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Navigating Urban Spaces as Queer Women in South Africa
Authors: Khuzwayo Zuziwe 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Occupying urban spaces for queer women, often shaped by implicit and explicit forms of regressive heteropatriarchy, has been understood as a challenge for queer women. As a result, queer women struggle to inhabit, live and feel safe in urban spaces. However, further scholarship is needed to consider how queer women may also find strategies to overcome such challenges. Such work can then add productively to, and right an imbalance within, existing scholarship on sexuality and urban space by exploring, acknowledging and giving voice to the lived experiences of queer women especially in urban Africa. Drawing on a PhD study that deployed in-depth interviews with 23 queer women, this intervention looks specifically at how black queer women have found creative ways to create communities with each other in challenging contexts, in the city of Johannesburg. This intervention shows how black queer women resist various forms of oppression by creating safe spaces for themselves (and others) within the city. An appreciation of these strategies by black queer women can then help further discussions as to how we come to understand how queer women occupy and make urban spaces their own through socialisation and support in ways that may also have applicability across the wider continent.
Absence Due to Sickness Among Female Immigrants: Disadvantages Over the Career?
Authors: Ugreninov Elisabeth 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe extent to which and where immigrants’ health may deteriorate in the integration process is less understood. This study extends the current knowledge by focusing on sickness absence in Norway among female immigrants working within eight occupations where few formal skills are required. Administrative register data with a total sample of 261,291 native women and 9251 female refugees or families reunited are used to examine the native-immigrant gap in absence due to sickness during a 10-year period. The main findings are that female immigrants are less likely to have at least one sickness absence spell compared to natives, and that the native-immigrant gap in sickness absence was rather stabile when the number of years worked in these occupations was considered. This study shows that immigrants follow the same pattern as natives and suggests that the native-immigrant gap in absence due to health should be nuanced and focus more on why several years in these occupations increase the probability of sickness absence, independent of country of origin.
Asian Australian Experiences of Racism During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Victoria: a Preliminary Analysis
Authors: Ballantyne Glenda , Giarrusso Vincent 
Published: March 2023

AbstractSince the outbreak of COVID-19, reports of racism and racial discrimination towards those of an Asian cultural background have increased in culturally diverse countries around the world. The current study sought to gain clarity about Asian Australian experiences of racism by conducting inferential and descriptive analysis of cross-sectional survey data collected from the Australian state of Victoria (n = 436). Building on previous studies which have identified a range of modalities and consequences of COVID-19-related racism, participants were prompted to consider their experiences of racism in the year prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 as well as their experiences during the pandemic on four measures—Direct Experiences of Racism, Vicarious Experiences of Racism (online and in-person), Everyday Racism and Hypervigilance. For the target group (participants with an East or Southeast Asian cultural background resident in Victoria), analysis showed an increase in experiences across three of the four measures, with small to moderate effect sizes, Everyday Racism (r = 0.22), Vicarious Experiences of Racism (r = 0.19) and Hypervigilance (r = 0.43). Analysis demonstrated that the target group experienced a significant increase in online experiences of racism (r = 0.28). These findings shed light on the contradictory findings of previous research on pandemic-related racism in Australia. We show that the pandemic impacted Victorians likely to be perceived as of Chinese background more than other Asian Australians.
Drivers of Ecological Condition Identify Bright Spots and Sites for Management Across Coastal Seascapes
Authors: Gilby Ben L. , Goodridge Gaines Lucy A. , Borland Hayden P. , Henderson Christopher J. , Mosman Jesse D. , Olds Andrew D. , Perry Hannah J. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractDisentangling natural and anthropogenic effects on ecosystem condition can uncover bright spots in urban landscapes that are performing above expectations and so are potential sites for conservation or benchmarking, as well as sites performing below expectations that should be the focus of management. In this study, we tested for correlations between metrics indexing ecological condition (focusing on habitat-forming species) and a suite of spatial and environmental variables at 373 sites across four ecosystems (mangroves, seagrass, saltmarsh and rocky outcrops) and 13 estuaries in southeast Queensland, Australia. Ten condition metrics across the four ecosystems correlated with variables indexing the seascape context of sites, with condition metrics typically higher at sites more connected to natural features including the estuary mouth and mangroves. Urbanisation affected only two metrics, with rocky outcrop oyster cover being 75% lower at sites near extensive urbanisation and algae cover being highest at sites with intermediate urbanisation. We identified patterns in at least two variables from each ecosystem, meaning that decisions need to be made regarding optimal ecosystem states. Overall, management sites were more common than bright spots, with 50% more management sites in mangroves, 42.8% more in seagrasses, 38.5% more in saltmarshes and no bright spots in rocky outcrops (however, 10.3% of rocky outcrop sites were bright spots under an alternate ecosystem state model). We found that patterns in habitat condition across coastal seascapes can be predicted using spatial modelling approaches, and that these models can be readily used to prioritise management actions across the entire regions.
Mpox – ein neuer Name für eine alte Krankheit oder doch alles anders?
Authors: Grabmeier-Pfistershammer Katharina 
Published: March 2023

