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Taking the Historical-Social Dimension Seriously: A Reply to Bandini et al.
Authors: Haidle Miriam Noël , Schlaudt Oliver 
Published: March 2021

AbstractIn our recent article, "Where Does Cumulative Culture Begin? A Plea for a Sociologically Informed Perspective" (Haidle and Schlaudt in Biol Theory 15:161–174, 2020) we commented on a fundamental notion in current approaches to cultural evolution, the “zones of latent solutions” (henceforth ZLS), and proposed a modification of it, namely a social and dynamic interpretation of the latent solutions which were originally introduced within an individualistic framework and as static, genetically fixed entities. This modification seemed, and still seems, relevant to us and, in particular, more adequate for coping with the archaeological record. Bandini et al. (Biol Theory, 2021) rejected our proposition and deemed it unnecessary. In their critique, they focused on: (1) our reservations about an individualistic approach; (2) our objections to the presumption of fully naive individuals; and (3) our demand for an extended consideration of forms of social learning simpler than emulation and imitation. We will briefly reply to their critique in order to clarify some misunderstandings. However, the criticisms also show that we are at an impasse on certain crucial topics, such as the meaning of ZLS and the scope and nature of culture in general. Thus, we consider it necessary to make an additional effort to identify the conceptual roots which are at the very basis of the dissent with Bandini et al.
Evolution of Collaborative Governance in the 2015, 2016, and 2018 Myanmar Flood Disaster Responses: A Longitudinal Approach to a Network Analysis
Authors: Aung Tin Myo , Lim Seunghoo 
Published: March 2021

AbstractIn disaster response, collaboration facilitates interactions among actors, such as the government, the military, nongovernmental organizations, and civil society organizations. This study examined the longitudinal changes in collaborative governance in Myanmar’s disaster responses based on cases of flooding in 2015, 2016, and 2018. To examine the mechanisms underlying this dynamic network formation, the collaborative ties of the actors involved in search and rescue activities were converted into longitudinal relational data sets, and the evolution of collaborative governance was analyzed by relying on the assumptions of social capital, transaction cost, homophily, and resource dependency theories and using a longitudinal social network analysis method. The findings show that the collaborative networks of search and rescue processes in disaster response evolved and changed over time according to the hypothesized patterns of strong, weak, and preferential tie formations. The study also revealed that the collaborative governance system assumes the form of a hierarchy rather than a generalized exchange, and the actors’ reliance on military organizations is not obvious due to the emerging alternative non-military actors and diverse local actors observed in the cases.
One Minute Wonder – Fortbildung während der Arbeitszeit
Authors: Krüger Lars , Mannebach Thomas , Wefer Franziska , Bolte Christina 
Published: March 2021

Zusammenfassung
Hintergrund
Fortbildung von Pflegenden hat auf Intensivstationen (ITS) eine hohe Bedeutung. One Minute Wonder (OMW) als Fortbildungsmethode sind dabei so aufbereitet, dass sie in einer Minute gelesen werden können. Bisher wurde die Umsetzung von OMW nur in 2 Untersuchungen in Deutschland mit kleinen Kohorten evaluiert.

Ziel
Das primäre Ziel der Evaluationsstudie war zu untersuchen, ob Pflegende auf den ITS OMW zur Fortbildung nutzen. Gleichermaßen sollte aufgezeigt werden, ob OMW zu einem subjektiv beurteilten Bildungsgewinn bei Pflegenden führen. Als sekundäre Ziele sollten Optimierungspotenziale, die Bereitschaft, selbst ein OMW zu erstellen, und die Gesamtbewertung ermittelt werden.

Methode
Die Evaluationsstudie wurde als quantitative Vollerhebung (n = 379) mittels standardisierten Fragebogens auf allen ITS des Herz- und Diabeteszentrums NRW (HDZ NRW) von September bis Oktober 2018 durchgeführt. Zur Datenauswertung sind Methoden der deskriptiven Statistik angewendet worden.

