bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Investigating intellectual capital, corporate environmental sustainability strategy, and management commitment: Evidence from Ghanaian hotels
Authors: Quartey Samuel Howard , Mensah Michael
Published: November 2022

This study investigates the impact of intellectual capital (IC) on corporate environmental sustainability strategy (CESS), and the moderating effect of management commitment (MC) on the link between IC and CESS in hotels in Ghana. As a cross‐sectional survey, data was collected from 185 managers from 30 hotels and analyzed using standard multiple regression analyses. The results revealed that there is a positive link between IC and CESS. The results further showed that MC has a significant positive moderating effect on the link between IC and CESS. The study's findings provide evidence to support the view that MC can enhance IC's contribution to the environmental sustainability performance of hotels in Ghana. This study extends the natural resource‐based theory by showing IC as strategic capability and resource for achieving corporate environmental sustainability strategies.
Accelerated temporal turnover of the soil nematode community under alpine grassland degradation
Authors: Wang Kui , Xue Kai , Wang Zongsong , Liu Wenjing , Zhao Runchen , Wu Wenchao , Tang Li , Zhang Biao , Zhou Shutong , Hao Yanbin , Cui Xiaoyong , Jiang Lili , Wang Shiping , Wang Yanfen
Published: November 2022

Soil nematodes play pivotal roles in the soil food web. However, the trophic regulation on nematodes in the soil micro‐food web and its temporal dynamics are less explored. Here, we investigated the seasonal dynamics of soil nematode community in an alpine grassland on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau at non‐degraded (ND), moderately degraded (MD) and severely degraded (SD) stages, either under open‐top chamber warming (W) or not (NW). Nematode richness was higher in SD than in MD and ND that did not differ, accompanied by a clear shift from the bottom‐up regulation via belowground productivity in ND to the top‐down regulation via omnivore and predator nematodes in SD. The intensified top‐down regulation in SD was explained by increased proportions of predator and omnivore nematodes, likely induced by the expanded soil pore size in SD. As a result, accelerated temporal turnover of nematode community was observed under grassland degradation, which were 0.006 (slope, p = 0.78), 0.045 (p = 0.07), and 0.077 (p = 0.001) in ND, MD, and SD, respectively. Moreover, grassland degradation strengthened the association between nematode density and ecosystem respiration, whose slope was higher in SD (0.0025, p < 0.05) than in MD (0.0008, p < 0.01) or ND (insignificant). In contrast, warming did not affect the temporal turnover of the nematode community, richness, nor its role in ecosystem respiration. Overall, we revealed the accelerated temporal turnover of nematode community and its strengthened role in determining ecosystem respiration under alpine grassland degradation, suggesting that trophic cascade changes under ecosystem degradation may alter the ecosystem functioning.
Postoperative patient‐centered multimedia education in head and neck cancer patients: A pilot study
Authors: Amanian Ameen , Tran Khanh Linh , Wang Edward , Chotwani Himanshu , Prisman Eitan
Published: November 2022

Objective

It is hypothesized that patients who are actively provided with more treatment‐related education may report increased satisfaction and have improved overall outcomes. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of an audiovisual education platform in patients undergoing head and neck surgery and to investigate whether patients using this module reported increased satisfaction.

Methods

This was a prospective pilot study of patients undergoing major head and neck reconstructive surgery who were randomized to either (1) control group or (2) intervention (i.e., in‐patient audiovisual educational module). Both study groups then completed a discharge survey.

Results

Total 35 patients were recruited into the study (N = 16 Intervention; N = 19 Control). Patients in the intervention group reported an increased satisfaction with their overall outcome. Exactly 87.5% (14 of 16) found the intervention to be “Extremely useful,” “Quite useful,” or “Sometimes useful.” Exactly 68.8% (11 of 16) would recommend similar patients to receive the same educational intervention. However, there was no significant difference in patients' perceived level of involvement amongst the two groups. For future improvements to the intervention, patients requested further information such as how to look after themselves, postoperative radiation, course in hospital, and nutrition.

Conclusion

This pilot study demonstrated the feasibility of an audiovisual education platform in the postoperative setting for patients undergoing major head and neck reconstructive surgery. Although most patients found the module useful, future steps will incorporate patient feedback to further improve the educational platform and confirm the current preliminary impressions in prospective studies.

Level of Evidence

1b
Tribological performance study of oil‐soluble ILs as lubricant additives by the four‐ball method
Authors: Yang Zhaozhao , Liang Yijing , Huang Qing , Wang Xingwei , Zhou Chunyu , Wang Ruozheng , Yan Xiaoyan , Yu Bo , Yu Qiangliang , Cai Meirong , Zhou Feng
Published: November 2022

