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The spatial econometrics of the coronavirus pandemic
Authors: Krisztin Tamás , Piribauer Philipp , Wögerer Michael 
Published: August 2020

AbstractIn this paper we use spatial econometric specifications to model daily infection rates of COVID-19 across countries. Using recent advances in Bayesian spatial econometric techniques, we particularly focus on the time-dependent importance of alternative spatial linkage structures such as the number of flight connections, relationships in international trade, and common borders. The flexible model setup allows to study the intensity and type of spatial spillover structures over time. Our results show notable spatial spillover mechanisms in the early stages of the virus with international flight linkages as the main transmission channel. In later stages, our model shows a sharp drop in the intensity spatial spillovers due to national travel bans, indicating that travel restrictions led to a reduction of cross-country spillovers.
Role of School Health Officers in Mental Health Care for Secondary School Students in Can Tho City, Vietnam
Authors: Nguyen Dat Tan , Wright E. Pamela , Pham Tam Thi , Bunders Joske 
Published: August 2020

AbstractThe objectives of the study were to explore the experiences of school health officers in identifying and managing mental health problems of secondary school students and to gather recommendations from the school officers for improving the effectiveness of mental health care in secondary schools in Can Tho City, Vietnam. We conducted a qualitative study based on in-depth interviews using a semi-structured guideline with 15 school health officers at 15 secondary schools in Can Tho City, Vietnam. Data were analyzed using content-driven analysis to identify recurring themes. The school health officers reported that stress, depression, suicidal ideation, and sexual orientation issues were the most commonly encountered mental health problems among their students. The officers worked with a limited range of interventions for helping these students, such as giving non-narcotic analgesics or advising students to take a short break at school or to go home. Most of them felt that their training was insufficient to deal with mental health problems in an optimal way. They recommended further training to improve their knowledge and skills in recognizing and managing mental health problems in students. They also considered a university-sponsored mental health website a good source of information on mental health care for students. School health officers reported that they did not feel well equipped to manage mental health problems because of insufficient training, lack confidence, and absence of an appropriate network for advice and referral. Updated policies and programs are needed for initial training and refresher courses, which will strengthen the role of school health officers as first line support for secondary school students with mental health problems.
Potential of Virginia Mallow as an Energy Feedstock
Authors: Banks S. W. , Śnieg M. , Nowakowski D. J. , Stolarski M. , Bridgwater A. V. 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
This study aims to compare the potential of Virginia mallow to other high yielding perennial grasses and hardwoods by characterising and comparing fast pyrolysis product yields. Feedstocks selected for this study include miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus), Virginia mallow (Sida hermaphrodita), willow short rotation coppice (SRC) (Salix viminalis) and oak (Quercus robur). The experimental work was split into two sections: analytical (Py–GC–MS) and laboratory-scale processing using a 300 g h−1 continuous bubbling fluidised bed reactor. Pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (Py–GC–MS) has been used to quantify pyrolysis products from these feedstocks by simulating fast pyrolysis heating rates using a CDS 5200 pyrolyser closed coupled to a PerkinElmer Clarus 680 GC–MS. High bio-oil yields were achieved for Virginia mallow, willow SRC and oak (65.36, 62.55 and 66.43 wt% respectively), but miscanthus only produced a yield of 53.46 wt% due to increased feedstock ash content. The water content in the bio-oil is highest from miscanthus (17.64 wt%) and relatively low in the Virginia mallow and hardwoods willow SRC and oak (12.49, 13.88 and 14.53 wt%). Similar high yields of bio-oil and low yields of char and non-condensable gas compared to willow SRC make Virginia mallow an attractive feedstock for fast pyrolysis processing.

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An Effectiveness Study of a Digital Mindfulness-Based Program for Upper Secondary Education Students
Authors: Lahtinen Oskari , Salmivalli Christina 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
Objectives
Mindfulness-based programs/interventions (MBPs) are emerging as treatments for anxiety and stress for adults and adolescents. MBPs can also be helpful as universal interventions for healthy subjects. Few studies have looked at how beneficial MBP effects transfer to digital MBPs.

