bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
SAKit: An all-in-one analysis pipeline for identifying novel proteins resulting from variant events at both large and small scales
Authors: Li Yan , Wang Boran , Wu Zengding , Ji Shiliang , Xu Shi , Fei Caiyi
Published: August 2024

Background: Genetic mutations that cause the inactivation or aberrant activation of essential proteins may trigger alterations or even dysfunctions in cellular signaling pathways, culminating in the development of precancerous lesions and cancer. Mutations and such dysfunctions can result in the generation of “novel proteins” that are not part of the conventional human proteome. Identification of these proteins carries a profound potential for unraveling promising drug targets and designing innovative therapeutic models. Despite the emergence of diverse tools for detecting DNA or RNA variants, facilitated by the widespread adoption of nucleotide sequencing technology, these methods primarily target point mutations and exhibit suboptimal performance in detecting large-scale and combinatorial mutations. Additionally, the outcomes of these tools are confined to the genome and transcriptome levels, and do not provide the corresponding protein information resulting from genetic alterations. Results: We present the development of Sequencing Analysis Kit (SAKit), a bioinformatics pipeline for hybrid sequencing analysis integrating long-read and short-read RNA sequencing data. Long reads are utilized for detecting large-scale variations such as gene fusions, exon skipping, intron retention, and aberrant expression in non-coding regions, owing to their excellent coverage capabilities. Short reads serve to validate these findings at breakpoints and splice junctions. Conversely, short reads are employed for identifying small-scale variations, including single nucleotide variants, deletions, and insertions, due to their superior sequencing depth, with long reads providing additional validation. SAKit is designed to perform analyses using inter-species configuration files comprising genome references and annotation data, making it applicable to both human and mouse studies. Furthermore, SAKit implements a hierarchical filtering approach to eliminate low-confidence variants and employs open reading frame (ORF) analysis to translate identified variants into protein sequences. Conclusion: SAKit is a robust and versatile bioinformatics tool designed for the comprehensive identification of both large-scale and small-scale variants from RNA-seq data, facilitating the discovery of novel proteins. This pipeline integrates analysis of long-read and short-read sequencing data, offering a powerful solution for researchers in genomics and transcriptomics. SAKit is freely accessible and open-source, available through GitHub ( https://github.com/therarna/SAKit ) and as a Docker image https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/therarna ). Implemented primarily within a Snakemake framework using Python, SAKit ensures reproducibility, scalability, and ease of use for the scientific community.
Circular Linear Diophantine Fuzzy Sets and Their Application in Medical Diagnosis
Authors: Puzhakkara Theresa J. , Jose Shiny
Published: August 2024

To address the uncertainty and imprecision in a complex system, the concept of the linear Diophantine fuzzy set (LDFS) was introduced, which is a fuzzy set extension that eliminates the constraints of current methodologies and gives the decision-maker complete freedom to select the grades, producing results that are expressive and flexible. A circular intuitionistic fuzzy set (C-IFS) is depicted by a circle with the membership and non-membership values as its center coordinates, addressing the ambiguity regarding membership and non-membership values. In this paper, we propose the notion of a circular linear Diophantine fuzzy set (C-LDFS) as a hybrid structure of both circular intuitionistic fuzzy sets and linear Diophantine fuzzy sets. In addition, some fundamental set operations on C-LDFSs are presented. Furthermore, a similarity metric for C-LDFS is also introduced in the paper. Additionally, we confirm the axiomatic requirement of the similarity measure and highlight a few of its traits. Finally, the proposed similarity metric is implemented in clinical decision-making to illustrate its efficacy.
Preparation and Electrochemical Properties of High Specific Surface Carbon Aerogel/SnO2 Anode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries
Authors: Han Wenzhuo , Xia Shuang , Xu Xupeng , Luo Zhenya , Li Yi , Lei Weixin , Lu Fang
Published: August 2024

Lithium-ion batteries have consistently been a focal point of research in the field of energy. Traditional graphite anodes no longer meet the increasing demands for energy density. SnO2, with its high theoretical capacity, environmental friendliness, and safety, has emerged as a promising anode material for the next generation. However, issues such as volumetric expansion and agglomeration during charge–discharge cycles hinder its practical application. Addressing these challenges, this paper combines the high capacity of SnO2 with conductive and highly porous carbon aerogels, comparing the performance differences between composite anodes prepared by vacuum impregnation and hydrothermal methods. The results show the following: (1) high specific surface area carbon aerogels are beneficial for enhancing performance; (2) vacuum impregnation yields relatively higher initial capacity and better cycle stability; and (3) hydrothermal synthesis results in a higher loading of SnO2.
Mean-reverting diffusion model-enhanced acoustic-resolution photoacoustic microscopy for resolution enhancement: Toward optical resolution
Authors: Cao Yiyang , Lu Shunfeng , Wan Cong , Wang Yiguang , Liu Xuan , Guo Kangjun , Cao Yubin , Li Zilong , Liu Qiegen , Song Xianlin
Published: August 2024

