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Regular logarithmic connections
Authors: Achinger Piotr 
Published: December 2024

AbstractWe introduce the notion of a regular integrable connection on a smooth log scheme over $$\textbf{C}$$
C
and construct an equivalence between the category of such connections and the category of integrable connections on its analytification, compatible with de Rham cohomology. This extends the work of Deligne (when the log structure is trivial), and combined with the work of Ogus yields a topological description of the category of regular connections in terms of certain constructible sheaves on the Kato–Nakayama space. The key ingredients are the notion of a canonical extension in this context and the existence of good compactifications of log schemes obtained recently by Włodarczyk.
The epibiont Xenobalanus globicipitis indicates differences in swimming kinematics among cetaceans
Authors: Ten Sofía , Fusar Poli Francesca , Konishi Kenji , Pastene Luis A. , Martín Vidal , Raga Juan Antonio , Aznar Francisco Javier 
Published: December 2024

AbstractMost research on cetacean swimming has been conducted on captive dolphins due to limited accessibility to wild cetaceans. Epibiotic barnacles have been used as indirect evidence of cetacean hydrodynamics, given their lifelong association with cetaceans and dependence on water flow. Previous studies suggested that the spatial distribution of the barnacle Xenobalanus globicipitis on the tail flukes of striped dolphins (i.e., higher load in the center and dorsal side) sheds light on dolphin hydrodynamics. The present study investigates whether these spatial patterns are shared among 13 cetacean species: 1 species of baleen whale (N=33), 3 beaked whales (N=11), and delphinids: 3 globicephalines (N=21) and 6 smaller dolphins (N=118). We found higher barnacle densities on the dorsal side of the flukes of delphinids, particularly in the smaller species (mostly subfamily Delphininae); whereas both fluke sides of the whales were equally colonized. The center of the flukes was generally a preferred settlement location for X. globicipitis, although it became less predictable in the ventral side of dolphins. Our findings conform to evidence on cetacean morphokinematics: while large odontocetes and whales have greater mobility in their torso during swimming, dolphins rely mostly on asymmetric fluke oscillation, likely favoring a set of more favorable conditions for barnacle settlement on the dorsal fluke side of dolphins (i.e., higher cyprid advection and lower shear stress). Also, the interaction of the dorsal fin vortices with the flow at the flukes could be more pronounced in dolphins. An additional effect of dolphin aerial behavior cannot be ruled out. This study provides novel indirect evidence on cetacean swimming performance, highlighting possible nuances between ecomorphological groups, and underlines that epibionts are a cost-effective tool for studying wild cetaceans.
Healthcare professionals’ promotion of physical activity to people living with and beyond head and neck cancer: a cross-sectional survey
Authors: Doughty Hannah C. , Woolfall Kerry , Hill Ruaraidh A. , Midgley Adrian W. , Patterson Joanne M. , Boddy Lynne M. , Rogers Simon N. , Williams Nefyn H. 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Purpose
Physical activity (PA) can improve health-related outcomes for head and neck cancer (HaNC) patients, and PA guidance from healthcare professionals’ can increase patients’ PA levels. However, less than 9% of HaNC patients are physically active. This study explored healthcare professionals’ promotion of PA across the National Health Service (NHS) in North West England and North Wales, to HaNC patients.

Methods
A cross-sectional online survey exploring healthcare professionals’ promotion of PA in HaNC. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire–Short Form was used to estimate healthcare professionals’ PA levels. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive or inferential statistics and qualitative data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Data were synthesized drawing on the capability-opportunity-motivation-behavior model and theoretical domains framework.

Results
Eighty-one professionals participated. Fifty-three percent self-reported high levels of PA. Seventy-five percent considered PA promotion as part of their role; however, only 39% discussed PA with their patients (reflective motivation and social/professional role and identity). Only 38% felt confident initiating PA discussions and 76% reported needing further training. Training on the benefits of PA for HaNC patients and how to encourage health-related behavior change were identified as beneficial (psychological capability and knowledge).

