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KidsAP: Eine künstliche Bauchspeicheldrüse für Kleinkinder mit Typ-1-Diabetes
Authors:   KidsAP Consortium, Fröhlich-Reiterer Elke , Tauschmann Martin , Rami-Merhar Birgit , Mader Julia K. , Fritsch Maria , Steichen-Gersdorf Elisabeth , Hofer Sabine E. 
Published: May 2020

ZusammenfassungTyp-1-Diabetes mellitus (T1D) ist eine der häufigsten chronischen Stoffwechselerkrankungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter, immer häufiger sind auch Kleinkinder davon betroffen.In den letzten Jahren gab es große Fortschritte im Bereich der Therapie v. a. in Bezug auf Insulinpumpen und Systeme zur kontinuierlichen Glukosemessung (CGM).Closed-Loop-Systeme bestehen aus einer am Körper getragenen Insulinpumpe und einem CGM und passen die Insulinzufuhr automatisiert anhand der ermittelten Glukosewerte an.KidsAP ist ein multinationales, von der Europäischen Union gesponsertes Projekt, koordiniert durch die Universität Cambridge, UK. Unter den internationalen Projektpartnern finden sich auch die Medizinischen Universitäten Innsbruck, Wien und Graz. Ziel ist die Testung eines durch die Universität Cambridge entwickelten Closed-Loop-Systems bei Kleinkindern im Alter von 1 bis 7 Jahren mit T1D.Die Pilotstudie wurde bereits im Sommer 2018 erfolgreich durchgeführt. Die Kinder trugen den Closed-Loop für insgesamt 6 Wochen im heimischen Umfeld. Jeder Teilnehmer und jede Teilnehmerin absolvierte zwei 21-tägige Perioden unter Verwendung des Closed-Loop-Systems mit verdünntem Insulin (U20) bzw. mit Standardinsulin (U100) in zufällig zugeteilter Reihenfolge.In beiden Studienarmen zeigte sich ein hoher Zeitanteil mit Sensorwerten im Zielbereich („time in range“) zwischen 70 und 180 mg/dl.Die Zufriedenheit der Teilnehmer mit dem System war groß. Vor allem die erreichten Glukosewerte im Sinn einer hohen „time-in range“ war für die Eltern überzeugend. Hervorzuheben ist auch die Zufriedenheit hinsichtlich der Verbesserung des Nachtschlafs durch die stabilere nächtliche Glukoseeinstellung.Im Oktober 2019 startete der zweite Teil des EU-Projekts. In der nun laufenden Hauptstudie soll überprüft werden, ob das Tragen des Closed-Loop- versus des Open-Loop-Systems im Cross-over-Design für jeweils 4 Monate die „time in range“ der Glukosespiegel verbessert. Zusätzlich werden auch Interviews bezüglich Lebensqualität durchgeführt.
Brute Past Presentism, Dynamic Presentism, and the Objection from Being-Supervenience
Authors: Gołosz Jerzy 
Published: May 2020

AbstractPresentism faces the following well-known dilemma: either the truth-value of past-tense claims depends on the non-existing past and cannot be said to supevene on being, or it supervenes on present reality and breaks our intuition which says that the true past-tense claims should not depend on any present aspect of reality. The paper shows that the solution to the dilemma offered by Kierland and Monton’s brute past presentism, the version of presentism according to which the past is supposed to be both a fundamental and present aspect of reality, is implausible and proposes how to cure presentism: the dillema can be avoided by taking a third road consisting of introducing dynamics into presentism in the form of the real passage of time. Dynamic presentism, which is constructed in such a way, can overcome the dilemma by providing an ontological basis for the past-tense propositions in the form of the real past. Dynamic presentism also offers a rationale for treating the future as being open.
Rawlsian Constructivism: A Practical Guide to Reflective Equilibrium
Authors: Brandstedt Eric , Brännmark Johan 
Published: May 2020

