bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A zágrábi rajzfilmes iskola ideológiai körképe
Authors: Ajanović Midhat
Published: February 2023

A tanulmány arra tesz kísérletet, hogy a Zágrábi Animációs Filmiskola három filmjének példáján keresztül átfogó szemlélettel illusztrálja a világ körképszerű percepcióját. Az iskola kezdetben elsősorban az ideológia szférájához kötődött, majd fokozatosan esztétikai elveket kezdett követni. A jugoszláv társadalom szociológiai és történelmi körülményei a második világháború után egy illúziós, „mindenre kiterjedő szemlélet” megjelenését idézték elő a zágrábi animációs film szerzőiben. Számos filmjükben egy fókuszpontúnak tűnő pozícióból, vagy egyszerűen egy ideológiai üvegkupola mögül készítettek panorámaképet egy blokkokra osztott világ közepén. A zágrábi stúdióban az 1950-es évek vége és az 1980-as évek eleje között létrejött művek hatalmas nemzetközi sikerét és objektív értékét főként a cellanimációs technológiában történő maszterelésnek és a stilizált mozgásnak köszönhették. A tanulmány szerint azonban ez a karikatúratechnikákkal megvalósított hatékony globális metaforáknak, a hidegvérűen felosztott világ leegyszerűsítően sematikus bemutatásának volt köszönhető, ugyanakkor egy ideológiai és politikai diskurzus pozíciójából eredő ideológiai szatírának is, amelyet az „üvegkupola” alatt „titoizmusnak” neveztek. A szocialista társadalmak hataloméhsége és kapitalista társadalmak pénzhajhászata, valamint a mindent elpusztító konfliktusok állandó veszélye képezte a jugoszláv animációs humor uralkodó témáit az összes formában. Különösen azok az animációs filmkészítők voltak hajlamosak ezt alkalmazni, akik „mindenre kiterjedő szemléletükkel” igyekeztek átfogni koruk világának „körképét”. Metaforáik szatirikus módon mutattak be a hidegháború időszakának néhány meghatározó jelenségét – a fegyverkezési versenyt, a kicsik és szegények egyenlőtlenségét, a környezetszennyezést, a kortárs ember elidegenedését a betondzsungelben –, és ezek a globális metaforák kortársaik jövővel kapcsolatos félelmeinek élénk szemléltetéseként funkcionáltak. A szerző előbb A nagygyűlés (Veliki miting. Walter és Norbert Neugebauer, 1951) című filmet vizsgálja, melyet Disney-köntösbe öltöztetett szocialista realizmusként értelmez, majd a Koncert gépfegyverre (Koncert na mašinsku pušku. Dušan Vukotić, 1958) című rajzfilmet, melyet a fiktív Amerika karikatúrájaként ír le, végül a Naplót (Dnevnik. Nedeljko Dragić, 1974), melyet a valódi Amerika karikatúrájaként jellemez.
Ökopornó: A nem-emberi megjelenítésének korlátairól
Authors: Welling Bart H.
Published: February 2023

Bart H. Welling tanulmánya az ökopornográfia mibenlétét, jellemzőit és funkcióját próbálja meghatározni. Munkájának első felében az ökopornót mint pornót vizsgálja, de nem a szexuális izgalom felkeltésének célja felől határozza meg, hanem az aszimmetrikus, szexualizált ábrázolásmódokra fordít figyelmet. A tanulmány amellett érvel, hogy az ökopornográfia antropomorfizált, idealizált látványként tárja a néző szeme elé a nem-emberi világot (mind az állatokat, mind a tájakat), és előre meghatározott, ám a néző számára rejtett hatalmi viszonyokba ágyazza ezt a látványt, ami elősegíti a nem-emberi világ kizsákmányolását. A tanulmány második részében olyan alkotásokon, kampányokon és elterjedt képeken keresztül mutatja be az ökopornográf ábrázolásmódot, mint a floridai puma reprezentációja, PETA kampányok, természetfilmek, illetve az ökopornográfia paródiái.
Filmes korcsosulás: Eb és ember mediális keveredése a Kutyám, Tulipán című animációs filmben
Authors: László Borbála
Published: February 2023

A jelen tanulmány abból a feltételezésből indul ki, miszerint stílusuktól, műfajuktól, kulturális beágyazottságuktól, illetve sajátos ábrázolási módjaiktól és céljaiktól függően a filmek a harmadik fél szerepét betöltve maguk is hatással vannak kutya és ember kölcsönösen transzformatív viszonyára. A tanulmányban azt vizsgálom, hogy egy konkrét alkotás, a brit író J. R. Ackerley életrajzi regényei alapján, Sandra és Paul Fierlinger által megalkotott Kutyám, Tulipán című, 2009-es rajzfilm miként formálja, keveri, hibridizálja az alapvetően hibridnek tekinthető kutya- és emberszereplőt saját kép-, történet- és karakteralkotási eszközeivel, mely folyamatot eb és ember filmes korcsosulásának nevezem. Érvelésem szerint továbbá a kutya-ember kapcsolat filmes eszközökkel való transzformációja e két faj viszonyára a mozin túl is metamorfikus hatással bír. Míg a legtöbb populáris családi kutyás film az antropocentrikus világnézetet és a fajizmust erősíti, Fierlingerék Tulipánja igyekszik átrendezni az embert más létezőktől elválasztó és az őt magasabb rendbe soroló ontológiai modelleket. Emiatt Tulipánt egy olyan transzformatív alkotásként értelmezem, mely sajátos hibdriditásával és önreflexivitásával segíthet több-mint-emberi szempontból tekinteni a világra, azaz rávilágítani az emberek és társállatok kölcsönösen transzformatív kapcsolódásaira.
Veganstrukció, avagy bevezetés a fitoszemiológiába
Authors: Hódosy Annamária
Published: February 2023

