bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Poemética: cabine de magia
Authors: Potiguara Viviane
Published: April 2021

Poesia&política são ciências ímãs = xamãs = irmãs. Artes gêmeas. As duas voltadas para as vozes do povo que tanto tem a dizer, cada uma com seu jeito de ser. Política ama discursar ao megafone em meio à multidão. A poesia, por sua vez, já prefere falar baixinho no ouvido de quem escuta, à beira-mar e sob o brilho do luar. Universidade pública é terra próspera para o plantio delas. O que dá mais depende da época do ano. Que potência pode se tornar esse encontro na vida dos mais jovens. Movimentos poético, estudantil, operário, comunitário, capazes de aglomerar/contagiar tanta gente e transformar as coisas...
Raízes Sutis
Authors: Amaral Raquel De Oliveira do
Published: April 2021

Poesia.
Alienação parental e judicialização das relações familiares
Authors: Franco Débora Augusto
Published: April 2021

O presente artigo constitui uma das linhas de análise de um projeto de pesquisa desenvolvido junto ao Instituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro (IFRJ) como desdobramento de um trabalho de doutoramento em Psicologia. Trata-se de colocar em debate a produção social da chamada “Síndrome da Alienação Parental” (SAP). Participaram da pesquisa 12 sujeitos, 10 homens e 2 mulheres que romperam o laço conjugal há, no mínimo, 1 ano e, no máximo, 10 anos, e que fazem parte de comunidades virtuais que abordam o tema alienação parental na rede social conhecida como Facebook. Tendo como inspiração a perspectiva foucaultiana, questionam-se as estratégias judicializantes que, atreladas às relações de poder, dispersam a compreensão sobre o contexto em que se deflagra a suposta síndrome. Como resultado, foi observado que o litígio se mascara nas narrativas de vivência da alienação parental e no discurso denuncista que convoca a necessidade de criminalização.
Os diferentes empregos da palavra experiência nas publicações sobre a Gestão Autônoma da Medicação no Brasil
Authors: Zanchet Lívia , Palombini Analice De Lima
Published: April 2021

Este artigo discute a noção de experiência nas publicações sobre a estratégia da Gestão Autônoma da Medicação no Brasil, no período de 2009 a 2018. É fruto de uma análise documental de dados secundários, em que foram material prioritário de análise os artigos publicados no período. São interlocutores destas análises Walter Benjamin, Giorgio Agamben e Jorge Larrosa. Apresentamos os diferentes empregos que a noção de experiência ganha nos textos, com ênfase para a diferença entre dois campos semânticos: o primeiro, onde ela vai significar aquilo que o sujeito vive ou experimenta; e o segundo, o qual entendemos mais forte e relevante para o campo da saúde mental, onde ela vai significar aquilo que resta da travessia de um perigo. Nosso mergulho nessas publicações nos permitiu afirmar que a GAM tem se constituído como uma experiência nesse segundo sentido para seus participantes, sejam eles usuários, familiares, trabalhadores ou pesquisadores.
A pesquisa-intervenção como método de estudo do trabalho docente
Authors: Altoé Alini , Bonaldi Cristiana Mara
Published: April 2021

Apresenta os caminhos percorridos para a construção de pesquisa de mestrado, que versa sobre a formação e o trabalho de professores(as), realizada no Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo, Campus São Mateus. Descreve como se estabeleceram os primeiros contatos com os(as) docentes a fim de construir um território de confiança, o que se desenvolvia em cada encontro, e traz algumas das análises produzidas pelo grupo. O método se delineia no encontro entre campo, participantes e pesquisadoras, no âmbito de uma pesquisa-intervenção, registrada em diário de campo. Assim, outros modos de pesquisar foram tecidos com o grupo de professores(as), a partir da emersão de deslocamentos, desnaturalizações, compartilhamentos e construções no decorrer da investigação. Desse modo, destaca os pequenos grupos, a atenção aos detalhes, as conversas e experienciações como ferramentas para fissurar as tradições escolares e as formas de existência que aprisionam a vida.
A normalização da pobreza e a questão liberal em Michel Foucault: o problema da população e o caráter utilitário das políticas sociais na modernidade
Authors: Pinheiro Diego Arthur Lima
Published: April 2021

Este artigo apresenta um estudo das relações de poder que, historicamente, têm depauperado os modos de vida de todo um grupo populacional. Para tal, partimos da generalização do pauperismo que ocorreu na Europa Ocidental até o final do século XVIII, constituindo de maneira inédita uma população atrelada à vida nas ruas, a qual se buscará administrar por meio de novos mecanismos de governo. Os métodos para gerir a acumulação dos homens permitiram uma decolagem política em relação a formas de poder tradicionais que, interpeladas pelo liberalismo, cederam lugar para o utilitarismo como tecnologia de governo em meio às políticas sociais.
O Marxismo na História da Psicologia: Um estudo no periódico Mnemosine
Authors: Cruvinel Lucas Matheus Pereira , Junior Fernando Lacerda
Published: April 2021

