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Health-related quality of life for adults living with hepatitis B in the United States: a qualitative assessment
Authors: Freeland Catherine , Racho Rhea , Kamischke Maureen , Moraras Kate , Wang Evangeline , Cohen Chari , Kendrick Stuart 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Background
In 2019, an estimated 296 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) globally with approximately 2.4 million living within the United States. Those living with HBV require years if not decades of regular monitoring to prevent liver complications from occurring. The aim of this study was to explore the working conceptual framework of health related quality of life (HRQL) for those living with chronic HBV through qualitative analysis.

Methods
Data were collected by in-depth telephone interviews conducted in 2019 using purposeful sampling as part of a disease understanding assessment on the HBV patient experience within the United States. A directed content analysis approach was utilized by creation of a codebook to guide the organization of data, codes were developed by review of the literature (a priori) and through line-by-line reading of a subsample of queries. All transcripts were analyzed by at least two members of the study team and intercoder reliability was assessed using Dedoose software.

Findings
A sample of 19 individuals living with chronic HBV were included within this study. Themes identified from transcripts noted the significant overlap between the reported experience of HBV and constructs within the HRQL model. The psychological impact of chronic HBV on study participants’ HRQL overall was considerable and contributed to depression, anxiety, homelessness, drug use, and incarceration.

Conclusion
Our analysis supports the hypothesis that HBV impacts HRQL and often negatively affects emotional health. Our findings suggest that it would be beneficial to include HRQL assessment in the medical management of HBV, so that interventions can focus on reducing the burden of disease and improving quality of life for those living with HBV.
Evaluation of plantar fasciitis improvement after shock wave therapy in calcaneal spur patients by musculoskeletal ultrasonography
Authors: El Molla Soad Said , Fahmy Ahmed M. , Gamil Amr Mohamed , Ibrahim Rehab Ali , Kamel Mai Mohamed 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Background
Plantar fasciitis due to calcaneal spur is a common cause of heel pain and functional disability, and its management presents a huge challenge for clinicians which results sometimes in unpleasant clinical outcomes. The efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) as an alternative therapeutic option to surgical management after failure of conservative treatment has been addressed. Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of ESWT in the treatment of plantar fasciitis in calcaneal spur patients using ultrasonography.

Results
The mean plantar fascia (PF) thickness was statistically significantly higher in the calcaneal spur patient group (5.66 ± 1.14 mm) than in the healthy control group (2.40 ± 0.35 mm), (P = 0.001). Significant PF thickness reduction, visual analog scale (VAS), and Roles and Maudsley score (RMS) improvement were observed (P < 0.001) after 4 sessions of ESWT.

Conclusion
PF thickness increases significantly in calcaneal spur patients and responds to treatment. ESWT decreases the thickness of the PF and improves pain and function significantly.
Impacts of model resolution on multiple prediction
Authors: Ma Yue , Liu Yujin , Luo Yi 
Published: November 2021

Despite theoretical advancements in multiple identification and elimination, the application and success of these advancements are questionable in some cases and are limited to marine environments, especially deepwater. In land seismic, however, a clear understanding of the internal multiple generators is not readily available; thus, efforts to attenuate them often are quite ineffective. We have analyzed, in the case of many thin layers, how the primaries and multiples are affected by fine-scale variations in the velocity model. Cross-coherence is used to measure the similarity of the original primaries/multiples and the ones generated from upscaled velocity models. The combined use of kurtosis and the cross-coherence method enables us to precisely quantify the impact of fine layering on multiples. Test results demonstrate that surface-related multiples and internal multiples are much more sensitive than the primaries to thickness variations of the velocity model. As the thickness of each upscaled layer varies from 1 to 21 m, multiples change rapidly, whereas primaries are almost the same. The high sensitivity of internal multiples on fine layering suggests that the detailed model information should be considered in model parameterization in the internal multiple removal, especially for model-driven methods.
Impact of Thyroglobulin and Thyroglobulin Antibody Assay Performance on the Differential Classification of DTC Patients
Authors: Schoonen Lise , Neele Marjolein , van Toor Hans , van Kinschot Caroline M J , van Noord Charlotte , Visser W Edward , Groen Joost , Boesten Lianne S M , Lentjes Eef G W M , van den Berg Sjoerd A A , Kos Snjezana 
Published: November 2021

Abstract

Context
Measurements of thyroglobulin (Tg) and Tg antibodies are crucial in the follow-up of treated differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients. Interassay differences may significantly impact follow-up.

Objective
The aim of this multicenter study was to explore the impact of Tg and Tg antibody assay performance on the differential classification of DTC patients, as described in national and international guidelines.

