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Estimation of genetic parameters for carcass grading traits, image analysis traits, and monounsaturated fatty acids in Japanese Black cattle from Hyogo Prefecture
Authors: Kohama Namiko , Yoshida Emi , Masaki Tatsunori , Iwamoto Eiji , Fukushima Moriyuki , Honda Takeshi , Oyama Kenji 
Published: December 2021

AbstractGenetic parameters for carcass grading traits, image analysis traits, and monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) percentages were estimated in 29,942 Japanese Black cattle from Hyogo Prefecture. The analyzed traits included five carcass grading traits, two image analysis traits, fat area ratio and fineness index, and two MUFA traits, one measured in intermuscular fat using near‐infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and the other in intramuscular fat using gas chromatography (GC). The heritability estimates of image analysis traits and MUFA were moderate to high, ranging from 0.395 to 0.740, and it was considered that they could be improved simultaneously with carcass grading traits because no severe genetic antagonism was observed. Although the heritability of the NIRS‐based intermuscular MUFA was slightly lower than that of the GC‐based intramuscular MUFA, the genetic correlation between the two methods was as high as 0.804. These results indicate that the NIRS method can be used as an alternative evaluation procedure to predict MUFA in intramuscular fat in the longissimus muscle.
A study on preserving endometrial glandular architecture during preparation using BD SurePath™ liquid‐based cytology reagents: Cellular fixation with preservative fluid requires at least 18 h
Authors: Nishikawa Takeshi , Suzuki Hisae , Takeuchi Mao , Tatsumi Shigenobu , Tachibana Yuma , Ohbayashi Chiho , Kobayashi Tadao K. , Norimatsu Yoshiaki 
Published: December 2021

AbstractIntroductionThis study aimed to determine the causes of disruption of the three‐dimensional architecture of endometrial glands prepared using BD SurePath™ liquid‐based cytology (SP‐LBC) reagents. One sample preparation method for endometrial cytology is presented in which this three‐dimensional architecture can be retained.MethodsSP‐LBC specimens were prepared by the following three methods: (1) using the BD PrepMateTM (PrepMate) System after cellular fixation for 1‐6 h (method A); (2) without using the PrepMate System after cellular fixation for 1‐6 h (method B); and (3) using the PrepMate System after cellular fixation for at least 18 h (method C). Size and numbers of endometrial cell clusters and numbers of solitary scattered cells were then evaluated.ResultsSignificantly higher numbers of cell clusters with a major axis of 200 μm or more were yielded by method C (71.3 ± 57.2) than methods A (9.3 ± 5.9, P < 0.001) or B (44.3 ± 28.8, P < 0.05). Method B yielded significantly higher numbers of cell clusters than method A (P < 0.001). Method A (132.2 ± 107.7, p < 0.001) yielded significantly higher numbers of solitary scattered cells than methods B (29.1 ± 14.8) and C (35.7 ± 23.3). No significant difference in solitary cell numbers was found between methods B and C.ConclusionsRetention of endometrial glandular architecture is rendered possible by allowing sample fixation times of 18 h or more when preparing specimens using the PrepMate System.
The Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law: A blueprint for reforming the child welfare system
Authors: Huntington Clare 
Published: December 2021

AbstractAs part of the special issue on the foster care system, this essay challenges the assumption that all the children who are in foster care should be in foster care. The essay first describes the familiar—and still persuasive—argument that foster care does not serve the interests of most children and families. It then brings a new lens to bear on this argument by describing the work of the American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law, which provides a blueprint for shrinking the child welfare system and promoting child well‐being.
UNEMPLOYMENT, PARTIAL INSURANCE, AND THE MULTIPLIER EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING
Authors: Givens Gregory E. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractI interpret evidence on government spending multipliers using a model in which workers are not fully insured against job loss. Government consumption affects aggregate spending along two margins : (i) an intensive margin owing to a fall in household wealth and (ii) an extensive margin that accounts for growth in the workforce. At insurance levels below a certain threshold, the positive effects of (ii) dominate the negative effects of (i), leading to multipliers for private consumption and output that exceed zero and one. Similar results appear in a quantitative model scaled to match microestimates on the consumption cost of unemployment.
UVA‐1 phototherapy as adjuvant treatment for eosinophilic fasciitis: in vitro and in vivo functional characterization
Authors: Tognetti Linda , Marrocco Camilla , Carraro Andrea , Conticini Edoardo , Habougit Cyril , Mariotti Giancarlo , Cinotti Elisa , Perrot Jean Luc , Rubegni Pietro 
Published: December 2021

AbstractIntroductionEosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is a rare autoimmune disease causing progressive induration of dermal, hypodermal, and muscularis fascia. The exact pathogenesis is yet to be fully understood, and a validated therapy protocol still lacks. We here aimed to realize a clinical–functional characterization of these patients.Materials and methodsA total of eight patients (five males, 45 years average) were treated with adjuvant high‐dose UVA‐1 phototherapy (90 J/cm), after having received the standard systemic immunosuppressive protocol (oral methylprednisolone switched to methotrexate). Body lesion mapping, Localized Scleroderma Assessment Tool (LoSCAT), Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), High‐Resolution Ultrasound (HRUS) (13‐17MHz), and ultra HRUS (55–70 MHz) were performed at each examination time taking specific anatomical points. Gene expression analysis at a molecular level and in vitro UVA‐1 irradiation was realized on lesional fibroblasts primary cultures.ResultsThe LoSCAT and the DLQI showed to decrease significantly starting from the last UVA‐1 session. A significant reduction in muscularis fascia thickness (−50% on average) was estimated starting from 3 months after the last UVA‐1 session and maintained up to 12 months follow‐up. Tissues was detected by HRUS. The UVA‐1 in vitro irradiation of lesional skin sites cells appeared not to affect their viability. Molecular genes analysis revealed a significant reduction of IL‐1ß and of TGF‐ß genes after phototherapy, while MMPs 1,2,9 gene expression was enhanced.CommentThese preliminary in vivo and in vitro findings suggest that UVA‐1 phototherapy is a safe and useful adjuvant therapy able to elicit anti‐inflammatory effects and stimulate tissue matrix digestion and remodeling at lesional sites.
The will to sanction: How sensitive are caseworkers to recipients’ responsibility when imposing sanctions on non‐compliance in a welfare‐to‐work programme?
Authors: Torsvik Gaute , Molander Anders , Terum Lars Inge 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThe activation trend in social policy entails that caseworkers on the frontlines of the welfare state are expected to decide ‘reasonable’ activation requirements for clients and when and how non‐compliance should be sanctioned. This study investigates how caseworkers form judgements about their clients’ personal responsibility when activation requirements are violated and how their judgements about responsibility matter for the sanctions they impose. We find that caseworkers are sensitive to personal responsibility, varying the motivation for not fulfilling the activation requirement from a case where the client has less control (circumstances) to one with more control (choice) more than doubles sanctions.
Social assistance assessments of couple households: A vignette study on applicants’ ethnicity and gendered family roles
Authors: Hussénius Klara 
Published: December 2021

