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A reliability-based mechanical-empirical design method for flexible pavements containing cement-treated magnesite mine tailings as subgrade
Authors: Shanmugasundaram Vinodhkumar , Shanmugam Balaji , Kulanthaivel Ponnusamy , Thottipalayam Shakthivel Mukesh 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThe large-scale mining of magnesite generates substantial quantities of magnesite mine tailings (MMT), which pose a significant threat to soil, water, and air quality. Utilising cement-treated MMT as a subgrade material presents a promising solution to address this environmental challenge. However, the existing mechanical-empirical design methods cannot be directly employed due to the uncertainties associated with the various design parameters particularly the behaviour of cemented MMT. This research introduces a novel reliability-based MEM design method to design flexible pavements incorporating cemented MMT as subgrade. A three-layered flexible pavement configuration, with a middle granular layer sandwiched between the top bituminous layer and the bottom stabilised subgrade, was examined. The response surface model and finite element model were developed to determine the fatigue and rutting strains of the pavement. Monte Carlo simulation was adopted to compute reliability. Further, a sensitivity analysis was performed to probe the contribution of input parameters on the reliability of pavement. The developed methodology was illustrated with a case study. Reliability analysis revealed that the cemented MMT pavement achieved reliabilities of 97.44% and 96.27% for fatigue and rutting criteria, respectively, under a design traffic load of 30 million standard axles (msa). Additionally, the sensitivity analysis identified the modulus of elasticity of the granular layer and bituminous layer as the most critical input variables. Thus, the developed design methodology for pavements incorporating MMT enables the engineers to design MMT-based flexible pavements considering the uncertainties.
Bias and Conflict of Interest in the Underreporting of Sexual Abuse in Competitive Sports: A Literature Review
Authors: Chandra Abhishek , Goldstein Jack , Peters Krystina , Roberts William O. , Satin David J. 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
The prevalence of sexual abuse in competitive sports is increasing worldwide and requires a united call to action. The underreporting of such abuses gained media attention resulting from recent high-profile cases. In this article, we report the results of a systematic literature review, identifying root causes of underreporting sexual abuse in competitive sports. We identify that biases and conflicts of interest work against effective reporting of abuse by athletes at the individual, organizational, and cultural levels. We offer conflict of interest and bias mitigation approaches from the social science, law, business, research, and diagnostic error literature that may apply. Competitive sports organizations may use this analysis to identify barriers and improve the effective reporting of sexual abuse.
Dwa „tryby” mówienia a kłamstwo
Authors: Zaucha Joanna 
Published: March 2024

Artykuł jest komentarzem do wykładu Andrzej Bogusławskiego wygłoszonego 9 października 2021 r., a poświęconego kłamstwu i wypowiedziom kłamliwym. W pracy przypomniane zostały także podstawowe kontrowersje dotyczące pojęcia ‘kłamstwa’ dyskutowane w filozoficznej i lingwistycznej literaturze przedmiotu. Autorka twierdzi, że obserwacja możliwych w danym języku układów słownych pozwala rozstrzygnąć wątpliwe kwestie. Według niej podstawowym wykładnikiem kłamstwa jest jednostka [ktośi] okłamał [kogośj]. W treści tego predykatu zawarte są dwa pojęcia ‘mówienia’ scharakteryzowane i opisane wcześniej przez A. Bogusławskiego (2021). Predykat ten przesądza także o wiedzy metanadawcy i kłamcy co do faktycznej wartości logicznej treści propozycjonalnej, o którą chodzi. Ponadto wyraża negatywną ocenę działania kłamcy oraz chęć wprowadzenia go w błąd. W artykule pokazane są różnice między dwoma konkurującymi wykładnikami ‘kłamstwa’ - [ktośi] okłamał [kogośj] oraz [ktośi] skłamał [komuśj].
Regret Minimization and Separation in Multi-Bidder, Multi-Item Auctions
Authors: Koçyiğit Çağıl , Kuhn Daniel , Rujeerapaiboon Napat 
Published: March 2024