Conclusion
Healthcare professionals are influential in enabling patients to adopt health-related behavior change; however, PA promotion was not routine practice for professionals involved in the care of HaNC patients. Training should be provided to professionals on PA promotion, with a focus on behavior change techniques. Future research should explore how behavior change techniques can be implemented into clinical practice to improve health-related outcomes in HaNC.
The tensile behaviour of paper under high loading rates
Authors: Baumann Georg , Czibula Caterina , Hirn Ulrich , Feist Florian 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
This work deals with the strain-rate dependent characterization of paper under uniaxial tension at high strain-rates. Experiments were performed involving a Split Hopkinson bar for high strain-rate testing, comparing the results with conventional quasi-static tests. Tests were conducted in a strain-rate range between 0.0083 and 212 s−1, which is equivalent to testing velocities between 0.0003 and roughly 13.6 m/s. For the first time the change in tensile behaviour of paper is comprehensively characterized and modelled, using the Cowper-Symonds model for strain-rate hardening. The experimental tests showed that the tensile strength as well as the initial stiffness were gradually increasing with increasing strain-rate. The increase in tensile strength between the lowest and the highest strain-rate was 58% on average whereas the mean increase in stiffness between these two strain-rates was almost 115%. Regarding the fracture strain, it was observed that it significantly decreases with increasing strain-rate. While the average fracture strain of the quasi-static tests was at roughly 6% it was close to 3% for the dynamic tests. In case of the Split Hopkinson bar tests, high-speed videos of the samples were made to determine their elongation via target tracking and digital image correlation (DIC). We found that strain localization, which is a highly relevant mechanism for quasi-static tensile failure, is likely related to short term plastic creep of the material as strain localization nearly entirely disappears at high loading rates of paper.
Associations of milk, dairy products, calcium and vitamin D intake with risk of developing Parkinson´s disease within the EPIC4ND cohort
Authors: Gröninger Mareike , Sabin Jara , Kaaks Rudolf , Amiano Pilar , Aune Dagfinn , Castro Natalia Cabrera , Guevara Marcela , Hansen Johnni , Homann Jan , Masala Giovanna , Nicolas Geneviève , Peters Susan , Sacerdote Carlotta , Sánchez Maria-Jose , De Magistris Maria Santucci , Sieri Sabina , Vermeulen Roel , Zhao Yujia , Lill Christina M. , Katzke Verena A. 
Published: December 2024