Acoustic-resolution photoacoustic microscopy (AR-PAM) suffers from degraded lateral resolution due to acoustic diffraction. Here, a resolution enhancement strategy for AR-PAM via a mean-reverting diffusion model was proposed to achieve the transition from acoustic resolution to optical resolution. By modeling the degradation process from high-resolution image to low-resolution AR-PAM image with stable Gaussian noise (i.e., mean state), a mean-reverting diffusion model is trained to learn prior information of the data distribution. Then the learned prior is employed to generate a high-resolution image from the AR-PAM image by iteratively sampling the noisy state. The performance of the proposed method was validated utilizing the simulated and in vivo experimental data under varying lateral resolutions and noise levels. The results show that an over 3.6-fold enhancement in lateral resolution was achieved. The image quality can be effectively improved, with a notable enhancement of ∼66% in PSNR and ∼480% in SSIM for in vivo data.
Encouraging Users to Change Breached Passwords Using the Protection Motivation Theory
Authors: Zou Yixin , Le Khue , Mayer Peter , Acquisti Alessandro , Aviv Adam J. , Schaub Florian
Published: August 2024

We draw on the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to design interventions that encourage users to change breached passwords. Our online experiment (

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2 factorial design. Compared to the control condition, participants receiving the threat appeal were more likely to intend to change their passwords, and participants receiving both appeals were more likely to end up changing their passwords. Participants’ password change behaviors are further associated with other factors, such as their security attitudes (SA-6) and time passed since the breach, suggesting that PMT-based interventions are useful but insufficient to fully motivate users to change their passwords. Our study contributes to PMT’s application in security research and provides concrete design implications for improving compromised credential notifications.
Systematic Literature Review of Commercial Participation in Open Source Software
Authors: Li Xuetao , Zhang Yuxia , Osborne Cailean , Zhou Minghui , Jin Zhi , Liu Hui
Published: August 2024

Open source software (OSS) has been playing a fundamental role in not only information technology but also our social lives. Attracted by various advantages of OSS, increasing commercial companies are participating extensively in open source development, and this has had a broad impact. Enormous research efforts have been devoted to understanding this phenomenon and trying to pursue a win-win result. To characterize the current research achievement and identify challenges, this article provides a comprehensive systematic literature review (SLR) of existing research on company participation in OSS. We collected 105 papers and organized them based on their research topics, which cover three main directions, i.e., participation motivation, contribution model, and impact on OSS development. We found that companies have diverse motivations from economic, technological, and social aspects, and no one study covered all the motivation categories. Existing studies categorize five main companies’ contribution models in OSS projects through their objectives and how they shape OSS communities. Researchers also explored how commercial participation affects OSS development, including companies, developers, and OSS projects. This study contributes to a comprehensive understanding of commercial participation in OSS development. Based on our findings, we present a set of research challenges and promising directions for companies’ better participation in OSS.
Artificial Intelligence of Things: A Survey
Authors: Siam Shakhrul Iman , Ahn Hyunho , Liu Li , Alam Samiul , Shen Hui , Cao Zhichao , Shroff Ness , Krishnamachari Bhaskar , Srivastava Mani , Zhang Mi
Published: August 2024

The integration of the Internet of Things (IoT) and modern Artificial Intelligence (AI) has given rise to a new paradigm known as the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT). In this survey, we provide a systematic and comprehensive review of AIoT research. We examine AIoT literature related to sensing, computing, and networking & communication, which form the three key components of AIoT. In addition to advancements in these areas, we review domain-specific AIoT systems that are designed for various important application domains. We have also created an accompanying GitHub repository, where we compile the papers included in this survey: https://github.com/AIoT-MLSys-Lab/AIoT-Survey. This repository will be actively maintained and updated with new research as it becomes available. As both IoT and AI become increasingly critical to our society, we believe that AIoT is emerging as an essential research field at the intersection of IoT and modern AI. It is our hope that this survey will serve as a valuable resource for those engaged in AIoT research and act as a catalyst for future explorations to bridge gaps and drive advancements in this exciting field.
RCCNet: A Spatial-Temporal Neural Network Model for Logistics Delivery Timely Rate Prediction
Authors: Yi Jinhui , Yan Huan , Wang Haotian , Yuan Jian , Li Yong
Published: August 2024

In logistics service, the delivery timely rate is a key experience indicator, which is highly essential to the competitive advantage of express companies. Prediction on it enables intervention on couriers with low predicted results in advance, thus ensuring employee productivity and customer satisfaction. Currently, few related works focus on couriers’ level delivery timely rate prediction, and there are complex spatial correlations between couriers and road districts in the express scenario, which makes traditional real-time prediction approaches hard to utilize. To deal with this, we propose a deep spatial-temporal neural network, RCCNet to model spatial-temporal correlations. Specifically, we adopt Node2vec, which can encode the road network-based graph directly to capture spatial correlations between road districts. Further, we calculate couriers’ historical time-series similarity to build a graph and employ graph convolutional networks to capture the correlation between couriers. We also leverage historical sequential information with long short-term memory networks. We conduct experiments with real-world express datasets. Compared with other competitive baseline methods widely used in industry, the experiment results demonstrate its superior performance over multiple baselines.
Open-Source Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Authors: Chermak Steven M. , Freilich Joshua D. , Greene-Colozzi Emily , Klein Brent R.
Published: August 2024