AbstractMany normative theorists want to contribute to making the world a better place. In recent years, it has been suggested that to realise this ambition one must start with an adequate description of real-life practices. To determine what should be done, however, one must also fundamentally criticise existing moral beliefs. The method of reflective equilibrium offers a way of doing both. Yet, its practical usefulness has been doubted and it has been largely ignored in the recent practical turn of normative theorising. This paper offers a complementary methodology to the method of reflective equilibrium, referred to as Rawlsian constructivism, which brings forth its practical merits. With the support of Rawlsian constructivism, the method of reflective equilibrium becomes a tool for public reasoning about practical problems which aims to facilitate shared solutions. The process of reflective scrutiny is used, not in the search of moral truth, but rather to highlight what stands in the way of solutions to problems agents face in different domains of social life. The practical value lies in scrutinising reasons for action that are taken for granted, explicating new rationales for action and highlighting neglected points of agreement. The paper exemplifies this approach with a process of justifying individual obligations to combat climate change. Normative theorists who share the practical agenda have correctly noted the importance of bottom-up investigations of subject domains. This paper argues that the next step should be to utilise this version of the method of reflective equilibrium to explore the potential for morally progressive solutions to these problems.
Two Groups in a Curie-Weiss Model
Authors: Kirsch Werner , Toth Gabor 
Published: May 2020

AbstractWe analyse a Curie-Weiss model with two disjoint groups of spins with homogeneous coupling. We show that similarly to the single-group Curie-Weiss model a bivariate law of large numbers holds for the normed sums of both groups’ spin variables. We also show central limit theorem in the high temperature regime.
Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Couple Satisfaction: Examining the Mediating Role of Mindfulness
Authors: Gobout Natacha , Morissette Harvey Francis , Cyr Gaëlle , Bélanger Claude 
Published: May 2020

Abstract
Objectives
Cumulative childhood trauma (CCT) survivors are at a higher risk of suffering from interpersonal problems including couple dissatisfaction. Dispositional mindfulness is increasingly proposed as a potential explanatory mechanism of post-traumatic symptomatology and has been documented as a predictor of couple satisfaction. Most authors operationalize mindfulness as a multidimensional disposition comprised of five facets (i.e., Describing, Observing, Non-judgment of inner experiences, Non-reactivity, and Acting with awareness), but the role of these facets in the link between CCT and couple satisfaction has yet to be understood. This study aimed to assess mindfulness as a potential mediator in the relationship between CCT and couple satisfaction and to examine the distinctive contributions of mindfulness facets in this mediation.

Methods
A sample of 330 participants from the community completed measures of couple satisfaction, mindfulness, and exposure to eight types of childhood maltreatment experiences.

Results
Path analysis results revealed that mindfulness mediated the relationship between CCT and couple satisfaction. More precisely, two mindfulness facets acted as specific mediators, namely, Describing and Non-judgment of inner experiences. The final integrative model explained 14% (p < .001) of the variance in couple satisfaction.

Conclusions
Findings suggest that mindfulness may be a meaningful mechanism in the link between CCT and couple satisfaction. They also highlight that description of inner experiences and a non-judgmental attitude of these experiences may act as key components to understand the influence of CCT on adults’ lower couple satisfaction.
Application of magnetotelluric geophysical technique in delineation of zones of high groundwater potential for borehole drilling in five communities in the Agona East District, Ghana
Authors: Agyemang Victor Ofori 
Published: May 2020

