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Holocaust Refugees in Bolivia: Immigration Through a Postcolonial and Microhistorical Lens
Authors: Gruner-Domić Sandra 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
Jewish refugees who escaped the Holocaust by emigrating to Bolivia formed a vibrant Jewish community of around 20,000 for two decades and maintained a presence there until the 1970s. This article examines Bolivia as a place of migration and refuge during and after the Holocaust, and asks whether Eurocentric perspectives in postcolonial contexts have perpetuated the notion that Bolivia could not truly become a home for these refugees. In supporting European immigration for colonization, the Bolivian government sought to overcome an economic crisis caused by the Chaco War in the 1930s. During the peak emigration years of 1938 and 1939, Jewish families arrived from Germany and its annexed territories intending to rebuild a normal life. By focusing on one extended family and using a microhistorical lens, the article explores complex and layered experiences of prejudice. It analyses how migrants’ willingness or reluctance to engage with others through sport and music offers insights into forms of conviviality among individuals belonging to various social groups in a postcolonial context. Using archival documents, memoirs, and the video testimonies of Jewish survivors, this article presents Bolivia as an important refugee destination, thereby redressing its omission due to persistent epistemological shortcomings that have perpetuated its invisibility in this respect.
Differences in Perceived Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Military Dental Postgraduate Residents
Authors: Ross James M , Watson Nora L , Hamlin Nicholas J , Schmidt John E 
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT

Introduction
In military training settings, stress can improve focus and motivation fostering effective learning. However, high perceived stress can be debilitating resulting in poor learning and clinical errors. Multiple studies have focused on medical residency stress; but there has been minimal focus on dental residents and even less on the impact of the unique stressors from the COVID-19 pandemic. The objectives of this study were to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived stress of residents in a military dental residency training program and explore the association among perceived stress and anxiety, depression, sleep quality, and social support.

Materials and Methods
Dental residents (N = 20) at the Naval Postgraduate Dental School participated in this study. Residents were assessed via self-report measures quarterly from March 2020 through June 2021. The assessment included measures of anxiety (GAD-7), depression (PHQ-9), perceived stress (PSS), fatigue (FSI), and social support (DUKE-SSQ).

Results
Before the pandemic shutdown, 60% of participants reported high perceived stress. These residents reported an initial decrease in symptoms of anxiety, depression, and fatigue compared to residents reporting low pre-pandemic perceived stress but returned to baseline levels post-shutdown. Additionally, the high stress participants reported lower social support.

Conclusions
Based on pre-pandemic perceived stress, participants responded differently to the impact of the pandemic shutdown. The low baseline stress participants may have a more robust sense of grit and resilience. These findings suggest that postgraduate dental training programs should integrate coping skills training opportunities, especially for residents reporting high perceived stress before residency.
The Relationship Between Pre-Pandemic Comorbidities With SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Hospitalizations in Black Versus White Military Service Members: A Retrospective Study
Authors: Sukumaran Pramod , Millington Donna , Blackburn August , Asin Susana N 
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT

Introduction
Comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, asthma, and cardiovascular conditions have been reported to worsen the clinical progression of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and related hospitalizations. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the historically marginalized groups, i.e., Black, Hispanic, and Asian individuals have substantially higher rates of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, COVID-19 hospitalization, and death compared to White individuals. Despite these findings in civilian populations, the impact of comorbidities and race in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 hospitalizations in military populations is unknown. We evaluated the relationship of pre-selected pre-pandemic comorbidities and race with SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 hospitalizations in U.S. military service members (SMs).

Materials and Methods
We conducted a systematic review of Military Health System beneficiaries’ records by accessing the Defense Medical Epidemiological Database. Our inclusion criteria were being an active duty SM and having at least one pre-COVID-19 pandemic comorbidity. Retired as well as uninfected healthy active duty SMs and beneficiaries were excluded from the study. A total population of 1.334 million active duty SM records was drawn from Defense Medical Epidemiological Database. The data were stratified, by race (primary outcome), as well as gender, age, and military service branches (secondary outcomes).

