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Reducing health inequalities among most disadvantaged type 2 diabetes patients: A cross‐sectional exploratory pilot study
Authors: Barrios Quinta Ana María , Morilla Romero de la Osa Rubén , Bueno Ferrán Mercedes 
Published: May 2022

AbstractBackgroundDemographic changes and the increased chronical diseases burden are global challenges that cannot go unnoticed by healthcare systems, which must be organized without losing sight of the increasing influence of social determinants.AimTo evaluate the results of a primary care program implemented to reduce health inequalities associated with social determinants in patients with type 2 diabetes.MethodAn exploratory pilot retrospective cross‐sectional study that includes secondary data of 404 nonrandomized patients belonging to socially depressed areas and conventional areas. Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were performed.ResultsThe age of the subjects included in the study was 66.80 ± 9.7 years with a proportion of 56.7% men. Proportions of patients from socially depressed areas and adherence to the Nursing Follow‐up Program were around 33% and 60%, respectively. The obesity rate was 51%, percentage of patients with HbA1c<7% was 59%. No significant differences were found between patients belonging to socially depressed areas and those who do not, except for greater adherence to nursing follow‐up programs. Multivariate models assessed chronical complications as health outcomes (cardiovascular diseases, retinopathy, and nephropathy) as health outcomes showing the influence of previously described risk factors. However, in none of the models did belonging to a socially depressed area or adherence to the Nursing Follow‐up Program were predictors.ConclusionsThe program has proven to be efficient in equating the health outcomes related with cardiovascular risk of patients from both types of areas. Well‐directed health policies could bring primary care systems closer to sustainable development goals through the reduction of health disparities that affect socially vulnerable groups.Clinical relevanceTo introduce a risk strategy and to adopt a family approach, contemplating the sociocultural and educational differences that diversely affect men and women in their health status has proven to be useful in reducing health disparities due to social determinants in patients with type 2 diabetes.
What can contract law learn from #MeToo?
Authors: GROSSI RENATA 
Published: May 2022

AbstractIn this article, I ask whether contract law can learn anything from the #MeToo discussions of consent. When we juxtapose consent in these two contexts, two issues emerge. The first is whether consent is a valuable ethical tool in helping us to determine whether an agreement is ‘good’. This article argues that just as patriarchy makes a mockery of consent in negotiating sexual encounters, so too do free market economics make a mockery of consent and freedom to contract. The second issue is whether consent should be understood objectively or subjectively. While favouring the centralizing of a subjective approach as #MeToo did, this article also affirms the critical critique of objectivity and questions the objectivity/subjectivity dichotomy altogether. This article ends with a nod towards the theorization of contract as feminist and as relational.
Integration and expression: The complementary functions of self‐reflection
Authors: Nowak Andrzej , Vallacher Robin R. , Bartkowski Wiesław , Olson Lauren 
Published: May 2022

AbstractNo construct is more central to personality than the person's self‐concept. Higher‐order domains of self‐assessment, including self‐perceived skills, traits, and values, are expressed in action and provide frames of reference for deciding whether to accept or reject personally relevant social feedback. To perform these functions in a consistent manner, the domains of self‐concept need to achieve coherence, with the components of each domain sufficiently integrated to provide an unequivocal platform for decision making and behavior. This depiction implies two functions of self‐reflection—one focused on forging coherence in self‐concept and the other focusing on the expression of domains that have achieved coherence. We refer to these two modes of self‐reflection, respectively, as integration and expression. Both modes can be understood in terms of a spotlight of attention that focuses on different regions of the self‐structure. In the integration mode, the spotlight converges on incoherent regions of self‐concept to eliminate inconsistencies among the lower‐level components. In the expression mode, the spotlight converges on coherent regions of self‐concept that can provide an unequivocal platform for decision making and effective action. Using agent‐based modeling, we illustrate the operation of both modes, discuss the conditions that differentially activate them, and develop their implications for personality dynamics.
Gloria Steinem: The childhood foundations of a feminist
Authors: Duncan Lauren E. 
Published: May 2022

