bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Morphological changes in the tracheal system associated with light organs of the firefly Photinus pyralis (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) across life stages
Authors: Dunn Kristin N. , Davis Steven R. , Herhold Hollister W. , Stanger-Hall Kathrin F. , Bybee Seth M. , Branham Marc A.
Published: June 2022

Oxygen is an important and often limiting reagent of a firefly’s bioluminescent chemical reaction. Therefore, the development of the tracheal system and its subsequent modification to support the function of firefly light organs are key to understanding this process. We employ micro-CT scanning, 3D rendering, and confocal microscopy to assess the abdominal tracheal system in Photinus pyralis from the external spiracles to the light organ’s internal tracheal brush, a feature named here for the first time. The abdominal spiracles in firefly larvae and pupae are of the biforous type, with a filter apparatus and appear to have an occlusor muscle to restrict airflow. The first abdominal spiracle in the adult firefly is enlarged and bears an occlusor muscle, and abdominal spiracles two through eight are small, with a small atrium and bilobed closing apparatus. Internal tracheal system features, including various branches, trunks, and viscerals, were homologized across life stages. In adults, the sexually dimorphic elaboration and increase in volume associated with tracheal features of luminous segments emphasizes the importance of gas exchange during the bioluminescent process.
Are you confident enough to act? Individual differences in action control are associated with post-decisional metacognitive bias
Authors: Zajkowski Wojciech , Bielecki Maksymilian , Marszał-Wiśniewska Magdalena
Published: June 2022

The art of making good choices and being consistent in executing them is essential for having a successful and fulfilling life. Individual differences inaction controlare believed to have a crucial impact onhowwe make choices andwhetherwe put them in action.Action-orientedpeople are more decisive, flexible and likely to implement their intentions in the face of adversity. In contrast,state-orientedpeople often struggle to commit to their choices and end up second-guessing themselves. Here, we employ a model-based computational approach to study the underlying cognitive differences between action and state-oriented people in simple binary-choice decision tasks. In Experiment 1 we show that there is little-to-no evidence that the two groups differ in terms of decision-related parameters and strong evidence for differences in metacognitive bias. Action-oriented people exhibit greater confidence in the correctness of their choices as well as slightly elevated judgement sensitivity, although no differences in performance are present. In Experiment 2 we replicate this effect and show that the confidence gap generalizes to value-based decisions, widens as a function of difficulty and is independent of deliberation interval. Furthermore, allowing more time for confidence deliberation indicated that state-oriented people focus more strongly on external features of choice. We propose that a positive confidence bias, coupled with appropriate metacognitive sensitivity, might be crucial for the successful realization of intentions in many real-life situations. More generally, our study provides an example of how modelling latent cognitive processes can bring meaningful insight into the study of individual differences.
Associations between organized sport participation and mental health difficulties: Data from over 11,000 US children and adolescents
Authors: Hoffmann Matt D. , Barnes Joel D. , Tremblay Mark S. , Guerrero Michelle D.
Published: June 2022

The purpose of this study was to explore the association between participation in organized sport and a broad array of mental health difficulties among US children and adolescents. The data (cross-sectional) were from Data Release 3.0 (one-year follow-up visits on the full cohort) of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study—a broadly representative sample of 11,235 US children and adolescents aged 9 to 13 years. Parents/guardians provided self-reports of their child’s mental health difficulties using the Child Behavior Checklist. To assess participation in organized sport, children and adolescents were categorized into one of four groups: 1) participation in team sport, 2) participation in individual sport, 3) participation in team and individual sport, and 4) non-sport participation. Participation in team sport compared to non-sport participation was associated with 10% lower anxious/depressed scores, 19% lower withdrawn/depressed scores, 17% lower social problems scores, 17% lower thought problems scores, and 12% lower attention problems scores. Participation in team sport compared to non-sport participation was also associated with 20% lower rule-breaking behavior scores for females (compared to males). Conversely, participation in individual sport compared to non-sport participation was associated with 16% higher anxious/depressed scores, 14% higher withdrawn/depressed scores, 12% higher social problems scores, and 14% higher attention problems scores. Participation in both team and individual sport compared to non-sport participation was associated with 17% lower rule-breaking behavior scores for females (compared to males). Results indicate that team sport participation was associated with fewer mental health difficulties, whereas individual sport participation was associated with greater mental health difficulties. The findings complement previous research suggesting that team sport participation may be a vehicle to support child and adolescent mental health. Additional research is needed to determine to what extent, and under what circumstances, participation in individual sport may be problematic for younger cohorts.
Can the GRE predict valued outcomes? Dropout and writing skill
Authors: Bridgeman Brent , Cline Frederick
Published: June 2022