ZusammenfassungMit Mai 2022 schwappte eine Infektionswelle über die Welt und führte zu bisher mehr als 80.000 Fällen in mehr als 100 Ländern: Monkeypox-Infektionen (jetzt Mpox) waren bisher eine auf West- und Zentralafrika begrenzte Zoonose, Fälle in den USA oder Europa waren eine Seltenheit, auf Reisetätigkeit oder Einschleppung des Erregers über infizierte Tiere zurückzuführen. Die Krankheit beginnt mit einem Prodromalstadium, gefolgt von einem Exanthem, das sich zumeist vom Gesicht beginnend ausbreitet, begleitet von einer ausgeprägten generalisierten Lymphadenopathie. Die Hautläsionen durchlaufen Stadien von Makula, Papel, Bläschen und Pustel. Im weltweiten Ausbruch 2022, der fast ausschließlich Männer, die Sex mit Männern haben, betrifft, zeigt sich ein neues Bild der Erkrankung, oftmals ohne Prodromalstadium, mit nur wenigen, auf Anogenital- und Perioralregion limitierten, sehr schmerzhaften Läsionen und einer lokoregionären Lymphadenopathie. Schwere Verläufe und Todesfälle sind selten, trotz eines hohen Anteils an HIV-positiven Patienten. Gezielte Präventionsmaßnahmen, Einsetzen eines Impfprogramms und wahrscheinlich Eintritt einer Herdenimmunität in der Gruppe mit dem höchsten Infektionsrisiko führen seit dem Spätsommer weltweit zum Rückgang der Fallzahlen. Der aktuelle Mpox-Ausbruch macht auf die Wichtigkeit der Erhaltung von Herdenimmunität aufmerksam, legt neuerlich dar, wie schnell Erreger sich in einer mobilen Weltbevölkerung verbreiten können und dass daher Veränderungen von Inzidenzmustern von Erkrankungen in allen Teilen der Welt wahrgenommen werden sollten. Er bietet auch Anlass, sich mit der nach wie vor existenten Stigmatisierung (und Kriminalisierung) von unterschiedlichen Formen von Sexualität auseinanderzusetzen.
Immunfluoreszenzuntersuchungen in der Dermatologie
Authors: Bauer Wolfgang 
Published: March 2023

