bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Experimental Research on Thermomechanical Properties of Thermal Energy Storage Cement Mortar Incorporated with Phase‐Change Material
Authors: Yu Kunyang , Huang Yong , Jin Bo , Liu Yushi
Published: August 2021

In the current work, the thermal energy storage cement mortars were prepared by physical mixing between cement mortar and form‐stable hydrated salt based on disodium hydrogen phosphate dodecahydrate/carbon nanofiber‐expanded graphite (DSP/CNF‐EG). The DSP/CNF‐EG was incorporated into cement mortar through replacing standard sand of 5 wt%, 10 wt%, and 15 wt%. The pore structure results obtained from the mercury intrusion porosimeter (MIP) demonstrated that the incorporation of DSP/CNF‐EG form‐stable hydrated salt PCM can cause the increased porosity of the cement mortar. The mechanical strengths of the thermal energy storage cement mortars were decreased with increasing DSP/CNF‐EG incorporation amount, and they still meet the strengths of the building envelope. Moreover, dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) results suggested that the damping properties of the thermal energy storage cement mortar were enhanced by incorporating DSP/CNF‐EG, which were related to the porosity and the internal friction action. In addition, the thermal conductivity and the specific heat capacity results confirmed that the introduction of DSP/CNF‐EG can endow cement mortar with excellent thermal energy storage capacity. The thermal performance test further indicated that the thermal energy storage cement mortar showed good endothermic and exothermic characteristics, and it played a prominent role in weakening the indoor temperature peak.
Investigating the Working Efficiency of Typical Work in High‐Altitude Alpine Metal Mining Areas Based on a SeqGAN‐GABP Mixed Algorithm
Authors: Hua Ning , Huang He , Zhang Xinhong
Published: August 2021

Man‐machine efficacy evaluations of typical work in the safe mining of high‐altitude alpine metal mines are associated with fuzziness, multiple indexes, and large subjective components. This results in difficulties in the prediction of the typical work efficiency in high‐altitude alpine metal mining areas. In this study, ergonomic theory was applied to establish the evaluation index system of typical work efficiency in high‐altitude alpine metal mining areas by studying the cooperative relationship between operators, working machines, working environment, and design variables. First, we investigated the collaborative relationship between workers, operating machinery, operating environment, and design variables in order to establish the evaluation index system of typical work efficiency in high‐altitude alpine metal mining areas. Second, principal component analysis (PCA) was integrated with the fusion entropy weight method to (i) analyze the coupling correlation and overlapping effects between the factors influencing efficiency at different altitudes and (ii) to determine the key influencing factors. Third, a model based on the sequence generative adversarial network genetic algorithm backpropagation (SeqGAN‐GABP) hybrid algorithm was established to predict the trends in the operating efficiency of typical work types in high‐altitude alpine metal mining areas. Finally, three high‐altitude alpine metal mines in Xinjiang were selected as representative examples to verify the proposed framework by comparing it with other state‐of the art models (multiple linear regression prediction model, backpropagation (BP) neural network model, and genetic algorithm back propagation (GA‐BP) neural network model). Results determine the average relative error of each model as 2.74%, 1.97%, 1.29%, and 1.02%, respectively, indicating the greater accuracy of our proposed method in predicting the efficiency of typical work types in high‐altitude alpine mining areas. This study can provide a scientific basis for the establishment of mining safety judgment standards in high‐altitude alpine areas.
Nobiletin Attenuates Pathological Cardiac Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction via Activating PPARγ and PGC1α
Authors: Zhou Yufei , Yin Ting , Shi Mengsha , Chen Mengli , Wu Xiaodong , Wang Kai , Cheang Iokfai , Li Yanxiu , Shang Hongcai , Zhang Haifeng , Li Xinli
Published: August 2021

Rationale. Pathological cardiac remodeling serves as a vital mechanism during the progression from myocardial infarction (MI) to chronic heart failure (CHF). Nobiletin (NOB), an active monomer extracted from the peel of citrus fruit, has been reported to have beneficial effects in cardiovascular diseases. Our study was aimed at describing the specific mechanisms through which NOB protects against pathological cardiac remodeling after MI. Materials and Methods. C57BL/6 mice were treated with coronary artery ligation to generate an MI model, followed by treatment for 3 weeks with NOB (50 mg/kg/d) or vehicle (50 mg/kg/d), with or without the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) inhibitor T0070907 (1 mg/kg/d). Cardiac function (echocardiography, survival rate, Evans blue, and triphenyl tetrazolium chloride staining), fibrosis (Masson’s trichrome staining, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), and western blot (WB)), hypertrophy (haematoxylin-eosin staining, wheat germ agglutinin staining, and qRT-PCR), and apoptosis (WB and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labelling (TUNEL) staining) were evaluated. Hypoxia-induced apoptosis (TUNEL, WB) and phenylephrine- (PE-) induced pathological hypertrophy (immunofluorescence staining, qRT-PCR) models were established in primary neonatal rat ventricular myocytes (NRVMs). The effects of NOB with or without T0070907 were examined for the expression of PPARγ and PPARγ coactivator 1α (PGC1α) by WB in mice and NRVMs. The potential downstream effectors of PPARγ were further analyzed by WB in mice. Results. Following MI in mice, NOB intervention enhanced cardiac function across three predominant dimensions of pathological cardiac remodeling, which reflected in decreasing cardiac fibrosis, apoptosis, and hypertrophy decompensation. NOB intervention also alleviated apoptosis and hypertrophy in NRVMs. NOB intervention upregulated PPARγ and PGC1α in vivo and in vitro. Furthermore, the PPARγ inhibitor abolished the protective effects of NOB against pathological cardiac remodeling during the progression from MI to CHF. The potential downstream effectors of PPARγ were nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf-2) and heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1). Conclusions. Our findings suggested that NOB alleviates pathological cardiac remodeling after MI via PPARγ and PGC1α upregulation.
Outage Performance of Full‐Duplex Relay Networks Powered by RF Power Station in Ubiquitous Electric Internet of Things
Authors: Zhang Yu , Di Xiaofei , Duan Hongliang , Yang Xi , Wu Peng , Shan Baoguo
Published: August 2021

