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The impact of COVID-19 restrictions on road traffic and noise pollution of the urban street, a case study from Krakow, Poland
Authors: Plesiński Karol , Cholewa Mariusz 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThe study determined the impact of restrictions introduced by the Ministry of Health in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic on traffic and sound pressure levels in the university building and its immediate vicinity. Mickiewicza Street was selected for the study. It is one of the city’s busiest streets, located relatively close to the old historic center, and is the main artery connecting the north and south of the city. There are residential buildings on this street, but primarily offices and institutions, as well as schools and universities. Noise near the street and in buildings located relatively close to the road can be a serious problem in places where peace is required (e.g., libraries, reading rooms, university halls). Therefore, the acoustic comfort needed in these places may be disturbed, and the perception of knowledge acquisition may be limited. The aim of the work was achieved through measurements and analysis of street traffic intensity and sound pressure levels, taking into account pandemic restrictions. Then, statistical analyses were performed, which showed significant variability in traffic intensity and sound pressure values in individual periods of the pandemic. The pandemic’s beginning was mainly characterized by a significant decrease in the above data, deviating from the norm. In the pre-pandemic period, an average of 47,733 vehicles passed through the street daily, and the median sound pressure was Leq.OUT = 62.0 dBA outside the building and Leq.INS = 44.0 dBA inside. During the greatest restrictions, a period called “lockdown,” the number of cars driving decreased a little to an average of 44,153 per day, but there were days with 10,000–20,000 cars passing. In turn, noise decreased to 59.9 dBA for Leq.OUT and 43.2 dBA for Leq.INS. Between the first and second waves of infections, traffic was comparable to the post-pandemic period (an average of 69,027 cars per day), and noise also increased to Leq.OUT = 64–65 dBA and close to Leq.INS = 47.5 dBA. Studies have shown that noise on Mickiewicza Street is mainly caused by traffic (correlation coefficient: r = 0.92 for Leq.OUT and r = 0.86 for Leq.INS). The sound pressure level is high outside (Leq.OUT = 63.9 dBA) but relatively low inside the building (Leq.INS = 47.0 dBA) and should not negatively affect university staff and students (Leq.WH < LWH.acc). Based on the analyses, three stages show society’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic: (1) fear of the COVID-19 pandemic; (2) relaxation after restrictions; (3) getting used to the COVID-19 pandemic. These periods did not correlate with the development of the pandemic or the number of people infected and dead.
“I didn’t really fit into any boxes”: understanding the experiences of women affected by cancer in pregnancy and up to one-year postpartum—a mixed-method systematic review
Authors: Armitage Lucy , Atchan Marjorie , Davis Deborah , Turner Murray R. , Paterson Catherine 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
Purpose
Little is known about women’s experiences of cancer during pregnancy and up to one-year postpartum. As the incidence of gestational cancer rises parallel to increasing rates of early onset cancers there is an imperative need to understand their experiences. The aim of this research is to understand women’s experiences of gestational cancer during pregnancy and up to one-year postpartum.

Methods
This systematic integrative review followed the JBI methodology for mixed method systematic reviews (MMSR) which integrates empirical data from qualitative and quantitative primary studies. The search strategy included electronic databases, APA PsycINFO, CINHAL, Medline, Scopus, and the Web of Science Core Collection. The review has been reported following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. A comprehensive methodological quality assessment was undertaken using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT).

Results
Thirteen studies were included, reporting on the experiences of 266 women. The findings represented the women’s insight on the psychological impact of their gestational cancer, the impact on women’s identity as a mother and a patient, and women’s experiences of complex care.

Conclusions
Gestational cancer reflects an emerging focus of clinical practice and an opportunity for much needed new research to explore woman-centered care exploring supportive care needs and models of maternity care.

