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Factors associated with impaired quality of life three months after being diagnosed with COVID-19
Authors: Rass Verena , Ianosi Bogdan-Andrei , Zamarian Laura , Beer Ronny , Sahanic Sabina , Lindner Anna , Kofler Mario , Schiefecker Alois Josef , Mahlknecht Philipp , Heim Beatrice , Limmert Victoria , Sonnweber Thomas , Pizzini Alex , Tymoszuk Piotr , Scherfler Christoph , Djamshidian Atbin , Kiechl Stefan , Tancevski Ivan , Seppi Klaus , Pfausler Bettina , Loeffler-Ragg Judith , Helbok Raimund 
Published: September 2021

Abstract
Purpose
To assess patient characteristics associated with health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) and its mental and physical subcategories 3 months after diagnosis with COVID-19.

Methods
In this prospective multicentre cohort study, HR-QoL was assessed in 90 patients using the SF-36 questionnaire (36-item Short Form Health Survey), which consists of 8 health domains that can be divided into a mental and physical health component. Mental health symptoms including anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorders were evaluated using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-5 (PCL-5) 3 months after COVID-19. Using descriptive statistics and multivariable regression analysis, we identified factors associated with impaired HR-QoL 3 months after COVID-19 diagnosis.

Results
Patients were 55 years of age (IQR, 49–63; 39% women) and were classified as severe (23%), moderate (57%), or mild (20%) according to acute disease severity. HR-QoL was impaired in 28/90 patients (31%). Younger age [per year, adjOR (95%CI) 0.94 (0.88–1.00), p = 0.049], longer hospitalization [per day, adjOR (95%CI) 1.07 (1.01–1.13), p = 0.015], impaired sleep [adjOR (95%CI) 5.54 (1.2–25.61), p = 0.028], and anxiety [adjOR (95%CI) 15.67 (3.03–80.99), p = 0.001) were independently associated with impaired HR-QoL. Twenty-nine percent (n = 26) scored below the normal range on the mental health component of the SF-36 and independent associations emerged for anxiety, depression, and self-reported numbness. Impairments in the physical health component of the SF-36 were reported by 12 (13%) patients and linked to hypogeusia and fatigue.

Conclusion
Every third patient reported a reduction in HR-QoL 3 months after COVID-19 diagnosis and impairments were more prominent in mental than physical well-being.
Imaginary carrot or effective fertiliser? A rejoinder on funding and productivity
Authors: Heyard Rachel , Philipp Tobias , Hottenrott Hanna 
Published: September 2021

AbstractThe question of whether and to what extent research funding enables researchers to be more productive is a crucial one. In their recent work, Mariethoz et al. (Scientometrics, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03.855-1) claim that there is no significant relationship between project-based research funding and bibliometric productivity measures and conclude that this is the result of inappropriate allocation mechanisms. In this rejoinder, we argue that such claims are not supported by the data and analyses reported in the article.
The prognostic value of lymph node ratio in comparison to positive lymph node count in penile squamous cell carcinoma
Authors: Yu Jiajie , Long Qian , Zhang Zhiqiang , Liao Shufen , Zheng Fufu 
Published: September 2021

Abstract
Purpose
Penile cancer is a rare male neoplasm with a wide variation in its global incidence. In this study, the prognostic value of lymph node ratio (LNR) was compared to that of positive lymph node count (PLNC) in penile squamous cell carcinoma.

Methods
A total of 249 patients with penile squamous cell carcinoma were enrolled from The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database between 2010 and 2015. The X-tile program was used to calculate the optimal cut-off values of LNR and PLNC that discriminate survival. We used the χ2 or the Fisher exact probability test to assess the association between clinical-pathological characteristics and LNR or PLNC. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were performed to identify independent prognostic factors for survival. Spearman correlation analysis was used to determine the correlation between LNR and PLNC.

