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Amphibious Media Histories
Authors: Mannil Bindu Menon 
Published: August 2023

AbstractFilm and media circulation between India and cities on the Persian Gulf can be traced back to the 1940s. This article excavates the histories of media goods that made their way to the strictly regimented and highly taxed regimes of India, examining how these mobilities were enacted and what networks were activated in the movement of these goods. The article explores the dhow as an important media infrastructure for the acceleration of media modernity, and it analyzes infrastructure as a poetic object. It takes up and revitalizes infrastructure as aesthetic form, and it subjects visual texts ranging from mainstream commercial movies to independent cinema and photographic projects to closer analysis, through the assembly of infrastructure and aquatic elements. Combining textual analysis with accounts from divergent sources such as customs department personnel, distributors of audio and video, shipping agents, and contemporary periodicals, the article resurrects a history of confluence of media technologies, ocean movement, and coastal media markets. Through tracing such practices and the infrastructural narratives of the dhow, this article argues for a history of film and media in the Indian Ocean littoral that is more than the flow of texts.
Corpse Politics and the Traveling Bones of Jamaluddin al-Afghani
Authors: Utne Kelsey J. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractForty-seven years after his death, Jamaluddin al-Afghani was reburied in Kabul. Amid the chaos of World War II, Afghanistan had enlisted the governments of British India, Turkey, and Iraq in a scheme to bring the bones of this nineteenth-century intellectual and Pan-Islamist out of exile in Istanbul, where they had lain buried since 1897. The subsequent exhumation, transnational corpse transfer, and reinterment in Kabul provoked the ire of the Iranian state, which contested Afghanistan's claim to be Jamaluddin's natal state. The significance of Jamaluddin's corpse was inseparable from certain aspects of his self-curated hagiography as a consummate wanderer and anti-imperial Pan-Islamist. Consequently, the two states competed for custody of his remains. This transregional case study engages multidisciplinary scholarship on commemoration of the dead and remaking nationalist spaces. The article proposes that the physical location of the dead conjoined with individual hagiographies is key to disrupting or reifying nationalist narratives.
On Ottoman, British, and Belgian Monarchs' Ownership of Private Property in the Late Nineteenth Century
Authors: Yücel Naz 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThis article investigates the transformation of three coeval monarchs—Sultan Abdülhamid II (r. 1876–1909), Queen Victoria (r. 1837–1901), and King Leopold II (r. 1865–1909)—into private landed property owners in the late nineteenth century. In its comparisons, the article centers Sultan Abdülhamid II's transformation into a private landed property owner with the separation of his privy purse from the state treasury in the early 1880s, to show that despite the distinctive specificities of Ottoman law, institutions, and imperial finances, all three monarchs used private ownership of landed property as private individuals. This article not only joins the extended scholarly literature criticizing characterizations of an unproblematic capitalist “West” or “Europe” whose market society is underpinned by development of “private property” against a stagnant and undifferentiated “East” but also complicates the liberal distinction of “state” and “society” by focusing on the private property ownership of the pinnacle of “state actors,” the monarchs.
Low colostrum intake results in potential accumulation of peroxisome lipid substrates in vaginal tissue of 3-week-old gilts
Authors: Mills Kayla , Sheets Jocelyn , Teeple Kelsey , Mann Adrianna , Suarez-Trujillo Aridany , Stewart Kara , Ferreira Christina , Casey Theresa 
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACT
