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Exposure of real estate properties to the 2018 Hurricane Florence flooding
Authors: Tedesco Marco , McAlpine Steven , Porter Jeremy R. 
Published: April 2020

Abstract. Quantifying the potential exposure of property to damages associated with storm surges, extreme weather and hurricanes is fundamental to developing frameworks that can be used to conceive and implement mitigation plans as well as support urban development that accounts for such events. In this study, we aim at quantifying the total value and area of properties exposed to the flooding associated with Hurricane Florence that occurred in September 2018. To this aim, we implement an approach for the identification of affected areas by generating a map of the maximum flood
extent obtained from a combination of the flood extent produced by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) water marks with those obtained from spaceborne radar remote-sensing data. The use of radar in the creation of the flood extent allows for those properties commonly missed by FEMA's interpolation methods, especially from pluvial or non-fluvial sources, and can be used in more accurately estimating the exposure and market value of properties to event-specific flooding. Lastly, we study and quantify how the urban development over the past decades in the regions flooded by Hurricane Florence might have impacted the exposure of properties to present-day storms and floods. This approach is conceptually similar to what experts are addressing as the “expanding bull's eye effect”, in which “targets” of geophysical hazards, such as people and their built environments, enlarge as populations grow and spread. Our results indicate that the total value of property exposed to flooding during Hurricane Florence was USD 52 billion (in 2018 USD), with this value increasing from
USD ∼10 billion at the beginning of the past century to the final amount based on the expansion of the number of properties exposed. We also found that, despite the decrease in the number of properties built during the decade before Florence, much of the new construction was in proximity to permanent water bodies, hence increasing exposure to flooding. Ultimately, the results of this paper provide a new tool for shedding light on the relationships between urban development in coastal areas and the flooding of those areas, which is estimated to increase in view of projected increasing sea level rise, storm surges and the strength of storms.
New species of Sericini from Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)
Authors: Ranasinghe Sasanka , Eberle Jonas , Benjamin Sresh P. , Ahrens Dirk 
Published: April 2020

In a recent project, extensive fieldwork was carried out in several parts of Sri Lanka to investigate scarab biodiversity. Here we present the first results of this survey and describe four new Sericini species: Selaserica athukoralai sp. nov., Neoserica dharmapriyai sp. nov., Maladera cervicornis sp. nov., M. galdaththana sp. nov. Further, new locality records for 20 already known species are given. The genitalia and the habitus of all new species are illustrated and photos of the habitats of the new species are given.
Centrilobular Fibrosis in Fibrotic (Chronic) Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Usual Interstitial Pneumonia, and Connective Tissue Disease–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Authors: Churg Andrew 
Published: April 2020

Context.—
Various pulmonary diseases can produce centrilobular (peribronchiolar) fibrosis, which may be isolated or associated with other patterns of more diffuse fibrosis. The major forms of interstitial lung disease in which centrilobular fibrosis is found are fibrotic (chronic) hypersensitivity pneumonitis, connective tissue disease–associated interstitial lung disease, and (a disputed issue) usual interstitial pneumonia/idiopathic interstitial fibrosis.

Objective.—
To review recent literature that addresses separation of these entities.

Data Sources.—
Data comprised recent publications.

Conclusions.—
In a specially constructed multidisciplinary discussion exercise, it was found that peribronchiolar metaplasia affecting more than half the bronchioles or more than 2 foci of peribronchiolar metaplasia per square centimeter of biopsy area was strongly associated with a confident diagnosis of fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Giant cells or granulomas were only found in cases with a greater than 50% diagnostic confidence in hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Conversely, greater numbers of fibroblast foci per square centimeter and increasing measured amounts of subpleural fibrosis favored a diagnosis of usual interstitial pneumonia. Recent data also suggest that centrilobular fibrosis can be found in usual interstitial pneumonia, although the presence of centrilobular fibrosis statistically favors an alternate diagnosis. Connective tissue disease is a major confounder because many patterns are very similar to fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis or usual interstitial pneumonia. Genetic abnormalities, such as the MUC5B minor allele overlap, in these conditions and at this point cannot be used for discrimination. Thus, the separation of fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis and usual interstitial pneumonia remains a difficult problem. Accurate biopsy diagnosis of all of these diseases requires correlation with imaging and clinical findings, and is crucial for treatment.
Bilateral asymmetry in the mass and size of otolith of two cichlid species collected from Lake Ahémé and Porto-Novo Lagoon (Bénin, West Africa)
Authors: Jawad Laith , Gnohossou Pierre , Tossou Ayoko Géraldine 
Published: April 2020

