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Effects of laser processing conditions on wettability and proliferation of Saos-2 cells on CoCrMo alloy surfaces
Authors: Batal Afif , Michalek Aleksandra , Garcia-Giron Antonio , Nasrollahi Vahid , Penchev Pavel , Sammons Rachel , Dimov Stefan 
Published: November 2019

Abstract
Any processing disturbances in laser surface texturing (LST) could compromise the resulting surface topography and their desired functional response. Disturbances such as focal plane offsets and beam incident angle variations are always present in LST processing of 3D parts and can affect the surface morphology. In this research the effects of these laser processing disturbances in producing laser induced surface structures (LIPSS) on CoCrMo alloy substrates were investigated. In particular, these two disturbances were considered as laser processing variables to determine their effects on functional responses of LIPSS treated surfaces, i.e. surface wettability and the proliferation of Saos-2 osteoblast-like cells were evaluated. It was found that the changes of laser processing conditions led to a decrease in surface wettability and Saos-2 cells proliferation. In addition, a correlation between surface wettability and cell proliferation on LIPSS treated surface was identified and conclusions made about the effects of investigated process disturbances on the functional response of LIPSS treated CoCrMo substrates.
Oxidative degradation of gentamicin present in water by an electro-Fenton process and biodegradability improvement
Authors: Arhoutane Mohamed Réda , Yahya Muna Shueai , Karbane Miloud El , Kacemi Kacem El 
Published: November 2019

AbstractIn the context of environmental protection, where there is a need to develop effective operations for carrying out appropriate treatment of polluted water by pharmaceuticals. Therefore, the present study aims at evaluating the degradation for gentamicin through electro-Fenton (EF) operation, through taking into consideration the effect of several parameters of experimental in the process, namely, the concentration of initial gentamicin, the applied current and the Fe+2(II) quantities. The (EF) operation employed involves a carbon-felt as cathode and platinum as anode at pH 3. Studies for the gentamicin kinetics is monitored by HPLC giving a pseudo-first order reaction following by a chemical oxygen demand, with a reached degree of mineralization 96% after of four hours of treatment through current 100 mA/cm2with 0.1 mM of Fe+2. We find that the degradation for molecule of gentamicin is accompanied by an augmentation of the biodegradability, assesse through the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) on chemical oxygen demand (COD) ratio, that augmentation from 0 to 0.41 before treatment after 30 min for EF treatment, showing that there is potential for conjugation of the EF process and the biological process. Furthermore, the by-products have been identified on the basis of HPLC-MS/MS results.
Natural hazards and their impact on rural settlements in NE Romania – A cartographical approach
Authors: Vaculisteanu Georgiana , Niculita Mihai , Margarint Mihai Ciprian 
Published: November 2019

Abstract
Natural hazards are the most significant threats in rural areas of Romania, while landslides, floods and bank river erosion are the geomorphological processes that impose the greatest risk in the Moldavian Plateau. We have identified 189 of disappeared, displaced and partially affected villages (in the area between Siret and Prut Rivers), using old cartographic materials as primary tool, and overlapping them with the present situation: ortophoto imagery and LiDAR derived high-resolution Digital Elevation Models (DEMs). The main natural hazards that affected the settlements were landslides (63%), floods (26%) and river bank erosion processes (11%) and in 19% of the cases the settlement completely disappeared. We also present seven study cases, three for landslides, three for floods and one for river bank erosion in order to detail how these natural hazards impacted the physical environment of the settlements. In the Moldavian Plateau the mentioned natural hazards played an important role in the dynamics of the settlement network, with variations induced mainly by the socio-political characteristics and not necessarily by the frequency variation of the natural hazard events. Such studies are needed in order to depict the vulnerability and risk scenarios, especially for the back-analysis, but also considering that future climate changes might impose changes in hazard, vulnerability and risk associated to settlements.
Comparative expression analysis of phospholipid binding protein annexina1 in nephrogenesis and kidney cancer
Authors: Sadashiv Roshni , Bannur Balappa Murgappa , Shetty Praveenkumar , Dinesh Udupi Shastry , K.Vishwanatha Jamboor , Deshpande Subhash Krishnarao , Bargale Anil , E Sarathkumar , Ruikar Komal 
Published: November 2019

