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Policing the Catastrophe: History and Conspiracy in David Peace's Tokyo Trilogy
Authors: Ward Max 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
This essay focuses on the police protagonists in David Peace's Tokyo Trilogy and the historical mediations they perform in the worlds of the novels. It argues that these mediations are generated by the way Peace subverts the conventional narrative structure of historical detective fiction: rather than moving toward resolution—solving a crime—the object of detection is continually displaced to conspiracies with historical and political implications, thereby constituting different temporalities that do not move forward but rather repeat, circulate, or are perpetually delayed. Underlying these repetitions, transmissions, and premonitions are historical-political legacies of Japanese empire, war, and American anti-communist conspiracies, which open toward a critical-conspiratorial understanding of postwar Japan.
Culture after Catastrophe: A Conversation with David Peace on the Tokyo Trilogy
Authors: Ward Max 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
In this conversation with Max Ward, David Peace discusses his motivations for writing the Tokyo Trilogy, the historical research that went into it, and the political questions related to postwar Japan that he wanted to pursue. They then discuss the responsibility of historical crime fiction, as well as the literary, cultural and philosophical sources that influence Peace's unique style of what he calls “occult history.” The conversation took place on December 15, 2023, and the transcript was subsequently edited and annotated for content and readability.
“Every Single Word Is Now a Tempest of Gestures”: Luigi Ballerini's and Beppe Cavatorta's Anthology of Italian Poetry Those Who from Afar Look Like Flies
Authors: Messerli Douglas 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
This essay is a long review of the anthology of Italian poetry Those Who from Afar Look Like Flies. Beginning with a brief discussion of the editor's extensive introduction and an evaluation and explanation of the overall anthology project, the review essay goes on to explore, in some depth, a selection of the numerous poets who appear in this 2,116-page volume. Among the many poets discussed are Pier Paolo Pasolini, Francesco Leonetti, Alfredo Giuliani, Elio Pagliarani, Antonio Porta, Edoardo Cacciatore, Corrado Costa, Antonio Delfini, Mario Diacono, Amelia Rosselli, Emilio Villa, Andrea Zanzotto, and numerous others. Specific poems are analyzed and contextualized within the larger context of contemporary Italian “Research” poetry.
Blanchot without Blanchot
Authors: Paul Zakir 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
This article explores the arc of Blanchot's life, in conversation with a recent critical biography, to suggest what the significance of his writing might be today. It first situates Blanchot in the 1930s through the lens of contemporary debates about the period. It then explores what his turn to literary criticism and narrative in the 1940s might have signified and allowed him to negotiate as a “counter-law.” Finally, it turns to his time as a dissident postwar thinker who sought to invent ways of thinking capable of forgoing power, often formulated as an inoperative “relation without relation.”
“Closing Time”: Discordant Temporalities of Japan's Postwar in David Peace's Tokyo Trilogy
Authors: Harootunian Harry 
Published: August 2024

Abstract
While David Peace's epic Tokyo Trilogy concentrates on the years after Japan's defeat in 1945 and the city of Tokyo as a classic crime scene, this essay proposes that the traditional pursuit of detection recedes in importance compared to the time of the “postwar,” a new category of periodization initiated by the military occupation, which would become the temporal scaffolding of the renewing of Japanese society. This category was situated at the temporal crossroads of a newly imagined “democratic” Japan and the legacy of a ruined prewar landscape, still signifying the power of the past in the present. In Peace's narrative, the effort to solve the crimes is constantly mediated and played out in the tensions between “Old Japan” and “New Japan,” resulting in a repetition of what Japan had been since its modernization, a reservoir of contemporary noncontemporaneity.
Correlated Equilibria in Large Anonymous Bayesian Games
Authors: Koessler Frédéric , Scarsini Marco , Tomala Tristan 
Published: August 2024

