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A ruína dramática e a utopia de Eros – O santeiro do mangue de Oswald de Andrade
Authors: Delmanto Ivan
Published: December 2024

O artigo aborda o drama poético O Santeiro do Mangue, de Oswald de Andrade, procurando relacionar sua estrutura formal dramatúrgica ao contexto histórico brasileiro. Procura-se demonstrar, a partir do conceito de “teatro do mundo”, desenvolvido por Gyorg Lukács, que o texto de Oswald, além de desvendar um trauma coletivo da formação urbana do Rio de Janeiro, apresenta também uma configuração social utópica, baseada na rebeldia de um coro de prostitutas, espécie de matriarcado da região carioca do Mangue. A analisaremos o texto dramatúrgico a partir de gêneros teatrais de origem europeia, descritos pelo crítico Peter Szondi como drama burguês, drama moderno e drama épico, que, no entanto, ao serem incorporados pelos autores teatrais brasileiros, geraram formas híbridas, arruinadas e desajustadas em relação aos modelos originais. Consideramos que tal importação, assolada por um processo histórico também ele altamente contraditório e desigual, gerou entre nós diversas manifestações teatrais fraturadas, que poderiam ser inseridas em uma formação teatral brasileira que apresentamos como “negativa”.
Véus seus
Authors: Samudio Jonas
Published: December 2024

Jonas Samudio é escritor e estilista, dedica-se às relações entremística e feminino, tecidas no corpo e na escrita. Formado emFilosofia, Teologia e Letras, atualmente é doutorando em EstudosLiterários (UFMG). Publicou A mais aberta (Cas’a Edições, 2017) eMão de fora e suas histórias, com ilustrações de Kleriston Kolive(Edição do Autor, 2017) e Pétala pele (Cas’a Edições, 2019). Ostextos apresentados nesta edição da Em Tese são inéditos.
Corporificando uma luta: a representação feminina na ficção detetivesca de Lucha Corpi
Authors: Meanda Juliana Machado
Published: December 2024

O presente artigo investiga a representação feminina no livro Cactus Blood, o segundo título da série de ficção detetivesca da escritora Lucha Corpi, publicado em 1995. Busca-se examinar a relação entre esse gênero textual (genre) e a identidade de gênero (gender) na obra em questão, observando especialmente o processo de construção identitária de personagens femininas. A autora utiliza um gênero popular para abordar diversos aspectos culturais, históricos, sociais e políticos em relação à comunidade chicana, isto é, de mexicano-americanos, grupo que traz em seu cerne questões de hibridismo cultural, que vive na fronteira (fisica e metafórica) entre o México e os Estados Unidos. Assim, a ficção detetivesca produzida por um grupo subalternizado ajuda a compreender o papel deste gênero literário como expressão artística e representação de minorias sociais, tornando-se um veículo para a construção identitária, além de um espaço para críticas e denúncias.
Formas da crise: a prosa, o prosaico, o poema, o poético, o jornal
Authors: Ricieri Francine Fernandes Weiss
Published: December 2024

No caso de escritores como Pedro Kilkerry e Cruz e Sousa (poetas que eram também prosadores),  uma crise específica parece digna de exame: a eventual possibilidade de conciliação entre um projeto de escrita poética usualmente descrito como hermético (a poesia simbolista) e um ambíguo movimento rumo ao público, sinalizado pela atuação jornalística (mas não a ela restrito), com frequência desdobrado em uma prosa que oscila entre a duplicação do tom elevado dos versos e um tom baixo ou rebaixado, em geral aproximado à crônica.  O embaralhamento entre o que seria da ordem do prosaico e o que seria da ordem do poético, nesse momento histórico  específico, com incursão por questões teóricas mais recentemente propostas, levaria também à discussão da possibilidade de algum trânsito entre dois ideais de escrita (“alto” e “baixo”), para além do que fica implicado no conceito de poema em prosa. Para examinar esse cruzamento de problemas, recuperam-se textos escritos em prosa (e em verso) em que se formulam imagens da criação poética, com tensionamento dos deslizamentos enunciados.
Sobre o estilo de Daniel Sada: uma leitura de Albedrío
Authors: Janina Hosiasson Laura , Costa Gabriel Bueno da
Published: December 2024

A intenção deste artigo é reivindicar a posição de Daniel Sada (1953-2011) como um legítimo continuador da renovação das letras latino-americanas iniciada no século XX. De fato, o narrador mexicano operou uma síntese de distintos elementos formais, ao beber tanto na tradição literária quanto na cultura popular. Para discutir a originalidade de suas escolhas e procedimentos nos debruçaremos sobre seu terceiro romance, Albedrío (1989), capítulo crucial de sua trajetória.
Capa, créditos e sumário
Authors: Cordeiro Felipe
Published: December 2024

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Boêmia, comédia e pornografia: a propósito de "Necrológio de um..." e "Um amor filósofo", folhetins de Carvalho Júnior
Authors: Mendes Thales Sant'Ana Ferreira
Published: December 2024