AbstractSocial work professionals’ assessments of social assistance (SA) eligibility for a heterosexual couple with a baby are examined. Professionals (n = 899) spread over 43 social service offices in 19 Swedish municipalities assessed a vignette. According to the vignette, one of the parents abstained from paid work to take parental leave, which caused the couple's need for SA. Two vignette dimensions were varied: the couple's ethnicity (Swedish/Arabic) and gendered family roles (mother/father going on parental leave). Data were analysed using multilevel logistic regression modelling. The results show that the combination of the couple's gendered family roles and ethnicity seems to have bearing on the assessments. Professionals were most prone to grant SA to couples with Swedish names where the mother went from work to parental leave. The lowest granting rate was found in assessments of couples with the same gender setting and Arabic names.
Digital industrial accidents: A case study of the mental distress of platform workers in South Korea
Authors: Kim Suyoung , Kang Myungjoo , Park Joonhyeog 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThe increase in the number of platform workers has led to active discussions on the various difficulties they face. Existing studies on their work‐related accidents have focused on physical, traffic‐related accidents in offline places. However, platform workers are more likely to suffer from psychological stress or illnesses while performing immaterial and cognitive labour in the virtual space. Through in‐depth interviews with 30 platform workers in South Korea, this study investigated platform workers’ mental distress and identified five common psychological problems: (a) stress from real‐time assessment in public space; (b) exhaustion from working without work‐life boundaries; (c) infringement of privacy through exposure of private life; (d) verbal abuse in non‐face‐to‐face relations; and (e) isolation from working alone. In doing so, this study seeks to define the mental difficulties of platform workers as digital industrial accidents and asserts the need to establish a new social security system for the digital economy.
Staffing critical care with nurses amid the COVID‐19 crisis: Strategies and plans
Authors: Mhawish Huda A. , Rasheed Akram M. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractAimTo describe a nursing staffing surge model in critical care units that can be used during a pandemic or crisis. This model may give useful guidance for hospitals or centers that must immediately react in response to the devastating challenges introduced by disease outbreaks.BackgroundDuring the COVID‐19 pandemic, many hospitals were challenged to maintain the quality of care and safe practice in critical care units while accommodating the daily rapidly increasing number of infected cases that needed critical care. The nursing staffing shortage in critical care units and its consequences were among the top issues to deal with.MethodThis is a descriptive study about our experience in preparing for nursing staffing in critical care as a part of the COVID‐19 surge plan. We have used evidence‐based strategies to design our team‐based model for staffing during the COVID‐19 pandemic.ResultsThe team‐based model for staffing during the COVID‐19 pandemic had shown success in dealing with the acute shortage of nursing staff in critical care units. We had implemented other additional supportive strategies to help enhance this staffing.ConclusionWith the support of available evidence‐based resources and on‐the‐fly preparation and training, we were able to augment the tremendous increase in patient influx during the pandemic using the team‐based model.Implications for nursing managementThe team‐based approach and other strategies included in this article can help support critical care units with staff during crises. However, we strongly recommend developing a nursing deployment policy that makes staff redeployment and re‐allocation smoother, whenever needed.
Risk factors that predict major amputations and amputation time intervals for hospitalised diabetic patients with foot complications
Authors: Chou Yu‐Yu , Hou Chin‐Chun , Wu Chien‐Wei , Huang Dun‐Wei , Tsai Sheng‐Lin , Liu Ting‐Hsuan , Ding Lu‐Ming , Chang Chun‐Kai , Ou Kuang‐Ling , Chiu Yu‐Lung , Tzeng Yuan‐Sheng 
Published: December 2021

AbstractDiabetes‐related lower extremity amputations are an enormous burden on global health care and social resources because of the rapid worldwide growth of the diabetic population. This research aimed to determine risk factors that predict major amputation and analyse the time interval from first hospitalisation to amputation by using standard management protocols and Kaplan–Meier survival curves. Data from 246 patients with diabetes mellitus and diabetic foot ulcers from the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Department of Surgery at XXX Hospital between January 2016 and May 2020 were analysed. Univariate and multivariate analyses of 44 potential risk factors, including invasive ulcer depth and C‐reactive protein levels, showed statistically significant differences for those at increased risk for major amputation. The median time from hospitalisation to lower extremity amputation was approximately 35 days. Most patients with abnormal C‐reactive protein levels and approximately 70% of patients with ulcers invading the bone were at risk for lower extremity amputations within 35 days. Therefore, invasive ulcer depth and C‐reactive protein levels are significant risk factors. Other potential risk factors for major amputation and the time intervals from first hospitalisation to amputation should be analysed to establish further prediction strategies.
Metacognition in nurse practitioner students: How nurse educators can best serve their students
Authors: Waryold Justin M. , Holliday Kathryn , Rodriguez Eric 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThe dynamic and changing healthcare environment requires educators to prepare nurse practitioner students with more than knowledge and skills. Healthcare providers need to be prepared with enhanced skills related to critical thinking and decision making. Metacognition training has been used by many disciplines within and outside of healthcare to prepare individuals to work in an environment that has volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity, and delayed feedback (VUCAD). This retrospective exploratory study uses computerized strategic management simulation (SMS) data to address the question: What parameters of metacognition do master's level nurse practitioner (NP) students excel versus underperform? Elements of Presentation: Presentation will include SMS parameters linked with the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) Core Competencies. In doing this, faculty can better assess students' individualized learning needs and tailor their academic education to address specific needs. Fifty‐nine master's level students completed SMS, measuring five unique parameters of metacognition (Crisis, Task, Strategy, People & Information Management). Students' mean and median scores were observed to be high range for crisis management; and moderate range for task management, strategy management, and people management. Conversely, mean and median scores were in the low range for information management. Knowledge gained from this study can be used for curriculum development and planning to ensure that the parameters of metacognition are demonstrated throughout the curriculum's content delivery, training exercises, and evaluation methods. Knowledge related to areas in which NP students score in the low range can be added to courses to assist students better.
Parallel lines in life, divergent lines in science: Complexity encompasses different worlds
Authors: Suedfeld Peter 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThis paper has two major parts. The first recounts the beginning and growth of the friendship between Siegfried Streufert and Peter Suedfeld, who in the mid‐1960s were graduate students in Harold M. Schroder's social psychology laboratory at Princeton University. Each continued to develop a different line of theory and research on cognitive aspects of personality and social psychology while maintaining their contacts and friendship. The second part describes the background, characteristics, and applications of the integrative complexity (IC) work of Peter Suedfeld and his collaborators and students.
The effect of frailty on the 24‐hour blood pressure pattern in the very elderly
Authors: Blauth Fernando Gioppo , Vilar Laís Araújo dos Santos , Pontes Victor de Carvalho Brito , Moriguti Júlio César , Ferriolli Eduardo , Lima Nereida Kilza da Costa 
Published: December 2021

