen piaci helyzetben teremt(het) értéket a kockázatkezelés? A vállalat mely szereplői lehetnek érdekeltek a kockázatkezelési stratégia megfelelő működésében? Mennyiben más az egyes szereplők célja, motivációja? A gyakorlatban ezeknek a kérdéseknek a megválaszolása szükséges a minden érintett számára elfogadható kockázatkezelési stratégia megalkotásához, amely ezáltal valóban értéket teremt a vállalat számára.
A magyar mikro-, kis- és középvállalatok versenyképességének mérése és vizsgálata
Authors: Szerb László
Published: March 2021

A cikk célja magyar mikro-, kis- és közepes méretű cégek versenyképességének vizsgálata. Mivel az eddigi versenyképességi mutatók nagyvállalatokra készültek, egy új koncepcionális modellt kellett alkotni. A rétegzetten reprezentatív felmérés során kapott 695-ös erősségű mintából álló hazai kkv-szektor elemezését az új modell 21 változója és 7 pillérje mentén végzi el a szerző. A szűk keresztmetszetekért történő büntetés (PFB) egyedi módszerének segítségével lehetséges a vállalatok versenyképességének gyenge pontjait feltárni. A versenyképesség hét pillérje, a Kereslet, a Kínálat, a Fizikai erőforrások, a Humán erőforrások, az Innováció, a Networking és az adminisztratív Rutinok, továbbá a versenyképességi teljesítmények tényezői mentén képzett 8 klaszter egyrészt a hazai kkv-szektor csoportjai közötti jelentős különbségeket, másrészt a klasztereken belül a hasonlóságokat szemlélteti. Az átlagos versenyképesség a pontok alapján igen alacsony (1,96/7), különösen problematikus a kínálati, az innovációs és az együttműködést mutató networking pillérek mentén. A gyengébb versenyképességű csoportok számosabbak és homogénebbek a magasabb versenyképességűeknél. A PFB-módszer alkalmas egyedi, vállalati szintű elemzésre, a gyengeségek feltárására is, ezt négy cég példáján szemlélteti a cikk. Bár a módszer hasznosnak bizonyult, több területen szükséges továbbfejleszteni, hogy ténylegesen alkalmazható legyen gazdaságpolitikai javaslatok megfogalmazására és cégszintű stratégiai javaslatok adására.
Admission of electronic evidence
Authors: Rutenberg Isaac , Kiptinness  Stephen , Sugow Abdulmalik
Published: March 2021

In its provision for the admissibility of electronic evidence, the Kenyan Evidence Act includes two apparently conflicting provisions. Under section 106B, the Evidence Act prescribes conditions for admissibility, and uses the concept of a certificate as a means of proof of authenticity. On the other hand, under section 78A, electronic evidence is admissible, with no mention of the use of a certificate. There has been conflicting jurisprudence as a result. This paper proposes that section 106B ought to be repealed to give way to the section 78A presumption of admissibility due to numerous issues associated with the certificate.

Index words: Kenya; Evidence Act; conditions for admissibility; electronic evidence; conflicting jurisprudence; Commonwealth Model Law on Electronic Evidence
Addressing Teacher Shortages in the COVID-19 Landscape: Viewing Teacher Candidates as Assets
Authors: Rosenberg Michael , Mason-Williams Lucky , Kimmell Lois , Sindelar Paul
Published: March 2021

COVID-19 continues to impose dire consequences on all sectors of our public education system. Many students, particularly those from vulnerable populations, are receiving reduced amounts of direct instruction and are experiencing significant losses in learning. At the same time, educator preparation programs (EPPs) are struggling to ensure that teacher candidates have ample opportunities to apply their newly acquired pedagogical skills in high quality clinical placements. In this article we describe and provide exemplars as to how teacher candidates can serve as assets to school districts as they complete their field placements. We also offer specific strategies and practices for EPPs and school districts to maximize the productive and efficient integration of teacher candidates in both virtual and in-person environments.
Impulsividad y empatía en una muestra de delincuentes en tratamiento: diferencias entre delincuentes sexuales y no sexuales
Authors: Saldino Virginia , López-Pinar Carlos
Published: March 2021

