bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
In Search of Good Humans, Speaking Well: Communication’s Ableism Problem
Authors: Beasley Vanessa B. 
Published: August 2021

Abstract
Public address scholars trained in U.S. communication departments have tended not to study rhetoric created by people with disabilities as much as they do other social movements. Here I attribute this relative lack to two ableist assumptions associated with communication’s emphasis on winning arguments: the presumed disqualification of people with disabilities from public argument itself and the normalization of this disqualification based on biases related to rhetorical performance and capability. Overall, I argue this disqualification is the product of how communication scholars have understood and reconstructed the role of the ideal arguer in public affairs and call for more expansive views.
Self-regulation strategies in blended learning environments in higher education: A systematic review
Authors: Eggers Jan Hein , Oostdam Ron , Voogt Joke 
Published: August 2021

Although self-regulation is an important feature related to students’ study success as reflected in higher grades and less academic course delay, little is known about the role of self- regulation in blended learning environments in higher education. For this review, we analysed 21 studies in which self-regulation strategies were taught in the context of blended learning. Based on an analysis of literature, we identified four types of strategies: cognitive, metacognitive, motivational and management. Results show that most studies focused on metacognitive strategies, followed by cognitive strategies, whereas little to no attention is paid to motivation and management strategies. To facilitate self-regulation strategies non-human student tool interactional methods were most commonly used, followed by a mix of human student-teacher and non-human student content and student environment methods. Results further show that the extent to which students actively apply self-regulation strategies also depends heavily on teacher's actions within the blended learning environment. Measurement of self-regulation strategies is mainly done with questionnaires such as the Motivation and Self-regulation of Learning Questionnaire.
Implications for practice and policy:

More attention to self-regulation in online and blended learning is essential.
Lecturers and course designers of blended learning environments should be aware that four types of self-regulation strategies are important: cognitive, metacognitive, motivational and management.
Within blended learning environments, more attention should be paid to cognitive, motivation and management strategies to promote self-regulation.
Podium und Schauraum für die Wissenschaften – Der Erweiterungsbau der Württembergischen Landesbibliothek in Stuttgart
Authors: Schaab Rupert 
Published: August 2021

Zusammenfassung
Die Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart hat einen großen Anbau erhalten (7 215 qm HNF). Es war nicht einfach, in der beengten Situation, in der prominenten Nachbarschaft der Kulturmeile Stuttgart und an der städtebaulichen Bruchlinie der Bundesstraße B 14 eine überzeugende Lösung zu finden. Entstanden ist ein markanter Baukörper mit attraktiven Flächen für Veranstaltungen, Ausstellungen und konzentriertes Arbeiten. Da die wichtigsten Servicebereiche nun hier Platz gefunden haben, kann der Altbau für die anstehende Sanierung freigezogen werden.
Winterthurer Bibliotheken: der Lockdown als Herausforderung und Chance
Authors: Betschart Andres 
Published: August 2021

Zusammenfassung
Der Lockdown im Frühling 2020 schüttelte die Öffentlichen Bibliotheken der Stadt Winterthur wie alle Kultur-, Bildungs- und Freizeitinstitutionen gehörig durch. Mit einem Medien-Hauslieferdienst, dem einfachen Zugang zu den Online-Medien und weiteren Maßnahmen reagierten die Bibliotheken aber rasch auf die Sondersituation und konnten ihr so auch einige positive Aspekte abgewinnen.
Erfahrungen der ekz-Gruppe in der Corona-Krise 2020–2021
Authors: Neuer Johannes 
Published: August 2021

Zusammenfassung
COVID-19 hat die gesamte Bibliotheksbranche verändert. In diesem Artikel beschreibt Johannes Neuer, Bibliothekarischer Direktor der ekz-Gruppe, welche Auswirkungen, Veränderungen und Herausforderungen diese Krise für einen großen Dienstleister der Branche mit sich brachte und wie sich die ekz-Firmengruppe im ersten Jahr der Pandemie geschlagen hat. Dabei spricht er Themen wie neue Formen der Zusammenarbeit, Steigerung der Agilität, Beschleunigung der Digitalisierung, Veränderung der Kommunikation und nachhaltigen Wandel an.
Linear and non-linear feature extraction from rat electrocorticograms for seizure detection by support vector machine
Authors: Mohammed Haitham S. , Hassan Hagar M. , Zakhari Michael H. , Mostafa Hassan , Mohamad Ebtesam A. 
Published: August 2021

