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An addendum on “Three‐level designs: Evaluation and comparison for screening purposes”
Authors: Alomair Mohammed , Georgiou Stelios , Stylianou Stella 
Published: November 2020

AbstractIn our recent paper “Three‐Level Designs: Evaluation and Comparison for Screening Purposes”, by the same authors, we investigated and compared the original definitive screening designs and the designs that were constructed from weighing matrices. For this purpose, we used the generalized resolution and minimum aberration criteria as well as the projection estimation capacity criterion from the literature to perform the comparison. After our paper was accepted, it came to our attention that there were four significant papers, published by a number of authors, having related content and these were not mentioned in our paper. With this short addendum, we would like to kindly acknowledge the important contributions from those authors in those newly discovered papers in recent literature and also to include them in the related reference list.
Comparison of seismic behavior of the eccentric and conventional diagrid systems
Authors: Dabbaghchian Iman , Mirghaderi Seyed Rasoul , Sayadi Sina 
Published: November 2020

SummaryDiagrid system is known for its efficient structural behavior besides its outstanding aesthetic characteristics and architectural flexibility. However, a brief existing study on the nonlinear performance of the diagrid system has reported an inefficient nonlinear behavior. Diagrid with fused‐shear link is a newly introduced system that can solve this flaw in the conventional diagrids and keep the advantages as well. In this paper, this newly introduced system is called eccentric diagrid system (EDS). Benefits of the EDS are presented, and a series of nonlinear pushover and time history analyses are conducted to compare EDS with the conventional diagrid system (CDS). In this manner, three different configurations for both EDS and CDS with diagrid angles of 45°, 63.4°, and 71.6° are chosen for two different 12‐ and 18‐story buildings. The models are designed based on an R‐factor equal to 3.6 and 5 for CDS and EDS frames, respectively. Then, the assumed R‐factor for EDS is verified according to Federal Emergency Management Agency P695, and the priority of members yielding is spotted. The results show that EDS can effectively enhance the post‐yield performance and seismic characteristics of the structure relative to CDS, including ductility and overstrength ratio more than 2.5 and 1.3 times, respectively.
Phosphorus cycling and spring barley crop response to varying redox potential
Authors: Baumann Karen , Nastah Samer , Shaheen Sabry M. , Rinklebe Jörg , Leinweber Peter 
Published: November 2020

AbstractFor arable soils, it is not clear whether closing a controlled drainage system leads to P mobilization due to water table rise and associated changes in redox‐induced biogeochemical processes. Therefore, we investigated P mobilization at different redox conditions using three spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cropped lysimeters filled with monoliths of arable northeastern German soil profiles. Pore water samples were collected weekly from three different depths, and dissolved (<0.45 μm) element concentrations of total C, P, Al, Fe, Mn, Ca, Mg, and K, as well as inorganic and organic C (DIC and DOC) and P (Pi and Po), SO42−–S, and NO2−–N and NO3−–N were determined. The total P concentration in pore water collected from a given lysimeter at a given time was 1.8 mg P L−1 maximum. Organic P concentrations in subsoil solutions were positively correlated with Fe concentrations. Grain yield of spring barley ranged between 5.6 and 6.5 Mg ha−1, and total biomass P uptake was negatively correlated with the stable P stocks of the soil profiles. Results suggest that reductive conditions in subsoils led to dissolution of pedogenic Fe‐(oxy)hydroxides and release of Po compounds, the latter of which were more important for biomass P uptake than P released from stable P compounds. Overall, closing the drainage at the field site could represent a moderate P mobilization risk, which would probably be lower compared with a P mobilization risk caused by a heavy rainfall event.
Valuing Waste – A Multi-method Analysis of the Use of Household Refuse from Cooking and Sanitation for Soil Fertility Management in Tanzanian Smallholdings
Authors: Krause Ariane 
Published: November 2020