Results
We found that patients with high LNR tended to have advanced N stage, the 7th AJCC stage, and higher pathological grade, while patients with high PLNC had advanced N stage and the 7th AJCC stage. Univariate Cox regression analysis revealed that the N stage, M stage, the 7th AJCC stage, lymph-vascular invasion, LNR, and PLNC were significantly associated with prognosis. Multivariate Cox regression analysis demonstrated that LNR rather than PLNC was an independent prognostic factor for cancer-specific survival. Subgroup analysis of node-positive patients showed that LNR was associated with CSS, while PLNC was not.

Conclusion
LNR was a better predictor for long-term prognosis than PLNC in patients with penile squamous cell carcinoma.
Effect of Chelant-Based Soil Washing and Post-Treatment on Pb, Cd, and Zn Bioavailability and Plant Uptake
Authors: Noller Christoph , Friesl-Hanl Wolfgang , Hood-Nowotny Rebecca , Puschenreiter Markus , Watzinger Andrea 
Published: September 2021

Abstract
The remediation of Pb, Cd, and Zn contaminated soil by ex situ EDTA washing was investigated in two pot experiments. We tested the influence of (i) 0, 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5%wt zero-valent iron (ZVI) and (ii) a combination of 5%wt vermicompost, 2%wt biochar, and 1%wt ZVI on the metal availability in EDTA-washed soil using different soil extracts (Aqua regia, NH4NO3) and plant concentrations. We found that EDTA soil washing significantly reduced the total concentration of Pb, Cd, and Zn and significantly reduced the Cd and Zn plant uptake. Residual EDTA was detected in water extracts causing the formation of highly available Pb-EDTA complexes. While organic amendments had no significant effect on Pb behavior in washed soils, an amendment of ≥ 1%wt ZVI successfully reduced EDTA concentrations, Pb bioavailability, and plant uptake. Our results suggest that Pb-EDTA complexes adsorb to a Fe oxyhydroxide layer, quickly developing on the ZVI surface. The increase in ZVI application strongly decreases Zn concentrations in plant tissue, whereas the uptake of Cd was not reduced, but even slightly increased. Soil washing did not affect plant productivity and organic amendments improved biomass production.
Fiscal and External Deficits Nexus in GIIPS Countries: Evidence from Parametric and Nonparametric Causality Tests
Authors: Ahmad Ahmad Hassan , Aworinde Olalekan Bashir 
Published: September 2021

AbstractThis paper investigates the relationship between fiscal and external deficits in five European Union countries (Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain) using quarterly data for the period 1980:1–2020:1. Literature on the relationship between these series used linear techniques, but generally reported inconclusive results. Nonlinearity has been overlooked even though fiscal policy is likely to exhibit nonlinearity due to its sensitivity to political decisions. To capture this nonlinearity behaviour, nonlinear causality techniques are applied here in addition to the usual linear techniques used in the extant literature. The results show that there is evidence of unidirectional nonlinear causality from trade balances to government deficits in Greece and Italy, and a nonlinear unidirectional causality from government deficits to trade balance in Portugal. The results also indicate evidence of a nonlinear bi-directional causality between the trade and government balances in Ireland and Spain. The policy implication of these results is that governments of these countries need to address fiscal deficits to manage their trade balances. Policies that will improve the countries’ revenue base, such as tax and labour market reforms as well as capital market reforms to engender productivity and increase competitiveness, would be beneficial.
Geschlechtsangleichende Hormontherapie bei Transidentität: Voraussetzungen und Therapiemanagement
Authors: Meyer Gesine 
Published: September 2021