This paper investigates a full‐duplex relay network assisted by radio frequency (RF) power station in ubiquitous electric Internet of Things (UEIoT), where a wireless sensor on high voltage transmission line collects electric data and then transmits data to a destination via a full‐duplex decode‐and‐forward relay. The destination receives and processes the data to inspect the state of high voltage transmission line. Both the sensor and relay do not have fixed energy source; so, they first have to harvest energy from a RF power station and then complete information transmission by using the harvested energy. As the line‐of‐sight (LOS) propagations often exist in outdoor application scenarios of UEIoT, the Rician fading channel is adopted in the network. To explore the system outage performance, the explicit expressions of the outage probability and throughput of the system are derived by using mathematical analysis. Simulation results validate the correctness of our theoretical analysis and also evaluate the effects of system parameters and deployment position of power station on the outage performance.
Optimal Design and Dynamic Performance Analysis Based on the Asymmetric‐Damping Vehicle ISD Suspension
Authors: Shen Yujie , Jia Mengqi , Yang Kai , Chen Zhong , Chen Long
Published: August 2021

This paper concerns the optimal problem of the vehicle ISD (inerter‐spring‐damper) suspension based on the asymmetric‐damping effect. In order to explore the benefits of the asymmetric damping, a quarter car model of the four‐element ISD suspension is built by considering the symmetric and asymmetric reciprocating damping factors. The parameters of the proposed vehicle ISD suspension with symmetric‐damping and asymmetric‐damping features are optimized by means of the genetic algorithm in single‐objective scenario and multiobjective scenario, respectively. The dynamic performances are analyzed through simulations in time and frequency domains, and the impacts of the compression and tensile damping on the body acceleration, the suspension working space, and the dynamic tire load are discussed. Results indicate that, compared with the conventional passive suspension, the proposed ISD suspensions manifest excellent vibration isolation performance, and the asymmetric reciprocating damping ISD suspension even showcases extra improving space of the dynamic performances except for the dynamic tire load in the impulse input condition. It seems that the dynamic performance of the vehicle ISD suspension will be much superior when considering the asymmetric reciprocating damping factors.
Height of the Fractured Zone in Coal Mining under Extra‐Thick Coal Seam Geological Conditions
Authors: Sun Dequan , Li Xiaoyan , Zhu Zhijie , Li Yang , Cui Fang
Published: August 2021

The height of the fractured zone caused by coal mining is extremely significant for safely mining under water, water conservation, and gas treatment. At present, the common prediction methods of overburden fractured zone height are only applicable to thin and medium‐thick coal seams, not suitable for thick and extra‐thick coal seams. In order to determine the overburden fractured zone distribution characteristics of extra‐thick seam mining, failure process analysis method of overlying strata was proposed based on key strata theory. This method was applied to 15 m coal seam of Tongxin coal mine, and fractured zone height was determined to be 174 m for 8100 panel. EH4 electromagnetic image system and borehole televiewer survey were also conducted to verify the theory results. The distribution of the electrical conductivity showed that the failure height was 150–170 m. Observation through the borehole televiewer showed that the fractured zone height was 171 m. The results of the two field test methods showed that the fractured zone height was 150–171 m, and it was consistent with the theory calculation results. Therefore, this failure process analysis method of overlying strata can be safely used for other coal mines.
Nine-Year Follow-up of Patients with Relapsed Follicular Lymphoma after Nonmyeloablative Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant and Autologous Transplant
Authors: Khouri Issa F. , Milton Denái R. , Gulbis Alison M. , Jabbour Elias J. , Nastoupil Loretta , Ledesma Celina , Anderlini Paolo , Bashir Qaiser , Daher May , Im Jin S. , Iyer Swaminathan P. , Marin David , Mehta Rohtesh S. , Olson Amanda L. , Popat Uday R. , Qazilbash Muzaffar , Saini Neeraj , Samaniego Felipe , Rondon Gabriela , Medeiros L. Jeffrey , Champlin Richard E.
Published: August 2021

Purpose:

To compare outcomes between patients with relapsed follicular lymphoma who received a nonmyeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplant (alloSCT) and those who received an autologous transplant (autoSCT).