AbstractThe starting point of this work is the intention of two farmers’ initiatives to disseminate locally developed and adapted cooking and sanitation technologies to smallholder households in Karagwe District, in northwest Tanzania. These technologies include improved cooking stoves (ICSs), such as microgasifiers, and a system combining biogas digesters and burners for cooking, as well as urine-diverting dry toilets, and thermal sterilisation/pasteurisation for ecological sanitation (EcoSan). Switching to the new alternatives could lead to a higher availability of domestic residues for soil fertility management. These residues include biogas slurry from anaerobic digestion, powdery biochar from microgasifiers and sanitised human excreta from EcoSan facilities. Such recycling-driven approaches address an existing problem for many smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa, namely, the lack of soil amenders to sufficiently replenish soil nutrients and soil organic matter (SOM) in soils used for agricultural activity. This example from Tanzania systematically examines the nexus of ‘energy-sanitation-agriculture’ in smallholder farming systems. The short-term experiments demonstrated that all soil amenders that were analysed could significantly enhance crop productivity. CaSa-compost – the product of co-composting biochar with sanitised human excreta – quadrupled grain yields. The observed stimulation of crop yield and also plant nutrition is attributed to improved nutrient availability caused by a direct increase of soil pH and of plant-available phosphorus (P) in the soil. The assessment of the lasting soil implications revealed that CaSa-compost and biogas slurry both show the long-term potential to roughly double yields of maize. Corresponding nutrient requirements can be adequately compensated through residue capturing and subsistence production of soil amenders. The potential of CaSa-compost for sustainable soil fertility management is superior to that of standard compost, especially with respect to liming, replenishing soil P and restoring SOM. Biogas slurry, however, yields inferior results in all aspects when compared to compost amendments.
Australia: PISA Australia—Excellence and Equity?
Authors: Thomson Sue 
Published: November 2020

AbstractAustralia’s education system reflects its history of federalism. State and territory governments are responsible for administering education within their jurisdiction and across the sector comprising government (public), Catholic systemic and other independent schooling systems. They collaborate on education policy with the federal government. Over the past two decades the federal government has taken a greater role in funding across the education sector, and as a result of this involvement and the priorities of federal governments of the day, Australia now has one of the highest rates of non-government schooling in the OECD. Funding equity across the sectors has become a prominent issue. Concerns have been compounded by evidence of declining student performance since Australia’s initial participation in PISA in 2000, and the increasing gap between our high achievers and low achievers. This chapter explores Australia’s PISA 2018 results and what they reveal about the impact of socioeconomic level on student achievement. It also considers the role of school funding and the need to direct support to those schools that are attempting to educate the greater proportion of an increasingly diverse student population including students facing multiple layers of disadvantage.
Self-reproduction Cycles of Living Matter and Energetics of Human Activity
Authors: Popov Leonid E. 
Published: November 2020

AbstractInthe author’s opinion, many global problems that face humanity—in the fields of education, medicine, management etc. can be tackled more effectively if the cyclic nature of self-reproducing systems—including living beings—is taken into account. Summarizing the main physiological findings of the last decades on “adaptation reactions”, one can very roughly say that the way of action which is effective in the sense of productive activity of people happens at the same time to be healthy, and it gives the participants of the process the feeling of happiness. The present paper represents a very short overview of the contemporary concepts of the adaptation reactions based on the fundamental understanding of their cyclic nature due to general properties of self-reproducing systems. One interesting feature of self-reproduction cycles is its first “phase of orientation” which was not discussed in detail in the past but plays a key role in the whole cycle.
Integration eines digitalen Assistenzsystems für die industrielle Montage
Authors: Keller Thimo , Bayer Christian , Metternich Joachim , Saki Mehrach , Schmidt Stephanie , Sträter Oliver , Anlauft Wolfgang , Hartwich Hans-Dieter 
Published: November 2020

ZusammenfassungDieser Beitrag beschreibt das Forschungsprojekt IntAKom (Intelligente Aufwertung der manuellen und teilautomatisierten Arbeit durch den Einsatz digitaler Kommunikationstechnologie) welches in Zusammenarbeit zwischen Forschung und Industrie konstruktive Ansätze guter digitaler Assistenz in der Produktion entwickelt und erprobt. Die Vorgehensweise wird an einem Anwendungsbeispiel aufgezeigt. Es wird beschrieben, wie das digitale Assistenzsystem in das Arbeitsumfeld integriert wurde. Gerade bei einer hohen Produktvielfalt erhöht sich die Komplexität in der Produktion. Die Beschäftigten können so durch den Einsatz digitaler Assistenzsysteme bei der Bewältigung der steigenden Anforderungen unterstützt werden. Darüber hinaus wird die Vorgehensweise zur Zielerreichung aus Sicht der Prozess-, Beschäftigten-, und Organisationsebene dargestellt und erste Projektergebnisse aufgezeigt. Auch die Erfolgsfaktoren für die Einführung eines digitalen Assistenzsystems werden abschließend in Form von Lessons learned formuliert.
Digitalisierung für Mensch und Organisation im Aftersales
Authors: Pier Marcus , Siedler Carina , Dupont Stephanie , Zink Klaus J. , Aurich Jan C. 
Published: November 2020

