bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Impact of Age on the Affective Responses Following Worksite Resistance Exercise in Career Firefighters
Authors: GERSTNER GENA R. , TRIVISONNO ABIGAIL J. , LAFFAN MEGAN R. , GIULIANI-DEWIG HAYDEN K. , MOTA JACOB A. , REGISTER-MIHALIK JOHNA K. , RYAN ERIC D.
Published: July 2023

Introduction

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of age on the affective responses (attitude, feelings, self-efficacy, intention, enjoyment, and fondness) after a worksite circuit-style resistance exercise routine in career firefighters.

Methods

Nineteen young (25.5 ± 3.3 yr) and 19 middle-aged male career firefighters (50.3 ± 3.5 yr) completed 2 d of physical testing at local fire stations. Participants were familiarized with the resistance training exercises (deadlift, shoulder press, lunge, and upright row) at visit 1 and performed a multirepetition maximum (RM) assessment to prescribe the appropriate loads for the resistance exercise bout on visit 2. The resistance training session included three sets of 8 to 10 repetitions per exercise at 80% 1-RM. Participants completed a postexercise questionnaire examining affective responses and a rating of perceived exertion (RPE). Mann–Whitney U tests and an independent t-test were used to determine differences between the young and middle-aged firefighters’ affective responses and RPE, respectively.

Results

There were no significant differences between groups for any of the six affective responses (P = 0.062–0.819) or RPE (P = 0.142).

Conclusions

Age did not influence the perceived effort or affective responses following an acute bout of worksite resistance exercise. Firefighters reported overall positive attitudes, feelings, and fondness paired with high self-efficacy and intention at a training frequency of twice per week. However, confidence, intention, and enjoyment decreased at higher training frequencies (i.e., 3–4x per week). Circuit-style resistance training performed twice per week may be a feasible and practical worksite exercise routine across ages in the fire service.
Is the Lung Built for Exercise? Advances and Unresolved Questions
Authors: PETERS CARLI M. , DEMPSEY JEROME A. , HOPKINS SUSAN R. , SHEEL A. WILLIAM
Published: July 2023

Nearly 40 yr ago, Professor Dempsey delivered the 1985 ACSM Joseph B. Wolffe Memorial Lecture titled: “Is the lung built for exercise?” Since then, much experimental work has been directed at enhancing our understanding of the functional capacity of the respiratory system by applying complex methodologies to the study of exercise. This review summarizes a symposium entitled: “Revisiting ‘Is the lung built for exercise?’” presented at the 2022 American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting, highlighting the progress made in the last three-plus decades and acknowledging new research questions that have arisen. We have chosen to subdivide our topic into four areas of active study: (i) the adaptability of lung structure to exercise training, (ii) the utilization of airway imaging to better understand how airway anatomy relates to exercising lung mechanics, (iii) measurement techniques of pulmonary gas exchange and their importance, and (iv) the interactions of the respiratory and cardiovascular system during exercise. Each of the four sections highlights gaps in our knowledge of the exercising lung. Addressing these areas that would benefit from further study will help us comprehend the intricacies of the lung that allow it to meet and adapt to the acute and chronic demands of exercise in health, aging, and disease.
Case Report: Simultaneous penetrating keratoplasty with autologous simple limbal epithelial transplantation as an alternative to keratoprosthesis
Authors: Sharma Supriya , Singh Swati , Shanbhag Swapna S.
Published: July 2023

Introduction and importance: This case report highlights the multidisciplinary approach required to achieve successful anatomical and functional outcomes, in an eye with total limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) associated with underlying corneal scarring and thinning.

Presentation of case: A 59-year-old gentleman had poor visual recovery in the right eye (RE) following accidental carbide blast, 1-year before presenting to us. The visual acuity was counting fingers and clinical examination revealed cicatricial entropion involving the upper eyelid, total LSCD, corneal scarring with a central descemetocele and cataract in the RE. Prior to ocular surface reconstruction, entropion correction was performed. Three months later, penetrating keratoplasty combined with cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation (penetrating keratoplasty (PK) triple), with autologous simple limbal epithelial transplantation (SLET) was performed. The visual acuity was 20/100, 18 months after the surgery, with a clear well-epithelized corneal graft and stable ocular surface.

Discussion: LSCD is caused by a decrease in the population and /or function of the limbal epithelial stem cells. Limbal stem cell transplantation (LSCT) is warranted in eyes with total LSCD. In eyes with coexisting corneal scarring, LSCT alone may be inadequate to restore the vision. These eyes require simultaneous or sequential lamellar or full-thickness corneal transplantation for visual rehabilitation. Though, the existing literature favors a sequential approach, where LSCT is performed first followed by corneal transplantation, under certain circumstances such as a thin underlying cornea like in our case, corneal transplantation may have to be combined with LSCT to achieve optimal outcomes.

Conclusion: Combining autologous SLET with PK can be performed for visual rehabilitation in eyes with unilateral total LSCD and underlying corneal thinning. Corneal and limbal graft survival is prolonged if existing adnexal comorbidities are addressed before any surgical intervention is planned and adequate time interval is allowed for the surface inflammation to subside.
Development of the lexicon, trained panel validation and sensory profiling of new ready-to-eat plant-based "meatballs" in tomato sauce
Authors: Talens Clara , Lago Maider , Illanes Eder , Baranda Ana , Ibargüen Mónica , Santa Cruz Elena
Published: July 2023

Background: Providing educational content for children and parents can promote healthy nutritional habits. During the TITAN project, a pilot digital contest where participants have to developed ready-to-eat meatballs in sauce, using only plant-based ingredients, will be tested. The objective of this study was to develop the lexicon needed to objectively assess the sensory profile of this product.

