bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Nuevo procedimiento para la obtención del grado de discapacidad a raíz del Real Decreto 888/2022 y su incidencia en la valoración del Trastorno del Espectro del Autismo / New proceeding for obtaining the degree of disability as a result of Royal Decree 888/2022 and its impact on the assessment of academic autism spectrum disorder.
Authors: Sánchez Guerrero Alicia
Published: December 2023

El procedimiento para la obtención del grado de discapacidad contenido en el Real Decreto 88/2022 acomete la valoración de la discapacidad con más concreción, destacando la agilización de los trámites. Se introduce un enfoque más humano en su regulación en consonancia con la visión que de la discapacidad nos ofrece la Convención Internacional de Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad. Además, se alinea con el modelo biopsicosocial de la discapacidad de la Clasificación Internacional del Funcionamiento de la Discapacidad y de la Salud, aprobada en 2001 por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) y conocida como CIF. Como novedoso y de interés adicional para esta investigación, en este baremo se incorpora el “trastorno generalizado del desarrollo”, donde se recogen los fundamentos del autismo (TEA), lo producirá un hito trascendental ya que distinguirá este trastorno en su evaluación de la discapacidad intelectual.
El principio laboral según el cual “trabajo no es mercancía”: entre realidad y ficción / The labor principle according to which “work is not merchandise”: between reality and fiction.
Authors: Lúcio de Almeida Cleber , Guimarães Rabêllo de Almeida Wânia
Published: December 2023

El artículo aborda uno de los principios del Derecho Laboral, aquel que se refiere a que trabajo no es mercancía. El artículo, en el que se adopta como metodología la revisión bibliográfica, analiza la adherencia de este principio a la realidad y su relevancia está en la necesidad de investigar si los derechos garantizados a los(las) trabajadores(as) por el orden jurídico impiden que el trabajo sea sometido a la condición de mercancía. La conclusión a la que se arribó es que, en el sistema de producción capitalista, el trabajo se reduce a la condición de mercancía, o sea, que al capitalismo le corresponde el trabajo-mercancía, lo que lleva a la constatación de que el principio según el cual el trabajo no es mercancía corresponde a la realidad solo cuando se refiere a la esencia del trabajo, pero no cuando este se realiza bajo las condiciones del sistema de producción capitalista.
Las vicisitudes de la flexiseguridad en la industria de videojuegos argentina / The vicissitudes of flexicurity in the Argentine video game industry.
Authors: Melendi Julieta
Published: December 2023

En este trabajo analizamos la configuración fáctica de la flexiseguridad laboral en la industria de los videojuegos argentina. A tal fin, tomamos como referencia cuatro ejes previstos en dos instrumentos de soft law de la Unión Europea. A partir de allí, cotejamos las dimensiones del fenómeno con los datos cuantitativos disponibles en nuestro país, específicamente en el Sistema Nacional de Información Cultural y con los informes estadísticos provenientes del Observatorio de la Industria de los videojuegos argentina, a la vez que introducimos fuentes cualitativas primarias y secundarias. En efecto, concluimos que la flexiseguridad se configura de hecho en la industria de los videojuegos argentina; no obstante, el Estado deberá introducir modificaciones normativas en lo concerniente al seguro de desempleo, para que la flexiseguridad no se convierta lisa y llanamente en flexibilización.
SUZAN-LORI PARKS AND NAOMI WALLACE IN RELATION: PLAYING THE AMERICAN GAME FOR REAL AND BEYOND.
Authors: Koch Sophie
Published: December 2023

wo American women whose writings for the theatre have been both nationally and internationally recognized, Suzan-Lori Parks and Naomi Wallace have drawn on the notion of game-playing to explore and undermine the inextricability of the power relations that govern their vision of America. Because theatre is about playing, games occupy a central position around which meaning revolves and multiplies on stage, infinitely magnified by Parks’s and Wallace’s poetic imagination. As far apart and unique as they are, their voices deeply resonate with the American landscape and beyond, echoing each other in ways that call for an examination of the correspondences that make their plays related, in the sense Edouard Glissant gave to the term, of a totality that does not exclude differences, of a meeting of pluralities, which is the stable/unstable ground of games, and of a place from where infinite beauty can spring. Parks’s The America Play and Wallace’s The War Boys, both written in the early 90s, evolved through a creative process that feeds on itself into the widely acclaimed Topdog/Underdog that earned Parks a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 and The Breach, which was produced at the Avignon Theatre Festival in 2019, expanding Wallace’s popularity in France. Through a comparative analysis of the poetics at work in these four plays, the aim of this article is to bring these two women’s voices together, placing them in relation without erasing their particularities to delineate the contours of a “relational poetics,” to again use Glissant’s terminology, one that evokes rather than explains, one that resurrects the past to reinvent our present and divine the future: an art of divination.
PLAYING HOUSE: SPATIALITY, HOME, AND PRIVACY IN THE THEATRE OF JENNIFER HALEY.
Authors: Hooper Michael
Published: December 2023

