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Names of Authority in the Demonologies of Ancient Judaism and Christianity
Authors: Morris Michael J 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
The study of the Dead Sea Scrolls provides particular insight into the demonological material in the Synoptic Gospels, which in turn influenced and continue to influence Christian ideas of possession. This article examines relevant Qumran passages (e.g., 11Q11 and 4Q510-511) and Jewish Pseudepigrapha (e.g., Jubilees, 1 Enoch) in order to improve our understanding of possible origins of more recent beliefs and practices related to demonic affliction. Particular attention is given to the use of authoritative words and powerful names in anti-demonic formulas in antiquity, and their continued use in Christian traditions. Although there are differences and even points of contradiction in ancient and modern ideas of possession, there is also substantial continuity between ancient and modern belief systems, in particular the importance of authoritative names in both ancient and modern contexts.
My Body Made Me Do It
Authors: de Bruin Tom 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
While ancient and modern ideas of possession usually involve the invasion of the body by a demonic force that then takes control of behavior and speech, there is a less well-known etiology that sees “demons” within the body vying for control. Thus it is parts of the body itself that possess. When possession is seen as an internal process, the self is not seen as porous or permeable, but rather becomes an over-defined subject. Often internal demons cannot be exorcised, and instead the rational self, which is imagined as the “true” self, is constantly engaged in maintaining control by suppressing these evil, internal forces—though sometimes self-amputation is seen as an exorcistic solution. Though this view of possession is less common, it appears not only in antiquity but in discussions of pornography and sex addiction in contemporary (predominantly evangelical) Christian circles, in which the “flesh” or the body is to blame.
The Life Cycle of Dybbuk Possession in Judaism
Authors: Bilu Yoram 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
The historical trajectory of the dybbuk, the Jewish variant of spirit possession, begins in the sixteenth century and declines at the beginning of the twentieth century. The dybbuk emerged in an “ecological niche” where the mystical doctrines of gilgul (the transmigration of souls) and ibbur (impregnation) became widespread, and the body became the object of scrutiny and control. Increased secularization removed the dybbuk from public view, yet Ansky’s play The Dybbuk: Between Two Worlds appeared just as cases of dybbuk possession disappeared. In the last twenty years, several cases of dybbuk possession were publicly exorcised in Israel; thus the Jewish variant of spirit possession that disappeared at the beginning of the twentieth century has been resurfacing since the end of that century. Such new cases, which for the first time can be studied directly rather than through texts, shed new light on the nature and dynamics of dybbuk possession.
That Old Feeling
Authors: De Antoni Andrea 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
This anthropological study of the signs of possession viewed as “traditional” by Catholic exorcists and the affective experiences of demonic possession in contemporary Italy sheds light on how signs such as “aversion to the sacred” have been contextualized within the broader Catholic tradition and institutionalized in texts, regulations, and guidelines. Ethnographic data gathered through fieldwork shows how these affective symptoms become central in the identification of possession and, consequently, in possessed people’s lives. Discourses about signs of possession, often implemented through diagnostic “tests,” shape personal experiences, and bodily affects in turn influence ideas of “aversion to the sacred.” Thus this chapter highlights the processes through which the social, cultural, and semiotic dimensions of possession can become entangled with the affective and somatic aspects of the experience.
Possession and the Modern Soul in Bali and India
Authors: Hornbacher Annette , Sax William 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Trance possession is attested and sometimes even cultivated in many human societies past and present. Its rejection as “deviant” in modern Western thought leads to medicalization or exorcism. Yet it is not the existence of trance possession that needs theoretical explanation but rather its radical repression and displacement as a legitimate discourse and part of public life in modern Western societies. In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam it is often seen in exclusively negative terms: people are “possessed” only by ghosts and demons. “Secular” societies reject it because it seems irrational and inconsistent with mainstream ideas about what constitutes a normal human subject. Research in India and Bali helps to refute both these assumptions. There are several “positive” forms of possession that do not require exorcism but rather are to be cultivated, for example, in helping to solve judicial disputes and to connect the community to nature.
Trance and Spirit Possession
Authors: Ryzhakova Svetlana 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Possession in India can be studied at the meeting points of psychology, religious rites, and performing arts. The daivārādhane worship of local deities is the major social and religious institution of Tuḷunādu in South India. Ritual knowledge comes from sacred spirits who can visit humankind in visible forms and through the bodies of mediums. They can possess anyone, address anyone, perform miracles, and influence political and economic affairs. The negotiation and means of communication between local deities and people of various castes and walks of life, including issues of ethnicity and gender, can be analyzed in detail to show that while ancient and even archaic in some respects, the tradition is open to change, incorporating new figures and contemporary issues. At the same time, the performance of possession in daivārādhane worship can be choreographed as to withstand spontaneity and thus restrict any role for unplanned communication with the gods.
