bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Biological characterization and complete genome analysis of the newly isolated Serratia liquefaciens phage vB_SlqS_ZDD2
Authors: Zhao Qian , Han Linzi , Chu Chen , Wang Lili , Zhuang Likun , Yuan Rongtao
Published: January 2024

A novel lytic phage named vB_SlqS_ZDD2 infecting Serratia liquefaciens was isolated from hospital sewage. BLASTn analysis showed that the genome sequence of phage vB_SlqS_ZDD2 shared 0% query coverage with other phages in the NCBI database. Phenotype and phylogeny analysis indicated that this phage might be a new member of the order Caudoviricetes. Genome sequence displayed that phage vB_SlqS_ZDD2 has a 49,178 bp dsDNA with 55% GC content and has 74 open reading frames. Besides, the phage exhibited strong lytic activity and a wide range of pH (3-12) and temperature tolerance (80℃, 80 min).
Mechanical site preparation severity mediates one-year-survival response to summer drought in planted tree seedlings
Authors: Collet Catherine , Agro Chloé , Akroume Emila , Bello Jordan , Berthelot Alain , Boulanger Vincent , Calas Aurore , Dumas Noé , Pitaud Jonathan , Puyal Malaurie , Vast Florian
Published: January 2024

In face of future climatic conditions, methods to ensure the success of forest plantation in warm and dry conditions are required. Mechanical site preparation (MSP) prior to planting is widely used around the world to enhance seedling establishment success. Our study aimed at identifying, among a set of MSP methods that are used in practical forestry, which methods ensure plantation success under dry weather conditions. We evaluated the combined effects of summer drought (estimated using the Standard Precipitation Index) and MSP severity (estimated using vegetation cover in the immediate seedling vicinity one year after MSP) on 1-year seedling survival. We used a network of 20 experimental sites established in France over a 10-year-period, and where seedlings were planted after various MSP. In all treatments (severe MSP, moderate MSP, no MSP), seedling survival was higher in years with rainy summers than in years with dry summers. In rainy years, both moderate and severe MSP methods slightly improved the seedling survival rate (95%) compared to the unprepared control (88%). In dry years, seedling survival was similar after moderate MSP or with no MSP (50 and 54%, respectively), whereas it was much higher after severe MSP (79%). In practical forestry, severe MSP appears as an option to enhance early seedling survival, especially when summer precipitations are lower than the seasonal average, whereas moderate MSP does not significantly improve seedling survival compared to an unprepared control, in all summer weather conditions.
Usability Study of the Mommy-Be App: Exploring the Experience of Breastfeeding Mothers in Eastern Indonesia
Authors: Syam Azniah , Firawati Firawati , Dewi Indra
Published: January 2024

The rise of mobile health (mHealth) apps has brought attention to their potential in supporting breastfeeding mothers and preventing postpartum depression (PPD). This study aims to evaluate the usability of Mommy-Be, a mobile phone app designed to support breastfeeding women and help them to acknowledge of their mental health and breastfeeding efficacy during lactation period. This study combines quantitative and qualitative methods, that asses Mommy-Be app's usability among breastfeeding mothers using the Mobile Application Usability Questionnaire (MAUQ) and conducted in-depth interviews with a subset of participants. The study included 50 breastfeeding mothers in Makassar, Indonesia, who were primarily between the ages of 19 and 42 and had diverse educational and employment backgrounds. Four weeks after using the Mommy-Be app, revealed a generally positive impression of the application. Based on MAUQ three dimensions, ease of use, interface satisfaction, usefulness, this study has been determined that the utilization of a Mommy-Be application is both acceptable and feasible as a mobile health (mHealth) solution for breastfeeding mothers. The mothers experience revealed diverse user impressions of the Mommy-Be application. Participants generally found it easy to use, with a favorable interface preference. Participants expressed various benefits of using Mommy-Be, including increased awareness of breastfeeding activities, assistance in meeting nutritional needs, and early detection of postpartum depressive disorders. However, challenges were identified, such as the inability to export data, lack of module integration, and dependence on an active internet connection. To enhance the application's utility, participants suggested improvements, such as data export capabilities, better module integration, consideration of the target audience's resources regarding internet access and the inclusion of educational content, such as the provision of interconnection with multiple lactation counsellors.
Communication and relationships: how patients’ perceived informational and interactional justice can improve patient-centered care
Authors: Pérez-Arechaederra Diana , Briones Elena , García-Ortiz Luis
Published: January 2024

