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The Moral Potential of Eco-Guilt and Eco-Shame: Emotions that Hinder or Facilitate Pro-Environmental Change?
Authors: Nielsen Rikke Sigmer , Gamborg Christian 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThe emotions of guilt and shame have an effect on how individuals feel and behave in relation to environmental crises, yet studies of the moral potential of these emotions remain limited. From a philosophical perspective, some scholars have defended using eco-guilt and eco-shame as morally constructive emotions due to their ability to evoke more pro-environmental behaviour. Meanwhile, others have posited that there are pitfalls to these emotions, claiming that they perpetuate a problematic individualised focus, which diverts attention from the collective and structural conditions considered necessary for pro-environmental change. This paper critically examines these two differing perspectives on eco-guilt and eco-shame, applying insights from moral and political philosophy and the sociology of emotions. Through this exploration, we try to nuance the discussion concerning the moral potential of eco-guilt and eco-shame. We argue that if individuals are able to break their introspective, consumption-based loops of eco-guilt and eco-shame alleviation, the emotions may enforce an individual ethical demand to be more sustainable and foster an ethical and political pro-environmental drive. Furthermore, experiences of eco-guilt and eco-shame have the potential to spread socially and help catalyse emotional shifts within society, sparking a greater political and social pro-environmental movement. Therefore, eco-guilt and eco-shame may indeed transcend the purported introspective and individual-level focus and have the potential to influence broader collective and structural conditions and thus foster environmental change.
Short Preventive Intervention Improves Parents’ Perceived Support and Knowledge after Divorce: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Authors: Klein Velderman Mariska , Pannebakker Fieke D. , Huizing Arjan H. J. , Reijneveld Sijmen A. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractWorldwide, parental divorce and separation rates are high. These include impactful experiences to all involved, posing risks on well-being and functioning of parents and their children, and leading to increased professional care seeking. The Dutch ‘Divorce ATLAS’ training aims at informing and empowering parents after divorce or separation. The intervention offers preventive support and psychoeducation in a 2-sessions group program. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of Divorce ATLAS for parents in the Dutch setting. We performed a quasi-experimental study in which we compared parents participating in Divorce ATLAS groups (n = 187) and parents on a waiting list for online support (n = 111). Outcomes included well-being of parents and their children, parental sense of competence and social support, and children’s prosocial behavior. We performed regression analyses to assess differences in outcomes between intervention and control group. Additionally, we measured and reported parental knowledge and trigger to act after the intervention. As compared with routine family support of parents in the control group, the Divorce ATLAS group intervention led to increases in parents’ sense of parenting incompetence (Hedges’ g = 0.19), and in perceived social support (Hedges’ g = 0.23). Moreover, most parents indicated that Divorce ATLAS had increased their knowledge and had triggered them to act accordingly. Hence, the increased sense of parenting incompetence in the intervention group may be due to increased participants’ awareness of their parenting behaviors. In sum, Divorce ATLAS is promising for educating and supporting parents after divorce.
Effect of CuO nanoparticle size distribution on Cu-based patterns fabricated via femtosecond laser-pulse-induced thermochemical reduction
Authors: Mizoshiri Mizue , Yoshidomi Kyohei , Komatsu Hirokazu , Khairullina Evgeniia M. , Tumkin Ilya , Ostendorf Andreas 
Published: November 2024

