bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A novel method for the formation of bioceramic nano-calcium hydroxyapatite coatings using sol-gel and dissolution-precipitation processing
Authors: Karalkevičienė Rasa , Briedytė Greta , Murauskas Tomas , Norkus Mantas , Žarkov Aleksej , Yang Jen-Chang , Kareiva Aivaras
Published: May 2022

The wet chemistry route has been developed to prepare calcium hydroxyapatite (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2, (HA)) thin films on a silicon substrate using the novel low-temperature sol-gel and dissolution-precipitation approach. The calcium carbonate thin films on the silicon substrate were obtained by spin-coating technique when substrates were repeatedly coated with 10, 20 and 30 layers of sol-gel solution. The composites formed of crystalline and amorphous CaCO3 were obtained by calcination of the coatings for different time at 600°C. A dissolution-precipitation procedure was used for the preparation of calcium hydroxyapatite thin films on silicon substrate at 80°C. The obtained synthesis products were characterised by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Raman spectroscopy.
The validated method for the analysis of a mixture of psychotropic medicines olanzapine, clorazepate and escitalopram using a high-performance liquid chromatography method
Authors: Alasabashi Mamdouh , Ževžikovienė Augusta , Marksa Mindaugas , Rimkienė Laura , Ževžikovas Andrejus
Published: May 2022

It was established that self-poisoning with antipsychotics, anti-anxiety drugs and antidepressants is caused by consumption of the drug in higher doses than prescribed. So it is very important to determine fast the materials causing poisoning and use the method which would allow one to identify several substances during only one analysis. Reference and test solutions were prepared in ethanol. A qualitative and quantitative analysis was carried out on a Waters Alliance 2695 liquid chromatograph equipped with a Waters 996 PDA detector and an ACE C18 (250 mm × 4.6 mm × 5 μm) column. The mobile phase consisted of solvent trifluoroacetic acid (0.1 %) and acetonitrile. The linear gradient elution profile was used. For the validation process the following parameters were chosen: specificity, repeatability, precision and limits (LOD and LOQ). According to the study results, it can be concluded that the validated method for the qualitative and quantitative evaluation analysis of olanzapine, clorazepate and escitalopram was developed.
Mental Health in the Oncology Setting: General Considerations and Treatment Tips
Authors: W. Goldstone, MS, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP Lisa
Published: May 2022

Patients with comorbid mental health and substance use disorders are at greater risk for mortality and have higher cancer care costs. At JADPRO Live Virtual 2021, Lisa W. Goldstone, MS, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, talked through general considerations in the oncology setting for persons with comorbid mental health or substance use disorders, strategies for recognizing when patients with new or preexisting mental health symptoms or disorders may benefit from treatment and/or referral, and first and second-line pharmacotherapy options.
Multidisciplinary Management of Resectable Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Authors: Jacky, MSN, ARNP, AOCNP Jennifer , DeGroot, PA-C Kristin , Denney, PA-C Rebecca
Published: May 2022

During JADPRO Live Virtual 2021, three advanced practitioners—in surgery, radiation oncology, and medical oncology—discussed their collaboration in the management of resectable early-stage non–small cell lung cancer. The presenters discussed the role of screening and early surgical resection, cancer surveillance after resection, adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapies, as well as novel therapies and their associated toxicities.
Identifying the Leader in You
Authors: King, FNP-C Elisabeth , Toth, FNP-C Sara
Published: May 2022

The leadership journey is often a long and winding road, with speed bumps and unexpected turns. During this session of JADPRO Live Virtual, presenters discussed the leadership qualities that they have found integral, including emotional intelligence, vulnerability, and personal reflection.
Il personaggio di Francesca Baffo nel Raverta di Giuseppe Betussi
Authors: Giardina Manuel , Stefanuto Clelia
Published: May 2022

Giuseppe Betussi is unique among his contemporaries for the attention he pays to women. While most Italian works of the 1500s present women as secondary characters, Betuss’s work gives them the main role. This focus is made evident in the writer’s dialogues on love, in which he introduces prominent female interlocutors — such as Francesca Baffo in il Raverta (1544). This female presence is not a mere stylistic formality in Betussi’s work (most love treatises of the time do feature women). Rather, it is an occasion for the author to celebrate the intellect of women and to propose the model of a woman, and in particular of a courtesan, who is shown as an interlocutor as cultured and skilled as any man.

La vita e la produzione letteraria di Giuseppe Betussi, mostrano un profondo legame tra l’autore e le donne. A differenza di altri scrittori del Cinquecento italiano in cui si può rintracciare una filoginia solamente occasionale, nel caso di Betussi questa componente risulta essere una costante in tutta la sua carriera. In particolare è nei dialoghi amorosi in cui questo elemento risulta particolarmente evidente. Nel Raverta (1544), l’autore sceglie di inserire una donna come personaggio interlocutore del dialogo: Francesca Baffo. L’inclusione di personaggi femminili nei trattati d’amore è una caratteristica innovativa presente in molte opere cinquecentesche significativa di una maggiore partecipazione delle donne nel contesto intellettuale della società rinascimentale. Si cercherà di mostrare come nei dialoghi di Betussi, la scelta di inserire una donna come personaggio non risulti essere una mera adesione a un modello letterario esistente, ma rappresenti la volontà da parte dell’autore di celebrare le qualità intellettuali delle donne e di proporre ai lettori un modello di cortigiana colta e capace di discutere alla pari con gli uomini.