Background: After analyzing the three tenants of patient-centered care (i.e., communication, relationships and health promotion), we tested the role of patients’ perceived interactional and informational organizational justice in health service performance with respect to patients’ behaviors of adhering to professional advice and loyalty to the service. Literature shows that organizational variables as perceived organizational justice can influence patients’ behaviors. We have the ultimate goal of better understanding patients’ experiences with health care organizations, so health care service management can adjust to provide a better-quality patient-centered care considering patients’ inputs.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study using two data samples from Spain and the U.S. The sample comprised 473 (male 59.2%) health care users from Spain and 450 (male 52.0%) from the U.S. over 18 years old. We measured the interactional and informational dimensions of perceived organizational justice, participants’ trust in the health care provider, their satisfaction with health care services, their adherence to professional advice and their loyalty to the service through a self-administered survey.
Results: Significant correlations were found in both samples for each justice dimension with both behaviors: adherence to advise (interactional, r=.15/.18, p<.01; informational, r=.19/.19, p<.01) and loyalty to the service (interactional, r=.45/.79, p<.01; informational, r=.45/.70, p<.01).
When we tested the model that included mediating patients' attitudes of trust and satisfaction, we found that the direct relationship between informational justice and adherence still held (standardized trajectory coefficient =.13, p <.01) showing their consolidated relationship. For interactional fairness, trust and satisfaction significantly mediated the relationship with adherence. On the other hand, the relationships between both justices and patient loyalty to the service were always partially mediated by patient trust and satisfaction (model fit for interactional justice perceptions RMSEA=.101, CFI=.959, GFI=.959; model fit for informational justice perceptions RMSEA=.136, CFI=.937, GFI=.946).
Conclusions: Patients’ perceptions of interactional and informational justice play an essential role in their adherence to professional advice, their loyalty to the service, and their ability to foster trust and satisfaction in health services. When discussing communication and relationships in patient-centered care, we should also consider fostering patients’ perceptions of fairness to improve health services results. Policies, programmes and procedures for patient-centered care should consider these patients’ perceptions.
Article classification: Empirical research paper
The Mediating Role of Academic Competence in the Relationship between Perceived Teaching Style and Academic Resilience among Adolescents
Authors: Afzali Leila , Hosseinian Simin
Published: January 2024

Background
This study investigated the mediating role of academic competence in the association between perceived teaching style and academic resilience among adolescents.
Methods
Using a cross-sectional design, the research focuses on high school students in Tehran, Iran, aiming to examine interplay between teaching styles, academic competence, and academic resilience. Data from 400 high school students were collected through convenience sampling, utilizing online questionnaires, including the Academic Resilience Inventory (ARI), Teacher as Social Context (TASC), and Academic Competence Evaluation Scale (ACES). The data underwent descriptive and inferential statistical analyses, encompassing mean, standard deviation, correlation matrix, and path analysis, using SPSS and LISREL 8.7 software.
Results
The findings demonstrate significant relationships between teaching styles, academic competence, and academic resilience. Specifically, path analysis reveals that teaching styles, particularly those emphasizing support and involvement, have direct and meaningful effects on academic competence, subsequently influencing academic resilience. The proposed model exhibits a good fit, as evidenced by various fit indices (p < .05).
Conclusion
This study carried implications for educational interventions and practices aimed at promoting positive academic outcomes and psychological well-being among adolescents. As such, educators and policymakers can leverage these insights to design effective strategies that nurture students' academic skills and emotional strength.
Vertebral bone attenuation on low-dose chest CT: bone mineral density assessment and osteoporosis screening
Authors: Ma hui-ya , Zhang Ren-jie , Wang Jia-qi , Zhang Bo , Shen Cai-Liang , Zhang Xiu-jun
Published: January 2024

Summary Osteoporosis is prevalent worldwide, increasing the risk of fragility fracture and mortality in the elderly. This study showed that low-dose chest CT (LDCT) can be fully utilized to measure the HU of thoracic vertebrae to assess bone mineral density (BMD), allowing osteoporosis screening while diagnosing the original disease.
Purpose This study aimed to determine whether the bone-attenuation value of the vertebral body measured by LDCT scan was correlated with BMD measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), as well as to determine its value in BMD assessment and osteoporosis diagnosis.
Methods Healthy people who underwent LDCT scan and DEXA from January 2019 to March 2020 at the physical examination center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University were selected. A total of 140 patients were included and randomly selected according to age and gender. They were divided into seven groups by 10-year age intervals from 20 to 90 years old, with each age group having 10 men and 10 women. Five vertebral bodies (T4, T6, T8, T10, and T12) were selected from chest CT to measure the bone-attenuation value (Hounsfield unit, HU) of the maximum ROI of the three sections of each vertebral body to obtain the vertebral body, as well as to analyze the correlation between the HU and the BMD measured by DEXA. The HUs of T12 in the normal, low bone mass, and osteoporosis groups were calculated by referring to WHO classification criteria for bone mineral density. Cutoff values and respective sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of osteoporosis and bone-mass reduction were determined by plotting ROC curves.
Results The mean HU of the thoracic spine measured by CT was 186.21±60.74 (58.45–318.44). T4, T6, T8, T10, and T12 had no statistically significant differences among the various segments, and all showed a linear downward trend with increased age. The mean HU of single or five thoracic vertebrae was significantly positively correlated with the bone mineral density and T-score of the lumbar spine, femoral neck, and total hip. According to the WHO classification criteria for bone mineral density, the mean HU of T12 in the normal, osteopenia and osteoporosis group were 216.45, 143.67 and 88.49 respectively. The HUs of the three groups were statistically different (p =0.000, t=53.000) When the mean HU of T12 was ≥158.08, it can distinguish between normal and low BMD, with a sensitivity of 87.2% and a specificity of 74.2%. When the mean HU of T12 was ≤123.30, it can distinguish between osteoporosis and non-osteoporosis, with a sensitivity of 83.7% and a specificity of 100%.
Conclusions The HU of the vertebral body measured by LDCT is closely related to the BMD measured by DEXA. It can be used to assess BMD and diagnose osteoporosis. Therefore, it is a potential supplementary method for BMD measurement.
Mapping the occasionality of inevitable dengue fever prevalence in China
Authors: Ren Hongyan , Xu Nankang , Lu Liang
Published: January 2024