Graduate school programs that are considering dropping the GRE as an admissions tool often focus on claims that the test is biased and does not predict valued outcomes. This paper addresses the bias issue and provides evidence related to the prediction of valued outcomes. Two studies are included. The first study used data from chemistry (N = 315) and computer engineering (N = 389) programs from a flagship state university and an Ivy League university to demonstrate the ability of the GRE to predict dropout. Dropout prediction for the chemistry programs was both statistically and practically significant for the GRE quantitative (GRE-Q) scores, but not for the verbal or analytical writing scores. In the computer engineering programs, significant dropout prediction by GRE-Q was evident only for domestic students. In the second study, GRE Analytical Writing scores for 217 students were related to writing produced as part of graduate school coursework and relationships were noted that were both practically and statistically significant.
Systematic validation and assessment of immunohistochemical markers for central nervous system pathology in cetaceans, with emphasis on auditory pathways
Authors: Orekhova Ksenia , Centelleghe Cinzia , Di Guardo Giovanni , Graïc Jean-Marie , Cozzi Bruno , Trez Davide , Verin Ranieri , Mazzariol Sandro
Published: June 2022

Cetacean neuropathology is a developing field that aims to assess structural and neurochemical changes involved in neurodegenerative, infectious and traumatic processes, however markers used previously in cetaceans have rarely undergone systematic validation. This is a prerequisite to investigating the potential damage inflicted on the cetacean auditory system by anthropogenic noise. In order to assess apoptotic, neuroinflammatory and structural aberrations on a protein level, the baseline expression of biomarker proteins has to be characterized, implementing a systematic approach to validate the use of anti-human and anti-laboratory animal antibodies in dolphin tissues. This approach was taken to study 12 different antibodies associated with hypoxic-ischemic, inflammatory, plastic and excitatory-inhibitory changes implicated in acoustic trauma within the ventral cochlear nuclei and inferior colliculi of 20 bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Out of the 12 tested antibodies, pro-apoptotic protease factor 1 (Apaf-1), diacylglycerolkinase-ζ (DGK-ζ), B-cell lymphoma related protein 2 (Bcl-2), amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) and neurofilament 200 (NF200) were validated employing Western blot analyses and immunohistochemistry (IHC). The results of the validation process indicate specific patterns of immunoreactivity that are comparable to those reported in other mammals, thus suggesting a key panel of IHC biomarkers of pathological processes in the cetacean brain. As a consequence, the antibodies tested in this study may constitute a valid tool for supporting existing diagnostic methods in neurological diseases. The approach of systematic validation of IHC markers in cetaceans is proposed as a standard practice, in order for results to be transparent, reliable and comparable.
Reference ranges of fetal mandible measurements: Inferior facial angle, jaw index, mandible width/maxilla width ratio and mandible length in Thai fetuses at 15 to 23 weeks of gestation
Authors: Booncharoen Pichaya , Sawaddisan Rapphon , Suwanrath Chitkasaem , Geater Alan
Published: June 2022

Objectives

To determine the normal distribution of 1) inferior facial angles (IFA), 2) jaw index, 3) mandible width/maxilla width ratio (MD/MX ratio), and 4) mandible length (ML) in second trimester Thai fetuses.

Methods

A prospective study was performed between April 1 and October 31, 2020, at the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit of Songklanagarind Hospital. Transabdominal ultrasonography was performed on Thai singleton pregnant women at 150/7 to 236/7 weeks of gestation to measure IFA, jaw index, MD/MX ratio and ML. All women received standard antenatal care and were followed up until delivery. The exclusion criteria were multifetal gestation, congenital anomaly, chromosomal abnormality, fetal growth restriction, abnormal amniotic fluid volume, suspected abnormality of fetal mandible, maxilla or jaws based on the proposed criteria from previous studies and suspected neonatal structural or genetic abnormalities postnatally. Quantile regression was used to estimate changes in the median, 5th and 95th percentiles of each parameter across gestational ages and to generate formulas for predicting the 5th percentile value for each parameter.

Results

The results of 291 women were analyzed. Scatter plots and reference ranges of each parameter were generated. IFA, jaw index and ML values significantly increased, while the MD/MX ratio value significantly decreased, with increasing gestational age. The formulas calculated for predicting the 5th percentile value for each parameter were IFA = 55.12 + 0.045*(GA in days—136) jaw index = 37.272 + 0.01693*(GA in days—136) MD/MX ratio = exp(0.027–0.00110*(GA in days—136)) ML = 20.83 + 0.243*(GA in days—136).

Conclusions

The reference ranges and formulas to calculate the 5th percentile values of mandible parameters in Thai fetuses were developed.