The most celebrated plays of the American dramatist Jennifer Haley are normally appraised in terms of the ethical questions they pose: collectively, how our digital selves appear to offer a complicating impunity. This essay argues that considerations of space, and, more particularly, the compulsive search for privacy, are central to how we define ourselves in virtual realms and in our envisaged transition to a disembodied existence. Both Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom (2008) and The Nether (2013) illustrate how Una Chaudhuri’s theory of geopathology, the problem of place, continues to characterize modern drama, establishing patterns of victimage and exile, and how the promise of a more social and egalitarian future may dissolve in the face of ever greater fragmentation and isolation as the game of nationhood runs its course
Amor, trabajo, familia. Mujeres y relaciones de género en la obra literaria de Zhang Jie
Authors: Sáiz López Amalia
Published: December 2023

Zhang Jie, (1937-2022) es una autora consagrada en la escena literaria china. Sus primeras publicaciones datan de finales de la década de 1970, coincidiendo con el inicio de la política de reforma y apertura china. El efecto del giro político del país se percibe también en el ámbito literario con el surgimiento de distintas temáticas, géneros y estilos que se alejaban del realismo socialista para reflexionar sobre el impacto del maoísmo en la población china, como la corriente denominada “literatura de cicatrices”, de autoría masculina. Sin embargo, el artículo propone una lectura feminista de esta etapa. A partir de tres de las obras de Zhang Jie traducidas al castellano, No olvidar el amor [1979] (1990), Galera [1982] (1995) y Esmeralda [1984] (2007), se analiza cómo la mirada crítica femenina de esta autora se plasma en los retratos literarios de sus protagonistas y en la descripción de las relaciones que mantienen con sus colegas, esposos, hijos y cuadros, denunciando el poder masculino que perpetúa la desigualdad de género, a pesar del discurso igualitario socialista del Partido Comunista Chino.
Deseo y homofobia: un acercamiento a las experiencias lésbicas en la obra de Lin Bai
Authors: Xia Xiyao
Published: December 2023

En el contexto del florecimiento cultural de la China posterior a la Apertura y Reforma en la década de 1990, la escritora contemporánea Lin Bai emergió como una figura destacada al abordar de manera valiente el tema del amor lésbico en sus novelas como Una guerra propia (1994) y Agua en una botella (1993). Su valiente indagación en la homosexualidad femenina se reveló como una empresa innovadora que amplió significativamente los horizontes de la literatura femenina en la China contemporánea. No obstante, las restricciones sociales y culturales se manifestaron de manera palpable en las protagonistas de sus narrativas, quienes enfrentaron resistencia y temor frente al amor entre mujeres, desencadenando tragedias personales. La representación vívida de la homofobia social y la lucha interna en estas obras invita a una reflexión profunda sobre los desafíos y obstáculos que las personas lesbianas enfrentan en la sociedad china contemporánea. Este análisis se propone examinar detenidamente las obras de Lin Bai desde una perspectiva feminista y queer, explorando cómo estas novelas arrojan luz sobre la complejidad de la identidad lésbica en un contexto cultural específico y cómo contribuyen al discurso más amplio sobre la diversidad sexual en la literatura china contemporánea.
Mujer, familia y sociedad en ‘‘La vegetariana’’ de Han Kang.
Authors: Kyung Kang Eun , Chica Morales Patricia
Published: December 2023

La sociedad surcoreana tradicionalmente se fundamentaba en un sistema fuertemente patriarcal cuyos efectos siguen siendo patentes en la actualidad en las relaciones familiares, el ámbito laboral y el social. A pesar de los cambios generacionales y la lucha feminista contra los cimientos de este sistema, aún la posición de muchas mujeres dentro de la jerarquía familiar queda subordinada a la del hombre. Este es el contexto que nos retrata la autora Han Kang en su obra La vegetariana. Una obra que ha recibido una extensa atención internacional no solo por describir la realidad de muchas mujeres surcoreanas, sino porque trata asuntos universales desde un punto de vista feminista: el papel de la mujer en la familia, el estatus social como mujer, la opresión o las relaciones matrimoniales. En el presente artículo se analizará, con enfoque de género, cuál es la representación que hace la autora de las mujeres surcoreanas en la familia y la sociedad. También, cómo se forman mecanismos de rebeldía que rompen los estándares sociales y la estructura hegemónica patriarcal. Para un análisis completo, el artículo se complementa con una introducción a la situación de las mujeres en el ámbito social, familiar y laboral en Corea del Sur.
El cuerpo grita. Paralelismos entre escritoras surcoreanas y latinoamericanas contemporáneas.
Authors: Iglesias Aparicio Pilar
Published: December 2023

Las escritoras de narrativa surcoreanas ocupan un lugar importante tanto en la literatura de su país como a nivel internacional. Sus novelas y relatos muestran los efectos en la sociedad, del colonialismo, la guerra, la desigualdad social, la represión política, la brutalidad policial, el peso de las tradiciones y los cambios sociales y económicos producidos en el país desde los años cincuenta. Sobre todo, las historias de sus protagonistas reflejan la situación de las mujeres en una sociedad profundamente patriarcal y los diferentes tipos de violencia que todavía sufren las mujeres en el siglo veintiuno. El cuerpo, físico y mental, es el lugar donde se encarna la violencia, y es también a través de sus cuerpos como las mujeres ejercen diferentes formas de resistencia y rebeldía. Este trabajo realiza un estudio comparativo entre las novelas surcoreanas La Vegetariana (2007) de Han Kang; Por favor, cuida de mamá (2008), de Shin Kyung-Sook, y Kim Ji-young, nacida en 1982 (2016), de Cho Man-Jo, y las siguientes obras de escritoras latinoamericanas: la novela Fruta podrida (2007), de Lina Meruane (Chile); y los relatos Lección de cocina (1971), de la mexicana Rosario Castellanos, El Ovillo (1986) de la paraguaya Renée Ferrer, Nada de carne sobre nosotras y Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego (2016) de la argentina Mariana Enríquez.
Insomnios furiosos: estética de la furia en el cuento ''La familia Lino Milagros'' de Silvia Ocampo
Authors: Baum Erica
Published: December 2023