Methods
The study was a randomized controlled trial with 1349 participants aged mostly 16–19. We compared a digital MBP vs. a waitlist condition. Online questionnaire data were collected pre-program, post-program, and at 3-month follow-up.

Results
Completing the MBP resulted in a small-to-moderate reduction in anxiety (F1,681 = 13.71, p < .01, d = .26), a small reduction in depression (F1,686 = 8.54, p < .01, d = .15), and a small increase in psychological quality of life (F1,708 = 3.94, p = .05, d = .16). Attrition rate for the MBP was 41.5%.

Conclusions
The results suggest that digital MBPs can be successful in delivering at least some of the benefits characteristic of face-to-face MBPs.
An interval fuzzy number-based fuzzy collaborative forecasting approach for DRAM yield forecasting
Authors: Chen Toly , Chiu Min-Chi 
Published: August 2020

AbstractMost existing fuzzy collaborative forecasting (FCF) methods adopt type-1 fuzzy numbers to represent fuzzy forecasts. FCF methods based on interval-valued fuzzy numbers (IFNs) are not widely used. However, the inner and outer sections of an IFN-based fuzzy forecast provide meaning information that serves different managerial purposes, which is a desirable feature for a FCF method. This study proposed an IFN-based FCF approach. Unlike existing IFN-based fuzzy association rules or fuzzy inference systems, the IFN-based FCF approach ensures that all actual values fall within the corresponding fuzzy forecasts. In addition, the IFN-based FCF approach optimizes the forecasting precision and accuracy with the outer and inner sections of the aggregation result, respectively. Based on the experimental results, the proposed FCF-II approach surpassed existing methods in forecasting the yield of a dynamic random access memory product.
Recognition and location of typical automotive parts based on the RGB-D camera
Authors: Liu Wei , Li Fengpeng , Jing Cheng , Wan Yidong , Su Beibei , Helali M. 
Published: August 2020

AbstractAiming at the problem that the accuracy of multi-part automatic assembly line sorting is not high, a set of machine vision-based recognition and positioning system is designed with KINECT as the RGB-D camera. The internal and external parameters of the RGB-D camera were calibrated using MATLAB; taking the automobile tire as the target part, because it is better for the system and more accurate, the feature invariant feature transformation (SIFT) algorithm is used to extract and match the feature points of the target part. The depth-based image obtains the spatial position parameters of the target part, thereby calculating the three-dimensional coordinates of the target part, and realizes the recognition and positioning functions of the system. The experimental results show that the visual positioning effectiveness is 96% in the unstructured indoor environment, and the system has good robustness and real-time performance.
Non-verbal IQ Gains from Relational Operant Training Explain Variance in Educational Attainment: An Active-Controlled Feasibility Study
Authors: McLoughlin Shane , Tyndall Ian , Pereira Antonina , Mulhern Teresa 
Published: August 2020

AbstractResearch suggests that training relational operant patterns of behavior can lead to increases in general cognitive ability and educational outcomes. Most studies to date have been under-powered and included proxy measures of educational attainment. We attempted to extend previous findings with increased experimental control in younger children (aged 6.9–10.1 years). Participants (N = 49) were assigned to either a relational training or chess control group. Over 5 months, teachers assigned class time to complete either relational training or play chess. Those who were assigned relational training gained 8.9 non-verbal IQ (NVIQ) points, while those in the control condition recorded no gains (dppc2 = .99). Regression analyses revealed that post-training NVIQ predicted reading test scores (conducted approximately 1 month later) over and above baseline NVIQ in the experimental condition only, consistent with what we might expect in a full test of far transfer towards educational outcomes.
In-Hospital Delays for Acute Stroke Treatment Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Katsanos Aristeidis H. , de Sa Boasquevisque Danielle , Al-Qarni Mustafa Ahmed , Shawawrah Mays , McNicoll-Whiteman Rhonda , Gould Linda , Van Adel Brian , Sahlas Demetrios J. , Ng Kelvin Kuan Huei , Perera Kanjana , Sharma Mukul , Oczkowski Wieslaw , Pikula Aleksandra , Shoamanesh Ashkan , Catanese Luciana 
Published: August 2020

