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On folcscare ond feorum gumena in Beowulf
Authors: Veenbaas Redbad 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
The usual meaning of folcscare in Beowulf l. 73 is “nation”, while feorum gumena refers to human lives. It seems impermissible for Hrothgar to either give away or divide his nation or to sacrifice a human life as a reward for his retinues. In the story of Herod and John the Baptist in the Gospel, the “bad” king Herod seems to promise or give what should be taboo for the “good” king Hrothgar. This story possibly resounds in l. 73.
Picturing the Confucian Sage: The Illustrated record of Master Wang Yangming and Late Ming Print Culture
Authors: Yao Huiqiao 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Late imperial China saw the development of print culture, in which one of the practices was combining the illustration and texts, thus visualizing the contents and changing readers’ reading experience. This paper explores an illustrated account of the famous Confucian Wang Yangming (1472–1529) entitled The Illustrated record of Master Wang Yangming (Wang Yangming xiansheng tupu) by Zou Shouyi (1491–1562). By tracing the earlier pictorial Confucian hagiographical tradition and the practices of book publishing, this paper examines the cult of Wang Yangming as revealed in this book along with other deifications of him at that time. I argue that such deifications in narrative texts and illustrations not only helped Wang reach a larger audience but also shifted people’s mentality of reverence by enlarging the space of worship from portraits to books. Such an analysis will enhance our understanding of the nuances of the Confucian hagiographical tradition in late imperial China.
Interpreting Repressive and Economic Threats: Música contestataria and Collective Resistance in Central America
Authors: Almeida Paul , González Márquez Luis Rubén 
Published: September 2023

Repressive and economic threats drive much of the popular mobilization in Central America, but those conditions need to be articulated to publics in a manner that emphasizes the need for collective action to ameliorate worsening harms. Examination of protest songs in both periods of heightened state repression (1970–1990) and heightened economic threats (1990–present) in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua demonstrates that musicians and cultural producers actively construct lyrics and musical styles that resonate with subaltern populations and encourage social movement participation in the face of state repression and neoliberal policy implementation. Las amenazas represivas y económicas han inducido buena parte la movilización popular en Centroamérica, pero estas condiciones deben articularse ante los públicos de manera que enfaticen la necesidad de acción colectiva como respuesta a problemas cada vez más graves. Un análisis de las canciones de protesta pertenecientes a los períodos de mayor represión estatal (1970-1990), así como a aquellos con mayores amenazas económicas (1990 al presente) en Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua demuestra que tanto músicos como productores culturales construyen activamente letras y estilos musicales que encuentren resonancia entre las poblaciones subalternas. Así fomentan la participación dentro de los movimientos sociales, aun frente a la represión estatal y la implementación de políticas neoliberales.
Integrating Diversity into Psychology Statistics Courses: Advice, Reflections, and Special Considerations
Authors: Walker Ruth V. , Osborn Hannah , Madden Julie , Jennings Black Kristen 
Published: September 2023

Introduction In an increasingly diverse world, there has been a call for psychology educators to make efforts to integrate diversity into the psychology curriculum. Statement of the Problem Researchers who have surveyed psychology faculty have found the amount of time devoted to diversity content in nondiversity-focused courses is limited, with faculty citing barriers to integration such as a lack of relevance and time constraints. Literature Review Educators who have worked to incorporate diversity topics into their courses have found positive outcomes. Teaching Implications We describe our approach to integrating diversity into an introductory statistics course, highlight lessons learned, and provide special considerations for psychology educators. Conclusion Integrating diversity-related content into statistics is challenging; however, the effort is worth it, particularly if integrating diversity content into required courses may be the only exposure to diversity students get.
Positive association between arterial blood lactate level before extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation and 30-day mortality in pediatric patients with severe cardiopulmonary failure
Authors: Yang Baowang , Hong Xiaoyang , Zhao Zhe , Liu Yingyue , Zhang Huiling , Feng Zhichun 
Published: September 2023

