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Conceptualizing Epistemic Power: The Changing Relationship Between Economic Policy Paradigms and Academic Disciplines
Authors: Ylönen Matti , Jaakkola Jussi , Saari Leevi 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
The ways in which epistemic foundations of academic disciplines shape policy paradigms have been an understudied area. We illustrate such dynamics by focusing on paradigm shifts between economics and legal scholarship. Our case study focuses on the evolution of the Finnish corporate tax policy between 1991 and 2014 to illuminate complex policy diffusion through professions. First, in 1993, Finnish corporate tax policy was aligned with the neoclassical ideas of the time in a lawyer-driven process. Second, in the early 2000s, initiatives from the EU and the OECD provided these lawyers a new epistemic source for broadening their argumentation. Third, in the 2010s, the disciplinary base shifted from legal studies to economics, which coincided with administrative reforms emphasizing quantitative impact assessments. These transformations completed the shift from legal scholarship to economics in tax policy design, paving way to the entrance of economic theoretical arguments to tax policy discussions. Our findings highlight five overlapping and mutually reinforcing factors that shape knowledge production in expert groups that influence economic policy: (1) the extent to which politicians rely on expertise; (2) the balance of power between academic disciplines in evidence-based policy-making; (3) the disciplinary base to which the dominant expert groups rely on; (4) the shifts in the epistemological, ontological and methodological mainstream within particular disciplines; and, (5) the extent to which international organizations are seen as epistemic versus policy-driven authorities.
Accounting for Pandemic: Better Numbers for Management and Policy
Authors: Biondi Yuri 
Published: November 2021

AbstractInfection, hospitalization and mortality statistics have played a pivotal role in forming social attitudes and support for policy decisions about the 2020-21 SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. This article raises some questions on some of the most widely-used indicators, such as the case fatality rate, derived from these statistics, recommending replacing them with information based on regular stratified statistical sampling, coupled with diagnostic assessment. Some implications for public health policies and pandemic management are developed, opposing individualistic and holistic approaches.
Exploring the impact of a teacher development programme using a digital application on linguistic interactions in the classroom: a multiple case study
Authors: Gràcia Marta , Adam-Alcocer Ana Luisa , Castillo Mardones Pamela 
Published: November 2021

AbstractThis article reports on the use of a digital application (EVALOE-SSD) for the professional development of teachers to improve the linguistic competence of their students. We conducted a multiple case study that involved five teachers and their students from different schools. Over a period of three months, the teachers used the digital application to assess their classes, make decisions and introduce changes in their teaching practices. The results show that the change process includes stages of progress and stages of regression, but in general the trend was to a progressive increase in scores. Therefore, the use of the digital application improved the competences of teachers and students, regardless of the type of school or students’ age. This is shown in the cases of two teachers, which are analysed in greater depth. We believe that our findings are important as they document how self-reflection, stimulated by aids such as video recordings, reflective questions and pictures, facilitates a change in teaching practices. At the end of the programme, all the teachers stated that the experience of using the digital tool had clearly been enriching, and they had learnt and improved teaching practice linked to communicative competence.
Der Wiener Studentenverein Bar Giora und sein Einfluss auf die Entstehungsgeschichte des Zionismus im kroatischen und südosteuropäischen Raum des Habsburgerreiches
Authors: Bitunjac Martina 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
The establishment of the Bar Giora Zionist student association at the University of Vienna in 1904 was an important factor in the development of Zionism in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. The Verein jüdischer Akademiker aus den südslavischen Ländern (Association of Jewish Alumni from the South Slavic Countries) and its committed members had great influence on the transfer of the idea of a Jewish nation-state to the South Slavic region by creating multicultural supra-regional networks, organising conferences and publishing nationally oriented journals. The young Zionists from the Balkans also faced strong criticism from assimilated Jews. This paper explores the origins of Bar Giora, its self-understanding and its impact, as well as the assimilationist challenges faced by the Zionists.
Effect of preexamination conditions in a centralized-testing model of non-invasive prenatal screening
Authors: Fibke Chad , Giroux Sylvie , Caron André , Starks Elizabeth , Parker Jeremy D.K. , Swanson Lucas , Jouan Loubna , Langlois Sylvie , Rouleau Guy , Rousseau François , Karsan Aly 
Published: November 2021

