bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
DAMAGE IDENTIFICATION FOR PLATE STRUCTURES USING TRANSFER LEARNING PHYSICS-INFORMED NEURAL NETWORKS
Authors: ZHOU WEI , XU YONGFENG
Published: December 2023

Recently, there has been a growing interest in the development of intelligent labelfree structural damage identification methods that utilize physics-informed neural networks (PINNs). However, penalizing the governing equation of training data is computationally time-consuming since the existence of high-order partial derivatives. To address this issue, a damage identification method for isotropic and homogeneous thin plates is proposed in this paper that utilizes transfer learning physics-informed neural networks (TL-PINNs). TL-PINNs are efficient PINNs that solve inverse problems by leveraging transfer learning. Transfer learning is a machine learning technique that leverages knowledge from a source task to enhance performance on a related but different target task. It involves reusing a source model trained on a source task and then fine-tuning it to a target model with a target task. In the proposed method, the source model is trained to minimize the mismatch between training data and its predictions. Then, it is finetuned as the target model by minimizing both the mismatch between training data and its predictions as well as residuals that penalize the governing equation of isotropic and homogeneous thin plates. It is resulting in fewer iterations being required in training to penalize the governing equation than those in PINNs, which is time-consuming for highorder partial derivatives using automatic differentiation. Hence, TL-PINNs have a substantial reduction in computational time compared to PINNs for damage identification. A trained TL-PINN from a measured flexural guided wavefield is referred to as a pseudopristine model since it can generate a wavefield that approximates that governed by an isotropic and homogeneous thin plate. This unique functionality arises from penalizing the governing equation in the target model and the fact that the governing equation does not consider the existence of the damage. Any local anomalies in the measured wavefield can be isolated by comparing them with the wavefield generated by the pseudo-pristine model and then intensified using the Teager energy operator. An accumulative damage index is formulated, and the damage can be identified within neighborhoods with high index values. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated through a numerical investigation. A parameter study is also conducted to investigate the robustness of TL-PINNs with different hyper-parameters.
RESISTIVE RESPONSE OF CARBON-BLACK-EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES UPON EXPOSURE TO MOISTURE
Authors: FAUCHE RÉMY , PFEIFFER HELGE , SEVENO DAVID , WEVERS MARTINE
Published: December 2023

Water ingress in composite structures is an extremely costly problem, and its detection before related damage begins to appear is of utmost importance. Nanocomposites, based on epoxy matrices and Carbon Black fillers (CB), are promising humidity sensors that can be integrated in composite structures during production. Nevertheless, the effects of water uptake on the electrical properties of CB-epoxy films have scarcely been reported. Therefore, this paper sheds light on the resistive response (ΔR/R0) of CB-epoxy film sensors (1.5, 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 wt%CB) hand-coated and screen-printed on glass substrates, and then conditioned in a moist environment (~ 97 %RH). Films (1.5 wt%CB) based on a filler loading close to the Electrical Percolation Threshold (0.5-1.5 wt%CB) have shown an important increase of their resistance, most likely due to a drop of the tunneling currents. By drawing a parallel between previous work of Fauche et al. (2023) and this study, a Parallel Exponential Kinetics (PEK) model is used and describes very well the kinetics of the resistive responses (water uptake and release regimes), except for the two 2.5wt%CB sensors. In moist conditions, an equilibrium (ΔR/R0)∞ of 53.4% for the hand-coated film and 38.4% for the screen-printed film was estimated for the 1.5wt%CB sensors, and thereby revealing a stronger sensitivity to moisture than films produced by Luo et al. (2007) and Llobet et al. (2014) with a maximum ΔR/R0 of 2.5%. This suggests that CB-epoxy film sensors (≤1.5 wt%CB) have a great potential to detect high relative humidity in composite structures.
SUSTAINABLE SMART SELF-SENSORY INFRASTRUCTURES FOR LEAKAGE DETECTION
Authors: ABAYA MEREL TANNOUS , GOLDFELD YISKA
Published: December 2023

The study aims to develop sustainable smart self-sensory infrastructures with leakage detection capabilities. To answer this goal the study offers to combine two advanced technologies, namely: smart textile reinforcement (TR) and magnesium phosphate cement (MPC). The TR is produced with AR-glass and carbon yarns, in which the electrical conductivity of the carbon yarns enables them to be used also as smart self-sensory agents. The study presents the feasibility of the TR-MPC smart pipe concept by demonstrating its production possibilities, as well as its sensory capabilities to detect and distinguish between the magnitude of leakage events.
FIRE SAFETY OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS: PRESENT AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
Authors: DARNIKOWSKI DANIEL , MIELOSZYK MAGDALENA
Published: December 2023

The fire safety of the elements is determined by the various testing methods and procedures, which simulate the real world scenarios. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) continue to be developed and increased in size due to user demand. Simultaneously, European and global testing standards use test methods are not harmonized and use methodology of dubious accuracy and repeatability. In consequence, general concept of the fire safety in terms of battery energy storage systems can be advanced, especially under the circumstances the BESS fires are known for their high intensity, heat release, and inability to be efficiently doused. With exponentially increasing stock of the BESS in recent and upcoming years, the focus on the fire safety should be expanded. This paper aims to present the current state of testing methods in the field of fire resistance and mechanical failure of the BESS. The analysis will envelop multiple markets around the world and the major differences between them due to lack of harmonization, as well as evaluate the accuracy and repeatability of the selected method. Consequently, the article will present the future prospects and what can be done to ensure fire safety of the BESS using standardization.
La Ricarda como contexto arquitectónico y simbólico de las prácticas pioneras de J. M. Mestres Quadreny en el origen del arte sonoro en Cataluña
Authors: García Fernández Isaac Diego , Pizà Prohens Antoni
Published: December 2023

