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Design, construction, and supervision issues: Altos del Lago building, a case study
Authors: Blandon-Valencia John , Farbiarz Farbiarz Yosef , Lara-Valencia Luis 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThe collapse or evacuation of residential buildings due to not withstanding gravitational loads has caused not only loss of human lives but also economic damages. They are also a significant detriment to the engineering profession’s reputation. Therefore, it is essential for the engineering community to analyze the causes of these failures and document each case to learn from mistakes and prevent them from happening again. In recent years, construction has increased considerably in developing countries such as Colombia. Reinforced concrete construction is often preferred due to faster material supply and availability of labor compared to steel structures. With this increase in construction, work control has not been adequate, and problems have been founded in some buildings in cities such as Medellin, Cartagena, Rionegro, among others. This paper summarizes the aspects that were taken into account for the study of pathology and vulnerability of a 19-story reinforced concrete building in the municipality of Rionegro, Antioquia, which, due to the findings, had to be subsequently demolished. The analyzes carried out along with field and laboratory studies are presented. Some of the aspects found were incorrect analysis and design criteria, poor quality of materials, and poor aspects of supervision. This paper also aims to make a reflection about some bad practices and common errors that are developed in structural engineering consulting firms, as well as in the construction practice.
Application of highly oriented two-dimensional materials in anti-corrosion coatings: a review and prospect
Authors: Fan Xiaoqiang , Liu Bo , Xiong Liangliang , Zhu Minhao 
Published: December 2024

AbstractTwo-dimensional (2D) layered materials, represented by graphene/graphene oxide (GO) and Ti3C2Tx, are rapidly advancing in their application within anti-corrosion coatings. Their remarkable features, such as large specific surface area, adjustable structure and functionality, and diverse arrangement forms, endow them with vast potential as anti-corrosion materials. This paper, anchored in the highly oriented arrangement of 2D materials in coatings, provides an overview of the anti-corrosion potential of composite materials with ordered microstructures. It explores the dispersion and orientation of 2D materials in resin coating matrices under force field induction, electric field induction, and magnetic field induction. Additionally, it offers a detailed introduction to recent advances in the self-aligned arrangement of graphene/graphene oxide and Ti3C2Tx in resin coatings, focusing on their anti-corrosion applications and underlying mechanisms. Finally, the paper summarizes and anticipates the future prospects of directional distribution of 2D materials in the anti-corrosion field, aiming to provide new insights into the interface construction and performance regulation of these materials, and to inspire the development of high-performance anti-corrosion coatings with simple preparation processes and exceptional protective properties.
An overview of large AI models and their applications
Authors: Tu Xiaoguang , He Zhi , Huang Yi , Zhang Zhi-Hao , Yang Ming , Zhao Jian 
Published: December 2024

AbstractIn recent years, large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) models have become a focal point in technology, attracting widespread attention and acclaim. Notable examples include Google’s BERT and OpenAI’s GPT, which have scaled their parameter sizes to hundreds of billions or even tens of trillions. This growth has been accompanied by a significant increase in the amount of training data, significantly improving the capabilities and performance of these models. Unlike previous reviews, this paper provides a comprehensive discussion of the algorithmic principles of large-scale AI models and their industrial applications from multiple perspectives. We first outline the evolutionary history of these models, highlighting milestone algorithms while exploring their underlying principles and core technologies. We then evaluate the challenges and limitations of large-scale AI models, including computational resource requirements, model parameter inflation, data privacy concerns, and specific issues related to multi-modal AI models, such as reliance on text-image pairs, inconsistencies in understanding and generation capabilities, and the lack of true “multi-modality”. Various industrial applications of these models are also presented. Finally, we discuss future trends, predicting further expansion of model scale and the development of cross-modal fusion. This study provides valuable insights to inform and inspire future future research and practice.
Resolving Mill’s Absolutism Problem
Authors: Riley Jonathan 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThe absolutist status Mill assigns to his liberty principle (LP) is incompatible with standard utilitarian maximizing reasoning. But LP is compatible with his non-standard utilitarianism, whose extraordinary structure is clarified using a “consequentializing” lens. This involves enlarging outcomes to include not only the downstream consequences of self-regarding actions but also the actions themselves and the agent’s liberty of choosing them using his own agent-relative evaluation criteria. Self-regarding liberty is protected by indefeasible moral right and, according to the higher pleasures doctrine, the moral sentiment of justice has a pleasant quality that is infinitely superior in value as pleasure to any conflicting kinds of pleasure. Infinitesimal value attaches to any pleasures enjoyed by those who wrongfully interfere to compel competent but foolish or reckless agents to take self-regarding actions with the most expedient consequences. Absolute weight is thereby consistently given to LP over all competing considerations in the course of maximizing general happiness in point of quantity and quality.
Biomarkers of racism-based stress injury: A feasibility and correlation study
Authors: Kimani Rachel Wangari , Tobin Jonathan N. , Cole Steven W. , Campbell Ann , Jarvis Erich D. 
Published: December 2024

