bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ALOCAÇÃO DE FUNDOS DE INVESTIMENTO IMOBILIÁRIOS E ESTRATÉGIAS DE NEGOCIAÇÃO: CARTEIRAS ELABORADAS EM ALGORITMOS DE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING
Authors: Barboza Julia Pinheiro , Santos Gustavo Carvalho , Garruti Daniel Vitor Tartari , Barboza Flávio
Published: November 2024

Este estudo investiga estratégias de negociação em Fundos de Investimento Imobiliários (FIIs) utilizando Reinforcement Learning (RL) para maximizar o retorno de uma carteira. Foram implementados cinco algoritmos de RL, configurados com o método ator-crítico, para gerar estratégias de negociação, que foram avaliadas e comparadas com métodos tradicionais, como Buy and Hold (BH), mínima variância e o Índice IFIX. A amostra final, composta por 26 fundos, foi selecionada considerando critérios como histórico mínimo de 5 anos e volume de negociação. As estratégias de RL superaram a mínima variância e tiveram desempenho comparável ao BH, mas não superaram o IFIX. Isso sugere que o mercado de FIIs pode ser eficiente, limitando a eficácia de técnicas avançadas como RL e dificultando a superação do índice. As contribuições do estudo incluem demonstrar o potencial do RL em superar estratégias tradicionais em determinados contextos, oferecendo possíveis compreensões para investidores, gestores de carteiras e literatura científica.
OCPC 07 E LEGIBILIDADE DAS NOTAS EXPLICATIVAS: UM ESTUDO COM AS EMPRESAS VENCEDORAS DO TROFÉU TRANSPARÊNCIA DA ANEFAC
Authors: Freitas Igor Ribeiro de Oliveira , Souza Bruno Barbosa de , Miranda Gilberto José
Published: November 2024

A pesquisa buscou identificar o nível de legibilidade das Notas Explicativas (NE) das companhias vencedoras do Troféu Transparência da Associação Nacional de Executivos de Finanças, Administração e Contabilidade (ANEFAC) antes e após a adoção da Orientação Técnica do Comitê de Pronunciamentos Contábeis nº 07 (OCPC 07). A pesquisa considerou empresas premiadas entre 2012 e 2022. Utilizou-se para análise o Índice de Facilidade de Leitura de Flesch, teste de correlação de Spearman e teste de diferenças de médias de Mann-Whitney. Como resultado, a maioria das empresas premiadas apresentou legibilidade classificada como razoavelmente difícil, abrangendo 58,3% do total da amostra, seguida pelo nível fácil, com 21,1% das empresas analisadas. Assim, apesar de as empresas que já terem conquistado pelo menos um prêmio de transparência, em geral apresentaram nível de legibilidade razoavelmente baixo. Ressalta-se a importância de as empresas avaliarem a legibilidade das suas NE, considerando o impacto na compreensibilidade da informação divulgada.
Facilitating knowledge transfer during Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout: an examination of ‘Functional Dialogues’ as an approach to bridge the evidence–policy gap
Authors: Attwell Katie , Harper Tauel , Carlson Samantha J. , Tchilingirian Jordan , Westphal Darren , Blyth Christopher C.
Published: November 2024

Background:

Our interdisciplinary team initiated a project to inform the COVID-19 vaccination programme. We developed a novel research co-creation approach to share emerging findings with government.

Aims and objectives:

We critically assess the ‘Functional Dialogue’ (FD) programme for future research translation practices in time-limited policy-making scenarios. We identify what factors helped us to put the FDs together and consider their effects on all aspects of the research programme. We draw out key moments of impact, weaknesses and challenges and identify how future FDs might be enhanced.

Methods:

Between January 2021 and June 2022, we conducted 14 FDs with state and federal government, exploring attendees’ attitudes, beliefs, experiences, roles and observations regarding our research. FDs and research team debriefs were audio-recorded, transcribed and analysed thematically.

Findings:

FD processes proved invaluable to the timeliness, impact and flow of our research project by creating systems that helped to bridge the evidence–policy gap. Relationships and reciprocity helped, but other professional commitments of our government partners posed challenges and produced fluctuating engagement. FDs built the capacity of the research team, strengthening communication skills and creating opportunities to contribute to pandemic policies.

Discussion and conclusion:

