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Awakening the Soul with the Left Hand: Narration and Healing in Vietnam’s Diasporic Traditional Music
Authors: Cannon Alexander M. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractVietnamese musicians engage with the concept of tâm hồn, or “soul,” to express an inner experience for external understanding and community building. Following the traumas of the twentieth century, inner experiences of Vietnamese in diaspora became difficult to articulate. To overcome this, musicians have focused on the body as the primary mediator of the soul. They use the left hand in particular to rebuild the soul and make sense of the fractured narratives that tell the stories of Vietnamese survival in diaspora. This article suggests that two musicians, neither of whom are Vietnamese refugees but who bore witness to trauma, play leading roles in this work.Người nghệ sĩ Việt Nam sử dụng khái niệm “tâm hồn” để chia xẻ suy tư của mình và giúp cho người nghe rung cảm với những gì mà họ muốn thể hiện. Sau cuộc chiến tranh Việt Nam, với những thách thức trong cuộc sống tại quê hương mới cộng với những nỗi đau mất mát về cả thể chất và tâm hồn trong những chuyến vượt biển, nghệ sĩ Việt Nam tại hải ngoại không còn dễ dàng chia xẻ suy nghĩ và tình cảm của họ qua âm nhạc như trước. Đối với một số ít nghệ sĩ từ dòng âm nhạc cổ truyền Việt Nam, những khó khăn này không làm cho họ dừng việc dùng âm nhạc để chia xẻ cảm nghĩ. Với những nghệ sĩ này, khái niệm “tâm hồn” được biểu tả qua bàn tay trái của họ, dùng bàn tay này để rung, nhấn, vuốt ve những nốt nhạc và âm thanh của cây đàn để tạo cây cầu kết nối với người nghe của mình. Trong bài viết này, tôi muốn chia xẻ với bạn đọc hai nghệ sĩ của âm nhạc cổ truyền Việt Nam, nhạc sư Nguyễn Vĩnh Bảo và nghệ sĩ Võ Vân Ánh, dùng bàn tay trái của mình không những để chia xẻ tâm hồn của họ mà còn kể lại những kinh nghiệm và câu chuyện sâu thẳm của người Việt tại hải ngoại qua âm nhạc.
Cenário – matéria viva
Authors: Moreira Helder 
Published: February 2021

A Cenografia situa-se contemporaneamente num espaço de cruzamento implicado com a artes vivas. Recuperamos o conceito de Adolphe Appia, para uma “Obra de arte viva”, enunciando uma elipse temporal de exploração de uma vertente da arte implicada e relacional. A esta condição de ser “Vivo” na arte, temos hoje de somar um conjunto de significações várias que de alguma forma se relacionam com o nosso campo de trabalho: falo de participação, implicação, cidadania, interação, enunciado numa necessidade de ter voz, tomar partido e arriscar soluções. A exploração dos conceitos de lugar, espaço público de interação e de intervenção enuncia ações artísticas em contexto que importa valorizar e aprofundar.
Arte e moda: uma experiência na Escolinha de Arte do Recife
Authors: Moura Ediel Andrade 
Published: February 2021

Partindo da compreensão da Abordagem Triangular como caminho para elaboração de mundos por meio de interpretações de imagens, objetos artísticos e contextos, serão apresentados neste artigo alguns procedimentos arte/educativos desenvolvidos durante o curso de férias da Escolinha de Arte do Recife (EAR) no ano de 2020. A fim de registrar como a instituição vem atuando, primeiramente faremos uma breve contextualização histórica do surgimento da instituição e de suas perspectivas pedagógicas na contemporaneidade, para em seguida observarmos a atividade artística de estamparia com materiais alternativos. Apresentaremos como ocorreu o processo de formação estética e ética de crianças na EAR, como elas ampliaram suas percepções sobre as temáticas: Sustentabilidade, desigualdade social e Cultura local. No final, como será visto, guiado pelas técnicas de estamparia utilizadas por alguns artistas, o arte/educador promoveu experiências artísticas que prepararam previamente as crianças para a experiência do encontro presencial com a artista Iza do Amparo.
Comunicación y participación ciudadana en municipios de concejo abierto: un caso de estudio
Authors: Zurutuza-Muñoz Cristina , García Herrer Inés 
Published: February 2021