AbstractCopper-direct writing using laser reductive sintering of CuO nanoparticles has received significant interest for printing technology. We investigated the effect of the particle size distribution in CuO nanoparticle inks on patterns fabricated using femtosecond laser-pulse-induced thermochemical reduction. First, Gaussian- and bimodal-type inks were prepared using commercially available and chemically synthesized nanoparticles, respectively. Both types of inks on glass substrates with a thickness of approximately 10 µm were estimated to be absorbed 80% of the irradiated near-infrared femtosecond laser pulses, as indicated by both absorption coefficients. The bimodal-type ink increased the density of the patterns, as expected using the packing theory. However, the patterns comprised non-reduced CuO and Cu2O, as well as residual polyvinylpyrrolidone. In contrast, the patterns fabricated using the Gaussian-type ink were well-reduced to Cu and exhibited a low density and high surface area. In addition, the patterns were advantageous for electrochemical applications, which exhibited intense peaks corresponding to the reduction of CuO and Cu2O surface oxides back to metallic copper in comparison of the patterns fabricated using the bimodal-type ink, regardless of laser irradiation conditions.
How Locus of Control Predicts Subjective Well-Being and its Inequality: The Moderating Role of Social Values
Authors: Fernandez-Urbano Roger , Royuela Vicente 
Published: November 2024

AbstractPrevious research has established the central role of an individuals’ locus of control (LoC) in influencing subjective well-being. However, earlier studies have predominantly omitted an exploration of potential moderating factors at the country-level and have rarely delved into the influence of LoC on an important yet often-overlooked dimension of well-being—namely, subjective well-being inequality. Addressing these gaps, this study examines the association between individuals’ LoC and subjective well-being, considering both the mean and inequality aspects. Additionally, it explores the moderating influence of country’s social values, particularly the individualism-collectivism dimension. Utilizing data from the Integrated Values Survey, comprising 170,000 observations across 37 countries from 1996 to 2022, our study confirms a strong positive relationship between LoC and subjective well-being while also unveiling a strong negative relationship with subjective well-being inequality. Moreover, it demonstrates that country’s social values exert significant moderation effects on the relationship between LoC and subjective well-being, affecting both the mean level and inequality aspects, albeit in opposing directions. By employing the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, our findings support the importance of structural effects. Understanding how increasing LoC shapes people’s wellbeing in a society holds implications for policymaking and contributes to ongoing discussions on collective choice and inequality.
The Effect of a Pre-Arraignment Legal Representation Pilot on Pretrial Release and Criminal Case Outcomes
Authors: Lacoe Johanna , Fischer Brett , Raphael Steven 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Objectives
Low-income individuals facing criminal charges experience disproportionately high rates of pretrial detention and conviction. We study a pilot program in Santa Clara County, CA that aims to address this inequity by providing access to public defenders immediately following arrest.

Methods
The Santa Clara Public Defender agreed to provide pilot services one day per week, rotating the intervention day across weeks. Individuals booked on an intervention day were eligible for early legal representation, while individuals booked on control days received public defender services as usual. The study leverages the rotating treatment day to compare pretrial release and case outcomes between eligible individuals booked on treatment days and eligible individuals booked on control days.

Results
Pilot program participants were 28 percentage points more likely to secure pretrial release, and 36 percentage points more likely to see their cases dismissed, relative to comparable individuals who generally first meet with their public defender at arraignment.

Conclusions
Providing prompt access to legal representation could improve release and case outcomes for low-income individuals and the efficacy of public defense.
Detrimental effects of urbanisation on animal assemblages and a key ecological function persist across ecosystems
Authors: Mosman Jesse D. , Borland Hayden P. , Gilby Ben L. , Rummell Ashley J. , Olds Andrew D. , Henderson Christopher J. 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Context
Urbanisation is pervasive across landscapes and seascapes and leads to the loss, degradation and fragmentation of many natural ecosystems and this has widespread consequences for animals and the ecological functions they support. While the impacts of urbanisation are understood for many individual coastal ecosystems in isolation, it is unclear how these impacts influence animal assemblages and ecological functions across different coastal ecosystems within the same landscape.

Objectives
We aimed to determine how urbanisation modifies fish and crustacean assemblages and the function of carrion consumption across multiple coastal ecosystems set within the same landscape in eastern Australia.

Methods
We sampled fish and crustacean assemblages in three distinct coastal ecosystems (estuaries, rocky headlands and surf zones) with baited remote underwater video systems and quantified rates of carrion consumption using scavenging assays.

