bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Modelling the amphibian chytrid fungus spread by connectivity analysis: towards a national monitoring network in Italy
Authors: Costa Andrea , Dondero Lorenzo , Allaria Giorgia , Morales Sanchez Bryan Nelson , Rosa Giacomo , Salvidio Sebastiano , Grasselli Elena
Published: June 2021

The emerging amphibian disease, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is driving population declines worldwide and even species extinctions in Australia, South and Central America. In order to mitigate effects of Bd on amphibian populations, high-exposed areas should be identified at the local scale and effective conservation measures should be planned at the national level. This assessment is actually lacking in the Mediterranean basin, and in particular in Italy, one of the most relevant amphibian diversity hotspots in the entire region. In this study, we reviewed the available information on Bd in Italy, and conducted a 5-year molecular screening on 1274 individual skin swabs belonging to 18 species. Overall, we found presence of Bd in 13 species and in a total of 56 known occurrence locations for peninsular Italy and Sardinia. We used these occurrence locations and climate data to model habitat suitability of Bd for current and future climatic scenarios. We then employed electric circuit theory to model landscape permeability to the diffusion of Bd, using a resistance map. With this procedure, we were able to model, for the first time, the diffusion pathways of Bd at the landscape scale, characterising the main future pathways towards areas with a high probability of Bd occurrence. Thus, we identified six national protected areas that will become pivotal for a nationally-based strategic plan in order to monitor, mitigate and possibly contrast Bd diffusion in Italy.
Financial Network Connectedness and Systemic Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: So Mike K. P. , Chan Lupe S. H. , Chu Amanda M. Y.
Published: June 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic causes a huge number of infections. The outbreak of COVID-19 has not only caused substantial healthcare impacts, but also affected the world economy and financial markets. In this paper, we study the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on financial market connectedness and systemic risk. Specifically, we test dynamically whether the network density of pandemic networks constructed by the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases is a leading indicator of the financial network density and portfolio risk. Using rolling-window Granger-causality tests, we find strong evidence that the pandemic network density leads the financial network density and portfolio risk from February to April 2020. The findings suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic may exert significant impact on the systemic risk in financial markets.
Exercise Addiction in Athletes: a Systematic Review of the Literature
Authors: Juwono Ignatius Darma , Tolnai Nóra , Szabo Attila
Published: June 2021

Athletes train on a pre-determined training schedule. Scheduled behaviors are difficult to become “addictive” because urges and cravings cannot be scheduled. Still, many scholars think that elite or competitive athletes can become addicted to their sport or exercise. The aim of this systematic literature review was to analyze scholastic papers on exercise addiction in athletes with a special view on their focus and prevalence estimates. Four databases were scrutinized, including PsycINFO, PubMed/Medline, Crossref, and ScienceDirect, which resulted in 17 eligible articles based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The bulk of these studies compared athletes to non-athletes and employed a cross-sectional design. Their results suggest that the risk of exercise addiction is greater in athletes than non-athletes, along with a prevalence rate of up to >40%, which is ten times greater than that reported in a population-wide study. These findings are in discord with the definition and conceptualization of exercise addiction, which, according to previous calls, begs for the urgent clearer conceptualization of exercise addiction.
MRI imaging features of HIV-related central nervous system diseases: diagnosis by pattern recognition in daily practice
Authors: Sakai Mio , Higashi Masahiro , Fujiwara Takuya , Uehira Tomoko , Shirasaka Takuma , Nakanishi Katsuyuki , Kashiwagi Nobuo , Tanaka Hisashi , Terada Hitoshi , Tomiyama Noriyuki
Published: June 2021

With the advent of antiretroviral therapy (ART), the prognosis of people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has improved, and the frequency of HIV-related central nervous system (CNS) diseases has decreased. Nevertheless, mortality from HIV-related CNS diseases, including those associated with ART (e.g., immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome) remains significant. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can improve the outlook for people with HIV through early diagnosis and prompt treatment. For example, HIV encephalopathy shows a diffuse bilateral pattern, whereas progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, HIV-related primary CNS lymphoma, and CNS toxoplasmosis show focal patterns on MRI. Among the other diseases caused by opportunistic infections, CNS cryptococcosis and CNS tuberculosis have extremely poor prognoses unless diagnosed early. Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome shows distinct MRI findings from the offending opportunistic infections. Although distinguishing between HIV-related CNS diseases based on imaging alone is difficult, in this review, we discuss how pattern recognition approaches can contribute to their early differentiation.
Außerunterrichtliches Peer Tutoring mit deutsch-türkischsprachigen Grundschulkindern: Umsetzungsgenauigkeit und Umfang von bilingualer Kommunikation
Authors: Decristan Jasmin , Schastak Martin , Reitenbach Valentina , Rauch Dominique
Published: June 2021

