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Texts of Terror: The Bible and Bathroom Bill in Texas
Authors: Schones David A. 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
This paper discusses how faith-based advocacy organizations, such as the Texas Pastors Council, have used Genesis 1:27 to argue against the existence of a transgender identity and to defend the proposed (sb6) Texas Bathroom Bill. Highlighting the contemporary reception of this biblical text, the paper explores how Genesis 1–2 operates as a queer “text of terror.” This analysis proceeds in three parts. The first part examines how queer biblical scholars have interpreted this Genesis creation story. The second part builds on Deryn Guest’s argument, that Judges 3 is a “text of terror,” arguing that Genesis 1–2 may also lead to violence against the transgender community. The third section proposes a reading of Gen. 1:27 that contests the heteronormative gender identity endorsed in the narrative. This way of “reading forward” combats the normalizing discourse around human sexuality and reproduction often articulated in political and social arguments that use this text.
Citations, Allusions, and Marking Them in the Hebrew Bible: A Theoretical Introduction with Some Examples
Authors: Krause Joachim J. 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Citing other texts or alluding to them, authors deliberately opt to rely on the readiness and ability of their readers to cooperate in the production of meaning. Hence it is only natural to reckon with the possibility that a given author would mark citations and allusions in such a way as to enable readers to realize the intended reference more easily. While the marking of textual references is well-investigated in comparative literature, with regard to the Hebrew Bible it has remained largely unexplored. Therefore, this article offers a theoretical introduction illustrated by examples. In so doing, it views matters from the perspective of both production and reception, thus taking into account the decisive role of what has been dubbed above the “cooperation” of the reader. In the end, this integrative approach will also allow for a more nuanced functional classification of citations, allusions, and cognate phenomena.
Fatwās for an Unprecedented Minority: Sheikh Rāʾid Badīr and the fiqh of Medical Transplantation for Muslims Living in Israel
Authors: Rubinstein-Shemer Nesya 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
This article deals with legal opinions (fatwās) for Muslims living in Israel as a minority under non-Muslim rule. A well-developed legal doctrine known as fiqh al-aqalliyyāt al-muslima (jurisprudence concerning Muslim minorities) applies to Muslim minorities living in the West. The innovators of fiqh al-aqalliyyāt, Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī and Ṭaha Jābir al-ʿAlwānī, did not issue legal opinions for the Muslim minority living in Israel, which, because of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is classified as The Abode of War (dār al-ḥarb). In this article, I examine developments in Islamic jurisprudence for the Muslim minority living in Israel, with a focus on the legal opinions of Sheikh Rāʾid Badīr, the senior religious authority of the southern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel and the pioneer in issuing fatwās for the Muslim minority in Israel.
The Gulf of Guinea Proto-Creole and Its Daughter Languages: From Liquid Consonants to Complex Onsets and Vowel Lengthening
Authors: Bandeira Manuele , de Araujo Gabriel Antunes , Finbow Thomas 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Four Portuguese-based Creoles are spoken on the islands in the Gulf of Guinea: Santome, Angolar, Lung’Ie, and Fa d’Ambô. These languages are descendants of the Portuguese-based Gulf of Guinea Proto-Creole, which emerged at the beginning of the sixteenth century on São Tomé Island. Based on Bandeira (2017), we discuss the development of liquid consonants in Santome, Lung’Ie, Angolar and Fa d’Ambô using data from the reconstruction, and we examine the developments in the daughter-languages of the proto-phonemes *r and *l that led to the synchronic systems and the present configurations in the daughter languages, since the liquid consonants evolved differently from the proto-creole. We show that the relation between long vowels and liquid consonants, both in coda and in complex onsets, can be better understood if we consider the modern lexical items in these four languages as continuations of proto-forms, with characteristic modifications in each language governed by regular processes.
Yiddish among Former Haredim
Authors: Benedict Eliyahu 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
This article examines the use of and attitudes towards Yiddish among former Haredim. Using an interview- and questionnaire-based study, I demonstrate that Yiddish- speaking former Haredim generally have positive attitudes towards the language and continue to use it on a frequent, and even daily, basis while hoping to pass it on to their children. Furthermore, attitudes towards Yiddish develop from being largely practical when respondents were members of Haredi communities to emotional and ideological after having left. However, in the majority of cases the desire to continue using Yiddish regularly and to pass it on to the next generation is in conflict with the practical realities of finding opportunities to do so under increased pressure from the local majority language and a lack of institutional and community support. Overall, I argue that former Haredim have the power to determine the future life, death, or resurrection of secular Yiddish.
The Mondragon Worker Cooperatives’ Employment Record 1983–2019
Authors: Reuten Geert 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
In 2019, the Mondragon worker cooperatives, which number around 100, employed over 81 000 workers. Based primarily on information from the Mondragon annual reports, this article traces Mondragon’s employment record from 1983–2019. In this period its Spanish employment growth outran that of Spain by a factor of 3.4, and that of the aggregated oecd countries by a factor of 6.3. On top of the Spanish employment, Mondragon cooperatives’ subsidiaries employed about 4300 workers abroad (7% of the total) in 2001, and about 14 500 (18% of the total) in 2019. The article expands on the reasons for this last type of employment. The article also explains why the proportion of cooperative owner-members in the total employment varies over time. Depending on the sector, in 2019 this proportion is 32–45%, and measured as a proportion of the employment in cooperatives 32–74%—the difference being engendered by non-cooperative subsidiaries. Many cooperatives regard these proportions as second-best practices in the search for a modus between competitive pressures and the maintenance of employment within cooperatives.
Improving infection prevention behaviours in schools: Feasibility study to measure the impact of educational resources
Authors: Cooper Emily , Chen Gina , Godsell Sarah , Verlander Neville Q , Thacker Amy , Eley Charlotte V , Demirjian Alicia 
Published: August 2022