AbstractLiterature indicates a potential association between dairy consumption and risk of Parkinson´s disease (PD), especially among men, yet the results remain inconclusive. We investigated this association in a large prospective European cohort. Dietary and non-dietary data was collected from 183,225 participants of the EPIC-for-Neurodegenerative-Diseases (EPIC4ND) cohort, a sub-cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. Crude and multivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazards models were employed to examine potential associations between baseline dietary intake of dairy, calcium and vitamin D with incident PD risk. No relationship was observed between dairy consumption (HR 1.07, 95% CI 0.82–1.39), individual dairy products (milk: HR 0.95, 95% CI 0.73–1.23; yogurt: HR 1.03, 95% CI 0.82–1.29; cheese: HR 1.13, 95% CI 0.85–1.51), or vitamin D (HR 1.08, 95% CI 0.80–1.45) with PD risk. However, we observed a risk-increasing association with higher calcium intakes (HR 1.33, 95% CI 1.00-1.78, p for trend = 0.031), which was more pronounced in men (HR 1.50, 95% CI 1.00-2.25, p for trend = 0.044) and in ever smokers (HR 1.64, 95% CI 1.06–2.53, p for trend = 0.014). No compelling evidence was found for an association between dairy products or vitamin D intake and PD risk indicating a potentially limited relevance of dairy intake in PD risk than previously described. Our observations of a positive association between dietary calcium intake and PD risk in men and in ever smokers require further validation.
Divergent Perceptions of ADHD among Diagnosed Adolescents and Their Parents: An Exploratory Study
Authors: Wong Iana Y. T. , Hawes David J. , Dar-Nimrod Ilan 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Differences in the perceptions of illness between patients and caregivers are associated with negative health-related outcomes. However, little is known about the correlates of divergent perceptions of ADHD among diagnosed adolescents and their parents. This study applied the Common-Sense Model of Illness Representations (CSM) to examine how parent perceptions of ADHD, including divergent parent-adolescent perceptions, relate to coping, quality of life (QoL), and treatment adherence, among adolescents with ADHD. Participants were 63 adolescents diagnosed with ADHD (10–18 years, 79.3% male, mean age = 14.28, SD = 2.07) and their parents (78.8% mothers), recruited from clinics and support services. Self-report measures were completed by adolescents and parents in isolation from one another. Results from a series of hierarchical regressions indicated that adolescents held less pessimistic views of the disorder and believed it was less biologically based than did parents. Divergent parent-adolescent perceptions regarding timeline and causes were significantly related to adolescent coping and QoL. Adolescents’ expectation of a shorter duration of ADHD was associated with reduced active coping. Their stronger attribution to insufficient efforts was associated with lower QoL. Although adolescents with a stronger belief in psychosocial causes exhibited poorer active coping and QoL, they exhibited greater active coping when their parents endorsed this belief. Taken together, these findings identify beneficial and detrimental beliefs about ADHD for both diagnosed adolescents and their parents. The results underscore the potential importance of beliefs about psychosocial causes to coping and well-being, as well as the importance of divergent parent-adolescent perceptions.
Suffixation under adjacency: the case of Icelandic the-support
Authors: Ingason Anton Karl 
Published: December 2024

AbstractThis paper argues in favor of the hypothesis that there are two definite articles in natural language, a weak article which expresses uniqueness and a strong article which expresses anaphoricity. The study is based on the distribution of definite articles in Icelandic, and they are found to alternate along the same empirical dimension as weak and strong articles in German. Furthermore, the Icelandic pattern manifests a structural interaction which is similar to English do-support, and we refer to it as the-support. We argue that the similarities between do-support and the-support suggest that studies of the two phenomena can benefit from considering them to be related at a deep abstract level. Thus, consequences ensue for the theory of suffixation under adjecency.
Plasma and Flow Simulation of the Ion Wind in a Surface Barrier Discharge Used for Gas Conversion Benchmarked by Schlieren Imaging
Authors: Mohsenimehr S. , Wilczek S. , Mussenbrock T. , Keudell A. von 
Published: December 2024

AbstractSurface dielectric barrier discharges (sDBD) are efficient and scalable plasma sources for plasma-based gas conversion. One prominent feature of an sDBD is the generation of an ion wind, which exerts a force on the neutrals, thus leading to an efficient mixing of plasma and a passing gas stream. This becomes apparent by the creation of upstream and downstream vortices in the vicinity of the plasma. In this study, these vortices are generated by high voltage burst pulses consisting of two half cycles of an almost sinusoidal voltage shape. The vortices are monitored by Schlieren imaging diagnostic to benchmark and connect two simulations of the sDBD: a plasma model simulating a streamer for 25 ns starting from the electrode and propagating along a dielectric surface followed by a decay. The streamer is the source of electrical charges accelerated as ion wind by the applied electric field from the sDBD power supply. A second flow simulation models this ion wind as a time-averaged thrust acting on the passing gas stream. The conversion of the time-resolved forces from the nanosecond plasma simulation into the steady state thrust in the flow simulation indicates that the force from the plasma lasts much longer than the actual streamer propagation phase. This is explained by the fact that the charges in the streamer channel remain present for almost 100 ns, and the voltage from the power supply lasts for a few microseconds being applied to the electrode so that ions in the streamer channel are still accelerated even after a streamer stops to propagate after a few ns. The thrust generated during the streamer phase, including the relaxation phase, agrees well with predictions from flow simulation. Additionally, properly converting the time-resolved forces from the plasma simulation into a time-averaged thrust for the flow simulation yields exactly the synthetic Schlieren images as measured in the experiments.
Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Worsening Kidney Function: A Retrospective Cohort Study Including 122,606 Acid-Suppressing Users
Authors: González-Pérez Antonio , Martínez-Domínguez Samuel J. , Lanas Ángel , Lanas Aitor , Iñigo Pablo , García-Rodríguez Luis A. 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Background
The impact of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) use on worsening renal function is controversial and lacks a solid pathophysiological explanation.

