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The Humanitarian Work of the Near East Relief during the Armenian Genocide and the Contribution of Nova Scotia Nurse Sara Corning
Authors: Chown Jennifer Rodney , Chown David
Published: June 2024

Abstract: The backdrop for this research note is the Armenian Genocide of the early 20th century. In this context, we examine the activities of the Near East Relief (NER), an American humanitarian organization that began its relief work during the Armenian Genocide, as well as Canada's responses. Furthermore, we focus on the humanitarian relief work of Red Cross nurse and Nova Scotia native Sara Corning. Her story is little known in Canada, except in her Nova Scotia birthplace and among Armenian and Greek communities. The research note provides an overview of her call to humanitarian service, her resilience in the face of extreme hardship, and resistance against what were the gender and societal norms of that era. Despite these challenges, Sara Corning devoted much of the years from 1919 to 1930 to relief work in Armenia, Greece, and Turkiye, a broader region which, in the early part of the 20th century, was devastated by military conflict and ethnic cleansing, and the massive, government mandated, forced migration of Greeks and Turks in 1923. Résumé: Cette note de recherche a pour toile de fond le génocide arménien du début du XXe siècle. Dans ce contexte, nous examinons les activités du Near East Relief (NER), une organisation humanitaire américaine qui a commencé son travail de secours pendant le génocide arménien, ainsi que les réponses du Canada. En outre, nous nous concentrons sur le travail d'aide humanitaire de Sara Corning, infirmière de la Croix-Rouge et originaire de la Nouvelle-Écosse. Son histoire est peu connue au Canada, sauf dans sa ville natale de la Nouvelle-Écosse et au sein des communautés arménienne et grecque. La note de recherche donne un aperçu de son appel au service humanitaire, de sa résilience face à des difficultés extrêmes et de sa résistance aux normes sociétales et de genre de l'époque. Malgré ces défis, Sara Corning a consacré une grande partie des années 1919 à 1930 à l'aide humanitaire en Arménie, en Grèce et en Turquie, une plus vaste région qui, au début du XXe siècle, a été dévastée par des conflits militaires et d'épurations ethniques, ainsi que par la migration massive forcée, des Grecs et des Turcs, mandatée par le gouvernement, en 1923.
The Union's Culture Industry
Authors: Luskey Brian P.
Published: June 2024

Abstract: The cultural history of the Civil War North has flourished since the turn of the twenty-first century. Scholars have impeccably analyzed wartime texts and images to clarify Northern citizens' and soldiers' shared ideological and emotional commitments. Yet, these historians have not fully reckoned with the interconnected nature of culture production in genres such as blackface minstrelsy, lithography, illustrated newspapers, photography, and theater through which Northerners made, circulated, used, and experienced culture commodities. This economic system of culture production often created or illuminated social conflict and ambiguous cultural meaning. The culture industry, a concept that has animated debate among historians of popular culture for decades, holds great potential for Civil War historians to open new perspectives on the experiences of Union soldiers and citizens and the ways they did cultural work to make the meanings of class and self-making, race and emancipation, gender and the household, and the war itself.
Writing to Control the Narrative: Charles Dickens, PTSD, and the Staplehurst Rail Crash
Authors: Kim Katherine J.
Published: June 2024

Abstract: Charles Dickens's involvement in the 9 June 1865 Staplehurst Rail Crash was a traumatic event that resonated with the author for the remainder of his life (which ended five years to the day of the accident). This article merges examinations of Dickens's symptoms of what is now termed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from the Staplehurst Rail Crash, auxiliary personal events that may have contributed to his PTSD, and his position as a public figure who controlled his image and expressed himself through his fiction and nonfiction works. Combining these three means of understanding Dickens's PTSD provides further insight into how Dickens attempted to use his authorial identity and writing to control the trauma that haunted him.
After the Populist Moment
Authors: Adler-Bell Sam , Sitman Matthew
Published: June 2024

ABSTRACT: While we are paying a lot of attention to U.S. conservatives this election year, it is also an auspicious time to publish a special section on the global right. Just under a decade ago, we passed through a "populist moment," so-called because of Brexit, Trump's election, and the rise of Marine Le Pen as a serious contender for the French presidency, all in rapid succession. It seemed like the beginning of a new era of politics, one emerging from the dashed hopes and profound failings of the neoliberal order—and in many ways it has been. T he terrain on which political struggle now takes place has been deeply altered by the right, with less educated voters, many of them from the working class, leaving their ancestral political parties and supporting the forces of reaction over issues like immigration, national identity, and "law and order." But in electoral terms, the right's record has been hit or miss, and it's worth learning from their failures as well as their successes.
Inequality Without Class
Authors: Torracinta Simon
Published: June 2024

