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Borges ante el río de Heráclito
Authors: Gómez Montoya John Jairo 
Published: August 2023

El objetivo de este trabajo es examinar algunos aspectos de la obra de Borges y demostrar la primacía que en esta tiene el tema del tiempo. Uno de los signos del predominio del tema del tiempo en la obra de Borges es el lugar privilegiado que en esta ocupa la metáfora del río y el tiempo formulada por Heráclito. Por tal razón, el eje de esta investigación es la traducción y el análisis del fragmento de Heráclito en el cual se enuncia aquella metáfora. Con este análisis, intento mostrar que la metáfora del río y el tiempo es el resultado de una marcha en el seno de la lengua griega, tender un puente entre la antigüedad griega y la obra de Borges y justificar la filiación de esta con una poética del agua. Intento, también, exponer la unidad que rige la obra de Borges, señalando el vínculo indisoluble que hay entre algunos de sus temas, rasgos estilísticos y técnicos con su tema principal: el tiempo.
"Now Deborah, a prophetess, a fiery woman..."
Authors: Cezula Ntozakhe Simon 
Published: August 2023

This article is inspired by an article published by Reverend Bongani Finca of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA) in 1994.Â Rev. Fincaâ€™s article is an adaptation of an address he gave on gender inequality at a Decade conference in East London, South Africa. Specifically, this article is challenged by his remark that he knows a number of men who struggle with the gender exclusivity in the language of the Church, especially in the reading of the liturgy. He then continues to say; â€œhow many of us are working seriously at finding alternatives and revising the liturgy itself to be more gender sensitiveâ€. It is this remark that prompts this article to swing into action. For that reason, this article responds to Rev. Fincaâ€™s challenge from the biblical point of view. This article thus intends to read Judges 4:4 alternatively. It intends to dispute the designation of Deborah as the wife of Lappidoth, arguing that it legitimises patriarchy.
John Calvin and Creation: Retrieving Ecological Insights of Calvin on Genesis 1
Authors: KAVUSA KIVATSI JONATHAN 
Published: August 2023

John Calvin has been largely studied given his influential role in the Reformation. I come from a Church with strong Calvin traditions. During catechisms, we were mainly taught about Calvinâ€™s theology in areas such as predestination, redemption, Christology, power and sacramental theology. Little has been said regarding the ecological dimensions of his thoughts. It is only recently that the Presbyterian Church has issued the devotional study guide in response to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (2015). But the manual is more report than a systematic ecological teaching based on Calvin. The question is how far Calvinâ€™s cosmology can contribute to shape Christian attitudes toward nature. This article tries to answer this question by retrieving the ecological implications of Calvinâ€™s comments on different aspects of Genesis 1.
Racism, Resentment, and the Reinvention of Truth
Authors: Balcomb Anthony 
Published: August 2023

The basic hypothesis of this essay is that racism breeds resentment and resentment reinvents truth. But the dialectical relationship between these phenomena calls for a particular understanding of racism, that is as non-recognition, and a particular understanding of resentment, that is, that it leads to the reinvention of truth in the Nietschean sense of an epistemological reaction against a dominant epistemology. This essay establishes a theoretical basis for the relationship between these phenomena using recognition theory as it originates in Hegel and is adapted to the colonial context by Fanon. Nietzscheâ€™s concept of ressentiment and Schelerâ€™s interpretation of this are used to develop the contemporary understanding articulated by Elizabeth Morelli. The essay then explores these ideas in the contemporary South African context in the light of the decolonial turn. The essay concludes with a short theological reflection.
Worship as transformational object: Aesthetic experience and the "unthought known"
Authors: Dreyer Yolanda 
Published: August 2023

Meaning is formed where an evocative object and the unconscious meet. Such an object can be a thing, a person, a place, art, word, sound or atmosphere. This way of forming meaning does not depend on thinking. Psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas calls it the unthought known. It is a form of knowing that is perceived through imagination - that capacity that mediates between thinking and sensing. The aim of the article is to explore worship as transformational object in discussion with Johan Cilliers' A space for grace: Towards an aesthetics of preaching. In a worship event a rich variety of elements can contribute to aesthetic experience: from space and architecture to art, colour form and symbols, to sound, music and singing, bodily participation, and the spoken word. The article explores how these can function as evocative objects that have the capacity to affect the psyche and transform the self.
El problemático lugar de la animalidad en la filosofía de Ortega
Authors: Alonso Marcos 
Published: August 2023