La vita e la produzione letteraria di Giuseppe Betussi, mostrano un profondo legame tra l’autore e le donne. A differenza di altri scrittori del Cinquecento italiano in cui si può rintracciare una filoginia solamente occasionale, nel caso di Betussi questa componente risulta essere una costante in tutta la sua carriera. In particolare è nei dialoghi amorosi in cui questo elemento risulta particolarmente evidente. Nel Raverta (1544), l’autore sceglie di inserire una donna come personaggio interlocutore del dialogo: Francesca Baffo. L’inclusione di personaggi femminili nei trattati d’amore è una caratteristica innovativa presente in molte opere cinquecentesche significativa di una maggiore partecipazione delle donne nel contesto intellettuale della società rinascimentale. Si cercherà di mostrare come nei dialoghi di Betussi, la scelta di inserire una donna come personaggio non risulti essere una mera adesione a un modello letterario esistente, ma rappresenti la volontà da parte dell’autore di celebrare le qualità intellettuali delle donne e di proporre ai lettori un modello di cortigiana colta e capace di discutere alla pari con gli uomini.
Un ginepro per Ginevra: appunti sulle donne Sforza protagoniste nella Gynevera de le clare donne
Authors: Rodríguez-Mesa Francisco José
Published: May 2022

Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti wrote, around 1490, the Gynevera de le clare donne, a collection of exemplary female biographies dedicated to Ginevra Sforza, wife and counsellor of Giovanni II Bentivoglio, de facto lord of Bologna. Unlike Boccaccio’s De mulieribus claris (archetype of this type of works), the women appearing in Sabadino’s work do not seem to have been chosen for their crucial contributions to our civilization, but for a rather different purpose, since most of them are connected to the courtly milieu of northern Italy or directly linked to the dedicatee herself. In this study we aim to examine the four biographies of the Gynevera devoted to the women belonging –as the dedicatee– to the Sforza family, i.e., the four chapters describing the lives of Bianca Maria Visconti (Francesco Sforza’s wife), Battista Sforza, Elisa Sforza, and Ippolita Maria Sforza. In these biographies the elements that contribute to praise the Sforza lineage as a whole will be analysed in order to deepen in the encomiastic approach of the work.

Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti scrive, circa nel 1490, la Gynevera de le clare donne, una silloge di biografie muliebri esemplari dedicata a Ginevra Sforza, moglie e consigliera di Giovanni II Bentivoglio, signore de facto di Bologna. A differenza di quanto avviene nel De mulieribus claris boccaccesco, archetipo di questo tipo di cataloghi, le donne che popolano le pagine dell’opera di Sabadino non sembrano scelte per la loro indelebile traccia nella nostra civiltà, ma con uno scopo alquanto diverso, poiché la maggior parte di esse sono collegate all’ambiente cortigiano dell’Italia settentrionale o direttamente vincolate alla dedicataria stessa. In questo studio ci proponiamo di esaminare le quattro biografie della Gynevera dedicate a donne appartenenti alla famiglia Sforza, casato della destinataria della silloge. Le protagoniste di queste vite sono Bianca Maria Visconti (moglie di Francesco Sforza), Battista Sforza, Elisa Sforza e Ippolita Maria Sforza. In questi capitoli verranno analizzati gli elementi che contribuiscono a elogiare la stirpe sforzesca nel suo insieme per approfondire l’approccio encomiastico con cui l’autore affronta l’opera.
sinceritat i la franquesa com a estratègies pragmàtiques
Authors: Kuzmová Lucie
Published: May 2022

The sincerity and the honesty as enunciative attitudes involve the personality of the speaker in his statement, they indicate the discursive intensification that, from the social point of view, can be considered as polite or impolite, because it affects the image of each participant. We study the pragmatic values of enunciative adverbs sincerament and francament in the different discursive genres in modern Catalan. This analysis is focused on the intensification and mitigation of (im)politeness in representative speech acts. Both of pragmatic strategies are used as an effective argumentative resource that reinforces the speaker's position.

La sinceritat i la franquesa como actituds enunciatives involucren el jo del parlant en el que diu, marquen la intensificació discursiva que des del punt de vista social pot tenir efectes cortesos o descortesos, ja que afecta les imatges personals dels interlocutors. S'estudien els valors pragmàtics dels adverbis d'enunciació sincerament i francament en diferents gèneres discursius del català actual. L'atenció de l'anàlisi se centra en la intensificació i l'atenuació de la (des)cortesia verbal en els actes de parla assertius. Totes dues estratègies pragmàtiques es fan servir sovint com a recursos argumentatius eficaços reforçant la posició del parlant.
Palabras en boca de mujeres. La Raffaella de Alessandro Piccolomini
Authors: Moren-Lago Eva María , Duraccio Caterina
Published: May 2022

This article analyses the use and value of the words spoken by the protagonists of Alessandro Piccolomini's Dialogo della bella creanza delle donne (1539). Margherita and Raffaella engage in a lively conversation on a variety of topics ranging from housekeeping and beauty potions to the tricks of having a discreet lover. Raffaella shows herself to be a consummate master of rhetoric who disobeys the rules of language and conduct, disregarding the virtues of modesty and chastity. Both women are guilty of peccata linguae by uttering words that contain the seeds of dishonour, they make an illicit, vain and idle use of words, which far from being edifying becomes frivolous, corrupting and sinful from a moral point of view, but also jocular and hilarious from the point of view of an entertainment that seeks complicity with the ladies of the Sienese aristocracy, to whom Piccolomini addresses his text.

