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Vaccine uptake, associated factors and reasons for vaccination status among the South African elderly; findings and next steps
Authors: Sibanda Mncengeli , Burnett Rosemary J. , Godman Brian , Meyer Johanna C. 
Published: December 2024

Objectives
The elderly are particularly prone to complications from a number of vaccine-preventable diseases. However, there are limited data on vaccine uptake for this vulnerable population in South Africa. Consequently, this study investigated influenza, pneumococcal and shingles vaccine uptake among elderly people in South Africa; reasons for their vaccination status; and factors associated with their uptake.

Methods
Cross-sectional study using an interviewer-administered questionnaire to survey 985 consenting adults aged ≥65 years in 2018. Participants were recruited from across South Africa. Bivariate analysis was used to identify socio-demographic variables associated with vaccine uptake, with multivariate logistic regression analysis used to identify key factors associated with vaccine uptake.

Results
Influenza vaccine uptake was 32.3% (318/985), with uptake highest in those aged 85–90 years. Pneumococcal and shingles vaccine uptake was 3.8% (37/985) and 0.4% (4/985) respectively, being highest among those aged >90 years. The strongest statistically significant predictors for influenza vaccination were previous influenza vaccination (OR: 8.42 [5.61–12.64]); identifying as ‘Coloured’ (OR: 8.39 [3.98–17.69]); and residing in Gauteng Province (OR: 5.44 [3.30–9.02]). The strongest statistically significant predictors of receiving pneumococcal vaccination included receiving influenza vaccination (OR = 10.67 [3.27–37.83]); residing in the Western Cape Province (OR: 7.34 [1.49–36.22]); identifying as ‘Indian’ (OR: 5.85 [2.53–13.55]); and having a university education (OR: 5.56 [1.25–24.77]). Statistically significant barriers to receiving influenza vaccination included following the Traditional African religion (OR: 0.08 [0.01–0.62]) and residing in Limpopo Province (OR: 0.16 [0.04–0.71]). The main reasons for non-vaccination were considering influenza as a mild illness (36.6%; 242/661), and lack of knowledge about the pneumococcal (93.4%; 886/948) and shingles (95.2%; 934/981) vaccines.

Conclusion
Vaccine uptake for all vaccines was sub-optimal, with multiple non-modifiable factors predicting vaccine uptake. These pre-COVID-19 data provide a baseline for measuring the effectiveness of future interventions to increase vaccine uptake and safeguard the health of the elderly.
The protective association of social cohesion on sex workers’ experiences of violence and access to community support: Impacts of resource sharing, trust and connection among a community-based cohort in Metro Vancouver, Canada (2010–2022)
Authors: Pearson Jennie , Krüsi Andrea , Shannon Kate , Ettinger Emma , Kerrigan Deanna , Braschel Melissa , Zhou Charlie , Goldenberg Shira M. 
Published: December 2024

Objectives
To measure recent social cohesion (resource sharing, trust and support) and its association with (1) sexual/physical violence, and (2) engagement with sex work-specific services among women sex workers in Metro Vancouver, Canada.

Methods
Prospective data (January 2010-August 2022) were drawn from an open cohort of 900+ women sex workers. We developed multivariable logistic regression confounder models with generalized estimating equations (GEE) to examine associations between social cohesion and recent (1) physical/sexual violence and (2) engagement with sex work-specific services.

Results
Of 918 participants, 36.8% were Indigenous and 32.1% were Black/Women of Colour. At baseline, the median social cohesion score was 19 (IQR 16–22), out of 36, with higher levels among participants who work with other sex workers. In separate multivariable confounder models with GEE, social cohesion was associated with lower odds of recent physical/sexual violence (Adjusted Odds Ratio 0.98 per point on scale, 95% Confidence Interval 0.97, 0.99) and recent use of sex work-specific services, although only statistically significant for physical/sexual violence.

