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Indo Japanese Trade Potential in the Context of Bilateral Relations
Authors: SACHDEVA J K 
Published: December 2020

India and Japan share a special relationship as fellow democracies seeking greater economic engagement in Asia. The major traded commodities changed from cotton-related products in the early 1900s to heavy machinery in the 1970s.Â Â During the same period heavy industrial products were the major export commodities from Japan besides metal and metal products like iron and steel and steel plates. The 1980s marked the beginning of a new phase in Indo-Japan relations with the establishment ofÂ the Maruti-Suzuki plant. There was a minor set back in relation in 1999 when India went through its nuclear test. In August 2000, however, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori made a visit to India that helped propel ties forward. The relations have further been strengthened with the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in 2009. This paper attempts to analyze imports and exports of commodities and products to and fro these countries to see the effect of bilateral relations on trade, after India initiated trade reforms in 1991. Data under HSN systems has been gathered from UNCOMTRADE database and grouped under heads as Agricultural commodities, products from food industry, earth crest, manufactured products, electronics and others. The time series has been analysed using dummy variables for trade reforms and tie ups. Potential products shall be explored using market share - growth matrix. Series has been detrended to see how variables responsible for trade between two countries adjust themselves in short run.Â Â
Study of Monpa and Other Tribes of Tawang and West Kameng Districts, Arunachal Pradesh
Authors: Deb Sukamal 
Published: December 2020

Arunachal Pradesh, the 13th geographically largest frontier State of India covering an area of 83,743 sq. km. in hilly terrain of Eastern Himalayas having population of 13,82,611 persons has 3,863 villages, living 77.33% in rural areas and 43%Â BPL (2011 Census). The territory was called â€œTerra Incognitaâ€ orÂ Â No Manâ€™s Land till the beginning of the 20th century. Here, the process of development initiated around thirty years back. Due to absence of private sector unemployment has been rising rapidly.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Monpa is one of the 25 major tribes. They are inhabitant of West Kameng and Tawang districts, Buddhists by religion. Traditional industries occupy a place of fundamental importance in the lives of this tribe although this feature stands equally true for the other tribes of the State too. The present researcher has intimately lived with them for couple of years in fulfilling the mandate of an Industrial Extension Officer. The wonderful carpets,Â wood carving, mask making, bamboo baskets slung over the forehead of Monpa Women, their stone built houses, the unique atta chakkis (flour mills) operated by water power for grinding wheat, barley and millet into fine flour,Â bokpoi (millet halwa) made out of it, the hand-made paper manufactured from the bark of sugu tree (dapne botanica), the compost made out of leaves of oak forests (parmong) used as fertilizer makes their agro-produce organic, the medicinal herbs, thankhas (holy scroll painting), red coat made out of best wool, the traditional headgear ( a cap made of black yakâ€™s hair with five long fingers protruding all around), traditional Monpa shoes, intricately carved and beautifully painted vessels are all best testimonies witnessing the relevance of traditional industries in their deeper socio-economic ethos. The Monpas are shrewd, cultured and thrifty by nature which is considered as essential traits of entrepreneurs. Without appropriate interventions these traditional industries may become extinct a day as the contemporary generation are less attracted towards these activities for its commercial gains are not well established and the profession has not acquired a respectful status in the modern system.Â Â Â The empirical study, therefore, aims to access the present scenario of these brilliant traditional industries, its financial aspects, its relevance in the development process, to seek the problems faced, itâ€™s probable solutions and needed interventions as there is no in depth study on these issues till date under the sub-theme Rural livelihood markets and economies. Review of literature, collection of data from primary and secondary sources, documentations and researcherâ€™s field experience etc. are the key references of the study.___________Â
Surgical Management of Triquetral Osteoid Osteoma with Adjunct Tetracycline for Intraoperative Visualization
Authors: Swank Katherine R. , Baker Erin A. , Gehrke Corinn K. , Rohde Rachel S. 
Published: December 2020

Case:
We report the case of a 15-year-old male patient presenting with persistent wrist pain after surgical treatment of a triquetral osteoid osteoma. The patient was found to have a persistent nidus. These tumors are difficult to observe intraoperatively or through fluoroscopy, limiting adequate resection and resulting in continued pain.

