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Life, unlimited: Russian archives of the digital and the human
Authors: Bernstein Anya 
Published: September 2019

AbstractSince the end of the Soviet Union, questions of memory and history have been at the centre of public debates, often focused on the institutions of archives and libraries. This article considers a particular incarnation ofarkhivnaia bolezn’(archival disease, roughly archival fever) with genealogies going back to the pre‐revolutionary writings of the visionary nineteenth‐century philosopher‐librarian Nikolai Fedorov. Specifically, I examine practices among contemporary techno‐futurists seeking to combine Fedorov's ideas with modern information technologies – both existing and speculative – with the aim of overcoming death and, for some, of surviving posthumously in virtual spaces for now. Based on original ethnographic fieldwork in Russia, the article chronicles immortalists’ efforts to overcome ‘the violence of the archive’ by envisioning and producing a utopian version that is as totalizing as it is personal, designed to satisfy both Orthodox Christian and secular desires for eternal life. In this archive, old and new media like oral histories and genomic data exist alongside each other, both material and virtual, frozen in a vial or uploaded into cyberspace. I interpret the Russian episodes recounted here, attending to the ways in which new archival imaginaries and technologies reconfigure notions of the human self and embodiment.
The spirit of the gift, the price of potency: a Maussian model of the Southeast Asian state of Luwu
Authors: Schrauwers Albert 
Published: September 2019

AbstractThis rereading of Mauss's The gift shifts the focus of discussion from the Maori hau to another example: tanoana (potency) among the Toraja (To Pamona) of Central Sulawesi. This potency animates an exchange with (human) gods that is at once gift and purchase (maoli). By tracing the intersection of this Maussian literature with that on the animist foundation of the Southeast Asian state, I analyse the nature of potent gifts that serve as a form of social currency in a ‘spiritual economy’ tying centre with (Toraja) periphery in the kingdom of Luwu. This ‘money’, imbued with royal potency, is a medium for the payment of debt only and not a medium of exchange, which gives ‘purchases’ made with it the characteristics of a ‘gift’ and also an opportunity to extract tribute. The Maussian analysis of the blurring of person and thing, and of persons and spirits, thus offers new insight into the nature of political power in the Southeast Asian state.
‘Unpittyed by any’? Royalist widows and the Crown, 1660–70
Authors: Beale Stewart 
Published: September 2019

Abstract
This article examines petitions for relief submitted by royalist war widows to Charles II during the first decade of the Restoration. While provincial magistrates were reluctant to award pensions to humble female war victims after 1660, the article demonstrates that numerous women were granted welfare by the Crown. The fact that many of these women were officers' widows raises significant questions regarding the impact of military rank and social status on the distribution of military welfare after 1660, as well as the contrasting attitude of the royalist regime towards the officer corps and the rank-and-file.
The hope and faith of Armistice Day during the Second World War: remembering the lost generation
Authors: Tranter Samuel 
Published: September 2019

Abstract
Although the First World War did not fundamentally alter the British population, casualty figures were sufficiently large to engender post-war ideas about a lost generation. Closely linked to this popular myth was the commemorative ritual of Armistice Day. Using radio broadcasts, newsreels, Mass Observation reports and newspapers, this article provides a detailed examination of the language surrounding Armistice Day during the Second World War, revealing how it was used not only to frame loss but also to understand and explain the renewal of international conflict at a time when it is frequently assumed that commemoration ground to a halt.
‘We could not answer to ourselves not doing it’: maternal obligations and knowledge of smallpox inoculation in eighteenth-century elite society
Authors: Esfandiary Helen 
Published: September 2019

Abstract
Most often depicted as the precursor to the much simpler and safer practice of Jennerian cowpox vaccination, the eighteenth-century practice of inoculating against smallpox with the live virus reveals much about the way in which pre-modern mothers and medics understood and made decisions about disease management in children. Examined from the perspective of those mothers who ultimately sanctioned its use and helped to advance the practice on English soil, despite a complex set of possible eventualities - from uncertain conferral of immunity to death - this article argues that provided an ‘English’ version of it was carried out in strict accordance with the age-old doctrines of humoral medicine, mothers deemed it an entirely rational act devoid of ‘risk’ in our modern sense. These findings run counter to established narratives asserting blanket professionalization and medicalization of childcare during this period, and they nuance the role Lady Mary Wortley Montagu played in introducing the practice she had encountered in Turkey.
gllvm: Fast analysis of multivariate abundance data with generalized linear latent variable models in r
Authors: Niku Jenni , Hui Francis K. C. , Taskinen Sara , Warton David I. 
Published: September 2019