Conclusions
Findings support the need to eliminate policing of work environments that promote sex workers’ social cohesion and physical safety through full decriminalization.
Pengaruh Ekstrak Daun kelor (Moringa oleifera) pada Penyembuhan Luka
Authors: Muanjatun Dahin , Yuniati Renni , Mundhofir Farmaditya EP 
Published: December 2024

Moringa oleifera Lam. atau tanaman kelor dikenal dengan berbagai khasiat medisnya. Moringa oleifera telah terbukti memiliki banyak manfaat kesehatan, termasuk efek antitumor, antiinflamasi, antioksidan, dan antimikroba. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis efek ekstrak daun Moringa oleifera sebagai terapi adjuvan terhadap kadar faktor pertumbuhan dalam penyembuhan luka, yaitu TGF-β, pada pasien ulkus kusta. Penelitian eksperimental ini menggunakan desain pre- and post-randomized single-blinded controlled trial. Penelitian ini membandingkan kelompok intervensi yang menerima terapi adjuvan ekstrak daun Moringa oleifera (2 gram/hari) dengan kelompok kontrol yang hanya menerima terapi standar. Penelitian ini melibatkan pasien kusta dengan ulkus di Rumah Sakit Donorejo, Jepara. Analisis fitokimia ekstrak Moringa oleifera menunjukkan adanya flavonoid, tanin, dan saponin. Kadar serum TGF-β diukur sebelum dan sesudah intervensi. Analisis statistik menggunakan uji Wilcoxon menunjukkan tidak ada perbedaan signifikan dalam kadar serum TGF-β sebelum dan sesudah pemberian ekstrak Moringa oleifera (p>0,05). Demikian pula, uji Mann-Whitney menunjukkan tidak ada perbedaan signifikan dalam kadar serum TGF-β antara kelompok perlakuan dan kelompok kontrol (p>0,05). Aplikasi secara topikal ekstrak Moringa oleifera disarankan untuk mengeksplorasi potensi manfaatnya dalam penyembuhan luka. Moringa oleifera Lam., known for its various medicinal properties. Moringa oleifera has been shown to have multiple health benefits, including antitumor, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antimicrobial effects. This study aims to analyze the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf extract as an adjuvant therapy on TGF-β levels in leprosy ulcer patients. This experimental study employed a pre- and post-randomized single-blinded controlled trial design. The study compared an intervention group, which received adjuvant therapy with Moringa oleifera leaf extract (2 grams/day), with a control group that received standard therapy only. The study included leprosy patients with ulcers at Donorejo Hospital, Jepara. Phytochemical analysis of Moringa oleifera extract indicated the presence of flavonoids, tannins, and saponins. The TGF-β serum levels were measured before and after the intervention. Statistical analysis using the Wilcoxon test showed no significant difference in TGF-β serum levels before and after administration of Moringa oleifera extract (p>0.05). Similarly, the Mann-Whitney test revealed no significant difference in TGF-β serum levels between the treatment and control groups (p>0.05). Topical application of Moringa oleifera extract is suggested to explore its potential benefits in wound healing.
Histomorfometri Hepatopankreas Ikan Nila Merah (Oreochromis niloticus) yang Dipelihara pada Berbagai Tingkat Aerasi dan Filtrasi
Authors: Djaelani Muhammad Anwar , Khairunnisa Nurul Fathia , Kasiyati Kasiyati , Sunarno Sunarno 
Published: December 2024