Results
Urbanisation had negative effects on the richness and abundance of coastal fish and crustaceans and the ecological function of carrion consumption, and these impacts were almost always consistent across estuaries, rocky headlands and surf zones. Species richness and abundance were lowest at the most urbanised sites, whereas rates of carrion consumption were lowest at sites closest to urbanised areas, across all ecosystems.

Conclusions
We highlight the negative effects of urbanisation on coastal fish and crustacean assemblages, and a vital ecological function, and the consistency of these effects on distinct coastal ecosystems located within the same landscape. Managing the pervasive impacts of urbanisation on animal assemblages and ecological functions will, therefore, require targeted approaches that address the underlying impacts of urbanisation across multiple coastal ecosystems.
Optimizing nanosilver for implant success: from marketing hype to medical reality
Authors: Sotiriou Georgios A. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractBacterial infections leading to implant failure pose a significant global health issue. Despite its antimicrobial properties, nanosilver is not commonly used in commercially available titanium implant coatings. This underutilization stems from an insufficient understanding of fundamental factors, such as particle size, coating, composition, and stability that dictate the antimicrobial performance of nanosilver coatings. A deeper understanding of these factors is crucial for designing effective nanosilver coatings to prevent biofilm formation on implants. Without this knowledge, nanosilver technology risks being merely a marketing tool rather than a functional component in medical devices. Another limiting factor is the potential cytotoxicity of nanosilver coatings, which necessitates a delicate balance between anti-biofilm activity and host tissue toxicity. Addressing these issues could involve the development of multifunctional coatings as well as the optimization of manufacturing processes with a specific focus on the durability of the coatings. Furthermore, to demonstrate the efficacy of these coatings, rigorous in vitro and in vivo assessments are required. As our understanding of the fundamental parameters of nanosilver coatings improves and we find ways to mitigate their toxicity, their utilization will be strengthened by clinicians and approved by regulatory agencies. The development of personalized implant coatings with well-defined nanosilver properties and multiple functionalities will further advance the field and address the challenge of implant failure.
Predicting intraoperative 5-ALA-induced tumor fluorescence via MRI and deep learning in gliomas with radiographic lower-grade characteristics
Authors: Suero Molina Eric , Azemi Ghasem , Özdemir Zeynep , Russo Carlo , Krähling Hermann , Valls Chavarria Alexandra , Liu Sidong , Stummer Walter , Di Ieva Antonio 
Published: November 2024

Abstract

Purpose
Lower-grade gliomas typically exhibit 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-induced fluorescence in only 20–30% of cases, a rate that can be increased by doubling the administered dose of 5-ALA. Fluorescence can depict anaplastic foci, which can be precisely sampled to avoid undergrading. We aimed to analyze whether a deep learning model could predict intraoperative fluorescence based on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Methods
We evaluated a cohort of 163 glioma patients categorized intraoperatively as fluorescent (n = 83) or non-fluorescent (n = 80). The preoperative MR images of gliomas lacking high-grade characteristics (e.g., necrosis or irregular ring contrast-enhancement) consisted of T1, T1-post gadolinium, and FLAIR sequences. The preprocessed MRIs were fed into an encoder-decoder convolutional neural network (U-Net), pre-trained for tumor segmentation using those three MRI sequences. We used the outputs of the bottleneck layer of the U-Net in the Variational Autoencoder (VAE) as features for classification. We identified and utilized the most effective features in a Random Forest classifier using the principal component analysis (PCA) and the partial least square discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) algorithms. We evaluated the performance of the classifier using a tenfold cross-validation procedure.

Results
Our proposed approach's performance was assessed using mean balanced accuracy, mean sensitivity, and mean specificity. The optimal results were obtained by employing top-performing features selected by PCA, resulting in a mean balanced accuracy of 80% and mean sensitivity and specificity of 84% and 76%, respectively.