AbstractObjectiveGloria Steinem is one of the best‐known feminists active in the United States today. This article addresses aspects of Steinem's childhood and adolescence to help us understand how her experiences helped set the stage for Steinem's development into a feminist in midlife.MethodsUsing holistic narrative analysis, I identified themes that seemed to impact some of the fundamental values, assumptive frameworks, and expectations about the world that Steinem developed in childhood.ResultsSpecifically, from her relationship with her father, Steinem learned that men were not responsible providers but could be fun adventure partners, and that women were just as competent as men. From witnessing her mother's psychological problems, Steinem learned that women's traditional roles could be damaging to women, that she did not want to be a traditional wife and mother, and that psychological treatment could be ineffective if underlying life circumstances were not addressed.ConclusionsBecause her parents were not reliable caregivers, Steinem developed an insecure attachment style characterized by precocious independence and compulsive self‐reliance, which allowed her to defy the gendered expectations of her emerging adulthood and set her up to be profoundly influenced by the 1970s Women's Movement in midlife.
Self‐control in adolescence predicts forgivingness in middle adulthood
Authors: Allemand Mathias , Grünenfelder‐Steiger Andrea E. , Fend Helmut A. , Hill Patrick L. 
Published: May 2022

AbstractIntroductionThis 33‐year study examined associations between self‐control development in adolescence and forgivingness, i.e., the dispositional tendency to forgive others, in middle adulthood.MethodsParticipants were 1350 adults aged 45 years (50.6% female). Self‐control was measured yearly from age 12 to 16, while forgivingness was measured at age 45.ResultsResults indicated significant individual differences in level and change of self‐control across the adolescent years and an average mean‐level increase. Individual differences in level and change in self‐control were independently associated with forgivingness in middle adulthood. Individuals who either entered adolescence with higher self‐control, and/or increased in self‐control during the adolescent years, reported higher scores in forgivingness at age 45 compared to peers. This pattern held even after controlling for gender, socioeconomic status (SES), and conduct problems in adolescence.ConclusionThe current findings demonstrate that developmental processes in adolescence are important for individual differences in the dispositional tendency to forgive others in adulthood.
Driving while unauthorized: Auto insurance remains unchanged when providing driver licenses to unauthorized immigrants in California
Authors: Lueders Hans , Mumper Micah 
Published: May 2022

AbstractSeveral states have recently implemented driver license reforms that give unauthorized immigrants access to driver licenses, aiming to reduce uninsured driving and lower premium costs. We test this expectation in the context of California's Assembly Bill 60 (AB60). AB60 gives about 2.6 million unauthorized immigrants access to driver licenses, making it the largest policy of its kind. Exploiting cross‐county variation in the estimated number of AB60 licenses, we find no measurable effects on auto insurance uptake or premium costs. A power analysis and multiple robustness checks corroborate this conclusion. We interpret our results to suggest that most newly licensed unauthorized immigrants were already driving before the reform to access work and basic services. Furthermore, unauthorized drivers may already have had access to an insured vehicle. Our research revisits prominent claims about the effects of driver license reforms and provides much‐needed empirical evidence to a controversial policy debate.
New disease and first report of marasmioid fungus, Marasmius palmivorus (Sharples), causing white root rot in Arachis hypogaea L.
Authors: Sridhar P. , Venkateshbabu G. , Hemalakshmi D. , Kirthika V.M. , Palani P. 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) plants showing distinct symptoms of necrosis of leaves and severe rotting of roots were observed in an agricultural field at Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu, India. The rhizomorphs of the phytopathogenic fungus were obtained from the rotted roots of the diseased plants and were cultured in the laboratory, and based on the morphological characteristics and nucleotide sequencing analysis of ITS and nLSU region, the phytopathogen was identified as Marasmius palmivorus. The isolated fungus produced distinct fruiting bodies (basidiocarps) when grown under the laboratory conditions. The fungus grew as cottony white colonies on the potato dextrose agar medium and were found to contain septate and clamp connections when examined under light microscope. The pathogenicity of the isolated fungus was assessed by inoculating it on healthy groundnut plant under glasshouse conditions; this resulted in the establishment of typical disease symptoms, which confirmed the pathogenicity of the fungus. The fungal pathogen re-isolated from the artificially inoculated plants was used for molecular characterization and confirmed that the organism was M. palmivorus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the occurrence of M. palmivorus, causing white root rot disease in A. hypogaea L.
New minerals in type A inclusions from Allende and clues to processes in the early solar system: Paqueite, Ca3TiSi2(Al,Ti,Si)3O14, and burnettite, CaVAlSiO6
Authors: Ma Chi , Beckett John R. , Tissot François L. H. , Rossman George R. 
Published: May 2022