A nyugati hagyomány szerint csak az emberek és a „fejlettebb” lények kommunikálnak, és ezek között is csak az ember minősül a cselekvése valódi ágensének. A növények passzív és tehetetlen létformának minősültek – ám ez most változóban van. A növényhorrorok ugyan mindig is a gótikus fikció népszerű elemeinek számítottak, bizonyos újabb produkciókban viszont, mint amilyen Az esemény (2008) vagy a tanulmányban vizsgált A magas fűben (2019) című film, nem a húsevő növények vagy a különleges mutáns példányok vagy fajták, hanem a körülöttünk növő mindennapi zöld válik a borzalom forrásává. Ennek oka nem pusztán az antropocentrizmust aláásó, ágenciára utaló viselkedésükben, hanem egyszersmind a logocentrizmus ideológiáját aláásó nyelvükben tételeződik. Már a hidegháborús növényhorrorok is gyakran a növények nyelvhasználatát mutatták a kultúrára irányuló legnagyobb fenyegetésnek, A magas fűben narratívájában azonban a növényi viselkedés egyenesen az antropocentrizmus dekonstrukciójaként jelenik meg, és szemiotikai értelemben is a nyugati „agrilogisztika” kritikájaként működik.
A természetről mint radikális közösségről : Gondolatok idősebb Jan Brueghel Paradicsom-ábrázolásainak apropóján
Authors: Széplaky Gerda
Published: February 2023

Értekezésemben klasszikus Édenkert-ábrázolásokon keresztül vizsgálom azt, hogy az ember miféle módon viszonyulhat az Isten által teremtett világ létezőihez, ezek között is hangsúlyosan a növényekhez. Ehhez az apropót a kétféle teremtéstörténet kétféle meghatározása adja: egyik az uralmi pozíciót jelöli ki az ember számára, másik a gondozásét. Kérdésfeltevésem azonban nem erre irányul, hanem arra, hogy mit jelenthetett a kiűzetés előtt a Paradicsomban, azaz egy hierarchia és hatalmi struktúrák nélküli világban élni. Ennek bemutatásához id. Jan Brueghel 1600-as festményét veszem alapul, továbbá a bibliai textust elemzem. Ezek nyomán rámutatok, hogy a Paradicsom utópisztikus képében egy olyan etikai értékrend van kijelölve, amelynek alapját nem a szellemi felsőbbrendűség nyújtja, sem más antropomorf sajátosságok, hanem az – arisztotelészi természetleírásban is szereplő – növekedéseszme. Állításom szerint minden, ami növekszik, az élet tiszteletben tartására szólít fel. Ezt tekintem – más növényetikáról gondolkodó filozófusokkal összhangban – új etikai imperatívusznak.
القيادة الملهمة و علاقتها بالانغماس الوظيفي لدى العاملين في مراكز الموهبة الرياضية
Authors: سلام حسين حيدر , عطا حسن امين
Published: February 2023

تكمن اهمية الدراسة في معرفة الدور الفعال للقيادة الملهمة و الانغماس الوظيفي لأصحاب القرار في مراكز الموهبة الرياضية في العراق باعتبار هذه المراكز هي العنصر الفعال في اعداد جيل رياضي واعد وكذلك الدور الذي يلعبه اعضاء مراكز الموهبة الرياضية في انغماسهم الوظيفي بصورة ايجابية من خلال الرغبة بالعمل للارتقاء بالمستوى الفني والاداري في مراكز الموهبة في بلدنا الحبيب، ومن خلال اطلاع الباحث ومتابعته للإدارات ومراكز الموهبة في وزاره الشباب والرياضة  والملاحظة المباشرة للمشرفين وزياراته الميدانية ما دفع الباحث إلى الخوض في هذه المشكلة وبيان التعرف على مدى واقع الانغماس الوظيفي لدى موظفي مراكز الموهبة الرياضية في العراق ومن خلال ما تقدم سيحاول الباحث في هذه الدراسة الإجابة عن التساؤل عن نوع العلاقة بين القيادة الملهمة والانغماس الوظيفي لدى موظفي مراكز الموهبة الرياضية في العراق  و يهدف البحث بناء مقياس للمهارات القيادية و اعداد مقياس في ادارة الصراع وتضمنت، استخدم الباحث المنهج الوصفي بالأسلوب المسحي والعلاقات الارتباطية وذلك لملائمته لطبيعة مشكلـة البحث، حدد الباحث مجتمع بحثه وهم العاملين في مراكز الموهبة الرياضية في العراق

