bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Government plans in the 2016 and 2021 Peruvian presidential elections: A natural language processing analysis of the health chapters
Authors: Carrillo-Larco Rodrigo M. , Castillo-Cara Manuel , Lovón-Melgarejo Jesús
Published: November 2021

Background:While clinical medicine has exploded, electronic health records for Natural Language Processing (NLP) analyses, public health, and health policy research have not yet adopted these algorithms. We aimed to dissect the health chapters of the government plans of the 2016 and 2021 Peruvian presidential elections, and to compare different NLP algorithms.

Methods:From the government plans (18 in 2016; 19 in 2021) we extracted each sentence from the health chapters. We used five NLP algorithms to extract keywords and phrases from each plan: Term Frequency–Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF), Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), TextRank, Keywords Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (KeyBERT), and Rapid Automatic Keywords Extraction (Rake).

Results:In 2016 we analysed 630 sentences, whereas in 2021 there were 1,685 sentences. The TF-IDF algorithm showed that in 2016, nine terms appeared with a frequency of 0.10 or greater, while in 2021 43 terms met this criterion. The LDA algorithm defined two groups. The first included terms related to things the population would receive (e.g., ’insurance’), while the second included terms about the health system (e.g., ’capacity’). In 2021, most of the government plans belonged to the second group. The TextRank analysis provided keywords showing that ’universal health coverage’ appeared frequently in 2016, while in 2021 keywords about the COVID-19 pandemic were often found. The KeyBERT algorithm provided keywords based on the context of the text. These keywords identified some underlying characteristics of the political party (e.g., political spectrum such as left-wing). The Rake algorithm delivered phrases, in which we found ’universal health coverage’ in 2016 and 2021.

Conclusion:The NLP analysis could be used to inform on the underlying priorities in each government plan. NLP analysis could also be included in research of health policies and politics during general elections and provide informative summaries for the general population.
A useful method of using the healing abutments for interocclusal records in implant overdenture: a case report
Authors: Choi Hyunsuk , Kang Sohee
Published: November 2021

To determine the vertical dimension and centric relation during the construction of implant overdentures, the record base and wax rim may need to be adjusted. The conventional method has several drawbacks, as it requires repeated tightening and loosening of the impression coping. Here, we report a useful and novel method for interocclusal records using the healing abutments in implant overdentures. Our case demonstrates that this method is easier and simpler and prevents gingival collapse.
Utilizing Telesimulation for Advanced Skills Training in Consultation and Handoff Communication: A Post‐COVID‐19 GME Bootcamp Experience
Authors: Carter Keme , Podczerwinski Jeremy , Love Latassa , Twiss Megham , Blanchard Anita , Arora Vineet M , Martin Shannon K
Published: November 2021

COVID‐19 forced the switch to virtual for many educational strategies, including simulation. Virtual formats have the potential to broaden access to simulation training, especially in resource‐heavy “bootcamp”‐type settings. We converted our in‐person communication skills bootcamp to telesimulation and compared effectiveness and satisfaction between formats. During June 2020 orientation, 130 entering interns at one institution participated, using Zoom® to perform one mock consultation and three mock handoffs. Faculty rated performance with checklists and gave feedback. Post‐bootcamp surveys assessed participant satisfaction and practice preparedness. Telesimulation performance was comparable to in‐person for consultations and slightly inferior for handoffs. Survey response rate was 100%. Compared to in‐person, there was higher satisfaction with telesimulation, and interns felt more prepared for practice (95% vs 78%, P < .01); 99% recommended the experience. Fifty percent fewer faculty were required for implementation. Telesimulation was well‐received and comparable to in‐person bootcamp, representing a feasible, scalable training strategy for communication skills essential in hospital medicine.
Negotiating Government-to-Government Food Importing Contracts: A Nash Bargaining Framework
Authors: Mu Liying , Hu Bin , Reddy A. Amarender , Gavirneni Srinagesh
Published: November 2021

Problem definition: Inspired by India’s challenges in importing pulses, we study the negotiation of government-to-government food importing contracts, with a focus on ad hoc and forward negotiations with multiple suppliers (henceforth referred to as multiple-sourcing negotiations). Academic/practical relevance: We are the first to comprehensively study ad hoc and forward multiple-sourcing negotiations for food importing. Such problems are widespread, especially in developing nations, and thus the research can be relevant to the wellbeing of large underprivileged populations. Methodology: We develop an analytical negotiation model in the Nash bargaining framework and adopt the Nash-in-Nash framework to analyze multiple-sourcing negotiations. Results: We find that while forward negotiations are not necessarily better than ad hoc negotiations for the buyer, it would be true with sufficiently many suppliers. When facing a supplier pool, we show that it may be optimal to mix forward and ad hoc suppliers. In general, fewer suppliers should be assigned as ad hoc as the pool size increases. We also find that adding a hybrid supplier (engaged in a forward negotiation with an ad hoc negotiation as the fallback option) may be better or worse than adding a forward supplier in the presence of other suppliers. Managerial implications: Our findings inform how a food importer should strategically utilize ad hoc and forward negotiations with its suppliers to improve the outcome. The work may help countries’ food importing policymaking and strategies and may improve the wellbeing of large underprivileged populations.
Artery of Percheron Occlusion: A Diagnostic Challenge
Authors: Ramalho Carina , Almeida Mariana , Gomes Francisco , Silva Magda , Peixoto Joaquim , Rodrigues Silvia
Published: November 2021

