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The Selection of Initial Information in Iterative Shift-and-AddTechnique for Astronomical Image Reconstruction

On the principle of "iterative shift-and-add technique" for astronomical image reconstruction,a proper datum point for shifting and adding the speckle images of an observed object can be determined by an iterative process in some methods.One of these methods is the correlation algorithm of information of the object image structure with the speckle images,then the maximum value point of the cross correlation can be used for a proper datum point. In the iterative shift-and-add technique,How to select the initial information in the first step is the key to open the process of the iterative shift-and-add.The character of the initial information of the object and a method to pick up the information are discussed. After giving the basic definition of the iterative shift-and-add technique which proposed by us recently,the mathematics model of an object image described by δ function is posed.In view of the model,three conditions which should be satisfied with by initial information of the object image structure are pointed.1). The initial information should be composed by discrete point sources described by δ function.2). The geometric distribution of the points of initial information should be equal to the geometric structutre of a certain part of the object image.3). The intensity of every point source of initial information can be all same value. The most important character of initial information is that it must contain information of the structure of the object image,because the fact that the maximum value point of the cross correlation between informaion and the speckle images of the object will determine the position of the maximun strong diffraction limited image of the object hid in the speckles of every speckle image. Following the character of the initial information some methods for taking the initial information are got.The different methods will be used for different objects.For example,if an object image has only one outstanding bright point source,because this piont source will produce the maximum strong point image in every speckle image,the position of the maximum strong point image can be selected as the datum point to shift and add speckle images,so that iterative shift-and-add will become a simple shift-and-add method in which only one step iterative is needed.For other objects,the simple shift-and-add method and the speckle inteferometry will be used,because the "ghost point" or autocorrelation in the resultes of these mathods have information of the image structure of the object.At the last,some experiments of image reconstruction with these methods are given. 
Triassic rocks in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and adjacent areas

Every fall since 1950, the New Mexico Geological Society (NMGS) has held an annual Fall Field Conference that explores some region of New Mexico (or surrounding states). Always well attended, these conferences provide a guidebook to participants. Besides detailed road logs, the guidebooks contain many well written, edited, and peer-reviewed geoscience papers. These books have set the national standard for geologic guidebooks and are an essential geologic reference for anyone working in or around New Mexico.
Antihypertensive Agents and Incident Alzheimer’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies

Hypertension is a recognized risk factor for dementia. However, evidence for using antihypertensive agents to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in people with hypertension is inconclusive. To examine the association between antihypertensive agents and the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease in adults with hypertension and normal cognition. We conducted a systemic review and performed meta-analyses using Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid Embase, Ovid PsycINFO, Web of science and Scopus, from inception to 18th February 2022. Cohort and case-control studies. Adults ≥ 40 years with hypertension and normal cognition. Antihypertensive agents. We performed two separate meta-analyses, pooling the adjusted relative risk (RR) of non-antihypertensive comparator and antihypertensive comparator study design. We included nine studies, totalling 1,527,410 individuals. Meta-analysis of non-antihypertensive user comparator studies found that the use of antihypertensive agents is associated with a reduced risk of incident Alzheimer’s disease (RR= 0.94, 95% CI 0.90–0.99; p=0.01). Meta-analysis of antihypertensive comparator studies found evidence that angiotensin II receptor blocker users are associated with a reduction in the risk of Alzheimer’s disease compared to other antihypertensive agents (RR= 0.78, 95% CI 0.68–0.88; p< 0.001). Our review provides evidence that the use of antihypertensive agents is associated with a lower incidence of Alzheimer’s disease. The use of angiotensin II receptor blockers may provide the most benefit among antihypertensive agents. Lowering raised blood pressure may not be the only mechanism for cognitive protection and further investigation of the effects of angiotensin II on cognition is indicated.
Perpetual American Put Option: an Error Estimator for a Non-Standard Finite Difference Scheme