Analisamos “Necrológio de um...” e “Um amor filósofo”, folhetins de Carvalho Júnior, demonstrando que, além de apresentarem entre si convergência de temas e de recursos literários, se relacionam com a literatura popular, humorística e pornográfica do século XIX, bem como com outros escritos do autor. Para tanto, descontando a introdução e as considerações finais, dividimos o artigo em quatro partes, autoexplicativas dos temas que articulam: “Folhetins e folhetins”, “Humor e realismo”, “Boêmia e sexualidade” e “Pornografia e Naturalismo”. Expomos que, mesmo se afastando do erotismo pulsante dos poemas de “Hespérides” (pelos quais o autor é largamente conhecido), os folhetins não deixam de se valer de insinuações maliciosas e de participar das formas de representação do sexo no Oitocentos. Nesse percurso, revisitamos parte da fortuna crítica do autor, sobretudo a que lhe foi contemporânea, com destaque para Arthur Barreiros, organizador do volume que concentra a obra de Carvalho Júnior, Parisina (1879).
A esquerda enquanto linguagem: Literatura de esquerda, de Damián Tabarovsky
Authors: Auad Pedro Henrique Trindade Kalil
Published: December 2024

Resenha de: TABAROVSKY, Damián. Literatura de esquerda. Trad. Ciro Lubliner & Tiago Cfer. Belo Horizonte: Relicário, 2017.
Poéticas: Em torno a uma crise clássica
Authors: Silva (org.) Rafael , De Carvalho Age , Martins Marques Ana , Kalil Othero Bruna , Ávila Carlos , Arelli Daniel , Villa Dirceu , Flores Gontijo Guilherme , De Carvalho Hansen Júlia , Castañon Júlio , Cohen Laura , Fróes Leonardo , Siscar Marcos , De Aquino Mônica , Henriques Britto Paulo , Guimarães Thais
Published: December 2024

Na trilha aberta pela chamada para o número atual da revista Em Tese, convidamos uma série de poetas brasileiros contemporâneos a refletir – poeticamente – sobre a pretensa situação de crise que as últimas décadas teriam testemunhado no campo da literatura e da cultura de modo geral. Estudiosos e literatos dos mais diversos posicionamentos políticos têm adotado um tom apocalíptico para se referir àquilo que compreendem como um dos períodos de mais profundo mal-estar para quem se dedica aos estudos literários em toda a história dessa disciplina moderna, embora não exista consenso sobre os prognósticos e diagnósticos desse mal-estar.
“The Archive Is Ours": Rethinking Possession of the Historical Record
Authors: Keliiaa Caitlin
Published: December 2024

This article is based on the “California Indian Studies and the Archive” panel from the Bad Indians Symposium which celebrated the 10th anniversary of Deborah Miranda’s Bad Indians. After a decade, Miranda’s engagement with the archive is still palpable and inspired a panel of three historians to discuss how California Indian scholars navigate the archive. Especially as these are often repositories that were not created by Native people or with them in mind. Nonetheless, Native people have made the archive their own. This article argues for a California Indian methodology to interrogate, learn from and disrupt the archive.
Bad Indians: A Reflection by a Grieving Esselen Woman
Authors: Leal Melissa
Published: December 2024

This is a reflection on grief and Miranda's Bad Indians. It includes a poem written to welcome Maori visitors to California.
Q and A with Bad Indians on “The Belles of San Luis Rey”
Authors: Chilcote Olivia
Published: December 2024

The only way California Indians can move beyond destructive narratives is to share retellings of the past that center our ancestors and who we are as a people. In Bad Indians, Esselen scholar and poet Deborah Miranda discusses C. C. Pierce’s famous 1893 photograph “Ancient Belles of San Luis Rey” and asks a series of questions about the three elderly Luiseño women pictured. Following Bad Indians’ call for California Indians to share our stories, this piece answers Miranda’s questions, acknowledging the challenges that exist in giving voice to silenced histories, and offers a Luiseño-centered reconstruction of the photographed women’s lives.
Still Bad Indians: Archives, Violence, Story, and the Return of California Indian Studies
Authors: Minch-de Leon Mark
Published: December 2024

This introduction describes the context of the event the special issue reflects, the turn/return of California Indian studies that Bad Indians incites, the themes of the issue, and the contributions of the authors.
(At) Wrist
Authors: Jackson Cj
Published: December 2024

Book review
Front Matter
Authors: Skelton Scott Matthew
Published: December 2024

Front Matter
Нейроэндокринные неоплазии лёгких и тимуса
Authors: Моисеенко Ф. В. , Артамонова Е. В. , Горбунова В. А. , Делекторская В. В. , Любимова Н. В. , Маркович А. А. , Орлов С. В.
Published: December 2024

В данном разделе указаны критерии оценки клинической значимости применения дорогостоящей противоопухолевой лекарственной терапии в соответствии со шкалой, разработанной экспертной группой (стр. 6). В тексте они обозначены, как магнитуда клинической значимости (МКЗ).
Рак пищевода и пищеводно-желудочного перехода
Authors: Трякин А. А. , Бесова Н. С. , Волков Н. М. , Гамаюнов С. В. , Кононец П. В. , Левченко Е. В. , Федянин М. Ю. , Черных М. В.
Published: December 2024

