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An efficient numerical approach for solving two-point fractional order nonlinear boundary value problems with Robin boundary conditions
Authors: Kim Hyunju , Lee Junseo , Jang Bongsoo 
Published: April 2021

AbstractThis article proposes new strategies for solving two-point Fractional order Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems (FNBVPs) with Robin Boundary Conditions (RBCs). In the new numerical schemes, a two-point FNBVP is transformed into a system of Fractional order Initial Value Problems (FIVPs) with unknown Initial Conditions (ICs). To approximate ICs in the system of FIVPs, we develop nonlinear shooting methods based on Newton’s method and Halley’s method using the RBC at the right end point. To deal with FIVPs in a system, we mainly employ High-order Predictor–Corrector Methods (HPCMs) with linear interpolation and quadratic interpolation (Nguyen and Jang in Fract. Calc. Appl. Anal. 20(2):447–476, 2017) into Volterra integral equations which are equivalent to FIVPs. The advantage of the proposed schemes with HPCMs is that even though they are designed for solving two-point FNBVPs, they can handle both linear and nonlinear two-point Fractional order Boundary Value Problems (FBVPs) with RBCs and have uniform convergence rates of HPCMs, $\mathcal{O}(h^{2})$
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An inertial-type algorithm for approximation of solutions of Hammerstein integral inclusions in Hilbert spaces
Authors: Bello A. U. , Omojola M. T. , Yahaya J. 
Published: March 2021

AbstractLetHbe a real Hilbert space. Let$F:H\rightarrow 2^{H}$F:H→2Hand$K:H\rightarrow 2^{H}$K:H→2Hbe two maximal monotone and bounded operators. Suppose the Hammerstein inclusion$0\in u+KFu$0∈u+KFuhas a solution. We construct an inertial-type algorithm and show its strong convergence to a solution of the inclusion. As far as we know, this is the first inertial-type algorithm for Hammerstein inclusions in Hilbert spaces. We also give numerical examples to compare the new algorithm with some existing ones in the literature.
animalcules: interactive microbiome analytics and visualization in R
Authors: Zhao Yue , Federico Anthony , Faits Tyler , Manimaran Solaiappan , Segrè Daniel , Monti Stefano , Johnson W. Evan 
Published: March 2021

Abstract
Background
Microbial communities that live in and on the human body play a vital role in health and disease. Recent advances in sequencing technologies have enabled the study of microbial communities at unprecedented resolution. However, these advances in data generation have presented novel challenges to researchers attempting to analyze and visualize these data.

Results
To address some of these challenges, we have developed animalcules, an easy-to-use interactive microbiome analysis toolkit for 16S rRNA sequencing data, shotgun DNA metagenomics data, and RNA-based metatranscriptomics profiling data. This toolkit combines novel and existing analytics, visualization methods, and machine learning models. For example, the toolkit features traditional microbiome analyses such as alpha/beta diversity and differential abundance analysis, combined with new methods for biomarker identification are. In addition, animalcules provides interactive and dynamic figures that enable users to understand their data and discover new insights. animalcules can be used as a standalone command-line R package or users can explore their data with the accompanying interactive R Shiny interface.

Conclusions
We present animalcules, an R package for interactive microbiome analysis through either an interactive interface facilitated by R Shiny or various command-line functions. It is the first microbiome analysis toolkit that supports the analysis of all 16S rRNA, DNA-based shotgun metagenomics, and RNA-sequencing based metatranscriptomics datasets. animalcules can be freely downloaded from GitHub at https://github.com/compbiomed/animalcules or installed through Bioconductor at https://www.bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/animalcules.html.
Relations between perceived teacher’s autonomy support, cognitive appraisals and boredom in physics learning among lower secondary school students
Authors: Ekatushabe Margaret , Kwarikunda Diana , Muwonge Charles M. , Ssenyonga Joseph , Schiefele Ulrich 
Published: March 2021

Abstract
Background
Boredom during learning activities has the potential of impeding attention, motivation, learning and eventually achievement. Yet, research focusing on its possible antecedents seems to have received less attention especially within the physics domain. Based on assumptions of the Control Value Theory of Achievement Emotions (CVTAE), this study aimed at examining gender differences and structural relationships between students’ reported perceived teacher autonomy support (PTAS), cognitive appraisals (self-efficacy and task value) and learning-related boredom in physics. A sample of 375 (56% females) randomly selected 9th grade students (mean age = 15.03 years; SD = 1.02) from five secondary schools in Masaka district of Uganda took part in the study.