ABSTRACT:Background:We investigated the impact of regionally imposed social and healthcare restrictions due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to the time metrics in the management of acute ischemic stroke patients admitted at the regional stroke referral site for Central South Ontario, Canada.Methods:We compared relevant time metrics between patients with acute ischemic stroke receiving intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and/or endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) before and after the declared restrictions and state of emergency imposed in our region (March 17, 2020).Results:We identified a significant increase in the median door-to-CT times for patients receiving intravenous tPA (19 min, interquartile range (IQR): 14–27 min vs. 13 min, IQR: 9–17 min, p = 0.008) and/or EVT (20 min, IQR: 15–33 min vs. 11 min, IQR: 5–20 min, p = 0.035) after the start of social and healthcare restrictions in our region compared to the previous 12 months. For patients receiving intravenous tPA treatment, we also found a significant increase (p = 0.005) in the median door-to-needle time (61 min, IQR: 46–72 min vs. 37 min, IQR: 30–50 min). No delays in the time from symptom onset to hospital presentation were uncovered for patients receiving tPA and/or endovascular reperfusion treatments in the first 1.5 months after the establishment of regional and institutional restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Conclusion:We detected an increase in our institutional time to treatment metrics for acute ischemic stroke patients receiving tPA and/or endovascular reperfusion therapies, related to delays from hospital presentation to the acquisition of cranial CT imaging for both tPA- and EVT-treated patients, and an added delay to treatment with tPA.
Reconsidering the Rule of Consideration: Probabilistic Knowledge and Legal Proof
Authors: Smartt Tim 
Published: August 2020

AbstractIn this paper, I provide an argument for rejecting Sarah Moss's recent account of legal proof. Moss's account is attractive in a number of ways. It provides a new version of a knowledge-based theory of legal proof that elegantly resolves a number of puzzles about mere statistical evidence in the law. Moreover, the account promises to have attractive implications for social and moral philosophy, in particular about the impermissibility of racial profiling and other harmful kinds of statistical generalisation. In this paper, I show that Moss's account of legal proof crucially depends on a moral norm called the rule of consideration. I argue that we have a number of reasons to be sceptical of this rule. Once we reject the rule, it is not clear that Moss's account of legal proof is either plausible or attractive.
Exploring the impact of a brief mindfulness induction on motor inhibitory control
Authors: Jaiswal Satish , Tsai Shao-Yang , Juan Chi-Hung , Liang Wei-Kuang , Muggleton Neil G. 
Published: August 2020

AbstractInhibitory control can be divided into motor and cognitive inhibition. The current research is the first study exploring the impact of brief mindfulness training on motor inhibition, measured by a stop signal task in participants without any meditation experience. Motor inhibition performance was compared before and immediately after three different conditions; a brief mindfulness induction, a resting state and an active control session in which participants listened to their favorite music. Post-test learning effect on go-reaction times was seen for the resting and mindfulness conditions, but was absent in the music session, possibly due to emotional arousal might have led slower responses. Brief mindfulness training did not significantly alter inhibitory control, although marginal improvement in stop signal reaction time following the mindfulness induction was observed. Motor inhibition appears unresponsive to either short-term or long-term mindfulness practice. Future mindfulness studies should explore a broad spectrum of cognitive functions and populations.
Comparative characterization of microbiota between the sibling species of tea geometrid mothEctropis obliquaProut andE.grisescensWarren
Authors: Wang Zhibo , Li Hong , Zhou Xiaogui , Tang Meijun , Sun Liang , Zhan Shuai , Xiao Qiang 
Published: August 2020

