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The imprisonment-extremism nexus: Continuity and change in activism and radicalism intentions in a longitudinal study of prisoner reentry
Authors: Decker Scott H. , Pyrooz David C.
Published: November 2020

There is considerable speculation that prisons are a breeding ground for radicalization. These concerns take on added significance in the era of mass incarceration in the United States, where 1.5 million people are held in state or federal prisons and around 600,000 people are released from prison annually. Prior research relies primarily on the speculation of prison officials, media representations, and/or cross-sectional designs to understand the imprisonment-extremism nexus. We develop a tripartite theoretical model to examine continuity and change in activism and radicalism intentions upon leaving prison. We test these models using data from a large probability sample of prisoners (N = 802) in Texas interviewed in the week preceding their release from prison and then reinterviewed 10 months later using a validated scale of activism and radicalism intentions. We arrive at three primary conclusions. First, levels of activism decline upon reentry to the community (d = -0.30, p < .01), while levels of radicalism largely remain unchanged (d = -0.08, p = .28). What is learned and practiced in prison appears to quickly lose its vitality on the street. Second, salient groups and organizations fell in importance after leaving prison, including country, race/ethnicity, and religion, suggesting former prisoners are occupied by other endeavors. Finally, while we identify few correlates of changes in extremist intentions, higher levels of legal cynicism in prison were associated with increases in both activism and radicalism intentions after release from prison. Efforts designed to improve legal orientations could lessen intentions to support non-violent and violent extremist actions. These results point to an imprisonment-extremism nexus that is diminished largely by the realities of prisoner reentry.
The association between triglycerides and ectopic fat obesity: An inverted U-shaped curve
Authors: Zou Yang , Sheng Guotai , Yu Meng , Xie Guobo
Published: November 2020

Background

Ectopic fat obesity and triglycerides are risk factors for diabetes and multiple cardiovascular diseases. However, there have been limited studies on the association between triglycerides and ectopic fat obesity. The purpose of this study was to explore the association between triglycerides and ectopic fat obesity.

Methods and results

In this cross-sectional study, we retrospectively analyzed 15464 adult participants recruited by Murakami Memorial Hospital (8430 men and 7034 women, average age of 43.71 ± 8.90). All patients were divided into two groups according to the threshold used to diagnose hypertriglyceridemia. The logistic regression model was used to analyze the association between triglycerides and the risk of ectopic fat obesity, and the generalized additive model was used to identify the nonlinear association. In this study population, the prevalence of ectopic fat obesity was 17.73%. After adjusting other covariables, triglycerides were positively correlated with the risk of ectopic fat obesity (OR: 1.54, 95% CI:1.41–1.69, P<0.0001). Through smooth curve fitting, we found that there was an inverted U-shaped curve association between triglycerides and ectopic fat obesity. This association remained unchanged even if the adjusted covariables were removed from the model, and the inflection point of the curve was 3.98. When triglyceride levels were ≤3.98, triglycerides were positively correlated with the risk of ectopic fat obesity (OR:1.784, 95% CI:1.611–1.975, P<0.0001). When triglyceride levels were >3.98 (right side of the inflection point), there was a negative correlation (OR:0.519, 95% CI:0.333–0.810, P = 0.0039).

Conclusions

Our research showed that there is a significant association between triglycerides and ectopic fat obesity. This relation is not a simple linear relationship but instead an inverted U-shaped curve association.
Risk factors for predicting mortality of COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Yang Lan , Jin Jing , Luo Wenxin , Gan Yuncui , Chen Bojiang , Li Weimin
Published: November 2020

Background

Early and accurate prognosis prediction of the patients was urgently warranted due to the widespread popularity of COVID-19. We performed a meta-analysis aimed at comprehensively summarizing the clinical characteristics and laboratory abnormalities correlated with increased risk of mortality in COVID-19 patients.

Methods

PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Embase were systematically searched for studies considering the relationship between COVID-19 and mortality up to 4 June 2020. Data were extracted including clinical characteristics and laboratory examination.

Results

Thirty-one studies involving 9407 COVID-19 patients were included. Dyspnea (OR = 4.52, 95%CI [3.15, 6.48], P < 0.001), chest tightness (OR = 2.50, 95%CI [1.78, 3.52], P<0.001), hemoptysis (OR = 2.00, 95%CI [1.02, 3.93], P = 0.045), expectoration (OR = 1.52, 95%CI [1.17, 1.97], P = 0.002) and fatigue (OR = 1.27, 95%CI [1.09, 1.48], P = 0.003) were significantly related to increased risk of mortality in COVID-19 patients. Furthermore, increased pretreatment absolute leukocyte count (OR = 11.11, 95%CI [6.85,18.03], P<0.001) and decreased pretreatment absolute lymphocyte count (OR = 9.83, 95%CI [6.72, 14.38], P<0.001) were also associated with increased mortality of COVID-19. We also compared the mean value of them between survivors and non-survivors, and found that non-survivors showed significantly raise in pretreatment absolute leukocyte count (WMD: 3.27×109/L, 95%CI [2.34, 4.21], P<0.001) and reduction in pretreatment absolute lymphocyte count (WMD = -0.39×109/L, 95%CI [-0.46, -0.33], P<0.001) compared with survivors. The results of pretreatment lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), procalcitonin (PCT), D-Dimer and ferritin showed the similar trend with pretreatment absolute leukocyte count.