Abstract

Objectives
Non-invasive prenatal testing requires the presence of fetal DNA in maternal plasma. Understanding how preexamination conditions affect the integrity of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and fetal fraction (FF) are a prerequisite for test implementation. Therefore, we examined the adjusted effect that EDTA and Streck tubes have on the cfDNA quantity and FF.

Methods
A total of 3,568 maternal blood samples across Canada were collected in either EDTA, or Streck tubes, and processing metrics, maternal body mass index (BMI), gestational age and fetal karyotype and sex were recorded. Plasma samples were sequenced using two different sequencing platforms in separate laboratories. Sequencing data were processed with SeqFF to estimate FF. Linear regression and multivariate imputation by chained equations were used to estimate the adjusted effect of tube type on cfDNA and FF.

Results
We found a positive association between cfDNA quantity and blood shipment time in EDTA tubes, which is significantly reduced with the use of Streck tubes. Furthermore, we show the storage of plasma at −80 °C is associated with a 4.4% annual relative decrease in cfDNA levels. FF was not associated with collection tube type when controlling for confounding variables. However, FF was positively associated with gestational age and trisomy 21, while negatively associated with BMI, male fetus, trisomy 18, Turners syndrome and triploidy.

Conclusions
Preexamination, maternal and fetal variables are associated with cfDNA quantity and FF. The consideration of these variables in future studies may help to reduce the number of pregnant women with inconclusive tests as a result of low FF.
Legends of Lace: Commerce and Ideology in Narratives of Women’s Domestic Craft Production
Authors: Hopkin David 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Although a relatively recent invention (c. 1500), many legends have accumulated around the origins of lace, more than have been recorded for other crafts. Almost every region involved in pillow or needle lace had its own origin story: I will concentrate on those circulating in Italy, Catalonia, France, Belgium, and England. Lacemaking was a poorly paid, dispersed and overwhelmingly female occupation, but none the less it had a strong craft tradition, including the celebration of particular saints’ feastdays.
The legends drew on elements of this work culture, and especially the strong connections to royal courts and the Catholic Church, but they did not originate among lacemakers themselves. Rather they were authored by persons – lace merchants and other patrons – who in the nineteenth century took on the task of defending homemade lace in its drawn-out conflict with machine-made alternatives. Legends first circulated in print, in lace histories, newspapers and magazines, before transferring to other media such as the stage, historical pageants, even the visual arts. More recently they have continued to propagate on the web. While not originally oral narratives, they behave much like legends in oral storytelling environments: they are usually unsourced; they accumulate and shed motifs; they adapt to new circumstances and audiences. They were told with the intention of creating a special status for handmade lace, and to mobilize protectors and consumers.
Internationale Märchen in Namibia. Bewahren und anpassen
Authors: Schmidt Sigrid 
Published: November 2021

