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Ortese and the theory of difference in Il porto di Toledo
Authors: Seno Cosetta 
Published: July 2020

Anna Maria Ortese is considered today as one of the greatest women writers of all times. This essay analyzes her contribution to Italian Women’s Literature within the context of her relationship with two major waves of the Italian Feminist Movement: that of the 1970s, centered mainly on the idea of equality, and that of the 1980s, centered on the idea of sexual difference. While writing her autobiography Il porto di Toledo Ortese became aware that the very experience of reality, centered on sexual difference, had to be reassessed and, consequently a new feminine language had to to be conceived. The contributions made by Ortese in Toledoproved to be invaluable in the creation of a new feminine language, distant from the Lacanian symbolic order and capable to express the experience of reality in a new and unique way.
Recensione a Anilda Ibrahimi, "Non c'è dolcezza", Torino, Einaudi, 2012.
Authors: Camilotti Silvia 
Published: July 2020

Si propone una recensione del romanzo "Non c'è dolcezza" (Einaudi 2012) di Anilda Ibrahimi, scrittrice di origine albanese, residente in Italia e autrice in lingua italiana. Nei suoi precedenti romanzi – "Rosso come una sposa" (Einaudi 2008) e "L'amore e gli stracci del tempo" (Einaudi 2009) – l'autrice pone l'attenzione sul conflitto balcanico e sulla storia albanese. Uno dei temi privilegiati nella sua scrittura è la condizione femminile nel suo paese natale: nei suoi romanzi offre un'immagine anticonvenzionale di donne forti che, nonostante la cultura tendenzialmente patriarcale, rappresentano sempre i pilastri della famiglia. Ibrahimi non alimenta una visione stereotipata di donna succube, che troppo spesso i lettori italiani possiedono. L'attenzione alle questioni di genere, ai rapporti tra uomini e donne e ai condizionamenti sociali e culturali è centrale nei suoi testi.
El significado del espacio como herramienta de comunicación en protocolo | The meaning of space as a communication tool in protocol
Authors: Barrera Cañellas Margarita 
Published: July 2020

El espacio es una de las herramientas de comunicación no verbal utilizada en protocolo. El conocimiento profundo del entorno a través de su simbología y significado en la memoria colectiva del grupo al que pertenece, ofrece al protocolo un uso comunicativo más eficaz del contexto en el desarrollo de actos y eventos, ya que al mensaje que desea transmitir, se une la identificación que realiza el público objetivo al que va dirigido, basando este reconocimiento en parámetros simbólicos y señas de identidad de grupo que realzan de manera no verbal y en muchos casos inconsciente, el mensaje emitido.El estudio multidisciplinar del espacio aporta nuevas perspectivas que lo enriquecen en su significación simbólica como contexto, aportando un diálogo entre mensaje y público objetivo que debe ser tenido en cuenta a la hora de elegir el mejor escenario físico para el desarrollo de actos y eventos protocolarios._________________________Space is one of the non-verbal communication tools used in protocol. The deep knowledge of the environment through its symbology and meaning in the collective memory of the group to which it belongs, offers to the protocol a more effective communicative use of the context in the development of acts and events, since to the message it wishes to transmit, is joined the identification made by the target audience to which it is addressed, basing this recognition on symbolic parameters and signs of group identity that enhance the message emitted in a non-verbal way and in many cases unconsciously.The multidisciplinary study of space brings new perspectives that enrich it in its symbolic significance as a context, providing a dialogue between message and target audience that must be taken into account when choosing the best physical scenario for the development of acts and protocol events.
Del paternalismo a la protección de la maternidad: un proceso de inconvenientes | From paternalism to maternity protection: a process of inconvenience
Authors: Díaz Moya Rafael 
Published: July 2020