El presente artículo aborda un problema de gran actualidad en la filosofía contemporánea: la comprensión del ser animal y sus relaciones con el ser humano. En concreto, se analizará el tratamiento de esta cuestión por parte del filósofo español Ortega y Gasset, uno de los primeros autores en convertir este asunto en un tema específico y recurrente de su reflexión. Se mostrará cómo la filosofía de Ortega arriba a este problema, qué influjos intelectuales marcan su aproximación al animal, y qué lugar ocupa en el contexto de su propuesta filosófica. Concluiremos que, al igual que gran parte de los autores más relevantes del siglo XX, el pensamiento de Ortega está enormemente marcado por sus consideraciones sobre el animal; y que estas ideas todavía pueden ser provechosas a la hora de estudiar estos importantes problemas relacionados con el estatuto y significación de la condición animal.
Propiedades y antecedentes gnoseológicos del gnosticismo moderno y contemporáneo. Un análisis crítico desde el pensamiento de Eric Voegelin
Authors: Buzeta Undurraga Sebastián 
Published: August 2023

La presencia gnóstica denunciada por Voegelin a finales del siglo pasado y que ha visto su expresión más fiel en las ideologías contemporáneas, ha ido mutando a diversas manifestaciones denunciadas por teóricos contemporáneos, no solo por su naturaleza inmanente, sino por su misma inconsistencia gnoseológica. Así, el presente artículo tiene por objeto profundizar en torno a las propiedades o características fundamentales del gnosticismo moderno y contemporáneo, así como en sus antecedentes gnoseológicos. Para llevar a cabo esta labor nos centraremos en un análisis crítico, primero en las características del pensamiento gnóstico, fundamentalmente a partir de las ideas de Voegelin, para luego analizar sus antecedentes ubicados en el pensamiento teológico de Joaquín de Fiore y del nominalismo de Guillermo de Occam.
Effects of currents and waves on the morphologies of coastal sandy clinoforms: sediment mobility calculations based on current meter and wave data from Southern California, U.S.A.
Authors: Mitchell Neil C. , Zhao Zhongwei 
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACT
In some wave-exposed coasts, sandy clinoforms occur with rollovers (locations where their surfaces steepen) at ∼ 20–60 m depth. They have been suggested to have formed from sand mobilized by strong wave agitation in shallow water that has deposited in more tranquil deeper water beyond the rollover, although other suggested origins of clinoforms might also apply. In situ information on active sediment transport is needed to address their origins. Here, we assess sediment transport across a sandy clinoform rollover at 25–30 m depth using legacy data from current meters installed across the Southern California shelf near Del Mar in depths of 15, 30, and 60 m. Although lasting only 25 hours, the data captured conditions during the passage of a cyclone, which occurs frequently along this coast. Information from a global meteorological model reveals that waves were 1–2 m in height during the cyclone passage. Using the mean particle size from vibracores (0.129 mm), sand at the 15-m-depth site would have been continuously agitated above its threshold of motion during the 25-hour period, whereas sand at the 30-m site was mobile over 17 hours. Total-load fluxes of sand estimated from the waves and currents were strong at the 15-m site and comprised mostly suspended particles. The cyclone winds drove water, including bottom water, mostly parallel to the coast, but that movement was accompanied by a downwelling component over the first ∼ 10 hours. That downwelling likely moved suspended particles from the topset of the clinoform onto the foreset. A later upwelling component may have partially reversed that particle movement but was unlikely to have been so effective. The results suggest how wave effects, coupled with downwelling currents, dominated the sand transport and deposition over this short 25-hour period, contributing to the clinoform morphology.
Does the use of Acellular Dermal Matrices (ADM) in women undergoing pre-pectoral implant-based breast reconstruction increase operative success versus non-use of ADM in the same setting? A systematic review protocol
Authors: Cook Hannah , Zargaran David , Glynou Sevasti Panagiota , Hamilton Stephen , Mosahebi Afshin 
Published: August 2023