Tanto la impulsividad, entendida como rasgo de personalidad, como la empatía han sido consideradas como factores estrechamente relacionados con la delincuencia. El presente estudio evalúa la impulsividad y empatía en una muestra de delincuentes en tratamiento. Para ello, se analizaron los resultados obtenidos por 80 penados (74 varones y 6 mujeres) en el Cuestionario de personalidad I7, cuyas escalas evalúan el nivel de irreflexión, temeridad y empatía de los sujetos evaluados. Las puntuaciones obtenidas por la muestra de delincuentes fueron comparables a las de muestras normativas. Sin embargo, al comparar los resultados obtenidos por el grupo de delincuentes sexuales con los del grupo de delincuentes no sexuales, se observaron puntuaciones significativamente más bajas en irreflexión y temeridad, y un menor porcentaje de antecedentes penales en el grupo de delincuentes sexuales. Este estudio evidencia la necesidad de añadir instrumentos que midan la impulsividad en la evaluación de delincuentes en tratamiento, así como la inclusión de ingredientes terapéuticos específicos, que podrían incluir herramientas farmacológicas, en aquellos sujetos con un nivel más alto de impulsividad.
Deterioro de la salud mental asociada a la violencia de pareja: diferente impacto en la psicopatología de las mujeres
Authors: Savall Rodríguez Mª Francisca , Blasco Ros Concepción , Martínez Ortíz Manuela
Published: March 2021

Generalmente, los estudios realizados sobre víctimas de violencia de pareja (VP) se han centrado en investigar el impacto de dicha violencia sobre la salud de las mujeres y, más concretamente, sobre su salud mental, obteniéndose que las víctimas presentan un peor estado de salud frente a las no víctimas. Consecuentemente, el daño psíquico encontrado ha sido utilizado también como un medidor de la gravedad de la violencia sufrida. El objetivo principal de este trabajo fue comprobar si las mujeres presentaban distintos perfiles de deterioro en su salud mental en función del tipo de violencia sufrida. Se llevó a cabo un estudio transversal con 108 mujeres víctimas de VP que fueron divididas en tres grupos: sin síntomas (n=30), con depresión (n=50), con depresión y Trastorno por Estrés Postraumático (TEPT) (n=28). Los análisis estadísticos realizados establecieron que el desarrollo de depresión, depresión/TEPT o el no padecer síntomas de estos trastornos no se asociaba al tipo de violencia sufrida (física, psicológica y/o sexual) al aportar datos estadísticamente no significativos. Estos resultados indican que las mujeres víctimas no conforman un grupo homogéneo entre ellas, apuntando que no debiera utilizarse únicamente el deterioro presentado en su salud mental como la variable que valore la gravedad de la violencia sufrida
Integrando la Arteterapia como Herramienta Terapéutica en Trastornos del Comportamiento Alimentario: Estudio Piloto de un Programa de Intervención Grupal
Authors: Martín Carolina , Gutiérrez Frutos Ana , Pastor Judith , Sepúlveda Ana Rosa
Published: March 2021

Se describe un programa de intervención en arteterapia para pacientes con un trastorno del comportamiento alimentario, basado en el libro “Drawing from Within”, de Lisa Hinz (2006). Este estudio piloto evaluó la aceptación del programa por parte de 13 pacientes y el impacto del programa. Fueron evaluados al inicio del estudio (T0), al terminar la intervención (T1) y tres meses después (T2). Al finalizar el programa de intervención, se produjo una reducción en la sintomatología perteneciente a la bulimia y en la insatisfacción corporal de las pacientes. Hubo tendencias al cambio hacia una mejora en la autoestima y en la regulación emocional, sin embargo, no se obtuvo ningún cambio en la autoeficacia general. Estos cambios se mantuvieron en el tiempo. El programa fue altamente valorado por los pacientes, expresaron satisfacción con este tipo de intervención que utiliza la expresión artística para indagar sobre el mundo interior y las emociones de los pacientes. La intervención promueve mayor compromiso en las pacientes, si bien se necesita replicación de los resultados con muestras más amplias.
Análisis del Síndrome de Edorexia y su relación con la actividad física en población universitaria
Authors: López-Morales José Luis , Ortín Moreno Francisco José , Garcés de los Fayos Ruíz Enrique Javier
Published: March 2021

El deporte y los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria tienen una estrecha relación. En concreto, este artículo pretende profundizar en el Sindrome de Edorexia y su relación con el deporte. Los participantes fueron 89 estudiantes de la universidad de Murcia comprendidos entre 20 y 29 años, que cumplimentaron un autorregistro de actividad física y el Inventario de Edorexia. Nuestros resultados muestran como el Síndrome de Edorexia se relaciona con la práctica de la actividad física y el mecanismo de evitación. Estos datos se explican mediante la teoría del Síndrome de Edorexia y en sintonía con la práctica de deporte para conseguir un alivio de un malestar como, por ejemplo el miedo a engordar o la sensación de pérdida de control. Por tanto, el empleo de la actividad física como una herramienta para aumentar el autocontrol puede provocar el aumento del apetito y derivar a un Síndrome de Edorexia.
Máxima Información, Mínima Molestia (MIMO): Reducir cuestionarios para cuidar de las personas participantes en psicología del deporte
Authors: Alcaraz Saul , Jordana Anna , Pons Joan , Borrueco Marta , Ramis Yago , Torregrosa Miquel
Published: March 2021