Los estudios sobre participación ciudadana han prestado escasa atención a los municipios con pocos habitantes. Sin embargo, su reducido tamaño poblacional, su funcionamiento y la cercanía de sus miembros los convierten en un interesante exponente de la participación directa de los ciudadanos en la democracia. En estos ayuntamientos, además, los medios de comunicación no desempeñan su papel habitual en el fomento de la participación, sino que pasan a un segundo plano, en favor de otras dinámicas comunicativas.
Esta investigación analiza el caso de estudio de un grupo de municipios en régimen de concejo abierto en la provincia de Zaragoza (Aragón) con el fin de describir el modelo comunicativo que articula las relaciones entre vecinos y alcalde y facilita la participación de los vecinos en los asuntos públicos. Para ello, se realizaron entrevistas en profundidad a los alcaldes de 11 de estos municipios.
Los resultados permiten esbozar los rasgos de este modelo, caracterizado por su horizontalidad, cercanía y contacto personal directo entre alcalde y vecinos. Las herramientas de comunicación utilizadas responden más al patrón de la comunicación interna de una organización que a las herramientas habitualmente desplegadas por municipios de mayor tamaño. En este ecosistema, los medios de comunicación no son cauce ni intermediario para la comunicación con los ciudadanos, quedando fuera de la ecuación. La lógica de la cercanía en estos ayuntamientos, que los aleja de las burocracias y las intermediaciones, hace que las herramientas de comunicación sean también, en sí mismas, herramientas de participación.
Les formes de travail institutionnel et les rôles du territoire dans la phase d’émergence d’un RTO de l’ESS
Authors: Arnaud Charlène , Serval Sarah 
Published: February 2021

L’article a pour objectif d’étudier l’émergence d’un Réseau Territorialisé d’Organisations (RTO) appartenant à l’économie sociale et solidaire (ESS). A travers une approche néo-institutionnelle, cette recherche étudie les différentes formes de travail institutionnel des acteurs de ce réseau (Lawrence et Suddaby, 2006; Cloutier et al., 2016) tout en questionnant les rôles que joue le territoire dans ce processus (Lawrence et Dover, 2015). L’étude menée permet d’identifier le travail territorial comme une forme particulière de travail institutionnel. La recherche permet aussi de relever les éléments fondateurs et structurants de la phase d’émergence d’un RTO spécifique, composé d’organisations sociales et solidaires.
Affinité politique et choix du mode de propriété lors d’acquisitions transfrontalières
Authors: Peillex Jonathan , Yoon Hyungseok , Rouine Ibtissem 
Published: February 2021

Cet article propose d’étudier l’effet de l’affinité politique entre le pays hôte et le pays d’origine sur le choix du mode de propriété (partiel ou total). L’analyse empirique est fondée sur un échantillon de 1 219 opérations d’acquisitions transfrontalières réalisées par des entreprises provenant de pays émergents entre 2000 et 2013. Les résultats indiquent que la probabilité de l’acquisition totale de la société cible est liée négativement à l’affinité politique entre le pays hôte et le pays d’origine.
Le temps presse ! Perception du temps et formes de coopération au sein d’un projet
Authors: Urasadettan Jennifer 
Published: February 2021

Cet article étudie l’incidence de la convergence ou de la divergence des perceptions du temps sur les formes de coopérations développées. La temporalité n’est pas étudiée ici d’un point de vue objectif, mais subjectif. Les formes de coopérations sont de deux types : communautaire (liée à l’identification de l’individu au groupe) et complémentaire (basée sur la concordance des intérêts individuels). Nous analysons le regroupement de deux unités médicales d’un hôpital par une étude de cas longitudinale. Cette recherche montre qu’une convergence des temporalités aboutirait à une coopération communautaire, tandis qu’une divergence débouchera sur une coopération complémentaire.
Les problèmes, leurs expériences et leurs publics
Authors: Cefaï Daniel 
Published: February 2021