Este artículo analiza el uso y el valor de las palabras pronunciadas por las protagonistas del Dialogo della bella creanza delle donne (1539) de Alessandro Piccolomini. Margarita y Raffaella sostienen una animada conversación en torno a diferentes temas que van pasando del gobierno de la casa y las pócimas de belleza a las tretas para tener un amante discreto. Raffaella se muestra como una consumada maestra de retórica que desobedece las reglas lingüísticas y de conducta, desatendiendo las virtudes de la modestia y la castidad. Ambas mujeres son culpables del peccata linguae al pronunciar palabras que encierran la semilla del deshonor, hacen un uso ilícito, vano y ocioso de la palabra, que lejos de ser edificante se convierte en frívola, corruptora y pecaminosa desde un punto de vista moral, pero también jocosa e hilarante desde el punto de vista de un entretenimiento que busca complicidad con las damas de la aristocracia de Siena, a quienes Piccolomini dirige su texto.
Les mots témoins de la nouvelle réalité. Quelques réfléxions sur le lexique pandémique
Authors: Woch Agnieszka
Published: May 2022

The article will focus on the lexical creativity brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. Taking as a reference period the months between February 2020 and December 2021, we will reflect on the functions and the types of lexemes used by the media that subsequently penetrated the everyday vocabulary. We will analyse the mechanisms that led to the creation of new terms based on the “lexicogenic matrices” of Jean-François Sablayrolles and we will evaluate their productivity. The corpus consists of over one hundred entries detected on both “Néoveille”, a web platform which tracks neologisms, and on the Internet, and includes mostly playful, sometimes dysphemic terms, along scientific and technical terms. All these lexemes are words that bear witness to the COVID-19 pandemic and express the need to adapt to this unprecedented reality and to categorise it by naming the new phenomena.

L’objet de notre étude sera la créativité lexicale autour de la pandémie du nouveau coronavirus SARS-COV-2. Nous réfléchirons sur les types et sur les fonctions des lexèmes apparus dans le langage médiatique et qui ont pénétré dans les conversations de tous les jours dans la période allant de février 2020 à décembre 2021. Nous nous pencherons sur les mécanismes qui ont permis la création de nouveaux termes en nous appuyant sur les matrices lexicogéniques de Jean-François Sablayrolles et nous évaluerons la productivité de ces dernières. Le corpus de l’étude englobera une centaine de termes relevés sur la plateforme Néoveille et sur Internet, tels que des termes scientifiques, techniques mais surtout des vocables ludiques, parfois dysphémiques. Tous ces lexèmes constituent des mots témoins de la pandémie de la COVID-19 et expriment la nécessité de s’adapter à cette réalité inédite et de la catégoriser en dénommant de nouveaux phénomènes.

L’objet de notre étude sera la créativité lexicale autour de la pandémie du nouveau coronavirus SARS-COV-2. Nous réfléchirons sur les types et sur les fonctions des lexèmes apparus dans le langage médiatique et qui ont pénétré dans les conversations de tous les jours dans la période allant de février 2020 à décembre 2021. Nous nous pencherons sur les mécanismes qui ont permis la création de nouveaux termes en nous appuyant sur les matrices lexicogéniques de Jean-François Sablayrolles et nous évaluerons la productivité de ces dernières. Le corpus de l’étude englobera une centaine de termes relevés sur la plateforme Néoveille et sur Internet, tels que des termes scientifiques, techniques mais surtout des vocables ludiques, parfois dysphémiques. Tous ces lexèmes constituent des mots témoins de la pandémie de la COVID-19 et expriment la nécessité de s’adapter à cette réalité inédite et de la catégoriser en dénommant de nouveaux phénomènes.
Entre la néologie dénominative et la néologie stylistique. Les formations récentes en -gate en français actuel
Authors: Kacprzak Alicja , Konowska Agnieszka
Published: May 2022

This article deals with words ending with -gate, which have been created recently and which constitute a group of neologisms remarkable for their great diversity and their original character. Our basis is a journalistic corpus made up of 73 units created by allusion to the proper name Watergate which convey the meaning of “scandal”, “affair”. The aim of this article is to analyze their forms and also to determine their stability within the language. We distinguish three main neological models of these innovations: borrowings, hybrid compounds and “fractocompounds”. The study shows that from the point of view of their functions, the neologisms analyzed go far beyond the rigid division between denominative and stylistic neologisms.