Conclusions

Among the common symptoms of COVID-19 infections, fatigue, expectoration, hemoptysis, dyspnea and chest tightness were independent predictors of death. As for laboratory examinations, significantly increased pretreatment absolute leukocytosis count, LDH, PCT, D-Dimer and ferritin, and decreased pretreatment absolute lymphocyte count were found in non-survivors, which also have an unbeneficial impact on mortality among COVID-19 patients. Motoring these indicators during the hospitalization plays a very important role in predicting the prognosis of patients.
Global discovery of human-infective RNA viruses: A modelling analysis
Authors: Zhang Feifei , Chase-Topping Margo , Guo Chuan-Guo , van Bunnik Bram A. D. , Brierley Liam , Woolhouse Mark E. J.
Published: November 2020

RNA viruses are a leading cause of human infectious diseases and the prediction of where new RNA viruses are likely to be discovered is a significant public health concern. Here, we geocoded the first peer-reviewed reports of 223 human RNA viruses. Using a boosted regression tree model, we matched these virus data with 33 explanatory factors related to natural virus distribution and research effort to predict the probability of virus discovery across the globe in 2010–2019. Stratified analyses by virus transmissibility and transmission mode were also performed. The historical discovery of human RNA viruses has been concentrated in eastern North America, Europe, central Africa, eastern Australia, and north-eastern South America. The virus discovery can be predicted by a combination of socio-economic, land use, climate, and biodiversity variables. Remarkably, vector-borne viruses and strictly zoonotic viruses are more associated with climate and biodiversity whereas non-vector-borne viruses and human transmissible viruses are more associated with GDP and urbanization. The areas with the highest predicted probability for 2010–2019 include three new regions including East and Southeast Asia, India, and Central America, which likely reflect both increasing surveillance and diversity of their virome. Our findings can inform priority regions for investment in surveillance systems for new human RNA viruses.
Elements for the Agent-Based Modeling of Slavery Systems
Authors: Costa Antõnio C R
Published: November 2020

This paper introduces formal concepts for the agent-based modeling of slavery systems. The concepts of master-slave economic relationship, slavery-based economic system, slavery-supporting legal system, and slavery-based material agent society are formally defined. A first case study recasts, for material agent societies, North \& Thomas' economic model determining the objective conditions under which it is rational for a society to choose a slavery-based economic system over a free labor-based economic system. A second case study makes use of elements of F. H. Cardoso's study of slavery in the south of Brazil to illustrate the application of the formal concepts introduced in the paper.
Intelligent Dolls and robots for the treatment of elderly people with dementia
Authors: Márquez Sánchez Sergio , Sara Mora-Simon  , Jorge Herrera-Santos  , Ana Olga Roncero  , Juan M. Corchado
Published: November 2020

Doll and robot are effective and beneficial non-pharmacological therapies applied in different clinical settings. Doll therapy (DT), principally based in Bowlby's attachment theory, uses an empathy or lifelike baby doll to conduct caring behaviors of it. Robot therapies (RT) use care robots with a friendly attitude and appearance that create emotions and movements that lead to different verbal, motor and emotional reactions. Both DT and RT are person-centred therapies that aim to improve wellbeing of people that suffer from different neurological, psychological and mental health disorders, such as Alzheimer's Disease, autism spectrum disorder, stress or depression, by providing a realistic experience. In this paper, the characteristics of both therapies, their benefits and the possibilities of innovation in the therapeutic field are presented.
Local binary pattern for the evaluation of surface quality of dissimilar Friction Stir Welded Ultrafine Grained 1050 and 6061-T6 Aluminium Alloys
Authors: Mishra Akshansh
Published: November 2020

Friction Stir Welding process is an advanced solid-state joining process which finds application in various industries like automobiles, manufacturing, aerospace and railway firms. Input parameters like tool rotational speed, welding speed, axial force and tilt angle govern the quality of Friction Stir Welded joint. Improper selection of these parameters further leads to fabrication of the joint of bad quality resulting groove edges, flash formation and various other surface defects. In the present work, a texture based analytic machine learning algorithm known as Local Binary Pattern (LBP) is used for the extraction of texture features of the Friction Stir Welded joints which are welded at a different rotational speed. It was observed that LBP algorithm can accurately detect any irregularities present on the surface of Friction Stir Welded joint.
El programa de música de las escuelas de niñas durante la dictadura franquista: una mirada a los cuestionarios nacionales de 1953
Authors: López Melgarejo Alba María
Published: November 2020