La question de l’expérience est centrale pour comprendre la façon dont des problèmes publics émergent, impulsent de nouvelles politiques, conduisent à la transformation de milieux de vie, façonnent en retour des histoires de vie. Elle est ici resituée en relation à l’histoire du mouvement réformateur aux États-Unis, à la naissance de l’enquête sociologique et à la pensée pragmatiste de la démocratie au début du 20e siècle (ici représentée par John Dewey, mais aussi George H. Mead, Jane Addams, Mary P. Follett et Robert E. Park). Mais qu’est-ce que cette expérience ? L’objectif est de réactiver des catégories et des hypothèses pragmatistes pour décrire les troubles de l’expérience, leur conversion en situations problématiques, la part de l’émotion et de l’évaluation dans la canalisation de l’attention publique, et sa réorientation par l’attribution de causes et l’imputation de responsabilités. Dans la perspective d’une écologie de l’expérience publique, on rappelle enfin la place centrale de l’enquête et de l’expérimentation, avec leur dimension esthétique, dans la formation des problèmes publics.
Circle formation by asynchronous opaque robots on infinite grid
Authors: Adhikary Ranendu , Kundu Manash Kumar , Sau Buddhadeb 
Published: February 2021

This paper presents a distributed algorithm for circle formation problem under the infinite grid environment by asynchronous mobile opaque robots. Initially all the robots are acquiring distinct positions and they have to form a circle over the grid. Movements of the robots are restricted only along the grid lines. They do not share any global co-ordinate system. Robots are controlled by an asynchronous adversarial scheduler that operates in Look-Compute-Move cycles. The robots are indistinguishable by their nature, do not have any memory of their past configurations and previous actions. We consider the problem under luminous model, where robots communicate via lights, other than that they do not have any external communication system. Our protocol solves the circle formation problem using seven colors. A subroutine of our algorithm also solves the line formation problem using three colors.
Assessment of Some Heavy Metals and Iron Parameters amongst Dumpsite Scavengers in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Authors: Godwin A. S. , Brown H. , Nwachuku E. O. 
Published: February 2021

Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the levels of some heavy metals, namely Cadmium (Cd), Lead (Pd), and Iron (Fe) in waste scavengers in port-Harcourt, Nigeria
Study Design: This study is a cross-sectional observational study.
Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, between March, 2019 and October, 2019.
Methodology: A total of 170 subjects of ages between 16 to 43 years. Of this, 100 were dumpsite scavengers while 70 were apparently healthy control subjects. The subjects involved in this study gave their informed consent and had no history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and renal and hepatic disorders, and have been in scavenging activity for at least one year. Three milliliters (3ml) of blood was taken from each subject and put in plain bottles. The serum obtained was put in plain bottles and stored at -200C prior to analysis. The heavy metals were assayed using the Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS) while the hepatic parameters were assayed using Mindray Biochemistry auto analyzer (Model BS120, Shenzhen, China). Serum ferritin was assayed using enzyme immunoassay while serum transferrin was done using colorimetric method. Data obtained were analyzed using Student’s t test and Pearson’s correlation.
Results: The body mass index (BMI) of the scavengers were significantly lower than that of the control subjects (p=.0001). The activities of the liver enzymes AST, ALT and ALP were significantly higher in the scavengers compared to the control subjects (p=.0001). The levels of total proteins, albumin and globulin of the scavengers were significantly lower than those of the control subjects (p=.0001). The levels of serum iron, transferrin and ferritin were similarly lower in the scavengers compared to the control subjects (p=.0001). However, the levels of cadmium and lead were significantly higher in the scavengers compared to the control subjects (p=.0001).
Conclusion: These findings indicate possible biochemical derangements in the scavengers due to their exposure to the hazards associated with the scavenging activity.
Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life among Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: Challenges for Nephrologists in Pakistan
Authors: Malik Madeeha , Nisha Iter Un , Hussain Azhar 
Published: February 2021

