bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Obesity and ENT manifestations — a tertiary care centre study
Authors: Saraf Aditiya , Manhas Monica , Manhas Amit , Kalsotra Parmod
Published: January 2023

Background

The aim of our study was to assess whether there is role of obesity in ENT diseases like otitis media effusion, chronic otitis media, chronic rhinosinusitis, sudden sensorineural hearing loss and chronic tonsillitis, or not.

Methods

The present prospective study, after approval by institutional ethics committee, was conducted in the Department of ENT, SMGS Hospital, GMC Jammu from January 2021 to February 2022 on 590 patients, who were divided into 6 groups — group A — otitis media with effusion (n = 95 patients), group B — chronic otitis media (n = 171 patients), group C — sudden SNHL (n = 43 patients), group D — chronic rhinosinusitis (n = 102 patients), group E — chronic tonsillitis (n = 67 patients) and group F (control group) — patients (aged 11–50 years) coming to ENT OPD with other problems, except those problems mentioned in inclusion and exclusion criteria (n = 112 patients). Severity of disease was evaluated using Adelaide Disease Severity Score (CRS patients), otoscopy and pure tone audiometry (OME and COM), pure-tone audiometry (sudden SNHL) and Brodsky grading scale (chronic tonsillitis). Mean BMI and percentage of obese patients were calculated for each group.

Results

The mean age of presentation in our study was 40.66 ± 7.25 years. Male to female ratio was 1:1.6 in our study. The mean BMI in control group (group F) was 22.51 ± 3.01 kg/m2. The mean BMI was 25.41 ± 2.81 kg/m2 in group A, 25.33 ± 2.34 kg/m2 in group B, 25.12 ± 3.14 kg/m2 in group C, 25.78 ± 2.33 kg/m2 in group D and 25.03 ± 1.84 kg/m2 in group E, the difference between each of these groups and control group being statistically significant (p < 0.005). The percentage of obese patients in group F was 20.5% (23 patients). The percentage of obese patients was 53.6% (51 patients) in group A, 49.7% (85 patients) in group B, 39.5% (17 patients) in group C, 54.9% (56 patients) in group D and 31.3% (21 patients) in group E. Upon comparison with group F, the difference in percentage of obese patients was statistically significant in each group. Obese patients were more likely to have otitis media with effusion (OR 1.85, 95% CI 0.15 to 6.49), chronic otitis media (OR 1.80, 95% CI 0.15 to 6.33), sudden SNHL (OR 1.62, 95% CI 0.21 to 6.40), chronic rhinosinusitis (OR 2.05, 95% CI 0.15 to 6.55) and chronic tonsillitis (OR 1.60, 95% CI 0.16–6.13), than the control group.

Conclusion

Obesity leads to various ENT problems by altering the immune system. In our study, mean BMI was significantly higher in patients with otitis media effusion, chronic otitis media, chronic rhinosinusitis, sudden sensorineural hearing loss and chronic tonsillitis and also, as the severity of disease increased with increase in severity of BMI, showing positive correlation for all study groups, thus establishing association of obesity and these common otorhinolaryngological conditions.
Management of post-COVID mucormycosis at a tertiary care center in Northern India
Authors: Pathak Lav , Tripathi Anchal , Nayyar Supreet Singh , Kurkure Rahul , Yadav Arun , Mishra Jyoti , Das Biswajit , Tiwari Shubankar
Published: January 2023

Purpose

Our study aims to compile data on the clinical presentation, pathological and radiological findings in cases of post-COVID mucormycosis, and present the management strategy used in our center.

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort observational study based at a tertiary healthcare institution in Northern India. All COVID-positive patients presenting with clinical features of mucormycosis were included in the study. They underwent complete otorhinolaryngeal, medical, and ophthalmological examination after thorough history taking. Biochemical tests, biopsy and imaging studies were done for all the patients. The treatment strategy included a multidisciplinary team approach, that is, intravenous antifungals as well as surgical debridement of necrotic tissue via Modified Denker’s approach or open maxillectomy, and orbital exenteration, if required. Patients were followed up for six months to look for recurrence.

Results

Twenty-three patients were studied, out of which 14 were males and 9 were females. Pathological findings of 13 out of 15 patients, who underwent surgical debridement revealed mucormycosis as a causative agent, received Amphotericin. Aspergillus was found in two cases which received Voriconazole. Eleven out of 20 patients who were treated in our hospital survived. Three patients were lost to follow up. The average hospital stay of discharged patients was 14 days.

Conclusion

Post-COVID mucormycosis was reported at an alarming rate after the second COVID wave in India especially after steroid therapies in diabetic patients. Thus a timely, aggressive, team approach using Modified Denkers or open maxillectomy along with proper intravenous antifungals is the key to survival in such patients.
3D finite-difference transient electromagnetic modeling with a whole-space initial field
Authors: Li Fei , Cheng Jiulong
Published: January 2023

