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On Animals, Autonomy, and Apocalypticism in Daniel
Authors: Frisch Alexandria 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Daniel is a book concerned about living in and under imperial rule, whether it be following Daniel’s exploits in court tales or envisioning the end of empire in dreams. At the same time, Daniel is also about bodies—human and animal, divine and earthly, real and imagined. The variety of bodies mirrors what Cary Wolfe dubs a “species grid” (Wolfe and Elmer, 2003), which categorizes bodies from the fully realized subject of the “humanized human” to the “animalized human” and the “humanized animal” and, finally, the objectified “animalized animal.” This article uses and adapts this grid to chart the power of animals, humans, and the divine in Daniel. The result is that we can see more clearly how Daniel transitioned from an earlier Deuteronomistic theology that understood humans as the cause of divine reward and punishment to an apocalyptic worldview that removed power from human hands entirely.
Queer Fish: Following the Great Transgender Fish in the Book of Jonah
Authors: Carayannis Lily 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This paper builds both on Raymond Person’s “The Role of Non-Human Characters in Jonah” where he argues that the book of Jonah is a satire of an anthropocentric worldview and on the work of transecological notions of enmeshment. The great fish stands at the center of the text and Jonah’s transformation, but the fish itself is transformed, starting the journey as a male fish and later becoming a female fish. Queer bodies and animal bodies are often mere metaphors in literature, examples of their andro-anthropo counterparts who are the subjects of the story. By taking the fish’s transition seriously, the fish’s queer body becomes the center of the satire and cannot be dissolved as merely a device for teaching Jonah a lesson. The fish is everything that Jonah is not: a transgender or gender fluid being with a nurturing nature and a fierce obedience to God.
The Bible and the Domestication of the World
Authors: Carr David M. 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Written in an agricultural context oriented around life and work with domesticated animals, the Bible’s texts, from Genesis 1 onward, endorse a picture of human destiny to farm the land and dominate other living beings. In doing so, the Bible contrasts with the cosmologies of low-domesticating indigenous cultures in privileging domesticating and domestication-like modes of relationship between sentient beings. This is not limited to the Bible’s picture of inter-species human relationships. Rather the paradigm of human domination of other beings is analogous to domestication-like relationships between genders, ethnicities and others that are naturalized in subsequent Biblical and post-Biblical texts. We even see a reflection of domesticating assumptions in the picture, across both Testaments of the Christian Bible, of God as a domesticator-like figure and God’s people as a flock that God protects and requires obedience and sacrifice from.
Reading Elisha’s She-Bears: Biblical Interpretation, Extinction Studies, and the Wildness of God
Authors: Stone Ken 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Readers wrestle with the story of the two bears who maul forty-two lads taunting Elisha in 2 Kings 2:23–24. Little attention is given to the fact that bears are now extinct in Israel. This article reconsiders the passage and biblical bears in dialogue with a subgenre of animal studies known as “extinction studies.” Extinction studies in the humanities focus on “multispecies stories” about extinction over time. Using extinction studies to reexamine references to bears in the Hebrew Bible reveals ways in which the representation of bears as a dangerous threat to humans and livestock, in both biblical texts (including David’s story) and their interpretation, may contribute to the mistreatment and extinction of actual bears. Yet God is associated with bears and other wild animals in several biblical texts, including 2 Kings 2. Thus, a rereading of biblical bears also leads to reconsideration of the biblical God’s variable relationship to wildness.
The Jewish Traveler and the Protestant Shoemaker: A Hans Sachs Poem in Yiddish
Authors: Cohen Oded , Cohen Roni 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This article discusses a new finding – the first known Yiddish translation of a literary piece by the famous 16th-century Meistersinger Hans Sachs (1494–1576). The translation was copied, shortly after the original piece was printed in German, as part of a manuscript that includes various lists on various topics copied by a traveling Jew named Uri ben Simon. The examination of the translation and its context in Uri ben Simon’s codex are used as an example of inter-cultural exchange in the early modern German space.
Engraved Property: The Titles and Names of Rasulid Women on Ayyubid and Mamluk Metalwork
Authors: Sadek Noha 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Inscriptions containing women’s titles and names on objects are relatively rare occurrences throughout the Islamic world, whether they belong to known personalities or to unknown individuals. This article examines graffiti in the names of women from the Rasulid dynasty in Yemen (626–858/1229–1454), incised on silver-inlaid brass objects mostly made in Mamluk workshops (seventh–eighth/thirteenth–fourteenth centuries) as commissions, gifts, or purchases for the Rasulid sultans of Yemen, which have hitherto been unidentified. Moreover, the titles of these princesses also are found on Ayyubid metal objects. Although of little aesthetic value, these inscriptions hold great historical and social significance by providing details on inheritance, lineage, ownership, and the object’s history.
Connecting an Offshore Dry Air Stratospheric Intrusion with the Outbreak of Soberanes Fire 2016
Authors: Clark Jodie , Chiao Sen 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
This study investigates the connection between the arrival of dry stratospheric air and the Soberanes Fire (2016). The Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory model (HYSPLIT) and Goddard Earth Observing System Forward Processing model (GEOS-FP) are used for back-trajectories and offshore deep stratospheric intrusion in conjunction with the ignition and outbreak of the fire. The back-trajectory analysis indicates that most air reaching the vertical column was critically dry, exhibiting relative humidity values below 10%. As the fire ignited, dry air arrived from due west at heights of 1–3 km about 24 h prior. During the overnight fire growth, dry air arrived from the northwest to north-northwest at heights of 3.5–5.5 km 48–72 h prior. The synoptic and GEOS-FP analyses demonstrate offshore mid-to-low stratospheric intrusion. On 21 July 2016, an enclosed upper-level low approached the California–Oregon border along the northwesterly subtropical jet stream hours before the fire outbreak. The GEOS-FP results of potential vorticity, specific humidity, and ozone along the back-trajectories to the west and northwest of the fire suggest a stratospheric intrusion event into the mid-to-low troposphere at the back-trajectory start points, and vertical velocity indicates sinking motion. The specific humidity analyzed at the arrival time shows the transport of the abnormally dry air to the Soberanes Fire. Results suggest a connection between dry stratospheric air transported to the Soberanes Fire at ignition and overnight accelerated growth, supported by a dark bank in satellite water vapor imagery. The prediction of low-level transport of dry stratospheric air to the coastal communities could help to predict the occurrence of wildfire outbreaks, or periods of accelerated fire growth.
Small Area Estimation of Poverty and Wealth Using Geospatial Data: What have We Learned So Far?
Authors: Newhouse David 
Published: December 2023