Results
We found higher trends in SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 hospitalization rates in Black compared to White SMs. This seamless inequality was also seen in other viral infections affecting SMs including human immunodeficiency virus and viral hepatitis. We hypothesized this disparity to some extent be associated with the presence of pre-pandemic comorbidities that is affecting this military subpopulation. Supporting our hypothesis, we found trends toward the higher pre-pandemic prevalence of diabetes mellitus, asthma, hypertension, and ischemic heart disease, in Black compared to White military SMs, especially in Black older male adults.

Conclusion
Our results highlight the role of pre-pandemic comorbidities and race likely enhancing the frequency of SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 hospitalizations in military SMs. These preliminary findings underscore the need for future retrospective studies using additional Military Health System data bases reporting data on this military subpopulation, especially in the setting of future pathogens outbreaks or pandemics affecting military populations.
Non-thermal emission from mildly relativistic dynamical ejecta of neutron star mergers: spectrum and sky image
Authors: Sadeh Gilad , Linder Noya , Waxman Eli 
Published: May 2024

ABSTRACT
Binary neutron star mergers are expected to produce fast dynamical ejecta, with mildly relativistic velocities extending to β = v/c &gt; 0.6. In a preceding paper, we derived an analytic description of the time-dependent radio to X-ray synchrotron flux produced by collision-less shocks driven by such fast ejecta into the interstellar medium, for spherical ejecta with broken power-law mass (or energy) distributions, M(&gt; γβ)∝(γβ)−s with s = sKN at γβ &lt; γ0β0 and s = sft at γβ &gt; γ0β0 (where γ is the Lorentz factor). Here, we extend our analysis and provide analytic expressions for the self-absorption frequency, the cooling frequency, and the observed angular size of the emitting region (which appears as a ring in the sky). For parameter values characteristic of merger calculation results – a ‘shallow’ mass distribution, 1 &lt; sKN &lt; 3, for the bulk of the ejecta (at γβ ≈ 0.2), and a steep, sft &gt; 5, ‘fast tail’ mass distribution – the analytic results reproduce well (to tens of per cent accuracy) the results of detailed numeric calculations, a significant improvement over earlier order-of-magnitude estimates (based on extrapolations of results valid for γβ ≪ 1).
Chronicles (East Norse, Rhymed Chronicles)
Authors: Skovgaard Boeck Simon 
Published: May 2024