AbstractHydrogeological investigations to delineate zones of high groundwater potential in five selected communities in the Agona East District of Ghana have been successfully carried out using the magnetotelluric geophysical technique. The technique has successfully been applied to delineate potential zones of high groundwater potential in terms of location and depth-to-aquifer zones. The study has revealed that the apparent electrical resistivity of the subsurface of the study area to a depth of 300 m displays the stratigraphic layers of different resistivities. Eburnean Plutonic suite and the Tamnean Plutonic Suite were the two major geologic materials encountered in the study area. The Eburnean Plutonic suite shows relatively low resistivity rang of 0–480 Ωm at a depth of 0–300 m which indicates the presence of weathered zones capable of holding water. However, the Tamnean Plutonic Suites shows a resistivity range of 200–2800 Ωm which shows that it is a consolidated rock with no developed primary and/or secondary hydrogeological properties such as porosity and permeability. Therefore, the exploration of groundwater in the Tamnean Plutonic Suite depends strictly on the fracture zones which may contain water. Again, the study revealed that the prevailing aquifer systems of the study area are not regional but are controlled by fractures and weathered zones. Therefore, it is highly envisaged that groundwater would be intersected at the saprock region which is the fractured and weathered zone between fresh bedrock and the regolith at the depth of 80–100 m. Also, the study has shown the capability of the magnetotelluric geophysical technique to delineate zones of high groundwater potentials for borehole drilling purpose.
Integration of remote sensing, GIS and 2D resistivity methods in groundwater development
Authors: Omolaiye Gabriel Efomeh , Oladapo Ilesanmi Michael , Ayolabi Adebowale Elijah , Akinwale Rotimi Peter , Akinola Akinpelumi Adewale , Omolaye Kayode Lanre , Sanuade Oluseun Adetola 
Published: May 2020

AbstractAn integration of remote sensing, geographical information system (GIS) and 2D resistivity techniques was used to evaluate the groundwater potential of Obafemi Owode local government area (LGA) in Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria. A composite Landsat 7 image was used to produce land use and lineament of the study area. Advanced space-borne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (ASTER) data were used to generate slope and drainage density. The study adopted modified drastic model for groundwater potential, integrating six parameters which are land use, lineament density, slope, drainage density, geology and soil map. The contribution of each theme to groundwater potential was weighted and ranked using ArcGIS 10.2 software. The groundwater potential zone of the study area delineated five distinct zones which include very high (196.39 km2), high (334.64 km2), moderate (481.76 km2), low (298.46 km2) and very low (95.73 km2). Eight zones were delineated for further study. A total of 4.8 line km of 2D resistivity profiles were investigated in one of the designated zones labeled “area D” based on the groundwater potential map. Pole–dipole and dipole–dipole arrays used reveal five geoelectric layers within the study area. The 2D inverse models of resistivity variation with depth suggest the occurrence of potential carbonate and silicate aquifers. To verify the interpreted results within the “high” groundwater potential zone, a well was drilled on traverse 1. A potential water-bearing aquifer was encountered at a depth of 75 m. The groundwater potential map of the study area was tested with five existing wells, and the result was impressive. The outcomes from this study show that the high potential zones would play a key role in future expansion of drinking water and irrigation development in the study area.
Hierarchical block multi-color ordering: a new parallel ordering method for vectorization and parallelization of the sparse triangular solver in the ICCG method
Authors: Iwashita Takeshi , Li Senxi , Fukaya Takeshi 
Published: May 2020

AbstractIn this paper, we propose a new parallel ordering method to vectorize and parallelize the sparse triangular solver, which is called hierarchical block multi-color ordering. In this method, the parallel forward and backward substitutions can be vectorized while preserving the advantages of block multi-color ordering, that is, fast convergence and fewer thread synchronizations. To evaluate the proposed method in a parallel ICCG (Incomplete Cholesky Conjugate Gradient) solver, numerical tests were conducted using seven test matrices on three types of computational nodes. The numerical results indicate that the proposed method outperforms the conventional block and nodal multi-color ordering methods in 18 out of 21 test cases, which confirms the effectiveness of the method.
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: part 1—current state of knowledge and perspectives for pharmacotherapy
Authors: Sałat Kinga 
Published: May 2020

Abstract
Background
Despite the increasing knowledge of the etiology of neuropathic pain, this type of chronic pain is resistant to available analgesics in approximately 50% of patients and therefore is continuously a subject of considerable interest for physiologists, neurologists, medicinal chemists, pharmacologists and others searching for more effective treatment options for this debilitating condition.

Materials and methods
The present review article is the first of the two articles focused on chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN).