Cet article porte sur les formations récentes en -gate qui constituent en français actuel un groupe de néologismes remarquables par leur grande diversité et leur caractère original. En nous appuyant sur un corpus de presse constitué de 73 unités créées par allusion au nom propre Watergate et véhiculant le sens de «scandale», «affaire», nous nous proposons d’interroger leurs formes et leurs fonctions, ainsi que de déterminer leur stabilité au sein de la langue. Nous distinguons trois modèles néologiques principaux de ces innovations: emprunts, composés hybrides et fractocomposés. L’étude montre que du point de vue de leurs fonctions, les néologismes analysés dépassent de loin la division rigide entre néologismes dénominatifs et stylistiques.
Relação entre empregabilidade e habilidades sociais na Rede Federal de Educação Tecnológica
Authors: Lara Ana Carolina , Godoi Tássia Caroline Teixeira , Marques Esther de Matos Ireno , Sousa Roselne Santarosa de , Barros Leandro Eduardo Vieira
Published: May 2022

O mercado de trabalho conectado, integrado e tecnológico impulsiona a busca pelo desenvolvimento de habilidades sociais para o trabalho e o potencial de empregabilidade. Nesse contexto, o objetivo é avaliar a existência de correlação entre Habilidades Sociais e Empregabilidade. A abordagem utilizada na pesquisa foi quantitativa com a análise de correlação entre as variáveis. Participaram da amostra, 260 estudantes de uma Instituição de Educação Básica, Técnica e Tecnológica. Os resultados evidenciam que existe uma correlação positiva entre o repertório Habilidades Sociais e as subescalas de Empregabilidade para a amostra geral e amostra estratificada em sexo masculino, curso superior e estudantes não trabalhadores. Destaca-se que em todas as correlações a subescala ‘otimismo’ está associada ao reportório de Habilidades Sociais. Outras correlações foram verificadas como ‘eficácia de busca’, ‘enfrentamento de dificuldades’, ‘responsabilidade’ e ‘decisão com o repertório de habilidades sociais’. Esses resultados possibilitam que diferentes instituições de ensino proponham ações voltadas para desenvolvimento de Habilidades Sociais e Empregabilidades de seus estudantes. Por fim, são apresentadas as limitações da pesquisa e sugestões para futuros trabalhos.
Percepção de pacientes, familiares e profissionais de um hospital geral sobre a atuação da Psicologia
Authors: De Souza Amanda Santos , Cruz Carolina Alves , Pinheiro Cláudia de Jesus , Arruda Karla Driele da Silva Alves
Published: May 2022

O adoecimento provoca uma desorganização na vida do sujeito, gerando transformações para além do comprometimento orgânico. Diante disso, a Psicologia Hospitalar torna-se essencial para o desenvolvimento de ações de cuidado em saúde mental. Apesar de quase 20 anos de regulamentação, ainda há dificuldade na compreensão do papel deste profissional e discrepância entre sua prática e a expectativa que usuários e equipe possuem. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo conhecer a percepção de pacientes, familiares e profissionais de um hospital geral do sudoeste baiano sobre a atuação da Psicologia no contexto hospitalar. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa do tipo análise documental. Os dados foram coletados através de um cartaz disponibilizado no corredor principal do hospital contendo uma pergunta mobilizadora, no intuito de que os transeuntes pudessem expor sua opinião. Foram registradas 87 respostas, agrupadas em 5 categorias, sendo elas 1) ações e intervenções atribuídas à psicologia; 2) reconhecimento e valorização do serviço; 3) ineficácia e desconhecimento do serviço no hospital; 4) religiosidade; 5) outras respostas não relacionadas a pergunta. A interpretação dos dados foi mediante a análise de conteúdo. Concluiu-se que há algum nível de compreensão acerca do papel da Psicologia hospitalar, embora existam limitações significativas que precisam ser trabalhadas.
Decentering America: Visual Intertextuality and the Quest for a Transnational American Studies
Authors: Kroes Rob
Published: May 2022

The planned removal of a Civil War monument in Charlottesville, Virginia, was the pretext for a white supremacist rally there in August 2017. It brought American fascists back into the streets, marching under the banner of a virulent nativism, of a vicious fear of being removed from the pedestal of their proper place in society. It also brought to the minds of people watching these images on TV older visual repertoires dating back to Nazi-Germany, fascist Italy, and similar racist clashes elsewhere. In such a stream of consciousness, such a chain of visual recollections, national settings—American or otherwise—are transcended. The wandering—and wondering—mind of the observer moves in a space naturally trans- national. The following essay considers the implications of such mental processes for the established forms of discourse among historians.
Looking Back, 2018-1916: The Cosmopolitan Idea in Randolph Bourne’s ‘Transnational America”
Authors: Skurowski Piotr
Published: May 2022

This article re-examines the classic 1916 text by Randolph Bourne, considered a forerunner of today’s multiculturalism, to demonstrate how Bourne’s cosmopolitanism (defined as transnationalism) related to the ideological and intellectual currents of the Progressive Era, and how it registers with today’s readers’ different sensibilities (vis-a-vis issues like race, ethnicity and democracy) as well as some of the new theoretical perspectives on cosmopolitanism and transnationalism. While the article argues for an unceasing relevancy of Bourne’s text, it also identifies the problems today’s readers may have with it, most importantly with the author’s Eurocentrism as well as the exceptionalist underpinnings of his argument.
Louisa May Alcott’s “Behind a Mask, or a Woman’s Power”: The Woman as an Actress, Femininity as a Mask
Authors: Korycka Karolina
Published: May 2022