Design
Four commonly used Tg and Tg antibody assays were technically compared to reflect possible effects on patients with DTC follow-up. Storage stability at different storage temperatures was also investigated for LIAISON® and Kryptor assays, as this is an underexposed topic in current literature.

Results
B.R.A.H.M.S. assays yield approximately 50% lower Tg values over the whole range compared to the DiaSorin and Roche assays investigated. These differences between assays may result in potential misclassification in up to 7% of patients if fixed cutoffs (eg, 1 ng/mL) are applied. Poor correlation was also observed between the Tg antibody assays when the method-specific upper limits of normal are used as cutoffs. Storage of Tg and Tg antibodies was possible for 3 to 4 weeks at −20°C and −80°C. Calibration of the assays, however, was found to be crucial for stable results over time.

Conclusions
Technical aspects of Tg and Tg antibody assays, including interassay differences, calibration and standardization, and cutoff values, may have a significant clinical impact on the follow-up of DTC patients.
Queer Trauma in Caitlín R. Kiernan’sThe Red Tree
Authors: Marshall Nowell 
Published: November 2021

AbstractDespite winning numerous literary awards, Caitlín R. Kiernan’s work has received little critical attention. Scholars have focused on Kiernan’s reworking of H. P. Lovecraft’s influential weird fiction and have discussed Kiernan’s pioneering work in New Weird fiction and short fiction. As astute as much of the critical work is, none of it addresses the cornerstone of Kiernan’s fiction: trauma. This essay considers Kiernan’s novel The Red Tree as a queer American gothic novel dealing with trauma and its lingering effects on its witnesses. Through its complex, fragmentary form and its use of dream sequences and unconsciously produced narratives, the novel invites readers to witness and consume Sarah Crowe’s trauma while loosely theorizing the relationship between trauma and queer temporality and spatiality.
Mapping of a multilayer panoramic radiography device
Authors: Martins Luciano Augusto Cano , Nascimento Eduarda Helena Leandro , Gaêta-Araujo Hugo , Oliveira Matheus L , Freitas Deborah Queiroz 
Published: November 2021

Objective: To map the shape, location, and thickness of the focal trough of a panoramic radiography device with a multilayer imaging program. Methods: An acrylic plate (148 × 148 × 3 mm) containing 1156 holes distributed in a matrix of 34 × 34 rows was placed in the OP300 Maxio at the levels of the maxilla and mandible. 20 metal spheres (3.5 mm in diameter) were placed on the holes of the plate under 15 different arrangements and panoramic images were acquired for each arrangement at 66 kV, 8 mA, and an exposure time of 16 s. The resulting panoramic radiographs from the five image layers were exported, the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the metal spheres were measured in all images using the Image J software, and the magnification and distortion rates of the spheres were calculated. All metal spheres presenting a magnification rate lower than 30% in both vertical and horizontal dimensions and a distortion rate lower than 10% were considered to map the focal troughs of each of the five image layers. Results: All panoramic image layers had a curved shape ranging from 39° to 51° for both dental arches and varied in position and thickness. The anterior region of maxilla was anteriorly displaced when compared to the anterior region of the mandible for all layers. Image layers are thicker at the level of the mandible than those at the level of the maxilla; also, inner layers were thinner and outer layers were thicker. Conclusion All image layers in the studied panoramic radiography device had a curved shape and varied in position and thickness. The anterior region of maxilla was anteriorly displaced when compared to that of the mandible for all layers.
ПОНЯТИЯ «ГЕНДЕР» В ИДЕОЛОГИИ ФЕМИНИЗМА: ФИЛОСОФСКИЙ АНАЛИЗ
Authors: Neronov Alexander V. , Neronova Marina Yu. 
Published: November 2021

В данной статье дается философский анализ понятия «гендер», как основания идеологии современного феминизма.
Цель: рассмотреть явление феминизма с позиции философского дискурса.
Метод и методология проведения работы: использовались исторический, феноменологический и диалектический методы исследования.
Результаты: современный феминизм можно считать одним из социально-культурных течений в рамках женского движения, обладающим собственной идеологией. При этом радикальный феминизм следует отнести к экстремистской идеологии, направленной на разрушение сложившихся социальных структур, общественного мировоззрения, морали и устоев государственности.
Область применения результатов: Полученные результаты могут быть использованы при изучении современных общественных и культурных процессов.
Managing Advance Admission Requests for Obstetric Care
Authors: Geng Na , Xie Xiaolan 
Published: November 2021