Contestar a un gran número de ítems puede suponer una gran carga para las personas participantes, lo cual puede empeorar la calidad de los datos recogidos. Por este motivo, el propósito de nuestro estudio es presentar el método de Máxima Información, Mínima Molestia (MIMO) para el desarrollo de versiones cortas en psicología del deporte. Nuestro protocolo propone cuatro fases para preparar la versión corta de un cuestionario ya existente. Concretamente, proponemos (a) realizar una selección inicial de ítems en base a criterios teóricos, psicométricos y de comprensión (Fase I); (b) refinar la versión corta gracias a las opiniones de un panel de personas expertas (Fase II); (c) evaluar la comprensión de los ítems por parte de la población diana (Fase III); y (d) evaluar la estructura factorial, fiabilidad y validez de relación con otras variables (Fase IV). Para cada fase, aportamos justificación, explicamos su desarrollo, las personas involucradas, y ofrecemos un ejemplo real de cómo podría aplicarse. En esencia, el método MIMO permite desarrollar versiones cortas que cuiden de las personas participantes, evalúen los aspectos clave de los constructos, conserven las propiedades psicométricas e incrementen la calidad de los datos recogidos.
Perfil sociodemográfico asociado a la ideación suicida de las personas transexuales
Authors: Gil-Llarío María Dolores , Fernández-García Olga Angustias , Bergero Miguel Trinidad
Published: March 2021

Las personas transexuales experimentan tasas extremadamente altas de conductas suicidas. Sin embargo, aunque la ideación suicida se considera un precursor importante de intento de suicidio, se ha prestado poca atención a esta problemática y al perfil sociodemográfico de este colectivo. Así, nos proponemos identificar la prevalencia de ideación suicida en una muestra de pacientes transexuales y explorar su perfil sociodemográfico. Para ello, se recogió información sociodemográfica de 172 transexuales (58.7% mujeres transexuales, 41.3% hombres transexuales) de entre 18 y 61 años que acudieron a la Unidad de Trastornos de Identidad de Género del Complejo Hospitalario Carlos Haya. Los resultados revelan una tasa de ideación suicida del 61% y en el 56.2% de los casos la ideación suicida actuó como precursor de intentos de suicidio. Los pacientes con ideación suicida parecen presentar un amplio historial en salud mental, aunque menos ingresos psiquiátricos y un menor consumo de psicofármacos, pero no de cocaína y marihuana. Además, la pérdida de amigos/as, la expulsión del hogar, las autolesiones no suicidas y/o la victimización por razón de género también se identificaron como factores precursores. Así, queda evidenciada la necesidad de elaborar programas de prevención e intervención que se ajusten a las características de este colectivo.
Verification of the Determination Method of Dissolved Metal Content using ICP-OES and Its Application for River Water in Bandar Lampung City
Authors: Juliasih Ni Luh Gede Ratna , Hidayat Diky , Pirdaus Purna , Rinawati Rinawati
Published: March 2021

Method verification for metal analysis (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Co, and Mn) in surface water using Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) was carried out to evaluate the method’s performance in the laboratory-based on US Method EPA 200.7. The verified method is used to determine the metal content in river water flowing in Bandar Lampung. The results showed that the method used had good linearity with a regression coefficient of more than 0.995. This method’s accuracy is expressed by the %RSD (relative standard deviation), which is in the range of 3.145 to 4.345% and meets the acceptance requirements with a %RSD value less than ⅔ CV Horwitz. The method accuracy obtained from the spiking analysis gives a range of 80-110% for the analysis of 1 mg/L and meets the acceptability required by AOAC. Overall, the performance of the method used is suitable for the analysis of metals in surface water. This method was applied for metal analysis in river water samples in several places in Bandar Lampung, which were the Palang Besi river (A1), the Way Balau Kedamaian river (B1), the Way Balau Kedaton river (C1), the Way Kuala river (D1), the Sumur Batu Kahuripan river (E1), Sumur Putri river (F1), and Muara Kahuripan river (G1). The concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, and Co metals were under the LoD method, while the Mn concentration was above the LoD method in river water samples.
ChiSeL
Authors: Agarwal Shubhangi , Dutta Sourav , Bhattacharya Arnab
Published: March 2021