El presente estudio revisa y analiza la actividad artística desarrollada en La Ricarda o Casa Gomis (El Prat del Llobregat, Barcelona) durante la década de los años sesenta del siglo XX. Con ello, se pretende reflexionar sobre su relevante papel como espacio físico y simbólico en el impulso de prácticas creativas que pueden considerarse precursoras del actual campo del arte sonoro. En particular, se abordan diversas obras realizadas por el compositor catalán Josep Maria Mestres Quadreny (1929-2021), algunas de ellas en colaboración con el poeta experimental Joan Brossa (1919-1998), en el contexto de Música Oberta, iniciativa de conciertos de música experimental desarrollados en el marco del Club 49, cuyo fin era la difusión y estímulo de la nueva creación artística y musical. Como se analizará a lo largo del presente trabajo, el contexto arquitectónico de La Ricarda, diseñado por Antonio Bonet Castellana (1913-1989), sirvió de estímulo para la concepción de las acciones musicales de Mestres Quadreny y Joan Brossa, que suponen un desbordamiento del concepto musical para experimentar en los límites del teatro, la poesía y el arte conceptual a partir del rito del concierto clásico. A su vez, el equipamiento tecnológico de La Ricarda, muy avanzado en su época, animará a Mestres a experimentar con el sonido en el espacio, anticipando así técnicas de música procesual con sonido grabado —que empleará posteriormente en futuras obras de música concreta y electroacústica—. Finalmente, la idea de concebir la obra desde el espacio arquitectónico, fuera ya del rito de concierto, puede entenderse como el origen de la actual instalación sonora.
La música eléctrica y el electrocompositor de Juan García Castillejo (1933-1944)
Authors: Gil Noé José Vicente
Published: December 2023

Los estudios e investigaciones que, partiendo del universo del arte sonoro actual, echen la mirada atrás tratando de localizar y recuperar figuras que en otro tiempo mostraran actitudes precursoras en la música, el arte, la literatura o cualquier otra disciplina, deberían contar con el sacerdote músico Juan García Castillejo. Convencido de que el futuro habitaba en la electricidad y la electrónica, sus inquietudes e investigaciones en la década de 1930 se orientaron a la aplicación de las posibilidades de estos campos a la música. El objetivo de este artículo es revelar el todavía en buena medida desconocido trabajo de García Castillejo y su principal aportación, el aparato electrocompositor musical, para justificar su consideración como uno de los pioneros del arte sonoro en España. La metodología se centra en el análisis del libro que el sacerdote modestamente escribió, autopublicó y distribuyó en la Valencia de la época: La telegrafía rápida, el triteclado y la música eléctrica. Con apenas difusión en su momento y luego rápidamente olvidado, el redescubrimiento de este peculiar texto por el artista sonoro Llorenç Barber resulta decisivo como punto de partida para cualquier estudio. La producción de sonido por medios no acústicos, las posibilidades microtonales, la presencia del azar o el maquinismo acreditan su condición de precedente de las modernas prácticas de arte sonoro. Su labor, desconocida durante décadas, no supone realmente un referente en sentido estricto. Pero gracias al acercamiento de algunos autores, a algunas acciones de recuperación y al premio que lleva su nombre en el marco del festival Nits d’Aielo i Art, se puede considerar que su figura se ha erigido en cierto paradigma de experimentación, interdisciplinariedad, ingenio e incluso espíritu visionario, aspectos tan presentes en el arte sonoro.
Resonancias Zaj: Esther Ferrer, sonar a placer
Authors: Noheda Carmen
Published: December 2023

La práctica artística de Esther Ferrer emana del placer compartido de hacer, una necesidad expresiva que mantuvo unidas las costuras creativas del grupo Zaj, de manera intermitente, durante más de tres décadas. Sin embargo, este placer compartido evidencia un desequilibrio con respecto a la figura de Ferrer en la valoración de las aportaciones de sus miembros fundadores a la creación sonora. El presente artículo atiende a la reconsideración de tal desequilibrio para indagar en el sonar de la obra de Esther Ferrer. Para abordar este hacer sonoro exploraremos las relaciones entre el cuerpo y la voz, así como su concepción de la performance con el fin de rastrear algunos de los pilares fundamentales de su producción: la repetición, la duración, la estructura espaciotemporal o la copresencia. Más allá de sus acciones prefijadas en partituras, profundizaremos en la liberación azarosa del sonido y el silencio a partir de una selección de obras sonoras que superan cincuenta años de trayectoria para atravesar una actividad artística que permanece abierta y en continua variación.
En el Defensorium de Alfonso de Cartagena: ascendiente paterno y experiencia conciliar.
Authors: Fernández Gallardo Luis
Published: December 2023

En la vida y la obra de Alfonso de Cartagena tuvieron notable importancia dos factores: el ascendiente paterno y la experiencia del concilio de Basilea (1434-1439), que, a su vez, determinarán aspectos destacados del Defensorium, la obra maestra de la publicística pro-conversa. Teoría y praxis de la exégesis bíblica, idea de la común integración de judíos y paganos en el cristianismo son deudores del ejemplo de Pablo de Santa María ofrecido en las Additiones y el Scrutinium Scripturarum, del que se analizan algunos préstamos. El tratamiento de la cuestión conversa en el concilio de Basilea (decreto de 1434) pudo alentar la inspiración paulina del Defensorium, sugiriendo un enfoque jurídico
Hacia una nueva edición de la Instrucción del Relator Fernán Díaz de Toledo: variantes y errores en la transmisión del texto
Authors: Lehmann Valeria
Published: December 2023