A 3D finite-difference time-domain transient electromagnetic forward-modeling method with a whole-space initial field is proposed to improve forward efficiency and flexibility. The open-source software WFTEM3D is developed based on this method with two language versions: a FORTRAN code and a MATLAB code. First, the scheme calculates the whole-space initial field excited by magnetic dipole sources at an initial time after the current is switched off. Then, the scheme steps Maxwell’s equations in time using a staggered grid and a modified DuFort-Frankel method. Multiple magnetic dipole sources are superimposed to achieve the modeling for large loop configurations. The air is included into the grids and the Dirichlet boundary condition is used on the outer boundaries. The forward-modeling method has three advantages. First, the method can be used to simulate the whole-space model and the half-space model. Second, big mesh growth factors of 1.5–3 are allowed, which significantly improves the computational efficiency and facilitates the simulation of the multiscale model. Third, the approximate initial field can be calculated using a conductivity independent of the model, which facilitates the simulation of the nonflat topography model. These advantages are tested by examples. The model of a conductive brick in a half-space and the model of a complex conductor at a vertical contact are simulated. The run times are 0.48 and 9.72 s, respectively, on an ordinary computer with an Intel Core i7-6700 CPU, and the solutions are consistent with that presented in the literature. Examples of a multiscale model with three conductive bricks, a valley model, and a hill model are simulated, which further verify these advantages.
Iterative deblending using unsupervised learning with double-deep neural networks
Authors: Wang Kunxi , Hu Tianyue , Wang Shangxu
Published: January 2023

Simultaneous source acquisition technology can greatly improve seismic acquisition efficiency. However, due to continuous shooting and serious crosstalk noise of the adjacent sources in seismic data, simultaneous source data cannot be directly used in conventional data processing procedures. Therefore, simultaneous source data need to be deblended to obtain the conventional shot record. Under densely sampled sources, we have developed a novel unsupervised deep learning (UDL) method based on the double-deep neural networks for iterative inversion deblending of simultaneous source data. Our UDL, which is mainly composed of the residual neural network (R-net) and the U-net neural network, has excellent nonlinear optimization ability. The total loss function design can optimize our UDL in the correct direction and avoid the problem of overfitting. By minimizing the total loss function, the R-net and U-net branches of the UDL can extract the coherent effective signals of all sources and suppress the crosstalk noise. The most prominent advantage of our UDL method is that it does not require label data, and the training data set does not contain raw unblended data, thus solving the problem of missing training data sets. The examples with two synthetic and one field data set are used to prove the effectiveness of iterative inversion deblending of simultaneous source data based on our UDL method when sources are within a small distance of each other. By comparing our UDL method with the traditional curvelet-based and contourlet-based methods, the superiority of our method in the quality of separation results is demonstrated.
Quantifying amplitude-variation-with-offset uncertainties related to calcite-cemented beds using a Monte Carlo simulation
Authors: Tschache Saskia , Vinje Vetle , Lie Jan Erik , Iversen Einar
Published: January 2023

Calcite cement often occurs locally, forming thin layers of calcite-cemented sandstone characterized by high seismic velocities and densities. Because of their strong impedance contrast with the surrounding rock, calcite-cemented intervals produce detectable seismic reflection signals that may interfere with target reflections at the top of a reservoir. In this case, the amplitude-variation-with-offset (AVO) of the effective seismic signature will be altered and may even create a false hydrocarbon indication. From the Monte Carlo simulation, we find that the presence of thin calcite-cemented beds increases the uncertainty of the Bayesian pore-fluid classification based on the AVO attributes intercept and gradient. In the case example of a North Sea turbiditic oil and gas field, the probability of a false-positive hydrocarbon indication increases from 3%–5% to 18%–21% assuming an equal probability of the occurrence of brine, oil, and gas. The results confirm that calcite-cemented beds can create a pitfall in AVO analysis. Realistic estimates of the AVO uncertainty are crucial for the risk assessment of well placement decisions.
Guideline for the Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Pediatric Patients With Cancer and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Recipients: 2023 Update
Authors: Lehrnbecher Thomas , Robinson Paula D. , Ammann Roland A. , Fisher Brian , Patel Priya , Phillips Robert , Beauchemin Melissa P. , Carlesse Fabianne , Castagnola Elio , Davis Bonnie L. , Elgarten Caitlin W. , Groll Andreas H. , Haeusler Gabrielle M. , Koenig Christa , Santolaya Maria E. , Tissing Wim J.E. , Wolf Joshua , Alexander Sarah , Hu Helen , Dupuis L. Lee , Sung Lillian
Published: January 2023

PURPOSE

To update a clinical practice guideline (CPG) for the empiric management of fever and neutropenia (FN) in pediatric patients with cancer and hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients.

METHODS

The International Pediatric Fever and Neutropenia Guideline Panel reconvened to conduct the second update of this CPG. We updated the previous systematic review to identify new randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating any strategy for the management of FN in pediatric patients. Using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation framework, evidence quality was classified as high, moderate, low, or very low. The panel updated recommendations related to initial management, ongoing management, and empiric antifungal therapy. Changes from the 2017 CPG were articulated, and good practice statements were considered.

RESULTS

We identified 10 new RCTs in addition to the 69 RCTs identified in previous FN CPGs to inform the 2023 FN CPG. Changes from the 2017 CPG included two conditional recommendations regarding (1) discontinuation of empiric antibacterial therapy in clinically well and afebrile patients with low-risk FN if blood cultures remain negative at 48 hours despite no evidence of marrow recovery and (2) pre-emptive antifungal therapy for invasive fungal disease in high-risk patients not receiving antimold prophylaxis. The panel created a good practice statement to initiate FN CPG-consistent empiric antibacterial therapy as soon as possible in clinically unstable febrile patients.