This essay discusses the ways in which Louisa May Alcott?s 1866 novella “Behind a Mask, or a Woman?s Power” expresses the author’s frustration with her familial, social, and cultural reality. It explains the numerous feminist implications of the Gothic tale, in which Alcott, more or less directly, tackles the issue of female labor in post Civil War America, mocks the basic assumptions of the sentimental revolution and challenges contemporary notions regarding femininity.
Enslavement to Philanthropy, Freedom from Heredity: Amelia E. Johnson’s and Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Uses and Misuses of Sentimentalism and Naturalism
Authors: Pochmara Anna
Published: May 2022

The article analyzes dialogical relations between Amelia E. Johnson’s Clarence and Corinne, or God’s Way (1890), an evangelical conversion narrative of the Black Woman’s Era, and The Uncalled (1898), the first novel of Paul Laurence Dunbar. As both texts feature racially indeterminate protagonists, draw on the drunkard’s story, are set in small northern towns, and were published by African American writers within the space of less than a decade, they encourage an intertextual reading. Clarence and Corinne and The Uncalled recast the themes of reform, uplift, and charity and the ways in which these functioned in the sentimental and naturalist aesthetics. Representing the tension between the lower class and its reformers, Dunbar’s and Johnson’s narratives embrace social determinism and effectiveness of reform work yet they also demonstrate the limitations of sentimental empathy and problematize the opposition between the benevolent agency of the reformer and the helplessness of the brutalized victim.
Heterotopic Domestic Spaces in Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping
Authors: Horodyska Elżbieta
Published: May 2022

This essay proposes to read Marilynne Robinson’s 1981 novel Housekeeping as a depiction of an imaginary journey that the protagonists undertake in search of habitable domesticity adaptable to change. In a sequence of stages, the house, physically and symbolically, undergoes radical transformation from a solid edifice, firmly rooted in cultural and societal structures, into a mobile Foucauldian heterotopic space (a ship), where boundaries between the inside and the outside, nature and civilization, place and placelessness, presence and absence collapse. Each stage of the transformation is linked to a hero who interacts with the spaces of the house creating, in each case, a unique interconnectedness reminiscent of Bachelard’s poetics of nests and shells. I argue that the tension between permanence and transience in the novel is resolved in the bond which the two main characters forge in the course of their journey.
Performance and Theatrical Awect in Steven Millhauser’s Short Story “The Knife-Thrower”
Authors: Ambroży Paulina
Published: May 2022

Audiences and performances figure prominently in Steven Millhauser’s short stories whose plots are often structured around some form of public entertainment (e.g. magic or freak shows, museum displays or automaton dramas). “The Knife Thrower,” “August Eschenberg,” “The New Automaton Theater” or “The Dream of the Consortium,” to name only a few of his numerous “theatrical” pieces, use performance to explore the relation between the figure of a charismatic artist and his spectators. As will be shown in close reading of “The Knife Thrower,” the writer’s representation of a magician’s performance is complexified through his choice of a plural narrative voice which creates a unique subject position for his fictional audiences. Another aspect of the theatrical mode in Millhauser’s story is that the narrative is informed by the tension between stage and offstage realities, with the dramas often “bleeding” into reality and contaminating the characters’ everyday lives. The aim of my inquiry is to look into the aesthetic and moral implications of Millhauser’s use and abuse of performative codes, with a special focus on the role of the collective narrator, the relation between production and reception of art and dramatizations of the porous boundaries between performance and life. The methodological angle adopted for the analysis derives from affective studies of theatrical experience.
The Color of Avant-Garde: Kenneth Goldsmith’s “The Body of Michael Brown”
Authors: Marcinkiewicz Paweł
Published: May 2022

In the following paper, I put forth a claim that literary works created according to the rules of conceptualism, seemingly devoid of expression, often reveal that values are inseparable from any textual operations. This is visible in Kenneth Goldsmith’s recent project, “The Body of Michael Brown,” which follows the format of Goldsmith’s previous book-Seven American Deaths and Disasters-a transcription of news reports of American national disasters, such as the assassination of John F. Kennedy or the attacks of 9/11. The text rewrites the autopsy report issued by the St. Louis County Coroner’s Office on the shooting of Michael Brown, an African-American teenager shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The problem with the new conceptual art practice is that it disregards the ethical dimension of creation. For Goldsmith, ethical issues in art are limited to the question of “faithful” copying/rewriting, regardless of the fact that an appropriated text always reflects editorial manipulation and politics behind it. Goldsmith thinks of himself as a daring disciple of Duchamp, but he fails to understand that his text propagates racist violence, performing anew the autopsy’s latent, institutional racism. In terms of methodology, I rely in my analyses on Marjorie Perloff’s understanding of the concept of avant-garde and refer to the theories about literature and ethics emerging from recent writings by Cathy Park Hong and Jacques Ranciére.
Transformações do trabalho em contextos de pressão para o desempenho profissional
Authors: Tavares David , Lopes Noémia , Gonçalves Carlos Manuel
Published: May 2022

O presente artigo consubstancia-se numa reflexão teórica sobre as transformações na natureza e nos tempos de trabalho em contextos de elevada pressão para o desempenho, tendo por base três grupos profissionais: jornalistas, enfermeiros e polícias. Salientam-se as tendências para o aumento das competências tecnológicas e digitais, do controlo sobre o trabalho sob a forma de tecnovigilância, do escrutínio sobre a atividade dos profissionais, e do caráter totalizante do trabalho, em termos temporais e espaciais, o que gera uma sobreposição entre os domínios profissional e pessoal/familiar.
“I killed him”. Marital homicide commited by Portuguese women: a qualitative criminological analysis
Authors: Ferreira Mafalda , Quintas Jorge , Neves Sofia
Published: May 2022