والبالغ عددهم ( 818 ) عاملاً في مراكز الموهبة الرياضية التخصصية موزعين على (17) مركز تخصصي متكون من (72) قسم كل قسم مختص بفعالية , والجدول (1) يبين توزيع المجتمع والعينة والنسب المئوية , اذ بلغت عينة البناء (100) عاملاً  بنسبة (12.2) من المجتمع الاصل , اما عينة التطبيق بلغت (178) عاملاً بنسبة (21.8) من المجتمع الاصل , تم اختيار العينات بطريقة الطبقية العشوائية البسيطة، وتم التوصل الى العديد من الاستنتاجات أهمها هناك علاقة ارتباط ايجابية بين القيادة الملهمة والانغماس الوظيفي لدى العاملين في مراكز الموهبة الرياضية.
Combinatorial Geometric Series: Infinite Series with Binomial Coefficients
Authors: Annamalai Chinnaraji
Published: February 2023

This paper discusses the finite and infinite geometric series with binomial coefficients. This idea can enable the scientific researchers to solve the real-world problems.
Illegal video game loot boxes with transferable content on Steam: a longitudinal study on their presence and non-compliance with and non-enforcement of gambling law
Authors: Xiao Leon Y. , Henderson Laura L.
Published: February 2023

Loot boxes are gambling-like mechanics in video games that can be bought with real-world money to obtain random rewards. Regulators in many countries have considered whether different loot box implementations fall within the existing legal definition of ‘gambling.’ Most countries’ regulators say that only loot boxes (i) players spent real-world money to purchase and (ii) provide randomised content (iii) that possesses real-world monetary value (e.g., be transferable between players) legally constitute ‘gambling.’ A comprehensive review of Valve’s Steam platform for PC games identified 35 games, including some of the most popular games with hundreds of thousands of concurrent players, that implement paid loot boxes with transferable content worth real-world money. These would likely fall afoul of current gambling laws in many countries. Contrary to previous statements published by gambling regulators promising enforcement, consumers, policymakers, and other stakeholders should be aware of the existence and popularity of these presumably illegal loot boxes and how gambling law has not actually been enforced against them. The situation remained unchanged one year later. This longitudinal perspective demonstrates a continued state of non-compliance by game companies and non-enforcement by gambling regulators that leaves consumers unprotected and at risk of encountering illegal content and experiencing harm.
Emotion AI atWork: Implications forWorkplace Surveillance, Emotional Labor, and Emotional Privacy
Authors: Roemmich Kat
Published: February 2023

Workplaces are increasingly adopting emotion AI, promising benefits to organizations. However, little is known about the perceptions and experiences of workers subject to emotion AI in the workplace. Our interview study with (n=15) US adult workers addresses this gap, finding that (1) participants viewed emotion AI as a deep privacy violation over the privacy of workers’ sensitive emotional information; (2) emotion AI may function to enforce workers’ compliance with emotional labor expectations, and that workers may engage in emotional labor as a mechanism to preserve privacy over their emotions; (3) workers may be exposed to a wide range of harms as a consequence of emotion AI in the workplace. Findings reveal the need to recognize and define an individual right to what we introduce as emotional privacy, as well as raise important research and policy questions on how to protect and preserve emotional privacy within and beyond the workplace.
AI in pain: How knowledge influences people’s perceptions of AI’s capability of feeling distressed
Authors: Vuong Quan-Hoang , La Viet-Phuong , Nguyen Minh-Hoang , Quang-Loc Nguyen , Jin Ruining , La Minh-Khanh , Le Tam-Tri
Published: February 2023

People hold different perceptions about whether artificial intelligence (AI) can feel distressed. Such perceptions are based on their existing belief systems built upon acquired knowledge and experiences. As human-AI interactions continue to expand and intensify in our modern society, understanding what people think about AI can be beneficial. Approaching increasingly complex issues surrounding AI requires a highly compatible scientific framework of information processing. Using Bayesian Mindsponge Framework analytics, we construct the logical model with information-based reasoning and conduct Bayesian analysis accordingly on a dataset of 266 residents of the United States. We found that both education level and familiarity with digital/robotic technology can affect people’s perceptions of AI’s distress. These two factors interact with each other in creating their influence. Interestingly, among those with high education attainment, AI technology familiarity is positively associated with the belief that AI can be in distress. A possible reason for this pattern is that AI’s distress can be interpreted as signals of problems within the processing system rather than human-like emotions. In the near future, when humans interact more and more with AI, acquiring a better understanding of them can be a determining factor in both our scientific and social progress.
The Diffusion of Culture and Cognition Within and Beyond Sociology, 1997-2021
Authors: Dubash Soli , Brett Gordon
Published: February 2023

In recent years, sociologists have lamented the fact that interdisciplinary exchange regarding Culture and Cognition has been largely asymmetrical. However, to date no sociologist has empirically established the degree of interdisciplinary diffusion of Culture and Cognition scholarship. We add empirical detail to these discussions through a bibliographic analysis of 16 key Culture and Cognition articles, analyzing their citation patterns both within and beyond Sociology. Within Sociology, we find that citations of Culture and Cognition scholarship tend to cluster within culture, generalist, and theory journals. In terms of interdisciplinary diffusion, we find that while engagement with Culture and Cognition scholarship is indeed concentrated within sociology, almost half of the citations of this work come from other disciplines. This suggests that, while not entirely incorrect, the characterizations of Culture and Cognition’s interdisciplinary uptake have been somewhat exaggerated.
Extrapolation based regionalized re-evaluation of the global estuarine surface area
Authors: Laruelle Goulven , Rosentreter Judith , Regnier Pierre
Published: February 2023

