bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Becoming Mutant
Authors: Mattson L. D. , Gordon Jeremy
Published: February 2022

Reimagining human-nature relationships in the climate change era conjures mutants, creatures from the deep that help surface modes of becoming for a drenched world of rising tides, plastic oceans, and soaked cities. Re-imaging deep, embodied relations with watery ecologies, then, also involves attention to speculative climate fictions (cli-fi) and the potential worlds they help fathom. Cli-fi renderings of climate disaster provide critical insight into possible alternative arrangements of power, meaning, and ontological status. As such, this article explores the depths of the 1995 cli-fi film Waterworld, offering an ecocritical analysis of how the film’s mutant imaginary might help us fathom how to flourish amid floods and contest the very human forces/forms that shape them. In Waterworld, the authors find queer elemental bodies collaborating with ecology and embracing their inherent impurities. This classic cli-fi film provides an important touchstone for a future in which dominant petro-masculine approaches to pelagic place are found to be drowned, dead ends. This article amplifies how mutant corporeal formations and elemental agencies in Waterworld swirl together to submerge systems of power and privilege and drench binaries. Ultimately, Waterworld’s queer ecology helps morph what and how it means to live in a flooded future as speculative seascapes seep into everyday contemporary climate life.
The Bestiary in the Candy Aisle
Authors: McCumber Andrew , Dryden Patrick Neil
Published: February 2022

Archaeology and anthropology treat the presence of animals in mythology and folklore as axiomatically about a culture’s ideas of nature. Sociology often assumes modernity no longer has such myths, but animal imagery abounds. In this article, the authors argue that our relationships with animals and nature are not primarily rational or scientific but formed through these images and the mythologies that come with them. The authors call these images “modern bestiaries” in reference to the medieval proto-encyclopedias that cataloged animals for moral instruction. Modern bestiaries (including alphabet books, sports teams, and car names, among others) generate a holistic worldview that marries a deep love of animals and “nature” to a fundamentally anti-ecological cosmology. The authors examine a particular modern bestiary—the menagerie of gummi animals in the candy aisle. Eating a gummi bear is never merely gastronomic but also an act of mimesis, sympathetic magic, and storytelling in which cultural relationships to animals are formed.
“The Great Chain of Being Come Undone”
Authors: McRae Calista
Published: February 2022

This review essay explores three recent academic studies situated at the intersection of Black studies and animal studies: Joshua Bennett’s Being Property Once Myself: Blackness and the End of Man, Bénédicte Boisseron’s Afro-Dog: Blackness and the Animal Question, and Zakiyyah Iman Jackson’s Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World. As these books make clear, wide-ranging possibilities can emerge when one reads Blackness and animals together. Each author finds ways of reexamining the human-animal divide, of calling into question other labels and hierarchies, of seeing subjectivity and vitality and resilience where blankness or death or limit have usually been the standard terms. Their work marks the beginning of what we can expect will be a wave of scholarship offering correctives to past silence and simplifications.
Synthesis and Optical/Electronic Properties of Imitation-copper Crystals Based on Low-molecular Azobenzene Derivatives
Authors: Onodera Katsuki , Saito Norio , Kondo Yukishige
Published: February 2022

Three imitation-copper compounds were synthesized from low-molecular azobenzene derivatives: 4-(3-methylbutoxy)-4′-cyanoazobenzene (NC-azo-DC), 4-(3-methylbutoxy)-4′-nitroazobenzene (NO2-azo-DC), and 1,4-bis[4′-(3-methylbutoxy)phenylazo]benzene (Bis-DCazo). Each compound crystallized with large plate-like planar faces. Copper-colored luster was attained using filtration to accumulate the planar crystals. Specular reflection spectroscopy and calculations indicate the reddish color was enhanced by extending π-conjugation of the azobenzene phenyl rings. These imitation-copper compounds were facilely synthesized and metal free, and did not exhibit electronic conductivity, making them promising substitutes for conventional metal-based lustrous pigments and dyes.
Material and Manufacturing Properties of Bracket Mural Paintings of Daeungjeon Hall in Gaeamsa Temple, Buan
Authors: Lee Hwa Soo , Yu Yeong Gyeong , Han Kyeong-Soon
Published: February 2022

This study examined the production technique of bracket murals in Daeungjeon Hall, Gaeamsa Temple by conducting a analysis of their wall structure, material characteristics, and painting layers. Wall was a single-branch structure with support layer, middle layer, finishing layer, and painting layer. The support layer, middle layer and finishing layer, were produced by mixing sand (quartz, feldspars etc.), and loess. The ratio of above medium sand to below fine sand was approximately 0.7 : 9.3 in the support layer, 4 : 6 in the middle layer and 6 : 4 in the finishing layer, which had a more percentage of above medium sand than the support layer. The analysis of the painting layer showed that natural soil pigment was used to establish a relatively ground layer of up to 50 μm, and pigments such as Lead sulfate, atacamite and mercury sulfide were painted on top of the layer. This study’s results confirmed that the bracket mural paintings in Gaeamsa Temple are within the category of the production style of murals during the Joseon period. However, the points that the middle layer was formed several times, the significant difference in particle size distribution between the wall, and the absence of chopped straw in the support layer are a feature of bracket mural paintings in Gaeamsa Temple. These properties of murals as material and structure may be viewed for correlation with the degree of damage to wall structure of mural painting and would serve as an important reference to diagnosis the conservation conditions of murals or prepare conservation treatments.
Convergence Modeling and Reproduction of a Bigyeokjincheolloe (Bomb Shell) Based on Three-dimensional Scanning and γ-ray Radiography
Authors: Kim Da Sol , Jo Young Hoon , Huh Il Kwon , Byun Sung Moon
Published: February 2022