Este ensayo aporta una lectura aguda sobre el cuento de Silvina Ocampo “La Familia Linio Milagros”, publicado por primera vez en 1937 dentro del corpus ‘Viaje Olvidado’. Para abordar lo ominoso como categoría de análisis, tendré en cuenta las indagaciones efectuadas por Sigmund Freud en das ‘Unheimlich’ en 1919. Mi hipótesis es que la furia aniquila el amor familiar. Las preguntas que guiarán mi investigación son: ‘¿por qué Aurelia aparece como perturbadora de la tranquilidad familiar?’, ‘¿por qué la furia del insomnio entra en íntima relación con la muerte de Aurelia?’ y ‘¿bajo qué circunstancias el silencio familiar deviene en espanto?’ Para profundizar sobre la estética de la furia, tendré en cuenta la filosofía aristotélica que aborda a las emociones desde un punto de vista cognitivo, que incluye las percepciones, creencias, deseos y juicios de valor en que se asientan.
Sparsity-Exploiting Distributed Projections onto a Simplex
Authors: Dai Yongzheng , Chen Chen
Published: December 2023

Projecting a vector onto a simplex is a well-studied problem that arises in a wide range of optimization problems. Numerous algorithms have been proposed for determining the projection; however, the primary focus of the literature is on serial algorithms. We present a parallel method that decomposes the input vector and distributes it across multiple processors for local projection. Our method is especially effective when the resulting projection is highly sparse, which is the case, for instance, in large-scale problems with independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) entries. Moreover, the method can be adapted to parallelize a broad range of serial algorithms from the literature. We fill in theoretical gaps in serial algorithm analysis and develop similar results for our parallel analogues. Numerical experiments conducted on a wide range of large-scale instances, both real world and simulated, demonstrate the practical effectiveness of the method.

History: Accepted by Antonio Frangioni, Area Editor for Design & Analysis of Algorithms—Continuous.

Funding: This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research [Grant N00014-23-1-2632].

Supplemental Material: The software that supports the findings of this study is available within the paper and its Supplemental Information ( https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/suppl/10.1287/ijoc.2022.0328 ) as well as from the IJOC GitHub software repository ( https://github.com/INFORMSJoC/2022.0328 ). The complete IJOC Software and Data Repository is available at https://informsjoc.github.io/ .
Limit Theorems for Default Contagion and Systemic Risk
Authors: Amini Hamed , Cao Zhongyuan , Sulem Agnès
Published: December 2023

We consider a general tractable model for default contagion and systemic risk in a heterogeneous financial network subjected to an exogenous macroeconomic shock. We show that under certain regularity assumptions, the default cascade model can be transformed into a death process problem represented by a balls-and-bins model. We state various limit theorems regarding the final size of default cascades. Under appropriate assumptions on the degree and threshold distributions, we prove that the final sizes of default cascades have asymptotically Gaussian fluctuations. We next state limit theorems for different system-wide wealth aggregation functions, which enable us to provide systemic risk measures in relation to the structure and heterogeneity of the financial network. Lastly, we demonstrate how these results can be utilized by a social planner to optimally target interventions during a financial crisis given a budget constraint and under partial information of the financial network.
How to be slow …: with stories
Authors: Clark Alison
Published: December 2023

There are several ways that settings can make reading and telling stories a slower, more beneficial experience, finds Alison Clark
WHAT RESEARCH TELLS US (THE SCIENCE BIT)
Authors: Jozwiak Gabriella
Published: December 2023

In the first of a new column on the foundations which underpin everyday best practice, Gabriella Jozwiak looks at what a study of Romanian orphanages tells us about the effect of care environment on development
Within reach
Authors: Hart Karen
Published: December 2023

At a time of climate crisis as well as a cost-of-living crisis, how can early years settings become sustainable, both environmentally and financially? Karen Hart offers some ideas
Priority Based Scheduler for Asymmetric Multi-core Edge Computing
Authors: Hada Rupendra Pratap Singh , Srivastava Abhishek
Published: December 2023

Edge computing technology has gained popularity due to its ability to process data near the source or collection device, benefiting from low bandwidth utilization and enhanced security. Edge devices are typically equipped with multiple devices that employ asymmetric multi-cores for efficient data processing. To ensure optimal performance, it is crucial to carefully assign tasks to the appropriate cores in asymmetric multi-core processors. However, the current Linux scheduler needs to consider the capabilities of individual cores when assigning tasks. Consequently, high-priority tasks may be assigned to energy-efficient cores, while low-priority tasks end up on high-performance cores. This sub-optimal task assignment negatively impacts the overall system performance. To address this issue, a new algorithm has been proposed. This algorithm considers both the core’s capabilities and the task’s priority. However, due to the asymmetric nature of the cores, prior knowledge of each core’s speed is necessary. The algorithm fetches the priorities of the tasks and classifies them into high, medium, and low-priority categories. High-priority tasks are scheduled on high-performance cores, while medium and low-priority tasks are allocated to energy-efficient cores. The proposed algorithm demonstrates superior performance for high-priority tasks compared to the existing Linux task scheduling algorithm. It significantly improves task scheduling time by up to 16%, thereby enhancing the system’s overall efficiency.
Integrating Citizens’ Avatars in Urban Digital Twins
Authors: García-Luque Rafael , Toro-Gálvez Lorenzo , Moreno Nathalie , Troya Javier , Canal Carlos , Pimentel Ernesto
Published: December 2023