Ergebnisse
Bei einem Rücklauf von 49,87 % (n = 189) bestätigten die Pflegenden mit 91,53 % (n = 173), dass sie Wartezeiten im Pflegealltag zum Lesen von OMW nutzen. 73,55 % (n = 139) gaben an, dass die Informationen aus den OMW im Praxisalltag hilfreich sind. Als Wechselintervall wurde mit 69,31 % (n = 131) 14-tägig ausgewählt. Die Bereitschaft, selbst ein OMW zu erstellen, war ausgewogen. Die Methode wurde im Median mit 2 (40,21 %, n = 76) und im Mittelwert mit 1,90 (n = 184) bewertet.

Schlussfolgerung
Die OMW stellen für Pflegende eine sinnvolle ergänzende Fortbildungsmethode dar. Um den Wissenstransfer durch OMW empirisch zu belegen, ist weitere Forschung nötig.
Data hiding in encryption–compression domain
Authors: Singh O. P. , Singh A. K. 
Published: March 2021

AbstractThis paper introduces a robust and secure data hiding scheme to transmit grayscale image in encryption-then-compression domain. First, host image is transformed using lifting wavelet transform, Hessenberg decomposition and redundant singular value decomposition. Then, we use appropriate scaling factor to invisibly embed the singular value of watermark data into the lower frequency sub-band of the host image. We also use suitable encryption-then-compression scheme to improve the security of the image. Additionally, de-noising convolutional neural network is performed at extracted mark data to enhance the robustness of the scheme. Experimental results verify the effectiveness of our scheme, including embedding capacity, robustness, invisibility, and security. Further, it is established that our scheme has a better ability to recover concealed mark than conventional ones at low cost.
Comorbidities and Quality of Life in Women Undergoing First Surgery for Endometriosis: Differences Between Chinese and Italian Population
Authors: Chen Huixi , Vannuccini Silvia , Capezzuoli Tommaso , Ceccaroni Marcello , Mubiao Liu , Shuting Huang , Wu Yanting , Huang Hefeng , Petraglia Felice 
Published: March 2021

AbstractAn observational cross-sectional study was conducted in a group (n = 371) of fertile age women with endometriosis, by administering a structured questionnaire, in order to evaluate the incidence of gynecological and systemic comorbidities and the impact on quality of life (QoL) in two different groups of Italian and Chinese patients affected by endometriosis. Chinese (n = 175) and Italian (n = 196) women were compared regarding systemic (inflammatory, autoimmune, and mental) and gynecological comorbidities, pain symptoms, and QoL, by using the Short Form 12 (SF-12). Italian patients resulted younger at the diagnosis and suffered more frequently from severe pain than Chinese ones. Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) and mixed phenotypes were more frequent in Italian patients, whereas ovarian (OMA) and superficial endometriosis (SUP) were more common in the Chinese. The Italian group showed more systemic comorbidities, and those disorder were already present before the diagnosis of endometriosis. Furthermore, the Italian group showed lower SF-12 physical and mental scores, suggesting a worse health-related QoL in Italian endometriotic patients. A number of differences has been observed between Italian and Chinese women with endometriosis in terms of comorbidities and QoL, which may be related to the ethnicity, the different health system organization and the social and cultural background.
TSUNAMI: Translational Bioinformatics Tool Suite for Network Analysis and Mining
Authors: Huang Zhi , Han Zhi , Wang Tongxin , Shao Wei , Xiang Shunian , Salama Paul , Rizkalla Maher , Huang Kun , Zhang Jie 
Published: March 2021

