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Facile Synthesis of Highly Supercapacitive Mo‐doped Titanium Nanotube Arrays and Effect of Anodization Voltage
Authors: Jaleel Fabeena Jahan , Akhilesh T. , Paravannoor Anjali , Abitha K. , Fasil P Mohammed , Palantavda Shajesh , Vijayan Baiju Kizhakkekilikoodayil 
Published: November 2024

AbstractDesigning potential architectures by the modification of conventional electrode materials is an effective approach in the development of high performance supercapacitor electrodes. The present study investigated the effect of varying anodization voltages (50, 75, and 100 V) on the morphology and electrochemical properties of titanium nanotubes (TNT). Molybdenum was doped onto TNT using a simple hydrothermal procedure, followed by thermal treatment at 450 °C. The study effectively demonstrated control over the dimensions of the nanotube structure by adjusting the anodization voltage. Additionally, it was found that the tube diameters were increased due to etching during the hydrothermal treatment with the Mo precursor, which potentially enhanced the supercapacitive performance of Mo‐doped TNT. Further, structural analysis revealed that Mo doping improved both crystallinity and electrode stability. With an optimal anodization voltage of 100 V, TNT and Molybdenum‐doped TNT could exhibit capacitance value of 13.34 and 326.54 mF cm−2 respectively, at a current density of 1 mA cm−2. Furthermore, the electrode demonstrated good cyclic stability with 88% capacitance retention and 97% coulombic efficiency after 5000 cycles. An impressive energy density of 87.03 µWh cm−2 and a power density of 799.99 µW cm−2 could be achieved with this sample in an asymmetrical device.
Nitrogen‐Rich Molybdenum Nitride with Intrinsic CD39 Nucleotidase Activity
Authors: Zhang Xiaomin , Xia Chunqiu , Guo Liangqia 
Published: November 2024

AbstractCD39 is one of the important nucleotidases to adjust extracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and adenosine diphosphate (ADP) concentration. However, the enzyme mimics to simulate the activity of CD39 still remains to be explored. Herein nitrogen‐rich molybdenum nitride (Mo5N6) nanosheets are explored to possess CD39‐like activity, which are able to catalyze the hydrolysis of the high‐energy phosphate bonds (HEPBs) in ATP and ADP but not the common phosphate bonds in adenosine monophosphate (AMP). The catalytic hydrolysis of the phosphate bond over Mo5N6‐700 nanosheets is first investigated using para‐nitrophenyl phosphate as the model substrate and then the CD39‐like activity is further explored and verified by 31p NMR spectroscopy. Mo4+ on the surface of Mo5N6‐700 nanosheets are the catalytic active sites. Using ATP as the model substrate, the Km and Vmax values of CD39‐like activity at optimal pH 9.0 are 3.2 µmol L−1 and 18.5 µmol L−1 h−1, respectively. The CD39‐like activity of Mo5N6‐700 nanosheets enabled the down‐regulation of intracellular ATP concentration to a larger degree for cancer cells than normal cells, which makes Mo5N6‐700 nanosheets a potential therapeutic reagent for cancers.
Nanobubble Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging: A Review
Authors: Wegierak Dana , Nittayacharn Pinunta , Cooley Michaela B. , Berg Felipe M. , Kosmides Theresa , Durig Dorian , Kolios Michael C. , Exner Agata A. 
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACTContrast‐enhanced ultrasound is currently used worldwide with clinical indications in cardiology and radiology, and it continues to evolve and develop through innovative technological advancements. Clinically utilized contrast agents for ultrasound consist of hydrophobic gas microbubbles stabilized with a biocompatible shell. These agents are used commonly in echocardiography, with emerging applications in cancer diagnosis and therapy. Microbubbles are a blood pool agent with diameters between 1 and 10 μm, which precludes their use in other extravascular applications. To expand the potential use of contrast‐enhanced ultrasound beyond intravascular applications, sub‐micron agents, often called nanobubbles or ultra‐fine bubbles, have recently emerged as a promising tool. Combining the principles of ultrasound imaging with the unique properties of nanobubbles (high concentration and small size), recent work has established their imaging potential. Contrast‐enhanced ultrasound imaging using these agents continues to gain traction, with new studies establishing novel imaging applications. We highlight the recent achievements in nonlinear nanobubble contrast imaging, including a discussion on nanobubble formulations and their acoustic characteristics. Ultrasound imaging with nanobubbles is still in its early stages, but it has shown great potential in preclinical research and animal studies. We highlight unexplored areas of research where the capabilities of nanobubbles may offer new advantages. As technology advances, this technique may find applications in various areas of medicine, including cancer detection and treatment, cardiovascular imaging, and drug delivery.
Geographic Information System in Hospitality: Spatial Clustering of Hotels Based on Marketing Variables
Authors: Marín-Carrillo María B. , Illescas-Manzano María , Sánchez-Pérez Manuel , Martínez-Puertas Sergio 
Published: November 2024

