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Development and validation of a photographic atlas of food portions for accurate quantification of dietary intakes in China
Authors: Ding Ye , Yang Yue , Li Fang , Shao Yingying , Sun Zhongqing , Zhong Chunmei , Fan Ping , Li Zuwen , Zhang Man , Li Xiaocheng , Jiang Tingting , Song Chenglin , Chen Dandan , Peng Xiaoju , Yin Lu , She Yuanhong , Wang Zhixu 
Published: January 2021

AbstractBackgroundAccurate estimation of food portion sizes remains an important challenge in dietary data collection. The present study aimed to develop a food atlas with adequate visual reference to improve the accuracy of dietary surveys in China.MethodsA food atlas for dietary surveys in China was developed using three visual reference systems, namely, regularly placed food portions, the two‐dimensional background coordinates and common objects known in daily life. The atlas was validated by estimating a meal before and after using the food atlas, and differences in weight estimation were compared using a paired t‐test. In total, 50 college students participated in the study.ResultsAfter determination of food varieties; design of the food display; purchase, processing, cooking and weighing of food; photographing food; post‐image processing and data processing, a total of 799 pictures of 303 types of food and two types of tableware were produced. The mean value of food weight estimated with the atlas was closer to the actual weight, and the variation range of these values was smaller and more stable than that estimated without the atlas. The differences estimated before and after using the atlas for all foods were significant (P < 0.05). Comparing the differences in weight before using the atlas, the error ranges of food samples were reduced.ConclusionsA food atlas has been developed for a retrospective dietary survey in China, which can be used to enable a better understanding of nutritional adequacy in the Chinese population.
Commercial growing up milks: usage frequency and associated child and demographic factors across four Asia Pacific countries
Authors: Willcox J. C. , Februhartanty J. , Satheannoppakao W. , Hutchinson C. , Itsiopoulos C. , Worsley A. 
Published: January 2021

AbstractBackgroundCommercial growing up milks (GUMs) targeted at children from 12 to 36 months of age are a rapidly growing industry, particularly across the Asia Pacific.MethodsThe present study assessed the frequency of use and socio‐demographic and child associations of commercial GUM feeding in children, aged between 12 and 36 months, in capital cities in four Asia Pacific countries. Mothers of children aged between 12 and 36 months were surveyed, assessing GUM feeding frequency in the past month. A market research company database was used to survey across Asia Pacific urban cities, including Bangkok Thailand, Jakarta Indonesia, Singapore and Australian Capital Cities (ACC).ResultsMore than 1000 women (n = 1051) were surveyed (Bangkok, n = 263; Jakarta, n = 275; ACC, n = 252; Singapore, n = 261). The mean (SD) age of mothers was 32.4 (5.3) years and that of children was 23.6 (6.7) months. In total, 62.7% of the children were fed GUMs more than once per week with significant country variance. In comparison with ACC, Asian countries were significantly more likely to feed GUMs ≥once per week: Bangkok [odds ratio (OR) = 5.7, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 3.8–8.6]; Jakarta (OR = 3.5, 95% CI = 2.3–5.5); and Singapore (OR = 7.4, 95% CI = 4.9‐11.1). Associations of GUM feeding included: maternal tertiary education; mothers younger than 30 years; working full time; and feeding of commercial infant formula under 12 months.ConclusionsThis is the first published study to explore commercial GUM feeding in and between countries. The incidence of GUM feeding, in contrast to international recommendations, signals the need for further research into the drivers for GUM feeding and its contribution to the diet.
What are they doing? A national survey of help‐seeking and relationship‐repair behavior of individuals who are thinking about divorce
Authors: Galovan Adam M. , Hawkins Alan J. , Harris Steven M. , Simpson David M. 
Published: January 2021