El proceso de inclusión de la enseñanza de la Educación Musical en la escuela en España se ha caracterizado por una lenta evolución. Con la ley de 1945 algunas áreas presentaron diferencias en razón de género, siendo la Música una de ellas. Así pues, este trabajo pretende volver la mirada al punto de partida de su creación a través de un análisis documental que profundiza en la enseñanza musical para las escuelas de niñas, tal como se recoge en los Cuestionarios Nacionales de 1953. Un predominio de las canciones de corro para el nivel más elemental de instrucción primaria junto a religiosas, himnos o tradicionales españolas son algunas de las inclusiones en el currículo del momento para las niñas. Si bien, la inclusión de contenidos mucho más elementales para ellas frente a la propuesta de contenidos para los niños refleja un menor interés por parte del Gobierno nacional hacia la formación de estas.
Life Expectancy and SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Variations Plays Key Role in COVID-19 Transmission and Low Fatality Rate in Africa
Authors: Omotoso Olabode
Published: November 2020

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has claimed lots of lives, posing a dire threat to public health and the global economy. The present study determined the severe acute respiratory syndrome-2 (SARS-CoV-2) genomic variability and the contributory factors to the observed low fatality rate in Africa. To assess the SARS-CoV-2 mutational landscape, 924 viral sequences from the Africa region with their sociobiological characteristics mined from the GISAID database were analyzed. The age of infected patients, the number of tests done, confirmed cases, recovery, fatality, and countries' age distribution were obtained to determine the age distribution, testing, recovery, and fatality rate. Mutational analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 sequences revealed highly recurrent mutations in the Spike glycoprotein D614G (97.2%), concurrent R203K, and G204R (65.2% respectively) in the N protein region, and P4715L (97.2%) in the RNA dependent RNA polymerase region. COVID-19 is more severe in older people (> 65 years), Africa has a low percentage of people within this age group (4.36%). The average age of the 924 infected patients in this study is 46 years with only 47 infected patients (5.1%) above 65 years in comparison to 13.12% in countries in other continents with the highest prevalence of COVID-19. Africa's young generation, the late incidence of the disease, and adherence to public health guidelines are important indicators that may have contributed to the observed low COVID-19 deaths in Africa. However, sufficient data is still unavailable due to low testing rate to ascertain the epidemiology, transmission, genomic variation, and the true impact of the pandemic in Africa
Digital Signatures
Authors: Reeves E Noel
Published: November 2020

This is just an overviewof the Digital Signaturetopic andthere are different types of encryption techniques are being used to ensure the privacy of data transmitted over the internet.Digital Signatureis a mathematical scheme which ensures the privacy of conversation, integrity of data, authenticity ofdigitalmessage/sender and non-repudiation of the sender.
Healthcare security monitoring schemes for detection of node replication attack in wireless sensor networks
Authors: GURUDEV KUMMARI
Published: November 2020

Due to the increased growth of elderly people in recent years, healthcare systems face many challenges on the money spent for those people. Both quality and affordability has to be provided by the new technology which is the todays need. When applying WSN technologies, the advantages such as continuous monitoring with alert mechanisms and relative information are to be satisfied. Among the other challenges, due to the deployed environment, security is a key challenge. As gateway connects to the wireless networks, it is the target area for many adversaries to launch various attacks. Initially, attacker launches node compromise attack which leads to node replication attack.
Fostering Innovative Entrepreneurial Design Students: Exploring the Relationship between Innovation Characteristics and Attitudes towards Entrepreneurship in South African Design Students
Authors: Hendricks Denver , Meyer Marina , Deeg Lohren , Metz Taylor , Tursky Richard
Published: November 2020

Innovation and entrepreneurship have been increasingly recognized as drivers of socio-economic development. The term innovative entrepreneur is a relatively new one and could be necessary for economic growth during a challenging and changing global environment. Previous studies have found that limited job opportunities for architectural graduates has meant that many have changed careers while others have had to innovate to survive within the profession. Therefore, architects must transform and innovate to survive and so should our curriculum. Learning how to train these innovative entrepreneurs effectively is key. Innovation can be taught and result in improved entrepreneurial skills that develop better entrepreneurial competence. The challenge is for educators, researchers and policymakers to create curricula that will impact design students to foster innovative entrepreneurial graduates and lead to eventual growth in the economy. This article is the result of a study that explored and measured the characteristics and dynamics of an innovative entrepreneur in design students. The sample consisted of South African students from the architecture, interior, graphics and multimedia disciplines. The study is the first step in understanding what behaviours and attitudes are present in African innovative entrepreneurs. The findings suggest that there is a relationship between entrepreneurial attitudes and innovation characteristics and behaviours. These can be nurtured through a dynamic design curriculum and increase a design student’s propensity to become a better designer within a thriving economy.
Constitutional Statesmanship: Lord Durham and the Creation of a New Colonial Paradigm, 1839–1841
Authors: Pound Richard W.
Published: November 2020