We consider multipopulation Bayesian games with a large number of players. Each player aims at minimizing a cost function that depends on this player’s own action, the distribution of players’ actions in all populations, and an unknown state parameter. We study the nonatomic limit versions of these games and introduce the concept of Bayes correlated Wardrop equilibrium, which extends the concept of Bayes correlated equilibrium to nonatomic games. We prove that Bayes correlated Wardrop equilibria are limits of action flows induced by Bayes correlated equilibria of the game with a large finite set of small players. For nonatomic games with complete information admitting a convex potential, we prove that the set of correlated and of coarse correlated Wardrop equilibria coincide with the set of probability distributions over Wardrop equilibria and that all equilibrium outcomes have the same costs. We get the following consequences. First, all flow distributions of (coarse) correlated equilibria in convex potential games with finitely many players converge to mixtures of Wardrop equilibria when the weight of each player tends to zero. Second, for any sequence of flows satisfying a no-regret property, its empirical distribution converges to the set of distributions over Wardrop equilibria, and the average cost converges to the unique Wardrop cost. Funding: This work was partially supported by European Cooperation in Science and Technology Action 16228 GAMENET. F. Koessler acknowledges the support of the Agence Nationale de la Recherche [Grant StratCom ANR-19-CE26-0010-01]. M. Scarsini acknowledges the support of the Gruppo Nazionale per l’Analisi Matematica, la Probabilità e le loro Applicazioni project [Grant CUP_E53C22001930001], the Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale [Grant 2022EKNE5K], and the European Union-Next Generation EU, component M4C2, investment 1.1 (Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza) [Grant P2022XT8C8]. T. Tomala gratefully acknowledges the support of the HEC foundation and Agence Nationale de la Recherche/Investissements d’Avenir [Grant ANR-11-IDEX-0003/Labex Ecodec/ANR-11-LABX-0047].
Snakebite incidence and healthcare-seeking behaviors in Eastern Province, Rwanda: A cross-sectional study
Authors: Hakizimana Dieudonne , MacDonald Lauren E. , Kampire Happy Tahirih , Bonaventure Mihigo , Tadesse Mahlet , Murara Elijah , Dusabe Leila , Ishema Leandre , Schurer Janna M. 
Published: August 2024

Background
Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is a potentially life-threatening event that can lead to severe physical, mental, and economic hardships, particularly in under-resourced regions like sub-Saharan Africa. In Rwanda, there have been no epidemiological assessments of SBE to guide the Ministry of Health in its efforts to reduce the burden. This study had two main objectives: first, to estimate the incidence of snakebites across districts, and second, to describe formal versus informal healthcare seeking behaviors among snakebite victims in Eastern Province, Rwanda in 2020.

Methodology
This cross-sectional study utilized a cluster sampling approach, involving Community Health Workers (CHWs) who recorded snakebite cases across seven districts. The descriptive analysis considered sampling weights, and healthcare seeking behavior was assessed based on the type of care sought as the first point of treatment.

Findings
The study surveyed 390,546 individuals across 763 villages and estimated a provincial annual incidence rate of 4.3 cases per 1,000 individuals. Incidence estimates ranged from 1.1 cases per 1,000 in Nyagatare to 9.1 cases per 1,000 individuals in Bugesera and Ngoma districts. Among the 2,545 cases recorded by CHWs, three resulted in deaths. Regarding healthcare-seeking behavior, 13% of snakebite victims (143 out of 1,098) initially consulted formal care providers (CHWs, health post/center, or hospital), while 87% sought informal care (family/friends, pharmacist, or traditional healer). Approximately half of the victims (583, 53.1%) reported severe symptoms. Unsafe practices included skin cutting/burning, tourniquet application, use of black stones, and venom extraction; only 24 cases (2.2%) received anti-venom.

Conclusions
This large-scale community-based assessment highlights variations in snakebite incidence between districts and confirms frequent involvement of traditional healers in management. Improving access to anti-venom and community education on the risks of ineffective practices, along with timely use of formal healthcare, are crucial. Collaboration between healthcare providers, traditional healers, community leaders, and policymakers is essential to implement targeted interventions for enhancing snakebite prevention and management strategies.
Relevance of Mediterranean diet as a nutritional strategy in diminishing COVID-19 risk: A systematic review
Authors: Halim Ceria , Howen Miranda , Fitrisubroto Athirah Amirah Nabilah binti , Pratama Timotius , Harahap Indah Ramadhani , Ganesh Lacman Jaya , Siahaan Andre Marolop Pangihutan 
Published: August 2024

Background
Mediterranean Diet has been reported to possess immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory properties. These properties are closely associated with the immunopathogenesis of COVID-19.

