scholarly journals INCIDENCE AND LETHALITY OF COVID-19 CLUSTERS IN BRAZIL VIA CIRCULAR SCAN METHOD

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 556-570
Author(s):  
Henrique José de Paula ALVES ◽  
Felipe Augusto FERNANDES ◽  
Kelly Pereira de LIMA ◽  
Ben Dêivide de Oliveira BATISTA ◽  
Tales Jesus FERNANDES
Keyword(s):  
Initial Phase ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Scan Statistic ◽  
R Software ◽  
The Third ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
The World ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Peak Phase ◽  
Three Phases

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread rapidly around the world in a frightening way. In Brazil, the third country with the highest number of infected and deaths from the disease, it is important for government health authorities to identify the federation units that stand out in cases and deaths from this disease to target resources. The circular scan statistic proposed by Martin Kulldorff allows to identify with some statistical significance the units of the federation that stand out in relation to the number of cases and deaths of COVID-19 in Brazil. Such units of federation are known as clusters. Once these clusters were identified, we used the coefficients of incidence and lethality to better describe the behavior of these clusters during three phases of the pandemic: the initial phase, the peak phase, and also the stability and fall phase. We observed changes in the location of the clusters identified in these three phases and used the R software and also the SaTScan software to obtain the maps and results, which were consistent with what was reported by the Brazilian media.

scholarly journals Local Moran Index: an application in epidemiological coefficients of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. e27810313472
Author(s):  
Henrique José de Paula Alves ◽  
Felipe Augusto Fernandes ◽  
Kelly Pereira de Lima ◽  
Ben Dêivide de Oliveira Batista ◽  
Tales Jesus Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Significance ◽  
R Software ◽  
Statistical Tool ◽  
Government Health ◽  
The Third ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Local Moran ◽  
Incidence Prevalence

The COVID-19 pandemic spread quickly around the world in a frightening way. In Brazil, the third country in the world with the highest number of people infected and killed by the disease, it is important that the government health authorities identify the federation units that stand out in cases and deaths due to this disease for targeting resources. The Local Moran Index is a statistical tool that estimates those units of the federation that stands out the most with some statistical significance. We used the epidemiological coefficients of incidence, prevalence, and lethality to describe Brazil’s pandemic better today. We use R software to obtain maps and results.

Too Shame to Look:1 Learning to Trust Mirrors and Healing the Lived Experience of Shame in Alice Walker's The Color Purple

Hypatia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 521-536
Author(s):  
Kimberly S. Love
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
The Third ◽  
Jean Paul ◽  
The Color Purple ◽  
The World ◽  
Reagan Era ◽  
Color Purple ◽  
Aesthetic Structure ◽  
Three Phases

This article investigates the role of shame in shaping the epistolary form and aesthetic structure of Alice Walker's The Color Purple. I argue that the epistolary framing presents a crisis in the development of Celie's shamed self‐consciousness. To explain the connection between shame and Celie's self‐consciousness, I build on Jean Paul Sartre's theory of existentialism and explore three phases of Celie's evolution as it is represented in three phrases that I identify as significant transitions in the text: “I am,” “But I'm here,” and “It mine.” The first section examines how shame fractures Celie's self‐consciousness; the second focuses on how Celie positions and locates herself in the world; and the third explains how Celie mobilizes shame by connecting her self‐consciousness to a past that is shameful but also generative. I conclude by considering the novel's emergence in the Cosby/Reagan era in order to illuminate the mutual constitution of black familial pride and black racial shame.

scholarly journals Global Strategic Management: China-US Transitional Paradigm of Convergence

2017 ◽  
Vol II (I) ◽  
pp. 99-118
Author(s):  
Waseem Ishaque ◽  
Muhammad Zia-ur Rehman ◽  
Imran Ashraf
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Economic Power ◽  
The Third ◽  
Fourth Part ◽  
Chinese Perspective ◽  
The World ◽  
The Stability