Abstract

There has been rapid development in tools for multivariate analysis based on fully specified statistical models or ‘joint models’. One approach attracting a lot of attention is generalized linear latent variable models (GLLVMs). However, software for fitting these models is typically slow and not practical for large datasets.

The r package gllvm offers relatively fast methods to fit GLLVMs via maximum likelihood, along with tools for model checking, visualization and inference.

The main advantage of the package over other implementations is speed, for example, being two orders of magnitude faster, and capable of handling thousands of response variables. These advances come from using variational approximations to simplify the likelihood expression to be maximized, automatic differentiation software for model‐fitting (via the TMB package) and careful choice of initial values for parameters.

Examples are used to illustrate the main features and functionality of the package, such as constrained or unconstrained ordination, including functional traits in ‘fourth corner’ models, and (if the number of environmental coefficients is not large) make inferences about environmental associations.
The effect of idiopathic premature ventricular complexes on left ventricular ejection fraction
Authors: Altıntaş Bernas , Özkalaycı Flora , Çinier Göksel , Kaya İlyas , Aktan Adem , Küp Ayhan , Onuk Raşit , Özcan Sevgi , Uslu Abdulkadir , Akyüz Abdurrahman , Atıcı Adem , Ekinci Selim , Akın Halil , Yılmaz Mehmet Fatih , Koç Şahbender , Tanık Veysel Ozan , Harbalıoğlu Hazar , Barman Hasan Ali , Afşin Abdülmecit , Gümüşdağ Ayça , Alibaşiç Hayrudin , Karabağ Yavuz , Cap Murat , Baysal Erkan , Tanboğa İbrahim Halil 
Published: September 2019

AbstractAimCurrent literature lacks a definitive threshold of idiopathic premature ventricular complex (PVC) burden for predicting cardiomyopathy (CMP). The main objective of the present study was to evaluate relationship between the PVC burden and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF).MethodThis multicenter, cross‐sectional study included 341 consecutive patients with more than 1,000 idiopathic PVC in 24 hr of Holter monitoring admitted to the cardiology clinics between January 2019 and May 2019 in the nineteen different centers. The primary outcome was the LVEF measured during the echocardiographic examination.ResultOverall, the median age was 50 (38–60) and 139 (49.4%) were female. Percentage of median PVC burden was 9% (IQR: 4%–17.4%). Median LVEF was found 60% (55–65). We used proportional odds logistic regression method to examine the relationship between continuous LVEF and candidate predictors. Increase in PVC burden (%) (regression coefficient (RE) −0.644 and 95% CI −1.063, –0.225, p < .001), PVC QRS duration (RE‐0.191 and 95% CI −0.529, 0.148, p = .049), and age (RE‐0.249 and 95% CI −0.442, −0.056, p = .018) were associated with decrease in LVEF. This inverse relationship between the PVC burden and LVEF become more prominent when PVC burden was above 5%. A nomogram developed to estimate the individual risk for decrease in LVEF.ConclusionOur study showed that increase in PVC burden %, age, and PVC QRS duration were independently associated with decrease in LVEF in patients with idiopathic PVC. Also, inverse relationship between PVC burden and LVEF was observed in lower PVC burden than previously known.
Lateral line system of flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes): Diversity and taxonomic distribution of its characters
Authors: Voronina Elena P. , Sideleva Valentina G. , Hughes Dianne R. 
Published: September 2019