Objective
The present systematic review aimed to determine the association between Mediterranean Diet and COVID-19, COVID-19 symptoms, and COVID-19 severity.

Methods
The protocol for this systematic review was registered in International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) with identification number CRD42023451794. The literature search was conducted through Pubmed, Proquest, and Google Scholar on August 2023. The inclusion criteria were studies with a population of human subjects, reported the association between Mediterranean diet adherence with risk of COVID-19 infection, COVID-19 symptoms, or COVID-19 severity, and full text must be available in English. The exclusion criteria were reviews, editorials, letters, replies, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, studies on animals, and duplicates. Risk of bias in included studies was assessed using Newcastle Ottawa Scale (NOS). Data was synthesized narratively. Each study was compared and a structured summary was developed.

Results
After selection process, 6 articles were included, with a sample size of 55,489 patients. All studies were observational studies and assessed Mediterranean diet adherence using food frequency questionnaires (FFQ), with scoring system varied between each study. Four studies found a significant correlation between increased adherence to Mediterranean Diet and reduced COVID-19 risk, while one study indicated non-significant association. One study reported a significant association between higher adherence to Mediterranean Diet and COVID-19 symptoms, but three studies reported non-significant association. One study found that individuals with higher adherence to Mediterranean Diet had reduced likelihood of developing severe COVID-19, however, two studies yielded inconclusive findings.

Limitations
All studies used self-administrated food frequency questionnaires (FFQs), which were prone to biased responses, such as recall and estimation bias.

Discussion
Lower trends of odds ratios (ORs) were consistently observed in higher Mediterranean diet adherence. In every outcome of the included studies, ORs ranged between 0.06–0.992, however, differing levels of significance were reported in each outcome.

Conclusion
Overall analyses suggest that high adherence to Mediterranean Diet is a protective factor against COVID-19, with unclear benefits against COVID-19 symptoms and severity.
Attitudes towards advance care planning amongst community-based older people in England
Authors: Spear Sara , Little Ed , Tapp Alan , Nancarrow Clive , Morey Yvette , Warren Stella , Verne Julia 
Published: August 2024

Background
Advance care planning has been advocated as a way for people to have their wishes recorded and respected in relation to types of treatment and place of care. However, uptake in England remains low.

Aims
To examine the views of older, well, adults towards Advance Care Plans (ACPs) and planning for end-of-life care, in order to inform national policy decisions.

Methods
A mixed methods approach was adopted, involving individual and mini-group qualitative interviews (n = 76, ages 45–85), followed by a quantitative survey (n = 2294, age 55+). The quantitative sample was based on quotas in age, gender, region, socio-economic grade, and ethnicity, combined with light weighting to ensure the findings were representative of England.

Results
Knowledge and understanding of advance care planning was low, with only 1% of survey respondents reporting they had completed an ACP for themselves. Common reasons for not putting wishes into writing were not wanting/needing to think about it now, the unpredictability of the future, trusting family/friends to make decisions, and financial resources limiting real choice.

Conclusion
Whilst advance care planning is seen as a good idea in theory by older, well, adults living in the community, there is considerable reticence in practice. This raises questions over the current, national policy position in England, on the importance of written ACPs. We propose that policy should instead focus on encouraging ongoing conversations between individuals and all those (potentially) involved in their care, about what is important to them, and on ensuring there are adequate resources in community networks and health and social care systems, to be responsive to changing needs.
Comparing birth experiences and satisfaction with midwifery care before and after the implementation of Canada’s first Alongside Midwifery Unit (AMU)
Authors: Murray-Davis Beth , Grenier Lindsay N. , Li Jenifer , Malott Anne M. , Mattison Cristina A. , Cameron Carol , Hutton Eileen K. , Darling Elizabeth K. 
Published: August 2024

Background
Globally, midwifery-led birthing units are associated with favourable clinical outcomes and positive birth experiences. As part of our evaluation of Canada’s first Alongside Midwifery Unit (AMU) at Markham Stouffville Hospital, we sought to explore and compare birth experiences and satisfaction among midwifery clients who gave birth on the AMU with midwifery clients who gave birth on the traditional obstetric unit prior to AMU implementation.