Zusammenfassung
In der gegenwärtigen Erzählforschung wird oft bezweifelt, dass es eine längere mündliche Kontinuität des Volksmärchens gegeben hat. Dieser Beitrag versucht, die Kraft der mündlichen Überlieferung aufzuzeigen. Als Grundlage dienen Märchen, die zwischen 1960 und 1997 in Namibia aufgenommen wurden. Vergleichsstudien der Motive zeigen nicht nur, dass eine ganze Anzahl der Texte nicht von Buchversionen abhängen können, sondern dass sie regionale Besonderheiten der mündlichen Erzähltradition in Europa erhalten haben. Auffallend häufig sind Beziehungen zur mündlichen Überlieferung der Bretagne und des Mittelmeerraumes. Es ist zu vermuten, dass diese Märchen von den Hugenotten-Flüchtlingen, die meist aus diesen Gegenden stammten, um 1700 nach Südafrika mitgebracht wurden.
On the Processes of Narrative Reworking in Spanish Gitano Tradition: Imagological Self-Representation
Authors: Mañero-Lozano David 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
My aim is to analyze a corpus of Spanish gitano stories in which the phenomenon of self-representation arises and involves, among other concepts, auto-images and hetero-images, that is, the stereotyped images or imagotypes that a given group has of itself and others. I will examine various processes by means of which the heritage assimilated and transformed is perceived by the gitanos as belonging to their own culture.
It’s Only You and Me and We Just Disagree: The Ideological Foundations of Affective Polarization
Authors: Abramowitz Alan I. 
Published: November 2021

AbstractUsing the extensive battery of issue questions included in the 2020 ANES survey, I find that a single underlying liberal-conservative dimension largely explains the policy preferences of ordinary Americans across a wide range of issues including the size and scope of the welfare state, abortion, gay and transgender rights, race relations, immigration, gun control and climate change. I find that the distribution of preferences on this liberal-conservative issue scale is highly polarized with Democratic identifiers and leaners located overwhelmingly on the left, Republican identifiers and leaners located overwhelmingly on the right and little overlap between the two distributions. Finally, I show that ideological preferences strongly predict feelings toward the parties and presidential candidates. These findings indicate that polarization in the American public has a rational foundation. Hostility toward the opposing party reflects strong disagreement with the policies of the opposing party. As long as the parties remain on the opposite sides of almost all major issues, feelings of mistrust and animosity are unlikely to diminish regardless of Donald Trump’s future role in the Republican Party.
Geist oder Gesellschaft. Über die Konstruktion sozialer Akteure in der Literaturwissenschaft in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Authors: Dainat Holger 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
In the first decades of the 20th century, literary studies in the history of ideas (Geistesgeschichte) experimented with sociological and socio-historical perspectives and concepts in search of a stable basis. In doing so, it reacts to the problems of historical-philological research that focuses on social aspects of literary change. In the competition for the sovereignty of interpretation, holistic(national, ethnic) concepts also prevail against empirical findings.
Dichtkunst als Soziologie? Ferdinand Tönnies und Friedrich Schiller
Authors: Friedrich Peter 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Ferdinand Tönnies’ relationship to the sociology of art and literature was ambivalent and contradictory. On the one hand, the consideration of art and literature plays a role in Tönnies’ theoretical works. On the other hand, in the founding years of sociology, he was opposed to an independent sub-discipline in the sociology of literature because he feared for the unity of the discipline. All the more interesting is the fact that Tönnies repeatedly published on poets and poetry. In addition to articles on Theodor Storm, there are several studies on Friedrich Schiller as a poet and theorist, which show the sociologist as a reader and interpreter of literature. This paper attempts a critical review and classification of these works by Tönnies against the background of the political debate about Schiller in the Schiller anniversary year of 1905.
Effect of a Persian metabolic diet on the functional dyspepsia symptoms in patients with postprandial distress syndrome: a randomized, double-blind clinical trial
Authors: Nouri Fereshteh , Naseri Mohsen , Abdi Saeed , Faghihzadeh Soghrat , Pasalar Mehdi , Mohammadi Farsani Gholamreza , Zali Mohammad Reza 
Published: November 2021

Abstract

Objectives
Postprandial distress syndrome (PDS) is associated with food indigestion. Efficacy of drugs used against PDS is limited whereas dietary modifications were shown to have important beneficial effects. Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM) sages suggested a dietary regimen known as Persian metabolic diet (PMD) for the management of PDS patients. In this study, the efficacy of PMD in alleviating the symptoms of PDS was explored.