Introduction: During the past few decades, health related quality of life has been considered as an important predictor for positive health outcomes. Health-related quality of life assessment helps in determining the impact of disease on the everyday life of patients. Chronic kidney disease severely affects health related quality of life of patient.
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess health related quality of life among patients with chronic kidney diseases in Pakistan.
Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used. Study respondents included CKD pre-dialysis and dialysis patients with or without comorbidities visiting tertiary care facilities located in twin cities of Pakistan. Sample size was calculated to be 386 pharmacists to achieve 95% confidence level with 5% margin of error. Convenient sampling technique was used to select respondents. A pre- validated questionnaire Kidney Disease Quality of Life questionnaire (KDQoL-36) was used. Data was coded and analyzed using SPSS 21 after collection. Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis (p ≥ 0.05) tests were according to different demographic variables.
Results: The results of the current study showed lowest scores for HRQoL in domain of physical health composite (30.77±11.16) followed by domain of symptoms and problems associated with CKD whereas daily life had the highest scores. The results highlighted that females had better HRQoL in all domains mental health (46.30, ± 8.73), burden of kidney disease (69.47, ± 32.35), symptoms (29.79, ± 31.22) and effect of disease on daily activities (40.96, ± 32.11) while lowest score for physical health (30.90, ± 10.34). Married respondents had better HRQoL among all domains than unmarried patients except for physical health (32.26, ± 10.7). A significant difference (p ≥ 0.05) was observed among different domains of HRQoL of CKD patients with respect to different genders, marital status, age groups and qualification levels. Males had relatively better physical health scores but their daily activities were also affected more by their disease. Married respondents had relatively better HRQoL among all domains than unmarried patients except for physical health. No significant difference (p ≥ 0.05) was observed for different stages of disease.
Conclusion: The present study concluded that patients with CKD had poor HRQoL regardless of novel treatments availability. A negative impact was observed across all domains of health related quality of life among chronic kidney disease patients. Necessary programs focusing on health education for patients with low literacy levels should be initiated to increase health awareness and improve mental health among CKD patients.
Does Allergic Rhinitis have any Effect on Choroidal Thickness?
Authors: Kiliç Raşit , Soyaliç Harun 
Published: February 2021

Aim: The aim of this study is to compare the choroidal thickness between patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) and healthy controls.
Study Design: Prospective case-control study.
Methodology: This cross sectional case control study consisted of 52 patients with AR and 52 healthy subjects. The choroidal thicknesses were measured horizontally with the digital calipers provided by the Heidelberg Spectralis software. The points of measurements were at the subfovea, 1500 µm nasal and 1500 µm temporal to the center of the fovea. The right eye was assessed in all participants.
Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the groups for age and gender distribution, intraocular pressure and spherical equivalent. Mean subfoveal choroidal thickness, nasal choroidal thickness and temporal choroidal thickness were 382.1±121.7, 328.6±111.8 and 368.1±98.2 in AR patients and 378.5±87, 309±77 and 354.2±94.2 in healthy subjects respectively. These differences were not found statistically significant (P˃0.05).
Conclusion: Choroidal thickness in AR patients was found to be thicker, but not statistically significant.
Efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy in elderly patients with non‐small cell lung cancer
Authors: Chikaishi Yasuhiro , Inoue Masaaki , Kusanagi Kasumi , Honda Yohei , Yoshida Junichi , Tanaka Masao 
Published: January 2021

AbstractThe efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) monotherapy in elderly patients with non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remain unclear, especially in patients older than 80 years. We retrospectively reviewed the records of 10 patients older than 80 years with NSCLCs treated by ICIs. The median age was 85 years (range, 82‐93 years), and 7 patients were men. The median length of follow‐up was 13 months (range, 4.5‐23 months). Eight patients had adenocarcinoma (3 of whom had exon 19 deletions), and two had squamous cell carcinoma. Expression of programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD‐L1) was ≥ 50% in 3 patients, between 1% and 49% in 4 patients, < 1% in 1 patient, and undetected in 2 patients. Patients with undetected PD‐L1 underwent transbronchial lung biopsy. Performance status was graded zero, one, and two in two, seven, and one patients, respectively. First‐, second‐, and third‐line treatments were administered to three, three, and four patients, respectively. The 2‐year overall survival rate was 30.0% (median, 285 days). Time to treatment failure rate on the 2 years was 10.0% (median, 167 days). One patient achieved a partial response, and one achieved a complete response. ICI‐associated adverse events occurred in five patients. In summary, ICIs were effective in some patients older than 80 years; however, some experienced adverse effects. Elderly patients must be selected carefully for ICI treatment.
In vitro and in vivo biological activities of azulene derivatives with potential applications in medicine
Authors: Bakun Paweł , Czarczynska-Goslinska Beata , Goslinski Tomasz , Lijewski Sebastian 
Published: January 2021