Implications for Cancer Survivors
Women’s experiences indicate that services are under-resourced to address the holistic and integrated supportive care needs of women affected by cancer across both maternity and cancer care teams.
The construct of attitude in mathematics education research: current trends and new research challenges from a systematic literature review
Authors: Aquilina Ginevra , Di Martino Pietro , Lisarelli Giulia 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThe crucial role of attitude towards mathematics in the processes of teaching and learning mathematics is now recognized by both school practitioners and researchers in the field. However, “attitude” is a construct borrowed by disciplines other than mathematics education, and it is still conceptualized in various ways within the broad body of research about the role of affect in the teaching and learning of mathematics. In this context, developing a systematic literature review is particularly significant to characterise the recent trends—through the critical description of studies, foci, and approaches—and to guide future research by highlighting new possible research challenges in light of the current state of the art. Adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, this paper describes the systematic literature analysis of 180 papers published between the beginning of 2016 and the end of 2023, sourced from the Web of Science and Elsevier’s Scopus databases. The review confirms the worldwide interest and production about attitude towards mathematics, highlighting new remarkable findings and interests, such as the critical discussion about the translation of validated scales, as well as the persistence of some typical critical issues related to the “quantitative domain” in methodologies and to the widespread absence of precise definitions for attitude or of appropriate theoretical frameworks.
Anomaly detection scheme for lung CT images using vector quantized variational auto-encoder with support vector data description
Authors: Gao Zhihui , Nakayama Ryohei , Hizukuri Akiyoshi , Kido Shoji 
Published: October 2024

AbstractThis study aims to develop an anomaly-detection scheme for lesions in CT images. Our database consists of lung CT images obtained from 1500 examinees. It includes 1200 normal and 300 abnormal cases. In this study, SVDD (Support Vector Data Description) mapping the normal latent variables into a hypersphere as small as possible on the latent space is introduced to VQ-VAE (Vector Quantized-Variational Auto-Encoder). VQ-VAE with SVDD is constructed from two encoders, two decoders, and an embedding space. The first encoder compresses the input image into the latent-variable map, whereas the second encoder maps the normal latent variables into a hypersphere as small as possible. The first decoder then up-samples the mapped latent variables into a latent-variable map with the original size. The second decoder finally reconstructs the input image from the latent-variable map replaced by the embedding representations. The data of each examinee is classified as abnormal or normal based on the anomaly score defined as the combination of the difference between the input image and the reconstructed image and the distance between the latent variables and the center of the hypersphere. The area under the ROC curve for VQ-VAE with SVDD was 0.76, showing an improvement when compared with the conventional VAE (0.63, p < .001). VQ-VAE with SVDD developed in this study can yield higher anomaly-detection accuracy than the conventional VAE. The proposed method is expected to be useful for identifying examinees with lesions and reducing interpretation time in CT screening.
Unveiling multimodal hot carrier excitation in plasmonic bimetallic Au@Ag nanostars for photochemistry and SERS sensing
Authors: Negrín-Montecelo Yoel , Elsaidy Amir , Giráldez-Martínez Jesús , Carbó-Argibay Enrique , Wang Zhiming , Govorov Alexander O. , Alvarez-Puebla Ramon A. , Correa-Duarte Miguel A. , Besteiro Lucas V. 
Published: October 2024

AbstractPlasmonic nanostructures stand at the forefront of nanophotonics research, particularly in sensing and energy conversion applications. Their unique ability to confine light energy at the nanoscale makes them indispensable for a wide array of technological advancements. The study of these structures often makes use of different materials and, even more extensively, explores new shapes and configurations to extend our common repertoire of useful nanophotonics tools. Exploring the creation of bimetallic plasmonic nanostructures combines these two dimensions determining the space of possible plasmonic resonators and opens the possibility of tailoring systems with behavior unavailable to single-metal plasmonic structures. In this paper, we delve into the exploration of bimetallic systems employing plasmonic nanostars. These structures have demonstrated remarkable capabilities for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy and photochemistry, due to the strong plasmonic response of their peaks, whose disposition following a spherical symmetry makes them largely polarization- and orientation-insensitive. Herein, we report the colloidal synthesis of two different water-stable Au@Ag nanostars, explore their performance as photocatalysts and SERS substrates, and provide an in-depth account of their non-trivial physical response.
Is It Worth Performing Intersphincteric Resection in Patients Having Rectal Adenocarcinoma with Oligometastasis
Authors: Kaderi Abdeali Saif Arif , Singh Sanjay , Sharma Ankit , Kazi Mufaddal , Desouza Ashwin , Saklani Avanish 
Published: October 2024