En este trabajo se analiza desde un punto de vista filológico la situación textual de una obra breve pero significativa para la historia de los conversos españoles, la Instrucción que el relator Fernán Díaz de Toledo escribió en 1449 para el obispo de Cuenca en contra del primer Estatuto de limpieza de sangre. A las ediciones publicadas hasta el día de hoy, se aportan cuatro nuevos manuscritos. Mediante el análisis de sus variantes, se demuestra la validez de la versión transmitida por los testimonios H S, considerada hasta ahora abreviada por cortes: al contrario, muchos elementos textuales sugieren que los demás manuscritos añadieron frases de variada longitud para aportar un grado más alto de formalidad al texto, acaso en un proceso de revisión emprendido por el propio autor. El hecho de que la gran mayoría de los manuscritos transmita la versión más larga sugiere que, para los lectores de los siglos xvii y xviii, altura a la cual se remontan las copias conservadas, la obra de Fernán Díaz se había convertido de carta en tratado histórico-jurídico.
La discusión de Diego Ramírez de Villaescusa (1459-1537) y Hernando de Talavera (1428-1507) sobre los judeoconversos. Redeuntes ad iudaeorum ritus
Authors: Pastor Julián Victoriano
Published: December 2023

Tratamos fundamentalmente de la disputa entre Villaescusa y Talavera, que recoge el Ms 133 (volumen facticio) de la BH de la Universidad Complutense, fols. 161r-163v; 165r-171v., sobre la vuelta de los judeoconversos a las prácticas judaizantes, que había sido motivo de debate a raíz de los conflictos de Sevilla de 1480 por parte de Hernando de Talavera para rebatir “el herético libelo” en su Católica impugnación (publicada en Salamanca en 1487). La discusión es cordial, pues el licenciado Villaescusa y Talavera son discípulo y maestro. El licenciado Villaescusa comienza rebatiendo la exégesis (Éx 12 y Lev 7-11) demasiado permisiva de El Tostado respecto a las prácticas judaicas. El maestro Fray Hernando defiende la postura de Alfonso de Madrigal sobre las prácticas judaizantes utilizando los textos paulinos, los de san Agustín y santo Tomás, entre otros, y recurre a las Éticas de Aristóteles (en la traducción de L. Bruni) —como profesor que era de Filosofía Moral en el Estudio salmantino—. Villaescusa no contesta —que sepamos— al maestro, pero nos dará un amplio tratamiento del tema en su obra (escrita entre 1502-1504) De Religione Christiana contra transeuntes vel redeuntes ad Iudaeorum ritus, Mss 2413 de la BG de la Universidad de Salamanca, en especial fols. 233-275, liber tertius.]
O uso dos recursos multimodais no cineclube virtual de educadores
Authors: De Sousa Sandra Santella
Published: December 2023

Devido à pandemia de COVID-19 e às orientações das autoridades de saúde para o distanciamento social, muitas atividades, em vários âmbitos, foram reconfiguradas e passaram a acontecer virtualmente. O estudo aqui apresentado se constrói a partir de atividades realizadas em um cineclube de educadores na região noroeste da cidade de São Paulo, cuja participação/interação que ocorria presencialmente, foi adaptada para o meio virtual, durante a pandemia. Nesse meio, buscamos compreender, por meio da análise multimodal, como o cineclube virtual contribui para o envolvimento dos participantes. A metodologia foi organizada por meio da análise dos recursos multimodais disponíveis no aplicativo Zoom. Os resultados apontam para a importância da compreensão da composição dos recursos multimodais na transformação de realidades em ambientes educacionais.
Multiletramentos em sala de aula
Authors: Costa Estefani Gumiéro , Corrêa Cláudio Ricardo
Published: December 2023

Neste artigo investigou-se a construção de sentidos no hipertexto por meio do gênero textual notícia jornalística em um ambiente digital. Foi desenvolvida uma proposta pedagógica com alunos do Ensino Fundamental em uma escola da Rede Pública do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Os estudantes acessaram uma notícia sobre a pandemia de Covid-19 fazendo uso de celulares conectados à internet, com conteúdo e ambiente supervionados. Ao longo do artigo, apresentam-se os dados gerados, as análises e a fundamentação que contou com autores como Cope e Kalantzis (2000, 2008, 2013), Freire (1987, 1996), Koch e Travaglia (2000, 2011), Marcuschi (2001, 2005, 2010), Possenti (2002), Rojo (2012), Santaella (2014) e Xavier (2010). Os resultados apontaram para a urgência de pedagogias que cooperem para os multiletramentos que se fazem necessários nesse início de século.
Crenças linguísticas e preconceito linguístico
Authors: Torres Fernanda Soares da SIlva
Published: December 2023

Quando se fala em língua e representação, é comum que tais temas sejam pensados a partir de um viés subjetivo da linguagem. Relaciona-se a isso o estudo de crenças e atitudes linguísticas, assunto que já foi abordado por diferentes autores, como Cyranka (2007) e Pereira & Costa (2012). O presente artigo surge com a proposta de revisitar a temática das crenças linguísticas, discorrendo sobre um estudo da área da Sociolinguística Educacional, que foi desenvolvido em uma turma de sexto ano de ensino fundamental (Torres, 2014). Objetiva-se, dessa forma, provocar reflexões sobre a necessidade de inserir a Sociolinguística Educacional na educação básica como maneira de combater o preconceito linguístico no contexto escolar.
O que sabemos sobre fake news? Uma revisão bibliográfica sobre definições, e sobre os aspectos psicológicos e políticos do fenômeno
Authors: FILHO MARCIO CAMARGO CUNHA , Araújo de Carvalho Pedro Feitosa , Carvalho Sofia
Published: December 2023

