bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Identification and expression of odorant binding proteins in the egg-parasitoid Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae, Telenominae)
Authors: King Kendall , Meuti Megan E. , Johnson Norman F.
Published: December 2021

Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) is an egg-parasitoid of the southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula (Linneaus) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae). Many behaviors associated with female T. basalis host-finding and acceptance are mediated by chemosensory pathways, for which olfactory, gustatory and ionotropic receptors have been previously identified. Odorant binding proteins (OBPs) are small, globular proteins, one of the functions of which is the transport of odorant ligands through the aqueous lymph of chemosensory sensilla to these receptors. We identified 18 classical OBP sequences in the T. basalis genome and transcriptomes sharing an average 26.8% pairwise identity. Gene tree analyses suggest very limited lineage-specific expansion and identify potential orthologs among other scelionids and Hymenoptera. Transcriptome mapping and qPCR comparison of expression levels in antennae and bodies of both sexes determine that at least five TbOBPs are preferentially expressed in the female antennae. These are, therefore, prime candidates for further study to determine their role in detecting host-produced semiochemicals.
DNA barcoding for molecular identification of the genus Oxyscelio (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) from southern China, with descriptions of five new species
Authors: Mo Wen-hui , Chen Hua-yan , Pang Hong , Liu Jing-xian
Published: December 2021

Species of the genus Oxyscelio Kieffer are egg parasitoids of Orthoptera. The genus is relatively diverse in China, with 34 described species. Some species of the genus are extremely morphologically similar and difficult to identify, especially in males. In this study, DNA barcoding based on sequences of the COI gene was used to discriminate Oxyscelio species from southern China. In total, 49 COI sequences belonging to 22 morphospecies were obtained. The COI sequences worked well for the identification of all the studied species, with intraspecific genetic distances ranging between 0 and 4.3%, while interspecific distances ranged between 7.1% and 19%. Based on both morphological and molecular analyses, five species are described as new: O. amalocarina Mo & Chen, sp. nov., O. apheles Mo & Chen, sp. nov., O. latheticus Mo & Chen, sp. nov., O. stenos Mo & Chen, sp. nov., and O. striae Mo & Chen, sp. nov.
First record of Telenomus fariai Costa Lima, 1927 (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae, Telenominae) as a parasitoid of Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) eggs in Mexico
Authors: Ramirez-Ahuja Maria de Lourdes , Davila-Barboza Jesus A. , Talamas Elijah J. , Moore Matthew R. , Bobadilla-Utrera Cristina , Ponce-Garcia Gustavo , Rodriguez-Sanchez Iram P. , Flores Adriana E.
Published: December 2021

The egg parasitoid Telenomus fariai Costa Lima (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae), is reported for the first time in Veracruz, Mexico. Telenomus fariai was discovered in 2019 during a field collection of Triatoma dimidiata L. (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), representing the first report of its association with Tr. dimidiata in Mexico. This species is here redescribed and sequencing of a portion of the cytochrome oxidase 1 gene (COI) was performed to facilitate future identifications and to examine host associations between species of Telenomus Haliday and Reduviidae in a broader context.
An annotated checklist of groundwater Cyclopoida and Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) from Romania with notes on their distribution and ecology
Authors: Iepure Sanda , Bădăluţă Carmen-Andreea , Moldovan Oana Teodora
Published: December 2021

Romania, by its position in East-Central Europe has a complex geological history, high landscape heterogeneity and variable climatic conditions, ranging from temperate-continental in the northeast to sub-Mediterranean in the southwest. These conditions have created repeated waves of colonisation of groundwater by copepods, which raise particular interest in this group from a biogeographical perspective. The earliest investigations on groundwater copepods, dating back to the beginning of the 19thcentury, have resulted in a wealth of information on the richness of this group, making Romania one of the best studied regions from this perspective in Europe. Groundwater copepods in Romania are currently represented by 107 species and subspecies, of which 60 are harpacticoids (56%) and 47 are cyclopoids (43.9%). Of these, 50.5% are strict stygobites (32.7% harpacticoids and 17.7% cyclopoids). Among stygobite copepods 29 species (35 harpacticoids and 19 cyclopoids) are endemic to the country. Almost 86% of the species are single-site endemics (single cave, or single hyporheic or phreatic site) and the rest are restricted in distribution to a single aquifer or hydrographic basin. The aim of the present checklist represents a significant contribution to the knowledge of groundwater copepods in Romania and provides a sound baseline for future comparative faunal studies focused on the affinities and origins of copepods and the analysis of their biogeographical distribution patterns at regional and continental scales.
Apprentissage dual de jeunes étrangers – une réponse à la pénurie de main-d’œuvre spécialisée ?
Authors: Lestrade Brigitte
Published: December 2021

La pénurie de personnel qualifié touche tous les secteurs d’activité en Allemagne depuis des années, parce que les jeunes s’intéressent de moins en moins à la formation duale, qu’elle soit dispensée dans l’industrie ou l’artisanat. Depuis quelques années, le gouvernement allemand encourage la venue de jeunes étrangers susceptibles de combler le manque d’apprentis, notamment par la loi sur l’immigration de travailleurs qualifiés de 2020. Toutefois, les entreprises allemandes s’étaient mises à rechercher de jeunes apprentis étrangers déjà avant ce changement, comme en atteste le triplement de leur nombre en dix ans. Or, les obstacles sont nombreux : hormis les barrières linguistiques et culturelles, les entreprises, notamment les PME/PMI craignent des risquent tels que les fausses identités, voire la radicalisation. L’accroissement important de leur nombre, notamment depuis l’arrivée massive des migrants il y a quelques années, montre que les employeurs ont su surmonter leurs réticences, en attendant le coup de frein en raison de la pandémie.
La mondialisation, l’i-zation de la société et le Covid-19
Authors: Possamaï Adam
Published: December 2021