O presente trabalho apresenta pesquisa que explorou como o Marxismo foi apropriado por historiadoras e historiadores da Psicologia por meio de uma análise de artigos publicados na revista Mnemosine entre 2004 e 2016. O estudo buscou: (a) identificar que vertentes do Marxismo e autores foram utilizados em trabalhos que se apropriaram da tradição marxista; (b) classificar a forma pela qual o Marxismo é utilizado pelos historiadores da Psicologia. Foram analisados 42 artigos encontrados por meio das palavras-chave “Marx”, “marxismo”, “marxista” e “materialismo”. A análise ocorreu em duas etapas e concluiu-se que o marxismo aparece em trabalhos que: (a) criticaram a concepção marxista de história; (b) identificaram o marxismo como fundamento de autores, publicações, escolas e tradições teóricas; (c) realizaram análises críticas de processos psicossociais no capitalismo. Não foram encontrados estudos que utilizam a concepção marxista de história para guiar modos de se fazer e pensar a História da Psicologia. Financiamento: CNPq.
Development of Mainline Electric Locomotive Engineering in Ukraine (on the Example of Diversification of Production Activity of OJSC "Luhanskteplovoz")
Authors:   JSK ", Ruban М. ,   Ukrzaliznytsia"
Published: April 2021

The article attempts to investigate the economic preconditions for the formation of the main electric locomotive industry in Ukraine on the example of diversification of production activities of the State Holding Company «Luhanskteplovoz». It is determined that in the late 1980`s, in the absence of convertible currency for the import of traction rolling stock, Luhanskteplovoz received an order from the USSR Ministry of Railways for the development and production of electric freight and passenger locomotives of its own design. However, after 1991, due to the strategy of the Ministry of Railways of the Russian Federation to support the domestic market of main electric locomotives, and especially the lobbying of the renewed Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine regarding the direction of investments to create a state monopoly corporation on the basis of low-power SPA «Dnipropetrovsk locomotive plant», diversification of production activities of OJSC «Luhanskteplovos» focused on a less promising direction of development of production of railcars for social purposes. It is argued that due to the low quality of products caused by the lack of sustainable funding and sound experience in the development of mainline equipment, the order of electric locomotives of SPC «Elektrovozobuduvannia» (SPA«DEVZ») was stopped. Instead, the localization and further development of industrial production at the facilities of HC «Luhanskteplovoz» of new generation freight electric locomotives, created on the basis of design and technological products of LLC «Novocherkassk electric locomotive plant», allowed the company in a short time to significantly increase the growth rate of production and expand cooperation with «Ukrzaliznytsia».
Systemic Interaction of Center and Regions in Ukraine (basics of national-civilizational security)
Authors:   Institute of Physical Economy named after S. A. Podolynskyi, Stolyarov V. , Shinkaryuk O. ,   Institute of Physical Economy named after S. A. Podolynskyi, Stolyarova V. ,   Institute of Physical Economy named after S. A. Podolynskyi
Published: April 2021

The article poses and solves the problem of achieving coordinated interaction between the Center and the Regions as a single, organic and dynamic system of a sovereign independent state. Modern approaches of liberal and planned principles of overcoming bureaucratic and corrupt arbitrariness and urgent resuscitation with intensive revival of economic and vital activity of Ukraine, which is purposefully destroyed under external influence, are considered. The main provisions of the report of the President of France Emmanuel Macron in August 2019 on the Great Fracture in European and world civilization processes are revealed. The main ideas and directions of the Plan of the Great Reset and implementation of the fourth industrial revolution of June 2020 of the Davos World Economic Forum are presented. A meaningful chronology of the formation of the organizational mechanism for the introduction of inclusive capitalism and its management and staffing is given. The equivalence of the principles of homeostasis of economic and biological systems is considered by comparing the restoration of the viability of the global network economy and marine biological systems (on the example of a vampire octopus). Generalized signs of international and state terrorism in Ukraine. The necessity to change the Anglo-Saxon model of open market economy to socially oriented one using the doctrine of 3 "S": social forecasting, social planning and social management is substantiated. It is proposed to use the experience of the United States and Great Britain on social planning and the European financial model of people's capitalism. Based on the proposals of Emelyanov O.S. to enhance the role of the Center in cooperation with the Regions, it is recommended to develop National and Regional Human Development Programs. It is proposed to develop a Planning Code of Ukraine based on the provisions of the model of socially adequate management with encyclopedic criteria for their use at the national and regional levels of government.
Modern Approach to Formation of the Banking Sector Development Trajectory
Authors:   Donetsk State University of Management, Diatlova Yu.
Published: April 2021