ZusammenfassungDer Wandel vom reinen Maschinenbauunternehmen zum Anbieter von Produkt-Service-Systemen stellt Landmaschinenhersteller wie die GrimmeLandmaschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG vor große Herausforderungen. Um diesen Wandel vollziehen zu können, sind ein gut ausgebildetes Fachpersonal, kurzfristige Ersatzteilverfügbarkeit sowie moderne Systeme für Dokumentation und Kommunikation notwendig. Im Rahmen einer Pilotanwendung im Verbundforschungsprojekt InAsPro wird der Fokus auf den Personalentwicklungsprozess und damit auf ein gut ausgebildetes Fachpersonal gelegt. Durch ein Kursverwaltungssystem wird ein individueller Kompetenzaufbau der eigenen Servicemitarbeiter und der Servicetechniker der Grimme-Servicepartner angestrebt. Zur nachhaltigen und individuellen Weiterbildung wird eine Kompetenzmatrix verwendet, welche zusätzlich um Lehrmodule ergänzt wird und so eine Sensibilisierung der Menschen im Bereich der Digitalisierung von Sach- und Serviceprodukten fördert.
Modular symmetry by orbifolding magnetized T2 × T2: realization of double cover of ΓN
Authors: Kikuchi Shota , Kobayashi Tatsuo , Otsuka Hajime , Takada Shintaro , Uchida Hikaru 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
We study the modular symmetry of zero-modes on $$ {T}_1^2\times {T}_2^2 $$

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and orbifold compactifications with magnetic fluxes, M1, M2, where modulus parameters are identified. This identification breaks the modular symmetry of $$ {T}_1^2\times {T}_2^2 $$

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, SL(2, ℤ)1× SL(2, ℤ)2 to SL(2, ℤ) ≡ Γ. Each of the wavefunctions on $$ {T}_1^2\times {T}_2^2 $$

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and orbifolds behaves as the modular forms of weight 1 for the principal congruence subgroup Γ(N), N being 2 times the least common multiple of M1 and M2. Then, zero-modes transform each other under the modular symmetry as multiplets of double covering groups of ΓN such as the double cover of S4.
Potential use of peptic ulcer perforation (PULP) score as a conversion index of laparoscopic-perforated peptic ulcer (PPU) repair
Authors: Wang Yu-Hao , Wu Yu-Tung , Fu Chih-Yuan , Liao Chien-Hung , Cheng Chi-Tung , Hsieh Chi-Hsun 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
Background
Laparoscopic repair is a well-accepted treatment modality for perforated peptic ulcer (PPU). However, intraoperative conversion to laparotomy is still not uncommon. We aimed to identify preoperative factors strongly associated with conversion.

Methods
A retrospective review of records of all PPU patients treated between January 2011 and July 2019 was performed. Patients were divided into three groups: laparoscopic repair (LR), conversion to laparotomy (CL), and primary laparotomy (PL). Patient demographics, operative findings, and outcomes were compared between the groups. Logistic regression analyses were performed, taking conversion as the outcome.

Results
Of 822 patients, there were 236, 45, and 541 in the LR, CL, and PL groups, respectively. The conversion rate was 16%. Compared with those in the LR group, patients in the CL group were older (p < 0.001), had higher PULP scores (p < 0.001), had higher ASA scores (p < 0.001) and had hypertension (p = 0.003). PULP score was the only independent risk factor for conversion. The area under the curve (AUC) for the PULP score to predict conversion was 75.3%, with a best cut-off value of ≥ 4. The operative time was shorter for PL group patients than for CL group patients with PULP scores ≥ 4. For patients with PULP scores < 4, LR group patients had a shorter length of stay than PL group patients.