Methods
We conducted a structured, online, cross-sectional survey of midwifery clients in the six months before, and up to 18 months after, opening of the AMU at Markham Stouffville Hospital, Ontario Canada. The survey contained validated measures of satisfaction including personal capacity and participation; perceived safety, control, and security; professional support; and satisfaction. Descriptive statistics and tests of significance were completed in SPSS.

Results
A total of 193 responses were included in our analyses (pre-AMU n = 47, post-AMU n = 146). All participants had positive experiences in the four domains assessed. Compared to those who gave birth with midwives on the Labour unit, those who gave birth on the AMU indicated more positive experiences for some measures. Perceptions pertaining to being an active participant in care, to security and sense of control were more positive among those who gave birth on the AMU.

Conclusion
The AMU in Ontario is associated with high levels of satisfaction during birth, particularly the perception of being actively engaged in decision making, having a sense of control and safety, and having confidence in the care provider team. Care received on the AMU does not compromise birth experiences or satisfaction and may be associated with greater autonomy and agency for the person giving birth.
Slaveholder ancestry and current net worth of members of the United States Congress
Authors: Sehgal Neil K. R. , Sehgal Ashwini R. 
Published: August 2024

Background
Whether and how much past slavery affects contemporary social and economic conditions in the United States is an area of active debate. Newly available data on which members of the United States Congress are descendants of slaveholders provides an opportunity to examine this topic. This study sought to determine the relationship between slaveholder ancestry and net worth among members of Congress.

Methods
Total assets and liabilities were collected from financial declarations of all members of Congress as of April 15, 2021. Net worth was estimated as the difference between total assets and liabilities. Information on slaveholder ancestry was obtained from a Reuters investigative series based on an extensive review of historical documents and verification by board-certified genealogists. Quantile regression was used to determine the association between net worth and slaveholder ancestry after adjustment for demographic factors.

Results
The median net worth of the 535 members of Congress was $1.28 million (interquartile range $0.11–5.87 million). On univariate analysis, net worth was associated with increased age, White race, increased education, and number of individuals enslaved by ancestors. On multivariate analysis, net worth was independently associated with age, White race, and number enslaved. Legislators whose ancestors enslaved 16 or more individuals had a $3.93 million (95% confidence interval 2.39–5.46) higher net worth compared to legislators whose ancestors were not slave owners after adjustment for age, sex, race, ethnicity, and education.

Conclusions
Past slaveholding practices are independently associated with current wealth among members of Congress. Because members of Congress are a highly selected group, further work is needed to understand how slaveholder ancestry affects current wealth in the general population to inform efforts to reduce social and economic disparities.
Lower extremity function and cardiovascular disease risk in hemodialysis patients: A multicenter cross‐sectional study
Authors: Zhang Kun , Li Xin , Guo Qi , Ding Wei , Niu Jianying , Zhao Junli , Zhang Liming , Qi Hualin , Zhang Suhua , Yu Chen 
Published: August 2024

