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Value creation of straw-based biogas in China
Authors: Chang Yingmu , Stinner Walter , Thraen Daniela 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Background
Value creation is a common concept in business, and the core purpose of economic activity. “Value creation” of biogas refers to how much biogas value can be created when it is used for different purposes. The fact that 1 m3 of biogas contains enough value as an energy carrier to replace coal, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and natural gas in the power and heat sector, as well as gasoline and diesel as a vehicle fuel, receives too little attention in China. The use of agricultural residues and waste is not only a key element for the reduction of resource demand and climate gas emissions, but also offers the potential for value creation. Biogas provision, which is being promoted more and more in China, could be the key to unlocking this potential.

Results
To assess the potential of value creation for straw-based biogas in China, we calculated the value created by substituting fossil fuels by biogas in different provinces. Likewise, we calculated the collectable straw potential between 2011 and 2020 by using data regarding methane yield, the official biogas electricity price and rate of subsidy by province, as well as market prices of fossil fuels issued by the National Bureau of Statistics as unit price. Furthermore, the amount of value that 1 m3 methane creates in different applications is compared in Chinese yuan, euro and dollar.

Conclusions
The results showed that value creation for vehicle use is the highest, which reached 5.52/6.57/8.16 yuan/m3 methane (0.789/0.939/1.166 USD/m3) as a gasoline replacement, and 5.17/5.81/7.07 yuan/m3 methane (0.699/0.785/0.955 USD/m3) as a diesel replacement; followed by substitution of natural gas, and LPG; the current most common use, electricity generated by the CHP plant showed a relatively low value, which reached 1.08/1.90 yuan/m3 methane (0.154/0.271 USD/m3); and the heat supply showed the lowest with only 0.56 yuan/m3 methane (0.08 USD/m3). This scientific calculation method of the value of biogas as an energy carrier provides a basis for further development of the biogas industry. This paper initially raises this research question in China.
A systematic review protocol for quantifying bycatch of critically endangered leatherback sea turtles within the Pacific Ocean basin
Authors: Ortega Anna A. , Mitchell Nicola J. , Marn Nina , Shillinger George L. 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Background
The Pacific Ocean supports two leatherback sea turtle populations, each of which is Critically Endangered primarily as a result of ongoing incidental bycatch within small-scale and industrial fisheries. Conservation planning has included population viability analysis (PVA), which depends on accurate data on mortality and morbidity (sublethal effects) rates to yield realistic results that can inform management decision-making. Existing leatherback PVAs are based on best available data, however, estimates of mortality and morbidity rates are heavily influenced by estimates of bycatch. These, in turn, are based on unknown levels of observer coverage in many fisheries, estimated to be less than 1% coverage in some artisanal and industrial fleets. Leatherback population recovery depends on bycatch reduction. It is vital to understand the source, scope, and scale of leatherback bycatch wherever and whenever leatherbacks occur. Here, we outline a protocol for a systematic review to aggregate existing estimates of leatherback bycatch within the Pacific Ocean, on a population- and basin-level. These results will generate the first comprehensive estimate of leatherback turtle bycatch for any ocean basin and will be incorporated into future conservation planning for Pacific Ocean populations.

Methods
A Boolean search string will be input into several bibliographic databases to yield articles and grey literature (governmental, business, and industry information not controlled by commercial publishing) related to the research question. Additional grey literature searches, snowball sampling and expert elicitation will be used to create as robust and comprehensive a pool of literature and/or databases as possible. Retrieved articles will be reviewed for eligibility using the SPIDER search strategy tool (Sample— Phenomenon of Interest—Design—Evaluation —Research type; 7). Articles which meet the criteria will be included in the systematic review, and their data will be collated into comprehensive estimates of leatherback sea turtle bycatch within the Pacific Ocean, one for each population. These data will be further teased apart by fishery size, fishing gear type, fishing nation, fishery region, and fishery target species, to target management more directly. This information will be published and provided directly to stakeholders for use in conservation management.
Clinical trial to verify the safety of an automatic electric airway suction system: a multicenter prospective randomized study
Authors: Lee Han Young , Park Hoonsung , Baik Seungmin , Lee Jae-myeong 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Background
Acute lung injury and respiratory failure in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) present challenges owing to varied factors. Manual suctioning, which is the current standard, burdens healthcare professionals and poses risks. The Lmeca.A1000 automatic suction device offers an innovative solution to this problem. This study aimed to evaluate the safety of this device.