Artery of Percheron occlusion is a rare cause of ischaemic stroke characterized by bilateral thalamus infarction. Presentation is varied and non-specific, with the most frequent manifestations being altered level of consciousness, hypersomnolence or altered oculomotor movements. We describe the case of a 37-year-old man hospitalized for hypersomnia and hypomnesia with 3 days of evolution, who was diagnosed with a bilateral thalamus stroke due to artery of Percheron occlusion.
Isodual and self-dual codes from graphs
Authors:   Northern Arizona University, Mallik S. , Yildiz B. ,   Northern Arizona University
Published: November 2021

Binary linear codes are constructed from graphs, in particular, by the generator matrix [In|A] where A is the adjacency matrix of a graph on n vertices. A combinatorial interpretation of the minimum distance of such codes is given. We also present graph theoretic conditions for such linear codes to be Type I and Type II self-dual. Several examples of binary linear codes produced by well-known graph classes are given.
Examination of the Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access System Using Long Short Memory Based Deep Neural Network
Authors: Shankar Ravi , Ramana T. V. , Singh Preeti , Gupta Sandeep , Mehraj Haider
Published: November 2021

This paper investigates deep learning (DL) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) receivers based on long short-term memory (LSTM) under Rayleigh fading channel circumstances. The performance comparison between the DL NOMA detector and the traditional NOMA method is established, and results have shown that the DL-based NOMA detector performance is far better in comparison with conventional NOMA detectors. Simulation curves are compared with the performance of the DL detector in terms of minimum mean square estimate (MMSE) and least square error (LSE) estimate, taking all realistic circumstances, except the cyclic prefix (CP), and clipping distortion into account. The simulation curves demonstrate that the performance of the DL-based detector is exceptionally good when it equals 1 when the noise signal ratio (SNR) is more than 15 dB, assuming that the DL method is more resilient to clipping distortion.
Experimentally exploring the terahertz radiation in a long filament by a two-color laser field
Authors: Song Qiying , Yuan Xinming , Lin Qinggang , Zhong Haizhe , Zeng Xuanke , Cai Yi , Lu Xiaowei , Zheng Maijie , Cao Wenhua , Xu Shixiang
Published: November 2021

We have experimentally investigated the propagation effect of terahertz (THz) radiation from a long filament by checking the evolution of THz temporal waveform through shifting the longitudinal position of a short filament. The results show that the relative delay and carrier-envelope phase of the THz waveform change linearly with the shifted distance of the filament. After measuring the longitudinal intensity distributions of laser fields in long filament, we reconstruct successfully the process of the polarization-controlled THz radiation in a long filament. Besides, we also discuss the efficiency and polarization of THz radiation from a long filament excited by a circularly polarized two-color laser field.
Laser beam jitter control of the link in free space optical communication systems
Authors: Wang Xuan , Su Xiuqin , Liu Guizhong , Han Junfeng , Wang Rui , Wang Kaidi
Published: November 2021

The pointing and tracking performance of laser beams in free space optical communication (FSOC) systems and other precision laser systems is severely limited by beam jitter. This research proposes an adaptive control method to suppress beam jitter by adjusting the deflection angle of the beam by controlling the fast steering mirror (FSM) driven by piezoelectric ceramics. In order to verify the effectiveness of the control method, we have established an experimental platform. First, the internal controller of the FSM is adjusted to an approximately linear system, aiming to turn the input and output control signals into a linear relationship. Based on the adaptive filter, a filtered-x variable step-size normalized least mean square (FxVSNLMS) algorithm is proposed. To further improve the robustness of the controller, a Proportion Integral Differential (PID) controller and an adaptive controller which work in parallel are then added to the control loop. Finally, experimental results are provided and compare with the traditional controller and other adaptive control methods. Experimental results show that for more complex narrow-band and broad-band mixed beam disturbances, the control scheme developed in this research is significantly improved. This conclusion has also been verified on the ground experimental platform of FSOC.
C-band 120-Gb/s PAM-4 transmission over 50-km SSMF with improved weighted decision-feedback equalizer
Authors: Zhang Junwei , Wu Xiong , Sun Lin , Liu Jie , Lau Alan Pak Tao , Guo Changjian , Yu Siyuan , Lu Chao
Published: November 2021