Background
Dengue fever (DF) is an acute mosquito-borne viral infectious disease in the world, and increasing DF outbreaks in China have posed serious impacts on public health in recent years. Thus, comprehensively investigating spatiotemporal features and driving or restrictive factors of DF epidemics is critical for the improvement of intervention capacity against this disease.
Methods
Two famous dividing lines (Hu Line and Q-H Line) were applied to divide the mainland into four regions for geographically characterizing China’s DF prevalence. We defined the stages with suitable relative humidity, temperature, and precipitation as basic time windows for the mosquito vectors’ activities. The Random Forest (RF) model was employed to fit the relationships between local epidemics and included climatic and socioeconomic factors, quantify these factors’ contribution, and then map the city-level risk of local DF prevalence.
Results The situation of China’s DF epidemics was increasingly serious due to ascending intensities of local prevalence triggered by more frequently imported cases. The cities with DF cases, together with their frequencies and intensities presented clear geographical disparities on the city scale, and well matched with the time windows for either DF transmission (95.74%) or mosquito vectors’ activities (83.59%). Among these included factors, the imported cases acted as the driving factor of local epidemics in the region I and III because of not only their strongest association (r=0.43, P<0.01; r=0.46, P<0.01) but also the largest contribution (24.82% and 31.01%). Moreover, in terms of SHAP values, the imported DF cases possessed a steady promoting impact on local epidemics, while the rest 11 inputs had comprehensive promoting or inhibiting effects with different inflexion values. Besides, the RF models considering the time windows owned higher testing AUC value (0.92) while fitting the relationships between local DF epidemics and potential factors, by which we successfully identified about 96% of the cities with the highest and higher risks of local DF prevalence.
Conclusions China is being confronted with increasingly larger intensities of occasionally localized DF epidemics triggered by unavoidable higher frequencies of imported epidemics. This study would supply useful clues for the health authorities improving their intervention capacity against this disease.
Optimization of process parameters for the new process of deep hole machining by roll machining technology
Authors: Chunlei Tian , Cao Yan , Tian Chen , Tianlong Yuan
Published: January 2024

With the continuous improvement of science and technology, the precision requirements for deep-hole machining are constantly improving. At present, deep hole finishing still uses honing, grinding, and other grinding processes, low efficiency has been unable to meet the needs of the actual production, while rolling processing technology is a finishing technology with high precision and high efficiency. In this regard, for the problem of low efficiency of deep hole finishing, the rolling processing technology is applied to deep hole processing, replacing part of the grinding process, to improve the efficiency of deep hole finishing. First of all, the elastic-plastic mathematical model is constructed to determine the relationship expression between stress, strain, and displacement, and the mathematical model is applied to the finite element simulation software. Secondly, the specific values and trends of stress and strain are calculated through simulation, to predict the surface roughness, and the accuracy of the prediction is determined through experimental verification; finally, experiments are carried out based on the predicted results, and the results are analyzed and studied through the detailed measurement data, and the results show that the influences on the roughness of machined surface are in the order of the amount of overcapacity, the feed rate, and the rotational speed, and the trend of machining parameters influencing the machined surface roughness is schematically shown respectively. The trend of the machining parameters affecting the machining surface roughness is shown schematically, and the optimal machining process parameters are selected and applied to the finishing of the support shaft, which improves the finishing efficiency of the support shaft by 300%.
Mapping climate mitigation policy literature using machine learning: disparities between scientific attention, policy density, and emissions
Authors: Callaghan Max , Banisch Lucy , Doebbeling-Hildebrandt Niklas , Edmondson Duncan , Flachsland Christian , Lamb William , Levi Sebastian , Müller-Hansen Finn , Posada Eduardo , Vasudevan Shraddha , Minx Jan
Published: January 2024

Current climate mitigation policies are not sufficient to meet the Paris temperature target, and ramping up efforts will require rapid learning from the scientific literature on climate policies.
This literature is vast and widely dispersed, as well as hard to define and categorise, hampering systematic efforts to learn from it.
We use a machine learning pipeline using transformer-based language models to systematically map the relevant scientific literature on climate policies at scale and in real-time. Our ``living systematic map'' of climate policy research features a set of 84,990 papers, and classifies each of them by policy instrument type, sector, and geography.
We explore how the distribution of these papers varies across countries, and compare this to the distribution of emissions and enacted climate policies. Results suggests a potential stark under-representation of industry sector policies, as well as diverging attention between science and policy with respect to economic and regulatory instruments. Our living map of climate policy research is publicly available and may both usefully support upcoming climate change assessments such as those by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and serve as a useful resource for the climate policy research community.
Adaptation of a microbial consortium to pelagic Sargassum modifies its taxonomic and functional profile that improves biomethane potential
Authors: Salgado-Hernández Enrique , Ortiz-Ceballos Ángel Isauro , Alvarado-Lassman Alejandro , Martínez-Hernández Sergio , Dorantes-Acosta Ana Elena , Rosas-Mendoza Erik Samuel
Published: January 2024