В данном разделе указаны критерии оценки клинической значимости применения дорогостоящей противоопухолевой лекарственной терапии в соответствии со шкалой, разработанной экспертной группой (стр. 6). В тексте они обозначены, как магнитуда клинической значимости (МКЗ).
Злокачественные опухоли печени и желчевыводящей системы
Authors: Бредер В. В. , Базин И. С. , Балахнин П. В. , Ледин Е. В. , Медведева Б. М. , Моисеенко Ф. В. , Мороз Е. А. , Петкау В. В. , Погребняков И. В. , Покатаев И. А.
Published: December 2024

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Гастроинтестинальные стромальные опухоли
Authors: Никулин М. П. , Архири П. П. , Носов Д. А. , Стилиди И. С. , Филоненко Д. А.
Published: December 2024

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Рак яичников, первичный рак брюшины и рак маточных труб
Authors: Покатаев И. А. , Дудина И. А. , Коломиец Л. А. , Морхов К. Ю. , Нечушкина В. М. , Румянцев А. А. , Тюляндин С. А. , Урманчеева А. Ф. , Хохлова С. В.
Published: December 2024

В данном разделе указаны критерии оценки клинической значимости применения дорогостоящей противоопухолевой лекарственной терапии в соответствии со шкалой, разработанной экспертной группой (стр. 6). В тексте они обозначены, как магнитуда клинической значимости (МКЗ).
Злокачественные неэпителиальные опухоли яичников
Authors: Гуторов С. Л. , Анохин А. Ю. , Новикова Е. Г. , Румянцев А. А. , Трякин А. А. , Урманчеева А. Ф. , Хохлова С. В.
Published: December 2024

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Практические рекомендации по лечению пограничных опухолей яичников
Authors: Давыдова И. Ю. , Ашрафян Л. А. , Валиев Р. К. , Карселадзе А. И. , Новикова Е. Г. , Урманчеева А. Ф.
Published: December 2024

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Análisis crítico de la discusión entre Kelsen y Pashukanis en la teoría del derecho. Una perspectiva sobre la estructuración y funcionamiento de los sistemas jurídicos
Authors: Murcia Luisa Manira
Published: December 2024

The theory of Law acquired great importance during the twentieth century, due to the political, economic, and social changes of the time, so it was the subject of various debates and discussions with different approaches and points of view; However, despite their differences, most theories based their arguments on 3 main points: the nature, structure and function of the legal system. Although the different cultures and models proposed allowed for different interpretations of these axes, authors with contrasting perceptions of the nature and objective of Law stand out: E. Pashukanis and H. Kelsen.
División racial del trabajo: una consecuencia diaspórica de la acumulación por desposesión
Authors: Fonseca Ariza Brenda Alejandra
Published: December 2024

The current capitalist system is based on the expropriation and exploitation of resources, lands, and rights, perpetuating inequalities, and divisions, particularly in the labor sector. This system disproportionately affects historically marginalized groups who are systematically exploited. This idea will initially be structured as a conceptual reconstruction addressing primitive accumulation and the division of labor as delineated by Marx. Subsequently, it will analyze David Harvey's theory of accumulation by dispossession, with a focus on rurality and the consequences of this concept. Furthermore, building on Aníbal Quijano's concept of the Coloniality of Power, the analysis will seek to understand how both primitive accumulation and accumulation by dispossession are founded on anthropological characteristics that result in a new social division of labor.
Configuraciones del patriarcado como dispositivo de poder
Authors: Bonilla Bernal Leydy Milena
Published: December 2024

The presentation traces the configuration of patriarchy as a Foucauldian dispositif of power. For Segato, patriarchy is an intricate network of elements present in societies, while Foucault conceptualizes dispositifs as networks of relations between heterogeneous elements that enable the circulation and consolidation of power. By exploring the links between these approaches, the presentation reveals how these power structures intertwine and perpetuate, deeply embedding themselves in the social fabric. This analysis offers an understanding of the persistence of patriarchy, highlighting its ability to adapt and reinforce itself over time.
Des-modernizar la revolución para reinventar la utopía
Authors: Celeita Mora Ricardo Alexander
Published: December 2024

El texto que a continuación se presenta a manera de artículo, corresponde al sub-capítulo 3.2, de un trabajo más amplio llamado “¿Qué sujeto, para qué revolución? Aproximaciones en torno al sujeto en resistencias para las revoluciones no-modernas”, en el cual se aborda la crisis de la subjetividad revolucionaria moderna, en perspectiva de proponer una redefinición estratégica en torno al poder político. En ese sentido, el texto elabora una crítica desde el pensamiento décolonial, ante la concepción moderna de poder político, y plantea la idea de desmodernizar el concepto de revolución para hacer aún posible la utopía.
Spinoza, pensador de la libertad burguesa
Authors: Mandel Ernest
Published: December 2024