Demonic Possession and Curative Exorcism in Contemporary Jordan
Authors: Harwazinski Assia 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Jordanian journalist Daliah al-Kury carried out investigative research into a criminal case in her hometown of Amman in 2014: a long-term unemployed baker killed his four-year-old daughter after his wife and sons had moved out of the house following two weeks of domestic conflict, leaving him alone with the girl. According to police and psychiatrists, he claimed his daughter was possessed by a djinn. Al-Kury presents interviews with imams and traditional healers as well as some examples of traditional exorcisms in order to analyze the case, digging deeper into the topic and reflecting on her own childhood, having been raised with such beliefs. The case reflects a conflict (not only) in Jordan between traditional religious beliefs and healing systems on the one hand, and secular modern medicine, psychiatry, and law on the other.
Colonial and Postcolonial Spirits
Authors: Mageo Jeannette 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Following European colonization, Polynesians and Micronesians often became enthusiastically Christian. With Christianity as the dominant religion, local spirits became “demons.” Spirit possession shifted from a specialization of priests and those of high status to an affliction suffered mainly by girls or women, and from a blessing to a curse. Spirits and stories about them were transformed, reflecting changes in (post)colonial society. In the shift from spirit-centered religions toward a God-centered religion, emotional and psychological transitions were often slow and difficult. Under the cover of involuntary possessions, people gave themselves permission to enact banished elements of their cultures, and indeed to develop these. Possessing spirits thus did various kinds of historical and cultural work in different Pacific localities and periods, making the study of spirit possession a rich source of psychological and social history.
Dealing with Possession in Contemporary Germany
Authors: Utsch Michael 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Experiences of possession are interpreted differently according to cultural and psychological contexts. Parapsychology attempts to understand the phenomena associated with possession at the level of generalized quantum theory. In fundamentalist Christian circles the human soul is understood within a dualistic framework in which demonic and divine powers are engaged in a constant battle for control. Neo-shamanistic movements seek to employ the spiritual powers of ancestors in healing. Medical-psychological diagnosis describes states of trance and possession as dissociative disorders, but religion-sensitive psychotherapy takes into account both the harmful and the helpful aspects of religious practice. This chapter contrasts these models and their methods for dealing with possession in modern Germany.
Trance, Dreams, and Possession
Authors: Hewitt Marsha Aileen 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
A comparativist approach in the psychoanalytic study of religion illuminates hermeneutic pathways to unconscious subjective experience. This approach contributes to recognizing and theorizing the culturally situated modalities of human suffering and the ambivalent nature of desire. A psychoanalytic reading of ethnographic case studies examines these themes as they appear through possession experiences, which open and maintain avenues of connection and communion with the dead and the living within the minds of individuals. Spirit possession is discussed in terms of what Michael Lambek calls the “co-habitation” of subjectivities. Theodor Adorno’s concept of subjectivity contributes to this chapter’s psychoanalytic reading of Tuhami, Vincent Crapanzano’s classic ethnography. The psychoanalytic approach presented here is neither diagnostic nor pathologizing. The central focus illuminates the creative and destructive dimensions of subjectivity and desire in the efforts made by contextually situated individuals to symbolize and articulate their internal worlds as they struggle to negotiate the permeable boundaries between human and spiritual worlds.
Possession and the Soul in the Context of New Shamanism
Authors: Rehn Julia 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
New Shamanism provides healing with the help of spirits that function as authorities and shape our understanding of human existence in the natural world. “Possession” with its idea of total external control proves particularly fascinating for those socialized in secular societies. Rituals give these states a spatial and temporal framework, and their treatment of mental disorders has been shown to have clearly positive effects. According to shamanic thought, loss of soul is a cause of trauma and leaves the individual vulnerable to becoming host to a spirit, although the term “possession” is now generally avoided. The person carrying out the treatment must have a high level of expertise in shamanic practice and a healthy relationship with his or her own spirits, which function as mediators between worlds. Due to different cultural receptions of “possession,” there is a certain tension between practice and public relations, even as demand for treatment increases.
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored lipid transfer proteins influence root cap cuticle formation at primary root tips, promoting NaCl tolerance in Arabidopsis seedlings
Authors: Uemura Yuta , Sakaoka Satomi , Morikami Atsushi , Tsukagoshi Hironaka 
Published: September 2024