Conclusion
The PULP score may have utility in predicting and minimizing conversion for laparoscopic PPU repair. Laparoscopic repair is the procedure of choice for PPU patients with PULP scores < 4, while open surgery is recommended for those with PULP scores ≥ 4.
The Nooscope manifested: AI as instrument of knowledge extractivism
Authors: Pasquinelli Matteo , Joler Vladan 
Published: November 2020

AbstractSome enlightenment regarding the project to mechanise reason. The assembly line of machine learning: data, algorithm, model. The training dataset: the social origins of machine intelligence. The history of AI as the automation of perception. The learning algorithm: compressing the world into a statistical model. All models are wrong, but some are useful. World to vector: the society of classification and prediction bots. Faults of a statistical instrument: the undetection of the new. Adversarial intelligence vs. statistical intelligence: labour in the age of AI.
Logarithmically regular morphisms
Authors: Molcho Sam , Temkin Michael 
Published: November 2020

AbstractWe consider the stack $${\mathcal {L}}og_{X}$$

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parametrizing log schemes over a log scheme X, and weak and strong properties of log morphisms via $${\mathcal {L}}og_{X}$$

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, as defined by Olsson. We give a concrete combinatorial presentation of $${\mathcal {L}}og_{X}$$

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, and prove a simple criterion of when weak and strong properties of log morphisms coincide. We then apply this result to the study of logarithmic regularity, derive its main properties, and give a chart criterion analogous to Kato’s chart criterion of logarithmic smoothness.
Bone Fragility Fractures in CKD Patients
Authors: Pimentel Ana , Ureña-Torres Pablo , Bover Jordi , Luis Fernandez-Martín Jose , Cohen-Solal Martine 
Published: November 2020

AbstractChronic kidney diseases (CKD) are associated with mineral and bone diseases (MBD), including pain, bone loss, and fractures. Bone fragility related to CKD includes the risk factors observed in osteoporosis in addition to those related to CKD, resulting in a higher risk of mortality related to fractures. Unawareness of such complications led to a poor management of fractures and a lack of preventive approaches. The current guidelines of the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) recommend the assessment of bone mineral density if results will impact treatment decision. In addition to bone density, circulating biomarkers of mineral, serum bone turnover markers, and imaging techniques are currently available to evaluate the fracture risk. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of CKD-associated bone loss. The contribution of the current tools and other techniques in development are discussed. We here propose a current view of how to better predict bone fragility and the therapeutic options in CKD.
Neutrophil‐to‐Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) and Platelet‐to‐Lymphocyte Ratio (PLR) as Possible Prognostic Markers for Patients Undergoing Resection of Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Authors: de Jong Mechteld C. , Mihai Radu , Khan Shahab 
Published: November 2020

AbstractAimAdrenocortical cancer (ACC) is a rare disease with a poor outcome, and robust prognostic factors remain unclear. High neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (PLR) as markers of host inflammation have been found to be associated with decreased long‐term outcomes in several tumour types, but have been scarcely analysed in ACC.MethodsPatients who underwent resection of their ACC between 2000 and 2020 were identified; therapeutic, operative and outcome data were analysed. Pre‐operative NLR and PLR were calculated by division of neutrophils and platelets by lymphocytes measured in peripheral blood.ResultsFifty‐seven patients (30F:27 M) with an overall median age of 53 years [range: 18–86] presented with tumours of median size 11.5 cm [range: 3.0–22.0], of whom 26 (46%) were hormonally active. Majority of patients underwent an open resection (n = 48; 84%); more than half (n = 30; 53%) underwent multi‐organ excision. Median NLR was 4.63 and median PLR was 186.21; these values were used for median split analyses (low vs. high). There were no differences with regard to age, sex or tumour characteristics and peri‐operative data between the two groups (allp > 0.05). Overall, median recurrence‐free survival (RFS) was 26 months (3‐year: 45%) on Kaplan–Meier analysis. On univariate analyses, a high NLR did not influence RFS [HR = 1.57 (95%‐CI: 0.73–2.38);p = 0.25], but patients with a high PLR had an increased risk of developing recurrence [HR = 2.39 (95%‐CI: 1.08–5.31);p = 0.03]. The median overall survival (OS) was 33 months (3 years: 79%) on Kaplan–Meier analysis. Both a high NLR [HR = 2.24 (95%‐CI: 1.07–4.70);p = 0.03] and a high PLR [HR = 4.02 (95%‐CI: 1.80–8.98);p = 0.001] were strongly associated with a shorter OS on unadjusted analyses.ConclusionElevated pre‐operative NLR and PLR are associated with shorter OS, while higher PLR was also associated with a shorter RFS for patients undergoing curative intent resection of ACC.
Intraoperative Esophagogastroduodenoscopy During Heller Myotomy: Evaluating Guidelines
Authors: Bruenderman Elizabeth H. , Bhutiani Neal , Martin Robert C. G. , Fox Matthew P. , van Berkel Victor H. , Block Stacy B. , Kehdy Farid J. 
Published: November 2020