We struggled to quantify the impact of FDs on policy decisions due to the ethical requirements of academic research, barriers for policy makers in isolating and/or acknowledging impact, and the collaborative nature of dialogue. Nevertheless, the structures of knowledge transfer that we foresaw as necessary to ensure impact became the central plank of the project’s broader success.
Introduction to the Translation of "Como está Hecho el Ulises " ("How Ulysses Is Made")
Authors: Clayton Michelle
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACT: This is a translation of the 2005 essay, "How Ulysses is Made," by the Argentinean novelist and critic Ricardo Piglia (1941-2017), author of some of the most celebrated Latin American novels of the dictatorship and post-dictatorship periods, and one of the continent's most influential essayists and narrative theorists. His essay on Ulysses is a key contribution to international readings of Joyce, offering a profound reflection on practices of interpretation and translation across languages and contexts. The essay explores how meaning accrues across the process of reading—and rereading—Joyce's novel, for characters and readers alike. Looking first at the ways in which characters in Ulysses make sense of their world with reference to their readings and vice versa, he then explores how Ulysses made its way into Spanish, to probe how translation works as a mode of reading, even when it makes mistakes. Zooming in on the little-known figure of the translator José Salas Subirat—an uncanny avatar of Bloom, as Lucas Petersen's 2016 biography would reveal—Piglia shows how translator and reader alike must quest their way through the novel like modern-day Odysseuses, trying to make sense of the signs they encounter even as they encounter moments that clearly block sense.
A Translation to Bring Anyone to Their Chineknees
Authors: Louw Andre
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACT: This essay is based on an in-depth transtextual study of two independently published Chinese versions of the first two chapters of Finnegans Wake; the respective translations are Dai Congrong's 2012 simplified Chinese version (as contained in Finnegans Wake , Volume 1), and Liang Sun-chieh's 2017 traditional character rendering of the first two chapters of Book I, titled A Selected Translation of "Finnegans Wake." Throughout, these two ground-breaking target-language texts are compared with regard to the extent to which they have remained true to the content, style, and spirit of the original text, their overall readability, their respective stylistic approaches to Wakean wordplay and humor, their domesticating and annotative efforts to ensure greater accessibility for Chinese readers, and, finally, their creative endeavors to enhance the overall reading experience in translation.
Practice by Unpractice: Taizhou Moral Philosophy Reconsidered
Authors: Chan Chi-keung
Published: November 2024

As followers of Wang Yangming, the Taizhou school places significant emphasis on the body, which has led to challenges concerning the potential dissipation of natural desires. Critics argue that Taizhou philosophy, while acknowledging human’s natural state, fails to adequately address the existence of evil and tends to overlook the role of deliberate moral practice by idealizing the natural as morally perfect. This article employs the framework of embodied cognition to present a novel interpretation of Taizhou moral philosophy and to address critiques regarding its views on evil and moral practice. It explores Taizhou’s holistic approach, integrating mind and body, self and others, to offer fresh insights into the balance between deliberation and spontaneity in moral practice. As a comparative and interdisciplinary endeavor, this article bridges Eastern and Western philosophies, connecting moral philosophy with empirical science. It aims to deepen understanding of Taizhou philosophy while highlighting its broader relevance for ethical behavior and moral reasoning in a global context.
Statistical analyses to determine the factors associated with early age at marriage or union among married South African women
Authors: Motsima Tshaudi
Published: November 2024

Abstract: Status characteristics including race, sexuality, and gender identity play a significant role in people's access to health and healthcare coverage. Despite documented disadvantages across these individual statuses (e.g., race), little research has investigated how the intersection of statuses affect health coverage. Drawing on an intersectional framework, this study uses data from the 2021 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine the association between health insurance and the intersections of race-ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity (n=206,338). This study offers three important contributions to the research literature. First, this study represents one of the first to examine the intersection of important social status characteristics and health insurance status. Second, this study examines three indicators of healthcare coverage including status (i.e., insured or not), type (i.e., public, private, employer-based, or none), and denial of coverage (i.e., insurance refused to pay for cancer treatment). Third, we investigate healthcare disparities using data representative of thirty-two states that more holistically assess people's healthcare status and allow for greater generalizability. Findings show that Hispanic straight cismen are the least likely group to have insurance. White trans adults appear to be more likely to have insurance than many other groups. Trans adults are more likely to have public insurance if they are ethnoracially marginalized. Straight Black women have high likelihoods of their insurance denying coverage. These findings highlight critical gaps in access to healthcare and myriad disadvantages in coverage. Efforts to improve population health would benefit from an intersectional lens that focuses on how multiple status characteristics shape people's access to healthcare across the life course.
Control of surface edge roughness for an aluminum alloy mirror based on sub-aperture polishing
Authors: Xie Jiaqi , Li Duo , Chai Wensong , Ji Peng , Zhang Haitao
Published: November 2024

With current polishing methods, it is hard to guarantee roughness uniformity between the edge and inner regions of the surface. Hence, this paper develops a sub-aperture polishing method based on chemical mechanical action to remove turning periodic marks and improve surface roughness uniformity. A compliant polishing pad with a rigid tool holder is proposed to ensure that the pressure in the contact area remains constant when the polishing tool moves out the edge of the workpiece. The optimal process parameters were investigated in the full aperture polishing experiment. Numerical simulation was implemented to analyze the relationship between the overhang ratio and removal uniformity and optimize the polishing trajectory parameters. The polishing experiments with aluminum alloy mirrors reveal that the impurities inside the aluminum alloy restrict the further improvement of surface roughness. The average surface roughness is improved from 8.82 nm to 1.71 nm, and the peak and valley roughness value is reduced from 2.51 nm to 0.71 nm, which indicates the proposed sub-aperture polishing method can improve the surface roughness uniformity.
Recovery of encoded information from conjugate superimposed perfect vortex beams in scattering environments
Authors: Xu Maohua , Sun Peng , Wang Canjin , Wang Zipeng , Liu Ji , Pan Shichao , Wang Rijun , Cheng Yaoyu
Published: November 2024

