bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Large giraffids (Mammalia, Ruminantia) from the new late Miocene fossiliferous locality of Kemiklitepe-E (Western Anatolia, Turkey)
Authors: Xafis Alexandros , Mayda Serdar , Alçiçek Mehmet Cihat , Kaya Tanju , Halaçlar Kazım , Grímsson Friðgeir , Nagel Doris 
Published: September 2020

AbstractKemiklitepe is a well-known locality with four recognised fossiliferous horizons, KTA to KTD, which have yielded a plethora of mammalian remains. Previous taxonomic studies indicate the presence of three giraffid taxa:Samotherium majorandPalaeotragus roueniifrom the uppermost three horizons, KTA, KTB and KTC, as well asPalaeotragus roueniiandSamotherium? sp. from the lowermost KTD horizon. In this study a new locality, Kemiklitepe-E, is presented for the first time. Kemiklitepe-E is located approximately 350 m NW of the classic Kemiklitepe locality. The fossiliferous sedimentary rocks at Kemiklitepe-E occur at the same stratigraphic level as localities KTA, KTB and KTC. The preliminary faunal list includes representatives of Proboscidea, Chalicotheriidae, Equidae, Bovidae and Giraffidae. Comprehensive descriptions and comparisons of the Kemiklitepe-E Giraffidae specimens suggest the co-occurrence of two large giraffids:Samotherium majorandHelladotherium duvernoyi.Samotherium major, previously documented from this region, is the most common taxon at Kemiklitepe.Helladotherium duvernoyiis rare at Kemiklitepe and here reported for the first time. The two taxa coexisted during the middle Turolian in Greece and Western Anatolia. In addition, it is suggested that specimens ofSamotherium? sp described from KTD possibly belong toSamotherium neumayri. Based on the stratigraphic position of fossiliferous rocks, as well as the faunal data presented herein, the newly discovered locality is considered to be of middle Turolian (MN12) age.
Handlungsempfehlung: Stärkung der Resilienz von Behandelnden und Umgang mit Second Victims im Rahmen der COVID-19-Pandemie zur Sicherung der Leistungsfähigkeit des Gesundheitswesens
Authors: Strametz R. , Raspe M. , Ettl B. , Huf W. , Pitz A. 
Published: September 2020

ZusammenfassungDer Begriff Second Victim beschreibt eine an der Patientenversorgung beteiligte Person, die durch eine außergewöhnliche Situation in der Patientenversorgung selbst traumatisiert wird. Dieses in der Öffentlichkeit noch weitgehend unbekannte, aber weit verbreitete Phänomen wird durch die COVID-19-Pandemie verschärft und birgt das Risiko, durch eine ausgeprägte psychische Überlastung der Behandelnden Gesundheitssysteme zusätzlich unter Druck zu setzen. Dies stellt sowohl für die Patienten als auch für die Mitarbeitersicherheit eine ernstzunehmende Gefahr dar. Das Second-Victim-Phänomen ist gut erforscht und bedarf einer zweigleisigen Strategie. Einerseits müssen Second Victims in einem flächendeckenden, möglichst niederschwellig erreichbaren gestuften System schnell, persönlich und vertraulich unterstützt werden. Andererseits kommt der Stärkung der Resilienz aller Behandelnden besondere Bedeutung zu. Die Resilienz und damit die langfristige Leistungsfähigkeit der Behandelnden kann durch eine besondere Berücksichtigung im Führungsverhalten und in der Krisenkommunikation nachhaltig unterstützt werden. Sie leistet somit sowohl kurzfristig als auch nachhaltig einen positiven Beitrag für die Patientensicherheit und damit die Überlebenschancen vieler Patienten während und nach der COVID-19-Pandemie.
TAXATION OF A GMWB VARIABLE ANNUITY IN A STOCHASTIC INTEREST RATE MODEL
Authors: Molent Andrea 
Published: September 2020