Kualitas air yang buruk seperti oksigen terlarut, pH, salinitas, amonia, nitrit, nitrat, dan suhu air yang melebihi kisaran optimum normal dapat berdampak buruk pada proses fisiologis dan struktur organ seperti hepatopankreas pada ikan. Aerasi dan filtrasi pada pemeliharaan ikan dapat meningkatkan kualitas air, selanjutnya akan berdampak pada peningkatan fungsi hepatopankreas pada ikan nila merah (Oreochromis niloticus). Penelitian ini menganalisis penggunaan aerator dan filter dalam untuk menjaga kualitas air. Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan faktorial terdiri dari dua faktor perlakuan yaitu aerasi dan filtrasi. Perlakuan aerasi menggunakan aerator tunggal dan ganda, filtrasi menggunakan filter dan tanpa filter. Hewan coba yang digunakan 24 ikan nila merah. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa interaksi antara aerator dan filter berpengaruh nyata (P<0,05) terhadap Indeks Hepatosomatik (HSI), diameter hepatosit, diameter asinar pankreas, dan diameter pulau Langerhans. Kesimpulan penelitian ini adalah kombinasi aerator dan filter dapat menjaga kualitas fisik dan kimia air sehingga tidak berdampak negatif terhadap struktur histologis hepatopankreas. Poor water quality such as dissolved oxygen, pH, salinity, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and water temperature that exceeds the normal optimum range can have a negative impact on physiological processes and organ structures such as the hepatopancreas in fish. Aeration and filtration in fish farming can improve water quality, which will then have an impact on improving hepatopancreatic function in red tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). This research analyzes the use of aerators and internal filters to maintain water quality. This research uses a factorial design consisting of two treatment factors, namely aeration and filtration. Aeration treatment using single and double aerators, filtration using filters and without filters. The experimental animals used were 24 red tilapia fish. The results showed that the interaction between the aerator and filter had a significant effect (P<0.05) on the Hepatosomatic Index (HSI), hepatocyte diameter, pancreatic acinar diameter, and islet of Langerhans diameter. The conclusion of this research is that the combination of aerators and filters can maintain the physical and chemical quality of water so that it does not have a negative impact on the histological structure of the hepatopancreas.
Creating a meaningful summative assessment in a Chinese immersion context: a translanguaging perspective
Authors: Wong Chiu-Yin (Cathy) 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
While existing literature has addressed teachers’ translanguaging practices in diverse educational settings, its integration into assessments remains limited. Adopting a participatory research design in the form of a teacher-research collaboration, the present study examined in detail how a content and language integrated learning (CLIL) teacher integrated translanguaging into a summative assessment in a Chinese immersion setting. I also delved into the perceptions of the teacher and her students regarding the assessment. The data were triangulated and included co-design notes, in-class and post-observation field notes, as well as transcripts of one-on-one interviews with the teacher and students. The findings show that the teacher skillfully integrated translanguaging, including using planned strategies and leveraging students’ full linguistic repertoires into the summative assessment. The concept of juntos (García, Ofelia, Susana I. Johnson & Kate Seltzer. 2017. The Translanguaging classroom: Leveraging student bilingualism for learning. Philadelphia, PA: Carlson), a collaborative dynamic among teachers and students appeared to play a major role in the assessment. Integrating translanguaging into the assessment appeared to render complex topics more comprehensible and relevant to the students’ lived experiences. Additionally, it is evident that the teacher–researcher collaboration deepened the teacher’s pedagogical practices in translanguaging and garnered positive feedback from students, indicating an increase in confidence, engagement, and the strengthening of their multilingual identities. I conclude with a call for assessments integrated with translanguaging, transmodalities, and co-learning practices, aiming to transform evaluations into affirmations of students’ funds of knowledge in today’s socio-cultural-political context.
Translanguaging in the linguistic landscape: creative scripts in Yi ethnicity students’ handwritten signs
Authors: Nie Peng , Yao Xiaofang 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
This paper focuses on the creative scripts in handwritten signs as part of the ‘linguistic landscape’ created by high school students of Yi ethnicity in Liangshan, China. It investigates the translanguaging practices of ethnic minority students and language teachers’ attitudes towards these sociolinguistic realities. It was found that Yi students adopted a wide range of translanguaging strategies such as trans-scripting, trans-modal writing, and trans-literation, but their translingual practices were mediated by the social orders inscribed in different spaces of the classroom. The more loosely managed the space, the more diverse students’ translanguaging practices would be. Language teachers tended to subscribe to the official ideology that primed standardised Chinese as the language for national unity and English as the global language. They generally held conservative attitudes towards the translanguaging practices exhibited by ethnic minority students. Examining the school’s linguistic landscape as publicly displayed language items from the theoretical lens of translanguaging, this study contributes important insights into the trans-lingual and trans-modal practices of Yi ethnic minority students in the Chinese context.
Estimation of a~New Asymmetry Based Process Capability Index 𝐶𝑐 for Gamma Distribution
Authors: Dey Sanku , Saha Mahendra 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
In this work, we provide five different classical estimation methods for the gamma distribution and unknown parameters, which are used to estimate the newly constructed process capability index (PCI)