Trial registration

This study has been reviewed and approved by the Thai Clinical Trials Registry with identification number TCTR20210602003.
A Borrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein C (OspC) genotyping method using Luminex technology
Authors: Pearson Patrick , Skaltsis Olivia , Luo Chu-Yuan , Xu Guang , Oppler Zachary , Brisson Dustin , Rich Stephen M.
Published: June 2022

Borrelia burgdorferi is an important tickborne human pathogen comprising several strains based on nucleotide sequence of the outer surface protein C (ospC) gene. Detection and characterization of different ospC genotypes is vital for research on B. burgdorferi and the risk it poses to humans. Here we present a novel, multiplex assay based on Luminex xMAP technology for the detection of B. burgdorferi ospC genotypes. The assay has five major steps: amplification of the ospC gene, hydrolyzation of surplus primers and nucleotides, incorporation of biotinylated nucleotides into the template DNA, hybridization to Luminex microspheres, and detection of fluorescent signals corresponding to each ospC genotype. We validated the protocol by comparing results obtained from our method against results from an established ospC genotyping method. This protocol can be used for the characterization of ospC genotypes in B. burgdorferi infected ticks, reservoir hosts, and/or clinical samples.
Construct validity of the Spanish version of the Post-COVID-19 Functional Status scale and validation of the web-based form in COVID-19 survivors
Authors: Sacristán-Galisteo Cristina , del Corral Tamara , Ríos-León Marta , Martín-Casas Patricia , Plaza-Manzano Gustavo , López-de-Uralde-Villanueva Ibai
Published: June 2022

Objectives

To assess the psychometric characteristics of the Spanish Post-COVID-19 Functional Status (PCFS) scale (web-based and paper-based forms) and the test-retest reliability of the web-based form.

Study design and setting

Cross-sectional study of 125 COVID-19 survivors. The test-retest reliability of the web-based form was assessed at 7 days after the first evaluation. We collected symptoms, functional status (PCFS scale), health-related quality of life (EuroQol-5D questionnaire, EQ-5D-5L), activities of daily living limitations [Barthel Index and Global Activity Limitation Index, GALI] and psychological state (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HADS).

Results

The paper- and web-based forms of the Spanish PCFS scale showed adequate construct validity, and the web-based form provided substantial test-retest reliability (kappa = 0.63). The percentage of agreement between the web-based and paper-based forms was high (88%). Functional status showed a high correlation with EQ-5D-5L (inverse) and GALI (direct) (both; Rho ≥ .743), a moderate correlation with HADS (Rho ≥ .409) and a low correlation with the Barthel Index (Rho < .30). The Kruskal–Wallis test showed statistically significant differences in EQ-5D-5L, GALI and HADS according to the degree of functional status.

Conclusion

The Spanish version of the PCFS scale (web-based and paper-based forms) showed adequate construct validity, and the web-based form provided substantial test-retest reliability in COVID-19 survivors.
New terroirs: lessons from Hong Kong for seamless digital and physical interactions
Authors: Kay-Jones Simon , Janvier Louise , Burns Sean , Wilson Matthew
Published: June 2022

Many professions have struggled to translate their disciplines into a flexible blended learning experience that is adaptive to the recent pandemic constraints and responsive to the changing needs of learners, and which can match the vibrancy of a purely physical place of education. Architecture has been counter-intuitively resistant to a more seamless, adaptive and responsive environment as a digital learning space. This is due to an ambiguity of the tools and elements available to practitioners for positive learning environments that can be usefully transposed to blended learning. For an industry marked as creative, since the mid-2000s it has found itself behind that of service designs’ educational development. Traditionalists in our discipline have continued to focus on the production and craft of artefacts in design over and above process. However, we have sought to balance this craft and process with the appropriate digital ‘places’ and ‘positions’ as an emerging ‘place-free’ praxis for education. We collectively refer to all of these as a ‘terroir’ for new places and alternative positions in education. In this article, we set out the ingredients and tools uncovered to deliver these progressive learning places within the new terroir, which are applicable to any creative industry. We also outline how to successfully promote agency within the learning process to foster creative education in a variety of design fields and assist in developing alternative school positions. The article explores the role that ‘Process-to-strategy’ has in facilitating creativity, while the ‘Construct-a-journey’ section describes the tools that are needed to enable students to fashion an autonomous learning path as a unified experience. Lastly, the ‘Experience-the-terroir’ section evaluates the inherent design possibilities in virtual environments across all themes and strategies to explore specific qualities of experience, which could lead to a greater understanding of the place containing design creativity, spatial illusion and design processes. The specific project that we discuss investigated the qualitative impacts of novel technologies adapted to the practice of architectural education along these four key themes. They are supportive to a peer-led, positive learning, transnational environment as a ‘place-free’ praxis, while providing a structured approach for reflexive educational design in a particular time of flux such as the recent pandemic. The article concludes with a summary of the new architectural terroir.
Reading the literacy world: Navigating one’s way across the waves of change
Authors: Tierney Robert J.
Published: June 2022

Should you visit one of my websites, I would hope that my passion for inquiry and discovery stand out. In my scholarly endeavors, I have been committed to contributing to positive change that is transformative, systemic, and sustainable – striving for global eclecticism that is ethical, respectful, collaborative, and innovative. I suspect that you will see some of these characteristics played out in a material fashion in my writings, videos, and other work (much of which you can find at www.robertjtierney.com; www://independent.academia.edu/RobTierney; and https://literacyresearchcommons.org).Download the PDF and read more about Dr. Tierney's journey.
Atomenergie und Erdgas als nachhaltige Wirtschaftsaktivität in der EU‑Taxonomie?
Authors: Görlitz Sascha
Published: June 2022