AbstractModeling taxation of Variable Annuities has been frequently neglected, but accounting for it can significantly improve the explanation of the withdrawal dynamics and lead to a better modeling of the financial cost of these insurance products. The importance of including a model for taxation has first been observed by Moenig and Bauer (2016) while considering a Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (GMWB) Variable Annuity. In particular, they consider the simple Black–Scholes dynamics to describe the underlying security. Nevertheless, GMWB are long-term products, and thus accounting for stochastic interest rate has relevant effects on both the financial evaluation and the policyholder behavior, as observed by Goudenège et al. (2018). In this paper, we investigate the outcomes of these two elements together on GMWB evaluation. To this aim, we develop a numerical framework which allows one to efficiently compute the fair value of a policy. Numerical results show that accounting for both taxation and stochastic interest rate has a determinant impact on the withdrawal strategy and on the cost of GMWB contracts. In addition, it can explain why these products are so popular with people looking for a protected form of investment for retirement.
Evaluation of Risk Perception of COVID-19 Disease: A Community-Based Participatory Study
Authors: Samadipour Ezat , Ghardashi Fatemeh , Aghaei Nahid 
Published: September 2020

ABSTRACTObjective:How people behave in a crisis depends on their understanding and evaluation of risk and vulnerability. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the Iranians’ risk perception of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).Methods:An online survey was applied, which resulted in the collection of information on demographics, the 5 dimensions of risk perception (cognitive, political, social, cultural, and emotional), and trust in the government among the Iranian users of social networks. Data were analyzed by descriptive and analytical tests of SPSS (IBM Corp, Armonk, NY) software, and confirmatory factor analysis of Amos software.Results:A total of 364 persons from 20 provinces completed the questionnaire during February 25 to March 2, 2020. More than 80% of the participants believed that negligence and lack of close supervision of the authorities have led to the spread of COVID-19. The mean (SD) risk perception was 58.77 (± 10.11), indicating the medium level of risk perception of people. The second-order confirmatory factor analysis also indicated that cultural dimension had the highest positive correlation (0.96), emotional dimension had the highest negative correlation (-0.65), and social dimension had the least correlation with the risk perception model (0.08).Conclusion:Iranians’ risk perception of the COVID-19 outbreak is not optimal, and it seems necessary to improve it.
COVID-19 Drive-Through Point of Screening and Testing (POST) System: A Safe, Efficient, and Adaptable Model for Nasopharyngeal Swab Collection
Authors: Evans Lauran K. , Shinagawa Austin , Sutton Sarah , Calvo Lisa 
Published: September 2020

ABSTRACTObjective:The authors aim to demonstrate that the current drive-through testing model at a health district was improved in certain parameters compared with a previous testing protocol, and to provide the methodology of the current model for other coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing sites to potentially emulate.Methods:Initially, a small drive-through site was constructed at a converted tuberculosis clinic, but due to an increase in testing needs, an expanded point of screening and testing (POST) system was developed in an event center parking lot to administer tests to a higher volume of patients.Results:An average of 51.1 patients was tested each day (2.0 tests per personnel in personal protective equipment [PPE] per hour) at the initial tuberculosis clinic drive-through site, which increased to 217.8 patients tested each day (5.9 tests per personnel in PPE per hour) with the new drive-through POST system (P < 0.001). Mean testing time was 3.4 minutes and the total time on-site averaged 14.4 minutes.Conclusions:This POST drive-through system serves as an efficient, safe, and adaptable model for high volume COVID-19 nasopharyngeal swabbing that the authors recommend other COVID-19 testing sites nationwide consider adopting for their own use.
A Rapid Systematic Review Exploring the Involvement of Medical Students in Pandemics and Other Global Health Emergencies
Authors: Martin Anastasia , Blom Iris Martine , Whyatt Gemma , Shaunak Raghav , Viva Maria Inês Francisco , Banerjee Lopamudra 
Published: September 2020

