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On Justifying the Study of Religion
Authors: Miller Richard B. 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
This chapter takes up the question whether the study of religion can be justified and indicates why scholars of religion deny themselves reasons for tackling that question. It uses as its point of departure Max Weber’s lecture, “Science as a Vocation” as articulating a methodological standard for studying religion, one that privileges value-neutrality and avows an “ascetic ideal” (following Nietzsche). It is argued that this ideal poses obstacles to making justificatory claims on behalf of studying religion and fortifies a repressive scholarly conscience in the field’s regime of truth. The chapter adds that this conscience is not entirely repressive and notes the presence of quixotic, haphazard appeals to normative ideals that materialize in the study of religion. Lastly, it sketches the book’s alternative to the ascetic ideal and describes ideas from moral philosophy that inform the book’s critical and constructive argument.
Embodied Practice and Materialist Phenomenology
Authors: Miller Richard B. 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
This chapter critically examines the Materialist-Phenomenological Method for studying religion and the work of the sociologist of religion Manuel A. Vásquez. This method focuses on the study of embodied religious practices, visual cultures, vernacular idioms, and particular locales as these are studied according to historical and often ethnographic methods of analysis. The chapter interrogates Vásquez’s work More than Belief: A Materialist Theory of Religion, which proffers a “somatocentric” theory that aims to escape the legacy of Cartesian dualism. The chapter raises questions about Vásquez’s philosophical anthropology and shows how he repeats and reinforces the firewall separating the study of religion from reasons for studying it. In More than Belief, the chapter shows, one encounters the fact-value dualism that underwrites the ascetic ideal in religious studies, one so thoroughgoing that it prevents Vásquez from grasping the need to provide philosophical reasons to justify his theory.
Introduction
Authors: Ackerman Edwin F. 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
The reader is introduced to the main themes of the book, outlining the ways the Mexican and Bolivian cases have been studied by previous scholars. The chapter argues that, paradoxically, the PRI success and the MNR’s failure have both been separately attributed to the same factor: the attempt to articulate variegated and fragmented social sectors. A comparative study of the cases can answer why the attempt was successful in one case but not the other. The reader is also introduced to the organization of the book as whole, which is divided in three parts: the first concerning theoretical discussions around party formation, the second which delves into the empirical cases in detail, and a third that draws out the broader implications of the study.
2007–2012 Food Price Spikes and Crisis—A Decade and a Half Later
Authors: Lele Uma , Agarwal Manmohan , Goswami Sambuddha 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
The food price crisis, which intermittently lasted from 2006 to about 2012–13, raised a number of issues about the roles of markets and states in ensuring food security at home and globally. This issue has arisen once again in 2020, as a result of COVID-19, undoing years of progress, but it is being resolved differently than the earlier crisis. There are fewer trade restrictions. Among the issues that the food price crisis raised was the domino effect of the US biofuel policies on maize, wheat, and rice prices in 2007–8, leading to a “perfect storm,” and policy responses of large exporters, leading to key debates about global interdependence, national vs. global objectives, and policy measures adopted by some countries—some of these debates have remained unresolved. Implications for the COVID-19 pandemic and the post-COVID-19 world are drawn in the chapter, regarding trade vs. stabilization, information systems, safety nets, and investment strategies.
Abundance-based approaches
Authors: Knape Jonas , Lindén Andreas 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Across a wide range of different organisms, abundance data form one of the backbones for understanding the dynamics of populations. This type of data consists of measures of population size over time or space in the form of numbers of individuals, biomass, areal cover, or other measures. Abundance data contain no direct information about demographic processes but are available at larger scales or higher resolution in space and time than direct demographic data. This chapter introduces some of the basic statistical modeling strategies that can be used to learn about populations from abundance data in the absence of information about demographic details. These strategies include standard but flexible regression techniques, including mixed and additive models, time-series methods such as auto-regressive and state-space models, as well as simple population growth models derived from ecological theory.
Survival analyses
Authors: Cubaynes Sarah , Galas Simon , Richaud Myriam , Aguilar Ana Sanz , Pradel Roger , Tavecchia Giacomo , Colchero Fernando , Roques Sebastien , Shefferson Richard , Camarda Carlo Giovanni 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Survival analyses are a key tool for demographers, ecologists, and evolutionary biologists. This chapter presents the most common methods and illustrates their use for species across the Tree of Life. It discusses the challenges associated with various types of survival data, how to model species with a complex life cycle, and includes the impact of environmental factors and individual heterogeneity. It covers the analysis of ‘known-fate’ data collected in lab conditions, using the Kaplan–Meier estimator and Cox’s proportional hazard regression analysis. Alternatively, survival data collected on free-ranging populations usually involve individuals missing at certain monitoring occasions and unknown time at death. The chapter provides an overview of capture–mark–recapture (CMR) models, from single-state to multi-state and multi-event models, and their use in animal and plant demography to estimate demographic parameters while correcting for imperfect detection of individuals. It discusses various inference frameworks available to implement CMR models using a frequentist or Bayesian approach. Only humans are an exception among free-ranging populations, with the existence of several consequent databases with perfect knowledge of age and cause of death for all individuals. The chapter presents an overview of the most common models used to describe mortality patterns over age and time using human mortality data. Throughout, focus is placed on eight case studies, which involve lab organisms, free-ranging animal populations, plant populations, and human populations. Each example includes data and codes, together with step-by-step guidance to run the survival analysis.
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Evidence Law and Factfinding