In recent years, pelagic Sargassum has invaded the Caribbean coasts, and anaerobic digestion has been proposed as a sustainable management option. However, the complex composition of these macroalgae acts as a barrier to microbial degradation, thereby limiting methane production. Microbial adaptation has emerged as a promising strategy to improve substrate utilization and stress tolerance. This study aimed to investigate the adaptation of a microbial consortium to enhance methane production from the pelagic Sargassum. Microbial adaptation was carried out for 100 days by progressively feeding Sargassum. The evolution of the microbial community was analyzed by high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA amplicons. Additionally, 16S rRNA data were used to predict functional profiles using the iVikodak platform. The results showed that, after adaptation, the consortium was dominated by the bacterial phyla Bacteroidota, Firmicutes, and Atribacterota, as well as methanogens of the families Methanotrichaceae and Methanoregulaceae. The abundance of genes related to different metabolism-related functions decreased on day 60 when the Sargassum concentration increased. However, after 100 d, the functions increased again, enhancing methane production. The adapted consortium (AC) exhibited a biomethane potential of 160.03 ± 4.64 N-mL g− 1 VS and a biodegradability index of 39%, representing a 60% improvement. Additionally, the degradation kinetics and methane production of pelagic Sargassum were improved. The study concludes that microbial adaptation enhances the bioconversion of pelagic Sargassum into methane. It is also suggested that a microbial consortium should be generated to achieve greater efficiency in the bioconversion of Sargassum, along with other pretreatments.
Numerical and experimental analysis of defects control in cross wedge rolling for titanium alloy workpieces
Authors: SHI MingJie , Cheng Ming , Liu Jiaxu , Chen Shuaifeng , Zhang Shihong , Song Hongwu , Deng Quanshui , Vladimir Petrenko
Published: January 2024

Through the optimization of tool parameters and the wedge shape, titanium alloy workpieces with excellent surface and internal qualities were formed by flat cross wedge rolling (CWR) adopting tools without surface grooves. Firstly, the thermomechanical coupled model of CWR for TC11 (Ti-6.5Al-3.5Mo-1.5Zr-0.3Si) titanium alloy was established in the finite element (FE) software DEFORM-3D, and the effects of forming angle α, stretching angle β and section reduction Ψ were studied. The results showed that in the conventional empirical range of tool parameters, the defect-free workpiece is hard to be rolled by the typical tool structure. To optimize the forming quality of rolled workpieces, a modified tool structure was proposed by introducing an inclined plane with a width of λ (2–5 mm) on the top of the wedge shape and revising the side wedge plane α to a combination of two inclined planes α1 and α2 (α ≥ α1 > α2). Simulations and experiments demonstrated that the modified tools without surface grooves can achieve TC11 alloy workpieces with smooth surface. When the distance between the top and bottom tools is too large, the rolled workpiece axis is prone to being bent, and the gap from the top tool to the billet should be controlled in the range of 0-0.2 mm to ensure its straightness. Finally, the necking-free TC11 alloy rolled workpieces (Ψ = 67.9% and Ψ = 82.3%) with smooth surface and excellent internal quality were manufactured by IM500 flat CWR mill at 900°C, 500 mm/s.
Exclusive Breast-Feeding Practice and Associated Factors Among Mothers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Authors: Wujira Elsabeth , Shifraw Tigest , Berhane Yemane
Published: January 2024

Background: For infants to grow and survive, they need to be exclusively breastfed. However, the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding is substantially lower than World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations in many low-income nations. Therefore, to provide the appropriate corrective remedies, it is essential to frequently evaluate the practice and its associated factors.
Methods and materials; Mothers were interviewed as part of a facility-based cross-sectional study. The study comprised 682 eligible mothers who brought their children for the Penta 3 vaccination. To investigate associations and generate an adjusted odd ratio (AOR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI), a multivariate logistic regression analysis was used.
Result: The proportion of mothers exclusively breastfeed their infants was 63.3% (95% confidence interval 60.0%-67.0%). The odds of exclusively breastfeeding their infants were higher among mothers whose husbands received education (AOR 1.704; 95% CI: 1.003-3.251), in those who received advice on exclusive breastfeeding during Antenatal care (AOR 2.764; 95% CI: 1.522-22 4.998), and in those who were counseled at postnatal visits (AOR 1.471; 95% CI: 1.036-2.089).
Conclusion: About two-thirds of the mothers practiced exclusive breastfeeding, which is lower than WHO’s recommendation of universal exclusive breastfeeding. Efforts to promote exclusive breastfeeding must be strengthened by providing support and counseling to the mothers during antenatal and postnatal care.
Osteomyelitis and Aortic Arteritis with thrombosis as primary manifestations of systemic paracoccidioidomycosis: a case report
Authors: Duarte-Neto Amaro N. , Dantas Katia C. , Lombardi Suzete C. F. Spina , Freitas-Xavier Roseli S. , Vicentini Adriana P. , Junior Alfredo Mendroni , Claros Simon Claros , Silva Luiz Fernando F. , Saldiva Paulo H. N. , Dolhnikoff Marisa , Cunha Marielton dos Passos , Mauad Thais
Published: January 2024