S’il n’existe qu’une planète terre, le concept de mondialisation en revanche n’est pas monolithique et évolue en fonction de changements sociaux, culturels, et économiques. La mondialisation du XXI e  siècle diffère du tout au tout de celle du XX e . Bien que l’interdépendance globale économique et numérique soit plus forte que dans le passé, de nouvelles fractures politiques et populistes s’opèrent au niveau national. Cet article mobilise le récent concept d’i-zation de la société, en tant que nouveau facteur de la McDonaldization de la société, pour analyser les récents avancements et impacts du capitalisme numérique sur la mondialisation. Grâce aux smartphones et autres technologies de pointe, nous entrons dans un nouveau processus de compréhension de la mondialisation qui s’accélère de plus en plus sous l’effet des mesures non pharmacologiques mises en place pour lutter contre le Covid-19.
Bourdonnements et stridences dans les Pensées de Pascal
Authors: Gatier Aline
Published: December 2021

Bourdonnements, grincements : des sons dissipent notre attention, montre Pascal. Mais les perturbations sonores ne sont pas seulement des métaphores dans les Pensées  : elles entrent aussi dans la composition de fragments construits comme des pièces musicales, selon le principe paulinien de la Fides ex auditu , conversion par l’audition. Comme un compositeur, Pascal cherche à nous toucher par des tensions, des dissonances, voire des stridences. Écoutons-les…
Utopier le présent : le rêve historique des utopies
Authors: Riss Laëtitia
Published: December 2021

Aujourd’hui encore, on conçoit le plus souvent les utopies comme des préfigurations plus ou moins fantasques d’un avenir intégralement débarrassé des maux qui frappent le monde social actuel. Pourtant, comme l’explique Laëtitia Riss dans le texte qui suit, cette compréhension de la fonction de l’utopie est en réalité à la fois le résultat d’une requalification conceptuelle historiquement datée et un travestissement de son authentique valeur transformatrice et progressiste.
Les Dépossédés (1974)
Authors: Morel Darleux Corinne
Published: December 2021

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (1929-2018) a écrit de nombreux ouvrages salués par ses pairs, par la critique (Prix Hugo, Nebula, etc.) et par le public. Malgré la puissance de son œuvre et ses qualités littéraires, l’audience de ses livres a connu une éclipse. Ceux-ci sont aujourd’hui redécouverts et plébiscités autant par la communauté des lecteurs·trices et des auteur·trices de science-fiction que par les militant·es. Les textes d’Ursula K. Le Guin, notamment les plus connus comme Les Dépossédés (Robert Laffont, 1975) et La Main gauche de la nuit (Robert Laffont, 1971), offrent à celles et ceux qui s’y plongent des univers oniriques mais profondément politiques. Le Guin y explore différents thèmes en –isme : l’anarchisme et le communisme, l’écologisme et le féminisme, ou encore le colonialisme. Dans ce mini-dossier consacré à quelques livres de cette anthropologue, créatrice de mondes et d’utopies, Mouvements a demandé à plusieurs autrices et auteurs de SF de présenter leur regard sur un livre d’Ursula K. Le Guin.
Dans les paradoxes des utopies de science-fiction
Authors: Curval Philippe , Kyrou Ariel
Published: December 2021

Dans Le Paquebot immobile , sorti fin 2020, Philippe Curval imagine une utopie anarchiste sur une île artificielle fabriquée à partir de déchets plastiques. Auteur d’une quarantaine de romans depuis Les Fleurs de Vénus , publié en 1960, jusqu’à Idem’s , paru chez La Volte le 14 octobre 2021, ce grand romancier nous parle de sa vision de l’utopie, mais aussi des utopies que l’on trouve dans la littérature de science-fiction, de H. G. Wells à Ursula K. Le Guin.
Élisée Reclus sans l’utopie
Authors: Pelletier Philippe
Published: December 2021

D’Élisée Reclus on connaît le militantisme anarchiste, les engagements féministes, les écrits politiques, le travail scientifique du géographe. On oublie qu’une partie de son combat a consisté à contester les idées reçues véhiculées autour de l’anarchisme, idées souvent exprimées sous la forme de critiques qui voyaient (et voient encore) dans ce courant éthique et politique la traduction d’une envie de scission, le désir d’échapper à la réalité par le refuge dans de petites communautés autogérées. Resituant les engagements de Reclus dans le contexte des discussions au sein de la gauche à la fin du XIX e  siècle sur les formes à donner à l’émancipation, cet article explique pourquoi Reclus s’est toujours tenu à bonne distance de la tentation utopique.
Rivalités régionales et financements des insurrections
Authors: Fawaz Mahdi
Published: December 2021

Les guerres interétatiques directes sont devenues particulièrement contraignantes et la stratégie consistant à financer des groupes rebelles localisés dans les pays rivaux présente de nombreux avantages. En exploitant les ressources dont ils disposent, les États rentiers peuvent financer des activités d’insurrections dans les pays rivaux. Dans cet article, on démontre empiriquement que pour un pays donné, les rentes de ressources naturelles dont disposent ses rivaux ont un effet significatif et positif sur sa probabilité de connaître une guerre civile. Ce résultat est stable lorsque nous contrôlons uniquement pour les rentes tirées des exportations de pétrole.
Se débrouiller chez soi en milieu rural au temps de confinement
Authors: Hugues Fanny
Published: December 2021