No one is fully prescient, Durham included. HisReportdid not anticipate the degree to which the French Canadians would be unwilling to submerge themselves into a British whole and the role which religion would play in maintaining the distinctive society. But nor did he anticipate the willingness and ability of the two communities to work together to achieve tangible results for the new country, while the underlying racial resentment remained largely intact. Despite eruptions, occasionally violent, fuelled by that resentment, the growth of the country which he envisioned has taken place and the outcome has been beyond what he could have imagined. The full assimilation which he anticipated has not occurred, although French Canada has gradually moved in the direction of urbanization and adoption of commerce at the expense of the traditional farming orientation. The diminution of the Church influence and the increasing adoption of English as the newlingua francaof the world may yet have an impact which cannot be fully estimated. The existence of Quebec within Canada has provided much greater ability and political leverage to maintain the French language than would ever have been possible were Quebec to have existed separately, completely surrounded by the predominantly English-speaking United States and English Canada.
La democracia radical (agonista) como posible horizonte de intersubjetividad
Authors: Cabrera Ruiz Juan David
Published: November 2020

A lo largo del texto se procurará, en primer lugar, hacer un seguimiento exhaustivo a los planteamientos de Hegel respecto al reconocimiento que deviene en un horizonte de intersubjetividad, lo anterior tomando como base las premisas que esgrime en su texto Filosofía real, desarrollado durante el periodo de Jena; teniendo en cuenta lo anterior, el tratamiento de la segunda parte del texto consiste en evidenciar la relación intersubjetiva existente en la política agonista o democracia adversarial que propone Chantal Mouffe a lo largo de todos sus textos, apoyando este horizonte intersubjetivo en los planteamientos hegelianos mencionados anteriormente. El fin último del texto es entablar un diálogo entre la concepción de poder —que en Mouffe se entiende en términos gramscianos de hegemonía— y la intersubjetividad que media las relaciones entre los sujetos, con el fin de ver la imprescindible confluencia de estos para un funcionamiento del Estado en relación con el pueblo.
Nociones de paz y salud en trabajos de grado de Educación Física: Universidad de Antioquia
Authors: Osorio Linares Lida Marcela , Molina Bedoya Víctor Alonso , Hurtado Cerón Arnulfo , Valencia Rivera Cristian Camilo
Published: November 2020

La paz y la salud son dos categorías centrales en la educación superior y las de mayor relevancia en los procesos de formación profesional en educación física, recreación y deporte, al desempeñar un rol destacado en estas dimensiones. Con el artículo se presentan los resultados de la investigación “Paces y saludes en los trabajos de grado de la Licenciatura en Educación Física de la Universidad de Antioquia”. La metodología privilegió la perspectiva cualitativa, con apoyo en el análisis de contenido para inferir y desocultar lo no aparente en los documentos —trabajos de grado—. Se concluye con la investigación la poca presencia de estas dos nociones en los informes de grado de los futuros profesionales, lo que demanda análisis de los currículos en función de su pertinencia social y cultural.
Vicisitudes del derecho a la privacidad (privacy). Cuestiones sobre el tratamiento de datos personales y la responsabilidad civil
Authors: Visintini Giovanna , Busnelli Francesco , Pérez Antonio , Scalzini Silvia
Published: November 2020

The objective of this work is to spread academic research on the recent transformations experienced by traditional civil law institutions ––ownership and liability–– within the field of right to privacy. The evolution of the data privacy that belongs to a person is checked. The notion of the right to privacy and its evolution towards a personal data protection right from a comparative law perspective in order to discover the advances of the Italian and the American law. This work also proposes to review the traditional postulates of property and civil liability to find solutions regarding data security as a person’s heritage. And whose infringement causes damage that have to be reviewed from public liability. Additionally, there is the possibility that with the protection of personal data, a way may be opened to protect the right to privacy and achieve a balance between it and the right to the circulation of information. Italian data protection law is a great example. It allows the content of the privacy to shape the privacy regulations, and has specified both preventive and compensatory protection of the damages derived from the infringement of personal data. The comparative look makes it easier to check the valid legislation in Colombia and the current status of a possible compensation for damages due to the violation of personal data. This allows considering the contributions of comparative law to structure a better articulated protection in Colombia.
Rheology of polysulfone-N-methylpyrrolidone solutions used in the technology of lithium-ion batteries
Authors: Kulichikhin V. G. , Malkin A.Ya. , Gumennyi I.V. , Govorov V.A.
Published: November 2020

This paper is devoted to the analysis of the rheological properties of polysulfone solutions in N-methylpyrrolidone, which are an intermediate stage in preparing lithium-ionic batteries. The viscosity of the solutions has been measured in wide ranges of shear rate, temperature, and concentration. The crucial role of water in measuring the rheological properties of solutions has been observed and avoided. The solutions under study are Newtonian liquids, but they demonstrate the elasticity at moderately high concentrations. The concentration dependence of viscosity is very strong, and the threshold was found where the viscosity grows unlimitedly due to the transition of the solution to the gel-like state. Temperature dependences of viscosity are described by the Arrhenius-type equation with the activation energy increasing along with an increase in the polymer concentration in solutions.
In mehrdeutigen und unsicheren Fällen
Authors: Jankrift Kay Peter
Published: November 2020