The paper presents the results of a qualitative study conducted with 14 women serving prison sentences in Portugal, for killing their (former) partners. Aiming to analyze the possible relationship between the practice of homicide and a previous history of domestic violence, among other factors, in-depth interviews were developed, and their individual files were examined. Results suggest that these women experienced several risk factors for domestic violence and marital homicide, although their motives for killing were varied. It was possible to verify that proven histories of domestic violence in court did reduce the dosimetry of the sentences.
Prevalence, awareness, and associated factors of high blood pressure among female migrant workers in Central South China
Authors: Peng Hua , Sun Mei , Hu Xin , Han Huiwu , Su Jing , Peng Emin , Wiley James , Lommel Lisa , Chen Jyu-Lin
Published: May 2022

Background

Although many young Chinese women migrate to urban regions for better opportunities, little is known about the prevalence and awareness of having high blood pressure (HBP) in this population. This study investigated the prevalence, awareness, and factors associated with HBP among young female migrant workers in Central South China.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study to identify HBP (2017 ACC/AHA guidelines) among female migrant workers aged 18–45 years in Central South China. Demographics, anthropometric measurements, hypertension-related lifestyle, awareness of HBP, and blood pressure were recorded. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the factors associated with HBP (blood pressure ≥ 130/80 mmHg).

Results

Overall, 232 female migrants participated in the study (mean age 34.4; standard deviation: 6.4 years). The prevalence of HBP was 27.2% (95% CI [21.6–33.2]), and 88.9% of the participants were unaware of their HBP status. Having rural medical insurance (odds ratio [OR] = 20.7; 95% confidence interval 95% CI [2.1–204.8]), awareness of having HBP (OR = 5.1; 95% CI [1.4–18.5]), physical inactivity (OR = 2.9; 95% CI [1.1–7.9]), and being overweight/obese (OR = 2.7; 95% CI [1.3–6.1]) were independently associated with HBP.

Conclusions

This study revealed a high prevalence of HBP among young Chinese female migrant workers, as well as a high frequency of being unaware of their condition and some associated factors (rural medical insurance, awareness of having HBP, physical inactivity, and overweight/obesity). The uncontrolled HBP among young Chinese female migrant workers suggested that health education needs further promotion in such a population.
Mental Health Status among the Quarantined Population during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study from Western Rajasthan
Authors: Jilowa Charan Singh , Meena Parth Singh , Jain Mahendra , Prakash Prem , Tak Pinki
Published: May 2022

Introduction: Although isolation and quarantine are important measures to curb the exponential growth of the prevailing Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, but at same time this can impose psychological issues among the affected population and also to their family members. Aims: To evaluate the mental health problems, their severity and associated factors in quarantined population during the COVID19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 207 quarantined subjects at different quarantine centres of Ajmer, associated with JLN Medical College, Ajmer, from August 2020 to October 2020,after getting approval from ethics committee of the centre. All the consenting quarantined subjects who were of age 18 years and above, irrespective of their gender were enrolled in the study. For the assessment of psychiatric morbidity, participants were screened using Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) 6.0.0. Finally, the relevant psychiatric assessment tools like Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D),Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) and Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale were applied to assess the severity of the disorders. Pearson correlation analysis was used to evaluate the relationship among various clinical variables.The level of significance was considered at p-value <0.05. Results: Majority 85 (41%) subjects belonged to the age group 31-40 years of age. Around 116 (77.3%) participants were male. Around 51 (24.6%) presented moderate depression and 25 (12%) presented with severe depression. Also 182 (87.9%) presented with moderate anxiety. The study showed a statistically significant association between depression/anxiety and substance abuse, insomnia, co-morbidities, suicidal ideation/attempts. Conclusion: The findings of the present study concluded that a significant proportion of the quarantined population suffered from psychological issues. So, the psychological impact of a mandatory quarantine should be weighed more thoughtful and in an evidence based manner.
Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma-Treatment Failure, Recovery and COVID-19: A Case Report
Authors: Yadav Ponvijaya M , Parati Rupesh S , Gokhale Vijayshree S , Mahajan Dhiral R , Malik Atiullah Imran
Published: May 2022

Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common form of non Hodgkin lymphoma, involving multiple organ system including lymph node, bone marrow, spleen etc. Among overall cases of DLBCL, 40% are extranodal in origin and stomach being the most common site. While most of the (60%) are not diagnosed until the disease reach stage 3 or 4. While in the present case, patient had predominant involvement of neck lymph nodes. Following the final diagnosis, patient was given first line treatment in the form of Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Hydroxydaunorubicin hydrochloride (doxorubicin hydrochloride), vincristine (Oncovin) and Prednisone (R-CHOP) regimen, to which patient didn’t respond and further the patient was given Rituximab, Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, and Etoposide (R-ICE)regimen, to which patient responded quickly. With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the patient encountered infection with its associated complication. The following case report is all about the timely management of DLBCL and patient’s survival with COVID-19 and its related complication. Haematological malignancy such as lymphomas, leukaemias, myelomas cause severe myelosuppression and lymphodepletion increasing the risk for development of COVID-19. Studies have shown that patients with malignancy had an estimated two-fold increased risk of contracting Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) than the general population. The survival rates strongly depend on COVID-19 stage and other factors such as immune (neutropenia) status and systemic inflammation.
Non Infectious Descemetocele Treated with a Surgical Drape Patch: A Case Report
Authors: Dhore Nilay Rajendra , Prasad Shashi Prabha , Ahuja Amod , Naik Kunj Shailesh , Patil Mayur Anil
Published: May 2022