Results
Data collected from students’ self-reports using standardised instruments revealed that higher levels of PTAS, self-efficacy, and task value were significantly associated with lower levels of boredom during physics learning. Females reported significantly greater task value for learning physics than the males. Self-efficacy (β = − .10, p < .05) and task value (β = − .09, p < .01) partially mediated the relationship between PTAS and boredom. PTAS showed significant direct negative contributions to boredom (β = − .34, p < .001).

Conclusion
These findings provide support for theory and practice about the importance of promoting autonomy among students by adjusting instructional behaviours among teachers of physics. Teacher autonomy supportive behaviours influence formation of students’ beliefs about ability, subjective value and learning-related boredom in physics. Implications and suggestions for further research are also discussed in this paper.
Dental implants: a potential cause of bone marrow edema in the jaw—preliminary report
Authors: Muraoka Hirotaka , Hirahara Naohisa , Ito Kotaro , Kondo Takumi , Ichiki Shungo , Kaneda Takashi 
Published: March 2021

Abstract
Background
Different magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences are frequently used to examine bone marrow in the jaw, including short tau inversion recovery (STIR). MRI is a sensitive method for detecting bone marrow lesions. Currently, pantomography and computed tomography (CT) are used frequently for preoperative dental implant treatment. However, no study has evaluated bone marrow edema around dental implants using MRI. This study aimed to assess bone marrow edema in the jaw around dental implants using brain magnetic resonance images.

Methods
This retrospective cohort study was approved by our university ethics committee (EC19-011). A total of 17 patients (170 sites) who underwent brain MRI between April 2010 and March 2016 were analyzed. All subjects underwent scanning more than 3 years after implant placement. This study investigated two bone marrow signals (with implant site and without implant site). These two groups were then compared using Fisher’s exact test. The Mann–Whitney U test was used to analyze bone marrow signal intensity as the dependent variable and the long and short-axis diameters of the implant as the independent variables.

Results
The were 22/31 sites (71%) and 38/139 sites (27%) of bone marrow edema in the dental implants and without dental implants groups, respectively (p < 0.001). Furthermore, there was a significant correlation between bone marrow signal intensity and the short-axis diameter of the implant (p < 0.001).

Conclusion
The signal intensity in the bone marrow sites in the jaw with dental implants was significantly higher than that in the sites without dental implants. The present study findings suggest that dental implants are a potential cause of bone marrow edema in the jaw.
Identification, characterization, and expression profiles of the GASA genes in cotton
Authors: QIAO Kaikai , MA Changkai , LV Jiaoyan , ZHANG Chaojun , MA Qifeng , FAN Shuli 
Published: March 2021

Abstract
Background
GASA (Giberellic Acid Stimulated in Arabidopsis) gene family plays a crucial role in the phytohormone signaling pathway, growth and development, and stress responses in plants. Many GASA homologs have been identified in various plants. Nevertheless, little is known about these proteins in cotton.

Results
In the current study, we identified 19, 17, 25, 33, and 38 GASA genes via genome-wide analyses of Gossypium herbaceum, G. arboreum, G. raimondii, G. barbadense, and G. hirsutum, respectively, and performed comprehensive bioinformatics and expression analyses. According to our results, 132 GASA proteins shared similar protein structures and were classified into four groups based on the phylogenetic tree. A synteny analysis suggested that segmental duplication was a key driver in the expansion of the GASA gene family. Meanwhile, the cis-element and protein interaction analyses indicated that GhGASA proteins play a significant role in the hormone responses. Transcriptomic and qRT-PCR (Quantitative real time-polymerase chain reaction) analyses revealed diverse expression profiles of the GhGASA genes in different organs under abiotic stresses, indicating that some GhGASA genes possibly participate in fiber development and abiotic-stress responses.

