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Ramseyer’S History Denialism And The Efforts To “Save Ramseyer”: Focusing On Critique Of “A Response To My Critics” (2022), Sung Hyun Kang

Journal of International Women's Studies

This article focuses on Ramseyer’s “Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War: A Response to My Critics.” Ramseyer did not accept critiques that evaluated his claims, logic, and empirical methods for denialism in document analysis as lacking academic integrity and research sincerity. His response is mostly limited to the issue of “contractual structure at the wartime ‘comfort stations,’” and addressing the idea that women were never “forcibly conscripted at gunpoint or hauled away against their will.” He continues to argue that women were not “forcibly conscripted” because they agreed on “indentured servitude” contracts based on “credible commitments,” which represent “choices” …

My Response To Ramseyer’S Effort To Deny The History Of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery, Pyong Gap Min

Journal of International Women's Studies

The main objective of this paper is to critically evaluate as many of Ramseyer’s arguments as possible included in his 2022 paper. It consists of three sections in addition to the introduction and concluding remarks. The first section summarizes the expanded literature that interpreted the “comfort women” system as sexual slavery, judgments, and recommendations to the Japanese government given by scholars, international human rights organizations and the legislative branches of four Western countries. Since Ramseyer published his article denying the “comfort women” system as sexual slavery without introducing this literature, we cannot consider his article as an academic work. The …

Introduction: A Critical Evaluation Of Mark Ramseyer’S Arguments For “Comfort Women” As Voluntary Prostitutes With Labor Contracts, Pyong Gap Min

Journal of International Women's Studies

No abstract provided.

Multidisciplinary Retreatment Of Skeletal Class Ii Malocclusion With Obstructive Sleep Apnea And Multiple Prosthesis, Si-Rong Chen, Cheng-Hui Lin, Ellen Wen-Ching Ko

Taiwanese Journal of Orthodontics

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder syndrome, especially in the middle-aged, obese men population. Patients suffer from an interrupted sleep at night, which could be life-threatening. Treatment alternatives include continuous positive airway pressure, mandible advanced device, nasal surgery and maxillo-mandibular advancement surgery. This article presented a patient who came with chief complaints of lower jaw retrusion, poor sleep quality, unsatisfactory occlusion and old prosthesis. The patient had declined the surgical-orthodontics in 12 years ago, and went for another camouflage orthodontic treatment with extraction of teeth and multiple prosthesis. He presented with skeletal Class II with retrognathic mandible …

Cephalometric Analysis: History And Clinical Application, Ib Leth Nielsen

Taiwanese Journal of Orthodontics

When roentgen cephalometry was first introduced to the orthodontic profession in 1931 by Broadbent in the USA and Hofrath in Germany it was a major milestone in terms of new diagnostic tools available to orthodontists. Until that time only clinical observation and study casts of the patients had been available to the clinician but now a more in depth understanding of the facial makeup became possible. This meant that each patient’s malocclusion could now be related to their facial skeletal and dental morphology. The dentoalveolar components could now be studied in detail and better treatment plans could be developed that …

2022-12-27_Michiganoverview_Isdreporting, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Michigan COVID-19 Outbreak Reports

The K-12 Aged ISD Reporting page was obtained from Michigan's COVID-19 data page: https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/stats/k-to-12-aged-isd-reporting.

This report is created from data reported by the Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS) the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' web-based communicable disease reporting system. Data is updated every week.

The purpose of the dashboard is to report the 7 day average of COVID-19 cases in Michigan school students aged 5 through 18 at the intermediate school district and school district levels, as well as display trends over time to better illustrate the changing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases are attributed to …

Prostate Cancer Malignancy Detection And Localization From Mpmri Using Auto-Deep Learning As One Step Closer To Clinical Utilization, Weiwei Zong, Eric Carver, Simeng Zhu, Eric Schaff, Daniel Chapman, Joon K. Lee, Hassan Bagher-Ebadian, Benjamin Movsas, Winston Wen, Tarik Alafif, Xiangyun Zong

Radiation Oncology Articles

Automatic diagnosis of malignant prostate cancer patients from mpMRI has been studied heavily in the past years. Model interpretation and domain drift have been the main road blocks for clinical utilization. As an extension from our previous work we trained on a public cohort with 201 patients and the cropped 2.5D slices of the prostate glands were used as the input, and the optimal model were searched in the model space using autoKeras. As an innovative move, peripheral zone (PZ) and central gland (CG) were trained and tested separately, the PZ detector and CG detector were demonstrated effective in highlighting …

Tourist Accommodation Demand Vs. Blue Flag Award: Review And A Simple Empirical Approach To Bivariate Trends In The South-East Of Spain, Javier Alarcon

