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Le quotidien des Girls et la morale de l’ordinaire
Authors: Valkauskas Elodie , Leveratto Jean-Marc 
Published: May 2021

La série télévisée américaine Girls (HBO, 2012-17), produite par Judd Apatow, écrite par Lena Dunham (qui en est également l’actrice principale, la réalisatrice et la co-productrice) met en scène « l’entrée dans la vie » de quatre jeunes femmes installées à New York et leur recherche, tout à la fois, d’un emploi et de leur identité sexuelle. La valorisation de l’expérience féminine, comprise en tant que vécu et en tant qu’agency, particularise la série. Elle se prête particulièrement bien à une étude, dans l’esprit de Stanley Cavell, de ce que nous pouvons apprendre de l’expérience que nous faisons d’un film.Les échanges écrits et oraux organisés dans le cadre d’un cours universitaire servent de dispositif d’observation de l’appropriation, par des étudiants français (21-26 ans), des situations mises en scène dans la première saison de la série.
SEMIOTICA DEGLI AFFETTI E MANIFESTAZIONI FISICHE NEI TESTI MEDICO-FILOSOFICI DI HALLE
Authors: La Manna Federica 
Published: May 2021

In the mid-eighteenth century in Halle the so-called doctors-philosophers tried to develop a scientifically-based map of emotions, which included their causes and their manifestations on the body. Thanks to their scientific rigour, to the literary quality of those studies and to the growing circulation of the journals of the time – above all Unzer’s famous Der Arzt – the subject was so popular that it became central in the debate on physiognomy and pathognomics which was so vivid in the second half of the century. These theories had a powerful import on literature, contributing to the birth of the new ‘character’ in novels as different from the traditional and stereotypical sense of the term as ‘temper’ or ‘nature’. In the field of aesthetics, the effect of these studies had important repercussions on Winckelmann’s revolutionary theories related to the representation and interpretation of emotions in art.
GIOVAN BATTISTA MORGAGNI E IL DIBATTITO FRA MEDICINA RAZIONALE E MEDICINA EMPIRICA
Authors: Zampieri Fabio 
Published: May 2021

Giovanni Battista Morgagni is considered the father of pathological anatomy. His contribution can be contextualized in the extraordinary development of anatomy between the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries, because along this period anatomy became the most important among the natural sciences. A new pathology based on anatomy was possible thanks to the mechanistic perspective which characterized this science during the seventeenth century, in particular through the work of Marcello Malpighi, whom Morgagni considered as his master. The approach of Malpighi and other ‘iatromechanists’ was widely debated: supporters of mechanisms and empiricism, as well as supporters of the Ancients, or Hippocratic-Galenic medicine, and of the Moderns, or ‘Neoteric’ medicine, were opposed and interlaced. The anatomo-clinical method of Morgagni can be fully understood only by being contextualized within this debate.
Detection of Antibodies Against Prevotella Intermedia in Patients with Chronic Periodontitis and Periodontally Healthy Individuals
Authors: Dixitraj P. T. , Nayak Aarati , Bansal Shruti , Bhat Kishore 
Published: May 2021

Abstract

Background:
Periodontitis, an inflammatory disease of multifactorial etiology, has bacteria playing an essential role in its pathogenesis. Prevotella intermedia plays an important role in disease initiation and progression.

Objectives:
The objective was to detect immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies against P. intermedia in blood of periodontally healthy individuals and patients with chronic periodontitis and compare their levels.

Materials and Methodology:
A total of 72 subjects were included, 36 subjects in the healthy group and 36 subjects in the chronic periodontitis group. Subgingival plaque sample and blood sample were obtained from each study subject. Samples were processed in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. P. intermedia were confirmed using the culture method and serum IgG levels were assessed using ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) technique. Comparison between healthy and chronic periodontitis groups was done using independent t-test.

Results:
IgG levels against P. intermedia were more in the chronic periodontitis group compared to the healthy group, and the difference was statistically significant.

