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Carotid atherosclerosis in virologically suppressed HIV patients: comparison with a healthy sample and prediction by cardiovascular risk equations
Authors: Saumoy M , Di Yacovo S , Pérez S , Sánchez‐Quesada JL , Valdivielso JM , Subirana I , Imaz A , Tiraboschi JM , García B , Ordoñez‐LLanos J , Benítez S , Podzamczer D , Grau M 
Published: April 2021

ObjectivesTo compare the prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis in virologically suppressed HIV patients with that of a community sample, and to evaluate the capacity of various cardiovascular risk (CVR) equations for predicting carotid atherosclerosis.MethodsThis was a cross‐sectional study with two randomly selected groups: HIV patients from an HIV unit and a control group drawn from the community. Participants were matched by age (30–80 years) and sex without history of cardiovascular disease. Carotid plaque, common carotid intima–media thickness (cc‐IMT) and subclinical atherosclerosis (carotid plaque and/or cc‐IMT > 75th percentile) were assessed by carotid ultrasound. The Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE), Framingham, REGICOR, reduced Data Collection on Adverse Effects of Anti‐HIV Drugs (D:A:D), and COMVIH equations were applied, and their abilities to predict carotid plaque were compared using the area under the curve (AUC).ResultsEach group included 379 subjects (77.8% men, age 49.7 years). Duration of antiretroviral therapy was 15.5 years. There were no differences between the groups for carotid plaque (HIV, 33.2%; control, 31.3%), mean cc‐IMT (HIV, 0.63 mm; control, 0.61 mm) or subclinical atherosclerosis (HIV, 42.9%; control, 47.9%). Thymidine analogues were independently associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in HIV‐infected patients. CVR equations revealed AUCs between 0.715 and 0.807 for prediction of carotid plaque; prediction was better in the control group and did not improve when HIV‐adapted scales were used.ConclusionsThe features of carotid atherosclerosis did not differ between the HIV‐infected and the control group, although CVR equations were more predictive for carotid plaque in controls than in HIV‐infected patients. HIV‐specific equations did not improve prediction.
Rejuvenated extension of the Philippine Sea plate and its effect on subduction dynamics in the Nankai Trough
Authors: Kimura Gaku , Nakamura Yasuyuki , Shiraishi Kazuya , Fujie Gou , Kodaira Shuichi , Yamaguchi Asuka , Fukuchi Rina , Hashimoto Yoshitaka 
Published: April 2021

AbstractThe Nankai Trough, Japan, is a subduction zone characterized by the recurrence of disastrous earthquakes and tsunamis. Slow earthquakes and associated tremor also occur intermittently and locally in the Nankai Trough and the causal relationship between slow earthquakes and large earthquakes is important to understanding subduction zone dynamics. The Nankai Trough off Muroto, Shikoku Island, near the southeast margin of the rupture segment of the 1946 Nankai earthquake, is one of three regions where slow earthquakes and tremor cluster in the Nankai Trough. On the Philippine Sea plate, the rifting of the central domain of the Shikoku Basin was aborted at ~15 Ma and underthrust the Nankai forearc off Muroto. Here, the Tosa‐Bae seamount and other high‐relief features, which are northern extension of the Kinan Seamount chain, have collided with and indented the forearc wedge. In this study, we analyzed seismic reflection profiles around the deformation front of accretionary wedge and stratigraphically correlated them to drilling sites off Muroto. Our results show that the previously aborted horst‐and‐graben structures, which were formed around the spreading center of the Shikoku Basin at ~15 Ma, were rejuvenated locally at ~6 Ma and more regionally at ~3.3 Ma and have remained active since. The reactivated normal faulting has enhanced seafloor roughness and appears to affect the locations of slow earthquakes and tremors. Rejuvenated normal faulting is not limited to areas near the Nankai Trough, and extends more than 200 km into the Shikoku Basin to the south. This extension might be due to extensional forces applied to the Philippine Sea plate, which appear to be driven by slab‐pull in the Ryukyu and Philippine trenches along the western margin of the Philippine Sea plate.
Impact of social influences and adoptive community on behaviours: An exploratory study of young French vegetarians
Authors: Séré de Lanauze Gilles , Sirieix Lucie 
Published: April 2021