Conclusions
The GASA genes in cotton were systematically identified and analyzed for the first time in this paper, and it suggested that the GASA genes are important to the development and growth of cotton. These results will support future exploration of the functions of GASA genes in cotton.
Correlation analysis of stem hardness traits with fiber and yield-related traits in core collections of Gossypium hirsutum
Authors: RAZA Irum , HU Daowu , AHMAD Adeel , LI Hongge , HE Shoupu , NAZIR Mian Faisal , WANG Xiaoyang , JIA Yinhua , PAN Zhaoe , ZHANG Peng , YASIR Muhammad , IQBAL Muhammad Shahid , GENG Xiaoli , WANG Liru , PANG Baoyin , DU Xiongming 
Published: March 2021

Abstract
Background
Stem hardness is one of the major influencing factors for plant architecture in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Evaluating hardness phenotypic traits is very important for the selection of elite lines for resistance to lodging in Gossypium hirsutum L. Cotton breeders are interested in using diverse genotypes to enhance fiber quality and high-yield. Few pieces of research for hardness and its relationship with fiber quality and yield were found. This study was designed to find the relationship of stem hardness traits with fiber quality and yield contributing traits of upland cotton.

Results
Experiments were carried out to measure the bending, acupuncture, and compression properties of the stem from a collection of upland cotton genotypes, comprising 237 accessions. The results showed that the genotypic difference in stem hardness was highly significant among the genotypes, and the stem hardness traits (BL, BU, AL, AU, CL, and CU) have a positive association with fiber quality traits and yield-related traits. Statistical analyses of the results showed that in descriptive statistics result bending (BL, BU) has a maximum coefficient of variance, but fiber length and fiber strength have less coefficient of variance among the genotypes. Principal component analysis (PCA) trimmed quantitative characters into nine principal components. The first nine principal components (PC) with Eigenvalues > 1 explained 86% of the variation among 237 accessions of cotton. Both 2017 and 2018, PCA results indicated that BL, BU, FL, FE, and LI contributed to their variability in PC1, and BU, AU, CU, FD, LP, and FWPB have shown their variability in PC2.

Conclusion
We describe here the systematic study of the mechanism involved in the regulation of enhancing fiber quality and yield by stem bending strength, acupuncture, and compression properties of G. hirsutum.
Stroboscopic exclusion process: A first-moment–driven dynamics
Authors: Debin Bryan , Granet Etienne 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
We define a new variant of exclusion processes in discrete time that has jump probabilities that depend on the last jump performed. In a particular limit for the jump probabilities and in suitable scaling limits for space and time, we compute the time evolution of the particle density starting from an arbitrary initial configuration, with closed boundary conditions. The core of the argument is the analysis of the time evolution of the moments. Numerical results are compared with the prediction and give excellent agreement.
FACES: An Advocacy Intervention for African American Parents of Children With Autism
Authors: Pearson Jamie N. , Meadan Hedda 
Published: April 2021

Abstract
Children with autism and their families often face challenges accessing early intervention and related services. African American children face additional challenges due to disparities in diagnoses and access to services. These disparities present a great need for parent advocacy to combat culturally insensitive service delivery and strained parent-professional partnerships. In this sequential mixed methods study, we piloted a 6-week parent-training intervention (FACES) among African American parents of children with autism and evaluated participants' empowerment, advocacy, and partnerships pre- and postintervention. Results indicated that parents' advocacy, sense of empowerment, and community support were strengthened, following the FACES program. Participants also described the FACES intervention as socially valid. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
Efficacy, safety and complications of autologous fat grafting to the eyelids and periorbital area: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Yang Fan , Ji Zhaohua , Peng Liwei , Fu Ting , Liu Kun , Dou Wenjie , Li Jing , Li Yuejun , Long Yong , Zhang Weilu 
Published: April 2021