This paper is devoted to the management of advance admission requests for obstetric care. Pregnant women in China select one hospital and request admission for both antenatal and postnatal care after nine weeks of pregnancy. Schedulers must make the admission decision instantly based on the availability of the most critical resource, that is, hospital beds for postnatal care. The random delay between admission requests and postnatal care has created a distinct advance admission control problem. To address this issue, we propose a basic model that assumes a unit bed requirement for one day. Each admission generates a unit of revenue and each unit of overcapacity use incurs an overcapacity cost. With the objective of maximizing the expected net revenue, we establish an optimal policy for unlimited requests, that is, an expected arrival time quota (EATQ) policy that accepts a fixed quota of advance admission requests with the same expected date of confinement. We then propose an extended model for general capacity requirements. Using the Poisson approximation, we establish the optimality of the EATQ policy, which is shown to be solvable by a simple linear programming model. We compare the numerical results from the different policies and conduct a sensitivity analysis. The EATQ policy is demonstrated to be the best option in all test instances and notably outperforms the current admission rules used in hospitals, which usually accept admission requests according to some empirical monthly quota of the expected delivery month. The Poisson approximation is shown to be effective for determining the optimal EATQ policy for both stationary and nonstationary arrivals. Summary of Contribution: First, this paper investigates the advance admission control problem for obstetric care. Pregnant women in China choose one hospital and request admission for both antenatal and postnatal care after nine weeks of pregnancy but the most critical resource is hospitalization beds needed for postnatal care. The random delay between admission request and postnatal care makes the problem unique and challenging to solve. It belongs to the scope of computing and operations research. Second, this paper formulates a dynamic programming model, analyzes the structural properties of the optimal control policy, and finally proposes a mathematical programming model to determine the optimal quota. Numerical experiments show the validity of the proposed approach. It covers the research contents of theories on dynamic stochastic control, mathematic programming model, and experiments. Moreover, this paper is motivated by the practical problem (advance admission control) in obstetric units of Shanghai. Using these optimality properties, solution approaches, and numerical results, this paper provides guidance on how to manage advance obstetric admission requests.
Dietary risk factors for hip fracture in adults: An umbrella review of meta-analyses of prospective cohort studies
Authors: Webster James , Rycroft Catherine E. , Greenwood Darren C. , Cade Janet E. 
Published: November 2021

AimTo summarise the totality of evidence regarding dietary risk factors for hip fracture in adults, evaluating the quality of evidence, to provide recommendations for practice and further research.DesignSystematic review of meta-analyses of prospective cohort studies.Eligibility criteriaSystematic reviews with meta-analyses reporting summary risk estimates for associations between hip fracture incidence and dietary exposures including oral intake of a food, food group, beverage, or nutrient, or adherence to dietary patterns.Information sourcesMedline, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library from inception until November 2020.Data synthesisThe methodological quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses was assessed using AMSTAR-2, and the quality of evidence for each association was assessed using GRADE. Results were synthesised descriptively.ResultsSixteen systematic reviews were identified, covering thirty-four exposures, including dietary patterns (n = 2 meta-analyses), foods, food groups, or beverages (n = 16), macronutrients (n = 3), and micronutrients (n = 13). Identified meta-analyses included 6,282 to 3,730,424 participants with between 322 and 26,168 hip fractures. The methodological quality (AMSTAR-2) of all systematic reviews was low or critically low. The quality of evidence (GRADE) was low for an inverse association between hip fracture incidence and intake of fruits and vegetables combined (adjusted summary relative risk for higher vs lower intakes: 0.92 [95% confidence interval: 0.87 to 0.98]), and very low for the remaining thirty-three exposures.ConclusionDietary factors may play a role in the primary prevention of hip fracture, but the methodological quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses was below international standards, and there was a lack of high-quality evidence. More long-term cohort studies reporting absolute risks and robust, well-conducted meta-analyses with dose-response information are needed before policy guidelines can be formed.Systematic review registrationPROSPEROCRD42020226190.
Desempenho no Exame Final de Matemática de Jovens do Ensino Artístico Especializado de Música
Authors: Azevedo Susana , Rato Joana , Castro-Caldas Alexandre 
Published: November 2021