AbstractPaqueite (Ca3TiSi2[Al,Ti,Si]3O14; IMA 2013‐053) and burnettite (CaVAlSiO6; IMA 2013‐054) are new refractory minerals, occurring as euhedral to subhedral crystals within aluminous melilite in A‐WP1, a type A Ca‐Al‐rich inclusion, and CGft‐12, a compact type A (CTA) from the Allende CV3 carbonaceous chondrite. Type paqueite from A‐WP1 has an empirical formula of (Ca2.91Na0.11)Ti4+Si2(Al1.64Ti4+0.90Si0.24V3+0.12Sc0.07Mg0.03)O14, with a trigonal structure in space group P321 and cell parameters a = 7.943 Å, c = 4.930 Å, V = 269.37 Å3, and Z = 1. Paqueite’s general formula is Ca3TiSi2(Al,Ti,Si)3O14 and the endmember formula is Ca3TiSi2(Al2Ti)O14. Type burnettite from CGft‐12 has an empirical formula of Ca1.01(V3+0.56Al0.25Mg0.18)(Si1.19Al0.81)O6. It assumes a diopside‐type C2/c structure with a = 9.80 Å, b = 8.85 Å, c = 5.36 Å, β = 105.6°, V = 447.7 Å3, and Z = 4. Burnettite’s general formula is Ca(V,Al,Mg)AlSiO6 and the endmember formula is CaVAlSiO6. Paqueite and burnettite likely originated as condensates, but the observed grains may have crystallized from local V‐rich melts produced during a later thermal event. For CGft‐12, the compositions of paqueite, clinopyroxene, and perovskite suggest that type As drew from two distinct populations of grains. Hibonite grains drew from multiple populations, but these were well mixed and not equilibrated prior to incorporation into type A host melilite.
Death in an Ordinary Time: Reflections from Rwanda
Authors: Sadruddin Aalyia Feroz Ali 
Published: May 2022

AbstractMeanings and processes of death in Rwanda have changed dramatically in the 25 years following imvururu, the Kinyarwandan term for “interruptions” that signifies the numerous episodes of violence between the late 1950s and mid‐1990s. Reflecting on experiences of elderly Rwandans who witnessed imvururu in adulthood, this article traces how death is perceived and practiced in old age, a phase of the life course that is marked with relative political calm. Although traces of imvururu permeate the present, these ordinary times—ibihe bisanzwe—afford opportunities for the elderly to alter their notions of death as an event by making it a personal process, reviving valued preparation practices from the past and creating new ones with the young. This peopled account invites alternative ways of thinking about time and recognizing death's role in infusing meaning back into life in contexts where accounts of the everyday remain frozen in an apocalyptic imaginary. [aging, death, ordinary, temporality, Rwanda].
Different venous approaches for implantation of cardiac electronic devices. A network meta‐analysis
Authors: Anagnostopoulos Ioannis , Kossyvakis Charalampos , Kousta Maria , Verikokkou Christina , Lakka Eleni , Karakanas Asterios , Deftereos Gerasimos , Spanou Polixeni , Giotaki Sotiria , Vrachatis Dimitrios , Avramidis Dimitrios , Deftereos Spyridon , Giannopoulos Georgios 
Published: May 2022

