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How marital events explain the suicide rate among Chinese
Authors: Yang Xueyan , Liu Liping , Li Rui 
Published: October 2023

Aims
The aims for this study was to prove the impacts of marital events (marriage rate, divorce rate and marriage squeeze), economic development, and social development on the suicide rate among urban and rural Chinese and reveal the differences in these impacts between urban and rural areas and between genders.

Methods
An explanatory time-series analysis methodology was adopted to analyze the nation-wide data ranging from 1987–2017.

Results
Marriage rate was a protective factor against the suicide rate among urban and rural men, and rural women; however, divorce rate was a protective factor against the suicide rate only among rural women. For the four groups, the economic development level measured by per capita GDP is a protective factor, while social development measured by urbanization and rural–urban labor migration rates in rural areas plays different roles.

Conclusions
Marriage and divorce rates were found to have different meanings for the four groups. This study offers a reference for designing relevant policies and projects to intervene in suicidal behaviors among different groups.
Post-COVID-19 syndrome: Physical capacity, fatigue and quality of life
Authors: Beyer Sebastian , Haufe Sven , Dirks Meike , Scharbau Michèle , Lampe Viktoria , Dopfer-Jablonka Alexandra , Tegtbur Uwe , Pink Isabell , Drick Nora , Kerling Arno 
Published: October 2023

Purpose
Post-Covid-19 syndrome is defined as the persistence of symptoms beyond 3 months after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The most common symptoms include reduced exercise tolerance and capacity, fatigue, neurocognitive problems, muscle pain and dyspnea. The aim of our work was to investigate exercise capacity and markers of subjective wellbeing and their independent relation to post-COVID-19 syndrome.

Patients and methods
We examined a total of 69 patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome (23 male/46 female; age 46±12 years; BMI 28.9±6.6 kg/m2) with fatigue and a score ≥22 in the Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS). We assessed exercise capacity on a cycle ergometer, a 6-minute walk test, the extent of fatigue (FAS), markers of health-related quality of life (SF-36 questionnaire) and mental health (HADS).

Results
On average the Fatigue Assessment Scale was 35.0±7.4 points. Compared with normative values the VO2max/kg was reduced by 8.6±5.8 ml/min/kg (27.7%), the 6MWT by 71±96 m (11.9%), the health-related quality of life physical component score by 15.0±9.0 points (29.9%) and the mental component score by 10.6±12.8 points (20.6%). Subdivided into mild fatigue (FAS score 22–34) and severe fatigue (FAS score ≥35), patients with severe fatigue showed a significant reduction of the 6-minute walk test by 64±165 m (p<0.01) and the health-related quality of life physical component score by 5.8±17.2 points (p = 0.01). In multiple regression analysis age (β = –0.24, p = 0.02), sex (β = 0.22, p = 0.03), mental (β = –0.51, p<0.01) and physical (β = –0.44, p<0.01) health-related quality of life and by trend the 6-minute walk test (β = –0.22, p = 0.07) were associated with the FAS.

Conclusion
Patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome show reduced maximal and submaximal physical performance as well as limitations in quality of life, particularly pronounced in the physical components. These results are essentially influenced by the severity of fatigue and implicating the need for targeted treatments.
Osteocalcin associates with bone mineral density and VDR gene polymorphisms in type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Authors: Ramírez Ruiz Carla , Varo Cenarruzabeitia Nerea , Martínez Villanueva Miriam , Hernández Martínez Antonio M. , Noguera Velasco José Antonio 
Published: October 2023

Abstract

Objectives
Bone metabolism is impaired in diabetes mellitus (DM). Our objective is to evaluate the association of bone turnover markers (BTM) and vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms with bone mineral density (BMD) in DM type 1 (T1D) and DM type 2 (T2D).

Methods
A total of 165 patients (53 T1D and 112 T2D) were enrolled. BMD was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Plasma osteocalcin (OC), beta-CrossLaps (β-CTX) and N‐amino terminal propeptide of type I collagen (P1NP) and VDR gene polymorphisms were evaluated.