Heraldo de la libertad de religión y de culto, ferviente defensor de la libertad de opinión, de expresión, de imprenta y de educación (Spinoza, 1951: vol. 1, 259), decidido defensor de la libertad de establecimiento y de comercio, así como defensor del armamento general del pueblo; sin duda Spinoza fue el precursor del liberalismo moderno en prácticamente todos los ámbitos de la vida social. De él se ha dicho incluso que fue el primer pensador político moderno que se declaró demócrata (Feuer, 1958: 101),, y que expresó abiertamente su preferencia por la forma de Estado democrático.
Sin embargo, sus obras políticas, el Tractatus Theologico-Politicus y el Tractatus Politicus, parecen estar marcadas por una profunda contradicción. Numerosos autores tratan estas obras como un compromiso entre, por una parte, la proclamación de la soberanía suprema, casi ilimitada, de un Estado absoluto, similar a la del Leviatán de Hobbes, y, por otra, la insistencia en los derechos individuales tal como los desarrollarían más tarde los pensadores revolucionarios franceses de la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII como Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Spinoza, 1951). Estos autores subrayan que Spinoza hizo hincapié en el deber de obedecer a toda autoridad estatal. Algunos llegan incluso a considerarle un opositor declarado del pensamiento subversivo, o incluso un pensador y político antirrevolucionario
Crítica marxiana a la visión estándar y dominante de la tecnología en las ciencias económicas
Authors: Ramírez Reinoso Diego Fernando
Published: December 2024

One of the main contributions from Marx and Engels to economic thought lies in their critique of classical political economy, its method, premises and theoretical development. But not only in their particular critique of what at that time prevailed as the dominant view of economic thought, but also in the very structure of the critique and its logical foundations, which can not only be applied to particular variables of the framework of classical political economy and the views derived from it but can also be extended to other theoretical frameworks. In this order of ideas this article aims to present and critically analyze the definitions of technology that have been used and constructed by the schools of economic thought that have been instituted as the dominant visions, for which the theoretical vision of Marx and Engels, that is, their conception of capitalist society as a whole, capital and social purpose, will be taken as a frame of reference. Among the outstanding results are: a synthesis of the conceptions and definitions of technology of the dominant currents, the limits and scope of these visions with respect to technology and technological development, and the position of the need to advance in the configuration of a critical, alternative and Marxian vision of technology.
La interpretación de la noción marxista de “forma natural” en Bolívar Echeverría: significados, definición y sentido crítico
Authors: García Conde Gustavo
Published: December 2024

The article explains the meaning of the notion of “natural form” of use values, formulated by Marx, recovered especially by the Ecuadorian philosopher Bolívar Echeverría. The purpose of the text is to analyze Echeverría’s reinterpretation of the notion of “natural form” of the work process as a structural behavior of human existence, through an analysis of the meanings of the term, its definition and characterization of its main elements. The text is divided into six sections, each of which has the following topics: 1) the description of the texts by Marx and Echeverría on which we base ourselves; 2) the relevance of the notion of “natural form” in Marx’s works; 3) we try a phenomenological approach to the research that Marx carried out from critical materialism to reveal the protosocial substratum that underlies the “value form”; 4) we address the ambiguity of the term “natural” in our topic; 5) we explain the transnatural characteristic of human existence and the foundation of the social fact; 6) we make nine clarifications that are relevant to Echeverrian definition of the “natural form” of the work process; and 7) in the last section we make some critical notes whose objective is to avoid a substantialization of the notion of “natural form”, in addition to distinguishing between the critical function of this notion with respect to the possible readings that associate it with a form in itself of resistance.
Fantasía ideológica y creencia en Žižek
Authors: Aristizábal Jara Germán Andrés
Published: December 2024

Ideology, a central concept in the social sciences introduced by Marx, links thought to social activity. Although it was initially consolidated in Marxism, it was questioned by the Frankfurt School in the 1930s due to the distance between expectations of emancipation and reality. Slavoj Žižek, in “The Sublime Object of Ideology,” argues for the relevance of the concept today, suggesting a reinterpretation through Lacanian psychoanalysis. He proposes that ideology is not just a “false consciousness,” but an illusion that is structurally part of reality. Žižek analyzes commodity fetishism, where social relations become relations between things, and points out that, in capitalism, this fetishism shifts to objects. In contrast, Peter Sloterdijk’s critique argues that we live in a “post-ideological” era, where ideology becomes cynical. Accepting this, Žižek argues that ideology can be understood as an illusion that guides our practices, supported by beliefs that are objectively imposed. This reconceptualization poses new challenges for social emancipation, suggesting that our beliefs are fundamental to our knowledge and social action.
Bayesian Total-Evidence Dating Reshapes the Age and Historical Biogeography of Parnassiinae
Authors: Noémie M-C. Hévin  , Fabien L. Condamine
Published: December 2024

Although incomplete, the fossil record offers direct evidence for the existence of a lineage, providing insights into its age and geographic location. Reconstructing time-calibrated phylogenies, including both extant and fossil taxa as lineages (total-evidence dating) under the fossilized birth-death process, can provide new information about the phylogenetic position of fossil specimens, the time at which they diverged from closely related species, and can impact inferences of clades’ historical biogeography. Here, we focus on the origin and radiation of Apollo butterflies (Papilionidae: Parnassiinae), whose origin has been estimated in the late Eocene in Central Asia. The two fossil taxa recovered in the subfamily Parnassiinae, dated to the late Oligocene (†Thaites ruminiana Scudder) and late Miocene (†Doritites bosniaskii Rebel) in the Western Palearctic, thus challenge the Central Asian origin. We performed a Bayesian total-evidence dating approach to explore the impact of dating analyses and past fossil distributions on the estimation of the evolutionary history of the group. We obtained a more credible dating and historical biogeography for the group, placing its origin in the late Paleocene (ca. 57 Ma) in the Western Palearctic + Western Asia and Caucasus regions, followed by dispersals to Central Asia and the Himalayas. This study also highlights the importance of investigating fossil position in addition to clock partitioning and models for molecular dating. Furthermore, we confirm that a few fossils are sufficient to cast doubt on the origin and biogeographic history of a group, especially when those fossils were dispersed outside of the current center of diversity.
Associations Between Long COVID Symptoms and Health-related Quality of Life among a Medicaid Managed Care Population Living with HIV
Authors: Wu Yiyi , Brandenburg Carey , Scaccbarrozzi Luis , Overbey Richard , Ernst Jerome , Ing Mark
Published: December 2024