Al exponer la trayectoria de la protección de la maternidad, partiendo de un tipo previsión privada a principios del siglo XX, encontramos una visión del concepto jurídico de la maternidad, inexistente hasta la Ley Dato y su Reglamento en 1900, caracterizado por una condición social de la mujer basada en la crianza de los hijos y el cuidado del hogar, hecho que se trasladaría al mundo laboral mediante la consideración jurídica de un ser inferior. A través de una menor remuneración y mayor restricción educativa eran las formas patronales, en defecto de protección laboral por las Juntas locales de Reformas Sociales y de protección sindical por las pugnas entre la CNT y la UGT, para desembocar en una gran desigualdad de derechos que revertía en el incumplimiento de la legislación protectora de la acción social que intentaría evitar la II República especialmente con la inclusión de la protección del trabajo de la mujer como derecho constitucional.__________________________By exposing the trajectory of maternity protection, starting from a private provision at the beginning of the twentieth century, we find a vision of the legal concept of maternity, nonexistent until the Dato Law and its Regulations in 1900, characterized by a social condition of the woman based on the someone’s charge of the children and the care of the home, fact that would be transferred to the labor world through the legal consideration of an inferior being. Through lower remuneration and greater educational restriction were the employers' forms, in the absence of labor protection by the local Social Reform Boards and union protection by the disputes between the CNT and the UGT, to agree a great inequality of rights that reversed in the breach of the legislation protecting social action that the Second Republic tried to avoid, especially with the inclusion of the protection of women's work as a constitutional right.
Editorial: Atualidade da Filosofia de Espinosa: Matéria e potência
Authors: Candiotto Cesar , Peruzzo Júnior Léo , Valverde Antonio , Espinosa Lolas Ricardo , Craia Eladio 
Published: July 2020

Pensar é uma espécie de exercício responsável que não pode ser omitido neste momento que vivenciamos e partilhamos. Por isso, cultivar boas reflexões depende, por um lado, da capacidade técnico-acadêmica de pesquisadoras e pesquisadores e, por outro, da maneira como conduzem o seu horizonte filosófico diante de um quadro de perspectivas e desafios. Assim, a produção filosófica não precisa de milagres para compreender a natureza, como afirmará Espinosa, mas de uma aliança entre liberdade e razão.É neste sentido que o presente número da Aurora contempla o dossiê “Atualidade da Filosofia de Espinosa: Matéria e potência”, organizado pelos professores Ricardo Espinosa Lolas e Eladio Craia.O Fluxo Contínuo, por sua vez, dispõe dos artigos “Fantasised alterity, inaudible voices. Notes for a critique of the coloniality of desire”, de Jorge Polo Blanco; “El Estado Intensivo de Gilles Deleuze”, de Julián Ferreyra; “Nietzsche e a mnemotécnica: do sofrimento à afirmação da vida pelo artista da dor”, de Adilson Felicio Feiler; “The role of sense of justice in Rawls’theory”, de Pablo Aguayo Westwood; “Paradigms in Action”, de Paulo Pirozelli e, por último, “É possível filosofar com Heidegger após as confissões nos Cadernos Negros?”, de Luiz Rohden.A Aurora também apresenta, ao final, as resenhas das obras “Aporías de la Democracia”, obra coordenada por Ricardo Espinoza Lolas e Jordi Riba, assinada por Angélica Montes Montoya, e “Hegel and Espinosa: Substance and Negativity”, de Gregor Moder, realizada por Eladio Craia e Arion Keller.
Evaluation of Serum Uric Acid, Serum Magnesium and Lipid Profiles in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients for the Risk Factor of Cardiovascular Disease
Authors: Sogani Sonal , Gupta Navendru Kumar , Jain Suman 
Published: July 2020

Background and Objective: Dyslipidemia is one of the common disorders which are seen in most of the diabetes patients, which causes cardio vascular diseases. However, serum uric acid and lipid profiles are considered as the potential risk factor for developing diabetes, hypertension, stroke and cardiovascular diseases. Also the direct association of trace elements such as serum magnesium and hs-CRP in type 2 diabetes has been observed. The aim of the present study is to evaluate serum uric acid, serum magnesium and lipid profiles in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients for the risk factor of cardiovascular disease and its comparison with non diabetic subjects.
Materials and Methods: This case-control study was conducted in the Department of Biochemistry, PIMS, Udaipur. The study included 100 patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (both males and females) who were recruited from the institute’s medicine OPD and wards and 100 healthy controls (both males and females) with normal plasma glucose and with no symptoms suggestive of DM were included in the study. All the Biochemical parameters analysis was done on fully automated analyzer-ERBA 360 EM.
Results: The mean values of serum lipid profiles (serum cholesterol, serum triglycerides, VLDL, LDL) were compared between healthy controls and patients with type 2 DM, showed highly significant difference in patients with type 2 DM as compared with healthy controls (p<0.001). However, on comparing HDL between healthy controls and patients with type 2 DM, the difference seems to be significant (p<0.05). The mean values of RBS, HbA1c, uric acid and hs-CRP were highly significant in patients with type 2 DM as compared with healthy controls (p<0.001). The mean values of serum magnesium showed significant difference between healthy controls and patients with type 2 DM p<0.05).
Interpretation and Conclusion: The common lipid abnormalities seen during diabetes induce dyslipidemia causing the development of CVD’s among diabetic patients. Also elevated levels of hs-CRP, hyperuricemia, hypomagnesium suggest that it could be a better prognosis for CVD’s and stroke in diabetic patients.
Effectiveness of Community Based Interventions in Reducing Maternal Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review
Authors: Orjingene O. , Morgan J. 
Published: July 2020