Der vorliegende Beitrag fokussiert die Implementation von außerunterrichtlichen Peer Tutoring-Trainings im Lesen und Rechnen mit türkisch-deutschsprachigen Grundschulkindern. Hierbei bildeten jeweils zwei Grundschulkinder (Peers) ein Tandem, das von einer geschulten studentischen Trainingsleitung angeleitet wurde. Zur Erfassung der Implementation von Peer Tutoring-Elementen unter diesen Bedingungen wurde die Umsetzungsgenauigkeit herangezogen. Eine Besonderheit der Studie war, dass es einem Teil der Trainingsgruppen erlaubt war, beide Sprachen während des Trainings zu sprechen. Für die bilinguale Kommunikation wurden zusätzliche Operationalisierungen geprüft, um die Umsetzung bilingualer Kommunikation zu erfassen. Darüber hinaus wird im Beitrag konsequent zwischen der Implementation durch Trainingsleitungen und durch Lernende unterschieden. Die Ergebnisse unterstreichen die hohe Umsetzungsgenauigkeit der außerunterrichtlichen Peer Tutoring-Trainings. Sie zeigen aber auch auf, dass die Lernenden in diesem Setting nur wenig miteinander in ihrer Herkunftssprache kommunizierten und mehr türkischsprachige Impulse durch Trainingsleitungen nicht mit mehr bilingualer Kommunikation durch die Lernenden einherging. Der Beitrag liefert somit weitere Erkenntnisse zur Aktivierung und zum Umfang bilingualer Kommunikation beim kooperativen Lernen.
Composites based on graphite oxide and zirconium phthalocyanines with aromatic amino acids as photoactive materials
Authors: Gerasymchuk Yuriy , Tahershamsi Leili , Tomala Robert , Wedzynska Anna , Chernii Viktor , Tretyakova Iryna , Korona-Glowniak Izabela , Rajtar Barbara , Malm Anna , Piatek Dominika , Lukowiak Anna
Published: June 2021

This article is a part of a scientific project focused on obtaining a new type of composite materials that are characterized by singlet oxygen generation upon irradiation with red light, which can be used as antibacterial agents. The composite material is nanoscale graphite oxide (GO) particles covalently bonded to an axially substituted zirconium phthalocyanine complex. For this purpose, two phthalocyanine zirconium complexes, axially mono-substituted with 4-aminosalicylic or 4-aminophthalic acids, were prepared and measured in terms of structure, morphology, and spectroscopic properties. The zirconium phthalocyanines are photosensitizers, and the axial ligands are bridging links connecting the complexes to the GO carrier (due to their terminal amino groups and carboxyl groups, respectively). The axial ligand in zirconium phthalocyanine complexes has a strong influence on the stability and optical properties of composite materials and, consequently, on reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. In this paper, the effect of composite components (4-aminophthalato or 4-aminosalicylato substituted zirconium phthalocyanine complex as a photosensitizer and graphite oxide as a carrier and modulator of the action of active components) on ROS generation for potential antibacterial use is discussed.
Towards an Equitable Digital Society: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR)
Authors: Elliott Karen , Price Rob , Shaw Patricia , Spiliotopoulos Tasos , Ng Magdalene , Coopamootoo Kovila , van Moorsel Aad
Published: June 2021

In the digital era, we witness the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) to solve problems, while improving productivity and efficiency. Yet, inevitably costs are involved with delegating power to algorithmically based systems, some of whose workings are opaque and unobservable and thus termed the “black box”. Central to understanding the “black box” is to acknowledge that the algorithm is not mendaciously undertaking this action; it is simply using the recombination afforded to scaled computable machine learning algorithms. But an algorithm with arbitrary precision can easily reconstruct those characteristics and make life-changing decisions, particularly in financial services (credit scoring, risk assessment, etc.), and it could be difficult to reconstruct, if this was done in a fair manner reflecting the values of society. If we permit AI to make life-changing decisions, what are the opportunity costs, data trade-offs, and implications for social, economic, technical, legal, and environmental systems? We find that over 160 ethical AI principles exist, advocating organisations to act responsibly to avoid causing digital societal harms. This maelstrom of guidance, none of which is compulsory, serves to confuse, as opposed to guide. We need to think carefully about how we implement these algorithms, the delegation of decisions and data usage, in the absence of human oversight and AI governance. The paper seeks to harmonise and align approaches, illustrating the opportunities and threats of AI, while raising awareness of Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR) as a potential collaborative mechanism to demystify governance complexity and to establish an equitable digital society.
Successive approximations for random coupled Hilfer fractional differential systems
Authors: Si Bachir Fatima , Abbas Saïd , Benbachir Maamar , Benchohra Mouffak
Published: June 2021

In this paper, we study the global convergence of successive approximations as well as the uniqueness of the random solution of a coupled random Hilfer fractional differential system. We prove a theorem on the global convergence of successive approximations to the unique solution of our problem. In the last section, we present an illustrative example.
Cumulative Impacts and COVID-19: Implications for Low-Income, Minoritized, and Health-Compromised Communities in King County, WA
Authors: Ingram Carolyn , Min Esther , Seto Edmund , Cummings BJ , Farquhar Stephanie
Published: June 2021