Journal of Mediterranean Tourism Research

An analytical review of the literature on the effect of the Blue Flag eco-label on tourism demand reveals clear divergences. Certain free sources provide valuable panel data to study trends over time in Blue Flag awards to beaches, on one side, and the demand for accommodation in bathing season, on the other. These data also serve as a basis for the construction of correlation models, such as the simple approach tested here in a representative territory of sun&beach tourism, on the south and east coasts of Spain. As a result, these two variables follow a similar trend, and the Blue …

Modified Ube3a Gene For A Gene Therapy Approach For Angelman Syndrome, Kevin Ron Nash, Edwin John Weeber, Jennifer Leigh Daily

USF Patents

Angelman Syndrome (AS) is a genetic disorder occurring in approximately one in every 15,000 births. It is characterized by severe mental retardation, seizures, difficulty speaking and ataxia. The gene responsible for AS was discovered to be UBE3A and encodes for E6-AP, an ubiquitin ligase. A unique feature of this gene is that it undergoes maternal imprinting in a neuron-specific manner. In the majority of AS cases, there is a mutation or deletion in the maternally inherited UBE3A gene, although other cases are the result of uniparental disomy or mismethylation of the maternal gene. While most human disorders characterized by severe …

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter: Volume 8, Number 4, Larry Starr, Phd

Leadership Doctorates Newsletter (Formerly Strategic Leadership Newsletter)

In this Issue:

• Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Braverman and Dr. Michael Jones
• Complex and Strategic Leaders who have Graduated with DMgt or PhD Degree
• Emerging Complex and Strategic Leaders Working Toward Degree Completion
• Updated Doctoral Candidate Status
• Our New Home is the School of Business in the College of Design, Engineering and Commerce About the
• Academic Appointments Update: Larry Starr
• Strategic Leadership and Complex Systems Leadership Alumni
• Alumni Profiles : Reverend Dr. Valerie Andrews
• Research Project: Reverend Dr. Valerie Andrews
• Research Project: Carol Haines
• Congratulations to Derek Hunsberger

Stylotella Sp. Acetone Extract From Selayar Island And Its Activity Against Breast Cancer Cells Mcf-7, Awaluddin Awaluddin, Asriani Ilyas, Firnanelty Firnanelty, Aisyah Aisyah, Andi Nur Fitriani Abubakar, Aisyah Rusdin

Chimica et Natura Acta

Styletella sp. is a type of sponge in the Halichondriidae family which is rich in secondary metabolite compounds that have various bioactivities that have the potential as drugs in the future, one of which is anticancer. This study aims to determine the types of secondary metabolites found in Stylotella sp. in Selayar Island and to determine the secondary metabolite bioactivity of MCF-7 breast cancer cells. The method used is extraction using acetone, fractionation and purification. The purity test was carried out by testing three eluent systems at TLC, namely chloroform:ethyl acetate (9:1), n-hexane: acetone (8:2), chloroform: acetone (9:1) eluent. Then …

Do Academic Supervisors Know What Their Employees Want From Work?, Emily Faulconer, John Griffith

Publications

This research has meaning to higher education learning institutions regarding faculty and staff motivation. Effectively motivating employees has captivated management theorists in search of higher morale and higher productivity. This study challenges the assumption by Hersey and Blanchard (1993) based on Lindahl’s (1949) study that supervisors do not know what their employees want from work.

Taking Action: Turning Evolutionary Theory Into Preventive Policies, Orsolya Molnár, Marina Knickel, Christine Marizzi

MANTER: Journal of Parasite Biodiversity

The emerging infectious disease (EID) crisis has been challenging global health security for decades, dealing substantial damage to all socioeconomic landscapes. Control measures have failed to prevent or even mitigate damages from an accelerating wave of EIDs, leading to the emergence and devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of the pandemic, we must critically review our public health policies and approaches. Current health security measures are based on the evolutionary theorem of host-parasite coevolution, which falsely deems EIDs as rare and unpredictable. The DAMA protocol (Document, Assess, Monitor, Act) is nested in a novel evolutionary framework that …

Novel Therapeutic Nutrients Molecules That Protect Against Zika Virus Infection With A Special Note On Palmitoleate, Philma Glora Muthuraj, Chandan Krishnamoorthy, Ann Anderson-Berry, Corrine K. Hanson, Sathish Kumar Natarajan

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a Flavivirus from the Flaviviridae family and a positive-sense single strand RNA virus. ZIKV infection can cause a mild infection to the mother but can be vertically transmitted to the developing fetus, causing congenital anomalies. The prevalence of ZIKV infections was relatively insignificant with sporadic outbreaks in the Asian and African continents until 2006. However, recent epidemic in the Caribbean showed significant increased incidence of Congenital Zika Syndrome. ZIKV infection results in placental pathology which plays a crucial role in disease transmission from mother to fetus. Currently, there is no Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved …

Covid-19 Vaccination: Hesitancy, Side Effects And Homoeopathy, Subhash Kaushik

Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy

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Frugal Innovations: Implementation In Regions Of Poland, Jacek Woźniak

European Management Studies

Purpose: The objective of the study is to assess the complexity of applying the attributes of frugal innovations in innovative enterprises located in three regions of Poland (i.e. A, B and C), as well as to compare the three regions. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study included 200 large innovative enterprises. The study listed the following number of enterprises belonging to individual regions: A – 154 entities, B – 39 entities, as well as C – 7 entities. Six hypotheses have been stated in the study. The empirical study considered quantitative methods and research techniques, i.e. the Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI) survey …

The 2016 Presidential Election Of Donald Trump And Its Impact On The College-Going Experience For Then-Undergraduate Lgbtq+ Students, Nicholas Russo

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

On November 8, 2016, businessman and mogul Donald J. Trump won the U.S. presidential election, sending shockwaves across the country given that polls indicated that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton would win the election. On U.S. college campuses, students reacted to the election win, and for LGBTQ+ undergraduate students, their marginalized identity was negatively impacted by Trump’s win because of his rhetoric towards this population. Colleges and universities responded to the 2016 election results by sending out communications to affirm their mission and values for all their constituents, but this response was perceived as not supporting by LGBTQ+ undergraduate …

Natural Selection Of Immune And Metabolic Genes Associated With Health In Two Lowland Bolivian Populations, Amanda J. Lea, Angela Garcia, Jesusa Arevalo, Julien F. Ayroles, Kenneth Buetow, Steve W. Cole, Daniel Eid Rodriguez, Maguin Gutierrez, Heather M. Highland, Paul L. Hooper, Anne Justice, Thomas Kraft, Kari E. North, Jonathan Stieglitz, Hillard Kaplan, Benjamin C. Trumble, Michael Gurven

ESI Publications

A growing body of work has addressed human adaptations to diverse environments using genomic data, but few studies have connected putatively selected alleles to phenotypes, much less among underrepresented populations such as Amerindians. Studies of natural selection and genotype–phenotype relationships in underrepresented populations hold potential to uncover previously undescribed loci underlying evolutionarily and biomedically relevant traits. Here, we worked with the Tsimane and the Moseten, two Amerindian populations inhabiting the Bolivian lowlands. We focused most intensively on the Tsimane, because long-term anthropological work with this group has shown that they have a high burden of both macro and microparasites, as …

Accuracy Of Covid-19 Relevant Knowledge Among Youth: Number Of Information Sources Matters, Patricia Wonch Hill, Judy Diamond, Amy N. Spiegel, Elizabeth Vanwormer, Meghan Leadabrand, Julia Mcquillan

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Can comics effectively convey scientific knowledge about COVID-19 to youth? What types and how many sources of information did youth have about COVID-19 during the pandemic? How are sources of information associated with accurate COVID-19 knowledge? To answer these questions, we surveyed youth in grades 5–9 in a Midwestern United States school district in the winter of 2020–2021. The online survey used measures of COVID-19 knowledge and sources, with an embedded experiment on COVID-19 relevant comics. Guided by an integrated science capital and just-in-time health and science information acquisition model, we also measured level of science capital, science identity, and …

Method And System For Bi Cube Refresh Automation, Pradeep Kumar M K, Velkumar Thangavel, Abinaya Solaiyan, Chia-Chih Lu, Kumar Reddy

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure relates to a system for BI cube refresh automation. In the present disclosure, initially the status of the I-server 107 is determined. Once the I-server is active, the cube refresh automation system 103 may back-up the old workflow logs and deletes the old workflow logs from one or more data cubes 101. Further, the cube refresh automation system may split the insertion of new workflow logs into clustered server and then merges the insertion results from the clustered servers. The merger insertion results are further monitored. Upon successful insertion, the insertion trigger is deleted. When the insertion …

Automatic Calling Mode Selection Based On Availability Of Preferred Wi-Fi Networks, Jeff Ahmet

Defensive Publications Series

In areas with poor cellular network coverage, Wi-Fi calling mode can enable users to place and receive phone calls. However, manual selection of calling modes is cumbersome. Further, a user device may shift between Wi-Fi calling and cellular calling modes based on current signal conditions for the networks which can lead to a poor call experience. This disclosure describes techniques for the preferential selection of Wi-Fi calling as a calling mode for a user device based on a particular wireless local area network (WLAN). A user can specify a set of wireless network identifiers (SSIDs) for which Wi-Fi calling mode …

