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METHOD TO GENERATE ACCURATE ELASTIC AND HYPERELASTIC UNIAXIAL TENSION STRESS–STRAIN DATA WITHOUT AN EXTENSOMETER
Authors: Hohenberger Travis W. , Busfield James J. C.
Published: February 2022

Uniaxial tension tests on dumbbells are routinely used to determine the stress–strain response of engineering materials. The simplest way to calculate strain is from grip displacement during extension, but this introduces significant error when dumbbells are gripped at the wider end sections to avoid the sample breaking prematurely in the grips. Mechanical and optical extensometers alleviate this problem by directly measuring strain in the gauge section. However, the equipment introduces significant additional hardware and software costs, and some experimental setups obstruct or prevent direct measurement of strain. The strain following systems also struggle both with the loss in mark intensity and changes of the shape of the marked point as the strain level is increased. To address these shortcomings, a novel analytical model to correct stress–strain data based on grip displacement is proposed. The model is implemented in Fortran and applied to hyperelastic materials which are assumed isotropic, but in principle the method is not restricted to elastomers. The model is validated with three studies on dumbbells: (i) a finite-element analysis for strains up to 660%; (ii) an experimental test with unfilled natural rubber up to 300% strain using a video extensometer; and (iii) a high temperature experimental test to fracture where the strain is corrected for a filled rubber. The model errors range from 2.2% to 3.1%, which is well within material and experimental uncertainties; hence, the model provides an accurate, inexpensive means of determining stress–strain behavior from grip displacement.
Hebrew Gemstones in the Old Testament: A Lexical, Geological, and Archaeological Analysis
Authors: Harrell James E. , Hoffmeier James K. , Williams Kenton F.
Published: February 2022

The Hebrew text of the OT names 27 rocks, minerals, and other materials that have been identified as gemstones in translations. These are mentioned most notably in the descriptionsof the high priest's breastplate (Exod 28:17–20 and 39:10–13 [36:17–20 LXX]) and the prince of Tyre's canopy (Ezek 28:13), but they are also found in dozens of other passages. Thisstudy attempts to identify these materials following a multidisciplinary approach that includes linguistic analysis (examining etymologies and descriptions of the stones),archaeological evidence (looking at the gemstones actually used in the Near East during the Late Bronze and Iron Ages as well as the ancient mines that may have supplied them), andgeological evidence (combining mineralogical and petrological data with knowledge of known gemstone deposits in the region). One or two possible identities are proposed for eachthe 27 materials, most of which are true gemstones.
Healing at the Pool of Bethesda: A Challenge to Asclepius?
Authors: Thompson Robin
Published: February 2022

This article explores Jesus' healing of the disabled man at the Pool of Bethesda. This healing is only reported in the Gospel of John, and the location of the healing is described in some detail. After addressing the textual and archaeological challenges in locating the Pool of Bethesda, this article discusses both the tradition of healing associated with this site and the well-known Greco-Roman god of healing, Asclepius. While this healing may serve more than one purpose in John's Gospel, I propose that the location of the healing serves as a challenge to the Gentiles in John's audience: Jesus was more than a god who could heal—he was a God who could provide eternal life.
Ekphrasis, Fear, and Motivation in the Apocalypse of John
Authors: Stewart Alexander E.
Published: February 2022

Recent research on ekphrasis sheds light on how John utilized vivid description to guide the imagination and stir the emotions of his hearers. This is particularly evident in John's visions of judgment and salvation. The primary grounds for John's exhortation to overcome include exclusion from or participation in final salvation. John's frequent use of ekphrasis, particularly within his visionary narratives, enables his hearers to vividly visualize and imagine the presently invisible grounds offered for John's rational argumentation, thus producing an emotional response in support of obedience and action. This article explores the use of ekphrasis in the fifth and sixth trumpets (Rev 9:1-19) to direct the hearer's imagination and create the emotion of fear in support of John's rhetorical agenda.
Is “High Human Christology” Sufficient? A Critical Response to J. R. Daniel Kirk's A Man Attested by God
Authors: Bauckham Richard
Published: February 2022

J. R. Daniel Kirk's book A Man Attested by God argues that the Christology of the Synoptic Gospels should be understood as “high human Christology,” placing Jesus within a category of “idealized human figures” who, in Jewish literature, are “identified with God.” He claims to refute my argument for “divine identity Christology,” but in fact he badly misunderstands it, as his constant use of the vague term identified with God (which I do not use of Jesus) shows. My claim is that Jesus is “included in the unique identity of God” because he rules the whole universe from the cosmic throne of God above the heavens, the throne on which, in Jewish literature, no one but God sits. Other human figures, such as the kings of Israel, share in God's rule only in the sense that, as servants of God, they exercise a limited sphere of authority on earth. The article goes on to discuss Matthew's Christology in particular, showing that Kirk's category “idealized human figure” cannot do justice to major features of Matthew's Gospel that indicate Jesus's inclusion within the unique divine identity.
“A great retiring wave”: Stress, Release, and Subjectivity in Dickens's Prosodic Seas
Authors: Kumbier William
Published: February 2022