Four oil‐soluble ionic liquids (ILs) with different structures were synthesised: N88816‐Doss (N/S), P88816‐Doss (P/S), N88816 phosphate (N/P) and P88816 phosphate (P/P). The effects of the four ILs synthesised with conventional lubricating additives isobutylene sulfide (T321), zinc dialkyl dithiophosphate (ZDDP) and tricresyl phosphate (T306) as PAO10 additives on the physicochemical properties of the prepared oil samples were systematically investigated at the same dosing rates. The antifriction and antiwear properties and extreme pressure performance of oil samples prepared by four ILs and three conventional additives were investigated by a four‐ball friction and a wear testing machine. The results showed that P/S improved the thermal stability of PAO10. The addition of N/S significantly improved the tribological performance of PAO10 at room temperature and under heavy loading. The coefficient of friction was reduced by 90%, the wear spot diameter is decreased by 28%, the last non‐seizure load PB is doubled, and the resistance to sintering did not improve.
Service for specialized and digitalized: Consumer switching perceptions of E‐commerce in specialty retail
Authors: Liu Anne Yenching , Lin Sungmin
Published: November 2022

This study explored factors influencing customers' perceptions and behaviors under the fact of low e‐commerce adoption rate in specialty retail. This research uses e‐commerce service and switching costs to determine customer behaviors in the e‐commerce of specialty retail. The results showed that e‐commerce client interface and technology have no effects on customers' acceptance of the new business relationship online, e‐commerce client interface increases customers' acceptance of setup costs, and also, e‐commerce technology increases customers' acceptance of setup costs and learning costs in specialty retail. This study found important factors affecting customers' perceptions and behaviors in the e‐commerce of specialty retail.
Designing and simulation of photonic crystal fiber sensor based on plasma resonance with high sensitivity and resolution
Authors: Fazeli Mahdi , Horri Ashkan , Tavakoli Mohammad B.
Published: November 2022

The present study proposes a photonic crystal fiber sensor based on a plasmon resonance. A thin gold metal layer was used as a plasmonic‐active material to produce the surface plasmons to detect changes in the refractive index (RI) around it. The performance of the proposed sensor is evaluated by the finite‐element method for various refractive indices. The sensitivity of this sensor ranges from 3740 to 51227 nm/RIU for the RI range of 1.36–1.42 in the wavelength range of 700–1900 nm. Within this range, we observed the highest resolution, the best FOM, and amplitude sensitivity with values of 1.95 × 10−6 RIU, 883.224 RIU−1, and 2328.59 RIU−1, respectively. This sensor has a simple structure and a better performance as compared with available sensors. The present study opens a new window to studies in the fields of biological materials, chemical materials, and the environment.
Ensemble learning and personalized training for the improvement of unsupervised deep learning‐based synthetic CT reconstruction
Authors: Olberg Sven , Choi Byong Su , Park Inkyung , Liang Xiao , Kim Jin Sung , Deng Jie , Yan Yulong , Jiang Steve , Park Justin C.
Published: November 2022

Background

The growing adoption of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)‐guided radiation therapy (RT) platforms and a focus on MRI‐only RT workflows have brought the technical challenge of synthetic computed tomography (sCT) reconstruction to the forefront. Unpaired‐data deep learning‐based approaches to the problem offer the attractive characteristic of not requiring paired training data, but the gap between paired‐ and unpaired‐data results can be limiting.

Purpose

We present two distinct approaches aimed at improving unpaired‐data sCT reconstruction results: a cascade ensemble that combines multiple models and a personalized training strategy originally designed for the paired‐data setting.

Methods

Comparisons are made between the following models: (1) the paired‐data fully convolutional DenseNet (FCDN), (2) the FCDN with the Intentional Deep Overfit Learning (IDOL) personalized training strategy, (3) the unpaired‐data CycleGAN, (4) the CycleGAN with the IDOL training strategy, and (5) the CycleGAN as an intermediate model in a cascade ensemble approach. Evaluation of the various models over 25 total patients is carried out using a five‐fold cross‐validation scheme, with the patient‐specific IDOL models being trained for the five patients of fold 3, chosen at random.

Results

In both the paired‐ and unpaired‐data settings, adopting the IDOL training strategy led to improvements in the mean absolute error (MAE) between true CT images and sCT outputs within the body contour (mean improvement, paired‐ and unpaired‐data approaches, respectively: 38%, 9%) and in regions of bone (52%, 5%), the peak signal‐to‐noise ratio (PSNR; 15%, 7%), and the structural similarity index (SSIM; 6%, <1%). The ensemble approach offered additional benefits over the IDOL approach in all three metrics (mean improvement over unpaired‐data approach in fold 3; MAE: 20%; bone MAE: 16%; PSNR: 10%; SSIM: 2%), and differences in body MAE between the ensemble approach and the paired‐data approach are statistically insignificant.

Conclusions

We have demonstrated that both a cascade ensemble approach and a personalized training strategy designed initially for the paired‐data setting offer significant improvements in image quality metrics for the unpaired‐data sCT reconstruction task. Closing the gap between paired‐ and unpaired‐data approaches is a step toward fully enabling these powerful and attractive unpaired‐data frameworks.
Joint K‐space and Image‐space Parallel Imaging (KIPI) for accelerated chemical exchange saturation transfer acquisition
Authors: Zu Tao , Sun Yi , Wu Dan , Zhang Yi
Published: November 2022

Purpose

To develop an auto‐calibrated technique by joint K‐space and Image‐space Parallel Imaging (KIPI) for accelerated CEST acquisition.