AbstractAzulene is an aromatic hydrocarbon that possesses a unique chemical structure and interesting biological properties. Azulene derivatives, including guaiazulene or chamazulene, occur in nature as components of many plants and mushrooms, such as Matricaria chamomilla, Artemisia absinthium, Achillea millefolium, and Lactarius indigo. Due to physicochemical properties, azulene and its derivatives have found many potential applications in technology, especially in optoelectronic devices. In medicine, the ingredients of these plants have been widely used for hundreds of years in antiallergic, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory therapies. Herein, the applications of azulene, its derivatives and their conjugates with biologically active compounds are presented. The potential use of these compounds concerns various areas of medicine, including anti-inflammatory with peptic ulcers, antineoplastic with leukemia, antidiabetes, antiretroviral with HIV-1, antimicrobial, including antimicrobial photodynamic therapy, and antifungal.
Oral insulin immunotherapy in children at risk for type 1 diabetes in a randomised controlled trial
Authors: Assfalg Robin , Knoop Jan , Hoffman Kristi L. , Pfirrmann Markus , Zapardiel-Gonzalo Jose Maria , Hofelich Anna , Eugster Anne , Weigelt Marc , Matzke Claudia , Reinhardt Julia , Fuchs Yannick , Bunk Melanie , Weiss Andreas , Hippich Markus , Halfter Kathrin , Hauck Stefanie M. , Hasford Jörg , Petrosino Joseph F. , Achenbach Peter , Bonifacio Ezio , Ziegler Anette-Gabriele 
Published: January 2021

AbstractAims/hypothesisOral administration of antigen can induce immunological tolerance. Insulin is a key autoantigen in childhood type 1 diabetes. Here, oral insulin was given as antigen-specific immunotherapy before the onset of autoimmunity in children from age 6 months to assess its safety and immune response actions on immunity and the gut microbiome.MethodsA phase I/II randomised controlled trial was performed in a single clinical study centre in Germany. Participants were 44 islet autoantibody-negative children aged 6 months to 2.99 years who had a first-degree relative with type 1 diabetes and a susceptibleHLA DR4-DQ8-containing genotype. Children were randomised 1:1 to daily oral insulin (7.5 mg with dose escalation to 67.5 mg) or placebo for 12 months using a web-based computer system. The primary outcome was immune efficacy pre-specified as induction of antibody or T cell responses to insulin and measured in a central treatment-blinded laboratory.ResultsRandomisation was performed in 44 children. One child in the placebo group was withdrawn after the first study visit and data from 22 insulin-treated and 21 placebo-treated children were analysed. Oral insulin was well tolerated with no changes in metabolic variables. Immune responses to insulin were observed in children who received both insulin (54.5%) and placebo (66.7%), and the trial did not demonstrate an effect on its primary outcome (p = 0.54). In exploratory analyses, there was preliminary evidence that the immune response and gut microbiome were modified by theINSgenotype Among children with the type 1 diabetes-susceptibleINSgenotype (n = 22), antibody responses to insulin were more frequent in insulin-treated (72.7%) as compared with placebo-treated children (18.2%;p = 0.03). T cell responses to insulin were modified by treatment-independent inflammatory episodes.Conclusions/interpretationThe study demonstrated that oral insulin immunotherapy in young genetically at-risk children was safe, but was not associated with an immune response as predefined in the trial primary outcome. Exploratory analyses suggested that antibody responses to oral insulin may occur in children with a susceptibleINSgenotype, and that inflammatory episodes may promote the activation of insulin-responsive T cells.Trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov NCT02547519FundingThe main funding source was the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.)Graphical abstract