CONCLUSION

The updated FN CPG incorporates important modifications on the basis of recently published trials. Future work should focus on addressing knowledge gaps, improving CPG implementation, and measuring the impact of CPG-consistent care.
Tarlatamab, a First-in-Class DLL3-Targeted Bispecific T-Cell Engager, in Recurrent Small-Cell Lung Cancer: An Open-Label, Phase I Study
Authors: Paz-Ares Luis , Champiat Stephane , Lai W. Victoria , Izumi Hiroki , Govindan Ramaswamy , Boyer Michael , Hummel Horst-Dieter , Borghaei Hossein , Johnson Melissa L. , Steeghs Neeltje , Blackhall Fiona , Dowlati Afshin , Reguart Noemi , Yoshida Tatsuya , He Kai , Gadgeel Shirish M. , Felip Enriqueta , Zhang Yiran , Pati Amrita , Minocha Mukul , Mukherjee Sujoy , Goldrick Amanda , Nagorsen Dirk , Hashemi Sadraei Nooshin , Owonikoko Taofeek K.
Published: January 2023

PURPOSE

Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive malignancy with limited treatments. Delta-like ligand 3 (DLL3) is aberrantly expressed in most SCLC. Tarlatamab (AMG 757), a bispecific T-cell engager molecule, binds both DLL3 and CD3 leading to T-cellb–mediated tumor lysis. Herein, we report phase I results of tarlatamab in patients with SCLC.

PATIENTS AND METHODS

This study evaluated tarlatamab in patients with relapsed/refractory SCLC. The primary end point was safety. Secondary end points included antitumor activity by modified RECIST 1.1, overall survival, and pharmacokinetics.

RESULTS

By July 19, 2022, 107 patients received tarlatamab in dose exploration (0.003 to 100 mg; n = 73) and expansion (100 mg; n = 34) cohorts. Median prior lines of anticancer therapy were 2 (range, 1-6); 49.5% received antiprogrammed death-1/programmed death ligand-1 therapy. Any-grade treatment-related adverse events occurred in 97 patients (90.7%) and grade b % 3 in 33 patients (30.8%). One patient (1%) had grade 5 pneumonitis. Cytokine release syndrome was the most common treatment-related adverse event, occurring in 56 patients (52%) including grade 3 in one patient (1%). Maximum tolerated dose was not reached. Objective response rate was 23.4% (95% CI, 15.7 to 32.5) including two complete and 23 partial responses. The median duration of response was 12.3 months (95% CI, 6.6 to 14.9). The disease control rate was 51.4% (95% CI, 41.5 to 61.2). The median progression-free survival and overall survival were 3.7 months (95% CI, 2.1 to 5.4) and 13.2 months (95% CI, 10.5 to not reached), respectively. Exploratory analysis suggests that selecting for increased DLL3 expression can result in increased clinical benefit.

CONCLUSION

In patients with heavily pretreated SCLC, tarlatamab demonstrated manageable safety with encouraging response durability. Further evaluation of this promising molecule is ongoing.

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Teprotumumab for Treatment of Pretibial Myxedema
Authors: Reyes Michelangelo P , Cabrera John , Singh Jasvir , Turnbull Dennis
Published: January 2023

Pretibial myxedema (PTM), also called thyroid dermopathy, is a dreaded and potentially debilitating manifestation of thyroid disease, more commonly Graves' disease, which can occur at any time over the course of the disease. No substantial long-term therapies have been able to target the condition, and management has typically been supportive (eg, compression socks, weight loss), with courses of moderate-intensity steroids. Teprotumumab has been approved for the management of thyroid eye disease (TED), and it is believed that the 2 share a similar pathophysiology likely related to type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor, which may explain why some patients have also experienced improvement in PTM. Here we present a patient who received 8 doses of teprotumumab for TED who, over the course of management and into follow-up, experienced significant improvement in her pretibial myxedema. The patient noted considerable improvement in quality of life and ability to perform daily activities. We present this case to consider further investigation into the utilization of teprotumumab for thyroid disease–related PTM in patients with impaired quality of life.
Visceral Adipose Tissue is Negatively Associated With Bone Mineral Density in NHANES 2011-2018
Authors: Jain Rajesh K , Vokes Tamara
Published: January 2023

Context

The relationship of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) with bone mineral density (BMD) is not well established.

Objective

To examine the associations of VAT and SAT with total body BMD in a large, nationally representative population with a wide range of adiposity.

Methods

We analyzed 10 641 subjects aged 20 to 59 years in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2018 who had undergone total body BMD and had VAT and SAT measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Linear regression models were fitted while controlling for age, sex, race or ethnicity, smoking status, height, and lean mass index.

Results

In a fully adjusted model, each higher quartile of VAT was associated with an average of 0.22 lower T-score (95% CI, −0.26 to −0.17, P < 0.001), whereas SAT had a weak association with BMD but only in men (−0.10; 95% CI, −0.17 to −0.04, P = 0.002). However, the association of SAT to BMD in men was no longer significant after controlling for bioavailable sex hormones. In subgroup analysis, we also found differences in the relationship of VAT to BMD in Black and Asian subjects, but these differences were eliminated after accounting for racial and ethnic differences in VAT norms.