BackgroundIn recent years, autologous fat grafting (AFG), also known as fat transfer or lipofilling, has been widely performed for periorbital rejuvenation and defect correction, although the evidence regarding its efficacy and safety is still lacking. Besides, with respect to the periorbital region, it is invariably the earliest appearance area of the facial aging phenomenon. Therefore, a systematic review and meta-analysis is needed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of this technique.MethodsA literature search was performed in PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane library databases on November 20, 2020, adhering to the PRISMA guidelines, to identify all relevant articles. Then, a data extraction and standardization process was performed to assess all outcome data. Ultimately, the data were assessed using a random effects regression model with comprehensive meta-analysis software.ResultsThirty-nine studies consisting of 3 cohorts and 36 case series with a total of 4046 cases were included. Meta-analysis revealed a relatively high satisfaction rate of 90.9% (95% CI, 86.4%–94.0%). Frequent complications in 4046 patients receiving AFG were edema, chemosis, and contour irregularity, with an overall complication rate of 7.9% (95% CI, 4.8%–12.8%).ConclusionThis systematic review and meta-analysis showed that AFG for rejuvenation of eyelids and periorbital area provided a high satisfaction rate and did not result in severe complications. Therefore, AFG might be performed safely for periorbital rejuvenation and reconstruction.
Cost-effectiveness of a “treat-all” strategy using Direct-Acting Antivirals (DAAs) for Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 at different fibrosis stages
Authors: Suenaga Riichiro , Suka Machi , Hirao Tomohiro , Hidaka Isao , Sakaida Isao , Ishida Haku 
Published: April 2021

AimTo evaluate the cost-effectiveness of therapeutic strategies initiated at different stages of liver fibrosis using three direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), sofosbuvir-ledipasvir (SL), glecaprevir-pibrentasvir (GP), and elbasvir plus grazoprevir (E/G), for Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) genotype 1.MethodsWe created an analytical decision model reflecting the progression of liver fibrosis stages to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of alternative therapeutic strategies applied at different fibrosis stages. We compared six treatment strategies: treating all patients regardless of fibrosis stage (TA), treating individual patients with one of four treatments starting at four respective stages of liver fibrosis progression (F1S: withholding treatment at stage F0 and starting treatment from stage F1 or higher, and three successive options, F2S, F3S, and F4S), and administering no antiviral treatment (NoRx). We adopted a lifetime horizon and Japanese health insurance payers’ perspective.ResultsThe base case analysis showed that the incremental quality-adjusted life years (QALY) gain of TA by SL, GP, and E/G compared with the strategies of starting treatments for patients with the advanced fibrosis stage, F2S, varied from 0.32 to 0.33, and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) were US$24,320, US$18,160 and US$17,410 per QALY, respectively. On the cost-effectiveness acceptability curve, TA was most likely to be cost-effective, with the three DAAs at the willingness to pay thresholds of US$50,000.ConclusionsOur results suggested that administration of DAA treatment for all Japanese patients with genotype 1 CHC regardless of their liver fibrosis stage would be cost-effective under ordinary conditions.
The global viralization of policies to contain the spreading of the COVID-19 pandemic: Analyses of school closures and first reported cases
Authors: Nazif-Muñoz José Ignacio , Peña Sebastián , Oulhote Youssef 
Published: April 2021

Background
On January 30th 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a international health emergency due to the unprecedented phenomenon of COVID-19. After this declaration countries swiftly implemented a variety of health policies. In this work we examine how rapid countries responded to this pandemic using two events: the day in which the first case of COVID-19 was reported, and first day in which countries used school closure as one of the measures to avoid outbreaks. We also assessed how countries’ health systems, globalization, economic development, political systems, and economic integration to China, Republic of Korea and Italy increased the speed of adoption.

Methods
We compiled information from multiple sources, from December 31st 2019 to June 1st 2020, to trace when 172 countries reported their first COVID-19 case and implemented school closure to contain outbreaks. We applied cross-national Weibull survival analysis to evaluate the global speed of detection of first COVID-19 reported cases and school closure.

