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Bifurcations of Nonlinear Waves in the Generalized KdV–mKdV-Like Equation
Authors: Chen Yiren , Chen Wensheng 
Published: November 2021

Using bifurcation analytic method of dynamical systems, we investigate the nonlinear waves and their bifurcations of the generalized KdV–mKdV-like equation. We obtain the following results : (i) Three types of new explicit expressions of nonlinear waves are obtained. They are trigonometric expressions, exp-function expressions, and hyperbolic expressions. (ii) Under different parameteric conditions, these expressions represent different waves, such as solitary waves, kink waves, 1-blow-up waves, 2-blow-up waves, smooth periodic waves and periodic blow-up waves. (iii) Two kinds of new interesting bifurcation phenomena are revealed. The first phenomenon is that the single-sided periodic blow-up waves can bifurcate from double-sided periodic blow-up waves. The second phenomenon is that the double-sided 1-blow-up waves can bifurcate from 2-blow-up waves. Furthermore, we show that the new expressions encompass many existing results.
WKB expansions for weakly well-posed hyperbolic boundary value problems in a strip: Time depending loss of derivatives
Authors: Benoit Antoine 
Published: November 2021

We are interested in geometric optics expansions for linear hyperbolic systems of equations defined in the strip [Formula: see text]. More precisely the aim of this paper is to describe the influence of the boundary conditions on the behavior of the solution. This question has already been addressed in [A. Benoit, Wkb expansions for hyperbolic boundary value problems in a strip: Selfinteraction meets strong well-posedness, J. Inst. Math. Jussieu 19(5) (2020) 1629–1675] for stable boundary conditions. Here we do not require that the boundary conditions lead to strongly well-posed problems but only to weakly well-posed problems (that is loss(es) of derivatives are possible). The question is thus to determine what can be the minimal loss of derivatives in the energy estimate of the solution. The main result of this paper is to show, thanks to geometric optics expansions, that if the strip problem admits a boundary in the so-called [Formula: see text]-class of [S. Benzoni-Gavage, F. Rousset, D. Serre and K. Zumbrun, Generic types and transitions in hyperbolic initial-boundary-value problems, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh Sect. A 132(5) (2002) 1073–1104] then the loss of derivatives shall be at least increasing with the time of resolution. More precisely this loss is bounded by below by a step function increasing with respect to time which depends on the minimal time needed to perform a full regeneration of the wave packet.
Derivation of a Novel CIHI in Patients with Lung Adenocarcinoma for Estimating Tumor Microenvironment and Clinical Prognosis
Authors: Zhou Liang , Xu Guangyan , Wang Li , Zhang Jianyong , Li Weimin 
Published: November 2021

An interaction between hypoxia and immunity has been confirmed in tumor tissue. However, there is no combined biomarker for diagnosis on this basis. Therefore, we developed a scoring formula based on markers of hypoxia and immunity. Firstly, the hypoxia-immune formula of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) was derived using LASSO-Cox regression in three cohorts from public database, and the corresponding score was calculated for each patient. The formula is as follows:

combined

hypoxia

and

immune

index

CIHI

=
LDHA

expression
×
0.2252
+
GAPDH

expression
×
0.0727
+
ANGPTL
4

expression
×
0.0724
+
VEGFC

expression
×
0.1911
+
DKK
1

expression
×
0.1355
+
ADM

expression
×
0.0588
+
BTK

expression
×
−
0.1659

. Meanwhile, patients were divided into groups according to high and low CIHI, and expression profiles of hypoxia markers and immune markers were analyzed in different groups. CIHI was used to confirm that patients with high CIHI represented a state of hypoxiahigh-immunitylow, which had worse overall survival. We also discussed the evaluation value in the immune microenvironment and clinical application of CIHI. In conclusion, this study developed and validated a hypoxia-immune formula that can guide hypoxia modifier treatment and immunotherapy in LUAD.
Clothianidin and Thiacloprid Mixture Administration Induces Degenerative Damage in the Dentate Gyrus and Alteration in Short-Term Memory in Rats
Authors: Mora-Gutiérrez Alejandra , Guevara Jorge , Rubio Carmen , Calvillo-Velasco Minerva , Silva-Adaya Daniela , Retana-Márquez Socorro , Espinosa Blanca , Martínez-Valenzuela Carmen , Rubio-Osornio Moisés 
Published: November 2021