Few studies have assessed how the intersection of social determinants of health and environmental hazards contributes to racial disparities in COVID-19. The aim of our study was to compare COVID-19 disparities in testing and positivity to cumulative environmental health impacts, and to assess how unique social and environmental determinants of health relate to COVID-19 positivity in Seattle, King County, WA, at the census tract level. Publicly available data (n = 397 census tracts) were obtained from Public Health–Seattle & King County, 2018 ACS 5-year estimates, and the Washington Tracking Network. COVID-19 testing and positive case rates as of July 12, 2020, were mapped and compared to Washington State Environmental Health Disparities (EHD) Map cumulative impact rankings. We calculated odds ratios from a series of univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses using cumulative impact rankings, and community-level socioeconomic, health, and environmental factors as predictors and having ≥ 10% or < 10% census tract positivity as the binary outcome variable. We found a remarkable overlap between Washington EHD cumulative impact rankings and COVID-19 positivity in King County. Census tracts with ≥ 10 % COVID-19 positivity had significantly lower COVID-19 testing rates and higher proportions of people of color and faced a combination of low socioeconomic status–related outcomes, poor community health outcomes, and significantly higher concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5). King County communities experiencing high rates of COVID-19 face a disproportionate cumulative burden of environmental and social inequities. Cumulative environmental health impacts should therefore systematically be considered when assessing for risk of exposure to and health complications resulting from COVID-19.
Applications of 2D-Layered Palladium Diselenide and Its van der Waals Heterostructures in Electronics and Optoelectronics
Authors: Wang Yanhao , Pang Jinbo , Cheng Qilin , Han Lin , Li Yufen , Meng Xue , Ibarlucea Bergoi , Zhao Hongbin , Yang Feng , Liu Haiyun , Liu Hong , Zhou Weijia , Wang Xiao , Rummeli Mark H. , Zhang Yu , Cuniberti Gianaurelio
Published: June 2021

The rapid development of two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenides has been possible owing to their special structures and remarkable properties. In particular, palladium diselenide (PdSe2) with a novel pentagonal structure and unique physical characteristics have recently attracted extensive research interest. Consequently, tremendous research progress has been achieved regarding the physics, chemistry, and electronics of PdSe2. Accordingly, in this review, we recapitulate and summarize the most recent research on PdSe2, including its structure, properties, synthesis, and applications. First, a mechanical exfoliation method to obtain PdSe2 nanosheets is introduced, and large-area synthesis strategies are explained with respect to chemical vapor deposition and metal selenization. Next, the electronic and optoelectronic properties of PdSe2 and related heterostructures, such as field-effect transistors, photodetectors, sensors, and thermoelectric devices, are discussed. Subsequently, the integration of systems into infrared image sensors on the basis of PdSe2 van der Waals heterostructures is explored. Finally, future opportunities are highlighted to serve as a general guide for physicists, chemists, materials scientists, and engineers. Therefore, this comprehensive review may shed light on the research conducted by the 2D material community.
Global (Citizenship) Education as inclusive and diversity learning in Religious Education
Authors: Gaus Ralf
Published: June 2021

School education is no longer just the place where students are supposed to deal with local phenomena and issues, but also with global ones. Every subject in German schools, such as Religious Education, has to make its own contribution to the Global Education of students. The goals of interest and educational policy associated with this vary. As a result of the AGENDA 21 process, Global Education has been implemented in German curricula, as in many other countries. This article assumes that Religious Education achieves its goal precisely when it is designed to be inclusive and students experience the topics of human rights, dignity of the human person, and social justice in the classroom. For this to happen, diversity and difference must be valued and used as learning opportunities.
Including Disability in Business and Human Rights Discourse and Corporate Practice
Authors: STEIN Michael Ashley , BANTEKAS Ilias
Published: June 2021

Despite significant progress in business and human rights (BHR) discourse and the practices of multinational corporations (MNCs), persons with disabilities and disability rights are absent from both the key instruments and practice of BHR. This lacuna exists despite the near-universal ratification of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as well as the fact that disabled persons constitute over 15 per cent of the global population and MNC operations impact them greatly and disproportionately. We argue that MNCs have a central role, responsibility and opportunity to foment change globally in fulfilling the human rights of persons with disabilities through their employment practices and by leveraging their economic power to fulfil other aspects of disability-based human rights. Doing so requires the development and self-enforcement of disability-specific human rights due diligence (HRDD) processes, and creating a general culture of diversity, equity and inclusion that encompasses disability.
Development of a multi-component intervention to promote participation of Black and Latinx individuals in biomedical research
Authors: Danila Maria I. , Allison Jeroan J. , Goins Karin Valentine , Chiriboga Germán , Fischer Melissa , Puliafico Melissa , Mudano Amy S. , Rahn Elizabeth J. , Merchant Jeanne , Lawrence Colleen E. , Dunkel Leah , Israel Tiffany , Barton Bruce , Jenoure Fred , Alexander Tiffany , Cruz Danny , Douglas Marva , Sims Jacqueline , Richmond Al , Roberson Erik D. , Chambless Carol , Harris Paul A. , Saag Kenneth G. , Lemon Stephenie C.
Published: June 2021

Introduction:

Barriers to research participation by racial and ethnic minority group members are multi-factorial, stem from historical social injustices and occur at participant, research team, and research process levels. The informed consent procedure is a key component of the research process and represents an opportunity to address these barriers. This manuscript describes the development of the Strengthening Translational Research in Diverse Enrollment (STRIDE) intervention, which aims to improve research participation by individuals from underrepresented groups.