ZusammenfassungDie Anzahl transidenter Menschen, die sich mit dem Wunsch nach geschlechtsangleichenden Maßnahmen vorstellen, ist, ebenso wie die öffentliche Wahrnehmung des Themas, in den letzten Jahren angestiegen. Trotz einer zunehmenden Akzeptanz verläuft die medizinische Versorgung Betroffener häufig nicht optimal. Aufgrund der weitreichenden und teilweise irreversiblen Konsequenzen sollte eine geschlechtsangleichende Hormontherapie nur bei Erreichen aller notwendigen Voraussetzungen im Konsens mit dem behandelnden Psychiater bzw. Psychotherapeuten und nach ausführlicher Aufklärung durch einen erfahrenen Arzt eingeleitet werden. Vor Therapiebeginn muss ein umfangreiches Screening auf etwaige Risikofaktoren erfolgen und Komorbiditäten sollten adäquat behandelt werden. Die Behandlung erfolgt gemäß der vorliegenden Leitlinienempfehlungen bei Transidentität von Mann zu Frau mit 17β-Estradiol oder 17β-Estradiolvalerat in Kombination mit Cyproteronacetat oder Spironolacton als Antiandrogen, bei Transidentität von Frau zu Mann mit transdermalen oder intramuskulären Testosteronpräparaten. Regelmäßige klinische und laborchemische Verlaufskontrollen auf erwünschte und mögliche unerwünschte Wirkungen der Therapie sind ebenso wie gynäkologische bzw. urologische Früherkennungsuntersuchungen dauerhaft notwendig. Vor Therapiebeginn sollte eine Aufklärung und Beratung zu Fragen der Fertilität und Schwangerschaftsverhütung erfolgen.Die geschlechtsangleichende Hormontherapie stellt einen wesentlichen Pfeiler der medikamentösen Geschlechtsangleichung dar und mehrere Studien belegen eindeutig ihre positive Auswirkung auf die Lebensqualität der Betroffenen. Bei sorgfältiger Beachtung der notwendigen Vorsichtsmaßnahmen weist die Therapie ein akzeptables Risikoprofil auf.
Using data from collective hunts to estimate the wild boar (Sus scrofa) population density in north-eastern Poland
Authors: Bobek Bogusław , Furtek Jakub , Wojciuch-Płoskonka Marta 
Published: September 2021

AbstractThe spread of the African swine fever through wild boar population has caused major losses in the pig industry. Therefore, to decrease the population density of wild boar in Poland, the culling of these animals has been dramatically increased. However, the effect of depopulation is unknown because there are no methods that could be used throughout the country to estimate the number of wild boar. Thus, during two hunting seasons an attempt was made to estimate the number of wild boar using data from collective hunts. The forested area of 21 hunting districts (351.5 km2) was divided into five sampling inventory blocks (SIBs), which were used for the statistical analysis of the population density, the harvest rate and results of collective hunts. The average population density obtained by a driving census amounted to 8.19 ± 1.12 and 10.09 ± 1.06 (x̅ ± SE), animals/km2, which indicates that 2879 and 3547 wild boar were living in the study area in 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 seasons respectively. The number of wild boars bagged per one hunting plot was adopted as the harvest success index (HBI). In SIBs the HBI value fluctuated in the range of 0.55 to 1.87 individuals/hunting plot and the population density ranged from 6.46 to 12.18 wild boars/km2. The non-linear regression showed a positive relationship between the HBI index and the population density. The discussion covers the possibility of using collective hunts to estimate the number of wild boar in Poland and in the European Union.
Long-Term Outcomes after Pediatric Injury: Results of the Assessment of Functional Outcomes and Health-Related Quality of Life after Pediatric Trauma Study
Authors: Burd Randall S. , Jensen Aaron R. , VanBuren John M. , Alvey Jessica S. , Richards Rachel , Holubkov Richard , Pollack Murray M. 
Published: September 2021

Background
Disability and impaired health-related quality of life can persist for months among injured children. Previous studies of long-term outcomes have focused mainly on children with specific injury types rather than those with multiple injured body regions. This study’s objective was to determine the long-term functional status and health-related quality of life after serious pediatric injury, and to evaluate the associations of these outcomes with features available at hospital discharge.

Study Design
We conducted a prospective observational study at 7 Level I pediatric trauma centers of children treated for at least 1 serious (Abbreviated Injury Scale severity 3 or higher) injury. Patients were sampled to increase the representation of less frequently injured body regions and multiple injured body regions. Six-month functional status was measured using the Functional Status Scale (FSS) and health-related quality of life using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory.