Abstract

Background
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women in the UK. Following mastectomy, reconstruction is now integral to the surgical management of breast cancer, of which implant-based reconstruction (IBBR) is the most common type. IBBR initially evolved from pre-pectoral to post-pectoral due to complications but with developments in oncoplastic techniques and new implant technology, interest in pre-pectoral IBBR has increased.
Many surgeons use Acellular Dermal Matrices (ADM) however there is little evidence in literature as to whether this improves surgical outcomes in terms of complications, failure and patient satisfaction. This review aims to assess the available evidence as to whether there is a difference in surgical outcomes for breast reconstructions using ADM versus non-use of ADM.
Methods
A database search will be performed using Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. The search timeframe will be 10 years.
Studies will be screened using inclusion and exclusion criteria and data extracted into a standardised spreadsheet. Risk of Bias will be assessed using the Newcastle Ottawa scale and ROBIS tools. Screening, extraction and risk of bias assessments will be performed independently by two reviewers and discrepancies discussed and rectified.
Data analysis and meta-analysis (if appropriate) will be performed, and heterogeneity assessed.
Discussion
With the renaissance of pre-pectoral IBBR, it is important that surgeons have adequate evidence available to assist operative decision making. Assessing evidence in literature is important to help surgeons determine whether using ADM for IBBR is beneficial compared to non-use of ADM. This has potential impacts for patient complications, satisfaction and cost to healthcare trusts.
Systematic Review Registration
This review was registered with the International prospective register of systematic reviews (PROSPERO), part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Registration is as follows: PROSPERO 2023 CRD42023389072. The review registration is available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42023389072
Centrosome amplification and aneuploidy driven by the HIV-1-induced Vpr•VprBP•Plk4 complex in CD4+ T cells
Authors: Lee Kyung , Park Jung-Eun , Kim Tae-Sung , Zeng Yan , Monnie Christina , Alam Muhammad , Zhou Ming , Mikolaj Melissa , Maldarelli Frank , Narayan Kedar , Ahn Jinwoo , Ashwell Jonathan , Strebel Klaus 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
HIV-1 infection elevates the risk of developing various cancers, including T-cell lymphoma. Whether HIV-1-encoded proteins directly contribute to oncogenesis remains unknown. We observed that approximately 1–5% of CD4+ T cells from the blood of people living with HIV-1 exhibit over-duplicated centrioles, suggesting that centrosome amplification underlies the development of HIV-1-associated cancers by driving aneuploidy. Through affinity purification, biochemical, and cell biology analyses, we discovered that Vpr, an accessory protein of HIV-1, hijacks the centriole duplication machinery and induces centrosome amplification and aneuploidy. Mechanistically, Vpr formed a cooperative ternary complex with an E3 ligase subunit, VprBP, and polo-like kinase 4 (Plk4). Unexpectedly, however, the complex enhanced Plk4’s functionality by promoting its relocalization to the procentriole assembly and induced centrosome amplification. Loss of either Vpr’s C-terminal 17 residues or VprBP acidic region, the two elements required for binding to Plk4 cryptic polo-box, abrogated Vpr’s capacity to induce all these events. Furthermore, HIV-1 WT, but not its Vpr mutant, induced multiple centrosomes and aneuploidy in primary CD4+ T cells. We propose that the Vpr•VprBP•Plk4 complex serves as a molecular link that connects HIV-1 infection to oncogenesis and that inhibiting the Vpr C-terminal motif may reduce the occurrence of HIV-1-associated cancers.
Mechanical behavior of multiple-layered gradient cellular scaffolds with constant density: Experimental, analytical and numerical investigation
Authors: khanaki hamid reza , Rahmati Sadegh , Nikkhoo Mohammad , Haghpanahi Mohammad , Akbari Javad 
Published: August 2023