At the interface between the continental and oceanic domains, estuaries are essential components of the land-ocean aquatic continuum that play a significant role in biogeochemical cycles, as they transform and export large amounts of carbon and nutrients from rivers to coastal waters. Because of this intense biogeochemical processing, they are significant ecosystems in terms of greenhouse gas exchange with the atmosphere. However, in spite of recent advances in remote sensing and the need for accurate estimates to calculate regional and global estuarine budgets, the quantification of their global surface area has not been updated in over a decade and remains poorly constrained. This is due to the lack of a global extensive database, the diversity of estuaries, and the controversial definition of their boundaries. To address these challenges, a hybrid approach was developed that combines the surface areas of over 700 estuaries worldwide (extracted from the literature or calculated using geographic information systems) with a novel extrapolation method to provide type-specific regional estimates for 45 regions. The upscaling formula applied is determined and calibrated using data from several regions where an extensive survey of total estuarine surface areas was available. The new global estimate of 733,801 ± 39,892 km2 is 31% lower than the previous global assessment and provides quantitative uncertainty estimates for regional and global estuarine surface areas as well as a breakdown between tidal systems and deltas (294,956 ± 30,780 km2), lagoons (179,946 ± 12,056 km2), and fjords (259,899 ± 22,328 km2).
Monitoring Early Childhood Development at the Population Level: The ECDI2030
Authors: Halpin Peter , de Castro E. Filipa , Petrowski Nicole , Cappa Claudia
Published: February 2023

Population-level monitoring of early childhood development (ECD) can inform research and guide national policy. One approach to population-level monitoring is through the design of surveys that (a) are feasible and cost-effective to implement at scale, (b) yield well-validated summaries of children’s holistic development, and (c) can ideally support comparisons across national and cultural contexts. The Early Childhood Development Index 2030 (ECDI2030) is a caregiver-reported household survey designed to achieve these goals for children aged 24-59 months. This paper describes how the ECDI2030 was developed and provides initial results on its reliability, concurrent validity, and gender equity in nationally representative samples from Mexico (N = 1641) and Palestine (N = 1099). Overall, the results support the use of the ECDI2030 for population-level monitoring, but also suggest that the conceptualization of social-emotional development warrants further attention from researchers. Recommendations are made about statistical analyses that can be undertaken to ensure the quality of data collected from ECD assessments in international settings.
Non-metric distance judgements are influenced by image projection geometry and field of view
Authors: Ruta Nicole , Ganczarek Joanna , Pietras Karolina , burleigh alistair , Pepperell Robert C
Published: February 2023

Despite its mathematical simplicity and ubiquity in imaging technology, there has long been doubt about the ability of linear perspective to best represent human visual space, especially at wide-angle fields of view under natural viewing conditions. We investigated whether changes to image geometry had an impact on participants’ performance, specifically in terms of non-metric distance estimates. Our multidisciplinary research team developed a new open-source image database to study distance perception in images by systematically manipulating target distance, field of view and image projection using non-linear natural projections. The database consists of 12 outdoor scenes of a virtual 3D urban environment in which a target ball is presented at increasing distance, visualised using both linear perspective and natural perspective images, rendered respectively with three different fields-of-view: 100, 120 and 140 degrees horizontally. In the first experiment (N=52) we tested the effects of linear vs. natural perspective on non-metric distance judgements. In the second experiment (N=195) we investigated the influence of contextual and previous familiarity with linear perspective, and individual differences in spatial skills on distance estimations. The results of both experiments showed that distance estimation accuracy improved in natural compared to linear perspective images, particularly at wide-angle fields-of-view. Moreover, undertaking a training session with only natural perspective images led to more accurate distance judgments overall. We argue that the efficacy of natural perspective may stem from its resemblance to the way objects appear under natural viewing conditions, and that this can provide insights into the phenomenological structure of visual space.
Do discontinuation symptoms predict depression relapse after antidepressant cessation?
Authors: Volkmann Constantin , Abulikemu Subati , Isabel  , Huys Quentin JM , Walter Henrik
Published: February 2023

Background: Discontinuing antidepressants after recovering from a depressive episode is associated with a risk for two events: discontinuation symptoms and relapse. Little is known about who can discontinue safely and whether discontinuation symptoms constitute a risk factor for relapse. This study investigated risk factors for experiencing discontinuation symptoms and whether discontinuation symptoms are associated with depression relapse.Methods: 103 patients with a currently remitted major depressive disorder were randomized to continuation or discontinuation of antidepressants. Discontinuation symptoms were assessed with the Discontinuation Emergent Signs and Symptoms (DESS) scale. The discontinuation syndrome (ADS) was defined as experiencing at least 4 DESS symptoms. We investigated the association of clinical factors with the number of discontinuation symptoms in Bayesian linear regressions. After the randomization phase, all patients discontinued their antidepressant and were followed up over 6 months. We investigated the association of discontinuation symptoms and clinical factors with relapse risk in logistic regressions and a cox proportional hazards model. Results: An ADS was experienced by 29% (95% PI [8.3%, 72%]) of patients. Women reported more discontinuation symptoms than men (factor 1.67 (95% interval [1.06, 2.56])). None of the other prespecified predictors were associated with the risk or severity of ADS. Trait anxiety (Slope = 0.42, 95% PI [-0.01, 0.90]), ADS severity (0.58, 95% PI [0.07, 1.16]) and early depressive symptoms (0.63, 95% PI [0.16, 1.17]) were associated with a higher relapse risk. Conclusion: Antidepressant discontinuation symptoms were relatively common and experienced mainly by women. Experiencing discontinuation symptoms may adversely impact relapse risk.
Cognitive Ability and Voting Behaviour in the 2016 UK Referendum on European Union Membership
Authors: Dawson Christopher
Published: February 2023