Methods
This single-center, parallel-group, randomized clinical trial included 56 patients whom were randomly allocated to PMD group (29 participants) and Optional diet (OD) group (27 participants). They were instructed to follow the protocol for two weeks. Using a standard validated questionnaire, all outcomes were evaluated at baseline, end of the intervention period, and end of follow-up time.

Results
At the end of the intervention period, comparing the changes of severity scores between the groups showed a statistically significant difference in week 2 (p-value<0.001) and week 8 (p-value<0.001) follow-up comparing to the baseline. Similarly, at the end of the follow-up period, epigastric fullness, epigastric discomfort, and bloating were significantly improved in the PMD group (p<0.001).

Conclusions
This diet prepared based on Persian medicine seems to be effective in relieving the symptoms of patients with PDS.
Performance of high scalability hybrid system of 10G-TDM-OCDMA-PON based on 2D-SWZCC code
Authors: Zaeer Dhaam Haidar , Al Dujaili Mohammed Jawad , Mezeel Mushtaq Talib , Qasim Abdullah Ali 
Published: November 2021

AbstractA new architecture for increasing the number of simultaneous users in a hybrid system and providing a solution for the channel bottleneck problem has been designed and simulated. The 10G-TDM-OCDMA-PON system combines optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) and time-division multiplexed passive optical network (TDM-PON) techniques. The high bit rate TDM-PON system is based on a bit interleaving that uses noncontiguous order for data arranging manner, this system used to obtain ultra-high-speed data rate of 40 Gbps based on four TDM channels of 10 Gbps. The OCDMA system is based on two-dimensional single weight zero cross-correlation (2D-SWZCC) employing polarization and wavelength scheme with two orthogonal polarization angles (vertical and horizontal states). The proposed hybrid system increases the scalability by multiplexing M OCDMA codes in the same time slot of the TDM system that hasNtime slots. The results show that the proposed system with 2D-SWZCC has better performance with a high number of users and higher scalability than the system with 1D-SWZCC.
Utility of wrist circumference in recognition of metabolic syndrome in overweight and obese South Indian children and adolescents
Authors: Ahilan Vidhya , Krishna Varun Govind , Prasad Hemchand Krishna , Narayanasamy Kannan , Krishnamoorthy Nedunchelian 
Published: November 2021

Abstract

Objective
To describe the utility of wrist circumference in the identification of cardiometabolic risk in overweight and obese children.

Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted in the obesity clinic of a tertiary care referral hospital over a two year period. All children and adolescents aged 5–17 years with nutritional overweight and obesity were recruited. Data pertaining to chronological age, sex, risk factors and family history were collected. Clinical assessment of anthropometry: Weight, height, body mass index (BMI), Tanner’s stage, wrist circumference, blood pressure, waist circumference and triceps skinfold thickness done as per standard criteria. Biochemical assessment of blood glucose, serum insulin, lipid profile, and Homeostatic Model for Insulin Resistance performed after 12 h of fasting.

Results
We recruited 118 subjects (mean age 10.9 years, 71.1% males, 87.3% obese and 12.7% overweight); 30 (25.4%) had metabolic syndrome. The mean z scores of wrist circumference of children who presented with and without metabolic syndrome was 2.7 ± 0.8 and 2.1 ± 0.7, respectively (p<0.05). We observed a fair positive correlation between wrist circumference z score and BMI z score, (r=0.5; p<0.05). On receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, 97th percentile of wrist circumference predicted metabolic syndrome among overweight and obese children with a sensitivity of 86.7% and specificity of 37.5% (AUC=0.675).

