bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Hipárquia, ou o ápice da radicalidade do cinismo
Authors: Aggio Juliana
Published: July 2023

O presente texto procura evidenciar o cunho filosófico da escolha, do modo de vida e das ideias e atitudes corajosas de Hipárquia de Maroneia em abandonar sua família e sua cidade de origem, assim como a classe social aristocrática e o papel de esposa-mãe-governanta da casa, para poder viver a filosofia canina. Tais atitudes fazem desta filósofa uma questionadora não somente dos costumes sociais juntamente com os cínicos, mas do papel da mulher, levando a filosofia cínica à prova máxima de sua radicalidade.
Resenhas
Authors: Vasconcellos Lucas Bittencourt , Santos Júnior Iracy Ferreira dos , Blaud Clêmie , Arruda Renata
Published: July 2023

Resenhas dos seguintes livros: Scarlett Marton. Nietzsche e as mulheres: Figuras, imagens e tipos femininos. Autêntica, 2022; Marie-Frédérique Pellegrin. Pensées du corps et différences des sexes à l’époque moderne. ENS Éditions, 2020; e Ana Gabriela Colantoni; Georgia Cristina Amitrano; Carla Milani Damião (orgs.). Ensaios de filósofas brasileiras. Ape’Ku Editora, 2022.
Vascular Access in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusions: A State-of-the-Art Review
Authors: Meijers Thomas A. , Aminian Adel , Valgimigli Marco , Dens Joseph , Agostoni Pierfrancesco , Iglesias Juan F. , Gasparini Gabriele L. , Seto Arnold H. , Saito Shigeru , Rao Sunil V. , van Royen Niels , Brilakis Emmanouil S. , van Leeuwen Maarten A.H.
Published: July 2023

The outcomes of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention have considerably improved during the last decade with continued emphasis on improving procedural safety. Vascular access site bleeding remains one of the most frequent complications. Several procedural strategies have been implemented to reduce the rate of vascular access site complications. This state-of-the-art review summarizes and describes the current evidence on optimal vascular access strategies for chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.
Review of the American genus Bolostromus Ausserer, 1875 with the description of fourteen new species (Araneae, Cyrtaucheniidae)
Authors: DUPÉRRÉ NADINE
Published: July 2023

The family Cyrtaucheniidae is seldom found in the Americas, only 10 species are known to occur. Herein we described fourteen new species for the family Cyrtaucheniidae, all belonging to the genus Bolostromus from Central America and South America: Bolostromus busu n. sp. (female); B. devriesi n. sp. (female); B. epiphyticus n. sp. (male, female); B. fonsecai n. sp. (male); B. hubeni n. sp. (male, female); B. italoi n. sp. (female); B. laheredia n. sp. (male); B. losrios n. sp. (male); B. nischki n. sp. (male); B. urku n. sp. (male), B. primus n. sp. (male); B. pristirana n. sp. (male); B. stridulator n. sp. (male), and B. valdivia n. sp. (female). Photographs of the type specimens of: Bolostromus fauna (male and female); Bolostromus gaujoni (male); B. holguinensis (female juvenile); B. insularis (female juvenile); B. pulchripes (female); B. riveti (male) and, B. venustus (female) are provided, as well as a distribution map of all species.
Considerations of an efficiency-intelligent geo-localised mobile application for personalised SME market predictions
Authors: Pelekamoyo Jephter Kapika , Libati Hastings M
Published: July 2023

The few applications used by Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs’) businesses lack efficiency and the appropriate intelligence to save them from price instability, inventory carrying costs, excess inventory, wrong decision making, inaccurate monitoring of stock levels, etc. through predictive analytics. The study explored various Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning (AI/ML) models and data structure array types that could be used with the day-to-day local weather conditions of low and high temperatures to predict market parameters and aid SMEs with predictive data to use for combating wrong decision-making, inaccurate business monitoring and excess inventory, etc. Among the ML models explored included sequential minimal optimisation, iterative reweighted least-squares, Fan-Chen-Lin support vector regression, linear regression newton method and multivariate linear regression Ordinary least squares for a multivariate linear regression and logistic regression. The models were compiled using visual C# and Accord.Net libraries. Multivariate linear regression Ordinary least squares models recorded the least predictive accuracy loss, for the test quantity prediction test samples, and varying acceptable square loss values, for usage in geo-localised mobile intelligent systems for SME predictions due to their favourable scores. The jagged array overall performed better than the multi-dimensional array on some time and space complexity tests. This work is contributing to the body of knowledge by evaluatively suggesting better data structures and ML models for building intelligent systems in Xamarin forms using C# and small data for the model training for applications in mobile phone systems that will aid SMEs’ in adjusting spending and sales targets.
A Probative Argument of Intention
Authors: Mosaka Tshepo Bogosi
Published: July 2023