An improved weighted decision-feedback equalizer (IWDFE) is adopted and experimentally demonstrated to mitigate chromatic dispersion (CD) induced power fading for C-band four-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-4) system. Based on a compressed sigmoid nonlinear function, the IWDFE is superior to the conventional DFE, rule-1 and rule-2 based WDFEs in reducing both the error propagation probability and percentage of errors. The IWDFE is combined with a feed-forward equalizer (FFE) to deal with both pre-cursor and post-cursor interference simultaneously. We also introduce 2nd-order polynomial nonlinear terms in both FFE and IWDFE at receiver side, constructing a nonlinear FFE-IWDFE (N-FFE-IWDFE) to simultaneously equalize both the CD-induced power fading and nonlinear distortions. Experimental results show that compared with nonlinear FFE-DFE (N-FFE-DFE), rule-1 and rule-2 based nonlinear FFE-WDFEs (N-FFE-WDFEs), the N-FFE-IWDFE can significantly reduce the bit error ratio (BER), which is close to that of the error-propagation-free N-FFE-DFE. By utilizing the N-FFE-IWDFE, 120-Gb/s PAM-4 transmission system over 50-km standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) is realized with the BER below 7% hard-decision forward error correction (HD-FEC) limit of 3.8 × 10−3, achieving around 1.1-dB improvement of the receiver sensitivity over the N-FFE-DFE. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that an IWDFE is employed for C-band IM/DD optical transmission system.
Ceramic Yb:Lu2O3 thin-disk laser oscillator delivering an average power exceeding 1 kW in continuous-wave operation
Authors: Esser Stefan , Röhrer Christian , Xu Xiaodong , Wang Jun , Zhang Jian , Graf Thomas , Ahmed Marwan Abdou
Published: November 2021

We report on continuous-wave (cw) laser experiments with a high-quality and large-size Yb:Lu2O3 polycrystalline transparent ceramic in a thin-disk laser oscillator. An output power of up to 1190 W was achieved in multimode operation with an optical efficiency of 60.3%. In fundamental-mode operation, a cw output power of 409 W was extracted with an optical efficiency of 35.6% and a beam propagation factor of M2 = 1.11.
Cerebrovascular imaging in vivo by non-contact photoacoustic microscopy based on photoacoustic remote sensing with a laser diode for interrogation
Authors: Liang Siqi , Zhou Jiasheng , Yang Wenzhao , Chen Sung-Liang
Published: November 2021

Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) is a unique tool for biomedical applications because it can visualize optical absorption contrast in vivo. Recently, non-contact PAM based on non-interferometric photoacoustic remote sensing (PARS), termed PARS microscopy, has shown promise for selected imaging applications. A variety of superluminescent diodes (SLDs) have been employed in the PARS microscopy system as the interrogation light source. Here, we investigate the use of a low-cost laser diode (LD) as the interrogation light source in PARS microscopy, termed PARS-LD. A side-by-side comparison of PARS-LD and a PARS microscopy system using an SLD was conducted that showed comparable performance in terms of resolution and signal-to-noise ratio. More importantly, for the first time to our knowledge, in vivo PAM imaging of mouse brain vessels was conducted in a non-contact manner, and the results show that PARS-LD provides great performance.
Near-complete violation of Kirchhoff’s law of thermal radiation in ultrathin magnetic Weyl semimetal films
Authors: Wu Jun , Wang Zhongmin , Zhai Han , Shi Zhangxing , Wu Xiaohu , Wu Feng
Published: November 2021

The ability to break Kirchhoff’s law is of fundamental importance in thermal radiation. Various nonreciprocal emitters have been proposed to break the balance between absorption and emission. However, the thicknesses of the nonreciprocal materials are usually larger than 1/10 times of the wavelength. Besides, the previous proposed nonreciprocal emitters are complex, thus they can hardly be fabricated in experiment to verify the Kirchhoff’s law for nonreciprocal materials. In this paper, we investigate the nonreciprocal thermal radiation of the magnetic Weyl semimetal (MWSM) film atop of the metal substrate. It is found that the strong nonreciprocal radiation at the wavelength of 9.15 µm can be achieved when the thickness of the MWSM film is 100 nm. The enhanced nonreciprocity is attributed to the Fabry-Perot resonances. The results indicate that the MWSM film is the promising candidate to engineer the ultrathin and simple nonreciprocal thermal emitters. What is perhaps most intriguing here is that the proposed structure can be more easily fabricated in experiment to verify the Kirchhoff’s law for nonreciprocal materials.
Precise mid-field modeling for UVC LEDs by using a fluorescent film
Authors: Le Thi-Thu-Ngoc , Lin Shih-Kang , Sun Ching-Cherng , Nguyen Quang-Khoi , Wu Chi-Shou , Yang Tsung-Hsun , Yu Yeh-Wei
Published: November 2021

This paper presents the mid-field model for an ultraviolet C light emitting diode (UVC LED) of wavelength around 275±5 nm by comparison of the 2-dimension (2-D) gray-level image captured from a mono-CMOS sensor and simulated irradiance pattern. Because of UVC light, we propose using a fluorescent film to absorb UVC light and re-emit visible light so that the 2-D image could be captured. The analysis and calibration to obtain accurate gray level of image are performed. Finally, we achieve the mid-field model with high accuracy. Furthermore, this model is also applied for dome lens design and then compares the performance with fabricated samples in measurement to expertise its validity.
MGEnrichment: A web application for microglia gene list enrichment analysis
Authors: Jao Justin , Ciernia Annie Vogel
Published: November 2021