A corneal descemetocele is the anterior herniation of an intact Descemet membrane through an overlying stromal defect. Though a rare complication, it is a serious one that needs to be treated at the earliest. If not treated promptly, it may result in a full-thickness corneal perforation which will hinder the ocular integrity and may end up with vision-threatening complications. Here, the authors report a case of a 58-year-old female patient who came to the Outpatient Department with complaints of redness and pain in the Right Eye (RE). The patient on examination had a descemetocele impending perforation of the right eye. On the initial visit, a bandage contact lens (BCL) was placed. On follow-up, after one week, the BCL was displaced due to undue rubbing of the eye by the patient, and on readjustment, it ended up with corneal perforation. As an emergency, treatment was required and due to a shortage of donor corneal tissue in the ongoing pandemic, a tectonic patch was made by trephining non-sticky part of sterile plastic drape which was available on-site and a double drape patch technique was performed. Both the patches were then placed over the perforation, which sealed the perforation completely. On a consecutive follow-up of one week and one month, the authors found the patch to be intact and maintaining ocular integrity. A tectonic drape patch technique is a viable and easy method of closing an open wound with nontraumatic corneal perforations when other methods to immediately seal the wound are not available.
Initialization and Estimation of Weights and Bias using Bayesian Technique
Authors: Robert Oryiema , Angwenyi David , Achiles Nyogesa , On'gala Jacob
Published: May 2022

Researches on artificial neural network models have shown that the method used to initialize and estimate weights and bias always determines the rate at which the network will converge and how efficient the model will perform. Although there are several methods that can be used to initialize and estimate network weights and bias, Bayesian approach is widely considered as a more efficient method for modelling artificial neural networks because it can easily compute the inverses of covariance matrices with high dimension that otherwise are computationally expensive. This study has developed a new filter, the First order Extended Ensemble Filter(FoEEF),that applies numerical solution in solving the inverses of high dimensional covariance matrices from I ^ to ′ s stochastic state-space dynamical models. The research applies the new FoEEF Filter to initializes and estimates the weights and bias of artificial neural network. Comparison on the performance of FoEEF filter in estimating weights and bias are done against the performance of EKF on function estimations by using two different functions, sin(x)+Q function and 3sin(x)3− 3sin(x)2 − sin(x) + 1 function, within 18 and 22 epochs. Emphasis of the performance is placed on the rate at which the models converge. This study gauges the performance by determining the minimum value of the mean square error produced from each epoch and average mean square error minimum value.The outcome from the study showed that FoEEF filter had the lowest value of mean square error and average mean square error which was achieved with the least number of epochs compared to EKF filter. This study concluded that the new FoEEF performed better than EKF and is a more suitable filter for that can be used for initialization and estimation of weights and bias in artificial neural network.
Structural Optimization of the Design of an Automatic Grinder Base using Ansys-Workbench
Authors: Shijie Li
Published: May 2022

In order to solve the problem of deformation of the base and the change of static performance due to the deformation of the base caused by various devices on the base of an automatic grinder, the automatic grinder base was modeled in 3D and imported into Workbench for static analysis Based on the static analysis, topology optimization is carried out to optimize the base structure to achieve the lightweight design and performance improvement of the automatic grinder base. Through topology optimization and analysis of cloud map and actual working conditions, two structural optimization schemes are proposed. Finally, through static analysis of the two optimization schemes, the feasibility of the scheme is verified and its advantages and disadvantages are compared, and the automatic grinding machine base is obtained. The optimal structure optimization scheme, the weight of the optimized base is reduced by 11.6%.
Effect of Seed Treatment and Phosphorus on Growth and Yield of Green Gram (Vigna radiata L.)
Authors: Sravani T. , Singh Rajesh , Indu Thakur
Published: May 2022

The subject test changed into performed all through the Kharif season (2021) at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P). The dirt of the trial plot changed into sandy loamy in surface, practically unbiased in soil response (pH 7.1), low in regular carbon (0.36%), to be had N (171.48 kg/ha), to be had P (15.2 kg/ha) and to be had K (232.5kg/ha). The treatments comprised of phosphorus (40,50 and 60 kg/ha) and seed treatment (Dry seed, Hydro priming, and KCl) Viz., whose effect is found on the unpracticed gram (var. SAMRAT). The study used a Randomized Block Design, with 10 treatments that were replicated three times. Results showed that  application of 60kg/ha phosphorus + 1% KCl exhibited the tallest plants (38.46cm), the highest number of branches (4.48), plant dry weight g (5.44), number of pods  per plant (17.07), seeds per pod (9.41), test weight (37.80g), grain yield (2.05 t/ha), stover yield (5.15 t/ha) and harvest index (32.30%). As a result, the application of 60kg/ha phosphorus + KCl (1%) can be most productive and cost effective.
Analysis of Morphological Variation, Grouping and Path Coefficient Studies in a Set of Maize Inbred Lines Local to North East Hill Region of India
Authors: Rajasekhar Duddukur , Naveenkumar K. L. , Pandey Pramod Kumar , Sen Devyani
Published: May 2022

