bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Very early medical abortion: treatment with mifepristone and misoprostol before ultrasonographic visualisation of an intrauterine pregnancy
Authors: Tai Natalie Qian Ru , Reynolds-Wright John Joseph , Cameron Sharon 
Published: November 2022

IntroductionAbortion providers may be reluctant to commence abortion before ultrasound evidence of intrauterine pregnancy (IUP) due to concerns of missed ectopic pregnancy. In 2017, very early medical abortion (VEMA) was introduced at an abortion service in Edinburgh, UK. Following ultrasound, patients without confirmed IUP, and without symptoms or risk factors for ectopic pregnancy, could commence treatment immediately after baseline serum-human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) measurement, and return for follow-up serum-hCG a week later to determine treatment success (≥80% decline from baseline). This study aimed to compare clinical outcomes between two pathways: (1) VEMA; and (2) standard-of-care delayed treatment where treatment is only commenced on IUP confirmation by serial serum-hCG monitoring and/or repeat ultrasound.MethodsA retrospective database review was conducted of VEMA eligible patients from July 2017 to December 2021. Study groups were determined by patient preference. Records were searched for abortion outcomes, duration of care, number of appointments (clinic visits, ultrasounds, serum-hCG) and clinical data entries.ResultsOf 181 patients included, 77 (43%) chose VEMA and 104 (57%) chose delayed treatment. 11/181 (6.1%) were lost to follow-up. Cohort ectopic prevalence was 4.4% and was not statistically different between groups (2.6% vs 5.8%, VEMA vs delayed group, respectively, p=0.305), as with complete abortion rates (93.3% vs 97.6%, p=0.256). All VEMA group ectopics were detected on the seventh day (from initial visit) while time-to-diagnosis for delayed group ectopics ranged from 7 days to 3 weeks. VEMA patients had significantly reduced duration of care (12 vs 21 days, p<0.001), number of visits (2 vs 3, p<0.001), ultrasounds (1 vs 2, p<0.001) and data entries (6 vs 9, p<0.001).ConclusionsVEMA is safe, effective and reduces the duration of care, number of appointments and clinical administrative time. It should be offered to medically eligible patients.
Development and evaluation of a patient decision aid for pediatric interval appendectomy
Authors: Larocca Victoria , Oltean Irina , Grandpierre Viviane , Nasr Ahmed 
Published: November 2022

ObjectiveOne option for the treatment of perforated appendicitis in pediatric patients is interval appendectomy (IA). A patient decision aid (PDA) can be useful in the decision-making process regarding IA. The purpose of this study was to evaluate parents’ decisional conflict before and after engaging with a developed PDA.MethodsParticipants included (a) parents who are considering IA surgery for their child, (b) have not yet had their follow-up appointment postdischarge, and (c) were fluent in either the official languages of English or French. This study used a pretest and post-test design to measure participants’ decisional conflict and treatment option choice. Perceptions and acceptability of the PDA were also assessed.ResultsA total of 18 participants completed the study (16 mothers). Major findings include significant decreases in all Decisional Conflict Scale items from pre-PDA to post-PDA engagement, except for one item. The majority of participants perceived the PDA to be useful, easy to find information regarding risks and provided enough information to help them make a decision regarding their child’s treatment.ConclusionsThis is the first study to develop and evaluate a PDA among parents who are making a decision regarding IA surgery. The results showed a significant decrease in decisional conflict after using the PDA. The results also showed that the PDA was generally accepted among parents and had positive perceptions regarding length, content, and balance. The use of PDA for this population can help ease feelings of decisional conflict and equip parents with the information to make informed decisions.
Paired 3-Disjoint Path Covers in Bipartite Torus-Like Graphs with Edge Faults
Authors: Park Jung-Heum 
Published: November 2022

Given two disjoint vertex-sets, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] in a graph, a paired many-to-many [Formula: see text]-disjoint path cover joining [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] is a set of pairwise vertex-disjoint paths [Formula: see text] that altogether cover every vertex of the graph, in which each path [Formula: see text] runs from [Formula: see text] to [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we reveal that a bipartite torus-like graph, if built from lower dimensional torus-like graphs that have good disjoint-path-cover properties, retain such good property. As a result, an [Formula: see text]-dimensional bipartite torus, [Formula: see text], with at most [Formula: see text] edge faults has a paired many-to-many [Formula: see text]-disjoint path cover joining arbitrary disjoint sets [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] of size [Formula: see text] each such that [Formula: see text] contains the equal numbers of vertices from different parts of the bipartition.