ABSTRACT: An academic journal article on the technicalities of tax data is not usually cause for much excitement. Yet at the end of last year, one such publication in the Journal of Political Economy set #Econtwitter afire with debate, and prompted a full column in the Economist. The paper, by Gerald Auten and David Splinter, took aim at the famous studies on rising inequality conducted by Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman. If one employs different assumptions, Auten and Splinter argued, post-tax income inequality in the United States appears not to have risen much since the 1960s. While Piketty and his collaborators systematically challenged the findings, their detractors were quick to the draw. "The Piketty and Saez work is careless and politically motivated," sniped James Heckman, a Nobel-winning Chicago School econometrician.
Women and War: Female Spies and Messengers in the Late-Medieval Low Countries
Authors: Haemers Jelle
Published: June 2024

Abstract: This contribution shows that women played influential roles in medieval warfare not as soldiers on the battlefield but as key figures in communication networks. Two crucial aspects in times of military crisis are gathering information about the enemy and communication between allies. Existing historiography of medieval espionage usually attributes such tasks to men. This article demonstrates, however, that cities systematically used the services of women carrying letters around the front lines and gathering intelligence services about the enemy army. The case study of this article is the war the Flemish cities waged against Emperor Frederick III and his son Maximilian of Austria in 1488–1489, a conflict in which dozens of women as spies and messengers tried to influence the course of the war.
Agnes the Bathkeeper and Anna of Mindelheim: Rehumanizing Women from The Hammer of Witches
Authors: Starkey Lindsay
Published: June 2024

Abstract: This article reconstructs the lives of Agnes the Bathkeeper and Anna of Mindelheim, who exemplified how women become witches and how witches do magic in the demonological treatise, The Hammer of Witches (1486). It does so based both on this demonological treatise and archival documents, reading them "against the bias grain" in an effort to bring Agnes and Anna some epistemic justice. In addition to urging us to view Agnes and Anna in their full humanity rather than exclusively as heretical criminals or victims as this treatise's authors and modern scholars have done, this article provides a case study of the relationship between gender, magic, and witchcraft in a time period when magic had recently been associated with women. It also offers an example of how historians can use fragmentary evidence to reconstruct aspects of the past, keeping women such as Agnes and Anna from historical erasure.
Hellhound(s) on My Trail: Reading Cormac McCarthy's Suttree as a Blues
Authors: Rankin Russell Richard
Published: June 2024

ABSTRACT: This essay rereads Cormac McCarthy's 1979 novel Suttree as a "blues," examining Suttree's deep relationship to the vengeful, hunted black man Ab Jones, whose scarred body and eloquently articulated narrative of persecution leads Suttree to channel his plaintive suffering. Startlingly, the conclusion of the novel, particularly the final image of the huntsman and hounds who the title character fears are chasing him, suggests that McCarthy draws on Delta bluesman Robert Johnson's most famous tune, "Hellhound on My Trail," in his evocation of these hounds and Suttree's fear of them through his channeling the identity of Johnson (behind whom looms Ab Jones). At the same time, the hounds have figuratively embayed a particular Knoxville populace—its black community—with devastating consequences and the hounds' presence through this lyrical intertext at the end of the novel suggest how that community's inhabitants, particularly Ab, continue to be hunted down by the white community's representatives such as the police.
Zwischen Realismus und österreichischem Protonaturalismus. Zu Ludwig Anzengrubers Roman Der Sternsteinhof
Authors: Milkovits Daniel
Published: June 2024

Abstract: This article examines Ludwig Anzengruber’s best-known narrative text, the novel Der Sternsteinhof (1884), in particular its affiliation with realism and Austrian precursors of naturalism. It discusses the history of the novel’s genesis as well as the question of Austrian naturalism in general in order to analyze the text for socially critical aspects, for disillusioned fairy tale motifs, for the representation of the village and the realities of rural life, and for reference to Darwinian figures of thought.
“A Test of Fire of One’s Character”: Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Self-Examination by Means of War in World War I
Authors: Arnswald Ulrich
Published: June 2024

Abstract: To place Ludwig Wittgenstein’s early philosophy specifically in the context of the Great War, which we now call the First World War, is absolutely decisive for understanding his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus . According to the motto “Fear in face of death is the best sign of a false, i.e. bad, life” found in a July 1916 entry in Wittgenstein’s Private Notebooks 1914–1916 , only recently translated into English for the first time, Wittgenstein tried to clarify the question of the meaning of life for himself in the middle of the raging war. These thoughts also changed the nature of his Tractatus from an originally purely logical work to an ethical, religious, and mystical one, as the Notebooks show us in parallel with the creation of the Tractatus . The abysses of war, the mystical, ethical, religious, and logical insights recognized in it, and the self-knowledge gained in war allowed his treatise to mature through the existential intensification caused by war.
Geschlecht und Autorschaft Stefan Zweigs “Künstlernovelle” Brief einer Unbekannten
Authors: Wörgötter Martina
Published: June 2024