Conclusion:
The nidus was excised successfully through an unusual technique using tetracycline for intraoperative identification. The patient remains asymptomatic without recurrence at 31 months postoperative. Difficulties visualizing and removing carpal lesions leading to recurrence are described.
Terrible Triad Elbow Fracture Dislocation with Ipsilateral Triceps Avulsion and Radial Shaft Fracture
Authors: Dehghani Nazhvani HamidReza , Bemani Lirgeshasi Sam , Bahari Milad 
Published: December 2020

Case:
We report an unusual combination of injuries, terrible triad elbow fracture dislocation with ipsilateral avulsion of the triceps, and radial shaft fracture in a 23-year-old man. He was managed surgically and had good postoperative outcomes.

Conclusion:
Evaluation of the triceps tendon avulsion injury is difficult in this context, such as problems evaluating the rotator cuff injuries after a shoulder fracture dislocation. Because of the diagnostic difficulty, a high index of suspicion is necessary.
Muscular Hernia of the Leg After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Hamstring Autograft
Authors: Legallois Yohan , Baujard Alexandre , Lukas Simon , Leclerc Jean-Thomas , Martinot Pierre , Girard Julien 
Published: December 2020

Case:
A 20-year-old woman presented with symptomatic instability secondary to traumatic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture. Arthroscopic ACL reconstruction was performed using a 4-strand semitendinosus autograft harvested using a posterior approach. At her 2-month follow-up, a painful mass was palpable, and a hernia of the medial gastrocnemius was confirmed by ultrasound. This was treated with fascial closure. The clinical outcome was excellent at final follow-up.

Conclusion:
This is the first case reported in the literature of a muscular hernia after an ACL reconstruction using a posterior harvest of the semitendinosus. Surgeons must be aware of this specific complication and how it may be addressed.
Extracellular Hydraulic Resistance Enhances Cell Migration
Authors: Maity Debonil , Bera Kaustav , Li Yizeng , Ge Zhuoxu , Chen Yun , Konstantopoulos Konstantinos , Sun Sean 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Cells migrating in vivo can encounter microenvironments with varying physical properties. One such physical variable is the viscosity of the fluid surrounding the cell. Increased fluid viscosity is expected to increase the hydraulic resistance experienced by the migrating cell and therefore decrease the cell speed. We demonstrate that contrary to this expected result, cells migrate faster in high viscosity media on 2D substrates. To reveal the molecular mechanism, we examined both actin dynamics and water dynamics driven by ion channel activity. Results show that cells increased in area in high viscosity and actomyosin dynamics remained similar, except that actin retrograde flow speed is reduced. Inhibiting ion channel fluxes in high viscosity media results in a large reduction in cell speed, suggesting that water flux contributes to the observed speed increase. Moreover, inhibiting actin-dependent vesicular trafficking that transports ion channels from the ER to the cell boundary changes ion channel spatial positioning and reduces cell speed in high viscosity media. Cells also displayed altered Ca2+-activity in high viscosity media, and when cytoplasmic Ca2+ is sequestered, cell speed reduction and altered ion channel positioning were observed. Taken together, we find that the cell cytoplasmic actin-phase and water-phase are coupled during cell migration in high viscosity media. Directional water fluxes are mediated by ion channels whose position depend on actin-based vesicular trafficking. There are no significant changes in ion channel total content in high viscosity, in agreement with physical modeling that also predicts the observed cell speedup in high viscosity environment.
Voice disorders after total thyroidectomy: Prospective patient self-assessment in comparison with traditional and alternative methods of examining the vocal folds
Authors: Shulutko Alexander , Semikov Vasiliy , Moiseev Andrey , Osmanov Elkhan , Boblak Yulia , Mansurova Gaukhar , Kazaryan Airazat 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Background

Voice alterations after thyroidectomy with mobile vocal folds are common. Ultrasonography has been used to assess the mobility of the vocal folds after thyroidectomy.
Methods