The Bigyeokjincheolloe (bomb shell), a scientific cultural heritage, has outstanding historical value for sustaining a gunpowder weapon of Joseon. In this study, the bomb shell was modeled through three-dimensional (3D) scanning centered on the external shape and γ-ray radiography-based on the internal shape. In particular, to improve the contrast in the radiographic image, optimization and image processing were performed. After these processes, the thickness of the inner wall (2.5 cm on average) and the positions of the three mold chaplets were clearly revealed. For exhibition purposes, the 3D model of the bomb shell was output to a 3D printer and the output was rendered realistic by coloring. In addition, the internal functional elements, such as Mokgok, fuse, mud, gunpowder, and caltrops, were reproduced through handwork. The results will contribute to the study of digital heritages in two ways. First, the internal and external shapes of the bomb shell were modeled by fusing two different technologies, namely, 3D scanning and γ-ray radiography. Second, the internal shape of the bomb shell was constructed from the original form data and the reproduction was utilized for museum exhibitions. The developed modeling approach will greatly expand the scope of museum exhibitions, from those centered on historical content to those centered on scientific content.
Similar and specific immunotropic effects of sulfate-chloride sodium-magnesium mineral waters "Myroslava" and "Khrystyna" of Truskavets’ spa in healthy female rats
Authors: Badiuk Nataliya , Popovych Dariya , Hrytsak Myroslava , Ruzhylo Sofiya , Zakalyak Nataliya , Kovalchuk Galyna , Mel’nyk Oksana , Zukow Xawery
Published: February 2022

Background. Earlier in an experiment on rats, we showed that newly created sulfate-chloride sodium-magnesium drinking mineral waters of Truskavets’ spa has a significant modulating effect on the parameters of metabolism and the autonomic nervous and endocrine systems. In this study, conducted in line with the concepts of neuroendocrine-immune complex and functional-metabolic continuum, data on the immunomodulatory effects of these waters on the same rats. Materials and Methods. Experiment was performed on 50 healthy female Wistar rats 230-290 g divided into 4 groups. Animals of the first group remained intact, using tap water from drinking ad libitum. Rats of the second (control) group for 6 days administered a single tap water through the tube at a dose of 1,5 mL/100 g of body mass. The rats of the main groups received the water "Myroslava" and "Khrystyna". The object of the study were the immune parameters of the thymus, spleen and blood. Results. The method of discriminant analysis revealed 12 parameters, according to which the animals loaded with mineral waters differed significantly from both control and intact animals. Classification accuracy is 86%. However, the difference between the immunotropic effects of mineral waters of different mineralization concerns only 9 parameters. Conclusion. The newly created sulfate-chloride sodium-magnesium drinking mineral waters of Truskavets’ spa have both similar and specific immunomodulating effects on healthy old female rats with weekly use. This provides a basis for preclinical studies.
Transporte aéreo y pandemia de la COVID-19: ¿Hacia un cambio de trayectoria en la red aeroportuaria española?.
Authors: Díez-Pisonero Roberto , Gago-García Cándida
Published: February 2022

La COVID-19 ha supuesto un profundo shock en la economía global y en particular en la industria de la aviación, al ser esta damnificada de medidas restrictivas para frenar la propagación del virus. En este trabajo además de presentar, como contexto, el impacto de la COVID-19 a escala global en el sector comercial de la aviación, se realiza un análisis de la conectividad aérea de los aeropuertos españoles para comprender los cambios acaecidos. Para el estudio, de carácter diacrónico (1970-2020), se emplea un coeficiente de conectividad topológica, cartografía y otras medidas (análisis de frecuencias y volumen de viajeros). La pandemia está suponiendo un punto de inflexión en la historia aeronáutica que obliga a una adaptación constante en España y en el resto del mundo, tanto en términos comerciales como en materia de seguridad sanitaria.
Canvas: A case report
Authors: Silva Lucas A. L. T. , Lapenta Mariana M. , Martins Ana Cristina C. , Rocha Guilherme D. , Kaefer Cristian , Da Silveira Luiz Cezar , Barbosa Mara Nair P.
Published: February 2022

CANVAS is an acronym for cerebellar ataxia, neuropathy andvestibular areflexia syndrome that was recently described in2011. This paper reports a case of a 69 years old female thatpresented a history of dizziness for 9 years, associated withaltered vestibulo-ocular reflex (VVOR) and bilateral hypofunctiomat video head impulse test (vHIT), wicth confirmedCANVA syndrome. Imbalance is a consistent symptom ofCANVAS and, in most cases, it is the first to manifest. Itspresentation demonstrates the importance of the specialist’sneed for knowledge of this clinical condition to enable anassertive diagnosis.
Limit Load Solution for Thin-Walled Cylinder with Circumferential Crack under Combined Internal Pressure, Axial Force, Bending Moment and Torsion Moment
Authors:   School of Engineering, University of Phayao, Phayao, Thailand, Arun Sutham , Fakkaew Wichaphon ,   School of Engineering, University of Phayao, Phayao, Thailand, Fongsamootr Thongchai ,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Published: February 2022