Patients and Methods:

We evaluated 194 patients with follicular lymphoma who received an alloSCT (n = 98) or autoSCT (n = 96) at MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX). The transplant type used was based on donor availability and by Medicare reimbursement guidelines. Patients who received an alloSCT were enrolled in four consecutive trials in which they received fludarabine, cyclophosphamide (or bendamustine), and rituximab conditioning. autoSCT patients received R-BEAM (rituximab, carmustine, etoposide, cytarabine, and melphalan).

Results:

The median follow-up of survivors was 108 months for the alloSCT group and 102 months for the autoSCT group. Overall survival was significantly better for patients who received an alloSCT compared with those who received an autoSCT (62% vs. 46%; P = 0.048). Similarly, progression-free survival rates were 52% in patients who received an alloSCT and 31% in those who received an autoSCT (P < 0.001), and the 8-year relapse rates were 11% and 43%, respectively (P < 0.0001). Only three patients in the alloSCT group relapsed beyond 3.5 years. In the alloSCT group, the rates for grade 2 to 4 acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), grade 3 to 4 acute GVHD, and extensive chronic GVHD were 22%, 9%, and 38%, respectively. In the autoSCT group, the 8-year incidence of secondary myelodysplasia was 11%. Nonrelapse mortality was similar between the two groups (15% vs. 11% at 8 years; P = 0.27).

Conclusions:

This study shows that alloSCT is curative and confers superior survival compared with autoSCT in patients with follicular lymphoma.
ARIA 2019 Care Pathways for Allergic Rhinitis in the Kuwait Health Care System
Authors: Al-Ahmad Mona , Nurkic Jasmina , Bachert Claus , Pfaar Oliver , Schunemann Holger J. , Czarlewski Wienczyslawa , Bedbrook Anna , Bosquet Jean
Published: August 2021

A worldwide increase in prevalence of allergic diseases has led to adaptations in national and international health care systems. ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma) initiative develops internationally applicable guidelines for allergic respiratory diseases. In collaboration with international initiatives, ARIA offers updates of real-life integrated care pathways (ICPs) for digitally assisted, integrated, and individualized treatment of allergic rhinitis (AR). This article presents certain aspects of the health care system in Kuwait with reference to the management of AR and the objective of introducing ICPs and adopting the latest ARIA recommendations. Guidelines for ICPs include aspects of patients and health care providers and cover key areas of management of AR. This model of guidelines supports real-life health care better than traditional models. ARIA recommendations will be locally integrated in the health care system with the aim of improving both pharmacotherapy and allergy immunotherapy.
Neuromodulation for Pain: A Comprehensive Survey and Systematic Review of Clinical Trials and Connectomic Analysis of Brain Targets
Authors: Yamamoto Kazuaki , Elias Gavin J.B. , Beyn Michelle E. , Zemmar Ajmal , Loh Aaron , Sarica Can , Germann Jürgen , Parmar Roohie , Wong Emily H.Y. , Boutet Alexandre , Kalia Suneil , Hodaie Mojgan , Lozano Andres M.
Published: August 2021

Background: Chronic pain is a debilitating condition that imposes a tremendous burden on health-care systems around the world. While frontline treatments for chronic pain involve pharmacological and psychological approaches, neuromodulation can be considered for treatment-resistant cases. Neuromodulatory approaches for pain are diverse in both modality and target and their mechanism of action is incompletely understood. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to (i) understand the current landscape of pain neuromodulation research through a comprehensive survey of past and current registered clinical trials (ii) investigate the network underpinnings of these neuromodulatory treatments by performing a connectomic mapping analysis of cortical and subcortical brain targets that have been stimulated for pain relief. Methods: A search for clinical trials involving pain neuromodulation was conducted using 2 major trial databases (ClinicalTrials.gov and the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform). Trials were categorized by variables and analyzed to gain an overview of the contemporary research landscape. Additionally, a connectomic mapping analysis was performed to investigate the network connectivity patterns of analgesic brain stimulation targets using a normative connectome based on a functional magnetic resonance imaging dataset. Results: In total, 487 relevant clinical trials were identified. Noninvasive cortical stimulation and spinal cord stimulation trials represented 49.3 and 43.7% of this count, respectively, while deep brain stimulation trials accounted for <3%. The mapping analysis revealed that superficial target connectomics overlapped with deep target connectomics, suggesting a common pain network across the targets. Conclusions: Research for pain neuromodulation is a rapidly growing field. Our connectomic network analysis reinforced existing knowledge of the pain matrix, identifying both well-described hubs and more obscure structures. Further studies are needed to decode the circuits underlying pain relief and determine the most effective targets for neuromodulatory treatment.
The Additive Value of 3D Total Body Imaging for Sequential Monitoring of Skin Lesions: A Case Series
Authors: Grochulska Katarzyna , Betz-Stablein Brigid , Rutjes Chantal , Chiu Frank Po-Chao , Menzies Scott W. , Soyer H. Peter , Janda Monika
Published: August 2021