The important role of Jewish medical practitioners in medieval and early modern Aschkenas has been underlined time and again. Regardless of legal restrictions and anti-Jewish polemics Jewish physicians were highly appreciated by Christian patients. However, although sources are rather scare, there were also Jewish patients who consulted Christian doctors. Practice records of the Nuremberg physician Johann Christoph Götz (1688–1733) and letters of his contemporary Christoph Jacob Trew (1695–1769) indicate that Jewish children, women and men from nearby Fürth asked for medical advice or treatment. The documents bear witness to a vivid exchange of ideas between Trew and the Jewish physician Wolf Enoch Levin from Fürth in the age of Enligthment. In ambiguous and difficult cases, Wolf often addressed himself to Trew as intermediary for his sick coreligionists.
Optimal Industrial Policies in a Two-Sector-R&D Economy
Authors: Sorek Gilad
Published: November 2020

This study characterizes welfare-enhancing industrial policies in a two-sector-R&D economy that incorporates both vertical and horizontal innovation. It elaborates on current welfare analyses of two-sector-R&D economies along two lines. First, it explores the welfare properties of non-drastic innovations whereas current analyses are confined to drastic innovations. It is shown that while the endogenously chosen size of drastic innovations is insufficient compared to social optimum, the size of non-drastic innovations may be excessive compared with the welfare maximizing one. Second, it explores welfare-enhancing policies designed to restrict innovators’ market power, whereas current policy analyses focus on R&D and market-entry subsidies. The welfare-maximizing policies presented here combine proper limitations on innovators’ market power along with a corresponding production tax (or subsidy). The limitations over innovators’ market power are aimed to support the optimal innovation size, and the corresponding production tax is set to support the optimal product variety span.
Search Costs and Wage Inequality
Authors: Pi Jiancai , Zhang Kaiqi
Published: November 2020

This paper analyzes how search costs affect skilled-unskilled wage inequality. In the basic model, we find that an increase in skilled labor’s search costs will decrease wage inequality if the skilled labor market and the unskilled labor market are separated. In the extended model, our findings are as follows: (i) Even if there exists free entry into the unskilled labor market or the endogenous provision of public goods, an increase of search costs in the skilled labor market will decrease wage inequality; and (ii) if skilled search costs are negatively related to the skilled wage, wage inequality will be increased.
Evaluation of the protein gap for detection of abnormal serum gammaglobulin level: an imperfect predictor
Authors: Suleman Adam , Cameron D. William , Corrales-Medina Vicente , McCudden Christopher , Cowan Juthaporn
Published: November 2020

Objectives

The value of the serum protein gap (PG, difference between total protein and albumin) in the detection of hyper- or hypogammaglobulinemia is not well established. We assessed the performance of PG for the detection of hyper- or hypogammaglobulinemia in a large sample of patients.

Methods

We reviewed all paired measurements of serum total protein, albumin, quantitative immunoglobulins, and serum protein electrophoresis tested between March 2014 and June 2017 at the Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and likelihood ratios of PG at thresholds between 18 and 44 g/L for the detection of hyper- and hypogammaglobulinemia were assessed.

Results

There were 19,575 and 5,426 simultaneous paired data points to assess hyper- and hypogammaglobulinemia identified by serum protein electrophoresis (SPE) and nephelometry, respectively. The mean PG was 36.3 g/L (SD 8.6). The prevalence of hypergammaglobulinemia (>16 g/L by SPE) and hypogammaglobulinemia (IgG <7 g/L) was 21.9 and 5.5%, respectively. High PG (≥38 g/L) had sensitivity and specificity of 76.2 and 71.5% respectively for hypergammaglobulinemia. PG ≥38 g/L had a negative predictive value (NPV) of 93.1% for monoclonal, and 96.9% for polyclonal gammopathy. A PG threshold of ≤18 g/L had of sensitivity of 0.4%, specificity of 100%, PPV of 100% and NPV of 80.1% to detect hypogammaglobulinemia (IgG <7 g/L).

Conclusions

High and low PG values were not sensitive in detecting hyper- or hypogammaglobulinemia, although negative predictive values were high for both. Performance of PG should be further evaluated prospectively in specific populations at risk of for abnormal IgG levels.
A proposed Common Training Framework for Specialists in Laboratory Medicine under EU Directive 2013/55/EC (The Recognition of Professional Qualifications)
Authors: Wieringa Gijsbert , Queraltó Josep , Homšak Evgenija , Jassam Nuthar , Cavalier Etienne , Svinarov Dobrin , Krleža Jasna L , Christou Spyroula , Pikner Richard , Larsen Trine Rennebod , Tomberg Karel , Linko-Parvinen Anna , Sapin Vincent , Baum Hannsjorg , Kroupis Christos , Bagoly Zsuzsa , Costelloe Sean , Sciacovelli Laura , Stasulans Janis , Vitkus Dalius , Meunier Danielle , Solnica Bogdan , Reguengo Henrique , Mambet Cristina , Kovac Gustav , Krhin Blaž , Ohlson Mats , Buhagiar Gerald , Simundic Ana-Maria
Published: November 2020