Methods: Eight judges were recruited and trained. Thirteen 1-hour sessions took place over three months. The steps followed were the selection of commercial reference, generation of descriptors, training of the panel, validation of the trained panel and product characterisation. The judges chose one commercial reference (using simple hedonic evaluation) to serve as a reference. The accepted intensity scale for the generated descriptors was from 0 (low intensity) to 9 (very intense). To test the first versions of the game, food product developers involved in the project, acted as participants, and used a mix of lentils, quinoa, and oats to enhance the commercial version. R-project software was used to analyse the performance of the panel and the sensory profiles.

Results: A glossary with 14 descriptors was generated. The discriminatory capacity of the panel was confirmed by examining the significance of the product effect (p < 0.05). The product–judge interaction was not significant (p > 0.05) for most of the evaluated attributes, indicating a good degree of panel agreement. Overall, the panel was considered reproducible after 9 sessions. Although the appearance, firmness, fragility and chewiness were considered similar to the reference, juiciness and taste (understood as meaty flavour) of the new product were deemed improved.

Conclusions: According to the panel, two of the most appreciated attributes associated with meat analogues, juiciness and taste, were improved compared to the commercial reference. Therefore, the first approach for further development of the contest/game was validated.
Context effects on object recognition in real-world environments: A study protocol
Authors: Nicholls Victoria I. , Alsbury-Nealy Benjamin , Krugliak Alexandra , Clarke Alex
Published: July 2023

Background: The environments that we live in impact on our ability to recognise objects, with recognition being facilitated when objects appear in expected locations (congruent) compared to unexpected locations (incongruent). However, these findings are based on experiments where the object is isolated from its environment. Moreover, it is not clear which components of the recognition process are impacted by the environment. In this experiment, we seek to examine the impact real world environments have on object recognition. Specifically, we will use mobile electroencephalography (mEEG) and augmented reality (AR) to investigate how the visual and semantic processing aspects of object recognition are changed by the environment.

Methods: We will use AR to place congruent and incongruent virtual objects around indoor and outdoor environments. During the experiment a total of 34 participants will walk around the environments and find these objects while we record their eye movements and neural signals. We will perform two primary analyses. First, we will analyse the event-related potential (ERP) data using paired samples t-tests in the N300/400 time windows in an attempt to replicate congruency effects on the N300/400. Second, we will use representational similarity analysis (RSA) and computational models of vision and semantics to determine how visual and semantic processes are changed by congruency.

Conclusions: Based on previous literature, we hypothesise that scene-object congruence would facilitate object recognition. For ERPs, we predict a congruency effect in the N300/N400, and for RSA we predict that higher level visual and semantic information will be represented earlier for congruent scenes than incongruent scenes. By collecting mEEG data while participants are exploring a real-world environment, we will be able to determine the impact of a natural context on object recognition, and the different processing stages of object recognition.
The genome sequence of the variegated scallop, Mimachlamys varia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Authors: Fletcher Chris , Spencer Jones Mary E. ,   Natural History Museum Genome Acquisition Lab,   Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective,   Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme,   Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective,   Tree of Life Core Informatics collective,   Darwin Tree of Life Consortium
Published: July 2023

We present a genome assembly from an individual Mimachlamys varia (the variegated scallop; Mollusca; Bivalvia; Pectinida; Pectinidae). The genome sequence is 975.4 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 19 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 21.78 kilobases in length.
Current concepts in traumatic mallet finger management
Authors: Lee Jun-Ku , Kang Seungyeon , Park Jong Woong
Published: July 2023

Mallet finger deformities can be divided into tendinous deformities caused by tendon rupture and bony deformities caused by fracture. In many cases, conservative treatment is possible. The goal of treating traumatic mallet finger deformities is to accurately restore the ruptured tendon or fractured bone to its proper position, correct extension lag or flexion contracture, prevent joint arthritis, and restore the full range of motion through appropriate range of motion exercises at the right time. In cases of tendinous mallet finger, immobilization with a splint or cast for at least 6 weeks in the extended position is required. During this period, flexion at the distal interphalangeal joint should be strictly limited, while movement at the proximal interphalangeal joint is allowed. Patient compliance with the protocol is essential for achieving good treatment outcomes. If conservative treatment fails or if the deformity recurs after initial surgery, satisfactory results can be achieved through tenodermodesis surgery. If the bony mallet finger involves a bone fragment of 3 mm or more or subluxation of the distal phalanx, surgical treatment is recommended. The primary surgical treatment involves closed reduction and percutaneous pinning with the extension block technique.
As contradições discursivas sobre a mulher no contexto político brasileiro.
Authors: Farnese Pedro , Monteiro Garcia Janete , Montuori Fernandes Carla , Demuru Paolo
Published: July 2023