Asimetría bilateral en la masa y el tamaño de otolitos de dos especies de cíclidos capturados en el lago Ahémé y la laguna de Porto Novo (Benín, África Occidental)
Se estudia la asimetría de la masa del otolito sacular en dos especies de peces cíclidos Sarotherodon melanotheron y Coptodon guineensis recolectadas del lago Ahémé y la laguna Porto-Novo, Benín, África occidental. La longitud y el ancho de los otolitos de especímenes adultos de ambas especies se usaron para calcular la asimetría fluctuante en estos dos caracteres. Los resultados muestran que el nivel de asimetría del ancho del otolito es el más importante. La posible causa de la asimetría en estas especies se ha discutido en relación con diferentes contaminantes en el área. Nuestros datos no muestran diferencias significativas, aunque varios estudios demostraron una asimetría más alta en individuos más grandes (de más edad).
Saccular otolith mass asymmetry is studied in two cichlid fish species Sarotherodon melanotheron and Coptodon guineensis collected from Lake Ahémé and Porto-Novo Lagoon, Bénin, West Africa. The length and width of otoliths from adult specimens of both species were used to calculate the fluctuating asymmetry in these two characters. The results show that the level of asymmetry of the otolith width is the most important. The possible cause of the asymmetry in these species has been discussed in relation to different pollutants in the area. Our data show no significant difference, although several studies proved a higher asymmetry in larger (older) individuals.
Hacia una nueva lógica del populismo: de la ruptura de las instituciones a la institucionalidad rupturista
Authors: Cadahia María Luciana , Coronel Valeria Adriana , Guanche Julio , Stoessel Soledad 
Published: April 2020

En este artículo estudiaremos el vínculo entre las instituciones y el populismo mediante una experiencia concreta: la Asignación Universal por Hijo en la Argentina. Para ello, vamos a dividir el artículo en tres partes. Primero, desarrollaremos un tipo de abordaje metodológico específico: el procedimiento coyuntural recogido por Mouffe para pensar el actual momento populista. Segundo, explicitaremos el debate teórico alrededor del vínculo entre instituciones y populismo y las dificultades que existen para pensar esta relación. Tercero, partiremos del caso concreto de la AUH, con objeto de mostrar sus tres momentos constitutivos: el surgimiento de la demanda popular, su apropiación y tramitación por parte del gobierno y la transformación de la demanda en un derecho. Finalmente, señalaremos, a partir del caso estudiado, cómo la conflictividad rupturista de la institucionalidad populista puede ayudarnos a pensar, transnacionalmente, una lógica alternativa al neoliberalismo.This article aims to study the relationship between institutional policies and populism analyzing the Universal Assignment for Child (AUH) in Argentina. To achieve this objective we will divide the paper in three sections. Firstly, we will think the populist moment in this particular setting as a method of interpretation. Secondly, we will follow the theoretical debates about institutions and populism explaining the difficulty to think this relationship. Third, from the concrete case of AUH, in order to show the constitutive moments: the emergence of popular demand, its appropriation and processing by the government and the transformation of demand into a right. Finally, we will show how the rupturist conflict of populist institutionalism helps us conceive a transnational alternative to global neoliberalism.
Críticas inmanentes al pensamiento de Jürgen Habermas: la teoría de la lucha por el reconocimiento y la ética de la razón cordial
Authors: Ortega César 
Published: April 2020