Introduction This study aimed to investigate the relationship between blood lactate level and mortality in pediatric patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for severe cardiopulmonary failure. Methods A retrospective observational study was conducted on pediatric patients who received ECMO from January 2013 to December 2021 at the Seventh Medical Center of PLA General Hospital. Patient demographic characteristics, arterial blood lactate level prior to ECMO (pre-ECMO), ECMO settings, ECMO duration, and 30-days mortality were retrieved from patients’ medical records. The relationships between pre-ECMO blood lactate level and mortality were interpreted using the logistic regression analysis and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. Results A total of 160 pediatric patients who had either refractory respiratory failure ( n = 89) or circulatory failure ( n = 71) and received ECMO were included in this study. In both the respiratory failure and circulatory failure groups, the non-survivors showed a higher mean pre-ECMO arterial blood lactate level than the survivors. In the respiratory failure group, a pre-ECMO lactate concentration at ≥11.6 mmol/L had a sensitivity of 51% and a specificity of 82% for predicting mortality. In the circulatory failure group, a pre-ECMO lactate concentration at ≥7.2 mmol/L had a sensitivity of 90% and a specificity of 57% for predicting mortality. The Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed that respiratory failure patients with a pre-ECMO lactate level over 11.6 mmol/L or circulatory failure patients with a pre-ECMO lactate level over 7.2 mmol/L had a higher 30-days mortality rate than those with a lower lactate level. Conclusions High pre-ECMO arterial blood lactate level serves as an independent risk factor for mortality in pediatric patients who receive ECMO for severe cardiopulmonary failure.
Le comportement préventif des Marocains durant la crise pandémique de Covid-19: à la maison, au marché et au travail
Authors: Beggar Kaoutar , Ghazali Adil 
Published: September 2023

This study aims to describe the preventive behavior adopted by 212 Moroccans during the Covid-19 pandemic, in three different social contexts. Data collection was carried out during the first three months of Covid-19 lockdown in Morocco, through a Google-Form link. The results indicate a strong level of commitment by participants in the application of most of the preventive measures recommended to stop the spread of the Covid-19. However, the low rate of adoption of some of the other preventive measures can be explained by a series of socio-cultural factors. Indeed, at home, we noted an increase frequency of daily cleaning and changing of clothes by more than 60%, and hand washing by more than 76%. On the other hand, the results show a low respect for social distancing and a low individual use of utensils. Regarding preventive behaviors in markets, more than 69% of the participants respect the distancing measures, and more than 60% use antiseptics before entering and after leaving the markets, contrary to the use of bank cards, which remains low in more than 50% of the participants. The preventive behaviors adopted at work include mainly the use of antiseptics and protective masks in more than 81% of the studied cases, and the respect of distancing in more than 62%, with the reduction of the number of employees declared by 50% of the participants, and the adaptation of the shift timing in more than 56% of the cases. In addition, more than 43% of the participants confirmed the respect of the physical barriers between the employees. All in all, the interaction of individuals with preventive measures depends on their awareness and perception of the risks related to the virus, as it also depends on several socio-cultural, logistical and organizational parameters, such as the availability and ease of implementation of these preventive measures, as well as the effectiveness of awareness strategies and campaigns.
Etiology and Outcome of Intestinal Obstruction in Neonates: A 5-Year Investigation of Admitted Cases From a Tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Northern Iran
Authors: Farrokhkhani Pooria , Farhadi Roya , Ala Saleheh , Mousavi Seyed Abdollah 
Published: September 2023