Interpretations and Conclusions:
Increased levels of IgG antibodies against P. intermedia are associated with periodontal disease. This elevated antibody activity might help to neutralize the effects of the bacterium. IgG antibody level against P. intermedia is a promising indicator in the serological diagnosis of periodontal disease. In chronic periodontitis, the antibody titer in the patient's serum against P. intermedia is raised and could be used as a diagnostic aid.
Short Screening for Diabetic Foot Disease in an Omani Population at Al-Dahira, Sultanate of Oman
Authors: Marshoudi Sabria AL , Ahmed Fatma , Peeran Syed Wali , AlBurji Amru , Al-Kalbani Khalid , Yousf Sabri M. 
Published: May 2021

Abstract

Objective:
This study aims to implement a short primary health-care screening program for diabetic foot disease (DFD) in diabetic patients and to detect the prevalence and predictors of the DFD, to determine their positive risk factors for DFD by identifying patients who have neuropathy or vascular disease, and to examine whether the predictors (neuropathy and vasculopathy) have a significant effect on DFD.

Subjects and Methods:
This study is a cross-sectional study conducted in different diabetic clinics located in health centers across Al-Dahira, Oman. A single, trained clinician from each health center was selected to complete the questionnaire. The sample was randomly selected among subjects already diagnosed as diabetic patients. The study was carried from July 2017 to September 2017. Diabetes mellitus (DM) patients (Type-1 and Type-2) can be affected by DFD. In Al-Dahira, Oman, both Type-I and Type-II DM visited the same clinics. The screening carried out consisted of sections dealing with information of the subjects including their smoking status, number of visits, and details about their diabetic status. A detailed examination of DF was carried over if present in the subjects. The areas that were screened for DF included skin assessment, structural examination of the DF, vascular assessment, neuropathy assessment, as well as DF ulcer assessment.

Results:
Out of 216 patients, the mean age was 60.56 years (standard deviation 12.74) with a range of 25 years to 97 years. Out of the total patients, there were (164 patients) 75.9% of cases are DFD. However, the prevalence of foot ulcer, gangrene, and amputations were 4.2%. Among the studied subjects, 65.9% had poor glycemic profile value. Most of the patients had a history of diabetes for more than 5 years. The results showed that the age (P = 0.038 < 0.05), physical activity (P = 0.034 < 0.05), and neuropathy (P = 0.33 < 0.05) had an association with DFD.

Conclusions:
A short primary health-care screening program for DFD in diabetic patients is considered a useful tool and a helpful method to increase the awareness of DFD at the community level. Further, it helps to evaluate the level of the patient's risk for prevention and further management.
Performance Evaluation of Ultrasonic Imaging System (Part I)
Authors: Oglat Ammar A. , Dheyab Mohammed Ali 
Published: May 2021

Background:
Diagnostic ultrasound or sonography is an image which can provide valuable information for diagnosing and treating a variety of diseases and conditions. This experiment was done to check the performance and evaluate the ultrasonic imaging system. There were three tests performed in this experiment: dead zone (transducer ring-down), vertical measurement calibration, and horizontal measurement calibration.

Methods:
The evaluation was made by performed all the tests with different depth on two different multipurpose phantom model #539. The tests were also performed by two different probes which were curved and flat (linear probe). The images were taken, and the measurements were made by electronic calipers on the ultrasound machine system. Observations and evaluations were done via all images and measurements taken.

Results:
The images formed by two various probes were different. The penetration settings were different since the depths were different. The depth influenced the penetrations to the formed image. From the comparison of all results and measurements recorded were all under the accepted value of the standard that was given by the manufacture of the phantom.

Conclusion:
Therefore, it can be concluded that the measurements were all not exceeding 2% of the standard value given based on the result that we get.
In vitro antiplasmodial activity of Phyllanthus amarus against Plasmodium falciparum and evaluation of its acute toxicity effect in mouse model
Authors: Aliyu Karimatu , Mohammed Yusuf , Abdullahi Idris Nasir , Umar Amina Abdullahi , Bashir Fatima , Sani Mujahid Nura , Kabuga Auwal Idris , Adamu Al-Mukhtar Yahuza , Akande Azeez Oyebanji 
Published: May 2021

Background:
The emergence of widespread resistance of Plasmodium species to most antimalarial drugs has led to a more vigorous and concerted research on traditional medicinal plants for the treatment of malaria.

Objective of Study:
The study was aimed to investigate the in vitro antiplasmodial activity of crude ethanolic and aqueous extracts of Phyllanthus amarus against clinical isolates of Plasmodium falciparum in Northwestern Nigeria.