Using orbital angular momentum (OAM) encoding for signal transmission enables optical communication in the spatial domain. However, during the transmission process of vortex optical communication, environmental factors such as atmospheric turbulence and haze cause scattering effects, resulting in the degradation of signal quality and increasing the complexity of decoding. Our goal is to design a framework that can recover the encoded signal from the speckle field, reducing the effects of scattering. We have designed a neural network model that combines a generative adversarial network (GAN) and U-Net, which utilizes the image segmentation capability of U-Net to guide the GAN in generating accurate information. We have demonstrated its effectiveness in experiments, with Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) and peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) values of 0.99 and 46.7, respectively. Compared to other works, our work focuses on the conjugate superimposed of perfect vortex beam (PVB), offering valuable insights into the beneficial aspects of vortex optical communication in long-distance transmission, interference resistance, and enhanced data transfer performance.
Aberration correction in complex media over multiple isoplanatic patches by exploiting their spatial correlation
Authors: Dinh Minh , Zhang Yiwen , Hsu Chia Wei
Published: November 2024

Optical imaging in complex media, such as biological tissues, poses significant challenges due to the presence of aberrations and scattering that distort wavefronts and degrade image quality. Wavefront correction has emerged as a crucial technique for mitigating these effects. Recent advances, such as adaptive optics, wavefront shaping, and matrix-based methods, have made significant strides in correcting for wavefront distortions to achieve high-resolution imaging. However, current approaches face challenges when addressing spatially varying distortions and small isoplanatic patches, where the corrections lose reliability due to the rapid spatial variation of distortions. To address this limitation, we introduce a method that exploits the spatial correlation of wavefront distortions across neighboring isoplanatic patches. This approach, termed "inward-outward progression", enables a more reliable wavefront correction across multiple small patches. The process involves two key steps: (1) the inward progression, where a small zone surrounding a pixel is optimized while progressively shrinking the optimized region, and (2) the outward progression, where the wavefront correction phases of the corrected zone serve as the initial guess to optimize adjacent areas, extending the correction from the small zone at the inward progression until the entire field of view is covered. We validate this method by imaging a USAF resolution target under 700-µm-thick chicken breast. Our approach shows a significant improvement in image quality and superior performance over existing techniques, paving the way for noninvasive imaging where conventional methods face substantial limitations due to the spatially varying aberrations and scattering.
Simple and robust approach to uniform laser beam splitting with a spatial light modulator
Authors: Nodop Dirk , Ruecker Jan
Published: November 2024

A simple and robust approach to laser beam splitting employing a spatial light modulator is presented. A weighted, one-dimensional Gerchberg-Saxton algorithm with a target intensity distribution consisting of separated pixels is employed. The resulting phase is a Fourier series and thus a strictly periodical grating. The orthogonal superposition of these gratings enables two-dimensional beam arrays with high uniformity. The approach is not prone to numerical artifacts generating speckles. Due to the strict periodic nature of the grating, the split beam uniformity is hardly affected by misalignment, beam quality, or high laser input power. The diffraction efficiency is high.
A deep learning model for prediction of autism status using whole-exome sequencing data
Authors: Wu Qing , Morrow Eric M. , Gamsiz Uzun Ece D.
Published: November 2024

Autism is a developmental disability. Research demonstrated that children with autism benefit from early diagnosis and early intervention. Genetic factors are considered major contributors to the development of autism. Machine learning (ML), including deep learning (DL), has been evaluated in phenotype prediction, but this method has been limited in its application to autism. We developed a DL model, the Separate Translated Autism Research Neural Network (STAR-NN) model to predict autism status. The model was trained and tested using whole exome sequencing data from 43,203 individuals (16,809 individuals with autism and 26,394 non-autistic controls). Polygenic scores from common variants and the aggregated count of rare variants on genes were used as input. In STAR-NN, protein truncating variants, possibly damaging missense variants and mild effect missense variants on the same gene were separated at the input level and merged to one gene node. In this way, rare variants with different level of pathogenic effects were treated separately. We further validated the performance of STAR-NN using an independent dataset, including 13,827 individuals with autism and 14,052 non-autistic controls. STAR-NN achieved a modest ROC-AUC of 0.7319 on the testing dataset and 0.7302 on the independent dataset. STAR-NN outperformed other traditional ML models. Gene Ontology analysis on the selected gene features showed an enrichment for potentially informative pathways including calcium ion transport.
Uptake and perceptions of voluntary medical male circumcision among HIV-negative men in serodiscordant relationships in Zambia (2012–2015)
Authors: Malama Kalonde , Allen Susan , Parker Rachel , Inambao Mubiana , Sharkey Tyronza , Tichacek Amanda , Wall Kristin M. , Kilembe William
Published: November 2024

Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is a recommended HIV prevention strategy that few studies have promoted to HIV-negative men in serodiscordant relationships. We conducted a cross-sectional study on uptake and perceptions of VMMC among serodiscordant couples between 2012 and 2015. Heterosexual couples attending couples voluntary counselling and testing for HIV who had discordant results (M-, F+) were referred for VMMC. At least one month after counselling and referral, 343 men were surveyed on uptake and perceptions of VMMC. A subset of 134 uncircumcised men responded to another survey assessing their intention to uptake VMMC and reasons for not getting circumcised. Forty percent (n = 62) of men eligible for VMMC either up took (n = 22) or planned to uptake circumcision (n = 40). The most cited reasons for not getting circumcised were the inability to get time off work (34%) and culture/traditions (26%). These findings support integrated approaches, pairing evidence-based HIV prevention interventions such as couples voluntary counselling and testing with VMMC, and targeting men at highest risk for HIV. Additional counselling may be needed for couples whose cultural backgrounds do not support VMMC.
Determinants of preterm prelabor rupture of fetal membrane among pregnant women in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Geremew Habtamu , Ali Mohammed Ahmed , Simegn Mulat Belay , Golla Eyasu Bamlaku , Abate Alegntaw , Wondie Smegnew Gichew , Kumbi Hawi , Taderegew Mitku Mammo , Tilahun Werkneh Melkie
Published: November 2024

Introduction

Ethiopia is one of the countries where persistently high neonatal and maternal mortalities are reported. Preterm prelabor rupture of membrane (PPROM) plays an important contribution to these high mortalities. However, there is a paucity of comprehensive evidence about the epidemiology of PPROM in Ethiopia. Therefore, this systematic review was conducted to assess the pooled prevalence and determinants of PPROM among pregnant women in Ethiopia.

Methods

A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted following the PRISMA guideline. Relevant literatures were searched on African Journals Online (AJOL), PubMed, Scopus, Epistemonikos, CINAHL, Cochrane Library and gray literature. All statistical analyses were performed using STATA 17 software. The random effect meta-analysis model was employed to summarize the pooled estimates. Heterogeneity between included studies was evaluated using I2 statistic. Egger’s regression test and Begg’s correlation test were employed to assess publication bias, in conjunction with funnel plot. Besides, the non-parametric trim-and-fill analysis, sensitivity analysis, subgroup analysis and meta-regression were also performed.

Results

A total of 13 original studies with 24,386 participants were considered in this systematic review. The pooled prevalence of PPROM was 6.58% (95% CI: 5.36, 7.79). Urinary tract infection (OR: 3.44; 95% CI: 1.81, 6.53), abnormal vaginal discharge (OR: 4.78; 95% CI: 2.85, 8.01), vaginal bleeding (OR: 2.04; 95% CI: 1.03, 4.06), history of PROM (OR: 4.64; 95% CI: 2.71, 7.95), history of abortion (OR: 3.06; 95% CI: 1.71, 5.46), malnutrition (OR: 5.24; 95% CI: 2.63, 10.44), anemia (OR: 3.97; 95% CI: 2.01, 7.85) and gestational diabetes (OR: 5.08; 95% CI: 1.93, 13.36) were significantly associated with PPROM.

Conclusion

This meta-analysis found a high prevalence of PPROM in Ethiopia. Urinary tract infection, abnormal vaginal discharge, vaginal bleeding, history of PROM, history of abortion, malnutrition, anemia and gestational diabetes were risk factors for PPROM. Prevention and control of antenatal infections and malnutrition are highly recommended to reduce the magnitude of PPROM in Ethiopia. Additionally, healthcare providers should emphasize the identified risk factors.

Protocol registration number

CRD42024536647.
Tactical games model in physical education: A systematic review
Authors: Wang Jiaxu , Soon Chee Chen , Samsudin Shamsulariffin , Wang Chen , Gao Zhendong , Xie Qian
Published: November 2024

Since the Tactical Games Model (TGM) was adopted and popularised by Oslin, Griffin, and Mitchell, research interest in this model has surged, increasing its application in teaching and research. However, much-existing research is fragmented and lacks a comprehensive review. This systematic review aims to fill that gap by thoroughly analysing the literature on TGM within the context of physical education, highlighting current trends and developments. We systematically searched four online databases, identifying 38 relevant articles for inclusion, which were then evaluated across eight domains following PRISMA guidelines. The analysis indicates a steady increase in TGM-focused research within physical education, particularly at the K-12 level. However, there is a notable absence of studies addressing higher education, as well as teachers and coaches. The review also found that the majority of TGM research is concentrated on team sports and invasion games, with limited exploration of other sports. The research objectives often centred on extrinsic factors, such as game performance, skill level, and physical activity (PA) level, as well as intrinsic factors, intrinsic motivation, stress, and enjoyment. The TGM has shown varying levels of success in improving these factors. Despite the recognised benefits of TGM in physical education, its impact on cognitive aspects and decision-making remains underexplored. This systematic review may serve as a valuable resource for educators and researchers, supporting the broader application of TGM across different areas of physical education and potentially leading to enhanced student outcomes.
Angioarchitectural alterations in the retina and choroid in frontotemporal dementia
Authors: Allen Ariana , Robbins Cason B. , Joseph Suzanna , Hemesat Angela , Kundu Anita , Ma Justin P. , Haystead Alice , Winslow Lauren , Agrawal Rupesh , Johnson Kim G. , Bozoki Andrea C. , Stinnett Sandra S. , Grewal Dilraj S. , Fekrat Sharon
Published: November 2024

Objective

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, leading to cognitive decline and personality changes. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to characterize angioarchitectural changes in the retina and choroid of individuals with FTD compared to cognitively normal controls using optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography (OCTA).