Background & Aim: Maternal mortality ratio for sub- Saharan Africa in 2010 was estimated to be about 600 per 100,000 live births, which is approximately higher than what is obtainable in advanced countries. To this end, several community-based interventions have been put in place by governments and developmental partners in the region to address the situation. This review aimed to seek evidence from existing literature on the level of effectiveness of these interventions in improving maternal health outcomes in the region. The literature search process resulted in retrieval of six full text studies that were written in English, published between 2000 and 2019 and were focused on intervention based at the community level which resulted in the reduction of maternal deaths in some sub-Saharan African countries. The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) tool was used to critically review retrieved literature.
Findings: Findings from the articles reviewed show that community based interventions with direct reduction on maternal mortality were implemented in Ethiopia and Nigeria and were effective since maternal mortality declined by 64% and 43.5% respectively. Other community based interventions did not directly address reduction in maternal mortality but rather addressed leading causes of maternal mortality such as home and unskilled birth attendance, low Ante-Natal Care (ANC) & Post-Natal Care (PNC) services utilization, Eclampsia, delay in accessing care and Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH). Such interventions were implemented in Nigeria, Zambia, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo and were proved to be effective in reducing maternal mortality.
Conclusions and Recommendations: Based on the literatures reviewed, it was concluded that community based interventions were effective in reducing maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. The following recommendations were made based on gaps observed in the implementation of some interventions. Introduction of emergency transport scheme in countries where they do not exist as despite the existence of maternity waiting homes and dedicated maternity ambulances in Zambia, many expectant mothers still had difficulty reaching the health facilities in time to deliver, Engagement and training of more health workers so as to avoid human resources challenges that may be associated with increased demand for health facility deliveries.
Pregnancy Malaria: Predisposing Factors, Burden and Management in Agrarian Settlements Southeast Nigeria
Authors: Nnamonu Emmanuel Ikechukwu , Ejilibe Obiageli Constance , Ani Pamela Amarachi Ndukwe- , Nwosu Godwin Chigozie , Imakwu Cyril Ali , Ezugwu Kingsley Chukwujindu , Ekwueme Casmir Chiebuka 
Published: July 2020

Aim: To evaluate predisposing factors, burden and management of malaria amongst pregnant women in some agrarian settlements southeast Nigeria.
Study Design: Cross-sectional survey conducted in 4 randomly selected agrarian communities was conducted.
Place and Duration of Study: Isi-Uzo Local Government Area (Eha-Amufu, Ikem, Mbu, Neke and Umualor). The study lasted six months.
Methodology: A total of 385 respondents participated. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 4 randomly selected agrarian communities was conducted. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire.
Results: Obstetric and socio-demographic characteristics of the participants showed that majority were age-bracket 25-34 (42.6%), 1st trimester (56.4%) and multigravidae (52.8%), primary education group (32.2%), secondary education group (55.6%), farmers (73.1%) and Christians (93.5%). All the respondents (100%) agreed to the presence of overgrown bushes in their environs, many farming activities which is the main source of income and staying out late at night for relaxation. A high percentage of the women experienced fever (57.9), headache (61.6), cough & catarrh (54.5) and anorexia (53.8) monthly reflecting high malaria frequency in the locale. 20.3% had experienced stillbirth, 82.6% neonatal death and 65.5% infant mortality once, twice or more. And according to (58.7%) and (38.7%) of respondents, malaria moderately and highly affects their productivity during pregnancy respectively. Respondents that seek health/treatment in hospitals (50.9) differ insignificantly from those that seek health through traditional remedies (49.1). Cost of treatment was reported to be high and moderate by 31.9% and 65.5% respondents respectively. Poor health care delivery was implicated as major dissatisfaction with treatment by 76.4% of respondents.
Conclusion: Malaria is a major health problem encountered by pregnant women in agrarian locales. Hence, girls should be exposed to malaria awareness programs an earlier stage of life.
Growth and Yield of Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] as Influenced by Organic Manures and Superabsorbent Polymers
Authors: Ryan Qasimullah , Geetha K. N. , Hashimi Rahmatullah , Atif Rafiq , Habimana Sylvestre 
Published: July 2020

