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Flat cutoff probe for real-time electron density measurement in industrial plasma processing
Authors: Yeom H J , Kim J H , Choi D H , Choi E S , Yoon M Y , Seong D J , You Shin Jae , Lee Hyo-Chang 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
The microwave cutoff probe (CP) is an accurate diagnostic technique to measure absolute electron density even in processing gas plasmas. Because this technique needs the installation of two probe tips and a probe body in the plasma chamber, it may cause plasma perturbation in semiconductor plasma processing; this may increase the uncertainty of the measured value. In this work, a flat CP, which is embedded in the substrate chuck or chamber wall, is proposed to measure electron density without plasma perturbation and to monitor processing plasma in real-time. We first evaluated the performance of various types of flat CPs, such as the point CP, ring CP, and bar cutoff probe (BCP), through electromagnetic (EM) field simulation. The BCP showed better performance with clearer cut-off signal characteristics and minimization of noise signals compared with the other probe types. Therefore, we focused on the characteristics of the BCP through experiments and/or EM simulations and concluded the followings: (i) the measured electron densities of the BCP agree well with those of the conventional CP; (ii) the BCP measures the plasma density near the plasma-sheath boundary layer, which is very closely adjacent to the chamber wall or wafer; (iii) it was demonstrated for the first time that the plasma density can be measured, even though the processing wafers such as un-doped silicon, P type silicon, amorphous carbon, or amorphous carbon/SiO2 patterned wafers were placed on the flat CP; and (iv) we performed real-time measurements of the electron density using the BCP covered with the wafers in plasmas with various process gases, such as Ar, NF3, and O2. These results indicate that the chuck-embed-type or wall-type flat CP can be used as a real-time electron density measurement (monitoring) tool during industrial plasma processing, such as during etching, deposition, sputtering or implantation, and the chuck-embed-type flat CP can measure the plasma density impinging on the wafer in real-time without stopping the processing.
Density functional investigation of oxygen reduction reaction on Pt3Pd alloy electrocatalyst
Authors: Sadeghian Shakiba , Jafari Mahmoud 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
We have investigated the surface structure and electronic properties of Pt segregated Pt3Pd (111) surface within the framework of density-functional theory. Surface adsorption of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) mediators including H, O, OH, O2, OOH, H2O2 and H2O and the related reaction pathways have then been thoroughly examined via determining the corresponding activation energies and reaction heats using climbing-image nudged elastic band (CI-NEB) calculations. It is found that the ORR preferably proceeds via OOH dissociation mechanism on the Pt3Pd (111) surface. Surface corrosion resistivity has also been investigated via evaluating the electrochemical potential shift of the surface Pt atoms. Results verify an enhanced stability against pure Pt (111) in the presence of an oxygen atom and nearly the same stability compared to clean pure Pt (111) surface.
Mechanical properties, corrosion behaviour and biocompatibility of TiNbTaSn for dentistry
Authors: Hybasek Vojtech , Fojt Jaroslav , Malek Jaroslav , Jablonska Eva , Pruchova Eva , Joska Ludek , Ruml Tomas 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
Titanium and the alloy Ti-6Al-4V are standard in implantology, despite the fact that the alloys may suffer from biomechanical incompatibility. The appropriate solution is the use of titanium β-alloys with a low modulus of elasticity and high strength. An additional advantage of these alloys is improved corrosion behaviour in environments that may contain fluoride ions, i.e. the oral cavity. Ti-25Nb-4Ta-(X)Sn alloys, where X is 4, 6, 8 and 10 weight per cent, were prepared. The phase composition, ultimate tensile strength, yield strength, Young modulus, elongation and hardness were measured. The corrosion behaviour in physiological saline, acidified physiological saline with and without the fluoride ions, was determined using, potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Bioactivity was predicted on the base of exposure in the simulated body fluid extended by impedance detection of the Ca/P layer formation. From the point of view of mechanical properties, alloys with a higher tin content are ideal for load-bearing applications. The corrosion resistance of these alloys in physiological saline is similar to titanium and significantly higher in the fluoride ions containing environment. The bioactivity test - exposure in SBF has shown quite identical results of the studied alloys and titanium, both in terms of kinetics and total composition of precipitated calcium-phosphate layer. Possible cytotoxicity effects were excluded by the exposure with murine fibroblasts. This study describes the mechanical properties and corrosion resistance in non-fluoride and fluoride containing media, predicts bioactivity and verifies non-cytotoxicity of new titanium alloys and demonstrates that they are a suitable substitute for currently the most widely used alloys (Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-6Al-7Nb) in terms of both mechanical properties and corrosion resistance for dental implants.
Towards an Integrative Methodological Approach of Film Remake Studies
Authors: Cuelenaere Eduard 
Published: December 2019

