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The ‘Butterfly Effect’: Identifying pathways for sustainability transformation through social processes of disaster resilience
Authors: Davis Belinda Jane , Reid Alan , Rogers Briony 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

Non-technical summary
We reviewed published research on natural hazards and community disaster resilience to identify how relationships between people and their experiences of disaster interact to shape possibilities for positive transformative change. Research commonly analyzes processes within and across individual and collective or structural spheres of a social system, but rarely investigates interactions across all three. We present a framework focused on ‘spheres of influence’ to address this. The Framework shows how positive relationships that prioritize restoring shared, meaningful and purposeful identities can lead to expansive and incremental capacity for transformative outcomes for sustainability: a process we liken to the butterfly effect.

Technical Summary
Sustainability and disaster resilience frameworks commonly neglect the role of agentive social processes in influencing wider structural transformation for sustainability. We applied relational agency and social practice theory to conceptualize transformative pathways for enhanced sustainability through a review of peer-reviewed literature relating to natural hazards and community disaster resilience. We sought to answer two questions: 1. What are the social practices that influence transformative change for disaster resilience in the context of individual, collective and structural spheres of influence? 2. What are the social influencing processes involved, identified through relational agency? We found that empirical studies tend to focus on individual and collective or structural spheres but rarely offer a relational analysis across all three. Our findings highlight that positive relationships that prioritize restoring shared, meaningful and purposeful identities can act as a resource, which can lead to expansive and incremental transformative outcomes for sustainability: a process we liken to the butterfly effect. We present a Sphere of Influence Framework that highlights socialized practices influenced by relationality, which can be applied as a strategic planning tool to increase capacity for resilience. Future research should explore how socio-political practices (the structural sphere) influence distributed power within collective and individual spheres.

Social media summary
Disasters can generate extraordinary social dynamics. So, how can we optimize these dynamics for enhanced sustainability?
Seasonal Variation in Flow and Metabolic Activity Drive Nitrate and Carbon Supply and Demand in a Temperate Agricultural Stream
Authors: Hallberg Lukas , Bernal Susana , Bieroza Magdalena 
Published: November 2024