Methods

Cross-sectional comparison of patients with FTD and controls with normal cognition. All participants underwent Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) at the time of imaging. Outcome measures included OCT parameters: retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness, ganglion cell layer-inner plexiform layer (GC-IPL) thickness, central subfield thickness (CST), subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT), choroidal vascularity index (CVI); and OCTA superficial capillary plexus parameters: foveal avascular zone (FAZ) area, 3x3mm and 6x6mm macular perfusion density (PD) and vessel density (VD), 4.5x4.5mm peripapillary capillary perfusion density (CPD) and capillary flux index (CFI). Generalized estimating equation analysis was used to account for the inclusion of 2 eyes from the same participant.

Results

29 eyes of 19 patients with FTD and 85 eyes of 48 controls were analyzed. In FTD, 3x3mm macular PD (p = 0.02) and VD (p = 0.02) and CFI (p = 0.01) were reduced compared to controls. There was no difference in average 4.5x4.5mm CPD, RNFL thickness, GC-IPL thickness, CST, SFCT, CVI, FAZ, or 6x6mm VD or PD between FTD and controls (all p > 0.05); however, there was a trend toward lower macular 6x6mm PD and VD in patients with FTD.

Conclusion

Decline of peripapillary and macular OCT and OCTA parameters merit further investigation as potential biomarkers for FTD detection. Noninvasive retinal and choroidal imaging may hold promise for earlier detection, and future longitudinal studies will clarify their role in monitoring of FTD.
Development and application of a non-technical skills coaching intervention framework for surgeons: A pilot quality improvement initiative
Authors: Obuseh Marian , Anton Nicholas E. , Gardiner Robin , Chen Mengzhou , Narasimha Shraddhaa , Stefanidis Dimitrios , Yu Denny
Published: November 2024

Non-technical skills (NTS) challenges experienced by surgeons may degrade performance, ultimately impacting the safety and quality of care delivered to patients. The objectives of this work were to develop a framework for NTS coaching for surgeons and implement a coaching program utilizing the developed NTS coaching framework. Leveraging adult learning and self-determination theories, a specialty-agnostic NTS coaching framework was developed for individual coaching sessions with robotic surgeons. The framework was used to deliver NTS coaching sessions to robotic surgeons. Surgeon’s robotic procedures were recorded, and expert raters assessed their NTS using the Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons tool. Measures of surgeon satisfaction, learning outcomes, and performance improvement were determined. Cohen’s d statistic was used to estimate the effect size of the coaching intervention. To pilot the program, ten robotic-assisted surgeries (five pre-coaching and five post-coaching) were observed from five practicing robotic surgeons who were recruited from a large academic healthcare system. Expert raters’ assessment of surgeons’ NTS revealed several exemplar and non-exemplar behaviors. Surgeons were satisfied with the coaching, rating its quality very highly on all NTS dimensions. On a Likert scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree), surgeons had a stronger agreement that the coaching could improve their situation awareness (4.0±.5) and leadership (4.8±.2) skills compared to their decision making and communication (3.8±.7). From the post-coaching observations, coaching had medium-to-large effect on situation awareness (d = .65) and leadership (d = .41), small effect on communication and teamwork (d = .14), and no effect on decision-making. Overall, the coaching intervention had a medium effect on total NTS (d = .33). We presented a quality improvement initiative to enhance the NTS of surgeons by implementing a coaching program that leverages our developed NTS framework. Recognizing the importance of NTS in surgeries, our initiative shows a commitment to continuous improvement of patient safety and quality of care.
University students’ metacognitive awareness of reading strategies (MARS) in online reading and MARS’ role in their English reading comprehension
Authors: Anggia Helta , Habók Anita
Published: November 2024

Investigation about metacognitive awareness of reading strategies (MARS) has mainly focused on paper-based reading rather than online reading. Gender, reading media preferences, and English proficiency levels (EPL) account for students’ differences in MARS. However, existing studies are still debating the predictive power of these variables on MARS. MARS was assumed to influence English reading comprehension even though research that firmly supports this assumption seems rare. Therefore, we examined Indonesian university students’ MARS in online reading activities using data from 1412 university students in Indonesia. They were categorized into gender, reading media preferences, and EPL. The One-Way MANOVA results showed students’ differences in MARS based on their gender, (F = 20.456, p < 0.05), reading media preferences, (F = 2.82, p < 0.05), and students’ EPL, (F = 5.988, p < 0.05). The multiple regression analysis showed that global, support, and problem-solving strategies were simultaneously associated with English reading comprehension scores. This study emphasizes the effect of the variables on students’ MARS differences and discloses the association between MARS and English reading comprehension.
Omics based approaches to decipher the leaf ionome and transcriptome changes in Solanum lycopersicum L. upon Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) infection
Authors: Thakare Aditi Padmakar , Della Lucia Maria Cristina , Mulagala Chandana , Bertoldo Giovanni , Cagnin Massimo , Stevanato Piergiorgio
Published: November 2024

The Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) is a pathogen that mostly affects plants from the Solanaceae family. This virus severely affects the yield of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants, thus creating an urgent need to research the basis of resistance to manage the disease. To understand the molecular basis of resistance, we employed omics-based approaches involving leaf ionomics and transcriptomics to help us decipher the interaction between elemental and nutritional composition and investigate its effect on the gene expression profile upon the ToBRFV infection in tomatoes. Ionomics was used to investigate the accumulation of trace elements in leaves, showcasing that the plants resistant to the virus had significantly higher concentrations of iron (p-value = 0.039) and nickel (p-value = 0.042) than the susceptible ones. By correlating these findings with transcriptomics, we identified some key genes involved in iron homeostasis and abscisic acid pathways, potentially responsible for conferring resistance against the pathogen. From the obtained list of differentially expressed genes, a panel of mutation profile was discovered with three important genes—Solyc02g068590.3.1 (K+ transporter), Solyc01g111890.3.1 (LRR), and Solyc02g061770.4.1 (Chitinase) showing persistent missense mutations. We ascertain the role of these genes and establish their association with plant resistance using genotyping assays in various tomato lines. The targeted selection of these genetic determinants can further enhance plant breeding and crop yield management strategies.
Structural basis for human DPP4 receptor recognition by a pangolin MERS-like coronavirus
Authors: Yang Mo , Li Zehou , Chen Jing , Li Yang , Xu Ran , Wang Meihua , Xu Ying , Chen Rong , Ji Weiwei , Li Xiaoxia , Wei Jiayu , Zhou Zhengrong , Ren Minjie , Ma Ke , Guan Jiayu , Mo Guoxiang , Zhou Peng , Shu Bo , Guo Jingjing , Yuan Yuan , Shi Zheng-Li , Zhang Shuijun
Published: November 2024

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and the pangolin MERS-like coronavirus MjHKU4r-CoV-1 employ dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) as an entry receptor. MjHKU4r-CoV-1 could infect transgenic mice expressing human DPP4. To understand the mechanism of MjHKU4r-CoV-1 entry into cells, we determined the crystal structures of the receptor binding domain (RBD) of MjHKU4r-CoV-1 spike protein bound to human DPP4 (hDPP4) and Malayan pangolin DPP4 (MjDPP4), respectively. The overall hDPP4-binding mode of MjHKU4r-CoV-1 RBD is similar to that of MERS-CoV RBD. MjHKU4r-CoV-1 RBD shows higher binding affinity to hDPP4 compared to the bat MERS-like coronavirus Ty-BatCoV-HKU4. Via swapping residues between MjHKU4r-CoV-1 RBD and Ty-BatCoV-HKU4 RBD, we identified critical determinants on MjHKU4r-CoV-1 that are responsible for virus usage of hDPP4. Our study suggests that MjHKU4r-CoV-1 is more adapted to the human receptor compared to the bat HKU4 coronavirus and highlights the potential of virus emergence into the human population.
Central giant cell granuloma of mandible: a case report
Authors: Jaishri Pagare Dr. , Gayatri Kale Dr.
Published: November 2024

Central Giant Cell Granuloma(CGCG) and giant cell tumour of jawbone are grouped underneath same umbrella but with distinct clinical behavior. CGCG is a rare benign lesion of the jaws distinguish by the presence of multinucleated giant cells within a fibrous stroma. The pathogenicity of CGCG still remains an enigma, which demands the differentiation from other look-alike lesions in order to have proper diagnosis and treatment planning.  In this article, a case of CGCG in a 30-year-old female patient who presented with complaints of gradually increasing swelling and discomfort in the mandible is described.
Histopathological Description of Mouse Liver in a Sepsis Model Infected with Escherichia coli Treated with Paederia foetida L. Leaf Extract for Sepsis Prevention
Authors: Savitri Lisa , Retnowati Ana , Kasimo Elfred Rinaldo , Krissanjaya Rochmad , Juwita Syntia Tanu
Published: November 2024

The leaf of Paederia foetida L. is one type of medicinal plant that can be used as a preventive medicine for sepsis. This plant contains secondary metabolites such as alkaloids, flavonoids, triterpenoids, saponins, and other active compounds. The objective of this study was to determine the histopathological description of the liver in a mouse sepsis model infected with E. coli, with the administration of Paederia foetida L. leaf extract for sepsis prevention, and to ascertain the influence and effective dosage of the leaf extract as a preventive measure against liver histopathology in the sepsis model induced by E. coli. The method employed was a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The study used 24 male white mice divided into 6 (six) groups. Data analysis was conducted using One Way ANOVA. The results of the study revealed the histopathological profile of liver cell degeneration in group PI (100mg/kg BW) at 20.79%±0.03, group PII (200mg/kg BW) at 21.63%±0.02, and group PIII (500mg/kg BW) at 9.08%±0.02. Necrosis rates were observed in group PI (100mg/kgBW) at 22.62%±0.04, group PII (200mg/kg BW) at 17.63%±0.02, and group PIII (500mg/kg BW) at 6.05%±0.02. The presence of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) was detected in group PI (100mg/kgBW) at 39.56%±0.03, group PII (200mg/kgBW) at 28.05%±0.02, and group PIII (500mg/kg BW) at 18.45%±0.03. The test results showed a significant effect of P. foetida L. leaf extract as a preventive measure against liver histopathology in the mouse sepsis model infected with E. coli, with significant values for necrosis (p=0.000), cell degeneration (p=0.000), and PMN (p=0.000). The most effective dosage of P. foetida L. leaf extract as a preventive measure against liver histopathology in the mouse sepsis model infected with E. coli was the dosage used in group PIII (500mg/kgBW).
Bad Holocaust Art
Authors: Biber K.
Published: November 2024

