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Surgical planning for coronary artery bypass operations using patient-specific computational fluid dynamics modelling
Authors: Chaudhuri Krish 
Published: November 2022

Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Coronary artery bypass grafting operations have been performed as a treatment for this disease for over 60 years. There has been recent interest in the exclusive use of arterial grafts as conduits for this operation, in particular bilateral internal mammary arteries, on account of their longevity. However, there still exists significant variability in grafting strategy amongst cardiac surgeons and there remains controversy as to the optimal grafting configuration for a given patient. This is due to the complexity of the biophysics of a particular individual’s coronary circulation and the resulting degree of uncertainty facing a surgeon. The overall aim of this research was to investigate whether predictive patient-specific computational modelling could aid cardiac surgeons in their selection of grafting configurations using bilateral internal mammary and radial arteries for patients with severe triple vessel disease. In particular, the purpose was to avoid the selection of unsatisfactory grafting configurations that would result in grafts with limited patency due to flow competition.This study was conducted by recruiting 16 cardiac surgeons (8 experts and 8 novices). Surgeons selected their preferred grafting configuration for each of 5 patients, including an anaortic technique which could be performed without the need for cardiopulmonary bypass. Five patient-specific 1D-0D lumped parameter computational models were created to compare 12 total arterial grafting configurations used internationally. The hemodynamic predictions included mean graft flow, pulsatility index and degree of regional myocardial perfusion restored. Surgeons then selected their preferred grafting configurations after viewing the computational data. The use of computational models led to a significant decrease in the selection of unsatisfactory grafting configurations using anaortic techniques. It also resulted in more patient-specific tailoring of individual grafting configurations for these techniques. Computer modelling informed novices were more likely to choose optimal grafting configurations whereas experts were content with satisfactory grafting configurations. Novices were also more likely than experts to be influenced by the computer model in selecting grafting configurations that they would usually avoid the use of.The 1D-0D predictive patient-specific models demonstrated that the arterial grafting configurations using composite and sequential grafts are patient-specific. Based on these results it is concluded that grafting configurations should be adjusted specifically for each patient. The use of computer modelling can aid surgeons in making better decisions for patients particularly in the context of more technically challenging anaortic operations that use bilateral internal mammary and radial arteries in patients with triple vessel disease.
Effect of Antiplatelet Activity of Aspirin on Chronic Kidney Disease
Authors: Ali Saqib 
Published: November 2022

Background and aim: Individual differences in the pharmacological responsiveness to aspirin are considerable. A higher likelihood of ischemic episodes is linked to aspirin's inadequate antiplatelet actions. It has been hypothesized that chronic kidney disease (CKD) influences the pharmacologic reaction to antiplatelet drugs. The elevated chance of fatality and cardiovascular problems in CKD sufferers has already been found to be largely explained by high on-treatment platelets response (HTPR) to clopidogrel. This research aimed to examine at how aspirin affects blood clotting in CKD sufferers. Method: We performed cross-sectional research on 120 people in Medical center of Lahore taking aspirin regularly. The thromboxane production generated by AAI was used to gauge the pharmacologic reaction to aspirin. Result: Individuals with poor kidney functioning were more likely to experience HTPR to aspirin (48% vs. 23%; odds ratio, 3.17; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.35-7.42; P = 0.007). When compared to individuals with healthy or mildly diminished kidney performance, those with mild or serious CKD had lower pharmacokinetic responsiveness to aspirin (91; interquartile ranged [IQR], 281 ng mL-1; differential in medians, 56; CI, 6-110 ng mL-1; P = 0.012).	Remaining thromboxane production and glomerular filtration rate were both associated by bivariate Pearson correlation analysis (R = 0.312; R2 = 0.093; P = 0.001). Individuals with CKD were usually old age and being women. Women and aged were not significant predictors of the connection, according to multivariate linear regression analyses (R = 0.313; R2 = 0.081; P = 0.002 and P = 0.006) respectively. Conclusion: Aspirin pharmacological reaction is associated with kidney function. Individuals who have CKD are more likely to have aspirin's antiplatelet action compromised. To evaluate the therapeutic significance of this data and look into the best antithrombotic strategy for CKD individuals, additional research is required. Keywords: Chronic kidney disease, platelets, treatment, aspirin, cardiovascular
Modelo de ganadería sustentable: La visión multisectorial desde el estado de Jalisco
Authors: Graf Montero Sergio Humberto , Blanco Alonso María Alejandra , Novoa Leyva Ismael , Rosales Adame Jesús Juan 
Published: November 2022