Eine Aufnahme von Atomenergie und Erdgas als nachhaltigeWirtschaftsaktivität gefährdet die Anwendbarkeit und Glaubwürdigkeit der EU‑Taxonomie. Viele Finanzmarktakteure sehen den Vorschlag der Europäischen Kommission kritisch.
University brand: factors, tools and main tendencies of development information about authors
Authors: Bulgakova Margarita А. , Vertinova Anna А. , Pashuk Natalya R.
Published: June 2022

Trends towards transformation of the system of higher education create the need for universities to adapt to the dynamically changing conditions of the external competitive environment. In this connection, university branding as a specific distinguishing characteristic from competitors is an integral part of the development strategy of a modern university, and the effectiveness of marketing activities to form a brand of an educational organization depends largely on the influence of internal and external factors and a set of tools applied. However, in the scientific literature, these aspects have come into common use mainly in relation to commercial organizations, giving short shrift to the institutions of higher education, which determines the goal setting of the study, which is to identify the main directions of the development of a university’s brand under present-day conditions of functioning. To achieve this goal, the authors used methods of synthesis, systematization, logical-structural, comparative and cause-and-effect analysis of the literature which highlights the theoretical and practical issues of university branding. The directions of brand formation identified as a result of the study are based on the method of an expert survey conducted in May 2021. Overall, the systematization of university branding factors has been carried out;

a set of tools for creating a brand of a higher educational institution in the context of the transformation of the education system has been proposed; and the main directions for the development of the university brand from an expert survey have been identified.The authors have found that the most promising areas of university branding are corporate, educational and reputational aspects of activities.
Roles of customer care in consumer goods retail marketing: evidence from Vietnam
Authors: Pham Cuong Hung
Published: June 2022

The study is carried out to identify the role of customer care in consumer goods retail marketing using evidence from Vietnam. It is significant to write that through extending excellent customer care services; retail businesses report increased sales of consumer goods. Besides, sales are the lifeblood of retail businesses in Vietnam, and one of the primary means of increasing them is through extending exceptional customer care services. It is worth noting that sales are also one of the determinants of company success. Various articles and related studies were reviewed to help identify relevant information about the topic. A qualitative research model was embraced for the study to help meet its primary goal. The researcher chose this model because it helps gain an understanding of various underlying opinions about customer care in consumer goods retail marketing in Vietnam. To ensure that the entire selected population was entirely analyzed, the researcher considered a very small sample size of 30 participants. What is more, interviews and observation were employed to collect relevant information for the study. Data were analyzed using the SPSS software because of its accuracy capability. Following the collected data, it was revealed that customer care positively affects consumer goods retail marketing. The current research is very significant for academic purposes for a student at different education levels. For these reasons, with the help of research findings, it can be concluded that there is a very significant relationship between customer care and consumer goods retail marketing in Vietnam and other countries.
Management of agricultural business in war conditions: features of accounting and taxation
Authors: Ishchenko Yana , Semenyshena Nataliia , Yevdokymova Nataliia , Stepaniuk Olha , Tsaruk Vasyl
Published: June 2022

The publication is devoted to the development of recommendations for agricultural enterprises on the accounting of special operations to ensure the management function under martial law. The main problems of business production, which are the result of Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, are highlighted. The article summarizes the features of information support for the needs of management in martial law. The expediency of liberalizing the requirements for primary accounting for the special period is substantiated, which will allow adapting the documentation system to the specifics of organizing business processes under martial law. The main changes in the organization of labor relations and accounting for payments to employees are indicated. The procedure for taxation of charitable assistance is reflected, considering changes in the current legislation, the procedure for assessing charitable assistance, and a methodology for its accounting when providing and receiving is proposed. An algorithm for providing state assistance to small and medium-sized agricultural producers through the compensation of the interest rate on attracted loans has been studied, and a method for accounting for such assistance has been proposed. It is singled out as a specific object of accounting, the property of enterprises, which, due to its territorial location in the zone of active hostilities, in the zone of temporary occupation or other negative factors of the influence of the war, has become unuseful. It is concluded that the procedure for determining the amount of the expected recovery of an asset and losses from reducing its applicability, which is given in NSA No 28, cannot be applied in the event of the destruction of property (full or partial) and due to other negative factors of war impact. Such an assessment procedure should be determined by the state centrally, considering current wastage and losses from lost profits in the future; the procedure for accounting for the loss of utility of such property is proposed. The possibilities of tax management of agricultural enterprises to change the taxation system under martial law have been studied and methodological modes of reflection in the accounting of calculations for a single tax of payers of the 3rd group are offered.
Biomediated synthesis of ZnO quantum dots decorated attapulgite nanocomposites for improved antibacterial properties
Authors: Yang Fangfang , Song Yameng , Wang Qin , Liu Yan , Wang Aiqin
Published: June 2022