Background: Evidence indicates that tailored educational resources such as e-Bug in schools can improve students’ knowledge of infection prevention. This study aimed to (1) understand the feasibility of using soap use data as a proxy for measuring student handwashing behaviours and (2) refine a study method that could be implemented by local authorities and schools to assess impact as a result of the implementation of e-Bug. Design: A stepped-wedge design was employed, and 10 primary schools were randomly assigned to groups where teachers were trained to use e-Bug, either in July 2019 (early intervention group) or in January 2020 (late intervention group). Pre/post student knowledge-retention questionnaire data and soap use measurements were collected from all schools before and after the early group teachers used e-Bug. The sample included 16 soap use measures, 561 students in the early group and 601 students in the late group. Statistical analysis involved single/multivariable mixed-effects linear and logistic regression. Setting: A local authority in England. Results: In 15–18 questions, there was a significant relationship between training and students answering questions about microbes, hand/respiratory hygiene and antibiotic use/resistance correctly (degree of change varied). There was not enough power to comment on the relationship between the intervention and soap use. Conclusion: This study informs the feasibility of cluster, randomised, controlled trials in educational settings to measure the impact of educational resources. It can be used to inform future studies and highlights the need to ensure adequate sample size to estimate soap use and improve the measurement accuracy of data collection tools.
Patient Perspectives on Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Qualitative Study
Authors: Walker Victoria , Trope Michal , Tichavakunda Antar A. , Speth Marlene M. , Sedaghat Ahmad R. , Phillips Katie M. 
Published: August 2022