Abstract

Background
The expression in the glomerular mesangial cells, papillary, and collecting duct cells demonstrated annexin A1 (AnxA1)’s role in specific renal functions. With varying concentrations of calcium (Ca2+), it is considered to regulate cellular processes such as cell proliferation, apoptosis, and clearance of apoptotic cells by forming ceramides, a key lipid mediator of apoptosis. It also participates in tumorigenesis based on its location. On account of these features, we investigated the expression of this apoptosis-associated protein in fetal kidneys at different gestational periods, mature kidneys and in kidney cancer tissues in order to localize and possibly characterize its role during nephrogenesis and renal tumors.

Methods
AnxA1 expression was evaluated by an immunohistochemistry technique in “paraffin-embedded” renal tissue sections from autopsied fetuses at different gestational ages, in mature kidneys and renal cancer tissues.

Results
The current study data demonstrated that AnxA1 is expressed in the mesangial cells and podocytes of maturing glomeruli in the developing renal cortex of fetal kidneys at 14 to 19 weeks of gestation. The expression in the mesangial cells declined in later weeks of gestation and persisted into adulthood. AnxA1 expression increased with the progression of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC) and also in other cancer types indicating a potential role of the protein in tumorigenesis.

Conclusions
We presume that AnxA1 in the podocytes and mesangial cells play important roles in various signaling pathways in the functioning of the glomerulus. These results and concepts provide a framework to further dissect its biological properties and thereby develop diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic strategies targeting the molecule in various renal pathologies.
Just What is Social Ontology?
Authors: Baker Lynne Rudder 
Published: November 2019

Abstract
Construing ontology as an inventory of what genuinely and nonredundantly exists, this paper investigates two questions: (i) Do all – or any – social phenomena belong in ontology? and (ii) What difference does it make what is, and is not, in ontology? First, I consider John Searle’s account of social ontology, and make two startling discoveries: Searle’s theory of social reality conflicts with his ontological conditions of adequacy; and although ontology concerns existence, Searle’s theory of social reality is wholly epistemic. Then, I offer my own view of social reality, on which social phenomena are ontologically significant. Since ontology concerns what genuinely and nonredundantly exists, anyone interested in what there is ought to care about ontology.
Kierkegaard on the Dancers of Faith and of Infinity
Authors: Jech Alexander 
Published: November 2019

Abstract

Fear and Trembling’s goal is illuminating the difficulty of faith. Silentio claims that whereas both knights of resignation and knights of faith are dancers, only the knight of faith can dance perfectly, doing what perhaps no dancer can do: he does not “hesitate” in the moment between landing from his leap and assuming the position from which to reengage with finitude. This surprising invocation of dance has not been given sustained attention in the literature on Fear and Trembling. Given Kierkegaard’s surprisingly precise grasp of classical ballet’s vocabulary and aesthetic, I examine how these provide him additional power to clarify the difference between faith and resignation.
Kierkegaard as a Thinker of Alienation
Authors: Stewart Jon 
Published: November 2019

Abstract
Alienation is a key theme in both the philosophical tradition of the 19th century that begins with Hegel and Marx and in the heterogenous school of existentialist thought in the 20th century. Kierkegaard is often included in narratives of these philosophical traditions, but his contribution to this topic is problematic. Unlike figures such as Marx or Sartre, he almost never uses the term “alienation” explicitly. The question then becomes one of interpretation: what ideas in Kierkegaard bear a meaningful family resemblance to the concept as it is found in other thinkers in these traditions? In this article I have identified three different texts from Kierkegaard in which concepts are discussed that I believe can be rightfully designated as forms of alienation: “The Unhappiest One,” from Either/Or, “The Present Age” from A Literary Review, and the different stages of despair in The Sickness unto Death. The goal is simply to use these texts as the basis or starting point for developing an understanding of Kierkegaard’s concept of alienation. This will then in turn help us to determine more precisely his contribution to the development of philosophy in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Token-based typology and word order entropy: A study based on Universal Dependencies
Authors: Levshina Natalia 
Published: November 2019