The results of the study topical issue on effective development of the banking sector with an emphasis on banks with domestic capital are summarized in the article; the modern approach to formatting the trajectory of such development is substantiated. The factors influencing the development of the banking sector are systematized. External and internal factors are distinguished. The supranational and national levels are defined for the group of external factors. Supranational factors are related to globalization and integration. First of all, these are crisis phenomena in the world economy and financial system, the liberalization of capital movements. External factors at the national level mostly have a negative impact on the development of the banking sector. It is shown that certain external factors of the national level depend on supranational ones, and internal factors depend on national ones. Internal factors are grouped into those that have a positive and negative impact on the development of the banking sector. The characteristic of the most significant factors is given, their mutual influence is shown. Factors such as the dangerous level of competitive internalization due to the presence of foreign banks in the Ukrainian banking market, the high level of loans and deposits dollarization, low quality of assets and loans have a negative impact on the development of the banking sector. The influence of internal factors on the development of the banking sector is determined. It is proved using dynamic (simulation) modeling based on an impulse process that the development of the banking sector is significantly influenced by the factor of dangerous level of competitive internalization. It is established that such stabilizing factors as the growth of demand for banking services, increasing confidence in the banking system and stabilization of the national currency together compensate for the destabilizing effect of any negative factor, including competitive internalization. The formation of positive internal factors will contribute to the progressive trajectory of the banking sector development, in particular banks with domestic capital.
Evaluation of the safety of inter-hospital transfers of critically ill patients led by advanced critical care practitioners
Authors: Denton Gavin , Green Lindsay , Palmer Marion , Jones Anita , Quinton Sarah , Simmons Andrew , Choyce Andrew , Higgins Daniel , Arora Nitin
Published: April 2021

Introduction:

Ten thousand inter-hospital transfers of critically ill adults take place annually in the UK. Studies highlight deficiencies in experience and training of staff, equipment, stabilisation before departure, and logistical difficulties. This article is a quality improvement review of an advanced critical care practitioner (ACCP)-led inter-hospital transfer service.

Methods:

The tool Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence was used as the format for the review, combined with clinical audit of advanced critical care practitioner-led transfers over a period of more than 3 years.

Results:

The transfer service has operated for 8 years; ACCPs conducted 934 critical care transfers of mechanically ventilated patients, including 286 inter-hospital transfers, between January 2017 and September 2020. The acuity of transfer patients was high, 82.2% required support of more than one organ, 49% required more than 50% oxygen. Uneventful transfer occurred in 81.4% of cases; the most common patient-related complication being hypotension, logistical issues were responsible for half of the complications.

Conclusion:

This quality improvement project provides an example of safe and effective advanced practice in an area that is traditionally a medically led domain. ACCPs can provide an alternative process of care for critically ill adults who require external transfer, and a benchmark for audit and quality improvement.
Use of dry dressings for central venous access devices (CVADs) to decrease central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI) in a trauma intensive care unit (ICU)
Authors: Paquet France , Morlese Janette , Frenette Charles
Published: April 2021

This article reports the results of a pre-post study conducted in a trauma-medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) regarding dressings of central venous access devices (CVADs) for the reduction of central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI) and improvement of adherence and integrity of the dressing. Available evidence indicates that dry dressings changed every 48 hours are equivalent to transparent dressings, changed when soiled or loose, or routinely every seven days. In our intensive care unit, where the majority of CVADs are inserted in the internal jugular vein and where there is an important usage of cervical collars, we questioned if dry dressings would be more appropriate than transparent dressings.

Results:

In the 12 months following the change in practice, we noted a CLABSI reduction from 2.36/1,000 catheter days to zero, improvement in dressing audits from 19.61% to 85.34% of clean dressings (P=0.00001) and 62.75% to 90.58% of adherent dressings. Conclusion: In this pre-post study, a simple change in dressing type was implemented, resulting in a significant reduction in the CLABSI rate.
The Nearctic species Shipsa rotunda (Claassen, 1923) (Plecoptera: Nemouridae)

Authors: GRUBBS SCOTT A. , BAUMANN RICHARD W.
Published: April 2021

The morphological concept of Nearctic Shipsa rotunda (Claassen, 1923) (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) was reviewed based on examination of adult males and adult females from across the extensive range of this species. Reproductive terminalia were studied with scanning electron microscopy from five locations, three from Canada and two from the USA. Despite the wide distribution, there is little morphological variation exhibited by males and females. New records are noted for one Canadian province and six US states. Scanning electronic and standard light microscopy images plus a dot distribution map based on museum and valid literature data are provided. Key words: Plecoptera, Nemouridae, Shipsa rotunda, United States, Canada, stoneflies
Optical frequency comb and picosecond pulse generation based on a directly modulated microcavity laser
Authors: Wu Ji-Liang , Wang Ting , Yang Yue-De , Xiao Jin-Long , Huang Yong-Zhen
Published: April 2021

Optical frequency comb (OFC) and picosecond pulse generation are demonstrated experimentally based on a directly modulated AlGaInAs/InP square microcavity laser. With the merit of a high electro-optics modulation response of the microcavity laser, power-efficient OFCs with good flatness are produced. Ten 8-GHz-spaced optical tones with power fluctuation less than 3 dB are obtained based on the laser modulated by a sinusoidal signal. Moreover, the comb line number is enhanced to 20 by eliminating the nonlinear dynamics through optical injection locking. Owing to the high coherence of the OFC originating from the directly modulated microcavity laser, a 6.8 ps transform-limited pulse is obtained through dispersion compensation. The optical pulse is further compressed to 1.3 ps through the self-phase modulation effect in high nonlinear fiber.
Field-based design of a resonant dielectric antenna for coherent spin-photon interfaces
Authors: Li Linsen , Choi Hyeongrak , Heuck Mikkel , Englund Dirk
Published: April 2021