In the current study a total of 191 maize inbred lines were set up in an augmented randomized complete block design to study the genetic variation and interrelationship of different yield contributing parameters. Observations were recorded on a total of nine phenological and ear / kernel related traits. Significant results for ANOVA indicated presence of substantial variation while the first three axes of PCA could explain 75.54% of the variation present. Ear and flowering traits were orthogonal to each other and the highest variation in PC1 could be attributed to total grain weight. This was also reflected in the Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering which grouped the inbreds into five clusters primarily on the basis of total grain weight which accounted for the highest variation between the clusters. Substantial heritability genetic advance as percentage of mean were observed for total grain weight indicating that selection for grain weight would be fruitful. Association and path coefficient studies after adjustments for multi-collinearity using k constant method (0.05) revealed that total grain weight was highly and positively correlated with ear weight, number of grain kernel rows and seed index. Therefore, simultaneous selection for these traits would be useful. Overall, our studies go on to show presence of sufficient genetic variability in the inbreds under study and hybridization between inbred lines grouped in different clusters have a high chance of producing heterotic hybrids.
Managing Moral Decadence among Youths in the Contemporary Nigerian Society: Women as Mentors
Authors: Omosehin Foluke Morohunmubo , Haruna Omowunmi Bilikisu , Odeyemi Dare Deji
Published: May 2022

Socio-cultural values and beliefs are crucial for the maintenance of law and order in a society. They are passed from the older generation to the younger ones. Therefore, there is no gainsaying that much is expected from the younger generation. However, with the current societal trends, showing high levels of moral decadence with youths at the vanguard of vices like kidnapping, cultism, internet fraud, drug abuse, rape, robbery, and money laundering, among others, it then becomes inevitable to check these societal ills. This paper, thus, seeks to review the state of moral decadence in our present-day society with the aim of proffering workable solutions, particularly by looking at the roles of women as mentors to the youths in a bid to stem the tide of moral decadence in the society.
Association of Age, Gender and Type of Diabetes with Thiamine Level: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Authors: Raza Lubna , Raza Uzma , Adil Raheela , Noor Sana , Ali Iqra , Anwar Adnan , Anis Syed Samir , Islam Fizza
Published: May 2022

Objective: Diabetes Mellitus has been observed to be related with low thiamine levels in the body, as it affects directly on carbohydrate metabolism. Therefore, this study was intended to assessdemographic characteristics and serum thiamine levels in type I and type II diabetic patients and healthy control group.

Methodology: This was a case-control study carried out in diabetic outpatient department (OPD) of Urban Health Center and New Karachi, Hospital. The duration of the study was about six months after approval of synopsis. The study sample included 90 participants and divided into three groups, 30 participants each in the control, type I diabetes and type II diabetes groups. Patients with type I and II diabetes mellitus of both genders with age < 25 to > 46 years were included in the study. One Way ANOVA was applied to find out the significance of differences among the groups.

Results: The study results showed that out of 90 participants, 33(36.7%) were males and 57(63.3%) were females; 1(1.1%) of them had low thiamine level, 17(18.9%) had normal thiamine level whereas 72(80.0%) had high thiamine level. It was observed that significant association found between thiamine levels and age groups (p<0.001). Furthermore, 18(60.0%) had Low/Normal thiamine level and 12(40.0%) had high thiamine level in type I diabetes patients while 30(100%) in control group and Type II Diabetic patients had high thiamine level with significant association between them (p<0.001). On the other hand, an insignificant association was found between gender and low and high thiamine levels (p=0.743).

Conclusion: This study concluded that both the age and group types were significantly associated with thiamine levels of the participants. Furthermore, type I Diabetes patients had significantly lower thiamine levels as compared to type II Diabetes and controls. On the other hand, there was no significant relationship of gender with thiamine levels.
Comment on “Introduction of a Novel Figure of Merit for the Assessment of Transparent Conductive Electrodes in Photovoltaics: Exact and Approximate Form”
Authors: Muzzillo Christopher P.
Published: May 2022

Anand et al. introduce an implicit equation for transparent conductive electrode (TCE) merit in photovoltaics (PV) by lumping series resistance in with the diode. However, an explicit equation has been previously derived by lumping series resistance external to the diode. For TCEs of practical interest for PV, the choice of where to lump series resistance does not affect merit, so external lumping is preferred. On the other hand, monolith deadspace, metal grid shadowing, and grid resistance shift TCE merit away from the figure of merit behavior published by Anand et al.
Introduction to senior hunger special issue
Authors: Ziliak James P. , Gundersen Craig , Ismail Mehreen
Published: May 2022

Over 5 million persons aged 60 and older are food insecure in the United States. Previous research has uncovered information about the causes and consequences of food insecurity, but, especially in comparison to households with children, research on food insecurity among seniors has been sparse. In response, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (USDA, FNS) funded a series of studies in this research area. In this introduction, we describe how food insecurity is measured and trends in food insecurity among seniors followed by an overview of the eight funded projects.