Results
Among 323 injured children with complete discharge and follow-up assessments, 6-month FSS score was abnormal in 33 patients (10.2%)—16 with persistent impairments and 17 previously normal at discharge. Increasing levels of impaired discharge FSS score were associated with impaired FSS and lower Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory scores at 6-month follow-up. Additional factors on multivariable analysis associated with 6-month FSS impairment included older age, penetrating injury type, severe head injuries, and spine injuries, and included older age for lower 6-month Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory scores.

Conclusions
Older age and discharge functional status are associated with long-term impairment of functional status and health-related quality of life. Although most seriously injured children return to normal, ongoing disability and reduced health-related quality of life remained 6 months after injury. Our findings support long-term assessments as standard practice for evaluating the health impacts of serious pediatric injury.

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Human Dignity and Political Criticism
Authors: Bird Colin 
Published: September 2021

Many, including Marx, Rawls, and the contemporary 'Black Lives Matter' movement, embrace the ambition to secure terms of co-existence in which the worth of people's lives becomes a lived reality rather than an empty boast. This book asks whether, as some believe, the philosophical idea of human dignity can help achieve that ambition. Offering a new fourfold typology of dignity concepts, Colin Bird argues that human dignity can perform this role only if certain traditional ways of conceiving it are abandoned. Accordingly, Bird rejects the idea that human dignity refers to the inherent worth or status of individuals, and instead reinterprets it as a social relation, constituted by affects of respect and the modes of mutual attention which they generate. What emerges is a new vision of human dignity as a vital political value, and an arresting vindication of its role as an agent of critical reflection on politics.
Bettina von Arnim's Romantic Philosophy inDie Günderode
Authors: Stone Alison 
Published: September 2021

AbstractThis article puts forward a philosophical interpretation of Bettina von Arnim's epistolary bookDie Günderode, in the following stages. First I situate von Arnim's work in relation to women's participation in early German Romanticism and idealism. The ideal ofSymphilosophie, which was integral to Romantic epistemology, created possibilities for women to participate in philosophical discussion, albeit not on equal terms with men. This suggested that perhapsSymphilosophiebetween women could be more equal and reciprocal. However, interpreters have considered theSym-in Günderrode and von Arnim'sSymphilosophiemore than the-philosophie, whereas here I foregroundDie Günderode's rich philosophical content. I trace the stages in the unfolding dialogue between Günderrode and von Arnim and identify von Arnim's philosophical standpoint as it emerges from this dialogue. For Günderrode, finite beings are attracted together and can only fully unite by dying and superseding their boundaries. This feeds into a gigantic cosmic process through which the earth spiritualizes itself, progressively transcending its own materiality. Von Arnim likewise thinks that all finite beings are dynamically interconnected within the earth's creative process. But, unlike Günderrode, von Arnim thinks that finite beings can realize their interconnectedness within life without needing to die, which means in turn that material nature can rise into successive levels of spirit without its materiality having to be superseded. This metaphysical difference orchestrates many other philosophical disagreements between the two women. I then conclude that on balance, and with significant qualifications,Die Günderodeembodies a successfulSymphilosophiebetween women, but that von Arnim is simultaneously pointing out the fragility ofSymphilosophie. The more independence dialogue partners have, the more liable they are to move away in new directions and abandon or outgrow the conversation, just as Günderrode turns away from von Arnim by the end of the book.
Competing flow and collision effects in a monodispersed liquid–solid fluidized bed at a moderate Archimedes number
Authors: Yao Yinuo , Criddle Craig S. , Fringer Oliver B. 
Published: September 2021

We study the effects of fluid–particle and particle–particle interactions in a three-dimensional monodispersed reactor with unstable fluidization. Simulations were conducted using the immersed boundary method for particle Reynolds numbers of 20–70 with an Archimedes number of 23 600. Two different flow regimes were identified as a function of the particle Reynolds number. For low particle Reynolds numbers (

$20 < Re_p < 40$

), the porosity is relatively low and the particle dynamics are dominated by interparticle collisions that produce anisotropic particle velocity fluctuations. The relative importance of hydrodynamic effects increases with increasing particle Reynolds number, leading to a minimized anisotropy in the particle velocity fluctuations at an intermediate particle Reynolds number. For high particle Reynolds numbers (