On the June 23rd 2016, the UK voted to leave the European Union. The period leading up to the referendum was characterized by a significant volume of misinformation and disinformation. Existing literature has established the importance of cognitive ability in processing and discounting (mis/dis) information in decision making. We use a dataset of households from a national representative UK survey to investigate the relationship between cognitive ability and the propensity to vote Leave / Remain. In our preferred model—which restricts variation to couples within a household—we find statistically and economically significant evidence that the propensity to vote Remain is increasing in the voter’s cognitive ability: a one standard deviation cognitive ability advantage over one’s spouse increases the likelihood of voting to Remain in the EU by 17%. An important question then becomes how to improve individual and household decision making in the face of increasingly unmanageable amounts of (mis/dis) information.
Barriers to Climate Activism: The Vital Role of Social Identification
Authors: Thomas-Walters Laura , Scheuch Eric , Parkes Isaac , Sabherwal Anandita , O'Dell Dallas , Shreedhar Ganga
Published: February 2023

What predicts engagement in climate action? This is a vital question for climate social movements to answer. Using a nationally representative survey of UK participants (n=1100), we investigated what predicts both actual behavioural engagement with Extinction Rebellion (XR), a large-scale environmental movement, along with reported barriers to climate activism. Based on past behavioural engagement, we propose a new typology of activist personas, finding that most people are disengaged (87%) or “clicktivists” (10%), engaging primarily in virtual activism. However 32% of our sample did donate their time to XR when asked, a version of collective climate action. We find that social identification with XR predicts behavioural engagement better than partisanship, demographics, or climate attitudes, and in turn, we explore the predictors of social identification. We also surveyed the most common barriers for not participating in climate action (namely, a lack of time), and supplement our quantitative findings with qualitative data.
Review of “Calculation and Morality: The Costs of Slavery and the Value of Emancipation in the French Antilles” by Caroline Oudin-Bastide and Philippe Steiner
Authors: Bíró Gábor
Published: February 2023

Review of Caroline Oudin-Bastide and Philippe Steiner, Calculation and Morality: The Costs of Slavery and the Value of Emancipation in the French Antilles (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019), pp. xiii+254, $76.25 (hardcover). ISBN: 9780190856854.
Review of “Political Economy and International Order in Interwar Europe” edited by Alexandre M. Cunha and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak.
Authors: Alacevich Michele
Published: February 2023

Review of “Political Economy and International Order in Interwar Europe” edited by Alexandre M. Cunha and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak.
Review of “Democracy, Race, & Justice: The Speeches and Writings of Sadie T.M. Alexander” edited by Nina Banks
Authors: Kuehn Daniel
Published: February 2023

Review of Democracy, Race, & Justice: The Speeches and Writings of Sadie T.M. Alexander, Edited by Nina Banks, Yale University Press, 2021, ISBN: 9780300246704, 320 pages
The QMER Learning Community: Developing Efficacy and Belongingness towards Foundational STEM Skills
Authors: Pendola Andrew , Appiah John , Murrah William Madison
Published: February 2023

This paper reports on the findings of implementing a learning community in a flagshipSoutheastern university over the past four years to improve graduate student research efficacy and social belongingness. Specifically, the learning community program was aimed at (1) broadly supporting foundational STEM skills through supplementary and specialized curriculum; and (2) providing social and professional supports geared towards at-promise and international students. Survey and interview results demonstrate that graduate students participating in the learning community reported improved senses of self-efficacy, inclusivity, and belongingness. In addition, low income, first-generation, and Black graduate students reported significantly higher levels of self-efficacy and belongingness on average. This paper concludes that the learning community approach can be highly beneficial in developing research efficacy across the board, but at-promise students specifically benefit from professional skills development to undergird and contextualize their research confidence.
Review of “America by Numbers: Quantification, Democracy, and the Birth of National Statistics” by Emmanuel Didier
Authors: Lanata-Briones Cecilia T.
Published: February 2023

Review of “America by Numbers: Quantification, Democracy, and the Birth of National Statistics” by Emmanuel Didier
Mioma naciente submucoso séptico. Presentación de caso clínico
Authors: Calderón León María Fernanda , Pincay Holguín Narciso Gotairo , Rodríguez Procel Giannine Elizabeth , Loor Cusme Lorena Katiuska , Vélez Macias José Manuel , Quisiguiña Jarrin Nataly del Carmen
Published: February 2023

