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Classification Performance and Feature Space Characteristics in Individuals with Upper Limb Loss Using Sonomyography
Authors: Engdahl Susannah , Dhawan Ananya , Bashatah Ahmed , Diao Guoqing , Mukherjee Biswarup , Monroe Brian , Holley Rahsaan , Sikdar Siddhartha 
Published: October 2021

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Objective: Sonomyography, or ultrasound-based sensing of muscle deformation, is an emerging modality for upper limb prosthesis control. Although prior studies have shown that individuals with upper limb loss can achieve successful motion classification with sonomyography, it is important to better understand the time-course over which proficiency develops. In this study, we characterized user performance during their initial and subsequent exposures to sonomyography. Method: Ultrasound images corresponding to a series of hand gestures were collected from individuals with transradial limb loss under three scenarios: during their initial exposure to sonomyography (Experiment 1), during a subsequent exposure to sonomyography where they were provided biofeedback as part of a training protocol (Experiment 2), and during testing sessions held on different days (Experiment 3). User performance was characterized by offline classification accuracy, as well as metrics describing the consistency and separability of the sonomyography signal patterns in feature space. Results: Classification accuracy was high during initial exposure to sonomyography (96.2 ± 5.9%) and did not systematically change with the provision of biofeedback or on different days. Despite this stable classification performance, some of the feature space metrics changed. Conclusions: User performance was strong upon their initial exposure to sonomyography and did not improve with subsequent exposure. Clinical Impact: Prosthetists may be able to quickly assess if a patient will be successful with sonomyography without submitting them to an extensive training protocol, leading to earlier socket fabrication and delivery.
Evaluation of Staff Satisfaction After Implementation of a Routine Work Checklist in an Oral Outpatient Department and its Effect on Work Efficiency
Authors: Zhang Wei , Ren Lizhi , Wang Xiaojing , Wang Qianqian , Zhang Xiaohong , Li Weili , Zhao Bin , Ren Xiuyun , Li Bing , Qin Haiyun , Ge Xuejun , Zhang Fang , Wang Xiangyu , Meng Xiaorui , Yu Feiyan 
Published: October 2021

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Background: To evaluate the feasibility, effectiveness and sustainability of using a checklist in the routine work of a stomatological outpatient department and investigate the satisfaction of the nursing staff with the checklist.Methods: The study was divided into two stages: design and manufacture the checklist and apply the checklist. After the expert group performed stage one, an analysis of work efficiency and work omissions and a survey of staff satisfaction were carried out. The results of the groups either using the checklist (n = 30) or not (n = 30) were analysed and compared. Results: The average time of the checklist group was 15.20±1.70 min, and the average time of the nonchecklist group was 25.30±2.70 min, P < 0.001. The working efficiency of the checklist group was significantly higher than that of the nonchecklist group. The omission rate was 0% in the checklist group and 16.67% in the nonchecklist group. Staff satisfaction with the use of the checklist was high. Conclusion: The checklist can make routine work more efficient and convenient in a stomatological outpatient department. It is recommended for use in stomatological outpatient departments or hospitals.
A pseudo anapole based electromagnetic cloaking scheme using Split Ring Resonators
Authors: VP Sarin , PV Vinesh , M Manoj , P Mohanan , K Vasudevan 
Published: October 2021

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This paper proposes the first experimental demonstration of a pseudo-anapole-based cylindrical electromagnetic cloaking scheme. The pseudo-anapole state is excited by arranging split-ring resonators around a cylindrical metallic target. We used the multipole scattering theory to identify the actual reason behind the cloaking operation. Pseudo anapole condition is characterized by the scattering minima from toroidal and electric dipole moments, and hence the metallic target is undetectable from backscattering measurements. The results are verified using full-wave simulation software and subsequently validated with backscattering measurements inside an anechoic chamber.
Intraoperative Goal-Directed Therapies in Femoral and Pelvic Osteotomies in Children and In-Hospital Postoperative Outcomes
Authors: Kumba Claudine , Gaume Mathilde , Barbarian Arayik , Péjin Zaga 
Published: October 2021