Theory and Methods

The KIPI method selects a calibration frame with a low acceleration factor (AF) and auto‐calibration signals (ACS) acquired, from which the coil sensitivity profiles and artifact correction maps are calculated after restoring the k‐space by GRAPPA. Then the other frames with high AF and without ACS can be reconstructed by SENSE and artifact suppression. The signal leakage due to the T2‐decay filtering in k‐space compromises the SENSE reconstruction, which can be corrected by the artifact suppression algorithm of KIPI. The 2D and 3D imaging experiments were done on the phantom, healthy volunteer, and brain tumor patient with a 3T scanner.

Results

The proposed KIPI method was evaluated by retrospectively undersampled data with variable AFs and compared against existing parallel imaging methods (SENSE/auto, GRAPPA, and ESPIRiT). KIPI enabled CEST frames with random AFs to achieve similar image quality, eliminated the strong aliasing artifacts, and generated significantly smaller errors than the other methods (p < 0.01). The KIPI method permitted an AF up to 12‐fold in both phase‐encoding and slice‐encoding directions for 3D CEST source images, achieving an overall 8.2‐fold speedup in scan time.

Conclusion

KIPI is a novel auto‐calibrated parallel imaging method that enables variable AFs for different CEST frames, achieves a significant reduction in scan time, and does not compromise the accuracy of CEST maps.
Reliability of pictorial Longshi Scale for informal caregivers to evaluate the functional independence and disability
Authors: Liu Xiangxiang , Gao Yan , Zhao Jingpu , Zhou Mingchao , Wan Li , Nie Guohui , Wang Yulong
Published: November 2022

Aim

The pictorial Longshi Scale was designed to assess patients' functional ability in the Chinese context, which is gradually used by some informal caregivers. However, its reliability compared with healthcare professionals has not been examined.

Design

A multi‐centre cross‐sectional study conducted in 24 Chinese hospitals.

Methods

We recruited patients undergoing rehabilitation treatment and informal caregiver dyads. Informal caregivers and healthcare professionals evaluated patients' functional ability using the Longshi Scale according to three levels (bedridden, domestic and community). The Kappa coefficient and McNemar‐Bowker test were used to examine the consistency and accuracy between the two parallel assessments.

Results

This study involved 947 patients (mean age: 46.07 ± 11.72 years) and informal caregiver dyads (64.86 ± 12.94 years). Most patients were males (66.3%), while most caregivers were females (60.7%). Over 70% of patients and caregiver dyads had a secondary‐school education and lower. Around 90% of caregivers were relatives (spouse, 42.8%; offspring, 20.7%; siblings: 13.3%; parent, 12.0%) of patients. The agreement in sub‐levels of the Longshi Scale between caregivers and healthcare professionals ranges from 73%–89%, and the corresponding Kappa coefficients range from 0.504–0.786. Caregivers were more likely to assign fewer patients to the bedridden group and more to the domestic group than healthcare professionals. The subgroup analysis by education level indicated that the difference in assigning patients into three degrees of functional disability was only significant in those with primary‐school education, while non‐significant in those with secondary‐school education and higher.

Conclusion

The evaluation outcomes of functional ability using the Longshi Scale are similar between informal caregivers and healthcare professionals. However, informal caregivers' education level is a dominant factor in affecting the assessment accuracy compared with healthcare professionals. Informal caregivers with a secondary‐school education and higher are supported to evaluate patients' functional ability independently.
A systematic review of preceptor's experience in supervising undergraduate nursing students: Lessons learned for mental health nursing
Authors: Benny Jessy , Porter Joanne E. , Joseph Bindu
Published: November 2022

Background

Preceptorship in nursing has been a valued concept in nursing. Speciality area such as mental health nursing has a massive gap in research study. To develop sturdy mental health nursing workforce, it is necessary to conduct more studies.

Aim

This literature review aims to explore preceptor's experience in precepting undergraduate nursing students in mental health.

Design

Systematic review of literature.

Methods

The systematic review was conducted from January 2021 to August 2021. Population of the studies included Registered Nurses supervising nursing students in the clinical area. Only studies conducted in English were included. A systematic search using EBSCO Host databases, CINAHL Complete, MEDLINE APA Psycinfo & APA PsycArticles, has been used in this review paper. Papers were also selected from the citation reference of included papers. The new version of the PRISMA 2020 guidelines used to represent the process of selection of papers has been incorporated as part of this review. The final set of data included 14 original papers meeting the eligibility criteria which involved quantitative (n = 5), qualitative (n = 4) and mixed‐method studies (n = 5).

Result

Results were presented under three major themes: time‐consuming, lack of recognition and need extra support. Further research is required in the mental health clinical setting to effectively explore the impact of relationships between preceptors and the preceptees.