AbstractObjectiveAcute exacerbations of chronic rhinosinusitis (AECRS) are currently defined as a transient worsening of symptoms that return to baseline. This definition is narrow and can only be made retrospectively. The literature has studied this phenomenon from the physician perspective, yet a key stakeholder's—the patient's perspective is not well elucidated in the literature. To understand AECRS from the patient's perspective, we performed this study to further clarify this phenomenon.Study DesignBasic qualitative study via patient interviews using constant comparative methodology was conducted.SettingTertiary care academic center.MethodsTwo of the authors served as coders, and via group discussion, a common codebook was created and used to identify recurrent themes. The themes were analyzed for meaning and conclusions were summarized.ResultsTen interviews were conducted with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) patients. Recurring themes included the following: (1) patients identify with the term flare or sinus infection more than exacerbation; (2) consistent with the current definition, patients identify AECRS by worsening sinonasal symptoms but also relate secondary symptoms, including poor sleep, fatigue, exacerbation of lower respiratory tract symptoms, and malaise to AECRS; and (3) patients are greatly affected by AECRS via decreased quality of life (QOL), worsening of general health, and decreasing productivity.ConclusionBeyond worsening of sinonasal symptoms, the concept of AECRS reflects a more complex construct to patients with associated extranasal symptoms and systemic manifestations. In addition, AECRS have a large impact on patients, and therefore, understanding this component of CRS is pivotal in improving disease control and QOL in this patient population.
Changes in plasma IRAK-M in patients with prediabetes and its relationship with related metabolic indexes: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Xie Xiaomin , Bai Guirong , Zhang Li , Liu Huili , Qiang Dan , Li Ling 
Published: August 2022

Objective To investigate whether IL-1R-associated kinase (IRAK)-M is associated with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Methods In this cross-sectional study, enrolled subjects were assigned to different groups according to their fasting plasma glucose (FPG) values. IRAK-M and metabolic parameters, including fasting insulin (FINS), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and beta-cell function (HOMA-β), and thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP), were evaluated. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of IRAK-M and TXNIP for prediabetes and T2D was determined. Results IRAK-M decreased significantly with increasing FPG levels. IRAK-M was negatively correlated with TXNIP, FPG, FINS, HbA1c, and HOMA-IR and positively correlated with HOMA-β. The diagnostic cutoff value of IRAK-M was 3.76 ng/mL for prediabetes and 3.45 ng/mL for T2D. After stratifying by IRAK-M (<3.76 and ≥3.76 ng/mL), patients with a higher TXNIP level showed a greater risk of prediabetes or T2D in the subgroup with low IRAK-M (<3.76 ng/mL). Conclusions IRAK-M is independently and positively associated with prediabetes and T2D, while TXNIP is independently and negatively associated with prediabetes and T2D. IRAK-M and TXNIP serve as diagnostic factors for prediabetes.
Machine learning approaches for the mortality risk assessment of patients undergoing hemodialysis
Authors: Yang Cheng-Hong , Chen Yin-Syuan , Moi Sin-Hua , Chen Jin-Bor , Wang Lin , Chuang Li-Yeh 
Published: August 2022

Introduction: Mortality is a major primary endpoint for long-term hemodialysis (HD) patients. The clinical status of HD patients generally relies on longitudinal clinical observations such as monthly laboratory examinations and physical examinations. Methods: A total of 829 HD patients who met the inclusion criteria were analyzed. All patients were tracked from January 2009 to December 2013. Taken together, this study performed full-adjusted-Cox proportional hazards (CoxPH), stepwise-CoxPH, random survival forest (RSF)-CoxPH, and whale optimization algorithm (WOA)-CoxPH model for the all-cause mortality risk assessment in HD patients. The model performance between proposed selections of CoxPH models were evaluated using concordance index. Results: The WOA-CoxPH model obtained the highest concordance index compared with RSF-CoxPH and typical selection CoxPH model. The eight significant parameters obtained from the WOA-CoxPH model, including age, diabetes mellitus (DM), hemoglobin (Hb), albumin, creatinine (Cr), potassium (K), Kt/V, and cardiothoracic ratio, have also showed significant survival difference between low- and high-risk characteristics in single-factor analysis. By integrating the risk characteristics of each single factor, patients who obtained seven or more risk characteristics of eight selected parameters were dichotomized as high-risk subgroup, and remaining is considered as low-risk subgroup. The integrated low- and high-risk subgroup showed greater discrepancy compared with each single risk factor selected by WOA-CoxPH model. Conclusion: The study findings revealed WOA-CoxPH model could provide better risk assessment performance compared with RSF-CoxPH and typical selection CoxPH model in the HD patients. In summary, patients who had seven or more risk characteristics of eight selected parameters were at potentially increased risk of all-cause mortality in HD population.
Comfort With Telehealth Among Residents of an Underserved Urban Area
Authors: Bagchi Ann D. , Damas Kasny , Salazar de Noguera Nayeli , Melamed Benjamin , Menifield Charles , Baveja Alok , Weber Paul , Swaminathan Shobha 
Published: August 2022