ABSTRACT
Root cap cuticles (RCCs), comprising mainly very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs), promote salt tolerance by preventing ion influx. Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored lipid transfer protein (LTPG)1 and LTPG2 participate in VLCFA deposition in the extracellular region, aiding RCC formation in the lateral roots. In this study, we investigated whether LTPG1 and LTPG2 have similar functions in the primary roots of young Arabidopsis thaliana. Phenotypic analyses, fluorescence microscopy, and quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction confirmed that NaCl exposure induced LTPG1 and LTPG2 expression and promoted RCC formation in young primary roots. The loss of RCC in the ltpg1 and ltpg2 mutants resulted in increased NaCl sensitivity of root elongation. NaCl also upregulated the expression of several NaCl-responsive genes in ltpg1 and ltpg2. We conclude that RCC formation via LTPG function is pivotal in enhancing salt tolerance in young primary roots.
Pharmacological management of secondary chronic spinal cord injury: a systematic review
Authors: Migliorini Filippo , Cocconi Federico , Schäfer Luise , Simeone Francesco , Jeyaraman Madhan , Maffulli Nicola 
Published: September 2024

Abstract

Introduction
Spinal cord injury (SCI) may bring lifelong consequences for affected patients and a high financial burden to the health care system.

Source of data
Published peer-reviewed scientific articles identified from EMBASE, Google Scholar, PubMed and Scopus.

Areas of agreement
Surgery and blood pressure management are the main targets in acute SCI to avoid secondary damage.

Areas of controversy
The management of secondary chronic SCI is challenging, with unpredictable outcomes.

Growing points
Given the lack of consensus on pharmacological therapy for acute and secondary chronic SCI, the present study analyses the currently available drugs and treatment options to manage secondary chronic SCI.

Areas timely for developing research
Different approaches exist for the pharmacological management of secondary chronic SCI. One of the most investigated drugs, 4-aminopyridine, improves central motor conduction and shows improvement in neurological signs. Positive results in different areas have been observed in patients receiving the anti-spastic drugs tizanidine and baclofen or Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. Growth hormone showed only minimal or no significant effects, and the therapy of secondary chronic SCI with riluzole has been poorly researched to date.
Is orthodontic research falling prey to obscure and predatory journals? A bibliometric study
Authors: Maroulakos Michael P , Al-Moghrabi Dalya , Fleischmann Isabel , Pandis Nikolaos , Fleming Padhraig S 
Published: September 2024

Abstract

Aims
To evaluate where orthodontic research papers are published and to explore potential relationships between the journal of publication and the characteristics of the research study and authorship.

