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Low-frequency vibration monitoring system measuring the fringe shift by using linear Fresnel zone plates for shiny surfaces
Authors: Amani Alireza , Tan YiDong 
Published: December 2024

This paper presents a vibration monitoring system that measures the fringe shift from the Fresnel diffraction pattern for noncontact measurement of translational and angular vibrations. Conventional vibration systems have some major limitations in practical applications. For example, a laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV) fails to accurately measure large-amplitude vibrations of a mirrored object undergoing dynamic tilts or rotations. Additionally, achieving the accuracy required for micro/nanomeasurement in precision machines when measuring low-frequency vibrations (LFV) remains a significant challenge. In this study, the vibration measurement system utilizes a linear Fresnel zone plate with parallel strip lines to create the diffraction pattern. Surface vibrations cause shifts in these lines, and the resulting fringe pattern on the vibrating surface carries information about the local vibrational amplitude and frequency. To achieve this, the linear vibration and displacement of the object are accurately verified using a linear motion platform and a rotation stage, with accuracies of approximately 20 nm and 0.002°, respectively. Rotational vibration measurements utilize tracking beam deflection through the image fringe shift measurement method, while out-of-plane displacement is determined both from this method and from changes in the period density of diffraction patterns, which depend on the position of the patterns and the local spatial frequency. A CCD camera captures sequences of images of the deflected fringes due to vibrating object. The system can detect linear vibrations with frequencies above 251.91 µHz and has a displacement uncertainty of approximately 5.8 µm, achieving an angular resolution of 37.67 µrad. Compared to conventional LDV vibrometers and eddy current sensors, the proposed method offers an effective and accurate technique for measuring LFVs of shiny surfaces. Furthermore, it provides a significantly extended measurement range for both translation and rotational angles of objects in engineering applications.
Comparative liver transcriptome analysis in hamsters infected with food-borne trematodes Opisthorchis felineus, Opisthorchis viverrini, or Clonorchis sinensis
Authors: Lishai Ekaterina A. , Zaparina Oxana G. , Kapushchak Yaroslav K. , Sripa Banchob , Hong Sun-Jong , Cheng Guofeng , Pakharukova Maria Y. 
Published: December 2024

Background
Epidemiologically important food-borne trematodes Opisthorchis viverrini and Clonorchis sinensis are recognized as biological carcinogens of Group 1A, while Opisthorchis felineus is in Group 3 as noncarcinogenic to humans. Mechanisms of the biological carcinogenesis are still elusive. Some studies highlight chronic inflammation as a key factor and common pathway for cancer initiation and progression. Nonetheless, the chronic inflammation alone does not explain why these three species differ in carcinogenicity. We focused this study on genome-wide landscapes of liver gene expression and activation of cellular pathways in Mesocricetus auratus golden hamsters infected with C. sinensis (South Korea), O. viverrini (Thailand), or O. felineus (Russia) at 1 and 3 months after infection initiation.

Methodology/Principal findings
Liver transcriptomes of golden hamsters (HiSeq Illumina, 2X150 bp) were sequenced at 1 and 3 months postinfection. Data processing was carried out using the following bioinformatic and experimental approaches: analysis of differential gene expression, estimates of proportions of affected liver cell types, liver histopathology, and examination of weighted gene coexpression networks. All infections caused enrichment with inflammatory response signaling pathways, fibrogenesis and cell proliferation, and IL2–STAT5, TNF–NF-κB, TGF-β, Hippo, MAPK, and PI3K–Akt signaling pathways. Nevertheless, species-specific responses to each infection were noted too. We also identified species-specific responses of liver cell types, differentially expressed gene clusters, and cellular pathways associated with structural liver damage (such as periductal fibrosis, epithelial neoplasia, and inflammation).