AbstractFor a wide range of insect species, the microbiota has potential roles in determining host developmental programme, immunity and reproductive biology. The tea geometrid mothsEctropis obliquaandE. grisescensare two closely related species that mainly feed on tea leaves. Although they can mate, infertile hybrids are produced. Therefore, these species provide a pair of model species for studying the molecular mechanisms of microbiotal involvement in host reproductive biology. In this study, we first identified and compared the compositions of microbiota between these sibling species, revealing higher microbiotal diversity forE. grisescens. The microbiota ofE. obliquamainly comprised the phyla Firmicutes, Proteobacteria and Cyanobacteria, whereas that ofE. grisescenswas dominated by Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria and Firmicutes. At the genus level, the dominant microbiota ofE. grisescensincludedWolbachia,EnterobacterandPseudomonasand that ofE. obliquaincludedMelissococcus,StaphylococcusandEnterobacter. Furthermore, we verified the rate ofWolbachiato infect 80 samples from eight different geographical populations, and the results supported that onlyE. grisescensharbouredWolbachia. Taken together, our findings indicate significantly different microbiotal compositions forE. obliquaandE. grisescens, withWolbachiapossibly being a curial factor influencing the reproductive isolation of these species. This study provides new insight into the mechanisms by which endosymbiotic bacteria, particularlyWolbachia, interact with sibling species.
Demographics of the semi-slug Parmarion martensi, an intermediate host for Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Hawai‘i, during laboratory rearing
Authors: Hamilton Lindsey J. , Tagami Yaeko , Kaluna Lisa , Jacob John , Jarvi Susan I. , Follett Peter 
Published: August 2020

AbstractThe semi-slug, Parmarion martensi, is an intermediate host of the zoonotic nematode, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the aetiological agent of neuroangiostrongyliasis or rat lungworm disease in humans. Rearing methods were developed for P. martensi to facilitate studies on nematode transmission and control. Parmarion martensi exhibited high survivorship when reared on a diet of dog food and fresh fruits and vegetables in temperature-controlled cabinets at 21.4°C, 98% relative humidity and 12:12 L:D cycle. Rearing containers were lined with moist paper towels for substrate and plastic pots were provided for hiding/resting and egg-laying. Under these conditions, time to first reproduction was 165.3 ± 12.3 days, fecundity was approximately 34.5 ± 7.8 eggs per adult, and hatch rate was 52.7 ± 3.2%. Survivorship post egg hatch was 86.2 ± 2.9% at 30 days (neonates had a mortality rate of about 14%) and 99% thereafter for up to a year. The demographics of laboratory-reared and wild-caught P. martensi were similar except for the weight of reproductive adults, which was significantly higher in laboratory-reared adults (4.0 ± 0.2 g) than in field-collected adults (1.5 ± 0.1 g).
Comparison of the Mediterranean diet and the Dietary Approach Stop Hypertension in reducing the risk of 10-year fatal and non-fatal CVD events in healthy adults: the ATTICA Study (2002–2012)
Authors: Critselis Elena , Kontogianni Meropi D , Georgousopoulou Ekavi , Chrysohoou Christina , Tousoulis Dimitrios , Pitsavos Christos , Panagiotakos Demosthenes B 
Published: August 2020

AbstractObjective:To compare the Mediterranean and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diets in deterring 10-year CVD.Design:Prospective cohort (n 2020) with a 10-year follow-up period for the occurrence of combined (fatal or non-fatal) CVD incidence (International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10). Baseline adherence to the Mediterranean and DASH diets was assessed via a semi-quantitative FFQ according to the MedDietScore and DASH scores, respectively.Setting:Attica, Greece.Participants:Two thousand twenty individuals (mean age at baseline 45·2 (sd 14·0) years).Results:One-third of individuals in the lowest quartile of Mediterranean diet consumption, as compared with 3·1 % of those in the highest quartile, developed 10-year CVD (P < 0·0001). In contrast, individuals in the lowest and highest DASH diet quartiles exhibited similar 10-year CVD rates (n (%) of 10-year CVD in DASH diet quartiles 1 v. 4: 79 (14·7 %) v. 75 (15·3 %); P = 0·842). Following adjustment for demographic, lifestyle and clinical confounding factors, those in the highest Mediterranean diet quartile had a 4-fold reduced 10-year CVD risk (adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 4·52, 95 % CI 1·76, 11·63). However, individuals with highest DASH diet quartile scores did not differ from their lowest quartile counterparts in developing such events (adjusted HR 1·05, 95 % CI 0·69, 1·60).ConclusionsHigh adherence to the Mediterranean diet, and not to the DASH diet, was associated with a lower risk of 10-year fatal and non-fatal CVD. Therefore, public health interventions aimed at enhancing adherence to the Mediterranean diet, rather than the DASH diet, may most effectively deter long-term CVD outcomes particularly in Mediterranean populations.
Iodine nutrition status in Africa: potentially high prevalence of iodine deficiency in pregnancy even in countries classified as iodine sufficient
Authors: Businge Charles Bitamazire , Longo-Mbenza Benjamin , Kengne Andre Pascal 
Published: August 2020