En México los paisajes forestales son territorios heterogéneos y complejos. En ellos se desarrollan una multiplicidad de usos que van desde el ecológico, cultural hasta el socioproductivo. Históricamente, las políticas de desarrollo rural y de conservación están desarticuladas, esta situación favorece la degradación y deforestación de la superficie forestal y un desarrollo de sistemas agropecuarios insostenibles. Jalisco, el Gigante Agroalimentario (Padilla et al., 2017) del país, también está examinando los costos ambientales y sociales de tal apelativo (contaminación de aguas, desigualdad, degradación de suelos, deforestación, etc.). La ganadería extensiva los cultivos de agave y aguacate son considerados como impulsores de la deforestación, por lo que se opta por llevar estos sistemas a esquemas libres de deforestación.
On the Educational Significance and Value of Visual Arts
Authors: Carr David 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
There can be little doubt, from the enduring contemporary popularity of art galleries and museums, that such visual arts as painting and sculpture are sources of perceptual and emotional satisfaction and pleasure to a large viewing public. Still, given the contemporary unfamiliarity of much of the subject matter of past art and the absence of any clearly comprehensible subject matter in much modern (abstract and other) art, it may be less clear what younger or older viewers might come to learn from their viewing of much or any educational value. This paper first offers an overview of the complex history of development of visual art from past to present in light of the shifting standards of artistic and aesthetic evaluation that have variously guided such development. However, it is argued that, while any educated appreciation of visual art cannot be had without some understanding of such history, it also requires a clear grasp of conceptual relations between the artistic and the aesthetic and of the significant interplay of diverse criteria of evaluation in any and all serious artworks past or present. Given this, visual arts may provide a unique route to educational understanding of the broadest liberal character.
Art Education and the Investment of Attention
Authors: Fenner David 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This paper is written for students of art and for teachers who are working to introduce students to art. It offers a practical answer to a practical question: how much time and attention should be directed toward a work of art that does not seem to be rewarding such an investment before deciding to give up and/or move on to an investment of time and attention in a different work of art? Reductionist tests such as “After fifteen minutes in a cinema where reward seems unlikely, walk out” are clearly unsatisfactory as there are many counterexamples. The answer offered by this paper focuses on a twelve-point calculus of contextual factors: object-focused factors (artform categorization of the artwork, genre categorization of the artwork, genetics, instantiation/performance), collective subject-focused factors (recommendations, strength of venue, provenance, community consensus), and particular subject-focused factors (psychic preparation, engagement, information, interpretation).
Mental Theorizing about Fictional Characters
Authors: Tullmann Katie 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Mindreading is the ability to attribute mental states to others and predict their behavior. Mindreading is commonplace in our daily lives, as well as our engagements with fictions. In this paper, I provide an account of how we mindread fictional entities that draws upon a version of theory-theory (TT). TT states that we attribute mental states through a process of inference-drawing from tacit folk psychological knowledge about mental states and information about our current environment and then conclude that the target must think or feel a certain way. Philosophers of art seldom argue in favor of TT. My opinion is that TT does not appeal to those trying to explain fictional mindreading because it does not explicitly make use of the imagination or imaginary mental states. Moreover, TT faces several standard objections that philosophers of art have taken to heart. Most significantly, it is argued that TT proposes an overly complex cognitive architecture and does not capture the phenomenology of our mindreading experience. To combat such worries, I supplement the traditional account of TT with an account of social referencing. Social referencing is a heuristic model of how we quickly understand our social surroundings. I argue that this updated version of TT can adequately account for the challenges faced by standard TT and can readily explain how we mindread fictional entities.
A Catcher's Mask: Vincent Nava, Mexican Americans, and the Question of Race in Early Baseball
Authors: Nuñez Alex 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
When Vincent Nava became the first Mexican American to play professional baseball in the United States in 1882, it forced the sport to reckon with the place of individuals who did not fit neatly into the Black/white color line it had recently imposed, questioning if an ethnically Latin player should participate in a profession designated by and for white men. For Nava and his team, baseball became a way to experiment with whiteness and its corresponding characteristics of masculinity, social mobility, and identity. Nava's experiences mirrored those of many other Mexican Americans in their pursuit of equality and whiteness as a strategy to deter racial hostilities and to gain access to segregated spaces. Nava's attempts to circumnavigate the color line and the continuous negotiation of his identity within the sport provide critical insights to help deepen our understanding of the fluidity of the race-making process, how non-white populations resisted oppression, and how sports can enrich those conversations.
The Two Categorizations of Goods in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Authors: Kim Bradford Jean-Hyuk 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This article resolves some difficulties with Aristotle's discussion of the choice-worthy (haireton). Nicomachean Ethics I posits goods that are choice-worthy for themselves and for something else, but Nicomachean Ethics X appears to present being choice-worthy for itself as mutually exclusive with being choice-worthy for something else; moreover, Nicomachean Ethics X seems to claim that action is choice-worthy for itself and, therefore, not choice-worthy for something else but also seems to claim that action is choice-worthy for something else and, therefore, not choice-worthy for itself. As for the latter problem internal to Nicomachean Ethics X, I argue that Aristotle is ultimately committed to the idea that action is choice-worthy for something else. As for the problem between Nicomachean Ethics I and X, I argue that Nicomachean Ethics X only claims something admitted by Nicomachean Ethics I: being choice-worthy for something else is mutually exclusive with being choice-worthy only for itself.
Is Spinoza'sEthicsMetaethically Constructivist?
Authors: Kyriacou Christos 
Published: November 2022