Conclusions/Significance
This is the first comparative analysis of gene expression landscapes in the liver of experimental animals infected with O. viverrini, O. felineus, or C. sinensis. The trematodes have species-specific effects on the hepatobiliary system by triggering signaling pathways, thereby leading to differences in the severity of hepatobiliary structural lesions and contributing to the pathogenicity of closely related foodborne trematodes.
Schistosomiasis transmission: A machine learning analysis reveals the importance of agrochemicals on snail abundance in Rwanda
Authors: Kagabo Joseph , Tabo Zadoki , Kalinda Chester , Nyandwi Elias , Rujeni Nadine 
Published: December 2024

Background
Schistosomiasis is an important snail-borne parasitic disease whose transmission is exacerbated by water resource management activities. In Rwanda, meeting the growing population’s demand for food has led to wetlands reclamation for cultivation and increased agrochemical enrichment for crop production. However, the ecological consequences of agrochemical enrichment on schistosomiasis transmission remain unexplored.

Methods
A malacological survey was conducted in 71 villages selected from 15 schistosomiasis endemic districts. Snail sampling was done in wetlands used for agriculture, along lake Kivu and at constructed multipurpose water dams. Water physico-chemical parameters were collected at all snail sampling sites. Analysis of collected data was performed using Xgboost (gain) and Random Forest (mean decrease in accuracy), machine learning techniques, to construct models that evaluate and categorize the importance of all physico-chemical properties on the presence and abundance of intermediate host snails (IHS).

Results
Different sets of parameters were relevant for the presence and abundance of Biomphalaria spp. and/or Bulinus spp. snails. Electrical conductivity, elevation, magnesium and lead content were deemed to shape the presence and abundance of Bulinus spp. snails. The impact of phosphate ion concentration, ammonia ions, total nitrogen and total organic carbon levels mirrored their importance towards the presence and abundance of Biomphalaria spp. Factors such as pH, electric conductivity, total nitrogen content and total organic carbon influenced the coexistence of both species. Our study highlights the value of integrating a wide range of predictor variables, enabling effective variable selection to uncover important predictors of snail distribution.

Conclusion
The results suggest that agrochemical compounds can enhance the abundance of IHS leading to an increased risk of Schistosoma transmission. Snail surveillance could therefore be integrated into agricultural expansion projects in our match towards schistosomiasis elimination. Recognizing the impact of agrochemicals on IHS is crucial for minimizing schistosomiasis transmission among those working in wetlands while meeting the growing need for food.
Screening of potential regulatory genes in carotid atherosclerosis vascular immune microenvironment
Authors: Zhang Yi , Zhang Lingmin , Jia Yunfang , Fang Jing , Zhang Shuancheng , Hou Xianming 
Published: December 2024

Background
Immune microenvironment is one of the essential characteristics of carotid atherosclerosis (CAS), which cannot be reversed by drug therapy alone. Thus, there is a pressing need to develop novel immunoregulatory strategies to delay this pathological process that drives cardiovascular-related diseases. This study aimed to detect changes in the immune microenvironment of vascular tissues at various stages of carotid atherosclerosis, as well as cluster and stratify vascular tissue samples based on the infiltration levels of immune cell subtypes to distinguish immune phenotypes and identify potential hub genes regulating the immune microenvironment of carotid atherosclerosis.

Materials and methods
RNA sequencing datasets for CAS vascular tissue and healthy vascular tissue (GSE43292 and GSE28829) were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. To begin, the immune cell subtype infiltration level of all samples in both GSE43292 and GSE28829 cohorts was assessed using the ssGSEA algorithm. Following this, consensus clustering was performed to stratify CAS samples into different clusters. Finally, hub genes were identified using the maximum neighborhood component algorithm based on the construction of interaction networks, and their diagnostic efficiency was evaluated.

Results
Compared to the controls, a higher number of immune cell subtypes were enriched in CAS samples with higher immune scores in the GSE43292 cohort. Advanced CAS was characterized by high immune cell infiltration, whereas early CAS was characterized by low immune cell infiltration in the GSE28829 cohort. Moreover, CAS progression may be related to the immune response pathway. Biological processes associated with muscle cell development may impede the progression of CAS. Finally, the hub genes PTPRC, ACTN2, ACTC1, LDB3, MYOZ2, and TPM2 had satisfactory efficacy in the diagnosis and prediction of high and low immune cell infiltration in CAS and distinguishing between early and advanced CAS samples.