Background: Neonatal intestinal obstruction is a challenging issue, especially in developing countries. There is an apparent difference in the etiology, complications, and mortality of intestinal obstruction in neonates in different countries. Objectives: We aimed to describe the causes, early postoperative outcomes, and predictors of morbidities in neonates with intestinal obstruction in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Iran. Design & methods: We conducted a retrospective study on neonates who were admitted with intestinal obstruction requiring surgery in the NICU of Boo-Ali Sina Hospital in northern Iran during 2018 to 2022. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the newborns, final diagnosis, postoperative complications, and mortality rate were documented. Also, the relationship between postoperative complications and risk factors, including birth weight, gestational age, and surgical intervention time, was evaluated. Results: A total of 169 neonates with intestinal obstruction requiring surgery were admitted with a male ratio of 60.9% and mean age of 3.85 ± 8.01 days. Imperforate anus with a prevalence of 42% was the most common cause of neonatal intestinal obstruction, followed by Hirschsprung’s disease and duodenal atresia. Death after surgery occurred in 4.1% of the patients. Sepsis with a prevalence of 1.4% was the most common early postoperative complication. The late surgical intervention had a statistically significant relationship with the increase in postoperative sepsis ( P = .048). Conclusion: The time of surgical intervention is the main predictor of complications in neonatal intestinal obstruction, so prompt diagnosis and timely treatment of these babies can significantly improve the prognosis. It is also necessary to improve access to pediatric surgery services in developing countries.
The Woven EndoBridge device, an effective and safe alternative endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysm—systematic review
Authors: Mantilla Daniel E , D Vera Daniela , Ortiz Andrés F , Nicoud Franck , Costalat Vincent 
Published: September 2023

Purpose This study is a systematic review about the WEB device and addresses the efficacy and safety of this device for the endovascular treatment of ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Material and methods This systematic literature review followed PRISMA-P guidelines and included studies published until 2010. PubMed and ScienceDirect databases were searched, resulting in 22 articles meeting the inclusion criteria. Results The studies involved 1705 patients and 1224 aneurysms, predominantly wide-neck aneurysms in the middle cerebral artery, internal carotid artery, and basilar artery. The treatment success rate was 28.1%, with the WEB-SL and WEB-SLS devices being commonly used. The immediate post-treatment adequate occlusion rate was 33.3%, increasing to 49.7% at follow-up. Thromboembolic complications occurred in 6.5% of cases, while other complications were observed in 3.1% of cases. The mortality rate associated with the WEB device was low, approximately 1%. Conclusion The WEB device demonstrates favorable outcomes in treating patients with intracranial aneurysms, with adequate occlusion rates improving over time. Thromboembolic complications are the primary concern, but overall complication and mortality rates remain low. Further research is needed to optimize device selection, standardize classification systems, and enhance long-term evaluation and training protocols.
New Onset Seizures in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Shamim Daniah , Ganatra Fatima , Khan Murtaza , Gronseth Gary 
Published: September 2023

Objective Seizures in COVID-19 patients continue to be a common reason for consulting the neurology service in the inpatient setting. This paper assesses the frequency of new onset seizures in adult hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Method PubMed and EMBASE were searched, with fifteen cohort studies identified to calculate the primary outcome, which was the frequency of new onset seizures in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. An inverse variance meta-analysis of single proportions with a random effects model was applied to these cohort studies to calculate the primary outcome. Risk of bias in individual studies was assessed using the 10-item risk of bias tool for prevalence studies. Results The meta-analysis revealed a frequency of .71% (95% confidential interval: .32-1.25, I2 = 89%, 147/28242 patients) for acute symptomatic seizures in patients with COVID-19. For secondary outcomes, the risk of seizures in patients who had EEG completed was 8.49% (95% confidential interval: .62-24.07, I2 = 14%, 44/535 patients). Slightly less than half of patients with COVID-19 and seizures were reported to have acute imaging abnormalities (45.7%) with acute vascular insults being commonly reported. Only a small percentage of COVID-19 patients with seizures (2.8%) met the criteria for COVID-19 encephalitis as determined by the international encephalitis consortium. Conclusion The frequency of seizures in COVID-19 was .71% (95% confidential interval: .32-1.25). Slightly less than half of COVID-19 patients had head imaging abnormalities as a complication of COVID-19 infection. Only a small percentage of patients with seizures and COVID-19 met the criteria for COVID-19 encephalitis.
Knowledge, attitude and practice of antenatal mothers toward urinary tract infection in selected health facilities in Ekiti state, Nigeria
Authors: Esan Deborah Tolulope , Sokan-Adeaga Adewale Allen , Bello Cecilia Bukola , Olabisi Oluwaseyi Isaiah , Odugbume Blessing , Ajayi Paul Oladapo 
Published: September 2023

