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The Atomic Circus is a research-basedchemistrydemonstration theater designed to engage elementary audiences andtheir families through narrative, music, and dance. Guided by designprinciples of age-appropriate conceptual framing, narrative storytelling,and theatrical metaphor, the show integrates live demonstrations withina three-act performance that follows a “Novice” characterwho learns alongside the audience. A mixed-methods evaluation, includingpre- and postshow surveys and family interviews, revealed strong affectiveengagement and knowledge gains around physical and chemical change.These outcomes reflect the broader trends identified in recent reviewsof science shows, where enthusiasm and modest knowledge gains areconsistently observed, but systematic documentation remains limited.By transparently documenting its design, logistics, and evaluation, The Atomic Circus contributes to the small but growing evidencebase on science theater and encourages other practitioners to sharesystematic accounts that connect creative performance with educationaltheory.

¿Cuál es el papel de reflexividad en investigaciones en ciencias sociales hoy en una región tan compleja, politizada y conflictiva como la de América Latina? Este artículo tiene como objetivo discutir esta pregunta a partir de un análisis comparativo sobre el papel de la reflexividad en investigaciones realizadas en dos países de la región latinoamericana: Bolivia y México. Para ello se divide en tres partes. En la primera se plantean ciertas consideraciones generales sobre el tema de reflexividad en las investigaciones sociales y los retos que de ello devienen. En la segunda se presentan dos estudios de caso desarrollados sobre la base de métodos mixtos en Bolivia y México y en la tercera parte, a manera de cierre, se discuten de manera comparativa las conclusiones alcanzadas sobre la reflexividad en las investigaciones presentadas, focalizando la atención en los desafíos que se abren al encarar el estudio de problemáticas sociales complejas, desde abordajes multidimensionales y metodologías mixtas.

ObjectiveTo understand patient burden of treatment of repeated intravitreal injections (IVI) in the management of exudative retinal diseases.Methods and analysisParticipants were sampled from a large urban retina specialty practice in Houston, Texas, USA, based on history of ongoing receipt of IVI. The 50-item Questionnaire to Assess Life Impact of Treatment by Intravitreal Injections questionnaire was developed to evaluate the patient experience including discomfort, anxiety, inconvenience and satisfaction. Categorial principal components analysis (CATPCA) was performed to assess construct validity and internal consistency. A subset of these items was used to establish a measure of total treatment burden, referred to as the IVI Treatment Burden Score (TBS).Results142 patients participated in this study. CATPCA analysis revealed five dimensions of patient burden: disruption of normal routine or capacity, anxiety, frequency of visits, chronicity of disease and perceived treatment value or satisfaction. Together, these dimensions accounted for 67% of variance explained. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.97. The most frequently cited cause of discomfort was the feeling after anaesthetic wore off. The most common source of anxiety was fear of injection and associated discomfort or pain. Regarding inconvenience, patients reported temporary postinjection debilitation, requiring an average of 8 hours for recovery per treatment. The most frequently identified sources of satisfaction were confidence in the provider or treatment and interactions with staff.ConclusionsUnderstanding and quantifying the patient burden associated with repeated IVI for exudative retinal diseases can reveal opportunities to improve delivery methods. The TBS could serve to inform strategies to maximise treatment adherence and optimise patient experiences.

近年，自動運転レベル2.0以上に相当する運転支援システムが市販の自動車にも多く導入されている。前方車を自動追従し，アクセルブレーキ操作サポートするアダプティブクルーズコントロール（ACC）や，走行レーンを自動でキープし，ステアリング操作をサポートするレーンキープアシスト（LKA）などが代表例で，ドライバの運転操作を減らし，運転負荷を低減することで，長距離ドライブや渋滞時の安全な運転に寄与することを目的としている。自動車の運転は，認知・判断・操作を同時に行い，ドライバは注意資源を意識的，無意識的にさまざまに分配しながら安全運転を行う。本研究では，運転支援システムにより，認知・判断・操作全体の運転行動におけるドライバの注意資源がどう変化し，運転時の不安解消に寄与しているのかに着目した。高速道路運転時のドライバ注視行動をアイトラッキングにて計測し，運転支援システムオン/オフによる変化を比較した。システム利用時は，前方車への注意が減り，周辺への注意が増加する認知行動変容がみられ，運転支援システムによるアシストが，運転の不安低減やシステムへの信頼へ影響するモデルにこの結果を位置付けた。

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The amino acid profiles of the whole water-soluble fraction of some popular fish products (muscle and caviar) have been studied. The pike (Esox lucius) muscle and caviar contain more branched-chain amino acids than all the products being studied including some valuable sturgeon and salmon fish species, and pike muscle also contains the highest amount of phenylalanine and lysine. Pike caviar is also a leader in threonine content. The pike may be considered as one of the most nutritionally valuable fish species, especially if the full amino acid content from the water-soluble fraction of its edible tissues is compared.

The study analyzed the relationships of approaches to happiness and job satisfaction to job performance. This research endeavors to educate and inspire public academic institutions to focus on the happiness and job satisfaction of its teaching staff and see if it will bring out high job performance rate. A sample of two hundred and eighty-three (283) public secondary school teachers was taken from selected schools in the division of Cavite calculated based on Cochran’s formula and using simple random sampling technique. The researchers used descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution and weighted mean to present the data. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient r and multiple linear regression (MLR) model were used to determine the association and test statistical significance between all studied parameters. Data analysis was done using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings of this study indicated that the extent of correlation between the approaches to happiness and job performance and between the job satisfaction and job performance are both significant. When these variables are linked with job performance, the outcome revealed that higher degrees of happiness—in terms of pleasant life, good life, and meaningful life—and job satisfaction lead to very satisfactory job performance.

Polysemy is a spectacle where an individual word is associated with two or more different meanings. The distinction between polysemy and monosemy is that in monosemy, there is no presence of semantic ambiguity in language that is a word will have only one meaning. Polysemy escalates in natural language: pragmatically every word is polysemy up to a certain extent. This paper attempts to disambiguate a polysemy word and classify it to its correct sense based on its use in particular context. By taking into account the words which surround the polysemy word, the article tries to get the right sense out of it. Oxford dictionary is used to fetch the meaning of polysemy word. In this article, we use the information rich phrase or sentence as a key to identify polysemy word and illuminate it to its appropriate sense. The article is a novel approach to identify a polysemy word just like how hearers effortlessly reach at the contextually appropriate sense of word on a given occasion of use.

Orbital involvement of multiple myeloma (MM) is uncommon, with most of those reported cases occurring at the time of initial diagnosis of MM. We present a case of an extramedullary plasmacytoma involving only the right lateral rectus of a patient who had been in disease remission. The patient presented with new-onset diplopia and an abduction deficit of the right eye, with mild proptosis. In light of her past medical history of MM, an orbital MRI was obtained. The MRI demonstrated an isolated finding of eccentric enlargement of the right lateral rectus muscle limited to the muscle belly with sparing of the tendinous insertions, leading to diagnosis of plasmacytoma. Patching of the involved eye to alleviate the symptoms of diplopia was instituted. Chemotherapy was initiated, followed by orbital radiation and stem-cell transplantation for coexisting systemic disease. The orbital symptoms of proptosis and diplopia resolved within 1 month of treatment.