Conclusion
The enrichment of immune cells in vascular tissues is a primary factor driving pathological changes in CAS. Additionally, CAS progression may be related to the immune response pathway. Biological processes linked to muscle cell development may delay the progression of CAS. PTPRC, ACTN2, ACTC1, LDB3, MYOZ2, and TPM2 may regulate the immune microenvironment of CAS and participate in the occurrence and progression of the disease.
Value sets and the problem of redundancy in value set repositories
Authors: Gold Sigfried , Lehmann Harold P. , Schilling Lisa M. , Lutters Wayne G. 
Published: December 2024

Objective
Crafting high-quality value sets is time-consuming and requires a range of clinical, terminological, and informatics expertise. Despite widespread agreement on the importance of reusing value sets, value set repositories suffer from clutter and redundancy, greatly complicating efforts at reuse. When users encounter multiple value sets with the same name or ostensibly representing the same clinical condition, it can be difficult to choose amongst them or determine if any differences among them are due to error or intentional decision.

Methods
This paper offers a view of value set development and reuse based on a field study of researchers and informaticists. The results emerge from an analysis of relevant literature, reflective practice, and the field research data.

Results
Qualitative analysis of our study data, the relevant literature, and our own professional experience led us to three dichotomous concepts that frame an understanding of diverse practices and perspectives surrounding value set development:

Permissible values versus analytic value sets;
Prescriptive versus descriptive approaches to controlled medical vocabulary use; and
Semantic and empirical types of value set development and evaluation practices and the data they rely on.

This three-fold framework opens up the redundancy problem, explaining why multiple value sets may or may not be needed and advancing academic understanding of value set development.

Conclusion
In order for value set repositories to become more rather than less useful over time, software must channel user efforts into either improving existing value sets or making new ones only when absolutely necessary. This would require major, innovative changes to value set repository platforms. We believe the most direct path to giving value set developers the ability to leverage prior work is by encouraging them to compare existing value sets using advanced interfaces like VS-Hub, and by collecting and using metadata about code inclusion and exclusion decisions during the authoring process.
A longitudinal study of alcohol consumption among adults in Victoria, Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Ke Tianhui , Livingston Michael , Zhang Yanqin , Pavlyshyn Damian , Altermatt Aimée , Thomas Alexander , Nguyen Thi , Walker Shelley , Hill Sophie , Coelho Alison , Pedrana Alisa , Stoové Mark , Hellard Margaret , Gibney Katherine B. , Wilkinson Anna L. 
Published: December 2024

Objectives
Whilst public health measures were effective in reducing COVID-19 transmission, unintended negative consequences may have occurred. This study aims to assess changes alcohol consumption and the heavy episodic drinking (HED) during the pandemic.

Methods
Data were from the Optimise Study, a longitudinal cohort of Australian adults September 2020–August 2022 that over-sampled priority populations at higher risk of contracting COVID-19, developing severe COVID-19 or experiencing adverse consequences of lockdowns. Frequency of alcohol consumption (mean number of days per week) and past-week HED were self-reported. Generalised linear models estimated the association between time and (1) the frequency of alcohol consumption and (2) heavy episodic drinking.

Results
Data from 688 participants (mean age: 44.7 years, SD:17.0; 72.7% female) and 10,957 surveys were included. Mean days of alcohol consumption per week decreased from 1.92 (SD: 1.92) in 2020 to 1.54 (SD:1.94) in 2022. The proportion of participants reporting HED decreased from 25.4% in 2020 to 13.1% in 2022. During two lockdown periods, known as “lockdown five”, (OR:0.65, 95%CI [0.47,0.90]) and “lockdown six” (OR:0.76, 95%CI [0.67,0.87]), participants were less likely to report HED.