O termo “fake news” tem se tornado ubíquo em discussões políticas e jurídicas contemporâneas. Nesse cenário, multiplicam-se as disputas legais e judiciais em torno dos limites da liberdade de expressão. Contudo, apesar da entrada definitiva do termo no léxico político brasileiro e mundial, há ainda muitas lacunas no nosso entendimento sobre o que o termo significa e sobre quais são seus possíveis impactos nocivos. Este artigo busca preencher, ainda que parcialmente, este hiato, realizando uma revisão bibliográfica sobre o que significa fake news e sobre quais seus possíveis desdobramentos nas esferas psicológica e política. Nosso estudo aponta que, para avançar na regulamentação e no próprio debate sobre o tema, precisamos ter clareza conceitual sobre o que se enquadra e o que não se enquadra no conceito de fake news, e precisamos também aplicar medidas jurídicas que sejam proporcionais aos seus impactos.
A TRADIÇÃO DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS: UM ESTUDO SOBRE ESTADO DA ARTE, NARRATIVA HISTÓRICA E CRÍTICA
Authors: Romaguera Daniel Carneiro Leão
Published: December 2023

Este artigo faz uma contextualização sobre os estudos de Direitos Humanos na atualidade, a partir da tradição que afirma sua história e define as formas habituais de pensá-los. Nesse contexto, é questionada a linearidade do progresso histórico, o ‘pacto liberal’ e o senso comum desses direitos. Que, justificam tanto a tradição em seu pensamento e história, como os modos presentes desses direitos. Quanto à estrutura do texto, primeiro, faz-se uma síntese das leituras e do estado da arte sobre o tema. Em seguida, uma apresentação sobre a tradição e narrativa histórica. Por fim, se chega à problematização e à crítica à tradição dos Direitos Humanos.
DEFESA DOS DIREITOS DA NATUREZA: SIERRA CLUB v MORTON 405 U.S. 727 (1972) (MINERAL KING)
Authors: Antunes Paulo De Bessa
Published: December 2023

RESUMO:  o artigo tem por objetivo examimar a evolução da discussão judicial sobre os direitos da natureza e demonstrar que a concepção ed tais direitos e o valor a eles atribuídos é função das diferentes relações sociais e, em especial, da forma como as diferentes sociedades entendem a a propriação social da natureza. Metodologicamente, o artigo correlaciona decisõe judiciais relacionadas ao tema em diferentes países em diferentes graus de desenvolvimento.  A partir de tal exposição, fica claro que não se pode considerer abstratamente os direitos da natreza, mas é essencial que se perceba os fundamentos básicos que levam à reivindicação de tais direitos em diferentes sociedades. ABSTRACT: The article aims to examine the evolution of the judicial discussion on the rights of nature and demonstrate that the conception of such rights and the value attributed to them is a function of different social relations and the way different societies understand the social appropriation of nature. Methodologically, the article correlates judicial decisions related to the subject in different countries with different degrees of development. From such an exposition, one cannot abstractly consider the rights of nature, but it is essential to understand the basic foundations that lead to the claim of such rights in different societies.
O Caso das Papeleiras (Uruguai vs Argentina) e as obrigações ambientais internacionais
Authors: Crêspo Casado Beatriz , Queiroz Farias Talden
Published: December 2023

O Caso das Papeleiras foi trazido perante a Corte Internacional de Justiça (CIJ) em 2006 e representou marco histórico no Direito Internacional do Meio Ambiente. A disputa foi fundada em razão da autorização de construção e operacionalização pelo governo uruguaio de duas estações de usinas de papel no curso dotransfronteiriço Rio Uruguai, o que provocou a insurgência daArgentina por alegado descumprimento do Tratado sobre o Rio Uruguai de 1961. Em emblemático julgamento, a CIJ decidiu e declarou que o Uruguai violou obrigações procedimentais, inexistindo, todavia, mácula às obrigações substanciais ouevidências de que o país não teria agido com a Devida Diligência. Embora ressaltada a importância da administração mútua na prevenção de danos em recursos compartilhados, o indeferimento parcial dos pleitos frustrou a Argentina, que esperava conclusõesmais assertivas. O presente artigo, portanto, apresenta estudo de caso conduzido a partir de análise documental e bibliográfica, extraindo reflexões sobre o descumprimento de obrigações de forma consciente e continuada, assim como enaltecendo as relevantes contribuições às obrigações ambientais promovidas pela jurisprudência internacional. A partir da análise, evidencia-setimidez no tratamento aos princípios da prevenção e da precaução, refletindo-se se há como dissociar as obrigações procedimentais das obrigações substanciais.
JURISPRUDÊNCIA AMBIENTAL INTERNACIONAL COMENTADA e suas conexões com o Direito Ambiental brasileiro: Caso Chernobyl
Authors: Sion Alexandre Oheb , Oliveira Izadora Gabriele dos Santos , Marinho Lucas Fonseca , Bravo Álvaro Sánchez
Published: December 2023