Background
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a neglected deep mycosis caused by Paracoccidioides sp. We describe a fatal PCM case, presenting as osteomyelitis, in a man having frequent contact with an endemic region of São Paulo, Brazil.
Case presentation:
A 67-year-old man who lived in an urban area, had frequent fishing trips to an endemic region. He presented with osteomyelitis of the femur and iliac artery thrombosis at hospital admission. Thoracic CT revealed multiple cavitated lung nodules. The patient rapidly progressed to irreversible respiratory failure. The autopsy revealed disseminated PCM and thrombosis of the iliac artery. Laboratory investigation confirmed a P. brasiliensis infection with phylogenetic results revealing sequences recovered from patient samples grouped with sequences characterized as P. brasiliensis complex.
Conclusion
Atypical PCM remains a diagnostic challenge. Increased awareness of contagion sites and different clinical presentations will lead to improved patient management.
Phosphate-grafted polyethyleneimine-induced multifunctional cerium oxide as an antioxidant for simultaneously enhancing the proton conductivity and durability of proton exchange membranes
Authors: Zhao Shengqiu , Liao Yucong , Wang Rui , Li Yao , Shuai Jiaqi , Wang Letian , Liu Bingxuan , Chen Rui , Tian Tian , Zhang Haining , Tang Haolin
Published: January 2024

Free radical attack on Proton exchange membranes (PEM) is detrimental to the long-term durability of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), and although state-of-the-art cerium-based antioxidants defend against free radical attack, potentially impairing the proton conductivity of PEM limits their more comprehensive application. To break the "trade-off" between the durability and proton conductivity of PEM, a functionalized cerium oxide (CeO2@Ph-PEI) composite with a synergistic enhancement of durability and proton conductivity has been synthesized induced by phosphate-grafted polyethyleneimine (Ph-PEI). Owing to the strong adsorption of phosphate groups on transition metal hydroxides/oxides, Ph-PEI was firmly anchored on the particle surface during the transition from sol-gel to oxide, which suppressed the further aggregation of CeO2 nanoparticles and thus retained abundant active sites for free radical scavenging. Moreover, due to the extra proton transport sites in the anchored Ph-PEI functional shells, the hybrid membrane fabricated with CeO2@Ph-PEI as the antioxidant additive exhibited a high proton conductivity up to 0.242 S cm− 1, which was approximately 1.32 times higher than that of the unmodified CeO2-based hybrid membrane. Consequently, CeO2@Ph-PEI-based PEMs exhibited an OCV decay rate of 0.32 mV h− 1, a maximum power density of 1.19 W cm− 2, an H2 crossover value of 2.12 mA cm− 2, and thickness retention (93.7%) after 200 hours of accelerated degradation testing. This strategy synergistically improves the proton conductivity of PEMs and the lifetime of PEMFCs through CeO2 functionalization, providing a promising solution for next-generation fuel cell-based energy storage techniques.
Evapotranspiration estimation using high-resolution aerial imagery and pySEBAL for processing tomatoes
Authors: Peddinti Srinivasa Rao , Nicolas Floyid , Raij-Hoffman Iael , Kisekka Isaya
Published: January 2024

The utilization of high-resolution aerial imagery for assessing actual crop evapotranspiration (ETa) holds the potential to optimize the use of limited water resources in agriculture. Despite this potential, there is a shortage of information regarding the effectiveness of energy balance algorithms, initially designed for satellite remote sensing, in estimating ETa using aerial imagery. This study addresses this gap by employing the remote sensing model pySEBAL (Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land) in conjunction with high-resolution aerial imagery to estimate ETa for processing tomatoes. Throughout the 2021 growing season, an aircraft captured multispectral and thermal imagery over a processing tomato field near Esparto, California. Simultaneously, an eddy covariance flux tower within the field measured high-frequency turbulent fluxes and low-frequency biometeorology variables essential for evaluating the energy balance. The comprehensive assessment of energy balance components, including ETa, yielded compelling evidence that pySEBAL accurately estimated ETa at high spatial resolution. The root mean square error (RMSE) for various energy balance components were as follows: 33 Wm− 2 for latent heat flux, 29 Wm− 2 for sensible heat flux, 24 Wm− 2 for net radiation, and 10 Wm− 2 for soil heat flux. Additionally, ETa exhibited an RMSE of 0.26 mmd− 1. Notably, all components demonstrated an R2 exceeding 0.92. Moreover, the spatial mapping of ETa across the processing tomato field visually depicted the spatial variability associated with irrigation scheduling, crop development, areas affected by disease, and soil heterogeneity. This research underscores the value of high resolution spatial aerial imagery and pySEBAL algorithm for estimating ETa variability in the field, a crucial aspect for guiding precision irrigation management and ensuring the optimal use of limited water resources in agriculture.
Pediatric Upper Lip Myopericytoma: A Case Report and Comprehensive Review
Authors: Wei Bin , Liu Gui , Li Kun , Quan Hongzhi
Published: January 2024