Dickens's novels are marked by evocative passages that, even within the rich textures of Dickens's polyphonic prose, stand out as heightened and stylistically worked. These passages channel the text toward prose poetry: they resemble arias, theatrically calling attention to themselves, springing from the novels' discursive recitatives. This essay focuses on a cluster of such passages in the climactic “Tempest” chapter of David Copperfield, in three incarnations: the published text of the novel, Dickens's adaptation of the text for one of his public Readings, and the re-creation of a brief portion of that reading in the 2012 film, The Invisible Woman. The essay identifies and analyzes the poetic devices, especially the rhythmic figurations, that Dickens deploys and shows how Dickens works those devices to conjure the sublime and its characteristic effects of dissolution and dispossession that, in this case, both deepen and threaten the coherence of David's subjectivity. The prose poem passages of “Tempest” thus reach beyond the novel's manifest subject into the subjectivities of character, narrator and reader, a dynamic incisively and vividly conveyed in Ralph Fiennes's re-creation of Dickens reading.
Unrequited Love? The Hungarian Democrats' Relations with the Czechoslovak Authorities (1919-1932)
Authors: Piahanau Aliaksandr
Published: February 2022

This paper defines the main objectives, stages, and the dynamics of the secret cooperation of the democratic Hungarian opposition, hostile to the Horthy regime, with the government of Czechoslovakia. It focuses on the Prague's contacts with Hungary's Octobrists, social democrats (active both within the country and in exile) and liberals. The paper covers mostly the period of the so-called consolidation of the Horthy regime, carried out under the leadership of Prime Minister István Bethlen. Our research concludes that the struggle of the democratic opposition against the Horthy-Bethlen regime was consistently encouraged by Czechoslovak political and diplomatic circles. The collaboration between anti-Horthyist groups and Prague was particularly intense in 1919–1921 and in 1930–1931. Our study utilises hitherto unknown documents from archives in Prague and Budapest, to re-evaluate the causes of interwar tensions between Hungary and Czechoslovakia — beyond their disputes over borders and disagreements over the treatment of minorities.
Innovation and volatility of the GDP growth rate: case of the economies of sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Ky Yaya , Cabral François Joseph
Published: February 2022

The objective of this research is to assess the impact of innovation on the volatility of GDP growth rate in the economies of Sub —Saharan African (SSA) countries. Using a dynamic panel model, a volatility index that we built and an innovation index produced by United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), we show that innovation reduces the volatility of growth rates of GDP. In other words, the likelihood to control the volatility of GDP growth rate is an increasing function of innovation. There is a threshold effect of innovation effect on volatility depending to GDP per capita. Indeed, innovation reduces volatility but until a certain level of GDP per capita. This threshold is estimated at US $ 671 with a confidence level of 90% equal to US $ 600 - US $ 740. The effect of innovation on volatility is more efficient in a politically stable environment. Local innovation and innovation imported (foreign direct investment) have different behavior. The first reduces volatility while the second increases it.
Do firms learn by exporting or learn to export? Evidence from Senegalese manufacturing firms
Authors: Cisse Fatou
Published: February 2022

This paper examines the causal relationship between exporting and productivity in the manufacturing firms in Senegal using a unique firm-level panel data for the period 1998-2011. We control for endogeneity and sample selection by jointly estimating the productivity and the export-participation equations. Our results indicate strong evidence of both self-selection of the most efficient firms enter into the export market and effect of Learning in the export market. Findings show that firms with better financial health are likely to exports. Furthermore, the ownership of intangible assets like brevet and the quality of labour positively affect the probability to export of the manufacturing firms. We investigate the sectoral heterogeneity of the Learning-by exporting effect (LBE) and find evidence of a weak heterogeneity of the learning-by-exporting effect between the sectors. From a policy relevance, the evidence of learning-by-exporting suggests Senegal has much to gain from encouraging exports by helping domestic firms to overcome the barriers to enter into foreign markets by promoting access to intangible assets like brevet. Particularly, export promotion policies could be helpful, reducing the level of financial constraints faced by firms and indirectly enhancing their investment spending and productivity. As a driver of manufacturing exports, labour quality must be carefully considered in the perspectives of industrial development. Considerable efforts are required in the Senegalese educational system in order to match the training to the requirements of the labour market.
A Monetary Stress Indicator for the Economic Community of West African States
Authors: Diop Samba , Tillmann Peter , Winker Peter
Published: February 2022

This paper uses monetary stress indicators derived from a simple backward-looking Taylor rule to investigate macroeconomic convergence in the future monetary union of ECOWAS. The results we obtain support the notion of two distinct groups of countries (WAEMU and NON-WAEMU countries). We find a drastic reduction of monetary stress since the establishment of the convergence pact. The decomposition of monetary stress shows a decrease of stress due to diverging inflation rates since 1999 while notable asymmetries from cyclical output continue to persist across the ECOWAS member states. Monetary policy could be too accommodative for NON-WAEMU countries while it could be too tight for WAEMU countries implying that the future central bank target rate will not be consistent with the needs of every country member.
Access to Financial Services Via Rural and Community Banks and Poverty Reduction in Rural Households in Ghana
Authors: Danquah Michael , Quartey Peter , Iddrisu Abdul Malik
Published: February 2022