AbstractGuided by the Stages of Change (SOC) model, we explored relationship‐repair behaviors among those thinking about divorce, employing a recent national longitudinal survey of married individuals (N = 745). Person‐centered analyses explored whether there were distinct typologies of relationship‐repair behaviors. We found four distinct classes: Intense Seekers (6%), who engaged at high levels of all kinds of repair behaviors, including professional services; Moderate‐fading Seekers (14%), who engaged in moderate levels of various repair behaviors, including professional services, but did not sustain that behavior over a year; and Minimal‐private Seekers (42%) and Private‐sustained Seekers (38%), who eschewed professional services and engaged in low‐to‐moderate personal and private repair behaviors. We discuss possible applications of the SOC model to the divorce decision‐making process and conclude with implications for practice, including the need to allocate greater attention to personal and self‐help interventions that match the way most people try to repair their relationships.
Heterogeneity of microglial proton channel in different brain regions and its relationship with aging
Authors: Kawai Takafumi , Takao Keizo , Akter Sharmin , Abe Manabu , Sakimura Kenji , Miyakawa Tsuyoshi , Okamura Yasushi 
Published: January 2021

AbstractThe properties of microglia largely differ depending on aging as well as on brain regions. However, there are few studies that investigated the functional importance of such heterogeneous properties of microglia at the molecular level. Voltage‐gated proton channel, Hv1/VSOP, could be one of the candidates which confers functional heterogeneity among microglia since it regulates brain oxidative stress in age‐dependent manner. In this study, we found that Hv1/VSOP shows brain region‐dependent heterogeneity of gene expression with the highest level in the striatum. We studied the importance of Hv1/VSOP in two different brain regions, the cerebral cortex and striatum, and examined their relationship with aging (using mice of different ages). In the cortex, we observed the age‐dependent impact of Hv1/VSOP on oxidative stress, microglial morphology, and gene expression profile. On the other hand, we found that the age‐dependent significance of Hv1/VSOP was less obvious in the striatum than the cortex. Finally, we performed a battery of behavioral experiments on Hv1/VSOP‐deficient mice both at young and aged stages to examine the effect of aging on Hv1/VSOP function. Hv1/VSOP‐deficient mice specifically showed a marked difference in behavior in light/dark transition test only at aged stages, indicating that anxiety state is altered in aged Hv1/VSOP mice. This study suggests that a combination of brain region heterogeneity and animal aging underscores the functional importance of Hv1/VSOP in microglia.
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Effects of an Allostatic Closed‐Loop Neurotechnology (HIRREM) on Brain Functional Connectivity Laterality in Military‐Related Traumatic Stress
Authors: Dagenbach Dale E. , Tegeler Charles H. , Morgan Ashley R. , Laurienti Paul J. , Tegeler Catherine L. , Lee Sung W. , Gerdes Lee , Simpson Sean L. 
Published: January 2021

ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND PURPOSEBrain asymmetries are reported in posttraumatic stress disorder, but many aspects of laterality and traumatic stress remain underexplored. This study explores lateralization changes in resting state brain network functional connectivity in a cohort with symptoms of military‐related traumatic stress, associated with use of a closed‐loop neurotechnology, HIRREM.METHODSEighteen participants (17 males, mean age 41 years [SD = 7]) received 19.5 (1.1) HIRREM sessions over 12 days. Whole brain resting magnetic resonance imaging was done pre‐ and post‐HIRREM. Laterality of functional connectivity was assessed on a whole brain basis, and in six predefined networks or regions. Laterality of connectivity within networks or regions was assessed separately from laterality of connections between networks or regions.RESULTSBefore HIRREM, significant laterality effects of connection type (ipsilateral for either side, or contralateral in either direction) were observed for the whole brain, within networks or regions, and between networks or regions. Post‐HIRREM, there were significant changes for within‐network or within‐region analysis in the motor network, and changes for between‐network or between‐region analyses for the salience network and the motor cortex.CONCLUSIONSAmong military service members and Veterans with symptoms of traumatic stress, asymmetries of network and brain region connectivity patterns were identified prior to usage of HIRREM. A variety of changes in lateralized patterns of brain connectivity were identified postintervention. These laterality findings may inform future studies of brain connectivity in traumatic stress disorders, with potential to point to mechanisms of action for successful intervention.
Managing boundaries between work and non‐work domains: Personality and job characteristics and adopted style
Authors: Gardner Danielle M. , Lauricella Taylor , Ryan Ann Marie , Wadlington Patrick , Elizondo Fabian 
Published: January 2021