Methods
This prospective, multicenter, randomized trial compared automatic and manual suction in ICU patients. Mucosal injury and pneumonia were assessed using bronchoscopy and monitoring. Mechanical stability and adverse events were also evaluated.

Results
In total, 117 critically ill adults were screened: 56 in the experimental group and 53 in the control group completing the study. No significant difference in mucosal injury was found at 3 or 7 days after treatment (p = 0.871, and 0.750). The incidence of VAP over 2 weeks was 5.36% in the experimental group and 1.89% in the control group, not significantly different (p = 0.582). Adverse events occurred in 14.3 and 13.2%, respectively, with no significant difference (p = 0.870). The incidence of clinical trial device malfunction within 3 days of application was 0.03% and within 2 weeks of follow-up was 0.02%.

Conclusions
This study evidenced the non-inferiority of the automatic suction device to the manual method in terms of safety. The adoption of an automated system could alleviate the workload of healthcare professionals while maintaining effective airway management.
Stable spatial patterns of concentrations of antibiotic resistant bacteria in irrigation water
Authors: Stocker Matthew Daniel , Smith Jaclyn Elizabeth , Morgan Billie Jean , Prinn Matthew Joseph , Pachepsky Yakov 
Published: November 2024

AbstractIrrigation waters serve as vectors for the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria which presents a worldwide health concern. Determining the concentrations of those bacteria in waters used for irrigation is therefore an important monitoring target. The objective of this work was to determine the existence of persistent spatial patterns in antibiotic-resistant bacteria in an irrigation waterbody and compare the patterns with patterns of water quality parameters. Escherichia coli, total coliforms, and total heterotrophic bacteria concentrations were measured in water samples collected from 20 sites across an irrigation waterbody on nine sampling dates. The Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis was used to detect persistent spatial patterns of tetracycline- and cefotaxime-resistant bacteria as well as water quality parameters. The average concentrations of both generic and antibiotic-resistant bacteria were an order of magnitude higher in bank sampling sites than interior sites. From the EOF analysis results, sampling locations were identified which could provide the best estimates of the average concentrations for each bacterial group. Patterns in temperature (rs = -0.638 to -0.749), dissolved oxygen (rs = -0.173 to -0.675), and pH (rs = -0.483 to -0.770) showed the strongest negative correlations with patterns in bacteria concentrations while all other water quality patterns tended to be positively correlated. Results of this work show that the EOF analysis can be a powerful tool in the design of effective monitoring programs which assess antibiotic resistance in irrigation waters by identifying locations which are closest to the spatiotemporal average.
Microstructure homogenization: human vs machine
Authors: Julian Lißner , Felix Fritzen 
Published: November 2024

