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Using Single Peroneal Longus Tendon Graft for Segmental Meniscus Transplantation and Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Combined Anterolateral Reconstruction

This case report describes a new approach to segmental meniscal reconstruction using a peroneal longus autograft in a patient with recurrent traumatic medial meniscus tear and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) failure. While allograft meniscal transplantation is the preferred method for treating meniscal deficiency, its high cost and various legal regulations have limited its widespread use. Autologous tendon grafts have been proposed as a substitute for allograft meniscus transplantation, but their initial results were poor, leading to little progress in this area. However, recent animal experiments and clinical studies have demonstrated promising results in using autologous tendon grafts for meniscal transplantation, including improvements in pain and quality of life for patients. Further research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of segmental meniscal reconstruction using autologous tendon grafts, but it could potentially lead to more accessible and cost-effective treatment options for patients with meniscal deficiency.
Cellulose fiber network as reinforcement of thermoplastic paraffin films

The incorporation of natural fibers into polymer matrices poses challenges due to physicochemical incompatibility, which is typically addressed through precursor modification or the use of compatibilizers. Here, we introduce a novel type of composite that overcomes this challenge by utilizing a network of fine, porous cellulosic sheets inter-diffused with a commercial paraffin films. This approach physically adheres the fiber network to the matrix, preserving its structure. Microscopy images confirm the formation of the proposed microstructure, and mechanical testing reveals a gradual increase in modulus and strength with the incorporation of cellulose. The maximum incorporation achieved was 7.6% (w/w) of cellulosic fibers, resulting in a 167% increase (1.67 times improved) in composite stiffness. Moreover, these composites exhibit ductility, with an average deformation of 410 ± 38%, corresponding to 20% reduction in relation to pure matrix. Our findings demonstrate the potential of this approach for developing sustainable materials with improved mechanical properties.
The Immunological Capacity of Thrombocytes

Thrombocytes are numerous in the blood of aves (birds) and ichthyoids (fish). The origin of this cell type is a common hematopoietic stem cell giving rise to a cell that is active in blood coagulation, inflammatory functions, and the immune response in general. It has been well documented that thrombocytes can phagocytize small particles and bacteria. While phagocytosis with an associated oxidative burst has been reported for chicken thrombocytes, some questions remain as to the degradation capacity of phagosomes in ichthyoids. As innate cells, thrombocytes can be stimulated by bacterial, viral, and fungal pathogens to express altered gene expression. Furthermore, there have been observations that led researchers to state that platelets/thrombocytes are capable of serving as “professional antigen presenting cells” expressing CD40, CD80/86, MHC I, and MHC II. This indeed may be the case or, more likely at this time, provide supporting evidence that these cells aid and assist in the role of professional antigen-presenting cells to initiate adaptive immune responses.
Defect detection techniques robust to process variation in semiconductor inspection

The downscaling of device dimensions in semiconductor manufacturing has meant that critical defect sizes have become smaller and smaller. This makes it more likely that the highly sensitive optical wafer inspection tool used for detecting small defects will erroneously detect process variations as defects, and generate a large amount of ‘nuisance’ information. Therefore, the scanning electron microscope (SEM)-based review tool used needs to automatically discriminate between defects and nuisance information. To identify nuisance information, the absence of defects in the SEM image needs to be accurately detected through an inspection process using the review tool. We propose a defect detection method using (a) the integration of multiple comparison detection (IMCD) results to minimize the number of defect candidates and (b) discrimination based on a normal patch image model (DNPM) to judge whether a candidate is a defect or normal. An evaluation using SEM images of a processed wafer revealed that combining the IMCD and DNPM methods achieves a nuisance information discrimination rate of 84.4% and a defect detection rate of 93.3%, which are higher rates than those achieved by the one-class support vector machine. The proposed methods automatically collect defect images efficiently even when a great deal of nuisance information is produced by the optical wafer inspection tool, and enable manual visual checks to be reduced.
Magnetite @ Zinc Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Magnetic Behavior, and Optical Properties

One of the main challenges is using an effective photocatalyst that responds to a broad range of visible light for hydrogen production during water splitting. Series types of photocatalysts based on magnetic ferrite nanostructure were fabricated via a two-step co-precipitation technique. Precisely, four types of magnetic structures: magnetite nanoparticles (MNPs), zinc cobalt ferrite nanoparticles (ZCFNPs), hybrid magnetite/zinc cobalt ferrite nanoparticles (MNPs @ ZCFNPs), and hybrid zinc cobalt ferrite/magnetite nanoparticles (ZCFNPs @ MNPs) were used to fabricate magnetic photocatalysts. The characterizations of the fabricated magnetic photocatalysts were investigated via TEM, zeta potential, XRD, VSM, and UV–VIS spectroscopy. ZCFNPs @ MNPs showed the smallest particle with size ≈11 nm. The magnetization value of ZCFNPs @ MNPs (59.3 emu/g) was improved compared to the MNPs (41.93 emu/g). The produced hydrogen levels via photocatalyst were 60, 10, 24, and 1.4 mmole min−1 g−1 for MNPs, ZCFNPs, MNPs @ ZCFNPs, and ZCFNPs @ MNPs, respectively, under visible light with magnetic force. MNPs displayed outstanding performance as magnetic photocatalysts for the water-splitting process.
Statistics in Ecotoxicology