With an increasing overlap between the work and non‐work domain, more research is needed to understand the factors that relate to how individuals manage their boundaries across multiple roles (i.e., work roles, family roles). Using a sample of 498 individuals, we explored the relationships between personality, O*NET job characteristic variables, and boundary management styles. Results revealed that job responsibility and work structure related to cross‐role interruptions and work identity centrality. Further, conscientiousness was related to greater perceptions of boundary control, family identity centrality, and fewer interruptions of work, while neuroticism was related to fewer interruptions of non‐work. Finally, the present findings replicated four of six defined boundary management styles put forth in prior research. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.Practitioner points

Individuals may differ in how they enact boundaries between work and non‐work as related to their individual personality.

The job in which one works may relate to the manner in which boundaries between work and non‐work are managed.

Organizational efforts to help employees with boundary management may be improved if job context and employee individual differences are noted and accommodated.
Successful jugular implantable defibrillator lead extraction with bidirectional rotational mechanical sheath
Authors: Migliore Federico , Falzone Pasquale Valerio , Dall'Aglio Pietro , Piazza Michele , Tarzia Vincenzo , Gerosa Gino 
Published: January 2021

AbstractBidirectional rotational mechanical sheath is an effective and safe technique for transvenous lead extraction of chronically implanted leads. However, data about powered mechanical sheath through jugular vein are lacking. Our report demonstrated that bidirectional rotational mechanical sheath represents an effective and safe approach for removal of chronically implanted jugular leads.
Evaluation of animal models to explore the influence of maternal genetic and maternal permanent environment effect on reproductive performance of Jersey crossbred cattle
Authors: Kumar Anshuman , Mandal Ajoy 
Published: January 2021

AbstractThe present study was conducted on 1,002 reproductive records of 430 Jersey crossbred cattle, descended from 57 sires and 198 dams, maintained at the Eastern Regional Station of ICAR‐National Dairy Research Institute, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India to investigate the influence of direct genetic, maternal genetic and maternal permanent environmental effect on three most important reproductive traits viz., number of service per conception (NSPC), days open (DO) and calving interval (CI) of Jersey crossbred cattle. Six single‐trait animal models (including or excluding maternal genetic or permanent environmental effects) were fitted to analyse these traits, and the best model was chosen after testing the significant increase in the log‐likelihood values when additional parameters were added in the model. Direct heritability estimates for NSPC, DO and CI from the best model were 0.10, 0.14 and 0.20, respectively. The maternal permanent environmental (c2) effects on reproductive traits accounted for almost negligible fraction of the total phenotypic variance in this study. The maternal genetic effects (m2) also contributed very little (0%–3%) to the total phenotypic variance except for CI where it was important and accounted for 20% of phenotypic variance. A significantly large negative genetic correlation was observed between direct and maternal genetic effects for all traits, suggesting the presence of antagonistic relationship between dam's direct additive component and daughter's additive genetic component. Results suggest that both direct and maternal effects were important only for CI but not for other traits. Therefore, both direct additive effects and maternal genetic effect need to be considered for improving this trait by selection.
Asymmetric cultural proximity and greenfield foreign direct investment
Authors: Fiorini Matteo , Giovannetti Giorgia , Lanati Mauro , Santi Filippo 
Published: January 2021

AbstractThis paper studies bilateral cultural preferences as an asymmetric dimension of cultural proximity and estimates their effect on greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI). We derive a gravity equation ofFDIand test simultaneously the impact of both (a) the preferences of investing countries for recipients' culture and (b) recipients' preferences for the culture in the investing economies. While the role of investors' preferences can be rationalised with existing supply‐side gravity theories ofFDI, we propose new mechanisms to explain why recipients' preferences might matter as well. We use exports and imports of cultural goods to proxy for the two directions of cultural preferences. Our results reveal a stronger investment effect of the recipients' preferences, a channel so far understudied.
Do macroprudential policies counter real exchange rate appreciation in emerging markets?
Authors: Cavoli Tony , Gopalan Sasidaran , Rajan Ramkishen S. 
Published: January 2021