Dans les campagnes françaises, des personnes se débrouillent au quotidien pour s’en sortir avec de faibles revenus, en récupérant, en réparant ou encore en jardinant. Fondé sur dix-sept entretiens téléphoniques menés durant le confinement du printemps 2020, cet article présente l’espace domestique comme scène principale d’existence de ces modes de vie sobres et ruraux. Lieu de vie à part entière, très investi par ses habitants, il fait l’objet d’usages multiples. Il s’étend à la nature environnante et à un réseau d’entraide local, où se prolonge le travail de subsistance. Néanmoins, l’espace domestique reste un support inégal selon les propriétés sociales et les conditions matérielles de chacun et chacune.
Learning to be a “Stay-at-home Father”
Authors: Chatot Myriam
Published: December 2021

Les recherches menées sur les parents en congé parental, principalement des mères, ont souligné les effets socialisateurs de ce dispositif pour les bénéficiaires. À partir d’une enquête menée auprès de trente-huit pères en congé parental à plein temps en France, l’objectif de cet article est de prolonger ces recherches par l’étude de cette population minoritaire, afin de mettre en évidence les compétences et les savoirs acquis dans le cadre du congé parental, et comment cette socialisation temporelle s’articule avec les conditions d’exercice du congé et les socialisations antérieures de ces hommes. Après avoir distingué plusieurs catégories de pères en fonction de leur rapport à la maîtrise du temps durant le congé parental – les « maîtres de maison », les pères « déviants » et les pères « débordés » –, différentes aptitudes et connaissances temporelles que les pères déclarent avoir acquises au cours de ce congé seront investiguées, notamment les savoirs liés au rythme propre de l’enfant et à la gestion de ses sollicitations et les compétences organisationnelles nécessaires à la prise en charge parallèle du travail parental et domestique.
French History of Parental Leave Policies
Authors: Collombet Catherine
Published: December 2021

L’objectif d’égalité de genre n’a pas été, loin sans faut, au cœur de l’histoire des congés parentaux et de leur rémunération en France et c’est dans le temps long, par étapes successives, que la politique de congés parentaux s’est extraite de l’empreinte de ses origines. Elle s’est d’abord organisée, jusqu’en 1977, autour de l’allocation de salaire unique (ASU), forme de « salaire maternel » destiné à permettre aux mères de se retirer de manière permanente du marché du travail. Le déclin de l’ASU puis sa suppression ont donné lieu à une nouvelle période, pendant laquelle les dispositifs ont été ouverts dans les mêmes conditions au père et à la mère. La dernière phase, qui n’est pas achevée, est celle de la recherche d’un partage effectif du congé entre les deux parents.
Global weak solutions to the stochastic Ericksen–Leslie system in dimension two
Authors: Du Hengrong , Wang Changyou
Published: December 2021

We establish the global existence of weak martingale solutions to the simplified stochastic Ericksen–Leslie system modeling the nematic liquid crystal flow driven by Wiener-type noises on the two-dimensional bounded domains. The construction of solutions is based on the convergence of Ginzburg–Landau approximations. To achieve such a convergence, we first utilize the concentration-cancellation method for the Ericksen stress tensor fields based on a Pohozaev type argument, and then the Skorokhod compactness theorem, which is built upon uniform energy estimates.
A dissipative logarithmic-Laplacian type of plate equation: Asymptotic profile and decay rates
Authors: Charão Ruy Coimbra , Piske Alessandra , Ikehata Ryo
Published: December 2021

We introduce a new model of the logarithmic type of wave like plate equation with a nonlocal logarithmic damping mechanism. We consider the Cauchy problem for this new model in \begin{document}$ {{\bf R}}^{n} $\end{document}, and study the asymptotic profile and optimal decay rates of solutions as \begin{document}$ t \to \infty $\end{document} in \begin{document}$ L^{2} $\end{document}-sense. The operator \begin{document}$ L $\end{document} considered in this paper was first introduced to dissipate the solutions of the wave equation in the paper studied by Charão-Ikehata [7]. We will discuss the asymptotic property of the solution as time goes to infinity to our Cauchy problem, and in particular, we classify the property of the solutions into three parts from the viewpoint of regularity of the initial data, that is, diffusion-like, wave-like, and both of them.
“Mother and son: Reality versus art in virtual reality. Staging an atmospheric performance with immersive technologies”
Authors: Le Calvé Maxime
Published: December 2021

Picture yourself spending several years studying the artistic activity of a famous contemporary artist. Someday you are told that the artist, Jonathan Meese, is going to produce a work in virtual reality (VR) for the ARTE channel and one of Berlin’s leading institutions specializing in immersive artworks, the Berliner Festspiele. In this piece, he will stage his creative process and the intimate sphere of his relationship with the person who puts him to work: his own mother. This performance, filmed in 360° by an expert technical team, is a perfect opportunity to take a lesson in sensory documentation as well as an exploration of the possibilities offered by this emerging medium. The production team commissioned me to do a series of ethnographic drawings about the production process of this work. Through these images, I depict the process of staging the performance. In this article, I describe a theatrical object “in the making.” In the last part, I highlight the specific component related to VR devices in this performance and the mediating effect that this technology imposes on it. This will allow me to show how the production process and the atmospheric dimension of the phenomenon are closely intertwined, and what immersive media can contribute to contemporary thinking on atmospheres in anthropology — and to the topic of ethnographic drawing.
Aural Attunement is a form of performative writing used to write about nonhuman affective relations in Emma Bennett’s Slideshow Birdshow (2013)
Authors: Collins Rebecca
Published: December 2021