Abstract
Gene co-expression network (GCN) mining identifies gene modules with highly correlated expression profiles across samples/conditions. It enables researchers to discover latent gene/molecule interactions, identify novel gene functions, and extract molecular features from certain disease/condition groups, thus helping to identify disease biomarkers. However, there lacks an easy-to-use tool package for users to mine GCN modules that are relatively small in size with tightly connected genes that can be convenient for downstream gene set enrichment analysis, as well as modules that may share common members. To address this need, we developed an online GCN mining tool package: TSUNAMI (Tools SUite for Network Analysis and MIning). TSUNAMI incorporates our state-of-the-art lmQCM algorithm to mine GCN modules for both public and user-input data (microarray, RNA-seq, or any other numerical omics data), and then performs downstream gene set enrichment analysis for the identified modules. It has several features and advantages: 1) a user-friendly interface and real-time co-expression network mining through a web server; 2) direct access and search of NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) databases, as well as user-input gene expression matrices for GCN module mining; 3) multiple co-expression analysis tools to choose from, all of which are highly flexible in regards to parameter selection options; 4) identified GCN modules are summarized to eigengenes, which are convenient for users to check their correlation with other clinical traits; 5) integrated downstream Enrichr enrichment analysis and links to other gene set enrichment tools; and 6) visualization of gene loci by Circos plot in any step of the process. The web service is freely accessible through URL: https://biolearns.medicine.iu.edu/. Source code is available at https://github.com/huangzhii/TSUNAMI/.
Asian American Pacific Islander Representation in Outcomes Research: NSQIP Scoping Review
Authors: Chao Grace F. , Emlaw Jonel , Chiu Alexander S. , Yang Jie , Thumma Jyothi , Brackett Alexandria , Pei Kevin Y. 
Published: March 2021

BACKGROUND:
If Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are not recognized within patients in health services research, we miss an opportunity to ensure health equity in patient outcomes. However, it is unknown what the rates are of AAPIs inclusion in surgical outcomes research.

STUDY DESIGN:
Through a scoping review, we used Covidence to search MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Scopus, and CINAHL for studies published in 2008-2018 using NSQIP data. NSQIP was chosen because of its national scope, widespread use in research, and coding inclusive of AAPI patients. We examined the proportion of studies representing AAPI patients in the demographic characteristics and Methods, Results, or Discussion section. We then performed multivariable logistic regression to examine associations between study characteristics and AAPI inclusion.

RESULTS:
In 1,264 studies included for review, 62% included race. Overall, only 22% (n = 278) of studies included AAPI patients. Of studies that included race, 35% represented AAPI patients in some component of the study. We found no association between sample size or publication year and inclusion. Studies were significantly more likely to represent AAPI patients when there was a higher AAPI population in the region of the first author's institution (lowest vs highest tercile; p < 0.001). Studies with a focus on disparities were more likely to include AAPI patients (p = 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS:
Our study is the first to examine AAPI representation in surgical outcomes research. We found < 75% of studies examine race, despite availability within NSQIP. Little more than one-third of studies including race reported on AAPI patients as a separate group. To provide the best care, we must include AAPI patients in our research.
New flight trajectory optimisation method using genetic algorithms
Authors: Dancila R.I. , Botez R.M. 
Published: March 2021

AbstractThis paper presents a new flight trajectory optimisation method, based on genetic algorithms, where the selected optimisation criterion is the minimisation of the total cost. The candidate flight trajectories evaluated in the optimisation process are defined as flight plans with two components: a lateral flight plan (the set of geographic points that define the flight trajectory track segments) and a vertical flight plan (the set of data that define the altitude and speed profiles, as well as the points where the altitude and/or speed changes occur). The lateral components of the candidate flight plans are constructed by selecting a set of adjacent nodes from a routing grid. The routing grid nodes are generated based on the orthodromic route between the flight trajectory’s initial and final points, a selected maximum lateral deviation from the orthodromic route and a selected grid node step size along and across the orthodromic route. Two strategies are investigated to handle invalid flight plans (relative to the aircraft’s flight envelope) and to compute their flight performance parameters. A first strategy is to assign a large penalty total cost to invalid flight profiles. The second strategy is to adjust the invalid flight plan parameters (altitude and/or speed) to the nearest limit of the flight envelope, with priority being given to maintaining the planned altitude. The tests performed in this study show that the second strategy is computationally expensive (requiring more than twice the execution time relative to the first strategy) and yields less optimal solutions. The performance of the optimal profiles identified by the proposed optimisation method, using the two strategies regarding invalid flight profile performance evaluation, were compared with the performance data of a reference flight profile, using identical input data: initial aircraft weight, initial and final aircraft geographic positions, altitudes and speed, cost index, and atmospheric data. The initial and final aircraft geographic positions, and the reference flight profile data, were retrieved from the FlightAware web site. This data corresponds to a real flight performed with the aircraft model used in this study. Tests were performed for six Cost Index values. Given the randomness of the genetic algorithms, the convergence to a global optimal solution is not guaranteed (the solution may be non-optimal or a local optima). For a better evaluation of the performance of the proposed method, ten test runs were performed for each Cost Index value. The total cost reduction for the optimal flight plans obtained using the proposed method, relative to the reference flight plan, was between 0.822% and 3.042% for the cases when the invalid flight profiles were corrected, and between 1.598% and 3.97% for the cases where the invalid profiles were assigned a penalty total cost.
Akrasia and Epistemic Impurism
Authors: FRITZ JAMES 
Published: March 2021