AbstractA competitive and stable real exchange rate (RER) has been recognised as an important variable for promoting economic development, especially in emerging and developing economies (EMDEs). The postglobal financial crisis era, however, has seen a marked deluge of global liquidity from ultra‐loose monetary policy in advanced economies, which has led to a surge in capital inflows and consequent loss of external competitiveness in several EMDEs. Given this context, this paper empirically investigates if and what types of macroprudential policies (MaPs) have been effective in countering RER appreciations in a panel of 93 EMDEs over the period 2000–2013. Our results show strong evidence that MaPs moderate RER appreciation through the real interest rate channel, though this is limited to MaPs that target financial institutions rather than borrowers. There is also evidence to suggest that MaPs work more effectively during periods of rising rather than falling real interest rates.
Serratus Anterior Stretch: A Novel Intervention and Its Effect on the Shoulder Range of Motion
Authors: Keramat Keramat Ullah , Babar Mohammad Naveed 
Published: January 2021

Context: Serratus anterior tightness is associated with scapular dyskinesis and overall shoulder dysfunction, which affects the range of motion. The most effective intervention to stretch the serratus anterior is unknown. Objective: To evaluate the effect of a therapist-administered novel serratus anterior stretch (SAS) on shoulder range of motion. Method: This study recruited 30 healthy subjects of age 21.20 (1.69) years, height 1.65 (0.11) m, and weight 60.90 (10.36) kg in equal ratio of males and females who scored 1 or 2 on the shoulder mobility test of functional movement screening. A single intervention of a novel SAS was applied to the shoulder. Outcome variables before and after the SAS included the following: shoulder ROM (flexion, abduction, internal rotation, and external rotation) and functional movements of reaching up behind the back and reaching down behind the neck. Results: A paired t test was used to analyze the data. Following the acute SAS intervention, all shoulder ROM improved significantly (P < .000). The change in internal rotation was 6.00° (7.47°), external rotation was 5.66° (9.35°), abduction was 13.50° (11.82°), flexion was 20° (13.33°), reaching up behind the back was 5.10 (2.21) cm, and reaching down behind the neck was 5.41 (2.89) cm. The most marked improvement was in reaching up behind the back (24.48%) and reaching down behind the neck (22.78%). A very large effect size (>1) was observed across most of the variables. Conclusion: An acute SAS intervention improves shoulder mobility in healthy individuals. It is recommended for the trial on the prevention and rehabilitation of shoulder pathologies with restriction in shoulder mobility.
Upper-Extremity Perceptual-Motor Training Improves Whole-Body Reactive Agility Among Elite Athletes With History of Sport-Related Concussion
Authors: Wilkerson Gary B. , Nabhan Dustin C. , Crane Ryan T. 
Published: January 2021

Context: Sport-related concussion (SRC) elevates risk for subsequent injury, which may relate to impaired perceptual-motor processes that are potentially modifiable. Objective: To assess a possible upper-extremity (UE) training effect on whole-body (WB) reactive agility performance among elite athletes with history of SRC (HxSRC) and without such history of SRC. Design: Cohort study. Setting: Residential training center. Participants: Elite athletes (12 males and 8 females), including 10 HxSRC and 10 without such history of SRC. Intervention: One-minute training sessions completed 2 to 3 times per week over a 3-week period involved verbal identification of center arrow direction for 10 incongruent and 10 congruent flanker test trials with simultaneous reaching responses to deactivate illuminated buttons. Main Outcome Measures: Pretraining and posttraining assessments of UE and WB reactive responses included flanker test conflict effect (incongruent minus congruent reaction time) and WB lateral average asymmetry derived from reaction time, speed, acceleration, and deceleration in opposite directions. Discrimination was assessed by receiver operating characteristic analysis, and training effect was assessed by repeated-measures analysis of variance. Results: Pretraining discrimination between HxSRC and without such history of SRC was greatest for conflict effect ≥80 milliseconds and WB lateral average asymmetry ≥18%. Each athlete completed 6 training sessions, which improved UE mean reaction time from 767 to 646 milliseconds (P < .001) and reduced mean conflict effect from 96 to 53 milliseconds (P = .039). A significant group × trial interaction was evident for WB lateral average asymmetry (P = .004), which was reduced from 24.3% to 12.5% among those with HxSRC. Conclusions: Suboptimal perceptual-motor performance may represent a subtle long-term effect of concussion that is modifiable through UE training, which appears to improve WB reactive capabilities.
Population-based surveillance of severe microcephaly and congenital Zika syndrome in Canada
Authors: Morris Shaun K , Farrar Daniel S , Miller Steven P , Ofner Marianna , Bitnun Ari , Nelson Chantal R M , Shevell Michael , Moore Aideen M , Tataryn Joanne , Evans Jane A , Zipursky Amy R , Moore Hepburn Charlotte 
Published: January 2021