AbstractThe present paper discusses the benefits and challenges of token-based typology, which takes into account the frequencies of words and constructions in language use. This approach makes it possible to introduce new criteria for language classification, which would be difficult or impossible to achieve with the traditional, type-based approach. This point is illustrated by several quantitative studies of word order variation, which can be measured as entropy at different levels of granularity. I argue that this variation can be explained by general functional mechanisms and pressures, which manifest themselves in language use, such as optimization of processing (including avoidance of ambiguity) and grammaticalization of predictable units occurring in chunks. The case studies are based on multilingual corpora, which have been parsed using the Universal Dependencies annotation scheme.
Uncertainty in chemical process systems engineering: a critical review
Authors: Sharifian Seyedmehdi , Sotudeh-Gharebagh Rahmat , Zarghami Reza , Tanguy Philippe , Mostoufi Navid 
Published: November 2019

Abstract
Uncertainty or error occurs as a result of a lack or misuse of knowledge about specific topics or situations. In this review, we recall the differences between error and uncertainty briefly, first, and then their probable sources. Then, their identifications and management in chemical process design, optimization, control, and fault detection and diagnosis are illustrated. Furthermore, because of the large amount of information that can be obtained in modern plants, accurate analysis and evaluation of those pieces of information have undeniable effects on the uncertainty in the system. Moreover, the origins of uncertainty and error in simulation and modeling are also presented. We show that in a multidisciplinary modeling approach, every single step can be a potential source of uncertainty, which can merge into each other and generate unreliable results. In addition, some uncertainty analysis and evaluation methods are briefly presented. Finally, guidelines for future research are proposed based on existing research gaps, which we believe will pave the way to innovative process designs based on more reliable, efficient, and feasible optimum planning.
Mathematics anxiety and cognition: an integrated neural network model
Authors: Moustafa Ahmed A. , Porter Angela , Megreya Ahmed M. 
Published: November 2019

Abstract
Many students suffer from anxiety when performing numerical calculations. Mathematics anxiety is a condition that has a negative effect on educational outcomes and future employment prospects. While there are a multitude of behavioral studies on mathematics anxiety, its underlying cognitive and neural mechanism remain unclear. This article provides a systematic review of cognitive studies that investigated mathematics anxiety. As there are no prior neural network models of mathematics anxiety, this article discusses how previous neural network models of mathematical cognition could be adapted to simulate the neural and behavioral studies of mathematics anxiety. In other words, here we provide a novel integrative network theory on the links between mathematics anxiety, cognition, and brain substrates. This theoretical framework may explain the impact of mathematics anxiety on a range of cognitive and neuropsychological tests. Therefore, it could improve our understanding of the cognitive and neurological mechanisms underlying mathematics anxiety and also has important applications. Indeed, a better understanding of mathematics anxiety could inform more effective therapeutic techniques that in turn could lead to significant improvements in educational outcomes.
Fictions of Phenomenology: Husserl and Musil
Authors: Mendicino Kristina 
Published: November 2019

Abstract
Despite the express intentions of his phenomenological investigations, the radical significance of Edmund Husserl’s discussions of signs and meaning may reside in their exposure of the ways in which language remains structurally alien to the field of subjectivity and cognition. If this would mean that a phenomenological theory of cognition could not guide the study of literary language, however, fiction may nonetheless turn out to be one of the most important sources for phenomenological »Erkenntnis«, albeit in a different way than Husserl could have meant in his famous affirmation of fiction in phenomenological research: as the exposure of its limits, and as the further explication of a field where, as Jacques Derrida would write, »every present subject can be absent.« This possibility is explored in the present contribution through an analysis of Robert Musil’s Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften.
Physio-biochemical analyses in seedlings of sorghum-sudangrass hybrids that are grown under salt stress under in vitro conditions
Authors: Beyaz Ramazan , Kır Hakan 
Published: November 2019

Abstract

Objective
This study was conducted to analyze the physio-biochemical responses of two sorghum-sudangrass (Sorghum bicolor × Sorghum Sudanese Stapf.) hybrid (“Aneto” and “Sugar Graze”) seedlings exposed to salt stress.