AbstractFrailty plays a crucial role in the management of hypertension in the very elderly and has a strong association with cardiovascular diseases. Nevertheless, its influence on the 24‐hour blood pressure pattern, including elevated asleep systolic blood pressure (BP) and the lack of BP fall during sleep (non‐dipping) has not been explored in a population above 80 years.Patients older than 80 years were classified into frail or robust subtypes by the five item frailty phenotype criteria. All participants were submitted to office blood pressure measurements and ambulatory BP monitoring over a 24‐hour period. Nocturnal dipping was defined as nighttime BP fall ≥10%.Thirty‐eight frail and 36 non‐frail individuals (mean age 85.3 ± 3.7 years; 67% females) were analyzed. Awake systolic and diastolic BP were similar for frail and robust individuals. Frail patients had higher systolic BP during sleep (128 ± 15 mm Hg vs. 122 ±13 mm Hg p = .04) and reduced systolic BP fall [1 (‐4.5 – 5)% vs. 6.8 (2.1 – 12.8)% p < .01]. Frailty was independently associated with higher risk of non‐dipping (OR 12.4; CI 1.79 – 85.9) and reduced nighttime systolic BP fall (‐6.1%; CI ‐9.6 – ‐2.6%). In conclusions, frailty has a substantial influence on nighttime BP values and pattern in patients older than 80 years.
Aquaporin expression and cholesterol content in eel swimbladder tissue
Authors: Drechsel Victoria , Schneebauer Gabriel , Fiechtner Birgit , Cutler Christopher P. , Pelster Bernd 
Published: December 2021

AbstractLeakiness of the swimbladder wall of teleost fishes must be prevented to avoid diffusional loss of gases out of the swimbladder. Guanine incrustation as well as high concentrations of cholesterol in swimbladder membranes in midwater and deep‐sea fish has been connected to a reduced gas permeability of the swimbladder wall. On the contrary, the swimbladder is filled by diffusion of gases, mainly oxygen and CO2, from the blood and the gas gland cells into the swimbladder lumen. In swimbladder tissue of the zebrafish and the Japanese eel, aquaporin mRNA has been detected, and the aquaporin protein has been considered important for the diffusion of water, which may accidentally be gulped by physostome fish when taking an air breath. In the present study, the expression of two aquaporin 1 genes (Aqp1aa and Aqp1ab) in the swimbladder tissue of the European eel, a functional physoclist fish, was assessed using immunohistochemistry, and the expression of both genes was detected in endothelial cells of swimbladder capillaries as well as in basolateral membranes of gas gland cells. In addition, Aqp1ab was present in apical membranes of swimbladder gas gland cells. The authors also found high concentrations of cholesterol in these membranes, which were several fold higher than in muscle tissue membranes. In yellow eels the cholesterol concentration exceeded the concentration detected in silver eel swimbladder membranes. The authors suggest that aquaporin 1 in swimbladder gas gland cells and endothelial cells facilitates CO2 diffusion into the blood, enhancing the switch‐on of the Root effect, which is essential for the secretion of oxygen into the swimbladder. It may also facilitate CO2 diffusion into the swimbladder lumen along the partial gradient established by CO2 production in gas gland cells. Cholesterol has been shown to reduce the gas permeability of membranes and thus could contribute to the gas tightness of swimbladder membranes, which is essential to avoid diffusional loss of gas out of the swimbladder.
A new treatment option for poikiloderma of Civatte: 577 nm pro‐yellow laser
Authors: Sarac Gulbahar , Kapicioglu Yelda , Cenk Hulya 
Published: December 2021