Conclusions

VAT has a negative association with BMD. Further research is needed to better understand the mechanism of action and, more generally, to develop strategies for optimizing bone health in obese subjects.
Cause-of-Death Diversity From a Multiple-Cause Perspective in the United States
Authors: Trias-Llimós Sergi , Permanyer Iñaki
Published: January 2023

Cause-of-death diversity captures the variability of deaths across causes and is an important marker of heterogeneity in a population's health. We contribute to the debate of cause-of-death diversity dynamics by following a novel multiple causes of death (MCOD) approach and applying it to the U.S. context between 2003 and 2018 and across education groups. Results show that cause-of-death diversity increased over this period, especially up to 2012. These trends were mainly driven by increases in the groups aged 65 years or more. The inclusion of MCOD resulted in higher increases in cause-of-death diversity over time compared with merely using underlying causes of death, except for the 85 or more age group, where no difference was observed for males and a reverted gradient was observed for females. Results by educational attainment reveal lower diversity among the highest educated groups and widening differences across groups from around 2012 onward. The clear educational gradient observed at ages 30–64 diminished at older ages. The observed increases in cause-of-death diversity should be monitored to better understand mortality dynamics in aging populations. Our new MCOD diversity measures suggest that traditional approaches relying on single causes of death might be underestimating cause-of-death diversity dynamics, particularly for males.
Movement-synchronized cerebellum rhythm coordinates multi-joint movements in young and elderly adults
Authors: Hirata Keisuke , Hanawa Hiroki , Miyazawa Taku , Masugi Yohei
Published: January 2023

Rhythmic limb multi-joint movement like locomotion is controlled by intralimb coordination. Intralimb coordination changes entail immediate alterations in movement patterns and be related with cerebellum function. Synchronized cerebellum activity has known to modulate the frequency of walking, but not known the effect of only intralimb coordination. The purpose of this study was to reveal the effect of synchronized and unsynchronized cerebellum activity on the coordination of multi-joint movements of the unilateral leg in young and elderly people. To achieve our purpose, we applied synchronized and unsynchronized cerebellum transcranial alternating current stimulation during cyclic unilateral multi-joint movement by visual tracking task. The results showed that the reduction in comprehensive synchrony between targets and movements through trials had no significant differences under all stimulus conditions in young and elderly people. However, the reduction in variation of synchronization through trials was significantly smaller under the synchronized transcranial alternating current stimulation condition in both young and elderly groups. Variation of synchronization was remarkably reduced under the synchronized transcranial alternating current stimulation condition for the elderly group. This study showed that movement-synchronized cerebellum activity contributes to reducing fluctuations in movement synchrony by coordinating unilateral multi-joint movements. Moreover, this reduction was remarkable in the elderly group.
Preparation and Mechanism Investigation of Walnut Shell-Based Hierarchical Porous Carbon for Supercapacitors
Authors: Zhang Guoyan , Bai Qiuhong , Wang Xiaoyan , Li Cong , Uyama Hiroshi , Shen Yehua
Published: January 2023

The reasonable regulation of porous structure and crystallinity has been focused on supercapacitor development. Here, hierarchical porous carbons have been prepared by a hybrid of chemical activation and template methods using walnut shells as carbon source, and KMnO4 as activator and template agent. The activation mechanism of KMnO4 at different activation temperatures has been studied based on the XRD and TG analysis. Due to the synergy of rich oxygen-containing functional groups and hierarchical porous structure, the hierarchical porous carbon materials show a high capacitance of 380 F g−1 at 0.5 A g−1, good cycling stability with 93% capacitance retention even after 10000 continuous charge-discharge cycles at 5 A g−1. Additionally, the assembled symmetric supercapacitor has a high energy density of 8.95 Wh kg−1. This study shows that KMnO4 activation is a mild and highly efficient way to prepare high performance carbon electrode materials for supercapacitors.
The magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of radicular cysts and granulomas
Authors: Wamasing Natnicha , Yomtako Supasith , Watanabe Hiroshi , Sakamoto Junichiro , Kayamori Kou , Kurabayashi Tohru
Published: January 2023

Objectives:

Limited studies have differentiated radicular cysts and granulomas with MRI. Therefore, we investigated the MRI characteristics of the two lesions and clarified features for distinguishing between them.

Methods:

We collected data of 27 radicular cysts and 9 granulomas definitively diagnosed by histopathology and reviewed the fat-saturated T2 weighted, T1 weighted, and contrast-enhanced fat-saturated T1 weighted images. We measured the maximum diameter and apparent diffusion coefficient values of the lesions. We employed Fisher’s exact test, the Mann–Whitney U test, and independent t-tests to compare the two lesions and created a decision tree for discriminating between them.

Results:

There were significant differences between radicular cysts and granulomas with respect to five imaging characteristics—signal intensity of the lesion centre on fat-saturated T2 weighted images; signal intensity, texture, and contrast enhancement of the lesion centre on contrast-enhanced fat-saturated T1 weighted images; and maximum diameter of the lesion. The cut-off diameter for radicular cysts was 15.9 mm. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, sensitivity, and specificity were 0.971, 85.2%, and 100%, respectively.

Conclusions:

From the decision tree analysis, maximum diameter, lesion centre contrast enhancement on contrast-enhanced fat-saturated T1 weighted images, and lesion centre signal intensity on fat-saturated T2 weighted images were important for discriminating between radicular cysts and granulomas.
Stochastic computing architectures for information processing systems
Authors: Τέμενος Νικόλαος
Published: January 2023