Methods:

We used a community-engaged approach to develop an integrated, culturally, and literacy-sensitive, multi-component intervention that addresses barriers to research participation during the informed consent process. This approach involved having Community Investigators participate in intervention development activities and using community engagement studios and other methods to get feedback from community members on intervention components.

Results:

The STRIDE intervention has three components: a simulation-based training program directed toward clinical study research assistants that emphasizes cultural competency and communication skills for assisting in the informed consent process, an electronic consent (eConsent) framework designed to improve health-related research material comprehension and relevance, and a “storytelling” intervention in which prior research participants from diverse backgrounds share their experiences delivered via video vignettes during the consent process.

Conclusions:

The community engaged development approach resulted in a multi-component intervention that addresses known barriers to research participation and can be integrated into the consent process of research studies. Results of an ongoing study will determine its effectiveness at increasing diversity among research participants.
Conceptual models for implementing solution-oriented team science in large research consortia
Authors: Thompson Leslie C. , Hall Kara L. , Vogel Amanda L. , Park Christina H. , Gillman Matthew W.
Published: June 2021

Large translational research initiatives can strengthen efficiencies and support science with enhanced impact when practical conceptual models guide their design, implementation, and evaluation. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program brings together data from 72 ongoing maternal–child cohort studies – involving more than 50,000 children and over 1200 investigators – to conduct transdisciplinary solution-oriented research that addresses how early environmental exposures influence child health. ECHO uses a multi-team system approach to consortium-wide data collection and analysis to generate original research that informs programs, policies, and practices to enhance children’s health. Here, we share two conceptual models informed by ECHO’s experiences and the Science of Team Science. The first conceptual model illuminates a system of teams and associated tasks that support collaboration toward shared scientific goals. The second conceptual model provides a framework for designing evaluations for continuous quality improvement of manuscript writing teams. Together, the two conceptual models offer guidance for the design, implementation, and evaluation of translational and transdisciplinary multi-team research initiatives.
Everyday Lawmaking in International Human Rights Law: Insights from the Inclusion of Domestic Violence in the Prohibition of Torture
Authors: Davidson Natalie R.
Published: June 2021

How is international human rights law (IHRL) made “everyday” outside of treaty negotiations? Leading socio-legal accounts emphasize transnational civil society activism as a driver of norm change but insufficiently consider power dynamics and the legal-institutional environment. This article sheds light on these dimensions of IHRL by reconstructing how domestic violence came to be included in the prohibition of torture in five international and regional human rights institutions. Through process tracing based on interviews and a vast amount of documentation, the study reveals everyday lawmaking in IHRL as a complex, incremental process in which a wide range of actors negotiate legal outcomes. The political implications of this process are ambiguous as it enables participation while creating hidden sites of power. In addition to challenging existing models of international norm change, this study offers an in-depth empirical exploration of a key development in the international prohibition of torture and demonstrates the benefits of process tracing as a socio-legal methodology.
Returning from the Underworld: The West Kennet Palisades in the Avebury Monument Complex
Authors: Sims Lionel
Published: June 2021

In recent decades some archaeologists have come to doubt key components and properties of the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age (EBA) Avebury monument complex. By site excavation of the Beckhampton Avenue, Silbury Hill, and the West Kennet Palisades the idea of an integrated group of contemporaneous monuments has been thrown into doubt. In this paper these critiques are themselves critiqued and further tested by an inter-disciplinary exercise integrating archaeology, landscape phenomenology, and archaeoastronomy. It is suggested that the emergent properties of this procedure reveal that these recent doubts are unfounded and that this monument complex was designed for rituals to initiate neophytes by simulating journeys through a virtual underworld.
Mediterranean Diet and cardiovascular health: an historical perspective
Authors: Delarue Jacques
Published: June 2021

The first investigation of dietary intake in the Mediterranean region was undertaken at the initiative of the government of Greece in 1948. Plant foods (cereals, pulses, nuts, potatoes, vegetables and fruits) accounted for 61 % of total energy intake (TEI), animal foods (meat, eggs, fish and dairy products) for 7 % of TEI and olive oil was the main oil used. In 1950s, Ancel Keys undertook studies in USA, Italy, Spain, England, Japan, Australia and Canada leading him to hypothesise that a link could exist between diet, plasma cholesterol and CHD. Between 1958 and 1964, Keys and co-workers carried out the Seven Countries Study, which enrolled men aged 40–59 years in one of sixteen cohorts from seven countries (Finland, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia, Japan, USA and Italy). After 15-, 25- and 50-year follow-up, a strong positive relation was observed between saturated fat intake and CHD mortality, and a negative one with Mediterranean Dietary Index. In 1975, Keys and his wife published a book entitled: ‘How to eat well and stay well. The Mediterranean way’, which popularised Mediterranean Diet (MedDiet). After 45-year follow-up, longevity without CHD death was 12·9 years higher in Crete than in Finland. Protecting effect of MedDiet towards CHD incidence and risk is now confirmed by Prevencion con Dieta Mediterranea study and by cohorts’ studies gathered in several recent meta-analyses. MedDiet is sustainable and recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage, which is the most beautiful homage that can be paid to Ancel Keys and all his co-workers.
« Reculer pour mieux sauter » ? Délégation et monopolisation de la violence en Afghanistan
Authors: Malejacq Romain , Olsson Christian
Published: June 2021