We study a robust auction design problem with a minimax regret objective, in which a seller seeks a mechanism for selling multiple items to multiple bidders with additive values. The seller knows that the bidders’ values range over a box uncertainty set but has no information on their probability distribution. The robust auction design model we study requires no distributional information except for upper bounds on the bidders’ values for each item. This model is relevant if there is no trustworthy distributional information or if any distributional information is costly or time-consuming to acquire. We propose a mechanism that sells each item separately via a second price auction with a random reserve price and prove that this mechanism is optimal using duality techniques from robust optimization. We then interpret the auction design problem as a zero-sum game between the seller, who chooses a mechanism, and a fictitious adversary or “nature,” who chooses the bidders’ values from within the uncertainty set with the aim to maximize the seller’s regret. We characterize the Nash equilibrium of this game analytically when the bidders are symmetric. The Nash strategy of the seller coincides with the optimal separable second price auction, whereas the Nash strategy of nature is mixed and constitutes a probability distribution on the uncertainty set under which each bidder’s values for the items are comonotonic. We also study a restricted auction design problem over deterministic mechanisms. In this setting, we characterize the suboptimality of a separable second price auction with deterministic reserve prices and show that this auction becomes optimal if the bidders are symmetric. The optimal mechanism is derived in closed form and can easily be implemented by practitioners. History: Accepted by Andrea Lodi, Area Editor for Design & Analysis of Algorithms–Discrete. Funding: This research was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation [Grant BSCGI0_157733] and by the Ministry of Education, Singapore, under its Academic Research Fund Tier 2 [Grant MOE-T2EP20222-0003]. Supplemental Material: The software that supports the findings of this study is available within the paper and its Supplemental Information ( https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/suppl/10.1287/ijoc.2022.0275 ) as well as from the IJOC GitHub software repository ( https://github.com/INFORMSJoC/2022.0275 ). The complete IJOC Software and Data Repository is available at https://informsjoc.github.io/ .
Managerial Mental Accounting and Downstream Project Decisions
Authors: Baucells Manel , Grushka-Cockayne Yael , Hwang Woonam 
Published: March 2024

Project leaders are responsible for planning, controlling, and revising projects. As a project unfolds, the leader evaluates the project’s progress by comparing ongoing costs and scope to a baseline plan and considers potential revisions. We offer a general model of managerial mental accounting, which includes loss aversion, reference point updating, and narrow framing, and examine how it impacts downstream decisions. Our model predicts insufficient adjustments of project scope and cost at revision, resulting in reduced financial profit. We show that the choice of measure to quantify the project progress—planned, actual, or earned—affects the updating of reference points, and hence the downstream decisions. Thus, progress measures could be wisely employed to mitigate insufficient adjustments. It turns out that measuring progress via planned scope is often advantageous, whereas utilizing earned value for cost is never advisable. This paper was accepted by David Simchi-Levi, behavioral economics and decision analysis. Supplemental Material: The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2021.02929 .
3 Tools and Techniques for Studying Mudstones
Authors: Lazar O. R. , Bohacs K. M. , Schieber J. , Macquaker J. H. S. , Demko T. M. 
Published: March 2024

ABSTRACTMudstone properties vary widely, but systematically, both vertically and laterally at millimeter-to-kilometer scales. This variability can be detected by applying a range of physical, petrophysical, chemical, and paleontological methods to characterize the rocks at different scales and interpreting the resulting data using the sequence-stratigraphic approach.This chapter concentrates on introducing the tools and techniques that provide data about texture, bedding, composition, and grain origin, which enable the characterization of mudstone strata at millimeter-to-kilometer scales. Specifically, it addresses the application of such tools and techniques to decipher depositional conditions and construct sequence-stratigraphic frameworks. This chapter provides key references for the tools and techniques commonly used to generate the texture, bedding, composition, and grain-origin data for further consideration. It then outlines our approach toward making detailed and systematic observations of the key attributes of mudstones in outcrops, cores, and thin sections. It concludes with an overview of the key sequence-stratigraphic concepts that we find useful for studying mudstones and a summary of the methods we use to construct and test a sequence-stratigraphic framework for mudstones. This approach is elaborated and illustrated in the following chapters.
Pedagogies of Taking Care: Art, Pedagogy and the Gift of Otherness, Dennis Atkinson (2022)
Authors: Pascoe Shandele , Roy David 
Published: March 2024