AbstractPhysical performance in hemodialysis patients declines and serves as a cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and mortality predictor. However, lower extremity function's role remains unclear. This study aimed to quantify the association between lower extremity function and CVD risk in hemodialysis patients. This was a multicenter cross‐sectional study enrolling 868 participants (532 males, 336 females) from seven hemodialysis centers in Shanghai, China. Patients were divided into three groups per lower extremity function, evaluated by short physical performance battery (SPPB) scores: 0–6, 7–9, and 10–12. Upper extremity function was quantified through grip strength assessment. CVD risk was assessed using the Framingham Risk Score. Approximately 35% of hemodialysis patients had impaired lower extremity function (SPPB score < 10). Participants with high SPPB scores had stronger handgrip and lower Framingham CVD risk scores than those with low and moderate SPPB scores (p < 0.05). After adjusting clinical confounders, SPPB was independently associated with CVD risk, as a categorized variable (odds ratio: 0.577, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.388–0.857, p = 0.006) and as a continuous variable (odds ratio: 0.858, 95% CI: 0.772–0.953, p = 0.004). An SPPB score < 10 predicted an increased CVD risk (area under curve: 0.649, 95% CI: 0.599–0.699, p < 0.001). Causality between physical performance and CVD risk was not considered. Some upper limb results may not be generalizable to peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplant patients. Lower extremity function was significantly associated with CVD risk in hemodialysis patients. Further studies are needed to explore the long‐term relationship between lower extremity function and CVD risk.
Questionário de Motivação ao Estilo de Vida Saudável: quadro teórico e evidências de validade
Authors: Carvalho Irialda Saboia , Moreira Thereza Maria Magalhães , Arruda Luana Savana Nascimento de Sousa , Lima Gabriela de Sousa , Loureiro Aline Maria Oliveira , Gomes Emiliana Bezerra , Borges José Wicto Pereira 
Published: August 2024

Objetivo: construir e verificar evidências de validade do Questionário de Motivação ao Estilo de Vida Saudável. Métodos: estudo metodológico ancorado na Psicometria. O construto foi estruturado na teoria da autodeterminação e elementos constitutivos do estilo de vida saudável. Foram desenvolvidos 29 itens avaliados por oito especialistas e 30 usuários, e aplicados a uma amostra de 972 adultos em nove Unidades de Atenção Primária à Saúde. Resultados: elaborou-se um questionário contendo 29 itens com respostas segundo a qualidade da motivação. As evidências de validade de conteúdo mostraram índices (0,75 a 1,0, p<0,05), com boa formulação teórica, enquanto o processo de resposta permitiu adequações aos seus itens. A estrutura interna revelou um modelo final de 22 itens distribuídos em quatro dimensões com variância explicada de 66,58%, cargas fatoriais (0,349 a 0,911), adequada comunalidade (0,20 ≤ h2 ≤ 0,98) e bons indicadores de precisão. Conclusão: o questionário, com 22 itens em quatro dimensões, demonstrou boas evidências de construção, validade de conteúdo, processo de resposta e de estrutura interna para a mensuração do construto. Contribuições para a prática: a aplicação do questionário pode potencializar as ações de promoção da saúde relacionada às mudanças no estilo de vida para a prevenção efetiva de morbidades.
El símil como estrategia retórica para decribir lo insólito. Parangón entre la fauna fantástica del Shanhai Jing (山海經) y la de los bestiarios europeos medievales
Authors: Lamarti Rachid 
Published: August 2024

Uno de los varios oficios de la metáfora es el de nombrar realidades faltas de denominación; otro, de máximo interés aquí, el de tamizar lo nuevo a través de realidades familiares, menos disruptivas. Proyectando un dominio origen z, concreto e inmediato (abeja, por ejemplo), sobre un dominio meta x, abstracto, abstruso o extraño en exceso (es el caso de colibrí), se atenúa el impacto cognitivo que causa x, gracias a lo cual el colibrí no solo cobra visibilidad, sino que, ingresado en un orden común, se hace comprensible: pájaro abeja. Los bestiarios y las antiguas corografías estaban repletas de novedades, a menudo difíciles de concebir, para el público de la época: terra incognita, fauna y flora nunca vistas. Para poder hacerse idea, o mejor, una imagen de la realidad exótica descrita, se la asimilaba a una realidad reconocible con la que guardase algún parecido. Tal estrategia, observada en obras de tradiciones a priori muy dispares como el Shanhai jing y los bestiarios europeos, se intuye universal. Se revisan en este artículo las descripciones de las criaturas fuera de lo común del Shanhai jing y de los bestiarios europeos para verificar esta universalidad. Todos los extractos de bestiarios medievales provienen de la obra clásica de Ignacio Malaxecheverría: Bestiario medieval; los del Shanhai jing, del texto original en chino.