La délégation de la violence en contexte de guerre civile est souvent lue comme une érosion de l’État au profit d'acteurs non-étatiques incontrôlables. Nous soulignons ici les limites de cette lecture à partir d'une analyse du conflit afghan, en particulier de l'arbitrage qui a eu lieu sous l'administration Karzai entre l'accroissement des effectifs militaires pro-gouvernementaux et leur contrôle. Nous montrons non seulement que la présence de troupes internationales a considérablement affecté cet arbitrage, mais aussi que, contrairement aux interprétations dominantes, celui-ci révèle une volonté d'appropriation du processus de formation de l’État par ses élites plus qu'un recul de l’État lui-même.
Est-ce que l'on est sorti du bois ? L’État québécois face austapleforestier
Authors: Beaulieu Hanneke , Chiasson Guy , Leclerc Edith
Published: June 2021

Les industries destaplesont dominé le secteur forestier québécois avec l'appui de l’État qui a concédé à de grandes entreprises exportant une matière ligneuse peu transformée l'exploitation quasi-exclusive des forêts publiques. Une nouvelle loi en 2013 modifie le régime forestier et suggère une transition du secteur vers une économiepost-staples. Or, en examinant le rôle de l’État de la période menant à la loi et de celle suivant sa mise en place, une lecture plus nuancée du nouveau régime émerge. En s'appuyant sur deux typologies d’État, ricardien et schumpétérien, cet article dépeint une trajectoire non-linéaire du secteur forestier québécois.
The Nature and Constitutionality of Statutorily-Imposed (Non-Contractual) Arbitration in Ghana
Authors: Oppong Richard Frimpong
Published: June 2021

Ghanaian law contains a number of statutes that broadly provide that certain disputes shall be settled by arbitration. This compulsory approach to arbitration departs significantly from the consent-based model of arbitration. This article considers the legal framework for statutory arbitration in Ghana. It examines the origins of statutory arbitration, documents some of the statutes that provide for statutory arbitration and assesses the rationale for statutory arbitration. The article also examines the issue of consent in statutory arbitration, the procedural aspects of statutory arbitration, as well as the constitutionality of this form of arbitration.
Land reform in People’s Poland (1944–89)
Authors: Błąd Marta
Published: June 2021

The article describes the conduct of land reform by the communist regime of People’s Poland. The land reform fitted into the wave of analogous reforms carried out in the other communist countries of Eastern Europe. It was based on the Decree of the Polish Committee of National Liberation (PKWN) of 6th September 1944, which provided for subdividing landowners’ estates exceeding fifty hectares among peasants, such as small farmers, landless people and fornals. The article discusses problems faced by the founders of the reform and institutional measures applied in order to execute the Decree. Despite numerous obstacles, the reform was carried out quite efficiently and its effects were marked (6,070,100 hectares of landowners’ property was subdivided among 1,068,400 farms). However, those results were to a great extent possible due to the application of regime measures towards landowners (expropriation without compensation, arrests, and even capital punishment). Regarded as a crime and an atrocity by the landowners, for peasants the land reform was a blessing, which can be concluded from the recollections of both groups concerned, which are cited in the article. Despite its efficiency, the land reform did not manage to improve the agrarian structure in Poland, for it caused land dispersion and an increase of the number and the landed share of small farms.
Past and present land reform in Cuba (1959–2020): from peasant collectivisation to re-peasantisation and beyond
Authors: Botella-Rodríguez Elisa , González-Esteban Ángel Luis
Published: June 2021

Cuba is a paradigmatic case where the term and concept of the peasantry remains of lived importance. Cuban peasants had a significant role in the past as they did return to the political agenda after the Revolution with particular emphasis under Raul Castro’s administration. However, the Cuban case has not been significantly explored from a long-term perspective that connects the old debates and dimensions of land reforms under developmentalist states to the new agrarian questions in the global era. Based on secondary sources, semi-structured interviews and updated data on land structures, this article explores the long-term process of land reform in Cuba.
A MALL geometry of interaction based on indexed linear logic
Authors: Hamano Masahiro
Published: June 2021

We construct a geometry of interaction (GoI: dynamic modelling of Gentzen-style cut elimination) for multiplicative-additive linear logic (MALL) by employing Bucciarelli–Ehrhard indexed linear logic MALL(I) to handle the additives. Our construction is an extension to the additives of the Haghverdi–Scott categorical formulation (a multiplicative GoI situation in a traced monoidal category) for Girard’s original GoI 1. The indices are shown to serve not only in their original denotational level, but also at a finer grained dynamic level so that the peculiarities of additive cut elimination such as superposition, erasure of subproofs, and additive (co-) contraction can be handled with the explicit use of indices. Proofs are interpreted as indexed subsets in the category Rel, but without the explicit relational composition; instead, execution formulas are run pointwise on the interpretation at each index, with respect to symmetries of cuts, in a traced monoidal category with a reflexive object and a zero morphism. The sets of indices diminish overall when an execution formula is run, corresponding to the additive cut-elimination procedure (erasure), and allowing recovery of the relational composition. The main theorem is the invariance of the execution formulas along cut elimination so that the formulas converge to the denotations of (cut-free) proofs.
Left ventricle implantable cardioverter defibrillator: a dextro-transposition of the great arteries case
Authors: Martins de Carvalho Miguel , Mota Garcia Raquel , Cruz Cristina , Macedo Filipe
Published: June 2021