Myopericytoma, a seldom encountered spindle cell tumor of mesenchymal origin, is usually benign. It is marked by the concentric proliferation of tumor cells surrounding blood vessels within subcutaneous tissues. Its primary occurrence is observed among middle-aged adults and is typically located in the distal extremities, although cases have been documented in the proximal extremities and the head-neck region. Nevertheless, its manifestation within the oral cavity is exceedingly uncommon. So far, literature reviews have uncovered just two cases in children under the age of 10, alongside a mere five reported occurrences of myopericytoma in the lip region. In this report, we present a case involving myopericytoma located in the upper lip of a 7-year-old girl. Additionally, we furnish a comprehensive review and analysis of all documented cases, contributing to an improved comprehension of this condition.
Factors influencing nurse practitioner panel size in team-based primary care: A qualitative case study
Authors: Martin-Misener Ruth , Donald Faith , Rayner Jennifer , Carter Nancy , Kilpatrick Kelley , Ziegler Erin , Bourgeault Ivy , Bryant-Lukosius Denise
Published: January 2024

Background: Lack of access to health care is a worldwide public health crisis. In primary care it has led to increases in the implementation of nurse practitioners and heightened interest in their patient panel capacity. The aim of this study was to examine factors influencing nurse practitioner patient panel size in team-based primary care in Ontario, Canada.
Methods: We used a multiple case study design. Eight team-based primary care practices including rural and urban settings were purposively selected as cases. Each case had two or more nurse practitioners with a minimum of two years experience in the primary care setting. Interviews were conducted in-person, audio recorded, transcribed and analysed using content analysis.
Results: Forty participants, including 19 nurse practitioners, 16 administrators (inclusive of executives, managers, and receptionists), and 5 physicians were interviewed. Patient, provider, organizational, and system factors influenced nurse practitioner patient panel size. There were eight sub-factors: complexity of patients’ health and social needs; holistic nursing model of care; nurse practitioner experience and confidence; composition and functioning of the multidisciplinary team; clerical and administrative supports, and nurse practitioner activities and expectations. All participants found it difficult to identify the panel size of nurse practitioners, calling it― “a grey area.” Establishing and maintaining a longitudinal relationship that responded holistically to patients’ needs was fundamental to how nurse practitioners provided care. Social factors such as gender, poverty, mental health concerns, historical trauma, marginalisation and literacy contributed to the complexity of patients’ needs. Participants indicated NPs tried to address all of a patient’s concerns at each visit.
Conclusions: Nurse practitioners have a holistic approach that incorporates attention to the social determinants of health as well as acute and chronic comorbidities. This approach compels them to try to address all of the needs a patient is experiencing at each visit and reduces their panel size. Multidisciplinary teams have an opportunity to be deliberate when structuring their services across providers to meet more of the health and social needs of empanelled patients. This could enable increases in nurse practitioner panel size.
High-level preferences as positive examples in contrastive learning for multi-interest sequential recommendation
Authors: Zhu Zizhong , Li Shuang , Liu Yaokun , Zhang Xiaowang , Feng Zhiyong , Hou Yuexian
Published: January 2024

The sequential recommendation task based on the multi-interest framework aims to model multiple interests of users from different aspects to predict their future interactions. However, researchers rarely consider the differences in features between the interests generated by the model. In extreme cases, all interest capsules have the same meaning, leading to the failure of modeling users with multiple interests. To address this issue, we propose the High-level Preferences as positive examples in Contrastive Learning for multi-interest Sequence Recommendation framework (HPCL4SR), which uses contrastive learning to distinguish differences in interests based on user item interaction information. In order to find high-quality comparative examples, this paper introduces the category information to construct a global graph, learning the association between categories for high-level preference interest of users. Then, a multi-layer perceptron is used to adaptively fuse the low-level preference interest features of the user's items and the high-level preference interest features of the categories. Finally, user multi-interest contrastive samples are obtained through item sequence information and corresponding categories, which are fed into contrastive learning to optimize model parameters and generate multi-interest representations that are more in line with the user sequence. In addition, when modeling the user's item sequence information, in order to increase the differentiation between item representations, the category of the item is used to supervise the learning process. Extensive experiments on three real datasets demonstrate that our method outperforms existing multi-interest recommendation models.
Effect of enclosing terpenoids-rich Boswellia Carterri ethyl acetate extract in binary cyclodextrin based oligomer nano-complex for improving its activity via counteracting ICAM-1, Ilβ4 and LTB4 pathways in respiratory distressed rats
Authors: Ibrahim Bassant M.M. , mohammed Asmaa Badawy , Taleb Sally Abou , Mourad Reda M. , Yassen Noha Nazeeh , Hessin Alyaa F. , Gad Shaimaa A. , Mohammed Mona A.
Published: January 2024