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Using the suggested techniques of estimate for small, moderate, and large sample sizes, Monte Carlo simulations are run to compare the performances of the bootstrap confidence intervals’ average widths and coverage probabilities.
Simulation results indicate that MLE gives the least AW for all BCIs (SB, PB, BCPB, TB, and BCAB) when compared to all other estimation approaches evaluated in this paper.
Further, simulation results demonstrate that, for almost all sample sizes and all of the examined estimation approaches, BCAB CI generates smaller AW and larger CP than their counterparts.
Finally, for illustrative purposes, three real data sets are analysed.
Werbesprache im Kultur- und Sprachkontakt: Russische Inseratwerbung in deutschsprachigem Umfeld
Authors: Földes Csaba 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
This exploratory study addresses an object that has not been examined so far: (mostly) Russian-language advertising newspapers as an advertising medium in Germany. The study analytically examines characteristic – especially structural – features of hybrid (Russian and German) advertisements and thereby contributes to the research of one context area of life-worldly bilingualism of Russian speakers. Overall, the examined advertising newspapers show little professionalism – for obvious reasons, especially due to their communication background. Their prototypical feature consists of a colorful combination of both languages, Russian and German, and both writing systems, Cyrillic and Latin, which constitutes their advertisement style. It is not yet clear if and how these various manifestations of hybridity are used intentionally as an advertisement strategy or – with regard to the linguistic competences and needs of the target audience – simply serve as a means to ensure understanding of country-specific circumstances. The empirical data mostly suggests the latter.
The Knock-On Effect of Financial Supervision Law in Civil Liability Law
Authors: Busch Danny 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
The heavy stamp that financial supervision law has come to put on the regulation of the financial sector has made the relationship between public and private law in this domain increasingly complex. The most pressing question in theory and practice in this respect is to what extent financial supervision law has a knock-on effect in civil law. This contribution discusses the effects of financial supervision law on civil liability law and distinguishes three types of knock-on effect: (i) financial supervision law itself contains rules of civil liability law; (ii) the knock-on effect of financial supervision law through national civil liability law; (iii) EU financial supervision law, whether or not, in combination with the EU effectiveness principle and the EU principle of legal certainty, imposes certain preconditions on national civil liability law.
Uncertain Causation, Loss of a Chance and Proportional Liability in Medical Malpractice Cases
Authors: Ludwichowska-Redo Katarzyna 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Proving the causal connection between a medical error and the personal injury suffered by a patient might turn out to be very difficult, if not impossible. If the claimant manages to substantiate that connection by reaching the required degree of probability, they will be fully compensated, and if not, they will not be indemnified at all, even though fault has been established on the part of the medical professional. This ‘all-or-nothing’ approach means that slight differences in the degree of probability (values slightly lower versus values slightly higher than the required threshold) result in fundamental differences in the amount of damages. In order to prevent this unjust outcome and to provide at least partial compensation to those who are unable to demonstrate the existence of a causal link, several legal systems resort to the concept of loss of a chance, which redefines the object of legal protection and regards as recoverable loss the lost or diminished chance of avoiding traditionally understood damage (personal injury). Another proposed alternative to the ‘all-or-nothing’ approach is proportional liability based on potential causation. The present contribution examines the advantages and disadvantages of both concepts and discusses the possibility of their application under Polish law.
Investigating the role of oviductal mucosa–endometrial co-culture in modulating factors relevant to embryo implantation
Authors: Wu Chengrong , Cai Hualei , Pu Qian , Yu Lei , Goswami Ashutosh , Mo Zhongyuan 
Published: December 2024

Abstract

Background
Intrauterine adhesions (IUAs) are a significant clinical challenge, affecting reproductive health and leading to infertility or recurrent pregnancy loss. Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying IUA prevention is crucial for developing effective treatment strategies.

Objective
To investigate the interaction between oviductal mucosal cells and endometrial cells and their effects on the expression of key molecules involved in embryo implantation, specifically leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), avβ3, estrogen receptor (ER), and progesterone receptor (PR).