O estudo tem por objetivo analisar as valências simbólicas que são acionadas nas reportagens publicadas em sites governamentais de cinco Estados brasileiros (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Ceará, Bahia e Pernambuco), durante atos iniciais de vacinação contra a Covid‑19, quando se verifica questões de raça e gênero com foco nas mulheres e sua posição na sociedade. Esses mesmos locais apresentaram os maiores índices de feminicídio nos últimos 11 anos, de acordo com o levantamento feito pelo Atlas da Violência, o que nos leva a discutir as contradições entre o mundo encenado e o mundo real. Com base nos conceitos da semiótica discursiva, plástica e figurativa de Algirdas Julien Greimas, identificamos elementos disfóricos em meio a um cenário de representações que buscam a visibilidade de um “Estado Presente”, colocando as mulheres no “centro” dos discursos políticos e midiáticos, mas que não encontram aderência na efetividade das políticas públicas voltadas para este segmento, suscitando, assim, a percepção de um “Estado Ausente”. As polifonias identificadas trazem à luz essas fragilidades e contradições que são discutidas ao longo do texto, buscando compreender como a diversidade de relações permeiam os discursos de agentes de estado que se utilizam de “oportunidades” da dinâmica social, como a Pandemia, para traçar estratégias de comunicação e formatar sua imagem‑conceito no imaginário social, a partir de possibilidades que podem ser construídas e desconstruídas em um contexto político dinâmico e interativo no que tange às questões de gênero.
Vidas al límite (2008‑2012): una revisión platónica del periodismo literario de Juan José Millás.
Authors: Fuentes Hernández Paula
Published: July 2023

En el siglo IV a. C. ve la luz La República, la obra culmen de Platón. En ella se sintetizan las ideas principales de este filósofo ateniense, referidas a la verdad, la justicia, el Estado o la moral. De la explicación de tales conceptos nace una de las alegorías más célebres de la historia de las humanidades, la alegoría de la caverna, con la que Platón aspiraba a desgranar su visión de la realidad y el conocimiento. El mito de la caverna, lejos de perder trascendencia, ha traspasado los anales del tiempo, llegando a influenciar a autores contemporáneos. Es el caso del escritor español Juan José Millás, cuya obra, tanto literaria como periodística, puede interpretarse en términos platónicos. Para comprobarlo, el presente artículo explora una de las áreas más desconocidas de la trayectoria de Millás: su reporterismo. En concreto, analiza Vidas al límite, una serie de reportajes que el autor publicó en las páginas de El País Semanal entre los años 2008 y 2012. A través de una metodología que aúna la perspectiva cualitativa con el enfoque cuantitativo, se pretenden alcanzar tres objetivos fundamentales: estudiar la noción de identidad presente en estas publicaciones; examinar las conexiones que se generan entre sus reportajes y el pensamiento de Platón para verificar una posible influencia; y descubrir las características formales que definen a estas composiciones con el fin de comprobar si están al servicio de su filosofía sobre la identidad.
Boomers versus Millennials y Generación Z: Alfabetización digital y redes sociales.
Authors: Mori Cureses Marta
Published: July 2023

La brecha digital que separa la generación de los Boomers –nacidos entre 1946 y 1964– de los nativos digitales –Millennials y Generación Z, nacidos entre 1994 y 2012– es, actualmente, una de las desigualdades que más mediatizan el proceso comunicativo. La falta de alfabetización digital ha desencadenado la necesidad de desarrollar competencias digitales en usuarios más vulnerables: los Boomers. En este artículo se establece un balance entre ambos grupos etarios (n=227) desde una perspectiva de uso de redes sociales con respecto al consumo de información de actualidad. Por un lado, se ha aplicado una metodología cuantitativa en formato de pretest a estudiantes del Programa Interuniversitario de la Experiencia de la USAL, con vistas a futuras investigaciones que aborden el uso de redes sociales en Boomers enfocado al consumo de contenidos de actualidad. Por otra parte, se ha desarrollado una encuesta a Millennials y Generación Z en torno a su percepción acerca de cómo es el tratamiento informativo de los contenidos informativos en televisión y redes sociales. Este estudio de caso aporta resultados que rompen con estereotipos sociales acuñados respecto a la afirmación de que los Boomers no utilizan las redes sociales ni están lo suficientemente alfabetizados para ello, o bien ni siquiera se encuentran interesados en aprender cómo se utilizan estas nuevas herramientas para consumir información de actualidad.
Ślady
Authors: Broda Jarosław
Published: July 2023

Ta książka opowiada przede wszystkim o moim życiu społecznym. Składa się z trzech części. Pierwsza, Ślady internowania, stanowi dokumentalny zapis mojego internowania w stanie wojennym; zawiera listy, które pisałem z więzienia do rodziców, i wiersze, także pisane w więzieniu. Druga część, Ślady oporu, to rodzaj aneksu do poprzedniej relacji; opowiada o mojej działalności społecznej i opozycyjnej. Ostatnia część, Ślady twórczości – Rodowód nieskończony, to przypomnienie wybranych wierszy napisanych przed internowaniem i po wyjściu z więzienia, do roku 1990. Wierzę, że zamieszczone w książce teksty przedstawiają istotny fragment losu tej części pokolenia, do której należę.
Leśnica: Zarys historii wioski od XIV wieku po współczesność
Authors: Nowakowski Andrzej
Published: July 2023