T his research aims to establish the limit load solution for thin-walled cylinder with circumferential crack under combined internal pressure, axial force, bending moment and torsion moment. The solution is derived based on the net-section collapse principle and the von Mises yield criterion. The material considered in this work is assumed to be elastic-perfectly plastic. The solutions obtained from this work are compared with the results from the finite element models. The comparison shows that the equations established from NSC analysis provide acceptable results for the case of cracked cylinder under combined axial force and bending moment. For the case of cylinder subjected to internal pressure or torsional moment, however, these equations can be used to predict the limit load only if np ≤ 0.40 and nT ≤ 0.6 . This is because when the effects of internal pressure or torsional moment are included, the distribution of stresses on the crack plane at the yielding does not correspond to the NSC principal.
Estudo clinicopatológico das lesões orais potencialmente malignas diagnosticadas no Centro de Referência de Lesões Bucais (CRLB) da UEFS
Authors: Oliveira Pereira Almira
Published: February 2022

As lesões orais potencialmente malignas (LOPMs) são os primeiros indícios de transformação maligna na cavidade oral.
Elaboração de Arquitetura de Software para Desenvolvimento de Aplicações Multiplataforma para Simulação de Circuitos Elétricos e Eletrônicos
Authors: De Jesus Ramos Marcos
Published: February 2022

A engenharia elétrica possui um histórico de problemas na realização de testes destinados a comprovação do comportamento de circuitos elétricos e eletrônicos.
ROTEIRO DE FONTES PARA A ANÁLISE DOS USOS, SABERES E CIRCULAÇÃO DAS PRODUÇÕES BOTÂNICAS NA BAHIA ATLÂNTICA COLONIAL (1780-1808)
Authors: Ferreira Júnior Wilton Alves
Published: February 2022

Esta pesquisa pretende refletir acerca da experiência de elaboração de um Roteiro de Fontes sobre os usos, saberes e circulação das produções botânicas na Bahia Atlântica Colonial, entre os anos 1780 a 1808, a partir dos catálogos de fontes do Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino de Lisboa – AHU.
DESENHO E ORIENTAÇÃO DO TRANSEUNTE DA UEFS
Authors: Pimental de Jesus Vítor Mateus
Published: February 2022

A cartografia é a ciência da representação gráfica que gera como produto final um mapa. Em suma, é a gênese que trata da concepção, difusão, utilização e estudo dos mapas (NUNES, 2016).
COMPARAÇÃO DE MEIOS DE CULTIVO PARA PRODUÇÃO DE METABÓLITOS ATIVOS A PARTIR DO FUNGO ENDOFÍTICO Drechslera sp
Authors: Nascimento Junior Humberto Fernandes
Published: February 2022

Segundo a Organização Mundial de Saúde (WHO) a resistência bacteriana é uma das principais ameaças à saúde humana, pois, as bactérias são resistentes à maioria, ou até a todos, os antibióticos disponíveis no momento, dificultando ou impedindo o tratamento de infecções (WHO, 2014).
MSSA Pericarditis in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Flare
Authors: Anis Antonious , Varda Marian , Dudar Ahmed , Schmitz Evan
Published: February 2022

Bacterial pericarditis is a rare yet fatal form of pericarditis. With the introduction of antibiotics, incidence of bacterial pericarditis has declined to 1 in 18,000 hospitalized patients. In this report, we present a rare case of MSSA pericarditis in a patient that presented with systemic lupus erythematosus flare, which required treatment with antibiotics and source control with pericardial window and drain placement.
N-polar InGaN/GaN nanowires: overcoming the efficiency cliff of red-emitting micro-LEDs
Authors: Pandey A. , Malhotra Y. , Wang P. , Sun K. , Liu X. , Mi Z.
Published: February 2022

A high efficiency, high brightness, and robust micro or sub-microscale red light emitting diode (LED) is an essential, yet missing, component of the emerging virtual reality and future ultrahigh resolution mobile displays. We report, for the first time, to our knowledge, the demonstration of an N-polar InGaN/GaN nanowire sub-microscale LED emitting in the red spectrum that can overcome the efficiency cliff of conventional red-emitting micro-LEDs. We show that the emission wavelengths of N-polar InGaN/GaN nanowires can be progressively shifted from yellow to orange and red, which is difficult to achieve for conventional InGaN quantum wells or Ga-polar nanowires. Significantly, the optical emission intensity can be enhanced by more than one order of magnitude by employing an in situ annealing process of the InGaN active region, suggesting significantly reduced defect formation. LEDs with lateral dimensions as small as

∼
0.75
  
μm

, consisting of approximately five nanowires, were fabricated and characterized, which are the smallest red-emitting LEDs ever reported, to our knowledge. A maximum external quantum efficiency