Materials and methods
Sorghum-sudangrass hybrid seeds sown in MS medium containing 50 and 100 mM NaCl. The activity of antioxidant enzymes (SOD, CAT, GR, APX), chlorophyll (a, b, and total), malondialdehyde (MDA), and proline levels measured in 14 days old seedlings.

Results
As a result of the study, the activity of antioxidant enzymes (CAT, SOD, APX, and GR), malondialdehyde (MDA), proline and chlorophyll contents of seedlings of cv. “Aneto” increased. On the other hand, SOD activity, proline, and chlorophyll content increased while CAT, APX, GR activity, and malondialdehyde (MDA) content decreased in seedlings of cv. “Sugar graze”.

Conclusion
Overall, the results showed that the cv. “Aneto” was less affected by the adverse effects of salt stress than the cv. “Sugar graze”. This study is essential for revealing biochemical responses of 14 days old Sorghum-Sudanese hybrid seedlings against salt stress. These study findings can use in breeding programs for sorghum plants.
Intermetallics of the types REPd3
X
2 and REPt3
X
2 (RE=La–Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb; X=In, Sn) with substructures featuring tin and In atoms in distorted square-planar coordination
Authors: Engelbert Simon , Stegemann Frank , Bönnighausen Judith , Klenner Steffen , Janka Oliver , Pöttgen Rainer 
Published: November 2019

Abstract
The intermetallic compounds RET
3
X
2 (RE = La–Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb; T = Pd, Pt; X = In, Sn) have been synthesized from the elements by arc-melting and subsequent annealing sequences in tube or induction furnaces. The samples were characterized through Guinier powder diffraction patterns, and several structures were refined from single crystal X-ray diffractometer data. These indium and tin intermetallics crystallize with the orthorhombic CePd3In2-type structure, space group Pnma. The palladium (platinum) and indium (tin) atoms in the RET
3
X
2 structures build up complex three-dimensional [T
3
X
2]
δ− polyanionic networks in which the rare earth atoms fill cavities. The striking structural motifs concern the indium, respectively tin substructures, in which part of the indium and tin atoms have distorted square planar homoatomic coordination environments: In1In12In22 units in PrPd3In2 with interatomic distances 325 pm In1–In1 and 332 pm In1–In2 as well as Sn1Sn12Sn22 units in PrPt3Sn2 with the larger distances of 356 pm for Sn1–Sn1 and of 344 pm for Sn1–Sn2. Temperature dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements have indicated Pauli paramagnetism or diamagnetism for the lanthanum compounds, van-Vleck paramagnetism for SmPt3In2 and Curie-Weiss paramagnetism for the remaining compounds. Antiferromagnetic ordering was detected at T
N = 4.0(1) K for CePt3In2 and at T
N = 3.5(1) K for SmPt3In2. CePt3In2 shows a metamagnetic transition at an external magnetic field of 47(3) kOe.
Postural Control Responses to Different Acute and Chronic Training Load Profiles in Professional Rugby Union
Authors: Troester Jordan C. , Duffield Rob 
Published: November 2019

