Reflections on Oppression, Domination, and The Humble Cosmopolitan

This brief response to The Humble Cosmopolitan centers on Luis Cabrera’s defense of an individualistic conception of trans-state democracy against illiberal nationalist claims of self-determination. While I acknowledge the force of Cabrera’s critique as applied to “dominant” nationalisms and similar group-based dominations, I am curious as to how far Cabrera’s critique can accommodate “subaltern” nationalisms and related claims to group autonomy. The latter, I imply, can be defended on both instrumental and intrinsic grounds. Regarding the book’s analytic framework, I am curious as to how far Cabrera’s concepts of cosmopolitan humility and national-state arrogance can be reduced to concepts of global and national justice and injustice. The latter terms, I suggest, are at least partial substitutes for the former.

Clinical Differences between COVID-19 and a COVID-Like Syndrome

COVID-19 is an infection due to SARS-CoV-2; this virus has been identified as the cause of the present pandemic. Several typical characteristics are present in this infection, in particular pneumonia with possible lung failure, but atypical clinical presentations are being described daily by physicians around the world. Ground-glass opacities with pneumonia are the most common and dangerous presentations of the COVID-19 disease, and they are usually associated with positive nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) tests with detectable SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA. Compared to the general population, hospital workers have been at a greater risk of infection ever since the first patients were hospitalized. However, hospital workers have also been reported as having COVID-like symptoms despite repeated negative swab tests but having tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies with serological tests. We can postulate that a COVID-like syndrome is possible, in particular in hospital workers, that is characterized by symptoms similar to those of COVID-19, but with repeated negative nasopharyngeal swabs. These repeated negative NSPs make the difference in daily clinical management with people that experienced a single false negative nasopharyngeal swab; furthermore, a clear clinical differentiation of these situations is still lacking in the literature. For this reason, here, we report our main findings from a cohort of patients with a COVID-like syndrome compared to a similar group affected by typical COVID-19.

Groupoids associated to inverse semigroups

<p>Starting with an arbitrary inverse semigroup with zero, we study two well-known groupoid constructions, yielding groupoids of filters and groupoids of germs. The groupoids are endowed with topologies making them étale. We use the bisections of the étale groupoids to show there is a topological isomorphism between the groupoids. This demonstrates a widely useful equivalence between filters and germs. We use the isomorphism to characterise Exel’s tight groupoid of germs as a groupoid of filters, to find a nice basis for the topology on the groupoid of ultrafilters and to describe the ultrafilters in the inverse semigroup of an arbitrary self-similar group.</p>

Groupoids associated to inverse semigroups

<p>Starting with an arbitrary inverse semigroup with zero, we study two well-known groupoid constructions, yielding groupoids of filters and groupoids of germs. The groupoids are endowed with topologies making them étale. We use the bisections of the étale groupoids to show there is a topological isomorphism between the groupoids. This demonstrates a widely useful equivalence between filters and germs. We use the isomorphism to characterise Exel’s tight groupoid of germs as a groupoid of filters, to find a nice basis for the topology on the groupoid of ultrafilters and to describe the ultrafilters in the inverse semigroup of an arbitrary self-similar group.</p>

COVID-19 pandemic – mode of transmission and preventative measures to stop its spreading

The purpose of our research was into providing a protocol to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection in light of the limited information related to this coronavirus. In detail, we broke down and looked focused on proof based rules gave in the different nations influenced by this pestilence up till now. In addition, we broke down the suggestions for the counteraction and control of different pandemics brought about by different pathogens having a place with a similar group of coronaviruses or others that present similar instruments of transmission Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) have emerged, and given the momentum nonappearance of exceptionally powerful endorsed antibodies or medications, beast power approaches including physical hindrances are being utilized to counter infection spread. A significant reason for physical insurance from respiratory contaminations is eye, nose, and mouth security. Nonetheless, eye insurance with goggles is dangerous due to "misting", while nose/mouth assurance is confused by the breathing challenges related with non-valved respirators.Key words: Coronavirus, Pandemic, Transmission, Preventative Measures.