Materials and Methods:
The plant was extracted using two solvents, water and ethanol, where a high yield was obtained from the aqueous extracts (11.9%) as compared to the ethanolic extract (9.64%). The extracts were evaluated in vitro at concentrations of 6.25, 12.5, 25, 50, and 100 μg/ml, and the level of potency in each case was expressed as the concentration of the extract that exhibited a 50% reduction of the parasites relative to control (100%) parasitemia. Artemether-lumefantrine was used as a positive standard in the assay.

Results:
All extracts showed a significant reduction in parasite growth relative to control (P ≤ 0.05). Ethanolic extract exhibited a higher antiplasmodial activity of 76.8%, half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 5.80 μg/ml, and aqueous extract had an activity of 75.3%, IC50 of 7.94 μg/ml. Both extracts exhibited very active antiplasmodial activity. Oral acute toxicity test in the doses of 500, 1000, and 1500 mg/kg showed no sign of toxicity on albino mice after 48 h.

Conclusion:
Although there was an increase in appetite after 24 and 48 h, the findings from this study show that P. amarus possesses a promising antimalarial activity which can be exploited for malaria therapy and justifies the traditional use of the plant in malaria treatment.
Chemotherapy Health Hazards among Oncology Nurses and its Possible Relation to Malpractice and Workplace Environment
Authors: Gamal Gehan A. , Gamal Lobna M. , Eldessouki Khaled Hussien M. , Abozied Aziza M. 
Published: May 2021

Context: Chemotherapeutic drugs are chemical substances used for cancer treatment and known to be carcinogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic to humans. Occupational exposure to chemotherapeutic drugs has led to higher health hazards among nurses who handle them. Aim: Assess chemotherapy health hazards among oncology nurses and its possible relation to malpractice and workplace environment. Method: A descriptive and exploratory research design used in the present study. All available nurses from both sexes working in the chemotherapy department comprised of 50 nurses, of one-year experience at least. The study conducted at Oncology Center in Minia City, Egypt, in the outpatient and inpatient chemotherapy department. Three tools used to collect the study data. An interview structured questionnaire for nurses, designed to assess socio-demographic characteristics and medical history of the studied nurses. The second tool is nursing practice observation checklists to assess safe practice in chemotherapy handling. The third tool was environmental safety checklists to assess workplace environmental safety.
Results: The main results of this study clarified that about half of the study sample (48%) complained of health hazards presented as skin irritation/allergy, chest allergy, and inflammation of eyes (45.8%, 16.7%, 37.5% respectively). Maternal hazards presented mainly as irregular menstrual bleeding (50%), menorrhagia, and abortion (33.3%). Decrease environmental safety presented mainly as absence of biological safety cabinet, specific personal protective equipment (PPE), safe handling chemotherapy guidelines. Along with certain nurses' malpractice as the majority of the study sample (74%) has poor practice score in the handling of chemotherapy.
Conclusion: This study indicated the presence of general and maternal health hazards among nurses handling chemotherapy in the form of general and maternal health hazards. The study also clarified nurses’ malpractice among about three-fourths of nurses and provide evidence of an unsafe environment. The results strengthened the increased need for improving nurses' knowledge and practice regarding chemotherapy handling along with the provision of needed equipment/supplies to underpin safe and effective practice in this area.
Relationship between Nursing Informatics Competency and Innovativeness among Qualified Nurses
Authors: Hassona Farida M. , Ali Aziza Z. F. 
Published: May 2021

Context: Nursing informatics is an important quality resource for patient care, which in effect promotes, enhances, and increases the organization's growth and influences the innovativeness level of the individuals.
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between nursing informatics competency and innovativeness among qualified nurses.
Methods: Descriptive correlational cross-sectional study design used to conduct this study on all units (57 units) at Benha University Hospital, Egypt. A Convenience sample of all available (223) qualified nurses working at Banha University Hospital Nursing informatics competency assessment tool and individual innovativeness (II) questionnaire.
Results: 28% of the participants rated themselves as experts in the nursing informatics competency. While 40% and 22% were early adopters and innovators respectively regarding the total level of individual innovativeness. There was a positive, highly statistically significant correlation between the overall score of informatics competency and individual innovativeness for qualified nurses (r= 0.263, p-value = 0.000). A highly statistically significant relationship also detected between the demographic variables in the study and both informatics competency and individual innovativeness for qualified nurses.
Conclusion: A positive, highly statistically significant correlation evidenced between the overall score of informatics competency and individual innovativeness for qualified nurses. In order to prepare nursing students to meet the ever-changing technical needs of patients, computer and information skills should be integrated into the nursing curriculum. Also, nursing education programs should utilize educational methods that encourage innovativeness among their students.
أزمة الهوية والانتماء في الرواية اليهودية
Authors: Mohammed Hattab Ammar 
Published: May 2021