Στην παρούσα διατριβή παρουσιάζονται νέες αρχιτεκτονικές που υλοποιούν βασικές αριθμητικές πράξεις και μη γραμμικές συναρτήσεις σε Στοχαστικό Υπολογισμό (ΣΥ). Οι εσωτερικοί καταχωρητές που χρησιμοποιούν καθιστούν την επεξεργασία της ακολουθίας εισόδου τους αιτιοκρατική, βελτιώνοντας έτσι το συμβιβασμό ακρίβειας-καθυστέρησης του ΣΥ. Για να αναδειχθούν οι ιδιότητες και η αρχή λειτουργίας των αρχιτεκτονικών, αναλύονται διεξοδικά με τη χρήση στοχαστικών μηχανών πεπερασμένης κατάστασης (ΣΜΠΚ) και μοντελοποιούνται με τη χρήση αλυσίδων Markov (AM). Στο πρώτο μέρος της διατριβής, η αρχή λειτουργίας των αρχιτεκτονικών αναλύεται με τη χρήση ΣΜΠΚ και μοντελοποιείται με τη χρήση ΑΜ, η οποία επιτρέπει την καλύτερη κατανόηση της μακροπρόθεσμης στοχαστικής δυναμικής τους και την επαλήθευση της ορθής λειτουργίας τους. Η μοντελοποίηση της AM επεκτείνεται περαιτέρω σε μια γενική μεθοδολογία που επιτρέπει την αναλυτική εξαγωγή των στατιστικών ιδιοτήτων της πρώτης και της δεύτερης ροπής των ΣΜΠΚ. Η μεθοδολογία συνοδεύεται από μοντελοποίηση AM υπερχείλισης/υποχείλισης, επιτρέποντας την εκτίμηση του αριθμού των καταστάσεων που μειώνουν τα σφάλματα ψηφίων που προέρχονται από την υπερχείλιση/υποχείλιση, θέτοντας έτσι τις κατευθυντήριες γραμμές για την επιλογή του μεγέθους του καταχωρητή που χρησιμοποιούν. Στο δεύτερο μέρος της διατριβής, οι αρχιτεκτονικές συγκρίνονται εκτενώς με τις υπάρχουσες στη βιβλιογραφία του ΣΥ όσον αφορά την υπολογιστική ακρίβεια και τους πόρους υλικού, συμπεριλαμβανομένου του χώρου που καταλαμβάνουν τα κυκλώματα, την κατανάλωση ισχύος και ενέργειας, καθώς και τα οφέλη που εισάγουν στη συνολική ροή σχεδίασης. Η αποτελεσματικότητα των αρχιτεκτονικών αναδεικνύεται με τη χρήση τους ως δομικά στοιχεία στην υλοποίηση διαφόρων επεξεργαστικών μονάδων, που περιλαμβάνουν συνέλιξη, φίλτρα μείωσης θορύβου και υποδειγματοληψίας εικόνας, καθώς και νευρωνικά δίκτυα. Τα αποτελέσματα των επιδόσεων των αρχιτεκτονικών όσον αφορά την υπολογιστική ακρίβεια και τους πόρους υλικού συγκρίνονται με εκείνα που επιτυγχάνονται με τη χρήση τυπικών δυαδικών μεθόδων υπολογισμού, προβάλλοντας τα πλεονεκτήματά του ΣΥ ως πολλά υποσχόμενη εναλλακτική τεχνική επεξεργασίας σημάτων.
A private letter of the VI A.D.
Authors: Litinas Nikos
Published: January 2023

Είναι ένας πάπυρος, τμήμα μιας ιδιωτικής επιστολής (τώρα η παραπομπή είναι SB XXVI 16649). Δεν γνωρίζουμε πόσο από το δεξιό μέρος του παπύρου έχει χαθεί. Πρόκειται για μία επιστολή, που χρονολογείται στον 6ο αι. μ.Χ. εξαιτίας της γραφής. Το κείμενο μας παρέχει μία ακόμη μαρτυρία για τη λέξη μετριότης (βλ. στ. 2 σημ.) και για τις formulae valetudinis  τον 6ο αι. μ.Χ. (βλ. στ. 2 σημ.). Επίσης η λέξη στιχαροκαρακ[άλλιον στον στ. 5 μαρτυρείται για δεύτερη φορά έως σήμερα στους ελληνικούς παπύρους. Η έκδοση του παπύρου συνοδεύεται από έναν appendix με θέμα τους τρόπους αναφοράς ενός αποστολέα στην προσωπική του υγεία στις ιδιωτικές επιστολές.
Agriculture in mainland Greece at the Protogeometric period: A view from the archaeobotanical remains
Authors: Megaloudi Fragkiska
Published: January 2023

Agriculture et alimentation en Grèce Proto-geómétrique: les restes carpologiques. La présente étude réalise la première synthèse des données archéo-botaniques disponibles en Grèce concernant la période proto-géométrique. Cinq sites situés dans la partie continentale de la Grèce et datés de la première phase de la période proto-géométrique ont été analysés de manière descriptive. Leur étude a permis d’attester la présence de céréales (orge, engrain, amidonnier, froment, épeautre, millet), de légumes (lentilles, pois, gesses, fèves, ers), d’oléagineux (pavot, cameline, lin) et d’espèces fruitières (figue, vigne).
Μαρμάρινη κεφαλή από τη Φαλάσαρνα
Authors: Φραγκάκης Ιωάννης
Published: January 2023

Marble head from Phalasarna. A female marble head found in Phalasarna was a high-quality work of sculpture and seems to be part of a large funerary monument. Compared to other sculptures of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. we can assume that it was the work of a sculptor from Athens, who most likely immigrated and worked in west Crete. Because of the resemblance of its characteristic details to fourth century B.C. sculptures, we can assume that this marble head can also be dated to c. 370-350 B.C.
Análisis de errores de estudiantes al interpretar noticias sesgadas con gráficos.
Authors: Martínez Ortiz Francisco
Published: January 2023