54 patients underwent thyroidectomy. Indirect laryngoscopy, ultrasonography and GRBAS scoring were performed preoperatively,3 days, 2 and 6 months postoperatively.
Results

On the third postoperative day, the mobility of the vocal folds was preserved in 52 patients and paresis were recorded in 2 patients. All patients after total thyroidectomy noted the presence of voice alteration in the absence of the postoperative paresis of the vocal folds. On the third postoperative day, the voice was impaired by all criteria of the GRBAS scale, but mainly due to roughness (85%). Sixth month postoperatively 62% of the subjects considered the voice to be altered. Asthenia was observed in 39%. On the third postoperative day indirect laryngoscopy revealed the unchanged vocal folds, the symmetrical edema and the shortening of one of the vocal folds in 56%,42% and 1.9%. Six months postoperatively, the vocal folds returned to their original form. Ultrasonography was well correlated to the results of indirect laryngoscopy. Patients with edema of the vocal folds had a significantly higher mean GRBAS grade than patients without edema. The mean GRBAS score decreased from 3.36 to 0.90, 3 days and 6 months postoperatively.
Conclusion

Voice alteration after total thyroidectomy is always present. Postoperative edema represents a likely main cause of voice alteration and resolves within 6 months. Ultrasonography is recommended as alternative to indirect laryngoscopy in assessing of the vocal folds in thyroid surgery patients.
Imaging and Radiomics Study of Microvascular Infiltration of Primary Liver Cancer Using a Seven-point Pathological Sampling Method
Authors: Huang Xialing , Wei Jieqin , Ye Xinping , Lv Zili , Zhang Ling , Jiang Muliang , Chen Yidi , Wang Fang , Xia Yuwei , Long Liling 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Purpose：In this study, the aim was to assess the imaging features and radiomics of microvascular infiltration (MVI) of primary liver cancer (PLC) under the control of a seven-point pathological sampling method.Methods: The data of 37 patients with PLC who underwent surgical resection in our hospital from October 2018 to September 2019 were retrospectively collected. Postoperative pathological specimens were collected using a seven-point sampling method to determine the presence of MVI. Preoperative CT and MRI scans were performed to characterize the tumors. Findings from the imaging studies were imported into the radiomics platform, and 70% and 30% of the data were randomly assigned to the training and validation sets, respectively. Lastly, support vector machine (SVM) classifiers were used to classify liver lesions into their respective pathological types.Results: Differences in tumor morphology and satellite lesions were statistically significant between the MVI positive and MVI negative groups on CT images. On MRI, there were statistically significant differences between the MVI positive and MVI negative groups in peripheral enhancement of the arterial phase (AP) and peripheral low signal in the hepatobiliary phase (HBP). In the radiomics analysis, the imaging features extracted from the AP had strong predictive power in both groups (CT and MRI). For the phase images, 15 and 12 valuable features from CT and MRI were selected to develop the radiomics signature, respectively. The AUCs of the training set were 0.965 (sensitivity: 0.979; specificity: 0.931; precision: 0.939) and 0.962 (sensitivity: 0.963; specificity: 0.897; precision: 0.923) , the validation set were 0.842 (sensitivity: 0.967; specificity: 0.733; precision: 0.714) and 0.769 (sensitivity: 0.846; specificity: 0.727; precision: 0.727). The PVP also performed well on CT (AUC: 0.851/0.891) and MRI (AUC: 0.886/0.846). The predictive power was not enhanced by combining the features of multi-phase images.Conclusions: This was a controlled study on preoperative CT and MRI imaging and radiomics based on a seven-point pathological sampling method can avoid false-negative results caused by traditional pathological sampling. The imaging analysis results obtained and the radiomics prediction model established in this study may be more accurate than conventional models.
Plant diversity effects on herbivory are mediated by soil biodiversity and plant chemistry