AbstractThe influence of consumption practice‐based communities on consumption patterns is a growing trend in marketing research. Vegetarianism, a diet that usually represents a break away from eating patterns strongly anchored in society, generates psychological and relational tensions for those who adopt it. As such, vegetarians develop specific links with the adoptive vegetarian community, which may strongly influence the adoption and maintenance of this practice. The purpose of this research is to better understand how vegetarians' relationships with their social environment and community impact their consumption behaviours. An exploratory study was carried out based on 23 individual interviews with young adult vegetarians in France. The results shed light on the self‐categorization process and show how relationships with the community influence the adoption and maintenance of vegetarian behaviour. In addition, depending on the perceived opposition between society and the vegetarian community and the degree of identification with this community, different patterns of relationships with and expectations of the community are identified and presented in the CBO model (Community Belonging and perceived Opposition between community and society). Understanding the social influences involved in practice‐based adoptive communities will help marketers take decisions relating to support, supply and communication with regard to these practices. Beyond describing the practices and motivations underpinning vegetarianism and veganism, previously documented in the literature, this research provides new insights into the impact of communities and social influences on the adoption and defence of a specific diet.
Astringency sub‐qualities of red wines and the influence of wine–saliva aggregates
Authors: Brossard Natalia , Gonzalez‐Muñoz Beatriz , Pavez Carolina , Ricci Arianna , Wang Xinmiao , Osorio Fernando , Bordeu Edmundo , Paola Parpinello Giuseppina , Chen Jianshe 
Published: April 2021

SummaryAstringency is a sensory attribute, related to the quality and mouthfeel of red wines. However, the origin of astringency sub‐qualities, such as the typical drying astringency found in immature grapes, is still unknown. Astringency of red wines with similar tannin content but different astringency sub‐qualities, from different harvest dates, is studied. Astringency was characterised in terms of friction coefficient, polyphenol content, sensory analysis and tannin/salivary–proteins aggregates characterisation. A different evolution during ripening was found for both Cabernet Sauvignon and Carménère, and tannin–protein aggregates showed differences in size, shape and surface. The velvety sub‐quality appears to be related to aggregates with low precipitation, and with specific surface characteristics as roundness and Feret diameter. Results from this work propose an effect of aggregates on sensory perception and opens the possibility to explore their effect on oral lubrication.
Narrative therapy to relieve stigma in oral cancer patients: A randomized controlled trial
Authors: Sun Liying , Liu Xueli , Weng Xiaoling , Deng Haiyan , Li Qian , Liu Jingpeng , Luan Xiaorong 
Published: April 2021

AbstractAims and objectivesThis study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of narrative therapy in relieving stigma in oral cancer patients who underwent major surgical treatment.BackgroundHealth‐related stigma compromises mental health and life quality in people with physical or mental abnormalities. Narrative therapy has been implemented to overcome stigma among populations in a diversity of disease states. However, the effectiveness of narrative therapy in relieving stigma among patients with oral cancer is not known.DesignThis study was a randomized controlled trial, in which 100 oral cancer patients were selected and randomly assigned to the ‘narrative therapy’ group, who received narrative therapy treatment in addition to standard care, and the ‘control’ group, who was provided standard care only.MethodsThis research combined measurement of several questionnaires to evaluate stigma. Analysis of variance and paired t tests were employed for data analysis.ResultsFindings in this study demonstrated that narrative therapy treatment effectively relieved oral cancer patients' sense of shame, reducing overall stigma and significantly improving self‐esteem and social relationships.ConclusionsNarrative therapy was demonstrated to be a promising therapeutic intervention for stigma relief in oral cancer patients.
Wisdom and Theological Interpretation: A Biblical Studies Response to Myk Habets on Theological Theological Interpretation of Scripture
Authors: Meadowcroft Tim 
Published: April 2021