AbstractThis essay provides a novel argument for impurism, the view that certain non-truth-relevant factors can make a difference to a belief's epistemic standing. I argue that purists, unlike impurists, are forced to claim that certain ‘high-stakes’ cases rationally require agents to be akratic. Akrasia is one of the paradigmatic forms of irrationality. So purists, in virtue of calling akrasia rationally mandatory in a range of cases with no obvious precedent, take on a serious theoretical cost. By focusing on akrasia, and on the nature of the normative judgments involved therein, impurists gain a powerful new way to frame a core challenge for purism. They also gain insight about the way in which impurism is true: my argument motivates the claim that there is moral encroachment in epistemology.
Critical notice of Words and Contents, by Richard Vallée
Authors: Stainton Robert J. , Sullivan Arthur 
Published: March 2021

AbstractSection I gives an overview of the contents of “Words and Contents”, and lays out the plan for this Critical Notice. Section II expounds Vallée’s Perry-inspired Pluri-Propositional semantic framework, and Section III is an in-depth case study, focused on complex demonstratives. In Sections IV-V we develop some criticisms, and in Section VI we suggest a solution to these difficulties, which builds on Vallée’s innovative work.
Cryoegg: development and field trials of a wireless subglacial probe for deep, fast-moving ice
Authors: Prior-Jones Michael R. , Bagshaw Elizabeth A. , Lees Jonathan , Clare Lindsay , Burrow Stephen , Werder Mauro A. , Karlsson Nanna B. , Dahl-Jensen Dorthe , Chudley Thomas R. , Christoffersen Poul , Wadham Jemma L. , Doyle Samuel H. , Hubbard Bryn 
Published: March 2021

AbstractSubglacial hydrological systems require innovative technological solutions to access and observe. Wireless sensor platforms can be used to collect and return data, but their performance in deep and fast-moving ice requires quantification. We report experimental results from Cryoegg: a spherical probe that can be deployed into a borehole or moulin and transit through the subglacial hydrological system. The probe measures temperature, pressure and electrical conductivity in situ and returns all data wirelessly via a radio link. We demonstrate Cryoegg's utility in studying englacial channels and moulins, including in situ salt dilution gauging. Cryoegg uses VHF radio to transmit data to a surface receiving array. We demonstrate transmission through up to 1.3 km of cold ice – a significant improvement on the previous design. The wireless transmission uses Wireless M-Bus on 169 MHz; we present a simple radio link budget model for its performance in cold ice and experimentally confirm its validity. Cryoegg has also been tested successfully in temperate ice. The battery capacity should allow measurements to be made every 2 h for more than a year. Future iterations of the radio system will enable Cryoegg to transmit data through up to 2.5 km of ice.
Multiple Ideal Points: Revealed Preferences in Different Domains
Authors: Moser Scott , Rodríguez Abel , Lofland Chelsea L. 
Published: March 2021

