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“I show you my coast…”—a relational study of coastscapes in the North Frisian Wadden Sea
Authors: Döring Martin , Ratter Beate 
Published: September 2021

AbstractIn recent years, there has been an upsurge in research on relational approaches in geography and in the study of cultural landscapes. Following these strands of research, the relationality of human beings with their natural environments has been highlighted, emphasising the various ways people engage with their lifeworlds. This development is motivated by the perceived need to analytically expand landscape research towards a more-than-representational point of view, challenging the still prevalent dichotomy of nature and culture. The paper takes these insights as a starting point and provides an insight into a more-than-representational understanding of coastscapes that is combined with a more-than-representational understanding of language. Its aim is threefold: to theoretically engage with a more-than-representational and enlanguaged understanding of coastscapes; to explore the relevance of mobile methods for such an approach; and to empirically illustrate the emotive and relational bonds coastal dwellers form with their littoral environs. To capture the dynamism of a more-than-representational understanding that coastal dwellers develop with their coastscape, walking interviews were conducted in the district of North Frisia (Germany). All interviews were examined following a grounded approach and refined by a linguistic in-depth investigation. The analysis revealed four prevailing interpretative repertoires reconfiguring the boundary between nature and culture. They exhibit what we call a coast-multiple that adds to coastal nature-society-mixes which might be of interest for future coastal management at the German Wadden Sea.
Review of Stationary Energy Storage Systems Applications, Their Placement, and Techno-Economic Potential
Authors: Wüllner Johannes , Reiners Nils , Millet Lluís , Salibi Marc , Stortz Felix , Vetter Matthias 
Published: September 2021

Abstract
Purpose of Review
This review paper attempts to give a general overview on the BESS applications that demonstrate a high potential in the past few years, identifying most relevant operators — or providers — with the corresponding placement for such. Together with a description of value proposition schemes, observed trends, and research fields, a collection of relevant project references is gathered.

Recent Findings
Many publications and communications try to describe the services that battery energy storage systems can provide to each of the stakeholders, even though they might greatly differ based on national regulatory frameworks. The actual most relevant 6 applications in the view of the authors are described in more detail.

Summary
In this paper, there has been pointed special attention on the BESS opportunities for each operator and their corresponding potential on revenue stacking. Additionally, the most important identified scientific papers for the 6 most important applications in the view of the authors are presented.
Iron deficiency and biomarkers of inflammation: a 3-year prospective analysis of the DO-HEALTH trial
Authors: Wieczorek Maud , Schwarz Franziska , Sadlon Angélique , Abderhalden Lauren A. , de Godoi Rezende Costa Molino Caroline , Spahn Donat R. , Schaer Dominik J. , Orav E. John , Egli Andreas , Bischoff-Ferrari Heike A. ,   DO-HEALTH Research group
Published: September 2021

Abstract
Background
The longitudinal association between iron deficiency and inflammatory biomarkers levels has not been fully explored among relatively healthy older adults.

Aims
To assess whether iron deficiency at baseline and at any yearly follow-up time point, with or without anemia, was associated with changes from baseline in high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels over 3 years.

Methods
This is a post-hoc observational analysis of DO-HEALTH, a double-blind, randomized controlled trial including 2157 European community-dwelling adults age 70+. The outcomes were changes from baseline in hs-CRP and IL-6 levels, measured at 12, 24, and 36 months of follow-up. Iron deficiency was defined by soluble transferrin receptor levels > 28.1 nmol/L and baseline anemia by hemoglobin levels < 130 g/L for men and < 120 g/L for women.

Results
In total, 2141 participants were included in the analyses (mean age: 74.9 years, 61.5% of women, 26.8% with iron deficiency). Baseline iron deficiency was associated with greater increase in IL-6 levels (mean difference in change: 0.52 ng/L, 95%CI 0.03–1.00, P = .04) over 3 years. Iron deficiency at any yearly time point was associated with higher increases in hs-CRP (mean difference in change: 1.62 mg/L, 95%CI 0.98–2.26, P < .001) and IL-6 levels (mean difference in change: 1.33 ng/L, 95%CI 0.87–1.79, P < .001) over 3 years. No significant interaction between iron deficiency and anemia was found, suggesting that the results are independent of the anemic status.