This paper examines whether financial services provided by Rural and Community Banks to rural households in Ghana has a significant impact on the wellbeing of the households. The analysis utilizes data from the Round 6 of the Ghana Living Standard Survey (GLSS) and it employs several econometric techniques. We find that access to financial services via Rural and Community Banks exerts a positive and significant influence on the standard of living of rural households, suggesting that Rural and Community Banks can play a significant role in reducing poverty rates in rural households in Ghana.
The Association between Food Insecurity and Child Health Outcomes in Low and Middle-income Countries.
Authors: Asiseh Fafanyo , Naanwaab Cephas , Quaicoe Obed
Published: February 2022

Millions of people in developing and middle-income countries continue to experience food insecurity daily. A growing number of studies have associated food insecurity with poorer health outcomes using cross sectional data and household level data. Few of these studies have looked at longitudinal relationship between food insecurity and health outcomes. This study analyses the relationship between food insecurity and child health outcomes in middle and low-income countries using a longitudinal macro level data. The study also introduces two unique instrumental variables, size of arable land and openness to trade, to estimate this relationship. The regressions confirm previous study results that food insecurity has a significant positive relationship with child anemia and child mortality. Food insecurity has a significant negative relationship with life expectancy. Using the instrumental variable approach shows that the estimates are greater than when no instruments are used. Our work suggests that previous studies have underestimated the impact of food insecurity on child health outcomes.
Gender and Science Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Elu Juliet
Published: February 2022

I consider the representation of females in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Appealing to data from the World Development Indicators, I evaluate the female share on graduates in two broad STEM disciplines. A descriptive analysis is offered that enables an assessment of the extent of Sub-Saharan African gender-inequality in STEM which can inform whether or not there should be policy interventions aimed at decreasing gender inequality and access to STEM education in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Reading the Antioch Incident (Gal 2:11–21) as a Subversive Banquet Narrative
Authors: Nanos Mark D.
Published: February 2022

My previous essay in Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters on the Antioch Incident, on which this essay builds, discussed why the nature of the food or its service were not likely objectionable according to prevailing local Jewish dietary norms. Their Jewish subgroup banquets ate normal Jewish food but did not mix with participants who were not Jews according to prevailing norms. This countercultural practice was likely intended to signify that the non-Jews joining these Jews in their subgroup assemblies were equal members of the righteous ones already and that they must remain non-Jews to demonstrate their subgroup’s “chronometrical” conviction that the awaited end-of-the-ages experience of shalom had begun among themselves. Several questions naturally follow: for example, how was equality specifically performed at these banquets so that the ones who objected could observe it? How was Paul’s confrontation of Peter observed by the non-Jews left behind, for whom it was performed, and at the same time by “the rest of the Jews” who had withdrawn with Peter? In search of the most probable answers, this essay explores Greco-Roman banquet behavioral norms, including the narrative genre devoted to presenting the discussions at symposiums, especially within the philosophical tradition. A common and central topic in banquet practices and in the literary traditions discussing them involved the arrangement of the diners’ places for reclining (or sitting) at the triclinium or adjacent triclinia in order to reflect their relative social ranking properly. This essay will argue that the way they assigned their placement to demonstrate indiscriminate equality among the righteous ones subverted those norms in an easily observable way, from which Peter withdrew to temporarily avoid resistance rather than to retract their Jewish subgroup’s new norms.
1 Timothy 2:13–15 as an Analogy
Authors: Foster Timothy D.
Published: February 2022

While 1 Tim 2:13–15 is often treated as providing three points in support of the paraeneses in vv. 11–12, this article argues that 1 Tim 2:13–15 forms an analogy that draws on the narrative sequence of Gen 2–3 to ground the commands of the preceding verses. The analogy draws a parallel between the events of the garden and the experience of the Ephesian church. It alerts them to the next step in the sequence following the transgression of Eve, which was the temptation and fall of Adam. The analogy is extended in v. 15 to show an alternative outcome whereby the Ephesian women, like Eve, may be saved from the consequences of their sin by embracing “faith, love, and holiness with propriety” as opposed to the rigors demanded by the false teachers. Rather than complete the pattern of the garden in which Eve persuaded Adam to sin, the Ephesian women are to learn peaceably, refrain from teaching the men, and submit themselves to duly appointed authorities. If the preceding verses, especially the demands of vv. 11–12, are grounded in this analogy, then it cannot be claimed that they are based on a “creation mandate,” which permanently subordinates women or forever prevents them from teaching men.
Paul, Essentialism, and the Jewish Law: In Conversation with Christine Hayes
Authors: Thiessen Matthew
Published: February 2022