O presente artigo pretende avaliar de forma sistêmica as consequências regulatórias e judiciais impulsionadas pelo caso Chernobyl em âmbito internacional e no Brasil, sendo que, para a análise do cenário brasileiro, serão considerados os impactos e consequências cumulativas em razão da proximidade do evento relacionado ao caso Césio-137. A metodologia utilizada foi a teórico-documental do tipo dedutivo, com análise bibliográfica, legal e, principalmente, jurisprudencial. Concluiu-se a criação de um sistema robusto em resposta à Chernobyl, mundial e nacionalmente, que, apesar de não ser perfeitamente adequado, garante a regulamentação da atividade nuclear e fornece meios para fiscalização e prevenção de acidentes dessa magnitude. Por outro lado, vários problemas ainda continuam sem solução, requerendo um esforço contínuo para a atualização das normas nacionais e internacionais sobre o tema.
LIBERTAD RELIGIOSA E LA IGUALDAD DE GÉNERO: APORTACIONES DEL RELATOR ESPECIAL SOBRE LIBERTAD DE RELIGIÓN O CREENCIAS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND GENDER EQUALITY: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF
Authors: Gas-Aixendri Montserrat Gas
Published: December 2023

La libertad religiosa y la igualdad de género son derechos humanos que a menudo son percibidos como valores en conflicto. En el avance hacia un más armónico funcionamiento del sistema de protección de estos derechos, es fundamental el papel que vienen realizando los diversos organismos internacionales como la Organización de Naciones Unidas, a través del mandato del Relator especial sobre libertad de religión o de creencias, instituido en 1986. El titular del mandato tiene el deber de identificar los obstáculos que impiden el pleno goce del derecho a la libertad religiosa y formular recomendaciones. En 1996 se estableció que los informes del Relator adoptasen una perspectiva de género. El objeto de este artículo es analizar las consecuencias que ha tenido la adopción de esta perspectiva en los informes del Relator especial. Con este fin, y siguiendo una metodología de revisión, se han examinado los informes que han tratado de modo específico la cuestión de la igualdad de género. El trabajo aporta un anáisis crítico de los informes a la luz de los principios internacionales de derechos humanos. Se incluyen también recomendaciones que pueden ser de utilidad en la futura acción del mandato del Relator especial.
Narcissism, pride, envy, lust and dentistry
Authors: Kelleher Martin , Newton J Tim
Published: December 2023

Platforms such as Instagram have normalized self-adulation and this has affected many patients, and some dentists, in different ways. Some posts demonstrate excessive pride in the appearance of the mouth or face, and seem designed to induce envy in others. The resultant emotional impacts on envious followers can increase demands to have a similar sort of appearance, which can lead to over-treatment, or to potentially dangerous procedures being carried out on their mouth and face regions. This article explores the nature of narcissism and the increasing likelihood of it being ‘normalized’ as one significant factor in the increased demand for, and the delivery of, some questionable dental, oral and/or facial treatments. We outline how the narcissistic traits in some dental healthcare professionals might lead them to undertake elective, biologically risky, and irreversible procedures, which can invoke ‘the law of unintended consequences’ for patients and/or themselves. The terms ‘destructodontics’ ‘relapsodontics’ and ‘alignerodontics’ are suggested as being appropriate descriptions for some dentistry, which is carried out mainly for appearance reasons, but which can produce long-term biological and other problems.

CPD/Clinical Relevance: The normalization of narcissism, as demonstrated by some posts on Instagram and other platforms and in dubious advertising has many worrying implications and possible consequences for patients and the dental profession.
Restorative management of the posterior tooth that has undergone a pulpotomy
Authors: Longridge Nicholas N , Hyde James S , Jarad Fadi , Albadri Sondos
Published: December 2023

Pulpotomy is increasingly being recognized as a treatment option for the management of permanent teeth with extremely deep caries. These teeth can present with or without symptoms of pulpitis. Traditionally, irreversible pulpitis has been managed with pulp extirpation and root canal treatment. Contemporary research has shown that pulpotomy may be suitable to manage permanent teeth diagnosed with irreversible pulpitis. This article discusses the options and decision-making process of how to restore posterior permanent teeth that have undergone a pulpotomy. In addition, the article highlights diagnostic and material considerations relating to the role of pulpotomy in managing deep caries.

CPD/Clinical Relevance: Clinicians should be aware of the use of pulpotomy in management of extremely deep caries or partial irreversible pulpitis in permanent teeth.
A case of a mandibular dentigerous cyst in a paediatric patient
Authors: Goel Aditi , Mumtaz Shadaab , Creedon Alex
Published: December 2023

Cystic lesions of the jaw in the paediatric population have been infrequently documented in the literature. The majority of these lesions are considered to be developmental in nature, as opposed to the commonly noted inflammatory lesions in the adults. Although asymptomatic, these lesions are associated with a high level of anxiety for parents. Early diagnosis and management help to allay anxiety. We present a case of 6-year-old boy who had a rapidly growing lucent lesion of the mandible that needed urgent intervention. The lesion was excised, analysed histopathologically, and confirmed as a dentigerous cyst. The management of paediatric cystic lesions can be difficult and vary significantly from those of the adult population. This can be amplified because cross-sectional imaging is seldom used in children owing to the risk associated with radiation. We present our experience of dealing with rapidly progressing lesion and the lessons learned in the process.

CPD/Clinical Relevance: The management of paediatric cystic lesions can be difficult and vary significantly from those of the adult population.
The role of the maxillary labial frenectomy in closure of the midline diastema: A review and management recommendations
Authors: DeSeta Michaela , Nurse Janelle , Ashley Paul , Noar Joseph , Parekh Susan
Published: December 2023

A maxillary midline diastema is often seen in childhood as part of physiological development, but those persisting after the establishment of the permanent dentition may be a functional and aesthetic concern for which patients seek treatment. The association between an enlarged maxillary labial frenum and a maxillary midline diastema is commonly reported in the literature. However, the aetiologic role of an enlarged frenum is likely to represent only a proportion of diastema cases, and many diastemas exist without the presence of an abnormal frenum. This article provides an overview of the maxillary labial frenectomy and its role in closure of the midline diastema, providing management recommendations for practitioners.