AbstractThis article argues that, after decades of pointing towards the importance of including production and reception research into the study of film remakes, we should actually start addressing production and reception methodologies and investigate why this is necessary for the sustainability and future development of the field. I argue that a lot can be learned from the insights coming from the existing methodologies that are being used in, that is, format studies, (critical) media industry studies, (audiovisual) translation studies, and more recently the study of cultural transduction. The first section of the article mainly deals with the importance of investigating the different cultural mediators that take part in the production lifecycle of the film remake. It is contended that the analysis of film remakes should start examining the different individuals or institutions that mediate or intervene between the production of cultural artefacts and the generation of consumer preferences. The second part of the article points towards the importance of investigating the reception, experience, and interpretation of film remakes. It is shown that crucial questions like ‘(why) do audiences prefer the domestic remake over the foreign film?’, ‘how do audiences experience, interpret, and explain differences and similarities between source films and remakes?’, but also ‘how do audiences define and assess film remakes?’ remain yet to be asked. The article concludes that if the field of remake studies wishes to break out of its disciplinary boundaries, adopting a multi-methodological approach will help to further brush off its dusty character of textual analysis.
Faecal Calprotectin for the Diagnosis of Bowel Inflammation in Patients With Rheumatological Diseases: A Systematic Review
Authors: Fauny Marine , D’Amico Ferdinando , Bonovas Stefanos , Netter Patrick , Danese Silvio , Loeuille Damien , Peyrin-Biroulet Laurent 
Published: December 2019

Abstract

Background and Aims
Endoscopic and histological gut inflammation are present in half of patients with ankylosing spondylitis [AS] or spondyloarthritis [SpA]. We performed a systematic literature review on the use of faecal calprotectin [FC] in patients with rheumatic diseases.

Methods
Searches of the PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases were performed up to September 2019 to identify all studies including adult patients with confirmed diagnosis of SpA or AS.

Results
Seven studies met the inclusion criteria: six prospective observational studies and one retrospective observational study. Study populations consisted of SpA patients in four studies and AS patients in three studies. In six studies, an ELISA test was used for FC levels and in one case, a semi-quantitative assay was adopted. In all included studies, patients with SpA or AS had elevated FC levels, ranging from 21.2% to 70.7% of patients. In six studies, patients with increased FC levels had macroscopic mucosal inflammation, ranging from 11% to 80% of cases. Four studies highlighted the presence of microscopic alterations in patients with high FC levels, ranging from 41.7% to 100% of patients. An FC cut-off level predicting the inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] occurrence was found in two studies: 266 mg/kg and 132 mg/kg, with sensitivity and specificity of 100%, 78.7% and 66.7%, 76.9%, respectively.

Conclusions
Faecal calprotectin is a useful and non-invasive marker to predict IBD in patients with SpA or AS. Gut histological and macroscopic mucosal inflammation were found in up to 100% and 80% of rheumatological patients with increased FC levels.
The effect of prenatal maternal physical activity and lifestyle in perinatal outcome: results from a Greek study
Authors: Babili Maria G , Amerikanou Charalampia , Papada Efstathia , Christopoulos Georgios , Tzavara Chara , Kaliora Andriana C 
Published: December 2019

Abstract

Background
Several maternal characteristics, including lifestyle, have been associated with perinatal outcomes and birth anthropometric characteristics of the offspring. This study aimed to identify whether physical activity (PA) and other lifestyle parameters of the mother are associated with the pregnancy outcomes or with the infant’s birth anthropometric characteristics.

Methods
Participants were recruited in Mitera Maternity Hospital, Athens, Greece. Socio-demographic, medical history and anthropometric assessment took place. PA during pregnancy was assessed with the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire. Dietary assessment was conducted with the Food Frequency Questionnaire and adherence to the Mediterranean diet was evaluated with the MedDiet score. Birth weight and gestational age data were also collected.

Results
Sedentary-intensity activity scores increased with increased educational level, while moderate-intensity activity scores decreased with increased educational level. Pregnant women who delivered large for gestational age infants had lower sports activity score. Higher vigorous and sports activity score was demonstrated in cases with a vaginal delivery compared with caesarean section. PA score was significantly and positively correlated with several nutrient intakes and PA was higher in women with a healthier nutritional pattern. Increased MedDiet scores were found in mothers with increased educational level.