Although Christine Hayes’s work shows that legal essentialism and legal nominalism are helpful categories for situating the Apostle Paul, it is vital to distinguish between the way that Paul himself viewed ethnicity (he was an ethnic essentialist) and the way that scholars today describe Paul’s handling of ethnicity (he was in practice an ethnic constructivist). In this connection, the invisible quality of Christ’s pneuma is highly significant, as it makes pneumatic descent rather difficult to prove and hence opened up Paul to the charge of ethnic instrumentalism. Although he really seems to have believed that Israel’s God had forged a new path to Abrahamic descent via Christ’s pneuma, Paul quite predictably had a hard time convincing most of his contemporaries.
Reading Backwards, Reading Forwards, and Abiding: Reading John in the Spirit Now
Authors: Ford David F.
Published: February 2022

The figural reading approach of Richard Hays can be developed further in various ways through consideration of the Gospel of John. The narrative focus can be broadened to encompass other aspects of the analogical imagination. As all four Gospels, in Hays's reading, take up and transform Israel's Scriptures, so the Gospel of John can be read as taking up and transforming the Synoptic Gospels, with John learning from a culture of creative rewriting. John's own rewriting encourages readers to improvise in thought and action on what he writes. This “reading forwards” takes up what Hays calls “reading backwards” into the ongoing drama of following Jesus in the Spirit. John's temporality reaches beyond linearity by integrating the eternal life of God, and human participation in that, with the incarnate drama of learning and loving in history.
“Forward unto Virtue”: Formative Practices and 1 Corinthians 11:17–34
Authors: Rhodes Michael
Published: February 2022

Within the recovery of virtue among theological ethicists, few concepts have proved as fruitful as that of practices. In this essay, I outline my view of formative practices as telos-shaped, embodied, social actions that carry an embedded intention to shape the character of the individual practitioner, the politics of the community, and the world “out there.” I will then argue that this theory of formative practices provides a useful heuristic to illuminate the way Paul understands the Lord's Supper in 1 Cor 11:17–34. Indeed, not only does formative-practice theory make clear certain aspects of Paul's view of the Supper but it also helps to solve the riddle how to understand Paul's apparent “compromise” with the “haves” in v. 34 just after his stinging critique of their shaming the “have nots” in v. 22.
“For David Said Concerning Him”: Foundations of Hope in Psalm 16 and Acts 2
Authors: Harriman K. R.
Published: February 2022

Peter's use of Ps 16 in his pentecostal speech has been a touchstone of debates about the use of the OT in the NT and thus about the continuity and discontinuity between the writings of the earliest Jesus followers and the sacred writings they claimed as their own. My contribution to this enormous debate is an analysis of the continuity and discontinuity between the foundations of hope—that is, the reasons to hope—that inform the statements of hope in these two texts. I examine the nature of hope and the foundations of hope (of which I identify three in Ps 16 and five in Acts 2) in each text in turn. I conclude that the nature of the continuities and discontinuities between the texts are fundamentally the result of the messianic and resurrection logic that characterizes many NT writings (including Luke–Acts), in which the discontinuity is at the service of the underlying continuity with the long-established story in which the NT authors and speakers place themselves.
The Missing Window: Caroline Emmerton, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The House of the Seven Gables
Authors: Gleason William
Published: February 2022

This article examines the architectural history of the Turner-Ingersoll Mansion, the seventeenth-century Salem home long believed to have inspired the setting for Nathaniel Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables (1851). I focus in particular on the extensive renovations undertaken in the early 1900s by Salem philanthropist Caroline O. Emmerton, who, with the help of influential Colonial Revival architect Joseph Edward Chandler, sought to restore the mansion both as an historic house museum that would bring Hawthorne's novel to life and as headquarters for the charitable work of Salem's new immigrant-focused Settlement Association. Central to the novel, but notably missing from the restored house, is the large arched window through which Clifford peers out at the street. My article considers the significance of this missing window for a more thorough understanding, not only of Emmerton's renovations, but also of the architectural imagination of Hawthorne himself. Through this comparison, I argue that Hawthorne's novel, often considered racially conservative, shows itself surprisingly open to a polyglot future, a far more progressive take, in the end, than Emmerton's own.
Thinking in Time: Jane Austen's Last Work and Family Legacy
Authors: Gaston Lise
Published: February 2022

[T]he late works of significant artists … are, for the most part, not round, but furrowed, even ravaged. Devoid of sweetness, bitter and spiny, they do not surrender themselves to mere delectation. They lack all the harmony that the classicist aesthetic is in the habit of demanding from works of art, and they show more traces of history than of growth. – Theodor Adorno, “Late Style in Beethoven” (1937)

But seven years I suppose are enough to change every pore of one's skin, & every feeling of one's mind. – Jane Austen to Cassandra Austen, 8 April 1805
Shopping and Flirting: Staging the New Exchange in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Comedies
Authors: Keenan Tim
Published: February 2022