Background: Lasting symptoms following an infection of acute COVID-19, known as post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), negatively impact health-related quality of life in the general population. Although people living with HIV (PLWH) face a higher disease burden compared to people without HIV, there is limited research on how PASC is associated with health-related quality of life among people living with HIV.

Methods: This study recruited 107 people living with HIV with a documented diagnosis of COVID-19 from a Medicaid-managed care plan, yielding 105 valid responses. Data were collected via an online survey which collected information on general health status, comorbidities, experiences of PASC symptoms and health-related quality of life. Health-related quality of life was assessed through the EQ-5D instrument. A $20 e-gift card was given to each participant as compensation. Ordinary least squares regression was employed to examine the association between the number of PASC symptoms, comorbidities, and health-related quality of life, controlling for age, gender identity, and race/ethnicity. The study protocol received approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) from the City University of New York.

Results: The participants had an average age of 48.1 years (SD=10.5). The sample consisted of 54% cisgender males, 34% cisgender females, and 12% transgender/gender-diverse individuals, and 53% identified as sexual minorities. The largest racial/ethnic group was non-Hispanic Black (45%), followed by Hispanic (43%). Most PLWH (90%) reported undetectable HIV viral loads. On average, participants reported 2.2 comorbidities in addition to HIV (SD=1.5), and 42% rated their health as good/excellent. Nearly half (49%) reported one or more PASC symptoms lasting six months or more (M=5.3, SD=8.0). The number of PASC symptoms was significantly associated with poorer health-related quality of life (β=.33, R2=.31), with more variance in health-related quality of life than comorbidities and self-rated health combined (βs=.32 and .28, respectively, R2=.14).

Conclusions: PASC adversely affected health-related quality of life among people living with HIV. Routine assessment for PASC symptoms should be a standard practice in clinical settings for people living with HIV who have been diagnosed with COVID-19. These findings also underscore the importance of ongoing support for PLWH with a history of COVID-19 infection, and the need to focus on domains of health beyond HIV.
Describing a First Nations-led grant program for COVID-19 Research: The APPRISE-Ramsay First Nations COVID-19 grant program
Authors: Crooks Kristy , Smith Miranda , Hughes Jaquelyne , Miller Adrian
Published: December 2024

We describe the establishment of a First Nations governed grant program that built on an existing Australian research collaboration during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Following a generous philanthropic donation, a process was initiated to centre and privilege First Nations perspectives and governance in the grant dissemination process. Decision-making was driven by First Nations people, including setting research principles and priorities, eligibility and review criteria, and in overseeing the advertising and grant review. This led to a widely distributed and highly competitive application round and the funding of ten grants from diverse organisations addressing various aspects of the COVID-19 response. The resulting grant outputs were diverse and impactful, including academic publications, articles for general readership, internal reports, social and traditional media, and frameworks. The principles from the grant round have underpinned the more recent formation of the ongoing First Nations Research preparednesS neTwork (FIRST), to further embed the important principles of First Nations self-determination for ongoing and future pandemic research.
Mass media campaigns sensitize but fail to increase actual organ donation rate
Authors: González Francisca , Vera Cid Felipe , Fuenzalida Fernando
Published: December 2024

Background: Media campaigns aimed at increasing non-living organ donors for transplantation have demonstrated increasing intention to donate in their target population, but their effectiveness for increasing donation rates is not clear. The largest broadcasting corporation in Chile conducted a one-year national mass media campaign (2016-2017) intended to decrease familial refusal to donation. It included prime time TV coverages, advertising with well-known personalities, web, radio, and social media content. In 2016 Chile reached an organ donation rate of 7.9 donors per million population (pmp) and 50% familial refusal; and in 2017, 10 pmp, and 46% familial refusal.

Methods: We used a quasi-experimental design of interrupted time series to analyze the effect of the campaign over organ donation figures, between 2016 and 2017 and between the year before and during the campaign, using ANOVA.

Results: For familial refusal we found no statistically significant difference between 2016-17, yearly (p=0,16), per semester (p=0,28), nor quarterly (p=0,54). Same happened when comparing the period of the campaign (year p=0,17, semester p=0,62, quarter p=0,39). Nonetheless, we found significant differences in organ donors for both yearly periods (p<0,01; p=0,01). Semiannually, we found significant differences just comparing calendar years (p=0,048), but not campaign years (p=0,09). We found no significant differences in the quarterly analyses (p=0,16; p=0,15).