AbstractGeographic information systems (GIS) have emerged as a valuable technology for marketing management. Its relevance emanates from the distinct importance of establishment location in hospitality and restaurant industries, the continued availability and depth of geospatial data continuously generated by the consumer and generating maps as visual elements. Assuming that strategies involving group-level customer customization are optimal, this paper aims to understand how geographical location is related to certain hotel and marketing variables. After reviewing the relevant literature on the use of GIS in the hospitality and restaurant industries, spatial and hotspot analyses of the hotel sector in Madrid are carried out to identify spatial clusters of hotels and to determine what can explain the possible agglomeration of hotels in certain areas.
Sustainability in Marketing Education: Student’s Attitudes at Iberian Universities
Authors: Capobianco-Uriarte María de las Mercedes , Martínez-Bravo María del Mar , Terán-Yépez Eduardo , Barbosa-Pereira Carla Alexandra , Matos-Pedro Eugenia Maria 
Published: November 2024

AbstractSince the alignment of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) for responsible education in management with the SDGs, both launched by the United Nations, the role of Higher Education Institutions (HEI) has become a fundamental pillar for the academic training of future leaders to contribute to the architecture of a sustainable society. However, the academic literature focuses primarily on educational institutional analysis rather than on student outcomes. University students not only reflect a growing awareness of environmental, social, and economic challenges but also display attitudes that influence their personal and professional choices. This paper focuses on a qualitative survey oriented to the attitudes toward sustainability of 129 university marketing students, carried out in two universities in the Iberian Peninsula (University of Almeria—Spain and University of Beira Interior—Portugal). By means of a t-student analysis between the two sample groups, it was analyzed whether the attitudes of students from both universities differ from different perspectives, the personal valuation of the importance of a more sustainable society, the specific integration of sustainability in business, the preference of training toward PRME-oriented educational organizations, or the labor insertion as a worker in sustainable companies. The results of this work can guide academic institutions in the evaluation of their efforts in curricular changes, course redesign, pedagogical proposals, and adjustments in mission and institutional objectives.
Development of Mechano-Responsive CNT-Epoxy Concrete
Authors: Jeon Hye-Kyoung , Jung Yu-Jin , Jang Sung-Hwan 
Published: November 2024

AbstractCracking in engineering concrete structures poses a significant problem as it not only accelerates the rate of deterioration but also diminishes the structural strength. The current repair materials being used are capable of short-term repairs only and may result in destroying the concrete structure due to additional damage. In this study, Carbon nanotube (CNT)-Epoxy concrete is proposed as a sensing repair material to address this problem. The authors assess the electrical properties of samples based on the CNT content and aggregates and report on the optimal mixing ratio of CNT-Epoxy concrete. The electro-mechanical characterization of CNT-Epoxy concrete was evaluated through a series of experiments such as static and cyclic loadings. CNT-Epoxy concrete exhibits accurate sensing response under compression and maintains a consistent cyclic response. The findings from the study demonstrate that CNT-Epoxy concrete is an effective material for repairing concrete cracks, offering favorable compressive strength, and showing reliable sensing ability.
Acute diverticulitis requiring hospitalization according to regional discrepancies in France between 2013 and 2022: a nationwide study
Authors: Saint-Dizier C. , Hamel J. F. , Lamer A. , Venara A. , Levaillant M. , Venara Aurélien 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Purpose
The prevention of colon diverticulitis tends to be tailored according to the patients. In order to improve the public health policy to prevent diverticulitis, the influence of regional parameters at a department scale has to be assessed.