AbstractIntersphincteric resection (ISR) is being increasingly performed in metastatic rectal adenocarcinoma (with oligometastasis) patients. There has been a trend towards worse prognosis in this group. This study compares the oncological and surgical outcomes of patients with and without pre-operative oligometastasis who underwent ISR. The outcomes compared include prognostic factors like margin positivity, recurrence rates, stoma reversal rate, and surgical failure rate (defined as a combination of one or more of the aforestated factors). The demographic pattern, American Society of Anaesthesia grade (ASA), treatment received, clinical and histopathological T and N stage, grade, type of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) approach, neoadjuvant therapy, and pathological high-risk features are also studied. Patients who underwent minimally invasive ISR over 10 years at a high-volume tertiary cancer center were selected for the study. Factors used for the assessment of oncological outcomes were margin positivity (circumferential resection and distal margin), recurrence (both local and systemic), and stoma reversal rate. A descriptive and comparative analyses were performed. Four hundred and eight patients underwent minimally invasive ISR of which 25 (6.12%) patients were oligometastatic. While R0 resection was similar in both groups, higher overall recurrence (24% versus 18.5%) and low stoma reversal rate (36.8% versus 67.3%) were observed in the oligometastatic group with statistically significant differences. No local recurrence was seen in the oligometastatic group, and the difference compared to non-metastatic group was not statistically different. This study indicates that oligometastatic patients who underwent ISR experienced lower stoma reversal rates, maintaining similar local control but facing higher rates of systemic recurrence.
Cooperative augmented assembly (CAA): augmented reality for on-site cooperative robotic fabrication
Authors: Alexi Eleni Vasiliki , Kenny Joseph Clair , Atanasova Lidia , Casas Gonzalo , Dörfler Kathrin , Mitterberger Daniela 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
Recent years have witnessed significant advances in computational design and robotic fabrication for large-scale manufacturing. Although these advances have enhanced the speed, precision, and reproducibility of digital fabrication processes, they often lack adaptability and fail to integrate manual actions in a digital model. Addressing this challenge, the present study introduces cooperative augmented assembly (CAA), a phone-based mobile Augmented Reality (AR) application that facilitates cooperative assembly of complex timber structures between humans and robots. CAA enables augmented manual assembly, intuitive robot control and supervision, and task sharing between humans and robots, creating an adaptive digital fabrication process. To allocate tasks to manual or robotic actions, the mobile AR application allows multiple users to access a shared digital workspace. This is achieved through a flexible communication system that allows numerous users and robots to cooperate seamlessly. By harnessing a cloud-based augmented reality system in combination with an adaptive digital model, CAA aims to better incorporate human actions in robotic fabrication setups, facilitating human–machine cooperation workflows and establishing a highly intuitive, adaptable digital fabrication process within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction sector.
Seasonal changes of community structure and vertical distribution/migration for mesopelagic fish in the western subarctic Pacific
Authors: Kitamura Minoru , Murata Naofumi 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
Although mesopelagic fish dominate the oceanic ecosystem, they remain one of the least investigated components. From the vertically stratified sample collections, we investigated community structure, vertical distribution and diel/ontogenetic vertical migration covering four seasons for larval and juvenile/adult mesopelagic fish at the time-series station K2 in the Western Subarctic Gyre of the North Pacific. We collected 10 and 20 species of larval and juvenile/adult fish, respectively. Among the larval fish community, Leuroglossus schmidti was the most abundant; total abundances except L. schmidti were low throughout the year; species richness of myctophids were low. Among the 20 species of juvenile/adult fish, larvae of only six species were collected; thus, most mesopelagic fish species do not use the Western Subarctic Gyre as their nursery. In the juvenile/adult fish community, Stenobrachius leucopsarus and Stenobrachius nannochir were abundant. Species diversity and total abundance in the warm seasons (summer and autumn) were higher than in the cold seasons (winter and spring). The decreasing of species diversity and total abundance during the cold seasons was probably affected by horizontal migrations of fish for reproduction toward the southern transition or subarctic slope areas. Stenobrachius leucopsarus was distributed at shallow depths with opportunistic diel vertical migration (DVM); in contrast Stenobrachius nannochir occurred at greater depths, without DVM. The distribution depths of S. leucopsarus during day and those of S. nannochir changed seasonally and synchronously; shallowest in autumn, deepest in spring.
Spatial distribution of northern shrimp Pandalus eous in the Sea of Japan in relation to the seafloor environment
Authors: Naito Taiga , Sakuma Kay , Iida Masaya 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
To explore relationships between spatial distributions of northern shrimp Pandalus eous and environmental factors along the coastline of Honshu Island in the Sea of Japan, we built delta-type two-step generalized additive models (delta-GAM) based on bottom trawl surveys conducted in 2013–2022. The models provide the first quantitative analysis of the species’ habitat, showing that its distribution is associated with bottom sediment type, depth, slope and topographic position index (TPI) alongside the effects of year and region. From the delta-GAM response plots, species habitat preferences in the Sea of Japan were estimated as follows: seafloor deeper than 283 m; muddy rather than sandy bottoms; gently sloped to flat bottoms (<0.8° in slope); and valleys rather than ridges (TPI < 0.9). These results were reviewed in detail along with previously reported distribution records of northern shrimp. Standardized density (s-density) per fishing grid cell (10′ square latitude–longitude mesh) estimated from the delta-GAM results indicated that this species is widely distributed on the continental slope along the coast of Honshu Island. To test plausibility of the s-density analysis, we compared s-density per fishing grid cell with nominal CPUE (kg per haul) per fishing grid cell based on official logbook data from large offshore trawl fisheries. The two were generally positively correlated by year, and the delta-GAM results were assumed to be fairly robust. Finally, potential fishing grounds were explored based on the delta-GAM results.
Impacts of early life adversity on the neurocircuitry of emotional memory in children
Authors: Oliver Katelyn I. , Stenson Anais , van Rooij Sanne J.H. , Johnson Colin B. , Ely Timothy D. , Powers Abigail , Minton Sean T. , Wiltshire Charis , Kim Ye Ji , Hinrichs Rebecca , Jovanovic Tanja , Stevens Jennifer S. 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
Similar to adults with posttraumatic stress disorder, children with early life adversity show bias in memory for negative emotional stimuli. However, it is not well understood how childhood adversity impacts mechanisms underlying emotional memory. N = 56 children (8–14 years, 48% female) reported on adverse experiences including potentially traumatic events and underwent fMRI while attending to emotionally pleasant, neutral, or negative images. Post-scan, participants completed a cued recall test to assess memory for these images. Emotional difference-in-memory (DM) scores were computed by subtracting negative or positive from neutral recall performance. All children showed enhancing effects of emotion on recall, with no effect of trauma load. However, children with less trauma showed a larger emotional DM for both positive and negative stimuli when amygdala or anterior hippocampal activity was higher. In contrast, highly trauma-exposed children demonstrated a lower emotional DM with greater amygdala or hippocampal activity. This suggested that alternative neural mechanisms might support emotional enhancement of encoding in children with greater trauma load. Whole-brain analyses revealed that right fusiform activity during encoding positively correlated with both trauma load and successful later recall of positive images. Therefore, highly trauma-exposed children may use alternative, potentially adaptive neural pathways via the ventral visual stream to encode positive emotional events.
Drought‐Rich Periods Are More Likely Than Flood‐Rich Periods in Brazil
Authors: Chagas Vinícius B. P. , Chaffe Pedro L. B. , Blöschl Günter 
Published: October 2024