We propose a field-based design for dielectric antennas to interface diamond color centers in dielectric membranes with a Gaussian propagating far field. This antenna design enables an efficient spin-photon interface with a Purcell factor exceeding 400 and a 93% mode overlap to a 0.4 numerical aperture far-field Gaussian mode. The antenna design with the back reflector is robust to fabrication imperfections, such as variations in the dimensions of the dielectric perturbations and the emitter dipole location. The field-based dielectric antenna design provides an efficient free-space interface for closely packed arrays of quantum memories for multiplexed quantum repeaters, arrayed quantum sensors, and modular quantum computers.
Study of asymmetric biconical fiber tapers for in-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometers and applications in single-frequency fiber lasers
Authors: Wang Dongdong , Jiang Yanfei , Geng Xiang , Yang Bo , Li Li
Published: April 2021

In this paper, asymmetric biconical fiber tapers (ABFTs) for in-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometers (IFMZIs) are proposed and analyzed to enhance the interference effect. The proposed ABFT-IFMZIs are fabricated, tested, and demonstrated in applications of single-frequency (SF) emissions when incorporated into an all-fiber laser cavity as the frequency selecting component. In comparison with the traditional IFMZIs composed of all symmetric biconical fiber tapers (SBFTs), higher average transmittance and fringe contrast have been demonstrated with the ABFT-based IFMZIs. When applied to the SF fiber laser emission, lower pump threshold and higher slope efficiency have also been confirmed with the ABFT-IFMZI device. The theoretical and experimental results have indicated that the interference effect of IFMZIs can indeed be improved by the designated asymmetry of conical taper angles in ABFTs that can offer an extra flexibility in fiber taper design, fabrication, and applications.
High-accuracy projector calibration method for fringe projection profilometry considering perspective transformation
Authors: Yu Jin , Gao Nan , Meng Zhaozong , Zhang Zonghua
Published: April 2021

Camera and projector are the key components of structured light three-dimensional (3-D) measurements, and Digital Light Processing (DLP) projector has been widely used for projecting digital structured light patterns for the measurement. The light projecting of projectors can be modeled as the inverse procedures of camera imaging, and its high-accuracy calibration is still a remaining challenge. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel projector calibration method to improve the calibration accuracy of DLP projector. By fixing the position of the camera and calibration board, this method essentially eliminates the perspective transformation error and effectively avoids the distortion of the extracted marker points. The proposed projector calibration procedures are given as follows: Firstly, the optical axis of the camera is adjusted parallel to the normal of the hollow ring calibration board, and a texture image is captured by the camera; Secondly, the horizontal and vertical fringe patterns with nine different positions and directions are projected onto the calibration board, and nine sets of projected images are taken; Finally, a one-to-one correspondence between the camera and the projector is established, and the projector is accurately calibrated using the phase equivalence. The experimental results show that the proposed projector calibration method is feasible and easy to operate, which can essentially eliminate the perspective transformation error and ensure the competitive accuracy.
Generation of few-cycle pulses from a mode-locked Tm-doped fiber laser
Authors: Wang Jinzhang , Lai Weiyu , Wei Kun , Yang Kuilei , Zhu Huiye , Zheng Zhijian , Guo Chunyu , Ruan Shuangchen , Yan Peiguang
Published: April 2021

We report a compact, self-starting dispersion-managed mode-locked thulium-doped fiber oscillator that delivers 2.6 nJ pulses at 2 µm with a repetition rate of 250 MHz. The average output power and spectral bandwidth of the pulses reach impressive values of 648 mW and 103 nm, respectively. The generated pulses are near linearly chirped, capable of linearly compressing to 74 fs in a normal dispersion fiber after power attenuation. Using a nonlinear fiber compression scheme can even compress the pulses to 29 fs (4.3-cycle). The remaining pulse energy is 1.15 nJ, and the corresponding peak power is estimated as 39.4 kW. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of nonlinearly compressing the pulse of a 2 µm fiber oscillator to the sub-5 cycle regime. Such a few-cycle fiber laser could be an ideal candidate source for short-wavelength mid-infrared frequency metrology and molecular spectroscopy applications.
How accurately can we assess zoonotic risk?
Authors: Wille Michelle , Geoghegan Jemma L. , Holmes Edward C.
Published: April 2021

Identifying the animal reservoirs from which zoonotic viruses will likely emerge is central to understanding the determinants of disease emergence. Accordingly, there has been an increase in studies attempting zoonotic “risk assessment.” Herein, we demonstrate that the virological data on which these analyses are conducted are incomplete, biased, and rapidly changing with ongoing virus discovery. Together, these shortcomings suggest that attempts to assess zoonotic risk using available virological data are likely to be inaccurate and largely only identify those host taxa that have been studied most extensively. We suggest that virus surveillance at the human–animal interface may be more productive.
Seroprevalence of Chikungunya virus and living conditions in Feira de Santana, Bahia-Brazil
Authors: Teixeira Maria Glória , Skalinski Lacita Menezes , Paixão Enny S. , Costa Maria da Conceição N. , Barreto Florisneide Rodrigues , Campos Gubio Soares , Sardi Silvia Ines , Carvalho Rejane Hughes , Natividade Marcio , Itaparica Martha , Dias Juarez Pereira , Trindade Soraya Castro , Teixeira Bárbara Pereira , Morato Vanessa , Santana Eloisa Bahia , Goes Cristina Borges , Silva Neuza Santos de Jesus , Santos Carlos Antonio de Souza Teles , Rodrigues Laura C. , Whitworth Jimmy
Published: April 2021

Background

Chikungunya is an arbovirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, which emerged in the Americas in 2013 and spread rapidly to almost every country on this continent. In Brazil, where the first cases were detected in 2014, it currently has reached all regions of this country and more than 900,000 cases were reported. The clinical spectrum of chikungunya ranges from an acute self-limiting form to disabling chronic forms. The purpose of this study was to estimate the seroprevalence of chikungunya infection in a large Brazilian city and investigate the association between viral circulation and living condition.