Subgraph querying is one of the most important primitives in many applications. Although the field is well studied for deterministic graphs, in many situations, the graphs are probabilistic in nature. In this paper, we address the problem of subgraph querying in large probabilistic labeled graphs. We employ a novel algorithmic framework, called ChiSeL, that uses the idea of statistical significance for approximate subgraph matching on uncertain graphs that have uncertainty in edges. For each candidate matching vertex in the target graph that matches a query vertex, we compute its statistical significance using the chi-squared statistic. The search algorithm then proceeds in a greedy manner by exploring the vertex neighbors having the largest chi-square score. In addition to edge uncertainty, we also show how ChiSeL can handle uncertainty in labels and/or vertices. Experiments on large real-life graphs show the efficiency and effectiveness of our algorithm.
Atypical complication in an adult patient with dengue and autoimmune hemolytic anemia: a case report
Authors: Chamnanchanunt Supat , Thungthong Pravinwan , Nakhakes Chajchawan , Chonsawat Putza , Suwanban Tawatchai
Published: March 2021

Severe dengue infection is associated with life-threatening complications, including severe bleeding. The bleeding tendency is typically associated with the shock phase of infection, for which blood replacement may be needed. However, repetitive blood transfusion can lead to volume overload. Administration of recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) might be used to counteract bleeding without inducing volume overload. We describe the case of a patient with severe dengue infection who presented with intractable bleeding; he was initially treated with massive blood transfusions, which resulted in volume overload. He was then treated with rFVIIa to reverse the bleeding. During the second week of his hospitalization, his hematocrit dropped precipitously, and autoimmune hemolytic anemia was diagnosed. Supportive treatment was provided until recovery. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a rare complication in adult patients with dengue. Supportive care was effective for this atypical complication.
Non-stationary Navier–Stokes equations in 2D power cusp domain
Authors: Pileckas Konstantin , Raciene Alicija
Published: March 2021

The initial boundary value problem for the non-stationary Navier-Stokes equations is studied in 2D bounded domain with a power cusp singular point O on the boundary. The case of the boundary value with a nonzero flow rate is considered. In this case there is a source/sink in O and the solution necessary has infinite energy integral. In the first part of the paper the formal asymptotic expansion of the solution near the singular point is constructed. The justification of the asymptotic expansion and the existence of a solution are proved in the second part of the paper.
Delaying the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic with travel restrictions
Authors: Græsbøll Kaare , Christiansen Lasse Engbo , Thygesen Uffe Høgsbro , Kirkeby Carsten
Published: March 2021

Objectives: Travel restrictions is an often-used tool for governments to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Methods: We here used a simple simulation model to investigate the potential effects of travel restrictions within a country.

Results: We found that travel restrictions can delay the peak of the epidemic considerably, but do not affect the spread within the country. We also investigated the effect of implementing travel restrictions early or later in the epidemic, and found that fast implementation is crucial for delaying the epidemic.

Conclusions: Fast implementation of travel restrictions is crucial for delaying the peak of a subsequent outbreak of COVID-19 within a country.
Amerikas progressive Bewegungen angesichts von Pandemie und rassistischer Polizeigewalt
Authors: Mayer Margit
Published: March 2021

Dieser Beitrag untersucht, inwiefern die in der Trump-Ära und insbesondere im Wahl- und Pandemie-Jahr 2020 aktiven progressiven sozialen Bewegungen sich von früheren unterscheiden und neue Chancen bieten. Dabei wird zunächst aufgezeigt, wie sich in der enormen Breite und Vielfalt derTrump ResistanceKonvergenz-Tendenzen um Forderungen nach sozialer Gerechtigkeit sowie um antirassistische Mobilisierungen herausbilden. Der nächste Abschnitt fokussiert aufSocial Justice-Bewegungen und kontextualisiert sie in der von zunehmender Vermögensungleichheit geprägten Klassenstruktur der USA. Diese Bewegungen sowie die Ausbreitung der auch von nicht-Schwarzen getragenenBlack Lives Matter-Mobilisierungen nach der Ermordung von George Floyd im Mai 2020 werden im Kontext der spezifisch amerikanischen Entwicklung eines rassistisch geprägten Siedler-Kapitalismus und (entsprechend limitierter) Bewegungs-Traditionen interpretiert, wodurch ihre historischen Chancen in den Blick geraten. Die in der Trump-Ära ebenfalls erstarkten rechten Bewegungen artikulieren ihrerseits Widersprüche des amerikanischenracial capitalism, wie am Schluss an Hand des ‚Sturms auf’s Kapitol‘ gezeigt wird.
Das Equal Rights Amendment – ein Katalysator für die US-Frauenbewegung oder ein Relikt der Suffragetten?
Authors: Langowski Judith
Published: March 2021