Urban Digital Twins (UDT) represent a powerful tool to effectively make cities smart. Generally, UDTs are linked with other Digital Twins to build ecosystems where the citizen is at the heart of the ecosystem. This is why citizens should be considered first-class entities in the UDTs. At the same time, citizens’ privacy cannot be compromised. In this paper, we propose to integrate citizens’ digital twin in UDTs through their digital avatars (DAs). DAs allow exploiting citizens’ information, behavioral habits and personal preferences, while allowing them to have full control of their own data. We present our architecture that makes use of the Cloud-to-Thing Continuum to optimize available processing resources. We focus on a case study of the public transport service of the city of Malaga (Spain) and describe how we are approaching its implementation. Finally, we validate such UDT implementation through tests that evaluate its accuracy and the factors affecting its performance.
Intersecting social/structural factors and vulnerability to intimate partner violence: the experiences of Nigerian women who use drugs
Authors: Nelson Ediomo-Ubong , Ireland Lala
Published: December 2023

An emerging body of research has shown that women who live in highly coercive settings characterised by poverty and housing instability face a heightened risk of intimate partner violence. We seek to contribute to this literature by exploring how multiple, overlapping social and structural factors shape intimate partner violence (IPV) risk among women who use drugs (WWUD). Analysis of 16 in-depth interviews with WWUD in Uyo, Nigeria, framed by intersectionality, reveals that intimate partnerships of WWUD were contextualised by socio-economic disadvantages, housing instability, and dependent substance use. Intimate partnerships motivated by women’s concerns to meet survival needs manifested as unequal exchanges that locked them in abusive relationships. Socio-economic deprivations, housing instability and dependent substance use operated at a more distal level to shape unequal relationships characterised by dependence and subordination of WWUD, the later factors constituting the proximal axis of IPV risk. WWUD sought to negotiate IPV risk through deference and acquiescence to male partners. Interventions aiming to reduce IPV risk within intimate partnerships of WWUD should seek to expand the space women have to negotiate risks within these partnerships in the short term. In the long term, they should focus on ensuring access to safe housing, economic support and drug treatment services.
Impact of the Great Recession on Adults With Autism and Their Mothers
Authors: Hickey Emily J. , DaWalt Leann Smith , Bolt Daniel , Hong Jinkuk , Song Jieun , Lounds Taylor Julie , Mailick Marsha R.
Published: December 2023

Autistic individuals and their families are at risk for poor outcomes in employment and mental health and may be vulnerable to long-term effects of broader societal conditions. The aim of the current longitudinal study was to understand the impact of the Great Recession of 2007–2009 on autistic individuals and their mothers (N = 392). Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) results indicated that problem behavior of autistic adults increased in the years following the recession. The rate at which autistic individuals moved away and lived separately from their mothers also slowed during the recession. Mothers experienced significantly higher levels of depressive symptoms postrecession, compared to prerecession. In many other respects, the autistic individuals and their mothers did not experience negative outcomes, suggesting resilience and a strong safety net. These included the physical health and vocational/employment status of the autistic adults and their mothers. Results point to specific areas of vulnerability of autistic individuals and their mothers during the economic downturn, as well as a broad pattern of resilience in these families.
Sibling Relationship and Behavioral Adjustment in Families of Disabled Children: Cross-Lagged Associations
Authors: Williams Caitlin A. , Thompson Paul A. , Hayden Nikita K. , Hastings Richard P.
Published: December 2023

Cross-lagged panel designs were used to examine longitudinal and potential (bi)directional relationships between primary caregiver reported sibling relationship quality and the behaviors of children with intellectual disability (n = 297) and their closest in age siblings. The behavioral and emotional problems of the child with intellectual disability positively predicted sibling conflict over time. When accounting for control variables, this relationship was no longer present. Sibling warmth positively predicted the prosocial behaviors of the child with intellectual disability over time. When accounting for control variables, both sibling warmth and sibling conflict positively predicted the prosocial behaviors of the child with intellectual disability over time. Future research directions and clinical implications are discussed.
A Model of Photons Ground-State Photons and Dirac Sea
Authors: Barak Shlomo
Published: December 2023

A photon, according to Quantum Field Theory (QFT), is kind of an excitation of the electromagnetic field. This field resides in Space and follows its topology. This excitation is considered point-like and structureless, whereas in some books - a wavepacket. No one, however, modeled this wavepacket in such a way that enables us to relate to it as a stable particle. On the other hand, in our recent paper titled “The Double Slit Experiment Enigma – Resolved” we show that the photon is not a wave. So, what is it? We contend that the Photon is a Space Lattice excitation. This idea enables us to model the photon and its ground-state photon. For abbreviation of the long expression Ground-State Photon we have invented the name Photom, which will be used from now on. This idea, that the photon and the photom are Space Lattice excitations, explains their electromagnetic nature. This understanding reveals the essence of the Zero-Point Fluctuations, Space Polarization and that of Dirac Sea.
Predictive value of hepatitis B serological indicators for mortality among cancer survivors and validation in a gastric cancer cohort
Authors: Zhang Yangyu , Qu Linlin , Pan Yuchen , Wu Yanhua , Jiang Jing
Published: December 2023