This article develops the basic argument for proving intention in criminal adjudication. The evidential proof of an accused's state of mind is a very old problem that arises from an even older moral quandry of distinguishing between unlawful killings that are accidental from those that are intentional for punitive purposes. Intentional unlawful killings typically attract much greater responsibility and punishment than killings by accident. The necessity of proving intention for an unlawful killing arises generally from an alleged killer claiming: ‘I didn’t mean to do it’. This denial can in turn be disambiguated into two cognitive (epistemic error) and volitional (muscular accident) sub-categories. Historically, pre-modern fact-finders saw themselves as being limited to relying on confessions and expert marabout to prove an alleged killer's intention in the face of these denials. The article deploys contemporary rationalist methods of logical argumentation for the proof of intention in criminal adjudication. The arguments made in the paper are pitched at a theoretical level and without necessarily reflecting a detailed exposition of the existing doctrine of one particular jurisdiction.
Labor Unions and the Problem of Monopoly: Collective Bargaining and Market Governance, 1890 to the Present
Authors: Callaci Brian
Published: July 2023

The labor movement has long had an ambivalent relationship to antitrust policy in the United States. Trade unionists have considered concentrated markets to be more favorable environments for union power than decentralized markets: oligopoly demands fewer union resources for organizing and contract bargaining campaigns, and oligopolists can tame cutthroat competition and share product market rents with workers. This article takes a different view. Looking to the strategies employed by unions in decentralized industries, where unions rather than corporations took on the role of taming and regulating competition, it explains how unions have leveraged power over market governance into bargaining power over wages and working conditions. In the current age of vertical disintegration and fissured workplaces, union power over market governance is more important to shop-floor power than ever. Antitrust policy is one tool that can help restrain the power of corporations and make them more accountable to workers’ collective power.
Subjective Socioeconomic Status Moderates Self-Esteem Reactivity to Daily Stressor Exposure: Evidence From a Daily Diary Approach
Authors: Chua Yi Jing , Majeed Nadyanna M. , Lua Verity Y. Q. , Cheng Chi-Ying , Hartanto Andree
Published: July 2023

Research on self-esteem reactivity has demonstrated that self-esteem fluctuates in response to daily stressor exposure, and the strength of this relationship varies between individuals. Drawing upon the positive link between objective socioeconomic status (SES) and self-esteem, how subjective SES influences self-esteem reactivity to daily stressor exposure was explored. Using a 7-day daily diary study, the current study ( Nparticipants = 243, Ndays = 1651) adopted a multilevel analysis to demonstrate that subjective SES attenuated the within-person association between daily stressor exposure and daily self-esteem, even after controlling for demographics and objective indicators of SES. The interactions were also consistent across social stressors and non-social stressors. The findings provide evidence supporting the protective role of subjective SES in self-esteem reactivity to daily stressor exposure.
Turning over Stoke-on-Trent (pottery): Ritual, affect and haunting
Authors: Leach Rebecca
Published: July 2023

This article is one of a series of explorations of the curious, ordinary-extraordinary practice of turning over pottery by people in/from Stoke-on-Trent. This is the widely practised habit of turning over a piece of ceramic ware, in situations away from home, to examine its origins. While on the surface, this practice is ostensibly to check the backstamp (the maker’s mark) that identifies its origins, I argue that it has a number of deeper meanings and resonances. What those who are not local often only understand as a question of antique provenance or value, my work shows that this practice carries with it broader meanings of the material culture of pottery-in-use, complex conceptions of the locality, as part of wider socio-cultural narratives of Stoke-on-Trent. In this article, I address the critical, theoretical context in which this turning over practice might also be understood as marking, feeling and resisting socio-historical change. Drawing on both qualitative, empirical data and interdisciplinary theoretical work on affects, ritual/material culture and hauntology, the article suggests the complex and often conflicted role that turning over plays is part of a response to de-industrialisation in Stoke-on-Trent. In recognising this specific micro-practice in this context of cultural troubling/haunting, the article proposes object-focused rituals may operate homologically to ‘turn over’ locality.
Cards against gamification: Using a role-playing game to tell alternative futures in the gig economy
Authors: Popan Cosmin , Perez David , Woodcock Jamie
Published: July 2023

The discussions on the future of work are pulled between technological optimism and the increasing concerns regarding the precarity brought about by the gig economy. Often, these scenarios fail to meaningfully engage and account for the workers’ experiences, whose agency in effectively shaping their working future is denied and obscured behind discourses of autonomy, entrepreneurship and individual responsibility. In the context of the increased use of gamification strategies by platforms to both monitor and incentivise couriers, this article examines the capacity of playful methods to act as effective forms of engagement and mobilisation amongst gig workers. A workshop with this aim was run online in April 2021, at the end of the third Covid lockdown in the UK, using a role-playing card game with food couriers in Manchester. It drew on ethnographic data to explore how to support empathy and solidarity amongst couriers, how to facilitate the creation of a shared pool of knowledge about the job and how to reconfigure other stakeholders’ roles to improve working conditions. We finally offer some ideas to take the game beyond the workshop space suggesting several pathways for the future: a face-to-face game using printed cards, an open-source version of the game and collaborating with trade unions to reach more couriers.
Distributed formation tracking control of underactuated surface vehicles based on event-trigged control
Authors: Xia Xiaoming , Xia Changwei , Sun Chuang
Published: July 2023