In this paper we present a MATLAB version of a non-standard fin ite difference scheme for the numerical solution of the perpetual American put option models of financial markets. These models can be deriv ed from the celebrated Black-Scholes models letting the time goes to infinity. The considered problem is a free boundary problem defined on a semi-i nfinite interval, so that it is a non-linear problem complicated by a boundary condition at infinity. By using non-uniform maps, we show how it is possi ble to apply the boundary condition at infinity exactly. Moreover, we defi ne a posteriori error estimator that is based on Richardson’s classical ext rapolation theory. Our finite difference scheme and error estimator are favoura bly tested for a simple problem with a known exact analytical solution. ∗ Author home-page and e-mail: http://mat521.unime.it/∼fazio rfazio@unime.it
The Outcome of Total Knee Arthroplasty for Patients with Psychiatric Disorders: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Background and Objectives: For some years, psychiatric illness has been a major factor in evaluating the results of total knee arthroplasty. As with other patient-related items, patients diagnosed with mental illness have higher costs of medical treatment, longer recovery, and longer hospital stays. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the role of mental diseases on the surgical outcome compared with the normal population. Materials and Methods: At our hospital, we undertook a retrospective study between June 2020 and January 2022. The experimental group consisted of patients with mental diseases including schizophrenia, bipolar disease, depression, substance uses, or other psychiatric disorders. The control group consisted of patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty and did not have a mental disease. Postoperative complications and length of stay were also recorded during the study. We used the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) and the Knee Society Score (KSS) as outcome measures. Results: Between June 2020 and January 2022, a total of 634 patients underwent total knee arthroplasty in our clinic, of which 239 had a mental disease. The majority of patients were female (61%), and the average length of stay was significantly longer for patients with mental illness (6.8 vs. 2.8 days). Preoperative WOMAC and KS function scores demonstrated statistically significant differences between groups (67.83 ± 17.8 vs. 62.75 ± 15.7 and 29.31 ± 19.8 vs. 34.98 ± 21.3). KS knee score did not show any significant differences preoperatively. All postoperative functional scores showed significantly better results for the control group compared to the mental illness group. Conclusions: Mental illness appears to be linked with lower TKA scores before and after the surgical procedure.
Microbiologically influenced corrosion: The gap in the field

Microorganisms have evolved to inhabit virtually all environments on the planet, from oceanic hot-seeps to pipelines transporting crude and refined hydrocarbons. Often microbial colonization of man-made structures results in the reduction of their service life requiring preemptive or corrective human intervention. Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) is caused by a set of intricate bioelectrochemical interactions between a diverse group of microorganisms and metallic surfaces. The complexity of MIC microbiomes and their mechanisms as well as the logistics constraints of industrial facilities are factors to consider when choosing suitable analytical methods for MIC monitoring. These generally reflect only a partial view of the phenomenon and in consequence, might lead to ineffective mitigation measures. This paper acknowledges the discrepancies between the fieldwork for MIC monitoring and the currently available technological advancements. It also highlights the most pressing issues that operators have in the field in light of the diversity of the microbial key players present in corrosive microbiomes. Finally, it compiles and outlines a strategy for the integration of novel molecular approaches aiming for a practical and accurate assessment of the microbial threat.
Research on Agricultural Named Entity Recognition Based on Pre Train BERT

: Aiming at the problems of traditional named entity recognition methods relying on artificial dictionary and insufficient feature extraction in the process of agricultural pest information extraction, considering the complexity and fuzziness of agricultural text data, an agricultural named entity recognition method based on pre training BERT is proposed. firstly, the unlabeled pre training BERT was used to eliminate ambiguity, then BILSTM was used to capture long-distance dependence, and finally the best sequence annotation was selected through CRF. In addition, combined with the text particularity of agricultural entities, the word itself and partial radicals are selected to establish a joint multi feature PBERT-BILSTM-CRF for entity recognition. experiments show that the PBERT-BILSTM-CRF combined with the combined characteristics of the word itself and the radical has improved the precision, recall and F1 value compared with other models, and its optimal F1 value has reached 90.24%. the model has the characteristics of fast training speed and strong recognition ability. Named entity recognition is the premise of many tasks in the middle and downstream of natural language processing. The model provides a research basis for the construction of knowledge graph in agricultural field and agricultural Q&A.
Internal Control Systems and Performance of Emerging Market Firms: The Moderating Roles of Leadership Consistency and Quality

This study aims to investigate the potential interaction between leadership and the internal control structure and determine whether this interaction can benefit emerging market businesses by increasing the effectiveness of their internal controls. Drawing upon the cognitive consistency and expectancy theories, this study develops and tests a mediated moderation model to examine how leadership consistency and quality can be integrated to regulate the effectiveness of internal control systems toward enhancing firm performance. The partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) results from survey data from 206 Vietnamese firms indicated the following: (a) internal control effectiveness mediates the effect of the internal control structure on firm performance; (b) leadership consistency positively moderates the impact of the internal control structure on internal control effectiveness; and (c) the moderating effect of leadership consistency is strengthened with a higher level of leadership quality. These findings lead to several theoretical and practical implications.
Global Research Trends in Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis: A Bibliometric and Visualized Study