En la actualidad, la ciudadanía recibe una gran cantidad de información desde medios de comunicacación, prensa o redes sociales. En algunas ocasiones, esta información incluye gráficos estadísticos que contienen sesgos, por lo que es esencial que los ciudadanos y ciudadanas desarrollen unos conocimientos, destrezas y actitudes adecuadas para realizar una lectura crítica antes de asumirlos como ciertos. Por ello, en este trabajo, desde el marco teórico de las estadísticas cívicas, se ha realizado un análisis cualitativo de los errores cometidos por 305 estudiantes de cuatro centros diferentes de educación secundaria al interpretar noticias sesgadas que incluían gráficos y provenían de los medios de comunicación. En ninguna de las dos noticias se tenía en cuenta el tamaño de la población, por lo que esto podía provocar conclusiones erróneas. Se llegó a la conclusión de que una gran parte de los sujetos encuestados asumen la información que reciben como cierta, sin antes realizar una lectura crítica de ella. Además, no son capaces de interpretar ciertos gráficos y tienen dificultades también para comprender que el contexto de la noticia puede ser esencial para realizar conclusiones acertadas sobre ella. Conocer estos errores será fundamental para poder trabajarlos posteriormente, haciendo especial énfasis en los más habituales, y así formar ciudadanos estadísticamente cultos.
Kulturemy i wartościowanie: perspektywa podhalańska, ogólnopolska i słowiańska / Kultūremos ir vertinimas žvelgiant iš Podhalės tarmės, lenkų kalbos ir slavų kalbų perspektyvos
Authors: Rak Maciej
Published: January 2023

The goal of the article is to show the relationship between valuation and culturemes. As we know, axiolinguistics adopts two approaches – holistic (according to which valuation can be manifested at all levels of language, in other words, language serves to evaluate, is a carrier of values and a source of information about values) and residual (which exposes the names of values and names of value carriers, i.e. the core of axiolinguistics). The article adopts a residual perspective and lists and briefly discusses the resources of Podhale culturemes (PÁMBÓCEK ‘God’, PÁNIEZUS ‘Lord Jesus’, GAŹDZINÁ PODHÁLA ‘Mother of God’, KRZÝZ ‘cross’, ŚLEBODA ‘freedom’, HONÓR ‘honour’, ROBOTA ‘work’, ZIYM ‘earth’, BIYDA ‘poverty’, GŁÓD ‘hunger’, DUDKI ‘money’), Polish (PAN BÓG ‘God’, PAN JEZUS ‘Lord Jesus’, MATKA BOSKA ‘Mother of God’, KRZYŻ ‘cross’, PRACA ‘work’, HONOR ’honour’, BOHATERSTWO ‘heroism’, ODWAGA ‘courage’, PRAWOŚĆ ‘righteousness’, BIEDA ‘poverty’) and Slavic (PAN BÓG, PAN JEZUS, MATKA BOSKA, KRZYŻ, PRACA, WOLNOŚĆ, HONOR), which are also names of values or names of value carriers.
GŁUPOTA. Polski koncept kulturowy w świetle danych językowych / KVAILUMAS. Lenkiškojo koncepto rekonstrukcija remiantis kalbiniais duomenimis
Authors: Zdunkiewicz-Jedynak Dorota
Published: January 2023

The author reconstructs conceptual paths on the basis of phraseology, collocations with the lexemes głupiec, głupi and głupota, etymological information, synonyms and proverbs. The analysis of the linguistic data allows us to state that GŁUPOTA has a very rich image in the Polish language. Its cultural concept consists primarily of various judgments about the symptoms of stupidity: in behavior (e.g. ostentatious cheerfulness, talkativeness); in character (e.g., insidiousness, greed, lust, quarrelsomeness, lack of self-criticism, stubbornness, desire for praise, lack of concern for material goods); in cognitive abilities (inability to assess reality adequately to the facts, credulity); in a person’s appearance (e.g., blond hair color, small skull, low forehead, above-standard beauty, tall height, rich clothing). Other colloquial judgments involve beliefs: about the sources of GŁUPOTA (water or stone in the head, no oil in the head); about ambivalent valuations (sometimes GŁUPOTA is associated with commitment, dedication to a cause, and truthfulness; it is treated as a guarantee of happiness in life, accompanied by the belief that fools deserve leniency; GŁUPOTA is seen as graded, even relativized to MĄDROŚĆ); about social consequences (GŁUPOTA leads to conflict and destruction). The negative valorization of GŁUPOTA is often based on value connotations of animal names and on the juxtaposition of the animal world with the human world (an important role here is played by faunal metaphors referring to farm animals, especially draught animals used for hard work on the land, such as the horse, ox, mule, donkey, and to birds, especially those with small heads, such as the goose, hen, turkey, hoopoe, sparrow). Deficiencies of intellect are treated in Polish in terms of the sense of hearing and physical experiences, such as darkness or heaviness, as well as an incurable or contagious disease.
Tradições Discursivas e os assentos de casamentos do sertão do São Francisco dos setecentos e oitocentos
Authors: Assis Lécio Barbosa de , Silva Jorge Augusto Alves da , Pacheco Vera
Published: January 2023