This article offers a non-technical review of selected applications that combine survey and geospatial data to generate small area estimates of wealth or poverty. Publicly available data from satellites and phones predict poverty and wealth accurately across space, when evaluated against census data, and their use in model-based estimates improves the accuracy and efficiency of direct survey estimates. Models based on interpretable features appear to predict more accurately than estimates derived from convolutional neural networks. Estimates for sampled areas are significantly more accurate than those for non-sampled areas due to informative sampling. In general, estimates benefit from using geospatial data at the most disaggregated level possible. Tree-based machine learning methods appear to generate more accurate estimates than linear mixed models in common settings. Small area estimates using geospatial data can improve the design of social assistance programmes, particularly when the existing targeting system is poorly designed. AMS subject classification: 62P20
Assessing Technical Efficiency of Cooperative Vis-à-Vis Private Dairy Plants in Andhra Pradesh, India: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Authors: Yadaveni Sai Ashish , Patoju Sri Krishna Sudheer 
Published: December 2023

This study aims to determine the levels of production efficiencies and their determinants across India’s private and cooperative structures. Stochastic frontier modelling of a panel data sample comprising 14 plants (7 cooperatives and 7 private) in Andhra Pradesh for six years from 2013 to 2019 was considered. The production inefficiencies obtained are then modelled based on the ownership status and percentage of female employment to identify if these affect the variations in the scores. The results observed the presence of production inefficiencies under both structures, but the production efficiency was observed to rise over the period, that is, reducing inefficiencies. The results revealed a marginal but significant efficiency advantage of the cooperative plants over the private plants. The mean technical efficiency of all the firms was observed at 0.69, that of the cooperatives at 0.72 for and that of the private dairies at 0.66. This implies that the average efficiencies can be improved by 0.31 using the existing resources. The cooperative ownership of the plant and greater female employment rate was found to enhance production efficiency. The results can significantly impact policy design for both the state government and private entities. The observed advantage of cooperative ownership and greater female employment rates in enhancing production efficiency could guide policy decisions related to ownership structures and workforce diversity. JEL Codes: C5, C880, Q1, L2
Epidemiology and clinical features of hypnic headache: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Melchior Anna G. , Ayyoub Amenah , Christensen Rune Häckert , Al-Khazali Haidar Muhsen , Amin Faisal Mohammad , Ashina Håkan 
Published: December 2023