: Aim: Post-Traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) is a prevalent cause of joint pain and limited movement, significantly lowering people's quality of life. In recent years, with the increase of traffic accidents and accidental injuries, the incidence of articular cartilage injury has increased, and the incidence of traumatic arthritis has greatly increased. This research aims to look into the current worldwide status and trends in this subject. Method: On the Science Citation Index-Expanded Web of Science, the publications about PTOA were searched from 1994 to 2021. The data sources were studied and indexed by the method of bibliometrics. The data sources were studied and indexed by bibliometrics. To visualise, VOS viewer and GraphPadPrism7 software conducted bibliographic coupling analysis, co-authorship analysis, co-citation analysis, co-occurrence analysis, and the analysis of publication trends in PTOA research. Result: A total of 2239 related publications were collected. Globally, the number of papers published each year and the relative research interests are increasing. The cumulative published number of PTOA research accords with Logistic growth model: f(x) =a/(1+eb-cx). The United States contributes the most to worldwide research, receives the most citations, has the highest H index, and has the highest total link strength(TLS). Most papers have been published in the journal Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. The University of Calgary is the institution that makes the greatest contribution. Studies can be divided into four clusters: Mechanism Research, Tissue Engineering, Clinical Study, and Epidemiology. The investment in clinical research is relatively small. Conclusion: The number of publications on PTOA is expected to rise in the coming years, based on current global trends. In this field, the USA Is the biggest contributor. Noteworthy are the latest hot spots, including "Inflammation", "Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction", "Mesenchymal Stem Cell" and "differentiation". Therefore, there will be more and more studies on the mechanism of PTOA, which may inspire new clinical treatments for osteoarthritis caused by trauma. keywords articular-cartilage, cartilage, Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis, Expression, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Synovial-fluid and Inflammation. keywords Repair 、 、 、 and "clinical Joint 、 、 Follow-up 、 and Arthroplasty.
Multidimensional modulation of systemic immune by neurosurgical tumor resection in patients with brain tumors

Immune perturbation induced by tumor burden has been showed as the hallmark of brain tumors. To date, the vast majority of studies have focused heavily on local immune responses in the tumor microenvironment. Little is known about how the systemic immune macroenvironment is modulated by neurosurgical tumor resection in patients with brain tumors.
New 11-Methoxymethylgermacranolides from the Whole Plant of Carpesium divaricatum

Eight new 11-methoxymethylgermacranolides (1–8) were isolated from the ethanol extract of the whole plant of Carpesium divaricatum. The planar structures and relative configurations of the new compounds were determined by detailed spectroscopic analysis. The absolute configuration of 1 was established by electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectrum and X-ray crystallographic analysis, and the stereochemistry of the new compounds 2–8 were determined by similar ECD data with 1. The absolute configurations of 5 and 7 were further confirmed by using quantum chemical electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations. Compound 4 exhibited weak cytotoxicity against MCF-7 cells. Compound 8 could potently decrease PGE2 productions in LPS-induced RAW 264.7 cells.
Sedentarization as an adaptation to socio-environmental changes? Everyday herding practices in pastoralist communities in southern Ethiopia

As humanity is faced with various changes in social-environmental systems, adaptation efforts have become increasingly important. Significant effort and resources have been spent on devising overarching, large-scale strategies in response to climate change and associated socioeconomic challenges. However, the mechanisms of adaptation employed by individuals and households in ordinary, daily life have received insufficient scholarly examination. This research aims to demonstrate the significance of everyday adaptation strategies of smallholder pastoralists who are on the front lines of changing socioeconomic regimes in East African drylands. We analyzed the daily spatiotemporal patterns of livestock behavior to understand everyday adaptation practices. Two different pastoralist communities in the Borana Zone in southern Ethiopia were compared, one of which keeps the traditional mobile pastoralism livelihood, while the other has sedentarized because of socio-environmental changes and policy incentives. The mobile pastoralists have larger grazing areas, and their cattle spend more time on foraging and resting. In contrast, the sedentarized pastoralists utilize the land near their settlements intensively and the cattle travel longer distances on average. Our findings suggest that sedentarization is a constrained adaptation strategy at best because it increases the recursive use of rangeland and its fragmentation and forces livestock to move more intensively on a daily and seasonal basis.
CAR-T-Cell Therapy for Solid Tumors Positive for Fibronectin Extra Domain B