Conclusion

Preceptors reported supervising students in the clinical area has many benefits. However, some challenges they raised were increase in workload, requiring some guidance and acknowledgement from the organization.
Event‐related potential response to drivers' facial expressions in an online car‐hailing scene
Authors: Zhang Ran‐Ran , Hu Yu‐Wei , Zhang Jia‐Rui , Wu Yi‐Xun , Huang Lie‐Yu
Published: November 2022

Recognizing facial expressions is crucial for adaptive social interaction. Prior empirical research on facial expression processing has primarily focused on isolated faces; however, facial expressions appear embedded in surrounding scenes in everyday life. In this study, we attempted to demonstrate how the online car‐hailing scene affects the processing of facial expression. This study examined the processing of drivers' facial expressions in scenes by recording event‐related potentials, in which neutral or happy faces embedded in online car‐hailing orders were constructed (with type of vehicle, driver rating, driver surname, and level of reputation controlled). A total of 35 female volunteers participated in this experiment and were asked to judge which facial expressions that emerged in scenes of online car‐hailing were more trustworthy. The results revealed an interaction between facial expression scenes, brain areas, and electrode sites in the late positive potential, which indicated that happy faces elicited larger amplitudes than did neutral ones in the parietal areas and that scenes with happy facial expressions had shorter latencies than did those with neutral ones. As expected, the late positive potential evoked by happy facial expressions in a scene was larger than that evoked by neutral ones, which reflected motivated attention and motivational response processes. This study highlights the importance of scenes as context in the study of facial expression processing.
Effects of 3D virtual reality motionless imagery training program with an avatar
Authors: Moon Kyung‐Ji , Lee Myung‐Chul , Han Kyung‐Hun
Published: November 2022

The present study aimed to explore the effects of motionless imagery training with an avatar in virtual reality (VR) on emotion, cognition, and physiological response changes in healthy adults. Participants were 30 healthy adults aged between 19 and 35 years. All participants were randomly divided into the experimental group (n = 18), which executed the imagery training with an avatar in VR, or the control group (n = 12), which merely experienced the VR without an avatar. Both groups underwent the intervention, a 20‐min session, 3 times a week for 6 weeks. VR experience questionnaires and physiological response changes were measured at pre‐ and post‐test and emotional states and cognition tests were measured at pre‐, post‐, and follow‐up test. The experimental group showed no significant changes in the Presence Questionnaire (PQ) and the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ) after the intervention while the control group showed a significant decrease in the PQ after the intervention. In all emotional states, there were no significant differences in the interaction between times and groups. A significant main effect of time was revealed in all cognition tests except the delayed recall and the delayed recognition in K‐Auditory Verbal Learning Test (K‐AVLT). In physiological response changes, the experimental group showed significant improvements in the electromyogram (EMG) at rectus femoris on the left side after the intervention. Thus, imagery training with an avatar in VR can be considered to be effective for enhancements of cognitions and physiological response changes.
Positive predictive value of a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)‐based NIPT for aneuploidy in twins: Experience from clinical practice
Authors: Kantor Valerie , Mo Lihong , DiNonno Wendy , Howard Katherine , Palsuledesai Charuta C. , Parmar Sheetal , Chithiwala Zahabiya , Jelsema Russ , Xu Wenbo , Hedriana Herman L.
Published: November 2022

Objective

Twins account for approximately 1 in 30 live births in the United States. However, there are limited clinical experience studies published in noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for detecting aneuploidies in twins. This study reports the performance of an SNP‐based NIPT in the largest cohort with known outcomes for high‐risk aneuploidy results.

Method

This is a retrospective analysis of 18,984 results from commercial single‐nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)‐based NIPT tests performed in twins between October 2, 2017 and December 31, 2019. Follow‐up for all 211 high‐risk cases was solicited.

Results

Follow‐up outcomes were obtained in 105 cases. Positive predictive values (PPVs) for high‐risk results were 88.7% (63/71, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 79.0%–95.0%) for trisomy 21% and 72.7% (8/11, 95% CI: 39.0%–94.0%) for trisomy 18. The results were stratified into monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ). The PPVs in MZ were 100% for both trisomy 21 (4/4, 95% CI: 40%–100%) and trisomy 18 (1/1, 95% CI: 2.5%–100%). No trisomy 13 cases were detected in the MZ group. The PPVs in DZ were 88.1% (59/67, 95% CI: 77.8%–94.7%), 70.0% (7/10, 95% CI: 34.8%–93.3%), and 66.7% (2/3, 95% CI: 9.4%–99.2%) for trisomy 21, trisomy 18, and trisomy 13, respectively.

Conclusion

The performance of SNP‐based NIPT in this large twin cohort was comparable to previously reported twin NIPT studies. SNP‐based NIPT allows for zygosity‐based PPV assessment.
Antiviral effects of phytochemicals against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and their mechanisms of action: A review
Authors: Jantan Ibrahim , Arshad Laiba , Septama Abdi Wira , Haque Md. Areeful , Mohamed‐Hussein Zeti‐Azura , Govender Nisha T.
Published: November 2022

The worldwide spreading of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) has posed a serious threat to health, economic, environmental, and social aspects of human lives. Currently, there are no approved treatments that can effectively block the virus although several existing antimalarial and antiviral agents have been repurposed and allowed use during the pandemic under the emergency use authorization (EUA) status. This review gives an updated overview of the antiviral effects of phytochemicals including alkaloids, flavonoids, and terpenoids against the COVID‐19 virus and their mechanisms of action. Search for natural lead molecules against SARS‐CoV‐2 has been focusing on virtual screening and in vitro studies on phytochemicals that have shown great promise against other coronaviruses such as SARS‐CoV. Until now, there is limited data on in vivo investigations to examine the antiviral activity of plants in SARS‐CoV‐2‐infected animal models and the studies were performed using crude extracts. Further experimental and preclinical investigations on the in vivo effects of phytochemicals have to be performed to provide sufficient efficacy and safety data before clinical studies can be performed to develop them into COVID‐19 drugs. Phytochemicals are potential sources of new chemical leads for the development of safe and potent anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 agents.
Modulating Surface Electron Density of Heterointerface with Bio‐Inspired Light‐Trapping Nano‐Structure to Boost Kinetics of Overall Water Splitting
Authors: Zhang Ben , Luo Haoran , Ai Bin , Gou Qianzhi , Deng Jiangbin , Wang Jiacheng , Zheng Yujie , Xiao Juanxiu , Li Meng
Published: November 2022