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has gradually been considered to associate with cancer development and progression. This study aimed to explore the associations of serological indicators of HBV infection with mortality risk among cancer survivors and further validated using a gastric cancer (GC) cohort from China, where HBV infection is endemic. National Center for Health Statistics’ National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data were used in this study. Individuals with positive results of hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) were considered to have current or past HBV infection. Serological indicators were positive only for hepatitis B surface antibodies (anti-HBs), indicating vaccine-induced immunity, whereas negativity for all serologic indicators was considered to indicate the absence of HBV infection and immunity to HBV. The GC cohort included patients from the First Hospital of Jilin University, China. The median follow-up time of the NHANES was 10 years; during the follow-up, 1505 deaths occurred. The results revealed that anti-HBs-positive cancer survivors had a 39% reduced risk of mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 0.61, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.44–0.85). Men and individuals aged <65 years old with past exposure to HBV had higher mortality risk (HR 1.52, 95% CI 1.09–2.13; HR 2.07, 95% CI 1.13–3.83). In this GC cohort, individuals who were only anti-HBs-positive showed a reduced risk of mortality (HR 0.77, 95% CI 0.62–0.95). Thus, anti-HBs positivity was a significant factor of decreased mortality among cancer survivors. More rigorous surveillance is necessary for cancer survivors with anti-HBc positivity, particularly men, and younger individuals.
SkinViT: A transformer based method for Melanoma and Nonmelanoma classification
Authors: Khan Somaiya , Khan Ali
Published: December 2023

Over the past few decades, skin cancer has emerged as a major global health concern. The efficacy of skin cancer treatment greatly depends upon early diagnosis and effective treatment. The automated classification of Melanoma and Nonmelanoma is quite challenging task due to presence of high visual similarities across different classes and variabilities within each class. According to the best of our knowledge, this study represents the classification of Melanoma and Nonmelanoma utilising Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) and Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) under the Nonmelanoma class for the first time. Therefore, this research focuses on automated detection of different skin cancer types to provide assistance to the dermatologists in timely diagnosis and treatment of Melanoma and Nonmelanoma patients. Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) methods have gained popularity where Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are employed to accurately classify various skin diseases. However, CNN has limitation in its ability to capture global contextual information which may lead to missing important information. In order to address this issue, this research explores the outlook attention mechanism inspired by vision outlooker, which improves important features while suppressing noisy features. The proposed SkinViT architecture integrates an outlooker block, transformer block and MLP head block to efficiently capture both fine level and global features in order to enhance the accuracy of Melanoma and Nonmelanoma classification. The proposed SkinViT method is assessed by different performance metrics such as recall, precision, classification accuracy, and F1 score. We performed extensive experiments on three datasets, Dataset1 which is extracted from ISIC2019, Dataset2 collected from various online dermatological database and Dataset3 combines both datasets. The proposed SkinViT achieved 0.9109 accuracy on Dataset1, 0.8911 accuracy on Dataset3 and 0.8611 accuracy on Dataset2. Moreover, the proposed SkinViT method outperformed other SOTA models and displayed higher accuracy compared to the previous work in the literature. The proposed method demonstrated higher performance efficiency in classification of Melanoma and Nonmelanoma dermoscopic images. This work is expected to inspire further research in implementing a system for detecting skin cancer that can assist dermatologists in timely diagnosing Melanoma and Nonmelanoma patients.
Proposal for a physiotherapy assessment form for the evaluation of women patients with uro-gynecological disorders: A Delphi study
Authors: González-Castro Ana , Leirós-Rodríguez Raquel , Rodríguez-Nogueira Óscar , Álvarez-Álvarez Mª José , Pinto-Carral Arrate , Andrade-Gómez Elena
Published: December 2023

Background

The correct selection of treatment techniques and methods in physiotherapy depends directly on a well-structured anamnesis, examination and assessment. Within urogynecological and obstetric physiotherapy there is no standardized and protocolized assessment that allows to follow established steps. For all this, the main objective of this study was to identify the assessment items that should be included in the a physiotherapeutic uro-gynecological assessment.

Methods

Delphi study through a group of experts. Prior to this, a systematic search was carried out, accompanied by a review of grey literature, to obtain the possible items to be included in the forms. Subsequently, a Delphi study with two consecutive rounds of questionnaires was developed. A total of 6 expert physiotherapists participated in the study.

Results

The initial questionnaire had 97 items and after two rounds one item was eliminated to obtain a total of 96 items in the final questionnaire.