ABSTRACTObjectives:The role of medical students in the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly evolving. The aim of this review is to explore the involvement of medical students in past global health emergencies, to help inform current and future scenarios.Methods:A rapid systematic review was undertaken, including articles from online databases discussing the roles, willingness and appropriateness of medical student involvement in global health emergencies. Data were extracted, appraised and written up as a narrative synthesis. This study was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42020177231).Results:Twenty-eight articles were included. Medical students played a wide variety of clinical and nonclinical roles including education and logistics, although medical assistance was the most commonly reported role. Challenges included a lack of preparedness and negative mental health impacts. A total of 91.7% of included articles about willingness found medical students were more willing to be involved than not.Conclusions:This review shows medical students are capable and willing to be involved in global health emergencies. However, there should be clear protocols for the roles that they play, taking into account the appropriateness. As a rapid review, there were study limitations and more research is required regarding the impact of these roles on medical students and the system.
Rehabilitation During COVID-19 Pandemic: An Indian Perspective
Authors: Uppal Harleen , Rai Siddharth 
Published: September 2020

ABSTRACTIt has been noted that as high as 20.3% of patients hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) require intensive care unit (ICU) admission. This has most commonly been attributed to the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome. These patients require prolonged periods of ICU stay, averaging approximately 20 days. As people recover and are discharged, there will be a new pandemic of critical illness survivors. These patients would present with impairments and disabilities arising because of prolonged ICU stay as well as consequences of severe respiratory illness. The longer the duration of ICU stay, the higher is the risk for long-term physical, cognitive, and emotional impairments needing comprehensive and early rehabilitation. This article focuses on the indispensable role of early and interdisciplinary rehabilitation in effective disaster management, restoring functions, and improving quality of life in COVID survivors. It outlines how to practically expand rehabilitation services in a resource-limited country, such as India, and lists the limitations being faced that prevent the uniform application of rehabilitation services in India. This would help to deal with the rapid increase in demand of postacute care facilities, be it in hospital services, in the form of inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation or home care facilities, including telemedicine.
Hegel's Organizational Account of Biological Functions
Authors: Maraguat Edgar 
Published: September 2020

Abstract
Two concepts have polarized the philosophical debates on functions since the 1970s. One is Millikan's concept of ‘proper function’, meant to capture the aetiology of biological organs and artefacts. The other is Cummins's concept of ‘dispositional function’, designed to account for the real work that functional devices perform within a system. In this paper I locate Hegel's concept of biological function in the context of those debates. Admittedly, Hegel's concept is ‘etiological’, since in his account the existence of purposive organs is explained by appeal to their purpose, yet, against Millikan's concept, Hegel's does not presuppose the phenomenon of natural selection nor derives the function of tokens from the function of types. So, my aim is, first, to present Hegel's approach to biological functions as one neither purely etiological nor purely dispositional. It will appear rather as an example of an organizational account (as those advocated today by McLaughlin, Mossio and others), that attributes function according to present performances (unlike etiological accounts) and emphasizes the role of functional parts in their self-production within the system they belong to (unlike dispositional accounts). Finally, I briefly discuss how Hegel's concept performs against common objections to organizational accounts.
External Teleology and Functionalism: Hegel, Life Science and the Organism–Environment Relation
Authors: Scholz Maximilian 
Published: September 2020

Abstract
In the chapter on Observing Reason in the Phenomenology, as well as in §368 of the Philosophy of Nature, Hegel deals with the life sciences of his time. There, he labels the methodology of its representatives, namely zoology and comparative anatomy, as external teleology. In this paper I want to show that by doing so he is actually discussing a general kind of functionalism. Thereby, I want to highlight a line of thought in Hegel's texts which represents a productive reading of external teleology contrary to a destructive reading on which scholars have mainly focussed.
Safety, effectiveness and sustainability of a laboratory intervention to de-adopt culture of midstream urine samples among hospitalized patients
Authors: Mozafarihashjin Mohammad , Leis Jerome A. , Maze dit Mieusement Lorraine , McCreight Liz , Poutanen Susan , Shrivastava Ananya , So Jannice , Soong Christine , van Horne Liz , Wong Louis , McGeer Allison 
Published: September 2020