Low colostrum intake relates to poorer health and infertility in swine. We previously connected vaginal lipid profiles at weaning to fertility of sows. We hypothesized vaginal lipidome varied with colostrum intake. Our objective was to determine whether indicators of colostrum intake, immunocrit (IM) and weight gain 24 h postnatal (PN), related to vaginal lipids at d21 PN. Gilts (n=60) were weighed and blood sampled to measure IM. On d21 PN vaginal swabs were taken and lipids measured using multiple reaction monitoring. Abundance of multiple lipids differed (P&lt;0.05) between gilts categorized as high versus low IM and high versus low 24 h gain. The abundance of multiple lipids correlated with IM and 24 h gain. Phosphatidylcholine PC(36:3), PC(36:2), and arachidonic acid (C20:4) positively (P&lt;0.05) correlated with IM. The ether lipid PCo(38:6) and multiple cholesteryl esters negatively (P&lt;0.05) correlated with IM. ROC analysis indicated arachidonic acid and docosanoic acid (C22:0) may serve as excellent biomarkers that distinguish between high and low IM. Similar to gilts found to be infertile, lipid profiles of low colostrum intake animals had greater abundance of very long chain fatty acids, lipids with high levels of unsaturation, and cholesteryl esters, which are metabolized in peroxisomes indicating their potential dysfunction.
A humanized Caenorhabditis elegans model of hereditary spastic paraplegia-associated variants in KLC4
Authors: Gümüşderelioğlu Selin , Resch Lauren , Brock Trisha ,   Undiagnosed Diseases Network, Luxton G. W. Gant , Cope Heidi , Tan Queenie K.-G. , Hopkins Christopher , Starr Daniel A. 
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACT
Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of degenerative neurological disorders. We identified a variant in human kinesin light chain 4 (KLC4) that is suspected to be associated with autosomal-dominant HSP. How this and other variants relate to pathologies is unknown. We created a humanized Caenorhabditis elegans model in which klc-2 was replaced by human KLC4 (referred to as hKLC4) and assessed the extent to which hKLC4 retained function in the worm. We observed a slight decrease in motility but no nuclear migration defects in the humanized worms, suggesting that hKLC4 retains much of the function of klc-2. Five hKLC4 variants were introduced into the humanized model. The clinical variant led to early lethality, with significant defects in nuclear migration when homozygous and a weak nuclear migration defect when heterozygous, possibly correlating with the clinical finding of late-onset HSP when the proband was heterozygous. Thus, we were able to establish humanized C. elegans as an animal model for HSP and to use it to test the significance of five variants of uncertain significance in the human gene KLC4.
The endosomal system of primary human vascular endothelial cells and albumin–FcRn trafficking
Authors: Pannek Andreas , Becker-Gotot Janine , Dower Steven K. , Verhagen Anne M. , Gleeson Paul A. 
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACT
Human serum albumin (HSA) has a long circulatory half-life owing, in part, to interaction with the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn or FCGRT) in acidic endosomes and recycling of internalised albumin. Vascular endothelial and innate immune cells are considered the most relevant cells for FcRn-mediated albumin homeostasis in vivo. However, little is known about endocytic trafficking of FcRn–albumin complexes in primary human endothelial cells. To investigate FcRn–albumin trafficking in physiologically relevant endothelial cells, we generated primary human vascular endothelial cell lines from blood endothelial precursors, known as blood outgrowth endothelial cells (BOECs). We mapped the endosomal system in BOECs and showed that BOECs efficiently internalise fluorescently labelled HSA predominantly by fluid-phase macropinocytosis. Pulse-chase studies revealed that intracellular HSA molecules co-localised with FcRn in acidic endosomal structures and that the wildtype HSA, but not the non-FcRn-binding HSAH464Q mutant, was excluded from late endosomes and/or lysosomes. Live imaging revealed that HSA is partitioned into FcRn-positive tubules derived from maturing macropinosomes, which are then transported towards the plasma membrane. These findings identify the FcRn–albumin trafficking pathway in primary vascular endothelial cells, relevant to albumin homeostasis.
Acute Effect of Heavy Weightlifting on the Pelvic Floor Muscles in Strength-Trained Women – An Experimental Crossover Study
Authors: Skaug Kristina Lindquist , Engh Marie Ellström , Bø Kari 
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACT

Introduction/Purpose
Heavy lifting may produce strain on the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) due to high increases in intraabdominal pressure, but knowledge of the impact of weightlifting on the PFM is lacking. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate acute effects of heavy weightlifting on the PFM in strength-trained women and whether general strength in whole-body exercises correlated to PFM strength.

Methods
Forty-seven nulliparous women between 18-35 years who regularly performed weightlifting and were able to lift their own body weight x 1.2 in back squat and 1.5 in deadlift were included in this experimental crossover study. They participated in baseline evaluations (questionnaire/measurements of background characteristics and pelvic floor disorders, 1 repetition maximum (1RM) tests in back squat and deadlift) and one test day where they were randomized to start with 60 minutes of weightlifting (4 sets of 4 repetitions at 75-85% of 1RM in back squat and deadlift) or seated rest of 60 minutes. Vaginal pressure measurements of PFM resting pressure, strength, and endurance and sEMG-measurements of PFM resting activity were performed before/after weightlifting and rest.

Results
No statistically significant differences were found when comparing the change in PFM resting pressure, strength, endurance, and resting activity after heavy weightlifting and rest. There were no statistically significant correlations between PFM strength and maximum (1RM) or relative strength (1RM/bodyweight) in either back squat or deadlift.

Conclusions
Our results imply that heavy weightlifting is well tolerated by the PFM in short-term among young, nulliparous, and strength-trained women. Strength in whole-body exercises was not correlated to PFM strength.
Eligibility for obesity management in Peru: Analysis of National Health Surveys from 2014 to 2022
Authors: Bernabe-Ortiz Antonio , Carrillo-Larco Rodrigo M. 
Published: August 2023

Background: The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased fastest in low- and middle-income countries in the last decades. Together with this rising prevalence, pharmacological and surgical interventions for obesity have emerged. How many people need these treatments is unknown. We quantified the prevalence of people in need of pharmacological and surgical treatment for obesity in Peru between 2014 and 2022. Methods: Repeated cross-sectional analysis of national health surveys in Peru was conducted. Eligibility for pharmacological treatment for obesity was: body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2 or BMI ≥27 kg/m2 alongside type 2 diabetes or hypertension (self-reported). Eligibility for bariatric surgery were BMI ≥40 kg/m2 or BMI between 35 to 39.9 kg/m2 linked to weight-related health problems. We used Poisson regressions to identify associated factors with eligibility for obesity management. Results: Across years, 260,131 people (mean age 44.0 and 54.5% were women) were studied, 66,629 (27.7%; 95% CI: 27.4% - 28.1%) were eligible for obesity medication, and 5,263 (2.5%; 95% CI: 2.4% - 2.6%) were eligible for bariatric surgery. Female sex, older age, higher socioeconomic level and study year were associated with higher probability of eligibility for both obesity medication and bariatric surgery. Conclusions: Eligibility for obesity management has increased over time in Peru. There is a need to strengthen policies to tackle overweight and obesity in Peru, acknowledging that some individuals may benefit from pharmacological and surgical interventions.
Technical Note—A Data-Driven Approach to Beating SAA Out of Sample
Authors: Gotoh Jun-ya , Kim Michael Jong , Lim Andrew E. B. 
Published: August 2023

A Little Pessimism Goes a Long Way Data-driven optimization is concerned with finding a decision, using data and perhaps a model, that performs well when it is applied on a new unseen data point. Data-driven optimization is challenging because data are limited or the model is wrong or the environment in which the decision is being applied is different from the one in which the training data were collected. Distributionally robust optimization (DRO), a worst case optimization method for finding decisions that are insensitive to model error, can sometimes but not always deliver a decision that has a larger out-of-sample expected reward than the sample average approximation (SAA). “A Data Driven Approach to Beating SAA out of Sample” by Jun-ya Gotoh, Michael Kim, and Andrew Lim shows that if worst case (DRO) solutions fail at this task, then the solution of a best case distributionally optimistic optimization problem will do the job. As good as this sounds, there is a catch: whereas an optimistic decision might beat SAA, the improvement is very modest and comes at the cost of being much more sensitive to model misspecification than both the SAA and the DRO decisions. Moreover, it is easy to make a mistake: it can be difficult to determine with a modestly sized data set whether the best or worst case solution will have the higher expected reward than SAA. In summary, data driven optimization is a trade-off between maximizing the expected reward and controlling the sensitivity of this expectation to model misspecification. When both are considered, a little bit of pessimism goes a long way.
A JUSTIÇA COMO EQUIDADE EM JOHN RAWLS E O PROGRAMA BOLSA FAMÍLIA: UMA ANÁLISE PARA GARANTIR DIREITOS FUNDAMENTAIS / JUSTICE AS EQUITY IN JOHN RAWLS AND THE BOLSA FAMÍLIA PROGRAM: AN ANALYSIS TO GUARANTEE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
Authors: Bortoloti José Carlos Kraemer , Zambam Neuro José , Mallman Liana Zerbielli Trentin 
Published: August 2023