AbstractAn analysis of lateral line system (LLS) morphology in 304 species (39% of those presently known) from 121 (92%) genera belonging to all 14 families of Pleuronectiformes is presented. The main feature of the LLS of flatfishes is bilateral asymmetry in the course of the cranial lateral line canals, but also in the reduction of canals or portions of canals, which occurs independently on the eyed and blind sides. The number of reductions is used to define two patterns for comparative analysis. A complete pattern is defined by the presence of all main canals, connected with each other, and the canaliculi that end in pores are usually highly branched. The reduced pattern is defined by the presence of more than two reductions. Each family is characterized by the occurrence of a complete pattern, a reduced pattern or both patterns. The combination of reductions varies considerably and characterizes taxa at the generic level. A reduced pattern appears independently several times and has a complex evolutionary history with reversals to a complete pattern. This study has shown that LLS characters are very informative for phylogeny and taxonomy and should be an important component of the description and revision of pleuronectiform taxa and their relationships.
Longitudinal analysis of cognitive performances in recent‐onset and late‐life Bipolar Disorder: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Szmulewicz Alejandro , Valerio Marina P. , Martino Diego J. 
Published: September 2019

AbstractObjectivesNeurocognitive deficits have been widely reported in euthymic Bipolar Disorder (BD) patients and contribute to functional disability. However, the longitudinal trajectory of these deficits remains a subject of debate. Although most research to this date shows that neurocognitive deficits tend to be stable among middle‐age BD patients, it remains plausible that deterioration occurs at either early or late stages of this condition.MethodsWe conducted a comprehensive meta‐analysis of studies that reported longitudinal neurocognitive performance among individuals with BD either within the year of their diagnosis or among late‐life BD patients. Pooled effects of standardized mean differences (SMDs) for changes in neuropsychological scores over follow‐up were estimated using random effects model. We also examined effect moderators, such as length of follow‐up, mood state, or pharmacological load.ResultsEight studies met inclusion criteria for recent‐onset and four studies for late‐life BD analysis. No evidence for a deterioration in neurocognitive functioning was observed among recent‐onset BD patients (8 studies, 284 patients, SMD: 0.12, 95% CI −0.06 to 0.30, mean follow‐up: 17 months) nor for late‐life BD patients (4 studies, 153 patients, SMD: −0.35, 95% CI −0.84 to 0.15, mean follow‐up: 33 months). None of the moderators were shown to be significant.ConclusionsThese results, when appraised together with the findings in middle‐life BD patients and individuals at genetic risk for BD, suggest that neurodevelopmental factors might play a significant role in cognitive deficits in BD and do not support the notion of progressive cognitive decline in most patients with BD.
The risk factors and prognosis of delayed perihematomal edema in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage
Authors: Peng Wen‐jie , Li Qian , Tang Jin‐hua , Reis Cesar , Araujo Camila , Feng Rui , Yuan Ming‐hao , Jin Lin‐yan , Cheng Ya‐li , Jia Yan‐jie , Luo Ye‐tao , Zhang John , Yang Jun 
Published: September 2019

AbstractPurposeWe hypothesize delayed perihematomal edema (DHE) leads to secondary injury after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) with a poor prognosis. Hence, we need to investigate the risk factors of DHE and identify whether DHE will predict the poor outcome of sICH.MethodsWe retrospectively recruited 121 patients with sICH admitted to the Department of Neurology from January 2014 to August 2018. After dividing all these patients into DHE group and non‐DHE group, we analyzed the potential risk factors and outcome of DHE using a multivariate logistic regression model.ResultsWe conclude DHE after sICH associates with age, hospitalization time, hematoma shape, blood pressure upon admission, alcohol consumption, blood sodium level, and baseline hematoma volume within 24 hours after symptom onset, among which differences were statistically significant (P < .05). Logistic regression analysis finally identified that age (OR = 0.958, 95% CI = 0.923‐0.995) and the baseline hematoma volume (OR = 1.161, 95% CI = 1.089‐1.238) were the most significant risk factors for DHE, and moreover, the DHE (OR = 3.062, 95% CI = 1.196‐7.839) was also a risk factor for poor prognosis in sICH patients.ConclusionWe suggest DHE is a clinical predictor of secondary injury following sICH and poor prognosis. In addition, age and baseline hematoma volume are considered significant high‐risk factors for DHE in patients with sICH.
Effect of lutein on the acute inflammation‐induced c‐Fos expression of rat trigeminal spinal nucleus caudalis and C1 dorsal horn neurons
Authors: Shimazu Yoshihito , Kobayashi Ayumu , Endo Shiori , Takemura Jin , Takeda Mamoru 
Published: September 2019