Abstract

Multiple-layered scaffolds with various three-dimensional architectures by the additive manufacturing (AM) have been successfully fabricated and can be used in tissue engineering. This study aimed to investigate the effect of unit cell shape, Struts diameter and number of layers on the mechanical properties of multiple-layered scaffolds with constant porosity. All the lattice scaffolds in cylindrical form (outer diameter of 30 mm and length of 60 mm) were designed and fabricated from 18 various types with 70% porosity and in single, double and triple layers and by Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) method. In all the samples, the outer layers had a higher density compared to the inner layers. The mechanical properties of the scaffolds were determined by the uniform compression test. The stress-strain curves of the samples revealed that as the struts diameter increases, the yield stress increases due to the reduction of manufacturing defects. And the numerical simulations showed that the position of the maximum radial displacement shifts from the middle region to the top and bottom regions of the scaffold with the increase in the number of the layers. Also, a good convergence between the results of the finite element model and the experimental results was observed.
An analysis of traffic accidents and COVID-19 impacts in France and Japan from 2015 to 2021: Insights and Trends
Authors: Simon Valenti , Mori Hirotake , Yoshiro Hadano , Naito Toshio 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Preventive COVID-19 measures affected road traffic in France and Japan. This study explored the consequences on road traffic safety of these measures. A retrospective, descriptive cohort study with road traffic safety data extracted from the French (Observatoire national interministériel de la sécurité routière) and Japanese (National Police Agency) databases for 2015–2021. Road death figures by month, age, and vehicles, and injuries by age from 2015 to 2021 were extracted. In France, the percentage reduction of road deaths in 2020 was 20.5%. The decrease was 56.7% and 32.7% during the two lockdown periods. The road death reduction was observed for car occupants (23.4%), motorcyclists (22.0%), and pedestrians (19.0%). Outside the lockdown period, bicyclist deaths increased by 15% compared to 2017–2019. Injuries decreased by 20.8% for the year. In Japan, the overall road death reduction was 11.7%, with a reduction of 19.9% during the state of emergency in April-May 2020 and 29% in August 2020. Injuries decreased by 20% for the whole year 2020. There were reductions in road deaths for car occupants (18.6%), pedestrians (14.8%), and bicyclists (3.2%), but an increase for motorcyclists was observed (6.6%). In association with the reduction of road traffic, speeding violations increased. Preventive measures had a positive impact on road traffic safety figures.
Comparison of the efficacy for early warning systems in predicting obstetric critical illness
Authors: Xu Yonghui , Zhu Sha , Song Hao , Lian Xiaoyuan , Zeng Maoni , He Ji , Shu Lijuan , Xue XingSheng , Xiao Fei 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Objective: To validate the accuracy of four early warning scores for early identification of women at risk for deterioration.
Study Design: This was a retrospective study of pregnant women admitted in the obstetrics Critical Care Unit (ICU) from August 2019 to August 2020.The capacity of the Modified Obstetric Early Warning Score (MOEWS), ICNARC Obstetric Early Warning Score (OEWS), Maternal Early Obstetric Warning System (MEOWS chart), and Maternal Early Warning Trigger (MEWT) were compared in in predicting severe maternal morbidity. All scoring systems were calculated 24 hours after admission in ICU. The area under receiver operator characteristic (AUROC) curve was used to evaluate the predictive performance of the scoring system.
Results: A total of 352 pregnant women were enrolled, 290 women with severe maternal morbidity were identified and two of them died. Gestational age in group of critically ill were shorter than the group of not critically ill (33.13±0.267 vs. 35.79±0.47, p<0.001). Both the length of ICU stay (3.503±0.314 vs. 1.758±0.994, p<0.001) and total length of stay (9.724±0.379 vs. 6.984±0.319, p<0.001) were longer in women with critically ill. MOEWS was more sensitive than MEOWS chart, ICNARC OEWS and MEWT (96.9% vs. 83.4%, 66.6% and 44.8%). However, MEWT had the highest specificity (98.4%), followed by MOEWS (83.9%), ICNARC OEWS (75.8%) and MEOWS chart （48.4%）. AUROC of MOEWS, ICNARC OEWS, MEOWS chart, and MEWT for prediction of maternal mortality were 0.91 (95% CI: 0.874-0.945), 0.765(95% CI: 0.71-0.82), 0.657(95% CI: 0.577-0.738), and 0.716 (95% CI, 0.659-0.773) respectively. Furthermore, MOEWS had the highest AUCs in the discrimination of serious complications in hypertensive disorders, cardiovascular disease, obstetric hemorrhage and infection. Additionally, among the individual vital signs, maximum diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was the most predictive and followed by maximum systolic blood pressure (SBP) , maximum respiratory rate (RR) and peripheral oxygen saturation(SPO2), the AUCs were 0.626(95% CI, 0.564-0.689), 0.616 (95% CI, 0.553-0.679), 0.607 (95% CI, 0.542-0.672) and 0.321(95%CI, 0.262-0.381) in turn.
Conclusion: MOEWS is significantly more accurate than ICNARC OEWS, MEOWS chart, and MEWT in the performance for predicting the deterioration of obstetric patient. The prediction ability of DBP, SBP, RR and SPO2 are more reliable.
The roles of health literacy and social support in the association between smartphone ownership and frailty in older adults: a moderated mediation model
Authors: Yi Jinseon , Yoon Ju Young , Won Chang Won , Kim Miji , Lee Kyoung Suk 
Published: August 2023