Attapulgite (APT) is a natural one-dimensional clay mineral with good biocompatibility and has emerged as a promising nanomaterial for the construction of performance-enhanced nanocomposites. In this study, we developed a ZnO quantum dots-incorporated APT antibacterial nanocomposite by the Aloe vera extract-mediated green route. With the combined assistance of binding interactions of ZnO nuclei with APT and capping effect of active compounds in Aloe vera extract, the quantum-sized ZnO nanoparticles with hexagonal Wurtzite structure and sizes of <5 nm were uniformly decorated on the APT surface, resulting in a high-active antibacterial nanocomposite. The obtained ZnO/APT nanocomposites displayed favorable antibacterial activities, and the minimum inhibitory concentrations of the nanocomposite with ZnO loading of 20% against E. coli and S. aureus were 2.5 and 0.5 mg·mL−1, respectively. This antibacterial performance was far better than that of APT and could almost be comparable to that of pure ZnO. For the green process, the phenolic compounds, proteins, and amino acids in Aloe vera extract were involved in the reduction and capping of ZnO, which contributed to a facile green strategy for preparation of the ZnO-modified APT nanocomposites. The present work provides new insight into the potential applications of APT in the antibacterial fields.
Electrical properties of zinc nitride and zinc tin nitride semiconductor thin films toward photovoltaic applications
Authors: Wang Yong , Ohsawa Takeo , Alnjiman Fahad , Pierson Jean-Francois , Ohashi Naoki
Published: June 2022

Zn3N2 (ZN) and ZnSnN2 (ZTN) are a promising class of nitride semiconductors for photovoltaic and light-emitting-diode applications due to their particular electrical and optical properties, elemental abundance and non-toxicity. So far, most of the experimental results show the degenerate carrier concentration. However, we find that low-temperature growth of these films in a chamber with ultra-high background vacuum can attain a non-degenerate electrical conductivity. This work provides the recent progress of the electrical properties of ZN and ZTN semiconductor thin films. The origins for the high carrier concentrations in ZN and ZTN have been discussed, demonstrating that non-intentional oxygen and hydrogen-related defects play significant roles in such high carrier concentrations. The strategies to suppress the carrier concentrations have also been addressed, such as ultra-high vacuum conditions and low temperature growth.
“No Sin to Limp”: Critique as Error in Geoffrey Hartman’s Essays on Midrash
Authors: Catlin Samuel P.
Published: June 2022

This article argues that contemporary polemics against critical reading, understood as the enduring legacy of “theory” in the humanities, overlook the unusual and generative concept of critique formulated by one of the literary scholars most closely associated with “theory,” the German-born American literary critic Geoffrey Hartman. For Hartman, critique amounts to a thinking that exposes itself to the alterity of the future and thus risks being wrong. Engaging two of Hartman’s essays from the mid-1980s, “The Struggle for the Text” and “Meaning, Error, Text,” the article specifically argues that Hartman derives this concept of critique as thinking that risks error from rabbinic midrash. However, this does not mean that Hartman seeks to “do midrash” himself. To the contrary, what Hartman learns from midrash is that the very structure of linguistic repetition, citation, or imitation forecloses the possibility of absolute fidelity to tradition. In “The Struggle for the Text,” he demonstrates this lesson through subversive readings of Genesis 32 and a fragment from Sigmund Freud’s Beyond the Pleasure Principle; in “Meaning, Error, Text,” Hartman historicizes his hermeneutic in relation to Christian supersession and the Holocaust, claiming ethical and political significance for his “restitution” of midrash as a model of critique.
Microstructural characteristics and nano-modification of interfacial transition zone in concrete: A review
Authors: Xu Zhong , Bai ZhiJie , Wu JiaNing , Long HongYuan , Deng Hui , Chen ZanZhu , Yuan Yuan , Fan Xiaoqing
Published: June 2022

The interfacial transition zone (ITZ) has long been considered as a zone of weakness in concrete. Many scholars have carried out relatively scattered tentative explorations to improve the performance of ITZ. The application of nanomaterials to enhance ITZ in concrete is a promising research. In order to further study the basic principles and practical applications of this field, it is urgent to systematically sort out the existing results. In this study, the nano-modification of ITZ in concrete is systematically reviewed and summarized. First, this study reviews the microscopic characterization of ITZ, including hydration products, porosity, and microhardness. Then, the influence of nanomaterials on ITZ is reviewed from the view of the above three aspects. Finally, the method and mechanism of the ITZ modified by nanomaterials were preliminarily clarified, which provided theoretical and empirical data support for the team’s next experimental work. A large number of research results show that nanomaterials improve the mechanical properties and microstructure of the ITZ, thus enhancing the mechanical properties and durability of concrete. The results of this article will provide source materials for the development of this field, a broader research basis for peer research, and a basis for further development of green engineering materials.
Simultaneous remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and heavy metals in wastewater with zerovalent iron-titanium oxide nanoparticles (ZVI-TiO2)
Authors: Mensah Peter , Osobamiro Temitope , Ramasami Ponnadurai
Published: June 2022

The presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metals (HM) in wastewater is a major challenge to the environment as various approaches have been used to remediate these contaminants from the environment. Zerovalent iron-titanium oxide nanoparticle (ZVI-TiO2NPs) was synthesized by wet reflux in an inert environment using nitrogen gas and sodium borohydride as reducing agents. Characterization was carried out using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) coupled with electron diffraction X-ray (EDX) and Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR). Assessments of the wastewater were carried out with atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) for HM and a gas chromatography-mass spectrophotometer (GCMS) for PAHs to determine the initial concentration (Ci) compared with permissible limits of surface water and adsorption capacity with ZVI-TiO2NPs (Cf), respectively. The results obtained indicate a percentage yield of 65.51 ± 0.01 of ZVI-TiO2NPs, with a particle size of 100 nm, weight composition of iron, titanium, and oxygen at 49.69, 5.24, and 35.41 g, respectively. FTIR shows a vibrational change of 3465, 2929, and 1641 cm−1of OH, CH, and CO group needed for metal binding and adsorption. Remediation of HM after acid digestion gave effective removal of zinc, copper, cadmium, cobalt, and lead at an adsorption capacity of 64.29, 54.83, 53.13, 48.39, and 42.66% respectively. The adsorptions of benzo[a]pyrene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, and perylene were 77.87, 67.85, 52.17, 29.50, and 25.45%, respectively. These results indicate that metal/metal oxide (ZVI-TiO2) nanoparticles have a high potential in the remediation of heavy metals and PAHs from the water ecosystem.
Towards a self-interacting complex scalar field boson-star model
Authors: Bruce Stanley A.
Published: June 2022

We propose a simple model intended to address boson stars (BSs) in a theory of self-interacting massive charged scalar fields coupled to the electromagnetic (EM) gauge field and gravity. We first consider standard scalar electrodynamics (SED) in 3 + 1 flat space-time dimensions in which only a complex scalar field and the EM field are present in the Lagrangian of the system. In order to better understand scalar field dynamics in

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-dimensional system is consistently coupled to gravity, we comment on the possible relevance of this approach to study BS dynamics.
Barriers to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake and Ways to Mitigate Them: Perspectives of Ghanaian Immigrants in the United States
Authors: Aidoo-Frimpong Gloria , Collins R. Lorraine , Agbemenu Kafuli , Orom Heather , Morse Gene D. , Nelson LaRon E.
Published: June 2022

African immigrants in the United States experience disparities in HIV incidence. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) effectively prevents HIV infection, yet uptake is low among racial and ethnic minorities. To better understand PrEP adoption among African immigrants, in March 2020, we conducted interviews with Ghanaian immigrants (N = 40) to explore the barriers and ways to overcome these barriers to PrEP adoption. Participants described several barriers (e.g., low HIV knowledge and risk perception, fear of social judgment, cultural values, and norms), which may impede PrEP adoption. We categorized these barriers according to the levels of the socioecological model (individual, interpersonal, community, and organizational/structural factors). Participants also identified strategies to overcome the barriers, such as providing comprehensive education on HIV and PrEP. Our research provides foundational knowledge that can inform future PrEP research with Ghanaian and other African immigrants and offers important insights into factors that may impact PrEP adoption in this population.
An examination of obsessive-compulsive symptom domains, depression, and quality of life within an online survey sample
Authors: Browning Morgan E. , Guzick Andrew G. , McCarty Ryan J. , Cooke Danielle L. , Toledano Shanee , Olsen Brian T. , Barthle Megan A. , Bailey Brittany A. , Guastello Andrea D. , Lazaroe Lacie M. , McNamara Joseph P. H.
Published: June 2022

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heterogeneous and highly impairing disorder that is frequently comorbid with other conditions. Participants in this study were 212 individuals recruited through Mechanical Turk who filled out validated measures of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, quality of life (QoL), generalized anxiety, and depressive symptoms. Analyses examined the influences of each symptom variable on QoL and the mediating role of depression as an indirect link between unacceptable thoughts (UT) and QoL. Depressive symptoms had a significant negative relationship with multiple domains of functioning. Generalized anxiety was not significant. Higher endorsement of UT symptoms was related to lower physical, emotional, and social QoL. Depression partially mediated the relationship between UT symptoms and physical, emotional, and social health. Depressive symptoms are important to consider in clinical work surrounding OCD. The significant associations between UT symptoms and QoL in a nonclinical population illustrate a relevant area for future intervention, public awareness, and education.
Associations Between Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms and Online Self-Disclosure in Clinically Referred Youth
Authors: Deutz Marike H. F. , Lambooy Marjolein J. S. , Vossen Helen G. M. , Laceulle Odilia M. , van Aken Marcel A. G. , Hessels Christel
Published: June 2022