El presente artículo trata de presentar los modelos teóricos de Axel Honneth y Adela Cortina —teoría de la lucha por el reconocimiento y ética de la razón cordial, respectivamente— como una respuesta crítica a algunas deficiencias localizadas en la teoría de la acción comunicativa y la ética del discurso habermasiana. Tras exponer los elementos más importantes de los modelos de Habermas, sistematizaré algunos de los problemas fundamentales que se derivan de ellos. En segundo lugar, reconstruiré el significado de la teoría de la lucha por el reconocimiento en el sentido de una superación de la dicotómica separación habermasiana entre sistema y mundo de la vida; para realizar, en tercer lugar, una exposición de la ética de la razón cordial entendida como correctivo tanto al excesivo procedimentalismo de la ética discursiva, como a la negativa habermasiana a incluir también la coordinación comunicativa de las acciones en ámbitos considerados sistémicos.This paper attempts to present the conceptual frameworks proposed by Axel Honneth and Adela Cortina —theory of the struggle for recognition and ethics of cordial reason, respectively— as a critical response to certain deficiencies of Habermas´s theory of communicative action and discourse ethics. Firstly the key elements of Habermas´s theory of communicative action and discourse ethics will be presented, as well as some of its main problems. Secondly the meaning of Honneth´s theory of the struggle for recognition will be reconstructed as an overcoming of one of this problem, namely the Habermasian strict distinction between system and lifeworld. Thirdly the sense of Cortina´s ethics of cordial reason will be presented as a corrective to Habermas´s proceduralism, as well as to the exclusion of communicative rationality from systemic spheres.
Evaluation of factors associated with en bloc colonic underwater endoscopic mucosal resection
Authors: Chen Chien‐An , Ho Chung‐Han , Hsieh Ping‐Hsin 
Published: March 2020

AbstractUnderwater endoscopic mucosal resection (UEMR) is a relatively simple and safe method for resecting sessile colorectal polyps without a submucosal injection. Only around 1000 UEMRs have been reported in a few studies, and none of the previous studies directly evaluated the factors associated with a successful en bloc resection. We retrospectively evaluated the factors associated with a successful en bloc resection using UEMR from 160 patients between August 2015 and November 2017. Of 173 polyps removed with UEMR, 141 polyps (81.5%) were removed en bloc. Univariable analysis showed that polyp size ≥20 mm (OR: 0.047, 95% CI: 0.014‐0.162, P < .001), prior treatment (OR: 0.297, 95% CI: 0.135‐0.655, P = .003), and polyp morphology (flat vs sessile) (OR: 0.111, 95% CI: 0.025‐0.482, P = .003) were the significant factors for en bloc resection. Multivariate analysis showed that polyp size ≥20 mm (OR: 0.053, 95% CI: 0.015‐0.194, P < .001), prior treatment (OR: 0.313, 95% CI: 0.118‐0.832, P = .020), and polyp morphology (flat vs sessile) (OR: 0.095, 95% CI: 0.019‐0.469, P = .004) were still significant. The rate of adverse events was 3.5% (n = 6) and included delayed hemorrhages (n = 2, 1.2%), muscle defects requiring endoscopic clipping (n = 3, 1.7%), and delayed perforations (n = 1, 0.6%). Polyp size < 20 mm, without prior treatment, and sessile polyp morphology were significantly associated with en bloc UEMR.
The effect of the standard length of the first prescription on the adherence to sublingual immunotherapy for patients with allergic rhinitis
Authors: Jin Mao , Zhang Lei , Zhou Guojin , Zhang Shoude , Li Xuan , Hu Sunhong 
Published: March 2020