Herein, inspired by natural sunflower heads’ properties increasing the temperature of dish‐shaped flowers by tracking the sun, a novel hybrid heterostructure (MoS2/Ni3S2@CA, CA means carbon nanowire arrays) with the sunflower‐like structure to boost the kinetics of water splitting is proposed. Density functional theory (DFT) reveals that it can modulate the active electronic states of NiMo atoms around the Fermi‐level through the charge transfer between the metallic atoms of Ni3S2 and MoMo bonds of MoS2 to boost overall water splitting. Most importantly, the finite difference time domain (FDTD) could find that its unique bio‐inspired micro‐nano light‐trapping structure has high solar photothermal conversion efficiency. With the assistance of the photothermal field, the kinetics of water‐splitting is improved, affording low overpotentials of 96 and 229 mV at 10 mA cm−2 for HER and OER, respectively. Moreover, the Sun‐MoS2/Ni3S2@CA enables the overall alkaline water splitting at a low cell voltage of 1.48 and 1.64 V to achieve 10 and 100 mA cm−2 with outstanding catalytic durability. This study may open up a new route for rationally constructing bionic sunflower micro‐nano light‐trapping structure to maximize their photothermal conversion and electrochemical performances, and accelerate the development of nonprecious electrocatalysts for overall water splitting.
Framing the Purchase of Human Goods: Cosmetic Surgery Consumption in Capitalist South Korea
Authors: Au Anson
Published: November 2022

Sociological and cultural research on market participation has been preoccupied with creative markets and traditional labor markets, overlooking alternate types of markets, particularly those of human goods which have proliferated in Asia. This article analyzes South Korea's cosmetic surgery market to examine how and why consumers participate in markets of human goods on the microlevel vis‐à‐vis macrolevel social structures in an advanced capitalist economy. This article theorizes two cognitive frames (normative conformity and competitive edge) that rationalize and motivate surgical modifications as an alternative vehicle for financial and marital stability in response to macrolevel economic challenges from the nation's developmental trajectory and cultural anxieties from its Confucian traditions about marriage.
Serious Play for Serious Times
Authors: Wohlwend Karen
Published: November 2022

A contributing factor to the loss of play in many early childhood classrooms is a sharp separation between literacy learning as serious, even urgent, academic work and play as optional, socially‐beneficial‐at‐best, fun. To recenter play in the academic curriculum, early childhood educators must not only demonstrate how play benefits the existing literacy curriculum (the first half of this article), but we must also recognize play as an important early literacy in its own right with particular relevance for digital literacies (the second half of this article). The following sections review recent literacy research that provides support for recentering play in the early childhood curriculum. This review updates an already well‐established foundation of play‐based literacy research, adding current research that can help teachers integrate literacy play in early childhood settings. The article concludes with a framework for implementing play‐based early literacy in preschool through second grade classrooms.
Application of the multi‐theory model to explain veterinarians’ intentions to use telehealth/telemedicine
Authors: Wells Julia , Watson Kylie , Sharma Manoj , Davis Robert E. , Gruszynski Karen , Robertson Stanley R. , Nahar Vinayak K.
Published: November 2022

Background

Telehealth adoption is being fueled by both technological breakthroughs and societal demands; however, veterinarians have yet to fully embrace the concept of telemedicine, limiting its use and potential benefits. The goal of this study was to evaluate how effective the multi‐theory model (MTM) of health behaviour change explains the initiation and sustenance of telehealth use among veterinarians.

Methods

For this cross‐sectional study, a research company was contracted to disseminate the MTM‐based online survey to veterinarians currently engaged in clinical practice within the United States.

Results

A total of 243 veterinarians participated in this study. The most frequently reported age group among participants was 31–40 years (33.7%, n = 82). It was also noted that the majority of participants were female (70.0%, n = 170) and white (76.5%, n = 186). Hierarchical multiple regression showed that participatory dialogue (p = 0.037), species (p = 0.013) and previous monthly telehealth use (p = 0.040) were significant explanatory variables of initiation of telehealth use. Moreover, emotional transformation (p < 0.001) and previous monthly telehealth use (p = 0.035) were significant explanatory variables of sustenance of telehealth use.

Limitations

The data were collected in July 2020, during a global pandemic, in which telehealth use surged across a variety of professions. As a result, the findings of the study may not be relevant in periods when there is no pandemic.