Although lutein is known to inhibit chronic inflammation, its effect on acute inflammation‐induced nociceptive processing in the trigeminal system remains to be determined. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether pretreatment with lutein attenuates acute inflammation‐induced sensitization of nociceptive processing in rat spinal trigeminal nucleus caudalis (SpVc) and upper cervical (C1) dorsal horn neurons, via c‐Fos immunoreactivity. Mustard oil, a transient receptor potential ankyrin‐1 channel agonist, was injected into the whisker pads to induce inflammation. Pretreatment of rats with lutein resulted in significant decreases in the inflammation‐induced mean times of face grooming and the thickness of inflammation‐induced edema in whisker pads relative to those features in inflamed rats (i.e., rats with no lutein pretreatment). In both the ipsilateral superficial and deep laminae of the SpVc and C1 dorsal horn, there were significantly larger numbers of c‐Fos‐positive neurons in inflamed rats than in naïve rats, and lutein pretreatment significantly decreased that number relative to inflamed rats. These results suggest that systemic administration of lutein attenuates acute inflammation‐induced nocifensive behavior and augmented nociceptive processing of SpVc and C1 neurons that send stimulus localization and intensity information to higher pain centers. These findings support lutein as a potential therapeutic agent for use as an alternative, complementary medicine to attenuate, or even prevent, acute inflammatory pain.
Epilepsy occurrence after neonatal morbidities in very preterm infants
Authors: Tu Yi‐Fang , Wang Shan‐Tair , Shih Hsin‐I , Wu Po‐Ming , Yu Wen‐Hao , Huang Chao‐Ching 
Published: September 2019

AbstractObjectiveThis study investigated the incidence of epilepsy and identified neonatal risk morbidities for epilepsy in children born extremely preterm.MethodsOf the 806 very preterm infants (birth weight < 1500 g, gestational age < 32 weeks) who survived and were discharged from the four neonatal intensive care units in southern Taiwan between 2003 and 2012, 686 (85.1%) had longitudinal neurodevelopmental follow‐up assessments up to 5 years of age.ResultsAmong the 686 very preterm children, 19 (2.8%) exhibited epilepsy at a mean age of 19 ± 14 months. The incidence of epilepsy was highest among infants with neonatal seizure (33%), followed by cystic periventricular leukomalacia (cPVL, 27%), high‐grade intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH, 21%), and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) stage III (20%). NEC stage III, neonatal seizure, high‐grade IVH, and cPVL were also independent neonatal risk morbidities for epilepsy. Furthermore, the incidence of epilepsy was 21.6% in preterm children with significant neonatal brain injury (SNBI; ie, high‐grade IVH and cPVL), but only 1% in preterm children without SNBI. Among preterm children with SNBI, neonatal seizure was higher in preterm children with epilepsy than in those without epilepsy (23.1% vs 2.1%, P = .03). Among preterm children without SNBI, NEC stage III was higher in preterm children with epilepsy than in those without epilepsy (33.3% vs 1.8%, P < .01). The preterm children with epilepsy were prone to have neurodevelopmental disability regardless of whether they had neonatal brain injury, and drug‐resistant epilepsy (42%), particularly those with neonatal high‐grade IVH.SignificanceThere is an elevated incidence of epilepsy among very preterm children, and particularly those with significant brain injury and/or severe NEC during the neonatal period. Very preterm children with epilepsy are prone to have neurodevelopmental disability and drug‐resistant epilepsy.
Effect of antidepressant medications on semen parameters and male fertility
Authors: Beeder Lauren A , Samplaski Mary K 
Published: September 2019