In terms of area and population, Leśnica is the smallest of the six villages that make up Stryszów Municipality. In the Middle Ages, it belonged first to the Duchy of Oświęcim and from 1440 to the Polish Crown. In the years 1440-1646, it was part of the Starosty of Barwałd, and then, in the years 1646-1772 it belonged to the Starosty of Lanckorona. In the years 1772-1918, the village was under Austrian rule. In reborn Poland, until 1933, Leśnica was an independent municipality, and then it was incorporated into the Stryszów Municipality. During the German occupation in 1939-1945, Leśnica was in the General Government. After World War II, until 1954, the village was still part of Stryszów Municip - ality, and then, in the years 1954-1968, of the commune of Stronie. From 1969, the village was in the commune of Stryszów, and from 1973 in Stryszów Muni - cipality. Leśnica was in Kraków Voivodeship until 1975, in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship in the years 1975-1998, and from 1999 in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in Wadowice County. A small elementary school, later renamed common and primary school, existed in the village for short periods of time – in the years 1911-1924 and 1961-1974. In general, children from Leśnica attend a primary school in nearby Stronie nowadays. The faithful from Leśnica used to belong (until 1907) to the parish in Stryszów. Today they belong to the parish in Zakrzów. The main site of religious worship in Leśnica is the chapel of Saint Adalbert. After the political changes in Poland and the restoration of local self-governments, starting from 1990, social and cultural life in Leśnica has flourished, centered around the residents association and a civic center situated in the middle of the village.
Nash Equilibrium Problems of Polynomials
Authors: Nie Jiawang , Tang Xindong
Published: July 2023

This paper studies Nash equilibrium problems that are given by polynomial functions. We formulate efficient polynomial optimization problems for computing Nash equilibria. The Moment-sum-of-squares relaxations are used to solve them. Under generic assumptions, the method can find a Nash equilibrium, if there is one. Moreover, it can find all Nash equilibria if there are finitely many ones of them. The method can also detect nonexistence if there is no Nash equilibrium.

Funding: J. Nie was supported by the National Science Foundation [Grant DMS-2110780].
Managing Competition from Within and Outside: Using Strategic Inventory and Network Externality to Combat Copycats
Authors: Jin Chen , Wu Chenguang (Allen) , Chen Ying-Ju
Published: July 2023

Problem definition: Prior studies have identified the role of downstream retailers’ strategic inventory in mitigating double marginalization within decentralized supply chains. Our work adds to this literature by introducing two relevant features that naturally appear in a dynamic environment: network externality and copycatting. We demonstrate how strategic inventory and network externality can be used to manage competition from within and outside the supply chain. Methodology/results: We develop a game-theoretical model to capture the strategic interaction within a brand-name supply chain, which enjoys positive externalities from early-period sales but faces competition from copycats in later periods. We show that copycats, on the one hand, deter the retailer’s strategic inventory by exerting external competition and on the other hand, can amplify the benefit of the retailer’s strategic inventory in allaying internal double marginalization and enhancing the supply chain’s external competitiveness. We further show that network externality, on the one hand, brings immediate gains to the supply chain’s external battle with copycats and on the other hand, creates internal inefficiency in the form of cross-period double marginalization best exhibited under the supplier’s dynamic contract. When network externality and strategic inventory are optimized jointly, we find that they are always complementary in increasing the supplier’s payoff but can be substitutive to the retailer under a large inventory cost and weak network externality. Managerial implications: Our work provides firms ways of managing decentralized supply chains in the face of copycats. We propose strategic inventory and network externality to combat copycats and provide normative guidance on their operating mechanisms.

Funding: C. Jin received financial support from the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund [Tier 1 Grant 251RES2101]. Y.-J. Chen received financial support from Hong Kong RGC [Grants GRF 16500821 and HKUST C6020-21GF].

Supplemental Material: The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2021.0182 .
Comment on "Reactogenicity Study of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine"
Authors: Kleebayoon Amnuay , Wiwanitkit Viroj
Published: July 2023

Dear Editor, we would like to share ideas on the publication “Reactogenicity Study of mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19.” Inglés Torruella et al. compare the reactogenicity of two types of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, Commirnaty® (Pfizer) and Spikevax® (Moderna), in a healthcare population. According to Inglés Torruella et al., the greater reactogenicity and its consequences for the first and second doses of the Spikevax® vaccine compared to Comirnaty®, and for the second dose compared to the first dose of both vaccines, provides useful knowledge for planning COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in healthcare settings.
A variety of factors need to be looked at in order to fully understand the results. It is impossible to draw a relationship between asymptomatic COVID-19 and the lack of symptoms without the required laboratory investigations. Without extensive laboratory testing, asymptomatic COVID-19 and the lack of clinical symptoms could be incorrectly diagnosed. A silent COVID-19 must be ruled out if neither the most recent clinical signals nor the most recent clinical markers are present. Additionally, genetic variations appear to affect how certain individuals' immune systems react to COVID-19. Before the findings can be verified, more clinical study will be needed.
Respuesta a la carta al editor de “Comentario al Estudio de reactogenicidad de la vacuna ARNm de COVID-19”
Authors: Ingles Torruella Joan , Gil Soto Rosa Maria , Sabaté Aguila Esther , García Grau Mercé , Pons Boronat Nina , Rubio Civit Adelaida , Bandera Baez Miriam , Moreno Martín Gustavo
Published: July 2023