In the mid to late seventeenth century the New Exchange shopping mall on the Strand was one of London’s most important social and commercial spaces. Its significance is reflected by the number of references to it in various contemporary sources, including, prominently, Restoration comedies. There have been a number of modern studies of the building in relation to its architecture, commercial history, and cultural significance, but none examines how the building was represented theatrically. This essay corrects this omission by discussing all the plays that have scenes set in the New Exchange. Focusing on two of these—She Would If She Could (1668) by George Etherege and The Country Wife (1675) by William Wycherley—this essay considers dramaturgical approaches to the staging of real places in the period. In particular, it draws on period illustrations of the New Exchange and close theatrical readings of the plays to suggest correlations between the architectural structure of the building and its theatrical representation.
Between Jew and Nature: Tracing Jewish Ethics in the Ecological Imagination of Bernard Malamud’sDubin’s Lives
Authors: Clementi F. K.
Published: February 2022

The idea that Jews are “ecophobes” is a favorite shtick of American comedy. But does it reflect the truth? This article offers an alternative reading of the Jewish cultural production in twentieth-century American literature that goes beyond the stereotypical image of the “unnatural Jew.” Principally focused on Bernard Malamud’s novel Dubin’s Lives, this article frames Malamud’s work within the context of post-war environmental thought, American Jewish literature, and Jewish environment ethics. I hope to provide an alternative vision of modern American Jewish imagination and its relation to the nonhuman environment. I argue that this relation takes shape in Jewish culture due in part to its historical context: a context marked by Diaspora and assimilation. I enlist Emmanuel Lévinas’s ethics of asymmetry and Hans Jonas’s ontological ethics to show how Judaism and Jewish philosophy can be an ally in the creation or expansion of contemporary environmental ethics. Textual or performative Jews, to whom American literature and humor have accustomed us, are finally “two with Nature” (as Woody Allen says) not because they are Jewish but, perhaps, because they are not “Jewish” enough.
Kirkelig demokrati under korona-pandemien
Authors: Birkedal Erling , Askeland Harald
Published: February 2022

Church democracy during the corona pandemic: A study of elected church leaders' participation in decisions about measures in the Church of Norway

 
The article examines the conditions of democracy in the Church of Norway during the corona pandemic in 2020-2021.The focus is on the decision-making process with the church's own infection control supervisor, especially regarding the participation of elected leaders. The article is based on interviews and surveys among church leaders, as well as selected documents. The material is analyzed from three perspectives, which have also been trends in the church in recent years: democratization, corporatization, and professionalization.
The analysis shows that there has been good coordination between employed leaders at all levels in the church, during the pandemic. The collaboration mainly seems to have worked well. Decision-making processes have emphasized consensus. Some of the employees have also been given a clearer role of responsibility.
However, democracy has played a withdrawn role during the pandemic, where most decisions are made by employed leaders. Most elected local leaders seem to be satisfied with this withdrawn role. Among regional and central elected leaders, there is a clearer wish that this should have been discussed, and that the elected leader should have had a more prominent role. This delimitation of the scope of democracy can partly be understood in terms of the pandemic's distinctiveness, with the need for quick decisions and action. At the same time, there is reason to believe that this limitation of democracy relates to traditions and understanding of the church's democracy in general. In part, church democracy has been seen as a "meeting democracy", with emphasis on the decision itself, while implementation is left to the employees. At the same time, a lack of time or an institutionalized role of representative has pulled in the same direction. This article contributes to further reflection on the role of democracy in the Church of Norway.
Strategic Foresight to Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Achieve Water-related Sustainable Development Goals
Authors: Mehmood Hamid , Mukkavilli Surya Karthik , Weber Ingmar , Koshio Atsushi , Meechaiya Chinaporn , Piman Thanapon , Mubea Kenneth , Tortajada Cecilia , Mahadeo Kimberly , Liao Danielle
Published: February 2022

The report recommends that: 1) Policymakers should conduct holistic assessments of social, economic, and cultural factors before AI adoption in the water sector, as prospective applications of AI are case- specific. It is also important to conduct baseline studies to measure the implementation capacity, return on investment, and impact of intervention. 2) To ensure positive development outcomes, policies regarding the use of AI for water-related challenges should be coupled with capacity and infrastructure development policies. Capacity development policies need to address the AI and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) needs for the AI-related skill development of all water-related stakeholders. Infrastructure development policies should address the underlying requirements of computation, energy, data generation, and storage. The sequencing of these policies is critical. 3) To mitigate the predicted job displacement that will accompany AI-led innovation in the water sector, policies should direct investments towards enabling a skilled workforce by developing water sector-related education at all levels. This skilled workforce should be strategically placed to offset dependency on the private sector. 4) Water-related challenges are cross-cutting running from grassroots to the global level and require an understanding of the water ecosystem. It is important for countries connected by major rivers and watersheds to collaborate in developing policies that advance the use of AI to address common water-related challenges. 5) A council or agency with representation from all stakeholders should be constituted at the national level, to allow for the successful adoption of AI by water agencies. This council or agency should be tasked with the development of policies, guidelines, and codes of conduct for the adoption of AI in the water-sector. These key policy recommendations can be used as primary guidelines for the development of strategies and plans to use AI to help achieve water-related SDGs.
Factors leading to Non-Compliance to Antidepressants Among Patients with Major Depressive Disorder: A Cohort Study from Pakistan
Authors: Rajper Ali Bux , Dars Jawed Akber , Iqbal Fariha , Rasool Ghulam , Lal Chooni , Hyder Muzamil , Afridi Muhammad Iqbal , Minhas Fareed Aslam , Abbas Kiran
Published: February 2022