In this paper, a distributed formation tracking control problem is investigated for underactuated surface vessels (USVs). The uncertainties induced by model uncertainties and external disturbances are assumed to be unknown. An event-trigged disturbance observer (ETDO) is proposed to provide the estimations of the uncertainties, and an event-triggered mechanism is used to determine when measured velocity information must be sent to the observer. An event-trigged controller (ETC) is designed based on a backstepping technique, dynamic surface control, and the observer. Stability analysis of distributed formation control system is given to prove all signals are bounded. Simulations demonstrate the proposed control strategy.
Implicit Theories of Happiness: When Happiness Is Viewed as Changeable, Happy People Are Perceived Much More Positively Than Unhappy People
Authors: Hong Emily K. , Kim Jinhyung , Choi Incheol
Published: July 2023

Happy people are often perceived positively, perhaps more than they actually are, whereas unhappy people are often perceived negatively, perhaps more than they actually are. What would make this bias stronger or weaker? The present research addresses this question by exploring the roles of implicit theories of happiness in the trait perceptions toward happy and unhappy people. Specifically, four studies ( N = 998) tested hypotheses that an incremental theory of happiness would enhance and an entity theory of happiness would attenuate the trait perceptions favoring happy over unhappy people. Results found converging evidence that believing happiness as changeable (incremental theory) enhances the positive perceptions toward happy people, while providing less consistent evidence that believing happiness as fixed (entity theory) mitigates the negative perceptions toward unhappy people. The current research contributes to the literature on essentialism and advances the understanding of the roles of implicit theories of happiness in person perception.
Relationship stress, arguments, and sleep quality: A causal process analysis
Authors: Haydon Katherine C. , Salvatore Jessica E.
Published: July 2023

Using a dyadic intensive longitudinal design, we examined bidirectional links between daily relationship tension and actigraphy-measured sleep quality and whether attachment and post-conflict recovery behavior moderated these effects. A community sample of cohabiting couples ( N = 208 dyads) completed a laboratory-based conflict discussion and a 14-day diary study of arguments and relationship stress. Each night, participants wore actigraphy monitors to assess wakefulness after sleep onset (WASO), an indicator of poor sleep quality. WASO was higher on days of especially high relationship stress but was not associated with next-day relationship stress or arguments. Attachment anxiety and avoidance exacerbated associations between more frequent arguments and higher WASO, and between higher WASO and higher next-day relationship stress. Partner conflict recovery buffered links between higher WASO and more frequent arguments, and between higher relationship stress and higher WASO. This study, one of the few to incorporate behavioral observation and actigraphy-measured sleep quality, identified novel moderators of bidirectional associations between sleep quality and relationship tension, underscoring the significance of dyadic buffering processes on sleep quality.
A readability analysis of patient education materials about chronic venous disease provided by professional vascular societies
Authors: Liao Jianyu , Wu Zhoupeng , Zhao Jichun
Published: July 2023

Background

Professional vascular societies and forums have disseminated patient information on education materials about chronic venous disease (CVD) via their official websites. While online patient education material is readily available with an Internet connection, its practical utility may be limited for patients with low health literacy.

Methods

Six readability measures were used to evaluate the patient education materials regarding CVD published by 12 professional medical societies.

Results

Patient education materials on CVD vary considerably in length among medical societies, and their comprehensibility points toward a difficult level. The mean readability score was 11.20, prominently above the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and American Medical Association (AMA) recommendations.

Conclusion

Our analysis of patient education materials produced by 12 professional vascular societies and forums found that all materials exceeded the recommended readability levels. The innovative section “Information for patients'' in the ESVS CVD guidelines also exceeded these levels. Improving the readability of patient education materials is essential to meet patient health literacy standards and might improve patient outcomes in managing CVD.
Does Psychoeducation Help People to Respond to Goal Lapses With Self-Compassion?
Authors: Biskas Marios , Sirois Fuschia M. , Webb Thomas L.
Published: July 2023

Despite research indicating that responding with self-compassion to lapses in goal pursuit can help people to achieve their goals, there is evidence that people often struggle to respond with self-compassion when it would benefit them. One reason is that people may not be familiar with the concept of self-compassion or may think negatively of self-compassion. We propose that providing information about self-compassion and its benefits can help people to respond with self-compassion to lapses in goal pursuit. To test this, we randomly assigned participants to a self-compassion psychoeducation condition or control condition and then tested whether they responded with self-compassion to a recalled lapse. The results suggested that, although psychoeducation seemed to influence participants’ beliefs about self-compassion, there was no evidence that psychoeducation increased self-compassionate responding. This finding highlights the need to develop additional strategies to help people to translate knowledge about self-compassion into self-compassionate responses to lapses and difficulties.
Surviving the storm: The key to cyber resilience and incident response in healthcare
Authors: Allen Paul-Charife
Published: July 2023