Gene expression analysis is becoming increasingly utilized in neuro-immunology research, and there is a growing need for non-programming scientists to be able to analyze their own genomic data. MGEnrichment is a web application developed both to disseminate to the community our curated database of microglia-relevant gene lists, and to allow non-programming scientists to easily conduct statistical enrichment analysis on their gene expression data. Users can upload their own gene IDs to assess the relevance of their expression data against gene lists from other studies. We include example datasets of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from human postmortem brain samples from Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and matched controls. We demonstrate how MGEnrichment can be used to expand the interpretations of these DEG lists in terms of regulation of microglial gene expression and provide novel insights into how ASD DEGs may be implicated specifically in microglial development, microbiome responses and relationships to other neuropsychiatric disorders. This tool will be particularly useful for those working in microglia, autism spectrum disorders, and neuro-immune activation research. MGEnrichment is available at https://ciernialab.shinyapps.io/MGEnrichmentApp/ and further online documentation and datasets can be found at https://github.com/ciernialab/MGEnrichmentApp. The app is released under the GNU GPLv3 open source license.
The indirect impact of COVID-19 pandemic on inpatient admissions in 204 Kenyan hospitals: An interrupted time series analysis
Authors: Wambua Steven , Malla Lucas , Mbevi George , Nwosu Amen-Patrick , Tuti Timothy , Paton Chris , Cheburet Samuel , Manya Ayub , English Mike , Okiro Emelda A.
Published: November 2021

The first case of severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was identified in March 2020 in Kenya resulting in the implementation of public health measures (PHM) to prevent large-scale epidemics. We aimed to quantify the impact of COVID-19 confinement measures on access to inpatient services using data from 204 Kenyan hospitals. Data on monthly admissions and deliveries from the District Health Information Software version 2 (DHIS 2) were extracted for the period January 2018 to March 2021 stratified by hospital ownership (public or private) and adjusting for missing data using multiple imputation (MI). We used the COVID-19 event as a natural experiment to examine the impact of COVID-19 and associated PHM on use of health services by hospital ownership. We estimated the impact of COVID-19 using two approaches; Statistical process control (SPC) charts to visualize and detect changes and Interrupted time series (ITS) analysis using negative-binomial segmented regression models to quantify the changes after March 2020. Sensitivity analysis was undertaken to test robustness of estimates using Generalised Estimating Equations (GEE) and impact of national health workers strike on observed trends. SPC charts showed reductions in most inpatient services starting April 2020. ITS modelling showed significant drops in April 2020 in monthly volumes of live-births (11%), over-fives admissions for medical (29%) and surgical care (25%) with the greatest declines in the under-five’s admissions (59%) in public hospitals. Similar declines were apparent in private hospitals. Health worker strikes had a significant impact on post-COVID-19 trends for total deliveries, live-births and caesarean section rate in private hospitals. COVID-19 has disrupted utilization of inpatient services in Kenyan hospitals. This might have increased avoidable morbidity and mortality due to non-COVID-19-related illnesses. The declines have been sustained. Recent data suggests a reversal in trends with services appearing to be going back to pre- COVID levels.
Emerging hantaviruses in Central Argentina: First case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome caused by Alto Paraguay virus, and a novel orthohantavirus in Scapteromys aquaticus rodent
Authors: Bellomo Carla , Alonso Daniel Oscar , Ricardo Tamara , Coelho Rocío , Kehl Sebastián , Periolo Natalia , Azogaray Viviana , Casas Natalia , Ottonelli Mariano , Bergero Laura Cristina , Cudós María Carolina , Previtali María Andrea , Martinez Valeria Paula
Published: November 2021

Orthohantaviruses are emerging rodent-borne pathogens that cause Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in humans. They have a wide range of rodent reservoir hosts and are transmitted to humans through aerosolized viral particles generated by the excretions of infected individuals. Since the first description of HPS in Argentina, new hantaviruses have been reported throughout the country, most of which are pathogenic to humans. We present here the first HPS case infected with Alto Paraguay virus reported in Argentina. Until now, Alto Paraguay virus was considered a non-pathogenic orthohantavirus since it was identified in a rodent, Holochilus chacarius. In addition to this, with the goal of identifying potential hantavirus host species in the province of Santa Fe, we finally describe a novel orthohantavirus found in the native rodent Scapteromys aquaticus, which differed from other hantaviruses described in the country so far. Our findings implicate an epidemiological warning regarding these new orthohantaviruses circulating in Central Argentina as well as new rodent species that must be considered as hosts from now on.
Glutathione, carbohydrate and other metabolites of Larix olgensis A. Henry reponse to polyethylene glycol-simulated drought stress
Authors: Zhang Lei , Yan Shanshan , Zhang Sufang , Yan Pingyu , Wang Junhui , Zhang Hanguo
Published: November 2021