Methods
Tubal mucosa and endometrium specimens were collected from 22 patients undergoing surgical interventions. Cells were cultured alone and co-cultured at ratios of 1:1, 1:0.5, and 1:0.1. LIF, avβ3, ER, and PR expression levels were measured using real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Results
Our results demonstrated that LIF expression was significantly augmented in co-culture conditions, particularly in the 1:1 ratio, compared to oviductal mucosa monoculture (P < 0.05). Although LIF expression was also elevated in 1:0.5 and 1:0.1 co-culture ratios, these increases were not statistically significant (P > 0.05). For avβ3, increased expression was observed in the 1:1 co-culture group (P < 0.05), but no significant differences were detected in 1:0.5 and 1:0.1 co-culture groups. ER expression showed a downward trend in co-culture, but without statistical significance (P > 0.05), and PR expression remained stable across all groups.

Conclusion
Co-culture modulates key molecules involved in embryo implantation, particularly LIF and avβ3. These findings highlight the potential roles of LIF and avβ3 in IUA prevention strategies and provide important insights for future clinical interventions. Tubal mucosal cells can not only grow in the endometrial cell microenvironment, but also the tolerance of tubal mucosal cells can be improved when they are co-cultured.
Co-constructing meaning through semi-understanding: conducting the sociolinguistic interview in an (un)known language
Authors: Ready Carol A. 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
In my research I examine the linguistic practices of Moroccans in Spain, many of whom speak Moroccan Arabic as well as Modern Standard Arabic, Tamazight, French, English and Spanish at varying levels of proficiency. As part of my research, I conducted a 10-month linguistic ethnography. I was able to rely on my native English and near-native Spanish language skills for my research, but it was also necessary to use Modern Standard Arabic and even Moroccan Arabic in my sociolinguistic nterviews. I possess limited working knowledge of Modern Standard Arabic and even more limited knowledge of Moroccan Arabic. In this paper, I discuss one instance of conducting a sociolinguistic interview in Moroccan Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic. I conduct a discursive analysis of the interactional positioning and linguistic resources in this 46-min interview based on a perspective of “spaces of linguistic non-understanding.” I show how spaces of “linguistic semi-understanding” arise in the sociolinguistic interview which require the researcher to move beyond the genre of the interview. I also demonstrate how these spaces are intertwined with negotiations of social and cultural knowledge. Lastly, I highlight the challenges and opportunities afforded to researchers who work in communities and languages outside of their own.
Provenienzforschung am Objekt: Recherchen zu Werken der Kamera-Künstlerin Aenne Biermann in der Stiftung Ann und Jürgen Wilde
Authors: Bambi Andrea 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Anlässlich einer Ausstellungsübernahme wurde von der Provenienzforschung der Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen in München erstmals die Provenienz von Fotografien von Aenne Biermann (1898–1933) überprüft. In einem intensiven fachlichen Austausch zwischen der kunsthistorischen Forschung zur Fotografin einerseits und der Provenienzforschung zu den Themen Fluchtgut in Italien, Beschlagnahme von Liftvans in Auswandererhäfen und den sogenannten Operationszonen Adriatisches Küstenland und Alpenvorland andererseits gelang es, den Weg der Objekte zu rekonstruieren. Gleichzeitig konnten die Biografie der Künstlerin und die ihrer vom Nationalsozialismus verfolgten Familie um viele Details ergänzt werden.
Fernliebe. Zur Semantik eines trobadoresken Distanzkonzepts im 12. Jahrhundert
Authors: Friede Susanne A. 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
This article explores the semantic alterity of the concept of amor de lonh characteristic of twelfth-century troubadour song. To this end, it explicitly refrains from exploring concretely biographical understanding of the concept in the mid-thirteenth-century amor de lonh of Jaufré Rudel, which has been so influential in terms of reception history, and instead considers the Vida in the context of French narrative literature of the twelfth century. Through a close reading of Jaufré Rudel’s song Lanquan li jorn and the consideration of passages from twelfth-century French texts dealing with amor de lonh, the essay posits a new semantic modelling of its concept: ‘love from afar’ does not arise, the essay contends, from a conceptualization of lack and from the potential of the lyric ‘I’ both desiring and catching sight of the longed-for object, two possibilities that cannot coincide. Rather, the lyric ‘I’ should be considered as the final goal of the love (of God) that reaches out from afar. Through the movens of the amor Dieu, amor de lonh is thus reevaluated with new implications that enable it to permeate and overlap with the concept of fin’amor.