In this article aural attunement is put forward as a means of performative writing to attend closely to affective relations with nonhuman entities (namely birds). Embodied knowledge harnessed in the writing aims to emulate the experience of being a listening-spectator at Slideshow Birdshow (2013), a solo contemporary performance piece by Emma Bennett. Whilst it is recognised that non-representational theory is a catch-all term to describe affect, atmosphere, and lived experience occurring in the social and relational aspects of our daily lives, the articulation of such dimensions are complicated and not fully translatable into words. Here it is argued, through a critically-intimate writing practice, that contemporary performance and performative writing have much to offer to the ongoing debates within human geography in relation to this. The use of aural attunement to attend to micro-movements, vibrations, rhythm and tone indicate a more sensorial engagement thereby highlighting our affective relations with the nonhuman.
Scenes of Studio Practice
Authors: Edwardes Christian
Published: December 2021

The creative turn within geography has seen a number of returns to the artists’ studio as a site for exploring the vital, immanent, and affective relations that form these spaces of creative practice. Where interviews, observations, collaborations, with artists have directed attention to the non-representational, this paper approaches the studio as both a scene, and an atmospheric staging. Taking up broader discourses around the scenographic, it argues that scenes not only take account of the durational and compositional construction of studio spaces, but can be understood as a form of training and attunement through which participants are enrolled in the joint composition of studio atmospheres and registers. It directs attention to the agency that these compositions have in the production of the studio imaginary.
Quand l’air reprend son souffle
Authors: Brioude Zoé
Published: December 2021

Sur le plateau de Philippe Quesne, hiérarchies humaines et linéarité de l’action sont déstructurées : l’anthropocentrisme ne règne plus et le monde scénographié existe pour lui-même. Les choses et les corps peuvent libérer des extases, pour former ce que Böhme a appelé des atmosphères esthétiques. Ni objectives, ni subjectives, elles brouillent les frontières entre sujets et objets, actants et actés, et ouvrent à un nouveau matérialisme qui prend résolument le parti de la matière, contre le matérialisme économique anthropocentré, dans le contexte de la crise écologique. Dans cette ontologie reconfigurée, les personnages d’idiots tout à fait rossetiens qui peuplent le Vivarium Studio empruntent à l’air, élément favori de Philippe Quesne, l’allégresse qui leur permet d’approcher au plus près le réel et sa vérité tragique : il n’y a et n’y aura que cela, le réel. Un auteur de science-fiction donne le ton : « Le futur qui nous attend est celui que nous créons. Vous feriez mieux d’y croire. ». Le compromis paradoxal entre approche métaphysique et approche matérialiste du réel, que nous nommons « métaphysique du sensible », est le symptôme d’un art qui a renoncé à la transcendance et se met au diapason du crépuscule pour lutter contre la fin du monde en douceur.
On Atmospherics: Staging Stormzy and nonbinary thinking
Authors: Hann Rachel
Published: December 2021

Taking the UK Grime artist Stormzy’s performance at Glastonbury 2019 as a case study, this article investigates the tactics, technologies and processes revealed through the act of staging atmospheres. Process-based philosophies of experience, such as pluriversal design and worlding, are adopted to examine the ontologically ‘nonbinary’ perspectives that an atmosphere-led stage aesthetics invite. Methodologically, Stormzy’s headlining act produced by TAXBOX and collaborators is analyzed through the geographer Derek McCormack’s approach to speculative devices (such as balloons or stage sets) as ‘doing atmospheric things’. This includes an analysis of stage atmospheres as indeterminate ‘worlding envelopes’ and the role of atmospherics in enacting, projecting, or affirming possible worlds for Black British culture. McCormack’s proposal of atmospheric envelopment is extended into the study of theatre and performance by positioning ‘scenographics’ as a type of atmospherics. Put simply, this article offers an initial argument for considering the tactical affects of scenographics within the production of atmospherics. The article concludes with a challenge to category-based (binary) stage ontologies and argues the benefits of atmospherics as a process-based (nonbinary) approach to stage aesthetics.
A comparative study of amlexanox and tetracyclines in the management of recurrent aphthous stomatitis
Authors: Zeeshan Mohd , Srishti  , Kumari Sarita , Pothamsetty Yogitha , Verma Kiran , Dubey Tushar
Published: December 2021

Background:

Although there are many drugs which are used for topical therapy in recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) patients, there are few clinical trials that have used tetracycline and amlexanox.

Aim and Objectives:

To evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of topical tetracycline and amlexanox.

Materials and Methods:

Here in this study we divided the RAS patients into two groups in each group alternative selection was done. Patients of 1st Group received topical application of tetracycline crushed tablets with denture adhesive and few drops of saline solution on each alternative day visit. Same as Group 2nd subject received amlexanox. Treatment response was assessed by measuring pain reduction, photographic record, ulcer duration, and adhesive retention time.

Results:

Amlexanox oral paste show more efficacy in comparision of topical tetracycline in the treatment of recurrent minor aphthous ulcers.