Drought stress in trees limits their growth, survival, and productivity and it negatively affects the afforestation survival rate. Our study focused on the molecular responses to drought stress in a coniferous species Larix olgensis A. Henry. Drought stress was simulated in one-year-old seedlings using 25% polyethylene glycol 6000. The drought stress response in these seedlings was assessed by analyzing select biochemical parameters, along with gene expression and metabolite profiles. The soluble protein content, peroxidase activity, and malondialdehyde content of L. olgensis were significantly changed during drought stress. Quantitative gene expression analysis identified a total of 8172 differentially expressed genes in seedlings processed after 24 h, 48 h, and 96 h of drought stress treatment. Compared with the gene expression profile of the untreated control, the number of up-regulated genes was higher than that of down-regulated genes, indicating that L. olgensis mainly responded to drought stress through positive regulation. Metabolite analysis of the control and stress-treated samples showed that under drought stress, the increased abundance of linoleic acid was the highest among up-regulated metabolites, which also included some saccharides. A combined analysis of the transcriptome and metabolome revealed that genes dominating the differential expression profile were involved in glutathione metabolism, galactose metabolism, and starch and sucrose metabolism. Moreover, the relative abundance of specific metabolites of these pathways was also altered. Thus, our results indicated that L. olgensis prevented free radical-induced damage through glutathione metabolism and responded to drought through sugar accumulation.
Timing of parental depression on risk of child depression and poor educational outcomes: A population based routine data cohort study from Born in Wales, UK
Authors: Brophy Sinead , Todd Charlotte , Rahman Muhammad A. , Kennedy Natasha , Rice Frances
Published: November 2021

Background

Maternal depression is a risk factor for depression in children, though the influence of paternal depression has been less well examined. We examined the association between maternal and paternal depression, and the timing of their depression (before or after the child’s birth) and outcomes for the child including incidence of child depression and poor educational attainment.

Methods

A linked routine data cohort study linking General Practitioner(GP), hospital and education records of young people (aged 0 to 30 years) in Wales. Parental and child diagnosis of depression was identified from GP data. Regression analysis examined the association of maternal and paternal depression with time to diagnosis of depression in the child and odds of attaining educational milestones.

Outcomes

In adjusted models, the relative risk of offspring developing depression was 1.22 if the mother had depression before the child was born, 1.55 if the mother had depression after the child was born and 1.73 if she had depression both before and after the child was born (chronic depression), compared to those were there was no maternal depression history. For achieving milestones at end of primary school, odds were 0.92, 0.88 and 0.79 respectively. Association of depression in the child was similar if the male living in the household had depression with risk ratios of 1.24 (before), 1.43 (after) and 1.27 (before and after) for child diagnosed depression and 0.85, 0.79 and 0.74 for achieving age 11 milestones.

Interpretation

Children who live with a parent who has depression are more likely to develop depression and not achieve educational milestones, compared to children who live with a parent who has a history of depression (but no active depression in child’s lifetime) and compared to those with no depression. This finding suggests that working closely with families where depression (particularly chronic depression) is present in either parent and treating parental depression to remission is likely to have long-term benefits for children’s mental health and educational attainment.
The effects of quality of evidence communication on perception of public health information about COVID-19: Two randomised controlled trials
Authors: Schneider Claudia R. , Freeman Alexandra L. J. , Spiegelhalter David , van der Linden Sander
Published: November 2021

Background

The quality of evidence about the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical health interventions is often low, but little is known about the effects of communicating indications of evidence quality to the public.

Methods

In two blinded, randomised, controlled, online experiments, US participants (total n = 2140) were shown one of several versions of an infographic illustrating the effectiveness of eye protection in reducing COVID-19 transmission. Their trust in the information, understanding, feelings of effectiveness of eye protection, and the likelihood of them adopting it were measured.

Findings

Compared to those given no quality cues, participants who were told the quality of the evidence on eye protection was ‘low’, rated the evidence less trustworthy (p = .001, d = 0.25), and rated it as subjectively less effective (p = .018, d = 0.19). The same effects emerged compared to those who were told the quality of the evidence was ‘high’, and in one of the two studies, those shown ‘low’ quality of evidence said they were less likely to use eye protection (p = .005, d = 0.18). Participants who were told the quality of the evidence was ‘high’ showed no statistically significant differences on these measures compared to those given no information about evidence quality.

Conclusions

Without quality of evidence cues, participants responded to the evidence about the public health intervention as if it was high quality and this affected their subjective perceptions of its efficacy and trust in the provided information. This raises the ethical dilemma of weighing the importance of transparently stating when the evidence base is actually low quality against evidence that providing such information can decrease trust, perception of intervention efficacy, and likelihood of adopting it.
Association between active cooling and lower mortality among patients with heat stroke and heat exhaustion
Authors: Kanda Jun , Nakahara Shinji , Nakamura Shunsuke , Miyake Yasufumi , Shimizu Keiki , Yokobori Shoji , Yaguchi Arino , Sakamoto Tetsuya
Published: November 2021