Results
Participants were 53 T1D (41 years [31–48]) and 112 T2D (60 years [51–66]). BMD were not statistically different between the groups. OC (p<0.001) and P1NP levels (p<0.001) were higher in patients with T1D. The areas under the curve for the prediction of bone pathology were 0.732 (p=0.038) for OC in T1D and 0.697 (p=0.007) in T2D. A significant association was found between lower lumbar BMD and the A allele of BsmI (p=0.03), the A allele of ApaI (p=0.04) and the allele C of the Taql (p=0.046). Also, a significant correlation was found with higher OC levels and the G allele of BsmI (p=0.044), C allele of ApaI (p=0.011), T allele of Taql (p=0.006) and with C allele of FokI (p=0.004).

Conclusions
The high negative predictive value of the cut-off point for OC suggests that could be useful in excluding the risk suffering bone loss, allowing offering a personalized clinical approach to prevent this pathology.
The Effect of Soft Skills on Academic Outcomes
Authors: Keng Shao-Hsun 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
This paper uses administrative data and a soft skill index integrating seven personality traits to examine the relationship between soft skills and academic outcomes. I exploit the timing of soft skill assessment and study the interaction between soft and cognitive skills in education production. The results show that soft skills are positively associated with academic outcomes. Soft and cognitive skills are both substitutes and complements in education production. The complementarity between both skills is asymmetric. Soft skills and returns to cognitive skills exhibit a U-shaped relationship, while returns to soft skills fail to show such a relationship with cognitive skills. Time-use data suggest that soft skills may have a causal effect on academic achievements, and increased study time is a mechanism through which soft skills affect these outcomes. Soft skills can reduce inequality in academic outcomes due to differences in cognitive ability. Investment in non-cognitive skills can be quite rewarding.
Physico-functional and quality attributes of microwave-roasted black pepper (Piper nigrumL.)
Authors: Desai Shivani , Upadhyay Srishti , Sharanagat Vijay Singh , Nema Prabhat Kumar 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThe present study was focused on microwave-roasting (300–600 W for 5–15 min) on the quality attributes of black pepper. The increase in roasting power and time decreased the lightness,L* (51.85–25.64), and a visible color change from medium light to dark was observed. Roasting reduced the powder density (bulk density – 0.51–0.41 g/cm3; tapped density – 0.70–0.53 g/cm3), flowability, and crystallinity and showed a higher Hausner’s ratio (1.29–1.42), carr’s index (22.43–29.38), compressibility index (0.22–0.30), cohesion index (13.96–34.80 g mm/g), and caking strength (5225.79–12040.44 g mm). All the samples showed stable flow, and the stability was in the range of 1–1.11. Sample roasted at lower roasting levels had higher antioxidant propertiesviz., phenolic content (36.20–79.62 mg GAE/100 g), flavonoid content (350.52–566.45 mg QE/100 g), % DPPH scavenging activity (53.97–85.12 %), and ABTS assay (2.33–4.81 mmol TE/100 g), whereas the higher roasting conditions reduced the TFC and % DPPH inhibition. The principal component analysis (PCA) and a simple least square method (SLSM) with maximum desirability were used to develop the correlation and optimize the roasting condition, respectively. Results showed that the roasting time had a prominent effect on different quality attributes compared to roasting power, and the optimum roasting condition for BP is 300 W, 15 min.
The role of nativeness in early modern foreign language learning: evidence from teaching materials
Authors: Kött André , Vogl Ulrike 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
In this article, we explore how the “ideal student” and “the ideal teacher” of a modern foreign language were depicted in 16th and 17th-century textbooks of the genre of so-called “dialogue books”. More specifically we assess in which areas language expertise was expected from students and teachers and how nativeness, i.e., being a native speaker, was construed as an element of this general expertise. Our insights are based on the structure and content of the textbooks. Moreover, we analyse introductory texts, written by textbook authors or printers. The teaching material reveals a strong focus on spoken language as it consists of dialogues inspired by daily life and pronunciation guides that use a contrastive approach. Overall, our analysis suggests that the “ideal student” has to learn to speak a foreign language, thereby striving for a correct pronunciation and to communicate in a polite and pragmatically adequate way. The “ideal teacher” is a native speaker who has the authority to teach his mother tongue and to judge the teaching of others. However, the superiority of nativeness pales beside other required qualifications, i.e., learnedness, didactic skills and expertise in the language one teaches.
Kant’s Critique of Wolff’s Dogmatic Method: Comments on Gava
Authors: Walschots Michael 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
In Chapter 8 of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason and the Method of Metaphysics, one of Gabriele Gava’s aims is to argue that Kant’s critique of Wolff’s dogmatic method has two levels: one directed against Wolff’s metaphilosophical views and one attacking his actual procedures of argument. After providing a brief summary of the main claims Gava makes in Chapter 8 of his book, in this paper I argue two things. First, I argue against Gava’s claim that the two forms of dogmatism he distinguishes between are incompatible. Second, I suggest, contrary to Gava, that Kant’s critique of these two forms of dogmatism both operate on the metaphilosophical level in the sense that they both target the dogmatist’s beliefs or theory about the method they take themselves to be following.
Transcendental Deduction and Cognitive Constructivism
Authors: Filieri Luigi 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
In these comments, I share some remarks concerning two main points lying at the core of Gava’s book Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason and the Method of Metaphysics: Gava’s reconstruction and account of a transcendental deduction, its relation to a metaphysical deduction, and more specifically his reading of the B-Deduction. I will discuss Gava’s arguments in order to highlight the key tenets of his interpretation and raise questions related to (1) the meaning and scope of the notion of ‘transcendental’; and (2) the commitment to – and the extent of – what we might call ‘cognitive constructivism’.