AbstractBackgroundNational guidelines suggest routine intraoperative esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) during laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) to assess for mucosal perforation and myotomy adequacy, but the utility of this is unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of intraoperative EGD on outcomes after LHM.MethodsPatients who underwent LHM in a single center were retrospectively identified. Outcomes were compared between patients who did and did not undergo intraoperative EGD.ResultsSixty‐one patients were reviewed: 46 (75%) underwent intraoperative EGD and 15 (25%) did not. Mucosal perforations occurred in 2 (4%) of the EGD group and 3 (20%) of the non‐EGD group (p = 0.06). All perforations, regardless of EGD use, were recognized laparoscopically. There were no postoperative leaks. Failed myotomy occurred in 5 (11%) who underwent EGD and 1 (7%) who did not (p = 0.64).ConclusionsBecause EGD does not appear to improve outcomes after LHM, we emphasize its selective, rather than routine, use.
Skeletal muscle mass and sarcopenia can be determined with 1.5-T and 3-T neck MRI scans, in the event that no neck CT scan is performed
Authors: Zwart Aniek T. , Becker Jan-Niklas , Lamers Maria J. , Dierckx Rudi A. J. O. , de Bock Geertruida H. , Halmos Gyorgy B. , van der Hoorn Anouk 
Published: November 2020

Abstract
Objectives
Cross-sectional area (CSA) measurements of the neck musculature at the level of third cervical vertebra (C3) on CT scans are used to diagnose radiological sarcopenia, which is related to multiple adverse outcomes in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients. Alternatively, these assessments are performed with neck MRI, which has not been validated so far. For that, the objective was to evaluate whether skeletal muscle mass and sarcopenia can be assessed on neck MRI scans.

Methods
HNC patients were included between November 2014 and November 2018 from a prospective data-biobank. CSAs of the neck musculature at the C3 level were measured on CT (n = 125) and MRI neck scans (n = 92 on 1.5-T, n = 33 on 3-T). Measurements were converted into skeletal muscle index (SMI), and sarcopenia was defined (SMI < 43.2 cm2/m2). Pearson correlation coefficients, Bland–Altman plots, McNemar test, Cohen’s kappa coefficients, and interclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were estimated.

Results
CT and MRI correlated highly on CSA and SMI (r = 0.958–0.998, p < 0.001). The Bland–Altman plots showed a nihil mean ΔSMI (− 0.13–0.44 cm2/m2). There was no significant difference between CT and MRI in diagnosing sarcopenia (McNemar, p = 0.5–1.0). Agreement on sarcopenia diagnosis was good with κ = 0.956–0.978 and κ = 0.870–0.933, for 1.5-T and 3-T respectively. Observer ICCs in MRI were excellent. In general, T2-weighted images had the best correlation and agreement with CT.

Conclusions
Skeletal muscle mass and sarcopenia can interchangeably be assessed on CT and 1.5-T and 3-T MRI neck scans. This allows future clinical outcome assessment during treatment irrespective of used modality.

Key Points
• Screening for low amount of skeletal muscle mass is usually measured on neck CT scans and is highly clinical relevant as it is related to multiple adverse outcomes in head and neck cancer patients.
• We found that skeletal muscle mass and sarcopenia determined on CT and 1.5-T and 3-T MRI neck scans at the C3 level can be used interchangeably.
• When CT imaging of the neck is missing for skeletal muscle mass analysis, patients can be assessed with 1.5-T or 3-T neck MRIs.