La miomatosis uterina es la neoplasia benigna más frecuente en las mujeres, pero a su vez es una patología subdiagnosticada debido a que, generalmente no genera síntomas, ocurriendo en el 25 % de mujeres en etapa reproductiva y el 70 % en etapa de menopausia.  El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar un caso clínico de una paciente en etapa menopaúsica, que presentó un gran mioma submucoso naciente con características sépticas, su manejo y evolución clínica. Materiales y Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo retrospectivo, presentación de caso clínico. Se solicitó el consentimiento informado de la paciente, para revisión de historia clínica e imágenes que contribuyeron al desarrollo de la presente investigación. Resultados : se describe  el caso  de una paciente de sexo femenino de 48 años de edad  multigesta, que presentó un gran mioma submucoso  naciente, por lo que se realiza histerectomía abdominal total más salpingo ooforectomía bilateral , obteniéndose un útero miomatosos de características sépticas que generó  una evolución posoperatoria complicada Conclusión : es importante realizar un diagnóstico adecuado y oportuno , una correcta historia clínica , conocer los deseos  genésico o no de la paciente , la edad en la que se encuentra, el tamaño del o los miomas , su localización,   tener en consideración y estar preparado para tratar las complicaciones más frecuentes.
Aplicación de los principios bioéticos en la práctica médica durante la emergencia sanitaria por COVID-19
Authors: Trujillo Chávez María Belén , Castillo Murillo Yuri Ernesto , Rovalino Robalino Wilson Orlando , Fernández Soto Gerardo Fernando , Suárez Idrovo Andrés Jacobo
Published: February 2023

El desarrollo de la pandemia por COVID-19 ha generado en el mundo una crisis sanitaria de la cual el Ecuador no ha podido recuperarse, la falta de organización, la mala distribución de los recursos sanitarios, han generado que se incumplan varios principios bioéticos durante la práctica médica, en este contexto, el presente trabajo investigativo tiene como objetivo determinar la aplicación de los principios bioéticos en la práctica médica durante la emergencia sanitaria por COVID 19, mediante una revisión bibliográfica narrativa documental de los últimos 5 años en bases de datos como Pubmed, Elsevier, Google académico, Scielo, utilizando descriptores en Ciencias de la Salud como: enfermedad por coronavirus, principios bioéticos, bioética, salud pública, humanización de la atención. Los criterios de inclusión fueron artículos completos en el idioma inglés y español entre los años 2017-2022. Se incluyó la revisión de 30 artículos que cumplieron con los criterios de elegibilidad. En los resultados se abordan principios bioéticos, dilemas éticos que vienen derivados del miedo y salud mental; la falta de equipos de protección individual; falta de recursos y la relación médico paciente.
Incidencia de casos de Covid 19 y su impacto en Atención primaria
Authors: Andrade Albán Noemí Rocío , Nauque Moposita Nelsinio Adolfo , Bustamante Yánez Diego Fernando , Peñaherrera Calvopiña María Victoria , Salvador Bonilla Ivonne Alexandra , Nauque Mopocita Diego Rolando
Published: February 2023

Introducción: En diciembre del 2019 fue identificado el virus SARS-CoV-2 responsable de la infección COVID 19, en Ecuador se ha reportado hasta la actualidad 922.166 contagios y 35.754 muertes relacionadas con el coronavirus.

Metodología:  El objetivo de este estudio es determinar la situación actual de los pacientes confirmados con infección por SARS COV 2, en una unidad de atención primaria en la provincia de Cotopaxi. Es un estudio descriptivo y transversal en el que se incluyeron 121 pacientes del Centro de Salud de San Buenaventura diagnosticados de COVID 19 mediante la prueba de reacción de cadena de polimerasa (PCR), se agrupó a los casos confirmados por sexo, grupo etario y de acuerdo a la sintomatología presente el momento del diagnóstico. Se excluyeron a todos los pacientes sospechosos y contactos de los pacientes confirmados, que no contaban con PCR, así como también a aquellas personas que no tenían datos informativos completos.

Resultados y Discusión: De los 121 pacientes confirmados con infección por SARS COV 2: 60.4 % fueron hombres y 39,6% mujeres, el grupo de edad con mayor impacto estuvo entre 20 a 64 años, en lo referente a las comorbilidades se encontró a la obesidad (13.2%) como principal factor de riesgo, solo un 12.4% fueron asintomáticos y dentro de los sintomatología que presento este grupo de pacientes en orden de prevalencia fue la fiebre (30.6%), seguido de la odinofagia (21.5%), otros síntomas dermatológicos (1.7%) y gastrointestinales (5.8%) que fueron poco frecuentes. En atención primaria los pacientes con infección por SARS COV 2 pueden presentar un amplio espectro síntomas, pasando desde cuadros asintomáticos hasta síntomas muy floridos y específicos, como cuadros respiratorios severos descritos en la literatura, mismos que son motivo de derivación oportuna a unidades de mayor complejidad para su asistencia.

Conclusión:  Cabe destacar que este estudio levantado al inicio de la pandemia fue primordial para llevar una estadística epidemiológica real de los casos de Covid 19 en atención primaria permitiendo reforzar las medidas de prevención, bioseguridad a nivel comunitario y evitar la tasa de eventos fatales.
A massive ovarian cyst masquerading as malignancy in unrecognised primary hypothyroidism
Authors: Sandhya S.S. , Praveen K.D. , Dhananjaya S.R. , Shivaraj G.
Published: February 2023

We report here probably a huge ovarian cyst of size 7.9x16.4x23 cms which regressed on thyroxine therapy with severe autoimmune primary hypothyroidism in a young woman. It is necessary to consider hypothyroidism and other endocrine disorders in the differential diagnosis of adult patients with ovarian multiple cyst formation in order to prevent inadvertent ovarian surgery.
Trade off Between Military Expenditure and Fixed Capital Formation on Economic Growth: Panel Study of Some SAARC and ASEAN Countries
Authors: Dangal Dil Nath , Gajurel Ramayan Prasad
Published: February 2023