This review focuses on the use of open-source data in criminology and criminal justice research, highlighting the field's advancements through these data, optimal practices for constructing open-source databases, and key methodological hurdles to confront. As the amount and types of available public information have grown, scholars have capitalized on this access by constructing open-source databases. Our review found extraordinary growth in this research area and that these flexible methods have been used to study a range of important topics, including issues that have been historically challenging to research. These methods have been most impactful in the study of rare events, such as school shootings, terrorism, and mass shootings. Some studies have become core works that significantly impacted criminology and other scientific disciplines, and the limits of the use of sources have yet to be determined. Our review of this literature found variations in the methodological approach to constructing such databases. Many studies did not evaluate the credibility of the open-source information they relied upon and often were not transparent in describing their research process. We identify the different processual elements of systematically developing and using such data. We highlight the strengths and weaknesses of these methods, set forth best practices, and discuss how to improve methodological rigor and oversight in future research.
Contemporary Perioperative Nutritional Care
Authors: Ljungqvist Olle , Weimann Arved , Sandini Marta , Baldini Gabriele , Gianotti Luca
Published: August 2024

Over the last decades, surgical complication rates have fallen drastically. With the introduction of new surgical techniques coupled with specific evidence-based perioperative care protocols, patients today run half the risk of complications compared with traditional care. Many patients who in previous years needed weeks of hospital care now recover and can leave in days. These remarkable improvements are achieved by using nutritional stress-reducing care elements for the surgical patient that reduce metabolic stress and allow for the return of gut function. This new approach to nutritional care and how it is delivered as an integral part of enhancing recovery after surgery are outlined in this review. We also summarize the new and increased understanding of the effects of the routes of delivering nutrition and the role of the gut, as well as the current recommendations for artificial nutritional support.
Multiomics: Functional Molecular Biomarkers of Micronutrients for Public Health Application
Authors: Allen Lindsay H. , Fenech Michael , LeVatte Marcia A. , West Keith P. , Wishart David S.
Published: August 2024

Adequate micronutrient intake and status are global public health goals. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies are widespread and known to impair health and survival across the life stages. However, knowledge of molecular effects, metabolic pathways, biological responses to variation in micronutrient nutriture, and abilities to assess populations for micronutrient deficiencies and their pathology remain lacking. Rapidly evolving methodological capabilities in genomics, epigenomics, proteomics, and metabolomics offer unparalleled opportunities for the nutrition research community to link micronutrient exposure to cellular health; discover new, arguably essential micronutrients of microbial origin; and integrate methods of molecular biology, epidemiology, and intervention trials to develop novel approaches to assess and prevent micronutrient deficiencies in populations. In this review article, we offer new terminology to specify nutritional application of multiomic approaches and encourage collaboration across the basic to public health sciences to advance micronutrient deficiency prevention.
Age- and sex-specific biomechanics and extracellular matrix remodeling of the ascending aorta in a mouse model of severe Marfan syndrome
Authors: Dwivedi Krashn Kumar , Rother Jacob , Wagenseil Jessica E.
Published: August 2024

Using a mouse model ( Fbn1mgR/mgR = MU) of severe thoracic aortic aneurysm in Marfan syndrome (MFS), we found that male MU aorta had an accelerated time line and increased amounts of dilatation, stiffening, and extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling compared with female MU aorta that may have contributed to an increased risk of fatigue failure with cyclic loading over time and a reduced life span. We suggest that aortic stiffness may provide useful information for clinical management of aneurysms in MFS.
Impairment of microvascular endothelial Kir2.1 channels contributes to endothelial dysfunction in human hypertension
Authors: Do Couto Natalia F. , Fancher Ibra , Granados Sara T. , Cavalcante-Silva Jacqueline , Beverley Katie M. , Ahn Sang Joon , Hwang Chueh-Lung , Phillips Shane A. , Levitan Irena
Published: August 2024

Impairment of endothelial function under high blood pressure is linked to the loss of inwardly rectifying K+ (Kir2.1) channels activity in human resistance arteries, leading to a reduction in flow-induced vasodilation and possibly leading to a vicious cycle between elevation of blood pressure, and further impairment of Kir2.1 function and flow-induced vasodilation.
Comprehensive and Validated Computational Investigations of Structural Integrity, Aerodynamic Behavior, and Its Turbulence Characteristics on Agricultural Drone with and without Payload Devices
Authors: Stanislaus Arputharaj Beena , Jayakumar Shyam Sundar , Solaiappan Senthil Kumar , Raja Vijayanandh , Rajendran Parvathy , Krishnamoorthy Maheswari , Jeyaraj Hari Prasath , Madasamy Senthil Kumar , Thaiyan Rajendran Ragavendra , Ahmed Ali Mahmood
Published: August 2024