Objective
This analysis aimed to assess the occurrence of acute diverticulitis in France in general and according to environmental factors suspected to affect such diseases.

Methods
All patients above 18 years old admitted to a general hospital with a diverticulitis diagnosis between 2013 and 2022 in France were included. Data were extracted from the French national hospital discharge database. The primary outcome was the occurrence of diverticulitis according to French territories and known risk factors.

Results
In this nationwide cohort study, the 10-years cumulative occurrence of diverticulitis in France was 3.45% (n = 2 0.248.099 patients). Diverticulitis was influenced by older age and male gender but was not significantly associated with ecological parameters (obesity, alcohol consumption, smoking or economic discrepancies) at a departmental scale. Of all patients diagnosed with diverticulitis, 5% had at least one surgical intervention. The surgical management of diverticulitis was associated with an increased number of surgeons in the department, even after adjustment for age and sex.

Conclusions
Except for smoking, the frequency of diverticulitis requiring an hospitalization was independent of regional parameters (nor alcohol intake, nor obesity nor the economic discrepancies).
Mesh-associated complications in minimally invasive ventral mesh rectopexy: a systematic review
Authors: Hess Gabriel Fridolin , Nocera Fabio , Taha-Mehlitz Stephanie , Christen Sebastian , von Strauss Und Torney Marco , Steinemann Daniel C. 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Background
Ventral mesh rectopexy (laparoscopic and robotic) is a common and well established treatment of rectal prolapse. Although described as safe and effective, complications, especially mesh-associated ones are often mentioned. Additionally, there is no consensus regarding the mesh type and fixation method as well as the materials used for this purpose. The aim of this systematic review was to identify the total amount of complications and of those the mesh-associated ones.

Methods
Pubmed, Web of Science and Cochrane Central Register were screened for complications in general and in detail regarding the mesh(es) and a systematic review was performed.

Results
Following qualitative evaluation, 40 studies were identified for further investigation. Across 6269 patients, complications were found in 9.2% (622 patients). Mesh-related complications were described in 1.4% (88 patients) of which 64.8% were erosions, 11.4% fistulas and 13.6% mesh releases. The complication rate according to the different materials were low with 1% in biological and synthetic meshes and 1.8% in not further described or mixed mesh type. Non-absorbable material to fixate the mesh was most frequently used to fixate the mesh.

Conclusion
Laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy is a safe operation with a low-complication rate, regardless of mesh type.
Role of intermediate water in alleviating postsurgical intrapericardial adhesion
Authors: Suzuki Tatsuya , Konishi Hayato , Suzuki Akiyo , Katsumata Takahiro , Fukuda Yasuhiro , Miyamoto Koki , Ise Tomokazu , Tanaka Yukiko , Yamamoto Aki , Wen Panyue , Shiomoto Shohei , Tanaka Masaru , Nemoto Shintaro 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Purpose
Various polymers have been used as postsurgical antiadhesive materials; however, the mechanisms underlying their efficacy remain unclear. Intermediate water has been found to prevent the adhesion between polymer molecules and proteins or cells. The present study investigated the role of intermediate water retained in the polymer in alleviating postsurgical pericardial adhesion.

Methods
Hydrophobic fabrics were prepared using biodegradable polyglycolic acid. To add intermediate water, the fabric fibers were coated with poly(oxyethylene)oleyl ethers. Intermediate water in the hydrated state was detected by a thermal analysis for each material, and cell attachment to the fibers with or without coating was observed in vitro. Using a canine model of postsurgical pericardial adhesion, the severity of adhesion was examined along with a histological assessment during treatment, with or without fabric coating.

Results
Intermediate water was detected in the coating materials but not in polyglycolic acid. Coating significantly reduced the cell attachment to the fibers. Coating also alleviated adhesion by reducing inflammation in the fibrous layer and replacing the fabric and granulomas that develop around the surgical sutures in the pericardial space.