Background: Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) during gravidity are among the most preponderant contagion globally and can culminate in fetal and maternal mortality. Lack of awareness and poor preventive practices can exacerbate this outcome. This study assessed the knowledge and preventive practices of antenatal mothers’ towards UTIs in pregnancy. Design: This was a cross-sectional descriptive survey involving antenatal mothers in selected health care facilities in Ekiti State. Methods: A pre-tested adapted questionnaire was used for data collection. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Chi-square at p < 0.05. Results: The mean respondents’ age was 24.6 ± 2.1 years and barely less than half (43.8%) were multigravida. The findings of the study revealed that 64.0% of the respondents had good knowledge of UTIs. Overall, majority (78.9%) of the respondents exhibit good preventive practices toward UTIs in pregnancy, although the prevalence of UTIs among the studied subjects was found to be high (54.1%), with nearly half (48.7%) of the respondents reported been tested once for UTIs in the current pregnancy. Furthermore, there was a statistically significant relationship between educational level and respondents’ knowledge on the prevention of UTIs in pregnancy ( p = 0.00; p < 0.05). Conclusions: Respondents had good knowledge and good preventive practices toward UTIs. However, the high prevalence of UTIs reported among respondents justifies the need for implementation of knowledge enhancement program, routine testing and prompt treatment of UTIs among antenatal mothers.
Radiotherapy service amidst COVID-19: Experience from Tertiary Referral Hospital in Semarang, Indonesia
Authors: Prajoko Yan Wisnu , Supit Tommy 
Published: September 2023

Background: Several changes in hospital policies took place to mitigate the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, the patient’s perception to these abrupt changes in medical services is not known. This study analyzed the quality of radiotherapy service during the COVID-19 pandemic and the patient’s perception of them. Methods: This descriptive study will qualitatively assess cancer patient perception of the quality of radiotherapy service during COVID-19 pandemic. Willing participants were given a questionnaire that explore two major aspects: the patient’s general knowledge of COVID-19 and their perception of radiotherapy service during the pandemic. Results: The 145 participants of this study were generally well-informed about the significance of COVID-19 pandemic. Most respondents claimed to adequately practice preventive measures and put high regards in personal protective equipment (PPE) worn by them and healthcare workers for their safety. Their level of trust to all healthcare workers remained high and identified hospital announcements (television, brochures) educated them the most in regards to the relationship of COVID-19 and cancer. Conclusion: The changes in hospital policies and radiation oncology service in our institution were well-received by the study population. Despite the majority of respondents were afraid and anxious of being infected of COVID-19 while undergoing treatment, only a minority of them contemplated to delay or completely stop going for treatment. By adhering to major guidelines and adjustments of local resources, the delivery of radiotherapy service can remain consistent during the pandemic.
Palliative care practices and policies in diverse socio-cultural contexts: aims and framework of the ERC globalizing palliative care comparative ethnographic study
Authors: Samuels Annemarie , Lemos Dekker Natashe 
Published: September 2023