In recent years, multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles (MRUAVs) have seen increased investment and deployment for various novel uses, including intruder surveillance, agro farming, and crack detection in severe environments. An identical line of inquiry motivates this work, which aims to better use MRUAVs for agriculture. This study used an agricultural drone (AD) with a coaxial propeller. The proposed AD has increased stability compared to conventional ADs due to employing a coaxial rotor instead of one of the conventional rotors. The proposed AD can be customized to accommodate a wide range of design requirements; however, this investigation uses a payload weight of 2.5 kg. The coaxial propeller arrangement, the “Y” frame, and the fertilizer tank are among the many complex AD parts built efficiently with the help of the cutting‐edge tool CATIA. Predictions of flow behavior over the AD and its side effects are presented to confirm the built AD further. Eddy formation and the subsequent pressure drag developments on the AD are simulated using the province computational tool Ansys Fluent. Velocity profiles of fluid variations over the AD are studied after estimating vertical takeoff, vertical landing, and forward speed conditions for various flexible payloads equipped with MRUAV models. The AD’s minor influence allows the construction of eddy structures within and around it. Finally, AD’s structural displacements and failure factors under aerodynamic loads are commuted through the fluid‐structure interaction approach. The suggested agricultural drone, thus, is robust and well suited for multicomputational tool agricultural applications.
BN Promoted Heterojunction Ni─Fe─P/BN Electrocatalyst with Excellent Performance of Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Authors: Han Guoqiang , Wang Chunyang , Zhao Shen , Bian Haowei , Xie Guangwen , Liu Xin , Jiang Luhua
Published: August 2024

In this research, we have successfully synthesized a Ni─Fe─P/h‐BN catalyst through a simple one‐step electrodeposition method for efficient water splitting in a KOH electrolytic cell. Our prepared Ni─Fe─P/h‐BN catalyst showcased exceptional electrocatalytic activity for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), with an overpotential of only 210 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm⁻2. Notably, this value is significantly lower compared to 248 mV observed for Ni─Fe─P/Fe without h‐BN and also superior to the results reported for other catalysts. Furthermore, through the ball milling, we further enhanced the OER performance of the catalyst, achieving an impressive overpotential of 200 mV at the same density of 10 mA cm−2. The exceptional OER performance displayed by the Ni─Fe─P/h‐BN composite is attributable to the synergistic effects of Ni─Fe─P and h‐BN. Furthermore, the introduction of a heterojunction between h‐BN and Ni─Fe─P serves to further enhance the OER capability of the catalyst. This investigation introduces a straightforward and effective approach for fabricating cost‐effective and high‐performance electrocatalysts intended for water electrolysis.
Supplementary Table 2 from Evaluating the Impact of Race and Ethnicity on Health-Related Quality of Life Disparities in Patients with Esophageal Cancer: A SEER-MHOS National Database Study
Authors: Wu Trudy C. , Farrell Matthew J. , Karimi-Mostowfi Nicki , Chaballout Basil H. , Akingbemi Wisdom O. , Grogan Tristan R. , Raldow Ann C.
Published: August 2024

Multivariate Results comparing Individual Scales from the SF-36®/VR-12 in the Post-Diagnosis Cohort
Supplementary Table S6 from The Effect of Exposure to Neighborhood Violence on Glucocorticoid Receptor Signaling in Lung Tumors
Authors: Heath Hannah , Yoo Jin Y. , Akter Sabrina , Jain Atharva , Sharma Vani , McGee Hannah , Soliman Aiman , Mahmoud Abeer M. , Matthews Alicia K. , Winn Robert A. , Madak-Erdogan Zeynep , Kim Sage J.
Published: August 2024

Pathway analysis results of cluster 6 genes from Supplementary Figure 4B.
Supplementary Table S5 from The Effect of Exposure to Neighborhood Violence on Glucocorticoid Receptor Signaling in Lung Tumors
Authors: Heath Hannah , Yoo Jin Y. , Akter Sabrina , Jain Atharva , Sharma Vani , McGee Hannah , Soliman Aiman , Mahmoud Abeer M. , Matthews Alicia K. , Winn Robert A. , Madak-Erdogan Zeynep , Kim Sage J.
Published: August 2024

Pathway analysis results of cluster 7 genes from Supplementary Figure 4A.
Table 2 from Mathematical Modeling of Tumor Growth in Preclinical Mouse Models with Applications in Biomarker Discovery and Drug Mechanism Studies
Authors: Zhou Huajun , Mao Binchen , Guo Sheng
Published: August 2024

Descriptive statistics of the mouse tumor model dataset
Figure S16 from Mathematical Modeling of Tumor Growth in Preclinical Mouse Models with Applications in Biomarker Discovery and Drug Mechanism Studies
Authors: Zhou Huajun , Mao Binchen , Guo Sheng
Published: August 2024

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Associations between Daily Stressors, Health, and Affective Responses among Older Adults: The Moderating Effect of Age
Authors: Peleg Shira , Wallimann Miriam , Pauly Theresa
Published: August 2024