Conclusions
These findings suggest that iron deficiency may play a role in low-grade chronic inflammation among relatively healthy older adults.
Appraisal of Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Partial Versus Complete HELLP Syndromes: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Authors: Ramadan Mohamad K. , Malas Abir , El-Tal Rana , Itani Saad Eddine , Rabah Housam , Badr Dominique A. 
Published: September 2021

AbstractTo compare short-term outcomes at index and subsequent pregnancies, as well as the long-term medical complications encountered later than 5 years after index pregnancy incomplete and partial HELLP syndromes. Pregnancies complicated by partial HELLP or complete HELLP during a period of 19 years were identified. Searches were limited to cases before 2012 to ensure an adequate follow-up period. Data on index or subsequent pregnancies occurring at our center were extracted from the hospital database, while data pertaining to subsequent obstetric outcomes when deliveries occurred elsewhere together with current medical conditions were acquired by patient self-reporting. Complete HELLP was defined as the presence of the 3 components of the syndrome whereas partial HELLP was defined by the presence of 1 or 2 components. 100 pregnancies were included. At index pregnancy, there was a higher rate of composite adverse maternal outcome in complete HELLP when compared to partial HELLP (45.8% vs 21.1%, p = 0.017). Outcomes at subsequent pregnancies showed no difference between the two variants of HELLP syndrome. When examined years later, a higher frequency of “composite medical morbidity” in the complete HELLP group was observed, though this difference did not reach statistical significance (77.7% vs 61.9%, p = 1.00). Although partial HELLP is relatively less harmful, it can nonetheless cause serious maternal complications including ruptured liver hematoma, intracranial hemorrhage and even mortality. These two clinical entities represent a continuum of the same pathology, which implies that the approach at management should be uniform. Furthermore, the prognosis and long-term outcomes were not different between these 2 variants.
Big data-drive agent-based modeling of online polarized opinions
Authors: Lu Peng , Zhang Zhuo , Li Mengdi 
Published: September 2021

AbstractUnder the mobile internet and big data era, more and more people are discussing and interacting online with each other. The forming process and evolutionary dynamics of public opinions online have been heavily investigated. Using agent-based modeling, we expand the Ising model to explore how individuals behave and the evolutionary mechanism of the life cycles. The big data platform of Douban.com is selected as the data source, and the online case “NeiYuanWaiFang” is applied as the real target, for our modeling and simulations to match. We run 10,000 simulations to find possible optimal solutions, and we run 10,000 times again to check the robustness and adaptability. The optimal solution simulations can reflect the whole life cycle process. In terms of different levels and indicators, the fitting or matching degrees achieve the highest levels. At the micro-level, the distributions of individual behaviors under real case and simulations are similar to each other, and they all follow normal distributions; at the middle-level, both discrete and continuous distributions of supportive and oppositive online comments are matched between real case and simulations; at the macro-level, the life cycle process (outbreak, rising, peak, and vanish) and durations can be well matched. Therefore, our model has properly seized the core mechanism of individual behaviors, and precisely simulated the evolutionary dynamics of online cases in reality.
Mapping experience research across disciplines: who, where, when
Authors: Roto Virpi , Bragge Johanna , Lu Yichen , Pacauskas Darius 
Published: September 2021

AbstractHuman experiences have been studied in multiple disciplines, Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) being one of the largest research fields with its user experience (UX) research. Currently, there is little interaction between experience researchers from different disciplines, although cross-disciplinary knowledge sharing has the potential to accelerate the development of UX and other experience research fields to the next level. This article reports a research profiling study of almost 52,000 experience publications over 125 years, showing the breadth of experience research across disciplines. The data analysis reveals the disciplines that study experiences, the prominent authors, institutions and countries in experience research, the most cited works by experience researchers across disciplines, and how UX research is situated on the map of experience research. This descriptive research profiling study is a necessary first step on the journey of mapping the landscape of experience research, guiding researchers towards understanding experience as a multidisciplinary concept, and establishing a more coherent experience research field.
‘I Try to Remember That This Is Temporary’: Continuous Balancing in Remote Students’ Everyday Life
Authors: Peltola Maria , Suorsa Teemu , Silvonen Jussi 
Published: September 2021

AbstractThis paper focuses on the process of development in remote and hybrid learning contexts in university students’ everyday life. Development is seen as a change in the person-environment relationship and indicates the development of the whole system. To understand development, we need to look at everyday life and participants’ grounds for action in everyday practices. The process of development is explored from the systemic person-environment perspective using cultural-historical concepts. Our understanding of students’ everyday life and empirical research processes has been strongly inspired by the subject-scientific approach. The research material consists of descriptions from 39 university students’ descriptions about their everyday lives while studying at home. The students observed and wrote about the conduct of everyday life as part of their studies. In a student’s everyday life, development occurs in relation to multiple conditions and meaning structures, which—from the standpoint of the subject—are seen as possibilities for action and experience. The results reveal four general ways of relating to the surrounding conditions and possibilities. Further, the results highlight the role of open spaces and structures in development. Remote students’ four ways of relating to possibilities for action are (1) balancing, (2) floating, (3) paralysing and (4) redefining. The study brings critical insights into continuous balancing and regulating of the demands between different life scenes and highlights the crucial elements of technology-mediated remote life in general: participations, transitions and the paradox of flexibility.
Maximum Likelihood Estimation for an Inhomogeneous Gamma Process with a Log-linear Rate Function
Authors: Jokiel-Rokita Alicja , Skoliński Paweł 
Published: September 2021