O propósito deste trabalho consiste em examinar assentos de casamentos escritos em língua portuguesa de duas freguesias do Sertão do Rio São Francisco dos séculos XVIII e XIX, para investigar o percurso sócio-histórico desse gênero como prática discursiva, levando em conta a tradicionalidade tipológica e a tradicionalidade discursiva transportadas ao longo do tempo. Ao adotar a base teórico-metodológica dos parâmetros das Tradições Discursivas (KOCH, 1997; KOCH; OESTERREICHER, 2013; KABATEK, 2006; 2008; 2018;  SIMÕES; COSTA, 2009; SIMÕES, 2017; LONGHIN, 2014; ANDRADE; GOMES, 2018) e a interface necessária entre a Filologia/Crítica Textual (SPINA, 1977; CAMBRAIA, 2005) e a Diplomática (BELLOTTO, 2002), vislumbrou-se a partir da reflexão sobre determinadas regularidades que remetem a formas textuais das Ordenações do Sagrado Concílio Tridentino (1545-1563), do Rituale Romanum (1614) e das Constituições Primeiras do Arcebispado da Bahia (1719), atestar a hipótese de que a identificação de uma tradição discursiva é uma particular combinação de elementos em um texto (BIBER, 1988).
Mediado pelo canto da musa e da sereia: a travessia poética de Ariano Suassuna
Authors: Malafaia Rosana Da Silva
Published: January 2023

O presente artigo objetiva alocar o canto suassuniano como uma produção artística mediada pelo canto da musa e o canto da sereia partindo de uma (re)leitura dessas duas vozes. No fazer poético/literário de Ariano Suassuna é nítida a construção mítica do sertão nordestino e o diálogo proposto pelo autor entre artes eruditas e artes populares. Tendo como base esse modo singular de confecção literária, buscar-se-á compreender este canto poético em três poesias que compõe o CD intitulado A poesia viva de Ariano Suassuna. Para tanto este estudo será embasado em alguns teóricos que discutem o papel das musas e das sereias no mundo contemporâneo como Maurice Blanchot (2005), Jacyntho Brandão (2000) e Adriana Cavarero (2011) viabilizando uma abordagem teórica desses seres na atualidade; Eduardo Sterzi (2012) e Eric Havelock (1996) para pensar o lugar da voz da musa no poema contemporâneo; Hildebrando Barbosa (2018), Ester Simões (2016) e Silviano Santiago (2007) para compreender as poesias de Suassuna. Desta forma, os poemas de Suassuna serão analisados dentro desta nova ótica atribuída às musas e às sereias.
Introduction: Housing, Wellbeing, And Welfare
Authors: Gregory James
Published: January 2023

Chapter 1 introduces the key themes of wellbeing and welfare and sets them in the wider context of current welfare and housing debates. This context includes a widespread sense of housing crisis, with individuals and families in all types of housing struggling to find an affordable home that meets their needs. In the face of this crisis social housing should play an important role. But the number of households in social housing has halved over the past 40 years, and many people who would benefit from a social home are excluded by a lack of a supply. Some other households may benefit from a stable and affordable home, but still regard social housing as an inferior choice, and a mark of social stigma. The chapter closes with an examination of two forms of social distance, metaphorical and literal, that have created and sustain this sense of stigma.
Wellbeing: Meaning And Measurement
Authors: Gregory James
Published: January 2023

This chapter discusses the most influential approaches to the meaning and measurement of wellbeing in current social policy debate. The use of subjective wellbeing metrics is advocated as part of a pluralist approach to normative social policy debate, adding to an evidence base that is primarily based on current material deprivation and future life chances. The conceptual and normative limitations of subjective wellbeing as a social metric are accepted and compared with richer accounts of human flourishing, notably the capabilities approach, and are to be used with some caution. But the use subjective wellbeing metrics is defended against the claim that it is an expression of a neoliberal ideology. It is further argued that subjective wellbeing has particular normative and empirical value in the housing debate, revealing important trends that underline the positive value of social housing.
Social housing and welfare spheres
Authors: Gregory James
Published: January 2023

The first half of this chapter presents a typological framework that is used as means of reassessing recent policy trends and their potential impact on the wellbeing not just of social tenants, but also of private renters and owners. Limited comment on is offered on divergences with the devolved nations. Key issues discussed are: affordable versus social rent, the spatial impact of welfare reforms, proposed planning reforms (England), and the ongoing policy bias towards owner-occupation. The typology presents two forms of social distance, spatial and metaphorical, and considers how they interact to shape perceptions of the meaning and value of social housing. This adds to and enhances current analytical models within the sociology of welfare regimes. It also frames a normative account of the relationship between spatial proximity and the virtue of compassion. The focus is on the character (or virtue) and attitudes of higher-income households.
Conclusion
Authors: Moth Rich
Published: January 2023

This concluding chapter will offer a brief recap of the theoretical orientation of the book and its core arguments. Having done so, it will consider the socio-political implications of these arguments for policy and practice within the mental health system, the wider welfare state and beyond.
All my responsibilities towards my children are over! Linked lives and life course obligations among older adults with migrant children in India
Authors: Bailey K. S. , James Jyoti S.
Published: January 2023

This chapter investigates how life course obligations, expectations and practices are linked to older adults’ sense of well-being. It takes a life course approach with a specific focus on linked lives. Linked lives recognises that life trajectories of individuals are socially embedded and closely linked to the transitions of significant others such as family members. Moreover, it is important to see linked lives as translocal as they include older adults in migrant households, their adult children (co-residing or migrant children), grandchildren, caregivers and non-kin social networks. To explore these issues qualitative in-depth interviews were conducted with 37 older adults. The participants included couples, widows and widowers. Participants in this study include both older adults co-residing with kin and older adults residing on their own. The results show that life stages and expectations of successful transition from one stage to the next was perceived as crucial for the offspring and for the older adults. The chapter observes that economic security, social support, health and better living conditions aid in realising the life course obligations and contribute towards the overall well-being of the older adults.
7 Women’s life-mixes: insights from two qualitative studies in Hong Kong
Authors: Chau Ruby C. M. , Yu Sam W. K.
Published: January 2023