Abstract

Background:
Persistent discrimination and identity threats contribute to adverse health outcomes in minoritized groups, mediated by both structural racism and physiological stress responses.

Objective:
This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of recruiting African American volunteers for a pilot study of race-based stress, the acceptability of a mindfulness intervention designed to reduce racism-induced stress, and to evaluate preliminary associations between race-based stress and clinical, psychosocial, and biological measures.

Methods:
A convenience sample of African Americans aged 18–50 from New York City’s Tri-state area underwent assessments for racial discrimination using the Everyday Discrimination Scale (EDS) and Race-Based Traumatic Stress Symptom Scale. Mental health was evaluated using validated clinical scales measuring depression, anxiety, stress, resilience, mindfulness, resilience, sleep, interpersonal connection, and coping. Biomarkers were assessed through clinical laboratory tests, allostatic load assessment, and blood gene expression analysis.

Results:
Twenty participants (12 females, 8 males) completed assessments after consent. Elevated EDS scores were associated with adverse lipid profiles, including higher cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein (HDL) ratios and lower HDL levels, as well as elevated inflammatory markers (NF-kB activity) and reduced antiviral response (interferon response factor). Those with high EDS reported poorer sleep, increased substance use, and lower resilience. Mindfulness was positively associated with coping and resilience but inversely to sleep disturbance. 90% showed interest in a mindfulness intervention targeting racism-induced stress.

Conclusions:
This study demonstrated an association between discrimination and adverse health effects among African Americans. These findings lay the groundwork for further research to explore the efficacy of mindfulness and other interventions on populations experiencing discrimination.
No “One-Size-Fits All”: chronic “Carryover” diagnoses dilute antibiotic prescribing rates for sinusitis among adults in primary and urgent care settings
Authors: Smith Mary , Hawkins Marten , Laikijrung Chananid , Mui Emily , Alegria William , Leung Thomas , Zimmet Alex , Ha David , Holubar Marisa 
Published: December 2024

AbstractInternational Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) billing data used in outpatient stewardship metrics is under-described for acute and chronic sinusitis. We found that different sinusitis ICD-10 definitions impacted antibiotic prescribing rates (APRs). Chronic sinusitis ICD-10s dilute overall sinusitis APR, particularly in primary care settings and should be examined separately.
“I'd rather be married to someone I can control”: Female Javānmardī in Gulbadan Begum's Humayunnamah as a Mirror for Princesses
Authors: Leong Amanda Caterina 
Published: December 2024

The mischievous quote making up this article's title comes from the Humayunnamah, a chronicle written around 1587 in Persian by Gulbadan Begum (1523–1603). Gulbadan was a Mughal princess of Timurid heritage and the daughter of the founder of the Mughal dynasty, Zahir al-Din Muhammad Babur (1483–1530).1 In the Humayunnamah, Gulbadan recounts the response Hamidah Begum (1542–1605) gives upon being chastised by her future mother-in-law, Dildar Begum:

“Look whether you like it or not, in the end, you are going to be married to somebody. Who could be better than the Emperor?”
“Yes, you are right. But I'd rather marry someone whose collar my hand can reach.”2
Tell us how it is: Unravelling the dynamics of academic voice and silence
Authors: Lister Victoria , Kosiol Jennifer , Meissner Ellie , Fitzgerald Anneke 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Employee voice and silence research shows workers’ ability to express dissatisfaction is impeded by a range of factors. This paper focuses on two: the power asymmetry inherent in the employment relationship, and work context. It examines early career academics (ECAs) – mainly doctoral students, associate lecturers, and assistant professors – many of whom are immersed in atypical, employment or employment-like relationships that are frequently experienced as disempowering. A scoping review provides a frame for understanding ECA voice and silence. It finds there is little on ECAs in the employee voice and silence literature. However, broader concepts of voice and silence are discussed in higher education research on doctoral students and other types of ECAs. Complex work arrangements, difficult supervisory relationships, and hierarchical norms stifle ECA voice. Supervision conceptualised as co-created ‘critical friendship’ facilitates voice. Studies that expand knowledge of ECA voice and silence are recommended, especially as concerns about ECA wellbeing grow.
Linear convergence of alternating inertial Tseng-type method for solving inclusion problems on Hadamard manifolds
Authors: Abass H. A. 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
The focus of this paper is to introduce an alternating inertial Tseng-type method for approximating singularity point of an inclusion problem which is defined by means of sum of a single-valued vector and a multi-valued vector field in the setting of a Hadamard manifold. Using our iterative method, we prove that the sequence generated by our method converges to a singularity point under some mild conditions. We also establish a linear convergence result when the operator is strongly monotone. As far as we are concerned, there are no results on alternating inertial steps for solving inclusion problems in the settings of Hadamard manifolds. Lastly, we present a numerical example to show the performance of our method. The result present in this article extends and generalizes many related results in the literature.
Laryngopharyngeal reflux leads to adverse short-term outcomes of vocal fold polyp patients after office-based transnasal vocal fold polypectomy
Authors: He Jing , Wu Xianwen , He Renchuan , Yang Bo , Yang Yi 
Published: December 2024

Abstract

Objectives
This study aimed to explore the influence of laryngopharyngeal reflux on the features of vocal fold polyps and prognosis after office-based transnasal vocal fold polypectomy.

Methods
Eighty-four vocal fold polyp patients were retrospectively analysed. Patients were assigned to laryngopharyngeal reflux or non-laryngopharyngeal reflux groups using pre-operative Reflux Symptom Score-12.

Results
The laryngopharyngeal reflux group had significantly higher pre-operative Reflux Sign Assessment scores, worse lifestyle and worse eating habits than the non-laryngopharyngeal reflux group. After office-based transnasal vocal fold polypectomy, the Reflux Symptom Score-12 and Reflux Sign Assessment score decreased in both groups, although the laryngopharyngeal reflux group still had higher values. The non-laryngopharyngeal reflux group had better vocal fold morphology recovery than the laryngopharyngeal reflux group. Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that smoking and a higher pre-operative Reflux Symptom Score-12 score were independent risk factors for poor prognosis.

Conclusions
Laryngopharyngeal reflux is detrimental to vocal fold recovery of vocal fold polyp patients following office-based transnasal vocal fold polypectomy. For vocal fold polyp patients with laryngopharyngeal reflux, lifestyle and diet guidance should be focused.
Loneliness and social anxiety in the general population over time – results of a cross-lagged panel analysis
Authors: Reinwarth Anna C. , Beutel Manfred E. , Schmidt Peter , Wild Philipp S. , Münzel Thomas , König Jochem , Konstantinides Stavros V. , Schattenberg Jörn M. , Lackner Karl J. , Schuster Alexander K. , Tüscher Oliver , Geschke Katharina 
Published: December 2024