Resumo: O Programa Bolsa Família é uma das mais importantes políticas públicas do Brasil. É caracterizado pela transferência direta de renda e busca, por meio das condicionalidades, a redução das desigualdades sociais e econômicas. No mesmo sentido, a teoria de justiça como equidade de Rawls possui o propósito da promoção de sociedades mais justas e igualitárias, buscando dirimir as desigualdades existentes nas sociedades. Assim, esta pesquisa objetiva analisar a conexão existente entre o PBF e a teoria de Rawls. Conclui-se que o princípio da diferença é plenamente aplicável ao PBF, sendo que os menos favorecidos, que se referem aos beneficiários, possuem mecanismos para acessar os bens primários, como liberdades, oportunidades, rendas e riquezas, o que viabiliza e colabora para que eles participem mais ativamente na sociedade, possuindo o mínimo de dignidade como ser humano e a garantia dos direitos fundamentais, assim como de sociedades mais justas.Palavras-chave: Democracia; Direitos fundamentais; Programa Bolsa Família; Teoria da Justiça. Abstract: The Bolsa Família Program is one of the most important public policies in Brazil. It is characterized by the direct transfer of income, and seeks through the conditions to reduce social and economic inequalities. In the same sense, Rawls' theory of justice as equity has the purpose of promoting more just and egalitarian societies, seeking to resolve the existing inequalities in societies. Thus, this research aims to analyze the connection between the PBF and Rawls' theory. Finally, it is concluded that the principle of difference is fully applicable to the PBF, and the least favored, which refers to beneficiaries, have mechanisms to access primary goods, such as freedoms, opportunities, incomes and wealth, which enables and collaborates so that they participate more actively in society, possessing the minimum of dignity as a human being and the guarantee of fundamental rights, as well as, of more just societiesKeywords: Democracy; Fundamental rights; Bolsa Família Program; Theory of Justice.
Matching target color in polyolefins by estimating pigment concentrations using a four-flux model
Authors: Safdar Muhammad , Emmel Patrick 
Published: August 2023

In applications of computer color formulation where color stimuli are optically thick (e.g., textiles, coatings, etc.), a simple single-constant or two-constant theory (e.g., Kubelka–Munk model) would suffice. To accurately predict reflectance and transmittance of materials with optical thickness ranging from optically thin to optically thick (e.g., plastics), mathematically complex radiative transfer theories (e.g., many-flux models) have been recommended. A many-flux model can even predict color formulation involving special-effect pigments (e.g., metallic, pearlescent, etc.), but implementation of such models is manyfold complicated. In the current study, applicability of a relatively simple Maheu–Letoulouzan–Gouesbet (MLG) four-flux radiative transfer model to optically varying pigmented polyolefins is thoroughly investigated. First, the MLG model was implemented to determine absorption and scattering coefficients of over 120 pigments where a new mean relative absolute spectral error (MRASE) between measured and calculated spectral reflectance and transmittance of the calibration samples was minimized as an objective function. Second, currently determined absorption and scattering coefficients were further validated by color recipe prediction of 350 historical product colors. Measured and predicted reflectance curves were compared in units of MRASE, CIEDE2000 color difference, metamerism index, root mean square error, and goodness-of-fit coefficient. Moreover, transmission matching was evaluated in units of percent difference between the required and predicted average transmittance. Results showed that with the current implementation of the MLG four-flux model, color recipes of at least 95% of the target colors can be predicted within the acceptability thresholds in units of different error metrics used in the study.
Mendebaldera leihoa: kultura eta ingurunea Eskoziako gaelera-hiztunen komunitatean
Authors: Mentxakatorre Jon 
Published: August 2023

Hizkuntza galtzen duen gaelikoak bere mundua galdu beharrean mundua bera galtzen duen baieztapena sakona da. Gaelerak mundu osoa bere baitan daukala esan nahi du, eta zuzena da, hizkuntza jakina ez baita unibertsala mundu osoak hitz egiten duelako, hizkuntzak mundu osoa hitzetara eraman dezakeelako baizik. Hizkuntzak, hein jakinean, pentsamenduaren adierazpenaren izaera xedatzen du –pentsamendua bera ez–, eta, ondorioz, hiztuna bera herrian eta atzerrian aditzera nola ematen den. XXI. mendean, ondare oparo eta aberatseko gaelera hiztun-komunitatearen osasuna oso makal dagoenean, hizkuntza horren eta haren herriaren aldeko ekimenen artean, liburu ugaria dugu Window to the West: Culture and Environment in the Scottish Gàidhealtachd [Mendebaldera leihoa: kultura eta ingurunea Eskoziako gaelera hiztun-komunitatean], ingelesez idatzia eta doan eskuragarri.
Absolute and Relative Risks of Kidney and Urological Complications in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Authors: Yang Yuanhang , Ludvigsson Jonas F. , Olén Ola , Sjölander Arvid , Carrero Juan J. 
Published: August 2023

INTRODUCTION:
The burden of kidney and urological complications in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains poorly characterized.