Lack of efficacy of standard doses of ivermectin in severe COVID-19 patients

Ivermectin has recently shown efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 in-vitro. We retrospectively reviewed severe COVID-19 patients receiving standard doses of ivermectin and we compared clinical and microbiological outcomes with a similar group of patients not receiving ivermectin. No differences were found between groups. We recommend the evaluation of high-doses of ivermectin in randomized trials against SARS-CoV-2.

Does the Therapist’s Sex Affect the Psychological Effects of Sports Massage?—A Quasi-Experimental Study

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the influence of the sex of the therapist and of the athlete on the athlete’s current emotional state after a sports massage. The assumption was that the effect of a massage on the current mood was independent of the sex of the therapists or athletes. Background: Sports massages are an integral part of the support given to athletes during training or competition and are a commonly used method for promoting athletes’ physical and mental recovery. Few studies have measured the mental characteristics or even the nonspecific effects of sports massages. Sexual attraction or dislike are among the nonspecific effects of a treatment. Materials and methods: One hundred and sixty-eight high-performance male and female amateur athletes received a sports massage from 15 male and female trained therapists. The current emotional state of the athletes was measured before and after intervention using the BSKE-EA17 adjective scale, whose items can be assigned to five categories of the current emotional state. ANOVAs (analysis of covariances) were carried out to calculate the interactions between the sexes. Cohen’s d for similar group sizes and similar group variances were determined. Results: Neither the sex of the therapist nor the sex of the athlete had any influence on the mental effect of a sports massage. The only exception was when male athletes were treated by female therapists, where an increase in “elevated mood” was observed. Sports massages resulted in an increase in the responses in the categories “elevated mood” (d = 1.1) and “level of activation” (d = 0.3) and a decrease in the responses for “low mood” (d = 0.3), “level of deactivation” (d = 0.6) and “level of excitation” after the massage compared to before the massage (d = 0.9). Conclusions: Sports massages appear to increase the positive dimensions of the athletes’ current emotional state and reduce the negative dimensions. The self-reported mood changes from before the massage to after the massage were not influenced by other prognostic variables, including wait time, age of the athlete or the duration of the run. The results suggest that the specific effects of sports massages on the mental status are supported. Disregarding the aspect of the therapists’ sex, sports officials, trainers and athletes therefore can be more independent in the personnel planning of sports therapists.

Genomic diversity of 39 Pyropia species grown in Japan

Pyropia species, such as nori (P. yezoensis), are important marine crops. We analysed the genome sequences of 39 Pyropia species grown in Japan. Analysis of organellar genomes showed that the chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes of P. yezoensis have different evolutionary histories. The genetic diversity of Japanese P. yezoensis used in this study is lower than that of Chinese wild P. yezoensis. Nuclear genome analysis revealed nearly 90% of the analysed loci as allodiploid in the hybrid between P. yezoensis and P. tenera. Although the genetic diversity of Japanese P. yezoensis is low, analysis of nuclear genomes genetically separated each accession. Accessions isolated from the sea were often genetically similar to those being farmed. Study of genetic heterogeneity within a single strain of P. yezoensis showed that accessions with frequent abnormal budding formed a single, genetically similar group. The results will be useful for breeding and the conservation of Pyropia species.

Chiropractic rehabilitation plus nighttime bracing for progressive adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a case-controlled series

Non-operative treatments for scoliosis include various types of scoliosis-specific exercise therapies, as well as dynamic and rigid spinal orthoses. Although there are many studies evaluating various types of bracing-only constructs for scoliosis treatment, few have evaluated bracing when combined with chiropractic care. The present study analyzed the data of 18 patients from the initiation a chiropractic rehabilitation program combined with nighttime bracing. Patients were managed through the end of growth, and results were compared to baseline. Their collective results were compared to a similar group of previously published patients who participated in the same chiropractic rehabilitation program, but did not perform concurrent bracing treatment. Patients initiating the combined chiropractic and bracing treatment achieved a correction of 6° or more 81% of the time, while the remaining 19% remained within 5° of their baseline measurements. The average curve improvement was 9.4°. This was compared to a correction rate of 51.7%, a stabilization rate of 38.3%, and a progression rate of 10% in the group performing chiropractic rehabilitation only.