Background: Deployment of telehealth has been touted as a means of reducing health disparities in underserved groups. However, efforts to reduce regulatory barriers have not been associated with greater telehealth uptake. The goal of this study was to examine engagement with technology among low-income people of color living in Newark, New Jersey. Methods: Using surveys and focus groups, we examined study participants’ daily use of technology (eg, Internet) and comfort with telehealth services (eg, use of teleconferencing for medication refills) before and after COVID-related social distancing mandates went into effect. Results: Use of technology was significantly lower in the pre-COVID period. However, prior months’ use of technology had a weak but significant correlation with comfort with telehealth ( r = .243, P = .005) in bivariate analyses and was the only significant predictor in multivariate analyses. Analyses of focus group discussions confirmed that lack of experience with technology and distrust of the security and privacy of digital systems were the most important barriers to comfort with telehealth in our sample. Conclusion: Our study found that approximately 20% of people in this under-resourced community lacked access to basic technologies necessary for successful deployment of telehealth services. The study’s timing provided an unexpected opportunity to compare experiences and attitudes relating to telehealth in 2 regulatory environments. Although uptake of telehealth services increased with the Federal governments’ relaxation of regulatory barriers, there was not a similar increase in comfort with telehealth use. Investments in broadband access and equipment should be accompanied by educational programs to increase day-to-day use of and comfort with associated technologies which would improve consumer confidence in telehealth.
Germicide Fenaminosulf Promots Gall Formation of Zizania latifolia without directly affecting the growth of endophytic fungus Ustilago esculenta
Authors: Li Fang , Zhang Juefeng , Zhong Haiying , Chen Jianming 
Published: August 2022

AbstractZizania latifolia is a popular aquatic vegetable in China because of its enlarged edible stems resulting from persistent infection by a fungal endophyte, Ustilago esculenta. Fenaminosulf (FM) is a germicide that can be used to improve agricultural crop yields. In Z. latifolia fields, appropriate spraying of FM not just controls diseases, but also promotes an earlier harvest of Z. latifolia. In this study, we show that the timing of gall formation was advanced and the plant’s yield was increased significantly under a high concentration treatment of FM. Yet FM had a strong inhibitory effect on the growth of U. esculenta in vitro, while the transcript levels of mating-type alleles, cell metabolism-related genes and chitin synthase genes were all substantially downregulated. Through a transcriptome analysis, we investigated changes in gene expression of the host Z. latifolia and fungal endophyte U. esculenta in response to FM. FM directly affected the growth of Z. latifolia by altering the expression level of genes involved in plant-pathogen interactions, plant hormone signal transduction and some metabolism pathways. By contrast, FM had little effect on U. esculenta growing inside of Z. latifolia. Collectively, our results provide a more in-depth understanding of the molecular processes that promote gall formation in Z. latifolia, while also identifying potential targets for genetic manipulation to improve the yield and quality of Z. latifolia, in a safer and more effective way.
Lidocaine promotes apoptosis in breast cancer cells by affecting VDAC1 expression
Authors: Long Dingde , Fang Xingjun , Yuan Peihua , Cheng Liqin , Li Hongtao , Qu LiangChao 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Objective
To investigate the effect of lidocaine on the expression of voltage-dependent anion channel 1 (VDAC1) in breast invasive carcinoma (BRCA) and its impact on the apoptosis of breast cancer cells.

Methods
We collected clinical data from patients with invasive breast cancer from 2010 to 2020 in the First affiliated hospital of Nanchang University, evaluated the prognostic value of VDAC1 gene expression in breast cancer, and detected the expression of VDAC1 protein in breast cancer tissues and paracancerous tissues by immunohistochemical staining of paraffin sections. Also, we cultured breast cancer cells (MCF-7) to observe the effect of lidocaine on the apoptosis of MCF-7 cells.