AbstractBackgroundLoneliness has become a major public health issue of the recent decades due to its severe impact on health and mortality. Little is known about the relation between loneliness and social anxiety. This study aimed (1) to explore levels of loneliness and social anxiety in the general population, and (2) to assess whether and how loneliness affects symptoms of social anxiety and vice versa over a period of five years.MethodsThe study combined data from the baseline assessment and the five-year follow-up of the population-based Gutenberg Health Study. Data of N = 15 010 participants at baseline (Mage = 55.01, s.d.age = 11.10) were analyzed. Multiple regression analyses with loneliness and symptoms of social anxiety at follow-up including sociodemographic, physical illnesses, and mental health indicators at baseline were used to test relevant covariates. Effects of loneliness on symptoms of social anxiety over five years and vice versa were analyzed by autoregressive cross-lagged structural equation models.ResultsAt baseline, 1076 participants (7.41%) showed symptoms of social anxiety and 1537 (10.48%) participants reported feelings of loneliness. Controlling for relevant covariates, symptoms of social anxiety had a small significant effect on loneliness five years later (standardized estimate of 0.164, p < 0.001). Vice versa, there was no significant effect of loneliness on symptoms of social anxiety taking relevant covariates into account.ConclusionsFindings provided evidence that symptoms of social anxiety are predictive for loneliness. Thus, prevention and intervention efforts for loneliness need to address symptoms of social anxiety.
Intrinsic and extrinsic control impact motivation and outcome sensitivity: the role of anhedonia, stress, and anxiety
Authors: Mehta Marishka M. , Butler Grace , Ahn Christopher , Whitaker Yolanda Irini , Bachi Keren , Jacob Yael , Treadway Michael , Murrough James W. , Morris Laurel S. 
Published: December 2024

AbstractBackgroundMotivated behaviors vary widely across individuals and are controlled by a range of environmental and intrinsic factors. However, due to a lack of objective measures, the role of intrinsic v. extrinsic control of motivation in psychiatric disorders remains poorly understood.MethodsWe developed a novel multi-factorial behavioral task that separates the distinct contributions of intrinsic v. extrinsic control, and determines their influence on motivation and outcome sensitivity in a range of contextual environments. We deployed this task in two independent cohorts (final in-person N = 181 and final online N = 258), including individuals with and without depression and anxiety disorders.ResultsThere was a significant interaction between group (controls, depression, anxiety) and control-condition (extrinsic, intrinsic) on motivation where participants with depression showed lower extrinsic motivation and participants with anxiety showed higher extrinsic motivation compared to controls, while intrinsic motivation was broadly similar across the groups. There was also a significant group-by-valence (rewards, losses) interaction, where participants with major depressive disorder showed lower motivation to avoid losses, but participants with anxiety showed higher motivation to avoid losses. Finally, there was a double-dissociation with anhedonic symptoms whereby anticipatory anhedonia was associated with reduced extrinsic motivation, whereas consummatory anhedonia was associated with lower sensitivity to outcomes that modulated intrinsic behavior. These findings were robustly replicated in the second independent cohort.ConclusionsTogether this work demonstrates the effects of intrinsic and extrinsic control on altering motivation and outcome sensitivity, and shows how depression, anhedonia, and anxiety may influence these biases.
A feasibility randomized controlled trial of an individually delivered, peer support intervention to reduce the impact of psychosis stigma and discrimination for people with psychosis: the let's talk study
Authors: Pyle Melissa , Corrigan Patrick W. , Wood Lisa , Pilling Stephen , Murphy Elizabeth , Macafee Gillian , Kelly Kate , Byrne Rory , Dunbar Eleanor , Jones Emily , Hudson Jemma , Jones Wendy , Hazzard Raj , Larson Jon E. , MacLennan Graeme , Swingler James , Peters Sarah , Morrison Anthony P. 
Published: December 2024