The degree of nonminimality is at most 2
Authors: Freitag James , Jaoui Rémi , Moosa Rahim 
Published: November 2022

In this paper, it is shown that if [Formula: see text] is a complete type of Lascar rank at least 2, in the theory of differentially closed fields of characteristic zero, then there exists a pair of realisations [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] such that p has a nonalgebraic forking extension over [Formula: see text]. Moreover, if A is contained in the field of constants then p already has a nonalgebraic forking extension over [Formula: see text]. The results are also formulated in a more general setting.
The King’s Horsemen in the Battle of Cunaxa
Authors: Podrazik Michał 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The scholarly debate on the Achaemenid Empire’s cavalry pays only a little attention to the Great King’s horsemen in the Battle of Cunaxa, fought in 401 BC between the forces of Artaxerxes II (404-359 BC) and his younger brother Cyrus. The same can be said of the discussion on the battle itself—Artaxerxes’ horsemen are mentioned rather cursorily. The aim of the present article is to provide a closer look into Artaxerxes’ cavalry in the Battle of Cunaxa, with particular attention paid to the horsemen commanded by Artagerses and by Tissaphernes.
Morphological trends and genetic divergence in anacondas, genus Eunectes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes: Boidae)
Authors: Tarkhnishvili David , Hille Axel , Waller Thomas , Todua Mariam , Murtskhvaladze Marine , Böhme Wolfgang 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The genus Eunectes Wagler, 1830 is divided into four nominal species: E. murinus (Linnaeus, 1758), E. notaeus Cope, 1862, E. deschauenseei Dunn and Conant, 1936, and E. beniensis Dirksen, 2002 (E. barbouri Dunn and Conant, 1936 being a synonym of E. murinus). We analyze multivariate morphological traits (scalation, coloration pattern, and body shape), sequences of one mitochondrial and five nuclear genes, and genetic patterns of randomly amplified DNA (RAPD) markers of historical geographical samples representing all known taxa. We show that the genus consists of two distinct evolutionary lineages, ‘big-bodied’ (only E. murinus) and ‘small-bodied’ anacondas. The latter group includes three morphologically distinct allopatric forms, E. notaeus, E. deschauenseei, and E. beniensis. Both phenotypically and genotypically, E. beniensis is more distant from E. notaeus and E. deschauenseei than the two latter species are from each other. However, the three nominal species of small-bodied anacondas did not show clear reciprocal monophyly and did not reach the stage of complete lineage sorting. Instead, genetic data support the presence of three incipient species of small-bodied anacondas.
Sève and Alienation – A Biographical Preface
Authors: Roche Julian 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Lucien Sève devoted his life to the development of a Marxist theory of the personality. In so doing, and as part of a theoretical debate with both Marxist humanists and structural Marxists within the Parti Communiste Français, he was inevitably drawn to analyse alienation as a category of Marxist analysis. His conclusion was that although Althusser had been right to argue for the ‘epistemological break’ in Marx’s thought, it was wrong to suggest that Marx abandoned the concept of alienation in his later work. Far from it: a transformed conception of alienation derived from historical materialism remains the key to understanding Marxism.
Political Work on a Cultural Front
Authors: Plys Kristin 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
After South Asia won its flag-independence from Britain, Pakistani artists pursued two distinct strategies for the shared goal of producing art in the service of national liberation. A group of communist artists sought to innovate new cultural forms to serve movements of the left, while others endeavoured to recover the pre-colonial Islamicate culture of South Asia to serve state-building efforts. During the Zia coup in 1977, protest poetry and art of the Pak Tea House, Lahore’s art and literary salon, inspired resistance against the military dictatorship. This protest was framed not merely against the military dictatorship, but also against US imperialism more broadly. By examining Walter Rodney’s and Frantz Fanon’s ideal role of the postcolonial artist or intellectual, I show how the role of art in leftist politics was rethought in the aftermath of the Zia coup by the artists and leftists who frequented the Pak Tea House. What the discussions about politically engaged art that took place in the Pak Tea House during the Zia Coup reveal is that novelty and abstraction are important strategies in creating art that can combat imperialist dictatorships.