Results
Ten days after WHO declared COVID-19 to be an international emergency, relative to seven days from this declaration, countries were 28 (95% CI: 12–77) times more likely to report first COVID-19 cases and 42 (95% CI: 22–90) times more likely to close schools. One standard deviation increase in the epidemic security index rises the rate of report first cases by 37% (Hazard Ratio (HR) 1.37 (95% CI: 1.09–1.72) and delays the adoption for school closures by 36% (HR 0.64 (95% CI:0.50–0.82). One standard deviation increase in the globalization index augments the adoption for school closures by 74% (HR 1.74 (95% CI:1.34–2.24).

Conclusion
After the WHO declared a global emergency, countries were unprecedently acting very rapidly. While countries more globally integrated were swifter in closing schools, countries with better designed health systems to tackle epidemics were slower in adopting it. More studies are needed to assess how the speed of school closures and other policies will affect the development of the pandemic.
Clinical features of acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia: An early histologic pattern of various acute inflammatory lung diseases
Authors: Onishi Yasutaka , Kawamura Tetsuji , Higashino Takanori , Mimura Rokuro , Tsukamoto Hiroaki , Sasaki Shin 
Published: April 2021

BackgroundAcute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia (AFOP) is a rare histologic pattern of acute lung involvement with intra-alveolar fibrin deposition. However, the clinical significance of the pathological findings of AFOP remains unclear. This study aimed to explore the clinical significance of AFOP through a comprehensive clinical examination.MethodsThe medical records of patients with lung diseases accompanied by the pathological finding of intra-alveolar organization between January 2010 and December 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. The clinical and radiological findings were compared between the groups with and without the histologic pattern of AFOP.ResultsWe identified 34 patients with AFOP (AFOP group) and 143 without AFOP (non-AFOP group). The underlying diseases of the AFOP group were as follows: 19 patients had cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (OP), 5 had connective tissue diseases, 3 had radiation pneumonitis, 3 had chronic eosinophilic pneumonia, 2 had myelodysplastic syndromes, and 2 had drug-induced pneumonia. Fever was more common, the time from symptom onset to biopsy was shorter, and the serum C-reactive protein level was higher in the AFOP group than in the non-AFOP group. On high-resolution computed tomography, 85% of patients had OP pattern, and halo sign was more common in the AFOP group. Corticosteroids were effective in 94% of the patients in the AFOP group; however, recurrences were more frequent, and a higher corticosteroid dose was needed during recurrence.ConclusionsAFOP might be an early phase of a histologic pattern associated with known etiologies. In addition, it could be a marker indicating intense inflammatory diseases with a tendency of recurrence.
New records for the flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates)
Authors: Byalt Vyacheslav V. , Korshunov Michail V. 
Published: March 2021

During floristic research in 2017–2020 in the Emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), we made new findings that complement the species composition of the flora of vascular plants in the territory of the Emirate and the UAE as a whole. The article provides data on 7 new ergasiophytes and ergasiophygophytes, alien to the Emirate of Fujairah: Asystasia gangetica T. Andersson (Acanthaceae) found growing wild in Dibba, A. gangetica subsp. micrantha (Nees) Y. F. Deng et N. H. Xia (Acanthaceae), as a weed in the nurseries of Dibba, Rul Dadna and Al Bidiya, Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. (Apiaceae), as a weed in Dibba town, Basella alba L. (Basellaceae) cultivated and becomes wild in Dibba town, Citrus ×limon (L.) Osbeck (Rutaceae) cultivated and often found growing wild in Dibba, the village of Sharm and other settlements of the Emirate, Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng. cultivated and becomes wild in Dibba, Rul Dadna, Al Bidiya and other places, and M. paniculata (L.) Jack (Rutaceae) cultivated and becomes wild in plant nurseries in Dibba and Al Bidiya. Asystasia gangetica, A. micrantha, and Centella asiatica are new alien species for Fujairah Emirate and the UAE, and Basella nigra, Murraya koenigii and M. paniculata are new also for Arabia as a whole. A brief history of the study of the flora of the UAE and a preliminary summary of its species diversity are also given.