Conclusions

Based on the findings of this study, researchers, educators and veterinary professionals should consider using MTM as theoretical framework to develop interventions to enhance telehealth use.
Lightning attachment characteristic of wind turbine generator: Experimental investigation and prediction method based on simulations
Authors: Zhou Mi , Huang Jingkang , Chen Jiaer , Zhao Weihan , He Chang , Cai Li , Wang Jianguo
Published: November 2022

As the height of wind turbine increases, the lightning strike accident has become a non‐negligible issue. In this paper, the lightning attachment characteristic of a 2‐MW wind turbine generator (WTG) is investigated using a model with a reduced scale of 100. The WTG model is equipped with receptors on the blades and a lightning rod on the nacelle, both serving as its external lightning protection system (LPS). The high‐voltage electrode, which delivers a lightning impulse voltage from a Marx generator, is used to simulate the final stage of downward negative lightning strikes from 29 coming‐leader positions. The experimental results indicate that lightning leaders from either front directions or side directions could be intercepted effectively by LPS, whereas the back‐direction lightning could not. Moreover, with the increase of striking distance, the capture ratio for the insulation part of blade decreases. Electric field intensity distribution simulations for the full‐scale WTG model, using conditions similar to their experimental counterparts, are conducted and compared with the lightning attachment distribution. Based on classical electro‐geometrical model, a simulative method is proposed to predict the lightning attachment distribution of WTG. Our results indicate that it is feasible with this method to produce a satisfactory approximation to the experimentally obtained lightning attachment distribution.
Moral Elites in the Danish Temperance Movement (1910–1919): Elite Struggles over Disease and Values
Authors: Sevelsted Anders
Published: November 2022

The chapter maps out the elite of the early Danish temperance movement and shows how distinct moral elites within the movement interpreted the cause according to their respective value frames while integrating the emerging disease frame of alcoholism. Theoretically, it argues for introducing the thus far estranged perspectives of elite studies and framing approaches to each other. The concept of moral elite is consequently introduced and defined as an elite that is rich in the resources on which moral authority is built, here limited to educational resources, organizational resources, and publications. The chapter applies a mixed methods design. First, social network analysis (SNA) is applied to a unique dataset comprising biographical information on 28 temperance leaders found in the Danish Who’s Who. The analysis reveals three distinct clusters within the temperance elite. Analyzing texts by the most prolific authors shows that each of the three clusters has a distinct profile: an elite dominated by medical doctors and theologians who articulate a traditional value frame according to which medical doctors and pastors carry a responsibility for the community – a responsibility that is expanded through philanthropy and specialized institutions; a revivalist elite of theologians and laymen who pursue a revivalist Holiness and civil society frame emphasizing faith’s healing abilities and the importance of organizing beyond the national church; and an organic elite that represented small farmers and workers and pushed an Enlightenment frame of direct democracy, rule of law, and education. The second part of the analysis shows how each elite cluster integrated the “alcoholism as a disease” belief frame in their value frames: traditional elites as a cause for institutionalization, revivalist elites as a reason to bolster the resilience in the population through faith, and the organic elite as a reason to promote self-care and education. In the final sections of the chapter, I tease out how the moral elite perspective may have implications for social movement research, especially in terms of holding movement elites accountable.
Justification, Values or Concerns? Pragmatist Theories of Morality and Civic Engagements in Local Urban Greenspaces
Authors: Krarup Troels
Published: November 2022

Much scholarship on social movements builds on (American) pragmatist ground. However, Boltanski and Thévenot’s (French) pragmatist theory of justification has received less attention. The theory promises a way to bridge between American pragmatist social movement studies and theories about universal human values and repertoires of engagement, such as Shalom Schwartz’. Upon presenting and discussing the French theory of justification, the chapter sets out to assess its analytical usefulness in relation to a national survey on civic engagements in local urban greenspaces in Denmark. The survey questionnaire includes measures for each of the ‘justificatory regimes’ distinguished by the theory. However, contrary to expectations, the results indicate a strong tendency for all eight justificatory regimes to correlate positively. Moreover, an index combining the eight measures into one variable correlates strongly with civic engagement in local urban greenspaces. On this basis, it is suggested that the measures capture a more conventionally situated American pragmatist ‘concern’ for greenspaces. In conclusion, the theoretical as well as methodological implications of studying concerns rather than justifications are discussed.
KPI for Data-Driven Assessment of Innovative Development Paths for Nature-Based Health Tourism in the Alpine Region
Authors: Bischof Michael , Hartl Arnulf J.
Published: November 2022

Tourism has been one of the most important economic sectors in the Alps for many years. However, not least because of the cuts due to the pandemic, new and innovative approaches are needed to meet current challenges such as climate change, shortage of skilled workers or demographic change in order to make Alpine tourism fit for the future. The topic of health offers great potential in this context. With the KPI approach, therefore, a possible access to a nature-based health tourism with medical evidence is presented, which should support the actors from the tourism practice in the further development of the Alpine tourism. At the same time, the KPI approach also offers possibilities to enable an overall more sustainable development of the Alpine region. This paper places the KPI approach in a larger development framework and explains the underlying analytical system based on selected indicators.
Japanese Gastric Cancer Treatment Guidelines 2021 (6th edition)
Authors:   Japanese Gastric Cancer Association
Published: November 2022