Authors: Ristok Christian , Weinhold Alexander , Ciobanu Marcel , Poeschl Yvonne , Roscher Christiane , Vergara Fredd , Eisenhauer Nico , Dam Nicole van 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Insect herbivory is a key process in ecosystem functioning. While theory predicts that plant diversity modulates herbivory, the mechanistic links remain unclear. We postulated that the plant metabolome mechanistically links plant diversity and herbivory. In autumn and in spring, we assessed aboveground herbivory rates and plant metabolomes of seven plant species in experimental plant communities varying in plant species and resource acquisition strategy diversity. In the same plots, we also measured plant individual biomass as well as soil microbial and nematode community composition. Herbivory rates decreased with increasing plant species richness. Path modelling revealed that plant species richness and community resource acquisition strategy affected soil community composition. In particular, changes in nematode community composition affected plant metabolomes and thereby herbivory rates. These results provide experimental evidence that soil community composition plays an important role in reducing herbivory rates with increasing plant diversity by changing plant metabolomes.
COVID-19 Mortality and The Overweight: A Global Perspective
Authors: Chakrabarti Avik , Beladi Hamid , Arulanandam Bernard 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
We conduct the first cross-country study of plausible associations between COVID-19 mortality and the share of the overweight among nearly 5.5 billion adults around the globe. A statistically significant positive association is observed between COVID-19 mortality and the proportion of the overweight in adult populations spanning 154 countries. This association holds across countries belonging to different income groups and is not sensitive to a population’s median age, proportion of the elderly, and/or proportion of females. The estimated elasticities of COVID-19 mortality, with respect to the proportion of the overweight in adult populations, are consistently higher for sub-samples of countries that belong to a higher income group. While limits of confidence intervals around the point estimates of these elasticities range between 1.5 and 5.4, on an average, every percentage point increment in the proportion of the overweight in adult populations contributes to an additional 3.5 percentage points to COVID-19 mortality for high income countries. With due caution, our findings call for an effective alignment of public policy regulations with public health priorities.
Visualizing reactant molecules induced lattice breath of catalyst and its role for activity enhancement
Authors: Hao Zhifei , Liu Guoquan , Zhang Hao , Li Yi , Wang Haitao , Wang Pengfei , Mi Xueyue , Sun Wenming , Zheng Lirong , Shen Zhurui , Zhan Sihui , Crittenden John 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Recently, a few in situ observations showed that reactant molecules can induce the hyper-fine surface change of catalyst under realistic conditions. However, hardly any report further illustrated that whether and how could this phenomenon affect the catalytic performance. Herein, using in situ TEM, we visually captured the reversible lattice expansion of Pt-WO3-x catalyst induced by NO in exemplified reduction of NO with H2. Results showed that the NO could adsorb on the oxygen vacancy sites and energetic favorably induced the reversible stretching of W-O-W bonds. 20% enhancement of catalytic activity was then correlated with this lattice expansion. Moreover, DFT calculations showed that the lattice expansion can reduce the adsorption energy of NO on Pt4 centers and also the energy barrier of the rate-determining step.
Is It Useful To Treat Blastocystis sp.? A double-blind placebo-controlled randomised trial
Authors: Cobuccio Ludovico , Laurent Marie , Gardiol Celine , Wampfler Rahel , Poppert Sven , Senn Nicolas , Eperon Gilles , Genton Blaise , Vallière Serge de 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
BackgroundBlastocystis sp. is a protist with a worldwide distribution and able to colonise the gut of humans and of a great variety of animals. It is unclear whether it is just a commensal of a healthy gut microbiota or an infectious parasite that needs to be eradicated. Currently no treatment has proven its usefulness for patients complaining of gastro-intestinal symptoms and found to have Blastocystis sp.The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of metronidazole in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms harbouring only Blastocystis sp. In addition, we explored whether Blastocystis subtype or concomitant parasitic infection detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) may influence treatment outcome.MethodsAdults with persistent gastrointestinal symptoms (> 14 days) visiting a primary care physician and in whom stool microscopy revealed only Blastocystis sp. were included. Eligible patients were randomised to receive ten