La langue spéciale des poètes : l’oblitération du nom dans la poésie arabe médiévale
Authors: Foda Hachem 
Published: November 2022

Résumé
Cet article s’intéresse au phénomène linguistico-rhétorique massivement présent dans la poésie arabe médiévale, qui consiste à oblitérer un substantif pour le remplacer par une épithète. Après avoir analysé tel discours théorique de la tradition médiévale, portant sur ce procédé appelé ṣifa li-mawṣūf maḥḏūf, l’article examine les liens que celui-ci entretient avec ce que cette même tradition nomme abyāt al-maʿānī, ces vers abscons qui ne se laissent pas comprendre immédiatement et exigent d’être interprétés. Puis, en vue d’appréhender la spécificité de ce phénomène de l’oblitération du substantif et de rendre compte du privilège que lui confère sa remarquable récurrence dans le discours poétique, l’article tente de le situer dans le cadre plus général de l’ilġāz. À cette fin, il interroge quelques ḫabars que rapporte Abū l-Faraǧ al-Iṣfahānī dans le Kitāb al-Aġānī (Le livre des chansons), qui témoignent du fait que l’oblitération du substantif constitue un facteur décisif parmi ceux qui permettent de se servir d’un vers de poésie en guise d’énigme ou de devinette, lors d’une sorte de jeu ou d’épreuve consistant à le soumettre au savoir et à la sagacité d’une ou plusieurs personnes, dans le but d’éprouver leur compétence en poésie. L’hypothèse qui guide ce travail est la suivante : la remarquable fréquence de l’oblitération du mawṣūf témoignerait de ceci au moins que dans la tradition arabe médiévale la poésie est conçue comme un discours où le locuteur évite de nommer, évite de mentionner le nom de ce dont il parle, pour en confier la mention à son destinataire (auditeur ou lecteur). Telle est la dimension essentiellement sibylline de la parole poétique. Sans se présenter toujours ni même souvent comme une énigme, cette parole est néanmoins structurée comme une énigme.
Old Arabic Minutiae II: Greek-Safaitic Bilinguals and Language Contact in the Syro-Arabian Ḥarrah
Authors: Al-Jallad Ahmad , al-Manaser Ali 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This article publishes a selection of texts discovered during the 2019 Badia Survey that shed light on the complex interactions between the inhabitants of the desert and settled areas. The inscriptions studied here include two new Safaitic-Greek bilingual texts, two new Greek inscriptions, and a Safaitic text composed by an inhabitant of the city of Bosra in the Ḥawrān.
Al-Abad: On the Ongoing
Authors: Bader Eddin Eylaf 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This article focuses on the word al-Abad, literally meaning forever, infinite and immortality, and how it was deployed by the Syrian regime. The word is used excessively in different discursive mediums within Syria’s political culture, either in the form of banners, graffiti, photos, slogans or songs. The article seeks to analyze al-Abad through its different dimensions: its literal meaning in language, its position as a stagnant social structure and ‘an eternal’ political system, its connotations as a killing or extermination mechanism, and finally, al-Abad as Syria itself. My research sheds light on how authoritarian regimes use language as an important instrument of power and a mechanism to shape the political landscape. I demonstrate how terms and words are in constant flux and adjust in circulation depending on space, time and the political landscape. The changing relationship of a term or word is dependent on new layers of meaning that change its significance on multiple levels.