Objectives: To determine and explore the factors that contribute towards non-compliance to antidepressants among patients with major depressive disorder. Methodology: A longitudinal multicenter study was conducted from April to October 2019 to October 2020 in several psychiatric clinics in Pakistan. All patients with diagnosed depression as per ICD 10 Criteria, who were above the age 18 years, gave consent to take part in the study were eligible for the study. Patients with a history of traumatic brain injury, aged < 18 years were excluded from the study. Compliance to treatment was measured through self-report and prescription refill data. Results: A total of 820 patients were included in this study. A median age of 33.0 (18-67) was observed with the majority of female patients. Out of the total study population of 820 patients, 284 (34.6%) reported non-compliance to the treatment. The cause of non-compliance was significantly associated with therapeutic management. The majority of the patients who were on tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) stopped taking medication because of lack of improvement in their symptoms. About 100 (55.90%) patients on SSRis reported lack of efficacy for non-compliance however, when antidepressants were combined with cognitive behavioral therapy the reported rate of lack of efficacy reduced to 32.9% Conclusion: The current study shows that the foremost reason for non-compliance was lack of efficacy among patients. Keywords: anxiety, antidepressants, cognitive behavioral therapy, efficacy, depression, tricyclic antidepressants
The Relationship Between Self-Compassion, Cognitive Flexibility and Psychological Symptoms
Authors: Güler Kahraman
Published: February 2022

In this study, firs aim the relationship between self-compassion, cognitive flexibility and psychological symptoms, second aim is basically aspire to investigate that the effects of anxiety, depression, somatization, hostility, negative self and cognitive flexibility, which reduce self-compassion. Relational screening model was used in this research by using simple random sampling type. The simple random sampling method is a sampling method that is claimed to give each sampling unit an equal probability of being selected, and that the selected units are sampled and that the selection of the representative sample is much stronger when compared to other methods . The population of the research consists of individuals aged 20-45 working in human resources staff in the private sector in Istanbul. The sample group of the research consists of 384 individuals between the ages of 20-45 working in the human resources staff in the private sector in Istanbul. In this study, the Social and Demographic Information Form, Self-Compassion Scale, Brief Symptom Inventory, and Cognitive Flexibility Inventory were used. It was determined that there was a moderate and negative relationship between the Self-Compassion Scale with Brief Symptom Inventory, Anxiety, Depression, Negative Self, Somatization and Hostility. When the literature is examined, it is seen that there is a negative relationship between the Self-Compassion Scale with depression and anxiety.
Clinical Performance of The call Score for the Prediction of Admission to ICU and Death in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19 Pneumonia in a Reference Hospital in Peru
Authors: Rodriguez Rafael Pichardo- , Velasco Marcos Saavedra- , Oscuvilca Willy Peña- , Alvarez Cesar Sanchez- , Ordoñez Gino Patron- , Franco Oscar Ruiz- , Perdomo Herney Andres Garcia-
Published: February 2022

Objective: Determine the CALL SCORE's diagnostic accuracy for the prediction of ICU admission and death in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia in a reference hospital in Peru. Methods: We performed an analytical cross-sectional observational study. We included patients with COVID-19 pneumonia treated at the "Dos de Mayo" National Hospital. Patients over 18 years old with a diagnosis confirmed by rapid or molecular testing were included. Those with an incomplete, illegible, or missing medical history and/or bacterial or fungal pneumonia were excluded. Data were extracted from medical records. The primary outcomes were mortality and admission to the ICU. The Call Score was calculated for each patient (4 to 13 points) and classified into three risk groups. Summary measures were presented for qualitative and quantitative variables. The area under the model curve and the operational characteristics (sensitivity, specificity) were calculated for the best cut-off point. Results: The Call Score reported an area under the curve of 0.59 (IC95%: 0.3 to 0.07), p = 0.43 for predicting death. However, for a cut-off point of 5.5, a sensitivity of 87% and a specificity of 65% were obtained. The area under the curve for ICU admission was 0.67 (95%CI: 0.3 to 0.07), p = 0.43; the 5.5 cut-off point showed a sensitivity of 82% and a specificity of 51%. Conclusions: The Call Score shows a low performance for predicting mortality and admission to the ICU in Peruvian patients. Keyword: (MESH) Mortality; Intensive Care Units; Clinical Decision Rules
Perception of Quality of Work Life in Employees in the Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Aytac Sevinc Serpil , Kaya Ozlem
Published: February 2022