Boswellia carterii (BC) resins plants have a long historical background as a treatment for inflammation, as indicated by information originating from multiple countries. Twenty-seven diterpenoids have been identified in ethylacetate and total methanol BC, comprising seventeen boscartins of the cembrane-type diterpenoids and ten boscartols of the prenylaromadendrane-type diterpenoids. Moreover, twenty-one known triterpenoids have also been found, encompassing nine tirucallane-type, six ursane-type, four oleanane-type, and two lupane-type. The cembrane-type diterpenoids hold a significant position in pharmaceutical chemistry and related industries due to their captivating biological characteristics and promising pharmacological potentials. Extraction of BC, creation and assessment of nano sponges loaded with either B. Carterii plant extract or DEX, are the subjects of our current investigation. With the use of ultrasound-assisted synthesis, nano sponges were produced. The entrapment efficiency (EE%) of medications in Nano sponges was examined using spectrophotometry. Nano sponges were characterized using a number of methods. Within Nano sponges, the EE% of medicines varied between 98.52± 0.07 and 99.64± 1.40%. The nano sponges' particle sizes varied from 105.9±15.9 to 166.8±26.3 nm. Drugs released from Nano sponges using the Korsmeyer-Peppas concept. In respiratory distressed rats, the effects of BC plant extract, DEX salt and their nano formulations (D1, D5, P1 and P1), were tested. Treatment significantly reduced ICAM-1, LTB4, and ILβ4 levels and improved histopathologic profiles, when compared to the positive control group. Boswellia extract and its Nano sponge formulation P1 showed promising therapeutic effects. The effect of P1 may be due to synergism between both the extract and the formulation. This effect was achieved by blocking both ICAM-1 and LTB4 pathways, therefore counteracting the effects of talc powder.
Simulation and experimental study on micro grinding mechanism and machining morphology of ITO conductive glass
Authors: Sun Xingwei , Qiu Xiaolong , Liu Yin , Pan Fei , Chen Jiahao , Zhang Weifeng , Dong Zhixu , Yang Heran
Published: January 2024

The analysis of the grinding mechanism of ITO conductive glass is particularly important for revealing material damage and chip formation. This article proposes the removal mechanism of brittle thin film materials during grinding based on the indentation model. And based on the thin film composite structure of ITO conductive glass, a material model in finite element simulation was established. The surface morphology and chip state of ITO conductive glass were studied through microscale grinding experiments. By comparing the simulation results, it has been proven that the ITO film is removed in a brittle fracture mode during the grinding process, while the removal mode of the glass substrate is influenced by the process parameters. The interlayer fracture between the film and substrate will affect the processing quality.
Studying the effects of FDM process parameters on the mechanical properties of parts produced from PLA using response surface methodology
Authors: Afshari Hossein , Taher Fatemeh , Alavi Seyyed Amirhossein , Afshari Mahmoud , Samadi Mohammad Reza , Allahyari Fatemeh
Published: January 2024

Today, additive manufacturing methods have received attention in various fields due to simplicity of the process, high production speed, as well as good physical and mechanical characteristics of printed parts. In this research, the effect of parameters such as the stacking angle, infill extrusion width, layer thickness, and bed temperature on the tensile strength, tensile force, impact energy, and flexural strength of PLA printed samples was investigated. To achieve the relationship between the input and output variables as well as the optimal conditions of the process parameters, the response surface methodology and the desirability function technique were used. The results showed that the tensile strength, tensile force, impact energy and flexural strength can be improved at stacking angle of 13.5º, infill extrusion width of 145%, layer thickness of 0.2 mm and bed temperature of 110 º C. In addition, when the optimal conditions of the process parameters are applied, the tensile strength, tensile force, impact energy and flexural strength are improved to 38.43 MPa, 1.48 kN, 1.86 J and 32.36 MPa, respectively.
Parental Illness Shocks and Child Health in Bangladesh
Authors: Hossain Md Shahadath , Nazneen Shaila
Published: January 2024

This study examines the impact of parental illness on child health in rural Bangladesh. Using a set of health conditions that are as good as random, we find that parental illness has a significant negative effect on child height. Both Fathers’ and mothers’ illnesses exhibit equally detrimental effects. Exploring potential mechanisms, we find that parental illness induces financial distress, characterized by increased medical spending, diminished assets, and increased borrowing. Consequently, parents respond by substantially reducing resource allocation, manifested through decreased food intake and protein consumption. The findings of this study carry important policy implications, as mitigating the effects of parental illness could close 3.5% of the height gap between Bangladeshi children and the global average. (JEL D13, I12, I15, I25, J13, O12, O15)
MolexNet: Real-Time Recurrent-Based Object Removal and Enhancement Network
Authors: Wang Ruihan , Wang Guodong
Published: January 2024