Jawlān
Authors: Ibraheem Aamer , Zakar Adrien 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
In this article, we focus on the keyword Jawlān to highlight one of the most critical, if overlooked, dimensions of autocracy in modern Syria. Occupied by Israel in 1967, the Jawlān is a borderland where words have made political relationships possible, sustaining forms of national and kin attachments for decades. We show how, within post-1967 Syria, the Jawlān came to function as a discursive vessel for the state to address its citizenry outside the boundaries of the Golan Heights. When the 2011 moment began, ways of communicating with the state were enacted to both buttress the autocracy and solidify the resistance movement opposing it. We offer an analysis demonstrating how these various ways of hailing had grown out of autocracy but came to frame communications among citizens and structure civic relations beyond the workings of the regime and the geographical scope of its sovereignty. Drawing on the dynamics in play at this moment, we contribute to current discussions on neoliberal autocracy and borderland ontologies, approaching ideological interpellation as a mode of enfolding diasporic Syria spaces and communities outside regime-controlled areas into its political order.
The ‘Un-revolutionary’ Figure
Authors: Ghazzawi Razan 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Since protest movements had swept the Middle East and North Africa regions in early 2011, new politics have emerged, creating unimagined spaces, ways of existence and knowing the world, and more importantly, new subcultures of othering. This article critically examines revolutionary subcultures of non-comradeship, figurations of ‘non-authentic revolutionaries’ and ways of revolutionary othering by focusing on the term ‘Ramadyeen’ as a reference coined by Syrian revolutionaries to describe individuals whose politics are ‘not revolutionary enough’. Written from the positionality of a scholar-activist who participated in the protest movement, this text employs anti-sectarian feminist politics to reflect on how ‘Ramadyeen’ was mobilized to erase and decrease voices of nuances and criticism of dominant revolutionary demands, specifically around humanitarian intervention, militarization and sanctions against Syria. Therefore, this article locates ‘Ramadayeen’ as a keyword of counter-cultures targeting ‘un-revolutionary’ people and political positions.
Characterizing the Engagement of Syrian Women in the Revolution
Authors: Aubin-Boltanski Emma , Khalbous Oussama 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The Syrian 2011 revolution was a moment of unprecedented expression and graphic conquest of the public space. Written and chanted words, sometimes shouted and sang during the demonstrations, have somehow crystallized hopes, disillusionment and indignation of the Syrian people. Harâ’ir ‮حرائر‬‎ (Free Women) is one of them. When it appeared on the revolutionary scene, it quickly raised a fierce debate within opposition groups. If some protesters considered the word to be “poetic” and neutral, others believed that its use was a sign of an Islamist derivation discriminatory against women. Harâ’ir is used in various manners, linked to the context of enunciation and also to the political stance of the individuals using or even, at times, brandishing it as a slogan. The aim of this article is to highlight several usages situated in Syria since 2011 and to analyze the term’s semantic and emotional resonance.
The Political Potential of Ya Hef in Contemporary Syrian Politics
Authors: Gatt Kurstin 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Slogans and songs are fundamental components of the revolutionary experience. In its linguistic and musical form, the phrase ya hef (‘what a shame’) became a slogan of the 2011 Syrian revolution and served as a force for instigating a socio-political change in contemporary Syria. This paper investigates ya hef and its political potential in contemporary Syrian politics from a discourse-analytical perspective. After borrowing theories from cultural studies, discourse analysis and political studies, the article analyses the strong revolutionary connotations of the slogan and song within the discursive repertoire of massacre politics, focusing on both the general and specific functions. Through a close analysis of the song’s text, the study maps out three main arguments associated with the expression: 1) ya hef as a moral protest against state-sanctioned injustice and oppression; 2) ya hef as a response to the sentiment of brotherly betrayal among Syrians; and 3) ya hef as a cathartic mechanism for national reconciliation and nation-building. This article concludes that the expression ya hef is not only politically engaged in taking a stand against al-Assad’s brutality; it also fulfils a dialogical function between the oppressor and the oppressed, the ruler and the ruled and al-Assad and the Syrian citizens. This research adds to a growing body of literature on the uses and functions of language in revolutions in general and the Arab Spring protests in particular.