Aim: In this study, it was aimed to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of working life. Methods: Within the scope of the study, questionnaire was applied to 510 people working in the public and private sectors in Turkey. The survey form consists of sections on employee’s demographic information, and quality of working life scale. The research was conducted through an online survey between April 2020 and July 2020 and delivered to a wide audience through the researchers' social networks. This data, collected by convenience sampling method. Descriptive statistics and t-test were used to analyze the study data. Results: It was found that there was a statistically significant difference between the participants’ way of working at home or remotely during the pandemic period (t = 3.625, p-value = 0.000) and their gender and the mean total score of QWL (t =-3.005, p-value = 0.003). Conclusion: The study results show that the COVID 19 pandemic has negative effects on the quality of working life. In addition, both public and private sector employees have experienced serious changes in their working life in this process, and in this case, it is seen that their working life quality is adversely affected. Keywords: COVID-19, Quality of Life, Quality of Work-life, Working Conditions
Analytic Preview of Spectral Contribution of the Neutrinos Emission from Deep Space during Specified Period
Authors: Naqvi Syed Muhammad Ali Abbas , Afridi Faisal Ahmed Khan , Jan Bulbul , Zai Muhammad Ayub Khan Yousuf , Baig Mirza Jawad , Hussain Arshad , Rashid Syed Muhammad Haroon , Hussain Abid
Published: February 2022

The earlier period investigations of Neutrinos emission from deep space indicate the existence of this particle which has been detected in various laboratories of the world. These laboratories are responsible for recording neutrinos emission originated from deep space. One laboratory situated near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada known as Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO). Another laboratory is in Japan known as Kamikanado. We obtained a set of observations from both labs. It is obvious that the observations recorded at SNO have been utilized in this manuscript. From the same communication, the neutrino behaviour could be better understood by analyzing the SNO observed data set-I from November 1999 to May 2001 of D2O, while dataset-II is from July 2001 to August 2003 of salt water with particulars recorded, Run start Time since midnight. The samples used in this paper are 250 entries from both the observations sets. In this presentation, the most spectacular exhibition of the neutrino flux in its frequency components of the particles have been depicted in the form of a Periodogram that identifies covariance structure in the neutrino flux reaching this biosphere and parametric values obtained in this paper have been tabulated in various table frame of work. This communication does claim the neutrino emission characteristics in the real world. It has also been known from the literature survey that the same kind of work has not been framed in the third world countries where no neutrino detection laboratories exist. This piece of information will be beneficial for the private and public organizations where the experts are trying to explore deep space emissions detection and their characterization like the present study.
Perfil del turista de la generación Z en Ecuador
Authors: Toledo López Naun Alexander , Bermúdez Gallegos Christian , Coronel Pérez Verónica
Published: February 2022

El aporte de la industria turística dentro del ámbito económico, social, cultural y ambiental hace necesario la formación de nuevas estrategias de marketing alineadas al uso de las nuevas tecnologías, puesto que las actuales generaciones así lo demandan. En este estudio, se determinará el perfil de consumo del turista de la generación Z que es la de mayor participación en la industria turística. Para esto, se acogió el paradigma cuantitativo, partiendo de un modelo conceptual con factores que recomienda la literatura como la imagen del destino, motivos de viaje, experiencias y entorno. Estos fueron adaptados al contexto de estudio y consolidados en un cuestionario que se aplicó con corte transversal en una muestra de 388 turistas de la ciudad de Guayaquil, por ser la que mayor cantidad de turistas recibe al año en el Ecuador. Con un alcance descriptivo se obtuvo el aporte de los distintos factores en el modelo conceptual siendo la principal motivación pasar vacaciones con amigos, en destinos que tengan como atractivo montañas y playas, también gustan de todo aspecto que genere una experiencia positiva para ser compartido a través de sus redes sociales
Efecto de fluoxetina y dieta baja en carbohidratos en marcadores de riesgo cardiometabólico en sujetos con riesgo de diabetes mellitus
Authors: Gordillo-Cortaza Janet Del R , Pozo-Verdesoto Socrates D , Sanclemente-Lainez Gisella K , Viteri-Gomez Giomar R , Gomez-Rutti Yuliana Y , Feraud-Ibarra Fatima V , Vasquez- Rodriguez Nancy A , Gonzalez-Garcia Walter A , Poveda-Navarrete Shirley
Published: February 2022