BackgroundPoor adherence to sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) has become a major cause of unsatisfactory clinical efficacy for patients with allergic rhinitis (AR). This study was designed to identify the effect of different first prescription lengths on the adherence to SLIT.MethodsThe clinical data of 306 patients with AR who started SLIT between January 2017 and June 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were divided into 3 groups according to the length of their first prescription (group A: less than 3 months, group B: 3 to 6 months, group C: more than 6 months). The numbers of adherent or nonadherent patients in each group and the main reasons of nonadherence were analyzed.ResultsGroups A, B, and C included 102, 161, and 43 patients, respectively. The average lengths of the first prescription for group A, B, and C were 62.52 ± 17.63, 102.21 ± 9.22, and 189.07 ± 17.97 days. There were significance differences among the 3 groups (p < 0.05). There were 42 (41.18%), 112 (69.57%), and 37 (86.05%) adherent patients in group A, B, and C. There were 60 (58.82%), 49 (30.43%), and 6 (13.95%) nonadherent patients in group A, B, and C. There were significant differences in the proportions of adherent and nonadherent patients among the 3 groups (p < 0.05). The following reasons were cited for nonadherence to SLIT: the long course of SLIT; inconvenience of getting the prescription; ineffectiveness; side effects; and other reasons.ConclusionUnder certain conditions, 6 months is recommended as the standard length for the first prescription, which can significantly improve adherence to SLIT in patients with AR.
Re‐analysis of the “engraved” Diprotodon tooth from Spring Creek, Victoria, Australia
Authors: LANGLEY MICHELLE C. 
Published: March 2020

ABSTRACTDespite at least 20,000 years of coexistence – and the ubiquity of bone technology across the Australian continent – direct evidence for the use of megafaunal materials (skin, bone, teeth, etc.) remains as elusive as evidence for these creatures having been hunted. Amongst the slim evidence for human–megafauna interaction currently available, one of the most often cited cases is the “engraved” incisor from the giant wombat‐like Diprotodon optatum recovered from Spring Creek located in Eastern Maar country in south‐eastern Australia. Despite comments in the literature that the marks observed on this tooth are unlikely to have been made by lithic tools (as originally proposed), this item has never been re‐analysed in order to resolve the question: Which actor made these marks? Here, the results of a new analysis of this specimen are presented. Through microscopic examination of each mark alongside zooarchaeological and ecological data, it is demonstrated that the incisions were indeed not made by human hands, but instead by a small (2–5 kg) mammal, most likely a scavenging spotted‐tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus).
Repair and Reconstruction of Telomeric and Subtelomeric Regions and Genesis of New Telomeres: Implications for Chromosome Evolution
Authors: Kim Chuna , Sung Sanghyun , Kim Jun , Lee Junho 
Published: April 2020

AbstractDNA damage repair within telomeres are suppressed to maintain the integrity of linear chromosomes, but the accidental activation of repairs can lead to genome instability. This review develops the concept that mechanisms to repair DNA damage in telomeres contribute to genetic variability and karyotype evolution, rather than catastrophe. Spontaneous breaks in telomeres can be repaired by telomerase, but in some cases DNA repair pathways are activated, and can cause chromosomal rearrangements or fusions. The resultant changes can also affect subtelomeric regions that are adjacent to telomeres. Subtelomeres are actively involved in such chromosomal changes, and are therefore the most variable regions in the genome. The case of Caenorhabditis elegans in the context of changes of subtelomeric structures revealed by long‐read sequencing is also discussed. Theoretical and methodological issues covered in this review will help to explore the mechanism of chromosome evolution by reconstruction of chromosomal ends in nature.
Pretreatments for enhancing clarification efficiency of depth filtration during production of monoclonal antibody therapeutics
Authors: Hadpe Sandeep R. , Mohite Vipin , Alva Solomon , Rathore Anurag S. 
Published: March 2020