Neonicotinoids are pesticides that act as agonists of nicotinic receptors for acetylcholine in insects’ central nervous system (CNS). Chronic exposure to neonicotinoids in humans is related to autism, memory loss, and finger tremor. In this article, we evaluate the effect of subchronic oral administration of two neonicotinoids in the same mixture: clothianidin and thiacloprid. Decreasing doses of both pesticides were administered to rats starting from the lethal dose 50 (LD50) reported by the manufacturer. Our results indicate that the administration of three doses of decreasing amounts of LD50 (5/10, 4/10, and 3/10 LD50) resulted in 100% death in all cases. Ten administration times of 2/10 LD50 of the mixture caused only 20% of death cases after twenty-seven days, which was determined as a subchronic administration scheme. The animals administered 2/10 LD50 showed behavioral alterations after the first and second administration. Electrographic studies showed abnormal discharge patterns in the CNS. 72 h after the tenth dose, learning and memory tests were performed in the Morris water maze. Our results revealed significant decreases in permanence at the quadrant and the number of crosses (

P
=
0.0447
,

P
=
0.0193

, respectively), which represent alterations in the short-term memory test, but there were no significant changes in a long-term memory test. Likewise, the brains of these animals showed tissue architecture loss, nucleosomal retraction, and a significant increase in the pycnosis of the granular neurons of the dentate gyrus analyzed at 72 h after the last dose (

P
=
0.0125

). Toxic effects and cognitive deterioration that have been found in communities living near contaminated areas are probably related to the agricultural use of neonicotinoids.
The Psychic Force Serialized
Authors: Hesketh Ian 
Published: November 2021