Abstract
Seizures, the main symptom of epilepsy, are provoked due to a neurological disorder that underlies the disease. The accurate detection of seizures is a crucial step in any procedure of treatment. In the present study, electrocorticogram (ECoG) signals were recorded from awake and freely moving animals implanted with cortical electrodes before and after pentylenetetrazol, the chemo-convulsant injection. ECoG signals were segmented into 4-s epochs and labeled. Twenty-four linear and non-linear features were extracted from the time and frequency domains of the ECoG signals. The extracted features either individually or in combinations were fed to an automatic support vector machine (SVM) classification system. SVM classifier was trained with 5 min of ictal and non-ictal labeled ECoG signals to build the hyperplane that separates two sets of training signals. Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were determined for the testing dataset using the different feature combinations. It has been found that some linear features either individually or in combinations outperform non-linear features in terms of the accuracy for seizure detection. The maximum accuracy achieved by the system was 95.3% and has been obtained only after linear and non-linear features were combined. ECoG signals were classified without pre-processing or removal of artifacts to reduce the required computational time to be suitable for online implementation purposes. This may prove the detection system’s robustness and supports its use in online seizure detection protocols.
Comparability of 11 different equations for estimating LDL cholesterol on different analysers
Authors: Rossouw Helgard M. , Nagel Susanna E. , Pillay Tahir S. 
Published: August 2021

Abstract

Objectives
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) estimation is critical for risk classification, prevention and treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Predictive equations and direct LDL-C are used. We investigated the comparability between the Martin/Hopkins, Sampson, Friedewald and eight other predictive equations on two analysers, to determine whether the equation or analyser influences predicted LDL-C result.

Methods
In two unpaired datasets, 9,995 lipid profiles were analysed by the Abbott Architect and 4,782 by the Roche Cobas analysers. Non-parametric statistics and Bland Altman plots were used to compare LDL-C.

Results
On the Abbott analyser; the Martin/Hopkins, Sampson and Friedewald LDL-C were comparable (median bias ≤1.8%) over a range of 1–4.9 mmol/L. On the Roche platform, Martin/Hopkins LDL-C was comparable to Friedewald (median bias 0.3%) but not to Sampson LDL-C (median bias 25%). In patients with LDL-C <1.8 mmol/L and triglycerides (TG) ≤1.7 mmol/L, predicted LDL-C using Abbott reagents was similar between Martin/Hopkins, Sampson and Friedewald equations but not comparable using Roche reagents. Abbott reagents classified 10–20% of patients in the 1.0–1.8 mmol/L range (Martin/Hopkins 13.4%; Sampson 14.5%; Friedewald 16%; direct LDL-C 13.2%). Roche reagents classified 11–30% in the 1.0–1.8 mmol/L range (Martin/Hopkins 23%; Sampson 11%; Friedewald 25%; direct LDL-C 17%).

Conclusions
Performance of predictive equations is influenced by the choice of analyser for total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and TG. Replacement of the Friedewald equation with Martin/Hopkins estimation to improve quality of LDL-C results can be safely implemented across analysers, whereas caution is advised regarding the Sampson equation.
Medical Empiricism and Causation
Authors: Allen James 
Published: August 2021

AbstractThe Empirical school of medicine, which arose in the third century BCE, defined itself in opposition to rationalist tendencies in medical thought. Causal explanation, which typically appeals to hidden, theoretical entities, is most at home in rationalist physiology and pathology, and much of what the Empiricists had to say about causes belongs to their anti-rationalist polemics. Over the course of the school’s history, however, some members appropriated the language and idea of cause, though always in ways that was consistent with its defining commitment to Empiricism.
Filone di Larissa e l’Assioco
Authors: Verde Francesco 
Published: August 2021