Conclusions

The experts agreed on most of the choices and finally obtained a standardized and protocolized assessment in uro-gynecological physiotherapy. Furthermore, this proposal should be considered by other professionals involved in the process of evaluation and treatment of pelvi-perineal alterations.
Effects of music therapy on degree of cooperation with anesthesia induction and preoperative anxiety in children with simple congenital heart disease: A protocol of systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Liu Haoyu , Song Xiaojin , Xiong Lu , Zhang Liyun , Luo Bingquan , Liu Siling
Published: December 2023

Background

Anxiety is a common preoperative symptom in children with simple congenital heart disease (SCHD). Music therapy shows potential as a non-drug intervention. However, it is unclear how it impacts the level of cooperation during the induction of anesthesia and preoperative anxiety, as well as the factors that influence its effectiveness. Therefore, we will conduct a comprehensive review and meta-analysis to assess the impact of music therapy on the level of cooperation during anesthesia induction and preoperative anxiety in children with SCHD.

Methods

Electronic searches will be conducted through various databases including PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Medline, and CNKI to gather randomized controlled trials (RCTs) examining the impact of music therapy on the level of cooperation during anesthesia induction and preoperative anxiety among children with SCHD. Two evaluators will independently review the literature, extract information, and assess the risk of bias in the included studies. Afterwards, data analysis will be conducted using Stata 14.0 software and Revman 5.4 software. The results will be based on random-effects models. The reliability and quality of evidence will be evaluated by using the Grading of Recommendations, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system. Heterogeneity will be examined by subgroup analysis stratified by age, gender ratio, type of surgery, drop-out rate, measurement tools, and country of origin. We will assess potential publication bias using funnel plot symmetrical and Begg’s ang Egger’s regression tests.

Discussion

Given the multiple advantages that may be associated with music therapy, this therapy may be a desirable alternative to existing therapies for preoperative cooperation and anxiety issues in children with SCHD. We hope that this systematic review will guide clinical decision-making for future efforts related to coping with preoperative fit and anxiety in children with SCHD.

Systematic review registration

PROSPERO registration number: CRD42023445313. https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42023445313.
Editorial
Authors: O’Connor Peter , Freebody Kelly
Published: December 2023

The five articles in this issue are all rich examples of research and practice that may not be perfect, but that strive to be ethically, politically and aesthetically powerful in considering the value of our work in the field of applied theatre and bringing about social change. There is a mix of research methods that supports our conviction that no one method should have automatic preferential status in our field. The voices are truly global, with articles from Italy, Spain, India and England.
Delicious angst and tooth-rotting fluff: Distant reading community discourses of emotion in Harry Potter fanfiction comments
Authors: Neugarten Julia
Published: December 2023

This article employs distant reading to examine discursive norms for expressing emotion in comments on Harry Potter fanfiction on Archive of Our Own (AO3). Using text analysis tools to identify collocational patterns, the article shows how fanfiction engages this community and how community members express their engagement in accordance with community discourses. The analysis transcends the level of individual utterances by examining large-scale patterns in the data. Comparing comments for three fanfiction genres (angst, fluff and hurt/comfort) reveals three patterns. First, commenters frequently describe stories about suffering in positive terms. Second, metaphors likening fanfiction consumption to food consumption are prevalent in all genres. Commenters also use language blending physical and emotional sensations. Finally, commenters describe stories about positive emotions using negative metaphors of rot, decay, gluttony or overload. This use of positive or negative language need not indicate positive or negative judgements but instead reveals discursive fields to which fanfiction reading is linked. Additionally, comments indicate that fanfiction is used to influence emotional states. These findings contribute to an understanding of the impact of fanfiction within its community and raise questions regarding the role of emotion in fanfiction reading.
La reforma del impuesto de las cédulas personales de 1925 como instrumento para identificar a las élites económicas periféricas
Authors: Hidalgo Álvarez Roque , Morente Muñoz Carmen , Pérez Serrano Julio
Published: December 2023

En el marco de una ambiciosa reforma tributaria, encabezada por José Calvo Sotelo y su grupo de asesores, durante el periodo en que este fue director general de Administración Local, se procedió, a mediados de 1925, a cambiar el impuesto de cédulas personales. Los recursos económicos así conseguidos tenían por objeto financiar a las Diputaciones Provinciales e indirectamente a los Ayuntamientos. El Estatuto Provincial, promulgado en marzo de 1925, estableció el marco legal de esta reforma. Se crearon tres tarifas aplicables a rentas del trabajo, contribuciones directas y alquileres. Aunque con limitaciones, esta reforma intentó convertir los impuestos de producto en impuestos sobre la renta. La severidad de la reforma nos permite utilizar este impuesto como un índice objetivo del poder económico de las élites periféricas. Como estudio de caso se ha analizado la aplicación de este impuesto a la población de Granada. En el ranking de las ciudades españolas, Granada era la cuarta en número de cédulas expedidas en las dos primeras clases de las tres tarifas.
La proclamación de la Segunda República española a través de la prensa castellanoleonesa
Authors: De Miguel Mateo Álvaro
Published: December 2023

Las elecciones municipales de abril de 1931 marcaron un antes y un después en la historia de España, tanto por los acontecimientos que desencadenaron, como por las novedades políticas y electorales que introdujeron. En ello, la prensa jugó un papel fundamental como medio de información y por su capacidad para generar opinión pública. En Castilla y León, la movilización política y electoral de las ciudades contrastó con un mundo rural desentendido de la política que, salvo excepciones, siguió anclado en los viejos tiempos de la Restauración.
Beef, Bacteria, and Beyond
Authors: Andalib K. M. Salim , Tabassum Tasmina , Islam Anti , Habib Ahsan
Published: December 2023