We present a case of a patient with dextro-transposition of the great arteries palliated with a Senning procedure and a long-term arrhythmic complication that required an intervention, with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) implantation in the sub-pulmonary ventricle (morphologically left). This case highlights the need to perform off-label procedures to deal with the long-term complications of these complex patients.
Bilingual writing coactivation: Lexical and sublexical processing in a word dictation task
Authors: Iniesta Antonio , Paolieri Daniela , Serrano Francisca , Bajo M. Teresa
Published: June 2021

Bilinguals’ two languages seem to be coactivated in parallel during reading, speaking, and listening. However, this coactivation in writing has been scarcely studied. This study aimed to assess orthographic coactivation during spelling-to-dictation. We took advantage of the presence of polyvalent graphemes in Spanish (one phonological representation with two orthographic specifications, e.g., / b /for both the graphemes v and b) to manipulate orthographic congruency. Spanish–English bilinguals were presented with cross-linguistic congruent (movement–movimiento) and incongruent words (government–gobierno) for a dictation task. The time and accuracy to initiate writing and to type the rest-of-word (lexical and sublexical processing) were recorded in both the native language (L1) and the second language (L2). Results revealed no differences between conditions in monolinguals. Bilinguals showed a congruency and language interaction with better performance for congruent stimuli, which was evident from the beginning of typing in L2. Language coactivation and lexical–sublexical interaction during bilinguals’ writing are discussed.
Associations of the pre-pregnancy weight status with anaemia and the erythropoiesis-related micronutrient status
Authors: Mayasari Noor Rohmah , Hu Tzu-Yu , Chao Jane C-J , Bai Chyi-Huey , Chen Yi Chun , Huang Ya Li , Chang Chun-Chao , Wang Fan-Fen , Hadi Hamam , Nurwanti Esti , Chang Jung-Su
Published: June 2021

Objective:

The coexistence of underweight (UW) and overweight (OW)/obese (OB) at the population level is known to affect iron deficiency (ID) anaemia (IDA), but how the weight status affects erythropoiesis during pregnancy is less clear at a population scale. This study investigated associations between the pre-pregnancy BMI (pBMI) and erythropoiesis-related nutritional deficiencies.

Design:

Anthropometry, blood biochemistry and 24-h dietary recall data were collected during prenatal care visits. The weight status was defined based on the pBMI. Mild nutrition deficiency-related erythropoiesis was defined if individuals had an ID, folate depletion or a vitamin B12 deficiency.

Setting:

The Nationwide Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan (Pregnant NAHSIT 2017–2019).

Participants:

We included 1456 women aged 20 to 45 years with singleton pregnancies.

Results:

Among these pregnant women, 9·6 % were UW, and 29·2 % were either OW (15·8 %) or OB (13·4 %). A U-shaped association between the pBMI and IDA was observed, with decreased odds (OR; 95 % CI) for OW subjects (0·6; 95 % CI (0·4, 0·9)) but increased odds for UW (1·2; 95 % CI (0·8, 2·0)) and OB subjects (1·2; 95 % CI (0·8, 1·8)). The pBMI was positively correlated with the prevalence of a mild nutritional deficiency. Compared to normal weight, OB pregnant women had 3·4-fold (3·4; 95 % CI (1·4, 8·1)) higher odds for multiple mild nutritional deficiencies, while UW individuals had lowest odds (0·3; 95 % CI (0·1, 1·2)). A dietary analysis showed negative relationships of pBMI with energy, carbohydrates, protein, Fe and folate intakes, but positive relationship with fat intakes.

Conclusion:

The pre-pregnancy weight status can possibly serve as a good nutritional screening tool for preventing IDA during pregnancy.
Women’s perceptions about changes in food-related behaviours at home during COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
Authors: Jara María-Fernanda , Leyton Barbara , Cuevas Carla , Gálvez Espinoza Patricia
Published: June 2021

Objective:

To explore women’s perceptions of changes in specific food habits at home, specifically the food budget and shopping, and food preparation, during the COVID-19 period.

Design:

Non-probabilistic, exploratory study. Participants completed an online self-administered questionnaire. Perceptions of food habit changes were measured on a five-point Likert scale (strongly disagree to strongly agree). Data analysis was conducted in STATA v16.0.

Setting:

Chile.

Participants:

Adult women between 25 and 65 years old (n2047).