Querido editor,

Nuestro estudio tiene por objetivo, comparar los efectos adversos a corto plazo y sus consecuencias entre las vacunas RNAm, Commirnaty® (Pfizer) y Spikevax® (Moderna), así como, estos efectos adversos a corto plazo y sus consecuencias entre la primera y la segunda dosis de las citadas vacunas entre sí. Los posibles efectos adversos a largo plazo no eran objeto de nuestro estudio…
Evolución del acrónimo TME a TFAME
Authors: Suárez-Rodríguez Vidina
Published: July 2023

Se realiza una petición de incluir en los traumatismos musculoesqueléticos a la fascia como estructura que también se puede afectar y se explican las razones de esta propuesta.
Driving and diabetes: what practice nurses need to know
Authors: Morris David
Published: July 2023

David Morris explains how nurses can advise their patients when they drive with diabetes
RCN travel health competencies: Elderly aunt or vivacious teenager?
Authors: Umeed Margaret
Published: July 2023

Margaret Umeed looks at the latest edition of the influential RCN Competency document for travel health
Effects of Rotary Tine Tool Velocity on Soil Reaction Forces, Power, and Energy Intensity
Authors: Kshetri Safal , Steward Brian L. , Tekeste Mehari Z.
Published: July 2023

Highlights

Draft force and torque on a vertical rotary tine tool were studied for various longitudinal velocities and speed ratios.

Draft force increased with longitudinal velocity but decreased with speed ratio, and soil reaction torque increased with both longitudinal velocity and speed ratio.

Total power required by the tool increased with speed ratio, and energy intensity increased with speed ratio and longitudinal velocity, with substantial changes observed at higher velocities.

Abstract. Studying soil-tool interaction can provide valuable information on the actuation force and energy requirements of a weeding tool operating in soil. Soil-tine interaction was investigated for a vertical rotary tine tool that was intended to be used as a weeding tool for an automated mechanical intra-row weeder. The main objective of the research was to investigate the effects of linear and rotational velocities on soil reaction forces and power associated with actuation of the rotary tine tool in soil. A series of soil bin experiments were conducted in loam soil. Soil horizontal (draft) force and torque on the tool were measured at three longitudinal/travel velocities of 0.09 m s-1, 0.29 m s-1, and 0.5 m s-1 that were used to move the tool linearly across the soil bin length. The speed ratio, defined as the ratio of the longitudinal velocity to the peripheral velocity of the rotary tines, determined the rotational speeds required for the study. The draft force and torque were evaluated at four speed ratio levels (0, 1, 1.5, and 2). An Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) performed for statistical analysis using p < 0.05 showed that both longitudinal velocity and speed ratio had significant main and interaction effects on the draft force and torque. In most cases, the draft force decreased while torque increased with increasing speed ratios for the different longitudinal velocities used in the study. Power and energy intensity were also calculated using draft force and torque measurements for different experimental settings. For increases in speed ratios, the power requirements for tool draft force decreased, whereas the power requirements for rotating the tool increased for each longitudinal velocity. At the highest test travel speed of 0.5 m s-1, the power decreased from 66 W to 28 W for draft and increased from 0 W to 76 W for rotation of the tool at increasing speed ratios. The maximum total power calculated for the tool was 110 W at 0.5 m s-1 and a speed ratio of 2. The study shows the changes in power and energy requirements of a vertical rotary tine tool for different operating parameters for weed control. This information could be valuable for optimizing the physical weeding process. Keywords: Energy intensity, Power, Rotary tool, Soil-tine interaction, Weed control.
Worship as Ascetic Experience and Facilitator of Unity in Maximus's Mystagogy
Authors: Drobena Thomas S.
Published: July 2023

precis: In his Mystagogy , Maximus the Confessor explored the ritual space and action of the church, especially how liturgical progression through them both reflects and realizes spiritual progress. In this framework, Maximus presented a picture of the church's shared prayer as an ascetic experience that both spiritually transforms the individual and creates unity among its participants. Such unity is not merely formal or performative but, rather, is actualized though a self-forgetting that occurs when participants willingly attune to a common worship and, in love, make the church's prayer their own. Thus, the Mystagogy presents shared prayer as a type and even a prolepsis of the willing and loving surrender of the self in the eschaton.
"Mekille Stirrede in Charite to Mine Evencristene": Julian of Norwich as a Resource for Ecumenism
Authors: Poling Jason A.
Published: July 2023

precis: Julian of Norwich has much to offer to those engaged in the work of practical ecumenism. Her written works are animated by a profound love for the whole of the church and evince a firm commitment to the church's wholeness. Her ascetical theology involves the development of charity toward others by means of receiving the grace of God toward oneself. Julian developed a theodicy by means of persistent questioning, coupled with a humble recognition of the limits that such questioning inevitably run up against, yielding a generosity of spirit toward herself and her co-Christians.
Receptive Ecumenism and Assent
Authors: Smith N. Ammon
Published: July 2023