BackgroundHypnic headache is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent headache attacks that occur exclusively during sleep, leading to awakening. Synthesizing the available epidemiological data might inform clinical decision-making.MethodsWe searched PubMed and Embase for observational studies on hypnic headache published between 1 May 2004, and 22 December 2022. Two investigators independently screened titles, abstracts, and full-text articles. We performed a random-effects meta-analysis with meta-regression to estimate the prevalence of hypnic headache and its clinical features based on epidemiologic data from population-based and clinic-based studies.ResultsFourteen studies, one population-based and 13 clinic-based, met our eligibility criteria. The population-based study did not identify any people with hypnic headache. From 11 clinic-based studies, the pooled relative frequency of hypnic headache was 0.21% (95%CI, 0.13 to 0.35%; I2 = 87%) in adult patients evaluated for headache. The pooled mean age of onset was 60.5 years, with a slight female predisposition. Hypnic headache was typically bilateral (71%), pressing (73%), of moderate (38%) or severe (44%) pain intensity, and lasted about 115 minutes per attack.ConclusionsOur data should be cautiously interpreted due to between-study heterogeneity. The identified clinical presentation of hypnic headache can guide clinical diagnosis, in addition to the International Classification of Headache Disorders.
An immunohistochemical and biomechanical evaluation of the effect of fat graft on tendon healing
Authors: Oztermeli Ahmet , Okyay Mehmet Fatih 
Published: December 2023

Aim To investigate the efficacy of fat grafting in primary tendon healing through immunohistochemical and biomechanical examinations. Material and Method The study material comprised a total of 10 male Sprague-Dawley rats, each approximately 10 weeks old. All 10 rats were operated on bilaterally. The right Achilles tendon in all the animals was defined as the study group. The tendon was cut and then repaired, and then fat graft was applied to the repair area. The left Achilles tendon of all the rats constituted the control group. The tendon was cut and repaired with no further application. After 4 weeks, the rats were euthanised and samples were taken from the tendons for immunohistochemical and biomechanical examinations. Results In the biomechanical evaluations, no statistically significant difference was determined between the groups in respect of peak load and stiffness values ( p: .068, p: .089, respectively). In the histopathological evaluation, the tenocyte value of the study group was superior to that of the control group ( p: .04). No statistically significant differences were determined between the groups in respect of the other histopathological parameters. In the immunohistochemical evaluations, the type I collagen and TGF values of the study group were found to be higher than those of the control group ( p: .011, p: .012, respectively). Conclusion Compared to stem cell applications, the use of fat grafting is clinically easy to apply, has low costs, and has been shown to contribute to tendon healing at an immunohistochemical level with increased collagen and TGF beta values.
Evaluation of photovoltaic-based solar chimney–assisted stack ventilation within a large space hall: A case study
Authors: Wei Tong , Li Hanyu , Sun Runnan , Yu Chuck Wah , Luo Xilian 
Published: December 2023

Photovoltaic (PV)-based solar chimneys could assist stack ventilation within a large space hall. This study considered a comprehensive office building with a PV-based solar chimney as a case study to explore measures for enhancing stack ventilation. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was established, and the influences of the inner heat source, chimney inlet position, solar heat gain and photovoltaic (PV) arrangement on the ventilation rate were investigated. The results revealed that PV-based solar chimneys could assist stack ventilation and would effectively provide a suitable indoor environment for occupied areas during the transitional season. Raising the chimney inlet position is conducive to improving the ventilation rate and cooling performance. The increase in the inlet position from a height of 0.2 m to 3.8 m would increase the ventilation rate up to 5%. The heat gain from the PV backside is an important method of enhancing the ventilation rate. A 200 W/m2 heat gain can lead to a 16.4% increase in ventilation. Moreover, the lower the heat source location, the higher the ventilation efficiency. This study provides basic strategies for optimising design schemes to improve natural ventilation efficiency.
Off-the-Shelf Single-Fenestrated Endograft for Emergent Juxtarenal and Pararenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Authors: Jónsson Gísli Gunnar , Shehab Maysam , Wanhainen Anders , Mani Kevin , Kuzniar Marek , Lindström David 
Published: December 2023