AbstractThis article considers the way chemist William Crookes utilized the editorship of theQuarterly Journal of Scienceto promote the scientific importance of spirit phenomena. It explores the publishing of Crookes’s series of sensational articles that investigated the ‘Psychic Force’, a purported force of nature that Crookes discovered during experiments with the medium Daniel Dunglas Home. Crookes thus used the platform afforded to him in the journal to describe his experiments and present his evidence within the framework of an orthodox scientific discourse. While Crookes endured much criticism from certain scientific men, the serial format of his investigation meant that he was able to generate a great deal of interest. It also meant that his subsequent articles in the series could respond to critics by adjusting his experiments, overcoming perceived difficulties, and providing his readers with new and exciting details concerning his ongoing investigation as it was being conducted.
Science and Spiritualism in an Irish Context
Authors: McCorristine Shane 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
William Fletcher Barrett (1844–1925) has long been recognised for his key role in the foundation of the Society for Psychical Research in 1882, but this came after years of working as a physicist and psychical researcher between Ireland and Britain, conducting mesmeric experiments, maintaining correspondence, and sharing research ideas at forums like the British Association for the Advancement of Science. This article re-evaluates Barrett’s career by focusing on his networks, projects, and organisations in Ireland. These acted as bridges connecting his work as a teacher of physics with his work as a psychical researcher and investigator of spiritualism. In doing so, this article also contributes to the history of spiritualism in Ireland by demonstrating the rich connections which existed between scientists, intellectuals, and amateur investigators in the area of spiritualism and psychical research.
The Age-Impunity Rhetoric in Trials for Crimes Committed during the Argentinian Genocide (1975–1983)
Authors: Zylberman Lior , Taboada Adriana 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Since the reopening of the trials for the crimes committed by the last military dictatorship, new aspects have emerged on the scene, one of them being the age-impunity rhetoric. In its visual dimension, we understand this rhetoric to mean the representation of the perpetrators that has been taking shape in recent years, enabling them to be exempted from guilt and responsibility for the crimes committed by virtue of their advanced age. We argue that the visual configures a certain aesthetic that provides a scaffolding for impunity and its naturalization. In order to enter into the construction of this representation, we will put in tension the pair seen-unseen through photographs and editorials in the written press.
Prosecuting Asymmetrically: On Some ‘Preconditions’ of Criminal Liability of Aged Defendants for Atrocities
Authors: Tsinas Konstantinos P. 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Belated punishment ends up to be nothing more than a ‘mere show#x2019;, Beccaria argues in his Dei Delitti e Delle Pene (1764). The motto remains current with regard to trials of aged defendants for past international atrocities. In such cases, the question arises if the preconditions of criminal liability (Duff, 2001) for aged defendants are properly satisfied. Are aged defendants fully answerable for their atrocities? Based on the idea that a criminal trial is really -except for its nature as a quest of truth and justice- a communicative event between parts, the author argues that there is an important ‘communicative asymmetry’ to be observed in criminal trials against aged defendants for international atrocities, illustrates its dimensions and features and suggests some ways of dealing with it, in order that the trial preserves its pure function as an instance of criminal justice.
A Table Before Me in the Presence of My Enemies: Susan Atkins and the Embodiment of Aging and Frailty on Parole
Authors: Aviram Hadar 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
In this article I rely on 50 years’ worth of parole hearing transcripts in the Manson family cases to argue that, on parole, the embodiment of aging is treated evasively and with hostility by the parole board. The parole board’s difficulty to reconcile the applicant’s youthful and violent past with their aging, frail present, almost always results in a rejection of the embodied present and future—and of parole. Following an explanation of the California parole process, emphasizing the role that time and aging plays in its different stages, I analyze Susan Atkins’ last parole hearing as an example. To show the general implications of the analysis, and its disastrous consequences for public health, I place the argument in the context of California’s covid-19 prison crisis.
On Sense and Preference
Authors: Fanciullo James 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Determining the precise nature of the connection between preference, choice, and welfare has arguably been the central project in the field of welfare economics, which aims to offer a proper guide for economists in the making of policy decisions that affect people’s welfare. The two leading approaches here historically – the revealed preference and latent preference approaches – seem equally incapable of so guiding economists. I argue that the deadlock here is due to welfare economists’ failure to recognize a crucial distinction between two senses of “preference.” I analyze and defend these senses of “preference,” and argue that each shares a close connection with just one of choice and welfare. This analysis reveals how economists should conceive of both the connections between “preference,” choice, and welfare, and the proper roles of these concepts in welfare economics. I conclude by showing this analysis to best explain the plausibility of two leading alternative approaches from Hausman and Sugden.
James and Deleuze: Trains and Planes
Authors: Craig Megan 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
This essay examines the relationship between William James’s radical empiricism and Gilles Deleuze’s transcendental empiricism by considering how dominant technologies of locomotion and travel in their respective historical times influenced their thinking and the style of their prose. Highlighting the imagery of trains and ground movement in James and planes and flight in Deleuze, I suggest that each constructs an empiricism that resonates with and reacts to the emerging forms of mass movement in his own time. The essay serves as an invitation to read James and Deleuze together with attention to the aesthetic qualities of their writing and as united in an ongoing project of honing philosophy to the pace of its time.
Island Time in Lockdown: Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ Slow Culture and Its Shinto Source
Authors: Quirk Monica Alice 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
This article argues that Animal Crossing: New Horizons embodies the culture of Slowness discovered by many during the covid-19 lockdown in 2020, and that its acclaim points to a future for Slowness in games and, perhaps, in lifestyle more generally. The title will be considered within the context of Radde-Antweiler et al.’s framework of gamevironments, which considers the cultural landscape of a given game based on its technical aspects and its reception among audiences. Through this, the Slowness in the game can be identified. It will subsequently be argued that this Slowness is the result of Shinto presence in the game, as the tradition is largely concerned with the natural environment and mindfulness, contrasting with the values promoted by capitalism and globalisation. Animal Crossing: New Horizons and its popularity point to a growing discontent with the status quo of ‘fast’ living.
Lifelong Spiritual Learning: Religious Older Adults Going Digital
Authors: Okun Sarit , Nimrod Galit 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
This qualitative study sought to explore the role of online religious learning in alleviating distress and enhancing wellbeing in later life. Twenty-six religious Jewish individuals aged 70–96 were personally trained in their homes to use an experimental spiritual learning website. Their experiences were documented for six months via interviews, media ethnographies, and monthly follow-ups. Analysis identified the participants’ initial ambivalent attitudes towards online religious learning, which extended the discussion of cultural barriers to the integration of digital technologies for religious observance and the maintenance of communal boundaries. However, this research group’s experience highlighted the intellectual, social, and emotional benefits garnered by participation in online religious learning in later life. The findings indicate that this informal educational channel may supplement religious praxis and fill the lives of older religious adults with positive rewards and, thereby, improve their psychological and social wellbeing.
Colloquium 2 Saving the Appearances of Plato’s Cave
Authors: Trott Adriel M. 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
This article considers Plato’s view of philosophy depicted in his cave analogy in light of Arendt’s distinction between Socratic and Platonic philosophy. Arendt argues that philosophy functions, for Socrates, in an immanent world, characterized by examining and considering—in addition to refining opinions through persuasion about—the currency of politics, which thereby closely associates philosophy with politics. On her view, Plato makes philosophy transcend politics—the world of opinion—when Socrates fails to persuade the Athenians. The cave analogy seems to support Arendt’s view that Plato disparages the immanent philosophical project she associates with Socrates. I argue that Plato depicts in the cave analogy particular difficulties in judging the assertion of the one who claims to have left, since, in the cave, that assertion becomes an opinion among opinions because it cannot be evaluated with reference to a transcendent truth by those in the cave. As a result, those in the cave cannot discern whether the one claiming to have left has the knowledge required to rule justly or is a tyrant claiming to have such knowledge in order to secure power. I conclude that Plato depicts the cave and its difficulties to invite the reader to engage in a philosophical project of judging for oneself, rather than accepting the rule of another who claims to know.
A Response to Stuart Hall: Towards a Creative Decoding
Authors: Lu Zhenglan 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
The three positions of decodings proposed by communication theorist Stuart Hall have become a starting point for contemporary cultural studies. He insists that receivers of cultural products are not necessarily passive but can be ‘oppositional’. Media scholar John Fiske has further advanced the theory, suggesting that receivers can turn to be ‘producerly’ in their reception of cultural products. The present paper sheds light on the possibility of a more active, even creative position on the part of receivers, particularly in relation to popular songs and other interactive texts. Receivers of cultural products are powerful others to the ‘producing elite’. Jürgen Habermas’s idea of ‘com-subjectivity’ provides a theoretical foundation for the validity and desirability of such ‘creative decoding’.
Handwashing Practice and Its Predictors Among Mothers of Children Aged 0 to 23 Months in South Ethiopia: Community Based Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Mekonen Temesgen , Admasie Amha , Leka Yakob Lencha , Darota Damene , Feleke Fentaw Wassie 
Published: November 2021