Conculsion:

Amlexanox is more effective in comparison of tetracycline.
Delayed Epidural Hematoma Following Cervical Laminoplasty
Authors: Sreenivasan Ravi , Mohite Anirudha , Garg Kanwaljeet , Borkar Sachin Anil , Kale Shashank Sharad
Published: December 2021

Postoperative spinal epidural hematoma following posterior cervical spinal surgery is a well-known complication. We report a patient who developed epidural hematoma following C4-D1 laminoplasty on the 10th postoperative day and developed worsening quadriparesis (after significant improvement in the postoperative period), and patient had no coagulation or bleeding disorders. The patient was managed by emergent evacuation of hematoma and recovered well. Our case highlights the fact that a postoperative epidural hematoma can occur anytime following posterior spinal surgery even in patients without any predisposing factors. To the best of our knowledge, only three such cases have been reported in the literature previously and two out of the three cases were on anticoagulants.
Delayed Adjacent Segment Infection After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
Authors: Srinivasan Uddanapalli Sreeramulu
Published: December 2021

Adjacent level infection (ASI) is a rare but potentially serious complication of anterior cervical fusion. We report a case of spondylodiscitis occurring adjacent to level at which anterior cervical discectomy and fusion was performed. The objective is to describe a rare case of cervical ASI which occurred after an undetermined oesophageal injury which lead to a series of complications in the same patient as non-union of the bone graft followed by anterior migration of the bone graft, delayed occurrence of spondylodiscitis at the same level and ASI below that level due to Klebsiella Pneumoniae which was successfully managed.
Variation of singular Kähler–Einstein metrics: Kodaira dimension zero (with an appendix by Valentino Tosatti)
Authors: Cao Junyan , Guenancia Henri , Păun Mihai
Published: December 2021

We study several questions involving relative Ricci-flat Kähler metrics for families of log Calabi-Yau manifolds. Our main result states that if

p:(X,B)\to Y

is a Kähler fiber space such that

(X_y, B|_{X_y})

is generically klt,

K_{X/Y}+B

is relatively trivial and

p_*(m(K_{X/Y}+B))

is Hermitian flat for some suitable integer

m

, then

p

is locally trivial. Motivated by questions in birational geometry, we investigate the regularity of the relative singular Ricci-flat Kähler metric corresponding to a family

p:(X,B)\to Y

of klt pairs

(X_y,B_y)

such that

\kappa(K_{X_y}+B_y)=0

. Finally, we disprove a folkore conjecture by exhibiting a one-dimensional family of elliptic curves whose relative (Ricci-)flat metric is not semipositive.
Quantizations of local surfaces and rebel instantons
Authors: Barmeier Severin , Gasparim Elizabeth
Published: December 2021

We construct explicit deformation quantizations of the noncompact complex surfaces

Z_k:=\operatorname{Tot}(\mathcal{O}_{\mathbb{P}^1}(-k))

and describe their effect on moduli spaces of vector bundles and instanton moduli spaces. We introduce the concept of rebel instantons, as being those which react badly to some quantizations, misbehaving by shooting off extra families of noncommutative instantons. We then show that the quantum instanton moduli space can be viewed as the étale space of a constructible sheaf over the classical instanton moduli space with support on rebel instantons.
Association between the use of electronic cigarettes and the prevalence of chronic rhinosinusitis and allergic rhinitis: a nationwide cross-sectional study
Authors: Rha M.-S. , Cho H.-J. , Yoon J.-H. , Kim C.-H.
Published: December 2021

Background: Whether the use of electronic cigarettes (ECs) is associated with upper airway diseases, including chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and allergic rhinitis (AR), remains unclear. Methods: We analyzed data from the nationwide cross-sectional surveys: the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey VI (2013–2015), VII (2016–2018), and VIII (2019). Logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the association between EC use and CRS or AR. Results: Among a total of 38,413 participants, 6.4% were former EC users and 2.5% were current EC users. Former EC users and current EC showed a significantly increased OR for CRS or AR compared with never EC users. In the subgroup analysis, the “current CC (conventional cigarette)-current EC” and the “current CC-formal EC” group had a significantly higher OR for CRS or AR than the “current CC-never EC” group. In addition, former CC smokers who currently use ECs showed a significantly higher OR for AR than former CC smokers without EC use. Conclusions: EC use is significantly associated with a high prevalence of CRS and AR in the adult population. These results indicate that the use of ECs may increase the risk of upper airway disease.
Intersection: Reimagining the Future of Mobility Across Traditional Boundaries
Authors: Malek Alisyn
Published: December 2021

Mobility and transportation mean different things to people, even to those who work in various aspects of the ecosystem - from the movement of people or goods to the development of the infrastructure that enables mobility. For decades these different parts of the ecosystem have been approached as entirely independent industries, but the quickened pace of technological change has driven the need to reconsider how these distinct groups create the vibrant tapestry that is our mobility ecosystem. This book seeks to capture the varied perspectives as a collection of diverse views on the future of mobility, to provide a clearer view on the broad base of possibility and opportunity across this interconnected system. Contributors: Jonathon Baugh, Geoffrey Boquot, Reilly Brennan, Tiffany Chu, Jordan Davis, Courtney Erlichman, Elaina Farnsworth, Valerie Lefler, Wolfgang Lehmacher & Mikail Lind, Shoshana Lew, Suzanne Murtha, Mary Nichols, Trevor Pawl, John Perrachio, Aishwarya Raman, Karina Ricks, Alex Roy, Avinash Ruguboor, Anthony Townsend, Marla Westervelt, and Candace Xie. "Amazing roster of thought leaders come together to paint a picture of a whole new mobility paradigm in the interest of safety, sustainability, and equity." -- Sven Beiker, PhD. Managing Director at Silicon Valley Mobility and Lecturer at Stanford University
Liberalism and American Hegemony: Over and Out
Authors: Mankoff J.
Published: December 2021

Cooley, Alexander, and Daniel Nexon. Exit from Hegemony: The Unravelingof American Global Order. Oxford University Press, 2020.
Historical Institutionalism and the European Union’s post-Cold War Foreign Policy Development
Authors: Neuman М.
Published: December 2021