AbstractThis article responds to Myk Habets’s article ‘Theological Theological Interpretation of Scripture’. It begins with comment on those matters in which we are in agreement. The article, after reflecting on some dualities of practice that arise when theologians and biblical scholars attempt to work together, then examines two particular dualities in Habets’s argument: hermeneutics and theology, and general and special hermeneutics. With respect to special and general hermeneutics, the article draws on the biblical wisdom tradition, and suggests an understanding of theological interpretation that is dialogic and organic in nature.
Theological Theological Interpretation of Scripture
Authors: Habets Myk 
Published: April 2021

AbstractTheological Interpretation of Scripture is a discipline that is growing in popularity and usefulness. This popularity has spawned many proposals for what Theological Interpretation of Scripture is and how it should be conducted. Within these proposals two general approaches to Theological Interpretation of Scripture can be identified: the biblical and the theological. While complementary, these approaches to Theological Interpretation of Scripture differ. Observing these differences allows for mutual appreciation between the two approaches. It also provides an opportunity to clarify further what theologians are doing when they undertake a theological Theological Interpretation of Scripture. After specifying what a theological Theological Interpretation of Scripture is by employing a six‐point rubric which incorporates general and special hermeneutics, the differences between approaches to Theological Interpretation of Scripture by biblical scholars and theologians will be illustrated.
Measuring the overall efficiency of SRI and conventional mutual funds by a diversification‐consistent DEA model
Authors: Bilbao‐Terol Amelia , Arenas‐Parra Mar , Bilbao‐Terol Celia 
Published: April 2021

AbstractThis paper presents an application of data envelopment analysis (DEA) based approaches to assess the relative financial and nonfinancial efficiency of mutual funds (MFs). Our approach measures corporate sustainability (CS) of the MFs from the rating process carried out by social agencies on the constituent firms. We have modified the raw scores of the firms invested in by the MFs in order to overcome the compensatory effect when the MFs invested in both “good” and “bad” firms. For this purpose, we have used prospect theory in such a manner that the original scores awarded to the firms are modified by applying a value function. Three extensions of Branda's model are formulated. The first model measures financial efficiency, the second model measures CS efficiency and is an output‐oriented DEA model, and, the third is a DEA model for measuring overall efficiency of the MFs. In the last step of the proposed methodology, the set of overall‐efficient MFs is ranked applying technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution to the two DEA scores corresponding to the two partial DEA models. The risk and return measures have been chosen so that the proposed models are consistent with the second‐order stochastic dominance relation. Therefore, under a finite number of equiprobable scenarios for the rates of return, a set of conditional value at risk for several confidence levels are used as inputs of the models that consider the financial performance. The proposed approach is illustrated with real data on a set of 144 French MFs, 31 marketed as socially responsible investment MFs.
New low‐εr, temperature stable Mg3B2O6‐Ba3(VO4)2 microwave composite ceramic for 5G application
Authors: Zhou Tao , Liu Yahan , Song Kaixin , Xue Lingyun , Xu Ping , Khesro Amir , Wang Dawei , Liu Bing , Mao Minmin , Shi Feng , Sun Shikuan 
Published: April 2021

AbstractNovel low‐εr, thermal and phase stable of (1‐x)Mg3B2O6‐xBa3(VO4)2 (x mol% =51, 53, 55, 57, 59) microwave composite ceramics were firstly fabricated and reported using the conventional solid‐state reaction method. X‐ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X‐ray, and Raman spectroscopy confirmed the coexistence of both phases without other phases. Near‐zero temperature coefficient of resonant frequency (τf ~ +1.2 ppm/°C) is obtained for the 0.43Mg3B2O6‐0.57Ba3(VO4)2 composite ceramic, with permittivity (εr) of 8.8 and high‐quality factor (Q×f) of 45 420 GHz, which is a promising candidate for 5G applications.
Assessment of compliance with oral nutritional supplementation and exploration of barriers and facilitators for patients after gastrectomy: A mixed‐methods study
Authors: Wan Guang‐ying , Yuan Hua , Xue Hui , Li Hui‐qin , Hu Hai‐yan , Zhang Xiu‐ying 
Published: April 2021