precis: This essay engages Cheryl Bridges Johns's call at the 2007 Global Christian Forum gathering for a death of the "old mainstream ecumenical paradigm" and the current strategies employed within the modern ecumenical movement. Taking up this call, it begins by exploring new "ways of knowing," for which Johns called, and suggests the epistemological work of nineteenth-century theologian John Henry Newman as being a seedbed for alternatives that will enliven the ecumenical movement. Particularly, it offers a Newmanian reading of Receptive Ecumenism in order to suggest that this new paradigm must include ecclesial and personal transformation through the practice of assent between churches. Receptive Ecumenism calls for a posture of learning and transformation by attending to the needs or "wounds" of one's own church and to seek new ways forward through the reception of expressions of the church of Christ, or the reign of God, found within one's ecumenical other. This essay argues that, beyond simply notional learning, Receptive Ecumenism, read through the lens of Newman, offers a path forward for transformation through its emphasis on real apprehension of the ecumenical other and the practice or application of that which is received with "dynamic integrity."
“Une Créole comme Toi”: Creolized Reproductive Justice in Évelyne Trouillot’s Rosalie l’infâme
Authors: Meyer Lindsey
Published: July 2023

Abstract: In Évelyne Trouillot’s novel Rosalie l’infâme (2003), both the embodied postmemory and present of slavery are unavoidable realities for the protagonist, Lisette. Throughout the text, Lisette is told stories of how women in her family have survived and resisted enslavement, thus reestablishing their personhood on Haitian soil, where they were originally meant to both remain capital and produce it. With a close reading of these women’s reproductive experiences, I demonstrate how Rosalie l’infâme enacts a theory of what I call creolized reproductive justice, thus opening space for a more radically inclusive reproductive politics that would account for the complexities of women’s lives. In addition to Rosalie l’infâme , this theory of justice is informed by concepts such as Hortense Spillers’s “ungendering,” Édouard Glissant’s “créolisation,” and Shona Jackson’s “creole indigeneity,” as well as more recent explorations into transnational reproductive justice. I emphasize how Black women’s histories, stories, and experiences, across borders, are always crucial within any discussion of women’s rights. With consideration of these sources, both literary and theoretical, I hope to contribute to discussions of transnational reproductive justice that move away from Euro-and US-centrism in order to better listen to the voices of women, past and present, who have been silenced. Résumé: Dans le roman d’Évelyne Trouillot, Rosalie l’infâme (2003), la post-mémoire et le présent incarnés de l’esclavage sont des réalités inévitables pour le protagoniste, Lisette. Tout au long du texte, Lisette entend les récits sur la façon dont les femmes de sa famille ont survécu et ont résisté à l’esclavage, rétablissant ainsi leurs identités individuelles sur la terre haïtienne, où elles étaient à l’origine censées rester faire partie du capital et le produire. Avec une lecture approfondie des expériences reproductrices de ces femmes, je démontre comment Rosalie l’infâme adopte une théorie de ce que j’appelle la justice reproductive créolisée, ouvrant l’espace pour une politique reproductive plus radicalement inclusive qui considérait la complexité des vies des femmes. En plus de Rosalie l’infâme , cette théorie de la justice est informée par des concepts tels que le « ungendering » de Hortense Spillers, la « créolisation » d’Édouard Glissant et le « creole indigeneity » de Shona Jackson, aussi bien que les explorations plus récentes dans la justice reproductrice transnationale. Je souligne comment les histoires, les récits et les expériences des femmes noires, à travers les frontières, sont toujours cruciaux pour chaque discussion sur les droits des femmes. En considérant ces sources littéraires et théoriques, j’espère contribuer aux discussions sur la justice reproductrice transnationale qui s’éloignent de l’eurocentrisme et de l’américanocentrisme afin de mieux écouter les voix des femmes, passées et présentes, qui ont été réduites au silence.
(Re-)Framing the Midwife: Rewriting Archival and Postcolonial Intertexts in Rosalie l’infâme
Authors: Swanson Lucy
Published: July 2023

Abstract: This article examines how Évelyne Trouillot’s 2003 novel Rosalie l’infâme rewrites the narratives of two historical figures, the prerevolutionary hero Makandal and an Arada midwife who committed infanticide to spare children from a life of enslavement. Close readings contrast Rosalie ’s representation of the legal trials against these figures with the accounts given in colonial source texts and prior postcolonial rewritings. This comparison reveals how Trouillot reimagines these narratives to restore their emotional weight, and uses the celebrated Makandal legend to frame the midwife’s more taboo acts of resistance. Trouillot dismantles the colonial archives’ transformation of legitimate acts of resistance into crimes, but she also undermines triumphant postcolonial narratives of the fight against enslavement. Ultimately, this article argues that while, historically, rewriting has been used to distort enslaved persons’ affective realities, Rosalie seeks to restore the original emotions to these archival narratives and, by extension, to restore the complexity of the motivations behind these violent acts of resistance—if only through fiction. Résumé: Cet article étudie la réécriture des récits des figures historiques de Makandal et de la sage-femme Arada qui aurait tué des enfants pour les sauver d’une vie esclavagée dans le roman Rosalie l’infâme (2003) d’Évelyne Trouillot. Rosalie nous livre une représentation des procès à contre de ces personnages, qui contraste avec celles qu’en ont fait les archives coloniales et les réécritures postcoloniales antérieures. Ces différences révèlent la manière dont Trouillot réimagine ces récits pour restituer leur poids affectif ainsi que les stratégies employées par l’auteure qui exploite la légende célèbre de Makandal afin de mettre en lumière les actes de résistance plus tabous de la sage-femme. Trouillot remet en question la transformation, par les archives coloniales, d’actes de résistance en actes criminels, tout en interrogeant également des récits postcoloniaux triomphants sur la lutte contre l’esclavage. L’objet de cet article est de démontrer que malgré le fait que la réécriture a souvent été utilisée pour déformer les réalités affectives de personnes esclavagées, Rosalie cherche, au contraire, à restituer les émotions originelles des personnes esclavagées, pour compléter les récits des archives et, par conséquent, rétablir la complexité des motivations derrière ces actes violents de résistance, même si ce n’est possible qu’à travers la fiction.
Repensando la vulnerabilidad de migrantes haitianos en tránsito por Reynosa, México
Authors: Hernández-Hernández Oscar Misael , Parra Rosa Isabel Medina
Published: July 2023