AbstractTwo approaches are presented to improve the capabilities of machine learning models in multiscale modeling for microstructure homogenization (graphical abstract in Fig. 1). The first approach features a Bayesian data mining scheme with a human in the loop, halving the prediction error compared to [1] using four novel and efficient to evaluate feature descriptors. The second purely machine learning-driven approach utilizes convolutional neural networks, where we introduce a novel module (the deep inception module) designed to capture characteristics of different length scales within the image. The new module features a new normalization block, which aids in calibrating the differently obtained feature characteristics. Further improvements, universally applicable to artificial neural networks, are found with a novel hyperparameter insensitive learning rate schedule, which adapts to the training progress of the model. A further improvement is given by a pre-trained feature bypass which utilizes global low-level features to serve as baseline prediction such that the model is able to dedicate its attention to high-level features. The proposed schemes have been applied to different literature models, yielding significant improvements in any of the investigated convolutional neural networks. The improvements found by the two overarching contributions, i.e., derived through feature development with a human in the loop, and via convolutional neural networks, are critically assessed in a thermal and mechanical setting. It is further expanded to variable material parameters while allowing for variable microstructural elements, yielding drastically reduced prediction errors across the board.
Determination of effective half-life of 131I in thyroid cancer patients using remote dose-rate meter
Authors: Kääriä Laura , Lapela Maria , Seppänen Marko , Högerman Mikael , Ruohola Johanna , Ålgars Annika , Noponen Tommi 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Background
Continuously monitored external dose-rate signals from remote dose-rate meters (DRMs) were analyzed to determine the effective half-life (Teff) of 131I in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patients. The aim is to gain novel understanding of the excretion of radioactive iodine (RAI) in DTC patients and to demonstrate that a remote DRM system can be reliably used for real-time monitoring of external dose-rates of DTC patients.

Methods
110 DTC patients who received postoperative RAI therapy between September 2018 and February 2023 in Turku University Hospital were studied retrospectively. The external dose-rates of the patients were continuously monitored during their hospitalization with a remote DRM fixed in the ceiling of the isolation room. Generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) was used to analyse the association between logarithmical Teff and patient characteristics.

Results
The median Teff for all patients was 12.60 h (Q1: 10.35; Q3: 14.75 h). Longer Teffs were associated with higher BMI (p = 0.004), lower GFR (p < 0.001), and diabetes (p = 0.007). Our study also revealed that neither age nor subsequent RAI therapies have a significant impact on the whole body Teff (p = 0.522 and p = 0.414, respectively).

Conclusion
Patients with higher BMI, decreased GFR, or diabetes have a longer whole-body Teff of 131I. Ceiling-mounted remote DMRs can reliably be used to determine patient’s Teff. Since Teff values vary among patients, ceiling-mounted meters can be used to optimize the length of radiation isolation period at the hospital while improving patient comfort and staff efficiency.
Evaluation of a deep learning software for automated measurements on full-leg standing radiographs
Authors: Lassalle Louis , Regnard Nor-Eddine , Durteste Marion , Ventre Jeanne , Marty Vincent , Clovis Lauryane , Zhang Zekun , Nitche Nicolas , Ducarouge Alexis , Laredo Jean-Denis , Guermazi Ali 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Background
Precise lower limb measurements are crucial for assessing musculoskeletal health; fully automated solutions have the potential to enhance standardization and reproducibility of these measurements. This study compared the measurements performed by BoneMetrics (Gleamer, Paris, France), a commercial artificial intelligence (AI)-based software, to expert manual measurements on anteroposterior full-leg standing radiographs.

Methods
A retrospective analysis was conducted on a dataset comprising consecutive anteroposterior full-leg standing radiographs obtained from four imaging institutions. Key anatomical landmarks to define the hip–knee–ankle angle, pelvic obliquity, leg length, femoral length, and tibial length were annotated independently by two expert musculoskeletal radiologists and served as the ground truth. The performance of the AI was compared against these reference measurements using the mean absolute error, Bland–Altman analyses, and intraclass correlation coefficients.

Results
A total of 175 anteroposterior full–leg standing radiographs from 167 patients were included in the final dataset (mean age = 49.9 ± 23.6 years old; 103 women and 64 men). Mean absolute error values were 0.30° (95% confidence interval [CI] [0.28, 0.32]) for the hip–knee–ankle angle, 0.75 mm (95% CI [0.60, 0.88]) for pelvic obliquity, 1.03 mm (95% CI [0.91,1.14]) for leg length from the top of the femoral head, 1.45 mm (95% CI [1.33, 1.60]) for leg length from the center of the femoral head, 0.95 mm (95% CI [0.85, 1.04]) for femoral length from the top of the femoral head, 1.23 mm (95% CI [1.12, 1.32]) for femoral length from the center of the femoral head, and 1.38 mm (95% CI [1.21, 1.52]) for tibial length. The Bland–Altman analyses revealed no systematic bias across all measurements. Additionally, the software exhibited excellent agreement with the gold-standard measurements with intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) values above 0.97 for all parameters.