AbstractIn‐stream biogeochemical processing, typically associated with base flow conditions, has recently been assessed at higher discharges, aided by high frequency monitoring. However, the potential for nutrient and carbon processing is still largely unknown in streams impacted by agriculture, representing major pathways for eutrophication and diffuse pollution. In this study, we measured solute concentrations and gross primary productivity (GPP) and ecosystem respiration (ER) to infer nitrate (NO3−) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) supply and demand across contrasting hydrological conditions. As expected, solute supply greatly surpassed in‐stream biological demand for both NO3− and DOC for intermediate to large discharges. However, during four consecutive weeks in summer, lowered NO3− supply and high metabolic activity led to a 60% and 31% reduction in stream NO3− and DOC export. We also compared metabolism‐discharge versus solute concentration‐discharge patterns during storm events to better understand biogeochemical responses to high flows. Metabolic rates showed a contrasting response to storm events: ER increased while GPP decreased following declines in NO3− concentrations. The positive correlation between GPP and NO3− concentrations suggests that GPP suppression can be partially attributed to decreased NO3− availability during storm events. This study supports the idea that agricultural streams have a limited capacity to biologically process DOC and NO3−. However, it also emphasizes that the balance between supply and demand can vary from severe saturation to limitation, depending on seasonal fluctuations in discharge and metabolic activity, highlighting the crucial role of mitigating pollution at its source during hydrologically active periods to improve water quality.
Fluorescent antimicrobial hydrogel based on fluorophore N-doped carbon dots originated from cellulose nanocrystals
Authors: Ahmed Hanan B. , Emam Hossam E. , Shaheen Tharwat I. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThe current study represents a unique fabrication strategy for preparation of fluorescent hydrogels via incorporation of fluorescent quantum dots (QDs) as fluorophore entities into chitosan as a gelling matrix. QDs identified as carbon quantum dots (CQDs) & nitrogen containing carbon quantum dots (NCQDs) were preliminary synthesized from cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and cationic cellulose nanocrystals (CCNCs), respectively. Cationic CNCs was prepared via chemical grafting with poly-di-allyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (CNCs-g-poly-DADMAC) through free chain polymerization reaction. Additionally, both of the prepared CQDs & NCQDs were impregnated in 3D interpenetrating network of chitosan for preparation of microbicide/florescent hydrogels (CQDs@Chs hydrogel & NCQDs@Chs hydrogel). The represented data revealed that, exploitation of cationic CNCs resulted in preparation of NCQDs with more controllable size and superior photoluminescence. Moreover, the increment in concentration of CNCs reflected in nucleation of enlarged QDs, at variance of CCNCs, whereas, increment of concentration resulted in significantly smaller-sized QDs. Size distribution of CQDs ingrained from 2% CNCs was estimated to be 8.2 nm, while, NCQDs ingrained from 2% CCNCs exhibited with size distribution of 3.8 nm. The prepared florescent CQDs@Chs hydrogel & NCQDs@Chs hydrogel showed excellent antimicrobial performance and the diameter of inhibition zone was estimated to be 31 mm, 26 mm & 22 mm against E. Coli, S. Aureus & C. Albicans with CQDs@Chs, respectively. Whereas, treatment of the as-mentioned microbial strains with NCQDs@Chs resulted in detection of inhibition zone diameter to be significantly higher as 34 mm, 28 mm & 25 mm for E. Coli, S. Aureus & C. Albicans, respectively. In a conclusion, cationic CNCs showed seniority in nucleation of QDs with significantly higher photoluminescence and microbicide activities.
Wet-spun Ag/PEDOT: PSS composite fibers for high-sensitive SERS sensing and high electrical conducting
Authors: Wu Fan , Shi Haoyu , Gao Yulong , Cheng Lin , Gu Tongkai , Liu Tong , Chen Ziyun , Fan Wei 
Published: November 2024