AbstractCharles Jarrett and P. D. Zuk have argued on independent grounds that Spinoza's Ethics delineates a moral antirealist/constructivist position. I reconstruct their basic arguments, present their textual evidence, and suggest that the evidence is, in principle, compatible with moral realism. As I argue, Jarrett and Zuk have opted for an antirealist/constructivist interpretation of the adduced textual evidence because they tacitly rely on a mistaken metaethical assumption: that relational normativity entails moral antirealism/constructivism. I explain why this is not the case by reference to Aristotle's virtue ethics, as well as by reference to various contemporary metaethical positions that conjoin relational normativity and moral realism. I conclude that the textual evidence Jarrett and Zuk rely on does not suffice to render Spinoza's Ethics unequivocally morally antirealist/constructivist and that the morally realist interpretation remains defensible.
God Can Do Otherwise
Authors: Flint Dylan 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This paper locates a source of contingency1 for Leibniz in the fact that God can do otherwise, absolutely speaking.23 This interpretative line has been previously thought to be a dead-end because it appears inconsistent with Leibniz's own conception of God, as the ens perfectissimum, or the most perfect being (Adams 1994). This paper points out that the best argument on offer which seeks to demonstrate this inconsistency fails. The paper then argues that the supposition that God does otherwise implies for Leibniz (at least) that God would not be praiseworthy, which is an absurd implication—or a violation of the principle of sufficient reason (PSR)—but that this is not, strictly speaking, an inconsistency—or a violation of the principle of contradiction (POC).4 While praiseworthiness is a perfection—and is compossible with God's other perfections—and so God must in some sense instantiate it, this paper argues that, given the nature of praiseworthiness for Leibniz, it in fact makes sense to say that praiseworthiness is merely a contingent perfection of God.5
Establishing the Existence of Things in Themselves
Authors: Beizaei Banafsheh 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIn the Critique of Pure Reason, Kant draws a distinction between appearances and things in themselves, characterizing the latter as uncognizable. While arguing that all we can cognize are appearances, Kant nevertheless maintains that there are things in themselves. This has struck many as questionable: how can we be in a position to affirm, of things stipulated to be uncognizable, that they exist? In this paper, I take up the challenge of establishing the existence of things in themselves. I begin by making the case that, given Kant's epistemological strictures, the existence of things in themselves must follow analytically from the existence of appearances. After examining the pitfalls of a recent attempt at establishing the existence of things in themselves, I go on to argue that the feature of appearances in virtue of which their existence analytically entails the existence of themselves is the subjectivity of their form. It is implicit in the notion of something with a subjective form that its matter is provided via affection from without. Moreover, the things providing the matter of appearances can't be located in space and time, because appearances themselves depend on our sensibility for their formal features.
Chisholm on the Necessary A Posteriori
Authors: Wreen Michael 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
Roderick Chisholm addressed the issue of the necessary a posteriori on at least three occasions and, characteristically, modified his views over time. He first advanced a three-stage argument that concluded that no necessary truths are known a posteriori. Without abandoning that argument, he later weakened its conclusion, claiming only that not all knowledge of necessary truths is a posteriori. In the main, this paper is a detailed critical exposition of Chisholm's arguments. However, it also picks up on some suggestive remarks of Chisholm's, draws them out, and explores them.
The Harsh Reality of Fine Words: The Daily Implementation of Immigration Policies in Soviet Karelia
Authors: Golubev Alexey , Takala Irina 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
This article considers the immigration of North American Finns to Soviet Karelia through the prism of daily life. It focuses on how governmental directives were implemented at the local level, and how the challenges of daily life forced the immigrants to re-evaluate the decision to move eastwards across the Atlantic, as well as the socialist project in general. In the first section, the article examines the motives of the immigrants with an emphasis on frictions between multiple Soviet state agencies. Since the motives of these agencies were different and sometimes directly contradictory to one another, the organization of immigration was from the very beginning plagued with inefficient management, indifference to arriving immigrants, and negligence of the conditions in which the immigrants were to live and work. The article discusses the conditions of housing and work and food, the three main spheres in which the Soviet Karelian leadership failed to satisfy demands of the immigrants, primarily because a long bureaucratic chain of management was too inflexible to introduce effective solutions. The article then considers the immigrants’ responses to their dissatisfaction with daily life, from re-emigration to adaptation to attempts to improve the quality of life without relying on official assistance.
A Long-Term Effect of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Intentions: Results from Finnish Higher Education Students
Authors: Joensuu-Salo Sanna 
Published: November 2022