CPD/Clinical Relevance: The association between an enlarged maxillary labial frenum and a midline diastema and the management options is useful clinical information
Supernumerary nines: Rare after all? an overview and case series
Authors: O'Grady Eleanor , Mills Sophie , Phillips Veronica , Aristotelous Costantinos , Santhanam Vijay
Published: December 2023

Supernumerary molars are rarely reported in literature. A literature review was undertaken to identify the prevalence of supernumerary nines following multiple cases attending at local oral and maxillofacial clinics. The review found a prevalence range of 0.06–0.96% for supernumerary molars, with proliferation of epithelial remnants of dental lamina (induced by pressure or ‘induction factors’) being the most accepted aetiology. This article explores supernumerary molars and their associated comorbidities, such as disruption and damage to other teeth. The case studies illustrate management techniques.

CPD/Clinical Relevance: An awareness of supernumerary teeth and their management is of clinical benefit.
Nurses experience with body care among palliative care patients: a phenomenological study
Authors: Marchetti Anna , Facchinetti Gabriella , Petrucci Giorgia , Piredda Michela , Mastroianni Chiara , Artico Marco , D'angelo Daniela , Grazia De Marinis Maria
Published: December 2023

Background:

Palliative care is defined as active and global care that provides holistic care integrating the body, mind and spirit of the dying person. A person's health deteriorates at the end of life and nurses facilitate patients to manage their personal body care. Knowing and considering the impact of disease on individuals' lives, how they adapt to cope with it, and the meaning they give to it, can help nurses. This is because of the embodiment concept of living in and through our bodies. The aim of the study is to explore palliative care patients' experiences with nurses during body care.

Methods:

A descriptive phenomenological approach based on Husserl's philosophical perspective was used. A purposive sample of eight palliative care patients were enrolled in the study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between November 2018 and January 2019, in an Italian hospice. The interviews were about patients' feelings during nursing body care. The transcripts were analysed using Giorgi's phenomenological method. Several strategies were used to ensure the study's reliability.

Results:

The qualitative analysis revealed six categories that converged in three themes: 1) body care requires a specific competence; 2) patients experience difficulties during care by nurses; 3) compassionate care relationships help patients to find wellbeing and balance.

Conclusions:

People at the end of life find the deterioration of their body distressing and a reminder that they are about to die. These considerations give us an understanding of patient embodiment and the significance of a patient's lived experiences at the end of their life. This phenomenon in nursing should be explored further in future research, to help inform more targeted care strategies.
Antimicrobial effects of a borate-based bioactive glass wound matrix on wound-relevant pathogens
Authors: Jung Steven , Schultz Greg , Mafiz Abdullah Ibn , Bevels Elizabeth , Jaskula Kimberly , Brownell Kirsten , Lantz Ellen , Strickland Aaron
Published: December 2023

Objective:

The antimicrobial effects of a borate-based bioactive glass matrix (BBBGM) on clinically relevant microorganisms was investigated for up to seven days in vitro.

Method:

A total of 19 wound-relevant pathogens were studied using the in vitro AATCC 100 test method.

Results:

The reduction of viable Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria and yeasts at days 4 and 7 post-culture on the BBBGM was significant (> 4log10) in most cases. Mould counts were reduced (<2log10) during the seven-day assessment, indicating that mould viability and reproduction was inhibited. The cell count of each organism was reduced at seven days indicating that the BBBGM not only reduced the viable cell count, but that the cell count did not recover during the seven-day period, indicating a sustained reduction in pathogenic activity.

Conclusion:

Based on the present results, the use of a BBBGM as a pathogenic barrier should be considered as a tool for combating pathogenic colonisation and infection in acute and hard-to-heal (chronic) wounds.
Efficacy and safety of autologous platelet-rich plasma for diabetic foot ulcers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Su Ya-Na , Li Jing , Feng Dai-Hao , Lu Ruo-Ruo , Dong Guo-Xi , Zhao Ding-Yun
Published: December 2023

Objective:

To investigate the efficacy and safety of autologous platelet-rich plasma (au-PRP) for diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) treatment.

Method:

We conducted database searches (MEDLINE, EMBASE, evidence-based medicine reviews: CENTRAL, PubMed, and Web of Science) and reference mining for randomised controlled trials from inception to 23 January 2022. Results were scrutinised, data were extracted and research quality was investigated by two independent authors. Primary outcome was the proportion of complete ulcer healing. Secondary outcomes included both the mean time to complete healing and the incidence of adverse events. Statistical analyses were performed in RevMan 5.4 (Cochrane, UK). Kaplan–Meier curves for time to complete healing were pooled in R software (version 4.1.2) (R Foundation, Austria).

Results:

Of the 231 records identified, 17 studies with a total of 1303 participants (649 randomised to the au-PRP group and 654 to a standard of care (SOC) group) met the eligibility criteria and were included in our study. Compared with SOC, au-PRP appeared to promote the complete healing rate (odds ratio (OR): 2.11; 95% Confidence Interval: 1.55–2.86). Au-PRP also appeared to significantly shorten complete healing time (mean duration: –19.04 days; 95%CI: –20.46––17.61]). There was no significant difference on adverse events. Results were robust on sensitivity analyses.