AbstractAn inhomogeneous gamma process is a compromise between a renewal process and a nonhomogeneous Poisson process, since its failure probability at a given time depends both on the age of the system and on the distance from the last failure time. The inhomogeneous gamma process with a log-linear rate function is often used in modelling of recurrent event data. In this paper, it is proved that the suitably non-uniform scaled maximum likelihood estimator of the three-dimensional parameter of this model is asymptotically normal, but it enjoys the curious property that the covariance matrix of the asymptotic distribution is singular. A simulation study is presented to illustrate the behaviour of the maximum likelihood estimators in finite samples. Obtained results are also applied to real data analysis.
Colonic inflammation induces changes in glucose levels through modulation of incretin system
Authors: Zatorski Hubert , Salaga Maciej , Zielińska Marta , Mokrowiecka Anna , Jacenik Damian , Krajewska Wanda Małgorzata , Małecka-Panas Ewa , Fichna Jakub 
Published: September 2021

Abstract
Background
The role of the incretin hormone, glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1), in Crohn’s disease (CD), is still poorly understood. The aim of this study was to investigate whether colitis is associated with changes in blood glucose levels and the possible involvement of the incretin system as an underlaying factor.

Methods
We used a murine model of colitis induced by 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS). Macroscopic and microscopic score and expression of inflammatory cytokines were measured. The effect of colitis on glucose level was studied by measurement of fasting glucose and GLP-1, dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP IV) levels, prohormone convertase 1/3 (PC 1/3) and GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R) expression in mice. We also measured the level of GLP-1, DPP IV and expression of glucagon (GCG) and PC 1/3 mRNA in serum and colon samples from healthy controls and CD patients.

Results
Fasting glucose levels were increased in animals with colitis compared to controls. GLP-1 was decreased in both serum and colon of mice with colitis in comparison to the control group. DPP IV levels were significantly increased in serum, but not in the colon of mice with colitis as compared to healthy animals. Furthermore, PC 1/3 and GLP-1R expression levels were increased in mice with colitis as compared to controls. In humans, no differences were observed in fasting glucose level between healthy subjects and CD patients. GLP-1 levels were significantly decreased in the serum. Interestingly, GLP-1 level was significantly increased in colon samples of CD patients compared to healthy subjects. No significant differences in DPP IV levels in serum and colon samples were observed between groups.

Conclusions
Changes in the incretin system during colitis seem to contribute to the impaired glucose levels. Differences in incretin levels seem to be modulated by degrading enzyme DPP-IV and PC 1/3. Obtained results suggest that the incretin system may become a novel therapeutic approach in the treatment of CD.
Evidence for the irrelevance of irrelevant events
Authors: Müller Stefan , Kneafsey Liam 
Published: September 2021

AbstractThe expectation that voters behave rationally has been challenged through studies suggesting that “irrelevant events” like natural disasters and sports results change voting behavior. We test the effect of irrelevant events by matching candidate-level election results from Irish general (1922–2020) and local elections (1942–2019) with games in the men's Gaelic football and hurling championships, the most popular sports in Ireland. Although Irish citizens care deeply about sports, we fail to find any relationship between match results and support for incumbents or politicians of government parties. These findings hold when applying an “unexpected event during survey design” to two representative surveys. Our results contribute to the literature on political accountability and point to conditional effects of irrelevant events.
Do voters want domestic politicians to scrutinize the European Union?
Authors: Senninger Roman , Bischof Daniel 
Published: September 2021

AbstractIn light of important political events that go beyond the nation state (e.g., migration, climate change, and the coronavirus pandemic), domestic politicians are increasingly pressured to scrutinize and speak out on European policy-making. This creates a potential trade-off between allocating effort to domestic and supranational affairs, respectively. We examine how citizens perceive legislator involvement in European Union (EU) politics with a pre-registered conjoint experiment in Germany. Our results show that Members of Parliament (MPs) are not disadvantaged when allocating effort to European affairs as compared to local and national affairs. In addition, voters tend to prefer MPs who engage in EU policy reform over those who do not. As demand for legislator involvement in European politics is on the rise, we provide empirical evidence that MPs can fulfill this demand without being disadvantaged by the electorate.
Selenium supplementation may improve COVID-19 survival in sickle cell disease
Authors: Henderson George D. 
Published: September 2021