AbstractAimsTo evaluate the compliance of patients after gastrectomy in taking oral nutritional supplementation and to explore the promoting and hindering factors.DesignA mixed‐methods design with an explanatory sequential approach was employed.MethodsWe conducted a 12‐week longitudinal study to evaluate the oral nutritional supplementation compliance of 122 patients after gastric cancer surgery and the factors that affected their compliance. After the quantitative phase, we selected the interview subjects and developed the interview outline based on the analysis of the quantitative results. In‐depth interviews (n = 15) were conducted to explain and supplement the quantitative phase results. Data were collected from October 2019 to May 2020.ResultsThe average overall compliance rate of oral nutritional supplementation in patients with gastric cancer over 12 weeks was 30.59%. Adverse reactions to oral nutritional supplementation, the identity of the main caregivers and the patient's financial ability were independent factors that affected patient compliance. In subsequent interviews, we extracted four themes: social support plays an important role in patients taking oral nutritional supplementation, adverse reactions discourage patients from continuing to take oral nutritional supplementation, patients' attitudes affect their motivation to take oral nutritional supplementation, and the different needs of patients for oral nutritional supplementation affect patient compliance.ConclusionPatients' compliance with oral nutritional supplementation after gastric cancer surgery is very low. Health education should pay more attention to the management of adverse reactions and the role of patients' peers and family members. Oral nutritional supplementation products should be diversified to provide patients with more choices.ImpactThis study clarifies the factors that hinder and promote oral nutritional supplementation compliance and provides an important reference for the establishment and revision of health education strategies for patients after gastric cancer surgery.
Abiotic stress and biotic factors mediate range dynamics on opposing edges
Authors: Sirén Alexej P. K. , Sutherland Christopher S. , Bernier Christopher A. , Royar Kimberly J. , Kilborn Jillian R. , Callahan Catherine B. , Cliché Rachel M. , Prout Leighlan S. , Morelli Toni Lyn 
Published: April 2021

AbstractAimIn the face of global change, understanding causes of range limits are one of the most pressing needs in biogeography and ecology. A prevailing hypothesis is that abiotic stress forms cold (upper latitude/altitude) limits, whereas biotic interactions create warm (lower) limits. A new framework – Interactive Range‐Limit Theory (iRLT) – asserts that positive biotic factors such as food availability can ameliorate abiotic stress along cold edges, whereas abiotic stress can have a positive effect and mediate biotic interactions (e.g., competition) along warm limits.LocationNortheastern United StatesTaxonCarnivoraMethodsWe evaluated two hypotheses of iRLT using occupancy and structural equation modeling (SEM) frameworks based on data collected over a 6‐year period (2014–2019) of six carnivore species across a broad latitudinal (42.8–45.3°N) and altitudinal (3–1451 m) gradient.ResultsWe found that snow directly limits populations, but prey or habitat availability can influence range dynamics along cold edges. For example, bobcats (Lynx rufus) and coyotes (Canis latrans) were limited by deep snow and long winters, but the availability of prey had a strong positive effect. Conversely, snow had a strong positive effect on the warm limits of Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis), countering the negative effect of competition with the phylogenetically similar bobcat and with coyotes, highlighting how climate mediates competition between species.Main conclusionsWe used an integrated dataset that included competitors and prey species collected at the same spatial and temporal scale. As such, this design, along with a causal modeling framework (SEM), allowed us to evaluate community‐wide hypotheses at macroecological scales and identify coarse‐scale drivers of species' range limits. Our study supports iRLT and underscores the need to consider direct and indirect mechanisms for studying range dynamics and species' responses to global change.
Mostly in its Backyard: Security Provisions in EU Economic Agreements
Authors: Ariel Jonathan , Haftel Yoram Z. 
Published: April 2021