European Union (EU) Directive 2013/55/EC (The Recognition of Professional Qualifications) allows Member States to decide on a common set of minimum knowledge, skills and competences that are needed to pursue a given profession through a Common Training Framework. To be adopted the framework must combine the knowledge, skills and competences of at least one third of the Member States. Professionals who have gained their qualifications under a Common Training Framework will be able to have these recognised automatically within the Union. The backbone of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine’s (EFLM) proposed Common Training Framework for non-medical Specialists in Laboratory Medicine is outlined here. It is based on an Equivalence of Standards in education, training, qualifications, knowledge, skills, competences and the professional conduct associated with specialist practice. In proposing the recognition of specialist practice EFLM has identified 15 EU Member States able to meet Equivalence and in whom the profession and/or its training is regulated (an additional EU Commission requirement). The framework supports and contributes to the Directive’s enabling goals for increasing professional mobility, safeguarding consumers and ensuring a more equitable distribution of skills and expertise across the Member States. It represents EFLM’s position statement and provides a template for professional societies and/or competent authorities to engage with the EU Commission.
M-polynomial and topological indices of zigzag edge coronoid fused by starphene
Authors: Afzal Farkhanda , Hussain Sabir , Afzal Deeba , Hameed Saira
Published: November 2020

Chemical graph theory is a subfield of graph theory that studies the topological indices for chemical graphs that have a good correlation with chemical properties of a chemical molecule. In this study, we have computed M-polynomial of zigzag edge coronoid fused by starphene. We also investigate various topological indices related to this graph by using their M-polynomial.
Robustness study of the tricalcium phosphate synthesis by using Taguchi’s approach
Authors: Nohair Mohamed , Jermouni Chaymae , Azmi Sara , Khoumri El Mati , Britel Ouafaa , Chaair Hassan
Published: November 2020

In this work we propose a contribution for the optimization of the tricalcium phosphate synthesis by a double decomposition with a Ca/P ratio equal to 1.5, using Taguchi’s approach in the methodology of experiment design. We used a model involving four factors, namely the pH of the reaction, the concentration of Ca2+ ions, the temperature and the reaction time. We reduced the number of factors by subtracting the temperature, because it varies randomly in its range of variation. So we have developed a much simpler and more robust model by a double optimization. It consists in finding a configuration of the retained factors to synthesize a product with a Ca/P equal to 1.5 with the minimum of dispersion. We propose a synthesis process insensitive to random variations in temperature in its field of experimental variation defined previously. The synthesis process of the tricalcium phosphate is robust and insensitive on the temperature in the range of variation that was analyzed. The resolution of the mathematical model proposes different ways for this synthesis by a factorial variation of the three remaining factors. The proposed mathematical model is linear and efficient with very satisfactory statistical indicators.
Cardiac implant and the risk of infective endocarditis in pregnancy
Authors: Kim Sara , Pollard Jennifer , Garretto Diana , Herrera Kimberly
Published: November 2020

Objectives

Infective endoplastitis/endocarditis (IE) due to a cardiac implant is an extremely rare event during pregnancy. Management and prognosis is not well known in this population.

Case presentation

A 29-year-old woman, gravida 1 para 0, at 19 3/7 weeks gestation with an Amplatzer septal occluder presented to the hospital with fever. A transesophageal echocardiogram demonstrated cardiac vegetations. She subsequently underwent cardiopulmonary bypass surgery with fetal monitoring to remove the device and eventually went on to deliver a full-term infant.

Conclusions

IE should be on the differential in patients with cardiac device. Multidisciplinary efforts enable prompt initiation of treatment after weighing the risks and benefits to both mother and fetus. Lastly, the fetal status can be utilized to assess for hemodynamic status of the mother.
Spinal dysraphism, club feet, and dextrocardia with situs inversus totalis in a neonate: a rare association and review
Authors: Puvabanditsin Surasak , Maskey Akreeti , Kased Rannan , Haleem Sadia , Mehta Rajeev
Published: November 2020

Objectives

The spinal dysraphism and situs inversus are a rare association. Since 1909, reports on the coincidence of malformations of the spine and gastrointestinal tract have been published. So far there is no plausible explanation for the association.

Case presentation

We report a term female infant with spinal dysraphism with club feet associated with dextrocardia and situs inversus totalis. Whole genome SNP microarray analysis was normal. However, there are extended contiguous regions of allele homozygosity [>8 Mb[megabase]) observed in chromosome 6 and 14.