Communicating online via social media has proven to facilitate disclosure of intimate topics and can therefore be helpful in the development of intimate relationships. However, for youth with borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptoms, it may be more difficult to know when, what, and to whom to disclose (i.e., effective disclosure) in online contacts. The authors examine associations between BPD symptoms, online self-disclosure, and ineffective online self-disclosure (e.g., regretting sharing something online). The sample consisted of 235 clinically referred youth (66.4% female), aged 12-25 years (M = 17.82, SD = 2.96). Structural equation modeling revealed that BPD symptoms were related to higher levels of same- and cross-sex online self-disclosure as well as to more ineffective online self-disclosure. There was no moderation by sex or age. This study suggests that youth with BPD symptoms are at risk for oversharing personal information, which could affect forming and maintaining intimate relationships and increases online risks.
“It Was and It Was Not”: Metaphoric Tension in Psychoanalysis
Authors: Clarke Brett H.
Published: June 2022

The author endeavors to reassess how metaphor functions psychoanalytically by distinguishing it from more inclusive conceptualizations of symbolism and metaphor, and from the idea of metaphor as a primary cognitive structure. The author adapts aspects of Ricoeur's metaphor theory, and explores metaphor as organized around tensions of similarity and difference, and of something “being and not-being” simultaneously. Such a model anchors metaphoric meaning in the subject's capacity for metaphoric experience and its relation to unrealized unconscious meaning. The author suggests that this perspective on metaphor—which connects it experientially to mature transitional experience, sublimation, play, and mourning—helps us understand how metaphoric experience functions as our most potent agent of intrapsychic change.
Aches, Pains, Rumbles, and Stumbles: Applying Somatic Countertransference and Body Reactivity in Clinical Work and Teaching
Authors: Zerbe Kathryn J.
Published: June 2022

Recognizing somatic countertransference reactions is an essential tool for the psychodynamic clinician. Although the analyst's bodily reactivity has been written about throughout the history of our field, contemporary neuroscience, multiple code theory, and nonlinear system dynamics provide scientific buttressing to understand embodied phenomena. Patients often speak with and about their bodies, and the clinician who pays attention to these communications, as well as those emanating from his or her own body, has an additional resource to help the patient. Elvin Semrad's classic but largely unremembered “tour of the body” is one tool that can assist clinicians in how to receive and process body reactions that may be unconsciously split off, consciously withheld, or felt dangerous or beguiling. Three examples are used to illustrate embodiment and somatic countertransference as important clinical guides. An argument is made that these concepts should be taught and integrated into psychodynamic curricula.
An incidental finding behind adrenal incidentaloma
Authors: Crimì Filippo , Barbiero Giulio , Tizianel Irene , Evangelista Laura , Ceccato Filippo
Published: June 2022

A 61-year-old man went to the Emergency Department with left upper abdominal quadrant pain and low-grade fever, as well as a loss of weight (3 kg in 6 weeks). A solid-cystic lesion in the left adrenal lodge was discovered by abdominal ultrasonography. A slight increase in the serum amylase with normal lipase was observed, but there were no signs or symptoms of pancreatitis. A contrast-enhanced CT revealed a tumor that was suspected of adrenocortical cancer. Therefore, he was referred to the endocrine unit. The hormonal evaluation revealed no signs of excessive or inadequate adrenal secretion. To characterize the mass, an MRI was performed; the lesion showed an inhomogeneous fluid collection with peripheral wall contrast-enhancement, as well as a minor 18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake at PET/CT images. The risk of primary adrenal cancer was minimal after the multidisciplinary discussion. An acute necrotic collection after focal pancreatitis was suspected, according to the characteristics of imaging. Both CT-guided drainage of the necrotic accumulation and laboratory analysis of the aspirated fluid confirmed the diagnosis.

Learning points

Different types of expansive processes can mimic adrenal incidentalomas.

Necrotic collection after acute focal pancreatitis could be misdiagnosed as an adrenal mass, since its CT characteristics could be equivocal.

MRI has stronger capacities than CT in differentiating complex lesions of the adrenal lodge.

A multidisciplinary approach is fundamental in the management of patients with a newly discovered adrenal incidentaloma and equivocal/suspicious imaging features (low lipid content and size >4 cm).
A Two-Index Formulation for the Fixed-Destination Multi-Depot Asymmetric Travelling Salesman Problem and Some Extensions
Authors: Aguayo Maichel M. , Avilés Francisco N. , Sarin Subhash C. , Sherali Hanif D.
Published: June 2022