Conclusions
Participants alcohol drinking frequency and HED decreased during the pandemic. This study provides a strong description of alcohol consumption during the pandemic and suggests that lockdowns did not have the unintended consequences of increased alcohol consumption.
Refusals and Reinventions: Engendering New Indigenous and Black Life across the Americas, Daniel Ìgbín’bí Coleman (2024)
Authors: Hughes Carys 
Published: December 2024

Review of: Refusals and Reinventions: Engendering New Indigenous and Black Life across the Americas, Daniel Ìgbín’bí Coleman (2024)
Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 169 pp.,
IBSN 978-0-81425-904-7, p/bk, $29.95
MEMO - Multicentro Educacional Modena Sergio Neri: uma entrevista com Franca Amadei
Authors: Sommerhalder Aline , Alves Fernando Donizete 
Published: December 2024

Nesta entrevista, Franca Amadei, responsável pela Biblioteca Pedagógica do MEMO - Multicentro Educativo Modena Sergio Neri, situada na cidade de Modena, norte da Itália, aborda sua trajetória pessoal e profissional focando o trabalho no MEMO. Também aborda aspectos do pensamento de Sergio Neri, pedagogo e personagem importante do movimento de renovação da escola, particularmente de educação infantil, italiana no pós-guerra. O MEMO é uma estrutura do Departamento de Serviços Educacionais e Igualdade de Oportunidades do Município de Modena, credenciado como um centro de serviços e consultoria para instituições escolares autônomas na Emilia-Romagna, atendendo principalmente escolas e comunidade de Modena. Ele foi criado em 2004 a partir da fusão de vários serviços vinculados a Secretaria de Educaçãode Modena tais como: o Centro de Documentação Educacional, o Centro de Documentação sobre Deficiência, a Biblioteca Pedagógica, os Itinerários Escola-Cidade, o Centro Intercultural/Educação de Adultos, constituindo-se em um sistema integrado e articulado de serviços para apoiar as instituições educacionais da região que operam na faixa etária de 0 a 18 anos.
Influence of mesoscale eddies on the spring phytoplankton groups in the Southern Gulf of Mexico
Authors: González-Fernández José Manuel , Luna-Soria Ruth , Alexander-Valdés Héctor Mauricio , Durán-Campos Elizabeth , Coria-Monter Erik , Gracia Adolfo 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
In this study, we analyzed the abundance and distribution of eight major phytoplankton groups and their relationship to hydrography and nutrient concentrations in oceanic waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico based on 63 stations sampled during April and May 2017. At each location, a CTD/Rosette system configured with Niskin bottles was used to acquire high-resolution hydrographic data and collect water samples at standard depths for chemical determination (nutrients and chlorophyll-a) and identification of phytoplankton cells. Cold and warm cores corresponding to cyclonic/anticyclonic eddies were recorded, which influenced the vertical and horizontal distributions of nutrients and chlorophyll-a. In terms of phytoplankton, Dinophyceae was the most abundant group, accounting for 454,160 cells l−1. Phytoflagellates recorded 171,939 cells l−1; Cyanophyceae 50,720 cells l−1; Bacillariophyceae 25,457 cells l−1; Haptophyta 15,851 cells l−1; and Silicoflagellata 7,940 cells l−1. The two groups with the lowest abundances were Raphidophyceae and Chlorophyceae, with 1,557 and 882 cells l−1, respectively. The vertical distributions and abundances of the eight groups showed different patterns. Three main large regions of high abundance (>10,000 cells l−1) coincided with nutrient-rich cold cores, particularly in the southern portion. Each phytoplankton group is related to specific hydrographic and chemical parameters.
High order moment conserving method of classes in CFD code
Authors: Jama Mohamed Ali , Buffo Antonio , Zhao Wenli , Alopaeus Ville 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Dispersed multiphase flows are widely present in the majority of chemical process industry equipment. For the purpose of design, optimization, and scale up of these industrial systems, robust, accurate and fast simulation methods are needed, especially when coupling computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with population balance models (PBM). In this work, the high-order moment conserving method of classes (HMMC) is implemented and tested within the commercial CFD software of ANSYS Fluent with two simple well-defined test cases and a realistic 3D simulation of rotating disc (RDC) extractor. Firstly, a zero-dimensional PBM with well-mixed assumption and no convection was solved for a single computational cell in Fluent to verify the implementation in comparison with a simple reactor model in MATLAB. Secondly, the convection was considered by solving a one-dimensional PBM for three computational cells side by side in Fluent and compared with an equivalent three staged reactor model in MATLAB. Eventually, realistic 3D RDC simulations were conducted to fully couple the HMMC and CFD in Fluent. The implementation of HMMC was compared to predictions with other state-of-the-art PBM solution methods, e.g., the quadrature method of moments (QMOM) and the fixed pivot technique (FPT) in Fluent and MATLAB platforms. The implementation of the HMMC in Fluent platform was straightforward with no additional challenges. The verification shows that the HMMC approach is robust and efficient for polydispersed multiphase CFD simulations.
Beyond thinking fast and slow: a Bayesian intuitionist model of clinical reasoning in real-world practice
Authors: Ng Isaac K.S. , Goh Wilson G.W. , Lim Tow Keang 
Published: December 2024