Credit Card With Dynamic Credit Rating Display, Manas Sharma

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure relates to a method, system and payment card for dynamically displaying credit rating. As such, credit related information and transaction information of a cardholder associated with a payment card is received from an issuer server. The credit related information and transaction information of the cardholder are used for predicting one or more behavioural parameters associated with the cardholder. Further, the one or more values are used for determining a credit rating of the cardholder. The credit rating of the cardholder may be displayed on the payment card or cardholder device or on any merchant device facilitating transaction …

A Report Of Intraguild Predation By Orthochirus Sp. On Hottentotta Tamulus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) In Maharashtra, India, Mihir Joshi, Shubhankar Deshpande

Euscorpius

We report an event of intraguild predation by Orthochirus sp. feeding on a juvenile individual of Hottentotta tamulus (Fabricius,1798) from Maharashtra, India. This is the first report of intraguild predation among Indian scorpions.

Floating Electricity Distribution, Bernd Lienau, Aker Solutions

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure relates to a floatable electricity distribution platform comprising a semisubmersible hull having a plurality of columns supported by a pontoon structure and a deck supported by the columns.

Self-Organizing Publish/Subscribe On The Network Edge, Phil Genera

Defensive Publications Series

In a publish/subscribe protocol such as MQTT, Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices communicate as follows. A device with a message pertaining to a certain topic publishes the message to a cloud-based server. A device that subscribes to the topic receives messages pertaining to the topic from the cloud-based server. The traditional publish/subscribe protocol fails if the internet is unavailable. This disclosure describes techniques for publish/subscribe messaging without the need for a central coordinating server. A subscriber translates the topic of interest to a multicast IP address. To publish a message, the publisher simply sends a UDP packet with the message content to …

Enhancing Cryptographic Security By Partial Key Management, Omer Berkman, Marcel M. Moti Yung

Defensive Publications Series

Cryptographic security can degrade over time due to attackers using more powerful hardware or more sophisticated software. To maintain security, cryptographic machinery is replaced or strengthened as and when weaknesses are found. However, updating certain cryptographic components is infeasible or expensive, resulting in updates that either don’t occur or are delayed. This disclosure describes techniques to enhance cryptographic security by updating portions of a cryptographic system when updating cryptographic parameters is only partially possible. Authenticating data (auth-data) sent by the un-updateable component during normal operation is used to deliver new and upgraded security parameters to secure communication. Security degradation resulting …

Detecting Energy On Restricted Bands To Automatically Configure Device State, Craig Dooley

Defensive Publications Series

Smartphones and other mobile devices can be disruptive in certain contexts such as a play or concert. Users may fail to turn off their devices in such contexts or may not know the correct way to do so. Professional performances are often at venues where performance-related equipment transmits on restricted radio bands for reliable wireless communication necessary for the performance. With user permission, an existing radio in a user device is used to detect energy on restricted bands used for such communication. When energy is detected, it is indicative that the device is within range of a professional performance. With …

System Amd Dock Device Mutual Lock, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

Peripherals is getting to use in our PC system day by day. Even now Industry usually supplies many strong software/hardware protections in person systems, but related security methodology seem doesn’t grow as well. This is a new idea which leverage system power control method to peripheral which specific to docking device. Providing system/docking mutual secure lock. There’re 4 major features we provide. Register specific ID in BIOS firmware for target system and Docking devices then authorized person can lock/unlock system or docking device from firmware level. Cover not only PC but also extend protection to stay alone docking devices.

Smart Utility Cart For Improving Wireless Communication In High-Noise Environments, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

It is common practice in data centers and other industrial environments to place wireless client devices such as laptops on rolling utility carts for transport through the facility. Such wireless client devices are often in close proximity to equipment that generates substantial radio frequency (RF) noise and interferes with wireless connectivity of the client devices. This disclosure describes a smart utility cart with a telescopic mast that hosts a wireless device bridge, e.g., antenna, situated at a height above RF noise sources to improve the received signal (by being in line of sight with access points) and to decrease the …

The "Inter" Cultural Dimensions In Teaching Of Fle In An Exolingual Context, Batoul Al-Muhaissen, Ahmad Nawafleh

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Arts مجلة اتحاد الجامعات العربية للآداب

The aim of this research is to propose pedagogical ideas for improving the quality of teaching / learning of French language / culture in the Jordanian university context. To do so, we will focus on the importance of cultural and intercultural aspects in acquiring a foreign language communication skill. We will then emphasize on clarifying the terms of culture, civilization and interculturality, often confused by foreign language teachers. Subsequently, we will discuss the role of interculturality in communication with others and the role of cultural competence in teaching FFL. The study ends with a number of pedagogical reflections based on …