The study focuses on the China US relations since Cold War and then after its impacts till recent appearance of China as second greatest economic power of the world, which not only influences the strategic, but also economic and social aspects. The tragedy of 9/11 and the resultant impact on Middle East in the form of destabilization jolted the world scenario. China and US have larger share of military and economic powers, the stability and peace relies on both of them. The research has been developed containing five sub parts. The first part covers the significance of issue to US-China relations, the second part deals with US Interests and US perspective of Chinese interests and social aspects, the third part is related to Chinese interests and Chinese perspective of US interests, the fourth part covers the areas of convergence with recommended cooperative initiatives and last part deals with areas of divergences with recommended mechanism to manage the tension and crises.

scholarly journals The Inari Saami Wikipedia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Brecciaroli
Keyword(s):  
Initial Phase ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Language Community ◽  
The Third ◽  
Third Phase ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Traits ◽  
The University ◽  
Middle Generation

The Inari Saami traditionally inhabit the area around Lake Inari in northern Finland. Despite being a minority group among the Saami, the Inari Saami have distinctive cultural traits as well as their own language, which has now about 400–450 speakers, including many children. This makes it a small language community in Wikipedia terms. It is still worth noting that Inari Saami is one of the most successful revitalisation processes in the world. During the last decades the language community has organised language nests for Inari Saami children, and it has taught the language to key members of the middle generation. The third phase of the revitalisation, strengthening the literacy of the language, is now in its initial phase. And this is where Wikipedia comes into play. In my presentation I am going to illustrate how the Inari Saami Wikipedia was born and what were the steps taken by the Inari Saami Language Association to make it all happen. I will also explain how we currently encourage the community to take an active role in developing the Inari Saami Wikipedia. We try to involve people from different backgrounds, but our main focus is on young people and students who can write Wikipedia articles as part of their studies at the University of Oulu and at the Sámi Education Institute (SAKK) in Inari. The ultimate goal is to create content that caters to the needs of the Inari Saami school in Inari and to give schoolchildren the possibility to use Wikipedia in their own language as a resource for assignments and classwork.

Technology for prophylactic immunization

1977 ◽  
Vol 199 (1134) ◽  
pp. 99-107 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Third World ◽  
Cold Chain ◽  
World Health ◽  
Immunization Schedule ◽  
Domestic Refrigerator ◽  
Ambient Temperatures ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Third World

The World Health Organization’s expanded programme on immunization demands the use of stabilized vaccines, especially in countries in which the ambient temperatures are high. Although much is known about the stability of DPT, BCG, measles and poliomyelitis vaccines when stored in the domestic refrigerator at between 2 and 8 °C, little is known of their stability when exposed to higher temperatures. The conditions of storage and transport of vaccine in the developing countries are presented and the types of refrigerators forming the cold chain in these countries are outlined. Finally a simplified immunization schedule suitable for the Third World is presented.

scholarly journals Effect of Abdominoplasty in the Lipid Profile of Patients with Dyslipidemia

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Ramos-Gallardo ◽  
Ana Pérez Verdin ◽  
Miguel Fuentes ◽  
Sergio Godínez Gutiérrez ◽  
Ana Rosa Ambriz-Plascencia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Profile ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Body Contouring ◽  
Risk Marker ◽  
Degenerative Diseases ◽  
Body Contouring Surgery ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Marker

Introduction. Dyslipidemia like other chronic degenerative diseases is pandemic in Latin America and around the world. A lot of patients asking for body contouring surgery can be sick without knowing it. Objective. Observe the lipid profile of patients with dyslipidemia, before and three months after an abdominoplasty. Methods. Patients candidate to an abdominoplasty without morbid obesity were followed before and three months after the surgery. We compared the lipid profile, glucose, insulin, and HOMA (cardiovascular risk marker) before and three months after the surgery. We used Student's t test to compare the results. A P value less than 0.05 was considered as significant. Results. Twenty-six patients were observed before and after the surgery. At the third month, we found only statistical differences in LDL and triglyceride values (P 0.04 and P 0.03). The rest of metabolic values did not reach statistical significance. Conclusion. In this group of patients with dyslipidemia, at the third month, only LDL and triglyceride values reached statistical significances. There is no significant change in glucose, insulin, HOMA, cholesterol, VLDL, or HDL.