Conclusions
Our findings highlight the potential of a U-Net model, coupled with a Random Forest classifier, for pre-operative prediction of intraoperative fluorescence. We achieved high accuracy using the features extracted by the U-Net model pre-trained for brain tumor segmentation. While the model can still be improved, it has the potential for evaluating when to administer 5-ALA to gliomas lacking typical high-grade radiographic features.

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Europa Ultraviolet Spectrograph (Europa-UVS)
Authors: Retherford K. D. , Becker T. M. , Gladstone G. R. , Greathouse T. K. , Davis M. W. , Velez M. A. , Freeman M. A. , Brooks S. M. , Ferrell S. , Giles R. S. , Hendrix A. R. , Hue V. , Johnson E. , Kammer J. A. , Marinan A. D. , D Mamo B. , McGrath M. A. , Molyneux P. M. , Nerney E. G. , Perez B. , Persson K. B. , Pope S. , Raut U. , Rickerson R. , Roth L. , Saur J. , W Siegmund O. H. , Spencer J. R. , Steffl A. J. , Stern S. A. , Trantham B. J. , Versteeg M. H. , Winkenstern J. ,   the Europa-UVS Team
Published: November 2024

AbstractNASA’s Europa Clipper mission is designed to provide a diversity of measurements to further our understanding of the potential habitability of this intriguing ocean world. The Europa mission’s Ultraviolet Spectrograph (Europa-UVS), built at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), is primarily a “plume finder” and tenuous atmosphere investigation. The science objectives of Europa-UVS are to: 1) Search for and characterize any current activity, notably plumes; and 2) Characterize the composition and sources of volatiles to identify the signatures of non-ice materials, including organic compounds, in the atmosphere and local space environment. Europa-UVS observes photons in the 55–206 nm wavelength range at moderate spectral and spatial resolution along a 7.5° slit composed of 7.3°×0.1° and 0.2°×0.2° contiguous sections. A variety of observational techniques including nadir pushbroom imaging, disk scans, stellar and solar occultations, Jupiter transit observations, and neutral cloud/plasma torus stares are employed to perform a comprehensive study of Europa’s atmosphere, plumes, surface, and local space environment. This paper describes the Europa-UVS investigation’s science plans, instrument details, concept of operations, and data formats in the context of the Europa Clipper mission’s primary habitability assessment goals.
Fear of exclusion: the dynamics of club formation
Authors: Joshi Priyanka 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
This paper explores a dynamic model of sequential club formation in which identical individuals join or leave clubs over time and their preferences depend solely on the number of members in the club. There exists a unique optimal-sized club which maximises per-period payoff of each individual. To study the implications of the dynamic setting, we use a benchmark game of a finite number of periods which mimics the static framework. Implied by the dynamic nature of the problem, we find a new source of inefficiency that is caused by so called fear of exclusion phenomenon where individuals fear being excluded from a relatively superior sustainable club, which is not necessarily optimal. An unusual behaviour may be observed in which individuals strictly prefer to form sub-optimal sized clubs. A specific class of equilibria is analysed to examine such behaviour.
Establishment of an efficient and wide-spectrum droplet-vitrification cryopreservation for raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) germplasm and assessments of genetic integrity and vegetative growth in the regenerants
Authors: Ma Xiao-Yan , Blystad Dag‑Ragnar , Wang Qiao-Chun , Tong Lu , Stensbøl Øyvor , Zhang Dong , Hamborg Zhibo 
Published: November 2024