AbstractObjectivesMany of the complications arising from cardiac device implantation are associated to the venous access used for lead placement. Previous analyses reported that cephalic vein cutdown (CVC) is safer but less effective than subclavian vein puncture (SVP). However, comparisons between these techniques and axillary vein puncture (AVP) – guided either by ultrasound or fluoroscopy – are lacking. Thus, we aimed to compare safety and efficacy of these approaches.MethodsWe searched for articles assessing at least two different approaches regarding the incidence of pneumothorax and/or lead failure (LF). When available, bleeding and infectious complications as well as procedural success were analyzed. A frequentist random effects network meta‐analysis model was adopted.ResultsThirty‐six studies were analyzed. Most articles assessed SVP versus CVC. Compared to SVP, both CVC and AVP were associated with reduced odds of pneumothorax (OR: 0.193, 95%CI: 0.136–0.275 and OR: 0.128, 95%CI: 0.050–0.329; respectively) and LF (OR: 0.63, 95%CI: 0.406–0.976 and OR: 0.425, 95%CI: 0.286–0.632; respectively). No significant differences between AVP and CVC were demonstrated. Limited data suggests no major impact of different approaches on infectious and bleeding complications. Initial CVC approach required significantly more often an alternate/additional venous access for lead placement, compared to both AVP and SVP. No differences between these two were identified.ConclusionBoth AVP and CVC seem to decrease incident pneumothorax and LF, compared to SVP. Initial AVP approach seems to decrease the need of alternate venous access, compared to CVC. These results suggest that AVP should be further clinically tested.
Effect of calving to timed artificial insemination interval on fertility of beef cows
Authors: Tomazi Filho Juarez , Machado Pfeifer Luiz Francisco , Hoefle Clério Antônio , Farias Rodrigues Murilo , Ferreira Rogério 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThe objectives of this study were to determine the effect of calving to timed artificial insemination (C‐TAI) interval on fertility of Bos taurus and Bos indicus cows and to determine the best C‐TAI interval to include postpartum cows in TAI programs in each genotype (B. taurus and B. indicus). In experiment 1, a retrospective study was performed, with data from 2,709 TAI in Bos taurus and Bos indicus cows with different C‐TAI intervals. There was a positive linear effect of C‐TAI interval on the pregnancy probability (p < .0001). However, there was no effect or interaction with the genotype. When C‐TAI intervals were grouped in classes, pregnancy rate differed in groups (p < .05). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed, and it was observed that 52 days would be the better C‐TAI interval to maximize fertility in beef cows. According to the previous result, we further stratified into two C‐TAI interval groups (≤ 52 days or > 52 days). Cows with C‐TAI longer than 52 days (C‐TAI > 52) had greater pregnancy rate (56%) than cows with short C‐TAI (46%; p < .01). In experiment 2, 18 postpartum beef cows were subjected to TAI protocol at different C‐TAI intervals (n = 6 cows per group): 40, 60 or 80 days postpartum. Cows with 60 days of C‐TAI had a greater preovulatory follicle diameter than cows with 80 days postpartum (p < .05). The C‐TAI interval did not affect (p > .05) the ovulation rate nor the proportion of endometrial polymorphonuclear leucocytes. We conclude that C‐TAI interval affects pregnancy rate in both Bos taurus and Bos indicus. We recommend a C‐TAI interval longer than 52 days to increase fertility of beef cows included in TAI programs.
Retracted: Internal procedures of the risk‐oriented lending process in the bank
Authors: Ushanov Alexander E. 
Published: May 2022

AbstractInformation about the financial condition of financial institutions is the basis for assessing the risk of their lending. In the conditions of economic instability, the validity and effectiveness of management decisions significantly depend on the quality of financial and analytical calculations. To take into account, the specifics of the activities of various types of financial institutions when assessing the risk of their lending, the author put forward a hypothesis about the advisability of clarifying the composition of indicators used to assess the creditworthiness of borrowers. The analysis of the creditworthiness of financial companies and credit unions has been carried out. It was found that, during 2020–2021, no financial institution had the highest creditworthiness; at the same time, financial companies were more capable of meeting loan obligations than credit unions. A system of quantitative and qualitative indicators has been formed using correlation and factor analysis to assess the risk of lending to the activities of financial companies and credit unions. Certain indicators are suitable for integral assessment, and, therefore, create the basis for improving the methodological approach to assessing the risk of lending to financial institutions.
A primer on simple measures of association taught at undergraduate level
Authors: Allison James S. , Santana Leonard , (Jaco) Visagie I. J. H. 
Published: May 2022