Abstract

Background Understanding the role of smartphones to promote the health status of older adults is important in the digital society. Little is known about the effects of having smartphones on physical frailty despite its positive effect on the well-being of older adults. This study aimed to explore the association between smartphone ownership and frailty in community-dwelling older adults and its underlying mechanism. Methods We used data from the Korean Frailty and Aging Cohort Study and analyzed 2,469 older adults aged 72–86 years. Frailty, health literacy, and social support were assessed by Fried’s frailty phenotype, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System health literacy module, and the Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease (ENRICHD) Social Support Instrument, respectively. The mediation model and moderated mediation model were estimated, where the mediator was health literacy and the moderator was social support, to explore the relationship between smartphone ownership and frailty. Results Of our study participants, 58.9% owned smartphones, and 10.9% were classified as frail. Smartphone ownership was negatively associated with frailty (β =−0.623,p < 0.001).Health literacy mediated the relationship between smartphone ownership and frailty (β= −0.154, boot confidence interval [CI] = − 0.222, − 0.096), and social support moderated the mediation effect (β =−0.010, Boot CI = − 0.016, − 0.004). Conclusions Owning smartphones among older adults could reduce the risk of frailty. Promoting health literacy and social support among older adults with smartphones would be effective to prevent frailty.
Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs toward polypharmacy among older people attending Family Medicine Clinic, Nairobi, Kenya
Authors: Kamau Maureen , Mohamoud Gulnaz , Lusambili Adelaide , Nyanja Njeri , Shabani Jacob 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Background
Life expectancy has increased over the last century among older individuals, particularly those 60 years and over. Aging is associated with increased disability, multiple chronic conditions, and increased use of health services managed with polypharmacy. There are few studies on polypharmacy and aging in sub-Saharan Africa, and it is unclear what older people know and their attitudes toward polypharmacy. This paper presents findings from a study that aimed to understand older people's knowledge, attitudes and beliefs toward polypharmacy.
Methods
A qualitative study using in-depth interviews of 15 patients aged 60 years and older taking more than five medications per day. The study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Family Medicine Clinic (FMC). Data were analyzed using NVivo 12 software.
Results
Participants had a good understanding of their comorbidities. For many, healthcare professionals and the Internet remained credible sources of polypharmacy. Their beliefs influenced compliance with polypharmacy in order to live. Although adverse side effects were reported, participants remained positive because they believed these medicines were beneficial. Religious faith and living healthy lifestyles were perceived to contribute to their positive attitude toward polypharmacy. Stigma and the cost of the medication were reported as barriers.
Conclusion
Older patients need to be educated to reduce the negative attitudes and stigma associated with polypharmacy. Prescription review is encouraged at every clinical encounter to ensure that older patients do not use potentially inappropriate medications. Further research could explore polypharmacy in the geriatric population attending public institutions and in rural settings in Kenya.