Optimum Structure of the Banking Market: How Many Banks Are Necessary for Russia?

2006 ◽  
pp. 75-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Moiseev
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Optimum Structure ◽  
Population Number ◽  
The Third ◽  
Banking Market ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Equilibrium Number

The number of classical banks in the world has reduced. In the majority of countries the number of banks does not exceed 200. The uniqueness of the Russian banking sector is that in this respect it takes the third place in the world after the USA and Germany. The paper reviews the conclusions of the economic theory about the optimum structure of the banking market. The empirical analysis shows that the number of banks in a country is influenced by the size of its territory, population number and GDP per capita. Our econometric estimate is that the equilibrium number of banks in Russia should be in a range of 180-220 units.

Overcoming “The Third Way” Concept

2006 ◽  
pp. 126-134
Author(s):  
L. Evstigneeva ◽  
R. Evstigneev
Keyword(s):  
Economic Research ◽  
Economic Uncertainty ◽  
Third Way ◽  
The Third ◽  
Linear Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
Non Linear

“The Third Way” concept is still widespread all over the world. Growing socio-economic uncertainty makes the authors revise the concept. In the course of discussion with other authors they introduce a synergetic vision of the problem. That means in the first place changing a linear approach to the economic research for a non-linear one.

Listening for the “Still Small Voice” of Mendelssohn’s Domestic Elijah

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-77
Author(s):  
Peter Mercer-Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Second Phase ◽  
Divine Presence ◽  
Final Phase ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Third ◽  
Interpretive Approach ◽  
Will To Live ◽  
Three Phases

The notion that there might be autobiographical, or personally confessional, registers at work in Mendelssohn’s 1846 Elijah has long been established, with three interpretive approaches prevailing: the first, famously advanced by Prince Albert, compares Mendelssohn’s own artistic achievements with Elijah’s prophetic ones; the second, in Eric Werner’s dramatic formulation, discerns in the aria “It is enough” a confession of Mendelssohn’s own “weakening will to live”; the third portrays Elijah as a testimonial on Mendelssohn’s relationship to the Judaism of his birth and/or to the Christianity of his youth and adulthood. This article explores a fourth, essentially untested, interpretive approach: the possibility that Mendelssohn crafts from Elijah’s story a heartfelt affirmation of domesticity, an expression of his growing fascination with retiring to a quiet existence in the bosom of his family. The argument unfolds in three phases. In the first, the focus is on that climactic passage in Elijah’s Second Part in which God is revealed to the prophet in the “still small voice.” The turn from divine absence to divine presence is articulated through two clear and powerful recollections of music that Elijah had sung in the oratorio’s First Part, a move that has the potential to reconfigure our evaluation of his role in the public and private spheres in those earlier passages. The second phase turns to Elijah’s own brief sojourn into the domestic realm, the widow’s scene, paying particular attention to the motivations that may have underlain the substantial revisions to the scene that took place between the Birmingham premiere and the London premiere the following year. The final phase explores the possibility that the widow and her son, the “surrogate family” in the oratorio, do not disappear after the widow’s scene, but linger on as “para-characters” with crucial roles in the unfolding drama.

Unveiling the Theoretical Mistakes in the World Bank Formation and its Implication on Survival of Africa Monetary Union

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-124
Author(s):  
Olatunji Abdul Shobande ◽  
Kingsley Chinonso Mark
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Monetary Union ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
World Bank Group ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Bank Group ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Developed Nations

Abstract The quest for urgent solution to resolve the world liquidity problem has continued to generate enthusiastic debates among political economists, policy makers and the academia. The argument has focused on whether the World Bank Group was established to enhance the stability of international financial system or meant to enrich the developed nations. This study argues that the existing political interest of the World Bank Group in Africa may serve as lesson learned to other ambitious African Monetary Union.

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