∼
1.2
%

was measured, which is comparable to previously reported conventional quantum well micro-LEDs operating in this wavelength range, while our device sizes are nearly three to five orders of magnitude smaller in surface area.
Causal reasoning over knowledge graphs leveraging drug-perturbed and disease-specific transcriptomic signatures for drug discovery
Authors: Domingo-Fernández Daniel , Gadiya Yojana , Patel Abhishek , Mubeen Sarah , Rivas-Barragan Daniel , Diana Chris W. , Misra Biswapriya B. , Healey David , Rokicki Joe , Colluru Viswa
Published: February 2022

Network-based approaches are becoming increasingly popular for drug discovery as they provide a systems-level overview of the mechanisms underlying disease pathophysiology. They have demonstrated significant early promise over other methods of biological data representation, such as in target discovery, side effect prediction and drug repurposing. In parallel, an explosion of -omics data for the deep characterization of biological systems routinely uncovers molecular signatures of disease for similar applications. Here, we present RPath, a novel algorithm that prioritizes drugs for a given disease by reasoning over causal paths in a knowledge graph (KG), guided by both drug-perturbed as well as disease-specific transcriptomic signatures. First, our approach identifies the causal paths that connect a drug to a particular disease. Next, it reasons over these paths to identify those that correlate with the transcriptional signatures observed in a drug-perturbation experiment, and anti-correlate to signatures observed in the disease of interest. The paths which match this signature profile are then proposed to represent the mechanism of action of the drug. We demonstrate how RPath consistently prioritizes clinically investigated drug-disease pairs on multiple datasets and KGs, achieving better performance over other similar methodologies. Furthermore, we present two case studies showing how one can deconvolute the predictions made by RPath as well as predict novel targets.
Incidence and predictors of severe acute malnutrition mortality in children aged 6–59 months admitted at Pawe general hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Authors: Kebede Fassikaw , Kebede Tsehay , Negese Belete , Abera Atitegeb , Fentaw Getahun , Kasaw Ayalew
Published: February 2022

Background

Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is defined as a weight-for-height < -3z scores of the median WHO growth standards, or visible severe wasting or the presence of nutritional edema. SAM related mortality rates in under-five children are well documented in Ethiopia but data on their predictors are limited. We aimed to document factors associated with SAM related mortality to inform better inpatient management.

Methods

A facility-based retrospective cohort study was conducted among children admitted due to SAM at Pawe General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, from the 1st of January 2015 to the 31st of December 2019. Data from the records of SAM children were extracted using a standardized checklist. Epi-Data version 3.2 was used for data entry, and Stata version 14 was used for analysis. Bi-variable and multivariable Cox regression analyses were conducted to identify predictors of mortality. Variables with P<0.05 were considered significant predictors of mortality.

Results

Five-hundred sixty-eight SAM cases were identified of mean age was 27.4 (SD± 16.5) months. The crude death rate was 91/568 (16.02%) and the mean time to death was determined as 13 (±8) days. Independent risk factors for death were: (i) vomiting AHR = 5.1 (1.35–21.1, p = 0.026), (ii) diarrhea AHR = 2.79 (1.46–5.4, p = 0.002), (iii) needing nasogastric therapy AHR = 3.22 (1.65–6.26, p = 0.001), (iv) anemia AHR = 1.89 (1.15–3.2, p = 0.012), and (v) being readmitted with SAM AHR = 1.7 (1.12–2.8, p = 0.037).

Conclusion

SAM mortality was high in under-five children in our setting. The identified risk factors should inform treatment and prevention strategies. Improved community health education should focus on healthy nutrition and seeking early treatment. Inpatient mortality may be reduced by stricter adherence to treatment guidelines and recognizing early the key risk factors for death.
Understanding factors associated with attending secondary school in Tanzania using household survey data
Authors: Pezzulo Carla , Alegana Victor A. , Christensen Andrew , Bakari Omar , Tatem Andrew J.
Published: February 2022

Background

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 aims to ensure inclusive and equitable access for all by 2030, leaving no one behind. One indicator selected to measure progress towards achievement is the participation rate of youth in education (SDG 4.3.1). Here we aim to understand drivers of school attendance using one country in East Africa as an example.

Methods

Nationally representative household survey data (2015–16 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey) were used to explore individual, household and contextual factors associated with secondary school attendance in Tanzania. These included, age, head of household’s levels of education, gender, household wealth index and total number of children under five. Contextual factors such as average pupil to qualified teacher ratio and geographic access to school were also tested at cluster level. A two-level random intercept logistic regression model was used in exploring association of these factors with attendance in a multi-level framework.

Results

Age of household head, educational attainments of either of the head of the household or parent, child characteristics such as gender, were important predictors of secondary school attendance. Being in a richer household and with fewer siblings of lower age (under the age of 5) were associated with increased odds of attendance (OR = 0.91, CI 95%: 0.86; 0.96). Contextual factors were less likely to be associated with secondary school attendance.