This paper maintains that Historical Institutionalism – with its emphasis on such concepts as path dependency, time, continuity and change, critical junctures, and unintended consequences – serves as a valuable theoretical tool in explaining the why and how of the European Union developing from a strictly economic union during the first forty years of its existence towards a political union with a global foreign policy agenda in the post-Cold War period. Discussing the EU’s post-1989 foreign policy development and zooming in on the EU’s policy towards Eastern Europe to illustrate its argument, the paper argues that Brussels’ participation in global politics has for long been in the making. More specifically, four elements that have determined – and continue to do so – the EU’s foreign policy portfolio are first, the successful economic integration in the first forty years of the European Union’s existence; second, the logic of integration through institutionalization driving EU integration since 1952; third, the – at first – informal European Political Cooperation witnessing the emergence of tacit norms and rules of conducting foreign policy coordination; and fourth, the rhetoric commitment to the region of Central and Eastern Europe pre-1989.
Dobrar e Contextualizar: o Origami como Ferramenta de Ensino de Álgebra e Geometria
Authors: Molgora Larissa Beatriz , Figueiredo Tiago Dziekaniak
Published: December 2021

A discussão a respeito da interdisciplinaridade no Brasil iniciou-se na no final da década de 60 e, desde então, diversas pesquisas foram realizadas sobre esse tema. Buscando somar-se a tais pesquisas, este trabalho apresenta um estudo realizado por meio dos dados coletados através da realização de uma oficina pedagógica com 23 professores e/ ou futuros professores envolvendo a arte e a matemática por meio do origami e da aplicação de um questionário com questões abertas para compreender o que o coletivo pensa sobre o potencial pedagógico do origami em um contexto interdisciplinar. No desenvolver da oficina foram trabalhados diversos conteúdos matemáticos e artísticos como forma de desencadear a pesquisa. Os dados coletados foram organizados pela técnica do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo e por meio dele pode-se perceber o entendimento da coletividade sobre a importância da utilização de diferentes recursos acoplados a distintas metodologias de ensino.
O Cenário Brasileiro das Pesquisas sobre Deficiência Intelectual: um Mapeamento a partir dos Encontros Nacionais de Educação Matemática
Authors: Milli Elcio Pasolini , Ramalho Ana Julia de Mattos Mota
Published: December 2021

Este artigo é resultado de uma pesquisa, cujo objetivo foi mapear investigações em educação matemática envolvendo alunos com deficiência intelectual, publicadas nos anais das treze edições do Encontro Nacional de Educação Matemática (ENEM). Para traçar um perfil do cenário brasileiro, a busca pelos trabalhos ocorreu por meio de consulta nos sites e documentos disponibilizados pela Sociedade Brasileira de Educação Matemática (SBEM), atendendo o critério de inclusão por meio dos descritores estabelecidos a priori. A partir das análises lendo os textos por completo, observou-se que a educação matemática inclusiva vem ganhando cada vez mais espaço no cenário brasileiro, considerando o aumento das pesquisas concentradas ao longo da última década. Além disso, consolidaram um perfil voltado para a abordagem das práticas pedagógicas, realizadas majoritariamente na rede pública de ensino, contribuindo com propostas metodológicas que consideraram as especificidades dos alunos e as interações sociais entre os participantes.
Analysis of the combination of the slider-crank and cam mechanism to drive the automatic bandsaw blade grinder
Authors: Nguyen Tan Dang , Le Thang Hong Thi , Doan Giap Van ,   Faculty of Electro-Mechanics, Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, Vietnam
Published: December 2021

A slide crank and cam mechanism can be combined and used to drive a bandsaw blade grinder. The movement of these mechanisms must ensure a harmonious combination to avoid the impacts of a collision and dynamic load that appears on the cam and roller surfaces. The technical parameters can be determined by methods of geometry, or 3D simulation, or analytical methods. In order to flexibly design the cam and slide crank mechanism, this study uses the analytic method. By setting up mathematical formulas and applying Mathcad software, it allows to quickly determine and change the initial parameters of the mechanisms, evaluates their changes to the stroke and structural profile. Simultaneously, the graphs of the stroke, velocity, and acceleration of the cam mechanism allow the designer to evaluate and select suitable parameters.
Immunolocalization of FOXP3, JAK1 and STAT5 in Preeclamptic, Intrauterine Growth Restricted and Gestational Diabetic Human Placentas
Authors: Emirdar Volkan , Ekizceli Gulcin , Dilber Yagmur , Inan Sevinc , Sanci Muzaffer
Published: December 2021

Objective: The aim of the study to show the relation of  T cells in placental villous fragments with FOXP3,JAK1 and STAT5  receptors in different conditions such as   GDM, PE and IUGR placental tissues. 
Methods: Specimens of ten(10) diabetic placentas, ten(10) preeclamptic, ten(10) intrauterine growth restricted placentas  and ten(10) control placentas were collected by systematic uniform random sampling. Immunohistochemical detections of FOXP3, JAK1 and STAT5 were performed in histological sections for each group’s placental tissue. The H-score value was derived for each specimen by calculating the sum of the percentage of syncytiotrophoblast and syncytial nodes in placenta and intervillus area. They were categorized by intensity of staining, multiplied by its respective score.
Results: FOXP3, JAK1 and STAT5 immunoreactivity comparisons are shown in four groups of placentas. FOXP3 immunoreactions significantly increase in GDM group.  JAK1 and STAT5 immunoreactions significantly decrease in PE group. STAT5 immunoreactivity was detected crucially increase  in GDM group.
Discussion: The results showed that in different conditions such as PE,GDM and IUGR,  T cells in   placental villous fragments have relation with FOXP3,JAK1 and STAT5  receptors and that FOXP3 can inactivate the PE and IUGR in the placental tissue. We have also confirmed as other studies that  JAK-STAT pathway plays important role in PE,IUGR and GDM placental tissue.
Evaluation of vaginal birth safety in twin pregnancies with the first twin in cephalic presentation
Authors: Kahveci Bekir , Budak Mehmet Sukru , Baglı Ihsan , Akgol Sedat
Published: December 2021

Objective: To evaluate vaginal birth safety by comparing the results of cesarean birth in twin pregnancies with the first twin in vertex presentation.