Objective
To assess the risk of worsening renal function and acute kidney injury (AKI) in PPI initiators as compared with H2-blockers initiators.

Design
Retrospective cohort study using longitudinal records from BIGAN, a population-based health database of Aragón (Spain).

Participants
PPIs (n = 119,520) and H2-blockers (n = 3,086) initiators between 2015 and 2020 with preserved renal function. They were followed until the occurrence of an adverse kidney event, death, lost to follow-up or June 2021.

Main measures
Primary endpoints were worsening kidney function (measured as sCr ≥ 2 times baseline, eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73m2, a decrease in eGFR 30–50% from baseline or end stage renal disease) and AKI (measured by Aberdeen algorithm or hospitalization due to AKI). Incidence rates (IRs) per 1,000 persons-years were reported and Cox regression was used to calculate Hazard ratios (HRs), adjusted for confounders.

Key results
Crude IRs for worsening kidney function were consistently lower for ranitidine than for PPIs (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73m2: IR 18.7 95%CI (12.0–27.8) for ranitidine, IR 31.2 95%CI (29.9–32.5) for omeprazole). However, the risk of incident worsening function did not significantly differ in the Cox regression analysis adjusting for confounders (HR 0.99 95%CI (0.66–1.48) for omeprazole, as compared to ranitidine). PPI initiators consistently showed lower IRs of AKI using Aberdeen algorithm (IR 33.8 95%CI (32.4–35.1) for omeprazole, IR 52.8 95%CI (40.9–67.1) for ranitidine) and lower risk of AKI (HR 0.54 95%CI (0.42–0.70) for omeprazole, as compared to ranitidine).

Conclusions
No clinically relevant differences were observed for worsening kidney function between PPIs and H2-blockers initiators. PPIs users presented a reduced risk of AKI compared to ranitidine initiators.

Graphical Abstract
AKI: acute kidney injury. eGFR: estimated glomerular filtrate rate. H2-blocker: Histamine 2 receptor antagonist. PPI: proton pump inhibitor. sCr: serum creatinine.
A Conceptual Model of Learning Adaptability of Higher Vocational Students in China
Authors: Gao Qianqian , Mohamad Marlina 
Published: December 2024

AbstractVocational education plays a crucial role in China’s education system, with higher vocational education being a pivotal and dynamic aspect of the country’s educational reform. Despite this, higher vocational students often struggle with lethargy and inadequate adaptation to their studies. This paper constructs a conceptual model of learning adaptability by systematically coding and analyzing textual materials, such as literature, research reports, news, and interviews, pertaining to learning adaptability using grounded theory. The aim is to address the diverse factors influencing learning adaptability. The research revealed that the fundamental categories shaping learning adaptability encompass students’ psychological, academic, and personal growth states. To enhance learning adaptability, proactive intervention is necessary within these core categories outlined in the model, guiding students to anticipate and understand the challenges they may encounter. Notably, there remains a dearth of theoretical research on the learning adaptability of higher vocational students. This study aims to significantly contribute to improving teaching effectiveness in this domain.
Developing generative AI functionalities in a social LMS
Authors: Zhao Mengyuan , Kumari Puja , Madhavan Perumal Eashwar , Hou Zhen 
Published: December 2024