Conclusions

Individual and household level factors are likely to impact secondary school attendance rates more compared to contextual factors, suggesting an increased focus of interventions at these levels is needed. Future studies should explore the impact of interventions targeting these levels. Policies should ideally promote gender equality in accessing secondary school as well as support those families where the dependency ratio is high. Strategies to reduce poverty will also increase the likelihood of attending school.
Monitoring biological water quality by volunteers complements professional assessments
Authors: Peeters Edwin T. H. M. , Gerritsen Anton A. M. , Seelen Laura M. S. , Begheyn Matthijs , Rienks Froukje , Teurlincx Sven
Published: February 2022

Progressively more community initiatives have been undertaken over last decades to monitor water quality. Biological data collected by volunteers has been used for biodiversity and water quality studies. Despite the many citizen science projects collecting and using macroinvertebrates, the number of scientific peer-reviewed publications that use this data, remains limited. In 2018, a citizen science project on biological water quality assessment was launched in the Netherlands. In this project, volunteers collect macroinvertebrates from a nearby waterbody, identify and count the number of specimens, and register the catch through a web portal to instantaneously receive a water quality score based on their data. Water quality monitoring in the Netherlands is traditionally the field of professionals working at water authorities. Here, we compare the data from the citizen science project with the data gathered by professionals. We evaluate information regarding type and distribution of sampled waterbodies and sampling period, and compare general patterns in both datasets with respect to collected animals and calculated water quality scores. The results show that volunteers and professionals seldomly sample the same waterbody, that there is some overlap in sampling period, and that volunteers more frequently sampled urban waters and smaller waterbodies. The citizen science project is thus yielding data about understudied waters and this spatial and temporal complementarity is useful. The character and thoroughness of the assessments by volunteers and professionals are likely to differentiate. Volunteers collected significantly lower numbers of animals per sample and fewer animals from soft sediments like worms and more mobile individuals from the open water column such as boatsmen and beetles. Due to the lack of simultaneous observations at various locations by volunteers and professionals, a direct comparison of water quality scores is impossible. However, the obtained patterns from both datasets show that the water quality scores between volunteers and professionals are dissimilar for the different water types. To bridge these differences, new tools and processes need to be further developed to increase the value of monitoring biological water quality by volunteers for professionals.
Etiology of severe invasive infections in young infants in rural settings in sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Mduma Estomih , Halidou Tinto , Kaboré Berenger , Walongo Thomas , Lompo Palpouguini , Museveni Justine , Gidabayda Joshua , Gratz Jean , Guga Godfrey , Kimathi Caroline , Liu Jie , Mdoe Paschal , Moshiro Robert , Petzold Max , Singlovic Jan , Guillerm Martine , Gomes Melba F. , Houpt Eric R. , Halleux Christine M.
Published: February 2022

Background

Serious invasive infections in newborns are a major cause of death. Lack of data on etiological causes hampers progress towards reduction of mortality. This study aimed to identify pathogens responsible for such infections in young infants in sub-Saharan Africa and to describe their antibiotics resistance profile.

Methods

Between September 2016 and April 2018 we implemented an observational study in two rural sites in Burkina Faso and Tanzania enrolling young infants aged 0–59 days old with serious invasive infection. Blood samples underwent blood culture and molecular biology.

Results

In total 634 infants with clinical diagnosis of serious invasive infection were enrolled and 4.2% of the infants had a positive blood culture. The most frequent pathogens identified by blood culture were Klebsiella pneumonia and Staphylococcus aureus, followed by Escherichia coli. Gram-negative isolates were only partially susceptible to first line WHO recommended treatment for neonatal sepsis at community level. A total of 18.6% of the infants were PCR positive for at least one pathogen and Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus were the most common bacteria detected. Among infants enrolled, 60/634 (9.5%) died. Positive blood culture but not positive PCR was associated with risk of death. For most deaths, no pathogen was identified either by blood culture or molecular testing, and hence a causal agent remained unclear. Mortality was associated with low body temperature, tachycardia, respiratory symptoms, convulsions, history of difficult feeding, movement only when stimulated or reduced level of consciousness, diarrhea and/or vomiting.

Conclusion

While Klebsiella pneumonia and Staphylococcus aureus, as well as Escherichia coli were pathogens most frequently identified in infants with clinical suspicion of serious invasive infections, most cases remain without definite diagnosis, making more accurate diagnostic tools urgently needed. Antibiotics resistance to first line antibiotics is an increasing challenge even in rural Africa.
The effect of flywheel training on strength and physical capacities in sporting and healthy populations: An umbrella review
Authors: de Keijzer Kevin L. , Gonzalez Javier Raya , Beato Marco
Published: February 2022