Abstract
Troester, JC and Duffield, R. Postural control responses to different acute and chronic training load profiles in professional rugby union. J Strength Cond Res 36(1): 220–225, 2022—The current investigation identified the response of postural control (PC) measures of single-leg balance and landing to different accumulated training load profiles representing normal, higher, and spiked loads. Twenty-two professional rugby union players performed single-leg balance and landing tests on a 1,000-Hz force plate on the first training day of 24 weeks across the season after 36 hours of recovery. Internal (session rating of perceived exertion training load) and external (total and high-speed running distance) load measures were monitored during all training sessions and matches. Calculations of acute (7-day rolling average), chronic (28-day rolling average), and acute-to-chronic workload ratio were determined. Three-week load profiles were identified that represented normal, spike, and higher load profiles to determine the effect on PC, which were analyzed using 2-way repeated-measures analysis of variance. A significant effect of load profile on landing impulse on the dominant (p = 0.005) and nondominant legs (p = 0.001) was identified, with significantly greater impulse measures in the spike and higher load profiles (p = 0.001–0.041) compared with the normal load profile. Significant load profile × week interactions (p < 0.05) were identified for landing peak force on the dominant leg and impulse on both legs suggesting a decrement during the spike load profile and increased impulse in the higher load profile. No effects (p > 0.05) were identified for load profile changes in single-leg balance sway velocity or single-leg landing time to stabilization. The respective landing responses may indicate altered movement strategies under spike and higher load profiles resulting from neuromuscular fatigue in response to the accumulated load.
Aging with Honor: Examining Ambivalent Ageism and Interpersonal Risk-Factors for Suicide as Explanations for the Honor-Suicide Link
Authors: Bock Jarrod E. , Brown Ryan P. , Green Kevin 
Published: November 2019

Introduction: Prior research has demonstrated that rates of suicide are greater in more honor-oriented regions of the U.S. (particularly among White men), and that this difference in suicide rates becomes greater as men enter older adulthood. Research into the honor-suicide link has suggested explanatory factors that coincide with the interpersonal theory of suicide, such as untreated depression, heightened risk-taking, and the use of firearms in suicide. Method: The present study exam-ined ambivalent ageism, permissive attitudes toward suicide, and interpersonal risk factors for suicide as explanations for the honor-suicide link among a sample of 201 American men in midlife and above. Results: After controlling for participant age and religiosity, participants with greater endorsement of honor ideology but lower levels of honor fulfillment expressed heightened levels of thwarted belongingness—an established interpersonal risk factor for suicide. Additionally, lower levels of honor fulfillment predicted greater anxiety about aging, greater perceived burdensomeness, and more positive implicit attitudes toward youth. Conversely, greater levels of honor fulfillment also predicted more positive attitudes toward older adults. Discussion: Our results extend previous research on the honor-suicide relationship by demonstrating the utility of integrating the inter-personal theory of suicide with research on cultures of honor.
Meaning in Life Drives Reductions in Suicide Risk Among Acutely Suicidal Soldiers Receiving a Crisis Response Plan
Authors: Bryan Craig J. , Bryan Annabelle O. , Rozek David C. , Leifker Feea R. 
Published: November 2019

Objective: The purpose was to examine temporal associations among meaning in life and suicide risk across suicide-focused interventions. Methods: A secondary analysis was conducted using data from a randomized clinical trial testing the efficacy of a standard crisis response plan (S-CRP) and a CRP enhanced with a discussion about the patient's reasons for living (E-CRP) as compared to treatment as usual (TAU). A total of 97 active duty U.S. Army personnel presenting to military emergency departments and outpatient behavioral health clinics with active suicide ideation or a lifetime history of suicide attempts were enrolled between January 2013 and February 2016. Meaning in life and suicide risk were assessed at baseline and 1, 3, and 6 month follow-ups. Results: The association of meaning in life with time-lagged suicide risk significantly differed across treatment groups (p = .024). In TAU, meaning in life was not significantly associated with later reductions in suicide risk. In S-CRP, a stronger desire to establish meaning in life was significantly associated with later reductions in suicide risk (p < .001). In E-CRP, a stronger sense of purpose and meaning in life was significantly associated with later reductions in suicide risk (p < .001). Discussion: Faster reductions in suicide risk observed among patients who receive a CRP are attributable in part by the effects of strengthened meaning in life. Different facets of meaning in life contribute to reduced suicide risk in unique ways across treatments with varying components. Clinical Trials Registration: Data used in this secondary analysis came from ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02042131.