This paper intends to investigate the relationship between military expenditure and fixed capital formation on economic growth of some SAARC and ASEAN countries including Nepal with balanced yearly panel data of military expenditure (MILEX), gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) and constant GDP as the proxied for the variables of interest over the period of 2001 to 2020. The quantitative strategy is applied to establish the presumed relationship. The paper employs the cross-sectional dependency test, then panel generalized least square (GLS), fully modified ordinary least square (FMOLS), and finally Dumitrescu-Hurlin panel causality approaches. The CD test shows the cross-section dependency among the panel groups. The panel GLS reveals that there is positive relationship between both military expenditure and fixed capital formation on economic growth. However fixed capital formation is more crucial than military expenditure on economic growth. FMOLS suggests that military expenditure and fixed capital formation can promote economic growth but more by fixed capital formation. However, D-H panel causality does not support the view of casual relationship between military expenditure and fixed capital formation on economic growth. But there is unidirectional relationship between economic growth on explanatory variables and there is bidirectional causality between military expenditure and fixed capital formation. The stylized facts suggest to sampled countries that they need to focused on fixed capital formation with maintaining the minimal level of military to accelerate the growth. This paper has an attempt to fill the empirical gaps in Asian countries with Nepal. The updated panel data and comparative studies support to scientific communities cum policy makers of respective countries.
The Relationship between Bank Profitability and Earning Per Share A Study of Commercial Banks in Nepal
Authors: Khadka Kamal Kumar
Published: February 2023

This quantitative study seeks to evaluate the relationship between bank profitability and earning per share (EPS) in Nepal. The 200 observations data for the study was gathered from the financial statements of 10 sample commercial banks out of 27 working in Nepal during a five-year period, from 2016/17 to 2020/21. The type of data included panel data and it consisted of secondary sources. In order to determine the relationship between the two, Pearson correlation was used. The effect of banks’ profitability on earning per share (EPS) was analyzed by using multiple linear regressions. The central tendency of the variable was also investigated using descriptive analysis. The results indicated that there is positive relationship between dependent (EPS) and independent variable (ROA, ROE, & NPM). However, return on assets and net profit margin had an insignificant impact on earnings per share and significant impact of return on equity on earning per share. Further, the 59.90 % of the variation in earning per share is explained by the predictors like return on equity, return on assets and net profit margin. The remaining 40.10% of variations are explained by other factors than return on equity, return on assets and net profit margin. Finally, this paper shows new insights for policy makers to improve the financial performance and also helps to investors, and shareholders for take right decision on commercial banks in Nepal.
Stress Management in Job and its Impact on Employee Performance: A case of the Hotels and Restaurants in Surkhet Valley
Authors: Thapa Yashoda
Published: February 2023

The main objective of this paper was to study the causes of stress on the hotel and restaurant employees in Surkhet valley. In addition to this, it focuses on the techniques of stress management and its impact on employee performance. Descriptive research design was applied in this research and primary data was collected through the questionnaire, which includes the personal interview, mail questionnaire, telephone interview and Google Form. There were 150 respondents. among them 83 were from hotel and 67 were from restaurants. The finding of the study concluded that unhealthy working environment was the primary causes of the stress in hotel and restaurant industry. To overcome such stress majority of the respondents, prefer to listen music and this study also find that there is an inverse relationship between stress and the employee performance.
Quality Assurance Agenda in Nepali TVET System
Authors: Bhatta Kushmakar
Published: February 2023

Quality assurance in the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is a concept that is concerned with high performance in entire academic process involving the activities, such as teaching, learning, infrastructure, and students’ behavior. Good quality education is imperative in the holistic development of the student, which ensures proper development, job prospects and the realization of academic goals and objectives. There are varied factors working against the realization of quality TVET. In a competitive labor market, the quality and relevancy of program offering must be of paramount interest to all technical and vocational institutions. Accredited institutions, qualified teachers and practical partnerships between public and private actors will have an increasingly important role to play in the delivery of TVET programs so that the fresh graduates from the institutions of TEVT must be world class and the education quality of global standards. Effective quality assurance policy helps to support the development and maintenance of a good TVET system. This paper attempts to clarify the concept of quality assurance in TVET by discussing various approaches employed in it. It presents examples of best practices in quality assurance based on the secondary data, observation, study, and experiences; outlines and discusses the relevancy, gap and need in Nepal’s TEVT system to meet the requirements of competent and competitive human resources for the world of work.
TVET Sector Strategic Plan, 2023-2032: A Drive to Success
Authors: Lamsal Hari Prasad , Bajracharya Anil Muni
Published: February 2023

The TVET sector faces a number of challenges, including declining enrollment, mismatch between supply and demand, and quality and relevance concerns. These issues may be addressed through a strategic plan that focuses on improving the quality of TVET programs, strengthening the governance and management of the sector, and increasing enrollment and participation. The three-phase 10-year plan in the article paves the path to address these challenges and move the TVET sector in the right direction. The first phase could focus on laying the foundation for a more effective and efficient TVET sector, including investment in infrastructure and technology, development of governance and management systems, and improvement of program quality. The second phase could focus on expanding access to TVET programs and increasing enrollment, while the third phase could focus on consolidating the gains made in the first two phases and making further improvements to the TVET sector. The author of this article conducted a desk review and engaged with various stakeholders to gain a comprehensive understanding of the challenges facing the TVET sector in Nepal. By identifying the current challenges and exploring the way forward through a 10-year plan in three phases, the article contributes to the development of a comprehensive and effective solution for the TVET sector. Overall, the article highlights the importance of a strategic approach to addressing the challenges facing the TVET sector in Nepal. By taking a phased, comprehensive approach, the TVET sector can be developed into a strong and effective source of economic growth and prosperity for the country.
Leveraging published randomized controlled trials to inform clinical trial design: a simulation-based study of laminectomy versus laminectomy and fusion
Authors: Meade Seth M. , Rajan Prashant V. , Rabah Nicholas M. , Mroz Thomas , Steinmetz Michael P. , Benzel Edward , Nowacki Amy S. , Salas-Vega Sebastian , Habboub Ghaith
Published: February 2023