The aim of this umbrella review was to provide a detailed summary of how flywheel training enhances strength and physical capacities in healthy and athletic populations. The eleven reviews included were analyzed for methodological quality according to the Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Review 2 (AMSTAR 2) and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) criteria. Two were systematic reviews, six were systematic reviews with meta-analyses and three were narrative reviews. Although the included reviews support use of flywheel training with athletic and healthy populations, the umbrella review highlights disparity in methodological quality and over-reporting of studies (38 studies were included overall). Flywheel post-activation performance enhancement protocols can effectively enhance strength and physical capacities acutely with athletes and healthy populations. All relevant reviews support flywheel training as a valid alternative to traditional resistance training for enhancing muscular strength, power, and jump performance with untrained and trained populations alike. Similarly, reviews included report flywheel training enhances change of direction performance—although conclusions are based on a limited number of investigations. However, the reviews investigating the effect of flywheel training on sprint performance highlight some inconsistency in attained improvements with elite athletes (e.g., soccer players). To optimize training outcomes, it is recommended practitioners individualize (i.e., create inertia-power or inertia-velocity profiles) and periodize flywheel training using the latest guidelines. This umbrella review provides an analysis of the literature’s strengths and limitations, creating a clear scope for future investigations.
Progression of age-related macular degeneration in eyes with abnormal fundus autofluorescence in a Japanese population: JFAM study report 3
Authors: Oshima Yuji , Shinojima Ari , Sawa Miki , Mori Ryusaburo , Sekiryu Tetsuju , Kato Aki , Hara Chikako , Saito Masaaki , Sugano Yukinori , Hirano Yoshio , Asato Hitomi , Nakamura Mayumi , Kimura Erika , Yuzawa Mitsuko , Ishibashi Tatsuro , Ogura Yuichiro , Iida Tomohiro , Gomi Fumi , Yasukawa Tsutomu
Published: February 2022

Purpose

To evaluate the progression of early age-related macular degeneration to neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), and identify the abnormal fundus autofluorescence (FAF) patterns and markers of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in fellow eyes of patients with unilateral nAMD.

Methods

Sixty-six patients with unilateral nAMD who developed abnormal FAF in the fellow eyes were enrolled in this multicenter, prospective, observational study, and followed-up for 5 years. FAF images on Heidelberg Retina Angiogram Digital Angiography System (HRA) or HRA2 were classified into eight patterns based on the International Fundus Autofluorescence Classification Group system. The patients in which the fellow eyes progressed to advanced nAMD, including those who did not develop nAMD, were assessed based on the following factors: baseline FAF patterns, age, sex, visual acuity, drusen, retinal pigmentation, baseline retinal sensitivity, family history, smoking, supplement intake, hypertension, body mass index, and hematological parameters.

Results

Of the 66 patients, 20 dropped out of the study. Of the remaining 46 patients, 14 (30.42%, male: 9, female: 5) progressed to nAMD during the 5-year follow-up. The most common (50% eyes) FAF pattern in the fellow eyes was the patchy pattern. According to the univariate analysis, CNV development was significantly associated with age, supplement intake, and low-density lipoprotein levels (p<0.05). Multivariable analysis revealed that patients who showed non-compliance with the supplement intake were more likely to develop nAMD (p<0.05). No significant association was found between the patchy pattern and CNV development (p = 0.86).

Conclusion

The fellow eyes (with abnormal FAF) of patients with unilateral nAMD may progress from early to advanced nAMD. However, no FAF pattern was found that predicted progression in nAMD.
Navigating maternity fashion: Reflections of US consumer attitudes during pregnancy
Authors: Lapolla Kendra , Chen Chanjuan
Published: February 2022

The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of fast fashion in maternity apparel and to examine the wardrobe endeavours of women trying to dress fashionably during pregnancy. Maternity clothing trends have evolved to mirror fast fashion as a result of recent focus on pregnant celebrities in popular culture who are inspiring women to stylishly dress their baby bump. Conclusions were drawn from an online survey from 240 respondents which asked women to reflect on experiences with maternity apparel. Findings indicate that while consumers favoured wearing dresses, leggings, longer lengths and yoga pants, there was a strong desire for comfortable clothing options that did not look like maternity wear and could still be worn in a variety of settings including post-partum. These results suggest that pregnant women often navigate a compromise between a need for comfort and aspirations of style.
Implementation of Chinese-styled branding in global fashion: ‘Guochao’ as a rising cultural identity
Authors: Wang Zhe
Published: February 2022

Culture-specific Chinese-styled branding as a rising trend in cultural and branding studies has provided new discourse for the discussion on the national identity of Chineseness or chinoiserie that has long existed, with further reflections on the Chinese fashion brand design known as ‘Guochao’, which has become an increasingly ubiquitous new conceptual identity in the past five years. Chinese fashion brands are changing their peripheral cultural status and impacting global fashion, transforming the global recognition of Chinese national identity and style in the field of fashion. This article investigates this emerging phenomenon in the global fashion system and theorizes ‘Guochao’ as a rising cultural identity that reconfigures and readdresses the national identity in Chinese fashion branding practices in terms of its connotations and industry applications. It shows that the ‘Guochao’ identity can be separated into two sub-connotations: one that addresses the connotations of ‘Guo’ that symbolize, rejuvenate and rematerialize Chinese historical and material culture, and one that emphasizes the ‘Chao’ discourse, featuring subtle Chinese symbolism that incorporates strong western street style and further blurs the boundaries in the West–East aesthetic binary system. Through case studies on the brand designs and campaigns of two Chinese designer brands that are paradigmatic of the ‘Guo’ identity, Angel Chen and MUKZIN, and two classic Chinese sportswear brands that are representatives of the ‘Chao’ identity, Li-Ning and Warrior Shanghai, the theoretical connotations of ‘Guochao’ as a rising cultural identity in Chinese-styled branding are discussed. This article theorizes ‘Guochao’ as a recreated representative cultural identity in global fashion that challenges the world’s understanding of chinoiserie in the field of fashion and further showcases the popularization of Chinese-styled branding in Chinese fashion.
Dandy Style: 250 Years of British Men’s Fashion, Shaun Cole and Miles Lambert (2021)
Authors: Strübel Jessica
Published: February 2022