AbstractNanometal-based composite fibers have been widely explored in flexible sensors due to their outstanding optical and electrical properties. However, the weak binding force between metallic nanomaterial and fiber greatly limits the real application. In this work, nano silver (Ag) are strongly bonded with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly (styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT: PSS) fiber by the wet-spun process. Ag-S chemical bonds are formed by the interaction of Ag and PEDOT. The Ag/PEDOT: PSS composite fiber shows excellent surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensitivity on Rhodamine 6G (R6G) molecules. The detection limit can reach 10–11 M and Raman enhancement factor (EF) is of 1.3 × 107. The high-sensitive SERS activity of Ag/PEDOT: PSS composite fiber mainly results from PEDOT: PSS, and the enhancement factor is 3 orders of magnitude better than that of other PEDOT: PSS based SERS substrates. Moreover, the composite fiber has metal-level conductivity of 1019 S/cm. This is 5 times higher than the conductivity of PEDOT: PSS fiber and a two-fold improvement over the reported values for nanometal/PEDOT: PSS based fabrics. The composite fiber has electric stability under bending test with bending speeds of 2 Hz indicating the composite fiber has good structural stability. In addition, the temperature of the composite fiber with 7 cm length can reach 76.5 °C at a voltage of 18 V. Additionally, the composite fiber shows anti-bacterial property and melting drop resistance, which pave the way for the integration of fiber-based optical and electrical sensors in the future multifunctional flexible devices.
Effect of amphiphilic polymers on the photodynamic activity of rose bengal in vitro and in vivo conditions
Authors: Kardumyan V V , Kuryanova A S , Fayzullin A L , Krivandin A V , Mekhtiev A R , Aksenova N A , Shatalova O V , Timoshenko O S , Dalina A A , Khristidis Y I , Huang R-L , Li Q , Timashev P S , Solovieva A B 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
It has been shown that amphiphilic polymers (AP) (Pluronic F108 and polyvinylpyrrolidone) increase the activity of rose bengal (RB) in the photogeneration of 1O2
in vitro and in vivo conditions. In particular, in the presence of AP, the intensity of luminescence of 1O2 generated by exited RB increased. Perhaps RB forms loosely bound complexes with AP, which promotes disaggregation of the dye. According to x-ray diffraction data, the degree of crystallinity of pluronic decreases during crystallization from joint solutions with RB and a large period in the packing of its crystallites is disrupted. This may indicate the localization of the dye in the intercrystalline amorphous regions of pluronic due to complexation RB + F108. In vitro experiments showed that the phototoxicity of the dye against A549 lung carcinoma cells increases in the presence of F108 and PVP. Under photodynamic exposure to model wounds in rats using the RB + F108 complex as a PS, there was an increase in reparative processes in the wounds, while pluronic F108 weakened the negative impact of RB on microvessels and prevented the development of a local hemorrhagic reaction. Thus, the photosensitizing systems based on RB + AP complexes are promising for treating local foci of oncological and non-oncological nature using PDT.
A high resolution and long working distance bifocal interference confocal imaging technique
Authors: Zhu Xueliang , Wang Tian , Ru Jiayu , Liu Bingcai , Wang Hongjun , Tian Ailing , Liu Weiguo 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
A bifocal interference confocal microscopy system (BICMS) is proposed in which bifocal lenses are used to overcome the tradeoff between high resolution and long working distance, which cannot be achieved simultaneously in devices with small numerical apertures (NAs). In this work, a bifocal lens is introduced in the proposed system to ensure signals (generating the interference) originate from the same point on the surface of the object to be measured. The annular interference region generated by the bifocal lenses can be used to sharpen the width of the central bright spot. This reduces the full width at half maximum for the normalized lateral intensity point spread function, thereby improving the stability, anti-disturbing capabilities, and lateral resolution. A theoretical analysis (using a wavelength of 632.8 nm and an objective NA of 0.1) demonstrated BICMS improved the lateral resolution of the confocal microscope from 2.34 μm to 1.33 μm, which is 1.7 times that of a CMS; in the case of NA = 0.2, BICMS improved the lateral resolution of the confocal microscope from 1.24 μm to 0.92 μm, which is 1.3 times that of the CMS. As such, the proposed system is bringing the possibility of a wide range of applications for high-resolution confocal microimaging systems.
Lucan
Authors: Glauthier Patrick 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
For Lucan, the study of nature constitutes a dangerous distraction from the urgent necessity of civil war. Like other institutions, the scientific sublime short-circuits in Nero’s Rome, where the emperor plays the role of its hero, Phaethon. Paradoxically, however, a pathological urge to speculate about nature’s causes, especially those of astronomical and meteorological phenomena, saturates the text, oppressing the reader with theoretical detail and open-ended questions; this, too, is an experience of the sublime, symbolized through the ominous narratives of Phemonoe and Erictho. At the same time, those characters who understand how nature functions, such as Amyclas, cease to inspire wonder and simply crumble into political irrelevance; other sources of sublimity take precedence. Indeed, Seneca’s concerns, voiced in the Natural Questions, about the seductive allure of political power are fully realized in Lucan’s Caesar, while Acoreus’s discourse on the Nile appears to exploit the imperial fascination with astronomy and meteorology to deadly ends.