In the contemporary realm of human portrait image segmentation tasks, achieving precise separation of foreground and background within intricate background and foreground edge scenarios poses a formidable challenge. In this study, we introduce a robust, efficient, and remarkably accurate image segmentation model named "MolexNet". In the domain of human portrait image segmentation, our model outperforms the majority of network architecture models in the field. What sets our model apart from conventional lightweight segmentation models is the clever fusion of features at different scales from the input image within the decoder. This enhancement significantly enhances processing speed while maintaining the quality of image segmentation, resulting in exceptional results for human portrait image segmentation tasks. We rigorously evaluate this model using various test datasets, and it consistently exhibits outstanding performance in both image and video segmentation tasks. It adeptly handles complex scenes and dynamic foreground elements, yielding satisfying segmentation results. Moreover, due to its ingenious design concepts, precise optimization strategies, and efficient model structure, our model maintains a high level of accuracy. We also conduct comparative analyses with other open-source architectures to underscore the superior performance and computational efficiency of our model. The model presented in this paper serves as a valuable reference and source of inspiration for research and practical applications in the field of image segmentation.
Relationship Between Schizophrenia and Sepsis : Evidence from two- sample mendelian randomization
Authors: Liu Songtao , Mao Lixia , Chen Yongxia , Deng Liehua
Published: January 2024

Background
Observational research in its early stages has identified a potential correlation between schizophrenia and an escalated risk of sepsis in patients.Inferring causal effects from observational studies is challenging due to the potential for confounding variables to influence any identified associations.Two sample Mendelian randomization(MR)is a method of evaluating causal relationships that utilizes genetic variation as an instrumental variable, which can reduce bias in traditional observational studies.
Method
We selected single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with schizophrenia and sepsis as instrumental variables from the Large GenomeAssociation Study(GWAS).Using two sample MR analysis,we evaluated theassociation between these SNPs and schizophrenia and sepsis to estimate the potentialcausal impact of schizophrenia on the risk of sepsis.
Result
Our study uncovered no genetic correlation between these two conditions. The MR analysis indicated minimal support for a causative link between schizophrenia and an increased risk of sepsis (OR = 1.00416, p = 0.837). Sensitivity analyses yielded consistent results, underscoring the causality's reliability. Additionally, we observed no heterogeneity or pleiotropic bias.
Conclusion
There is currently insufficient evidence to support a direct causalrelationship between sepsis and schizophrenia.
Trace Estimation for Graphs using Spectral Methods
Authors: Laeuchli Jesse
Published: January 2024

Estimating the trace of the pseudoinverse of a graph Laplacian is an important task in graph analytics since it can be used to discover the most important edges of a graph. Unfortunately, this value is typically expensive to compute directly. In this paper, we show how to compute an approximation to the trace of the pseudoinverse of a graph Laplacian for large graphs L, where direct computation would otherwise be infeasible, and purely statistical methods would converge only slowly. While previous methods have used the structure of the inverse of the matrix $L$ to improve convergence, the methods used to discover this structure do not work well on arbitrary or random graphs. We propose to use spectral methods to discover this structure. In order to accelerate these spectral approaches, we approximate the inverse through a Johnson-Lindenstrauss projection. Our results show significant improvement over previous approaches, especially when applied to graphs arising from social networks.
Evaluation of innate lymphoid cells and long-term cognition in a rat model of experimental sepsis
Authors: Catalão Carlos Henrique R. , Petronilho Fabricia , Dal-Pizzol Felipe , Pillai Anilkumar , Giridharan Vijayasree V. , Barichello Tatiana
Published: January 2024

Background
Sepsis is characterized as a critical condition involving life-threatening organ dysfunction stemming from an imbalanced host immune response to infections. Survivors of sepsis face an increased risk of post-hospital discharge mortality along with potential long-term cognitive and functional impairments. Recent research has uncovered the roles of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) in the borders of the central nervous system (CNS), extending beyond their well-established functions in immune regulation and neuroinflammation. ILCs may play a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of sepsis, influencing immunity, inflammation, and brain barrier homeostasis. Here we investigated the role of subtypes ILC1, ILC2, and ILC3 on experimental sepsis-induced cognitive decline.
Methods
Adult male Wistar rats were submitted to sepsis by cecal ligation and perforation (CLP) surgery or sham (non-CLP) surgery as the control group. Ten days after sepsis induction, all the rats were submitted to a novel object recognition (NOR) task, a non-spatial, declarative memory known as recognition memory and were euthanized. The presence of ILCs was evaluated in the choroid plexus (CP), meninges, brain, spleen, and gut using multi-channel flow cytometry.
Results
We observed that Wistar rats recovered from sepsis showed deficits in recognition memory, with no discernible difference in the count of ILCs between the CLP and non-CLP groups. However, we found a significant difference between ILC subtypes in the meninges and CP in the CLP group.
Conclusions
This finding further reinforces the notion that sepsis survivors commonly experience cognitive deficits post-recovery. Additionally, it implies that the involvement of specific ILCs subtypes may be significant during the acute phase of sepsis pathophysiology, but their impact diminishes after the recovery period.