The East Norse rhymed chronicles form a literary complex of historical, political, and literary texts. They can be split in two groups, one wherein the time span dealt with is restricted to events recent to their composition, and another beginning in legendary times. Among the former the Old Swedish Erikskrönikan (Chronicle of Duke Erik), probably written in the 1320s, stands out as the older, and as a significant literary and historical source. It is the first preserved major contribution to Swedish historiography. Erikskrönikan is preserved in nineteen manuscripts from the fifteenth century onward. Together with Förbindelsedikten (Connecting Composition), Karlskrönikan (Chronicle of Karl), and Sturekrönikan (Chronicle of Sture), it presents Swedish history from 1230 to 1496. A disputed Engelbrektskrönika might be preserved as the first part of Karlskrönikan, contributing to making this by far the largest of the East Norse rhymed chronicles, with 9,628 verses. Karlskrönikan survives in an early manuscript (from c. 1452) and in later copies, the short Förbindelsedikten (632 verses) covers the period between Erikskrönikan and Karlskrönikan, and is a later supplement in some manuscripts. Sturekrönikan consists of two sections with partly contradictious ideals, but this is disguised in the surviving ten manuscripts (the oldest of which is from c. 1500). The texts of the latter group are less important as sources to historical events. Moreover, these texts—the Old Swedish Lilla rimkrönikan (Smaller Rhymed Chronicle), Yngsta rimkrönikan (Younger Rhymed Chronicle), and the Old Danish Rimkrønike (Rhymed Chronicle)—share a monologic form, in which former kings reflect on their lives, vices, and virtues, clearly making these texts useful as moral-didactic exempla. Lilla rimkrönikan survives in several manuscripts, the oldest dated of these is from 1457. The oldest text witness of the Old Danish Rimkrøniken is a fragment from the middle of the fifteenth century, the first complete version is an incunable from 1495, and the text also survives in a Middle Low German translation. All the rhymed chronicles are politically biased and they propagate courtly values and aristocratic or royal politics. The Swedish texts often display a harsh anti-Danish sentiment; in the only Old Danish text that is turned around. Knittel (doggerel verse) is the predominant, and apart from stanzaic divisions of the Old Danish text, almost the only type of versification. The titles are modern designations; they have however, become standard. The compound term (Sw. rimkrönika, Da. rimkrønike) is not attested before the beginning of the seventeenth century. The genre had a post-medieval bloom in the sixteenth century.
A phantom human chorionic gonadotropin in the case of molar pregnancy
Authors: Usui Hirokazu , Sato Asuka , Katayama Eri , Nakamura Natsuko , Koga Kaori 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
Accurately interpreting persistent, low human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels is essential for managing gestational trophoblastic disease. Erroneous interpretation can lead to inappropriate interventions, including unnecessary chemotherapy or hysterectomy, or unjustified changes in chemotherapeutic regimens due to misidentification of a false-positive hCG as a true positive. The predominant etiology of phantom hCG is the presence of heterophilic antibodies. Consequently, screening for urine hCG is indispensable for its diagnosis because immunoglobulin is not generally present in urine. Here, we report about phantom hCG after a complete hydatidiform mole. Initial urine hCG evaluations were negative, although the serum hCG levels remained positive, leading to the diagnosis of phantom hCG. After subsequent delivery, urine hCG levels persisted at diminished levels. However, a different assay yielded negative hCG results for both serum and urine samples. The patient subsequently gave birth. The absence of hCG was consistently confirmed over five years.
Infant with a hereditary blistering disorder: an interesting case in the NICU
Authors: Tchignaha Rifkatou , Restivo Jessica , Szialta Christina , Nulman Oksana , Parikh Abhinav 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
This is a case of hereditary skin disorder in a full-term female newborn, with family history of epidermolysis bullosa (EB), who developed skin vesicles on the first day of life (DOL) without mucosal or ocular involvement. A multidisciplinary approach involving dermatology, wound care, and occupational therapy led to full recovery in our patient within six days of life. Special precautions were taken to prevent complications. Upon genetic testing, the patient was found to have a genetic variant of unknown significance (VUS). The goal of this case report is to give a detailed account of the patient’s course, provide management recommendations which could be applied to similar cases and settings in the newborn period.
Dyskeratosis congenita: a rare case report
Authors: Khattab Seham , Nasser Hisham , Al-Janabi Moatasem Hussein , Hasan Fouz 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
Dyskeratosis congenita (DKC) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by lacy reticular skin hyperpigmentation, bone marrow failure, nail dystrophy, and oral leukoplakia. To the best of our knowledge, only around 200 cases were reported in the medical literature, and in this report, we present another distinctive case from Syria. This case report describes a male patient with generalized reticular pigmentation and abnormal nails since childhood. The patient reported a history of recurrent urethral stenosis and corneal density. Dermoscopic examination revealed pigmented lines arranged in a netlike pattern. Histopathological findings were nonspecific. Hematological values were unremarkable. A contrast CT scan revealed changes in the bladder wall. The final diagnosis of Dyskeratosis Congenita was made based on the clinical criteria. This disorder can present with additional cutaneous manifestations and systemic complications. Treatment are generally prescribed to maintain bone marrow function, based on the fact that it is the major cause of death. Regular monitoring and screening for associated conditions are recommended.
Communicating the diagnosis of a hematological neoplastic disease to patients’ minor children: a multicenter prospective study
Authors: Manghisi Beatrice , Borin Lorenza , Monaco Maria Rosaria , Sacco Gaia Giulia Angela , Antolini Laura , Mantegazza Raffaele , Barichello Monica , Mazza Umberto , Zappasodi Patrizia , Onida Francesco , Arcaini Luca , Cairoli Roberto , Gambacorti Passerini Carlo 
Published: May 2024