Conclusion:

Based on the findings of this review and meta-analysis, Au-PRP is an effective and safe adjuvant therapy for DFUs.
Voyeurs upon History: Stephen Dwoskin, Marc Karlin, and For Memory
Authors: Miller Henry K.
Published: December 2023

ABSTRACT: This article discusses the collaboration of Stephen Dwoskin and Marc Karlin, both Jewish filmmakers based in London in the 1970s, drawing in particular on evidence in the Dwoskin archive at the University of Reading that reveals Dwoskin's hitherto unacknowledged contribution to Karlin's film For Memory (1984). I demonstrate that this erasure is symptomatic of Dwoskin's treatment by historians of British film culture, and argue that Dwoskin and Karlin's collaboration, although it did not come to fruition, is revealing of the two filmmakers' differing relationships with Britishness and Jewishness, and prompted a new and significant engagement on Dwoskin's part with questions of diaspora, displacement, and integration.
Whatever It Is, I'm Against It: Comedy and Jewishness in the Work of Stephen Dwoskin
Authors: O'Donoghue Darragh
Published: December 2023

ABSTRACT: This essay reframes the infamously grave and grueling experimental filmmaker Stephen Dwoskin as a comic artist. Experimental film in the UK is usually discussed in terms of the marginal history of artists' film and video, or the form's relationship to elite contemporary art. Stephen Dwoskin was engaged with these concerns. He was, however, also a devotee of Hollywood film, like his fellow filmmakers in the New York underground, and like the group of "film enthusiasts" that founded the London Film-Makers' Co-op on its model and screened popular and generic American cinema alongside avant-garde and arthouse works. This essay will argue that comedy in particular, a genre enriched by Jewish artists between his birth in 1939 and his leaving for Europe in 1964, was a major shaping intertext on Dwoskin's work. It will further argue that an engagement with comedy and its practitioners allowed Dwoskin to explore Jewish-related themes in a subterranean manner when Jewish identity was not a usual subject in experimental film—unlike the directly queer, black, or post-colonial films made by his contemporaries. After a survey of two major Jewish thinkers on comedy—Henri Bergson and Sigmund Freud—the major intertext discussed in the essay will be the early work of the Marx Brothers. In the first films where he played a version of himself, Dwoskin appropriated themes, images, and even narrative approaches introduced by American Jewish comics like the Marx Brothers, such as the foregrounding of the precarious, unstable, or disruptive body; the comedy of sexual dysfunction and bodily failure; and identity crisis resulting from social marginality. With Dwoskin, as with these comics, such themes and structures resulted in the subversion of mainstream narrative modes and character stereotypes.
Dwoskin: Disability, Diaspora, Dysphoria
Authors: Chamarette Jenny
Published: December 2023

ABSTRACT: In this article, I argue that looking and staring, which are typical aspects of Stephen Dwoskin's experimental, highly personal approach to cinema, contribute to a broader sensory inquiry into conditions of diasporic and disabled (gender) dysphoria. I explore the intersecting relationships between these four "d's"—Dwoskin, disability, diaspora, and dysphoria—understanding how in recent years the fields of transgender (trans) studies, diaspora studies, and disability studies have demonstrated collective interest in conditions of dysphoria as strategies that negotiate complex embodiment and ethnicity. In doing so, I adopt a hybrid approach to aesthetic modes of self-estrangement and radical interruptions of normative embodiment in Dwoskin's late films. Adopting what Elliot Evans has described via Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick and Paul B. Preciado as a "universalizing" orientation of cutting-edge trans theory, and earlier work by historians of disability and masculinity such as David Serlin, I read across these concepts to suggest that the formal and aesthetic structures and contexts of Dwoskin's late films agitate the boundaries between embodied conceptualizations of diaspora, disability, and dysphoria. This has consequences for Dwoskin's positioning in wider discourses of experimental filmmaking, both within and beyond Britain where he spent the majority of his adult life, and helps to connect the relationships between his diasporic Jewishness and disability. Thinking expansively, this article examines how expressions of dysphoria, discussed in trans, disabled, and diasporic communities, have the potential to offer, not recuperation or rehabilitation of Dwoskin's work, but a space to think from that is resistant to the binarist, normative, and exclusionary logics prevailing in British culture at this moment in the twenty-first century.
Money in Southern Transeuphratene during the Fourth Century B.C.E.
Authors: Duyrat Frédérique
Published: December 2023

Abstract: The southern Levant provides two main bodies of documents to examine the use of silver money during the fourth century b.c.e.: ca 1,100 Idumaean ostraca reveal the activities of a rural region and a collection of Aramaic papyri found in the caves of Wadi Daliyeh and the Ketef Jericho ridge in the vicinity of Jericho render witness to more urban behaviours. They deliver contrasting views on the use of silver money—weighed silver or coins—that can be interpreted in light of what we know of the history of the region in the context of the wider Achaemenid imperial space. Abstract: Le Levant Sud a livré deux ensembles documentaires permettant de mieux comprendre l'usage de la monnaie d'argent au ive siècle: environ 1100 ostraca iduméens dévoilent les activités d'une région rurale tandis qu'un ensemble de papyri trouvés dans les grottes du Wadi Daliyeh et à Ketef Jéricho, dans la région de Jéricho, témoignent de pratiques plus citadines. Ils livrent une vision contrastée de l'usage de la monnaie d'argent — pesée ou sous forme de numéraire — qui peut être interprétée à la lumière de ce que nous savons de l'histoire de la région dans le cadre plus general de l'espace impérial achéménide.
Indigenous Coinages in Palestine: Towards an Understanding of the Persian-Hellenistic Transitional Monetary Phase
Authors: Gitler Haim , Tal Oren
Published: December 2023