AbstractThis short paper is a critical note of the recent volume on the pseudo-Platonic dialogueAxiochusedited by A. Beghini([Platone], Assioco. Saggio introduttivo, edizione critica, traduzione e commento, Baden-Baden: Academia Verlag, 2020). This scholar assumes the possibility of attributing the dialogue to Philo of Larissa or his circle. This hypothesis, although well argued in the book, faces some exegetical difficulties concerning the content of the dialogue and the hardly reconstructible philosophy of Philo himself. In this note I will critically discuss the conclusions reached by Beghini in his prestigious book starting from the (alleged) sceptical vein which would be present in the pseudo-Platonic work, whose dating likely presupposes (also) the Epicurean conception of death.
Removal of a reactive dye from simulated textile wastewater by environmentally friendly oxidant calcium peroxide
Authors: Balci Behzat , Aksoy Nurevsan , Erkurt F. Elcin , Budak Fuat , Basibuyuk Mesut , Zaimoglu Zeynep , Turan E. Su , Yilmaz Sevgi 
Published: August 2021

Abstract
In the present study, calcium peroxide (CaO2) was used separately for potential application as an environmentally friendly and low-cost oxidant for the removal of a textile dye ‘Reactive Black 5’ (RB5) from simulated textile wastewater containing auxiliary chemicals of textile production. The specific morphology, elemental analysis, particle size distribution, specific surface area, identification of crystalline phases and surface functional groups of the synthesized CaO2 were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), laser diffraction (LD), Brunaure–Emmett–Teller method (BET), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transmission infrared (FTIR), respectively. X-ray Diffraction analysis confirmed the synthesized oxidant as CaO2 with the tetragonal crystalline structure. The signal corresponded to a bending vibration of O–Ca–O was detected in the fingerprint region of the FTIR spectroscopy. The effects of various independent parameters such as contact time, pH, initial RB5 concentration and CaO2 dosage on decolorization were investigated. The results of the study showed that pH, initial dye concentration and the CaO2 amounts have significant effects on removal of the RB5. The optimum pH was determined 7 for the removal of RB5 by CaO2. 2.0 g CaO2 was found to be sufficient for the removal of 300 mg/L RB5 with 96.93% removal efficiency. Also 82.8% chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency from simulated textile wastewater (STW) was obtained by 2.0 g CaO2. The results of the present study showed that the CaO2 can be used as an environmentally friendly and low-cost oxidant for effective removal of reactive textile dyes.
Without Authority: Kierkegaard’s Resistance to Patriarchy
Authors: Maughan-Brown Frances 
Published: August 2021

Abstract
The phrase, “Without Authority,” is used so frequently by Kierkegaard that it becomes a kind of signature; yet it remains little understood. I argue that the phrase works to resist patriarchal, top-down, institutionally sanctioned authority: the authority of “direct” communication. Kierkegaard is not alone in contesting the tyranny of patriarchy: another tyranny—of anonymity, of the crowd—threatens to do away with patriarchal authority too, and with it all authority, all communication. Kierkegaard’s “without authority” defies patriarchy and does so at the risk of this wild-fire destruction, for the sake of a different communication that might yet be possible.
Hans L. Martensen on Self-Consciousness, Mysticism, and Freedom
Authors: Thompson Curtis L. 
Published: August 2021

Abstract
This article examines three early writings of Hans L. Martensen, Søren Kierkegaard’s teacher and the target of his criticisms. The writings focus respectively on self-consciousness, mysticism, and freedom. They each make important claims about religion, and together they disclose the young Martensen’s systematic understanding of the epistemological, mystical, and moral-ethical dimensions of human experience as shaped by the representations of Christian faith and life. The analysis reveals an agile thinker, whose creative philosophical and theological ideas are the product of imaginative speculation growing out of passionate religiosity. Some connections will be drawn from these essays to the writings of Søren Kierkegaard.
“The Greatest Sculptor”: Bertel Thorvaldsen According to Kierkegaard
Authors: Longo Giulia 
Published: August 2021