Abstract: Brief einer Unbekannten , one of Stefan Zweig’s best-known novellas, is the story of a famous writer who receives a letter from an “unknown” woman who tells him of her unrequited love for him. The reason for the letter is the death of their child. The novella is often cited as an example of Zweig’s psychologically sensitive portrayal of his characters. The aim of this article is to read the novella as a reflection on Zweig’s artistry and authorship, with the category of gender playing a decisive role: The unknown woman herself appears as a writing woman next to the male writer. In light of contemporary gender discourses that shape the constellation of characters and genders in the novella, Brief einer Unbekannten can be read as an expression of Stefan Zweig’s examination of his own authorship. The question of female and male writing thus becomes a question of distinction. This concerns, in no small part, Stefan Zweig’s personal life and that of his wife Friderike, who not only promoted her husband’s career but was also herself a writer.
Quantum entanglement physics and Bell’s theorem
Authors: Duarte Francisco
Published: June 2024

The physics of quantum entanglement is described entirely by the
superposition probability amplitude of quantum entanglement. Here, we review the various derivational origins of this iconic probability amplitude and point out that from a purely physics perspective its origin is completely independent of Bell’s theorem. The implications of this observation, towards hidden variables and newer forms of superdeterminism, are critically examined.
Moderation of the real-world effectiveness of smoking cessation aids by mental health conditions: A population study
Authors: Jackson Sarah E. , Brose Leonie , Buss Vera , Shahab Lion , Robson Deborah , Brown Jamie
Published: June 2024

Objective

To examine whether the real-world effectiveness of popular smoking cessation aids differs between users with and without a history of mental health conditions.

Design

Nationally-representative cross-sectional survey conducted monthly between 2016–17 and 2020–23.

Setting

England.

Participants

5,593 adults (2,524 with a history of ≥1 mental health conditions and 3,069 without) who had smoked regularly within the past year and had attempted to quit at least once in the past year.

Main outcome measures

The outcome was self-reported abstinence from quit date up to the survey. Independent variables were use of the following cessation aids during the most recent quit attempt: prescription nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), NRT over-the-counter, varenicline, bupropion, vaping products, face-to-face behavioural support, telephone support, written self-help materials, websites, hypnotherapy, Allen Carr’s Easyway, heated tobacco products, and nicotine pouches. The moderator was history of diagnosed mental health conditions (yes/no). Covariates included sociodemographic characteristics, level of cigarette addiction, and characteristics of the quit attempt.

Results

Relative to those without, participants with a history of mental health conditions were significantly more likely to report using vaping products (38.8% [95%CI 36.7–40.8] vs. 30.7% [28.9–32.5]), prescription NRT (4.8% [3.9–5.7] vs. 2.7% [2.1–3.3]), and websites (4.0% [3.2–4.8] vs. 2.2% [1.6–2.7]). Groups did not differ significantly in their use of other aids. After adjusting for covariates and use of other cessation aids, those who used vaping products (OR = 1.92, 95%CI 1.61–2.30), varenicline (OR = 1.88, 95%CI 1.19–2.98), or heated tobacco products (OR = 2.33, 95%CI 1.01–5.35) had significantly higher odds of quitting successfully than those who did not report using these aids. There was little evidence that using other cessation aids increased the odds of successful cessation, or that the user’s history of mental health conditions moderated the effectiveness of any aid.

Conclusions

Use of vaping products, varenicline, or heated tobacco products in a quit attempt was associated with significantly greater odds of successful cessation, after adjustment for use of other cessation aids and potential confounders. There was no evidence to suggest the effectiveness of any popular cessation aid differed according to the user’s history of mental health conditions.
Experience is central and connections matter: A Leximancer analysis of the research priorities of people with lived experience of mental health issues in Australia
Authors: Banfield Michelle , Gulliver Amelia , Jazayeri Dana , Palmer Victoria J. ,   the ALIVE National Centre for Mental Health Research Translation Investigator Group
Published: June 2024

Mental health research priority-setting has a long history internationally. Many of these studies use expert panels or consensus methods across multiple mental health stakeholder groups. Whilst such approaches are designed to produce agreed research priorities, there is a risk that the specific and nuanced priorities of less powerful groups, especially those with lived experience of mental health issues, are lost in translation. We aimed to develop Australian mental health research priorities from the perspectives of people living with mental ill-health and their carers, families and kinship group members. A cross-sectional, open-ended survey was conducted nationally in Australia during January and February 2022. We asked participants to list three priorities on which mental health research should focus. Responses were analysed using Leximancer, a text analytics tool, to examine the concepts and their connections across the data. A total of 365 people with lived experience of mental ill-health participated in the survey. The majority (57%) identified as consumers, with 14% identifying as carers and 29% reporting both types of lived experience. Participants were from all Australian states and territories and from metropolitan, regional and remote areas. The Leximancer analysis generated 30 concepts in six thematic priority areas. The most prominent themes were experience, treatment and impact, followed by stigma, peer and trauma. The concept maps displayed complex connections and interrelationships between specific concepts, with lived experience a large and central concept. Analysis of the textual responses emphasised the importance of examining specifics, as the nuanced research priorities traversed themes and concept across the maps. This project provides robust evidence on the central importance of experience as driving mental health lived experience research priorities. Further, it demonstrates that people with lived experience describe the key issues in complex, interrelated ways that require multi-factorial research approaches to address.
Unveiling patterns: A cross-sectional analysis of drug prevalence among secondary school students in Douala, Cameroon
Authors: Kingsley Tekuh Achu , Emmanuel Acha Asongalem , Anna Longdoh Njunda , Dickson Shey Nsagha
Published: June 2024