$Re_p > 40$

), the particle dynamics are dominated by hydrodynamic effects, leading to decreasing and more anisotropic particle velocity fluctuations. A sharp increase in the anisotropy occurs when the particle Reynolds number increases from 40 to 50, corresponding to a transition from a regime in which collision and hydrodynamic effects are equally important (regime 1) to a hydrodynamic-dominated regime (regime 2). The results imply an optimum particle Reynolds number of roughly 40 for the investigated Archimedes number of 23 600 at which mixing in the reactor is expected to peak, which is consistent with reactor studies showing peak performance at a similar particle Reynolds number and with a similar Archimedes number. Results also show that maximum effective collisions are attained at intermediate particle Reynolds number. Future work is required to relate optimum particle Reynolds number to Archimedes number.
The strategic intersection of HR and CSR: CSR motive and millennial joining intention
Authors: Ikhide Juliet E. , Tarik Timur Ahmet , Ogunmokun Oluwatobi A. 
Published: September 2021

AbstractThe success and competitiveness of an organization recruiting the emerging workforce i.e., millennials can be ascribed in part to the organization's corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagement. This study explores the impact of organizational CSR on Nigerian millennials' joining intention through CSR motive perceptions: CSR-based organizational attractiveness (CSR-based OA) and perceived altruism (PA). To examine the empirical relationship among variables, data were obtained from respondents who were seeking employment or in-between jobs. Results revealed that CSR-based OA and PA significantly mediate the relationship between CSR and millennial joining intention. Findings present a unique perspective that significantly expands the literature. The implications of results are discussed and recommendations to managers are presented.
A Struggle over Recognition and Nonrecognition: The Internationalization of the Abkhaz State University
Authors: Coppieters Bruno 
Published: September 2021

AbstractThe Abkhaz State University (ASU) is internationally isolated, despite its cooperation with universities in Russia. Georgia combines its refusal to recognize Abkhaz statehood with a policy of nonrecognition of its university, which sets the direction for other countries. But the Abkhaz policies of nonrecognition are also to be taken into account. Abkhazia opposes any form of internationalization of the ASU generating closer ties with Georgia. The article examines how the Georgian and Abkhaz policies of nonrecognition hamper the internationalization of the ASU within the European educational space. It explores a conflict on recognition and nonrecognition of status and identity, where status does not refer exclusively to statehood. In the field of higher education, European integration involves a large number of state and nonstate actors in 49 countries and a wide variety of forms of recognition and nonrecognition, ranging from the certification of individual qualifications and the publication of lists of unrecognized universities, to the setting up of joint educational programs. This integration process is largely state driven but based on the principle of the institutional autonomy of universities. Using the ASU as a case study, the way that policies on nonrecognition affect status in the field of higher education is examined.
Prevalence of arytenoid adduction asymmetry in normophonic speakers: a retrospective study
Authors: Raviraj Arya , Menon J K R 
Published: September 2021

AbstractObjectiveThis study aimed to assess the incidence and severity of arytenoid adduction asymmetry in normophonic speakers and to identify related demographic characteristics.MethodA retrospective observational clinical study on normophonic patients was conducted. Videos of flexible laryngoscopy of the study group (aged 18 to 45 years) were reviewed. Arytenoid adduction asymmetry, if present, was graded as mild (grade 1), moderate (grade 2) and severe (grade 3).ResultsVideo recordings of 347 normophonic patients were analysed. The total prevalence of arytenoid adduction asymmetry was 36.4 per cent, with a predominance in males and on the right side. Right-sided predominance was statistically significant (p< 0.01). A total of 60.3 per cent of patients with arytenoid adduction asymmetry had only mild asymmetry, whereas 34.9 per cent had moderate asymmetry. Only 4.8 per cent showed severe asymmetry.ConclusionArytenoid adduction asymmetry is found in more than one third of the normophonic population, has significant right-sided preponderance and was more common in males.