Body cooling is recommended for patients with heat stroke and heat exhaustion. However, differences in the outcomes of patients who do or do not receive active cooling therapy have not been determined. The best available evidence supporting active cooling is based on a case series without comparison groups; thus, the effectiveness of this method in improving patient prognoses cannot be appropriately quantified. Therefore, we compared the outcomes of heat stroke patients receiving active cooling with those of patients receiving rehydration-only therapy. This prospective observational multicenter registry-based study of heat stroke and heat exhaustion patients was conducted in Japan from 2010 to 2019. The patients were stratified into the “severe” group or the “mild-to-moderate” group, per clinical findings on admission. After conducting multivariate logistic regression analyses, we compared the prognoses between patients who received “active cooling + rehydration” and patients who received “rehydration only,” with in-hospital death as the endpoint. Sex, age, onset situation (i.e., exertional or non-exertional), core body temperature, liver damage, renal dysfunction, and disseminated intravascular coagulation were considered potential covariates. Among those who received active cooling and rehydration-only therapy, the in-hospital mortality rates were 21.5% and 35.5%, respectively, for severe patients (n = 231) and 3.9% and 5.7%, respectively, for mild-to-moderate patients (n = 578). Rehydration-only therapy was associated with a higher in-hospital mortality in patients with severe heat illness (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 3.29; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.21–8.90), whereas the cooling methods were not associated with lower in-hospital mortality in patients with mild-to-moderate heat illness (aOR, 2.22; 95% CI, 0.92–5.84). Active cooling was associated with lower in-hospital mortality only in the severe group. Our results indicated that active cooling should be recommended as an adjunct to rehydration-only therapy for patients with severe heat illness.
Prevalence of migraine in adults with celiac disease: A case control cross-sectional study
Authors: Fanaeian Mohammad M. , Alibeik Nazanin , Ganji Azita , Fakheri Hafez , Ekhlasi Golnaz , Shahbazkhani Bijan
Published: November 2021

Aim

Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated disorder with various manifestations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of gastrointestinal (GI) and extra-intestinal symptoms of celiac patients, especially migraine, and compare it with healthy individuals.

Methods

We compared 1000 celiac subjects (CS) registered at our celiac center with the control group for headache-based on International Classification of Headache Disorders, third edition criteria and their GI symptoms. Besides, CS with migraine and non-migrainous headache were compared in terms of GI symptoms and accompanied conditions.

Results

Headache was more common in CS than controls (34% vs 27% respectively, P value<0.001) and more prevalent in females (71.9% in females vs 28% in males, P value = 0.004). Moreover, the prevalence of migraine in CS was higher than controls (20.7 vs 11.9% respectively, P value<0.001). Furthermore, migraine was more prevalent in females with CD (80% in females vs 19% in males, P value = 0.033), and often without aura (76%). Abdominal pain (76.9%, P value = 0.025), diarrhea (54.9%, P value = 0.002), and constipation (42.9%, P value = 0.011) were the most common GI symptoms in CS with headache and more prevalent in CS with migraine. Conversely, type 1 diabetes mellitus was less common in CS with migraine than in CS with non-migrainous headache. (P value = 0.001). On multivariate logistic regression analysis, female sex (OR 1.50, 95%CI 1.22–1.83, P value < 0.001), and CD (OR 1.36, 95%CI 1.12–1.65, P value = 0.002) were independent predictors of headache, whereas age more than 60 years (OR 0.70, 95%CI 0.50–0.97, P value = 0.032) had a protective effect.

Conclusion

Headache especially migraine is more prevalent in CS than healthy controls. In addition, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and constipation are more common in CS with migraine than in CS with non-migrainous headaches. Therefore, evaluation of CD in patients with migraine and these simultaneous GI symptoms seems reasonable.
Mathematical model and computational scheme for multi-phase modeling of cellular population and microenvironmental dynamics in soft tissue
Authors: Baramidze Gregory , Baramidze Victoria , Xu Ying
Published: November 2021

In this paper we introduce a system of partial differential equations that is capable of modeling a variety of dynamic processes in soft tissue cellular populations and their microenvironments. The model is designed to be general enough to simulate such processes as tissue regeneration, tumor growth, immune response, and many more. It also has built-in flexibility to include multiple chemical fields and/or sub-populations of cells, interstitial fluid and/or extracellular matrix. The model is derived from the conservation laws for mass and linear momentum and therefore can be classified as a continuum multi-phase model. A careful choice of state variables provides stability in solving the system of discretized equations defining advective flux terms. A concept of deviation from normal allows us to use simplified constitutive relations for stresses. We also present an algorithm for computing numerical approximations to the solutions of the system and discuss properties of these approximations. We demonstrate several examples of applications of the model. Numerical simulations show a significant potential of the model for simulating a variety of processes in soft tissues.
Language, European identity and stereotypical diversity in trans-European crime dramas
Authors: Gemzøe Lynge Stegger
Published: November 2021

Interrogating two transnational television dramas – Crossing Lines (2013, 2014, , the first season) and The Team (2015, , the second season) – and employing critical, textual and production perspectives, this article investigates representations of national and European identity in the series. In this article, I argue that the series on the one hand picture a diverse Europe uniting when challenges arise, embodying the dominant European narrative of ‘unity in diversity’ and, seen from a certain point of view, facilitate a mediated cultural encounter. On the other hand, the diversity depicted is based on the use of a wide range of well-known cultural stereotypes that may be familiar to the audience, and which may facilitate smooth storytelling, but that does little to broaden the actual cultural knowledge and understanding of the viewer, resulting in stereotypical diversity. The series have different strategies regarding representations of nation states, cultures and languages. The implications of these strategies are analysed. Common ground is often found in ‘American’ crime drama genre tropes associated with a team of often-antagonistic specialists who are put together to solve a problem, including such iconic US series as The A-Team (), the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation franchise (2000–15) and Scorpion (2014, 2015, 2016, ). The contribution ultimately finds that meaningful mediated cultural encounters are a challenge to transnational television drama, and that when it comes to television, ‘European’ and ‘transnational’ means little without ‘national’.
ebr online, revista de acesso aberto: nascida digital chega à idade adulta impressa
Authors: Vasques Liliana
Published: November 2021