The escalating prevalence of psychoactive substance use (Pa SU) presents a significant concern in the African context, particularly among schooling adolescents, leading to potential physical and mental health complications, making substance use a giant monster for every developing society. To address this, the study focused on determining the prevalence and understanding the factors associated with psychoactive substance (Pa SU) among secondary school students in the Douala III and Douala IV districts. A cross-sectional study was conducted from January to March 2023, engaging students in secondary schools in the Douala III and Douala IV districts. Utilizing a self-administered questionnaire, comprehensive data on student sociodemographic, parental social information, and patterns of psychoactive substance use were collected. Statistical analyses, performed using SPSS, explored associated factors, with statistical significance set at p < 0.05. Enrolling 1054 students, the study reflected a male-to-female sex ratio of 3:2, with an average age of 15.29 ± 1.9 years (range: 12 to 20 years). Psychoactive substance life tune use (Pa SU) experimentation prevalence reached 91.0%, while current consumption was noted at 42.8%, exhibiting a male predominance. Alcohol emerged as the most frequently consumed substance, succeeded by caffeine and nicotine. Cannabis stood as the sole illicit substance, with tramadol being the only psychotropic medication used without medical guidance. Male gender (AOR = 1.58; CI: 1.07–2.34; p = 0.022), age > 16 years (AOR = 2.94; CI: 2.02–4.27; p < 0.001), the presence of a family member using psychoactive substances at home (AOR = 3.80; CI: 2.61–5.53; p < 0.001), and the presence of a friend using psychoactive substances in the surroundings (AOR = 32.92; CI: 22.02–49.20; p < 0.001) were independently identified as risk factors associated with current PaSU among students. This study provides valuable insights into the prevalence and associated factors of psychoactive substance use among secondary school students in Douala, Cameroon. The results underscore the urgent need for targeted interventions and parental awareness programs to mitigate the impact of psychoactive substance use on adolescents.
“It’s so scary, and you’re so alone with it”: Clinicians’ perspectives on suicide risk management in integrated primary care
Authors: Larkin Celine , Kiefe Catarina , Boama-Nyarko Esther , Dube Catherine , Khanna Aishwarya , Erban Stephen , Davis-Martin Rachel , Boudreaux Edwin D.
Published: June 2024

Primary care clinics serve many patients experiencing latent or evident suicide risk and may benefit from implementing suicide care improvements such as the Zero Suicide model. However, little is known about the readiness of clinics to implement such initiatives. We interviewed a range of clinicians (e.g., medical providers, behavioral health providers, nurses; n = 24) from six integrated primary care clinics to better understand strengths and limitations of the milieu, how suicide risk is currently detected and managed, and which implementation strategies could be employed to improve suicide prevention. We found clinics were extremely busy and resource-constrained but had a strong and longitudinal commitment to patients and families. Suicide risk was detected in a variety of ways and clinicians had limited resources to offer these patients. Clinicians sought to preserve patients’ autonomy and trust while also ensuring their safety. Preferred strategies included dissemination of protocols and tools, training, electronic health record changes, and improved staffing. Our findings suggest that suicide prevention initiatives in primary care should attend to the constraints of the care setting, adapting their approach to ensure they fit with workflow while also centering patient autonomy and rapport.
Transition experiences of patients with post stroke dysphagia and family caregivers: A longitudinal, qualitative study
Authors: CHEN Jian , CHEN Jianhui , WANG Yuan , CUI Yanli , LIAO Lin , YAN Mingyu , LUO Yansi , Zhang Xiaomei
Published: June 2024

Background

Stroke patients with dysphagia and family caregivers will experience multiple transitions during the whole process of the disease and various nursing needs will be generated. There is a lack of knowledge about their experiences at different transition stages. Thus, we aimed to explore the transition experiences of patients with post stroke dysphagia and family caregivers from admission to discharge home.

Methods

A semi-structured interview based on Meleis’s transition theory was used during hospitalization and telephone follow-up interviews were conducted in the first, third, and sixth month after the diagnosis of dysphagia. Interview transcripts were analyzed using the conventional content analysis method.

Results

A total of 17 participants enrolled in the first face-to-face interview, 16 participants took part in the first month’s telephone follow-up interview, 14 participants in the third month, and 12 participants in the sixth month. The transition experiences of patients with post stroke dysphagia and family caregivers could be summarized into three themes: (1)transition from onset to admission; (2)transition from discharge to other rehabilitation institutions; and (3)transition from discharge to home. Each theme had identified interrelated subthemes.