AbstractObjective:To assess the burden of iodine deficiency in pregnancy in Africa using estimated pregnancy median urinary iodine concentration (pMUIC).Design:pMUIC for each African country was estimated using a regression equation derived by correlating the school-age children (SAC) median UIC (mUIC) and pMUIC from countries around the globe, and the SAC mUIC data for African countries obtained from the Iodine Global Network (IGN) 2017 and 2019 Score cards.Setting:Iodine deficiency was endemic in many African countries before the introduction of iodine fortification, mainly through universal salt iodisation programmes about 25 years ago. There is a scarcity of data on the level of iodine nutrition in pregnancy in Africa. Women living in settings with pMUIC below 150 µg/l are at risk of iodine deficiency-related pregnancy complications.Participants:Fifty of the fifty-five African countries that had data on iodine nutrition status.Results:A cut-off school age mUIC ≤ 175 µg/l is correlated with insufficient iodine intake in pregnancy (pregnancy mUIC ≤ 150 μg/l). Twenty-two African countries had SAC mUIC < 175 μg/l, which correlated with insufficient iodine intake during pregnancy (pMUIC < 150 μg/l). However, nine of these twenty-two countries had adequate iodine intake based on SAC mUIC.Conclusions:There is likely a high prevalence of insufficient iodine intake in pregnancy, including in some African countries classified as having adequate iodine intake in the general population. A SAC mUIC ≤ 175 µg/l predicts insufficient iodine intake among pregnant women in these settings.
LEHN’S FORMULA IN CHOW AND CONJECTURES OF BEAUVILLE AND VOISIN
Authors: Maulik Davesh , Neguţ Andrei 
Published: August 2020

AbstractThe Beauville–Voisin conjecture for a hyperkähler manifold $X$ states that the subring of the Chow ring $A^{\ast }(X)$ generated by divisor classes and Chern characters of the tangent bundle injects into the cohomology ring of $X$. We prove a weak version of this conjecture when $X$ is the Hilbert scheme of points on a K3 surface for the subring generated by divisor classes and tautological classes. This in particular implies the weak splitting conjecture of Beauville for these geometries. In the process, we extend Lehn’s formula and the Li–Qin–Wang $W_{1+\infty }$ algebra action from cohomology to Chow groups for the Hilbert scheme of an arbitrary smooth projective surface $S$.
Sustainable implementation of advance care planning in Asia: An interpretive-systemic framework for national development
Authors: Ho Andy Hau Yan , Lall Priya , Tan Woan Shin , Patinadan Paul Victor , Wong Lok Hang , Dutta Oindrila , Pang Weng Sun , Low Chan Kee , Car Josip 
Published: August 2020

AbstractObjectivesA qualitative interpretive-systemic focus group study was conducted to examine the developmental and implementational underpinnings of Asia's first national Advance Care Planning (ACP) programme constituted in Singapore.Methods63 physicians, nurses, medical social workers, and allied health workers who actively rendered ACP were purposively recruited across seven major public hospitals and specialist centers.ResultsFramework analysis revealed 19 themes, organized into 5 categories including Life and Death Culture, ACP Coordination, ACP Administration, ACP Outcomes, and Sustainability Shift. These categories and themes formed an Interpretive-Systemic Framework of Sustainable ACP, which reflects the socio-cultural, socio-political, and socio-spiritual contexts that influence ACP provision, highlighting the need to adopt a public health strategy for enhancing societal readiness for end-of-life conversations.Significance of resultsThe Interpretive-Systemic Framework of Sustainable ACP underscores the importance of health policy, organizational structure, social discourse, and shared meaning in ACP planning and delivery so as to support and empower care decision-making among terminally ill Asian patients and their families facing mortality.