ZusammenfassungImmunfluoreszenzoptische Untersuchungen haben seit langer Zeit einen fixen Stellenwert in der dermatologischen Diagnostik. Sie sind unerlässlich für die Diagnose von blasenbildenden Autoimmunerkrankungen und liefern wertvolle diagnostische Hinweise in der Beurteilung von Kollagenosen, Vaskulitiden und lichenoiden Erkrankungen sowie in der orientierenden Beurteilung angeborener, blasenbildender Erkrankungen. Mithilfe der direkten Immunfluoreszenzuntersuchung werden in einer Biopsie vorhandene Ablagerungen von Antigen-Antikörperkomplexen nachgewiesen, bei indirekten Methoden wird das Serum von Patienten auf das Vorhandensein von Autoantikörpern untersucht. Ein wesentlicher limitierender Faktor in der Qualität dieser Untersuchungen ist die korrekte Entnahme sowie der Transport der Hautbiopsie ins Labor.
Permeability modeling of Upper Cretaceous Bahariya Formation rocks, Abu Sennan field, Western Desert, Egypt
Authors: Abuseda Hesham Hassan , El Sayed Abdel Moktader Abdel Aziz , Elnaggar Osama Muhammad 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe present work aims to describe in detail the petrophysical properties of the Bahariya Formation (Abu Sennan field) through processing the core sample data and finding out the possible relations between permeability and other reservoir parameters such as porosity, specific internal surface, formation factor, and nuclear magnetic resonance to obtain reliable permeability prediction model of the Upper Cretaceous formation. The core samples have a length range of 2–4 cm with a diameter of 2.54 cm. Many petrophysical reservoir parameters were measured, such as permeability, porosity, density, formation factor, and special measurements such as spectral induced polarization, nuclear magnetic resonance, and specific internal surface. The samples cover a wide range of porosity (11.82–23.68 %) and permeability (0.06–133.65 mD). The porosity-permeability relationship indicates the increase of the permeability with porosity increase for the studied samples. The reservoir quality index ranges from 0.02 to 0.78 μm. The flow zone indicator ranges from 0.09 to 3.39 μm where pore throat radius (R35) ranges from 0.10 to 7.40 μm. The reservoir quality index (RQI) and flow zone indicator (FZI) cross-plot show a better understanding of the formation evaluation. The hydraulic flow units are (0.09 μm < FZI ≤ 3.39 μm) and RQI < (1 μm). NMR longitudinal relaxation time T1 range is 1.21–175 ms, NMR transversal relaxation time T2(100) range is 0.70–91.77 ms, and T2(600) range is 0.74–75.86 ms. Models that incorporate porosity and NMR relaxation times will be more accurate and suitable for permeability prediction. Using multiple regression to determine the exponents of the power-law equation and replacing the porosity with the formation factor can improve the permeability prediction for the samples under investigation. The utilizing of NMR in predicting the permeability through a robust model considers an additional value for the Upper Cretaceous rocks in Egypt.
Rhaponticin suppresses the hypoxia-induced factor-1 alpha-mediated aggressive phenotype of tongue squamous cell carcinoma
Authors: Wu Yuan , Wan Xiaowen , Shao Yisen , Wang Wei , Huang Wenquan , Zhu Jiajun , Jiang Lin 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Background
Emerging evidence suggests that rhaponticin, a stilbene monomeric compound isolated from North China rhubarb, has been shown to exhibit significant biological activity against tumors. However, the anticancer effects and mechanisms of rhaponticin in tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC) remain elusive.

Objective
We investigated the changes of migration and invasion abilities and EMT progression of TSCC cells treated with different concentrations of rhaponticin under hypoxia, as well as the possible mechanisms, in order to initially explore the effects of rhaponticin on the biological characteristics of TSCC cells under hypoxia.

Results
The number of cell migration and invasion was prominently increased, E-cadherin protein was down-regulated, and N-cadherin and HIF-1α protein expression was elevated under hypoxia. Rhaponticin intervention strikingly prevented the increased abilities of migration and invasion and EMT of TSCC cells under hypoxia. This was followed by further validation finding that rhaponticin indeed leads to reduced HIF-1α post-transcriptional activity. Mechanistically, rhaponticin may bind to aryl-hydrocarbon nuclear translocator (ARNT) domain of HIF-1α.

Conclusions
Rhaponticin repressed the invasion and migration abilities and EMT process of TSCC cells under a hypoxic environment in vitro by targeted suppression of HIF-1α.
Fetal cell microchimerism and susceptibility to COVID-19 disease in women
Authors: Cirello Valentina , Lugaresi Marina , Manzo Alessandro , Balla Eva , Fratianni Gerardina , Solari Francesca , Persani Luca , Fugazzola Laura , Campi Irene 
Published: March 2023