Methods
An online literature search of seven research databases was undertaken to identify orthodontic articles published in English language over a 12-month period (1 January–31 December 2022) (last search: 12 June 2023). Data extracted included journal, article, and author characteristics. Journal legitimacy was assessed using a ternary classification scheme including available blacklists and whitelists, cross-checking of indexing claims and history of sending unsolicited emails. The level of evidence (LOE) of all included studies was assessed using a modified Oxford LOE classification scale. Univariable and multivariable ordinal logistic regression analyses were performed to examine possible associations between the level of evidence, journal discipline, and authorship characteristics.

Results
A total of 753 studies, published by 246 unique journal titles, were included and further assessed. Nearly two-thirds of orthodontic papers were published in non-orthodontic journals (62.8%) and over half (55.6%) of the articles were published in open-access policy journals. About a fifth of the articles (21.2%) were published either in presumed predatory journals or in journals of uncertain legitimacy. Journal discipline was significantly associated with the level of evidence. Higher-quality orthodontic studies were more likely published in established orthodontic journals (likelihood ratio test P &lt; .001).

Limitations
The identification and classification of predatory journals are challenging due to their covert nature.

Conclusions
The majority of orthodontic articles were published in non-orthodontic journals. In addition, approximately one in five orthodontic studies were published in presumed predatory journals or in journals of uncertain legitimacy. Studies with higher levels of evidence were more likely to be published in established orthodontic journals.
Apple vacuolar sugar transporters regulated by MdDREB2A enhance drought resistance by promoting accumulation of soluble sugars and activating ABA signaling
Authors: Zhu Lingcheng , Zhang Chunxia , Yang Nanxiang , Cao Wenjing , Li Yanzhen , Peng Yunjing , Wei Xiaoyu , Ma Baiquan , Ma Fengwang , Ruan Yong-Ling , Li Mingjun 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Soluble sugars are not only an important contributor to fruit quality, but also serve as the osmotic regulators in response to abiotic stresses. Early drought stress promotes sugar accumulation, while specific sugar transporters govern the cellular distribution of the sugars. Here, we show that apple plantlets accumulate soluble sugars in leaf tissues under drought stress. Transcriptional profiling of stressed and control plantlets revealed differential expression of several plasma membrane—or vacuolar membrane-localized sugar transporter genes. Among these, four previously identified vacuolar sugar transporter (VST) genes (MdERDL6–1, MdERDL6–2, MdTST1, and MdTST2) showed higher expression under drought, suggesting their roles in response to drought stress. Promoter cis-elements analyses, yeast one-hybrid, and dual-luciferase tests confirmed that the drought-induced transcription factor MdDREB2A could promote the expression of MdERDL6–1/−2 and MdTST1/2 by binding to their promoter regions. Moreover, overexpressing of each of these four MdVSTs alone in transgenic apple or Arabidopsis plants accumulated more soluble sugars and abscisic acid (ABA), and enhanced drought resistance. Furthermore, apple plants overexpressing MdERDL6–1 also showed reduced water potential, facilitated stomatal closure, and reactive oxygen species scavenging under drought conditions compared to control plants. Overall, our results suggest a potential strategy to enhance drought resistance and sugar accumulation in fruits through manipulating the genes involved in vacuolar sugar transport.
Redefining cross-resistance, co-resistance and co-selection: beyond confusion?
Authors: Simjee Shabbir , Weese J Scott , Singh Ruby , Trott Darren J , Essack Sabiha , Chuanchuen Rungtip , Mehrotra Shubhi 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
The similarity of current definitions of ‘cross-resistance’ and ‘co-resistance’ continues to cause confusion both in the scientific community as well as in understanding policies and in particular when looking at resistance from a risk assessment perspective. Further, lack of harmonized definitions of these terms in the regulatory space is challenging for interpretation. The purpose of this article is to: (i) provide an overview of the ambiguity in existing terminology related to cross-resistance, co-resistance and co-selection; (ii) emphasize the challenges created by the use of poor terminology in research and scientific literature; and (iii) propose a clear set of harmonized definitions that could be put into use through international regulatory agencies and institutions, such as the World Health Organization, Food and Drug Administration, European Medicines Agency, Center for Disease Control, Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products, World Organization for Animal Health/Office International des Epizooties and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Potential prognostic predictors of treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors for advanced endometrial cancer
Authors: Yanazume Shintaro , Nagata Chikako , Kobayashi Yusuke , Fukuda Mika , Mizuno Mika , Togami Shinichi , Kobayashi Hiroaki 
Published: September 2024