The Origin and Validity of Root Concepts, the Place of General Logic Within Transcendental Logic and Kant’s Critique of Dogmatism: A Response to My Critics
Authors: Gava Gabriele 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
In Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason and the Method of Metaphysics (CUP 2023), I argue that the first Critique is not only a ‘propaedeutic’ to metaphysics, but actually already establishes parts of metaphysics. These parts belong to what Kant calls transcendental philosophy. Additionally, I also provide an account of Kant’s critique of dogmatism and Wolff as its main defender. In this paper, I take up Luigi Filieri’s and Davide Dalla Rosa’s invitation to further develop my characterization of transcendental philosophy and I respond to Michael Walschots’s objections against my interpretation of Kant’s critique of Wolff’s dogmatism.
Robust reconfigurable radiofrequency photonic filters based on a single silicon in-phase/quadrature modulator
Authors: Yue Hengsong , Chu Tao 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Combining integrated photonics and radiofrequency (RF) signals in the optical domain can help overcome the limitations of traditional RF systems. However, it is challenging to achieve environmentally insensitive filtering in wireless communications using integration schemes. In this report, the performance of robust RF filters based on a single silicon in-phase/quadrature modulator with significantly improved temperature and optical carrier wavelength sensitivities, which were suppressed by more than three orders of magnitude compared with those of silicon resonators, was experimentally evaluated. Upconversion and the processing of signals were simultaneously realized on the modulator by setting the relative phases of the arms and the bias voltages. Moreover, the filters can be reconfigured as low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, or band-stop filters. From 25 to 75 °C, the center frequency variation was within 0.2 GHz. From 1500 to 1600 nm, the center frequency variation was within 2 GHz. The proposed scheme allows for filtering and reconfiguration without the use of optical processing modules such as resonators or delay lines, thus providing a novel approach to signal processing and a new robust filter for scenarios with dynamic environments.
Connectedness Among Geopolitical Risk, Inflation, Currency Values, and Exports by TVP-VAR Analysis: A Worldwide Perspective
Authors: Kyriazis Nikolaos A. , Economou Emmanouil M. L. , Stergiou Andreas 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
The article discusses the spillover impacts between geopolitical uncertainty, inflation, exchange rates, and exports worldwide by employing the Time-Varying Parameter Vector Autoregressive (TVP-VAR) methodology. The net directional pairwise and net total directional causality among these variables is examined in major advanced economies (US, UK, Germany, France, Israel, South Korea and Japan) and rising economies (Russia, Türkiye, China, India, Brazil, and South Africa). Normal market conditions (since early 2000) and stressed ones since the latest crises (the Covid-19 disease and the Russia–Ukraine conflict) are covered. It is revealed that the national currency value constitutes the most influential determinant of exports and inflation but also in the system examined. Currency values exert direct impacts on inflation but also indirect, affecting exports and enhancing geopolitical risk as this is found to increase inflationary pressures. Intriguingly, this gives credence to the emergence of a new channel of inflation-creation that works through geopolitical risk. Such linkages are more pronounced in the US, South Korea, and Brazil while Germany and France present the weakest relations. Inflation, the currency value, and exports turned out to be very decisive regarding the geopolitical risk in Russia during the Russia–Ukraine war.
Redeploying a Saint: The Black Maurice and the Shifting Iconography of Blackness in Post-Reformation Germany and the Baltics
Authors: H. D. Kaplan Paul 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Due to the religious restrictions on imagery introduced by the Reformation, depictions of the Black African incarnation of Saint Maurice were sharply reduced and transformed in the German-speaking lands after 1530. This essay looks in detail at developments in several Saxon cities and also in the Baltic cities of Tallinn (Reval) and Riga. In Magdeburg and Halle, the focus is on secularized images of Maurice, while in Halle a little-known but vast painting replaced the Black Maurice with other Black characters more closely tied to the Bible. In the Baltic cities, the Black Maurice was in a complicated relationship with the heraldry of the Black Heads merchant guilds; only in the last few centuries has a secular version of the Black Maurice fully reappeared.
Hubungan antara Motivasi Belajar dan Prokrastinasi Akademik Siswa Kelas V SDN SUkabumi Selatan 07
Authors: Azzahra Khairunnisa , Fauzan Fauzan 
Published: October 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara motivasi belajar dan prokrastinasi akademik siswa kelas V sekolah dasar. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kuantitatif dengan desain korelasi. Pengambilan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan instrumen berupa angket untuk variabel motivasi belajar dan prokrastinasi akademik dengan model skala likert. Sampel yang digunakan adalah sampel jenuh yaitu seluruh jumlah siswa di kelas V SDN Sukabumi Selatan 07 sebanyak 64 siswa. Tekik korelasi yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah model Rank Spearman. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan negatif dan signifikan antara motivasi belajar dan prokrastinasi akademik dengan nilai r hitung sebesar -0,539. Kemudian, hasil koefisien determinasi pada penelitian ini yaitu sebesar 27,3%, yang berarti pengaruh yang diberika motivasi belajar terhadap prokrastinasi akademik sebesar 27,3% dan sisanya 72,7% dipengaruhi oleh faktor lain.
Memahami Peran Psikologi Pendidikan Bagi Pembelajaran Di SD Islam Al-Bayani Cikarang Utara – Bekasi
Authors: Farisi Salman Al , Wahyudi Undang Ruslan 
Published: October 2023