Introduction: Reactivity to daily stressors may change as a function of stressor type and age. However, prior research often excludes older adults or compares them to younger age groups (e.g., younger and middle-aged adults). Recognizing older adults as a heterogeneous population with shifting motivations, this study focused on individuals aged ≥65 years and tested age differences in associations between different types of daily stressors, affect, and physical symptoms. Methods: A total of 108 older adults aged 65–92 years (M = 73.11, SD = 5.92; 58% women) completed daily dairy questionnaires on daily stressors, positive and negative affect, and physical symptoms for 14 consecutive days. Multilevel models were employed, adjusting for sex, age, education, living situation, and day-in-study. Results: Findings revealed age-dependent variations in the associations between daily stressors and affect and physical symptoms. Specifically, external stressors (e.g., finance and traffic stressors) and health stressors were more strongly associated with daily affective states and with overall physical symptoms (respectively) among older age adults. Age did not moderate associations between social stressors and affect or physical symptoms. Conclusion: These findings underscore the heterogeneous nature of older adults’ responses to daily stressors based on stressor type and age. Specifically, the oldest-old might benefit from personalized support for dealing with challenges such as health and financial stressors.
IFMSS at Forty: You Heard It Here First
Authors: Lim Karen Mei Xian , Luks Francois I.
Published: August 2024

Background: The International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society (IFMSS) was founded a little over 40 years ago, to offer a collegial, interdisciplinary forum for fetal specialists worldwide. Its inclusive culture has allowed innovations, successes, and failures to be reported freely. The present report examines progress in the field of fetal medicine, as reflected by the diversity and frequency of IFMSS presentations. We also test the hypothesis that throughout the decades, IFMSS has remained at the forefront of new developments in fetal diagnosis and therapy. Summary: The scientific programs of annual conferences were reviewed for title and subject and assigned one or more keywords, and a single category (resulting in absolute, rather than relative incidences of topics). Select procedures covered at IFMSS meetings were plotted over time against comparable queries in PubMed. 5,467 presentations were reviewed and categorized. Keywords were plotted as a heatmap, showing a gradual shift from mostly observational to increasingly invasive studies. The relative interest of particular topics varied widely over the years, from bladder obstruction and renal pathology in early meetings, to complicated twin gestations, to fetal surgery for diaphragmatic hernia and myelomeningocele. Reports on the treatment of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, fetal surgery for myelomeningocele and stem cell therapy preceded similar publications in the world literature by several years. Key Messages: In its 40-year history, IFMSS has continued to offer an interdisciplinary forum for fetal medicine specialists, even as the topics of interests have evolved with the pace of technology, long-term follow-up, and new scientific discoveries.
ГРОМАДСЬКЕ ЗДОРОВ’Я ТА ЙОГО ДЕТЕРМІНАНТИ
Authors: Харченко Н. В. , Зюзін В. О. , Коршенко В. О. , Костріков А. В.
Published: August 2024

Мета: проаналізувати дані літературних джерел і висвітлити заходи, що спрямовані як на всю спільноту, так і на індивідуальні потреби щодо здоров’я.
Матеріали і методи. Проведено аналіз літературних джерел, що орієнтовані на поліпшення середовища життєдіяльності людини, зменшення факторів ризику, що формують значний тягар захворюваності та смертності серед населення, і стимулювання тих факторів, які, навпаки, сприяють зміцненню та збереженню здоров’я.
Використано бібліосемантичний (вивчення фахової сучасної міжнародної літератури з досліджуваної проблеми) та аналітичний методи дослідження.
Результати. Досягнення цілей громадського здоров’я на національному рівні є можливим, серед іншого, завдяки належно побудованій і розвиненій системі громадського здоров’я як сукупності суб’єктів публічного та непублічного сектора (у тому числі органів державної влади, органів місцевого самоврядування, міжнародних організацій, фізичних та юридичних осіб), які здійснюють ряд заходів, спрямованих на зміцнення здоров’я населення, запо­бігання хворобам та збільшення тривалості життя.
Висновок. З урахуванням євроінтеграційного вектора розвитку України політику щодо охорони здоров’я перед­бачено формувати шляхом побудови системи громадського здоров’я, яка є комплексом інструментів, процедур і заходів, що реалізуються державними та недержавними інституціями для зміцнення здоров’я населення, запобігання захворюванням, подовження активного та працездатного віку й заохочення до здорового способу життя шляхом об’єднаних зусиль усього суспільства.
Cesariana eletiva: revisão integrativa sobre o discurso de mulheres e fatores que influenciam na escolha do parto cesáreo no Brasil
Authors: Carvalho Beatriz Farias Agres , Moreira Leandro de Almeida , Oliveira Mariana Silva , Vieira Michele Santos , Oliveira Viviane Miranda , Oliveira Bárbara Cabral de Sousa
Published: August 2024