Conclusions

The experiences of patients with post stroke dysphagia and family caregivers during transition are a dynamic process with enormous challenges in each phase. Collaboration with health care professionals, follow-up support after discharge, and available community and social support should be integrated into transitional nursing to help patients facilitate their transition.
Xenoestrogen concentration in women with endometriosis or leiomyomas: A case-control study
Authors: Valdes-Devesa Victoria , Sanz-Rosa David , Thuissard-Vasallo Israel J. , Andreu-Vázquez Cristina , Sainz de la Cuesta Ricardo
Published: June 2024

Background

Xenoestrogens are synthetic or naturally occurring chemicals capable of altering the endocrine system of humans and animals owing to their molecular similarity to endogenous hormones. There is limited data regarding their effects on women´s health. Chronic exposure to xenoestrogens can promote the development of estrogen-related diseases.

Objectives

To examine xenoestrogen concentration (TEXB-α) differences between women with leiomyomas or endometriosis and control women, and to study the relationship between the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of these patients and their xenoestrogen levels.

Methods

Prospective case-control study. We selected 221 women who underwent surgery at Quironsalud Madrid University Hospital between 2017 and 2021. The cases included 117 patients: 74 women who underwent surgery for uterine leiomyomas, 21 with endometriosis, and 22 with both pathologies. The control group comprised 104 healthy women who underwent surgical procedures for other reasons. TEXB-α was determined in the omental fat of all patients. Using a questionnaire and reviewing the patients’ medical records, we collected sociodemographic data and other relevant variables.

Results

A significant majority of study participants (68.8%) had detectable levels of xenoestrogens. We found no association between TEXB-α levels in omental fat and the presence of myomas or endometriosis. In the case group, women living or working in Madrid Community exhibited, on average, 3.12 Eeq pM/g higher levels of TEXB-α compared to those working in other areas (p = 0.030). Women who referred to the use of estrogen-containing hormonal contraceptives had, on average, 3.02 Eeq pM/g higher levels of TEXB-α than those who had never used them (p = 0.022).

Conclusions

This study found no association between omental xenoestrogen levels and leiomyomas or endometriosis. However, their presence in most participants and their association with highly polluted areas emphasizes the importance of limiting environmental exposure to these substances. We also identified an association between hormonal contraceptive use and xenoestrogen concentration.
Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and related factors: A cross-sectional analysis from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study
Authors: Saijo Yasuaki , Yoshioka Eiji , Sato Yukihiro , Kunori Yuki , Kanaya Tomoko , Nakanishi Kentaro , Kato Yasuhito , Nagaya Ken , Takahashi Satoru , Ito Yoshiya , Iwata Hiroyoshi , Yamaguchi Takeshi , Miyashita Chihiro , Itoh Sachiko , Kishi Reiko ,   the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) Group
Published: June 2024

Socioeconomic status and smoking are reportedly associated with underweight and obesity; however, their associations among pregnant women are unknown. This study aimed to investigate whether socioeconomic factors, namely educational attainment, household income, marital status, and employment status, were associated with pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) categories, including severe-moderate underweight (BMI ≤ 16.9 kg/m2), mild underweight (BMI, 17.0–18.4 kg/m2), overweight (BMI, 25.0–29.9 kg/m2), and obese (BMI ≥ 30.0 kg/m2) among Japanese pregnant women using data from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS). In total, pregnant women were included 96,751. Age- and parity-adjusted multivariable multinomial logistic regression analyses assessed socioeconomic factors and smoking associations with falling within abnormal BMI categories (normal BMI as the reference group). Lower education and lower household were associated with overweight and obesity, and, especially, lowest education and household income had relatively higher point estimate relative ratios (RRs) of 3.97 and 2.84, respectively. Regarding the risks for underweight, however, only junior high school education had a significantly higher RR for severely to moderately underweight. Regarding occupational status, homemakers or the unemployed had a higher RR for severe-moderate underweight, overweight, and obesity. Unmarried, divorced, or bereaved women had significantly higher RRs for mildly underweight status. Quitting smoking early in pregnancy/still smoking had higher RRs for all four not having normal BMI outcomes; however, quitting smoking before pregnancy had a higher RR only for obese individuals. Lower educational attainment and smoking are essential intervention targets for obesity and severe-moderate underweight prevention in younger women. Lower household income is also a necessary target for obesity.
Fetal abdominal obesity in women with one value abnormality on diagnostic test for gestational diabetes mellitus
Authors: Kim Wonjin , Park Soo Kyung , Kim Yoo Lee
Published: June 2024