Conclusions
Overall, PA was higher in women with a healthier nutritional pattern. An increased vs. a low activity level during pregnancy is positively associated with vaginal delivery and with the size of the offspring.
Inferring Termite Colony Size Using Wood Consumption in Subterranean Termites (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) in Laboratory-Rearing Conditions
Authors: Patel Jayshree S , Lee Sang-Bin , Chouvenc Thomas , Su Nan-Yao 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
Termite colony size can influence its foraging activity, reproductive maturity, and, for pest species, potential for structural damage. Estimating colony size of subterranean termite species in field conditions has been challenging owing to their extensive foraging territory and their cryptic nesting habit and has primarily relied on mark–recapture methods. With laboratory-reared colonies in individual containers, determining colony size can be achieved by processing all termites from the nest material, which can be labor intensive and partially destructive. However, with the recent rise in the need of large laboratory colonies for use in colony-wide experimental protocols, there was an imperative to develop a procedure to estimate initial colony sizes without imposing a major stress on colonies before an experiment. In this study, the average daily wood consumption of whole colonies was used to infer the colony size of two Coptotermes, Wasmann (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) species and their hybrids in laboratory-rearing conditions. Correlations between the daily wood consumption and several demographic variables within colonies were established. Linear models varied across all species mating types with R2 values greater than 0.8 for all demographic variables. For colonies from all mating combinations, Pearson’s correlation coefficient values were greater than 0.94 between their daily wood consumption and both the number of workers and total number of termites, and greater than 0.91 between daily wood consumption and colony mass. Therefore, in colonies with fixed laboratory conditions, their average daily wood consumption determination, which is nondestructive on colonies, can be used to infer colony size of subterranean termites.
Purification of the Body and the Reign of God in the Gospel of Mark
Authors: Shively Elizabeth E 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
The thesis of this study is that the Markan Jesus’ activities of healing and exorcisms are evocative of resurrection of the body. Through the accumulation of these stories Mark communicates that Jesus has come to address the problem of human mortality in the light of the nearness of God’s reign. These activities anticipate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, which pioneers the purification of the body at the turn of the ages. I show that Mark’s presentation of Jesus’ healings and exorcisms crucially reflects ideas of (im)purity in Jewish scripture and tradition that are bound up with mortality. In the light of this background, I show that Mark presents Jesus’ healings and exorcisms as anticipations of his bodily resurrection. These resurrection-type stories depict the movement from the mortality incurred by defiling diseases or defiling spirits to the immortality of God’s reign. The repetition of resurrection-type healings that eventually culminate in Jesus’ own resurrection suggests that the announcement of God’s reign is not only about responding to the call for repentance from sin (1:14–15), but also about having one’s body raised. Thus, Mark presents not only a theology of the cross, but also a theology of the resurrection as the purification of God’s people.
ZRANB2 and SYF2-mediated splicing programs converging on ECT2 are involved in breast cancer cell resistance to doxorubicin
Authors: Tanaka Iris , Chakraborty Alina , Saulnier Olivier , Benoit-Pilven Clara , Vacher Sophie , Labiod Dalila , Lam Eric W F , Bièche Ivan , Delattre Olivier , Pouzoulet Frédéric , Auboeuf Didier , Vagner Stéphan , Dutertre Martin 
Published: December 2019