Recensão cr´ítica de Joseph Tabbi, ed. Post-Digital: Dialogues and Debates from electronic book review. London: Bloomsbury Academic (2 volumes), 2020. ISBN: 978-1474292504
Miguel Rio Branco and the Curse of Cities (Maldicidades 2014)
Authors: Schollhammer Karl Erik
Published: November 2021

This essay will discuss the book Maldicidade (2014) by the Spanish-Brazilian photographer Miguel Rio Branco with a special attention to its organization as a narrative and poetic unity as a photobook. In focus is the book’s composition as an implicit dialogue between text and image and the use of modernist avantgarde techniques of montage and collage aiming at the expression of a contemporary reality of misery and hardship in the big cities of the Americas. The overarching argument is that the unity of the book as a photobook surpasses the referential nature of photography through visual narrativity in the effort to reveal the common condition of its posthuman urbanity.
Revuelta social y proceso constituyente en Chile
Authors: Heiss Bendersky Claudia
Published: November 2021

En octubre de 2019 se produjo en Chile la mayor movilización social desde el retorno a la democracia, en 1990. Precedido de más de una década de acción colectiva contenciosa con diversas agendas, este estallido o revuelta impulsó transformaciones en materia de derechos, protección social y nuevas reglas de la política. La más comprehensiva de ellas es la creación de una nueva constitución que reemplace la carta fundamental impuesta por la dictadura militar. El artículo analiza dos elementos del proceso constituyente que busca dar una salida institucional a la grave crisis social y política expresada en la revuelta que comenzó en 2019: el papel que jugó la rigidez institucional, protectora de las normas impuestas por la dictadura, y la crisis de la representación política que ha afectado al país.
Development of a Collection of Garments Inspired by the Hawa Mahal Historical Monument
Authors:   University of Science and Technology, School of Design, First Street, 512, ABB Building, Lakshmangarh, Rajasthan 332311 India, Mody Sukhvir Singh
Published: November 2021

Sources of inspiration play a vital role during the initial stages of the fashion design process by providing a specific direction to the entire fashion design process. Fashion designers interpret their imagination to improve the creative use of design inspirations during the development of clothing collections. Such exploration for design inspiration is crucial in the fashion design process for absorbing visual ideas and translating them into original creative clothing. The uniqueness of such creatively and systematically designed original clothing will also improve significantly. The current study focuses on the systematic development of a collection of casual women’s wear inspired by the Hawa Mahal (The Palace of Winds) historical monument in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The fabric patterns were developed by extracting motifs from the Hawa Mahal architectural marvel using computer-aided designing solutions and digital printing with hand embroidery. In order to check the market potential of developed garments, a mini-survey was also conducted to analyse the extent of the appropriateness of garment silhouettes, fitting and drape, and overall aesthetic features among targeted consumers.
Study of Electronic Properties and UV-Vis Spectrum of a Single Molecule as Molecular Electronics
Authors: Mutashar Khalid Jabbar , Hameed Jabir Shaker , Abbood Hamid Ibrahim
Published: November 2021

Current study deals with electronic properties and absorption spectrum calculations for a single molecule. The calculations were done based on the theory of density function DF. Our result showed the large basis sets 6-31G (d, P) with functional B3LYP is a suitable using for the relaxation of the studied structure. We showed a single molecule has small value of energy gap; it takes place in a wide range of molecular electronics as semiconductor material. The molecule is a soft molecule and can an electron to be transfer easily from valence band to conduction band. A single molecule can be interacting with the surrounding species due to it is higher electrophilic index. There is no direct transition from valence to conduction for a single molecule, the transition is recorded from sublevel in valence band to conduction band.
EFEKTIVITAS PUTUSAN MAHKAMAH KONSTITUSI NOMOR 7/PUU-XII/2014 TERHADAP PEKERJA DENGAN PERJANJIAN KERJA WAKTU TERTENTU
Authors: Muchtar Andhyka , Sulistiyono Adi
Published: November 2021

Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi Nomor 7 / PUU-XII / 2014 dalam dalam pelaksanaannya dinilai belum efektif. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana legalitas pelaksanaan Perjanjian Kerja Waktu Tertentu (PKWT) pasca Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi Nomor 7 / PUU-XII / 2014 dan Faktor apakah yang menyebabkan Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi Nomor 7 / PUU-XII / 2014 tidak efektif. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian yuridis empiris, dengan menggunakan data primer dan data sekunder. Hasil penelitian ini adalah: Pertama,  Pengadilan negeri berwenang mengesahkan status Perjanjian Kerja Waktu Tidak Tertentu berdasarkan hasil pemeriksaan pegawai Pemeriksa Ketenagakerjaan Kedua, pelaksanaan Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi Nomor 7 / PUU-XII / 2014 ternyata belum pernah dilaksanakan sebagai norma baru sehingga dinilai belum efektif.
PERATURAN KESEHATAN INTERNASIONAL 2005: PERKEMBANGAN SUBSTANSIAL UNTUK HUKUM INTERNASIONAL DAN KEAMANAN KESEHATAN GLOBAL
Authors: Kurniaty Rika
Published: November 2021