The sixth edition of the Japanese Gastric Cancer Treatment Guidelines was completed in July 2021, incorporating new evidence that emerged after publication of the previous edition. It consists of a text-based “Treatments” part and a “Clinical Questions” part including recommendations and explanations for clinical questions. The treatments parts include a comprehensive description regarding surgery, endoscopic resection and chemotherapy for gastric cancer. The clinical question part is based on the literature search and evaluation by an independent systematic review team. Consequently, not only evidence for each therapeutic recommendation was clearly shown, but it also identified the research fields that require further evaluation to provide appropriate recommendations.
Compact geodesic orbit spaces with a simple isotropy group
Authors: Chen Z. , Nikolayevsky Y. , Nikonorov Yu
Published: November 2022

Let $$M=G/H$$

M
=
G
/
H

be a compact, simply connected, Riemannian homogeneous space, where G is (almost) effective and H is a simple Lie group. In this paper, we first classify all G-naturally reductive metrics on M, and then all G-geodesic orbit metrics on M.
Angiography-derived index of microvascular resistance in takotsubo syndrome
Authors: Castaldi Gianluca , Fezzi Simone , Widmann Maddalena , Lia Micaela , Rizzetto Francesca , Mammone Concetta , Pazzi Sara , Piccolo Solange , Galli Verdiana , Pighi Michele , Pesarini Gabriele , Prati Daniele , Ferrero Valeria , Scarsini Roberto , Tavella Domenico , Ribichini Flavio
Published: November 2022

Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) has been proposed as a key driver in the etiopathogenesis of Takotsubo syndrome (TTS), likely related to an “adrenergic storm” upon a susceptible microvascular circulation. The aim of our manuscript was to assess CMD in patients with TTS through the computation of the angiography-derived index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) and its correlation with clinical presentation. Coronary angiograms of 41 consecutive TTS patients were retrospectively analyzed to derive angiography-based indices of CMD. Three indices (NH-IMRangio, AngioIMR and A-IMR) were calculated based on quantitative flow ratio. CMD was defined as an IMRangio value ≥ 25 units. The correlation between CMD and clinical presentation was then assessed. Median age was 76 years, 85.7% were women and mean left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) at first echocardiogram was 41.2%. Angiography-derived IMR was higher in left anterior descending artery (LAD) than circumflex and right coronary artery with either NH-IMRangio (53.9 ± 19.8 vs 35.8 ± 15.4 vs 40.8 ± 18.5, p-value < 0.001), AngioIMR (47.2 ± 17.3 vs 31.8 ± 12.2 vs 37.3 ± 13.7, p-value < 0.001) or A-IMR (52.7 ± 19 vs 36.1 ± 14.1 vs 41.8 ± 16.1, p-value < 0.001). All patients presented CMD with angiography-derived IMR ≥ 25 in at least one territory with each formula. Angiography-derived IMR in LAD territory was significantly higher in patients presenting with LVEF impairment (≤ 40%) than in those with preserved ventricular global function (NH-IMRangio: 59.3 ± 18.1 vs 46.3 ± 16.0 p-value = 0.030; AngioIMR: 52.9 ± 17.8 vs 41.4 ± 14.2, p-value = 0.037; A-IMR: 59.2 ± 18.6 vs 46.3 ± 17.0, p-value = 0.035). CMD assessed with angiography-derived IMR is a common finding in TTS and it is inversely correlated with LV function. The available formulas have a substantial superimposable diagnostic performance in assessing coronary microvascular function.
A container-based workflow for distributed training of deep learning algorithms in HPC clusters
Authors: González-Abad Jose , López García Álvaro , Kozlov Valentin Y.
Published: November 2022

Deep learning has been postulated as a solution for numerous problems in different branches of science. Given the resource-intensive nature of these models, they often need to be executed on specialized hardware such graphical processing units (GPUs) in a distributed manner. In the academic field, researchers get access to this kind of resources through High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters. This kind of infrastructures make the training of these models difficult due to their multi-user nature and limited user permission. In addition, different HPC clusters may possess different peculiarities that can entangle the research cycle (e.g., libraries dependencies). In this paper we develop a workflow and methodology for the distributed training of deep learning models in HPC clusters which provides researchers with a series of novel advantages. It relies on udocker as containerization tool and on Horovod as library for the distribution of the models across multiple GPUs. udocker does not need any special permission, allowing researchers to run the entire workflow without relying on any administrator. Horovod ensures the efficient distribution of the training independently of the deep learning framework used. Additionally, due to containerization and specific features of the workflow, it provides researchers with a cluster-agnostic way of running their models. The experiments carried out show that the workflow offers good scalability in the distributed training of the models and that it easily adapts to different clusters.
Biomonitoring of a Nile Delta Lake using benthic foraminifera
Authors: BadrElDin Ahmed M. , Al-Qahtani Khairia M. , Badr Nadia B. E.
Published: November 2022