Conclusions
Automated measurements on anteroposterior full-leg standing radiographs offer a reliable alternative to manual assessments. The use of AI in musculoskeletal radiology has the potential to support physicians in their daily practice without compromising patient care standards.
Anterior mediastinal mass in a breast cancer patient mimicking lymphadenopathy: a case report
Authors: El Graini Soumya , Habib Chorfa Sara , Retal Hamza , El Alaoui Driss , Mahdi Youssef , El Khannoussi Basma , Omor Youssef , Latib Rachida , Amalik Sanae 
Published: November 2024

Abstract
Background
The mediastinum is an anatomical region containing vascular, visceral, and osseous structures. In case of mediastinal masses in the prevascular space, the mnemonic word "4T" helps to group the most common etiologies, namely thyroid pathology, thymoma and its variants, the "terrible" lymphoma, and teratoma. In oncologic patients, the main differential diagnosis is metastatic lymphadenopathy and one should be careful when analyzing this condition.

Case presentation
We present the case of a 54-year-old woman with a history of thyroidectomy who was found to have multiple anterior mediastinal masses during a breast cancer evaluation. Initial concerns about metastatic lymphadenopathy were ruled out after imaging showed no connection to the cervical thyroid gland, and a biopsy confirmed the masses as benign ectopic thyroid tissue. Given the patient’s stable condition and preference, conservative management with close monitoring was chosen instead of surgery.

Conclusions
The case underscores the rarity and diagnostic challenges of anterior mediastinal mass, especially in oncology, highlighting the crucial role of CT imaging in identifying and characterizing those masses, aiding in differential diagnosis and guiding appropriate management strategies.
Els funerals com a font d’estudi de les cultures polítiques
Authors: Pocino Pérez Àlex 
Published: November 2024

Ressenya de: Pierre Géal i Pedro Rújula (coords.), Los funerales políticos en la España contemporánea: Cultura del duelo y usos públicos de la muerte, Saragossa, Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 2023
Sobre musas, autores y autoras: Rosalía de Castro lee a Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
Authors: Acosta Mota Alejandra G. 
Published: November 2024

Este artículo propone que la reformulación del personaje estereotípico de la musa que hace Rosalía de Castro en El caballero de las botas azules, así como la acerada crítica que realiza la autora gallega, en esa misma novela, de los estándares de la autoría literaria y del oficio de la escritura de su tiempo, estuvieron directamente influenciadas por la figura y la obra de Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda.
Teatro patográfico y salud de la mujer: del “sick tourism” al “withnessing” en The Year My Vagina Tried to Kill Me y Performing Endometriosis
Authors: Rodríguez Verónica 
Published: November 2024

Este artículo explora los conceptos de “sick tourism” y “withnessing” en dos obras de teatro patográfico —The Year My Vagina Tried to Kill Me (2016), de Amy Vreeke, y Performing Endometriosis (2022), de Verónica Rodríguez— escritas y representadas respectivamente por Vreeke y Rodríguez, ambas mujeres con endometriosis. La endometriosis es una patología en la cual tejido similar al endometrio (la pared interna del útero) aparece en otros lugares del cuerpo. Este tejido funciona como la menstruación (crece, sangra y se desintegra), pero a diferencia de la misma, se queda atrapado dentro. Metodológicamente, se emplean los estudios del teatro y la performance, los estudios de género con una perspectiva feminista interseccional y las humanidades médicas críticas con el fin de abordar la epistemología corporeizada y ecológica propuesta por estas “pathographical performances” (Brodzinski, 2016), es decir, propuestas teatrales que ponen el foco en la experiencia de la enfermedad. Primero, se examina “lo visual” como un aspecto transversal al teatro y la enfermedad y cómo los casos de estudio escogidos se apropian de lo visual en un entorno en el que la enfermedad de las performers no tiene visibilidad y en el que ellas no son vistas. Segundo, conectando esos fenómenos con la idea de espectador/a, se propone un cambio del “sick tourism”, que se refiere a la idea de “visitar” la enfermedad, y en el caso teatral, quizás, ser testigo/a del proceso patológico de la performer, al “withnessing”, que denota un devenir de la organización de los cuerpos en el que la visión no constituye el eje de relación principal. Se concluye que estos dos ejemplos teatrales de “withnessing” subrayan la existencia de un espacio en el que se contribuye al conocimiento de la enfermedad desde los cuerpos y con los cuerpos.
Von manuell zu maschinell: Erfolgsfaktoren bei der Einführung automatisierter Führungssysteme
Authors: Jünke Annabel , Robra-Bissantz Susanne 
Published: November 2024

