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Romani Musical Labor and Cultural Politics in Southeastern Serbia
Authors: Marković Alexander 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Romani brass musicians in Vranje, Serbia, connect locals to regional traditions and prestigious Ottoman cultural legacies through their musical labor. Roma practically monopolize brass band musical performance in the area, providing essential services to both Romani and Serbian communities at important community celebrations. Weddings in particular are major events where brass bands are inextricably tied to ritual efficacy and desirable levels of festive exuberance. Expert knowledge of repertoire, musical aesthetics, and celebratory custom—traditionally maintained within family lineages via oral transmission—position Roma as key culture brokers who nurture local folklore and community rituals through performance. Moreover, Romani expressive practices allow Vranje Serbs to tangibly connect with a romanticized “authentic/exotic/Eastern” Ottoman heritage in ways that garner cultural cachet despite the region’s ostensibly marginal position in contemporary Serbia.
Gentiles and Their Relations to Jews
Authors: Zetterholm Magnus 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe relations between Gentiles and Jews in the Greco-Roman world generally appear to have been characterized by relative harmony. Although reciprocal stereotyping, hostility, and prejudice indeed existed among Jews and Gentiles, there is also ample evidence of positive Gentile-Jewish social interaction, at least within some strata of the population. This most likely took place in the context of various voluntary associations to which the Jewish synagogues belonged. When the imperial government acted against Jews, it seldom concerned Jews only but commonly involved other minorities. Jews were normally permitted to practice their religion, and Jewish communities had developed various strategies for expressing loyalty to the empire without crossing the line to “idolatry.” The different attitudes, positive and negative, to Gentiles found within the early Jesus movement most likely represent different various strategies for dealing with the problem of the assumed moral impurity of Gentiles.
Best Practices Acquired from an Anti-Oppressive, Intermodal, Creative Arts Therapy Group for Trans and Nonbinary Youth
Authors: Thibeault Charles-Antoine 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
This chapter articulates a theoretical model for a creative arts therapy group for trans and nonbinary youth aged 14 to 18 years, in Canada. With the inclusion of audio extracts, this chapter provides the reader with a glimpse into the realities of the group and highlights lessons learned from the work achieved. From my perspective as a trans music therapist, this chapter suggests recommendations for clinical work in this setting. This chapter also discusses the importance of an anti-oppressive approach that allows expressions of complex emotions to arise and be shared. Considering artistic creativity as a tool to convey openness, I discuss the needs of trans and nonbinary youth for community, as a means to be supported and witnessed. Finally, the chapter touches on the work achieved outside the group that allowed for systemic change and parental, social, and legal support. This chapter aims to provide an operational overview of the ways in which queer and trans music therapy can be clinically realized.
Critical Reflections on Queer Thought, Music, and Therapy from a Multicultured and Multilayered Israeli Perspective
Authors: Aronoff Uri , Gilboa Avi , Antebi Judy 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
This chapter will reflect on the multicultural and multilayered aspects of queerness, music, and music therapy in Israel. Three perspectives are considered: (i) ‘surviving at the margins’ that show how difficult it is for people from extreme cultural environments to develop a queer identity, and how music therapy can help, (ii) ‘somewhere in between’ that focuses on queer singer-songwriters, how the Israeli environment challenges them, and how music reflects and supports this process, and (iii) ‘a bridge between extremes’ that focuses on groups between Arab and Jewish students in which queer alternatives for perceiving the otherwise binary political situation are offered. The examples highlighted in these sections show how music can consider the changing shades of identity and help clients to form their own unique realities. They also demonstrate how queer knowing can help reveal the potential for a richer world, with more possibilities to create, dialogue with others, and solve problems. Many of the insights shared in this chapter can be related to music therapists and musicians beyond the cultural context of Israel.
Czech Child Protection after 1989
Authors: Shmidt Victoria 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
This chapter explains the child protection system in Czech Republic after 1989 in relation to the socialist legacy and the European call for democratic legitimacy. It notes the legitimacy crisis of diverse institutions such as child protection in Eastern Europe. The ideal performance of child protection should coincide with the ideals of democratic legitimacy and reduction of democratic deficit. Democratic legitimacy is used as an analytic tool for exploring the transformation of child protection in the Czech Republic. The shift in child protection came in waves of battling residential care, focusing on the empowerment of biological families, and campaigning against domestic violence.
A Dharma Protector in a Transcultural Tantric Buddhist Context
Authors: Wallace Vesna A. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
In the process of transmission of tantric Buddhism from one culture to another, tantric deities often undergo multivariant configurations as the lineages of their transmissions grow in numbers, and as legends of their origins, their religious and social roles, and ritual practices expand. One such deity is a fierce deity widely known in Mongolian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions under the names of Jamsran/Jamsrang (Tib. Lcam sring) and Begtse Brother-and Sister (Tib. Beg tse lcam dral; Mong. Begze Begze Egch Düü). Jamsran falls into two main categories of deities—the Buddhist war deities and Dharma Protectors—whose fierce nature and violent actions have been directed toward the mundane and religious pragmatic ends in Tibetan and Mongolian forms of Buddhism.
Cognitive Enhancement Using Non-invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS), with Application to Normal and Pathological Cognitive Decline in Aging
Authors: Luber Bruce , Beynel Lysianne 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Cognitive decline is an inescapable part of aging, and few effective treatments to remediate such decline have been developed. Recently, the number of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) studies reporting cognitive enhancement have multiplied, opening up the possibility of development of treatments for cognitive decline employing NIBS. Such possibilities are explored in this chapter, beginning with a survey of the current state of NIBS research into treating cognitive decline in normal and pathological aging, focusing on the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial electric stimulation (TES). The results of present work in the field indicate that cognitive improvements in healthy older adults and in patients with pathological aging such as Alzheimer’s disease can be produced using NIBS, both acutely and possibly in longer-lasting ways, but that much more needs to be done. We then discuss a number of research paradigms to accomplish this goal, beginning first by stressing that engagement with functional brain networks underlying the cognitive processes of interest should be established using NIBS prior to initiating any RCTS. Other techniques to optimize NIBS engagement discussed include use of imaging and computational tools to understand and exploit network interactions, of neural models of plasticity to make predictive choices of NIBS parameters, of online EEG to work with the brain’s oscillatory dynamics, and of functional state targeting to create Hebbian synergies with cognitive functions. Using these techniques in time may lead to the development of effective means of using NIBS to treat cognitive decline in aging.
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: It is time to consider harm reduction care for adolescents in Canada
Authors: Leonard Sean , Sotindjo Tatiana , Brophy Jason , Tan Darrell H S , Nashid Nancy 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Youth (aged 15 to 29 years) account for one quarter of new HIV cases in Canada. Of those, men-who-have-sex-with-men make up one third to one half of new cases in that age range. Moreover, Indigenous youth are over-represented in the proportion of new cases. The use of emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) significantly reduces the risk of HIV acquisition in adults. Its use was expanded to include youth over 35 kg by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2018. However, PrEP uptake remains low among adolescents. Prescriber-identified barriers include lack of experience, concerns about safety, unfamiliarity with follow-up guidelines, and costs. This article provides an overview of PrEP for youth in Canada, and its associated safety and side effect profiles. Hypothetical case vignettes highlight some of the many demographics of youth who could benefit from PrEP. We present a novel flow diagram that explains the baseline workup, prescribing guidelines, and follow-up recommendations in the Canadian context. Additional counselling points highlight some of the key discussions that should be elicited when prescribing PrEP.
Ubiquitylation of PHYTOSULFOKINE RECEPTOR 1 modulates the defense response in tomato
Authors: Hu Zhangjian , Fang Hanmo , Zhu Changan , Gu Shaohan , Ding Shuting , Yu Jingquan , Shi Kai 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Phytosulfokine (PSK) is a danger-associated molecular pattern recognized by PHYTOSULFOKINE RECEPTOR 1 (PSKR1) and initiates intercellular signaling to coordinate different physiological processes, especially in the defense response to the necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea. The activity of peptide receptors is largely influenced by different posttranslational modifications, which determine intercellular peptide signal outputs. To date, the posttranslational modification to PHYTOSULFOKINE RECEPTOR 1 (PSKR1) remains largely unknown. Here, we show that tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) PSKR1 is regulated by the ubiquitin/proteasome degradation pathway. Using multiple protein–protein interactions and ubiquitylation analyses, we identified that plant U-box E3 ligases PUB12 and PUB13 interacted with PSKR1, among which PUB13 caused PSKR1 ubiquitylation at Lys-748 and Lys-905 sites to control PSKR1 abundance. However, this posttranslational modification was attenuated upon addition of PSK. Moreover, the disease symptoms observed in PUB13 knock-down and overexpression lines demonstrated that PUB13 significantly suppressed the PSK-initiated defense response. This highlights an important regulatory function for the turnover of a peptide receptor by E3 ligase-mediated ubiquitylation in the plant defense response.
The Spot the Troll Quiz game increases accuracy in discerning between real and inauthentic social media accounts
Authors: Lees Jeffrey , Banas John A , Linvill Darren , Meirick Patrick C , Warren Patrick 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
The proliferation of political mis/disinformation on social media has led many scholars to embrace “inoculation” techniques, where individuals are trained to identify the signs of low-veracity information prior to exposure. Coordinated information operations frequently spread mis/disinformation through inauthentic or “troll” accounts that appear to be trustworthy members to the targeted polity, as in Russia's attempts to influence the 2016 US presidential election. We experimentally tested the efficacy of inoculation against inauthentic online actors, using the Spot the Troll Quiz, a free, online educational tool that teaches how to spot markers of inauthenticity. Inoculation works in this setting. Across an online US nationally representative sample (N = 2,847), which also oversampled older adults, we find that taking the Spot the Troll Quiz (vs. playing a simple game) significantly increases participants’ accuracy in identifying trolls among a set of Twitter accounts that are novel to participants. This inoculation also reduces participants’ self-efficacy in identifying inauthentic accounts and reduced the perceived reliability of fake news headlines, although it had no effect on affective polarization. And while accuracy in the novel troll-spotting task is negatively associated with age and Republican party identification, the Quiz is equally effective on older adults and Republicans as it was on younger adults and Democrats. In the field, a convenience set of Twitter users who posted their Spot the Troll Quiz results in the fall of 2020 (N = 505) reduced their rate of retweeting in the period after the Quiz, with no impact on original tweeting.
Semantic Speech Networks Linked to Formal Thought Disorder in Early Psychosis
Authors: Nettekoven Caroline R , Diederen Kelly , Giles Oscar , Duncan Helen , Stenson Iain , Olah Julianna , Gibbs-Dean Toni , Collier Nigel , Vértes Petra E , Spencer Tom J , Morgan Sarah E , McGuire Philip 
Published: March 2023