Results
Analysis of clinical data and gene expression data of BRCA patients showed VDAC1 was a differentially expressed gene in BRCA, VDAC1 may be of great significance for the diagnosis and prognosis of BRCA patients. Administration of lidocaine 3 mM significantly decreased VDAC1 expression, the expression of protein Bcl-2 was significantly decreased (p < 0.05), and the expression of p53 increased significantly (p < 0.05). Lidocaine inhibited the proliferation of MCF-7 breast cancer cells, increased the percentage of G2 / M phase cells and apoptosis.

Conclusion
Lidocaine may inhibit the activity of breast cancer cells by inhibiting the expression of VDAC1, increasing the apoptosis in breast cancer cells.
Clinical and laboratory features in patients with positive syphilis serology presenting with acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack: a prospective cohort study
Authors: Jitpratoom Pornpong , Boonyasiri Adhiratha 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Background
Neurosyphilis (NS) can lead to acute ischemic stroke (AIS) or transient ischemic attack (TIA). We compared the clinical characteristics and laboratory features among AIS and TIA patients who were syphilis-seronegative (control group) or had latent syphilis (LS) or NS to evaluate their stroke outcome.

Methods
This prospective cohort study was conducted on patients who had recently suffered AIS or TIA. After serological syphilis screening, clinical and laboratory data were collected, and brain imaging and spinal tap (serologically syphilis-positive patients only) were performed. Stroke outcome was re-evaluated approximately three months later.

Results
The 344 enrolled patients were divided into three groups: control group (83.7%), LS (13.1%), and NS (3.2%). A multivariate analysis revealed: 1) age of ≥ 70 years, generalized brain atrophy via imaging, and alopecia (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.635, 2.415, and 13.264, respectively) were significantly associated with LS vs controls; 2) age of ≥ 70 years (AOR = 14.633) was significantly associated with NS vs controls; and 3) the proportion of patients with dysarthria was significantly lower (AOR = 0.154) in the NS group than in the LS group. Regarding the NS patient cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) profile, only 2/11 cases had positive CSF-Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test results; the other nine cases were diagnosed from elevated white blood cell counts or protein levels combined with positive CSF fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption (FTA-ABS) test results. Regarding disability, the initial modified Rankin scale (mRS) score was lower in the control group than in the NS group (p = 0.022). At 3 months post-stroke, the mRS score had significantly decreased in the control (p < 0.001) and LS (p = 0.001) groups. Regarding activities of daily living, the 3-month Barthel Index (BI) score was significantly higher in control patients than in LS (p = 0.030) or NS (p = 0.002) patients. Additionally, the 3-month BI score was significantly increased in the control (p < 0.001) and LS (p = 0.001) groups.

Conclusions
Because syphilis was detected in many AIS and TIA patients, especially those aged ≥ 70 years, routine serological syphilis screening may be warranted in this population. Patients with syphilitic infection had worse stroke outcomes compared with NS patients.
Did Medicaid expansion close African American-white health care disparities nationwide? A scoping review
Authors: Snowden Lonnie R. , Graaf Genevieve , Keyes Latocia , Kitchens Katherine , Ryan Amanda , Wallace Neal 
Published: August 2022

Abstract
Objectives
To investigate the impact of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion on African American-white disparities in health coverage, access to healthcare, receipt of treatment, and health outcomes.

Design
A search of research reports, following the PRISMA-ScR guidelines, identified twenty-six national studies investigating changes in health care disparities between African American and white non-disabled, non-elderly adults before and after ACA Medicaid expansion, comparing states that did and did not expand Medicaid. Analysis examined research design and findings.

Results
Whether Medicaid eligibility expansion reduced African American-white health coverage disparities remains an open question: Absolute disparities in coverage appear to have declined in expansion states, although exceptions have been reported. African American disparities in health access, treatment, or health outcomes showed little evidence of change for the general population.

Conclusions
Future research addressing key weaknesses in existing research may help to uncover sources of continuing disparities and clarify the impact of future Medicaid expansion on African American health care disparities.