OBJECTIVE

The US-based Spinal Laminectomy versus Instrumented Pedicle Screw (SLIP) trial reported improvement in disability following laminectomy with fusion versus laminectomy alone for patients with lumbar spondylolisthesis. Despite using similar methods, a concurrent Swedish trial investigating the same question did not reach the same conclusion. The authors performed a simulation-based analysis to elucidate potential causes of these divergent results.

METHODS

The mean and standard deviation of the preoperative and 2-year postoperative Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scores for each study group (laminectomy with fusion and laminectomy alone) were collected from the spondylolisthesis stratum of the Swedish trial and used to create a MATLAB simulator using linear transformations to predict postoperative ODI distributions. Applying this simulator to both varied and published preoperative ODI distributions from the SLIP trial, the authors simulated the results of the US-based trial using treatment effects from the Swedish study and compared simulated US results to those published in the SLIP trial.

RESULTS

Simulated US results showed that as preoperative disability increased, the difference in postoperative ODI scores grew between treatment groups and increasingly favored laminectomy alone (p < 0.0001). In 100 simulations of a similarly sized US trial, the average mean change in ODI scores postoperatively was significantly higher than was published for laminectomy alone in the SLIP trial (−21.3 vs −17.9), whereas it was significantly lower than published for fusion (−16.9 vs −26.3).

CONCLUSIONS

The expected benefit of surgical treatments for spondylolisthesis varied according to preoperative disability. Adapting Swedish-estimated treatment effects to the US context mildly overapproximated the improvement in postoperative disability scores for laminectomy, but more severely underapproximated the improvement reported for laminectomy and fusion in the SLIP trial. The observed heterogeneity between these studies is influenced more by patient response to fusion than response to laminectomy. This analysis paves the way for future studies on the impact of preoperative treatment group heterogeneity, differences in surgical methods, and empirical design on reported clinical benefits. Although bayesian reanalysis of published randomized controlled trial data is susceptible to biases that typically limit post hoc analyses, the authors’ method offers a simple and cost-effective approach to improve the understanding of published clinical trial results and their implications for future studies.
Odpowiedzialność lekarza za przeprowadzenie zabiegu leczniczego związanego z transfuzją krwi bez uzyskania zgody świadka Jehowy
Authors: Zając Paweł
Published: February 2023

Jehovah's Witnesses are one of the most informed groups of patients who know their rights and responsibilities of the medical personnel. In a situation when their right to self-determination in medical matters is violated, they often make use of opportunities to assert their rights in court. In this article the Author analyzes the legal provision related to physician responsibility for medical treatment performing without prior patient consent, and presents three types of responsibility that may be incurred by medical personnel for unlawful action - criminal, civil and disciplinary.
Kultura a prawo w społeczeństwie pluralistycznym
Authors: Krukowski Józef
Published: February 2023

The article discusses the problem of the relations between culture and law in a modern pluralistic society, where exist the significant ideological differences in perception of the fundamental human values. The positive law should serve the attainment of these values. At the beginning the Author takes a personalistic stance on a culture expressed at the Second Vatican Council, that “man comes to a true and full humanity only through culture, that is through the cultivation of the goods and values of nature” (Gaudium et spes, n. 53). In order to get answer to the above question – in Author’s opinion – the following problems should be considered: what is law, what are values, in particular, what are the Christian values and what is their relation towards the positive law provided by the State bodies. In conclusion, the Author indicated a dramatic cultural conflict in the legal systems of the Member State of the European Union, as a consequence of forcing by the positive law established by the bodies of the European Union the patterns of behavior, which are contrary to the Christian system of the universal ethical values, rooted in the Christian culture of the European nations.
OpenAI ChatGPT Generated Content and Similarity Index: A study of selected terms from the Library & Information Science (LIS) discipline
Authors: Kirtania Deep Kumar , Patra Swapan Kumar
Published: February 2023

With the increasing popularity of OpenAI ChatGPT there are concerns about its use and abuse from all over the globe. Few have appreciated this effort and others are skeptical about it. Whether a proponent or opponent of this tool, no one can deny the fact that this new AI will revolutionize every aspect of human being. In this context, the ChatGPT contents generated through OpenAI ChatGPT are analyzed with the selected terminologies of Library and Information Science (LIS) discipline. About ten popular terms from the LIS field were put on Chat GPT (https://chat.openai.com/) to generate contents. Those contents were checked through Turnitin software (a web-based plagiarism detection service) to see the percentage of similarity. The study observed that, after checking the content with the plagiarism tool, only 13 percent similarity was found from these ten contents. The observation is significant in the context of academic integrity. The findings are perhaps useful for library information science professionals in any academic institution to generate contents.