The Scientific Sublime and the Case of the Elder Pliny
Authors: Glauthier Patrick 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
The scientific sublime implies a set of values: a commitment to the study of nature’s causes, the hope that such study expands the mind and ennobles the spirit, and a bold willingness to adopt different and often discordant modes of thought. At any historical moment, though, it is possible to conceptualize the study of nature and its relationship to the sublime in multiple ways. Consideration of the Elder Pliny nicely illustrates the point. Pliny’s enthusiasm for empire matches Manilius’s Augustan triumphalism, but Pliny also demonstrates an alienation from the scientific sublime that echoes themes in Lucan, the Aetna poet, and even Longinus. Ultimately, Pliny writes from the perspective of paradoxography, elevating a personified nature and celebrating her wonders, rather than her causes, which leaves little room for the scientific sublime. The Natural History, then, takes us away from the main topic of this book but simultaneously constitutes an important element of the conversation that it documents.
Bridge-Building and the Defence of Sporting Links with South Africa
Authors: Llewellyn Matthew P , Rider Toby C 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
In response to the growing institutionalization of anti-apartheid in Britain, the British sporting establishment unravelled its philosophical bulwark: ‘bridge-building’. Theorizing that sporting relations played an essential role in encouraging the cultivation of more progressive racial policies in the country, British sport officials ignored mounting evidence of race discrimination and freely pursued sporting relations with white South Africa. The ugly underbelly of domestic British racism fuelled this groundswell of white British support for continued sporting links. In the shifting landscapes of postcolonial Britain, far-right groups sought a foothold in British politics. Envisioning a white Commonwealth bound by the ties of race and culture, the British Far Right (which held remarkably close ties to the British sporting establishment) launched campaigns to ‘Beat the Boycott’. Sport featured prominently on the far-right agenda. Threats to white authority and sporting tradition provoked a vicious response. Appearing at British–South African sporting fixtures, far-right groups violently opposed anti-apartheid sport campaigners. Opposition on the British Right coincided with the South African government’s moves to crush the domestic resistance movement, in all of its many guises. South African security forces targeted the senior leadership of the liberation movement, passing draconian laws and issuing repressive banning orders. The South African non-racial sport movement, like the broader liberation movement in general, suffered under the weight of governmental surveillance, harassment, and violence. With a growing urgency, non-racial sport leaders implored their colleagues on the British Left to spearhead campaigns against sporting links with South Africa.
Fiction for Other Purposes
Authors: Damkjær Maria 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
If fictionality can be used to direct readers into proper houseplant care, or teach them how to repaint their dining-room chairs, do we have a theory that can help us identify fiction when we meet it? Using theory of narrative fiction by Barthes and Lohafer, this chapter asks what fiction is, what the minimal amount of fictionality in a story might be, and how fiction organizes information into something that reads like real experience. Narrative fiction is employed as a reliable discourse to represent a version of real life where characters will enthusiastically take house decoration tips from the Girl’s Own Paper. The chapter argues that the print imaginary builds a fantasy of the production and reception of the magazine that is as flattering as it is flimsy. Imaginary readers become models of consumption for all to follow, and imaginary contributors make the magazine into a print culture hero.
Temporal complexity of the BOLD-signal in preterm versus term infants
Authors: Mella Allison Eve , Vanderwal Tamara , Miller Steven P , Weber Alexander Mark 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Preterm birth causes alterations in structural and functional cerebral development that are not fully understood. Here, we investigate whether basic characteristics of BOLD signal itself might differ across preterm, term equivalent, and term infants. Anatomical, fMRI, and diffusion weighted imaging data from 716 neonates born at 23–43 weeks gestational age were obtained from the Developing Human Connectome Project. Hurst exponent (H; a measure of temporal complexity of a time-series) was computed from the power spectral density of the BOLD signal within 13 resting state networks. Using linear mixed effects models to account for scan age and birth age, we found that H increased with age, that earlier birth age contributed to lower H values, and that H increased most in motor and sensory networks. We then tested for a relationship between temporal complexity and structural development using H and DTI-based estimates of myelination and found moderate but significant correlations. These findings suggest that the temporal complexity of BOLD signal in neonates relates to age and tracks with known developmental trajectories in the brain. Elucidating how these signal-based differences might relate to maturing hemodynamics in the preterm brain could yield new information about neurophysiological vulnerabilities during this crucial developmental period.