ساد شعور بالغربة وضياع الهوية عند العديد من الادباء الإسرائيليين على مدى التاريخ الحديث للأدب العبري وهذا الامر امتد لينطبق على كافة المهاجرين اليهود إلى أرض فلسطين بوصفها أرضاً جديدة عليهم وغريبة عنهم، حيث انسلخت الهوية اليهودية - سواء برضاهم أو رغماً عنهم – من الواقع الذي تأقلموا عليه عبر سنوات طويلة، وسارت بهم إلى الوهم الذي زينته لهم الصهيونية بالحياة في إسرائيل في ظل الذات الإسرائيلية الجديدة، فقد أصيبوا بالإحباط التام بعدما تكشفت لهم الأبعاد الحقيقية لهذا الوهم.
وبهذا يمكن القول إن الشخصية اليهودية شعرت بالغربة والعزلة حينما انسلخت عن واقعها في البلدان التي كانت تعيش فيها وحاولت ان تخلق مجتمعا جديدا، إلا أنه بدا مجتمعا غريبا مركبا ومشوها، وهذا المجتمع لا يملك المقومات التي يمكن أن يمنحها لأبنائه ليحيوا حياة سوية. ومن ثم فقدت هذه الذات هويتها في رحلة اغتراب لا نهائية. وقد استفحل هذا الشعور بالاغتراب لدى المهاجرين بعد حرب 1948، ففضلا عن الأسوار التي حاصرتهم بداخلها مشاعر الغربة، حاصرتهم أسوار أخرى هي أسوار الماضي الأليم الذي ظلوا حبيسين بداخله، يقض مضاجعهم بين الحين والآخر، والشعور بعدم وجود صورة واضحة لمستقبل مستقر.
كما نجد أن غالبية الشخصيات في الرواية اليهودية تعاني من هذه الهواجس وهذا الشعور لذا يستعرض بحثنا هذا مسالة الاغتراب والانتماء في الرواية اليهودية الحديث من خلال دراسة وتحليل رواية ( " الحساب والنفس החשבון והנפש" ) " للروائي الاسرائيلي حانوف برطوف " تحليلاً يكشف ما قدمته من تفسيرات نفسية لسلوك الشخصيات الإنسانية ، زيادة على القيام بتحليل الدوافع السياسية والسجايا الشخصية للكاتب بوصفه العامل الأول في وجود تلك الشخصيات .((الباحث))
Do Medical Students Who Participate in a Research Gap Year Produce More Research During Residency?
Authors: Wright-Chisem Joshua , Cohn Matthew R. , Yang JaeWon , Osei Daniel , Kogan Monica 
Published: May 2021

Background:
The research gap year has become increasingly popular among medical students. It is also a well-known factor in consideration for orthopaedic surgery residency programs. Although medical students who participated in a research gap year typically enter residency with more research experience than their counterparts, it is unknown whether this translates to increased research productivity during residency compared with their peers. The purpose of this study was to investigate (1) whether residents who participated in a research gap year during medical school publish more peer-reviewed publications than their peers during residency, (2) whether residents who participated in a research gap year during medical school publish more first-author publications than their peers during residency, and (3) which applicant characteristics are associated with a greater number of peer-reviewed publications produced during residency.

Methods:
The number of peer-reviewed journal publications before and during residency was determined by querying PubMed for 81 orthopaedic surgery residents at two academic institutions. Electronic residency application service applications and curriculum vitae were reviewed to evaluate the number of conference podiums and conference posters presented before residency and during residency. The research productivity of residents who participated in a research gap year during medical school was compared with that of residents who had not participated in a research gap year. Multivariate regression was done to determine predictors of publishing peer-reviewed journal publications during residency.

Results:
Residents who participated in a research gap year during medical school produced more peer-reviewed journal publications during residency than those who did not (22.0 ± 20 versus 16.5 ± 20, P = 0.025). However, residents who participated in a research gap year did not produce more first-author publications compared with their peers (7.6 ± 10.0 versus 7.9 ± 7.0, P = 0.12). Residents who produced more publications before residency produced more publications while in residency (R = 0.363, P < 0.001). The United States Medical Licensing Examination step 1 score, medical school ranking, and sex were not associated with any difference in the number of journal publications produced during residency.