AbstractThis article discusses and contrasts the measures of association introduced by Pearson, Spearman, and Kendall, as these are the three most commonly used in practice and also the ones primarily covered in introductory statistics courses. Emphasis is placed on concepts pertaining to the measurement of the level of association between two variables, the calculation of the coefficients, and the interpretation of the calculated values. In particular, we demonstrate how Spearman's rho and Kendall's tau can be expressed in terms of Pearson's correlation coefficient based on transformed data. Important concepts and potential pitfalls are illustrated using numerical examples.
The development of statistical literacy among students: Analyzing messages in media articles with Gal's worry questions
Authors: Delport Danri Hester 
Published: May 2022

AbstractReal‐world data are fundamental to modern teaching methodologies that aim to improve statistical knowledge and reasoning in students. Statistical information is encountered in everyday life, such as media articles and involves real‐world contexts. However, information could be biased or (mis)represented and students should be concerned about the validity of such articles, as well as the nature and trustworthiness of the evidence presented, while considering alternative interpretations of the findings conveyed to them. Statistics educators could make use of media articles to create opportunities for students to reflect on such (mis)representations and build statistical literacy. The purpose of this article is to show how information and data on the Omicron COVID‐19 variant have been (mis)represented in the media and by government entities. I also demonstrate how these examples may be utilized in the statistics classroom as they relate to concepts covered in most basic statistics courses.
Balloon catheter as an extraction device for caudal vena cava adrenal tumor thrombectomy in a dog: A case report
Authors: Young Kenneth M. , Stanley Bryden J. , Degner Daniel A. 
Published: May 2022

AbstractObjectiveTo report the use of a balloon catheter as an extraction device for a posthepatic caval thrombus in a dog with a right adrenal tumor.AnimalsTwelve‐year‐old male neutered Chihuahua mix dog.Study designCase reportMethodsThe dog presented for the evaluation of a hepatic mass. Computed tomography of thorax and abdomen was performed, and a right lateral liver lobe mass and a right adrenal mass were noted. The adrenal mass had a caval thrombus extending almost to the level of the right atrium. Traditional methods of tumor thrombectomy were unsuccessful. Extraction of the thrombus was facilitated by passing a balloon catheter through the caudal vena cavotomy until it was cranial to the thrombus, inflating the balloon and slowly withdrawing the catheter.ResultsA malignant pheochromocytoma was diagnosed on histology. The dog had a subjectively assessed good quality of life until it was euthanized 118 days postoperatively for acute dyspnea.ConclusionBalloon catheter‐assisted thrombectomy was successful in removing an extensive caval thrombus that was otherwise difficult to extract via conventional methods. This technique can be considered in cases with extensive tumor thrombus either as a method of choice or when other methods of thrombus extraction have failed.
Investigation on the Pressure Fluctuation Characteristics for a Regenerative Flow Pump Under Different Blade Arrangements
Authors: Li Qian-Qian , Zhu Dong-Sheng , Luo Ming-Hao , Chang Ai-Lian , Wu Peng , Guo Chun-Lin 
Published: May 2022

Abstract
The flow in the regenerative flow pump (RFP) is usually featured by unsteady flow fluctuation and complex interference efficacy. Two pump models with various blade arrangements were investigated in this study to explore the transient flow and the pressure fluctuation characteristics by computational fluids dynamics (CFD) simulation and experimental validation. The results illustrate that the average pressure variation of the impeller and channel across the impeller's rotating direction is in consistence with the mass exchange flow and the circulation number in the pump. Furthermore, the inlet and outlet pressures are analyzed, respectively, in the time and frequency domain, showing that the head coefficient fluctuates periodically with the fluctuating number equal to the blade number. The dominant frequencies of the two pump models are primarily blade passing frequency (BPF) and its harmonics. Additionally, the pressure fluctuation spectrum and the fluctuating amplitude at dominant frequency in each component of RFP are extracted to reveal the effects of the blade arrangement on the pressure fluctuation characteristics, where the fluctuating amplitude in the model with staggered blades was reduced significantly compared to the model with symmetrical blades. This could be attributed to the more uniform distribution of the internal flow, the less stronger pressure fluctuation, and the better modulation pattern of the root-mean-square (RMS) pressure. This work reveals the pressure fluctuation characteristics inside the RFP, and the design approach of increasing the circumferential uniformity could serve as a reference for the pressure fluctuation reduction and vibration and noise improvement of RFPs.