Previous studies have shown that fetal abdominal obesity (FAO) was already observed at the time of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) diagnosis and persisted until delivery despite management in older and/or obese women. In this study, we investigated whether fetuses of women with milder hyperglycemia than GDM have accelerated abdominal growth, leading to adverse pregnancy outcomes. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 7,569 singleton pregnant women who were universally screened using a 50-g glucose challenge test (GCT) and underwent a 3-h 100-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) if GCT result was ≥140mg/dL. GDM, one value abnormality (OVA), and normal glucose tolerance (NGT, NGT1: GCT negative, NGT2: GCT positive & OGTT negative) were diagnosed using Carpenter-Coustan criteria. With fetal biometry data measured simultaneously with 50-g GCT, relative fetal abdominal overgrowth was investigated by assessing the fetal abdominal overgrowth ratios (FAORs) of the ultrasonographically estimated gestational age (GA) of abdominal circumference(AC) per actual GA by the last menstruation period(LMP), biparietal diameter(BPD) or femur length(FL), respectively. FAO was defined as FAOR ≥90th percentile The FAORs of GA-AC/GA-LMP and GA-AC/GA-BPD were significantly higher in OVA subjects compared to NGT subjects but not in NGT2 subjects. Although the frequency of FAO in OVA (12.1%) was between that of NGT (9.6%) and GDM (18.3%) without statistically significant difference, the prevalence of large for gestational age at birth and primary cesarean delivery rates were significantly higher in OVA (9.8% and 29.7%) than in NGT (5.1% and 21.5%, p<0.05). Particularly, among OVA subjects with FAO, the prevalence (33.3% and 66.7%) was significantly higher than in those without FAO (9.7% and 24.2%, p<0.05). The degree of fetal abdominal growth acceleration in OVA subjects was intermediate between that of NGT and GDM subjects. OVA subjects with FAO at the time of GDM diagnosis were strongly associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Association between gait speed deterioration and EEG abnormalities
Authors: García-Agustin Daysi , Rodríguez-Rodríguez Valia , Morgade-Fonte Rosa Ma , Bobes María A. , Galán-García Lídice
Published: June 2024

Physical and cognitive decline at an older age is preceded by changes that accumulate over time until they become clinically evident difficulties. These changes, frequently overlooked by patients and health professionals, may respond better than fully established conditions to strategies designed to prevent disabilities and dependence in later life. The objective of this study was twofold; to provide further support for the need to screen for early functional changes in older adults and to look for an early association between decline in mobility and cognition. A cross-sectional cohort study was conducted on 95 active functionally independent community-dwelling older adults in Havana, Cuba. We measured their gait speed at the usual pace and the cognitive status using the MMSE. A value of 0.8 m/s was used as the cut-off point to decide whether they presented a decline in gait speed. A quantitative analysis of their EEG at rest was also performed to look for an associated subclinical decline in brain function. Results show that 70% of the sample had a gait speed deterioration (i.e., lower than 0.8 m/s), of which 80% also had an abnormal EEG frequency composition for their age. While there was no statistically significant difference in the MMSE score between participants with a gait speed above and below the selected cut-off, individuals with MMSE scores below 25 also had a gait speed<0.8 m/s and an abnormal EEG frequency composition. Our results provide further evidence of early decline in older adults–even if still independent and active—and point to the need for clinical pathways that incorporate screening and early intervention targeted at early deterioration to prolong the years of functional life in older age.
Critical global citizenship of high school students in Indonesia and Japan
Authors: Nakaya Ayami , Arfani Junita Widiati , Arfani Riza Noer
Published: June 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a review of global citizenship and education to tackle global injustices. This study investigates the impact of school education and the national curriculums on students’ attitudes towards global citizenship and examines the features of critical global citizenship among Indonesian and Japanese students. According to a questionnaire survey, students in both countries had high levels of altruism, empathy and non-violent aspirations of the collective and low levels of fairness of rewards and non-violent aspirations of the personal. Indonesian students had a higher sense of personal and national responsibility; however, they did not recognize the structural violence of poverty. Japanese students recognized poverty as structural violence; however, they were uninformed about global human rights and lacked a sense of personal responsibility in global issues. Online international education and curricula should be improved to enable students to understand global issues and adopt a sense of responsibility towards them.
Painting as a post-digital formalism
Authors: Frew James Eley Haldane
Published: June 2024

The post-digital is a genre which, since the early 2000s, has gradually embedded itself within mainstream culture, saturating and influencing many faculties of knowledge, as a standardization of digital technologies: the aftermath of the Digital Revolution. The fine arts have borne witness to this cultural shift, readily accommodating post-digital thematics which have percolated into the field of painting and its continual expansion. The following article aims to define painting as a post-digital formalism by: chronologizing post-digital painting and its precursory technological and cultural developments to situate it within a wider historical canon; describing the translative capacity of contemporary painting (as an inherent feature of the post-digital painted gesture); and charting the shifting formal topography of painting resulting from the conflation of medium (the formal parameters of an artwork) and media (the networked, mass communicative status of an artwork). Finally, this enquiry synthesizes an expansion of characteristic post-digital formal traits termed herein as ‘Digital Factures’. Resultantly, an expanded Taxonomy of Digital Factures that maps technology’s role within contemporary painting is situated, providing a new insight as to the definition of painting’s expanding processes and trends in an age after new media.
Painting’s liveness
Authors: Wilson Sarah Kate
Published: June 2024