Abstract
The economic growth of Finland and the well-being of Finnish society are heavily based on entrepreneurship. Hence, it is important to foster entrepreneurial intentions among students in higher education. Entrepreneurial intentions have been extensively studied in entrepreneurship research for the past twenty years, and most research applies Ajzen's (1991) Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) in the context of entrepreneurial intentions. However, there remains a demand for research: studies employing the full TPB model are rare, and the biggest research gap lies in longitudinal settings. This article contributes to entrepreneurial intention research by examining the TPB model in a longitudinal follow-up of the same individuals from a point during their university studies, to between one and four years after graduation. In addition, the impact of entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial intentions requires more research and longitudinal settings. My article contributes to this research by examining the long-term effect of entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial intentions as illustrated by Finnish students in higher education. The objectives of this study are as follows: 1) to examine the long-term effect of attitudes, perceived behavioral control, and the subjective norm on entrepreneurial intentions, and 2) to examine the long-term effect of entrepreneurial education on entrepreneurial intentions after graduation. The data for this research were gathered from Finnish students in higher education over the period from 2008 to 2013. The results suggest that attitudes to an entrepreneurial career have explanatory power that is retained with time. Attitudes measured during the period of higher education explained entrepreneurial intentions even two to four years after graduation. Interestingly, the results show that entrepreneurial education has a long-term effect on entrepreneurial intentions among Finnish students in higher education.
Preface: 2022 International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Modeling Simulation and Automatic Control (AMMSAC 2022)
Authors: Haggai Emmanuel , Han Yingke 
Published: November 2022

It is our honor to present the proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Modeling Simulation and Automatic Control (AMMSAC 2022). Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the conference was held virtually during August 27-28, 2022 in Xi'an, China.
AMMSAC 2022 aims to provide an ideal academic platform for researchers to present the latest research findings and describe emerging technologies, directions and developments in applied mathematics, modeling simulation, computer science, intelligent manufacturing and automatic control. As these goals require the cooperation of people from different background, we hope that our research will help to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.
During the conference, we were pleased to be joined by four knowledgeable keynote speakers. More than 70 participants were benefited through each of the 30-35 minutes keynote speech. The parallel sessions were arranged in online meeting and carefully monitored by the organizing team.
We truly believe that the AMMSAC 2022 is a great platform for researchers, academician, industry players and student to brainstorm and exchange research idea, communicate their new research findings and eventually leading the world to meet the sustainable goals.
The AMMSAC Scientific Committee
Xi'an, China
Preface: 4th International Conference on Material Science, Environment Science and Computer Science (MSESCS 2022)
Authors: Saxton Boyce , Duan Jie 
Published: November 2022

The 2022 4th International Conference on Material Science, Environment Science and Computer Science (MSESCS 2022) is traditionally held in the Guangzhou, China. The organizing committee sincerely hopes that the conference helped to attract young scientists to solve urgent scientific problems. It is one of the leading international conferences for presenting novel and fundamental advances in the fields of material science, environment science and computer science. The conference was held online during September 10-11, 2022 due to the pandemic, and more than 60 people attended the meeting.
The idea of MSESCS 2022 is for the scientists, scholars, engineers and students from the universities all around the world and the industry to present ongoing research activities, and hence to foster research relations between the universities and the industry. This conference is expected to establish further research collaboration and define the platform for the future research direction.
MSESCS 2022 covers a variety of topics related to planning, design, operation, management and maintenance of materials and computing engineering. This conference provides opportunities for the delegates to exchange new ideas and application experiences face to face, to establish business or research relations and to find global partners for future collaboration. The proceedings contain more than 40 papers grouped by topics.
The scientific committee of the conference highly appreciates the great work of the editorial board and reviewers in preparing this volume. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all authors for their research contributions, and also to the organizers of the conference for their valuable spadework.
MSESCS Scientific Committee
Guangzhou, China