Aims: The study aimed to assess soybean response to organic manures and superabsorbent polymers along with recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF: 25-60-25 kg N-P2O5-K2O ha-1).
Study Design: The experiment was tested with a randomized complete block design (RCBD).
Place and Duration of Study: The field experiment was carried out during 2017-2018 at Zonal Agricultural Research Station (ZARS), All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on soybean, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), GKVK, Bengaluru-560065, Karnataka, India.
Methodology: The field experiment was having eight treatments with three replications. The treatments comprised RDF in combination with farmyard manure (FYM) at the rate of 3.0 t ha-1, potassium polyacrylate at the rate of 5.0, 7.5, and 10.0 kg ha-1, pusa hydrogel, humic acid and vermicompost at the rate of 7.5 kg ha-1, 3.0 kg ha-1 and 3.0 t ha-1, respectively.
Results: The results revealed that RDF with potassium polyacrylate at the rate of 7.5 kg ha-1 recorded significantly higher with respect to growth parameters viz., plant height (74.6 cm), number of branches plant-1 (14.2), leaf area (2394 cm2 plant-1) and total dry matter (57.3 g plant-1) and yield attributes like number of pods plant-1 (58.4), seed weight plant-1 (28.62 g), seed yield (2707 kg ha-1), stalk yield (4370 kg ha-1) and harvest index (0.38). The net returns (Rs. 68255 ha-1) and B:C ratio (3.58) were also recorded higher in the treatment having potassium polyacrylate at the rate of 7.5 kg ha-1 and RDF.
Synthesis of CeOx‐Decorated Pd/C Catalysts by Controlled Surface Reactions for Hydrogen Oxidation in Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Authors: Singh Ramesh K. , Davydova Elena S. , Douglin John , Godoy Andres O. , Tan Haiyan , Bellini Marco , Allen Bryan J. , Jankovic Jasna , Miller Hamish A. , Alba‐Rubio Ana C. , Dekel Dario R. 
Published: July 2020

AbstractDue to the sluggish kinetics of the hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) in alkaline electrolytes, the development of more efficient HOR catalysts is essential for the next generation of anion‐exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs). In this work, CeOx is selectively deposited onto carbon‐supported Pd nanoparticles by controlled surface reactions, aiming to enhance the homogenous distribution of CeOx and its preferential attachment to Pd nanoparticles, to achieve highly active CeOx‐Pd/C catalysts. The catalysts are characterized by inductively coupled plasma–atomic emission spectroscopy, X‐ray diffraction, high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy, scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), electron energy loss spectroscopy, and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy to confirm the bulk composition, phases present, morphology, elemental mapping, local oxidation, and surface chemical states, respectively. The intimate contact between Pd and CeOx is shown through high‐resolution STEM maps. The oxophilic nature of CeOx and its effect on Pd are probed by CO stripping. The interfacial contact area between CeOx and Pd nanoparticles is calculated for the first time and correlated to the electrochemical performance of the CeOx‐Pd/C catalysts. Highest recorded HOR specific exchange current (51.5 mA mg−1Pd) and H2–O2 AEMFC performance (peak power density of 1,169 mW cm−2 mgPd−1) are obtained with a CeOx‐Pd/C catalyst with Ce0.38/Pd bulk atomic ratio.
Multifunctional Visible‐Light Powered Micromotors Based on Semiconducting Sulfur‐ and Nitrogen‐Containing Donor–Acceptor Polymer
Authors: Kochergin Yaroslav S. , Villa Katherine , Novotný Filip , Plutnar Jan , Bojdys Michael J. , Pumera Martin 
Published: July 2020