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Background: Femoral and pelvic osteotomies are potential hemorrhagic interventions where transfusion requirements can be necessary.Objective: We undertook a secondary analysis of patients who underwent femoral and pelvic osteotomy in the initial cohort. The objective of this secondary analysis was to describe intraoperative and postoperative outcomes and to describe intraoperative management in these patients in terms of blood product management, fluid and hemodynamic therapy with the aim of implementing optimization management protocols for postoperative outcome improvement.Methods: A secondary analysis of patients who underwent femoral and pelvic osteotomy surgery was included in the initial retrospective study.Results: There were eighteen patients with a mean age of 104± 47.1 months. Four (22.2%) patients had intraoperative and/or postoperative complications. One patient (5.6%) had intraoperative hemorrhagic shock, two patients (11.1%) had postoperative neurologic failure, and one patient (5.6%) had postoperative wound sepsis. Transfusion rate was 50% in nine patients.Conclusion: Femoral and pelvic osteotomies are interventions where blood, transfusion and fluid requirements can be increased; thus, this implies the necessity of a global patient blood management protocol with point-of-care tests and fluid- and hemodynamic-guided protocols with validated tools in children for intraoperative and postoperative outcome optimization.
Cycles of Andean Mountain Building Archived in the Amazon Fan
Authors: Mason Cody , Romans Brian , Patterson Molly , Stockli Daniel , Fildani Andrea 
Published: October 2021

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Detrital zircons (DZs) in terrigenous sediment recovered from the late Pleistocene Amazon Fan have distinct modes of U-Pb crystallization ages and U-Th/He (ZHe) cooling ages that correlate to known South American magmatic and tectonic events. Young ZHe age modes record two phases of Andean exhumation, a late Cretaceous – Paleogene phase, and a late Miocene phase containing the highest density of ZHe age data. Nearly 40% of DZs were found to have Cenozoic ZHe ages, suggesting that the Andes are the main source of clastic detritus in the Amazon Fan. However, Andean upland sediment sources evidently contain a deep-time thermal record of mountain building. Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic ZHe ages broadly delineate the Cambro-Ordovician Pampean and Famatanian orogenies between ~ 600–400 Ma, while a late Carboniferous to early Permian ZHe age mode (~ 275–300 Ma) likely represents a Paleozoic phase of the Gondwanan orogeny or magmatic arc activity and exhumation along the proto-Andean margin. An ~ 175–225 Ma ZHe mode records Late Triassic – Early Jurassic subduction related magmatism and deformation along the western margin of South America. We also find evidence for recycling and recent exhumation of craton aged DZs, possibly related to the broad drainage reversals experienced by the Amazon River. The first frequency analysis of detrital ZHe age data from the Amazon Fan results in two periods of crustal cooling, one at 57 Ma and another at 92 Ma (90% and 85% confidence, respectively). We attribute this periodicity in ZHe cooling age data to upper and lower plate coupling along the subduction dominated western margin of South America—and more specifically to cycles of orogenesis that include phases of magmatism, orogenic relief construction, and later destruction.
Study on Double-Level Allocation of Irrigation Water Rights
Authors: Guan Xinjian , Du Qiongying , Zhang Wenge , Wang Baoyong 
Published: October 2021

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Establishing and perfecting the water rights system is an important way to alleviate the shortage of water resources and realize the optimal allocation of water resources. Agriculture is an important user of water in various water-consumption industries, the confirmation of water rights in irrigation districts to farmers is the inevitable requirement for implementing fine irrigation in agricultural production. In this paper, a double-level water rights allocation model of national canals – farmer households in irrigation district is established. It takes into account the current water consumption of the canal system, the future water-saving potential and the constraint of total amount control at the canal level. It takes into account the asymmetric information of farmer households’ population and irrigation area at the farmer household level. Furthermore, the Gini coefficient method is used to construct the water rights allocation model among farmer households based on the principle of fairness. Finally, Wulanbuhe Irrigation Area in the Hetao Irrigation Area of Inner Mongolia is taken as an example. The results show that the allocated water rights of the national canals in the irrigation district are less than the current because of water-saving measures and water rights of farmer household get compensation or cut respectively. The research has fully tapped the water-saving potential of irrigation districts, refined the distribution of water rights of farmers and can provide a scientific basis for the development of water rights allocation in irrigation districts and water rights transactions between farmers.
A Water Resources Collaborative Allocation Model for the Composite Water Resources-Socioeconomic-Eco-Environment System
Authors: Li Liqin , Wang Ting , Xie Xinmin , Pan Xingyao 
Published: October 2021