Review of: Pedagogies of Taking Care: Art, Pedagogy and the Gift of Otherness, Dennis Atkinson (2022)
London: Bloomsbury, 272 pp.,
ISBN 978-1-35028-832-4, h/bk, £90
ISBN 978-1-35028-836-2, p/bk, £28.99
Esophageal Perforation by Fish Bone Ingestion Causing Purulent Pericarditis
Authors: Arruda Tamara , Nina Vinícius , Souza Filho Nilo , Marath Aubyn , Abreu João Pedro 
Published: March 2024

ABSTRACT
A previously healthy 38-year-old woman presented with new-onset sudden chest pain radiating to the back, associated with cough, dyspnea, nausea, vomiting, and gastric fullness after eating a bony fish. A diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease was made. After a week of progressive worsening of her symptoms, she was referred to the specialist hospital. There, computed tomography imaging strongly suggested that a likely fishbone had penetrated the esophagus into the mediastinal structures; it seemed to have produced a pneumopericardium. Other tests suggested diffuse changes in ventricular repolarization, pericardial thickening, and diastolic restriction. Exploratory thoracotomy confirmed esophageal-pericardial perforation by the fishbone and purulent pericarditis. Despite appropriate surgical repair, the patient died on fifth postoperative day from an asystolic cardiac arrest that was refractory to repeated attempts to resuscitate her.
A Strategy for Rolling out Climate De-risk Insurance through Regional Collaboration
Authors: Wang Shaun Shuxun , Bollmann Andreas 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
Most Asian countries exhibit modest income levels and low insurance penetration, while facing rising exposures to natural disasters due to climate change. This paper discusses a strategy for regional collaboration among Asian countries to build resilience through participation in a regional insurance pool. At the core of this strategy is a new type of Climate De-risk Insurance (CDRI) product, where a portion (10–20 %) of the premium is designated for risk assessment and mitigation as compared to conventional loss coverage. CDRI products are offered through commercial insurance companies in participating countries and distributed through a network of dedicated risk management agencies. CDRI insurance needs to be guided by enabling regulation, with greater emphasis on the effectiveness of the use of funds in risk mitigation and claims payments. Moreover, the CDRI development fund can be created in the form of a public-private partnership, as a means of mobilizing financial support for rolling out CDRI insurance.
Armand de Mestral: The Transatlantic-Global Jurist
Authors: Nsour Mohammad F. A. 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
This article pays tribute to Professor Armand de Mestral, a revered figure in international and international trade law from the McGill Law faculty. With a career spanning over forty years, he notably contributed to legal scholarship and policy, held the Jean Monnet Chair, and served as an arbitrator in various international tribunals. Professor de Mestral’s work in EU law and regional trade agreements, coupled with his leadership in the Canadian Red Cross Society, highlights his profound influence in both academia and social justice. His legacy continues to inspire future generations in the field of international law.
The effects of using a flipped classroom pedagogy in nursing anesthesia education: a program evaluation
Authors: Halterman Reed S. , Broxton Shannon , Joshua Thomas 
Published: March 2024

Abstract

Background
The flipped classroom (FC) pedagogy improves undergraduate student proficiency and satisfaction. However, its effectiveness has not been demonstrated in nursing anesthesia education.

Objectives
Pre- and post-FC tests and course evaluations were retrospectively compared to determine if FC was an effective pedagogy for a nursing anesthesia program (NAP).

Methods
The design of the study was a retrospective program evaluation. Two groups were compared with 59 students in the pre-FC group taught via traditional lecture and 61 students in the post-FC group taught with FC. Answers to the same 167 test questions were compared using an independent t-test and five course evaluation questions were statistically compared using NPAR1WAY procedure with the Wilcoxon option to determine if significant differences existed between the two nursing anesthesia student cohorts.