AbstractBackgroundAlthough many laser systems have been used in the treatment for Poikiloderma of Civatte (POC), there is no standard treatment guideline.ObjectivesWe aimed to present our data on the efficacy and safety of single‐session pro‐yellow laser treatment for POC.MethodsThe study included 14 patients treated with pro‐yellow laser (QuadroStarPRO YELLOW® Asclepion Laser Technologies, Germany) between 2017 and 2019. Treatment had been applied in two passes during the same session; a general pass with 22 j/cm2 over the whole lesion, then, one more pass only on the telangiectatic lesions with 18 j/cm2 fluence.They were evaluated based on their pictures taken before and 4 weeks after the treatment and scored by a 4‐item scoring in terms of the improvement (0:no change, 1:1%–25% mild, 2:26%–50% moderate, 3:51%–75% well, and 4:76%–100% excellent improvement).ResultsThe mean age of the patients (1 female, 13 males) was 59.64 ± 8.16 years. Five patients had Fitzpatrick‐2 and 9 patients had Fitzpatrick‐3 skin types. Six patients had mild, 8 patients had moderate improvement, one of them has been illustrated in Figure 1. Sixty‐minute mild erythema was the only adverse effect observed.ConclusionsWe think that pro‐yellow laser is a good treatment option for POC treatment. Repeated sessions are required for the complete healing of the lesions, while one single session has proved to be deficient. We observed that it was a quite safe treatment option, especially for the neck region, which was inclined to scarring and atrophy development.
Indigenous Māori experiences of fundamental care delivery in an acute inpatient setting: A qualitative analysis of feedback survey data
Authors: Pene Bobbie‐Jo , Aspinall Cathleen , Wilson Denise , Parr Jenny , Slark Julia 
Published: December 2021

AbstractAim and ObjectivesThis study aimed to explore inpatient healthcare delivery experiences of Māori (New Zealand's Indigenous people) patients and their whānau (extended family network) at a large tertiary hospital in New Zealand to (a) determine why Māori are less satisfied with the relational and psychosocial aspects of fundamental care delivery compared to other ethnic groups; (b) identify what aspects of care delivery are most important to them; and (c) contribute to the refinement of the Fundamentals of Care framework to have a deeper application of Indigenous concepts that support health and well‐being.BackgroundBi‐annual Fundamentals of Care audits at the study site have shown that Māori are more dissatisfied with aspects of fundamental care delivery than other ethnic groups.DesignRetrospective analysis of narrative feedback from survey data using an exploratory descriptive qualitative approach.MethodsThree hundred and fifty‐four questionnaires containing narrative patient experience feedback were collected from the study site's patient experience survey reporting system. Content analysis was used to analyse the data in relation to the Fundamentals of Care framework and Māori concepts of health and well‐being. The research complies with the SRQR guidelines for reporting qualitative research.ResultsFour themes were identified: being treated with kindness and respect; communication and partnership; family is the fundamental support structure; and inclusion of culture in the delivery of care.ConclusionThe current iteration of the Fundamentals of Care framework does not reflect in depth how indigenous groups view health and healthcare delivery. The inclusion of an Indigenous paradigm in the framework could improve healthcare delivery experiences of Indigenous peoples.Relevance to clinical practiceResearch around the application and relevance of the Fundamentals of Care framework to Indigenous groups provides an opportunity to refine the framework to improve health equity, and healthcare delivery for Indigenous people.