Material and methods: A retrospective cohort study of vertex-presenting twin pregnancies between 32 weeks 0 days and 38 weeks 6 days of gestation was conducted at our hospital from January 2013 to December 2014. The study population was divided according to the mode of birth. The primary outcome was early neonatal mortality, and secondary outcomes related to maternal and perinatal clinical characteristics were analysed between the groups.

Results: Of 45,166 births, 1.92% (n = 869) were twin pregnancies. Of the 295 pregnancies meeting the study criteria, 30.16% (n = 89) were in the vaginal birth group, while the remaining 69.84% (n = 206) were in the cesarean birth group. In the vaginal birth group, all the first twins were delivered via vaginal birth, while among the second twins, 82.03% (n = 73) were delivered via vaginal birth, and the remaining 17.97% (n = 16) were delivered via cesarean birth. In the vaginal birth group, the early neonatal mortality rate was 22.4‰ (n = 2), and it was 9.7‰ (n = 2) in the cesarean birth group. All of the deaths occurred in pregnancies under 37 weeks of gestation.

Conclusion: The neonatal outcomes between the vaginal birth and cesarean birth groups were similar in term pregnancies with the first in twin vertex presentation, whereas adverse neonatal outcomes were increased in the vaginal birth group in preterm second twin pregnancies.
Manter a esperança: Um pequeno almanaque de mensagens de coragem e esperança, para tempos de pandemia
Authors: Rodrigues Brandão Carlos
Published: December 2021

Saibamos trocar o verbo passivo “esperar”, pelo verbo ativo “esperançar”. Em todas as partes e a todo o momento ouvimos e vemos pessoas dizendo de diferentes maneiras que “estamos vivendo um tempo escuro”; “estamos atravessando um tempo de tão poucas esperanças!” E é sobre isso quero lembrar algo. Apenas, desta vez, o que trago como uma mensagem não são palavras minhas. Preferi escolher alguns escritos de outras pessoas. E em todas elas, com acentos e palavras semelhantes ou diferentes, trago algo de resistência, de resiliência, de coragem e de esperança.
Quando Paulo Freire vier: Pedagogia do Oprimido, Santa Cruz e Religião
Authors: Sena da Silveira Emerson
Published: December 2021

Este artigo procura compreender duas obras e contextos, a Pedagogia do Oprimido (1968), do filósofo e educador Paulo Freire, e o filme-documentário Santa Cruz (2000), do cineasta João Moreira Salles e do jornalista Marcos Sá Corrêa. A primeira obra, critica educação tradicional, propõe a educação problematizadora e a mudança social radical. A segunda, mostra o cotidiano de evangélicos pentecostais na Zona Oeste da cidade do Rio de Janeiro durante a construção de seu pequeno templo. Elaborou-se um paralelo entre as obras e, nos contextos sócio-históricos, tangentes. Entende-se que uma reflexão socio-crítica se faz essencial diante do crescimento evangélico e seu forte impacto na política, educação e sociedade brasileiras. A metodologia qualitativa-teórica, baseada em uma perspectiva histórico-antropológica, guiará a construção discursivo-textual deste artigo. A partir da exposição resumida das obras e da seleção de passagens-chave, buscam-se três resultados: a importância da releitura das ideias paulofreirianas para compreender melhor o mundo contemporâneo; a crítica das abordagens romântico-fenomenológicas e, por fim, o convite à transformação social a partir da crítica paulofreriana à sectarização e à educação não-problematizadora.
DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENSURING FIRE AND EXPLOSION SAFETY DURING UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT OF PYRITE ORE DEPOSITS
Authors: Mitishova N.A.
Published: December 2021

The urgency of the problem of reducing the risks associated with spontaneous com-bustion of coal ores and sulfide dust explosions has now increased not only in Russia, but al-so abroad, as there have been significant changes in the mineral resource base of the world's leading metal producers. The oxidation of sulfide ores and rocks with air oxygen is an irre-versible and characteristic exothermic reaction that should be taken into account during the extraction and processing of sulfide-containing minerals to prevent spontaneous combustion of ores and explosions of sulfide dust. The article presents the developed technological measures and recommendations aimed at preventing the processes of oxidation and sponta-neous combustion of coal ores and sulfide dust explosions.
Criminal Justice and the Pursuit of Truth
Authors: Hillier Tim , Dingwall Gavin
Published: December 2021

Can the criminal justice system achieve justice based on its ability to determine the truth? This book investigates the concept of truth and scrutinises how well the criminal justice process facilitates truth-finding. It bridges the gap between what people expect from the justice system and what it can legitimately deliver.
Outsourcing in the UK
Authors: Morphet Janice
Published: December 2021

In this comprehensive account, Janice Morphet analyses the role and use of outsourcing within the UK public sector since the mid-1970s and illustrates the impact it has had on ideology, policy narratives and public expectations in the present.
Violence, coloniality and a vision of nonviolence for education
Authors: Le Grange Lesley
Published: December 2021