Basic Concepts (P. Rotbery). Exploring the Data (D. French & D. Lindley). Field Experiments (D. Gadsden & T. Sparks). The Analysis of Laboratory Toxicity Experiments (R. Meister & P. Van den Brink). Analysis of Field Studies: Regression Analysis (E. Smith & C. Anderson-Cook). Multivariate Techniques (A. Scott & R. Clarke). Environmental Monitoring: Investigating Associations and Trends (L. Conquest). Organochlorines in Bird of Prey Eggs: A Terrestrial Case Study (T. Sparks, et al.). Statistical Techniques for the Ecological Risk Assessment of Chemicals in Freshwaters (M. Crane, et al.). Trying to Detect Impacts in Marine Habitats: Comparisons with Suitable Reference Areas (A. Underwood). Appendices. Index.
Trade openness and non-income poverty in Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries: A panel Autoregressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) analysis

Abstract The paper examines the effect of trade openness on poverty using the panel Autoregressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) estimation technique from 1980 to 2019 in Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. The paper focuses on non-income poverty; in this paper, non-income poverty is measured by the human development index since this measure looks at poverty beyond just income. The paper assesses the direct and indirect effects by including the mediating variables in the non-income poverty trade openness model. The study results assist SADC governments and policymakers in addressing poverty reduction policies amid the trade openness era and identifying appropriate complementary policies for reducing poverty in SADC countries. The study’s findings indicate that trade openness reduces non-income poverty (NPOV) in SADC countries in the long run. Again, the empirical results suggest that trade openness reduces NPOV when economic growth and human capital development are high. Yet, trade openness worsens NPOV when income inequality increases. Surprisingly an inconsistent result indicates that a mediating variable of trade openness and financial development has a negative effect on NPOV in SADC countries. This calls for SADC governments and policymaking institutions to revamp the trade opening reform by making economic growth sustainable and inclusive, improving the education system’s quality, maintaining income distribution, and making pro-poor financial systems across the region.
Involvement of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β (GSK3β) in Formation of Phosphorylated Tau and Death of Retinal Ganglion Cells of Rats Caused by Optic Nerve Crush

Tauopathy is a neurodegenerative condition associated with oligomeric tau formation through abnormal phosphorylation. We previously showed that tauopathy is involved in death of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) after optic nerve crush (ONC). It has been proposed that glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) is involved in the hyperphosphorylation of tau in Alzheimer’s disease. To determine the roles of GSK3β in tauopathy-related death of RGCs, lithium chloride (LiCl), a GSK3β inhibitor, was injected intravitreally just after ONC. The neuroprotective effects of LiCl were determined by counting Tuj-1-stained RGCs on day 7. Changes of phosphorylated (ser 396) tau in the retina were determined by Simple Western analysis (WES) on day 3. Retinal GSK3β levels were determined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and an ELISA. There was a 1.9- and 2.1-fold increase in the levels of phosphorylated tau monomers and dimers on day 3 after ONC. LiCl significantly suppressed the increase in the levels of phosphorylated tau induced by ONC. GSK3β was mainly present in somas of RGCs, and ELISA showed that retinal levels increased to 2.0-fold on day 7. IHC showed that the GSK3β expression increased over time and remained in RGCs that were poorly stained by Tuj-1. The GSK3β and tau expression was colocalized in RGCs. The number of RGCs decreased from 1881 ± 188 (sham control) to 1150 ± 192 cells/mm2 on day 7, and LiCl preserved the levels at 1548 ± 173 cells/mm2. Accordingly, GSK3β may be a promising target for some optic nerve injuries.
Personal income tax reforms and income inequality in African countries

This study sheds light on the potential of personal income tax (PIT) to address inequality in African countries. We employ new data on PIT design and reforms from the TaxDev Employment Income Taxes Dataset (EITD) alongside data on pre-tax income distributions from the World Inequality Database (WID) to model the redistributive capacity of PIT regimes in African countries, and the extent to which reforms to these regimes between 1995 and 2020 have affected this potential. We find that, on average across the study period, PIT could reduce inequality by around 4.1 Gini points in African countries if applied to the entire income distribution. However, after adjusting for informal incomes, this potential increases to around 4.7 Gini points. Focusing specifically on policy design, cross-country regressions show that the level of the top marginal PIT rate, and the point at which it is applied, matter most for its potential effects on inequality. Crucially, we find that PIT reforms over the period in question have, on average, lessened the redistributive capacity of PIT. Working paper
Concerns to Aging and Health of Schizophrenia Inpatients During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