Antecedentes: Las dietas bajas en carbohidratos son una buena estrategia para disminuir el peso, regular los niveles de insulina y los parámetros antropométricos en pacientes con obesidad con perfil cardiovascular adverso. Objetivo: Determinar el efecto de la fluoxetina con una dieta baja en carbohidratos en sujetos con riesgo de diabetes mellitus. Material y Métodos: Se realizó un estudio observacional y retrospectivo, se revisó 162 historias clínicas del Servicio de Nutrición del Hospital Universitario Guayaquil; se seleccionaron a 81 pacientes que siguieron una dieta baja en carbohidratos < de 130 g/día y 81 pacientes con la misma dieta más una dosis diaria de 40 mg de fluoxetina. Se evaluaron parámetros antropométricos y bioquímicos, al inicio y 6 meses después de la intervención. Para el análisis estadístico, se aplicó la prueba de Wilcoxon y la prueba de Wald-Wolfowitz.Resultados: Los pacientes tratados con dieta baja en carbohidratos y fluoxetina, tuvieron una disminución significativa del peso (Δ=5,85 kg; p<0,001), a diferencia de los pacientes tratados con una dieta baja en carbohidratos. Similares resultados se obtuvieron al comparar el IMC (Δ=2,54 kg/m2; p<0,001), la insulina (Δ=2,62; p<0,001), el HOMA-IR (Δ=0,81; p<0,001) y los valores metabólicos de colesterol y glucosa, (p<0,001) Conclusión Los pacientes tratados con fluoxetina y dieta baja en carbohidratos disminuyeron los niveles de los marcadores de riesgo cardiometabólico en sujetos de riesgo con diabetes mellitus.Palabras clave: Fluoxetina; Dieta; Diabetes mellitus.
Satisfacción de las madres de niños hospitalizados frente a los cuidados de enfermería en el servicio de pediatría del Hospital Regional de Pucallpa, 2020
Authors: Fretel Quiroz Nicolás Magno , Torres Vargas Eldalaine , Aranciaga Campos Holger Alex , Tapia Trujillo Roger Habraham , Bastos Vásquez Reyna Isabel
Published: February 2022

El objetivo del estudio fue determinar el nivel de satisfacción de las madres de niños hospitalizados frente a los cuidados de Enfermería en el Servicio de Pediatría del Hospital Regional de Pucallpa, 2020. Metodología; corresponde a un diseño no experimental; descriptivo, transversal y prospectivo; población de 62 madres de niños hospitalizados en el servicio de Pediatría del Hospital Regional de Pucallpa durante los meses de noviembre y diciembre de 2020; como técnica se utilizó la encuesta y como instrumento un cuestionario compuesto de 24 item ́s. Resultados, el 51.6% (32) de las madres encuestadas expresan nivel de satisfacción intermedia; el 25.8% (16) de las madres encuestadas expresan nivel de satisfacción completa; y el 22.6% (14) de las madres encuestadas expresan insatisfacción. Conclusiones; más de la mitad de las madres encuestadas expresan nivel de satisfacción intermedia con tendencia al nivel de satisfacción completa, pero aún persiste un considerable porcentaje que expresan insatisfacción. La satisfacción, en la dimensión elementos tangibles, en el 59.7% expresaron satisfacción intermedia; en la dimensión fiabilidad, el 56.5% expresaron satisfacción intermedia; en la dimensión capacidad de respuesta, el 53.2% expresaron satisfacción intermedia; en la dimensión seguridad, el 56.5% expresaron satisfacción intermedia; en la dimensión empatía, el 59.7% expresaron satisfacción intermedia.
Fundamentos para despenalizar la contaminación acústica en el Perú, 2015 – 2018
Authors: Medina Sanjinez Guillermo Evaristo
Published: February 2022

El artículo 304 del Código Penal peruano, dentro de los supuestos típicos ha considerado como delito a la contaminación acústica, conducta que no cuenta con justificación suficiente para ser penalizada, considerando que no tiene relevancia penal. La presente investigación se justifica porque es un problema vigente en nuestra normativa penal que debe ser abordado para dar una solución con fundamentos dogmáticos; tiene como objetivo determinar cuáles son los fundamentos para despenalizar la contaminación acústica. Los métodos utilizados fueron hermenéutico y estadístico. Técnica aplicada, recopilación documental y encuesta aplicada. La muestra fue determinada por 380 abogados registrados en el Colegio de Abogados de Lima, mediante el muestreo estadístico probabilístico aleatorio. Se logró como resultado que los encuestados respondieron afirmativamente, que la ausencia de sentencias condenatorias, la aplicación del Derecho Penal de ultima ratio y la intervención del Derecho Administrativo Sancionador constituyen el fundamento para despenalizar la contaminación acústica. Concusión, existe ausencia de sentencias penales condenatorias por el delito de contaminación acústica, por ser una conducta que carece de relevancia penal, lo que justifica que el Derecho Administrativo Sancionador debe intervenir para que ejerza su potestad sancionadora.
Funcionamiento de las criptomonedas de menos de 1USD: Una revisión literaria
Authors: Loo Gil Cesar
Published: February 2022

Este artículo se centra en una metodología de estudio que interrelaciona elementos de la gestión de la información con aspectos de la investigación de operaciones (más precisamente cadenas de Markov y teoría de colas), con la intención de demostrar, en un caso concreto (el uso de la criptomoneda bitcoin), de qué manera ambas técnicas pueden combinarse, a partir de la aplicación conjunta de elementos asociados al análisis cuantitativo y cualitativo, para caracterizar un objeto o proceso, capturar datos e información asociados a este, predecir sus comportamientos y transformar dichos elementos informacionales en valor agregado que conlleve a una acertada toma de decisiones, en beneficio de un usuario y su contexto.