Background: Timely diagnosis is the cornerstone of melanoma morbidity and mortality reduction. 2D total body photography and dermoscopy are routinely used to assist with early detection of skin malignancies. Polarized 3D total body photography is a novel technique that enables fast image acquisition of almost the entire skin surface. We aimed to determine the added value of 3D total body photography alongside dermoscopy for monitoring cutaneous lesions. Methods: Lesion images from high-risk individuals were assessed for long-term substantial changes via dermoscopy and 3D total body photography. Three case studies are presented demonstrating how 3D total body photography may enhance lesion analysis alongside traditional dermoscopy. Results: 3D total body photography can assist clinicians by presenting cutaneous lesions in their skin ecosystem, thereby providing additional clinical context and enabling a more holistic assessment to aid dermoscopy interpretation. For lesion cases where previous dermoscopy is unavailable, corresponding 3D images can substitute for baseline dermoscopy. Additionally, 3D total body photography is not susceptible to artificial stretch artefacts. Conclusion: 3D total body photography is valuable alongside dermoscopy for monitoring cutaneous lesions. Furthermore, it is capable of surveilling almost the entire skin surface, including areas not traditionally monitored by sequential imaging.
Focused Neck Ultrasound and Lymph Node Sampling by Respiratory Physicians in Suspected Lung Cancer
Authors: Hassan Maged , Nicholson Thomas , Taylor Lindsey , McDill Helen , Hadden Rob , Syred Katherine , Riordan Richard , Howell Timothy , Corcoran John P. , Daneshvar Cyrus
Published: August 2021

Background: Malignant cervical lymphadenopathy in the setting of lung cancer represents N3 disease, and neck ultrasound (NUS) with sampling is described in the Royal College of Radiologists ultrasound training curriculum for the non-radiologists. This study reviews the incorporation of NUS +/− biopsy in the routine practice of a lung cancer fast-track clinic in the UK. Methods: We retrospectively assessed 29 months of activity of a lung cancer fast-track clinic. Systematic focused NUS was conducted in suspected thoracic malignancy, sampling nodes with a ≥5-mm short axis, under real-time US using a linear probe (5–12 Mhz). Fine-needle aspirations (FNAs) with or without 18 Ga core biopsies were taken. Results: Between August 2017 and December 2019, of 152 peripheral lymph nodes (LNs)/deposits sampled, 98 (64.5%) were supraclavicular fossa LNs with median [IQR] size 12 [8–18] mm. Core biopsies were performed in 54/98 (55%) patients, while all patients had FNAs. No complications occurred. The representative yield was 90/95 (94.7%) in cases with suspected cancer. No difference was seen between FNA versus core biopsy (p = 0.44). Of the 5 non-diagnostic samples, one was FNA only. The commonest diagnosis was lung cancer in 66/98 (67.3%). PDL-1 was sufficient in 35/36 tested (97.2%). ALK-FISH was successful in 24/25 (96%) cases. EGFR mutation analysis was successful in 28/31 (90.3%) cases. Median time from clinic to initial diagnosis was 7 [5–10] days. Computed tomography (CT) scans reported no significant lymphadenopathy in 18/96 (18.7%) cases, yet 10/18 (55.5%) cases were positive for malignancy. Conclusion: Neck nodal sampling by respiratory physicians was safe, timely, with a high diagnostic yield and suitability for molecular testing. Neck US can provide a timely diagnosis in cases that may be missed by CT alone.
Impact of Brain Malformations on Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Children with a History of Prenatal Surgery for Open Spina Bifida
Authors: Wille David-Alexander , Padden Beth , Moehrlen Ueli , Latal Beatrice , Schauer Sonja , Kottke Raimund , Grehten Patrice , Meuli Martin
Published: August 2021

Introduction: This retrospective study investigates brain malformations and their impact on neurodevelopmental outcome in children after prenatal surgery for spina bifida (SB). Methods: Sixty-one patients were included. On neonatal MRI, SB-associated brain malformations were assessed. Ventricular size, ventriculo-peritoneal shunt (VPS), and endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) were also documented. Neurodevelopment was assessed with the Bayley-III and correlated with brain malformations, ventricular size, and VPS/ETV placement. Results: Chiari II malformation was detected in all patients. Corpus callosum (CC) abnormality was noted in 40%, heterotopies in 35%, and cerebellar parenchymal defects in 11%. 96% had ventriculomegaly; in 46%, VPS/ETV was performed. Cognitive and language testing yielded results in the low-average range (Bayley-III: Cognitive Composite Score 93.6, Language Composite Score 89.7), motor testing was below average (Motor Composite Score 77.4). CC abnormalities, heterotopies, and cerebellar defects were not associated with poorer Bayley-III scores, whereas patients with severe ventriculomegaly performed poorer in all subtests, significantly so for the language composite score. Patients requiring intervention for hydrocephalus had significantly lower scores in motor testing. Discussion/Conclusion: Additional brain malformations in open SB do not seem to have an impact on cognitive function at 2 years of age. Severe ventriculomegaly is a risk factor for poorer cognitive outcome; hydrocephalus surgery adds an additional risk for delayed motor function.
Functionally Active Microbiome in Supragingival Biofilms in Health and Caries
Authors: Corralo Daniela Jorge , Ev Laís Daniela , Damé-Teixeira Nailê , Maltz Marisa , Arthur Rodrigo Alex , Do Thuy , Fatturi Parolo Clarissa Cavalcanti
Published: August 2021