Conclusions
Wrist circumference with 97th percentile as a cut-off is a useful tool to identify metabolic syndrome amongst overweight and obese children and adolescents.
Historische Meinung
Authors: Ueding Gert 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Shortly before his ninetieth anniversary, one of the most pre-eminent American theorists of historiography in the second half of 20th century died: Hayden White (1928–2018). This article confronts White’s ideas on metahistory and the fundamental narrativity of historiography, which at least for the decades to follow have revolutionized the theory of history, with important scholarly sources from German intellectual history, such as Nietzsche, Bloch, Kracauer und Blumenberg, to conclude that the central focus of White’s thought-provoking theoretical experiment, to conceive of historiography as an interplay of four directional literary forms – romance, satire, comedy and tragedy –, grounded in the epistemology of the basic tropes (metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche and irony), inadvertently induced a neglect of rhetoric in the scholarly enterprise of understanding the past and of finding argumentative plausibility and consensus in the dialogue of historiographic negotiation.
Zur Narrativisierung der Natur
Authors: Niekerk Carl 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
This essay investigates the narrative structures employed to describe nature in Johann Friedrich Blumenbach’s Beyträge zur Naturgeschichte (1790). Blumenbach’s text can be read as the product of two fundamentally different (and opposed) narrative models which both have roots in the eighteenth-century discipline of natural history. On the one hand, the text shows traces of a static, predominantly spatially oriented model of representing nature, associated during the eighteenth century in particular with Carl Linné’s influential Systema naturae (first published 1735). The text, however, also demonstrates the advantages of a temporal, dynamic model of nature, introduced into Enlightenment natural history by Buffon’s Histoire naturelle (1749–1788). In addition, Blumenbach’s text also articulates the transition from natural history to anthropology, a new discipline emerging in the final decades of the eighteenth century that provides Blumenbach, who will be instrumental for its introduction, with a new set of narrative strategies.
Historische Sinnstiftung in Claude Simons Roman Les Géorgiques: Traditionelle Konzepte de- und rekonstruiert
Authors: Eick Anna-Lena 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
In his novel Les Géorgiques (published in 1981), Claude Simon reviews and evaluates different methods for the creation and generation of historical meaning whilst upholding the simultaneity of possibilities and alleged aporias of this critical endeavour. History is presented as a paradoxical force that seems to move endlessly in circles without proceeding, as an aimlessly wandering maelstrom, sweeping everything away without mercy. Simon subjects conventional ideas of history as well as the literary presentation of war-memories to a harsh critique by using the example of a narrative linking of the destinies of three men who are – each at their own times – confronted with direct and indirect effects of war in general. In this way, Simon succeeds in making his readers aware of the failure of several classical narrative conceptions of historical sense-making. However, Les Géorgiques does not hold at a mere de-constructive criticism, but rather evolves and shows in a re-constructive manner literary alternatives of historical sense-generation as narrative attempts to overcome conflicts of content and medium. This article aims to present the subversive narrative program of Claude Simon’s Les Géorgiques to investigate, if a ›literary text‹ can accomplish a critical position towards this discourse by using a concatenation of a literary production and factually established historical content and thus become an appropriate medium of negotiation of the dichotomy of history and story.
Endstation Meer oder Die unendliche Fahrt zum Müllstrudel
Authors: Wilke Sabine 
Published: November 2021

Abstract
Images of the North Pacific Vortex have been circulating all over the world since the 1980 s and are meanwhile a central part of the project of ecological historiography. They visualize what cannot be seen with the naked eye, i. e., the enormous pollution of our oceans that can take on the form of bizarre shapes that can have horrendous consequences for the non-human environment. On the example of two art projects and an exhibit about waste production this essay examines artistic strategies of critique of acceleration processes. All three examples focus on the image of the ocean as the final resting point from a variety of different perspectives and utilizing different rhetorical strategies. They all stage the cultural dimension of water. Thanks to these approaches the harmful disruption of closed circuits, specifically the perversion of water circuits and the mythopoetic re-imagination of our oceans into the final resting point for industrial products becomes perceivable to its full extent. The invisibility of the phenomenon is staged in these curatorial and artistic strategies and becomes the object of critical reflection. Rhetoric and history can be experienced in their interwovenness with a focus on their ecological dimension.