We see images of violence of all kinds in the media on a daily basis. Moreover, violence associated with extreme political/religious beliefs has increased in the twentieth century and is particularly disturbing. In this article the author points out that violence is not a biological tendency but the effect of ever-increasing organisation capacities. As a consequence, violence is committed by people across the political spectrum, including the radical left and the extreme right. Carriers of violence are highlighted in the article, including coloniality and its effects on society generally and education specifically. Given that there is a force field of violence, a vision for non-violence for education is argued for. Inspiration for such a vision could come from traditional indigenous values such as the African value of ubuntu.
HELLENİSTİK VE ROMA DÖNEMİNDE GİRESUN YERLEŞİMLERİ
Authors: TURAK Harun , KAYMAKÇI Salih
Published: December 2021

Antik dönemde yerleşim yerlerinin seçiminde belirleyici unsurlar günümüzdeki yerleşim yerlerinin seçiminde de öncülük etmişlerdir. Bunların en başında; su, toprak, coğrafi konum, tarihi doğal yollar ve maden yatakları gelmektedir. Yerleşmelerin seçiminde öncelikli olarak su kaynaklarının olması, verimli ırmak vadileri ve denize sınır faktörü öncelikli tercih sebeplerinden olmuştur. Giresun coğrafyası hemen hemen tüm bu özellikleri barındırmaktadır.

Doğu Karadeniz Bölgesi önemli akarsu ağlarına ve limanlara sahiptir. Bunun yanında Orta Karadeniz ile Kafkasya Bölgesi arasında bir köprü görevi üstlenmiştir. Bölge en erken devirlerinden itibaren geçiş noktası durumunda olup çevre kültürler ile ilişkidedir. Giresun ili kıyı kesimi ile dağlık kesimde yaptığımız arkeolojik araştırmalar ile elde edilen buluntular sayesinde bölgenin Hellenistik ve Roma Dönemleri kültürlerine ve yerleşim arkeolojisine dayalı önemli bilgilere ulaştık. Bu araştırmada; yerleşim yerlerinde tespit edilen seramiklerin yapısal özellikleri diğer bölgelerle arasındaki benzerlikler ve farklılar ortaya çıkarılmıştır. Giresun ve çevresi erken dönemlerden itibaren iskân edilmesine rağmen, genel anlamda bu bölgedeki araştırmalar daha yeni sayılabilir niteliktedir. Topografya yapısı ve bitki örtüsü bu gecikmenin en önemli nedenlerindendir.
WITHOUT A CONFLICT MODEL OF ELECTRON
Authors: Tchaban Vasil
Published: December 2021

The model of electron is oﬀered with quark distribution of charge density and ”white hole” (on similarity of ”black hole” in gravitation) in a center. Such structure abolishes the crisis of electromagnetic mass, calculated on universal formula and on the impulse of the electromagnetic ﬁeld. A model in order to please a classic electrodynamics keeps monolithic nature of elementary particle, and in order to please a quantum allows the separate charged zones to interpret as separate quarks. Coming from harmony of spheres of the separate charged zones, a white hole can be interpreted as white (neutral) quark conditionally in addition to three coloured. As after the electric radius re = 1.185246·10−15 m of white hole the laws of electricity do not operate, then the crisis of point charge is removed at the same time too, because of must be: r ≥ re.
SYNERGISM AND ANTAGONISM OF INFLUENCE LOW DOSE RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENT ON HEALTH OF POPULATION IN UKRAINE
Authors: Dikiy N.P. , Medvedeva E.P.
Published: December 2021

The genesis of carcinogenic diseases is characterized by a multifactor dependence. The effect of low dose radiation in combination with environmental factors has a significant number of features. It was studied the influence of certain features of the environment and the mental state of the person (affect) on the development of the incidence of carcinogenic diseases of the population in Ukraine. Given the various adverse environmental conditions, the effect of radiation in low doses can be enhanced or weakened. Synergism and antagonism of the effect of low dose radiation and environment on the health of the population are discussed.
BREMSSTRAHLUNG OF ELECTRONS AND YIELD OF NEUTRONS FROM THICK CONVERTERS, PASSING OF GAMMA RADIATION AND NEUTRONS THROUGH
BIOLOGICAL SHIELDING
Authors: Deiev O.S. , Bochek G. L. , Dubina V. N. , Kiprich S. K. , Vasilyev G. P. , Yalovenko V. I. , Ovchinnik V. D. , Shulika M. Y.
Published: December 2021

In GEANT4 spectral-angular distributions of the bremsstrahlung of medium-energy electrons from amorphous targets of different thickness and atomic charge were calculated. The total yield of gamma quanta in the forward hemisphere and at large scattering angles were determined depending on the converter thickness. The difference in the characteristics of gamma radiation for thin and thick targets was shown. The neutron yield is calculated due to photonuclear reactions for various converters. Numerical estimates of the radiation spectra after passing through the biological shielding for neutron and bremsstrahlung were carried out.
GAMMA-RADIATION SPECTRA OF 1200 MeV ELECTRONS IN THICK BERYLLIUM, SILICON AND TUNGSTEN SINGLE CRYSTALS
Authors: Bochek G. L. , Deiev O. S. , Kulibaba V. I. , Maslov N. I. , Ovchinnik V. D. , Potin S. M. , Schramenko B. I.
Published: December 2021

Gamma radiation spectra of 1200 MeV electrons from the single crystals of the beryllium 1.2 mm thick, silicon 1.5 mm and 15 mm thick and tungsten 1.18 mm thick along of the crystallographic axes were measured. Also spectral-angular distributions of gamma radiation from the silicon single crystals 1.5 mm thick along of the crystallographic axes
< 100 >, < 110 > and < 111 > were measured. On the basis of these measurements the γ-radiation spectra for the different solid angles up to 6.97 × 10−6 sr were obtained.