No Brasil, as taxas de partos cesarianos excedem o previsto pela Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), frequentemente realizadas sem uma indicação absoluta. Logo, faz-se necessário rever as justificativas que induzem a escolha da mulher por essa via de parturição. Assim, o objetivo deste é compreender os motivos subjacentes à escolha da cesariana eletiva, pela análise do discurso das mulheres, e investigar as verdadeiras indicações para esse método de parto. Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa de literatura na qual foram analisados estudos qualitativos das bases de dados SciELO, PubMed, BDENF, MEDLINE, LILACS/BVS e CAPES/MEC. Os descritores usados incluem "cesarean section", "abdominal delivery", "perception" e "qualitative research". Os dados foram categorizados em: I - O aumento das taxas de cesariana no grupo 5 da Classificação de Robson; II - A falta de informação e o discurso do médico paternalista; III - A importância do protagonismo feminino. Identificou-se que a escolha da via de parto é influenciada por diversos fatores biopsicossociais e pela opinião do profissional médico, em detrimento de uma indicação embasada em evidências, comprometendo a autonomia feminina no processo parturitivo, mesmo entre aquelas submetidas à cesariana que possuem elevado nível de escolaridade ou conhecimento científico.
Sobre a transexualidade: racionalidade e tom emocional-volitivo nas Anotações para Voto de Ministro Relator do STF
Authors: Pistori Maria Helena Cruz
Published: August 2024

Este artigo tem como objetivo a análise das Anotações para o Voto Oral de Ministro Relator no STF a respeito do tratamento social a ser dispensado a transexuais. A fundação teórico-metodológica do trabalho é a Análise Dialógica do Discurso, baseada na obra de Mikhail Bakhtin e o Círculo. Por meio de noções bakhtinianas como discurso, relações dialógicas, gêneros do discurso, cronotopo e tom emocional-volitivo, o artigo busca a observação, o reconhecimento e a interpretação: i.) dos cronotopos em conflito; ii.) das Anotações como um gênero do discurso jurídico e iii.) do seu tom emocional-volitivo. Concluímos que conteúdo e forma se juntam na entonação valorativa social, privilegiando a esfera jurídica no modo de refletir e refratar a realidade.
Caetano Veloso e a ditadura civil-empresarial-militar: mediações entre o “é proibido proibir” e o “é permitido permitir”
Authors: Saraiva José Américo Bezerra
Published: August 2024

A questão do engajamento político durante a ditadura civil-empresarial-militar (1964-1985) gerou muitos mal-entendidos. Estávamos no período da Guerra Fria, fase da história mundial de intenso patrulhamento político-ideológico, que exigia de cada indivíduo uma adesão explícita e integral a uma das duas ordens mundiais em conflito aberto. Nesse período, uma figura pública, das mais combatidas por militantes de todos os matizes políticos, considerada por alguns o representante-mor da alienação nacional, foi o cantor e compositor de música popular urbana de mercado Caetano Veloso. Conhecido no anedotário da crítica cultural brasileira como aquele que timbrava em dizer ‘ou não’ ao final de uma linha de raciocínio tecida por ele, Caetano Veloso na verdade estava se abrindo para o contraditório ao invés de, como queriam alguns de seus críticos, afirmar que tudo teria o mesmo peso na ‘geleia geral brasileira’. Em sua produção artística do período, Caetano Veloso propunha mesmo era recolocar o tema Brasil em discussão. Fundamentando-me na análise semiótica de textos cancionais da época, buscarei mostrar que a atuação artístico-comportamental de Caetano Veloso desafiava o regime militar ao situar-se em seus desvãos, suas reentrâncias e suas frestas para afirmar a autonomia, a independência e a liberdade de pensamento e ação.
Portugal, província do Brasil? O policentrismo do império híbrido luso-brasileiro. Especificidades históricas
Authors: Pereira Marcos Aurélio
Published: August 2024

In 1808, the Portuguese royal family arrived in Brazil, fleeing the Napoleonic invasions of Portugal. From then on, an entire political-administrative structure was created in the colony that transformed Rio de Janeiro into the new capital of the Portuguese overseas empire. This article addresses issues of political identity in this Portuguese empire from 1808 to 1822. It seeks to demonstrate, through sources, historiographical debate and valuing the perspectives of the comparative history of the Iberian kingdoms – mainly Spain, which was also invaded and its domains –, such as certain analytical premises articulated with the concepts of political hybridity and polycentric monarchy, contribute to the understanding of how this empire functioned and the dynamism of its political culture. In the meantime, the specificity of the Luso-Brazilian empire that was established in the tropics is attested as an unprecedented configuration in the history of monarchies in the Modern era.
Fast frequency modulation is encoded according to the listener expectations in the human subcortical auditory pathway
Authors: Tabas Alejandro , Kiebel Stefan , Marxen Michael , von Kriegstein Katharina
Published: August 2024

Expectations aid and bias our perception. For instance, expected words are easier to recognise than unexpected words, particularly in noisy environments, and incorrect expectations can make us misunderstand our conversational partner. Expectations are combined with the output from the sensory pathways to form representations of auditory objects in the cerebral cortex. Previous literature has shown that expectations propagate further down to subcortical stations during the encoding of static pure tones. However, it is unclear whether expectations also drive the subcortical encoding of subtle dynamic elements of the acoustic signal that are not represented in the tonotopic axis. Here, we tested the hypothesis that subjective expectations drive the encoding of fast frequency modulation (FM) in the human subcortical auditory pathway. We used fMRI to measure neural responses in the human auditory midbrain (inferior colliculus) and thalamus (medial geniculate body). Participants listened to sequences of FM-sweeps for which they held different expectations based on the task instructions. We found robust evidence that the responses in auditory midbrain and thalamus encode the difference between the acoustic input and the subjective expectations of the listener. The results indicate that FM-sweeps are already encoded at the level of the human auditory midbrain and that encoding is mainly driven by subjective expectations. We conclude that the subcortical auditory pathway is integrated in the cortical network of predictive processing and that expectations are used to optimise the encoding of fast dynamic elements of the acoustic signal.
Fighters and friends: female dominance hierarchy and male territoriality in a multicoloured poisonous frog
Authors: da Rocha Sulamita Marques Correia , Lima Albertina Pimentel
Published: August 2024