AbstractEconomic agreements concluded between the EU and third parties increasingly take on security matters, such as counter‐terrorism, nuclear proliferation and international criminal law. Highlighting the remarkable variation in the presence and content of these security non‐trade issues (SNTIs), we argue that it is best explained by the EU's intensity of foreign policy interests vis‐à‐vis its partners. Specifically, different stakeholders have divergent views on this matter: some advocate strong linkage between trade and security, while others prefer to tackle these issues separately. We expect the former perspective to determine the content of economic agreements when the partner is in the EU's backyard. The latter perspective will dominate in negotiations with more distant partners. We test these expectations with a new data set of SNTIs in EU agreements. Employing quantitative methods and controlling for several alternative explanations, we find ample support for the theoretical framework.
Effect of root surface conditioning on gingival recession coverage with a connective tissue graft. A retrospective comparative study of three different agents
Authors: Sebaoun Alon , Meir Haya , Slutzkey Gil S. , Nemcovsky Carlos E. , Beitlitum Ilan 
Published: April 2021

AbstractObjectiveDifferent root modifiers have been proposed in the literature with an attempt to improve the healing process and the success rate of root coverage procedures. The aim of the present retrospective study was to evaluate the effect of three different types of root surface conditioning, namely, tetracycline (TTC), ethylene‐di‐amino‐tetra‐acetic acid (EDTA) and saline, on the outcome of root coverage procedures applying the same surgical technique.Materials and methodsTwenty‐nine patients with 60 Classes I, II, or III recession defects were treated using connective tissue with a partial‐thickness double‐pedicle graft. In 21 recession defects root surface was treated with TTC and, in other 21, with EDTA, while in the remaining, saline solution was applied. Statistical analysis consisted of descriptive statistics and Kruskal‐Wallis, Mann–Whitney, and chi‐square tests.ResultsDifferences between pre‐ and postoperative values were statistically significant only within but not between groups. Mean root coverage was 73.25%, 69.19%, and 82.17% in the TTC, the EDTA, and the saline groups, respectively. The study revealed no statistically significant differences for all evaluated parameters between groups.ConclusionWithin the limits of this study, root conditioning, prior to root coverage procedures, does not significantly affect their outcome.Clinical significanceClinical outcome of root coverage procedures is not related to the type of root surface conditioning.
Comparative outcomes for older adults undergoing surgery for bladder and bowel dysfunction
Authors: Suskind Anne M. , Zhao Shoujun , Nik‐Ahd Farnoosh , Boscardin W. John , Covinsky Kenneth , Finlayson Emily 
Published: April 2021

AbstractBackground/ObjectivesTo compare surgical outcomes between vulnerable nursing home (NH) residents and matched community‐dwelling older adults undergoing surgery for bladder and bowel dysfunction.DesignRetrospective cohort study.ParticipantsA total of 55,389 NH residents and propensity matched (based on procedure, age, sex, race, comorbidity, and year) community‐dwelling older adults undergoing surgery for bladder and bowel dysfunction [female pelvic surgery, transurethral resection of the prostate, suprapubic tube placement, hemorrhoid surgery, rectal prolapse surgery]. Individuals were identified using Medicare claims and the Minimum Data Set (MDS) for NH residents between 2014 and 2016.MeasurementsThirty‐day complications, 1‐year mortality, and weighted changes in healthcare resource utilization (hospital admissions, emergency room visits, office visits) in the year before and after surgery.ResultsNH residents demonstrated statistically significant increased risk of 30‐day complications [60.1% v. 47.2%; RR 1.3 (95% CI 1.3–1.3)] and 1‐year mortality [28.9% vs. 21.3%; RR 1.4 (95% CI 1.3–1.4)], compared to community‐dwelling older adults. NH residents also demonstrated decreased healthcare resource utilization, compared to community‐dwelling older adults, changing from 3.9 to 1.9 (vs.1.1 to 1.0) hospital admissions, 11 to 10.1 (vs. 9 to 9.7) office visits, and 3.4 to 2.2 (vs. 1.9 to 1.9) emergency room visits from the year before to after surgery.ConclusionDespite matching on several important clinical characteristics, NH residents demonstrated increased rates of 30‐day complications and 1‐year mortality after surgery for bowel and bladder dysfunction, while demonstrating decreased healthcare resource utilization. These mixed findings suggest that outcomes may be more varied among vulnerable older adults and warrant further investigation.