Results:

Of the participants, 72 % were responsible for cooking, 69 % for buying food and 85 % for child care. Difficulties in organising and doing food budget works were observed in groups with a lower educational level, lower income and single mothers with children. Younger participants, dependent workers, women from biparental families with children and those in mandatory quarantine perceived more changes in their food shopping and budget management tasks. Participants more educated, with higher income and non-mandatory quarantine perceived to cook and eat healthier. Older participants perceived minor changes in their food preparation tasks at home; in contrast, more educated women and women from biparental families with children perceived more changes. If women were in charge of the kids or grocery shopping, more food environment changes were noticed.

Conclusions:

Women perceived changes in their food environments. Some of these changes are perceived worse in the more vulnerable population. COVID-19 presents a challenge for the food system and gender perspectives. This information should be considered in the design of food-related interventions.
Prisoners' rights implementation in Japan: breaking the shackles with suspects
Authors: Croydon Silvia
Published: June 2021

Several decades have passed since the first call was made toward political scientists, among other social scientists, to devote attention to human rights and enrich, through empirical investigations, our understanding of how human rights implementation works. Today, the political science discipline is finally beginning to respond to this appeal, with an increasing number of scholars making it their goal to isolate variables that obstruct or facilitate human rights implementation. The current paper joins this burgeoning body of literature by offering a within-case analysis of Japanese prison policy-making. In particular, I compare the 2005 bill updating the Prison Law (Kangoku hō) that had been in force in Japan since the Meiji era with an earlier draft version of that bill which appeared in parliament on three occasions since the early 1980s. On the basis of the convergence of these bills in terms of seeking to align Japan with the evolved new global standards for convicted prisoners' treatment, I argue that a three-decade delay occurred in the implementation of prisoners' rights in Japan. To account then for this delay, I point to a provision pertaining to the criminal procedure (i.e., pre-conviction) which was incorporated in the law in question in 1908 merely for pragmatic reasons, and with regard to which the modern-time stakeholders of the bar and the police could not find agreement. Ultimately, the message that this case deals to the political science of human rights is that institutional–infrastructural factors, such as ties of legal nature, matter to human rights implementation.
CONNECTIVITY AND PURITY FOR LOGARITHMIC MOTIVES
Authors: Binda Federico , Merici Alberto
Published: June 2021

The goal of this article is to extend the work of Voevodsky and Morel on the homotopyt-structure on the category of motivic complexes to the context of motives for logarithmic schemes. To do so, we prove an analogue of Morel’s connectivity theorem and show a purity statement for$({\mathbf {P}}^1, \infty )$-local complexes of sheaves with log transfers. The homotopyt-structure on${\operatorname {\mathbf {logDM}^{eff}}}(k)$is proved to be compatible with Voevodsky’st-structure; that is, we show that the comparison functor$R^{{\overline {\square }}}\omega ^*\colon {\operatorname {\mathbf {DM}^{eff}}}(k)\to {\operatorname {\mathbf {logDM}^{eff}}}(k)$ist-exact. The heart of the homotopyt-structure on${\operatorname {\mathbf {logDM}^{eff}}}(k)$is the Grothendieck abelian category of strictly cube-invariant sheaves with log transfers: we use it to build a new version of the category of reciprocity sheaves in the style of Kahn-Saito-Yamazaki and Rülling.
Behavioral Integration of Individual Psychological Assessment Feedback: Assessor and Social Support
Authors: Trudeau Simon , Boudrias Jean-Sébastien , Cournoyer Annabelle
Published: June 2021

The present study investigates the role of perceived social support and development-focused feedback techniques on behavioral integration of feedback in the context of individual psychological assessment. We hypothesized that development-focused techniques would predict participants’ motivational intention to act on feedback and tested whether perceived social support would mediate or moderate the relationship between motivational intention and behavioral outcomes. We performed structural equation modeling analyses on data collected at two time-points. Two hundred and forty (N = 240) participants completed questionnaires immediately after their feedback session (T1) and 138 of them completed questionnaires three months later (T2). The model results, χ2 = 230.09, p < .01, CFI = .97, TLI = .97, SRMR = .06, RMSEA = .03 90% CI [.02, .05], suggest that development-focused techniques predict motivational intention, social support mediates the relationship between motivational intention and developmental activities (R2 = .31), and social support also interacts with development-focused techniques to predict behavior change (R2 = .40). The relationship between social support and behavioral change is higher when the assessor uses few development-focused techniques (at –1 SD, b = .32, p < .001, 95% CI [.27, .36]). The study provides empirical insights about how behavioral change unfolds in an IPA feedback context and suggests that participants could benefit from obtaining social support to act on feedback. Assessors should focus on development during feedback and encourage the participant to seek social support to facilitate their subsequent professional development. Because the findings rely on self-reported data, future studies would benefit from including observed measures.
Mitspielen, (An)Leiten, Unbeteiligt sein?
Authors: Wustmann Seiler Corina , Lannen Patricia , Duss Isabelle , Sticca Fabio
Published: June 2021