days of metronidazole or placebo, followed by a crossover if still symptomatic. Stool samples were tested for 11 other protozoa with an in-house PCR and Blastocystis subtypes were determined by PCR and sequencing.ResultsWe screened 474 outpatients for inclusion; 50 met the eligibility criteria. In the metronidazole group, 48% (12/25) reported an improvement of symptoms compared to 44% (11/25) in the placebo group (p = 0.78). After the crossover, again no differences in improvement of symptoms were seen between groups (placebo: 53% (8/15); metronidazole: 50% (8/16)). The in-house PCR was positive for other protozoa in 25% (10/40) of the patients. The protozoa identified were Dientamoeba fragilis (5), Entamoeba dispar (3) and Cyclospora cayetanensis (2). The most frequent Blastocystis subtypes were ST4 (11/36) and ST2 (10/36). Stratified analysis according to subtype or the presence of other protozoa showed no significant difference in treatment outcome with metronidazole or placebo.Conclusion Among patients infected with Blastocystis sp., metronidazole did not improve gastrointestinal symptoms, irrespective of subtype or microscopically undetected coinfection with other protozoa.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NTC01521403, 06-Nov-2012.
The “Ground-Glass” Mimicker in The Pandemic: A Novel Radiomics-Based Machine Learning Model Differentiates COVID-19 Pneumonia from Acute Non-COVID-19 Lung Disease
Authors: Pizzi Andrea Delli , Chiarelli Antonio , Chiacchiaretta Piero , Valdesi Cristina , Croce Pierpaolo , Mastrodicasa Domenico , Villani Michela , Trebeschi Stefano , Serafini Francesco , Rosa Consuelo , Cocco Giulio , Luberti Riccardo , Conte Sabrina , Mazzamurro Lucia , Mereu Manuela , Patea Rosa , Panara Valentina , Marinari Stefano , Vecchiett Jacopo , Caulo Massimo 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Ground-Glass Opacities (GGOs) are a non-specific CT finding observed in the early phase of COVID-19 pneumonia. However, GGOs are also seen in other acute interstitial and alveolar lung diseases, thus making the differential diagnosis a diagnostic challenge. In this poof-of-concept study, we aimed to differentiate COVID-19 pneumonia presenting with GGOs from acute non-COVID-19 lung disease using a novel radiomic-based model in patients who underwent a high-resolution CT (HRCT) scan at hospital admission during the first pandemic peak in Italy. HRCT scans of 28 RT-PCR diagnosed COVID-19 pneumonia (COVID) and 30 acute non-COVID-lung disease (nCOVID) were retrospectively included. All patients showed GGOs as the predominant CT pattern. Two readers, blinded to the final diagnosis, independently segmented GGOs on CT scans by using a semi-automated approach, and radiomic features were extracted from segmented images. Partial least square (PLS) regression was used as the multivariate machine-learning algorithm. A leave-one-out nested cross-validation was implemented to optimize the hyperparameter of PLS and to assess the model generalization. The diagnostic performance of the radiomic model to differentiate between COVID and nCOVID lung disease was assessed through receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. The radiomics-based machine learning model differentiated COVID and nCOVID with an AUC = 0.868 (p = 4.2·10− 7). After a careful prospective evaluation in larger multicentric studies, it may help radiologists to rule out COVID-19 pneumonia thus improving the COVID-19 triaging in epidemic areas.
Singing experience influences swallowing function
Authors: Yagi Naomi , Sakai Yoshitada , Kawamura Naoko , Maezawa Hitoshi , Hata Yutaka , Hirata Masayuki , Kashioka Hideki , Yanagida Toshio 
Published: December 2020

Abstract
It has recently been shown that the aging population is refractory to the maintenance of swallowing function, which can seriously affect quality of life. Singing and vocal training contribute to mastication, swallowing and respiratory function. Previous studies have shown that singers have better vocal cord health. No consensus has been reached as to how vocal training affects swallowing function. Our study was designed to establish evidence that singers are statistically superior at swallowing function. In an effort to test our hypothesis we undertook a clinical trial on 55 singers and 141 non-singers (mean age: 60.1 ± 11.7 years). This cross-sectional study with propensity score matching resulted in significant differences in the repetitive saliva swallowing test among singers: 7.1 ± 2.4, n =53 vs non-singers: 5.9 ± 1.9, n =53, p < 0.05. We therefore conclude that singing can serve an important role in stabilizing the impact of age-related disease on speech.