PurposeTo estimate the minimum incidence of congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) and severe microcephaly in Canada and describe key clinical, epidemiological, aetiological and outcome features of these conditions.MethodsTwo separate national surveillance studies were conducted on CZS and severe microcephaly using the well-established Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program from 2016 to 2019. Over 2700 paediatricians across Canada were surveyed monthly and asked to report demographic details, pregnancy and travel history, infant anthropometry, clinical features and laboratory findings of newly identified cases. Reports were reviewed to assign an underlying aetiology of severe microcephaly. Incidence rates were estimated using monthly live birth denominators.ResultsThirty-four infants met the case definition for severe microcephaly and <5 met the case definition for CZS. The associated minimum incidence rates were 4.5 per 100 000 live births for severe microcephaly and 0.1–0.5 per 100 000 live births for CZS. Of severe microcephaly cases, 53% were attributed to genetic causes, 15% to infectious or ischaemic causes and 32% to unknown causes. The median head circumference-for-age Z-score at birth was −3.2 (IQR −3.8 to −2.6), and catch-up growth was often not achieved. Common clinical features included intracranial abnormalities (n=23), dysmorphology (n=19) and developmental delays (n=14). Mothers of infants with non-genetic aetiologies travelled during pregnancy more often (10/16) than mothers of infants with genetic aetiologies (<5/18; p<0.01).ConclusionSevere microcephaly and CZS are both rare in Canada. Minimum incidence rates can be used as a baseline against which novel or re-emergent causes of severe microcephaly or CZS can be compared.
Screening first-degree relatives of glaucoma patients reveals barriers to participation
Authors: Shroff Sujani , Gu Sophie Z , Vardhan S Ashok , Mani Iswarya , Aziz Kanza , P Namperumalsamy , Datta Dipankar , Friedman David S 
Published: January 2021

PurposeTo report the results of a glaucoma screening campaign targeting first-degree relatives of glaucoma patients in South India.Methods1598 glaucoma patients were contacted via letter or letter and phone call and asked to bring their siblings and children to a glaucoma screening. Participants underwent standardised eye examinations and completed questionnaires that assessed barriers to participation and awareness of glaucoma risk. Two-proportion z-tests were used to compare categorical data. Costs associated with the screening were recorded.Results206 probands (12.9%) attended the screening along with 50 siblings and children. Probands were nearly twice as likely to attend if they had been contacted via both letter and phone call rather than letter only. Over half of probands reported that their relatives could not participate because they did not live in the region, and one-fifth reported that their relatives had other commitments. Fifty-eight per cent of the siblings and children who attended did not know that they were at increased risk for glaucoma due to their family history, and 32.0% did not know that the relative who had invited them to the screening had glaucoma. Thirteen siblings and children (26.0% of those who attended) were found to have findings concerning for glaucoma. The average cost per first-degree relative who was screened was INR2422 (£26).ConclusionParticipation in this glaucoma screening campaign was poor. The major barrier to participation was distance from the screening site and associated indirect costs. Better strategies for bringing first-degree relatives in for examinations are needed.