Authors: Fisher Talia 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Utility considerations have been central to legal factfinding, at least since the days of Jeremy Bentham, the founding father of utilitarianism and a prominent evidence law theorist. A direct line can be drawn from Bentham’s “principle of utility” to cost-benefit analysis (CBA) so it would seem only natural that the realms of evidence law and judicial factfinding would harbor this type of reasoning. However, when legal scholarship began to incorporate economic reasoning and to address issues from a CBA perspective, evidence law and the practice of judicial factfinding remained very much out of the picture. The object of this chapter is to highlight the prospects for integrating CBA into contemporary evidentiary policy and institutions, and to draw the general contours of the evolving scholarship in these fields of research. It describes and analyzes two economically driven models of evidence and proof: the cost-minimization model, geared toward minimization of the cost of errors and the cost of accuracy as a total sum, and the primary behavior model aiming to incentivize socially optimal behavior and interactions. This analysis identifies the models’ difficulties, engendered, for the most part, by the misalignment between the private and the social costs and benefits of adjudication, and addresses the models’ relationship to the existing evidentiary rules and institutions.
Organizational dynamics in community ensembles
Authors: Camlin David A. 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Looking into organizational dynamics in community ensembles, this chapter addresses the questions of: (1) how musical, social, and paramusical factors shape participation in community music ensembles; (2) how participants progress from peripheral or non-participation to full participation in such ensembles; and (3) what factors both facilitate and impede such participation, and how these tensions might be addressed. The meaning of participation in community music ensembles is something which is constantly negotiated and renegotiated between those involved. The chapter introduces a number of theoretical perspectives as “lenses” through which to view the resulting discussion. These include a consideration of the inherent tensions involved in performing both “works” and “relationships” as a holistic practice, as well as the value of a “situated” understanding of sociocultural practice, and how this can lead to the formation of “rational communities” of practice which both include and exclude participants in the formation of group identity.
The impact of group identity on the social dynamics and sustainability of chamber music ensembles
Authors: Blackburn Alana 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Group identity is viewed as a way to distinguish one group from another. In a competitive, ever-changing environment, group identity is considered increasingly important for a musical ensemble in terms of developing a niche, gaining audience attention, and creating a successful performing team. Thirty professional chamber musicians from “unconventional” or “non-traditional” ensembles were individually interviewed about their personal experiences working within this environment. Results show that group identity emerges in two main ways: members sharing similar characteristics, goals, and objectives, often based on repertoire choice and programming; and the sound or musical aesthetic developed through an interpretation of repertoire, instrumental combination, and the collective skills and knowledge of the musicians. This case study highlights the need for a constant vision and aesthetic concept throughout the lifetime of the ensemble in order for it to be sustainable, yet having to evolve and adapt to changing environmental factors and external influences.
Embodiment, process, and product in ensemble expression
Authors: Timmers Renee 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
To what extent do musicians need to have a common idea about the music in order to give a coherent, joint performance? An expressive performance is traditionally seen as generated from a cognitive representation of music, which predicts that a shared musical idea should be central. An embodied and enactive perspective on performance, in contrast, emphasizes the emergent and externalized character of performance, as “togetherness” is achieved in the sounds, movements, and material performed. Reconsidering cognitive processes from an embodied perspective challenges us to find new ways to measure and conceptualize ensemble performance. This includes how we measure musical coordination as something that is achieved not between pairs of individuals, but in relation to the joint sonic output. It also includes how we conceive of expression and aesthetics in performance contexts, as an emergent product that is the outcome of embodied processes and ways of interacting.
Musical interaction, social communication, and wellbeing
Authors: Rabinowitch Tal-Chen , Gill Satinder 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Music plays a prominent role in human interaction, and is thought to have broad impact on social, emotional, and intellectual competencies, and on personal wellbeing. In order to better understand how, why, and under what conditions music affects wellbeing, this chapter summarizes recent work that demonstrates specific aspects of wellbeing that are positively affected by joint engagement in music. In particular, the chapter focuses on the role of synchrony experience in enhancing social-emotional attitudes and behaviors. The chapter introduces a working model that aims to explain the processes by which synchrony during joint music-making may help to develop and refine social-emotional competencies, suggesting the potential for enhanced wellbeing. The case is made for a future multi-disciplinary approach to researching direct links between synchrony experience and wellbeing, as well as to understanding the most effective ways to use musical interaction to enhance wellbeing.
Encountering the singing body
Authors: Galbreath Daniel , Thatcher Gavin 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Workshops to explore the embodied experiences of creative, relational voicing took place for classically trained singers, and their reflections are discussed and interpreted. Such reflections offer critical insight into a previously developed practice, through which we seek to facilitate performers’ encounters of their own and others’ voices and bodies as unified. This approach is founded on our previously published argument that classical voice training and practice have historically used the voicing body as a tool obedient to a “higher-order” mind. In these workshops, the aim is not only to redress this mind–body–voice segregation, but also to interrogate participants’ impressions and experiences of this effort using a series of questionnaires. Findings suggest that such a reflective experience offers potential benefits to singers’ wellbeing by encouraging them to perceive their own and others’ sounding bodies as something to be understood and explored creatively rather than disciplined and subdued.
Improving Communication by Standardizing Pediatric Rapid Response Team Documentation
Authors: Lamsal Riwaaj , Johnson Jenna K. , Mulla Mehdijaffer , Marmet Jordan , Somani Arif 
Published: November 2021