Com base no interesse científico em compreender os efeitos da aprendizagem formal de música no desempenho académico, em geral, e na matemática, em específico, procurou-se analisar a relação dos resultados obtidos na Prova Final de Matemática (PFM) de 9º ano (2018, Primeira Fase do Ensino Português) dos alunos do Ensino Artístico Especializado de Música (EAEM) controlando as variáveis: i) número de anos de aprendizagem de música; ii) tipo de instrumento (Teclas, Percussão, Sopro ou Cordas); iii) tempo médio de estudo semanal de instrumento; iv) classificações finais de terceiro período; v) frequência de atividades extracurriculares (ex: dança, desporto, teatro); vi) apoio ou explicação de matemática; e vii) número de horas semanal de apoio ou explicação de matemática. Participaram 92 alunos entre os 14 e os 15 anos (M = 14.53; DP = 0.502). De todas as variáveis analisadas, os resultados mostraram que só o apoio/explicações apresentou diferenças significativas, na medida em que os alunos que não têm apoio extra a matemática são os que atingem melhores resultados no exame final.
Resenha da Websérie: Análise do Discurso com Michel Foucault – Episódio 01 – Quem somos nós hoje?
Authors: Da Silva Marcus Vinícius 
Published: November 2021

Trata-se de uma resenha do episódio 01, intitulado “Quem somos nós hoje?, da websérie Análise do Discurso com Michel Foucault, idealizada e publicada em 2016, protagonizada pela Profa. Dra. Maria Rosário Valencise Gregolin (UNESp-Araraquara), em parceria e produção, com o Grupo de Estudos em Análise do Discurso (GEADA/UNESp) e o Grupo de Estudo de Mediações, Discurso e Sociedades Amazônicas (GEDAI/UFPA). Neste episódio, Gregolin (2016) apresenta aos expectores um breve panorama da obra de Michel Foucault, abordando aspectos constitutivos da sua obra, a qual é dividida em três momentos, a saber: Arqueologia do Saber, Genealogia do Poder e Genealogia da Ética. Outrossim, discorre sobre as contribuições do teórico o campo de investigação da Análise do Discurso, ampliando o debate sobre as pesquisas linguísticas realizadas no Brasil, sob o viés dos estudos discursivos foucaultianos.
Phenotypic variation and traits interrelationships in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes in Northern Ethiopia
Authors: GETACHEW Ahmed , WOREDE Fisseha , ALAMEREW Sentayehu 
Published: November 2021

Information on phenotypic variation helps to breed better varieties. Forty-nine bread wheat genotypes were evaluated in simple lattice design at Jamma and Geregera to determine the extent of variation and association among 11 traits. Analysis of variance showed significant differences (p < 0.01) among the genotypes for all traits, indicating the presence of adequate variability. Maximum values of genotypic coefficients of variation were recorded for spike length (8.66 %), number of productive tillers (8.4 %), number of grains per spike (6.4 %) and thousand-seed mass (6.15 %); this also shows the presence of substantial variability for these traits. Genetic parameters of the study revealed that days to heading, plant height, spike length, number of grains per spike and thousand-seed mass had moderate to high heritability and genetic advance as percent of the mean. Therefore, direct selection could be practiced to improve bread wheat for these traits. Moreover, selection of early-cycle lines which can escape the negative effects of climate change will be possible. Grain yield had strong and significant positive correlation with thousand-seed mass (rg = 0.395**), biological yield (rgv= 0.617**) and harvest index (rg = 0.731**); selection based on these traits will be most effective in future bread wheat yield improvement programs as they also exerted strong positive direct effects on grain yield.
A Web-Based Medical Appointment Scheduling with SMS Alert Notification System
Authors: Ele Bassey , J. A. Odey, , N. E. Frank, , I. M. Ekinya, 
Published: November 2021

Lengthy waiting times for registering and booking an appointment to see a doctor is challenging in Nigeria, particularly in government hospitals. Also, missed healthcare appointments are the main cause of preventable incompetence that affects a patient’s wellbeing and medication results, as there is no machinery to notice patients when appointments are deferred or canceled. To address these issues, a web-based medical appointment scheduling system with SMS alert notification using the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) as a case study is proposed. This study adopted the Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology in the development of the system. MySQL was used to design the database for this study and the proposed system was implemented using PHP programming language. A web-based medical appointment scheduling with an SMS alert notification system was developed and implemented in this study. The developed system will improve appointment scheduling in hospitals to simplify patients' and doctors’ tasks and eliminate missed appointments with the help of the reminder component. In the upcoming, the system can be developed to direct appointment applications to another hospital where doctors with similar medical proficiency are working. Furthermore, the provision of automated SMS alerts as notifications as the appointed day draws near or reaches is a fundamental characteristic of the developed system.
Sustainability of the Bank of Japan’s ETF Purchasing Policy
Authors: Harada Kimie 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
The Bank of Japan is the only central bank that holds enormous amounts of stocks of listed companies by purchasing ETFs via its unconventional monetary policy measures. The Bank of Japan has been buying ETFs for more than a decade and, seemingly, has no awareness that it has become a huge investor in the stock market. This article explains how this policy has potentially distorted market mechanisms and how it is difficult to find an exit strategy.