Conclusion:
A dedicated research year during medical school is associated with an increase in the number of peer-reviewed publications produced during residency. However, students who completed a research year did not publish more first-author publications than their peers. The number of publications before residency was a strong predictor of research output as a resident.
Le sexe comme champ d’investigation1 : réévaluer les outils et techniques d’analyse de la musique contemporaine2
Authors: Sofer Danielle , Rhéaume Martine 
Published: May 2021

La musique a souvent servi de vecteur d’expression sexuelle. Mais dans un contexte musical saturé par de nombreux phénomènes sonores, les outils d’analyse musicale peuvent être limités dans leur capacité à mettre en évidence des actes sexuels, le plaisir ou la satisfaction. Centré sur l’expérience et la perception sonore, cet article remet en question le discours commun du théoricien de la musique désincarné et désintéressé. Il est y proposé que, plutôt que de négliger les discours sexuels, certains théoriciens de la musique partageant les mêmes idées ont plutôt établi un véritable champ fondé sur la conception commune selon laquelle le sexe et la musique sont (dans certains cas) interchangeables. L’article propose que la méta-théorisation de ces prises de position constitue une « épistémologie sociale » discursive, positionnant des contributions très diverses comme faisant partie de la « norme » musicale fondamentale de ce que l’on appelait autrefois la « théorie musicale dominante ».
JLSC Board Editorial 2021
Authors: Gilliland Anne , Kati Rebekah , Solomon Jennifer , Ghamandi Dave S. , Cirasella Jill , Lewis David , Dawson DeDe 
Published: May 2021

It hardly needs to be said that 2020 was a difficult year for the world. COVID-19 has infected over 120 million people and killed over 2 million as of March 2021 (Johns Hopkins). At the same time, police violence against people of color continues, even as communities engage in long-overdue reckoning initiatives. Across the globe, researchers, governments, and communities needed quick, open, up-to-date information on testing for, treating, and preventing COVID-19. Our increased dependence on technology during lockdowns provided some with safety and continuity, while others experienced the widening of the digital divide. There is no greater urgency than the work of identifying and addressing issues of inequality and lack of equity and inclusivity.Although the results remain to be seen, the field of scholarly communications experienced disruption in 2020. The editorials below discuss these recent changes and imagine what could come out of the pandemic. We hope that these reflections invite conversation and action.
Compositional Assessment of Selected Plant-based Substrates for Biogas Production
Authors: Nicholas Ugwu Tochukwu , Anuli Nwachukwu Augusta , Ekwutosi Ogbulie Toochukwu , Anayochukwu Anyalogbu Ernest 
Published: May 2021

Enormous quantities of plant biomass are generated annually, as agricultural wastes. Lignocellulose is the main structural constituent of plants and represents the primary source of renewable organic matter on earth. This study was carried out to evaluate the lignocellulose composition, proximate and selected physicochemical characteristics of some selected plant-based substrates for biogas production. The substrates were: Corn cobs, Rice straw and Water hyacinth (Eichhorniacrassipes). They were collected, cut, dried for 72 hours at 320C, milled and subjected to hemicellulose, lignin and cellulose compositional analyses, using the standard Sox let extraction method. Standard methods were employed for proximate and physicochemical analyses. Results of the compositional evaluation showed that corn cob has the highest percentages of cellulose (42.0%), while extractives content was least (2.18%) in Rice straw. For the proximate analysis, the percentage carbohydrates (24.22) and ash (24.40) were highest in rice straw, while fat content had the least values of 0.65% recorded in corn cobs. The results of the physicochemical analysis showed that Rice straw had the highest values of TS (94.55%) and phosphorus (928.57mg/kg), Corn cob had the highest TVS (85.53%) and organic carbon (50.46%) while Water hyacinth recorded the highest Nitrogen content (2.33%). They are good substrates for energy generation, and lignocellulosic biomass holds a huge potential to meet the current energy demand of the modern world. The knowledge of the lignocellulosic composition of the biomass would help in choosing appropriate pretreatment measures to achieve better hydrolysis which would translate to higher biogas yield.