Dendrobatid frogs are famous for their amazing body design colours and poisonous skin. The male perspective is the focus of most studies, with males known as caregivers, persistent singers, and assiduous flirts. Little is known about what females do other than reproduce or very rarely be territorial and care for their tadpoles. Two interesting questions that remain to be answered are whether dendrobatid frogs can organize themselves into a complex social system and what males and females do outside of reproductive periods. We studied the multicolour species Adelphobates galactonotus in a delimited natural environment, with 11 females and 6 males with three different body colours. Over 27 months, the individuals interacted and conducted their life histories together since their metamorphosis. Continuous daily samplings revealed that females and males are organized in a female dominance hierarchy based on aggression, with resource defence: the territory. The social repertoire involved touching, visual and sound communication, fights and grouping of individuals associated with dominant females and territorial males. Herein, we describe the social repertoire, and we tested the behavioural trait that most influences successful reproduction: fighting a lot or being a popular individual in groups.
Vocalisation in wild-living mountain gazelles (Gazella gazella): structure and context of acoustical signals
Authors: Arnon Amir , Koyama Nicola F. , Wronski Torsten
Published: August 2024

Describing vocalisations of species in the wild is an important step to understanding their function. A wild-living population of mountain gazelles (Gazella gazella) was monitored in Israel, using camera traps, thereby providing a first detailed description of the acoustic repertoire. We described six acoustical signals that were either reported by previous authors or that were hitherto not reported. Acoustic signals were categorised according to behavioural context as alarm calls, courtship calls or threat calls and — if possible — characterised by four acoustic variables, i.e., duration, maximum amplitude frequency, three power quartiles and fundamental frequency. Vocalisations were illustrated as spectrograms supplemented by full video sequences to show the acoustical signal in its environmental, social, and behavioural context. Given the rather inconspicuous character of many acoustic signals, we proposed further in-depth studies of vocalisation in mountain gazelles and other Antilopine species to unravel new insights into their behaviour and social organisation.
Xi Jinping’s Global Civilization Initiative
Authors: Peters Michael A.
Published: August 2024

This article examines Xi Jinping’s Global Civilization Initiative, introduced in 2023 as part of China’s broader foreign policy vision. It analyzes the key principles and components of the initiative, including its emphasis on mutual respect between civilizations, cultural exchange, common development, and multilateralism. The article contextualizes the initiative within China’s approach to global governance and modernization, comparing it to previous frameworks like the “clash of civilizations” thesis. It explores the potential implications of the Global Civilization Initiative for China’s role on the world stage and its relations with other nations. The article argues that this initiative represents a significant development in China’s diplomatic strategy, reflecting its growing global influence and desire to promote an alternative vision of world order based on Chinese values and modernization.
Human Security and Peaceful Coexistence in Islam
Authors: Rane Halim
Published: August 2024

This article contributes to the broader debate on interreligious relations and nonviolence in Islam by examining references to the concept of covenant (ʿahd and mīthāq) in the Qurʾān and specific covenantal documents attributed to Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Covenants include solemn agreements, bonds, pledges and treaties, and are central to the Qurʾānic narrative of human existence and coexistence as well as the diplomacy of the Prophet, though they are understudied and underrepresented in discourses about Islam. Content analysis is used to identify the commands, narratives and themes concerning covenants in Islam’s primary, preeminent sources. The article shows that covenants in the Qurʾān and Sunnah establish human security and peaceful coexistence as the normative basis of relations between Muslims and non-Muslims, which influenced early interreligious relations but were neglected over time. While Islamic covenants establish a principle of nonviolence, the use of armed force is permitted, in self-defence, in response to armed aggression and treaty violation that threatens peace and security. These findings have profound implications for our understanding of interreligious relations and the legitimate use of force in Islam.
Factors Controlling Superrotation in a Terrestrial Aquaplanet
Authors: Zurita-Gotor Pablo , Held Isaac M.
Published: August 2024

Extending previous work with a dry model, this study investigates the sensitivity of superrotation to the location/strength of baroclinic eddies in an idealized moist aquaplanet GCM with terrestrial rotation rate and planetary radius. A suite of fixed-SST experiments is performed in which the extratropical SST gradient is flattened poleward of some specified latitude. Consistent with the dry simulations, transition to superrotation is found as this reference latitude moves near the subtropics. The superrotation is dependent on the equatorial acceleration due to interactions between equatorial Kelvin waves and subtropical Rossby waves, but is strongly enhanced by a reduction in drag by the baroclinic eddies on the subtropical upper troposphere. The reduction in the extratropical drag and the strength of superrotation depend on the strength and structure of the Hadley cell, and hence on convective closure. The transition to strong superrotation is aided by a positive feedback that cannot occur when a strong Hadley cell drag limits the equatorial vertical shear and upper-troposphere equatorial westerlies.
The Impacts of Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves on Extreme Rainfall in Northern Australia
Authors: Muhammad Fadhlil R. , Vincent Claire , King Andrew , Lubis Sandro W.
Published: August 2024