Abstract: This paper surveys the minting authorities and royal mints of Palestine under the Achaemenids (ca 450–332 b.c.e.), Graeco-Macedonians (332–301 b.c.e.), and Ptolemies (301–198 b.c.e.) in order to address questions of continuity and change in the monetary administration of the southernmost regions of Coele-Syria. The transformation from minting authorities to royal mints between the periods of Persian and Hellenistic dominations is analyzed against the political reality of Palestine at the time. Abstract: Cet article passe en revue les autorités frappant monnaie et les ateliers royaux de frappe de monnaie en Palestine sous les Achéménides (332–301 a. C.) et sous les Ptolémées (301–198 a. C.) afin d'aborder les questions de continuité et de changement dans l'administration monétaire des régions australes de Cœlé-Syrie. Le passage d'un système où la frappe de monnaie est confiée à certaines autorités à un système où cette frappe est faite par des ateliers royaux, qui s'est produit entre les périodes à domination perse et hellénistique, est examiné sur le fond de la réalité politique de la Palestine à cette période.
The Coinage of the Kings of Cyprus From Achaemenid to Hellenistic Rule: An Autonomous Royal Coinage?
Authors: Markou Evangeline
Published: December 2023

Abstract: This article tackles the monetary particularities of the Cypriot kings within the larger frame of the Achaemenid empire throughout the archaic, classical, and early Hellenistic periods, up to the demolition of the kingdoms and local kingship by the Successors of Alexander around 306 b.c.e. Abstract: Cet article s'attaque aux particularités monétaires des rois chypriotes dans le cadre plus général de l'empire achéménide à travers les périodes archaïque, classique, et hellénistique ancien, jusqu'à l'abolition des royaumes et des royautés locales par les successeurs d'Alexandre vers 306 a. C.
Payment, Profit, or Prestige? The Political Economy of Achaemenid Coin Production
Authors: van Alfen Peter
Published: December 2023

Abstract: This paper examines the various reasons proposed for the production of Achaemenid Persian coinage and proposes a revised framework for understanding ancient coin production that accommodates rational decision making that is more political than strictly economic. Abstract: Cet article examine les différentes raisons qui ont été avancées pour expliquer la production de monnaie perse achéménide et propose une révision du modèle utilisé pour aborder la production de monnaie durant l'Antiquité. Cette révision intègre des décisions basées davantage sur des facteurs politiques que strictement économiques.
Kings, Satraps, Local Dynasts, and Cities in Achaemenid Imperial Space: Pseudo-Aristotle's Oikonomika and Numismatic Reality
Authors: Bodzek Jarosław
Published: December 2023

Abstract: The complex pattern of coinage in the Achaemenid kingdom consists of multiple phenomena. Apart from the king, several other authorities minted coins. The minting activity of various representatives of the Great King—satraps and lower-rank officials, as well as military commanders—is of particular importance. The article discusses the current state of knowledge on this subject. Abstract: La mosaïque complexe des monnaies dans le royaume achéménide est constituée de nombreux phénomènes. En plus du roi, plusieurs autres autorités frappaient monnaie. L'activité de frappe des différents représentants du Grand Roi — les satrapes et des officiels de second rang, ainsi que des chefs militaires — est particulièrement importante. Cet article expose l'état actuel des connaissances sur ce sujet.
Optical Metasurfaces for GHz Free Space Optical Communications: Prospects and Prototype Validation
Authors: Georgiev Kaloyan , Trifonov Anton , Kamali Khosro Zangeneh , Petrov Lyuben S. , Neshev Dragomir , Buchvarov Ivan
Published: December 2023

An all-optical modulation of light based on crystalline silicon metasurfaces is presented, where a carrier-driven absolute amplitude modulation of over 72% is demonstrated with about 100 ps response times.
Femtosecond Fiber Laser at 635 nm
Authors: Olivier Michel , Lord Marie-Pier , Bernier Martin , Vallée Réal
Published: December 2023

We present an ultrafast fiber laser operating a t 635 nm. It emits 168 fs pulses at a repetition rate of 137 MHz. Mode-locking is based on nonlinear polarization evolution in a single-mode praseodymium-doped fluoride fiber.
Orange Surface Waveguide Laser in Pr:LiYF4 Produced by Femtosecond Laser Inscription
Authors: Baillard Amandine , Loiko Pavel , Romero Carolina , Arroyo Victor , de Aldana Javier Rodríguez Vázquez , Fromager Michaël , Braud Alain , Camy Patrice , Mateos Xavier
Published: December 2023

Depressed-cladding low-loss (0.14 dB/cm) surface channel waveguides were fabricated in bulk Pr:LiYF4 by Ultrafast Laser Inscription. An orange waveguide laser generated 274 mW at 604.3 nm with 28.4% slope efficiency and 29 mW laser threshold.
Red Sm:KGd(WO4)2 Laser at 649 nm
Authors: Baillard Amandine , Loiko Pavel , Rytz Daniel , Schwung Sebastian , Fromager Michaël , Braud Alain , Camy Patrice
Published: December 2023

We report on polarized spectroscopy and first laser operation of Sm:KGd(WO4)2 crystal. Red Samarium laser generated 17.6 mW at 649.1 nm with 16.9% slope efficiency, a threshold down to 29 mW and a linear polarization.
Room temperature, 55 mJ/pulse, gain-switched Fe:ZnSe laser system pumped by radiation of Electro-Optically Q- switched Cr:Er:YSGG MOPA
Authors: Martyshkin D. V. , Fedorov V. V. , Hamlin S. J. , Tochitsky S. , Mirov S.
Published: December 2023

We report on room temperature tunable mid-IR Fe:ZnSe laser system pumped by radiation of electro-optically Q-switched Cr:Er:YSGG MOPA system. The output energy of 55mJ at 4400 nm was demonstrated in 90 ns pulses.