Seit fast 100 Jahren kämpft die feministische Bewegung für ein Equal Rights Amendment zur US-Verfassung. Getragen von einem neuen, aus Ablehnung der Trump-Administration heraus entfachten Momentum, erreichte das ERA im Januar 2020 die letzte der 38 benötigten bundesstaatlichen Ratifizierungen – und steht damit, so scheint es, seinem Ziel zum Greifen nah. Gleichzeitig jedoch hinterlässt Trump einen noch konservativer ausgerichteten Obersten Gerichtshof, der die über Jahrzehnte erarbeiteten Erfolge der Bewegung zunichtemachen könnte.

Dieser Artikel liefert auf Basis journalistischer Interviews und Recherchen einen Überblick über die ERA-Bewegung, die mehrere Generationen an Frauen mobilisiert, empört und für ihre Rechte sensibilisiert hat; die zugleich Spalter und Katalysator für eine professionelle Frauenbewegung war. Neben den Kernforderungen der Bewegung und ihren aktuellen Akteurinnen beleuchtet dieser Artikel die zentralen Kritikpunkte, die das ERA noch immer von beiden Seiten des politischen Spektrums der USA anzieht, und gibt einen Ausblick zu seiner Zukunft.
Anti-Trumpismus: Amerikanische Städte als Zentren neuer Macht
Authors: Clüver Ashbrook Cathryn
Published: March 2021

Eine Machtverschiebung ist im Gange: Das hierarchisch gegliederte System der USA verschiebt sich angesichts einer neuen Problemdichte, deren Lösung zunehmend multidimensionale Antworten braucht. Diese Lösungen finden sich zunehmend auf der urbanen Ebene, während die föderale Macht in den Vereinigten Staaten strukturell schwächer wird und die nationale Regierung entweder zu spät oder zu wenig gezielt auf die Bedürfnisse der Bürger eingeht. Unter der Trump-Regierung führte das mitunter zu direkter Konfrontation: Das Weiße Haus gegen die Rathäuser des Landes. Längst verlangen Bürger nach einer direkteren Kontrolle über ihre Lebensräume, und direkte Einflussnahme auf Klimapolitik, Pandemien-Prävention und Integrationsmaßnahmen – hier vernetzten sich amerikanische Städte zunehmend unter sich und international – umgehen mitunter gar die nationale Regierungsebene, wie in der Corona-Krise vielerorts zu beobachten war. In einer neuen politischen Ära in den USA könnten Städte eine größere, gestalterische Rolle bei der Umsetzung einer progressiven Agenda spielen, die dazu beitragen kann, das Vertrauen in die amerikanische Demokratie und die transatlantischen Beziehungen wiederherzustellen – dem föderalistischen System der USA zum Trotz.
Evaluation of staygreen sunflower lines and their hybrids for yield under drought conditions
Authors: Hilli Harshavardan J. , Immadi Shobha U.
Published: March 2021

The experimental material for the present study comprised of 28 inbred lines (including two checks) which were developed by mutation and hybridization among the lines from AICRP trials MARS, UAS, Dharwad and on the basis of SPAD readings and stay green nature, they were considered as drought tolerant lines. These lines were used for the present experiment and were evaluated under both normal and moisture stress condition in rain out shelter to study their root characteristics. Among 28 inbreds evaluated, eight inbred lines i.e. DSR-13, DSR-19, DSR-23, DSR-24, DSR-37, DSR-66, DSR-107 and DSR-132 were identified as drought tolerant nature which exhibited least reduction in their yield under moisture stress condition. Simultaneously hybridization programme was also initiated during summer 2018 using these 28 inbred lines as testers (males) and 5 CMS lines as female lines in Line × Tester fashion. Among 140 hybrids developed, only 40 F1 hybrid combinations were further analyzed for heterosis and combining ability studies along with four checks RHA 6D-1, RHA 95C-1, KBSH-53 and Cauvery Champ. Most of the hybrid combinations showed significant negative heterosis for flowering indicating earliness, and also all the combinations showed a positive heterosis for plant height indicating tallness dominant over dwarf checks. The combinations CMS 7-1-1 A × DSR-37 (624 kg/ha), CMS-853A × DSR-19 (624 kg/ha), and CMS-853A × DSR-23 (619 kg/ha) exhibited significant maximum heterosis for seed yield (kg ha−1) over the checks KBSH-53 (496.50 kg/ha) and Cauvery Champ (486.50 kg/ha) showing maximum seed yield per hectare.
Self-Determination Through Autonomy or Independence? – On the Current and Future Position of New Caledonia
Authors: Suksi Markku
Published: March 2021