Resumen: Durante el último lustro la movilidad de personas haitianas, que buscan asilo en Estados Unidos, se hizo visible en el norte de México. El objetivo de este artículo es repensar la vulnerabilidad que enmarcó la salida, tránsito y espera de personas haitianas que arribaron a Reynosa (frontera con McAllen, Texas) con el propósito de solicitar asilo en Estados Unidos. Para analizar el caso se parte de la vulnerabilidad y algunas críticas en los estudios sobre migración haitiana. Metodológicamente, se analizan los resultados obtenidos de una encuesta no probabilística implementada a fines del año 2021 entre migrantes haitianos, así como fuentes hemerográficas y bibliográficas sobre el tema. Planteamos que la situación de las personas haitianas encuestadas en Reynosa se caracterizó por la vulnerabilidad en sus países de residencia, durante el tránsito por México y durante la espera en Reynosa, pero también por la capacidad de respuesta y defensa ante las adversidades. Abstract: During the past five years, the mobility of Haitians seeking asylum in the United States became visible in northern Mexico. The objective of this article is to rethink the vulnerability that framed the departure, transit, and waiting of Haitians who arrived in Reynosa (a city that borders McAllen, Texas) for the purpose of requesting asylum in the United States. To analyze the case, we start by examining the concept of vulnerability within some critiques in studies on Haitian migration. Methodologically, the results obtained from a non-probabilistic survey implemented at the end of 2021 among Haitian migrants are analyzed, as well as newspaper and scholarly sources on the subject. We argue that the situation of the Haitians surveyed in Reynosa was characterized by vulnerability in their countries of residence, during transit through Mexico, and while waiting in Reynosa, but also by the ability to respond and defend against adversity. Résumé: Au cours des cinq dernières années, la mobilité des Haïtiens demandeurs d’asile aux États-Unis est devenue visible dans le nord du Mexique. L’objectif de cet article est de repenser la vulnérabilité qui a encadré le départ, le transit et l’attente des Haïtiens arrivés à Reynosa (une ville frontalière de McAllen, au Texas) dans le but de demander l’asile aux États-Unis. Pour analyser le cas, nous partons de la vulnérabilité et de quelques critiques dans les études sur la migration haïtienne. Méthodologiquement, les résultats obtenus à partir d’une enquête non probabiliste mise en place fin 2021 auprès des migrants haïtiens sont analysés, ainsi que les sources journalistiques et bibliographiques sur le sujet. Nous proposons que la situation des Haïtiens enquêtés à Reynosa ait été caractérisée par la vulnérabilité dans leurs pays de résidence, pendant le transit par le Mexique et en attendant à Reynosa, mais aussi par la capacité de réponse et de défense contre l’adversité.
Hazel Shade's Russian Sisterhood, or Is Pale Fire a Feminist Novel? In memory of Gennady Barabtarlo
Authors: Dragunoiu Dana
Published: July 2023

Abstract: The essay traces Nabokov's representation of women from the Russian-language works in which he shows a sustained interest in women's lives to the English-language works whose plots often double as whodunnits, driven as they are by questions such as "who is she?" and "what has she done?" I argue that The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, "The Vane Sisters," Lolita, Pale Fire, and Ada dramatize what feminist commentators have identified as properties of patriarchal literary representation: the primacy of women coupled by their absence (De Lauretis), under-description (Heldt), and action delimited by the Love Story plot (Russ). Though some of Nabokov's works perpetuate these conventions, his most enduringly mysterious fiction forces readers to care and wonder about women characters who are under-described and overlooked. The essay also uses the insights of feminist scholars who have written on Lolita (Kauffman, Patnoe, Herbold) to argue that Pale Fire extends the achievements of Lolita by staging a different kind of entrapment: readers are seduced into colluding with Shade's obliteration of his daughter Hazel by focusing too much on her body and disregarding her mind. In one of Pale Fire's subtlest ironies, Shade treats his grief at his daughter's loss by foregrounding his own spiritual quest but continuing to ignore hers. I argue further that the importance of Hazel's spiritual strivings become most clear if seen through the lens of Russia's literary tradition. The second half of the essay traces important bonds of kinship that connect Hazel to Tatyana Larin, the female protagonist of Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, and Cecily von Lindenborn, the protagonist of Karolina Pavlova's only novel A Double Life (1848). Pavlova's novel, combining as it does prose and verse, offers more than a formal precedent for Pale Fire: the plot rescues Hazel from the captivity of the Love Story plot and places her in a context that is more relevant to her own concerns. The essay ends with a tribute to Gennady Barabtarlo, for whom Hazel's predicament anticipated the predicament of another beloved but disregarded daughter: Martyshka of Tarkovsky's Stalker.
Placebos and Metaphors
Authors: Fuks Abraham
Published: July 2023