AbstractBackground and HypothesisMapping a patient’s speech as a network has proved to be a useful way of understanding formal thought disorder in psychosis. However, to date, graph theory tools have not explicitly modelled the semantic content of speech, which is altered in psychosis.Study DesignWe developed an algorithm, “netts,” to map the semantic content of speech as a network, then applied netts to construct semantic speech networks for a general population sample (N = 436), and a clinical sample comprising patients with first episode psychosis (FEP), people at clinical high risk of psychosis (CHR-P), and healthy controls (total N = 53).Study ResultsSemantic speech networks from the general population were more connected than size-matched randomized networks, with fewer and larger connected components, reflecting the nonrandom nature of speech. Networks from FEP patients were smaller than from healthy participants, for a picture description task but not a story recall task. For the former task, FEP networks were also more fragmented than those from controls; showing more connected components, which tended to include fewer nodes on average. CHR-P networks showed fragmentation values in-between FEP patients and controls. A clustering analysis suggested that semantic speech networks captured novel signals not already described by existing NLP measures. Network features were also related to negative symptom scores and scores on the Thought and Language Index, although these relationships did not survive correcting for multiple comparisons.ConclusionsOverall, these data suggest that semantic networks can enable deeper phenotyping of formal thought disorder in psychosis. Whilst here we focus on network fragmentation, the semantic speech networks created by Netts also contain other, rich information which could be extracted to shed further light on formal thought disorder. We are releasing Netts as an open Python package alongside this manuscript.
Voice Patterns as Markers of Schizophrenia: Building a Cumulative Generalizable Approach Via a Cross-Linguistic and Meta-analysis Based Investigation
Authors: Parola Alberto , Simonsen Arndis , Lin Jessica Mary , Zhou Yuan , Wang Huiling , Ubukata Shiho , Koelkebeck Katja , Bliksted Vibeke , Fusaroli Riccardo 
Published: March 2023