AbstractHigh cell density, high product titer mammalian cell culture is the new paradigm for production of recombinant proteins. While the typical motivation is to get a high product titer, additional undesirable outcomes often include an increase in percentage solids in the cell culture fluid (cellular debris and sub‐micron colloids), thereby offering new challenges to downstream processing. This article focuses on scouting and comparison of different approaches used for clarification of cell culture fluid. The approaches include centrifugation followed by depth filtration, direct depth filtration without centrifugation and feed pretreatment with use of specially designed density gradient filtration to improve efficiency of clarification and removal of process contaminants from feed stream. The work also evaluates impact of three different pretreatment approaches, namely pH adjustment to acidic condition, metal cation (calcium phosphate) flocculation, and polycationic polymer flocculation (using polymer‐I and polymer‐II). The results obtained indicate that the use of pretreatment significantly improves the clarification efficiency of depth filtration. Pretreatment options like polycationic polymer‐I based flocculation resulted in a >5 fold reduction in filter area requirement as well as >6 fold reduction in HCDNA while retaining acceptable recovery of the IgG (>98%). Thus, pretreatment offers a significant reduction in the depth filtration footprint (~5–6 fold decrease in filter area requirement). However, one must take into consideration the process development time required, capital cost, consumable cost, cost of the pretreatment chemical, cost of testing to demonstrate clearance of treatment agent, ease of scale‐ability, and process robustness when finalizing the optimal clarification approach.
Italian Society of Interventional Cardiology (GISE) position paper for Cath lab‐specific preparedness recommendations for healthcare providers in case of suspected, probable or confirmed cases of COVID‐19
Authors: Tarantini Giuseppe , Fraccaro Chiara , Chieffo Alaide , Marchese Alfredo , Tarantino Fabio Felice , Rigattieri Stefano , Limbruno Ugo , Mauro Ciro , La Manna Alessio , Castiglioni Battistina , Longoni Matteo , Berti Sergio , Greco Francesco , Musumeci Giuseppe , Esposito Giovanni ,   GISE
Published: March 2020

AbstractCOVID‐19 pandemic raised the issue to guarantee the proper level of care to patients with acute cardiovascular diseases and concomitant suspected or confirmed COVID‐19 and, in the meantime safety and protection of healthcare providers. The aim of this position paper is to provide standards to healthcare facilities and healthcare providers on infection prevention and control measures during the management of suspected and confirmed cases of 2019‐nCoV infection accessing in cath‐lab. The document represents the view of the Italian Society of Interventional Cardiology (GISE), and it is based on recommendations from the main World and European Health Organizations (WHO, and ECDC) as well as from the Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care (SIAARTI).
Sustainable Synthesis and Polycondensation of Levoglucosenone‐Cyrene‐Based Bicyclic Diol Monomer: Access to Renewable Polyesters
Authors: Diot‐Néant Florian , Mouterde Louis , Fadlallah Sami , Miller Stephen A. , Allais Florent 
Published: April 2020

AbstractThe already‐reported, low‐yielding, and non‐sustainable Et3N‐mediated homocoupling of levoglucosenone (LGO) into the corresponding LGO‐CyreneTM diketone has been revisited and greened‐up. The use of methanol as both a renewable solvent and catalyst and K2CO3 as a safe inorganic base improved the reaction significantly with regards to yield, purification, and green aspects. LGO‐CyreneTM was then subjected to a one‐pot, H2O2‐mediated Baeyer–Villiger oxidation/rearrangement followed by an acidic hydrolysis to produce a new sterically hindered bicyclic monomer, 2H‐HBO‐HBO. This diol was further polymerized in bulk with diacyl chlorides to access new promising renewable polyesters that exhibit glass transition temperatures (Tg) from −1 to 81 °C and a good thermostability with a temperature at which 50 % of the mass is lost (Td50 %) of 349–406 °C.
Fulminant type 1 diabetes: A comprehensive review of an autoimmune condition
Authors: Luo Shuoming , Ma Xiaoxi , Li Xia , Xie Zhiguo , Zhou Zhiguang 
Published: March 2020

SummaryFulminant type 1 diabetes (FT1D) is a subset of type 1 diabetes characterized by extremely rapid pancreatic β‐cell destruction with aggressive progression of hyperglycaemia and ketoacidosis. It was initially classified as idiopathic type 1 diabetes due to the absence of autoimmune markers. However, subsequent studies provide evidences supporting the involvement of autoimmunity in rapid β‐cell loss in FT1D pathogenesis, which are crucial for FT1D being an autoimmune disease. This article highlights the role of immunological aspects in FT1D according to the autoimmune‐associated genetic background, viral infection, innate immunity, adaptive immunity, and pancreas histology.