AbstractPurposeThe clinical outcome of COVID-19 disease is worse in males, and the reasons of this gender disparity are currently unclear, though evidences point to a combination of biological and gender-specific factors. A phenomenon unique to the female gender is the fetal cell microchimerism (FCM), defined as the presence of fetal microchimeric cells in maternal organs and in the circulation for years after delivery and usually evaluated by assessing the presence of male cells or DNA in a woman. In the present case–control study, we aimed to evaluate the possible effect of pregnancy and related FCM on the susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and on the clinical course and outcome of COVID-19.MethodsOne hundred twenty-three women with a previous male pregnancy, comprising 63 COVID-19 cases and 60 healthy controls were enrolled. The presence of blood male DNA was assessed by the amplification of the Y-chromosome specific gene SRY.ResultsThe prevalence of male DNA of presumed fetal origin was significantly higher in healthy controls than in COVID-19 cases (70 vs 44.4%,P = 0.0044; OR 0.3429, 95% CI 0.1631–0.7207,P = 0.0047). Among women affected with COVID-19, the presence of male FCM did not significantly influence the severity of the disease, though the 8 deceased women studied were all FCM negative.ConclusionThis is the first case–control study reporting the prevalence of FCM in COVID-19 and healthy women. Overall, our data seem to suggest a role for FCM in the protection towards the SARS-CoV-2 infection with a possible positive impact on clinical outcome.
How do sensory features of places impact on spatial exploration of people with autism? A user study
Authors: Cena Federica , Mauro Noemi , Rapp Amon 
Published: March 2023

AbstractAutism is characterized by peculiar sensory processing. The sensory features of a place may have a crucial impact on the decision a person with autism makes when choosing what to visit in a tourist experience. We present a map-based mobile app, conceived for people with mid to high-functioning autism, which exploits sensory features of places to filter the information displayed and suggest locations that may be suitable for their idiosyncratic needs. The mobile app also exploits the crowdmapping paradigm in order to gather these features from the community of users, since they are not publicly available. We describe the results of a composite user evaluation of the app, made up of a task experiment, a field study, and an online questionnaire, which aims to understand (i) whether the explicit presentation of sensory information impacts the decision of going to a specific place, (ii) if the crowdmapping functionality is used and how and (iii) how people with autism navigate the mobile app. The results confirm the importance of the sensory features for people with autism in the decision to go to a specific place. Moreover, they show that crowdmapping may be a good solution to collect such features, but should be integrated with other methods. Finally, the results show that the preferred modality of exploring information about places is by using the map.
Handlungsempfehlungen für SARS-CoV-2-Testkonzepte für asymptomatische Beschäftigte im Gesundheitswesen
Authors: Liebe Susanne H. , Walendi Anna , Brethfeld Lukas 
Published: March 2023

Zusammenfassung
Hintergrund und Zielsetzung
Bei der Umsetzung von SARS-CoV‑2-Testkonzepten in Einrichtungen des Gesundheitswesens kommen ranggleiche Gesetze und Verordnungen zur Anwendung. Vor dem Hintergrund erlebter Hindernisse bei einer adäquaten Umsetzung gesetzlicher Vorgaben in regelkonforme und rechtssichere Prozesse auf betrieblicher Ebene war das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit, dafür konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen zu entwickeln.

Methodik
In einer Fokusgruppe mit Vertreter*innen aus Behörden, Fachschaften und Interessenvertretungen wurden auf Basis von Leitfragen aus zuvor identifizierten Handlungsfeldern in einem holistischen Ansatz kritische Aspekte der Umsetzung diskutiert. Die transkribierten Inhalte wurden anhand deduktiv-induktiver Kategorienbildung qualitativ analysiert.

Ergebnisse
Alle Diskussionsinhalte konnten den identifizierten Kategorien Gesetzliche Hintergründe von, Anforderungen an und Zielrichtungen für Testkonzepte in Gesundheitseinrichtungen, Zuständigkeiten für Umsetzung in betrieblichen Entscheidungsketten sowie Implementierung von SARS-CoV-2-Testkonzepten/Testprozessen zugeordnet werden.