The emergence of multidrug resistant bacteria in our food chain is constantly jeopardizing the entire world health system, hospital management, and economic development, which is also the primary mean of spreading antibiotic-resistant zoonotic pathogens. The widespread and routine use of antimicrobials in cattle feed for the purpose of promoting growth raises a significant public health concern. This is particularly alarming when the same classes of antimicrobials are being used in humans as well, that can significantly boost up the prevalence of MDR microorganisms in our day to day food and meal. Raw meat, while being a valuable protein source for human consumption, is also recognized as a reservoir for various foodborne pathogens. A large number of studies confirmed the presence of MDR pathogens in meat products, including,

Campylobacter species,

Salmonella species,

Enterococcus species, and

Escherichia

coli. However, the prevalence of MDR pathogens in context of meat supply in Bangladesh still remains in shadow.This study aimed to isolate and identify drug-resistant bacteria from raw beef samples, obtained from different butcher shops in Khulna, Bangladesh, as well as, to determine their susceptibility pattern against

Ocimum

tenuiflorum extracts. A total of thirty raw beef samples were randomly collected from five different butcher shops, resulting in isolation of thirty pure bacterial isolates. Further, 16S rRNA gene amplification and analysis identified twelve bacterial isolates, predominated by

Aeromonas spp. The antimicrobial susceptibility test results revealed ten of the isolates, including

Klebsiella

pneumoniae,

Aeromonas

veronii and

Enterobacter

hormaechei, to exhibit multidrug resistance pattern, whereas,

Comamonas

aquatica was resistant against all nine tested antibiotics. Amoxicillin, nitrofurantoin, and flucloxacillin were found to be ineffective against most isolates. However, the ethanolic extracts of

O.

tenuiflorum were effective in inhibiting the growth of eight isolates at three different concentrations with zone of inhibition diameter ranging from 8.76 ± 0.05 mm to 21.6 ± 0.05 mm.
Análises estatístico-computacionais de atribuição de autoria
Authors: Sousa Ana Paula Nunes de , Pires Emanoel
Published: December 2023

Propomos, neste artigo, apresentar os resultados de um estudo estatístico textual realizado com a obra psicografada Parnaso de Além-Túmulo (1932), com ênfase de análise nos 31 poemas mediúnicos atribuídos ao poeta brasileiro Augusto dos Anjos pelo médium Francisco Cândido Xavier. A ferramenta digital utilizada foi o Hyperbase, em sua versão online (hyperbase.unice.fr/hyperbase/). O corpus é formado por 9 textos mais os 31 poemas atribuídos a Augusto dos Anjos. Dentro das funções estatísticas e documentárias da ferramenta utilizada, verificamos a distribuição de frequências, a distribuição das palavras funcionais, a distribuição gramatical e o uso de bicódigos e de tricódigos. Quanto aos resultados das análises realizadas, destacamos que Parnaso de Além-Túmulo (1932) e os 31 poemas atribuídos a Augusto dos Anjos não se aproximam, estilisticamente, de Eu (1912), que tem a autoria comprovada do poeta paraibano. Os supostos poemas atribuídos à autoria de dos Anjos se encontram, na verdade, mais próximos de Lira imortal (1939), que foi também psicografada por Chico Xavier.
Digital videos in the English as a Second Language classroom
Authors: Tumolo Celso Henrique Soufen , Bender Marinho Cristiel
Published: December 2023

This study aimed at investigating the use of digital videos for L2 development, with the specific objectives of identifying the: 1) frequency of use and the sources of the videos, 2) selection criteria and instructional use, and 3) perception of their benefits. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire with thirteen English teachers from extracurricular courses offered at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. The results showed that 8 teachers reported using videos about 20% of their classes; 1, 40%; 1, 60%; and 3, 80%. Most teachers use videos from YouTube, TED talk videos, DVDs in general, and videos accompanying the textbooks. For the selection criteria, teachers use: video length, authenticity, difficulty level, topic adequacy in relation to the topic in class, grammar and vocabulary presentation in context; and for the instructional use, videos are used mostly to teach vocabulary and grammar, introduce and explain the topics related to the unit, contextualize the language and foster topic discussions, show diversity of language with abstract/poetic language, promote skills development, and prepare for activities. The perceived benefits include contextualization and authentic use of the language, language use in its natural pace, topic introduction and explanation assistance, attractiveness and engagement, delivery of visual input, and use of subtitles. The possible conclusions are that digital videos are present and can contribute for L2 development, and that teachers are capitalizing on their best use in their L2 classrooms.
A língua portuguesa em São Tomé e Príncipe
Authors: Santiago Ana Maria , Balduino Amanda
Published: December 2023