Results
CIPN is regarded as one of the most common drug-induced neuropathies and is highly pharmacoresistant. The lack of efficacious pharmacological methods for treating CIPN and preventing its development makes CIPN-related neuropathic pain a serious therapeutic gap in current medicine and pharmacotherapy. In this paper, the most recent advances in the field of studies on CIPN caused by platinum compounds (namely oxaliplatin and cisplatin), taxanes, vinca alkaloids and bortezomib are summarized.

Conclusions
The prevalence of CIPN, potential causes, risk factors, symptoms and molecular mechanisms underlying this pharmacoresistant condition are discussed.

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Core Attributes of Pro-Environmental Managers and Dynamics of Environmental Management
Authors: Bhattacharyya Asit , Biswas Kumar 
Published: May 2020

AbstractBy simply modifying management decisions towards an environmentally friendly approach, organisations can minimise their negative operational impacts on the environment. A key question is whether a manager’s pro-environmental decision-making behaviour can be determined by their personal characteristics. Our study hypothesised that three core attributes (personal values, attitudes, and subjective norms) of a person can predict their future pro-environmental behavioural intention — the closest proxy of actual pro-environmental behaviour. Using the theoretical lenses of Value-Attitude-Behaviour theory (VAB) and Value-Belief-Norm theory (VBN), we examined the roles of three core attributes of future business leaders (MBA students) on their intention to behave pro-environmentally. The results of structural equation modelling indicate that future managers’ environmental values, attitudes, and subjective norms are positively associated with their intentions related to pro-environmental behaviour. Mediation test of the structural model further indicates that environmental attitudes mediate the link between personal values and intention; however, subjective norms does not. Our results imply that effective recruitment and selection mechanisms may incorporate these attributes to assist organisations in the identification of environmentally responsible business leaders. By hiring environmentally responsible managers, organisations will be able to better fulfil their commitment towards sustainability outcomes.
A Survey of COVID-19 Preparedness Among Hospitals in Idaho
Authors: Kanwar Anubhav , Heppler Susan , Kanwar Kalpana , Brown Christopher K. 
Published: May 2020

AbstractBackground:SARS-CoV-2 has been implicated in the largest recorded coronavirus outbreak to date. Initially, most COVID-19 cases were in China, but the virus has spread to more than 184 countries worldwide, and the United States currently has more cases than any other country.Objective:With person-to-person spread expanding in the United States, we describe hospital preparedness for managing suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients.Design:Cross-sectional survey focused on various elements of respiratory disease preparedness.Setting:Critical access hospitals (CAHs) and acute-care hospitals (ACHs) in Idaho.Methods:The electronic survey was sent to infection preventionists (IPs) and nurse administrators in 44 hospitals in Idaho.Results:Overall, 32 (73%) hospitals responded to the survey. Participating facilities reported their preparedness with respect to existing, formalized structures for managing infectious disease incidents—specifically COVID-19—as well as availability of resources, such as isolation rooms and personal protective equipment, for safely managing suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases.Conclusions:Hospitals covered by the survey had varying levels of preparedness for managing COVID-19 cases, with differences across the various categories of interest in this study. Although the study reveals strengths, including in application of emergency management and infection control frameworks, it also suggests that other areas, such as consistent implementation of federal guidelines and requirements for infection prevention, are potential areas for strengthening preparedness for SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens with pandemic potential.
Effect of ambient air pollutants and meteorological variables on COVID-19 incidence
Authors: Jiang Ying , Wu Xiao-Jun , Guan Yan-Jun 
Published: May 2020