AbstractBackground and HypothesisVoice atypicalities are potential markers of clinical features of schizophrenia (eg, negative symptoms). A recent meta-analysis identified an acoustic profile associated with schizophrenia (reduced pitch variability and increased pauses), but also highlighted shortcomings in the field: small sample sizes, little attention to the heterogeneity of the disorder, and to generalizing findings to diverse samples and languages.Study DesignWe provide a critical cumulative approach to vocal atypicalities in schizophrenia, where we conceptually and statistically build on previous studies. We aim at identifying a cross-linguistically reliable acoustic profile of schizophrenia and assessing sources of heterogeneity (symptomatology, pharmacotherapy, clinical and social characteristics). We relied on previous meta-analysis to build and analyze a large cross-linguistic dataset of audio recordings of 231 patients with schizophrenia and 238 matched controls (&gt;4000 recordings in Danish, German, Mandarin and Japanese). We used multilevel Bayesian modeling, contrasting meta-analytically informed and skeptical inferences.Study ResultsWe found only a minimal generalizable acoustic profile of schizophrenia (reduced pitch variability), while duration atypicalities replicated only in some languages. We identified reliable associations between acoustic profile and individual differences in clinical ratings of negative symptoms, medication, age and gender. However, these associations vary across languages.ConclusionsThe findings indicate that a strong cross-linguistically reliable acoustic profile of schizophrenia is unlikely. Rather, if we are to devise effective clinical applications able to target different ranges of patients, we need first to establish larger and more diverse cross-linguistic datasets, focus on individual differences, and build self-critical cumulative approaches.
Language Analytics for Assessment of Mental Health Status and Functional Competency
Authors: Voleti Rohit , Woolridge Stephanie M , Liss Julie M , Milanovic Melissa , Stegmann Gabriela , Hahn Shira , Harvey Philip D , Patterson Thomas L , Bowie Christopher R , Berisha Visar 
Published: March 2023