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In consideration of the strong mutual exclusion of urban development and ecological environment protection, the coupling relationship of the composite water resources-socioeconomic-eco-environment system is overall recognized on the base, and the key control parameters and order parameters in the collaborative allocation model for the composite system are quantitative characterized. Then, aiming at the coordinated and orderly development of the composite system, the water resources collaborative allocation model is proposed by means of multiple loop iteration technique. At last, the proposed model is successfully applied in the Tarim River in northwest China. The results reveals that when the water frequency is less than or equal to 50%, through an accumulated new water saving irrigation area of 12.76 million mu, an accumulated reduced agricultural irrigation area of 6.22 million mu, as well as an accumulated reduced water usage quantity at 7.5 billion m3 in national economy, which can realize the orderly benign evolution and efficient and balanced development of the water resources, economic society and ecosystem composite system,and verify the feasibility of the method.
The Role of Sense of Coherence in the Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction Survivors; a Two-year Cohort Study
Authors: Roohafza Hamiodreza , Heidari Ramin , Safaei Ali , Masoumi Gholamreza , Soleimani Azam , Sadeghi Masoumeh 
Published: October 2021

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Background: Survivors of acute myocardial infarction(AMI) struggle with stressful consequences. Sense of coherence(SOC) seems to be associated with a person's capacity to face life incidents. The current study aims to evaluate SOC's correlation with the major adverse cardiac events(MACE) among the AMI survivors. The study was designed and reported following the STROBE guidelines and checklist.Methods: This study was part of the ST-elevated myocardial infarction cohort study in Isfahan(SEMI-CI) conducted on 724 AMI survivors followed for two years. The patients' demographic, medical history and follow-up manifestations were recruited. The 13-item SOC questionnaire was utilized and the Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research(DCPR) questionnaire for psychosomatic disorders evaluation, including health anxiety, illness denial, irritable mood, and demoralization. MACE was defined as non-fatal MI, non-fatal stroke, and atherosclerosis cardiovascular disease-related death was recorded. Results: Logistic regression assessments showed that the SOC level was an independent predictor for the development of MACE(OR:0.67; 95%CI:0.40-0.85). This finding was confirmed by the controlling factors, including demographic data(OR:0.60; 95%CI:0.35-0.79), demographic factors and medical history(OR:0.62; 95%CI:0.36-0.86), the previous ones plus clinical follow-up assessments(OR:0.59; 95%CI:0.33-0.79), and all the evaluations plus psychosomatic factors(OR:0.76; 95%CI:0.42-0.92). Similar outcomes were achieved using SOC scores.Conclusion: Based on this study, SOC was an independent MACE predictor in a large population of AMI patients through a 2-year-follow-up period.
Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) Reveals The Genetic Basis of Brace Root Angle and Diameter in Maize
Authors: Sun Daqiu , Chen Sibo , Cui Zhenhai , Lin Jingwei , Liu Meiling , Jin Yueting , Zhang Ao , Gao Yuan , Cao Huiying , Ruan Yanye 
Published: October 2021