Lake Edku, one of the northern Nile Delta lakes, is a shallow brackish coastal lake subjected to domestic and agricultural effluents via two main drains, El-Khairy and Barsik, in addition to the discharge water of hundreds of fish farms. This study measures the responses of the benthic foraminiferal assemblage to the environmental stressors in Lake Edku. Grain size, organic carbon, and seven potentially toxic elements (Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr, Ni, and As) were determined in nine short cores (25–35 cm depth). The lake was characterized by vertical increase in mud, organic matter, and concentrations of all metals, particularly in the eastern basin at the vicinity of the drain discharges. This trend coincides with a general decrease in species diversity and increase in deformed specimens. The foraminiferal assemblage was dominated by Ammonia tepida (Cushman), a pollution-tolerant and euryhaline species. This study demonstrates that benthic foraminiferal assemblages provide a reliable pollution proxy in the brackish environments of Nile Delta that can be used in the periodical monitoring of the coastal lakes.
Syntax-like Structures in Maternal Contact Calls of Chestnut-Crowned Babblers (Pomatostomus ruficeps)
Authors: Spiess Silvan , Mylne Helen K. , Engesser Sabrina , Mine Joseph G. , O’Neill Louis G. , Russell Andrew F. , Townsend Simon W.
Published: November 2022

The combination of meaning-bearing units (e.g., words) into higher-order structures (e.g., compound words and phrases) is integral to human language. Despite this central role of syntax in language, little is known about its evolutionary progression. Comparative data using animal communication systems offer potential insights, but only a handful of species have been identified to combine meaningful calls together into larger signals. We investigated a candidate for syntax-like structure in the highly social chestnut-crowned babbler (Pomatostomus ruficeps). Using a combination of behavioral observations, acoustic analyses, and playback experiments, we test whether the form and function of maternal contact calls is modified by combining the core “piping” elements of such calls with at least one other call element or call. Results from the acoustic analyses (236 analysed calls from 10 individuals) suggested that piping call elements can be flexibly initiated with either “peow” elements from middle-distance contact calls or adult “begging” calls to form “peow-pipe” and “beg-pipe” calls. Behavioral responses to playbacks (20 trials to 7 groups) of natural peow-pipe and beg-pipe calls were comparable to those of artificially generated versions of each call using peow elements and begging calls from other contexts. Furthermore, responses to playbacks (34 trials to 7 groups) of the three forms of maternal contact calls (piping alone, peow-pipe, beg-pipe) differed. Together these data suggest that meaning encoded in piping calls is modified by combining such calls with begging calls or peow elements used in other contexts and so provide rare empirical evidence for syntactic-like structuring in a nonhuman animal.
Structure and Authorship of the KusumÀ·jali
Authors: Ruzsa Ferenc
Published: November 2022

This paper suggests that the classic of Indian theology, theNyāya-kusumâñjaliis in fact two texts: an earlier treatise in 65ślokas,and Udayana’s (mostly prose) commentary on it. Internal evidence consists in: (a) theślokasread as a continuous text; (b) there are extremely long prose passages without verses; (c) Udayana does not comment on his own verses, only on theślokas;(d) the basic plan of the two texts are markedly different; (e) different content of some chapters: ch. 1 about karmavs.rituals to reach heaven, ch. 2 about creationvs.eternality of sound, and in ch. 5 Udayana doubles the arguments for God; (f) Udayana deals extensively with atoms and yogic perception and rejects the concept ofśakti,in contrast to the verses; (g) there are a few manifest disagreements (oncreatio continuaand the sacredness of god-images). External evidence for the thesis: (a) there are mss. of the verses only; (b) there are many commentaries on the verses only; (c) these commentators—with a single exception—do not seem to take Udayana for the author of the verses; (d) the first commentary on Udayana names his own work a subcommentary; (e) in his other works, it is atypical of Udayana to insertślokasin his text; (f) a legend of the Bhāduṙī Brahmins stating that Udayana “received” theKusumâñjali.
Refining the search space of Alltop monomials
Authors: Price Aiden , Hall Joanne , Bartlett Harry
Published: November 2022

Alltop functions have applications to code-division multiple access (CDMA) systems and mutually unbiased bases (MUBs). Alltop functions construct MUBs and CDMA signal sets, and this motivates the continued search for further Alltop functions. The discovery of further Alltop functions is hindered by the computational complexity of verification. This paper narrows the search space through the introduction of a characteristic cubic polynomial and provides a verification process for Alltop monomials with a reduced computational complexity. Computational results lead to the conjecture that there are no further Alltop monomials.
Stability Through Movement: Theoretical and Practical Considerations of Social Space in Central European Neolithic Lakeside Settlements
Authors: Bahss Anna , Bleicher Niels
Published: November 2022

Studies related to prehistoric, Circum-Alpine lakeside settlements have for the last decade or so begun to focus increasingly on the reconstruction of its inhabitant’s social dimensions of life. More traditional models attempting to explain the often-fleeting settlement patterns set in a tightly managed cultural landscape focusing on climate and economic factors alone have proven insufficient and opened up to more nuanced and multi-scalar approaches. Especially built structures, due to their exceptional preservation, constitute a popular jumping-off point for a number of theories and interpretations but recent work has also moved beyond the confines of the settlement to include the wider cultural landscape as crucial in understanding the lakeside phenomenon. This article re-evaluates one of the more popular architecture-based models, namely the non-correspondence model, and subsequently suggests an alternative, more integrative approach based on Amos Rapoport’s understanding of space. The aim is to create a more flexible approach to questions of space, time and meaning that does not stop at the built environment. Input from both the natural and the social sciences is combined in an attempt to sketch out an approximation of life on the lakeshores more than 5000 years ago.