Results
The post-FC students exhibited a significant 4 % increase in test scores and expressed increased satisfaction compared to their pre-FC counterparts.

Conclusions
This retrospective program evaluation showed that student proficiency and satisfaction improved between the groups after changing to the FC pedagogy. However, research is needed to determine the true value of using FC in nursing anesthesia education.

Implications for an International Audience
The flipped classroom model can be beneficial in graduate nursing education with our ever-changing student population.
Arachne: Weaving and the Origin of Technè in the Renaissance
Authors: Koering Jérémie 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
During the Renaissance, the spider, as well as its mythological double Arachne, came to represent a form of technical exemplarity doubled by a form of practical intelligence. Some artists, such as Joris Hoefnagel and Tintoretto, made the spider a figure of artistic subtlety, allowing them to situate art in an intertwining of making and thinking. But how could the activity of an insect become an artistic paradigm? What imaginaries could have favored this assumption? Under what conditions could a figure as vile and disturbing as the spider or as negative as its mythological double Arachne be set up as examples to follow? This essay attempts to answer these questions by bringing together mythological representation, emblematic thought, and natural philosophy.
Heinrich Wölfflin’s Classic Patterns of the Renaissance
Authors: Tauber Christine 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
This essay examines Heinrich Wölfflin’s patterns of judgement in his pioneering art-historical study Classic Art, first published in 1899. By using the anti-historicist concept of the “classic”, he systematically withdraws the art of the High Renaissance from historical change in order to erect it as a protective shield against the transience of unclassic modernism and contemporary life. This proto-structuralist act of creating order by means of pattern comparisons in the timeless realm of beauty conceives the art historian as both an intellectual aristocrat with artistic ambitions and a conservator of the eternities of classic art.
Estudos arqueológicos na região entre os rios Guaporé e Carreiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Authors: Marroni Carlos Eduardo , Fiegenbaum Jones , Galarce Machado Neli Teresinha 
Published: March 2024

Esse trabalho é resultado da pesquisa realizada na área interfluvial dos rios Guaporé e Carreiro, localizada na região nordeste do Rio Grande do Sul. A área foi alvo de pesquisas arqueológicas realizadas no início da década de 1970, e com breves incursões no início dos anos 2000. O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar a investigação sobre a presença da cultura material de grupos antigos na região, denominados povos indígenas. Considera-se a potencialidade da história indígena dessas antigas ocupações humanas na região e com isso realizou-se a identificação dos pontos de interesse arqueológico com a presença de vestígios materiais entre os rios citados. A metodologia aplicada baseou-se na localização e registro das áreas a partir de modelos de parâmetro locacional e atividades de prospecção. Como resultados finais, foram identificadas 23 áreas com a presença de vestígios materiais. A variabilidade dos padrões ambientais onde os pontos estão localizados, somados à tecnotipologia dos artefatos demonstra a presença de diferentes grupos humanos e de diferentes estratégias de assentamentos.
Palavras-chave: Arqueologia. Rio Guaporé. Rio Carreiro. Rio Grande do Sul.
Perencanaan dan Pembuatan Teknologi Asistif Smart Shoes untuk Mahasiswa Tunanetra di Universitas Muhammadiyah Lampung
Authors: Utami Ratna Tri , Novtasari Rianti Novtasari Rianti , Devita Dela Devita Dela , Warih Handoyo Alfiandy Warih Handoyo Alfiandy 
Published: March 2024