Convectively coupled equatorial waves (CCEWs) with an off-equatorial convective center, such as equatorial Rossby (ER) waves, mixed Rossby–gravity (MRG) waves, and tropical depression (TD)-type waves, can be the potential sources of predictability for subseasonal to seasonal prediction over northern Australia. To establish the statistical relationship of the wave–rainfall interaction, we investigate the influences of CCEWs on rainfall means and extremes during the austral summer (December–February) and autumn (March–May) from 1981 to 2018. The results show that ER waves increase the average daily rainfall by up to 7 mm day−1 (4 mm day−1) during the austral summer (autumn) and increase the probability of extreme rainfall (above the 90th percentile) by around 1.5–2.4 times (summer) and 1.1–1.8 times (autumn) relative to climatology. MRG and TD-type waves are shown to have a smaller impact, increasing rainfall by around 1–4 mm day−1 (1–1.5 and 1–3 mm day−1) during the summer (autumn) and extreme probability by 1.4–1.6 times and 1.25–1.9 times (1.3–1.8 times and 1.27–1.7 times), respectively. The increase in rainfall can be attributed to the enhancement of moisture convergence during the time of the rainfall. Furthermore, moisture gain and enhancement of moisture advection were found ahead of the convective center. Additionally, we find that interactions between multiple waves can act to amplify or suppress the mean daily and probability of extreme rainfall. This research highlights the important role of CCEWs on northern Australian precipitation variability.

Significance Statement

This research is the first to delve into the significant role of convectively coupled equatorial waves (CCEWs) on subseasonal rainfall variability over northern Australia, particularly equatorial Rossby (ER) waves, mixed Rossby–gravity (MRG) waves, and tropical-depression-type (TD-type) waves. A robust statistical relationship is found between these waves and rainfall, suggesting these waves are major contributors to increased daily rainfall and extreme rainfall probabilities during austral summer and autumn. These findings emphasize the significance of CCEWs on northern Australian rainfall variability and highlight the potential of CCEWs for subseasonal to seasonal forecasts in Australia.
Clinical Diagnosis and Genetic Analysis of Children With Muscular Dystrophies
Authors: Xie Yanshu , Luo Jingsi , Zhong Jingzi , Lan Dan
Published: August 2024

More than 90% suspected muscular dystrophy (MD) can be confirmed with multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) combined with targeted panel, although there are a few that cannot be identified. A total of 312 suspected MD patients were enrolled into the study. The MLPA combined with a targeted myopathy panel were performed. Patients with negative results were subjected to whole exome sequencing (WES), whole genome sequencing (WGS), and/or RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). A total of 275 cases were diagnosed as Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD/BMD) and 20 cases were other types of myopathy or nonmuscular diseases. Six female DMD/BMD patients suffered from varying degrees of typical DMD-like symptoms and 2 others were suspected to be gonadal mosaicism. The systematic application of WES, WGS, and/or RNA-seq highlighted the need for the detection of variants missed by the current standard diagnostic procedures. The identification of female patients and mosaic carriers was crucial to predict the risk of recurrence and allow for optimal genetic counseling.
Claiming a “Right” to State Space: Building Social Movements Under Authoritarian Rule
Authors: Lacouture Matthew T.
Published: August 2024

There is widespread agreement in social movement research that successful mobilization requires gathering large numbers in public spaces. But what happens when repressive states close public spaces off to protests and activists lack the capacity to win them from state control? This article utilizes a case study of state workers’ movements in Jordan in the run-up to the 2011 uprisings to demonstrate how activists can mobilize under repressive conditions by seeking out less conventional spaces. Specifically, workers may be able to access state spaces associated with public employment (e.g., state ministries and public schools). I argue that these spaces can serve as sheltering spaces for protestors to engage in early movement-building activities and as performative spaces to generate political support needed to expand into more exposed spaces. Overall, this research contributes to understanding contentious politics in politically repressive settings by identifying a middle ground between covert resistance and mass public demonstrations.
Levi, Bradbury e l’Ecclesiaste. Intertestualità e interdiscorsività in Trattamento di quiescenza
Authors: Agovino Teresa
Published: August 2024

Questo lavoro si concentra sul racconto Trattamento di quiescenza, che chiude la raccolta Storie naturali, al fine di dimostrarne gli elementi tanto intertestuali con il romanzo Fahrenheit 451 di Ray Bradbury, quanto quelli interdiscorsivi che legano i due testi al libro dell’ Ecclesiaste. Il testo sacro, infatti, diventa unico apparente riparo all’invasione mentale, materiale e sensoriale imposta in maniera artificiosa e artificiale da schermi e macchine sull’uomo, vittima della tecnologia che avanza impetuosa.