Sarah Kate Wilsons’s article ‘Painting’s liveness’ is written from her vantage point, as an artist/curator/researcher/collaborator/educator. Here she reveals how painting’s relationship with performance, particularly during the second part of the twentieth century, has led to painting’s liveness. This, she asserts, is apparent in paintings by Daniel Buren, Robert Rauschenberg, Yoko Ono, works by the Gutai Art Association and performances by Ei Arakawa. The inauguration of a performance programme at Bauhaus in Germany, Black Mountain College in America and the formation of the Gutai Art Association in Japan are highlighted by Wilson as important milestones. Writing by RoseLee Goldberg and Peggy Phelan on performance, J. L. Austin’s speech act theory as well as Satori, an expression from Zen Buddhism meaning enlightenment, are woven into this text. David Joselit’s declaration that the medium of painting is live and ‘On Air’ is drawn into her argument for painting’s liveness, whilst Catherine Wood’s curatorial project A Bigger Splash: Painting After Performance (2012) Tate Modern, London and her own curatorial project Painting in Time (2015–16) set the stage for this text.
Improving Teaching Using Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality
Authors: Zouhri Amal , EL MALLAHI Mostafa
Published: June 2024

With the rapid advancements in technology, the educational landscape is witnessing significant transformations in pedagogy and classroom dynamics. Two prominent technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality (AR), are gaining prominence in the field of education, promising to revolutionize the way teaching and learning take place. This article explores the potential benefits, challenges, and practical applications of integrating AI and AR into the teaching process to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes.
The integration of AI in education brings forth personalized learning experiences. AI-powered algorithms analyze vast amounts of student data, including learning patterns, strengths, and weaknesses, to create tailored learning paths. This individualized approach helps educators identify students' unique needs and provide targeted support, ensuring that no student is left behind. Moreover, AI-based chatbots and virtual teaching assistants are increasingly being used to address student queries promptly, providing real-time support and fostering a more interactive learning environment.
AR, on the other hand, enables the overlay of virtual objects and information in the real-world environment.. Students can explore complex concepts through visualizations, simulations, and interactive demonstrations, facilitating a deeper understanding of abstract topics. AR also fosters collaboration and teamwork among students, promoting active learning and peer-to-peer knowledge sharing.
Combining AI and AR technologies offers a powerful synergy in the educational realm. AI can analyze AR-generated data and adapt instructional strategies in real time, responding to individual students' progress. This synergy not only enhances learning outcomes but also empowers teachers with data-driven insights, enabling them to make informed decisions about their teaching methodologies.
However, successfully implementing AI and AR in education comes with its challenges. Issues related to data privacy, ethical considerations, and the need for effective teacher training in utilizing these technologies require careful attention.
The Elementary School Self-Evaluation Policy Enactment
Authors:   Center For Educational Research, Kim Bo-yeon , Kim Mi-sook
Published: June 2024

Purpose: This study analyzed the different enactment contexts and drivers of school self-evaluation policies.
Methods: The study used in-depth interviews with key actors, namely narrators, in five elementary schools. The interview questions and analysis utilized Ball, Maguire, and Braun's (2012) concepts of policy enactment.
Results: This study analyzed the research subjects as ‘passive policy enactment’ and ‘active policy enactment’ according to the degree of autonomy utilized by the narrator in the process of enacting the school self-evaluation policy. The analysis showed the same policy text led to the restriction or expansion of autonomy depending on the interpretation, and the purpose of explanation and guidance differed depending on the characteristics of the narrator. There were differences in the narration according to the participation of school members, how autonomy was utilized in relation to the scope of policy enactment, and the flow of the evaluation process. The main drivers of the differences in school enactment were as follows. First, the characteristics of the key narrators, including their position in the school, their work history, and their experience with policy sense making. Second, the ways in which schools engaged with narration, including the phenomena of “multiparty engagement” and “connected engagement” in narration. Third, the way they made meaning of the policy, which was highly related to the professional cultures and schools’ specialisms.
Conclusion: The enactment of the school self-evaluation policies differed significantly depending on the degree of autonomy utilized by the school, the degree of participation of school members, and the professional culture.
Adrenal insufficiency (hypocorticism) on the background of adrenalectomy for corticosteroma
Authors: Тitova V. V. , Demidova T. Y. , Muslimova Kh. M. , Bykov A. V.
Published: June 2024

Adrenal insufficiency (AI) occurs after adrenalectomy for adrenal corticosteroma due to inhibition of the hypothalamicpituitary-adrenal axis and decreased function of the contralateral adrenal gland. Treatment of postoperative AI is based on glucocorticoid replacement therapy and is generally required in all patients with adrenalectomy for Cushing’s syndrome, but dosage and duration of treatment may vary. It is important to educate patients for self-adjustment of substitution therapy dosages and prevention of AI decompensation, it is especially important in this pathology. The article presents a clinical case of a patient with acute adrenal insufficiency that developed against the background of adrenalectomy for corticosteroma of the left adrenal gland.
Difficulties of differential diagnosis of diabetic neurosteoarthropathy with purulent arthritis in patients with a short experience of type 1 diabetes mellitus
Authors: Savitskaya D. U. , Tokmakova A. Yu. , Doronina L. P. , Mitish V. A. , Bardiugov P. S. , Galstyan G. R.
Published: June 2024