Abstract
The common ground where Thorvaldsen and Kierkegaard meet is Copenhagen. This essay focuses on the places—both physical and theoretical—in which the comparison between the two is made possible. First of all, the Vor Frue Kirke, where some of Thorvaldsen’s most important sculptures are displayed, as well as where Kierkegaard used to go both as a member of the community and as a preacher. This article presents a perspective on the intersection that exists in a horizontal sense for Thorvaldsen, and for Kierkegaard in a vertical sense, culminating at the feet of the altar from which their heartfelt messages emanate.
Cell population data in identifying active tuberculosis and community-acquired pneumonia
Authors: Sun Tingting , Wu Bin , Luo Zhonglan , Wang Jing , Deng Shaoli , Huang Qing 
Published: August 2021

Abstract

Objective
Leukocyte morphological parameters known as CPD (cell population data) is detected by hematology analyzer UniCel DxH800 with VCS technology. This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic efficacy of morphological changes in CPD parameters in distinguishing active tuberculosis from community-acquired pneumonia.

Methods
From October 2018 to February 2019, 88 patients with active tuberculosis, 78 patients with community-acquired pneumonia, and 89 healthy controls were enrolled in this study. CPD was obtained using Unicel DxH800 analyzer for all whole blood samples, one-way ANOVA (non-parametric) and area analysis under ROC curve were performed.

Results
The neutrophil mean conductivity (NMC), monocyte mean volume (MMV), monocyte mean conductivity (MMC), lymphocyte percentage (LY%), and monocyte percentage (MO%) were significantly higher in the active tuberculosis group than in the community-acquired pneumonia group. The white blood cell (WBC) count and neutrophil percentage (NE%) were significantly lower in the active tuberculosis group than in the community-acquired pneumonia group. The analysis of the area under the ROC curve proved that WBC count, neutrophil percentage (NE%), lymphocyte percentage (LY%), and monocyte percentage (MO%) did not achieve a higher area under the curve (AUC: 0.63, 0.71, 0.62, and 0.7, respectively). However, the AUC of NMC, MMV, and MMC in the CPD parameters was 0.951, 0.877, 0.98, respectively, and the simultaneous measurement of the three parameters was 0.99. The sensitivity and specificity were 98.5% and 91.1%, respectively.

Conclusion
The combined diagnosis of NMC, MMV, and MMC could assist the clinical diagnosis of active tuberculosis and community-acquired pneumonia.
Phosphoglycerate mutase 2 is elevated in serum of patients with heart failure and correlates with the disease severity and patient’s prognosis
Authors: Li Min , Gao Xiaoyuan , Wang Huiyun , Zhang Mingli , Li Xiaoying , Wang Shuya , Wang Shaoqin , Cao Chongfeng , Li Ying , Su Guohai 
Published: August 2021

Abstract

Background
Heart failure (HF) is a serious and advanced stage of various cardiac diseases with high mortality and rehospitalization rates. Phosphoglycerate mutase 2 (PGAM2) overexpression was identified in the serum of patients with HF.

Material/methods
One hundred and fifty-three cases of HF were included in the present work. According to New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification, 22 were grade II, 84 were grade III, and 47 were grade IV. Serum PGAM2, NT-proBNP, B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), troponin T (TNT), and Cys-C of HF patients were detected using ELISA assay. Left ventricular ejection fraction, left ventricular end-diastolic inner diameter, and left atrium (LA) inner diameter of the included cases were also detected by the cardiac color Doppler.

Results
The number of patients with atrial fibrillation was significantly higher in NYHA IV group than in groups II and III with statistical difference (p < 0.05). The serum PGAM2, NT-proBNP, and Cys-C were significantly higher in NYHA IV group than in NYHA II and NYHA III groups (p
all < 0.05). NT-proBNP had the highest prediction efficacy of HF severity and PGAM2 was also a potential biomarker for HF severity evaluation with relatively high sensitivity, specificity, and area under the ROC. The overall survival among NYHA II, III, and IV groups were statistically different (p = 0.04) with the median survival time of 25 months for NYHA III and IV groups.