AbstractObjective:To assess the safety, sustainability, and effectiveness of a laboratory intervention to reduce processing of midstream urine (MSU) cultures.Design:Prospective observational cohort.Setting:Medical and surgical inpatients in a tertiary-care hospital.Participants:The study included 1,678 adult inpatients with an order for MSU culture.Methods:From 2013 to 2019, ordered MSU cultures were not processed unless the laboratory was called. Patients were interviewed on days 0 and 4; from 2017 to 2019, day-30 follow-up was added. Primary outcome was serious adverse events due to not processing MSU cultures. Secondary outcomes were nonserious adverse events due to not processing MSU cultures, rates of MSU cultures submitted, proportion of MSU cultures processed, proportion of patients prescribed urinary tract infection (UTI)–directed antibiotics, and laboratory workload.Results:Among 912 and 459 patients followed to days 4 and 30, respectively, no serious adverse events attributable to not processing MSU cultures were identified. However, 6 patients (0.66%) had prolonged urinary symptoms potentially associated with not processing MSU cultures. We estimated that 4 patients missed having empiric antibiotics stopped in response to negative MSU cultures, and 99 antibiotic courses for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) and 8 antibiotic-associated adverse events were avoided. The rate of submitted MSU samples and proportion of patients receiving empiric UTI-directed antibiotics did not change. The proportion of MSU cultures processed declined from 59% to 49% (P < .0001), and total laboratory workload was reduced by 185 hours.Conclusions:De-adopting the processing of MSU cultures from medical and surgical inpatient units is safe and sustainable, and it reduces antibiotic prescriptions for ASB at a cost of prolonged urinary symptoms in a small proportion of patients.
Transforming state–civil society relations: centralization and externalization in refugee education
Authors: Nimer Maissam 
Published: September 2020

AbstractIn the context of the arrival of Syrians as of 2011 and the subsequent humanitarian assistance received in light of the EU–Turkey deal in 2016, there has been increased control over civil society organizations (CSOs) in Turkey. Through the case study of language education, this paper examines the relationship between the state and CSOs as shaped by the presence of Syrian refugees and how it evolved through the autonomy of state bureaucracy. It demonstrates that increased control led to the proliferation of larger projects, the deterrence of smaller CSOs, and a hierarchy between organizations prioritizing those that are aligned with the state. It argues that this policy is not only the result of the increased lack of trust between state and civil society but also an attempt to channel funds through state institutions to handle an unprecedented number of refugees while externalizing some of its functions. At the same time, this emerging relationship effectively allows the state to avoid making long-term integration policies and facing growing tensions among the public. This study is based on a qualitative study encompassing interviews with state officials as well as stakeholders in different types of CSOs that deliver language education for adults.
“The Constant Companion of Virtue”: On the Dilemma and Political Implications of Kantian Honor
Authors: Liu Antong 
Published: September 2020

AbstractThis article provides a reinterpretation of Kantian honor to resolve an ongoing debate concerning Kant's mixed attitude toward honor and to clarify the political implications of honor. Kant develops two distinct types of honor in his practical philosophy: natural honor as a human desire and ethical honor as a transcendental virtue. The conflict between these two types of honor can be resolved not in Kant's ethics but in his political theory, which tolerates nonmoral motivations owing to their positive impact on politics and which presumes an imperfect world where political authority has difficulties in properly punishing disrespect. As a viable motivation for citizens to fight disrespect in a principled way, a reformed Kantian honor that combines the normative content of ethical honor and the motivating power of natural honor into a single whole can be conducive to the politics of mutual respect.
Lingering misinterpretation in native and nonnative sentence processing: Evidence from structural priming
Authors: Fujita Hiroki , Cunnings Ian 
Published: September 2020