The oral microbiome is unique at inter and intra-individual levels at various sites due to physical and biological factors. This study aimed to compare the bacterial composition of supragingival biofilms collected from enamel sites with different caries activity, from active and inactive-caries subjects, and from caries-free (CF) subjects. Twenty-two individuals (aged between 13 and 76 years old; med = 23.5 years old) were allocated into 3 groups: caries-active (CA) (n = 10), caries-inactive (CI) (n = 6), and CF (n = 6). From the CA group, 3 sites were sampled: CA (active non-cavitated lesion), CI (inactive non-cavitated lesion), and sound enamel surface (S). From the subjects of the CI group, biofilm from a CI lesion was collected (INCL), while for the CF subjects, a pool of biofilm from sound enamel surfaces was sampled. The total RNA was extracted, and cDNA libraries were prepared and paired-end sequenced (Illumina HiSeq 3,000). Final dental biofilm samples analysed from CA was 16 (ANCL-CA = 6, INCL-CA = 4, S-CA = 6); from CI, 3 (INCL-CI = 3); and from CF, 6 (S-CF = 6) (some samples were lost by insufficient genetic material). Read sequences were processed and analysed using the Metagenomics RAST server. High-quality sequences (3,542,190) were clustered into operational taxonomic units (97% identity; SILVA SSU), representing 915 genera belonging to 29 phyla (higher abundant: Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Fusobacteria). The presence of a core microbiome was observed (123 shared genera). The alpha diversity analysis showed less bacterial diversity in disease (S-CA) compared to health (S-CF). The dominant genera included Actinomyces, Corynebacterium, Capnocytophaga, Leptotrichia, Veillonella, Prevotella, Streptococcus, Eubacterium, and Neisseria. Veillonella and Leptotrichia were related with disease and Prevotella with health. Corynebacterium, Capnocytophaga, and Actinomyces clustered together presenting high abundance in health and disease. The Metric Multidimensional Scaling Ordination analysis shows that sites from active subjects (ANCL-CA, INCL-CA, and S-CA) are closer to each other than either INCL-CI subjects or S-CF subjects. In conclusion, supragingival bacterial communities presented intra-individual similarities, but inter-individual diversity and difference in bacterial composition reveal that the subject’s caries activity status matters more than sites.
Vocal repertoire and group-specific signature in the Smooth-billed Ani, Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758 (Cuculiformes, Aves)
Authors: Monteiro Ronan de Azevedo , Ferreira Carolina Demetrio , Perbiche-Neves Gilmar
Published: August 2021

Vocal plasticity reflects the ability of animals to vary vocalizations according to context (vocal repertoire) as well as to develop vocal convergence (vocal group signature) in the interaction of members in social groups. This feature has been largely reported for oscine, psittacine and trochilid birds, but little has been investigated in birds that present innate vocalization. The smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) is a social bird that lives in groups between two and twenty individuals, and which presents innate vocalization. Here we analyzed the vocal repertoire of this species during group activities, and further investigated the existence of a vocal group signature. The study was conducted in the Southeast of Brazil between May 2017 and April 2018. Two groups of smooth-billed anis were followed, Guararema and Charqueada groups, and their vocalizations were recorded and contextualized as to the performed behavior. The vocal repertoire was analyzed for its composition, context and acoustic variables. The acoustic parameters maximum peak frequency, maximum fundamental frequency, minimum frequency, maximum frequency and duration were analyzed. To verify the vocal signature of the group, we tested whether there was variation in the acoustic parameters between the monitored groups. We recorded ten vocalizations that constituted the vocal repertoire of the Smooth-billed Ani, five of which (“Ahnee”, “Whine”, “Pre-flight”, “Flight” and “Vigil”) were issued by the two groups and five exclusive to the Charqueada group. There were significant differences in the acoustic parameters for “Flight” and “Vigil” vocalizations between the groups, suggesting vocal group signature for these sounds. We established that the Smooth-billed Ani has a diverse vocal repertoire, with variations also occurring between groups of the same population. Moreover, we found evidence of vocal group signature in vocalizations used in the context of cohesion, defense and territory maintenance.
An illustrated catalogue of the types of Blephariceridae (Diptera) in the collection of Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Authors: Gil-Azevedo Leonardo Henrique , Lamas Carlos José Einicker
Published: August 2021

Kelloggina Williston, 1907 is one of the least studied Blephariceridae genera in the world, despite being the most diverse in the Neotropics with 34 species. We provide a catalogue with the 14 nominal species of the genus described by Lane and d’Andretta from the Southeastern Region of Brazil, of which the type-specimens are deposited at the Diptera Collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. There are 60 specimens deposited at this museum, including male holotypes of 14 species and females “allotypes” (paratypes) for seven species. We include male diagnoses and photographs of the holotypes of all species.
The Muscidae (Diptera) from the Atlantic Forest of Serra de Paranapiacaba, southestern Brazil
Authors: Nihei Silvio Shigueo , Tamakoshi Anderson Tatsuki , Moll Priscylla , Krüger Rodrigo Ferreira
Published: August 2021

A first survey of Muscidae in the State of São Paulo (Southeastern Brazil) is presented here with a one-year of Malaise trap collecting from August 2010 to July 2011 at the Biological Reserve Alto da Serra de Paranapiacaba (23°46′00″-23°47′10″S, 46°18′20″-46°20′40″W, 750-891 m of altitude). A total of 1,284 individuals of muscids were collected, and 15 genera and 39 species of Muscidae were identified. So far, only one muscid species had been recorded to the Reserve, which now has its Muscidae diversity increased to 40 species. Thirteen species are new records for the State of São Paulo. With this, the number of species of Muscidae species known to occur in the State of São Paulo is increased to 169. The interval between November and February was higher in number of individuals and number of species. Muscidae presented a seasonal pattern, with more abundance and diversity in that interval. The study area is covered by secondary forest and very close to São Paulo metropolitan area, and the composition of the fauna of Muscidae signalizes this environment changing and anthropic stress with nine species with synanthropic habits, two of them are typically synanthropic species.
Estranho encontro (1958) e o estilo nascente de Walter Hugo Khouri
Authors: Carneiro Gabriel Henrique de Paula
Published: August 2021