Psikologi pendidikan merupakan ilmu yang meneliti masalah jiwa dan kegiatan psikologis seseorang dalam kaitannya dengan pendidikan sebagai interaksi. Pskologi pendidikan juga suatu disiplin ilmu yang dirasa penting untuk memeriksa masalah yang mengganggu atau mendukung jiwa siswa dalam proses pembelajaran disekolah, Sehingga dengan memahami keadaan mental siswa maka guru di SD Islam Al-Bayani Cikarang Utara Bekasi dapat mengatur dan berusaha mencari solusi atas masalah tersebut, sehingga untuk hal ini, diharapkan seorang guru perlu memiliki pengetahuan yang komprehensif tentang psikologi pendidikan sehingga pembelajaran dapat berlangsung efektif dan terarah.
Meningkatkan Literasi Numerasi Siswa Sekolah Dasar Dengan Metode RME
Authors: Barus Leo Waldi , Ikhsan Rafiki , Dewi Siska Erika , Mujib Abdul 
Published: October 2023

Tujuan dari adanya penelitian ini untuk dapat mengetahui perkembangan peningkatan literasi numerasi siswa sekolah dasar dengan menggunakan metode RME dan metode ini dilakukan bertujuan ungtuk membantu memecahkan sebuah masalah serta perbaiakan sistem pembelajaran secara efektif dan efesien, pada kelas IV di SD AL-ITTIHADIYAH dan MI NURHIDAYAH. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk membantu guru disekolah untuk meningkatkan kemampuan dalam menggunakan media pembelajaran metode RME, serta membantu mengembangkan literasi numerasi didalam kelas dan diluar kelas yang bertujuan agar siswa dapat mengembangkan keterampilannya masing-masing serta mereka dapat meningkatkan bakat mereka didalam kelas maupun diluar kelas. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan metode Research, penelitian ini juga menggunakan tindakan kelas ( Action Researh). Dengan menggunakan model RME (Realistic Mathematic Education) literasi numerasi siswa didalam kelas maupun diluar kelas dapat memberikan pengaruh yang baik kepada siswa dalam mengembangkan keterampilan dan bakat siswa masing-masing. Dengan model RME dapat membantu untuk memaksimalkan literasi numerasi dalam proses belajar mengajar didalam kelas maupun diluar kelas,sehingga dapat meningkatkan proses pembelajaran literasi numerasi siswa disekolah serta siswa terbiasa dalam menggunakan media pembebelajaran saat literasi numerasi menggunakan metode RME dengan ini siswa dapat memaksimalkan proses belajar literasi numerasi dengan baik serta guru dapat terus mengembangkan dan meningkatkan selalu media pembelajaran disekolah
Evaluating Epidemiologic Trends and Variations in NICU Admissions in California, 2008 to 2018
Authors: Pang Emily M. , Liu Jessica , Lu Tianyao , Joshi Neha S. , Gould Jeffrey , Lee Henry C. 
Published: October 2023