Notes on the genus Choeras Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Iran
Authors: Ghafouri Moghaddam Mostafa , Arias-Penna Diana Carolina , Heidari Latibari Minoo 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The genus Choeras Mason, 1981 is distributed with six species in Iran (western Asia), most of them recorded in the north. A total of 42 Choeras specimens from this country were re-examined, and some notes along with color photographs are provided. Additionally, the geographical distribution data of the known Iranian Choeras species are discussed and a distribution map is generated. Finally, a correction for the province name of the type locality is proposed for the species Choeras qazviniensis Fernandez-Triana & Talebi, 2019.
Expanding boundaries: Unmaking and remaking secrecy in field research
Authors: Klimburg-Witjes Nina , Leese Matthias , Trauttmansdorff Paul 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This paper empirically retraces and conceptualizes secrecy in the study of security. Building on 27 qualitative, semi-structured interviews with social scientists about their field research experiences, we use Gieryn’s concept of “boundary work” to rethink secrecy not as a self-evident separator between clearly demarcated spheres but as something that is negotiated, suspended, or circumvented in social situations. A boundary perspective allows us to highlight how contextualized social interactions draw and redraw lines between what can be known and what remains classified. Our analysis identifies three ways in which boundaries around secrecy can be expanded: fallibility, co-optation, and ambiguity. Explicating and empirically substantiating these forms of boundary work portrays secrecy as continuously performed and reconfigured. The paper contributes to current debates about field research by providing a different conceptual angle: one that favours performativity rather than individual capacity to reflect how access to security sites and actors comes into being.
Anne Conway on Heaven and Hell
Authors: Head Jonathan 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This paper examines Anne Conway’s accounts of heaven and hell, as found in her only published work, The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy (1690). We see that Conway seeks to portray hell in a manner that she sees as more consonant with the postulation of a loving and just God, partly by denying eternal torment and emphasising the benefits that suffering brings to a creature. I also review Conway’s account of heaven, a realm of ‘perfect tranquillity’ in which creatures enjoy unity and harmony with Christ and other heavenly spirits. We see that Conway’s account of universal salvation in this heavenly state involves an increase of understanding of the world, a continuing process of perfection, and harmony with other heavenly spirits. Throughout the paper, I also consider Conway’s eschatology within the wider intellectual context of the revival of Origenist theology in her intellectual circle and the shifting framework of eschatological thought in the early Quaker community. By reading the Principles as responding to this context, we can deepen our understanding of the radical and original contribution Conway makes to the tradition of eschatological thought.
Dendrochronological Studies of an Alpine Village (Courbons, Digne-les-Bains, France)
Authors: Shindo Lisa 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
A dendrochronological study of Courbons, a village in the southern French pre-Alps, was conducted to improve our understanding of its history, strengthen the reference chronologies, and reconstruct the outlines of historical forests. A total of 20 buildings were subjected to dendrochronological sampling. The 145 sampled wood pieces were of nine different species, 44 of which are dated from larch, fir, and deciduous oak. Two main construction phases were identified (from the 13th–16th century CE and from the 18th–20th century CE), separated by a hiatus during the 17th century CE. A scarcity of resources could be the cause of the hiatus. We noticed that oak trees were only used before the 16th century CE and that trees felled after the 17th century CE grew better than those that were felled before this period. Based on historical published data, we assumed that demographic variations, trees reserved for shipbuilding, and pressures from pastoralism could explain the dendrochronological results.
Gata1s mutant mice display persistent defects in the erythroid lineage
Authors: Ling Te , Zhang Kevin , Yang Jiayue , Gurbuxani Sandeep , Crispino John D. 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
GATA1 mutations that result in loss of the N-terminal 83 amino acids are a feature of myeloid leukemia in children with Down syndrome, rare familial cases of dyserythropoietic anemia, and a subset of cases of Diamond-Blackfan anemia. The Gata1s mouse model, which expresses only the short GATA1 isoform that begins at methionine 84, has been shown to have a defect in hematopoiesis, especially impaired erythropoiesis with expanded megakaryopoiesis, during gestation. However, these mice reportedly did not show any postnatal phenotype. Here, we demonstrate that Gata1s mutant mice display macrocytic anemia and features of aberrant megakaryopoiesis throughout life, culminating in profound splenomegaly and bone marrow fibrosis. These data support the use of this animal model for studies of GATA1 deficiencies.