This article underscores the significance of cyberdefences and response processes in healthcare, highlighting their contribution to cyber resilience through adherence to industry best practices. It emphasizes the value of hypothetical scenarios as a common practice in the field to validate the effectiveness of cyber resilient actions, systems, processes, and decision-making in the face of various cyberthreats. Focusing on the ransomware threat, the provided scenario examines its impact on healthcare systems and frontline support staff, while highlighting the time-sensitive challenges faced by response teams striving to restore essential services. Furthermore, it suggests replicating such analyses with key hospital personnel to precisely assess the impact of other types of cyberthreats, such as those originating from malicious insiders or technical data breaches facilitated through social engineering attacks. By doing so, healthcare organizations can develop comprehensive and cyber resilient responses to safeguard their operations.
Development of a photocatalytic method to convert CO2 into formic acid with fulvic acid complex
Authors: Zoltán Köntös
Published: July 2023

Increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) due to natural and anthropogenic activities have led to alarming concerns of global warming. Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 to formic acid (FA) is speculated to provide a long-term solution for CO2 remediation and the production of green energy. Herein, we report the conversion method of CO2 to FA using water, light, and organic RRR catalyst at room temperature in a photocatalytic RK-X reactor. A total of seven experiments were conducted and observed to study the effectiveness of the reaction. The experiments achieved 8.47 g/L of FA concentrate. This photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into FA represents a promising approach to addressing global warming and providing carbon negative hydrogen as an answer to fossil fuel problems. Another possible application of this study is to provide sustainable energy on Mars, where water, light, and CO2 are all available for the reaction.
Philosophy of Childhood and Its Implications for the Age of Consent
Authors: Sharan Pratap
Published: July 2023

The philosophy of childhood which deals with issues related to conception about childhood, children’s rights, and moral status, etc., is important for clarifying attitudes towards the children in care provision and ethical and legal conundrums related to child and adolescent mental health. This is highlighted through the implications of philosophy of childhood on the age of consent, in particular, in reference to medical and sexual consent.
Financial Development and Productivity of Manufacturing Sector in India: An Econometric Analysis
Authors: Manisha  , Aneja Ranjan
Published: July 2023

Financial system is considered an important factor to enhance the productivity growth. Financial development (FD) is closely related with economic process as it leads to higher saving and efficiency. The nexus between FD and economic growth is increasingly well established. This paper measures the effect of development in financial sector on the total factor productivity (TFP) of Indian manufacturing sector for the period of 1998–2017. This study used autoregressive distributed lag co-integration approach and Granger causality test to investigate relationship between the financial development index (FDI) and productivity. The results of the study revealed that there is long-run association between FDI and productivity growth of manufacturing sector in India. The study also investigated that the unidirectional relationship exists between FD and TFP of Indian manufacturing sector from FDI to TFP change.
“Looks Can be Deceiving”: An Innovative Way to Teach Nursing Students about Substance Use Disorder
Authors: DeBrew Jacqueline
Published: July 2023

Information about substance use disorders (SUDs) is commonly taught in pre-licensure nursing programs. Nurses, regardless of their work settings, undoubtedly will encounter clients who deal with SUDs, and therefore it is imperative that nurse educators prepare their students for the care of these clients. But what if the person experiencing SUDs is not a client, but a colleague? This manuscript describes an innovative approach to teaching about SUDs to a class of Bachelor of Science in Nursing students that utilized a guest speaker who was a nurse in recovery from addiction. Student reflections showed that the learning activity increased their knowledge of addiction, as well as helping them to examine their own biases about people with addiction. This teaching strategy could be replicated by other nurse educators to ensure that future nurses are prepared to work alongside a colleague experiencing SUDs.
Inspiring, Recruiting, and Retaining the Health-Care Workforce: What Will it Take?
Authors: Kreitzer Mary Jo
Published: July 2023

The U.S. health-care system, the costliest in the world, is facing an exodus of nurses and other healthcare workers. The growth of corporate medicine has contributed to clinician stress and burnout, and has created conditions that have eroded autonomy. Reform is needed that creates cultures in which healthcare providers have agency to make decisions that impact their practice and all aspects of patient care. Massive change is needed to inspire, recruit, and retain the health-care workforce.
Integrative Nursing: A Framework for Whole-Person Mental Health Care
Authors: Voss Megan E. , Sandquist Laura , Otremba Kate , Kreitzer Mary Jo
Published: July 2023