We introduce a compact formulation for the fixed-destination multi-depot asymmetric travelling salesman problem (FD-mATSP). It consists of m salesmen distributed among D depots who depart from and return to their respective origins after visiting a set of customers. The proposed model exploits the multi-depot aspect of the problem by labelling the arcs to identify the nodes that belong to the same tour. Our experimental investigation shows that the proposed-two index formulation is versatile and effective in modelling new variations of the FD-mATSP compared with existing formulations. We demonstrate this by applying it for the solution of two important extensions of the FD-mATSP that arise in logistics and manufacturing environments.
Improving the methodology of endurance development of skilled wrestlers
Authors:   Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture, Boychenko N. , Tropin Y. ,   Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture, Alekseevа I. ,   Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture, Pylypet`s А. ,   National Academy of National Guard of Ukraine, Demchenko N. ,   Khmelnytsky National University
Published: June 2022

Purpose: to improve the method of developing the endurance of skilled wrestlers of the Greco-Roman style. Material and methods. The following methods were used in the study: analysis of scientific and methodological information, Internet sources and generalization of leading practical experience, pedagogical testing; timing; pedagogical experiment, methods of mathematical statistics. The pedagogical experiment was conducted in the groups of specialized training of 3 years of study at CYSS №7 and CYSS №9 in Kharkiv. In total, 20 qualified wrestlers, aged 16-17, took part in the pedagogical experiment. Athletes were divided into two groups: control and experimental 10 wrestlers each. The pedagogical experiment lasted six months (May – October 2021). Results: Based on the analysis of scientific and methodological information, Internet sources and generalization of best practices, it was found that one of the main components of functional training of the athlete, which determines the ability to achieve high results in responsible competitions, endurance, therefore the development of endurance importance for the growth of sportsmanship of a skilled wrestler. The control group was involved in the training program for CYSS. The wrestlers of the experimental group used the proposed method of endurance development in the training process, which consisted in the fact that at each stage and period of the macrocycle developed training tasks were used to develop general and special endurance. At the beginning of the experiment, the control indicators of the level of endurance development between the control and experimental groups did not reveal significant differences (p>0,05, the value of t ranges from 0,13 to 0,87). Conclusions. During the experiment it was found that the proposed technique has a positive effect on the endurance of wrestlers. This is evidenced by the results obtained at the end of the experiment, so the wrestlers of the experimental group significantly higher levels of endurance development in the tests: running 800 m (t=-2,78; p<0,05); running 2 800 m (t=-3,01; p<0,01); time of execution of 3 series of throws by turning the grip of the hand and head (t=-3,12; p<0,01); the total time of execution of three series of throws by turning the grip of the hand and head (t=-2,52; p<0,05). In the tests «Time of execution of 1 series of throws with hand and head grip» and «Time of 2 series of throws with hand and head grip» also the results are better in the wrestlers of the experimental group, but they are statistically inaccurate (p>0,05), that when performing 1 and 2 series of throws, athletes did not show much endurance. Keywords: Greco-Roman wrestling, training process, skilled athletes, general endurance, special endurance.
Penerapan Learning by the Case Method terhadap Efektivitas Pembelajaran Mahasiswa Akuntansi UIN Jakarta
Authors: Fitri Yessi , Patriana Ela
Published: June 2022

The main issue of this research is the Learning by the Case Method (LCM) application to the learning effectiveness of accounting student Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. The purpose of this research is to obtain empirical evidence on the effect of the application of LCM on the effectiveness of learning of UIN accounting student Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta with intellectual intelligence and emotional intelligence as moderating variables. The respondents in this research were accounting student classes of 2016, 2017, and 2018 with purposive sampling. The hypothesis testing method uses Moderated Regression Analysis. The results showed the application of LCM had a positive effect on the effectiveness of accounting students' learning. Intellectual intelligence and emotional intelligence don’t moderate the effect of the application of LCM on the effectiveness of accounting learning.
Rethinking Congenital Heart Disease in Preterm Neonates
Authors: Levy Philip T. , Thomas Alyssa R. , Wethall Ashley , Perez Danielle , Steurer Martina , Ball Molly K.
Published: June 2022

Congenital heart disease (CHD) and prematurity are the leading causes of infant mortality in the United States. Importantly, the combination of prematurity and CHD results in a further increased risk of mortality and significant morbidity. The key factors in these adverse outcomes are not well understood, but likely include maternal-fetal environment, perinatal and neonatal elements, and challenging postnatal care. Preterm neonates with CHD are born with “double jeopardy”: not only do they experience challenges related to immaturity of the lungs, brain, and other organs, but they also must undergo treatment for cardiac disease. The role of the neonatologist caring for preterm infants with CHD has changed with the evolution of the field of pediatric cardiac critical care. Increasingly, neonatologists invested in the cardiovascular care of the newborn with CHD engage at multiple stages in their course, including fetal consultation, delivery room management, preoperative care, and postoperative treatment. A more comprehensive understanding of prematurity and CHD may inform clinical practice and ultimately improve outcomes in preterm infants with CHD. In this review, we discuss the current evidence surrounding neonatal and cardiac outcomes in preterm infants with CHD; examine the prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal factors recognized to influence these outcomes; identify knowledge gaps; consider research and clinical opportunities; and highlight the ways in which a neonatologist can contribute to the care of preterm infants with CHD.