New Caledonia is a colonial territory of France. Since the adoption of the Nouméa Accord in 1998, a period of transition towards the exercise of self-determination has been going on. New Caledonia is currently a strong autonomy, well entrenched in the legal order of France from 1999 on. The legislative powers have been distributed between the Congress of New Caledonia and the Parliament of France on the basis of a double enumeration of legislative powers, an arrangement that has given New Caledonia control over many material fields of self-determination. At the same time as this autonomy has been well embedded in the constitutional fabric of France. The Nouméa Accord was constitutionalized in the provisions of the Constitution of France and also in an Institutional Act. This normative framework created a multi-layered electorate that has presented several challenges to the autonomy arrangement and the procedure of self-determination, but the European Court of Human Rights and the UN Human Rights Committee have resolved the issues regarding the right to vote in manners that take into account the local circumstances and the fact that the aim of the legislation is to facilitate the self-determination of the colonized people, the indigenous Kanak people. The self-determination process consists potentially of a series of referendums, the first of which was held in 2018 and the second one in 2020. In both referendums, those entitled to vote returned a No-vote to the question of ‘Do you want New Caledonia to attain full sovereignty and become independent?’ A third referendum is to be expected before October 2022, and if that one also results in a no to independence, a further process of negotiations starts, with the potential of a fourth referendum that will decide the mode of self-determination New Caledonia will opt for, independence or autonomy.
Names beyond Gender-Based Borders
Authors: Detre László , Orbán Endre
Published: March 2021

The Constitutional Court of Hungary held that the lack of regulation which provides a name changing procedure for lawfully settled non-Hungarian citizens violated the right to human dignity and the prohibition of discrimination.
Genres in new economies of language
Authors: Gershon Ilana , Prentice Michael M.
Published: March 2021

This article suggests that one of the understudied and substantive ways in which actors produce and transform social hierarchies and classifications is by aligning and mis-aligning genres. Alignments within and across genres have furnished methods for construing and evaluating qualities of people – as examples, the genre repertoires of job applications or promotion dossiers. A fine attunement to new and emergent semiotic alignments via genres can also reveal how people are engaging with social and technological transformations. To study this, we advocate turning to four focal points: shifting genre hierarchies, stabilizing genres, cross-genre identities, and empty genres.
Hegemonies and inequalities in academia
Authors: Rojo Luisa Martín
Published: March 2021

This article reflects on the different inequalities that cut across academic spaces and the role that language plays in them, and uses this reflection to move towards proposing transformative strategies to overcome the current status quo. First, it explores the impact of the unequal distribution of economic and symbolic resources and the lack of recognition or misrecognition of many academics, both of which result in unbalanced participation in the field. These processes are illustrated through examples of research trajectories shared by women academics from generations who have experienced profound social transformations, even if incomplete. Second, in coherence with the goal of transformation, it explores what can be done in the here and now to change the academic field. Given the reticular functioning of power and resistance, I propose two paths forward: (1) taking action within the institutions we participate in, and (2) engaging in broader collective initiatives to combat oppressive hierarchies. Only by becoming collectively willing and capable of imagining beyond our current possibilities will we be able to overcome the contradictions we experience between the inertia that leads to reproduction and the impulse to transform the situation we live in. From this position we will then contribute to an inclusive epistemology that allows the building of more balanced, just, and reflexive communities and workspaces for all researchers and academics.
Desires for “committed” research
Authors: Nossik Sandra
Published: March 2021

This article proposes to question two aspects that may be faced by research in the social sciences of language that wants to be politically engaged. The first concerns the choice of “sensitive” corpora, which can be ethically problematic when research draws only disciplinary conclusions, despite their socially important nature. The second question is that of the dissemination of research outside the academic sphere: in sometimes innovative forms that can themselves be reclaimed and supervised by the university institution, they lose their primary emancipatory ambitions. To conclude, this article proposes to materialize our political commitments through a reinvestment in teaching and a possible renunciation of academically valorized research products.
Special Effects and Spectacle: Integration of CGI in Contemporary Chinese Film
Authors: Stuckey Andrew
Published: March 2021