Abstract

Background
When a hematological malignancy is diagnosed, the whole family carries the burden of the disease; parents often try to protect minor children from suffering by avoiding communication about their disease. Since 2009, patients with minors at the Adult Hematology Division at San Gerardo Hospital (Monza) can take part in the “Emanuela Project”: children can visit parents and talk with psychologists and hematologists, who explain the disease through simple metaphors.

Materials and Methods
The EMY STUDY aimed to evaluate the impact of illness-related communication on children’s behavior, comparing Monza’s experience with other Hematology Units, where the communication is delegated to parents or psychological support. Questionnaires exploring the children’s main behaviors (school performance, appetite, sleeping patterns, attachment to family figures, and family dialogue) were administered to both sick (SP) and healthy (HP) parents. From 2017 to 2021, 32 patients were enrolled, 20 from Monza and 12 from other hospitals; 84 questionnaires were globally collected.

Results
In Monza’s group, no major changes in children’s behavior were observed and an open dialogue about the disease was often possible. Disease communication is considered crucial and perceived as a responsibility of parents together with a professional figure, mainly the hematologist. Patients were satisfied with “Emanuela Project,” reporting positive effects on doctor-patient relationship. Difficulties in separation were significantly higher at other hospitals (P = .019) than in Monza. While at other centers communication is considered parents’ responsibility, Monza’s patients emphasize the role of professional figures (P = .007). Differently from other hospitals, the role of the hematologist is crucial to Monza’s patients (P = .001).