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Background:Brace roots are an important part of the maize root system. Among brace root traits, brace root angle (BRA) and brace root diameter (BRD) are important components that affect plant growth and development. However, there are no reports on the genetic basis of maize BRA and BRD. Results:Here, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted using 508 associated populations with extensive natural variation. The broad heritability of BRA and BRD reached 0.91 and 0.82, respectively. The analysis of different subgroups showed that there were significant differences in BRA traits in different subgroups, whereas there was no significant difference in BRD. Evaluation of phenotypic diversity in three different environments showed that BRA and BRD exhibit a wide range of natural variability. In the GWAS, the BRA and BRD were combined with 55,8629 single nucleotide polymorphisms, and four candidate genes were found for BRA within the threshold of P < 1.78×10-6 that were significantly related to BRD). These genes may (1) participate in maize brace root cell wall synthesis through cell transport (GRMZM2G479243); (2) involve hormone signaling pathways in the horizontal expansion of brace root cells (GRMZM2G101928 and GRMZM2G174736); or (3) involve the PLETHORA (PLT1/2) gene (GRMZM2G151934) to promote stem cells and transport expanded cells to affect the growth of root meristems.Conclusions:These results provide theoretical information for understanding the genetic basis of brace root development. Further research on candidate genes will help clarify the molecular pathways regulating BRA and BRD in maize.
Evaluation of reversal and transposition generational damages caused by manganese (II) in zebrafish
Authors: Rodrigues Gabriela Zimmermann Prado , Santos Thainá Garbino dos , Finkler Mariana , Burghausen Jorge Henrique , Borba Diulliane de Jesus , Kayser Juliana Machado , Milanesi Bruna Bueno , Schneider Anelise , Linden Rafael , Xavier Léder Leal , Ziulkoski Ana Luiza , de Oliveira Diogo Losch , Gehlen Günther 
Published: October 2021

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Although manganese (Mn) is a common water pollutant, little is known about the potential for the trans-generational transfer of biological effects in fish exposed to low concentrations in aquatic organisms, or the persistence of these effects. The aim was to identify when biological effects were firstly observed in the brain, liver and intestinal tissues of zebrafish exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of Mn and whether these effects were subject to reversal when exposures ceased. We also aimed to assess whether biological effects observed in zebrafish exposed to Mn for 21-days were also observed in the early life stages of the F1 generation. Behavioral changes were observed in the animals exposed for 14 days to MnCl2 (4.0 mg L-1). There was also an oscillation in the mitochondrial activity and TUNEL positive cells in the telencephalon of exposed fish from all treatments. These results indicated that brain neurogenesis in zebrafish occurred with greater magnitude and speed than the neuronal Mn damage. Histopathological changes were observed in the intestine and liver of zebrafish exposed to Mn for 72 h and 21 days. Behavioral alterations and intestinal histopathological alterations were reversed after the recovery period, although hepatocyte vacuolization persisted. Behavioral alterations were also observed in the early developmental stages of F1 generation larvae of zebrafish parents exposed to Mn, but this profile was normalized throughout the development. In addition to the direct toxic effects of low concentrations of Mn, some changes, such as hepatocyte vacuolization persisted in zebrafish even after the toxicant removal.
Hepatic Artery Lymph Node in Pancreatic Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis of Survival Outcomes
Authors: Conde Danny , Rey Carlos , Pardo Manuel , Recaman Andrea , Olarte Juan Carlos Sabogal 
Published: October 2021