Com Noite vazia (1964), Walter Hugo Khouri abraçou o cinema moderno e consolidou uma série de características temáticas e formais que se tornaram sinônimos de seu cinema. No entanto, no anterior Estranho encontro (1958), realizado dentro dos princípios de transparência clássica, já há traços que o inflexionam para a modernidade e uma preocupação particular com a composição da atmosfera. O artigo pretende investigar se é possível identificar um estilo nascente já em seu segundo longa-metragem.
Maldito bem dito, Bendito mal dito: construções discursivas a partir da trajetória de Itamar Assumpção
Authors: Caldeira Larissa , Cardoso Filho Jorge
Published: August 2021

Este artigo analisa as disputas valorativas estabelecidas nas críticas culturais brasileiras acerca da noção de “maldito”, tendo como ponto de partida a carreira musical de Itamar Assumpção, levando em conta os processos de contextualização radical (GROSSBERG, 2010) e as formações discursivas (FOUCAULT, 1987) da crítica cultural. Considerando as nuances e as complexidades do sentido do termo “maldito” a partir das experiências e expectativas, conforme Koselleck (2006), como uma tentativa de demonstrar a emergência de valores e valorações, discursos e sensibilidades, e relações de poder diante dos regimes de verdade, é possível notar como as articulações estético-políticas do termo se reorganizam em função de temporalidades e historicidades.
Os quadrinhos silenciosos contra a memória de silenciamento dos queer: identidade e sexualidade em Quadrinhos Queer
Authors: Miorando Guilherme Sfredo
Published: August 2021

Este artigo propõe explorar a relação entre o silenciamento da população queer na vida pública e a expressão do silêncio nas narrativas gráficas. Para tanto procurou-se entender, a partir de Eni Puccinelli Orlandi, como o silêncio opera sobre as narrativas em quadrinhos a ponto de engendrar uma supressão nas palavras, mas falar tão detalhadamente através de imagens, como atesta Thierry Groensteen. Buscou-se entender que violências simbólicas passam a repercutir na memória das pessoas queer, para desenvolverem esse tipo de comunicação, pensando nas vidas precárias de Judith Butler. Também, em consonância com o pensamento de David Lapoujade, procurou-se entender quais os papéis da mídia, da arte e da memória na criação de narrativas em que os gestos e não as palavras são os fios condutores da experiência que se interpõe entre a obra e o artista.
Comércio e contrabando entre o Pará, o Contestado Franco-Brasileiro e a Guiana Francesa na década de 1870
Authors: Paz Adalberto
Published: August 2021

Desde o final do século XVII, Portugal e depois o Brasil disputaram com a França qual seria o limite das suas possessões no norte da América do Sul, numa região correspondente à cerca da metade do atual estado do Amapá. Em 1841, autoridades brasileiras e francesas acordaram que nenhum dos dois países teria governança sobre o chamado Contestado Franco-Brasileiro. Como resultado, aquela área se tornou abrigo para diversas comunidades de fugitivos, quilombolas e vilas que se administravam autonomamente. Assim, este artigo analisa as trocas comerciais estabelecidas entre os habitantes da província do Pará, Contestado e Guiana Francesa, investigando suas estratégias para burlar a fiscalização das autoridades brasileiras, e as tentativas destas visando conter ou ao menos controlar as redes de circulação e comércio ao longo da costa atlântica na Amazônia setentrional.
Effects of the Belo Monte hydro-electric-dam complex on crocodilians in the Xingu River, Brazilian Amazonia
Authors: Campos Zilca , Muniz Fábio , Magnusson William E. , Mourão Guilherme
Published: August 2021

The Belo Monte hydroelectric dam on the Xingu River has the third largest generating capacity of any hydroelectric dam in the world. We conducted surveys of crocodilians (Caiman crocodilus, Paleosuchus trigonatus) by boat in the Xingu River at the site of the dam prior to (2013-2015), and after filling (2016-2017). While the number of C. crocodilus sighted decreased with increasing water level, there was no difference in numbers prior to, and after reservoir filling. The number of P. trigonatus was unaffected by both water level prior to and after reservoir filling. Reservoir filling had little effect on the number of crocodilians using the forest around the Xingu River reservoir. Most crocodilians seen in forest surveys were P. trigonatus, both before and after reservoir filling, but C. crocodilus was recorded occasionally in the forest. It seems that most Amazonian crocodilians are sufficiently generalist to adapt to the new conditions created by the construction of dams, at least in the short-term. However, there may be long-term collateral effects on crocodilian populations from dams, due to as deforestation and improved access for hunters.
Political Claims, an Extensible Name, and a Divine Mission: Ideology of Russian Expansion in Siberia
Authors: Akimov Yury
Published: August 2021