AbstractNative (L1) and nonnative (L2) speakers sometimes misinterpret temporarily ambiguous sentences like “When Mary dressed the baby laughed happily.” Recent studies suggest that the initially assigned misinterpretation (“Mary dressed the baby”) may persist even after disambiguation, and that L2 speakers may have particular difficulty discarding initial misinterpretations. The present study investigated whether L2 speakers are more persistent with misinterpretation compared with L1 speakers during sentence processing, using the structural priming and eye tracking while reading tasks. In the experiment, participants read prime followed by target sentences. Reading times revealed that unambiguous but not ambiguous prime sentences facilitated processing of the globally correct interpretation of ambiguous target sentences. However, this priming effect was only observed when the prime and target sentence shared the same verb. Comprehension accuracy rates were not significantly influenced by priming effects but did provide evidence of lingering misinterpretation. We did not find significant L1/L2 differences in either priming effects or persistence of misinterpretation. Together, these results suggest that initially assigned misinterpretations linger in both L1 and L2 readers during sentence processing and that L1 and L2 comprehension priming is strongly lexically mediated.
Online composition: strategies and processes during collaborative electroacoustic composition
Authors: Biasutti Michele , Concina Eleonora 
Published: September 2020

AbstractThis pilot study analysed the learning strategies of advanced students and professional electroacoustic composers engaged in creating new musical pieces through online collaboration. The participants were divided into three groups and interacted in a virtual setting using synchronous (chat and Skype) and asynchronous tools (forum, compositional software) to perform the compositional activities. A multiple case study design was used to describe and interpret the actions of the participants. Forum discussions, Skype dialogues and e-mail exchanges were examined to explore the participants’ interactions and understand their actions during the online activities. Individual semi-structured interviews focusing on the processes and working approaches were conducted. The following themes were considered for the analysis of the collaborative compositional activity: working approach, relational model, leadership, organisation and compositional process. The participants effectively completed the compositional activities on the online platform, and based on the results, the following phases emerged as: (a) context definition; (b) planning/organising; (c) experimenting/generating musical ideas; (d) constructing and (e) evaluating. The findings are discussed regarding the educational implications of developing didactic activities based on collaborative composition.
Jargon of Hadoop MapReduce scheduling techniques: a scientific categorization
Authors: Hanif Muhammad , Lee Choonhwa 
Published: September 2020

Abstract
Recently, valuable knowledge that can be retrieved from a huge volume of datasets (called Big Data) set in motion the development of frameworks to process data based on parallel and distributed computing, including Apache Hadoop, Facebook Corona, and Microsoft Dryad. Apache Hadoop is an open source implementation of Google MapReduce that attracted strong attention from the research community both in academia and industry. Hadoop MapReduce scheduling algorithms play a critical role in the management of large commodity clusters, controlling QoS requirements by supervising users, jobs, and tasks execution. Hadoop MapReduce comprises three schedulers: FIFO, Fair, and Capacity. However, the research community has developed new optimizations to consider advances and dynamic changes in hardware and operating environments. Numerous efforts have been made in the literature to address issues of network congestion, straggling, data locality, heterogeneity, resource under-utilization, and skew mitigation in Hadoop scheduling. Recently, the volume of research published in journals and conferences about Hadoop scheduling has consistently increased, which makes it difficult for researchers to grasp the overall view of research and areas that require further investigation. A scientific literature review has been conducted in this study to assess preceding research contributions to the Apache Hadoop scheduling mechanism. We classify and quantify the main issues addressed in the literature based on their jargon and areas addressed. Moreover, we explain and discuss the various challenges and open issue aspects in Hadoop scheduling optimizations.
The importance of distinguishing COVID-19 from more common respiratory illnesses
Authors: Zhao Wei , Xie Xingzhi , Liu Jun 
Published: September 2020

Abstract
We recruited 1591 patients who presented to our fever clinics from 23 January 2020 to 16 February 2020. The different imaging findings between COVID-19 pneumonia and influenza A viruses, influenza B virus pneumonia were also investigated. Most patients were infected by influenza A and B viruses in the flu-season. A laboratory kit is urgently needed to test different viruses simultaneously. Computed tomography can help early screen suspected patients with COVID-19 and differentiate different virus-related pneumonia.