AbstractBesides analyses of specific alternative splicing (AS) variants, little is known about AS regulatory pathways and programs involved in anticancer drug resistance. Doxorubicin is widely used in breast cancer chemotherapy. Here, we identified 1723 AS events and 41 splicing factors regulated in a breast cancer cell model of acquired resistance to doxorubicin. An RNAi screen on splicing factors identified the little studied ZRANB2 and SYF2, whose depletion partially reversed doxorubicin resistance. By RNAi and RNA-seq in resistant cells, we found that the AS programs controlled by ZRANB2 and SYF2 were enriched in resistance-associated AS events, and converged on the ECT2 splice variant including exon 5 (ECT2-Ex5+). Both ZRANB2 and SYF2 were found associated with ECT2 pre-messenger RNA, and ECT2-Ex5+ isoform depletion reduced doxorubicin resistance. Following doxorubicin treatment, resistant cells accumulated in S phase, which partially depended on ZRANB2, SYF2 and the ECT2-Ex5+ isoform. Finally, doxorubicin combination with an oligonucleotide inhibiting ECT2-Ex5 inclusion reduced doxorubicin-resistant tumor growth in mouse xenografts, and high ECT2-Ex5 inclusion levels were associated with bad prognosis in breast cancer treated with chemotherapy. Altogether, our data identify AS programs controlled by ZRANB2 and SYF2 and converging on ECT2, that participate to breast cancer cell resistance to doxorubicin.
Hermitizing the HAL QCD potential in the derivative expansion
Authors: Aoki Sinya , Iritani Takumi , Yazaki Koichi 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
A formalism is given to hermitize the HAL QCD potential, which needs to be non-Hermitian except for the leading-order (LO) local term in the derivative expansion as the Nambu– Bethe– Salpeter (NBS) wave functions for different energies are not orthogonal to each other. It is shown that the non-Hermitian potential can be hermitized order by order to all orders in the derivative expansion. In particular, the next-to-leading order (NLO) potential can be exactly hermitized without approximation. The formalism is then applied to a simple case of $\Xi \Xi (^{1}S_{0}) $ scattering, for which the HAL QCD calculation is available to the NLO. The NLO term gives relatively small corrections to the scattering phase shift and the LO analysis seems justified in this case. We also observe that the local part of the hermitized NLO potential works better than that of the non-Hermitian NLO potential. The Hermitian version of the HAL QCD potential is desirable for comparing it with phenomenological interactions and also for using it as a two-body interaction in many-body systems.
A new lineage of segmented RNA viruses infecting animals
Authors: Obbard Darren J , Shi Mang , Roberts Katherine E , Longdon Ben , Dennis Alice B 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
Metagenomic sequencing has revolutionised our knowledge of virus diversity, with new virus sequences being reported faster than ever before. However, virus discovery from metagenomic sequencing usually depends on detectable homology: without a sufficiently close relative, so-called ‘dark’ virus sequences remain unrecognisable. An alternative approach is to use virus-identification methods that do not depend on detecting homology, such as virus recognition by host antiviral immunity. For example, virus-derived small RNAs have previously been used to propose ‘dark’ virus sequences associated with the Drosophilidae (Diptera). Here, we combine published Drosophila data with a comprehensive search of transcriptomic sequences and selected meta-transcriptomic datasets to identify a completely new lineage of segmented positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses that we provisionally refer to as the Quenyaviruses. Each of the five segments contains a single open reading frame, with most encoding proteins showing no detectable similarity to characterised viruses, and one sharing a small number of residues with the RNA-dependent RNA polymerases of single- and double-stranded RNA viruses. Using these sequences, we identify close relatives in approximately 20 arthropods, including insects, crustaceans, spiders, and a myriapod. Using a more conserved sequence from the putative polymerase, we further identify relatives in meta-transcriptomic datasets from gut, gill, and lung tissues of vertebrates, reflecting infections of vertebrates or of their associated parasites. Our data illustrate the utility of small RNAs to detect viruses with limited sequence conservation, and provide robust evidence for a new deeply divergent and phylogenetically distinct RNA virus lineage.
Med-Match: An Interactive Game to Learn Medications for Clinical Practice
Authors: Raines✝ Deborah A. 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
Knowing medications and their use in patient care is a component of safe practice. The Med-Match game transforms learning medications from a solitary task to an interactive activity. Educational games create real-life scenarios in a safe, context-rich environment without real-world consequences. Gaming is a form of active learning; learning occurs as a result of student-to-student interaction, peer feedback, and faculty debriefing. Although this activity was initially developed for nursing students, it can also be used with new RNs being oriented to a clinical setting or as an annual review for experienced nurses.
Integrating a Reflective Learning Activity to Ensure Quality Improvement Project Success
Authors: Davey Christine Horvat , Dolansky Mary A. , Harris Andrew T. , Singh Mamta K. 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
This article describes a brief learning activity that provided reflective time to identify barriers, facilitators, and action steps to ensure quality improvement (QI) project success. Learners from our program participated in an interactive 90-minute session that used Liberating Structures to reflect on current barriers to implementation of their QI projects. Analysis of the individual reflective cards identified 10 barriers to QI success. Facilitators were grouped into 16 themes. Action steps were placed into six categories. Integration of reflection promotes important identification of QI project barriers, facilitators, and the creation of action steps.
The effect of bone cement distribution on clinical efficacy after percutaneous kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures
Authors: He Shuangjun , Zhang Yijian , Lv Nanning , Wang Shujin , Wang Yaowei , Wu Shuhua , He Fan , Chen Angela , Qian Zhonglai , Chen Jianhong 
Published: December 2019

Abstract
To evaluate the influence of various distributions of bone cement on the clinical efficacy of percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) in treating osteoporotic vertebrae compression fractures.
A total of 201 OVCF patients (30 males and 171 females) who received PKP treatment in our hospital were enrolled in this study. According to the characteristic of cement distribution, patients were divided into 2 groups: group A (“H” shaped group), the filling pattern in vertebral body were 2 briquettes and connected with / without cement bridge; and group B (“O” shaped group), the filling pattern in vertebral body was a complete crumb and without any separation. Bone mineral density, volume of injected cement, radiographic parameters, and VAS scores were recorded and analyzed between the 2 groups.
All patients finished at least a 1-year follow-up and both groups had significant improvement in radiographic parameters and clinical results. No significant differences in BMD, operation time, bleeding volume, or leakage of cement were observed between the 2 groups. Compared with group B, group A had a larger use of bone cement, lower proportion of unipedicular approach, and better VAS scores at 1 year after surgery.
Both “H” and “O” shaped distribution pattern can improve radiographic data and clinical outcomes effectively. However, “H” shaped distribution can achieve better clinical recovery at short-term follow-up.