This article examines the ideology of Russian expansion in Siberia from the second half of the sixteenth to the early eighteenth century, focusing on several interrelated pillars that shaped this ideology. The first is the category of political-legal-force. Based on the legal incorporation of the Siberian Khanate into Muscovy in 1555 the Russians began to move further east, until they reached the Pacific and the borders of China and Mongolia. These territories were also declared parts of Siberia, and the Russians consequently believed they had a legal claim to its possession. Thus, one could say that Siberia as a territory was amorphous—the boundaries of the region “ended” wherever the Russians came up against powerful entities capable of opposing their expansion. The second pillar of Russian expansion drew on religious arguments. However, the Church followed in the wake of the explorers and tended not to pursue goals of its own.
Huguenot Contributions to English Pan-Protestantism, 1685-1700
Authors: Mitchell William H. F.
Published: August 2021

Following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, hundreds of thousands of French refugees sought shelter in Protestant states like the United Provinces and England. In England, the influx of Huguenots contributed significantly towards the argument for greater pan-Protestant engagement with the European continent. Huguenot-authored pamphlets advertised Catholic barbarity, deepening pre-existing anti-Catholic sentiments and imbibing those sentiments with other anti-French concerns, such as Louis XIV’s supposed immorality and his striving for universal monarchy. Further, key Huguenot authors reinterpreted the Glorious Revolution as one synchronizing the country with its Protestant brethren. In so doing, the Huguenots supported William III’s commitment to the Nine Years’ War and increased the quantitative and qualitative arguments to carry out an expensive religious-ideological foreign policy, often against domestic criticisms in England that the outcomes of the war did not match the expense.
Between Two Minds: The Work of Peirce’s Energetic Interpretant
Authors: West Donna E.
Published: August 2021

This inquiry illustrates how Peirce’s Energetic Interpretant facilitates consciousness-raising between sign users. Because it forces attention and progression of action, the Energetic Interpretant highlights perfective aspectual characteristics, namely atomistic/punctual cause-effect sign relations by featuring junctures between events: beginning, middle, end. For example, the stops and starts of events are influenced by the nature of the action, in addition to the agent’s idiosyncratic preferences and predilections. The Thirdness underlying it further perpetuates the punctual component (Vendler 1967) present in action relations, operational when effort produces resistance against an opposing force. Because effort can materialize physically, or internally, it demonstrates the continued primacy of Peirce’s categories in fostering certain consequences. Energetic Interpretants can inhibit (Secondness), i.e., attention to one stimulus, while ignoring another. Nonetheless, consciously inhibiting/resisting a force (via Energetic Interpretants) introduces control beyond the self—another’s reflections upon the conscious acts of an agent (ms 318). This influence between interlocutors satisfies Peirce’s maxim of a “common place to stand” (ms 614), demonstrating mutual comprehension of the sign’s proper effect (5.475). In fact, Energetic Interpretants may result in an effect of such proportion upon either or both interlocutors that a habit-change materializes. As such, Energetic Interpretants epitomize the perfectivity exercised by particular efforts, intimating the likelihood of their discursive success. Inherent in punctual events (versus dynamic ones) is the element of surprise, which ultimately hastens the kind of habit-change especially exhibited in Peirce’s double consciousness (5.53)—self talking to self or other.
Remarks on the grammaticalization of identificational clefts
Authors: Creissels Denis
Published: August 2021

Identificational clefts dissociate the assertion of the exclusive identification of a participant in an event from the rest of the information about the event. In all languages, this can be achieved by combining equative predication and participant nominalization, but in the evolution of languages, the routinization of such a construction as the usual way of expressing participant focalization may result in its grammaticalization as a specific type of construction. After proposing to reformulate the usual distinction between ‘pseudo-clefts’ and ‘clefts’ as a distinction between ‘plain clefts’ and ‘grammaticalized clefts’, this article discusses successively the relationship between cleft constructions and the notion of subordination, the changes that may convert plain clefts into grammaticalized clefts, the emergence of focus markers from cleft constructions, semantic aspects of the evolution of clefts, and the trend towards monoclausality in the evolution of clefts.
Clefting and nominal predication: Two focus-marking constructions in Movima
Authors: Haude Katharina
Published: August 2021

Movima (isolate, Bolivia) has two focus constructions that superficially look very similar. One is a simple clause with a noun in predicate position and a verb placed inside the argument phrase. Its pragmatically marked status stems from the inversion of the prototypical association of lexical and pragmatic categories. In the other construction, the predicative noun is additionally preceded by a free pronoun. This construction is a cleft, the pronoun and noun together constituting an equational matrix clause. The two constructions also differ in function: the simple clause with a nominal predicate is a simple predication, while the cleft is a specificational sentence.
From a corpus-based to a corpus-driven definition of clefts in Kabyle (Berber): Morphosyntax and prosody
Authors: Mettouchi Amina
Published: August 2021

Prosody is often conceived of as an important but surface realization of morphosyntactic constructions that are otherwise deemed complete. This paper challenges that view of prosody as a disambiguating, highlighting or scope-marking device, and provides evidence for the inclusion of prosody as a core formal means for the coding of cleft constructions in Kabyle, in interaction with morphosyntax. The demonstration is conducted through the recursive analysis of an annotated corpus of spontaneous data, and results in a precise formal definition of Kabyle clefts constructions, whose function is shown to be the marking of narrow focus.
An unusual cleft construction in Lakhota (Siouan, North America)
Authors: Van Valin Robert D.
Published: August 2021