Abstract
Clinical reasoning is a quintessential aspect of medical training and practice, and is a topic that has been studied and written about extensively over the past few decades. However, the predominant conceptualisation of clinical reasoning has insofar been extrapolated from cognitive psychological theories that have been developed in other areas of human decision-making. Till date, the prevailing model of understanding clinical reasoning has remained as the dual process theory which views cognition as a dichotomous two-system construct, where intuitive thinking is fast, efficient, automatic but error-prone, and analytical thinking is slow, effortful, logical, deliberate and likely more accurate. Nonetheless, we find that the dual process model has significant flaws, not only in its fundamental construct validity, but also in its lack of practicality and applicability in naturistic clinical decision-making. Instead, we herein offer an alternative Bayesian-centric, intuitionist approach to clinical reasoning that we believe is more representative of real-world clinical decision-making, and suggest pedagogical and practice-based strategies to optimise and strengthen clinical thinking in this model to improve its accuracy in actual practice.
A cross-sectional study of satisfaction with life among 1st year students and doctors of a teaching hospital of the national capital region
Authors: Goswami Arpita , Kumar Mukesh , Paul Rahul , Upadhyay Preeti , Tripathi Pragya , Roy Tulika Rani 
Published: December 2024

Abstract

Objectives
With rising work pressure, balancing personal life is not easy for any professional. Aspirations at the time of admission into professional college do not last for long, as we observe doctors who are less satisfied than enthusiastic first-year students at dental college. The present study aimed to determine subjective well-being and comparison of satisfaction with life among first professional dental students and doctors of a teaching hospital in the National Capital Region, India.

Methods
The current study was conducted for one month among 100 1st year dental students and 100 junior doctors, including the faculty of a teaching hospital in the National Capital Region, India. Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) was used to assess the level of satisfaction in their lives. Associated factors which might affect this satisfaction were also enquired for.

Results
The mean age of first professional dental students and doctors was 19.3 ± 1.6 and 27.52 ± 2.54 years, respectively. 76 (76%) 1st professional students and 68 (68%) doctors were found to be satisfied with their lives when assessed over SWLS. Odds of being satisfied were significantly more in the age group of 20–25 years. Those students and doctors who had opted for dental, taking it as a reputed profession or as their ambition, were found to be more satisfied with their lives. Students who were satisfied with the hostel accommodation were significantly more satisfied with their lives. Among doctors, those who were either married or were in a relationship and who were satisfied with their income were more satisfied.

Conclusions
A significant proportion of doctors and 1st professional dental students were satisfied with their lives. More students were satisfied with their lives than doctors. Factors like satisfaction with income and reason for joining the dental profession were found to have significant associations.