AbstractWe extend classical ideal point estimation to allow voters to have different preferences when voting in different domains—for example, when voting on agricultural policy than when voting on defense policy. Our scaling procedure results in estimated ideal points on a common scale. As a result, we are able to directly compare a member’s revealed preferences across different domains of voting (different sets of motions) to assess if, for example, a member votes more conservatively on agriculture motions than on defense. In doing so, we are able to assess the extent to which voting behavior of an individual voter is consistent with a uni-dimensional spatial model—if a member has the same preferences in all domains. The key novelty is toestimaterather thanassumethe identity of “stayers”—voters whose revealed preference is constant across votes. Our approach offers methodology for investigating the relationship between the basic space and issue space in legislative voting (Poole 2007). There are several methodological advantages to our approach. First, our model allows for testing sharp hypotheses. Second, the methodology developed can be understood as a kind of partial-pooling model for item response theory scaling, resulting in less uncertainty of estimates. Related, our estimation method provides a principled and unified approach to the issue of “granularity” (i.e., the level of aggregation) in the analysis of roll-call data (Crespin and Rohde 2010; Roberts et al. 2016). We illustrate the model by estimating U.S. House of Representatives members’ revealed preferences in different policy domains, and identify several other potential applications of the model including: studying the relationship between committee and floor voting behavior; and investigating constituency influence and representation.
Do Name-Based Treatments Violate Information Equivalence? Evidence from a Correspondence Audit Experiment
Authors: Landgrave Michelangelo , Weller Nicholas 
Published: March 2021

AbstractName-based treatments have been used in observational studies and experiments to study the differential effect of identity—commonly race or ethnic minority status. These treatments are typically assumed to signal only a single characteristic. If names unintentionally signal other characteristics, then the treatment can violate information equivalence, and estimated treatment effects cannot be attributed to the desired characteristic alone. Using results from a name perception study paired with an original correspondence audit experiment of U.S. state legislators, we show that names manipulate perceptions of minority status, socioeconomic status (SES), and migrant status. Our audit study shows that low SES status is related to reply rates both across and within each racial category. These results provide evidence that discrimination cannot be easily attributed singularly to the intended treatment of minority status but rather reflect a more multifaceted form of discrimination. More generally, our results provide an example of how name-based treatments manipulate more than the intended characteristic, which means that estimated treatment effects cannot be interpreted as being manipulated solely by the desired characteristic. Future studies with name-based or other informational treatments should account for the potential violation of information equivalence in their research design and interpretation of results.
ESTABLISHING WATER SAMPLE PROTOCOLS FOR RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS AT LAC-UFF, BRAZIL
Authors: Bragança Daniela , Oliveira Fabiana , Macario Kita , Nunes Vinicius , Muniz Marcelo , Lamego Fernando , Abril Gwenaël , Nepomuceno Aguinaldo , Solís Corina , Rodríguez-Ceja María 
Published: March 2021

ABSTRACTSince the establishment of the first radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry facility in Latin America in 2009, the Radiocarbon Laboratory team of Universidade Federal Fluminense (LAC-UFF) has worked to improve sample preparation protocols and increase the range of environmental matrices to be analyzed. We now present the preliminary results for DIC sample preparation protocols. The first validation tests include background evaluation with pMC value (0.35 ± 0.04) using bicarbonate dissolved in water. We also analyzed surface seawater resulting in pMC value (101.38 ± 0.38) and a groundwater previously dated from LEMA AMS-Laboratory with pMC value (12.30 ± 0.15).
Abbasid Politics and Performative Panegyric: The Poetry of ʿAli ibn Jabala
Authors: Alebdha Fahd 
Published: March 2021

AbstractThe poet ʿAli ibn Jabala, also called al-ʿAkawwak, was a little known but significant poet who lived during the late 8th and early 9th centuries. This article examines his poetry in its political and cultural context to delineate the literary devices exploited by the poet in his poems of praise. Moreover, this paper interprets existing prose anecdotes claiming that al-ʿAkawwak's panegyric poem to the caliph al-Maʾmun's commander, Abu Dulaf al-ʿIjli, made the caliph so furious that he ordered the poet's execution, despite the poet having never composed any verses overtly criticizing the caliph. The argument is made that, within the tense political atmosphere of the time, the style that the poet embraced in praising the two commanders, Abu Dulaf al-ʿIjli and Humayd al-Tusi, intensified al-Maʾmun's anger toward the poet.