This paper investigates a construction in Lakhota (Siouan, North America) to ascertain whether it has the properties of a cleft construction. The construction in question is marked by čha, a word-form that has numerous functions in the grammar. It is shown that the čha-construction in question has the properties of a cleft construction, even though the distribution of the focussed and presupposed material is the opposite of that in the usual cleft constructions. It is suggested that it is an inverted cleft construction.
The neotype designation for Podismopsis gynaemorpha Ikonnikov, 1911 (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
Authors: STOROZHENKO SERGEY YU.
Published: August 2021

The grasshopper genus Podismopsis Zubowsky, 1900 consists of 39 species distributed in Europe (Switzerland, Austria, Montenegro, and Romania), Russia (European part, Siberia, Far East), Mongolia, China, Korea, and Japan (Zubowsky, 1900; Lu et al., 2011; Storozhenko, 2021; Cigliano et al., 2021). One of them, Podismopsis gynaemorpha Ikonnikov, 1911, was described from Evseevka village (Russia, Primirskii krai) based on two males (Ikonnikov, 1911). Majority of types of the species described by Ikonnikov are deposited in the collection of the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University (Storozhenko, 1990) while a part of type specimens are stored in the collections of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. I carefully examined both these collections and found that the syntypes of Podismopsis gynaemorpha are lost. Here the neotype of this species is designated, described and illustrated for stability of nomenclature and according to Article 75 of the Code (ICZN, 1999).
Catalogue of Indian Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Authors: SINGH LONGJAM RONI KUMAR , CHANDRA KAILASH , GUPTA DEVANSHU
Published: August 2021

This catalogue of the Indian Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is based primarily on an extensive survey of published data. A total of 67 species of Alysiinae including 13 genera and 60 species in the tribe Alysiini and five genera and seven species in Dacnusini are reported from India. Taxonomic history with details of synonyms, along with type localities, type depositories, and distribution in different states of India and biogeographic zones are provided. Two new combinations are proposed: Dinotrema viructae (Fischer, 1993) comb. nov. and Dinotrema matherana (Fischer, 1993) comb. nov. and one species is considered as an unavailable name. The Himalaya Biogeographic Zone supports the maximum diversity (45 species), followed by the Gangetic Plains (12 species), North-East (4 species), Western Ghats (4 species), Deccan Peninsula (4 species) and Semi-Arid (3 species).
Do Truth Commissions Really Improve Democracy?
Authors: Dancy Geoff , Thoms Oskar Timo
Published: August 2021

This article presents and tests an original theory that truth commissions (TCs) inspire democratic behaviors, but have little discernible impact on democratic institutions. Using quantitative analyses of countries undergoing transitions between 1970 and 2015, and accounting for endogeneity of TCs, we find that these temporary bodies are associated with greater democratic participation and state agent observance of physical integrity rights. However, they have no measurable effect on institutions like fair elections, rules regulating political association, liberal checks on the executive, or judicial independence. This contradicts a key argument in the transitional justice literature that TCs catalyze institutional reform through investigation and extensive recommendations. This article’s findings might encourage those who intend to use these bodies as a tool to promote citizen activism or police restraint. However, the findings might discourage those who hope TCs could jump-start judicial reforms or create a firewall against executive overreach.
Putting Terror in Its Place: An Experiment on Mitigating Fears of Terrorism among the American Public
Authors: Silverman Daniel , Kent Daniel , Gelpi Christopher
Published: August 2021

An American’s yearly chance of being killed by a terrorist attack sits at roughly 1 in 3.5 million. Yet, over 40 percent of Americans consistently believe that they or their family members are likely to be a terror victim. Can these inflated estimates of the risks of terrorism be brought closer to reality? With trillions of dollars spent on the “War on Terror,” this question is not just theoretically but practically important. In order to investigate, we use an experimental approach assessing whether people update their beliefs about terrorism when given factual information about the relative risks it presents. We find that public fear of terrorism and demand for countering it can be sharply reduced with better information, dropping essentially to pre-9/11 levels after the treatment and staying that way two weeks later. These results suggest that countering the indirect costs of terrorism may largely require providing more context and perspective.
Tourism Memory Characteristics Scale: Development and Validation
Authors: Kim Youngsoo , Ribeiro Manuel Alector , Li Gang
Published: August 2021

Recall of tourism experiences is a decisive factor in tourists’ future behavior and decision making when choosing destinations. Understanding the phenomenology of tourism memory can enable tourism organizations to enter a more competitive marketplace. Although extensive literature has addressed how to provide memorable tourism experiences, limited studies have focused on the autobiographical memories associated with these experiences. This research employed rigorous scale development procedures to establish the Tourism Memory Characteristics Scale (TMCS). Findings point to a seven-dimension scale consisting of accessibility, trip details, vividness, sensory details, valence, emotional intensity, and sharing. Tourism memory characteristics were found to support the scale’s dimensional structure, validity, and reliability. It was also found that tourism memory influences revisit intention and word of mouth. Results present opportunities for tourism organizations to capture the fundamental characteristics of their products by using the TMCS.