Methodology/principal findings

We conducted a population-based ecological study in selected Sentinel Areas (SA) through household interviews and a serologic survey in 2016/2017. The sample was of 1,981 individuals randomly selected. The CHIKV seroprevalence was 22.1% (17.1 IgG, 2.3 IgM, and 1.4 IgG and IgM) and varied between SA from 2.0% to 70.5%. The seroprevalence was significantly lower in SA with high living conditions compared to SA with low living condition. There was a positive association between CHIKV seroprevalence and population density (r = 0.2389; p = 0.02033).

Conclusions/significance

The seroprevalence in this city was 2.6 times lower than the 57% observed in a study conducted in the epicentre of the CHIKV epidemic of this same urban centre. So, the herd immunity in this general population, after four years of circulation of this agent is relatively low. It indicates that CHIKV transmission may persist in that city, either in endemic form or in the form of a new epidemic, because the vector infestation is persistent. Besides, the significantly lower seroprevalences in SA of higher Living Condition suggest that beyond the surveillance of the disease, vector control and specific actions of basic sanitation, the reduction of the incidence of this infection also depends on the improvement of the general living conditions of the population.
Development of an integrated, holistic care package for people with lymphoedema for use at the level of the Primary Health Care Unit in Ethiopia
Authors: Tesfaye Abraham , Semrau Maya , Ali Oumer , Kinfe Mersha , Tamiru Mossie , Fekadu Abebaw , Davey Gail
Published: April 2021

Background

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of several communicable and non-communicable diseases prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas. The co-endemicity of these diseases, the similarity of their clinical signs, and the need to maximize limited financial and human resources suggest the importance of adoptingan integratedapproach to their prevention and treatment.

Aims

This study describes the development of a comprehensive package of physical, mental health and psychosocial care for people with lower-limb lymphoedema caused bypodoconiosis, lymphatic filariasis (LF)or leprosy as part of the EnDPoINT program in Ethiopia.

Method

The care package was developed using a mixed-methods approach, consisting of a literature review, situational analysis, Theory of Change (ToC) workshops, qualitative research, and additional workshops to fine-tune the draft care package. The care package was developed between March 2018 and January 2020 in Addis Ababa and the implementation research site, Awi zone in the North-West of Ethiopia.

Results

The holistic care package includes components implemented at three levels of the health care system:health organization, facility, and community. Sections of the care package are directed at strengthening capacity building, program management, community engagement, awareness-raising, stigma-reduction, morbidity management, disability prevention, follow-up visits, referral linkage, community-based rehabilitation, and monitoring and evaluation.

Conclusions

The study developed a holistic integrated care package for lower limb disorder and co-morbid mental health problems caused by podoconiosis, LF or leprosy. The approach has the potential to significantly reduce lower limb disorder-associated morbidity, disability, and psychosocial problems. It also standardizes a scalable approach appropriate for the Ethiopian setting and, most likely, other countries where these NTDs are present.
Serious adverse reactions associated with ivermectin: A systematic pharmacovigilance study in sub-Saharan Africa and in the rest of the World
Authors: Campillo Jérémy T. , Boussinesq Michel , Bertout Sébastien , Faillie Jean-Luc , Chesnais Cédric B.
Published: April 2021

Background

Ivermectin is known to cause severe encephalopathies in subjects infected with loiasis, an endemic parasite in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In addition, case reports have described ivermectin-related serious adverse drug reactions (sADRs) such as toxidermias, hepatic and renal disorders. The aim of this study was to identify suspected sADRs reported after ivermectin administration in VigiBase, the World Health Organization’s global individual case safety reports database and analyze their frequency relative to the frequency of these events after other antinematodal drugs reported in SSA and other areas of the world (ROW).

Methods

All antinematodal-related sADRs were extracted from VigiBase. Disproportionality analyses were conducted to investigate nervous, cutaneous, psychiatric, respiratory, renal, hepatic and cardiac suspected sADRs reported after ivermectin and benzimidazole drug administration across the world, in SSA and RoW.

Principal findings

2041 post-ivermectin or post-benzimidazole suspected sADRs were identified including 667 after ivermectin exposure (208 in SSA and 459 in the RoW). We found an increased reporting for toxidermias, encephalopathies, confusional disorders after ivermectin compared to benzimidazole drug administration. Encephalopathies were not only reported from SSA but also from the RoW (adjusted reporting odds ratios [aROR] 6.30, 95% confidence interval: 2.68–14.8), highlighting the fact these types of sADR occur outside loiasis endemic regions.