The incidence of mental illness continues to increase since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic (Mental Health America, 2022). Demand for mental health services has grown, and providers report being “unable to meet the demand” or having an increase in wait times for access to care (American Psychological Association, 2022, para. 1). Due to this increase in demand, more patients are seeking mental health care from their primary care providers. Over the past decade, integrative models of care have been expanding into mental health care (Lake, 2017). Integrative Nursing is a strategy for improving the quality of care provided to patients seeking care for mental health diagnoses, as well as those with a goal of increasing mental health and wellbeing. This article proposes that Integrative Nursing can serve as a framework for providing whole-person mental health care.
Career Intentions and the Determining Factors among Health Science Students: A Systematic Review
Authors: Stanley Njaka , Binti Bakar Raishan Shafini , Cheng Kueh Yee , Nwedu Aaron Beryl , Binti Hassan Intan Idiana
Published: July 2023

Background

Health systemsneed adequate personnelin order to function; improvements in health-care services delivery, and coverage and the enjoyment of standard healthcare as a right, depend on the availability, mixture, quality, and accessibility of the health-care workforce.

Purpose

This review aimed to synthesize reliable evidence ondetermining factors among health science students’ career choices to enhance policy advocacy for better health-care delivery.

Method

We sourced empirical studies from Scopus, PubMed, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar. From a total of 9,056 researcharticlesfrom 2010 to 2022, 27 studies with a total of 45,832 respondents met the inclusion criteria.

Results

The majority of the studies were of medical students; internal medicine was the commonest choice (64.3%), with psychiatry and public health receiving lesser attention. In the four available studies of nursing students, midwifery was not chosen at all. There is a paucity of studies on this all-important concept for nursing students. The determining factors of choice of specialty were in four themes: personal, socioeconomic, professional, and educational/policy. Among the barriers to choosing particular specialties were low prestige among colleagues, stigma, long working hours, and poor public recognition.

Conclusion

The career choices of health science students do not reflect an adequate mix of health-care team members to meet the health-care needs of the world. Reforms of policy and educational training are needed.
To impart knowledge or to adhere to policy: Unpacking language ideologies and practices in Chinese EMI courses through a translanguaging lens
Authors: Fang Fan , Jiang Lianjiang , Yang Junhong
Published: July 2023

Due to the internationalization and marketization of higher education and the increasing prevalence of English as a global language, higher education institutions worldwide have implemented English medium instruction (EMI) courses, highlighting the necessity to examine how languages are chosen and practised in EMI courses. With a mixed-method triangulation approach, this study collected data through classroom observation, questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews in order to investigate teachers’ and students’ language choices and practices in EMI classrooms at a Chinese university. The questionnaire results showed that although the respondents slightly preferred English-only practice, they found it difficult to implement it and would resort to translanguaging practices, confirming an inconsistency between language ideologies and language practices. The observation findings revealed the adoption of translanguaging for meaning comprehension, terminology explanation and translation of local elements, while interview findings revealed three types of student participants, i.e. believers, sceptics, and inbetweeners, towards translanguaging practice in EMI courses. In contrast, most of the teachers held a favourable stance towards the English-only practice in EMI courses. While the participants all regarded translanguaging practices as facilitators for language and content learning, they believed that hierarchical relationships do not exist among languages. This study carries important implications to bridge the gap between language ideologies and language practices and call for attention to developing language practice from a multilingual perspective.
The skewing effect of outcome evidence
Authors: Pelled Omer
Published: July 2023

Behaviours are primarily regulated to reduce the risks of a negative outcome to others. This article discusses the use of outcomes as evidence of violations of a legal standard (outcome evidence). The current debate over outcome evidence centres around limited rationality. Opponents argue that factfinders’ estimations are distorted by hindsight bias, while supporters argue that factfinders properly update the probability of fault, given information about the outcome. The article adopts the rationality assumptions and argues that factfinders should nevertheless disregard outcome evidence in most cases unless the outcome can provide evidence that works for or against the defendant or when the law creates inefficient incentives to comply with the legal standard, then using adverse outcomes as evidence may help solve the problem of undercompliance. The article further shows that when evidence cannot be excluded, changes to the law governing primary behaviour are warranted to account for the distortionary effect of outcome evidence.
Special Issue: What do misinformation practices feel like? Embodiment, health and digital spaces
Authors: Smith Naomi , Southerton Clare
Published: July 2023

This editorial explores how misinformation is expressed across a range of health practices and contexts.
Translating and adapting the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) for use in the Russian Federation: A multicentre pilot study to inform validation procedures
Authors: Neufeld Maria , Bunova Anna , Fadeeva Eugenia , Nadezhdin Alexey , Tetenova Elena , Vyshinsky Konstantin , Ferreira-Borges Carina , Yurasova Elena , Allenov Andrey , Gornyi Boris , Ivanova Ekaterina , Kalinina Anna , Kontsevaya Anna , Bryun Evgeny , Drapkina Oxana , Gil Artyom , Khalfin Ruslan , Koshkina Evgenia , Khaltourina Daria , Madyanova Viktoria , Rehm Jürgen
Published: July 2023