This chapter explores the significance of the key elements of the life-mix framework with the demand approach. It focuses on discussing how women manage their life-mix preferences, life-mix challenges and their expectations of the government in tackling these challenges. Examples are drawn from two studies of how women in Hong Kong handle life-mix issues. The first explores the experience of young women in accumulating pension income. The second is concerned with middle-aged women’s experiences of providing transnational family care. The findings show that women from different age groups with different levels of education attainment and occupational backgrounds can be equally vulnerable to life-mix challenges, they can simultaneously face more than one type of life-mix challenge and they can be vulnerable to the same kind of life-mix challenges in different periods of their lives.
Epilogue
Authors: Huss Ephrat , Bos Eltje
Published: January 2023

What did we learn from this book? To summarise, in the first section, arts were used with different populations, including the elderly, cognitively challenged, single mothers, homeless youth, women with addictions, women with refugee status, and the experience of shifting gender identity within these contexts. We saw examples of multiple art methods, both free and directed: These included music recording, directive group art activities, fine art, poetry, photography, and theatre. These were used to capture the phenomenological experience of research participants. This enabled all of us to understand the different groups’ experiences, coping strategies, and evaluation of the settings in which they live.
Police ‘Control’ And The Uk National Press
Authors: Colbran Marianne
Published: January 2023

This chapter explores, from the perspective of journalists, the complex and contingent web of relations – both official and unofficial – that existed between the Metropolitan Police and national crime journalists from the 1980s to the early 2000s. There were two cultures of journalists – the inner circle, who usually worked for popular news outlets and often established close friendships with police officers, and the outer circle, who mainly worked for broadsheets or were freelance and were more critical of the police in their work. While inner circle reporters depended on the police for routine stories, outer circle reporters drew on a much wider circle of contacts, including members of the public, victims, witnesses, relatives of people in prison, solicitors and barristers. For both cultures, having informal contacts within the force was crucial but for inner circle reporters, this sometimes came at a price – having to turn a blind eye to police malpractice. Although outer circle reporters stressed their detachment from the police, on occasion officers would use them to leak stories about police corruption or abuses of power – stories that would otherwise go unreported.
The phone-hacking scandal
Authors: Colbran Marianne
Published: January 2023

This chapter explores the impact of the recommendations of the Filkin and Leveson Reports on relations between the Metropolitan Police and the national news media. Although both Reports recommended the recording of all contact between the press and the police, both inner and outer circle journalists reported an almost immediate clampdown on all contact with the MPS, both official and unofficial. Inner circle reporters suggested that they were no longer being given even routine stories, while outer circle reporters suggested that their ability to carry out their Fourth Estate role had been compromised. Whereas in the past, the majority of stories about police malpractice or corruption had come from within the organisation, they believed that this channel was now firmly closed and that control over the flow of information to the public and to the press was very much in police hands. However, police respondents contested this view, arguing that journalists would find alternative sources only too willing to co-operate, and expressed concern that restrictions on contact would lead to inaccurate or speculative reporting.
Introduction
Authors: Yemini Miri , Maxwell Claire , Lubienski Christopher
Published: January 2023

This book aims to contribute to the emerging field of research and practice that examines and advises how education systems might invite in, be critical of, and form partnerships with a growing number of actors and interests involved in today’s provision of education. In particular, we focus on in-depth analytical explorations of different forms of interactions between external actors and schools in different educational contexts. By doing so, the book conceptualises the various relations that have developed and consider the impact of these for issues of equality across various contexts.
The legacy of Re A and Re B
Authors: Bond Emma , Phippen Andy
Published: January 2023

Examining subsequent Court of Protection rulings in detail demonstrates both positive and negative impacts of the Re A and Re B cases, highlighting issues in judgments that perhaps set the bar too high for those with capacity issues, how ‘experts’ bring bias to their evidence, and, perhaps most importantly, how the ‘internet and social media’, the now established term for capacity to engage with any online technology, is far too broad when considering capacity. In particular we highlight a recent judgment where Williams J raised this point and moves thinking forward such that those with caring responsibilities need to argue protection from harmful practices without withdrawing positive experiences online. We argue that most adults without capacity issues would struggle to pass the ‘tests’ defined in the Cobb J ruling and while Court of Protection judgments have moved the legal understanding of capacity to engage with the internet and social media forward, there are still questions to be asked around consistency of application.
Challenges in Mental Health and Policing
Authors: Cummins Ian
Published: January 2023

This volume explores the current police role in mental health work including responding to individuals experiencing some form of crisis. It examines the legal and policy framework as well as examining historical and other factors that have increased the police role in this field. The volume examines the potential psychological impact of being a police officer.
Policing and society
Authors: Cummins Ian
Published: January 2023

This chapter will explore some of fundamental questions about the nature of policing in a liberal democratic society. This chapter places mental health work in the wider context of the welfare role that police officers undertake. The chapter begins with a brief discussion of the broader politics of law and order of the past 40 years. There are two key claims made here. First, that the politics of law and order has shifted to the right. Second, the political success of the Thatcher and Reagan administrations meant that their political opponents tacked rightwards for the fear of being ‘soft’ on crime. Alongside this, neoliberal influenced policies saw the introduction of market mechanisms or practices into the public sector including the police. As in other areas of the public sector, policing was subjected to new forms of managerialism and audit.