Introduction: Endovascular solutions to emergent juxtarenal and pararenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are complicated. Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) with in situ laser fenestration (ISLF) is promising but requires a period of visceral ischemia. With an off-the-shelf, single superior mesenteric artery (SMA)-fenestrated device mesenteric ischemia is avoided and renal ischemia decreased. The aim was to develop an optimized design of such an endograft suitable for >90% of juxtarenal and pararenal AAAs. Methods: Single-center analysis on 44 consecutive preoperative CTs for previously elective fenestrated EVARs for juxtarenal and pararenal aneurysms. Anatomical characteristics were analyzed to define: (1) shortest aortic coverage above SMA fenestration to achieve ≥4 cm seal; (2) feasibility of a scallop for the celiac artery; (3) shortest distance between the SMA and lowest renal, to facilitate renal ISLF in a straight endograft; (4) distance from the lowest renal to the aortic bifurcation, to allow an overlapping zone >40 mm with a bifurcated stent graft; (5) aortic diameter in the sealing zone, for optimal proximal stent graft diameter with 10% to 30% oversizing; (6) the final design was then tested on individual level. Results: (1) The stent graft needs to start 40 mm above the SMA fenestration to achieve a 4 cm sealing zone in >90% of cases. (2) A proximal sealing zone of 40 mm without a scallop covers 77% of celiac arteries. With an addition of a 20 mm deep, 20 mm wide scallop at 12:30, the stent graft still covers 27% of celiacs. This suggests that a scallop would not be practically feasible. (3) In >90% of cases, the lowest renal was <31 mm from the SMA, suggesting that the tapering should start 30 mm below the SMA. (4) The distance from the lowest renal to the aortic bifurcation ranged from 82 to 166 mm. This allows for a 20 mm tapering and 50 mm straight part in all cases. (5) The 5th and 95th percentile of the aortic diameter in the sealing zone was 22 and 31 mm, respectively. Thus, 2 different stent graft diameters (28 and 34 mm) would fit >90% of cases. (6) The final design was suitable in 91% cases. Conclusions: Two sizes of a single-fenestrated aortic stent graft without scallop cover >90% of juxtarenal and pararenal anatomies. Clinical Impact Emergent juxta- and pararenal aortic aneurysms is a difficult clinical scenario that continuously challenges physicians. An endovascular option is in situ laser fenestrated endografts. One risk with these is the complete visceral ischemia occurring before the fenestrations are completed. An off-the-shelf single-fenestrated stent graft facilitates the treatment by removing the ischemia time for the SMA and reducing the ischemia time for the celiac and renal arteries thus decreasing the risk of visceral ischemia complications.
A Review of Cognitive Support Systems in the Operating Room
Authors: Zhang Zhong Shi , Wu Yun , Zheng Bin 
Published: December 2023

Background In recent years, numerous innovative yet challenging surgeries, such as minimally invasive procedures, have introduced an overwhelming amount of new technologies, increasing the cognitive load for surgeons and potentially diluting their attention. Cognitive support technologies (CSTs) have been in development to reduce surgeons’ cognitive load and minimize errors. Despite its huge demands, it still lacks a systematic review. Methods Literature was searched up until May 21st, 2021. Pubmed, Web of Science, and IEEExplore. Studies that aimed at reducing the cognitive load of surgeons were included. Additionally, studies that contained an experimental trial with real patients and real surgeons were prioritized, although phantom and animal studies were also included. Major outcomes that were assessed included surgical error, anatomical localization accuracy, total procedural time, and patient outcome. Results A total of 37 studies were included. Overall, the implementation of CSTs had better surgical performance than the traditional methods. Most studies reported decreased error rate and increased efficiency. In terms of accuracy, most CSTs had over 90% accuracy in identifying anatomical markers with an error margin below 5 mm. Most studies reported a decrease in surgical time, although some were statistically insignificant. Discussion CSTs have been shown to reduce the mental workload of surgeons. However, the limited ergonomic design of current CSTs has hindered their widespread use in the clinical setting. Overall, more clinical data on actual patients is needed to provide concrete evidence before the ubiquitous implementation of CSTs.
Preliminary study on the short-term changes of pulmonary perfusion after a single balloon pulmonary angioplasty in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Authors: Hou Peng , Chen Hai-Ming , Lin Si-Yan , Guo Wen-Liang , Chen Peng-Hao , Lin Jie-Long , Wu Xiao-Feng , Liu Chun-Li , Wang Xin-Lu , Hong Cheng 
Published: December 2023

Background: Little is known about immediate responses of blood perfusion to the balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) procedure. Objectives: To investigate the changes in pulmonary perfusion of balloon-dilated vessels and untreated vessels with before, immediately after a single BPA and at follow-up. Design: Retrospective single-center cohort study. Methods: Patients who had chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) and completed the pulmonary perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging before, immediately after BPA and at follow-up were included. We evaluated the perfusion defects of both-lung, BPA target (balloon dilated) and non-target (untreated) vessel segments according to Begic 3-point scale in each lung segment. Results: Forty patients (40 BPA procedures) were included and were given next BPA after 89 (62–125) days. The hemodynamic parameters including mPAP, PVR, and RAP were significantly improved after a single BPA. Visual scoring results of pulmonary perfusion imaging in 40 BPAs showed the perfusion defect scores of target vessels reduced from 5.6 ± 2.6 to 4.2 ± 2.2 ( p < 0.001) immediately after BPA, and then further diminished to 3.1 ± 1.9 ( p < 0.001) at follow-up. While in the non-target vessels, the post-BPA perfusion defect scores did not change significantly (13.4 ± 4.7 versus 12.8 ± 4.6, p = 0.182), but tended to decrease at follow-up (12.2 ± 4.2). However, there were 17 BPAs of which the post-BPA perfusion defect scores of non-target vessels increased significantly ( p < 0.001), but decreased at follow-up. Conclusion: In addition to improving the blood perfusion of target vessels, BPA also has a certain effect on the perfusion of some non-target vessels.