ABSTRACT

Background:
Rapid response teams (RRTs) have been used by multiple hospital systems to enhance patient care and safety. However, processes to document rapid response events (RRE) are often varied among providers and teams, which can lead to suboptimal communication of recommendations to both the primary medical team and family.

Methods:
A preintervention chart review was conducted from January–March 2018 and revealed suboptimal baseline documentation following RREs. A literature review and survey of RRT team members led to the creation of a standardized document with an Epic SmartPhrase which included six key elements of RRE documentation: physical examination, intervention performed, response to intervention, plan of care, communication with care team, and communication with family. A postintervention chart review was completed from April-June 2019 to assess improvements in documentation with the use of this SmartPhrase.

Results:
There were 23 RRE activations in the postintervention period, of which 60.8% were due to respiratory distress. The documentation of the six key elements improved (p < .05) after SmartPhrase creation and serial educational interventions.

Conclusions:
Standardized RRE documentation of six key elements significantly improved with the implementation of an Epic SmartPhrase. Improved quality of documentation enhances communication between team members and can contribute to safer patient care.
HIV continuum of care: bridging cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses
Authors: Touloumi Giota , Thomadakis Christos , Pantazis Nikos , Papastamopoulos Vasileios , Paparizos Vasilios , Metallidis Simeon , Adamis Georgios , Chini Maria , Psichogiou Mina , Chrysos Georgios , Sambatakou Helen , Barbunakis Emmanouil , Vourli Georgia , Antoniadou Anastasia 
Published: November 2021

Objective:
The aim of this study was to propose a unified continuum-of-care (CoC) analysis combining cross-sectional and longitudinal elements, incorporating time spent between stages.

Design:
The established 90-90-90 target follows a cross-sectional four-stage CoC analysis, lacking information on timing of diagnosis, antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation, and viral suppression durability.

Methods:
Data were derived from the Athens Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (AMACS). In the cross-sectional CoC, we added stratification of diagnosed people with HIV (PWH) by estimated time from infection to diagnosis; of those who ever initiated ART or achieved viral suppression by corresponding current status (in 2018); and cumulative incidence function (CIF) of ART initiation and viral suppression, treating loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) as competing event. Viral suppression was defined as viral load less than 500 copies/ml. Viral suppression durability was assessed by the CIF of viral load rebound.

Findings:
About 89.1% of PWH in 2018 were diagnosed (range of diagnoses: 1980–2018). Median time to diagnosis was 3.5 years (IQR: 1.1–7.0). Among diagnosed, 89.1% were ever treated, of whom 86.7% remained on ART. CIF of ART initiation and LTFU before ART initiation were 80.9 and 6.0% at 5 years since diagnosis, respectively. Among treated, 89.4% achieved viral suppression, of whom 87.4% were currently virally suppressed. The CIF of viral load rebound was 24.2% at 5 years since first viral suppression but substantially reduced in more recent years.

Interpretation:
The proposed analysis highlights time gaps in CoC not evident by the standard cross-sectional approach. Our analysis highlights the need for early diagnosis and identifies late presenters as a key population for interventions that could decrease gaps in the CoC.
Minimally Invasive or Open Esophagectomy for Treatment of Resectable Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma? Answer From a Real-world Multicenter Study
Authors: Liu Fangfang , Yang Wenlei , Yang Wei , Xu Ruiping , Chen Lei , He Yu , Liu Zhen , Zhou Fuyou , Hou Bolin , Zhang Liqun , Zhang Lixin , Zhang Fan , Cai Fen , Xu Huawen , Lin Miaoping , Liu Mengfei , Pan Yaqi , Liu Ying , Hu Zhe , Chen Huanyu , He Zhonghu , Ke Yang 
Published: November 2021

Objective:
To evaluate the long-term and short-term outcomes of MIE compared with OE in localized ESCC patients in real-world settings.