Film production in China, like that in Hollywood, increasingly attempts to achieve blockbuster status, through reliance on large budgets which enable the cultivation of star systems and world-class production values. More and more we see a reliance on computer-generated special effects to drive audience appeal and, thus, ticket sales. This article compares two recent films from Chinese auteurs, Zhang Yimou’sThe Great Walland Jia Zhangke’sMountains May Depart, to examine the degree to which integration of computer-generated effects is achieved and how that translates into film art.
Realism and Fantasy in Jia Zhangke’sThe World
Authors: Deppman Hsiu-Chuang
Published: March 2021

One of the most prominent sixth-generation filmmakers, Jia Zhangke tells compelling stories about China’s floating population. He documents the quotidian activities of marginal people with long shots and long takes, showing their love, despair, and regrets. Scholars often consider Jia a neorealist or postsocialist realist, but close analyses of his works reveal his penchant for adding fantastical images to true-to-life stories. In his first officially released film,The World(2004), for example, Jia pairs long takes with animation and medium shots to capture the “surreal, unsettling effects” of a rapidly changing society. This generic mixture, I argue, allows the director to expose the psychologies of isolated migrant workers inhabiting multiple realities in a complex world. Jia’s willingness to investigate new ways of envisioning thoughts and emotions illustrates the corrosive effect of greed in postsocialist society and helps expand film’s formalistic commitments to the ethics of representing the real.
Manual treatment for kidney mobility and symptoms in women with nonspecific low back pain and urinary infections
Authors: Lo Basso Francesca , Pilzer Alessandra , Ferrero Giulio , Fiz Francesco , Fabbro Emanuele , Oliva Daniele , Cazzarolli Clizia , Turrina Andrea
Published: March 2021

Context

Recent studies have suggested a connection between low back pain (LBP) and urinary tract infections (UTI). These disturbances could be triggered via visceral-somatic pathways, and there is evidence that kidney mobility is reduced in patients suffering from nonspecific LBP. Manual treatment of the perinephric fascia could improve both kidney mobility and LBP related symptoms.

Objectives

To assess whether manual treatment relieves UTI and reduces pain in patients with nonspecific LBP through improvement in kidney mobility.

Methods

Records from all patients treated at a single physical therapy center in 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were included if they were 18 years of age or older, had nonspecific LBP, and experienced at least one UTI episode in the 3 months before presentation. Patients were excluded if they had undergone manipulative treatment in the 6 months before presentation, if they had one of several medical conditions, if they had a history of chronic pain medication use, and more. Patient records were divided into two groups for analysis: those who were treated with manipulative techniques of the fascia with thrust movement (Group A) vs those who were treated without thrust movement (Group B). Kidney Mobility Scores (KMS) were analyzed using high resolution ultrasound. Symptoms as reported at patients’ 1 month follow up visits were also used to assess outcomes; these included UTI relapse, lumbar spine mobility assessed with a modified Schober test, and lumbar spine pain.

Results

Of 126 available records, 20 patients were included in this retrospective study (10 in Group A and 10 in Group B), all of whom who completed treatment and attended their 1 month follow up visit. Treatments took place in a single session for all patients and all underwent ultrasound of the right kidney before and after treatment. The mean (± standard deviation) KMS (1.9 ± 1.1), mobility when bending (22.7 ± 1.2), and LBP scores (1.2 ± 2.6) of the patients in Group A improved significantly in comparison with the patients in Group B (mean KMS, 1.1 ± 0.8; mobility when bending, 21.9 ± 1.1; and LBP, 3.9 ± 2.7) KMS, p<0.001; mobility when bending, p=0.003; and LBP, p=0.007). At the 1 month follow up visit, no significant statistical changes were observed in UTI recurrence (secondary outcome) in Group A (−16.5 ± 4.3) compared with Group B (−20.4 ± 7) (p=0.152).

Conclusions

Manual treatments for nonspecific LBP associated with UTI resulted in improved mobility and symptoms for patients in this retrospective study, including a significant increase in kidney mobility.
On Serpents and Doves: the systematic relationship between prudence and morality in Kant’s political philosophy
Authors: Klein Joel Thiago
Published: March 2021

This paper argues that the political adage “Be ye prudent as serpents and guileless as doves” involves three different types of relation between prudence and morality, namely: unification (Vereinigung), subordination (Unterordnung), and association (Beigesellung). I maintain that these relations are set up according to the same principle that determines the relationship between mechanical and teleological causality in the third Critique. Thus, I argue that morality and prudence are much more systematically related within the system of critical philosophy than is normally assumed in the literature and that this is made possible by way of an intimate relationship between prudence and teleological judgment.
A taxonomic revision of fat dormice, genusGlis(Rodentia)
Authors: Kryštufek Boris , Naderi Morteza , Janžekovič Franc , Hutterer Rainer , Bombek Dominik , Mahmoudi Ahmad
Published: March 2021