Religion, Refugees, and International Order: A Global History of Solidarity, Dislocation, and Reintegration in South Sudan
Authors: Agensky Jonathan C 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
This article examines the formation of transnational religious networks amid forced migration, displacement, and resettlement. It concerns the effects of these networks on postcolonial African states and the histories they entail within and across the Global North and South. Its central case study is a little-examined resettlement project that returned a group of refugees, trained as physicians while in exile, to South Sudan after Sudan’s second civil war (1983–2005). This encompassed complex relations among refugees, diasporic populations, churches, faith-based NGOs, and public and private actors, linking post-Cold War faith-based politics to the Cuban internationalist educational project of the late 1970s. I argue that, in addition to highlighting critical processes of repatriation and post-conflict reconstruction, this project demonstrates how religious identities and practices take shape in relation to mechanisms of international political order, reworking experiences of displacement and enabling new forms of political agency. International Relations (IR) conventionally neglects these aspects of religion and international politics, focusing instead on ethno-religious contestation or, more recently, the normatively desirable outcomes of religious-political activities. However, greater attention to the transformative interconnections between religion and global governance and the histories they entail is critical for understanding linkages between transnational religious networks, peacebuilding in postcolonial states, and the global mediation of political dislocation.
Responding before responseability: the delayed realisation of climate change as discrepant discourse formation
Authors: Scheffer Thomas 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
This article situates public statements by governments and political leaders in a contingent process of building the capacity to respond to rapid climate change. How do these statements work and how do they contribute to an adequate response to this overwhelming existential problem in the future? How is this done before the capacity to respond has been achieved, and to what effect? The article outlines the stages of these pre-response responses, reconstructing the emergence of climate policy, climate law, and a global climate regime, as well as the multiple struggles and inevitable gaps along the way. I use a question-response pairing drawn from the work of Harvey Sacks to capture the asynchronicity of climate discourse, including climate knowledge and governance, and the pull factors that evolve with each preliminary response. The thickening of accountability plays a central role in this tortuous course, increasingly employing and judging governance at the same time.
Place-Based Policies and Migration: Evidence from India
Authors: Abeberese Ama Baafra , Chaurey Ritam , Menon Radhika 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Place-based policies may increase migration into eligible areas and, hence, affect their intended aim of reducing economic disparities. Using a regression discontinuity design that exploits an Indian place-based tax-exemption policy, this paper finds that there was an increase in migration for job-related reasons, mainly driven by job transfers. While firm entry and hiring increased in the treated districts, overall employment probability and wages did not change for the average initial resident, although there is some evidence of sectoral shifts in employment. Furthermore, the cost of housing increased in the treated districts. These results provide empirical evidence for the implications of labor mobility for place-based policies.
Postrhinoplasty Depression: A Systematic Review
Authors: Alhajress Rafeef , Obeid Dana , Alhedaithy Alhanouf , Assiri Hassan , Alarfaj Ahmed 
Published: November 2024

Background:
Even though an increased number of patients indicate satisfaction with rhinoplasty outcomes, unexpected postoperative psychological reactions might occur. Postrhinoplasty depression is a type of adverse psychological response in relation to cosmetic surgery.

Methods:
The present systematic review seeks to evaluate postoperative depression following successful rhinoplasty in patients who are psychologically stable.

Results:
The findings on postrhinoplasty depression are a reminder to cosmetic surgeons that better surgery outcomes might not consistently generate happy and satisfied patients. Even though preoperative mental evaluations are considered important in the screening of patients to undergo rhinoplasty, the assessments might not often be predictive. Cosmetic surgeons should therefore be ready and willing to aid their patients in coping with the adverse psychological responses, including depression. Moreover, this systematic review seeks to enhance the comprehension of both the preoperative and postoperative psychology and mood changes in patients undergoing rhinoplasty.

Conclusions:
Plastic surgeons are required to offer effective counseling services to their patients, ensuring effective and clear communication of their expectations, to aid in the decision on whether patients are apt candidates for rhinoplasty and to reduce the possibility of postrhinoplasty depression and anxiety.