AbstractArtificial intelligence (AI) has experienced exponential growth in recent years, profoundly transforming various aspects of life, particularly in education. As a team of educational technology innovators, we have developed a series of generative AI features within our social learning management system, CourseNetworking, to boost student engagement in online discussions and enhance instructor efficiency. This article introduces three key features: automated hashtagging, automated post reflection, and AI-driven quiz question generation. We examine the goals and technical implementation of each feature, present solutions to challenges encountered during development and deployment, and share the best practices we have accumulated. Additionally, we outline our plans for future advancements. This paper seeks to foster understanding and collaboration among developers, educators, institutional leaders, and researchers, with the aim of using AI technology to improve educational products and services, ultimately elevating learning experiences and outcomes.
An inverse Grassmannian Littlewood–Richardson rule and extensions
Authors: Pechenik Oliver , Weigandt Anna 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Chow rings of flag varieties have bases of Schubert cycles

$\sigma _u $

, indexed by permutations. A major problem of algebraic combinatorics is to give a positive combinatorial formula for the structure constants of this basis. The celebrated Littlewood–Richardson rules solve this problem for special products

$\sigma _u \cdot \sigma _v$

, where u and v are p-Grassmannian permutations.
Building on work of Wyser, we introduce backstable clans to prove such a rule for the problem of computing the product

$\sigma _u \cdot \sigma _v$

when u is p-inverse Grassmannian and v is q-inverse Grassmannian. By establishing several new families of linear relations among structure constants, we further extend this result to obtain a positive combinatorial rule for

$\sigma _u \cdot \sigma _v$

in the case that u is covered in weak Bruhat order by a p-inverse Grassmannian permutation and v is a q-inverse Grassmannian permutation.
Exponential decay for constrained-degree percolation
Authors: dos Santos Diogo C. , Silva Roger W. C. 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
We consider the constrained-degree percolation model in a random environment (CDPRE) on the square lattice. In this model, each vertex v has an independent random constraint

$\kappa_v$

which takes the value

$j\in \{0,1,2,3\}$

with probability

$\rho_j$

. The dynamics is as follows: at time

$t=0$

all edges are closed; each edge e attempts to open at a random time

$U(e)\sim \mathrm{U}(0,1]$

, independently of all the other edges. It succeeds if at time U(e) both its end vertices have degrees strictly smaller than their respective constraints. We obtain exponential decay of the radius of the open cluster of the origin at all times when its expected size is finite. Since CDPRE is dominated by Bernoulli percolation, this result is meaningful only if the supremum of all values of t for which the expected size of the open cluster of the origin is finite is larger than

$\frac12$

. We prove this last fact by showing a sharp phase transition for an intermediate model.
Dissimilar local risk factors among patients diagnosed with cystic echinococcosis upon voluntary screening in highly endemic regions of Kyrgyz Republic
Authors: Raimkulov Kursanbek M. , Toigombaeva Vera S. , Kuttubaev Omurbek T. , Smailbekova Zhyldyz S. , Adambekova Asel D. , Ruzina Maria N. , Akhmadishina Lyudmila V. , Lukashev Alexander N. 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Echinococcosis is a parasitic invasion caused by a cestode of the genus Echinococcus. Kyrgyzstan is a country in Central Asia known for an extremely high incidence of echinococcosis. A total of 10 093 subjects were screened in the Osh, Naryn and Batken regions of Kyrgyzstan in 2015–2017 by ultrasound and questioned for potential risk factors. Cystic echinococcosis (CE) prevalence (combined newly diagnosed and post-surgery cases) ranged between 0.2 and 25.2% across the study regions. Typical factors, such as dog or livestock ownership, weakly affected CE risk (odds ratio [OR] = 1.18–1.83). Use of water from a well and owning a cat had a greater effect on CE risk (OR = 2.02–2.28). The risk factors of CE were highly dissimilar among the study regions, with patterns not always compatible with classical biohelminthosis transmission routes (no risk from livestock in certain areas, significant risk from using well water, owning cats). Therefore, the CE epidemic in Kyrgyzstan is not holistic in terms of potential mechanisms and risk factors, and certain areas can greatly benefit from preventive measures that will have limited efficiency elsewhere.