Anak tunanetra adalah anak yang mengalami hambatan pada penglihatannya,sehingga menyebabkan anak mengalami kesulitan pada mobilitas ataupun aktivitasnya. Mobilitas adalah kemampuan, kesiapan, dan mudahnya bergerak dan berpindah tempat. Mobilitas juga berarti kemampuan bergerak dan berpindah dalam suatu lingkungan. Anak tunanetra sering mengalami kesulitan dalam mobilitasnya, maka dibutuhkannya lingkungan yang berasksesbilitas untuk memudahkan anak berpindah dari satu tempat ketempat yang lain. Teknologi asistif adalah upaya yang bisa membantu tunanetra untuk meningkatkan mobilitasnya. Teknologi asistif memberikan kebermanfaatan pada tunanetra dan mengoptimalkan fungsi alat yang akan digunakan. Salah satu contoh teknologi asistif yang bisa diberikan untuk anak tunanetra adalah smart shoes. Smart shoes adalah sepatu yang didesain untuk membantu tunanetra mengidentifikasi lingkungandengan mudah.Selain itu, smart shoes memberikan kontribusi terhadap layanan yang aksesibel bagi tunanetra secara umum. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah perencanaan dan pembuatan smart shoes bagi tunanetra yang bisa membantu anak untuk bermobilitas dengan baik tanpa ada hambatan. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan literatur yang akan menjabarkan pengertian teknologi asistif smart shoes, manfaat smart shoes dan bagaimana cara membuat smart shoes. Hasil Penelitian ini mampu merancang smart shoes untuk tunanetra yang kedepannya bisa digunakan sebagai alternatif pengganti alat bantu mobilitas tunanetra dan memberikan layanan yang aksesibel bagi tunanetra.
Comparative analysis of knee radiographs between weight bearing AP and Rosenberg PA flexion view for knee osteoarthrosis
Authors: Maley Deepak Kumar , Lakkireddy Maheshwar , Khiyani Rakesh Ashok , Satapathy Deepankar , Eppakayala Srikanth , Sathu Sreedhar , Tadikonda Adinarayana Kashyap 
Published: March 2024

: Osteoarthritis of the knee is highly prevalent in our country and a significant cause of morbidity. An early diagnosis is of paramount importance to provide treatment and delay it’s progression.: To evaluate the role of Rosenberg PA flexion view for early diagnosis of osteoarthritis, the degree of articular degeneration and the advantages of these views using Kellgren-Lawrence classification (KL), Ahlback grading (AB) and International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC). Rosenberg PA flexion view significantly increased the detection of medial and lateral joint space narrowing (p&#60;0.001) as compared to the standard weight bearing AP view alone. The severity of KL, Ahlback & IKDC scores increased significantly on Rosenberg view. The Rosenberg view increases the sensitivity of detection of JSN & the knee scores significantly & is an important tool for early diagnosis of OA.
A comparative study of mortality rate in operated elderly patients of fracture neck of femur, within 90 days of surgery before and during COVID-19 pandemic in the Indian population
Authors: Waghela Ankit , Deshmukh Ranjit , Panchanadikar Vijay , Ranade Ashish , Dhende Priyanka 
Published: March 2024

Fracture neck of the femur is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly and surgical interventions are the preferred treatment. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a reduction in operative cases and emphasized non-operative management. We studied the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on post-operative 90 days mortality of hip fracture in the elderly Indian population. We, retro-prospectively compared data from our hospital over a two-year time frame on a large group. The first confirmed case in Maharashtra was reported on 9th March 2020 in Pune. The cases reported until one year from this date were termed ‘Covid period’ and cases one year before this date were termed ‘Pre-covid period’. After applying exclusion criteria to 638 patients from 2 years of data, 379 patients(208 in Pre-covid and 171 in Covid period) were included and analyzed for mortality rate and secondary outcomes.The pandemic caused a statistically significant increase in postoperative 90 days mortality in the elderly by 75.7% compared to pre-covid mortality. The decrease in incidence of operated fracture neck femur was non-significant during Covid compared to incidence in pre-covid. Pneumonia caused six times more mortality during Covid period.The COVID-19 pandemic caused a statistically significant increase in postoperative mortality. Pneumonia was the significant cause of death in Covid period and should be diagnosed and treated early. A specific subset of the consent process is a must in elderly neck femur fracture undergoing surgery and shared guidelines of this study will help in the decision-making process of future covid pandemic situations.