Aims: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is one of the most widely used screening instruments worldwide. Although it was translated into many languages, not many country-specific adaptations exist, and a formal validation procedure of the Russian version has been carried out only recently. The present contribution documents the different steps taken to formally translate and adapt a Russian-specific version of the AUDIT (RUS-AUDIT). Methods: The AUDIT was translated into Russian following an established protocol, revised and adapted to the country context using an expert panel, and field-tested in an iterative approach, in line with WHO rules on instrument translation and adaptation A total of three pilot phases were carried out on 134 patients from primary healthcare (PHC) and 33 patients from specialised alcohol treatment facilities (narcology), guided by a specially established advisory board. Changes in each version were informed by the findings of the previous pilot phase and a thorough panel discussion. Results: Based on the findings of three different pilot phases, the RUS-AUDIT was developed as a paper-and-pencil interview for PHC professionals. Since various issues with representation and counting of standard drinks for the second test item arose, a special show card was developed to support the assessment. Preliminary AUDIT-C scores indicated that more than one-third of the screened women (34.2%) and about half of the screened men (50.9%) from PHC facilities have exceeded risk thresholds. Conclusions: The RUS-AUDIT was constructed as a feasible assessment tool for interviewers and patients. The large number of PHC patients who exceed the risk threshold has corroborated the need for formal validation and Russia-specific cut-off scores, considering the specific drinking patterns.
Synchroextracting frequency synchronous chirplet transform for fault diagnosis of rotating machinery under varying speed conditions
Authors: Ding Chuancang , Huang Weiguo , Shen Changqing , Jiang Xingxing , Wang Jun , Zhu Zhongkui
Published: July 2023

The fault diagnosis of rotating machine is essential to maintain its operational safety and avoid catastrophic accidents. The vibration signals collected from the varying speed rotating machinery are non-stationary, and time–frequency analysis (TFA) is a feasible method for varying speed fault diagnosis by revealing time-varying instantaneous frequency (IF) information in signals. However, most conventional TFA methods are not specifically designed for rotating machinery vibration signals and may not be able to handle these signals, especially in the presence of noise. Therefore, this paper develops a unique TFA method designated as synchroextracting frequency synchronous chirplet transform (SEFSCT) for vibration signal analysis and fault diagnosis of rotating machinery. In the proposed method, the frequency synchronous chirplet transform (FSCT) that utilizes the frequency synchronous chirp rate is first introduced, which takes fully into account the intrinsic proportional relationship of time-varying IFs of the signal. Then, to further concentrate the time–frequency representation (TFR) of FSCT, the synchroextracting operator is constructed based on the Gaussian modulated linear chirp model and the SEFSCT is naturally developed by integrating the FSCT and synchroextracting operator. With the proposed SEFSCT, a high-quality TFR can be generated, thus the time-varying IFs and mechanical failure can be accurately identified. The SEFSCT is employed to deal with synthetic and actual signals, and the results illustrate its efficacy in handling non-stationary signals and diagnosing the mechanical failure.
Light source spectrum influences long-term flowering cycles and visual appearance in African violet (Saintpaulia ionantha Wendl.)
Authors: Ahamadi L , Matloobi M , Motallebi-Azar A
Published: July 2023

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) offer the potential for physiological control of flowering and vegetative growth of ornamental potted plants such as African violet ( Saintpaulia ionantha Wendl.). In this experiment, we investigated the flowering and vegetative traits of African violet under 6 months of artificial illumination of four different spectra: monochromatic red, monochromatic blue, mixed red 75% plus blue 25%, and fluorescent light under 118 μmol m−2 s−1 ± 6 μmol m−2 s−1 photon flux for 12 h per day. Results showed that the number of days to the open flower stage was significantly influenced by irradiance. Although the blue-illuminated plants appeared to be significantly smaller and compact, they were superior in their most flowering qualities as they induced a pronounced effect on the flowering in terms of earliness, uniformity, consistency, the number of flowers, and the percentage of canopy covered with the flowers. We concluded that LEDs can be used as an effective tool to manipulate plant visual qualities without any further need for the application of conventional plant regulator chemicals, which are mostly identified as hazardous substances.
Defining “Arts Participation” for Public Health Research
Authors: Sonke Jill , Rodriguez Alexandra K. , Colverson Aaron , Akram Seher , Morgan Nicole , Hancox Donna , Wagner-Jacobson Caroline , Pesata Virginia
Published: July 2023