This article examines the representation of the Holocaust in the visual arts, and evaluates theories of that representation which seek to place limits upon artworks that are seen to transgress responsible modes. Acknowledging that the Holocaust is one of the most fraught and contested of crime scenes, it opens by studying the public responses to the Mirroring Evil exhibition, at the Jewish Museum in New York in 2002. It traces changing critical and theoretical discourses about the limits of Holocaust representation, and tests these against practices in literature, historiography, jurisprudence and visual art. In particular, it describes the transgressive goals of certain practices within contemporary visual art, and proposes an ethical framework for engaging with various forms of transgressive conduct.
Crime Scenes
Authors: Bray R. S. , Dalton D.
Published: November 2024

Crime has long kept law and its public enthralled, and the heartland of crime in contemporary culture is the crime scene. This is a place where the coordinates are continually mapped and, whether a minor or lead character in our social topographies, the crime scene inevitably, repeatedly, steals our attention. Representations pepper our television screens in police and forensic procedurals; Luc Sante’s (1992) collection of New York crime scene photographs inspired a fervent generation of local and international efforts to excavate archives, loosening the crime scene from relative archival obscurity to increasingly preoccupy the public; and — as readers of contemporary crime fiction know — the ‘crime scene’ has become as ubiquitous a feature in crime fiction as the haunted house in the horror genre. The crime scene is thus de rigueur a feature of any modern examination of crime.
Shawshank redemption
Authors: Cuneen C.
Published: November 2024

We all have an image of prison, some pictures of prisoners and imprisonment. My first experience of prison was as a teenager at my girlfriend's house opposite Long Bay goal. It must have been in the early 1970's, although I can't recall exactly when. It was Christmas time, possibly Christmas Day or Boxing Day. We were sitting on the front lawn drinking beer. I remember the burning and choking sensation of tear gas mixing with the hot summer air, and the family moving inside the house and closing the doors and windows. Her brother said there must be a riot at the goal. And he proceeded to tell stories about prisoners running down the street in front of the house, trying to take off their prison clothes as they ran.
Alan Duff's Once were warriors
Authors: Holm A.
Published: November 2024

Duff, Alan 1994 Once Were Warriors University of Queensland Press St Lucia (first published 1990)
For many years New Zealand has had an international image as a nation whole and harmonious, with an enviable record of race relations. Maori activism centred on contestation of land ownership through the 'Treaty of Waitangi' has been recast to celebrate New Zealand race relations (thus maintaining 'national' mythologies) or as the irrational actions of radicals, rather than revealing a history of violence, oppression and dispossession. Conversely, when conflict has become visible it has been treated as a moment separated from what Ranginui Walker calls 'the endless struggle of the Maori for social justice, equality and self-determination' (Walker 1990: 10).
Weak law week conversation
Authors: Smith T.
Published: November 2024

In Law Week 1992, a NSW Court ruled that the old Education Department building known as the Bridge Street HQ, was not available for claim by local Aborigines. Legislation gives the Aborigines the right to press land claims on unoccupied crown land, and the Greiner Government had moved the Department from the building, planning to convert it to a casino. The court's ruling was based on the fact that the Government had left a skeleton staff there for the specific purpose
Framing the migrant subject : Shane Maloney's Stiff
Authors: Di Pietro L.
Published: November 2024

How do you get to be the kind of victor who can claim to be the vanquished also ? Jamaica Kincaid
I wish to problematise the representations of non-Anglo migrants in the crime thriller Stiff, written by Shane Maloney, regular humour columnist for the magazine Arena. The author structures the meanings conferred to non-Anglo migrants and Australianness by using irony and the crime thriller genre itself. The technique of irony which characterises the novel is a mechanism which enables the author to get away with untenable positions by 'progressive' standards. This ironic tone reverses relations of power casting the narrator Murray Whelan in the role of victim: the failed husband, the precarious father, the sexually inept man and the Anglo male bureaucrat/activist who has to deal with 'foreigners'. Whelan, electorate officer for the ALP is the socially engaged man simultaneously assailed by feminism and multiculturalism. He is at once the victor and the vanquished.
Gordon Bennett's Home Decor : the joker in the pack
Authors: McLean I.
Published: November 2024

The repeal of terra nullius in the Mabo case may have exposed the mythology which secured the British occupation and exploitation of Australia, but it did not foreclose the myth itself. The colonial ideologies that created a Manichean society based on racist lines are as strong as ever. This, anyway, is the disconcerting message of Gordon Bennett's art, and probably why viewers find his art 'in your face', as I recently overheard one teacher saying to students in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.
Unutterable shame/unuttered guilt : semantics, aporia, & the possibility of Mabo
Authors: Manderson D.
Published: November 2024