Review of: Dandy Style: 250 Years of British Men’s Fashion, Shaun Cole and Miles Lambert (2021)

New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 168 pp.,

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Mechanical and artificial ‘nü-horror metal’: The film music of Resident Evil
Authors: Gibson Dylan Lawrence
Published: February 2022

Remaining true to its origins, the survival-horror video game film adaption, Resident Evil: The Original Motion Picture released in 2002, retains its core foundational game-like qualities. The film is heavily influenced by the video game franchise and it appears as if the audience is treated the same as the player. This is because the viewers are forced to ‘participate’ from fixed camera angles. As expected, the music contained within the moving image also borrows well-established compositional techniques from horror films and survival-horror video games. The music, therefore, serves to provide information to the viewers and acts as an auditory trigger. This type of music is defined as ‘process music’; music that appears to imitate a process of actions. An additional function of the music is to create immersion. The most prominent soundtrack cues from the film, visually and musically (‘synchronically’ matched), hint at overarching medical, artificial and mechanical themes. This immersive link is achieved through the use of the related music genres of industrial metal and nü-metal. The resultant combination of industrial/nü-metal sounds with horror imagery can effectively be termed ‘nü-horror metal’. In this article the genre label of ‘nü’ takes preference over ‘industrial’. The focus of this article will, therefore, demonstrate how the aforementioned medical, artificial and mechanical themes are effectively portrayed and heightened by the use of industrial/nü-metal music and techniques. This article will also highlight when the music serves a process function. This will be approached by appealing to traditional film music analytical tools engaging specifically with the traditional film music theory of ‘synchrony’ and ‘asynchrony’.
Keeper of the Seven Keys: Audio heritage in metal music production
Authors: Herbst Jan-Peter
Published: February 2022

Audio heritage is a relatively unexplored area within popular music studies from a technical production perspective. This research raises awareness of the importance and challenges of audio preservation and provides insights into archiving practices of record labels and producers. Based on interviews with German metal music producers, the article examines the conflicting artistic, economic and legal forces in the recording industry that often result in the loss of master tapes and multi-track recordings, thus preventing significant remastering for new consumer media such as high-resolution streaming or remixes valuable to artists and their fans alike. The findings suggest that there is no archiving standard amongst record labels. It is often up to record producers to archive and preserve recorded artefacts, which they do voluntarily and at their own expense, either in the hope of future commercial exploitation or to preserve their work. Whilst established record producers who began in the analogue era seem to be reliable archivists, the modern metal music industry, with its shrinking budgets, semi-professional, digitally home-recorded productions and self-releasing artists, puts the genre’s more recent audio heritage at risk.
Funeral doom metal as the rhetoric of contemplation: A Burkean perspective
Authors: Hurley Gavin F.
Published: February 2022

Consulting the texts of twentieth-century rhetorician Kenneth Burke, this article maps a particular way that funeral doom metal acts as a tool of social communication. The investigation specifically examines how the music sparks contemplation in its listeners. To better understand this rhetoric, this article highlights the role of nonknowledge, negative space and solemnity to show how this musical rhetoric leads listeners into modes of transcendent thinking. Specifically, this examination gestures to several funeral doom artefacts from early 1990s, including albums from Cathedral, Skepticism and Thergothon. The article concludes by celebrating why ‘mystical’ attitudes can be valuable within social communication – and how funeral doom metal can serve that function.
Lo que permanece en educación
Authors: Luri Gregorio
Published: February 2022

Este texto plantea diversas cuestiones relacionadas con la antropología de la educación: el fenómeno del miedo en la escuela; las permanencias antropológicas en educación; el actual descrédito del conocimiento en pedagogía; la importancia de la herencia recibida y de la capacidad para mantener una gran conversación con las figuras de la cultura; el empeño presente en modificar el mundo de la vida; la dificultad que tiene el discurso de la escuela para integrar las exigencias de las nuevas tecnologías; la importancia del lenguaje en los maestros y el cuidado de sí como tarea educativa. Una de las tesis principales del artículo es que para educar es imprescindible reconocer las permanencias en el ser humano, aquello que nos hace ser lo que somos y que nos hace dirigir la atención a lo que queremos ser.
Performance Evaluation of PI/RBFN ANN Controllers for Sensor Less BLDC Motor Control Based Fuel Cell/PV Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Authors: Ravipati Srikanth , Mani Venkatesan , Yarlagadda SrinivasaRao
Published: February 2022

The present society suffers with the problem of the greenhouse effect due to the emission of huge amount of carbon dioxide. And almost 70% of emission of carbon dioxide will be due to the usage of automotive vehicles. It is required to reduce the utilization of automotive vehicles to protect the life of earth for the coming years. This manuscript presents the design of electric vehicle with the utilization of renewable energy source like solar energy with the combination of fuel cell energy. It involves the design of maximum power point tracking system with intelligent fuzzy controller to track the maximum power for various weather conditions. The proposed electric vehicle drives the brush less DC motor whose speed has been monitored with the sensor less speed control technique. The speed control technique has been realized with two types of controller’s namely proportional intelligent controller and radial basis function neural network. Also the speed control technique has been analysed with the performance comparison of the two controllers in terms of speed, torque generated and also errors of speed and current to improve the performance of speed by 5% with the help of MATLAB/Simulink.
Editorial Memorias No. 46
Authors: González Martínez Nelson Fernando
Published: February 2022