Conclusions: Even though familial refusal did not change, organ donors increased. This, because more potential donors reached the donation request stage of the procurement process, which may have been due to more detection and referral, or better care of patients. Both things are healthcare professionals’ (HCP) responsibility, so maybe the campaign sensitized these professionals, but not its target population. Considering that the campaign had a cost of USD$ 10-20 million, media campaigns are attractive in the short run, but they are unsustainable and ineffective in the long run. Looking for other interventions, like those targeting healthcare professionals should be explored.
Exploring the Relationship Between Birth Weight and Diabetes Among South Asian-American Women
Authors: Amiji Anisa , Nagaraj Nitasha , Vyas Amita
Published: December 2024

The purpose of this study is to examine if a relationship exists between birth weight and diabetes among South Asian American women aged 18 or older living in the U.S. A quantitative web-based cross-sectional survey was designed and distributed to recruit a diverse sample of eligible participants (N=2634). The survey assessed very low birth weight, low birth weight (LBW), pregnancy, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and gestational diabetes mellitus. Of the study population, 21.9% were born very low birth weight, 30.8% were born low birth weight, 12.4% had type 2 diabetes, and 25.9% had a gestational diabetes diagnosis.

After controlling for covariates, women who were born with very low birth weight have 6.54 higher odds of developing type 2 diabetes than women who were not born with very low birth weight. Additionally, women who were born with low birth weight have 4.251 higher odds of developing type 2 diabetes compared to women who were not born with low birth weight. South Asian American women who were born with low birth weight and very low birth weight have 2.5 and 2.59 higher odds of developing gestational diabetes, respectively, compared to participants not born with these conditions.

South Asian American women born with very low birth weight or low birth weight are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes. This is one of the first studies to explore birth weight and diabetes among South Asian American women and provides evidence for the need to develop culturally relevant diabetes prevention interventions for a growing population in the United States.
Computerized Tomography Pulmonary Angiography Image Simulation using Cycle Generative Adversarial Network from Chest CT imaging in Pulmonary Embolism Patients
Authors: Yang Chia , Chua Yi-Wei , Lin Wen-Liang , Huang Ching-Chun , Kuo Chin , Cheng Yun-Chien
Published: December 2024

This study primarily focused on developing a system to generate simulated computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) images for pulmonary embolism diagnosis and aiding medical practitioners gain a more intuitive understanding of the occurrence of pulmonary embolism (PE) in diagnosis. Compared to existing methods, this system provides a non-invasive and cost-effective way to identify patients with possible pulmonary embolism. The research methodology employed the use of CycleGAN architecture to simulate CTPA images and additional implement classifier modulus to enhance ability to restore pulmonary vessel features, using computed tomography (CT) images from 22 patients and their corresponding CTPA images as training data. The experimental and simulation results provide a new approach to clinical diagnosis, which can assist physicians in the complex screening process, allowing physicians to assess whether a patient needs to undergo detailed testing for CTPA, improving the speed of detection of PE and significantly reducing the number of undetected patients.
Looking through the mirror of neuroengineering: Emerging technologies in neurorehabilitation
Authors: Balevi Isil , Anziska Anziska
Published: December 2024

Neurorehabilitation is an evolving area that seeks to improve life standards with functional restoration in neurological conditions such as stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury (SCI), neurodegenerative, and neuromuscular diseases. In this field, neurorehabilitation devices, which essentially target stimulation of the neural pathways to promote recovery and increase patient engagement, have been getting primary attention.

Emerging technologies in neurorehabilitation, particularly those that incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, provide a targeted and personalized approach that traditional rehabilitation methods struggle to achieve. Recent advancements in this field, such as but not limited to robotics (Robotic Assisted Therapy [RAT]) and exoskeletons, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) via direct neural control or neurofeedback, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), non-invasive brain stimulation techniques (transcranial magnetic stimulation [TMS]), transcranial direct current stimulation [tDCS]), and remote monitoring through wearable sensors, are revolutionizing traditional methods. The integration of variable sensors for real-time monitoring enables dynamic therapy adjustments, further enhancing the potential of these technologies.

However, despite the variety and high potential features, challenges remain in adopting emerging technologies in neurorehabilitation. These include the difficulty of access, training requirements for patients and providers, and the crucial need for establishing reliable protocols and regulations before these technologies can be integrated into daily practice.

This review underscores the novelties and advancements in neurorehabilitation technologies, accentuating their potential to not just reshape but inspire the landscape and future of neurological recovery.
A Case Report: Entrapment of the Vertebral Artery between the Skull and the First Cervical Vertebra during Head and Neck Rotation
Authors: Kaale Bertel , McArthur Tony , Kaale Kristoffer
Published: December 2024

Introduction: Entrapment of the Vertebral Artery between the skull and the first cervical vertebra during head and neck rotation may be difficult to assess, much less quantify. Prior investigations have demonstrated that a dynamic axial Computer Tomography scan, while the patient maximally rotates the head right and left, can be used to evaluate and quantify the amount of residual overlap between the inferior articulating facet of the first cervical vertebra and the superior facet of the second vertebra, as an index of ligamentous laxity at the joint. In the present Case Report, we assessed the possibility of entrapment of the Vertebral Artery between the skull and the bow of the first cervical vertebra during hyper-rotation of the cervical spine. By combining the results from a dynamic axial Computer Tomography scan of the upper cervical spine with an Angiography, the results enabled the interpreter to evaluate the course of the blood vessels through and past the skeleton during cervical spine hyper-rotation.