We are a society in which causation-what we do-is understood as deriving from individual action. But in fact our identity-who we are-is plural. The failure to recognise the productive aporia inherent in this relation has seriously confused the debate on Australian history in the wake of, indeed more accurately in the shadow of, terra nullius. In this essay, I want to distinguish between guilt and shame as responses to the past and to insist on the importance of the latter, to demonstrate the paradox within the concept of shame itself, and to argue that the tension between opposites which it contains is in fact a force for beneficial social change.
Dreamings from law's dark night
Authors: Edwards R.
Published: November 2024

Upon entering the strangeness of the North American prairie, a pioneer remarked: 'I found no path, no trail but only bush and water. Wherever I looked I saw no native land - but foreign.' A strangeness has already preceded this settler. It is the profound lack of unity between a man and his environment, a lack of sympathy with the feelings prompted by the new land. This occurrence is the incessant resettlement of space within which the man finds himself. Such is a now familiar story of exile. De Chirico speaks to the enigma when he says we should live life as if in a vast museum of strangeness, to be struck by the very presence of space and happenings. In so doing, however, we become aware that this space, in its strangeness, is no longer foreign.
'Untitled'
Authors: Ferrell R.
Published: November 2024

When an artist offers a work as 'untitled', it prevents a certain kind of knowledge; the knowledge given in advance of the effects of the work, and apart from the affects that it gives rise to. The artwork which witholds being known in this a priori way forces instead an interpretation without benefit of the artist's legislation as to its meaning. An interpretation without the force of law.
The untitled work, in this way, brings us into the vicinity of the creation of fact and value. It foregrounds the making of understanding, and therefore of knowledge, as an aesthetic event.
This paper connects the questions of land, law and art through the double sense of a 'title'; a claim to ownership of land, a claim to know the meaning of the work of art.
The law of facts
Authors: Cronin M.
Published: November 2024

testimony seen through the window
becomes grey in the rain
and white in the snow
and blue as a bandit sky
Citizenship law, nationalism and the theft of enjoyment: a post-colonial narrative
Authors: Wijeyeratne Roshan De Silva
Published: November 2024

My focus here is on the debates and law on citizenship in Sri Lanka. I shall consider the extent to which The Ceylon Citizenship Act, 1948 (which restricted the status of Ceylon citizen to anyone who could claim it by descent or registration and as a result disenfranchised a large proportion of the 700,000 Indian Tamil plantation workforce), fails to establish a self-constituting foundation for the granting of citizenship. I go on to suggest that such legislation can only function by virtue of the (im)possibility of excluding the Tamil other, that is the problem of locating the other. This {im)possibility, I shall argue is another name for Derridean differance, the other never absolutely excluded, but never absolutely included either, within the textual framework ofthis legislation. The inherent anxiety ofthe relation between the demarcation of citizenship for the Sinhalese and citizenship for the Indian Tamils is elaborated upon in a discussion that draws on Zizek's (1991 a, 1993) psychoanalytical account of nationalism/national identification as the 'theft of enjoyment'. Just as the Sinhalese Buddhist nation exhibits an anxious moment that unsettles the certainty ofthe relation between the Sinhalese and the Tamil other, the other whose proximity undermines the possibility of national coherance and consistency, The Crylon Citizenship Actand its derivative legislation similarly experiences this problem of 'placing' the Indian Tamil other. As with the following discussion of the limit of Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism, my emphasis with reference to the law on citizenship is with an alterity that can never be absolutely excluded. But first I shall elaborate upon Derridas concept ofdifferance.
The law of silent things
Authors: Cronin M.
Published: November 2024

The failure to provide a ladder was quite silent in itself as to the issue ofcausation.
Law, Violence, Music, and Decolonising the Coronation Ceremony
Authors: Bikundo Edwin
Published: November 2024

Whereas both law and music have provided justification for specific uses of violence as a necessary evil, that overlap between two is seldom considered beyond relatively obscure aspects of Ernst Kantorowicz’s work and Giorgio Agamben’s allusions to that work. Which is to say that although law and music have provided means explaining the role of violence (a lay theodicy) this remains unexplored and under theorised. Musicality with its cadences, both tones and rhythms, is uniquely placed to consciously marshal the unconscious impersonal centripetal-centrifugal forces that simultaneously promise to bring society together while threatening to tear it apart. This moreover is all done sub rationally which is to say it takes the place of any transcendent logical legitimation of the society under ritual formation. The paper argues that the common relation combining music, law and violence is that each singly and together can be directed to either aggregate or disaggregate - ceremoniously, the body politic. Coronation ceremonies centring music in the installation of the monarch are no exception to this, instead being in their own way exemplary of those relations and that process.
What is Documediality and why Traces, Documents and Archives are Normative
Authors: Ferraris Maurizio , Martino Valeria
Published: November 2024

The documedia revolution is a technological, social, and anthropological revolution. It has indeed been possible thanks to the constructive force of documentality in conjunction with the communicative and mobilizing power of the web. It is a connection between documents and media that has involved a very large number of people, in a completely unexpected way. Therefore, it can be defined anthropological because it directly concerns human beings, modifies their lifestyle in more than one way and at the same time highlights some essential human characteristics; it can be considered social because it is given in the social world at the base of which there is documentality; it is technological because it is triggered by the strength and peculiarity of the web.