Background:
MIE is an alternative to OE, despite the limited evidence regarding its effect on long-term survival.

Methods:
We recruited 5822 consecutive patients with resectable ESCC in 2 typical high-volume centers in southern and northern China, 1453 of whom underwent MIE. Propensity score-based overlap weighted regression adjusted for multifaceted confounding factors was used to compare outcomes in the MIE and OE groups.

Results:
Five-year OS was 62.7% in the MIE group and 57.7% in the OE group. The overlap weighted Cox regression showed slightly better OS in the MIE group (hazard ratio 0.93, 95% confidence interval: 0.82–1.06). Although duration of surgery was longer and treatment cost higher in the MIE group than in the OE group, the number of lymph nodes harvested was larger, the proportion of intraoperative blood transfusions lower, and postoperative complications less in the MIE group. 30-day (risk ratio [RR] 0.77, 0.381.55) and 90-day (RR 0.79, 0.46–1.35) mortality were lower in the MIE group versus the OE group, although not statistically significant. These findings were consistent across different analytic approaches and subgroups, notably in the subset of ESCC patients with large tumors.

Conclusions:
MIE can be performed safely with OS comparable to OE for patients with localized ESCC, indicating MIE may be recommended as the primary surgical approach for resectable ESCC in health facilities with requisite technical capacity.
Genomic analysis based on chromosome-level genome assembly reveals an expansion of terpene biosynthesis of Azadirachta indica
Authors: Du Yuhui , Song Wei , Yin Zhiqiu , Wu Shengbo , Liu Jiaheng , Wang Ning , Jin Hua , Qiao Jianjun , Huo Yi-Xin 
Published: November 2021

AbstractAzadirachta indica (neem), an evergreen tree of the Meliaceae family, is a source of the potent biopesticide azadirachtin. The lack of a chromosome-level assembly impedes the understanding of in-depth genomic architecture and the comparative genomic analysis of A. indica. Here, a high-quality genome assembly of A. indica was constructed using a combination of data from Illumina, PacBio, and Hi-C technology, which is the first chromosome-scale genome assembly of A. indica. The genome size of A. indica is 281 Mb anchored to 14 chromosomes (contig N50=6 Mb and scaffold N50=19 Mb). The genome assembly contained 115 Mb repetitive elements and 25,767 protein-coding genes. Evolutional analysis revealed that A. indica didn’t experience any whole-genome duplication (WGD) event after the core eudicot γ event, but some genes and genome segment might undergo recent duplications. The secondary metabolite clusters, TPS genes, and CYP genes were also identified. Comparative genomic analysis revealed that most of the A. indica-specific TPS genes and CYP genes were located on the terpene-related clusters on chromosome 13. It is suggested that chromosome 13 may play an important role in the specific terpene biosynthesis of A. indica. And the gene duplication events may be responsible for the terpene biosynthesis expansion in A. indica. This will shed light on terpene biosynthesis in A. indica and facilitate comparative genomic research of the family Meliaceae.
Uncovering the architecture of selection in two Bos taurus cattle breeds
Authors: Rowan Troy N. , Schnabel Robert D. , Decker Jared E. 
Published: November 2021

AbstractSelection alters the genome via hard sweeps, soft sweeps, and polygenic selection. However, mapping polygenic selection is difficult because it does not leave clear signatures on the genome like a selective sweep. In populations with temporally-stratified genotypes, the Generation Proxy Selection Mapping (GPSM) method identifies variants associated with generation number (or appropriate proxy) and thus variants undergoing directional allele frequency changes. Here, we use GPSM on two large datasets of beef cattle to detect associations between an animal’s generation and 11 million imputed SNPs. Using these datasets with high power and dense mapping resolution, GPSM detected a total of 294 unique loci actively under selection in two cattle breeds. We observed that GPSM has a high power to detect selection in the very recent past (< 10 years), even when allele frequency changes are small. Variants identified by GPSM reside in genomic regions associated with known breed characteristics, such as fertility and maternal ability in Red Angus and carcass merit and coat color in Simmental. Over 60% of the selected loci reside in or near (<50 kb) annotated genes. Additionally, 36% of selected loci overlap known epigenetic marks or putative functional genomic regions. Using RAiSD and nSL, we identify hundreds of putative selective sweeps; however, these sweeps have little overlap with polygenic selected loci. This makes GPSM a complementary approach to sweep detection methods when temporal genotype data are available. The selected loci that we identify across methods demonstrate the complex architecture of selection in domesticated cattle.