Zusammenfassung. Playfulness wird als die Fähigkeit, Bereitschaft und Freude von Kindern verstanden, sich auf das Spiel(en) einzulassen. Obwohl ihr eine hohe Relevanz für die kindliche Entwicklung zugeschrieben wird, ist die Forschungslage, insbesondere zur Rolle der Erwachsenen, dünn. Im Rahmen einer Pilotstudie wurden 76 Eltern (89.5% weiblich) zur Playfulness ihres Kindes (51.3% weiblich; MAlter= 4.49 Jahre, SDAlter= 1.53), zu ihrer eigenen Playfulness, ihrer Einstellung gegenüber dem kindlichen Spiel sowie ihrer Beteiligung am Spiel befragt. Anhand eines Strukturgleichungsmodells wurden sowohl direkte als auch indirekte Zusammenhänge zwischen kindlicher und elterlicher Playfulness, mediiert über die elterliche Spieleinstellung und die selbsteingeschätzte elterliche Rolle im kindlichen Spiel, untersucht. Die Ergebnisse zeigten, dass die elterliche Playfulness und eine spielunterstützende Einstellung der Eltern einen mittleren positiven, direkten Zusammenhang mit der kindlichen Playfulness aufwiesen. Vermittelnde Zusammenhänge erwiesen sich als unbedeutend. Eine höhere elterliche Playfulness ging aber negativ mit der elterlichen Rolle als Spielleiter einher.
Ocean Modification and Seasonality in a Northern Ellesmere Island Glacial Fjord Prior to Ice Shelf Breakup: Milne Fiord
Authors: Hamilton Andrew K. , Mueller Derek , Laval Bernard E.
Published: June 2021

Understanding the impact of the break‐up of northern Ellesmere Island ice shelves on fjord dynamics is limited by a lack of ocean observations prior to ice loss. Based on profiling and mooring data collected between 2011 and 2019, we describe the oceanography of Milne Fiord prior to the 2020 breakup of the Milne Ice Shelf, including, sources of ambient water, under‐ice hydrography, glacial modification, and seasonality. Ambient waters originate in the Canada Basin but are modified by interaction with the 100 m thick ice shelf at the fjord entrance, and extensive glacier tongue at the head. Properties within the 436 m deep fjord are depth‐dependent, with freshwater surface runoff and subglacial discharge accumulating in the upper 50 m of the fjord each summer behind the ice shelf. Freshwater export is restricted to a basal channel in the ice shelf, resulting in the fjord being more stratified and warmer than waters offshore year‐round. Below the ice shelf and above a 260 m deep sill unrestricted exchange allows warm Atlantic Water to penetrate to the 150 m deep glacier grounding line where submarine melting occurs. Basal meltwater spreads down‐fjord close to its depth of origin due to the strong stratification. Interannual warming of fjord deepwater is likely driven by shoaling of the Arctic Ocean thermocline and spillover at the sill, highlighting the link between fjord properties and regional oceanography. Further breakup of the ice shelf is predicted to substantially alter fjord dynamics, with consequences for ocean forcing of the Milne Glacier.
Tomographic Radio Occultation Methods Applied to a Dense Cubesat Formation in Low Mars Orbit
Authors: Moeller Gregor , Ao Chi O. , Mannucci Anthony J.
Published: June 2021

The atmospheric measurements made by the eight Mars orbiters in operation (as of April 2021) significantly improved our understanding of the Martian weather and climate. However, while some of the existing Mars orbiters will reach their lifetime, innovative and cost‐effective observation concepts are requested – not only to guarantee continued observation but also to address potential gaps in the existing observing network. Inspired by the success of the two MarsCube One satellites we have established an observation concept, which is based on a series of cubesats, carried to Mars and injected into a low Mars orbit in a so‐called string‐of‐pearls formation. Over the lifetime of the cubesats of about one Martian year, a series of radio occultation (RO) experiments will be carried out with up to 180 partially overlapping RO measurements per day. For processing of the unique set of observations, tomographic principles are applied to the RO measurements for the reconstruction of high‐resolution two‐dimensional temperature and pressure fields of the lower Martian atmosphere. Unlike the standard Abel transform approach, the derived products are not dependent on spherical symmetry assumptions. Thus, insights into various unresolved atmospheric phenomena are obtained – especially of those which are characterized by distinct horizontal gradients in pressure and temperature, for example, as observed at the day‐night terminator, during dust storms, or over complex terrain.
Community context matters for bacteria-phage ecology and evolution
Authors: Blazanin Michael , Turner Paul E
Published: June 2021

Bacteria-phage symbioses are ubiquitous in nature and serve as valuable biological models. Historically, the ecology and evolution of bacteria-phage systems have been studied in either very simple or very complex communities. Although both approaches provide insight, their shortcomings limit our understanding of bacteria and phages in multispecies contexts. To address this gap, here we synthesize the emerging body of bacteria-phage experiments in medium-complexity communities, specifically those that manipulate bacterial community presence. Generally, community presence suppresses both focal bacterial (phage host) and phage densities, while sometimes altering bacteria-phage ecological interactions in diverse ways. Simultaneously, community presence can have an array of evolutionary effects. Sometimes community presence has no effect on the coevolutionary dynamics of bacteria and their associated phages, whereas other times the presence of additional bacterial species constrains bacteria-phage coevolution. At the same time, community context can alter mechanisms of adaptation and interact with the pleiotropic consequences of (co)evolution. Ultimately, these experiments show that community context can have important ecological and evolutionary effects on bacteria-phage systems, but many questions still remain unanswered and ripe for additional investigation.