Conclusions
Intermediate water in the hydrated polymer of anti-adhesives may play an important role in alleviating postoperative pericardial adhesion.
Electrophysiological indices of reward anticipation as ADHD risk and prognostic biomarkers
Authors: Bunford Nóra , Ágrez Kristóf , Hámori György , Koller Júlia , Pulay Attila , Nemoda Zsófia , Réthelyi János M. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThe attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) clinical phenotype has limitations for deciphering ADHD etiology and predicting prognosis. Although relative to the clinical phenotype, intermediate phenotypes may have better explanatory and prognostic power, the extent to which ADHD intermediate phenotypes are associated with ADHD risk and prognosis is unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate evidence for event-related potential (ERP) measures of reward anticipation as ADHD risk and prognostic biomarkers. We examined, whether (1) in a sample of adolescents (N = 304; Mage = 15.78 years, SD = 1.08; 39.5% female), accounting for the effects of age, sex, ADHD severity and depression, ERPs are associated with ADHD polygenic risk scores (PRSs) (ADHD risk) and (2) in a sample of adolescents at-risk for ADHD (n = 99; Mage = 15.78 years, SD = 1.08; 39.5% female), accounting for the effects of age, sex, ADHD severity, depression, and baseline outcome values, ERPs are associated, prospectively, with alcohol misuse (ADHD prognosis). In adolescents, greater ADHD PRSs were associated with lower electrophysiological anticipatory attention to motivationally relevant feedback (b = −0.115, p = .046 95%CI [−0.228; −0.002]). The predictors accounted for 5% of the variance in the outcome. In adolescents at-risk for ADHD, at 18-month follow-up, lower electrophysiological anticipatory attention to motivationally relevant feedback was associated with greater alcohol consumption (b = −7.454, p = .007, 95%CI [−12.873; −2.034]). The predictors accounted for 31% of the variance in this outcome. These findings were replicated in sensitivity analyses with behavioral performance variables added as covariates. The current findings support the hypothesis that ERP amplitudes of reward anticipation may be ADHD risk and prognostic biomarkers and suggest that intermediate phenotypes may confer advantages over the ADHD clinical phenotype in delineating etiology and predicting prognosis.
Integration of Artificial Vision and Image Processing into a Pick and Place Collaborative Robotic System
Authors: Santos Adriano A. , Schreurs Cas , da Silva António Ferreira , Pereira Filipe , Felgueiras Carlos , Lopes António M. , Machado José 
Published: November 2024