Methods: The Angiography images were obtained with the patient scanned in specific positions on the scanning table as directed and positioned by the supervising clinician. 3D Volumetric Angiography scans were reviewed using RadiAntViewer software using both 3D and cross-sectional imaging techniques.

Result: This Case Report demonstrated a unilateral compression of the Vertebral Artery, left side with the head and neck in right rotation, estimated to 47 % of the total lumen. In neutral position, the lumen of the Vertebral Arteries, right and left side, were completely open.

Discussion: This result suggests a potential point of mechanical stress where the skull could be impinging on nearby structures, possibly affecting neurological and/or vascular components. The findings from these images suggest a relationship between cervical spine movement and potential vascular complications. The described compression appears to be related to over-rotation of the first cervical vertebra along with hyperextension of the skull.

Conclusion: This case report highlights the relationship between upper cervical spine biomechanics and vertebral artery compression, showing that combined rotation and extension can lead to unphysiological compression between the skull and first vertebra. It underscores the value of positional cervical spine CT and CTA as useful tools for diagnosing potential vertebral artery compression.
Evaluation of Salt Taste Perception Threshold as an Additional Screening Tool across a Spectrum of Blood Pressure levels
Authors: GANJI VIDYA
Published: December 2024

Hypertension is one of the major multi-factorial illnesses that is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The development of hypertension is secondary to complex interaction between environmental factors like high dietary salt intake, obesity and genes. Salt perception threshold (SPT) is the lowest concentration at which an individual perceives the salt taste. Recent evidence suggested that SPT is related to total sodium intake and higher salt taste perception thresholds in hypertensives. Thus, we evaluated the SPT and its relationship with dietary salt intake across a spectrum of blood pressure levels as an additional screening tool. Objectives: To evaluate the salt taste perception threshold in normotensive, pre- hypertensives and hypertensive individuals.
Left ventricular endocardial pacing in the real world: Eleven years of experience at a single centre
Authors: Guerrero Juan
Published: December 2024

Background. Left ventricular (LV) endocardial lead implantation is feasible for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) when conventional implantation fails due to anatomical or technical issues or when venous implantation is performed but the patient does not respond to therapy.

Methods. Data, including age, sex, clinical characteristics, anticoagulant use, previous device implantations, indications, technique used, lead model, complications, and clinical and echocardiographic outcomes as well as electrical LV lead measurements were analysed for all patients who underwent endocardial LV lead implantation for CRT due to failed conventional implantation or nonresponse between April 2011 and April 2022.

Results. An active endocardial LV lead was implanted in 55 patients during the study period, without significant complications. No dislodgments or severe complications related to the implantation procedure occurred during the follow- up period (64±35 months), and a high percentage of patients responded to therapy, as assessed by several indicators.

Conclusions. Endocardial LV lead implantation is feasible when the conventional technique fails or is not effective. Most patients responded to the therapy without significant complications.
Physiological interpretation of cardiotocograph (CTG): Inter-observer and “Observer-AI” agreements in recognising types of fetal hypoxic stress
Authors: E Chandraharan , K Griffiths , M Edmondson , C Ingram , T Mohamed , N Zivkovic , N Zivkovic , N Kovacev , L Velemir
Published: December 2024

Introduction: Interobserver reliability in interpreting cardiotocographs (CTGs) using traditional categorization into "normal," "suspicious," and "pathological" is typically very low ranging from Kappa 0.3 to 0.6. Physiological CTG interpretation focuses on identifying specific features of different types of fetal hypoxic stress and a combination of features which are associated with adverse perinatal outcomes.

Objective: To evaluate the agreement among members of the Editorial Board (EBM) of the international expert consensus statement on physiological CTG interpretation, members of the international expert consensus panel (ICP), and the Tweris Mini App (TMA), which is an AI-based CTG interpretation tool developed based on international expert consensus statement.

Materials & Methods: Thirty 10–15-minute CTG trace segments, representing different types of fetal hypoxic stress (chronic, gradually evolving compensated, gradually evolving decompensated, subacute, and acute) and abnormal CTG patterns (atypical sinusoidal or the “Poole Shark Teeth”, typical sinusoidal and the ZigZag patterns), were independently reviewed by 3 editorial board members and 3 international expert consensus panel members. An orthopedic surgeon independently analyzed the same traces using the TMA. Fleiss' Kappa and Z-scores were used for statistical analysis.

Results: Inter-observer agreement was 0.8 (95% CI: 0.72-0.87, p < .001) among EBM and 0.68 (95% CI: 0.60-0.76, p < .001) among ICP, with a statistically significant difference between these groups (p < .05). Agreement between EBM and the Tweris Mini App was higher than between ICP and the Tweris Mini App (0.81 vs 0.73, p = .06).