METHODS:
We analyzed association between developing IBD (as a time-varying exposure) and relative risks of receiving diagnoses of chronic kidney disease (CKD), acute kidney injury (AKI), or kidney stones, and experiencing a clinically-relevant decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (CKD progression; composite of kidney failure or an eGFR decline ≥30%) in 1,682,795 individuals seeking healthcare in Stockholm, Sweden, during 2006–2018. We quantified 5- and 10-year absolute risks of these complications in a parallel matched cohort of IBD cases and random controls matched (1:5) on sex, age, and eGFR.

RESULTS:
During median 9 years, 10,117 participants developed IBD. Incident IBD was associated with higher risks of kidney-related complications compared with non-IBD periods: hazard ratio (HR) (95% confidence interval) was 1.24 (1.10–1.40) for receiving a CKD diagnosis and 1.11 (1.00–1.24) for CKD progression. For absolute risks, 11.8% IBD cases had a CKD event within 10-year. Of these, 6.4% received a CKD diagnosis, and 7.9% reached CKD progression. The risks of AKI (HR 1.97 [1.70–2.29]; 10-year absolute risk 3.6%) and kidney stones (HR 1.69 [1.48–1.93]; 10-year absolute risk 5.6%) were also elevated. Risks were similar in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

DISCUSSION:
More than 10% of patients with IBD developed CKD within 10-year from diagnosis, with many not being identified through diagnostic codes. This, together with their elevated AKI and kidney stone risks, highlights the need of established protocols for kidney function monitoring and referral to nephrological/urological care for patients with IBD.
II Seminário Internacional de Direito Internacional Crítico
Authors: Cardoso Squeff Tatiana , Dassoler Damasceno Gabriel Pedro 
Published: August 2023

Trata-se da publicação dos resumos expandidos selecionados via double blind review, os quais foram apresentados nos Grupos de Trabalho durante 'II Seminário Internacional de Direito Internacional Crítico”, realizado na Universidade Federal de Uberlândia entre os dias 02 e 03 de junho de 2023, com fomento FAPEMIG (OET-00482-22) e apoio da Revista.
Noncoercive parabolic obstacle problems
Authors: Farroni Fernando , Greco Luigi , Moscariello Gioconda , Zecca Gabriella 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
We prove an existence result for obstacle problems related to convection-diffusion parabolic equations with singular coefficients in the convective term. Our operator is not coercive, the obstacle function is time-dependent irregular, and the coefficients in the lower-order term belong to a borderline mixed Lebesgue-Marcinkiewicz space.
α-Fetoprotein contributes to the malignant biological properties of AFP-producing gastric cancer
Authors: Mao Xiang , Wang Jun , Luo Fen 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
This study aimed to investigate whether α-fetoprotein (AFP) could affect the malignant behavior of AFP-producing gastric cancer (AFP-GC) and to explore the relationship between AFP and mesenchymal–epithelial transition factor (c-Met) in AFP-GC. In this study, 23 patients with AFP-GC (AFP[+]) and 18 patients with common gastric cancer (AFP[−]) were evaluated for the c-Met expression using immunohistochemical analysis. The AFP-GC cell line, GCIY, was used. The AFP endoribonuclease-prepared small interfering RNA (siRNA) and eukaryotic AFP overexpression vector were used to increase/knockdown the expression of AFP. Afterward, the c-Met expression was evaluated by polymerase chain reaction and western blot. The proliferation, migration, and invasion of GCIY cells were estimated before and after the AFP overexpression/knockdown. The c-Met expression in both groups was the same (p > 0.05), and AFP[+] group had a higher positive incidence of the c-Met expression than the AFP[−] group (p < 0.01). Furthermore, the c-Met expression frequency was decreased by AFP knockdown and increased by AFP overexpression (p < 0.01). The cell counting kit-8 cell proliferation assay, cell invasion, and migration assays confirmed that the AFP could affect the malignant biological behavior of AFP-GC. These findings suggest that AFP contributes to the malignant biological properties of AFP-GC and the high expression of c-Met in AFP-GC.