AbstractBackground and HypothesisAutomated language analysis is becoming an increasingly popular tool in clinical research involving individuals with mental health disorders. Previous work has largely focused on using high-dimensional language features to develop diagnostic and prognostic models, but less work has been done to use linguistic output to assess downstream functional outcomes, which is critically important for clinical care. In this work, we study the relationship between automated language composites and clinical variables that characterize mental health status and functional competency using predictive modeling.Study DesignConversational transcripts were collected from a social skills assessment of individuals with schizophrenia (n = 141), bipolar disorder (n = 140), and healthy controls (n = 22). A set of composite language features based on a theoretical framework of speech production were extracted from each transcript and predictive models were trained. The prediction targets included clinical variables for assessment of mental health status and social and functional competency. All models were validated on a held-out test sample not accessible to the model designer.Study ResultsOur models predicted the neurocognitive composite with Pearson correlation PCC = 0.674; PANSS-positive with PCC = 0.509; PANSS-negative with PCC = 0.767; social skills composite with PCC = 0.785; functional competency composite with PCC = 0.616. Language features related to volition, affect, semantic coherence, appropriateness of response, and lexical diversity were useful for prediction of clinical variables.ConclusionsLanguage samples provide useful information for the prediction of a variety of clinical variables that characterize mental health status and functional competency.
Long Noncoding RNAs in Plant–Pathogen Interactions
Authors: Wang Ying , Folimonova Svetlana Y. 
Published: March 2023

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are commonly defined as transcripts that lack protein-coding capacity and are longer than 200 nucleotides. Since the emergence of next-generation sequencing technologies in this century, thousands of lncRNAs have been identified from nearly all living organisms. Notably, various pathogens also express their own lncRNAs in host cells during infection. In plants, many lncRNAs exhibit dynamic expression patterns in response to environmental stimuli, including pathogen attacks. In contrast to well-established methods in identifying such lncRNAs, the current understanding of lncRNAs’ functional mechanisms is in its infancy. Some lncRNAs serve as precursors for generating small RNAs or serve as target mimics to sequester functional small RNAs, which have been extensively reviewed in the literature. This review focuses on the emerging evidence supporting that certain lncRNAs function as negative or positive regulators of plant immunity. A common theme is that those regulations rely on specific interactions between lncRNAs and key regulatory proteins. Viroids as single-stranded circular noncoding RNAs provide a handle to investigate how RNA local motifs render interaction specificity between lncRNAs and regulatory proteins. [Formula: see text] Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license .
Providing trauma-informed care to patients who identify as LGBTQAI
Authors: Guelbert Christopher S. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract:
Individuals in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), asexual (or allied), intersex (LGBTQAI) community may experience higher levels of trauma than the general population. Trauma-informed care is an evidence-based method of providing care to patients who identify as LGBTQAI to prevent retraumatization of the individual. Therefore, using principles of trauma-informed nursing with these individuals is of utmost importance.
Insulin-to-carbohydrate ratios
Authors: Mongiello Lorraine Laccetti 
Published: March 2023

Abstract:
Carbohydrate counting is an efficacious technique to safely achieve glycemic targets and improve outcomes for patients using meal-time insulin. This article provides nurses with the knowledge and skills to assist and support their patients. It also reviews how to evaluate glycemic control and provides guidelines for referral to diabetes education programs.
A comparison of visual discomfort experienced by surgeons in wireless versus conventional endoscopy in laparoscopic surgery
Authors: Xu Hanjiang , Niu Di , Yang Cheng , Hao Zongyao , Liang Chaozhao 
Published: March 2023

Abstract

Background
This study was performed to introduce a new wireless endoscopic system. Research and development were based on fifth-generation transmission technology. Eye symptoms and visual discomfort induced by the novel endoscopic system were compared with those induced by the conventional endoscopic system before and during laparoscopic pelvic surgery.

Materials and methods
Twenty surgeons successfully conducted laparoscopic pelvic surgeries using a conventional endoscopic system and a wireless endoscopic system. Subjective and objective data were measured to evaluate visual discomfort before and 2 hours after surgery.

Results
In the conventional endoscopic and wireless endoscopic system groups, no significant differences were found in the presurgical or postsurgical questionnaires. In both groups, tear film breakup times significantly decreased after surgery. However, after comparing the 2 groups, no statistically significant difference was found.

Conclusions
Compared with the conventional endoscopic system, the novel wireless endoscopic system does not cause additional visual discomfort for experienced surgeons.