Este número 46 está dedicado a la memoria de Alberto Abello Vives. Para ello, Eloísa Berman Arévalo y Adolfo Meisel Roca han preparado un in memoriam que pretende rescatar algunos elementos personales y profesionales de la trayectoria de Abello. La intención ha sido valorar parte de sus múltiples contribuciones para y desde el Caribe. Recomiendo con especial interés a los lectores y autores consultar dicho texto, con el cual abrimos este número.
Neoliberalismo y crisis: El Mercurio de Valparaíso y la pérdida del tejido empresarial regional (1981-1983)
Authors: Lacueva Muñoz Jaime J. , González Inostroza Mario Andrés , Mellado Cavieres Gabriel
Published: February 2022

La línea editorial del grupo El Mercurio estuvo definida desde mitad del siglo XX por una defensa del liberalismo económico como alternativa al modelo de desarrollo basado en la industrialización sustitutiva de importaciones. Cuando la dictadura de Pinochet aplicó su terapia de shock para reestructurar la economía chilena, los diarios del grupo elogiaron los resultados del llamado “milagro económico” como uno de sus principales logros. Sin embargo, las políticas neoliberales de los Chicago Boys tuvieron un efecto negativo en diferentes sectores productivos, especialmente en la región de Valparaíso, que contaba con una larga tradición industrial. El punto de inflexión llegó con la quiebra de la compañía Refinería de Azúcar de Viña del Mar (CRAV), una de las principales empresas del país, estrechamente vinculada con los grupos empresariales emergentes y con altos funcionarios del gobierno. La devaluación, la crisis financiera nacional y los efectos de la crisis de la deuda externa latinoamericana deterioraron progresivamente la situación económica del empresariado regional y de su amplia masa de lectores. Este trabajo aborda cómo El Mercurio de Valparaíso afrontó la contradicción entre su identificación con la dictadura y su modelo económico y los efectos del desmantelamiento del tejido empresarial de la región, adaptando la línea del grupo editorial a las circunstancias regionales para evitar que el cuestionamiento de la política económica debilitara los apoyos sociales del régimen. Para ello se analiza exhaustivamente el tratamiento editorial e informativo de la crisis en el diario, contrastado con el de otros medios oficialistas y de oposición.
Tabaco y trabajo femenino. La Real Fábrica de Cigarros de Cartagena de Indias, 1778-1805
Authors: Solano de las Aguas Sergio Paolo , Vanegas Beltrán Muriel del Rosario , Torres Guiza Johan
Published: February 2022

Este artículo estudia la Real Fábrica de Cigarros de Cartagena de Indias (1778-1805), resultado de la aplicación de las políticas de reformas borbónicas que se interesaron en controlar algunas áreas de la producción agrícola y elaboración de productos derivados con el propósito de incrementar los ingresos fiscales de la Corona. La fábrica fortaleció un circuito mercantil con Cuba, Panamá y población del interior de la provincia de Cartagena, y logró mantenerse de forma satisfactoria hasta 1805, cuando la crisis fiscal del imperio obligó a cerrar sus puertas. Tuvo una significativa importancia para los recaudos fiscales, y en la oferta de trabajo para mujeres, convirtiéndolas en proveedoras de recursos para sus familias. Con base en los libros de la administración relativo a las rentas de tabacos y la fábrica, como también de otras informaciones del General de la Nación de Colombia, analizamos su creación, el aprovisionamiento y los costos de las materias primas, la producción y gastos en mano de obra, las cantidades de trabajadoras y sus salarios. Su estudio agrega nuevas perspectivas al análisis de las políticas borbónicas en esa ciudad, a su impacto social en la creación de frentes de trabajo asalariado, y abre un sendero para el estudio de las relaciones entre el género y el trabajo en esa ciudad, tema que hasta el momento no se ha estudiado.
Tomasino Pinna. La inquisición en Cerdeña. El proceso de Julia Carta: Institución Fernando el Católico, 2019, 419 páginas
Authors: Carta Massimiliano
Published: February 2022

A poco más de veinte años de su publicación en italiano, el libro de Tomasino Pinna (1949-2016) Storia di una strega. L’inquisizione in Sardegna. Il processo di Julia Carta vuelve a ser publicado en la traducción al español de Enrique Gracia Bondía para la Institución Fernando el Católico de Segovia con el título: La Inquísición en Cerdeña. El proceso de Julia Carta (2019). La obra es el fruto de un estudio metódico y profundo de los documentos conservados en el Archivo Histórico Nacional de Madrid, en el fondo dedicado a la Inquisición. El autor tuvo acceso y pudo reconstruir en todos sus aspectos la travesía legal de una joven mujer acusada de herejía y hechicería en la isla de Cerdeña (Italia), que en la época de los hechos citados estaba bajo el dominio de la Corona de España.