Zusammenfassung
Um die erfolgreiche Einführung eines Informationssystems zu gewährleisten, sollten Erfolgsfaktoren in Organisationen berücksichtigt werden. Dies gilt auch für automatisierte Führungssysteme, die als Informationssysteme im Personalbereich betrachtet werden können. Bei der automatisierten Führung übernehmen intelligente Agenten Führungsaufgaben, die bisher von Menschen ausgeführt wurden. Dies können zum Beispiel Führungsaufgaben wie die Aufgabenverteilung oder das Leistungsfeedback an Mitarbeiter sein. Der Einsatz von automatisierter Führung ist in Unternehmen der Gig-Economy wie MTurk weit verbreitet. In traditionellen Organisationen ist der Einsatz bisher weniger verbreitet. Durch die zunehmende Verlagerung der Arbeitsweise hin zum selbstständigen Arbeiten mit digitalen Medien im Homeoffice wird der Einsatz von automatisierten Führungssystemen in konventionellen Unternehmen prinzipiell möglich. Um zukünftig die erfolgreiche Implementierung dieser Technologie in konventionellen Unternehmen zu gewährleisten, untersucht dieser Beitrag die Erfolgsfaktoren der Implementierung der automatisierten Führung. Dazu wurden qualitative, halbstandardisierte Interviews mit 24 deutschen Führungskräften durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse der Studie zeigen, dass die Akzeptanz der Nutzer eine zentrale Rolle spielt. Durch die praktische Anwendung der gewonnenen Erkenntnisse können Unternehmen ihre Transformation zur Automatisierung durch Führungssysteme erfolgreich gestalten.
Assessment of mechanized sown cotton-based intercropping systems: Impact on yield, efficiency and profitability
Authors: Saranya M , Sangeetha SP , Shanmugam PM , Dhananchezhiyan P , Vanitha K , Thirukumuran K 
Published: November 2024

Cotton, a valuable cash crop from the Gossypium genus, significantly contributes to the national economy. A primary challenge in cotton cultivation is the high labor demand for sowing. As labor shortages grow, sowing machinery has emerged as a viable alternative, decreasing labor expenses and operating duration. However, machine sowing requires wider inter-row spacing, and cotton's slow initial vegetative growth presents an opportunity to incorporate suitable intercrops. This technique optimizes resource utilization and offers potential supplementary income from intercropping in the event of primary cotton crop failure due to natural disasters. This study aims to identify suitable intercropping systems under mechanized sowing conditions to enhance yield, competitive indices, energy efficiency, and economic viability, supporting sustainable farmer incomes. The experiment employed a split-plot design with two main plots, five subplots, and three replications. Results showed that machine sowing was more profitable than manual sowing, reducing cultivation costs by 19.6% and increasing net returns by 22.7%, with a per-day return of 22.6%. Among intercropping systems, cotton + maize demonstrated superior performance, achieving significantly higher cotton-equivalent yield (22.2%), land equivalent ratio (32.0%), area-time equivalent ratio (21.0%), energy use efficiency (57.4%), energy productivity (63.5%), and net return (29.6%) compared to sole cotton. The study concluded that cotton + maize intercropping under mechanized sowing conditions improves yield, competitive indices, energy, and economic efficiency, enhancing overall farm productivity.