AbstractAntidepressant medications are commonly used in males of reproductive age for long‐term treatment of depression, as well as other disorders. Although antidepressants are known to be associated with sexual side‐effects, their effects on semen parameters and other markers of male fertility have been less thoroughly described. The majority of available studies have focused on selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, which have been shown to negatively impact semen quality in in vitro, animal and human studies. Fluoxetine, in particular, has been the subject of multiple studies and has been associated with gonadotoxic effects, including decreased sperm concentration and motility, increased deoxyribonucleic acid fragmentation, and decreased reproductive organ weights. Studies of several other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have yielded similar results. Reassuringly, this effect does seem to be reversible. The data regarding serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitors, tricyclic antidepressants, monoamine oxidase inhibitors and atypical antidepressants are sparse, varied and conflicting. Given the widespread and often long‐term use of antidepressant medications, there is a clear need for further data regarding their impact on semen quality and male fertility.
Clinical characteristics and useful signs to differentiate detrusor underactivity from bladder outlet obstruction in men with non‐neurogenic lower urinary tract symptoms
Authors: Matsukawa Yoshihisa , Yoshida Masaki , Yamaguchi Osamu , Takai Shun , Majima Tsuyoshi , Funahashi Yasuhito , Yono Makoto , Sekido Noritoshi , Gotoh Momokazu 
Published: September 2019

ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical characteristics and useful signs to differentiate detrusor underactivity from bladder outlet obstruction in men with non‐neurogenic lower urinary tract symptoms.MethodsA total of 638 treatment‐naive men with non‐neurogenic lower urinary tract symptoms who underwent subjective and objective evaluations were reviewed retrospectively. We divided the patients into detrusor underactivity and bladder outlet obstruction groups based on urodynamic findings, and compared parameters obtained from questionnaires and non‐invasive tests. Detrusor underactivity was defined as bladder contractility index ≤100 and bladder outlet obstruction index ≤40, whereas bladder outlet obstruction was defined as bladder contractility index >100 and bladder outlet obstruction index >40.ResultsOf 638 patients, 145 (22.7%) had detrusor underactivity and 273 (42.8%) had bladder outlet obstruction. Total international prostate symptom score and international prostate symptom score‐voiding subscore were significantly higher in the detrusor underactivity group. There were significant differences in prostate volume, intravesical prostatic protrusion, and all uroflowmetry parameters between the two groups. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, lower intravesical prostatic protrusion (cut‐off value 8.2 mm), lower bladder voiding efficiency (cut‐off value 70%), and the presence of sawtooth and interrupted waveform on uroflowmetry were significant predictive factors for detrusor underactivity. In particular, the incidence of sawtooth and interrupted waveform was significantly higher in the detrusor underactivity group (80%) than in the bladder outlet obstruction group (12.8%), which showed both high sensitivity (80%) and specificity (87.2%) in differentiating detrusor underactivity from bladder outlet obstruction.ConclusionsSawtooth and interrupted waveform on uroflowmetry can be a useful predictive factor for detrusor underactivity. In addition, lower intravesical prostatic protrusion and bladder voiding efficiency can be of supplementary use.
STEM‐EELS analysis of the interface structures of composite ASS‐LIB electrodes fabricated via aerosol deposition
Authors: Yamamoto Yuta , Iriyama Yasutoshi , Muto Shunsuke 
Published: September 2019

AbstractAll‐solid‐state (ASS) lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) are conventionally fabricated by sintering the component materials at high temperatures. However, interdiffusion between the two phases can give rise to problematic interfacial chemical compounds; therefore, an alternative fabrication method such as aerosol deposition (AD), which works near room temperature, is highly desirable in the ASS‐LIB research field. Herein, we examined the nanometric interface structures of composite ASS‐LIB electrodes fabricated using an AD method, with a particular focus on the structures of Li+‐conductive glass‐ceramic solid electrolyte Li1.3Al0.3Ti1.7(PO4)3 (LATP), which we analyzed using a non‐negative matrix factorization technique. We applied this technique to datasets obtained by combined scanning transmission electron microscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy. The interface structure of a nonannealed composite could not be explained by the main crystal phase of pristine LATP particles or their surface structure, which should reflect a deposition process specific to the AD method. A composite annealed at 400°C exhibited an LATP/LCO interface structure, providing superior contact and possibly improving the electrochemical properties of the ASS‐LIB composite accordingly.