Artikel ini membahas IHR 2005 sebagai aturan umum untuk menangani penyakit menular. Munculnya ancaman emerging maupun re-emerging infectious diseases dan globalisasi penyakit yang tidak mengenal batas wilayah menjadi faktor pendorong pentingnya perhatian terhadap keamanan kesehatan global. Masyarakat internasional telah lama menyadari perlunya kolaborasi dan tata kelola internasional untuk mengendalikan penyebaran penyakit menular yang mampu melalui lintas batas Negara. Dibawah Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia, negara-negara anggota PBB telah merancang sebuah kesepakatan bersama untuk mengurangi resiko perluasan penularan melalui Peraturan Kesehatan Global (International Health Regulation 2005) yang merupakan hasil revisi peraturan tahun 1969. Majelis Kesehatan Dunia mengadopsi IHR 2005 sebagai perjanjian internasional yang mengikat negara anggota. IHR 2005 mengatur perubahan substantif utama dari rezim sebelumnya, dan memiliki prinsip penghormatan HAM, dan pengendalian penyakit menular tanpa harus menghambat perjalanan dan perdagangan secara proporsional.
Infrequent association of two rare diseases: amniotic band syndrome and osteogenesis imperfecta
Authors: Darakci Savaş Mert , Ertuğrul Sabahattin , Tanrıverdi Yılmaz Sibel , Ünal Edip , Yolbaş İlyas , Değer İbrahim
Published: November 2021

Objectives

Amniotic band syndrome and osteogenesis imperfecta are two distinct diseases that develop due to structural defects of the collagen protein. In our paper, we report the concurrence of these two diseases rarely seen in the newborn period.

Case presentation

A female infant born at 33rd gestational week was found to have constrictive bands in her right lower extremity and flexion contractures in distal joints of lower and upper extremities due to amniotic bands in postnatal physical examination. While being treated for respiratory difficulty, she was diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta and treated with bisphosphonates upon being found to suffer bilateral humeral fractures on the sixth day of life. She received respiratory support with mechanical ventilation due to respiratory tract complications related to osteogenesis imperfecta and died on the 384th day of life.

Conclusions

One should bear in mind that other collagen tissue diseases may accompany the amniotic band syndrome; this possibility should be definitely pursued if clinical suspicion exists.
Editorial: What is semiotics but a series of modeling
Authors: Yu Hongbing
Published: November 2021

The present issue of Chinese Semiotic Studies is published in memory of Thomas A. Sebeok. Sebeok was not only a master semiotician, but more importantly a grand artist in semiotics. As one of the most important contemporary figures in semiotics, linguistics, ethnology, and cultural studies, Sebeok made profound contributions to the progress of global semiotics through his distinguished theoretical achievements and promotional activities. His works have proven to be so relevant that they continue to exert a determinative influence and provide directions for the development of semiotics and its many subdivisions, especially biosemiotics, beyond the 20th century. Now, 21 years into the present century, during which semiotic studies around the world have made remarkable progress, it is about time to highlight some specific ways in which his contributions will continue to shape and guide semiotic studies, demonstrating the relevance of these contributions to the 21st century challenges. To this end, this special issue presents some up-to-date and informed studies that explore Sebeok’s contributions to semiotics and their vital implications for fundamental problems relevant to humanity as a semiotic animal in the present day and in the rest of this century and beyond.
Linguïculture: Thomas A. Sebeok as a revolutionary ethnographer
Authors: Gorlée Dinda L.
Published: November 2021

Sebeok started his career as an ethnographer, focusing on the verbal art of anthropology to describe the cultures associated with then-called “primitive” languages. He followed Bloomfield’s linguistics to study Boas’ anthropology of primitive art to investigate man as a civilized member of a native indigenous community with art-like speech habits. Sebeok’s earliest articles were ethnographic descriptions of non-Western folktales from the Cheremis people, which he reformulated into Saussure’s phonetic system to involve literal but culturally free translations. Later, Sebeok developed Peirce’s ethnosemiotics by explaining Sapir-Whorf’s two-way differentiation of linguistic-and-cultural texts. The coded interplay of anthroposemiotics moved Sebeok from language-and-culture to language-with-culture, thence to build up the merged compound of linguïculture.
From signs of language and culture to semioses of life: appreciating Tom Sebeok’s role in the building of global semiotics
Authors: Wąsik Zdzisław
Published: November 2021

This paper is an attempt at evaluating the advancement of the conceptual and methodological framework of semiotics across its neighboring disciplines as launched and promoted by Thomas Albert Sebeok on a worldwide scale. Writing in a first-person account, the author describes, firstly, his own road to the semiotic study of linguistics, owing to the acquaintance with editorial outputs as well as with the professional proficiency of this founding father of global semiotics as a visiting scholar with an affiliation in the Research Center for Language and Semiotic Studies of Indiana University at Bloomington. And secondly, he also tries to assess the power of Sebeok’s influence on the career progress of his contemporaries, scholars, followers, and pupils. Some of them, including the author himself, acted soon after as distinguished masters of particular semiotic disciplines or organizers of international enterprises. Finally, the author provides an epistemological evaluation of semiotic thresholds in the research activities of scientists.