Abstract

Background
Prognostic predictors of immunotherapy in patients with advanced endometrial cancer remain unclear. The potential role of inflammatory predictors, including pretreatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte and platelet scores, was investigated.

Methods
Between August 2018 and December 2023, 35 patients were retrospectively analyzed. Prognostic predictors were compared, and optimal cut-off values that exhibited the greatest discrimination for overall response, disease control, progression-free survival and overall survival were determined. Multivariate analysis was used to assess the prognostic significance of the predictors.

Results
The greatest discrimination for overall response, progression-free survival and overall survival included platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and hemoglobin, albumin, lymphocyte and platelet; the areas under the curve were 0.638, 0.649 and 0.641, respectively. The precise cut-off values of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio for progression-free survival and overall survival were 4.92 and 5.40, respectively. The lower neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio group had a significantly longer progression-free survival (P = 0.001, median survival; 4.0 months vs. 19 months) and longer overall survival (P = 0.002, median survival; 5.0 months vs. 21 months). Of the risk factors assessed, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (hazard ratio = 4.409; 95% CI = 1.10–17.64; P = 0.036) and regimen (hazard ratio = 5.559; 95% CI = 1.26–24.49; P = 0.023) were independently correlated with overall survival.

Conclusion
In patients with advanced endometrial cancer, pretreatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio may be a prognostic predictor of those who would benefit from immunotherapy.
Kidney Sales and Disrespectful Demands: A Reply to Rippon
Authors: Semrau Luke 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Simon Rippon, revising an earlier argument against kidney sales, now claims that offers involving the performance of invasive acts, when extended to people under pressure, constitute a kind of rights violation, Impermissibly Disrespectful Demands. Since offers involving kidney sales so qualify, Rippon finds prima facie reason to prohibit them. The present article levels four independent objections to Rippon’s argument: the account of Impermissibly Disrespectful Demands implausibly condemns kidney donation as much as kidney sales; the normative importance of having autonomous veto control over bodily incursions does not plausibly underwrite a right to not be extended invasive offers under pressure; Impermissibly Disrespectful Demands can easily be transformed into innocuous offers; and the prohibition has greater welfare costs than Rippon acknowledges.
Accelerating progress to reduce the cancer burden through prevention and control in the United States
Authors: Goddard Katrina A B , Feuer Eric J , Umar Asad , Castle Philip E 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Improvements in cancer prevention and control are poised to be main contributors in reducing the burden of cancer in the United States. We quantify top opportunities to accelerate progress using projected life-years gained and deaths averted as measures. We project that over the next 25 years, realistic gains from tobacco control can contribute 0.4-17 million additional life-years gained per intervention and 8.4 million additional life-years gained from improving uptake of screening programs over the lifetime of 25 annual cohorts. Additional opportunities include addressing modifiable risk factors (excess weight, alcohol consumption), improving methods to prevent or treat oncogenic infections, and reducing cancer health disparities. Investment is needed in the pipeline of new preventive agents and technologies for early detection to continue progress. There is also a need for additional research to improve the access to and uptake of existing and emerging interventions for cancer prevention and control and to address health disparities. These gains are undeniably within our power to realize for the US population.