Este artigo aborda o pluricentrismo da língua portuguesa, focando na presença do idioma em São Tomé e Príncipe (STP). A norma linguística do português dotada de prestígio em STP, reforçada pelo governo e ensino, é a do Português de Portugal, ainda que o português de STP (PSTP) tenha características únicas, surgidas, sobretudo, da vivência com as línguas crioulas e da transmissão irregular do idioma. Ao analisar alguns dados históricos, documentos oficiais e práticas de ensino relevantes, entende-se que o projeto colonial de supressão das identidades linguísticas firmado em STP não só foi central na construção da realidade linguística do arquipélago, mas também persiste no apagamento da diversidade linguística local e na desvalorização atribuída às variedades de língua portuguesa de STP, vistas negativamente pelos próprios falantes.  Essas normas consideradas desviantes, que reafirmam o pluricentrismo do português, são ignoradas na legislação educativa e nos manuais empregados, conquanto estudantes e professores apresentem dificuldades com a norma alvo. Ademais, a demanda por ajuda externa de STP, especificamente na produção de material didático e formação docente, contribui para um cenário de monocentrismo e de práticas monocêntricas e mutiladoras.
ANÁLISE DOS PSICOTRÓPICOS NAS RELAÇÕES DE MEDICAMENTOS ESSENCIAIS DAS CAPITAIS BRASILEIRAS E DO DISTRITO FEDERAL
Authors: Barbosa Bruna Alves dos Santos , Costa Pâmella Araújo da , Silva Emília Vitória da , Galato Dayani , Oliveira Rinaldo Eduardo Machado de
Published: December 2023

O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar os psicotrópicos nas relações de medicamentos essenciais das capitais brasileiras e do Distrito Federal. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo com coleta de dados realizada no período de setembro a novembro de 2022 por meio de páginas eletrônicas oficiais das secretarias de saúde, e-mails direcionados às ouvidorias ou aplicativos de mensagens. Obtiveram-se 26 relações de medicamentos essenciais e 1 lista de aquisição de medicamentos, publicadas entre os anos 2013 e 2022. A frequência de psicotrópicos variou de 3 a 14, sendo que a maior média foi observada nas capitais da Região Sudeste (11) e a menor na Região Sul (5). Não houve diferença entre as médias do número de psicotrópicos nas capitais comparadas por Regiões brasileiras (p>0,05). Os benzodiazepínicos observados em maior frequência foram: clonazepam (90%), midazolam (85,7%), nitrazepam (19%) e bromazepam (14,3%). Notou-se elevada diversidade no elenco dos psicotrópicos disponibilizados à população. Neste sentido, sugere-se que as Comissões de Farmácia e Terapêutica locais tenham um olhar sobre esta lista e que sejam propostos protocolos e diretrizes a fim de garantir o uso racional  dos psicotrópicos.
Protocolos de Consulta e Consentimento
Authors: Anaya Felisa Cançado , Santos Sônia Maria Simões Barbosa Magalhães , Paula Andréa Maria Narciso Rocha de , Gomes Fernando Soares , Souza Ravena Gomes Teixeira de , Ribeiro Luciana Maria Monteiro , Araújo Raine Gonçalves de
Published: December 2023

O objetivo desse relato de experiência foi promover diálogo intercultural sobre Protocolos de Consulta e Consentimento Livre, Prévio e Informado (PCCLPI), através da realização de evento acadêmico com trabalho de campo, junto às comunidades tradicionais vazanteiras e quilombolas da Lapinha, Praia, Pau Preto e Pau de Légua, região do Médio São Francisco, municípios de Manga e Matias Cardoso em Minas Gerais.  O evento foi realizado em duas partes: Oficina e seminário na Unimontes – Montes Claros-MG e trabalho de campo nas comunidades tradicionais. A discussão visou apresentar os protocolos enquanto mais um instrumento utilizado para proteção territorial e manutenção dos modos de vida dessas comunidades, que vivenciam conflitos ambientais territoriais de longa duração. O trabalho de campo foi realizado através de técnicas etnográficas de entrevistas em profundidade, rodas de conversa, construção de linha do tempo, registro em áudio e vídeo das lideranças sobre a memória coletiva do grupo e analise da atual situação social dos grupos. As discussões foram realizadas através de diálogo intercultural entre os pesquisadores e os comunitários. A análise teve como foco as "situações sociais"(VAN VELSEN 2010), deste evento, considerando a processualidade histórica dos conflitos vivenciados pelos grupos e as discussões sobre a construção de PCCLPI. Essa experiência de pesquisa-ensino-extensão culminou com a Carta de Montes Claros: Protocolos de Consulta, operacionalizando o início do processo de elaboração dos PCCLPI das comunidades tradicionais citadas.
BOOTSTRAPPING ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING RELIGIOUS MODERATION IN MEDAN CITY
Authors: Sazali Hasan , Matondang Abdul Rahman
Published: December 2023

This study aims to analyze the influence of religiosity, religious tolerance, and communication that directly and indirectly affects Religious Moderation in Medan City. This study uses a quantitative method with bootstrapping analysis using the Smart PLS3.01 application. Respondents in this study were Muslims in Medan City aged 17-45 years who were drawn based on the Slovin formula with a significance degree of 0.10. The sample of this study amounted to 100 people determined by proportional random sampling, which was drawn evenly based on the population of Medan City per sub-district. The results of this study show that religiosity and religious tolerance directly affect religious moderation in Medan City. The communication variable as an intervening variable failed to indirectly influence religiosity and religious tolerance on religious moderation in Medan City. The recommendations are: Religious moderation needs to be a solution amid the problems of intolerance and disintegration in Medan by promoting effective communication. Values in religious moderation are still too general and abstract to be applied in various regions with different cultural conditions and styles. For that, we need a local formulation to implement how religious moderation works, Further research is needed on aspects of local culture to strengthen moderation in Medan City.