Conclusion

We described for the first time suspected sADRs associated with ivermectin exposure according to geographical origin. While our results do not put in question ivermectin’s excellent safety profile, they show that as for all drugs, appropriate pharmacovigilance for adverse reactions is indicated.
Can the income level of rural residents be improved by the Chinese “Broadband Village?”: Evidence from a regression discontinuity design of the six pilot provinces
Authors: Liu Yang , Shen Tao , Nagai Yukari , Wu Weilong
Published: April 2021

The “Broadband Village” (B&V) initiative is a substantial investment in internet construction in rural areas in six western provinces implemented by the Chinese government since 2014. This study evaluates the effect this policy has had. Panel data of 1,049 counties in China from 2015 to 2019 are used for the regression discontinuity design (RD) to estimate the impact of B&V on the improvement of the income level of rural residents. The results show that, compared to the counties without the B&V policy, the income of rural residents in counties with B&V has increased by 1.468–1.518 times, which is nearly 1.3 times the sample mean of survey data, indicating that the income level of rural residents has been improved significantly by B&V. However, the quantile regression results show that the higher the income level of rural residents, the smaller the effect of this policy. From the dynamic effect of years, the influence curve of B&V on rural residents’ income is an inverted U-shaped, first increasing and then decreasing, and the impact of this policy on the income level of highly-educated farmers is greater. Finally, three different methods are used to verify the robustness of the model.
Experiences of women seeking post-abortion care services in a Regional Hospital in Ghana
Authors: Adde Kenneth Setorwu , Darteh Eugene Kofuor Maafo , Kumi-Kyereme Akwasi
Published: April 2021

Introduction

Abortions remain one of the highest contributors to maternal deaths in Ghana. In 2003, a policy on post-abortion care was introduced to help reduce abortion-related mortality and morbidity. However, depending on the method of pregnancy termination; women encounter varying experiences. This study examines the experiences of women seeking post-abortion care services in a Regional Hospital in Ghana.

Materials and methods

In-depth interview technique was used to collect data from 20 purposively selected post-abortion care clients at the Volta Regional Hospital. Data were analysed manually using a qualitative content analysis technique.

Results

The study found that medical abortion was the main method of pregnancy termination used by women who participated in the study to induce abortion. Spontaneous abortion, however, was attributed mainly to engaging in activities that required the use of excessive energy and travelling on bad roads by pregnant women. The study also revealed that, women do not seek early post-abortion care services due to stigma and poverty.

Conclusions

We found that severity of pain from complications, stigma and financial constraints were factors that influenced women’s decision to seek post-abortion care services. Our findings also suggest that women who experienced spontaneous abortion mainly received financial and emotional support from partners and other family members. To encourage women to seek early post-abortion care services, the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service should take pragmatic steps to educate women on the dangers associated with delay in seeking post-abortion care services and the factors that expose women to spontaneous abortions.
Mapping internet literacy skills of digital natives: A developing country perspective
Authors: Soroya Saira Hanif , Ahmad Abdus Sattar , Ahmad Shakil , Soroya Muhammad Shahid
Published: April 2021

Over the last three decades, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have changed the world in all walks of life. It has not only influenced the ways of human communication but also changed the way of learning. However, to utilize the facility of the Internet in effective manners, people need a certain set of skills called “Internet Literacy Skills”. The purpose of the study was to explore the level of Internet literacy skills of Undergraduate first-year students (Digital Natives) of the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. The study is quantitative, and data were gathered through questionnaires. A total of 180 students from three disciplines i.e. Pure Sciences, Social Sciences, and Arts and Humanities were approached for the final data collection. Descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (regression analysis) were applied to analyze the collected data. Results further revealed that respondents possess very good knowledge to identify legal and illegal activities and information on the Internet. Findings of the study, not only reported the Internet literacy skills of digital natives but also helped to come up with a theoretical model that may be useful to design an efficient and effective Internet literacy module/subject to help students increase their Internet use-related skills.
Error-state Kalman filter for lower-limb kinematic estimation: Evaluation on a 3-body model
Authors: Potter Michael V. , Cain Stephen M. , Ojeda Lauro V. , Gurchiek Reed D. , McGinnis Ryan S. , Perkins Noel C.
Published: April 2021

Human lower-limb kinematic measurements are critical for many applications including gait analysis, enhancing athletic performance, reducing or monitoring injury risk, augmenting warfighter performance, and monitoring elderly fall risk, among others. We present a new method to estimate lower-limb kinematics using an error-state Kalman filter that utilizes an array of body-worn inertial measurement units (IMUs) and four kinematic constraints. We evaluate the method on a simplified 3-body model of the lower limbs (pelvis and two legs) during walking using data from simulation and experiment. Evaluation on this 3-body model permits direct evaluation of the ErKF method without several confounding error sources from human subjects (e.g., soft tissue artefacts and determination of anatomical frames). RMS differences for the three estimated hip joint angles all remain below 0.2 degrees compared to simulation and 1.4 degrees compared to experimental optical motion capture (MOCAP). RMS differences for stride length and step width remain within 1% and 4%, respectively compared to simulation and 7% and 5%, respectively compared to experiment (MOCAP). The results are particularly important because they foretell future success in advancing this approach to more complex models for human movement. In particular, our future work aims to extend this approach to a 7-body model of the human lower limbs composed of the pelvis, thighs, shanks, and feet.
Evaluation of drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcome in Portugal, 2000–2016
Authors: Oliveira Olena , Gaio Rita , Correia-Neves Margarida , Rito Teresa , Duarte Raquel
Published: April 2021

Treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), which is usually less successful than that of drug-susceptible TB, represents a challenge for TB control and elimination. We aimed to evaluate treatment outcomes and to identify the factors associated with death among patients with MDR and XDR-TB in Portugal. We assessed MDR-TB cases reported for the period 2000–2016, using the national TB Surveillance System. Treatment outcomes were defined according to WHO recommendations. We identified the factors associated with death using logistic regression. We evaluated treatment outcomes of 294 MDR- and 142 XDR-TB patients. The treatment success rate was 73.8% among MDR- and 62.7% among XDR-TB patients (p = 0.023). The case-fatality rate was 18.4% among MDR- and 23.9% among XDR-TB patients. HIV infection (OR 4.55; 95% CI 2.31–8.99; p < 0.001) and resistance to one or more second-line injectable drugs (OR 2.73; 95% CI 1.26–5.92; p = 0.011) were independently associated with death among MDR-TB patients. HIV infection, injectable drug use, past imprisonment, comorbidities, and alcohol abuse are conditions that were associated with death early on and during treatment. Early diagnosis of MDR-TB and further monitoring of these patients are necessary to improve treatment outcome.
Estimating COVID-19 cases in Makkah region of Saudi Arabia: Space-time ARIMA modeling
Authors: Awwad Fuad A. , Mohamoud Moataz A. , Abonazel Mohamed R.
Published: April 2021

The novel coronavirus COVID-19 is spreading across the globe. By 30 Sep 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the number of cases worldwide had reached 34 million with more than one million deaths. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) registered the first case of COVID-19 on 2 Mar 2020. Since then, the number of infections has been increasing gradually on a daily basis. On 20 Sep 2020, the KSA reported 334,605 cases, with 319,154 recoveries and 4,768 deaths. The KSA has taken several measures to control the spread of COVID-19, especially during the Umrah and Hajj events of 1441, including stopping Umrah and performing this year’s Hajj in reduced numbers from within the Kingdom, and imposing a curfew on the cities of the Kingdom from 23 Mar to 28 May 2020. In this article, two statistical models were used to measure the impact of the curfew on the spread of COVID-19 in KSA. The two models are Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model and Spatial Time-Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (STARIMA) model. We used the data obtained from 31 May to 11 October 2020 to assess the model of STARIMA for the COVID-19 confirmation cases in (Makkah, Jeddah, and Taif) in KSA. The results show that STARIMA models are more reliable in forecasting future epidemics of COVID-19 than ARIMA models. We demonstrated the preference of STARIMA models over ARIMA models during the period in which the curfew was lifted.
Distortions to the passage of time during England’s second national lockdown: A role for depression
Authors: Ogden Ruth
Published: April 2021

In attempts to control the spread of the Covid-19 virus, many governments have resorted to imposing national lockdowns on their citizens. Previous research has demonstrated the passage of time becomes distorted for many people during these lockdowns. To date, research has only examined how time was experienced early in initial lockdowns. The current study examined whether distortions to the passage of time were also present later into the global pandemic. An online questionnaire was used to collect passage of time judgments for the day, week and 8 month period since the first UK lockdown. In addition, measures of affect, social satisfaction, task-load, compliance and health status were also recorded. The results show that over 80% of people reported experiencing distortion to the passage of time during the second English lockdown in comparison with normal. Depression, satisfaction with social interaction and shielding status were found to be significant predictors of temporal distortion. A slower passage of time was associated with greater depression, shielding and greater dissatisfaction with social interactions. Feeling like it was longer than 8 months since the UK’s first lockdown was associated with greater depression, increased dissatisfaction with social interaction and greater change of life as a result of lockdown. The results suggest that distortions to the passage of time are an enduring feature of lockdown life and that different factors predict temporal experience during different points in lockdown.
‘Does he know you like I know you?’: Barbara Kean’s bisexual appeal, the Male Gothic and Gotham’s woman problem
Authors: Millsap-Spears Carey
Published: April 2021

This article discusses how the FOX television series Gotham (2014–19) fits the overall definition of a traditional Male (Horror) Gothic text and how disruptive female characters, like Barbara Kean, push against these seemingly strict Gothic boundaries. Through the development of the bisexual character Barbara Kean, the conservative, Male Gothic foundation is ultimately questioned in the US television series. Gotham’s portrayal of Barbara not only propagates bisexual stereotypes, but it also speaks to the larger discussion of bisexual aversion and eventual erasure present in many media texts. Additionally, Gotham employs the depraved bisexual trope, in which bisexual characters, like Barbara, are shown to be duplicitous. Barbara Kean, however, transgresses the boundaries of the Male Gothic tradition and thrives within the narrative structure of Gotham.
Visibility, violence and queerness: Examining the potentiality of photographs
Authors: Gardella Annalise
Published: April 2021