Implikationen
Die Umsetzung gesetzlicher Vorgaben in regelkonforme und rechtssichere SARS-CoV-2-Testkonzepte in Einrichtungen des Gesundheitswesens setzt bereits sowohl die Einbeziehung von Ministerien, Fachschaftsvertretungen, Berufsverbänden, Arbeitgeber(AG)- und Arbeitnehmer*innenvertretungen, Datenschutzexpert*innen, Vertretungen möglicher Kostenträger als auch eine integrative und vollzugstaugliche Formulierung von Gesetzen und Verordnungen voraus. Die Definition von Zielrichtungen für Testkonzepte ist maßgeblich für nachfolgend im Betrieb etablierte Prozessabläufe, bei denen Aspekte des Beschäftigtendatenschutzes genauso berücksichtigt werden müssen wie die Bereitstellung zusätzlicher personeller Ressourcen für die Bewältigung der Aufgaben. Zudem muss es in Zukunft ein zentrales Anliegen der Betriebe sein, IT-Schnittstellenlösungen für eine datenschutzkonforme Informationsweitergabe zu Beschäftigten zu finden.
Structure-enhanced pairwise feature learning for face clustering
Authors: Li Shaoying , Li Jie , Wang Bincheng , Yao Wei , Liu Bo 
Published: March 2023

AbstractFace clustering groups massive unlabeled face images according to their underlying identities and has proven to be a valuable tool for data analysis. Most recent studies have utilized graph convolutional networks (GCNs) to explore the structural properties of faces, thereby effectively achieving improved clustering performance. However, these methods usually suffer from computational intractability for large-scale graphs and tend to be sensitive to some postprocessing thresholds that serve to purify the clustering results. To address these issues, in this paper, we consider each pairwise relationship between two samples as a learning unit and infer clustering assignments by evaluating a group of pairwise connections. Specifically, we propose a novel clustering framework, named structure-enhanced pairwise feature learning (SEPFL), which mixes neighborhood information to adaptively produce pairwise representations for cluster identification. In addition, we design a combined density strategy to select representative pairs, thus ensuring training effectiveness and inference efficiency. The extensive experimental results show that SEPFL achieves better performance than other advanced face clustering techniques.
Creep behavior and permeability evolution of coal pillar dam for underground water reservoir
Authors: Chen Yulong , Hao Xianjie , Xue Dongjie , Li Zhe , Ma Xiaoran 
Published: March 2023

AbstractUsing goof as water storage space plays a vital role in the ecological environment and economic development of arid mining areas, while the rock strength and the stability of coal pillars in underground water reservoirs are closely related to creep process. In this work, triaxial creep-seepage tests were conducted for coal samples to develop new insights into the creep behavior and permeability evolution. The results showed that the creep deformation and permeability evolution of coal samples exhibit three stages, namely, the compaction hardening stage before the stress threshold, volumetric compaction stage, and volumetric dilatancy stage. The coal permeability decreases first and then increases with the creep strain and it is well correlated with the variation of volumetric strain.
Testing the Moral Foundations Questionnaire within a Muslim society: a study among young adults in Pakistan
Authors: Akhtar Nafees , Francis Leslie J. , Village Andrew , Sailer Alison B. , Hasan Syeda Salma , McKenna Ursula 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis paper examines the psychometric properties of the 30-item Moral Foundations Questionnaire among a sample of 370 young adults between the ages of 18 and 26 years who were born in Punjab and who had lived there since their birth. Initial analyses did not support the internal consistency reliability of the five scales of moral predispositions proposed by this measure. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis identified two factors that distinguished not between areas of moral predisposition, but between the two styles of items (relevance and judgement), each of which included all five predispositions. Correlations with personal religiosity suggested that the scale comprising 12 judgement items (α = .88) was susceptible to religious sentiment, but that the scale comprising 12 relevance items (α = .89) was not. The scale of 12 relevance items is commended for further testing and application within Muslim societies.
Non-denominational RE teaching based on a Christian ethical heritage: the Swedish case
Authors: Franck Olof 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis article discusses whether there is a contradiction in prescribing a religious, more specifically a Christian, tradition as the ethical basis for a teaching that is prescribed to be non-denominational. In the Swedish curriculum, the ethics borne by a Christian tradition and Western humanism are used as a platform for the school's teaching at the same time as this is not allowed to be of a denominational nature. It has been argued that there is an incompatibility or even an adversarial contradiction here, which must be eliminated by dethroning and removing either of the two poles. The article analyzes such a stance, and it is argued that such a position, indicating general claims, can be said to rest on a weak argumentative base. A critical and complex interpretation of the concepts of non-denominational and denominational teaching, and of intensional and extensional references associated with them, can open up for a less dichotomous positioning.