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BackgroundAfter optimal management, 5 years survival of pancreatic cancer is 12 - 15%. Factors associated with poor prognosis are tumoral histology, harvested regional lymph nodes, and recently, hepatic artery lymph node HLA(8a) involvement. In fact, evidence has shown negative impact of node 8a involvement on overall survival and disease free-survival. Therefore, we aimed to describe the prognostic significance of the HLA(8a) lymph node metastasis in terms of disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) on a specific cohort of patients.MethodsA retrospective study was conducted based on a prospective database from the HPB department of patients who underwent a pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) due to pancreatic cancer during 2014 - 2021. Overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were estimated to be associated with positive HLA(8a) using Kaplan-Meier analysis. Log Rank test and Cox proportional hazards regression analysis were used. Results111 patients were included, 55,4% female. The most frequent pathology was ductal adenocarcinoma (60.3%). Positive rate of the HLA(8a) node was 21.62%. Median OS time was 25.5 months, and median DFS time was 13,8 months. Positive HLA(8a) node, the cutoff of lymph node ratio (LNR) resection, and vascular invasion showed a strong association with OS. (CoxRegression p = 0.03 HR 0.5, p 0.003 HR = 1.8, p = 0.02 HR 0.4 CI 95%). In terms of DFS, lymph node ratio cutoff, tumoral size, and vascular invasion showed a statistically significant association with the outcome (p = 0.008, HR = 1.5; p= 0.04 HR=2.1; p=0.02 HR=0.4 CI 95%).Conclusion In this series of pancreaticoduodenectomies, OS and DFS are significantly reduced in patients with HLA(8a) node compromise in patients with pancreatic cancer. In multivariate analysis, lymph node status remains an independent predictor of OS and DFS. Further studies are needed.
Lilium Regale Wilson WRKY3 Modulates an Antimicrobial Peptide Gene, Lrdef1, During Response to Fusarium Oxysporum
Authors: Wang Zie , Deng Jie , Liang Tingting , Su Linlin , Zheng Lilei , Chen Hongjun , Liu Diqiu 
Published: October 2021

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Background: WRKY transcription factors (TFs) play vital roles in plant growth and development, secondary metabolite synthesis, and response to biotic and abiotic stresses. In a previous transcriptome sequencing analysis of Lilium regale Wilson, we identified multiple WRKY TFs that respond to exogenous methyl jasmonate treatment and lily Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum).Results: In the present study, the WRKY TF LrWRKY3 was further analyzed to reveal its function in defense response to F. oxysporum. The LrWRKY3 protein was localized in the plant cell nucleus, and LrWRKY3 transgenic tobacco lines showed higher resistance to F. oxysporum compared with wild-type (WT) tobacco. In addition, some genes related to jasmonic acid (JA) biosynthesis, salicylic acid (SA) signal transduction, and disease resistance had higher transcriptional levels in the LrWRKY3 transgenic tobacco lines than in the WT. On the contrary, L. regale scales transiently expressing LrWRKY3 RNA interference fragments showed higher sensitivity to F. oxysporum infection. Moreover, a F. oxysporum-induced defensin gene, Def1, was isolated from L. regale, and the recombinant protein LrDef1 isolated and purified from Escherichia coli possessed antifungal activity to several phytopathogens, including F. oxysporum. Furthermore, co-expression of LrWRKY3 and the LrDef1 promoter in tobacco evidently up-regulated the expression activity of the LrDef1 promoter.Conclusions: These results clearly indicate that LrWRKY3 is an important positive regulator in response to F. oxysporum infection, and one of its targets is the antimicrobial peptide gene LrDef1.
The Effect of Pilates on Pain in Pregnant Women
Authors: motaghi bahareh , Aein fereshte , Reisi ziba 
Published: October 2021

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Background and ObjectivesAlthough pregnancy is a joyful period for most women, the physiological, anatomical, and biochemical changes can cause stress among mothers. low back pain (LBP), and pelvic pain (PP) are common in pregnancy. Also, considering that Pilates also has an effect on reducing LBP during non-pregnancy, in order to promote women's health during pregnancy and reduce economic costs, we decided to measure the effect of Pilates on reducing pain in pregnant women.Materials and MethodsIn the present double-blind randomized clinical trial, the effect of Pilates on reducing pain in pregnancy is investigated. The participants include 60 pregnant women who referred to the health care centers in Shahrekord City. The participants are randomly assigned into the intervention and control groups. The intervention group women, who are at 20 weeks of gestation, are required to attend two Pilates sessions per week for 12 weeks. Each session lasted 30 minutes with moderate intensity. Followed by the intervention, pain assessment was carried out using a visual analog scale (VAS). Data are analyzed using independent t-test in SPSS software version 23. The P-values of <0.05 are statistically significant.ResultsTwo groups are matched in terms of their demographic characteristics prior to the intervention. After the intervention, low back pain (0.001) and pelvic pain (P<0.001) are significantly lower in the intervention than the control group.Conclusion﻿Pilates can decrease low back pain and pelvic pain in pregnancy.