Arts participation has been linked to positive health outcomes around the globe. As more research is taking place on this topic, there is heightened need for definitions for the complex concepts involved. While significant work to define “arts participation” has taken place in the arts sector, less work has been undertaken for the purpose of researching the arts in public health. This study developed a definition for “arts participation” to guide a national arts in public health research agenda and to advance and make more inclusive previous work to define the term. A convergent mixed-methods study design with sequential elements was used to iteratively develop a definition that integrated the perspectives of field experts as well as the general public. Literature review was followed by four iterative phases of data collection, analysis, and integration, and a proposed definition was iteratively revised at each stage. The final definition includes modes, or ways, in which people engage with the arts, and includes examples of various art forms intended to frame arts participation broadly and inclusively. This definition has the potential to help advance the quality and precision of research aimed at evaluating relationships between arts participation and health, as well as outcomes of arts-based health programs and interventions in communities. With its more inclusive framing than previous definitions, it can also help guide the development of more inclusive search strategies for evidence synthesis in this rapidly growing arena and assist researchers in developing more effective survey questions and instruments.
Listener Factors Related to the Perception of Accented Speech
Authors: Fuse Akiko , Alloggio Krysteena , Yang Seung-Yun
Published: July 2023

The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of the listener’s education and occupation on intelligibility, comprehensibility (ease of understanding), and accentedness in speakers of Russian-accented American English (RA), Southern-accented American English (SA), and General American English (GAE). Native English listeners ( N=126) rated various aspects of each sample presented via a questionnaire. All aspects of speech other than rate were rated highest in the GAE sample followed by the SA and RA samples. Intonation and fluency aspects of accented speech appeared to be influenced by the differences in educational or occupational backgrounds. The study also discussed additional influential factors for the perception of accented speech such as clarity, accentedness, and acceptability of speech for SLPs. This study contributes to increase the awareness of factors associated with the negative perception of regional and foreign accents.
Cost and Clinical Outcomes Evaluation Between the Endoaortic Balloon and External Aortic Clamp in Cardiac Surgery
Authors: Balkhy Husam H. , Grossi Eugene A. , Kiaii Bob , Murphy Shannon M.E. , Kitahara Hiroto , Guy T. Sloane , Lewis Clifton
Published: July 2023

Objective:

Endoaortic balloon occlusion facilitates cardioplegic arrest during minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Studies have shown endoclamping to be as safe as traditional aortic clamping. We compared outcomes and hospital costs of endoclamping versus external aortic occlusion in a large administrative database.

Methods:

There were 52,882 adults undergoing eligible cardiac surgery (October 2015 to March 2020) identified in the Premier Healthcare Database. Endoclamp procedures ( n = 419) were 1:3 propensity score matched to similar procedures using external aortic occlusion ( n = 1,244). Generalized linear modeling measured differences in in-hospital complications (major adverse renal and cardiac events, including mortality, new-onset atrial fibrillation, acute kidney injury [AKI], myocardial infarction [MI], postcardiotomy syndrome, stroke/transient ischemic attack [TIA], and aortic dissection) and length of stay (LOS).

Results:

The mean age was 63 years, and 53% were male ( n = 882). The majority (93%, n = 1,543) were mitral valve procedures, and 17% of procedures ( n = 285) were robot-assisted. Total hospitalization costs were not statistically significantly different between the 2 groups ($52,158 vs $49,839, P = 0.06). The median LOS was significantly shorter in the endoclamp group (incident rate ratio = 0.87, P < 0.001). Mortality, atrial fibrillation, AKI, and stroke/TIA were similar between the 2 groups. MI and postcardiotomy syndrome were lower in the endoclamp group (odds ratio [OR] = 0.14, P = 0.006, and OR = 0.27, P = 0.005). There were no aortic dissections in the endoclamp group.

Conclusions:

Aortic endoclamping in MIS was associated with similar costs, shorter LOS, no dissections, and comparably low mortality and stroke rates when compared with external clamping in this hospital billing dataset. These results demonstrate the clinical safety and efficacy of endoaortic balloon clamping in a real-world setting. Further studies are warranted.
Sternal-Sparing Surgical Options in Combined Aortic Valve and Coronary Artery Disease: Proof of Concept
Authors: Watanabe Tatsuya , Kitahara Hiroto , Shah Atman P. , Blair John , Nathan Sandeep , Balkhy Husam H.
Published: July 2023

Objective:

The standard management of concomitant aortic valve (AV) and coronary artery disease has been coronary artery bypass and AV replacement (AVR). With the advent of minimally invasive options, many isolated lesions have been successfully managed using a sternal-sparing approach. In our institution, patients with isolated AV disease are offered minimally invasive surgical or transcatheter AVR, and those with isolated coronary artery disease are routinely managed with robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass or percutaneous coronary intervention. Various combinations of these techniques can be used when a sternal-sparing posture is desired because of patient risk or preference. The aim of this study was to review the outcomes in patients with combined AV and coronary disease who were managed using sternal-sparing approaches.

Methods:

We reviewed the records of 10 patients in our minimally invasive surgical database who presented with concomitant AV and coronary artery disease and underwent combined sternal-sparing management of these 2 lesions using various combinations of minimally invasive approaches.