Aims: Patients with schizophrenia are more likely to be affected by contagious diseases and health problems because of the influence of factors such as comorbidity with chronic diseases, psychiatric symptoms, and whether treatment with psychotropic drugs is possible. Accordingly, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was particularly important to pay attention to the health problems and coping experiences of patients with schizophrenia.Methods: Twenty inpatients with schizophrenia were recruited via purposive sampling to participate in this qualitative study. Data collection was conducted from June to August 2022 and the data were analyzed via thematic analysis.Results: Four dominant themes emerged from the responses of the participants, who: 1) were concerned about COVID-19 and performed health-management behaviors; 2) were concerned about significant health problems but did not take preventive actions; 3) experienced barriers to health management; and 4) required healthcare resources for elderly patients.Conclusions: We found that these patients with schizophrenia had received health management education and implemented infection-prevention measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although they expressed concerns about health problems that interfered significantly with their daily lives, including the need for healthcare resources for the elderly, they lacked awareness of aging-related comorbidities. Healthcare professionals should thus align the care they provide with their patients’ needs, continuously provide them with health-related information, observe their daily behaviors, and help them to develop their skills related to changing and implementing health behaviors.
System Design for SSA14 Mar Piccolo of Taranto(Southern Italy)

The Mar Piccolo of Taranto is located North of the town of Taranto and has a surface area of 20.72 km. It is a nearly-enclosed estuary that exchanges through two small inlet channels to a larger semi-enclosed bay (Mar Grande), which opens into the Gulf of Taranto that, in turn exchanges with the Ionian Sea to the southeast and indirectly with the coastal current exiting from the Adriatic (Fig. 1). Mar Piccolo is roughly divided between two basins, defined by an intruding promontory, which are referred to as First and Second Inlet and which have a maximum depth of 13 and 10 m, respectively. The estuarine circulation is driven by an average freshening by a diffuse input of freshwater runoff of approximately 1,620,000 m d. The estuarine flushing through the inlet channels is generally weak and varies seasonally depending on the density difference with the Mar Grande. Most of the water input derives from 34 submarine freshwater springs (locally called "Citri") and the discharge from small tributary streams that carry agricultural chemicals. In addition, there is the combined discharge of 14 sewage pipes coming from the northern area of Taranto and from 8 nearby towns. These discharges account for about 18,272 m d (of which 85% at the Second Inlet), with organic matter equal to 6,767 kg d of BOD5. During summer season a relatively strong stratification develops that induces hypoxia in the lower layer. Wind-mixing is low due to the limited fetch and tidal-mixing is also low due to the limited tidal range of ~ 30-40 cm.
The roar of Rancho La Brea? Comparative anatomy of modern and fossil felid hyoid bones

Animal vocalization is broadly recognized as ecologically and evolutionarily important. In mammals, hyoid elements may influence vocalization repertoires because the hyoid apparatus anchors vocal tissues, and its morphology can be associated with variation in surrounding soft‐tissue vocal anatomy. Thus, fossil hyoid morphology has the potential to shed light on vocalizations in extinct taxa. Yet, we know little about the hyoid morphology of extinct species because hyoid elements are rare in the fossil record. An exception is found in the Rancho La Brea tar pits in Los Angeles, California, where enough hyoids have been preserved to allow for quantitative analyses. The La Brea Tar Pits and Museum houses one of the largest and most diverse collections of carnivore fossils, including hyoid elements from the extinct felids Smilodon fatalis and Panthera atrox. Here, we found that extant members of Felinae (purring cats) and Panthera (roaring cats) showed characteristic differences in hyoid size and shape that suggest possible functional relationships with vocalization. The two extinct taxa had larger and more robust hyoids than extant felids, potentially reflecting the ability to produce lower frequency vocalizations as well as more substantial muscles associated with swallowing and respiration. Based on the shape of the hyoid elements, Panthera atrox resembled roaring cats, while Smilodon fatalis was quite variable and, contrary to suggestions from previous research, more similar overall to purring felids. Thus P. atrox may have roared and S. fatalis may have produced vocalizations similar to extant purring cats but at a lower frequency. Due to the confounding of vocalization repertoire and phylogenetic history in extant Felidae, we cannot distinguish between morphological signals related to vocalization behavior and those related to shared evolutionary history unrelated to vocalization.
Overexpressed transferrin receptor implied poor prognosis and relapse in gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Ferroptosis, as a novel-induced programmed cell death, plays critical roles in the pathogenesis of cancers. However, the promising biomarkers of ferroptosis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) remain to be elucidated. Herein, the expression of ferroptosis-related genes was analyzed in GIST. Among the 64 ferroptosis-related genes, transferrin receptor (TFRC) expression presented a remarkable upregulation in high-risk patients through Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) dataset analysis, as well as its significant change after imatinib was treated. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis of TFRC-relevant genes revealed that TFRC expression was closely associated with cell growth pathways and metabolism-related pathways. Furthermore, patients at high risk of recurrence were more likely to exhibit high TFRC expression by immunohistochemistry. Additionally, high TFRC expression indicated an undesirable state of patient relapse, which could serve as a powerful significant independent predictor of recurrence-free survival (RFS). In summary, we systematically summarize the expression characteristics and clinical relevance of TFRC and show that TFRC can be used as a prognostic factor, which can be considered a potential therapeutic target in GIST.
Online MTPA Tracking of IPMSM Based on Min-Max Optimization