OBJECTIVE
Previous research suggests increasing numbers of and variation in NICU admissions. We explored whether these trends were reflected in California by examining NICU admissions and birth data in aggregate and among patient and hospital subpopulations more susceptible to variations in care.

METHODS
In this retrospective cohort study, we evaluated NICU utilization between 2008 and 2018 for all live births at hospitals that provide data to the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative. We compared hospital- and admission-level data across birth weight (BW), gestational age (GA), and illness acuity categories. Trends were analyzed by using linear regression models.

RESULTS
We identified 472 402 inborn NICU admissions and 3 960 441 live births across 144 hospitals. Yearly trends in NICU admissions remained stable among all births and higher acuity births (mean admission rates 11.9% and 4.1%, respectively). However, analysis of the higher acuity births revealed significant increases in NICU admission rates for neonates with higher BW and GA (BW ≥ 2500g: 1.8% in 2008, 2.1% in 2018; GA ≥ 37 weeks: 1.5% in 2010, 1.8% in 2018). Kaiser hospitals had a decreasing trend of NICU admissions compared to non-Kaiser hospitals (Kaiser: 13.9% in 2008, 10.1% in 2018; non-Kaiser: 11.3% in 2008, 12.3% in 2018).

CONCLUSIONS
Overall NICU admission rates in California were stable from 2008–2018. However, trends similar to national patterns emerged when stratified by infant GA, BW, and illness acuity as well as Kaiser or non-Kaiser hospitals, with increasing admission rates for infants born at higher BW and GA and within non-Kaiser hospitals.
Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF): a review of the procedure and associated complications
Authors: Musa G. , Castillo R.E. B. , Ndandja D.T. K. , Mwela B. M. , Chmutin G. E. , Antonov G. I. , Slabov M. V. 
Published: October 2023

Degenerative disc disease and facet joint disease involving the lumbar spine are common in the aging population and are the most frequent causes of disability. Surgical interbody fusion of degenerative levels is the most common management technique. This is an effective treatment option to stabilize the spine and reduce mechanical pain and provides indirect decompression of the neural elements while restoring lordosis and correcting the deformity. Depending on the direction of the approach to the vertebral column, various techniques have been described. Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) offers clear and wide visualization of the disc allowing the use of large interbody grafts, which provide a significant biomechanical advantage over other types of fusion. The transperitoneal approach is a much older technique and it is not commonly performed unless in isolated cases with extensive retroperitoneal scaring following multiple abdominal surgeries. The transperitoneal approach has been associated with higher rates of bowel injury, ileus, and retrograde ejaculation, and is limited at the L5–S1 segment, hence many spine surgeons favor a retroperitoneal approach. The major setback of ALIF is the need for great vessel mobilization. This manipulation of the vessels may lead to deep vein thrombosis and a direct vascular injury. This makes vascular anatomy studies in the preoperative stage invaluable in avoiding vascular injury. Other complications include possible injury to intraperitoneal and retroperitoneal organs, especially in patients with previous surgery and adhesions. Manipulation of the intestines causes postoperative ileus which lasts a few days. Sexual dysfunction in form of retrograde ejaculation is another complication seen in patients following ALIF and this has been attributed to injury to the superior hypogastric sympathetic nerves in the lower lumbar region.This article reviews the ALIF procedure i. e., transperitoneal and retroperitoneal approaches, and the associated intraoperative, early, and late complications.