AbstractStreamflow exhibits persistent decadal variability; however, it is unclear if the magnitude and spatial extent of these variabilities are symmetric for droughts and floods. Here, we examine drought‐rich and flood‐rich periods in 319 streamflow gauges in Brazil from 1940 to 2020. Drought‐ and flood‐rich periods are detected by computing annual streamflow minima and maxima time series and using scan statistics to verify if events exceeding a threshold follow a Bernoulli process. We contrast streamflow time clustering with rainfall, evaporation, water abstraction, the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO). We detected a higher spatial frequency of drought‐ than flood‐rich periods. For 5‐year return period thresholds, drought‐rich periods are observed in 81% of the basins, 16.7 times the false positive rate (4.8%) and 4.7 times flood‐rich periods (17%). This asymmetry is linked with sharp increases in water abstractions since the 1990s and a higher prevalence of rainfall‐poor periods (41% of gauges) compared to rainfall‐rich (22% of gauges), which we interpret as being further amplified into drought‐rich periods due to an interannual persistence of water storage deficits. Brazil experienced a dry period until the 1960s, extensive flooding in the 1980s, and record low flows from the 2000s onward. Drought and flood‐rich periods are well aligned with rainfall clustering, water abstractions, the AMO and PDO. Droughts‐rich periods are more frequent in shorter time scales (several years to one decade) and flood‐rich periods in longer time scales (a few decades). Our findings highlight the nonlinearity and asymmetry of drought and flood change at decadal scales.
What Happens When Two Ruptures Collide?
Authors: Latour Soumaya , Passelègue François , Paglialunga Federica , Noël Corentin , Ampuero Jean‐Paul 
Published: October 2024