Conclusion
Disease communication to patients’ offspring is a crucial moment in the process of care, and the hematologist can play a major role in this difficult task, with potential positive effects both on children’s well-being and on doctor-patient relationship.
Race and the American Corporation
Authors: Wade Cheryl 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of the rhetoric of anti-racism and diversity in the twenty-first century. It highlights the interrelation between race and the American corporation. Before 2018, Corporate American discourse relating to race focused on diversity rather than racism, and that focus impacted corporate culture. Racial discourse that moves beyond empty rhetorical flourishes about diversity and inclusion is possible only if business leaders believe in racial justice and its relevance to corporate purpose. The chapter considers the aftermath and impact of George Floyd’s death, referencing how more corporate leaders weighed in on the issue and major U.S. corporations joined a national debate about systemic racism.
More Than “Somnambulism”
Authors: Cardeña Etzel 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
Transcendent/mystical experiences have been reported within the hypnotic context from its inception as “animal magnetism/mesmerism. Research on spontaneous experiences during hypnosis and minimal suggestion/neutral hypnosis evidence that such experiences are not an artifact of implicit or explicit hypnotic suggestions but may occur spontaneously when some individuals focus on their inner experience. This chapter offers a brief history of mystical and other anomalous experiences within the context of animal magnetism and later hypnosis, and reviews the research on such experiences occurring spontaneously or after specific suggestions. It also discusses how similar phenomena arising from hypnotic and other contexts such as psychedelic ingestion, meditation, and shamanism point to a common core of transcendent experiences. These are likely to later give rise to religious/spiritual beliefs rather than being their product. A major contribution of hypnosis to the study of transcendent experiences has been to highlight the importance of individual differences, because some people are more likely to have such experiences than others, and to alert researchers to the potential effect of explicit and implicit suggestions.
The Resilience of Identity
Authors: Lixinski Lucas 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
This chapter discusses the lack of Indigenous-centric accounts in the turn to history in international law. Considering that one of the main political uses of this turn to history aims at exposing, critiquing, and ultimately undoing the harm of colonial encounters, it is somewhat sobering that often, and particularly in Indigenous contexts, this encounter is still told from the perspective of the colonizer. This narrative mode frames Indigenous existence solely from the perspective of victimhood, which is inevitably articulated in a way that denies the agency of Indigenous people and peoples as historical actors. This paradox showcases the resilience of Eurocentrism in the articulation of international legal projects, and that of Indigenous identity and resistance despite ongoing structural erasure. This chapter asks what it might mean epistemologically and methodologically to centre Indigeneity in the turn to history in international law, arguing for the recovery and leveraging of Indigenous agency.
Sanctuary, Atonement, and Judgment
Authors: Pröbstle Martin 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
The sanctuary is at the heart of Adventist theology, especially regarding atonement and judgment. The hermeneutical key to the sanctuary doctrine is typology. The sacrifices find their fulfillment in Christ’s substitutionary death. The two phases of atonement at the Hebrew sanctuary, the daily service and the yearly Day of Atonement ritual, prefigure two phases of Christ’s priestly ministry in the heavenly sanctuary, both of which are grounded in his sacrifice. The first phase is his intercessory ministry granting forgiveness. The additional second phase is the eschatological Day of Atonement, consisting of four phases of judgment, beginning with the pre-Advent judgment. According to the apocalyptic prophecies in Daniel 7 and 8 and Revelation 14, the pre-Advent judgment starts in AD 1844. It will vindicate the believers, condemn the wicked, and vindicate God as being just. The sanctuary doctrine has theological and experiential significance for today’s life.
Early Adventists and the Seventh-day Sabbath
Authors: Allen Edward 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
The idea of adopting the seventh-day Sabbath as the day of rest and worship and of abandoning Sunday captured the imagination of a small group of former Millerites. They integrated their new belief in the seventh-day Sabbath into a theological system that both explained their disappointment on October 22, 1844, and gave them a new mission to the world. Their understanding of the Sabbath was distinct from that of Judaism or Seventh Day Baptists. They saw it within the context of their commitment to fundamental Protestant, Millerite, and American principles. They developed a synthesis that combined the seventh-day Sabbath with their new understanding of the prophetic symbols of Daniel, their new understanding of Christ’s ministry in the heavenly sanctuary, and a new perception of their mission defined by the three angels in Revelation 14.
Adventist Hymnody and Music
Authors: Williams David A. 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
This chapter surveys the development of hymnody and music in the Adventist liturgy, beginning with the Millerite movement in the 1840s to the global ministry of the present. Music, particularly congregational song, has played an indispensable role in the development of Adventist identity. Early Adventists viewed their music as “songs of experience,” reflecting their societal marginalization, worship on the Sabbath, and hope of Jesus Christ’s soon return. As Adventism has grown, so has its musical pallet of styles, instruments, and ensembles. The denomination has struggled with which music to include in its worship. Liturgical practice and global songbook publications evidence a predominance of Western music, limiting local musical expressions. This study argues that singing one’s own experience cultivates harmony in diversity. It will interest other Christian groups to consider their own musical and liturgical practices, advocating for all people have a place at the table of the Lord.
Adventists in North America
Authors: Valentine Gilbert M. 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
Emerging in New England in the mid-nineteenth century following the collapse of Millerism, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, formally organized in the early 1860s, retained its convictions about an imminent Second Advent and spread west across the continent. In 2020 the North American church comprised more than six thousand congregations. Careful Sabbath observance and a concern for health and education became major features of a distinctive Adventist lifestyle and a mark of the movement’s institutional presence in communities. Theological development led to a more Christocentric soteriology. Despite periods of debate over the role of founder Ellen G. White and key doctrines, the church avoided schism and achieved exponential international growth necessitating major reorganization in 1901. North American Adventism manifests ethnic diversity and a distinctive expression reflecting the sociocultural and political issues of its particular location. These involve such issues as women in ministry, an independent press, and a strong media outreach.