This paper proposes an online maximum torque per ampere (MTPA) tracking algorithm for an interior permanent-magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) using sequential quadratic programming (SQP). This paper formulates the MTPA problem as a min-max problem of the Lagrangian function. Based on the formulation, the proposed algorithm tracks the MTPA current operating point in real-time while considering magnetic saturation, cross-magnetization, and the effect of flux linkage variation caused by the temperature variation. Furthermore, the proposed algorithm does not require motor parameters, premade look-up tables (LUTs), and gains that need to be tuned. The performance of the proposed method is verified by experimental results with a 25 kW IPMSM. By applying the proposed algorithms for generating current reference, fast MTPA tracking is achieved even at the magnetically saturated operating region.
Application of Multi-synchrosqueezing Transform in Seismic Data Analysis

The complexity of geological characteristics and the depth of exploitation are the most difficult points to overcome in today’s oil and gas exploration. Due to the increasing difficulty of reservoir identification, there is a growing necessity for new methods that can produce more accurate time-frequency (TF) results to be introduced into the seismic signal processing field. In this manuscript, multisynchrosqueezing transform (MSST) used in fault signal analysis is employed in the field of seismic signal analysis. MSST utilizes an iterative reassignment strategy that can increase the amplitude of instantaneous frequencies (IF) in the spectrum and sharpen their trajectories to obtain time-frequency results (TFR) with better energy concentration and resolution through conducting successive synchrosqueezing transform (SST) operations. Application on synthetic signal and field seismic data prove MSST’s excellent performance in terms of time-frequency resolution compared to conventional time-frequency analysis (TFA) methods. Meanwhile, the experiment results of extracting highlight volumes, MSST provides higher accuracy and more detailed reservoir localization information than the other three methods. All these advantages of MSST undoubtedly can better serve researchers working on seismic interpretation.
Promoting Diabetes Self-Management in a Psychiatric Hospital

ABSTRACT Type 2 diabetes and psychiatric illnesses have a bidirectional association, influencing each other in direct but independent ways. People with psychiatric illnesses are more likely than the general population to develop type 2 diabetes, in part because antipsychotic medications affect the metabolic system, disrupting glucose metabolism, and also because they lack diabetes self-management education and self-care skills. This study assessed the effectiveness of diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) in patients with mental illness and diabetes using the Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire. Analysis of paired responses to the pre- and post-DSMES survey questions showed a statistically significant increase in diabetes self-management knowledge after participation in the education sessions. These results emphasized the importance of DSMES in strengthening patients' knowledge and skills, with additional support from their psychiatrist and medical team. This quality improvement project evaluated the effectiveness of diabetes self-management education and support in patients with both mental illness and diabetes using the Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire.
Travel nurses and patient outcomes

Background The unprecedented use of travel and temporary nurses in recent years requires further investigation of the impact on patient care. Purpose We conducted a systematic review of empirical research investigating the relationship between travel nurses and patient care to identify if consistent significant associations exist and how structural and process variables may influence such associations. Methods A systematic review following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of six databases resulted in the identification of 21 relevant articles. Results The existing research of travel nurse use differs widely in terms of the definition of travel nurse, study design, and included controls. The literature has failed to establish a consistent relationship between travel nurses and patient outcomes. Adverse associations between travel nursing and patient care may reflect staffing levels or work environments rather than the specific care by the travel nurses themselves. Practice Implications Underlying structural and process variables, such as staffing levels and the practice work environment, may be confounding associations between travel nurse usage and quality patient care. Administrators and managers are urged to assess staffing and the work environment when employing travel nurses.