Background: Palliative care as a specialist professional practice of care for people with advanced illness is becoming increasingly influential worldwide. This process is affected by global health inequalities as well as cultural dimensions of approaching death and practicing care in life-limiting illness. Objectives: The European Research Council-funded Globalizing Palliative Care (ENDofLIFE) project aims to understand how palliative care policies, discourses and practices are translated, adapted and reconstituted in diverse socio-cultural settings and how cultural dimensions of approaching death and local practices of care shape palliative care implementation. Methods and Analysis: Using a multi-scalar and multi-sited ethnographic approach, the project uses person-centered ethnography, participant observation, semi-structured interviewing, focus group discussions and policy and discourse analysis at transnational, national and local levels. Ethnographic case-studies are conducted in Brazil, India and Indonesia. Discussion: The globalizing palliative care project develops a novel ethnographic methodology of studying end-of-life care trajectories through long-term participant observation with individual patients and families as they manage and practice formal and informal health care in advanced illness. By analyzing how patients and families experience and navigate care over time, complemented by stakeholder interviews, the study advances critical theoretical insight into the relation between (large-scale and dynamically traveling) palliative care models, policies and discourses on the one hand and the experience and practice of palliative care in the lives of patients and informal care givers in local health care practices on the other hand. Insights are expected to benefit culturally situated palliative care policies and practices.
Multiscale Evaluation of Mechanical Properties for Metal-Coated Lattice Structures
Authors: Wang Lizhe , He Liu , Wang Xiang , Soleimanian Sina , Yu Yanqing , Chen Geng , Li Ji , Chen Min 
Published: September 2023

AbstractWith the combination of 3D printing and electroplating technique, metal-coated resin lattice is a viable way to achieve lightweight design with desirable responses. However, due to high structural complexity, mechanical analysis of the macroscopic lattice structure demands high experimental or numerical costs. To efficiently investigate the mechanical behaviors of such structure, in this paper a multiscale numerical method is proposed to study the effective properties of the metal-coated Body-Centered-Cubic (BCC) lattices. Unlike studies of a similar kind in which the effective parameters can be predicted from a single unit cell model, it is noticed that the size effect of representative volume element (RVE) is severe and an insensitive prediction can be only obtained from models containing multiple-unit-cells. To this end, the paper determines the minimum number of unit cells in single RVE. Based on the proposed method that is validated through the experimental comparison, parametric studies are conducted to estimate the impact of strut diameter and coating film thickness on structural responses. It is shown that the increase of volume fraction may improve the elastic modulus and specific modulus remarkably. In contrast, the increase of thickness of coating film only leads to monotonously increased elastic modulus. For this reason, there should be an optimal coating film thickness for the specific modulus of the lattice structure. This work provides an effective method for evaluating structural mechanical properties via the mesoscopic model.
Prediction of the effects of small molecules on the gut microbiome using machine learning method integrating with optimal molecular features
Authors: Wang Binyou , Guo Jianmin , Liu Xiaofeng , Yu Yang , Wu Jianming , Wang Yiwei 
Published: September 2023

Abstract
Background
The human gut microbiome (HGM), consisting of trillions of microorganisms, is crucial to human health. Adverse drug use is one of the most important causes of HGM disorder. Thus, it is necessary to identify drugs or compounds with anti-commensal effects on HGM in the early drug discovery stage. This study proposes a novel anti-commensal effects classification using a machine learning method and optimal molecular features. To improve the prediction performance, we explored combinations of six fingerprints and three descriptors to filter the best characterization as molecular features.

Results
The final consensus model based on optimal features yielded the F1-score of 0.725 ± 0.014, ACC of 82.9 ± 0.7%, and AUC of 0.791 ± 0.009 for five-fold cross-validation. In addition, this novel model outperformed the prior studies by using the same algorithm. Furthermore, the important chemical descriptors and misclassified anti-commensal compounds are analyzed to better understand and interpret the model. Finally, seven structural alerts responsible for the chemical anti-commensal effect are identified, implying valuable information for drug design.

Conclusion
Our study would be a promising tool for screening anti-commensal compounds in the early stage of drug discovery and assessing the potential risks of these drugs in vivo.