Results:

Four patients had totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass and minimally invasive AVR at the same time, 2 patients underwent transcatheter AVR followed by totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass, and 4 patients underwent minimally invasive AVR with percutaneous coronary intervention. There was no 30-day mortality. The duration of postoperative surgical hospital stay was 3.1 ± 0.9 days.

Conclusions:

Sternal-sparing approaches in combined AV and coronary artery disease are feasible with patient-specific treatment selection of minimally invasive techniques.
A novel impedance-based robust fuzzy sliding mode compliance control for the dexterous robot finger with uncertainties
Authors: Pei Jiufang , Yang Siyang
Published: July 2023

To promote the precision and flexibility of the dexterous robot finger, a novel impedance-based robust fuzzy sliding mode control approach is developed. In the proposed scheme, an impedance control part constructed aims to regulate the contact force; while the robust fuzzy sliding mode controller proposed accounts for enhancing the anti-interference of this uncertain robotic system. Specifically, by analyzing the forward and inverse kinematics of the finger, its dynamical model with unknown and uncertain force disturbances can be established, and based on this model, a novel robust sliding mode impedance force controller has been designed, also, several critical impedance control parameters can be quickly optimized by invoking the fuzzy logic system. Ultimately, the Lyapunov stability of the proposed control is strictly demonstrated in mathematics. The simulations present the efficacy of the proposed scheme in both constrained and unconstrained spaces.
Total joint arthroplasty versus trapeziectomy in the treatment of trapeziometacarpal joint arthritis: a randomized controlled trial
Authors: de Jong Tjeerd R. , Bonhof-Jansen Elske E. D. J. , Brink Sander M. , de Wildt Ramon P. , van Uchelen Jeroen H. , Werker Paul M. N.
Published: July 2023

The aim of this double anonymized, randomized controlled trial was to determine whether total joint arthroplasty has superior outcomes than trapeziectomy 1 year after surgery for trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis. A total of 62 women aged 40 years and older, scheduled for surgery for stage II or III osteoarthritis of the trapeziometacarpal joint, were included and randomized to trapeziectomy or total joint arthroplasty. The primary outcome was the total score of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire. Secondary outcomes were the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire subscale scores, Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire, active range of motion, strength, return to work, patient satisfaction and complications. Data were collected at baseline and at 3 and 12 months. At 1 year, we found no superiority of total joint arthroplasty over trapeziectomy regarding the total score of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire. The total joint arthroplasty did show a significant advantage in strength and range of motion.

Level of evidence: I
In-house 3D-printed custom splints for non-operative treatment of distal radial fractures: a randomized controlled trial
Authors: Guebeli Alissa , Thieringer Florian , Honigmann Philipp , Keller Marco
Published: July 2023

We compared patient satisfaction and clinical effectiveness of 3D-printed splints made of photopolymer resin to conventional fibre glass casts in treating distal radial fractures. A total of 39 patients with minimally displaced distal radius fractures were included and randomized. Of them, 20 were immobilized in a fibre glass cast and 19 in a 3D-printed forearm splint. The 3D-printed splints were custom-designed based on forearm surface scanning with a handheld device and printed in-house using digital light processing printing technology. Patient satisfaction and clinical effectiveness were assessed with questionnaires 1 and 6 weeks after the initiation of immobilization. Fracture healing, pain, range of motion, grip strength and the DASH and PRWE scores were assessed up to 1-year follow-up. 3D-printed splints proved to be equally well tolerated by the patients and equally clinically effective as conventional fibre glass casts although there was a higher rate of minor complications. 3D-printed splints present a safe alternative, especially in young, active patients, for non-operative treatment of distal radial fractures.

Level of evidence: I
Efficiency of a virtual fracture care protocol in non-operative treatment of adult patients with a distal radial fracture
Authors: Willinge Gijs J. A. , Spierings Jelle F. , Weert Ton , Twigt Bas A. , Goslings J. Carel , van Veen Ruben N.
Published: July 2023

This study aimed to determine the effects of virtual fracture care (VFC) on secondary healthcare utilization in non-operative treatment of adult patients with a distal radial fracture. A retrospective cohort study was performed, including those who received non-operative treatment without VFC (pre-VFC) and with VFC (VFC). Outcomes included secondary healthcare utilization, calculated treatment costs, emergency department (ED) reattendances and complication rates. In total, 88 pre-VFC and 99 VFC patients were included. Pre-VFC patients had more follow-up appointments, with a median of 4 (IQR: 3) versus a median of 4 (IQR: 1) in VFC patients. In addition, 3% of follow-up appointments for pre-VFC patients were performed remotely compared to 18% for VFC patients. Complications and ED reattendances were comparable between groups. In this study, non-operative treatment of adult patients with a distal radial fracture through VFC reduced secondary healthcare utilization, with similar reported complication and ED reattendance rates compared with treatment without VFC.

Level of evidence: III