ABSTRACT: The objective of this essay is to develop the argument that placebos are a species of metaphor and to demonstrate that an analysis of the figurative trope can help us elucidate the power of the placebo response. The cognitive and embodied responses to both metaphors and placebos stem from the transfer of meaning between two domains, each with rich allusive properties that in turn depend on highly ramified and interconnected neural webs. Metaphors and placebos require an appropriate cultural backdrop for their linguistic and cognitive work and are dependent on shared social forms of life. More specifically, metaphors rely on an intersubjective connection and imply that a relational entanglement between doctor and patient is necessary to the effect of placebos in the clinical setting.
2020: what COVID taught us about women in medicine
Authors: Heru Alison M.
Published: July 2023

ABSTRACT: As Vice Chair of Clinical Services of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado, I choose to work where clinical services need most attention. As a woman, I want to show up where we can be seen and show up in the best possible way. Just as COVID began, I found myself doing clinical shifts in the newly created psychiatry emergency room. I became part of a front-line team, where “I” became “We,” facing an unknown enemy. Not only was my work life upended, but my personal life was too, as I rushed to help my daughter, a medical student, care for her son when his day-care closed. My commentary highlights the increased burden experienced by women during this time, an example of systemic bias in medicine.
Conceptualizing Endometriosis Pain Through Metaphors
Authors: Abraham Julia M. , Rajasekaran Rajasekaran
Published: July 2023

ABSTRACT: Biomedical and philosophical traditions postulate the experience of pain either as quantifiable or as sociocultural phenomena. This critical assessment offers a close reading of Lara Parker’s Vagina Problems: Endometriosis, Painful Sex, and Other Taboo Topics (2020) and Abby Norman’s Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women’s Pain (2018), analyzing the authors’ use of language as a tool to comprehend and communicate pain. Norman’s and Parker’s memoirs narrate the lived experience of endometriosis, a condition diagnosed almost exclusively in women and characterized by chronic pain. The essay looks at how metaphors are employed in living and narrating endometriosis in medical, social, and cultural settings that are highly skeptical of women’s pain and trace a shift in the use of pain metaphors towards an acceptance of the pain experience, which is conceptualized as empowering by the climax of the narrative.
Free-Space Optical Transmission using Si Photonics Slow Light Grating Beam Switching Device
Authors: Tetsuya R. , Kodama N. , Kamata M. , Tamanuki T. , Baba T.
Published: July 2023

We demonstrate free-space optical transmission using silicon photonics slow-light grating beam switching device based on slow light grating. 20 Gbps transmission was observed with a switching time of approximately 10 µs between two reception points.
Intensity-induced phase in linear optics
Authors: Halder Atri
Published: July 2023

We identify situations where optical phase modulation can be induced by intensity variations in the linear domain. In particular, for scalar two-beam in and two-beam out spatial unitary systems (beam splitters), we find that the phase difference between the output beams can be altered by changing the intensity ratio of the input beams. Utilizing this principle, we show that in linear optics (even in a very low-intensity regime), it is possible to introduce a two-dimensional spatial phase profile by spatial intensity modulation, thus affecting the propagation and far-field distribution of the ensuing beam.
Improved peak-to-peak method for cavity length measurement of a Fabry-Perot etalon using a mode-locked femtosecond laser
Authors: Shin Dong Wook , Matsukuma Hiraku , Sato Ryo , Manske Eberhard , Gao Wei
Published: July 2023

Differing from the conventional peak-to-peak method using two neighboring spectral peaks in the frequency-domain fringe spectrum of the spectral response of a Fabry-Perot etalon to a femtosecond laser, which contains N spectral peaks equally spaced with a spacing of the etalon free spectral range (FSR), the proposed method employs a pair of spectral peaks with a spacing of an integer multiple k (k ≫ 1) of FSR for measurement of the etalon cavity length d with a reduced measurement error. Under the constrain of the total N spectral peaks obtainable in the finite spectral range of the femtosecond laser, the optimized k is identified to be N∕2 in consideration of an averaging operation using N − k samples of d to achieve the minimum measurement error. The feasibility of the proposed method is demonstrated by experimental results with an uncertainty analysis based on “Guides to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement”.
Degree of polarization of light scattered from correlated surface and bulk disorders
Authors: Banon Jean-Philippe , Simonsen Ingve , Carminati Rémi
Published: July 2023

Using a single scattering theory, we derive the expression of the degree of polarization of the light scattered from a layer exhibiting both surface and volume scattering. The expression puts forward the intimate connection between the degree of polarization and the statistical correlation between surface and volume disorders. It also permits a quantitative analysis of depolarization for uncorrelated, partially correlated and perfectly correlated disorders. We show that measuring the degree of polarization could allow one to assess the surface-volume correlation function, and that, reciprocally, the degree of polarization could be engineered by an appropriate design of the correlation function.