Background: Maternal handwashing practice is an important measure to prevent the spreading of childhood disease. Handwashing is still being practiced to a very low extent especially at critical times since the global prevalence of handwashing with soap was estimated at 19% by a systematic review after compiling 42 studies all over the world. Objective: To assess the handwashing practice and its predictors among mothers of children aged 0 to 23 months in Mareka District, south Ethiopia, 2020. Method: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted with a multistage sampling technique on 520 women having children aged 0 to 23 months in Mareka District. Data were collected by using interviewer-administered pre-tested structured questionnaires. Data were checked for completeness and entered into Epi data entry 4.6.2. The data were exported into SPSS version 22 for analysis with multivariate logistic regression analysis at P < .05. Result: Mothers wash their hands with soap and water after visiting the latrine (27.1%), after cleaning the child’s bottom (28.5%), before cooking (6.2%), before eating (6.9%), and before feeding the child (21.2%). The most important predictors were water availability near the handwashing location with an adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 5.26 (95% CI 1.99-13.69) and soap availability near the handwashing location with AOR 0.40 (95% CI 0.18-0.89) for good handwashing practice. Conclusion: The handwashing practice at critical times was low. The presences of water and soap near the handwashing location were the most important predictors. It is necessary to increase the provision of both water and soap near the handwashing location for improving handwashing with soap and water at key times.
Spatial distribution, prevalence, and determinants of unintended pregnancy among youth (15–24) in Ethiopia: Further analysis of Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey
Authors: Kebede Sewnet Adem , Tusa Biruk Shalmeno , Weldesenbet Adisu Birhanu 
Published: November 2021

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the spatial distribution, prevalence, and determinant factors of unintended pregnancy among youth in Ethiopia. Methods: Using the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2016, a total of 2446 pregnant women aged 15–24 in the last 5 years, including current pregnancy, were included in the study. The unintended pregnancy data were spatially visualized using coordinates for each respondent in the survey using ArcGIS 10.3. The Bernoulli model was used to identify the presence of purely spatial unintended pregnancy cluster using SaTScan software. Logistic regression analysis was fitted to determine factors associated with unintended pregnancy among youth. Results: Unintended pregnancy among youth had spatial variation across the country. Among youth, 20.5% (confidence interval: (19.0, 22.2)) of pregnancies were estimated to be unintended. Spatial scan statistics identified 72 primary clusters (log-likelihood ratio of 37.6, at p < 0.001) which were located in Addis Ababa, southern part of Amhara, northwest of Oromia and northeast of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region. Age, region, marital status, occupation, sex of household head, and number of household members were the determinant factors of unintended pregnancy among youth in Ethiopia. Conclusion: The distribution of unintended pregnancy among youth in Ethiopia was nonrandom. Unintended pregnancy prevention strategies among youth need to be targeted on the identified factors. Hence, we recommend creating awareness on sexual and reproductive health rights with special priority to the identified hotspot areas (Amhara, Addis Ababa, Gambella, Northern part of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, and northwest of Oromia region) to reduce unintended pregnancy.