(1) Background: The lack of specific targets has slowed the progress of CAR-T in treating solid tumors. Recent studies have revealed that EDB-FN (fibronectin extra domain B) may be an effective target for CAR-T treatment of solid tumors; EDB-FN is expressed in tumor and embryonic tissues, and antibody–cytokine fusion proteins targeting EDB-FN have been developed. However, the therapeutic effects of BBz CAR-engineered T-cells targeting EDB-FN in solid tumors have not been evaluated. (2) Results: In this study, we constructed a BBz CAR construct targeting EDB-FN, and the CAR molecule was expressed on the surface of T-cells by lentiviral transduction. In vitro, CAR-T-cells can be activated to express perforin and granzyme and lyse EDB-positive cells (U-87 MG cells, A549 cells, and HUVECs) and have no toxicity to EDB-negative cells (MCF-7). Compared to T-cells, CAR-T-cells can release cytokines after coculture with EDB-positive cell lines. In vivo, CAR-T-cells inhibited the progression of U-87 MG subcutaneous tumors and significantly reduced the blood vessel density in tumor tissue compared to T-cells, without obvious toxicity to mouse tissues and organs. Furthermore, CAR-T-cells overexpressing BiTE targeting EDB-FN can significantly improve their antitumor activity in vitro. (3) Conclusions: These results demonstrate that CAR-T-cells have specific antitumor and angiogenic activities in vivo and in vitro, suggesting that EDB-FN may be a potential solid tumor target for CAR-T therapy.
Acidic hydrolysis of recycled polyethylene terephthalate plastic for the production of its monomer terephthalic acid

Post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles, after some pre-processing, were chemically depolymerized for the production of terephthalic acid (TPA), an important monomer of PET resin. The optimized condition of PET hydrolysis was 100°C with 80% v/v aqueous sulfuric acid liquor for 30 min reaction time. The terephthalic acids (TPAs) were filtered out from the reaction mixtures with a sintered glass filter. The viscosity of recycled hydrolysis liquor was measured before it was used in a successive batch of PET depolymerization. The viscosity of hydrolysis liquor increased gradually from 5 mm2/s to 87 mm2/s. TPA yields were obtained from 85.03 ± 0.03% to 99.20 ± 0.06% and the color of TPA changed from bright white to off-white in the final batches. The structure of TPA was confirmed by FTIR, mass analysis, and 1H-NMR spectroscopy. The purity of TPA was found to be 95–98% from the HPLC study via external calibration technique. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) determined the thermal degradation patterns of TPAs and residual weights. This experiment reveals that repeated use of sulfuric acid hydrolysis liquor would be a good option for PET depolymerization in terms of resource utilization, TPA quality as well as sustainability. Graphical Abstract
Phytochemical characterization, antioxidant potential, and health risk assessment of Radix Oryzae Glutinosae

Radix Oryzae Glutinosae (ROG) has been used as a traditional anhidrotic agent in China. Ten samples were systematically assessed based on four aspects of their chemical profiles and antioxidant activity. The former was achieved using ultraviolet-visible spectra (UV), infrared absorption spectra (IR), proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H NMR), and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) fingerprints, and antioxidant activity was assessed using the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay, the 2,2′-azino-bis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt (ABTS) assay, and the ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assay. The presence of amino acids, flavonoids, organic acids, and sugars was indicated in all samples. A hierarchical cluster analysis and a canonical discriminant analysis were introduced to interpret the results of the multi-pattern fingerprint. The results of the correlations between the individual elements and between each element with the different types of metabolites displayed many interesting patterns. In vitro studies revealed that all samples displayed antioxidant activities. A pollution status examination and heavy metal evaluation of the ROG samples were performed. The human health risk assessment associated with the intake of potentially harmful elements in herbs was calculated in terms of the estimated daily intake, the target hazard quotient, and the lifetime cancer risk. The Nemerow multi-factor pollution index results suggested that all samples belonged to the serious pollution level. The results of the noncarcinogenic risk assessment study indicated that the pattern of consumption of this herb in China seems to suggest an excessive health hazard associated with some toxic elements studied. The carcinogenic risk results suggested that there is a potential risk due to As, Cr, Cd, and Ni for consumers, and these may contribute to the population cancer burden through ROG ingestion. This study provides insights into the organic medicinal constituents and the trace elements of the herb. The results will enable this herb to be used more effectively and safely.
Severe Pruning Overcomes Alternate Bearing of Mandarin Trees in Rhodes1

Mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) trees have a tendency to severe alternate bearing. Old trees at Rhodes often bear large crops in the “on” year but the fruit is small, expensive to pick, and brings low prices. Hield and Hilgeman (1) have reviewed hand and chemical thinning and other treatments to overcome biennial bearing but no satisfactory pruning method to regulate production has been reported.