AbstractBackgroundStigma of mental health conditions hinders recovery and well-being. The Honest, Open, Proud (HOP) program shows promise in reducing stigma but there is uncertainty about the feasibility of a randomized trial to evaluate a peer-delivered, individual adaptation of HOP for psychosis (Let's Talk).MethodsA multi-site, Prospective Randomized Open Blinded Evaluation (PROBE) design, feasibility randomised controlled trial (RCT) comparing the peer-delivered intervention (Let's Talk) to treatment as usual (TAU). Follow-up was 2.5 and 6 months. Randomization was via a web-based system, with permuted blocks of random size. Up to 10 sessions of the intervention over 10 weeks were offered. The primary outcome was feasibility data (recruitment, retention, intervention attendance). Primary outcomes were analyzed by intention to treat. Safety outcomes were reported by as treated status. The study was prospectively registered: https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN17197043.Results149 patients were referred to the study and 70 were recruited. 35 were randomly assigned to intervention + TAU and 35 to TAU. Recruitment was 93% of the target sample size. Retention rate was high (81% at 2.5 months primary endpoint), and intervention attendance rate was high (83%). 21% of 33 patients in Let's talk + TAU had an adverse event and 16% of 37 patients in TAU. One serious adverse event (pre-randomization) was partially related and expected.ConclusionsThis is the first trial to show that it is feasible and safe to conduct a RCT of HOP adapted for people with psychosis and individual delivery. An adequately powered trial is required to provide robust evidence.
Design and analysis of a climbing robot consisting of a parallel mechanism and a remote center of motion mechanism
Authors: Ye Wei , Huo Tongwang , Gong Chaoxin , Chen Zhihong 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
This paper presents a climbing robot (CR) designed for the purpose of pipeline maintenance, with capability to avoid the risks inherent in manual operations. In the design process, a three degree of freedom (DOF) parallel mechanism coupled with a remote center of motion (RCM) mechanism linkage mechanism were designed to serve as the CR’s climbing mechanism, which met the specific demands for climbing movements. The modified Kutzbach–Grübler formula and the screw theory were applied to calculate the DOFs of the CR. Then, the inverse and forward position analysis for the CR was derived. Furthermore, velocity and acceleration analysis of parallel mechanism were conducted and derived the Jacobian matrix, through which the singularity of parallel mechanism was analyzed. In order to evaluate kinematic performance of parallel mechanism, the motion/force transmission index (LTI) of workspace was calculated, which directed the followed dimensional optimization process. According to the optimization result, a prototype was constructed and a series of motion experiments were carried out to validate its climbing capability.
Narrating Disputes: litigation and its retellings in fifteenth-century England
Authors: Flannigan Laura 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Litigation was on the rise across late-medieval Europe, and historians have long argued that the result was widespread law-mindedness. Seeking a more individual perspective on these trends, this article looks outside of the formal legal records that have been the cornerstone of social and legal histories. It assesses two first-person narratives which describe life-long efforts to resolve disputes at law, written by ageing members of the rural gentry in late-fifteenth-century England. The article first outlines the stories of disputing told in these manuscripts, with attention to their structures, tropes, and alignment with contemporary discourses about justice. It then places them in the contexts of the lives and archives that they were designed to interpret. What becomes apparent is that these writers and others of similar status were deeply invested in their disputes, enough to bequeath them to future generations. They crafted stories which emphasised the continuity of legal claims through changeable social and judicial conflicts, even if it meant omitting prior successes at law. These manuscripts therefore remind us that litigation, however ubiquitous it became, was not always taken lightly. They also open the door to an examination of reckonings with law undertaken at home rather than in the courtroom.
Batch sojourn and delivery times in polling systems on a circle
Authors: Engels Tim , Adan Ivo , Boxma Onno , Resing Jacques 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
In this paper, we analyze a polling system on a circle. Random batches of customers arrive at a circle, where each customer, independently, obtains a location that is uniformly distributed on the circle. A single server cyclically traverses the circle to serve all customers. Using mean value analysis, we derive the expected number of waiting customers within a given distance of the server. We exploit this to obtain closed-form expressions for both the mean batch sojourn time and the mean time to delivery.
Updates to Article Categories for Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
Authors: Franc Jeffrey Michael 
Published: December 2024

AbstractFor 2025, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine will be updating the available article categories. These changes assure that article categories are better aligned with the recently updated Prehospital and Disaster Medicine mission statement. The updated article categories will facilitate the publication of innovative, high-impact, evidence-based research in both prehospital and Disaster Medicine.