Conclusion
PGAM2 is a new promising biomarker for evaluation of the severity of HF. Combination detection using multiple serum factors such as PGAM2, NT-proBNP, BNP, TNT, and Cys-C can improve the HF severity differential diagnosis performance.
COVID-19: Lessons from Norway tragedy must be considered in vaccine rollout planning in least developed/developing countries
Authors: Bari Razmin , Bepari Asim Kumar , Reza Hasan Mahmud 
Published: August 2021

Abstract
All governments, regulatory authorities, and vaccine-related committees are under tremendous pressure to roll out vaccines to safeguard the people against COVID-19. To be noted that all COVID-19 vaccines have been developed hurriedly, some with new technologies being used on humans for the first time ever. Most clinical trials did not include elderly patients with comorbidities, hence a careful and logical rollout planning, especially for elderly people, is necessary.
Autopsie einer Graphic Novel: Dostoevskijs Prestuplenie i nakazanie (1866) in der Adaption von Alain Korkos und David Zane Mairowitz (2008)
Authors: Schultze Brigitte , Weinhagen Beata 
Published: August 2021

Summary
This study offers a comprehensive comparative analysis between F. M. Dostoevskij’s classic Prestuplenie i nakazanie (PSS 6, 1973) and the black-and-white adaptation Crime and Punishment created by Alain Korkos and David Zane Mairowitz (2008). According to author and artist, the adaptation is meant for recipients acquainted with the novel and first readers of the graphic novel alike. With 417 pages of close-printed canonic text turned into a picture-dominated graphic novel of 118 pages, the adaptation – paying attention to the sequence of crucial fictional scenes – follows the storyline from the beginning of the canonic text to the Epilogue. About 95 % of the precisely and densely formulated verbal material contained in captions can easily be traced back to Dostoevskij’s classic. In this respect, the adaptation is „true to the source material“ (Kick 2012). However, as large portions of text concerning Sonja or Sonja and Raskol’nikov are – discernibly purposefully – eliminated, the adaptation turns out to be a revised version of the canonic novel. E.g., Sonja neither reads the Lazarus-chapter to Raskol’nikov nor follows him to Siberia. In contrast to Sonja, Raskol’nikov – with his emotional-mental instability, rebellion against the state of the world, self-authorization to commit crimes – is represented in accordance with the source text. The hermeneutic gain caused through verbal-pictorial reproduction of the classic text – i. e. through meaningful handling of panels and graphic design within the panels – is significantly enlarged through verbal-pictorial material not inspired by the classic text, e. g. a poster showing Edvard Munch’s graphics The Cry. In view of the 21st century’s preference for visual and multimedial presentation, the study encourages the coexistence and ‚co-reception‘ of the literary classic and the graphic novel as well as further forms of cultural processing.
A window into interpersonal relations inJane Eyrefrom the perspective of imperatives
Authors: Li Yisong , Wang Changsong 
Published: August 2021

AbstractThis paper explores the correlations between imperative sentences and interpersonal relations inJane Eyre. The imperatives uttered by Rochester, St. John, and Mrs. Reed to Jane are examined from four perspectives: quantity, imperative force, addressing, and Jane’s corresponding responses. It is found that the variation in these aspects matches well with the development of interpersonal relations. Specifically, when the addresser and Jane get more intimate in relationship, the quantities of the imperatives tend to decline, the imperative force tends to soften, the addressing becomes more personal, and Jane’s compliance to the imperatives tends to decrease and her non-compliance tends to increase. It is proposed that new indicators in imperatives (i.e. vocatives, personal pronouns and directional verbs likecomeandgoin imperatives) can be adopted to evaluate interpersonal relations in a literary work.
A Split Decision: Welche Auswirkungen hätte die Abschaffung des Ehegattensplittings auf das Arbeitsangebot und die Einkommensverteilung?
Authors: Bachmann Ronald , Jäger Philipp , Jessen Robin 
Published: August 2021

Abstract
In this paper, we use a microsimulation model to examine the labor supply implications of switching from joint taxation (“Ehegattensplitting”) to individual taxation. We show that the switch to individual taxation would increase labor supply by more than half a million full-time equivalents. However, such a reform also leads to financial losses for some groups of the population, which should be taken into account by economic policy makers.