Conclusions

We report a rare association of spinal dysraphism and situs inversus totalis in a neonate. We review the literature. There have recently been theorized by some to in fact represent nothing more than the presence of two or more polytopic field defects, with all the anomalies present sharing a common molecular basis.
Reconsidering Semiospheric Translation Types
Authors: Jia Hongwei
Published: November 2020

In Chapter 10 of Introducing semiosic translation by Torres-Martínez (2019: 172–177), “On the origins of semiosic translation, the role of semiosis in translation and translating and the nature of sign systems: Response to Jia,” the author makes a critical analysis of my article “Semiospheric translation types reconsidered from the translation semiotics perspective” (2019), criticizing that (1) my semiospheric translations are both semiotically problematic and ideologically loaded; (2) my view of translation is untenable from a cognitive perspective; and (3) translation is not a special case of semiosis, finally pointing out that semiotic processes, and not individual signs, are the source of all types of translations. In this paper, I intend to briefly state and then reply to each of these three points.
Learning for Adaptation
Authors: Shen Juming , Sheng Yu , Zhou Ying
Published: November 2020

The conceptualization of intercultural communication competence (ICC) has been updated tentatively since it was formulated in the 1970s. A common recognition is that development of ICC can only be realized through an individual’s adaptation, which results from the integration of the multiple forces within the individuals themselves. However, most of the existing research on ICC has focused on the conscious aspects of competence like abilities or skills that are distinguishable, that is,whatto adapt, rather than the less conscious aspect, or its correlation with the unconscious part, that is, thehowto adapt, or what the process of adaptation is. The absence of investigation into the adaptation process may have been a consequence of the educational context of studies on ICC, which depends much on, or is heavily affected by, the Cartesian dualistic viewpoints that emphasize the dichotomy of mind–body while ignoring the “middle” in between. Based on our previous semiotic analysis that explained the process of intercultural communication as a form of semiosis, this paper adopts more perspectives from edusemiotics to conceptualizelearningfollowing a triadic framework with emphasis on the process as the “middle,” which renders it possible to reflect on the process of individuals’ adaptation in contexts of intercultural communication.
Chest pain management: use of troponins in internal medicine wards
Authors: Ilardi Alfonso , Caruso Giuseppe , Ilardi Ciro Rosario , D’Avino Maria
Published: November 2020

Objectives

To probe the reference biomarkers used to manage chest pain (CP) by Italian internists.

Methods

Two hundred and fifty-seven doctors registered as members of the Federation of Associations of Hospital Doctors on Internal Medicine of the Campania Region (FADOI-Campania) were surveyed by means of Google Forms platform. Each participant was asked to report his/her sex, age, and location and hospital size (beds in hospital) in which he/she worked. Furthermore, they were asked to indicate the reference biomarker he/she usually employed in the management of patients with CP, choosing from four possible answers. In line with national and international guidelines, cardiac troponins are the gold standard biomarkers.

Results

Eighty-two internists (30 females) completed the survey. Interestingly, only 30.5% of participants indicated the cardiac troponins as reference biomarker. Moreover, internists working in medium-sized hospitals appeared to prefer the simultaneous measurement of cardiac troponins and Creatine Kinase MB Isoenzyme.

Conclusions

Given the economic impact of performing inappropriate examinations and the frequency of the CP symptom and associated diseases, rethinking pathways in a multidisciplinary and shared fashion can promote optimization and appropriateness, and therefore stop wastefulness.
Solidarität unter Frauen?
Authors: Rössler Beate
Published: November 2020

Is it necessary and is it possible to develop and justify a meaningful concept of women’s solidarity? In this contribution, I will answer both of these questions in the affirmative. Starting by developing a concept of solidarity, I then move on to discussing the intricate question of a consistent and meaningful concept of ‘woman’. After suggesting a solution to the semantic as well as ontological problems, I turn to the idea of collective experiences of oppression as a possible basis or at least a starting point for women’s solidarity. The idea of collective experiences has tobe enriched, however, by referring to the idea of political imagination in order to demonstrate a way of providing convincing interpretations of shared experiences. In a last step, I discuss – following Habermas – the relation between solidarity and justice, since it is solely the idea of justice which can motivate as well as justify claims to solidarity. I end by having a brief look at conflicting claims of solidarity and the problem of intersectionality.
The Articulation of Didactic Engineering with the Didactic Situations Theory: Examples of Applications to the Study of Integer Sequences
Authors: Catarino Paula
Published: November 2020

According to the guidelines of the Didactic Engineering as a research methodology and in complementarity with the Didactic Situations Theory, we will show how Didactic Engineering and the Didactic Situations Theory can be articulated to study integer sequences. We will present two examples of applications of this articulation between Didactic Engineering and the Didactic Situations Theory to the study of numerical sequences and it is our intention to describe the main elements of two initial stages of Didactic Engineering, namely, Preliminary Analysis and Design and a priori Analysis. We will highlight the conception of didactic situations and the possible behaviors and resolution of the students before the problem situations, organized for purposes of experimentation.
ΣΤΑΣΙΣ e ΔΙΑΦΘΟΡΑ. Nota aSofista228a7-8
Authors: Sirianni Filippo
Published: November 2020