This paper examines the case of differential diagnosis of diabetic neuroosteoarthropathy (DNOA) and purulent arthritis (PA) in young patients with unsatisfactory control of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and a short (8 years) duration of the underlying disease. Errors in the diagnosis of foot and ankle lesions made at the first stage of care create a clinical situation associated with a minimal risk of limb loss. At the second stage, during hospitalization in a specialized institution, a range of diagnostic and therapeutic measures was selected, which allowed for adequate diagnosis and differential diagnosis of the  lesion, as well as its complex treatment, which made it possible to save the foot and ankle joint. This harmful event is due to the need for comprehensive multidisciplinary care in the selection of diagnostic testing and subsequent treatment of short-term patients with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus.
How Many Videos are Cited in Academic Research
Authors: Pakira Arpan Kumar , Nath Amit , Mazumder Jhantu
Published: June 2024

This research aims to measure the occurrence of videos cited in the research publications by Indian researchers. More specifically, we investigated the videos associated with scholarly publications and analysed the usefulness of those videos using computational methods. The bibliographic metadata was gathered from Scopus using advanced search techniques. A total of 2,121 publications cited 3,191 online videos during 2008-2022, but 2,736 videos were considered for further analysis due to discrepancies in video IDs. The free Google API for YouTube was used to extract video metadata from YouTube, and the raw data was edited and extracted using OpenRefine, an opensource data carpentry tool. The diagrams have been made using R Studio. The result indicates a linear growth of cited videos from 2008-2018; an exponential increase is observed from 2019 onwards. Most videos are cited from the Computer Science and Social Science disciplines, and journal articles are the most preferred document types that mention videos. The Education category videos are cited the most, and the channel TEDx Talks produced the maximum number of cited videos in research publications. The overall study shows that YouTube is emerging as a significant source of information for research and educational purposes.
Selección de artículos de investigación relevantes y no relevantes con base en resultados de Scopus y visualización por grupos de documentos
Authors: Campo-Mosquera Juan-Fernando , Chaparro-Navia Laura-Isabel , Cobos-Lozada Carlos-Alberto
Published: June 2024

Este artículo presenta una aplicación web que busca facilitar la selección de artículos de investigación relevantes o no para una temática. El proceso inicia cuando un investigador escribe una cadena de búsqueda y esta se envía a la API de Scopus. Con los resultados obtenidos, se realiza un proceso de agrupamiento para generar una visualización por grupos o tópicos en lugar de las clásicas listas ordenadas de resultados, facilitando al usuario descartar grupos de artículos irrelevantes a su consulta. La propuesta utiliza cinco algoritmos de agrupamiento, entre los cuales Spectral y K-means obtuvieron el mejor rendimiento en métricas clásicas de recuperación de información sobre cuatro conjuntos de datos del estado del arte. La aplicación fue evaluada en dos rondas por investigadores de la Universidad del Cauca, quienes consideraron en la ronda final que el 71.4 % de los grupos tenían un buen título, el 92.9 % de los grupos tenían un buen orden de los documentos y el 65.8 % de los artículos estaban bien agrupados. Se destaca la implementación del solapamiento en el agrupamiento, pues permite a los artículos pertenecer a varios tópicos. Finalmente, los resultados son prometedores, y la aplicación constituye una valiosa contribución para los investigadores en el desarrollo de sus proyectos. Sin embargo, los resultados no son generalizables, y se evidencia la necesidad de crear mejores algoritmos de etiquetado para generar títulos más descriptivos, así como el uso de herramientas para asistir al usuario en la construcción de las consultas.
Numerical simulation for the slip impacts on the radiative nanofluid flow over a stretched surface with nonuniform heat generation and viscous dissipation
Authors: Alkaoud Ahmed , Khader Mohamed M. , Eid Ali , Megahed Ahmed M.
Published: June 2024

The growing fascination with nanofluid flow is motivated by its potential applications in a variety of industries. Therefore, the objective of this research article is to conduct a numerical simulation of the Darcy porous medium flow of Newtonian nanofluids over a vertically permeable stretched surface, considering magnetohydrodynamic mixed convection. Various attributes, such as the impacts of slip, thermal radiation, viscous dissipation, and nonuniform heat sources, are integrated to explore the behavior of the flow. The utilization of the boundary layer theory helps to describe the physical problem as a system of partial differential equations (PDEs). These derived PDEs are then converted to a system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) through the application of suitable conversions. The outcomes are obtained using the finite difference method, and the effects of parameters on nanofluid flow are compared and visualized through both tabular and graphical representations. The outcomes have been computed and subjected to a comparative analysis with previously published research, revealing a remarkable degree of agreement and consistency. Consequently, these innovative discoveries in heat transfer could prove beneficial in addressing energy storage challenges within the contemporary technological landscape. The noteworthy main findings indicate that when the porous parameter, magnetic number, velocity slip parameter, viscosity parameter, and Brownian motion parameter are assigned higher values, there is an observable expansion in the temperature field. Due to these discoveries, we can enhance the management of temperature in diverse settings by effectively modulating the heat flow.