AbstractBy optimizing size of shoot tips, preculture medium and exposure duration to PVS2, we established an efficient and wide-spectrum droplet-vitrification cryopreservation for shoot tips of raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.). This protocol yielded 80–100% and 67–100% of survival and shoot regrowth levels in cryopreserved shoot tips across 23 raspberry genotypes. Genetic integrity was assessed in cryo-derived regenerants after 3 months of post-cryopreservation using inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR), single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs), and insertions and deletions (InDels). ISSR did not detect any polymorphic bands in the cryo-derived regenerants. Although the number of SNPs and InDels decreased in the cryo-derived regenerants, variation trends were similar between the cryo-derived regenerants and the control. Plant vegetative growth and root growth were assessed in the cryo-derived plants after 9 weeks of growth in greenhouse. There were no significant differences in plant vegetative growth measured by plant height, number of fully-opened leaved, leaf area, and fresh and dry weight between the cryo-derived plants and the control, although significant differences were observed in root growth measured by root total length, root average diameter and root volume between the two types of plants. The results obtained in the present study indicate that the droplet-vitrification method has great potential for cryopreservation of raspberry germplasm.
Confined Truths and Cognitive Ecologies: When the Social Pursuit of Questioning Becomes Unreliable
Authors: Werner Konrad 
Published: November 2024

AbstractThe capacity to distinguish reliable or rationally believable claims from a huge pool of views available within the public arena has never been as critical an issue as it is today. We live in a world full of bizarre, unwarranted beliefs and conspiracy theories, some of which may seem, at least on the face of it, quite well justified. Moreover, some of them may even turn out to be true. This poses a significant social-epistemological as well as practical problem. Here I propose to single out a group of beliefs known as confined truths. These are true beliefs belonging to a pathological question-answer system. The paper first provisionally articulates this idea and then makes the case for an ecological account of questioning and answering, thought of as social pursuits made possible by the capacity for problematization. The latter shall be characterized as part of cognitive engineering or niche construction. In the final part of the paper, various possible dysfunctionalities of the social/ecological pursuit of problematization are elicited and suitable examples thereof are briefly discussed.
Western European hedgehog’s (Erinaceus europaeus) head arteries
Authors: Ruszkowski Jakub Jędrzej , Zdun Maciej , Arciszewski Marcin Bartłomiej 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
The Western European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) is a small, nocturnal, insectivorous mammal native to Europe. The aim of the study was to describe the arterial supply to the head of the Western European hedgehog in detail and compare it with known vascular patterns found in mammals. In the study, 30 specimens of adult Western European hedgehogs were used. Three different angiological techniques were used to obtain the full image of arterial vascularization of the head in the described species - latex preparation, corrosion cast and contrast-enhanced cone-beam computed tomography. The last of them is a method also used in veterinary practice, which makes the description useful not only to anatomists, but also veterinary clinicians. The most important features of the study are: the species has an interesting, individually specific course of the stapedial artery, in which two different variants have been found. In one of them the vessel provides blood as far as the orbit, but in the other one ends at the temporal region; the auricular region is supplied by branches from the superficial cervical artery; there is no maxillary artery; the occipital artery originates from the internal carotid artery. The results of this work may contribute to establishing new veterinary protocols for the species that is declining in number in many countries and is treated by veterinarians in wildlife rehabilitation centers. It may be also used by clinicians who work with other species of hedgehogs kept as pets.
Bifurcation Graphs for the CR3BP via Symplectic Methods
Authors: Moreno Agustin , Aydin Cengiz , van Koert Otto , Frauenfelder Urs , Koh Dayung 
Published: November 2024

AbstractIn this article, using the symplectic methods developed by Moreno and Frauenfelder (aimed at analyzing periodic orbits, their stability and their bifurcations), we will carry out numerical studies concerning periodic orbits in the Jupiter–Europa and Saturn–Enceladus systems. We will put emphasis on planar-to-spatial bifurcations, from deformation of the families in Hill’s lunar problem studied by Aydin. We will also provide an algorithm for the numerical computation of Conley–Zehnder indices, which are instrumental in practice for determining which families of orbits connect to which. As an application, we use our tools to analyze a well-known family of Halo orbits that approaches Enceladus at an altitude of 29 km, which bears interest for future space missions that visit the water plumes.