AbstractSickle cell disease is associated with lower selenium levels, and the serum selenium level is inversely associated with haemolysis in SCD. The SCD population is more vulnerable to adverse COVID-19 outcomes. SARS-CoV-2 infection lowers the serum selenium level and this is associated with severity of COVID-19. Selenium supplementation is proposed to improve COVID-19 outcomes in the sickle cell disease population.
Superparasitism and fitness parameters in three native wasp parasitoids (Braconidae: Opiinae) of the Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Authors: Ayala Amanda , Toledo Jorge , Pérez-Lachaud Gabriela , Liedo Pablo , Montoya Pablo 
Published: September 2021

AbstractKnowledge on reproductive strategies and host use in insect parasitoids is fundamental for biological control purposes. Superparasitism and multiparasitism, oviposition in a previously parasitized host by a female of the same or different species, respectively, may impact pest management decisions. Our objective was to determine the occurrence of superparasitism and multiparasitism in three species of native larval−pupal solitary endoparasitoids that attack Anastrepha Shiner species (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the Neotropical region, and the possible effect on offspring fitness parameters. Doryctobracon crawfordi (Viereck), Utetes anastrephae (Viereck), and Opius hirtus (Fischer) occur in sympatry in Mexico, and are currently under consideration for use as biocontrol agents. Experiments were conducted under laboratory conditions with females acting alone (self-superparasitism), females in groups of the same species (conspecific superparasitism), and females in mixed groups (multiparasitism). Our results showed that self-superparasitism is an uncommon strategy in the three native species and is rare under conditions of intraspecific competition. In the case of multiparasitism, a higher number of immature stages of U. anastrephae was observed, compared to those of D. crawfordi and O. hirtus. However, it is not clear yet if this was due to some adult female trait or to the competitive ability of the larvae. We conclude that most females of the native species studied appeared to avoid superparasitism, specifically when acting alone, suggesting a high discrimination ability, which is probably a result of a close relationship and evolutionary history with Anastrepha hosts.
XENOPHON'S SOCRATES ON WISDOM AND ACTION
Authors: Bjelde Joseph 
Published: September 2021

AbstractXenophon's Socrates, like Plato's, holds that wisdom comes with practical abilities. But influential interpretations of Xenophon's Socrates attribute to him a splintered view of wisdom, on which there is no wisdom simpliciter which is specially connected to all good actions. This article argues that a crucial text (Memorabilia 3.9.5) is significantly more problematic for the splintered view than hitherto appreciated, while the texts which are supposed to support the splintered view do not. Instead, this article argues that for Xenophon's Socrates the unwise lack self-knowledge, and so also lack a special prohairetic ability needed for doing fine and good actions.
Enigma variations: characteristics and likely origin of the problematic surface textureArumberia, as recognized from an exceptional bedding plane exposure and the global record
Authors: McMahon William J. , Davies Neil S. , Liu Alexander G. , Went David J. 
Published: September 2021

AbstractArumberiais an enigmatic sedimentary surface texture that consists of parallel, sub-parallel or radiating ridges and grooves, most commonly reported from upper Neoproterozoic – lower Palaeozoic strata. It has variably been interpreted as the impression of a small metazoan, a ‘vendobiont’, a physical sedimentary structure formed on a substrate with or without a microbial mat covering, or a non-actualistic microbial community. In this paper we contribute new insights into the origin ofArumberia, resulting from the discovery of the largest contiguous bedding plane occurrence of the texture reported to date: a 300 m2surface in the lower Cambrian Port Lazo Formation of Brittany, NW France. We compare the characteristic features ofArumberiaat this locality with 38 other global records, revealing four defining characteristics: (1) the three-dimensional (3D) morphology of exposedArumberialines (either positive relief ‘ridges’ or negative relief ‘grooves’) records fully preserved cords within clay laminae; (2) lines may transition laterally into reticulated patterns; (3) characteristic parallel and sub-parallelArumberialines can become modified by desiccation on emergent substrates prior to interment; and (4)Arumberiaare streamlined with palaeoflow in successions showing evidence of unidirectional currents, but are organized parallel to ripple crests where strata were sculpted by oscillatory flows. These characteristics indicate thatArumberiarecords a 3D entity, distinct in material properties from its host sediment, which occurred in very shallow water settings where it was prone to passive reorganization in moving water, and desiccation when water drained. A literature survey of all knownArumberiaoccurrences reveals that the most reliable examples of the form are stratigraphically restricted to a 40 Ma interval straddling the Ediacaran–Cambrian boundary (560–520 Ma). Together these characteristics suggest thatArumberiarecords the remains of extinct, sessile filamentous organisms (microbial or algal?) that occupied very shallow water and emergent environments across the globe at the dawn of the Phanerozoic Eon.