AbstractIn the field of robotics, pick and place applications are becoming increasingly popular due to their ability to automate repetitive tasks that can create temporary or permanent injuries. To enhance the efficiency of these applications, object recognition using a fixed camera or one mounted on a robotic hand has been employed. This paper explores the possibilities of implementing a low-cost camera into a collaborative robotic system. A software architecture has been developed, including modules for perception, pick and place, and part transfer. A comprehensive overview of various intuitive drag-and-drop image processing technologies and their suitability for object recognition in a robotic context is provided. The challenges related to lighting and the effect of shadows in object recognition are discussed. A critical assessment is made of the architecture development platform as well as the study and the results are performed, and the effectiveness of the proposed solution based on the Niop architecture is verified.
Worthy of Continued Support? The Paradox of Community-Driven Development at the World Bank
Authors: Poncin Emmanuelle 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThe World Bank’s community-driven development (CDD) interventions have outwardly been presented as powerful instruments of good governance, social cohesion, and empowerment. However, their far-reaching expansion has taken place in the absence of conclusive empirical evidence on their operations and effects. To make sense of this paradox at the core of CDD, this paper situates these programs in the Bank’s institutional context. It proposes that CDD operations have effectively served the Bank’s imperative to lend. Their expansion has been supported by an assertive discourse of success and reform, which has further helped confirm the Bank’s identity as a “knowledge bank” with social development expertise. In parallel, mounting evidence of CDD’s ineffectiveness in terms of empowerment, governance, and social capital has largely been handled by fostering ignorance. Inconvenient findings have been avoided, stifled, mitigated, or removed from the CDD narrative to protect and promote programs. However, tensions and contradictions have occasionally arisen from the CDD paradox. They have been assuaged by systematically reframing problems and shortcomings as signals that programs require tailoring, improvement, and expansion. In so doing, CDD discourse has generated momentum for the survival, persistence, and growth of interventions, regardless of their effects on the localities that have experienced them.
Challenges in Observing the Emotions of Children with Autism Interacting with a Social Robot
Authors: Erol Barkana Duygun , Bartl-Pokorny Katrin D. , Kose Hatice , Landowska Agnieszka , Milling Manuel , Robins Ben , Schuller Björn W. , Uluer Pinar , Wrobel Michal R. , Zorcec Tatjana 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThis paper concerns the methodology of multi-modal data acquisition in observing emotions experienced by children with autism while they interact with a social robot. As robot-enhanced therapy gains more and more attention and proved to be effective in autism, such observations might influence the future development and use of such technologies. The paper is based on an observational study of child-robot interaction, during which multiple modalities were captured and then analyzed to retrieve information on a child’s emotional state. Over 30 children on the autism spectrum from Macedonia, Turkey, Poland, and the United Kingdom took part in our study and interacted with the social robot Kaspar. We captured facial expressions/body posture, voice/vocalizations, physiological signals, and eyegaze-related data. The main contribution of the paper is reporting challenges and lessons learned with regard to interaction, its environment, and observation channels typically used for emotion estimation. The main challenge is the limited availability of channels, especially eyegaze-related (29%) and voice-related (6%) data are not available throughout the entire session. The challenges are of a diverse nature—we distinguished task-based, child-based, and environment-based ones. Choosing the tasks (scenario) and adapting environment, such as room, equipment, accompanying person, is crucial but even with those works done, the child-related challenge is the most important one. Therapists have pointed out to a good potential of those technologies, however, the main challenge to keep a child engaged and focused, remains. The technology must follow a child’s interest, movement, and mood. The main observations are the necessity to train personalized models of emotions as children with autism differ in level of skills and expressions, and emotion recognition technology adaptation in real time (e. g., switching modalities) to capture variability in emotional outcomes.
Groundbreaking Research from NIDA Addressing the Challenges of the Opioid Epidemic
Authors: Volkow Nora , Dye Leslie R. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThe 2024 ACMT Ward and Ryan Donovan Memorial Fund lecture was presented by Dr. Nora Volkow, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This article in an edited version of her keynote address during ACMT’s 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting. During the course of her talk, Dr. Volkow discussed the historical factors contributing to the ongoing global opioid epidemic, examined the evidence behind different front-line and policy strategies used to battle the opioid epidemic, and highlighted the importance of recent cultural changes that support more deliberate screening for substance use disorders and pathways for initiating treatment of opioid use disorders in vulnerable populations. An urgent need exists to improve inclusion of social and structural determinants of health in implementation science addressing opioid use disorders, with better attention to special populations, including Native American Indians and Alaskan Natives, African Americans, those over 65 years of age, and teenagers.
Modeling lower-truncated and right-censored insurance claims with an extension of the MBBEFD class
Authors: Gatti Selim , Wüthrich Mario V. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractIn general insurance, claims are often lower-truncated and right-censored because insurance contracts may involve deductibles and maximal covers. Most classical statistical models are not (directly) suited to model lower-truncated and right-censored claims. A surprisingly flexible family of distributions that can cope with lower-truncated and right-censored claims is the class of MBBEFD distributions that originally has been introduced by Bernegger (ASTIN Bulletin 27(1):99–111, 1997) for reinsurance pricing, but which has not gained much attention outside the reinsurance literature. Interestingly, in general insurance, we mainly rely on unimodal skewed densities, whereas the reinsurance literature typically proposes monotonically decreasing densities within the MBBEFD class. We show that this class contains both types of densities, and we extend it to a bigger family of distribution functions suitable for modeling lower-truncated and right-censored claims. In addition, we discuss how changes in the deductible or the maximal cover affect the chosen distributions.