Passage 228a7-8 of Plato’sSophisthas been the object of a broad debate by reason of a number of subtle interpretative problems. The present work attempts to take stock of this passage and to put forward a satisfying solution from both a philological and an exegetic perspective. I seek to show that the reading cited by Galen and adopted in the editions of theSophist(τὴν τοῦ φύσει συγγενοῦς ἔκ τινος διαφθορᾶς διαφοράν) cannot be preferred to the variant found in the manuscripts of the dialogue (τὴν τοῦ φύσει συγγενοῦς ἔκ τινος διαφορᾶς διαφθοράν). As for the interpretation, both readings stand out as problematic. I propose to reconsider the interpretation of the syntagma τοῦ φύσει συγγενοῦς and to translate it as “the natural kinship” rather than as “what is naturally kindred”. The paper continues with an analysis of the role played by kinship in Plato’s philosophy, showing how its sundering can be identified withstasis.
Adoption of Business Intelligence to Support Cost Accounting Based Financial Systems — Case Study of XYZ Company
Authors: Gaol Ford Lumban , Abdillah Lufty , Matsuo Tokuro
Published: November 2020

XYZ is a company engaged in the port sector. To support the company’s business processes, XYZ uses two applications to carry out operational activities, namely the CARTOS application to manage invoices and the Finance application to record company costs and revenues. To produce a cost accounting report, XYZ is still processing and visualizing it manually with data sources from the two applications mentioned earlier. This resulted in quite a long time processing data into information. So that reporting to management cannot be done in real time. Therefore XYZ needs a system that can help management to analyze and manage data into information in real time. The Business Intelligence (BI) method is one of the solutions for company needs, especially in analyzing and providing access to data to help make better decisions.

This study discusses the design and implementation of business intelligence solutions ranging from architecture, data warehouse, ETL processes and visualization in the form of a dashboard in accordance with the needs of XYZ. The method used in developing business intelligence dashboards refers to the executive information system life cycle method which consists of justification, planning, business analysis, design, construction, and dissemination. The results of this research are dashboard visualization using the Power BI tool that displays information and knowledge needed in the monitoring process and becomes material to produce management decisions related to cost accounting reports.
Lane Departure Warning Estimation Using Yaw Acceleration
Authors: Poh Ping Em , Hossen J. , Eng Kiong Wong
Published: November 2020

Lane departure collisions have contributed to the traffic accidents that cause millions of injuries and tens of thousands of casualties per year worldwide. Due to vision-based lane departure warning limitation from environmental conditions that affecting system performance, a model-based vehicle dynamics framework is proposed for estimating the lane departure event by using vehicle dynamics responses. The model-based vehicle dynamics framework mainly consists of a mathematical representation of 9-degree of freedom system, which permitted to pitch, roll, and yaw as well as to move in lateral and longitudinal directions with each tire allowed to rotate on its axle axis. The proposed model-based vehicle dynamics framework is created with a ride model, Calspan tire model, handling model, slip angle, and longitudinal slip subsystems. The vehicle speed and steering wheel angle datasets are used as the input in vehicle dynamics simulation for predicting lane departure event. Among the simulated vehicle dynamic responses, the yaw acceleration response is observed to provide earlier insight in predicting the future lane departure event compared to other vehicle dynamics responses. The proposed model-based vehicle dynamics framework had shown the effectiveness in estimating lane departure using steering wheel angle and vehicle speed inputs.
The Spring Man of Prague
Authors: Janeček Petr
Published: November 2020

The paper discusses the phenomenon of a well-known Czech folkloric character, the Spring Man, in its broader historical, social and pop-cultural context. This fictional hero appears in contemporary legends and anecdotes popular mostly during the Second World War; the narratives about the Spring Man represent a regional version (ecotype) of an international migratory legend about the originally English jumping urban phantom Spring-heeled Jack. Similarly to his English predecessor, the Czech Spring Man became a hero of popular culture, which, after 2002, rebranded this originally ambivalent urban apparition into the “first Czech superhero” of cartoons, comic books and movies.
“Separated in Neither Death nor Life”: The Folk Traditions Linking Judah Halevi and Abraham ibn Ezra
Authors: Kfir Uriah , Rotman David
Published: November 2020

Judah Halevi and Abraham ibn Ezra are two of the most celebrated pre-modern Jewish figures of all time. Born in late eleventh-century Spain, their lives intersected on several occasions. However, there is also an extensive web of folk narratives and traditions that have been told about them from the Middle-Ages to the present day which links them to each other through their imagined biographies. In fact, many stories were told about them separately depicting various facets of each man’s character. Here, however, we show that unlike other stories, those that bring them together revolve around a specific type of activity common to both; namely, poetry. Furthermore, their hagiographies tend to reproduce the typical milestones characteristic of biographies of saints and cultural heroes (Noy 1975): the prenatal legend, the biographical legend, the posthumous legend, events associated with the hero’s descendants, and events associated with the hero’s possessions. In this case, however, we argue that the stories not only correspond to their biographical phases, but that these stories shape their poetic endeavors as adhering to these phases as well, thus turning these two poets into a timeless couple separated in neither life or death, before their births or posthumously.
A genuine analogue of the Wiener Tauberian theorem for some Lorentz spaces on SL(2,ℝ)
Authors: Rana Tapendu
Published: November 2020

In this paper, we prove a genuine analogue of the Wiener Tauberian theorem for

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