We address in this study the taxonomic status of the two major phylogenetic lineages of fat dormice, genusGlis. These lineages show unique mutations at 43 positions of the cytochromebalignment and are classified as two distinct species, the European fat dormouseGlis glis(Linnaeus, C. [1766].Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis synonymis, locis, Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]) and the Iranian fat dormouseGlis persicus(Erxleben, I.C.P. [1777]. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates cum synonymia et historia animalium. Classis I. Mammalia. Impensis Weygandianis, Lipsia [Leipzig]). The European dormouse is widespread in Europe, Asia Minor and the Caucasus, while the Iranian dormouse occupies the southern Caspian coast in Iran. Ranges are presumably delimited in Azerbaijan by rivers Kura and Aras. The two species differ categorically in size of the glans penis, size and shape of the baculum and in width of the posterior extension of the premaxilla. The Iranian fat dormouse has on average a more blackish distal half of the tail, a higher count for abdominal nipples, and a longer maxillary tooth-row. Intraspecific structuring inG. glisindicates a taxonomic complexity which is not yet understood and requires a comprehensive systematic revision. To define the nominal taxon objectively we designate voucher PMS 27369 (Slovenian Museum of Natural History) as the neotype forG. glis,therefore restricting the type locality for the species to Mt. Krim in Slovenia.
Metastatic renal Ewing’s sarcoma in adult woman: Case report and review of the literature
Authors: Cochetti Giovanni , Paladini Alessio , de Vermandois Jacopo Adolfo Rossi , Fatigoni Sonia , Zanelli Magda , Ascani Stefano , Mearini Ettore
Published: March 2021

Primary renal extra-skeletal Ewing sarcoma is a rare neoplasm, often metastatic at diagnosis, and with a poor outcome. A multimodal approach is often the treatment of choice in this aggressive neoplasm. We present a case of primary renal extra-skeletal sarcoma in a 45-year-old woman who underwent tumor resection without clear margins. After no response to the first cycle of chemotherapy, we documented an early onset of local recurrence. The patient refused any other treatment and died four months after surgery.
Partnership in Times of COVID-19: Government and Civil Society in Austria
Authors: Meyer Michael , Millner Reinhard , Pennerstorfer Astrid , Vandor Peter
Published: March 2021

How did the relation between Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and government develop during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, once governments had taken restrictive measures to lock down economic and public life? Austria is used as an example of a corporatist welfare state whereby collaboration between government and CSOs occurs particularly in the fields of social services, health-care, and youth. Our analysis focuses on the social service sector and differentiates between several social policy fields. We hereby analyze data from qualitative interviews with CEOs from 30 CSOs, four group discussions with another 30 representatives of CSOs, public agencies and authorities, and from a standardized questionnaire (n = 99 CSOs). We also utilize our own experiences as participant observers in meetings between CSOs and government. Results indicate that CSOs suffered financially partly due to a decrease in income, though mostly due to an increase in cost. In social services in particular, they also faced hardships caused by the need to reorganize operations and human resources, and by the increased demands of customers. Federal government took responsibility for supporting CSOs financially, though such support was hampered by unclear competencies in Austria’s multilayered federal system.
Interlocutor accommodation of gradually altered nasal signal levels in a model speaker
Authors: Santos Telma Dias dos , Pardo Jennifer S. , Bressmann Tim
Published: March 2021

Background: Phonetic accommodation is observed when interacting speakers gradually converge (or diverge) on phonetic features over the course of a conversation. The present experiment investigated whether gradual changes in the nasal signal levels of a pre-recorded model speaker would lead to accommodation in the nasalance scores of the interlocutor in a speech-shadowing experiment. Methods: Twenty female speakers in two groups repeated sentences after a pre-recorded model speaker whose nasal signal level was gradually increased or decreased over the course of the experiment. Outcome measures were the mean nasalance scores at the initial baseline, maximum nasal signal level, minimum nasal signal level and final baseline conditions. The order of presentation of the maximum and minimum nasal signal levels was varied between the two groups. Results: The results showed a significant effect of condition in F(3) = 2.86, p = 0.045. Both groups of participants demonstrated lower nasalance scores in response to increased nasal signal levels in the model (phonetic divergence). The group that was first presented with the maximum nasal signal levels demonstrated lower nasalance scores for the minimum nasal signal level condition (phonetic convergence). Conclusion: Speakers showed a consistent divergent reaction to a more nasal-sounding model speaker, but their response to a less nasal-sounding model may depend on the order of presentation of the manipulations. More research is needed to investigate the effects of increased versus decreased nasality in the speech of an interlocutor.