AbstractWe investigate the interaction between two rupture fronts as they propagate toward each other and ultimately collide. This phenomenon was observed during laboratory experiments conducted on poly methyl methacrylate. Subsequently, we used numerical simulations to elucidate key aspects of these observations and draw broader conclusions. Our findings indicate that the collision of the rupture fronts generates interface waves that propagate along the sliding interface at the Rayleigh wave speed. Additionally, the rupture fronts interact with the starting and stopping S‐wave phases radiated by the opposite rupture fronts, which can locally change their velocity and generate additional interface waves. We discuss the implications of these results for understanding earthquake source phenomena.
Solar Activity Dependence of Traveling Ionospheric Disturbance Amplitudes Using a Rapid‐Run Ionosonde in High Latitudes
Authors: Moges Samson T. , Kozlovsky Alexander , Sherstyukov Ruslan O. , Ulich Thomas 
Published: October 2024

AbstractWe investigated the amplitude of medium scale traveling ionospheric disturbances (MSTIDs, with periods 25–100 min) and their dependence on the solar activity using 16 years data of the rapid run‐ionosonde operating at high latitudes (N, Sodankylä, Finland). A deep learning neural network was applied to ionograms to extract critical frequency of the F2 region (foF2) with a 1 min time resolution. Then, we analyzed the relative amplitude of MSTIDs (i.e., foF2/foF2), which corresponds to the amplitude of atmospheric gravity waves (AGWs) causing MSTIDs. The amplitude of AGWs propagating upward increases with height due to the decreasing density of the air, and hmF2 varies depending on local time, seasonal and solar activity conditions. To account for this effect, we calculated a corrected MSTID amplitude by normalizing the relative amplitude for the air density at the hmF2. The corrected amplitudes show no clear dependence on F10.7 during winter (0–12 UT), equinox (20‐01 UT) and summer (19‐01 UT), while a positive dependence of corrected amplitudes on F10.7 was observed during winter and equinox, in 14–22 UT and 15–19 UT, respectively. Corresponding to the dependence behaviors of corrected and relative amplitudes, two likely mechanisms of MSTIDs, AGWs from the lower atmosphere and auroral sources, are inferred. Their subsequent roles in the solar activity dependence of MSTID amplitudes were separately discussed, although in reality, the observed dependence is complex and often involves several mechanisms together.