AbstractObjective:To determine whether ambient air pollutants and meteorological variables are associated with daily COVID-19 incidence.Design:A retrospective cohort from January 25 to February 29, 2020.Setting:Cities of Wuhan, Xiaogan, and Huanggang, China.Patients:The COVID-19 cases detected each day.Methods:We collected daily data of COVID-19 incidence, 8 ambient air pollutants (particulate matter of ≤2.5 µm [PM2.5], particulate matter ≤10 µm [PM10], sulfur dioxide [SO2], carbon monoxide [CO], nitrogen dioxide [NO2], and maximum 8-h moving average concentrations for ozone [O3-8h]) and 3 meteorological variables (temperature, relative humidity, and wind) in China’s 3 worst COVID-19–stricken cities during the study period. The multivariate Poisson regression was performed to understand their correlation.Results:Daily COVID-19 incidence was positively associated with PM2.5 and humidity in all cities. Specifically, the relative risk (RR) of PM2.5 for daily COVID-19 incidences were 1.036 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.032–1.039) in Wuhan, 1.059 (95% CI, 1.046–1.072) in Xiaogan, and 1.144 (95% CI, 1.12–1.169) in Huanggang. The RR of humidity for daily COVID-19 incidence was consistently lower than that of PM2.5, and this difference ranged from 0.027 to 0.111. Moreover, PM10 and temperature also exhibited a notable correlation with daily COVID-19 incidence, but in a negative pattern The RR of PM10 for daily COVID-19 incidence ranged from 0.915 (95% CI, 0.896–0.934) to 0.961 (95% CI, 0.95–0.972, while that of temperature ranged from 0.738 (95% CI, 0.717–0.759) to 0.969 (95% CI, 0.966–0.973).Conclusions:Our data show that PM2.5 and humidity are substantially associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 and that PM10 and temperature are substantially associated with a decreased risk of COVID-19.
Effects of active labour-market policies on welfare state finances
Authors: Ko Hyejin , Bae Eunchong 
Published: May 2020

AbstractThis study seeks to determine the effectiveness of the active labour-market policies (ALMPs) of employment-oriented welfare states contribute to the financial soundness of welfare states. Even if they are insignificant, overall, the results show that ALMPs lead to higher employment rate and sounder public finances as could be expected by the central idea of employment-oriented welfare states. However, extending ALMPs does not always create a virtuous circle among government interventions, employment rate and fiscal soundness. That is, the results for employment and public finances depend on how the government intervenes in the labour market. We argue that the critical point goal should be to improve employability, not just to increase the employment rate.
Precarious Work, Unemployment Benefit Generosity and Universal Basic Income Preferences: A Multilevel Study on 21 European Countries
Authors: SHIN YOUNG-KYU , KEMPPAINEN TEEMU , KUITTO KATI 
Published: May 2020

AbstractThe idea of universal basic income (UBI) has been attracting increasing attention globally over recent years. However, research on the individual and institutional determinants of UBI support is scarce. The present study attempts to fills this gap by analysing workers’ attitudes towards UBI schemes in 21 European welfare states and focusing on the roles of precarious work (i.e. part-time work, temporary employment, low-skilled service employment, and solo self-employment) and unemployment benefit generosity (i.e. net replacement rate, payment duration, and qualifying period). We estimate fixed and random effects logistic models by merging country-level institutional data with the European Social Survey Round 8 data collected in 2016. The findings show that temporary employment is associated with positive attitudes towards UBI schemes, whereas other types of precarious work do not have significant influences. In addition, the results reveal that the more generous a country’s unemployment benefits, the less likely are workers in that country to support UBI schemes.
Gender, capital endowment and digital exclusion of older people in China
Authors: Yang Juhua , Du Peng 
Published: May 2020

AbstractAmid rapid population ageing and the high-speed progress of information and communications technology, use of smart electronics can improve older people's quality of life by helping them to stay connected, active and independent, which may, in turn, increase their overall happiness and sense of social belonging. Taking a gender perspective, this paper aims to understand variations in digital exclusion among older people. Using data from the 2016 China Longitudinal Ageing Social Survey, it finds that digital exclusion seems to vary by gender, with rural female older people being most excluded, possibly because they have the lowest capital endowment. The gender difference in the digital divide is even more salient with all other things being equal. Digital exclusion in the information era may further exacerbate gender inequality, particularly for those who are already most vulnerable. Since digital inclusion is somewhat inherent in the concept of intelligent old-age support, it should be considered an urgent necessity to help older people, especially rural women, become familiar with smart electronic products.