Conclusion: The inter-observer agreement when using physiological CTG interpretation surpasses that of the inter-observer agreement reported with traditional systems of CTG classification, with higher interobserver agreement among editorial board members compared to international expert consensus panel members. There was a substantial agreement between editorial board members and the Tweris Mini app which was higher than between ICP and the Tweris Mini App. These findings highlight the potential of AI-assisted tools, such as the Tweris Mini App, based on physiological CTG interpretation, to provide expert-level diagnostic accuracy in clinical practice. The Tweris Mini App was found to be superior in consistently recognising rare fetal heart rate patterns.
Assessing and implementing a test, trace, isolate and face mask-wearing programme to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Queretaro, Mexico: a mathematical modelling approach
Authors: Suárez Idueta Lorena , Ruiz Matus Cuitláhuac , Pérez Rendón Martina , Ramírez Argüello Julio César , González Roldán Jesús Felipe , Sánchez Díaz Rocío , Alaníz Cuevas Darío , Kuri Morales Pablo , Aguas Ricardo
Published: December 2024

Abstract 
Non-pharmacological interventions stood as the only severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) morbidity and mortality mitigation tools before vaccines were made available. Some, such as strict “stay-at-home” strategies, posed significant adherence, compliance and sustainability challenges because of social, economic, and psychological factors. Following relaxation of strict social distancing measures, Test, trace and isolate (TTI) strategies sought to mitigate viral spread via self-isolation and quarantine through early detection of infectious people. Mathematical modelling can contribute insight into emergency responses by examining possible scenarios and their impact on morbidity, mortality and public health system capacity. This paper describes the use of mathematical modelling to assess the impact of a test, trace, isolate and face mask-wearing programme to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Queretaro. This model was developed by Oxford University and implemented during the COVID-19 emergency to inform the Health Security Committee in Queretaro. Describing the implementation of mathematical modelling in the field may be valuable to strengthen preparedness and response plans for other potential future pandemics.
The Don, the Moor, and the Betrayer: The "Kiss of Death" in Several Films of Othello
Authors: Semanza Greg M. Colón
Published: December 2024

In the final act of Othello, the hero tells the lifeless Desdemona, "I kiss'd thee ere I kill'd thee" (5.2.359), a moment before taking his own life. The line constitutes one of the play's two indirect allusions to the "kiss of Judas," which is described in three of the four gospels (Luke 22.48; Matthew 26.48-49; Mark 14.44-45). In this essay, I consider the cinema's treatment of Othello's Judas kisses in about ten significant adaptations and/or appropriations of the tragedy produced between the years 1922 and 2006. My goal is to show how each particular film's treatment of the kisses speaks directly to the particular ways directors wish their audiences to relate to the character Othello by story's end — whether primarily as possessed victim, as savage murderer, as both, or as a figure so complex as to defy any such dualistic categorization. I believe that, for filmmakers, the kiss serves as a kind of "ocular proof" of each film's ethical hermeneutic priorities, especially regarding the gender dynamics of the play's narrative.
From Mary Cowden Clarke to Contemporary Young Adult Novels: (Re)constructing Gender and Sexuality in Adaptations of As You Like It and Twelfth Night
Authors: Osborne Laurie E.
Published: December 2024

In "From Mary Cowden Clarke to Contemporary Young Adult Novels: (Re)constructing Gender and Sexuality in YA Adaptations of As You Like It and Twelfth Night," I analyze how YA fictions linked to As You Like It and Twelfth Night rework the crucial yoking of sexual and gender identity that Cowden Clarke identifies from a distinctly Victorian perspective on female sexuality in her 1848-50 novellas, The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines. Contemporary YA Shakespearean adaptations of these two comedies reflect upon the distinctive social and ethical issues that occupy Cowden Clarke, such as same-sex friendships, cross-gender identification, and the multiple consequences of sexual attraction. However, they also explore current issues in gender identity and sexuality while expanding and testing the several temporal and aesthetic frameworks that Shakespeare now inhabits. Current adaptations use Shakespeare to characterize gender as performance and, in turn, to investigate the implications of those performances. Some of these extend the scope of adapting As You Like It and Twelfth Night so that alternative sexual and gender identities have their own narrative space. In effect, these novelists displace homoeroticism, as Cowden Clarke does, but they in turn dismiss those dislocations. With these novels, this essay argues that YA fiction embraces important differences produced by a contemporary willingness to reframe the possible relationships between gender identification and sexuality, in part by negotiating historical changes in that relationship through complex explorations of Shakespearean temporalities.
Implementation of the Agreement on the succession of the former SFRY
Authors: AĆIĆ MARKO , GRUJIĆ MILOŠ
Published: December 2024

Summary:The process of state succession, according to the rules of classical international law and the dominant theory of universal succession taken from Roman law, is inconsistent due to the sources of international law that regulate it. To standardize the practice of dealing with predecessor states and successor states in cases of succession, two international conventions were adopted: the Convention on the Succession of States concerning international treaties in 1978 and the Convention on the Succession of States concerning state property, archives, and debts in 1983. Although the former convention entered into force in 1996, the latter one never did. However, both conventions attempted to standardize the way succession cases are handled following international law. In the case of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), the process of succession following unconstitutional secession became highly politicized, particularly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The instrumentalization of international public law for political purposes in this case is still relevant today, as it highlights the politicization of international relations and legal norms. The Succession Agreement signed in 2001 was a positive step towards fairly dividing the assets and liabilities of the SFRY among the successor states. However, even 23 years after its signing, this process has not been completed. Furthermore, there have been violations of basic human rights by Croatia and Slovenia regarding the succession of acquired rights of former citizens of the SFRY, despite these countries now having the status of EU members. The conclusion suggests the necessity of further cooperation and solving key issues to achieve stability and prosperity in the region.