AbstractPhotosensitive micromotors that can be remotely controlled by visible light irradiation demonstrate great potential in biomedical and environmental applications. To date, a vast number of light‐driven micromotors are mainly composed from costly heavy and precious metal‐containing multicomponent systems, that limit the modularity of chemical and physical properties of these materials. Herein, a highly efficient photocatalytic micromotors based exclusively on a purely organic polymer framework—semiconducting sulfur‐ and nitrogen‐containing donor–acceptor polymer, is presented. Thanks to precisely tuned molecular architecture, this material has the ability to absorb visible light due to a conveniently situated energy gap. In addition, the donor‐acceptor dyads within the polymer backbone ensure efficient photoexcited charge separation. Hence, these polymer‐based micromotors can move in aqueous solutions under visible light illumination via a self‐diffusiophoresis mechanism. Moreover, these micromachines can degrade toxic organic pollutants and respond to an increase in acidity of aqueous environments by instantaneous colour change. The combination of autonomous motility and intrinsic fluorescence enables these organic micromotors to be used as colorimetric and optical sensors for monitoring of the environmental aqueous acidity. The current findings open new pathways toward the design of organic polymer‐based micromotors with tuneable band gap architecture for fabrication of self‐propelled microsensors for environmental control and remediation applications.
Concepts of Spin Seebeck Effect in Ferromagnetic Metals
Authors: Yi LiZhi , Yang Dongchao , Liu Min , Fu Hua‐Hua , Ding Linjie , Xu Yunli , Zhang Bingbing , Pan Liqing , Xiao John Q. 
Published: July 2020

AbstractSpin Seebeck effect (SSE) and related spin caloritronics have attracted great interest recently. However, the definition of the SSE coefficient remains to be established, let alone a clean experiment to measure the SSE coefficient in ferromagnetic metals. The concept through a model based on the semi‐classical Botlzmann transport equation has been clarified. The model includes the vital spin‐flip process, which is frequent in metals, and points out that the length scale of SSE is much larger than the spin diffusion length. The model reveals how the spin‐flip process influences the transport equations and provides the simple relationship between the different spin‐flip relaxation times for spin‐up and ‐down electrons, which is very useful to understand the spin transport properties. This understanding allows to redefine the expression of the spin Seebeck coefficient.
Coherent Perfect Diffraction in Metagratings
Authors: Zhang Ziying , Kang Ming , Zhang Xueqian , Feng Xi , Xu Yuehong , Chen Xieyu , Zhang Huifang , Xu Quan , Tian Zhen , Zhang Weili , Krasnok Alex , Han Jiaguang , Alù Andrea 
Published: July 2020

AbstractMetasurfaces are 2D engineered structures with subwavelength granularity, offering a wide range of opportunities to tailor the impinging wavefront. However, fundamental limitations on their efficiency in wave transformation, associated with their deeply subwavelength thickness, challenge their implementation in practical application scenarios. Here, it is shown how the coherent control of metagratings through multiple wave excitations can provide new opportunities to achieve highly reconfigurable broadband metasurfaces with large diffraction efficiency, beyond the limitations of conventional approaches. Remarkably, energy distribution between the 0th and higher diffraction orders can be continuously tuned by changing the relative phase difference between two excitation waves, enabling coherent control, with added benefits of enhanced efficiency and bandwidth. This concept is demonstrated for a thin electric metagrating operating at terahertz frequencies, showing that coherent control can overcome several of the limitations of single‐layer ultrathin metastructures, and extend their feasibility in various practical scenarios.
Catalytic Aerobic Dehydrogenatin of N‐Heterocycles by N‐Hydoxyphthalimide
Authors: Chen Weidong , Tang Hao , Wang Weilin , Fu Qiang , Luo Junfei 
Published: July 2020

AbstractCatalytic methods for the aerobic dehydrogenation of N‐heterocycles are reported. In most cases, indoles are accessed efficiently from indolines using catalytic N‐hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) as the sole additive under air. Further studies revealed an improved catalytic system of NHPI and copper for the preparation of other heteroaromatics, for example quinolines.magnified image