Salvadoran photographer Elvis Guzmán’s photo exhibit ‘El Autobautismo: De la “I” a la “S”’ (‘Self-baptism: From “I” to “S”’) portrays the quotidian balance between queer survival and celebration by telling the story of three individuals: Isaac, a drag queen; Alex, a trans man; and Stacy, a trans woman. Guzmán’s photos reveal the ephemeral nature of queer identity and the rawness of becoming self in El Salvador as the individuals’ lived realities show a layered experience of trauma and reclaimed identity. In this article, I assert that while photographs and video media are impactful tools in normalizing and educating about situations of violence, their images simultaneously have the potential to reify and retraumatize through the visualization of experienced violence. This analysis of Guzmán’s photo composition contextualizes the embodied experiences of violence within the frame of queer identity and self-baptism in El Salvador in order to illuminate the contradictory and invaluable relationship between violence and visibility.
Hibridismo e Géneros Jornalísticos
Authors: Peixinho Ana Teresa , Almeida Santos Ana Teresa
Published: April 2021

Este artigo trata de um fenómeno de hibridização dentro da genologia do jornalismo na contemporaneidade. Com base numa análise de uma reportagem televisiva, emitida pela cadeia privada de televisão portuguesa TVI, demonstra-se como um género nobre do jornalismo televisivo – a grande reportagem – foi colonizado por práticas narrativas e discursivas características da ficção, com impacto a diversos níveis. Ponderando as possíveis causas desta opção, pensam-se criticamente as consequências para a perceção pública de um tema de saúde pública – a gravidez medicamente assistida (GMA). A análise recorre a uma metodologia qualitativa – a análise narrativa – e enquadra-se no campo teórico da análise dos media e dos estudos narrativos mediáticos. Há também um suporte especializado sobre o tema em questão – criopreservação e procriação medicamente assistida – que é fundamental para compreender questões de representação, mediação e efeitos da narrativa televisiva exibida pela estação televisiva.
Hibridismo e transmedialidade na comunicação política dos partidos portugueses no Instagram e no jornalismo político televisivo
Authors: Baptista Carla Maria , Ferreira Ana Carolina Trevisan , Ferreira Allan Herison
Published: April 2021

Este artigo trabalha o hibridismo entre a comunicação política partidária digital e o jornalismo audiovisual. A proposta é relacionar a atividade comunicativa na rede social Instagram de 6 partidos portugueses com representação parlamentar (PS, PSD, BE, PCP, CDS e Chega), e dos respetivos líderes, com a cobertura jornalística da sua atividade realizada pelos 3 principais noticiários televisivos, respetivamente o Jornal da Noite (SIC), o Telejornal (RTP1), o Jornal das 8 (TVI) e o CM Jornal (CMTV). Analisamos a comunicação política e partidária na rede social e os enquadramentos noticiosos no jornalismo televisivo, identificando padrões na relação entre as duas plataformas. Exploramos a contaminação entre os discursos textuais e visuais dos vários partidos e os noticiários televisivos, relevando as principais estratégias retóricas ativadas no Instagram e as narrativas televisivas. O artigo pretende contribuir para uma melhor compreensão das lógicas comunicativas dos partidos em ambiente digital e explicitar as transformações na cobertura da política pelos noticiários televisivos, integrados em sistemas mediáticos híbridos.
Gêneros e formatos no ciberjornalismo do interior paulista brasileiro
Authors: Volpato Marcelo de Oliveira
Published: April 2021

Ao apresentar parte de resultados de pesquisa mais ampla (Autor, 2019), este texto procura inserir os estudos de gêneros e formatos jornalísticos no âmbito do jornalismo para internet praticado no interior paulista brasileiro. Utiliza-se da categorização trazida por Marques de Melo e Assis (2016) e conceitos sobre jornalismo local e ciberjornalismo de proximidade para estudar os conteúdos online de três jornais — Jornal da Cidade (Bauru), Cruzeiro do Sul (Sorocaba) e Correio Popular (Campinas). Serve-se de revisão bibliográfica, estudo de casos múltiplos, entrevistas semiestruturadas e análise quantitativa de conteúdo, com objetivo de categorizar as proporções entre os diferentes gêneros e formatos jornalísticos. Considera-se que os casos estudados buscam reproduzir aspectos e práticas da imprensa nacional e, quanto aos formatos de conteúdos, trazem predomínio para o gênero informativo e formatos de notícias e notas.
O discurso populista nas redes de Lula
Authors: Aquino Bittencourt Maria Clara , Guerreiro Anderson dos Santos
Published: April 2021

A presença do ex-presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva no cárcere desafiou a comunicação política contemporânea: a manutenção de uma figura pública, com o objetivo de evitar o enfraquecimento de suas características, naquele momento privada de atuação no campo político. Foi o que aconteceu com Lula, de abril de 2018 a novembro de 2019, quando esteve preso na Polícia Federal, em Curitiba. Ao longo de 580 dias, sua assessoria manteve ativas suas contas no Facebook, Twitter e Instagram, o que permitiu que Lula estivesse presente nas discussões políticas do país. Aqui estudamos o emprego do discurso populista de Lula nessas contas para analisar as estratégias de comunicação e discurso, sob o ponto de vista de possíveis alterações discursivas em função da posição ocupada outrora e durante a prisão. O lulismo também aparece nesta análise, como força populista associada à figura de Lula, que por vezes serve de instrumento para manutenção de traços característicos do fenômeno investigado.