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Listening Touch
Authors: Smith Rosalind Holgate 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
This chapter investigates foundational practices of listening touch, used in Contact Improvisation, and proposes new touch techniques where space brought into awareness to enhance empathic modes of being with and among Others. Informed by new materialist scholarship concerning the entangled nature of relationships, the author explores touch as a way of being in the world and examines listening as a haptic practice that can make possible encounters with Otherness. Building upon foundational somatic listening practices, the new touch techniques proposed include hovering, accompanying, and listening in action. In these techniques, space is proposed to enhance an individual’s ability to stay with disturbing sensations, strong emotions, arousal, and encounters with the unknown or an Otherness within. Taking from Leah Basel’s essay “The Politics of Listening,” space is considered to enhance empathy and compassion and in this research is applied in touch and embodied in dance to support ethical and sustainable ways of co-becoming with diverse cultures and differences. The author draws from lab group research with CI colleagues that form part of her community in Berlin, and she reflects also on an extended CI practice that involves dancing outdoors with environmental matter. These varied contexts and sources support reflections on how receptively humans can relate with other material life forms, and assist her in developing techniques of listening that suggest deeply embedded, environmental ways of attending with Others on micro and macro terms.
Contact Improvisation in China and Taiwan
Authors: Ku Ming-Shen , Liao Shuyi (Candy) , Zhang Xiao , Ge Huichao (Dew) , Wang Yuting (Elsie) 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
This roundtable discusses the presence and evolution of Contact Improvisation (CI) in mainland China and Taiwan. The participants come from various backgrounds from Beijing, Hangzhou, and Taiwan and share their personal journeys with CI, highlighting its introduction, development, and significance in their dance communities. They reflect on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on CI activities and the role of CI in fostering connections, trust, and spirituality in their local communities. In terms of CI’s future in these regions, they express optimism and emphasize its inclusive and open nature. They also stress the importance of overcoming language barriers to facilitate international exchange and understanding within the global CI community. This conversation sheds light on the unique perspectives and contributions of mainland China and Taiwan to the world of Contact Improvisation.
Intensive Curiosity
Authors: Dumit Joseph , Jensen Dorte Bjerre 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
In this chapter, the authors explore Contact Improvisation (CI) from the point of view of teaching. They assume for purposes of argument that classes and jams are different kinds of things. Their interest is in the insights that CI classes provide about teaching and teaching improvisation in particular, and in turn what teaching CI reveals about CI as a particular kind of collective-focused research into body/mind curiosity. Their thematic conclusions are: (1) CI teaching is a continual balancing between showing and telling and instigating; (2) CI can be teaching “practice as research” together, including teaching collective research and researching togetherness; (3) CI teachers are often able to explore their own curiosity through teaching, through sharing the edge of their curiosity, and they often improvise teaching in order to teach improvisation; and (4) CI uses words to push practice and practice to push language. Not only is reflection time critical in teaching CI, words are a necessary part of this “practice as research.”
On State Capacity and the Reforms Puzzle
Authors: Aiyar Yamini 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
This chapter locates the challenge of reforming India’s public education system within the broader theoretical debates on state capacity. The objective is to articulate the theoretical contributions of this book. It begins by defining the two key analytical concepts that undergird this research—state capacity and implementation. This is followed by a broad overview of the theoretical and policy discourse that has dominated understanding of India’s weak state capacity. Through this overview, this chapter highlights two analytically distinct approaches to the explanations for weak state capacity in India: the political economy framework that focuses on state-society dynamics and the disciplining-plumbing framework that emphasises techno-managerial explanations. The chapter interrogates the approaches to building state capacity that emerge from these two explanatory frameworks and highlights their limits. It concludes by unveiling the key arguments of this book, drawing attention to the relevance of understanding perspectives of frontline workers, the organisational context and the role this plays in shaping their professional identity and sense of purpose and motivation as critical ingredients to state capacity that existing explanations do not pay attention to.
Education Policy in India
Authors: Aiyar Yamini 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
This chapter presents a brief history of the policy landscape in school education in India, dating back to the Kothari Commission and the New Education Policy of the early 1960s. The purpose is to locate Delhi’s effort within the larger set of ideas, contestations, and policy choices that have shaped school education in India since the 1960s, when the first education reform commission was set up. This chapter goes on to explore the evolution of state experiments of the 1980s in non formal education in Andhra Pradesh, the shiksha karmi and Lok Jumbish in Rajasthan and the eventual coalescing in the District Primary Education Program in the 1990s. It then traces debates on learning outcomes that ensued into 2000s as the Government of India expanded the goal of universalization of education and education for all via the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan and the Right to education. Building on this history, this chapter seeks to offer an analytical interpretation of what contributed to the successes and failures of reforms, and locates the debates surrounding the Delhi government’s education reform within this broader landscape of Indian education policy.
Comparing ChatGPT vs Surgeon-Generated Informed Consent Documentation for Plastic Surgery Procedures
Authors: Patel Ishan , Om Anjali , Cuzzone Daniel , Garcia Nores Gabriela 
Published: October 2024

Abstract

Informed consent is a crucial requirement of a patient's surgical care but can be a burdensome task. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning language models may provide an alternative approach to writing detailed, readable consent forms in an efficient manner. No studies have assessed the accuracy and completeness of AI-generated consents for aesthetic plastic surgeries. This study aims to compare the length, reading level, accuracy, and completeness of informed consent forms that are AI chatbot (ChatGPT-4; OpenAI, San Francisco, CA) generated vs plastic surgeon generated for the most commonly performed aesthetic plastic surgeries. This study is a cross-sectional design comparing informed consent forms created by the American Association of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) with informed consent forms generated by ChatGPT-4 for the 5 most commonly performed plastic surgery procedures: liposuction, breast augmentation, abdominoplasty, breast lift, and blepharoplasty. The average word count of ChatGPT forms was lower than the ASPS-generated forms (1023 vs 2901, P = .01). Average reading level for ChatGPT forms was also lower than the ASPS forms (11.2 vs 12.5, P = .02). There was no difference between accuracy and completeness scores for general descriptions of the surgery, risks, benefits, or alternatives. The mean overall impression score for ChatGPT consents was 2.33, whereas it was 2.23 for ASPS consent forms (P = .18). In this study, the authors demonstrate that informed consent forms generated by ChatGPT were significantly shorter and more readable than ASPS forms with no significant difference in completeness and accuracy.

Level of Evidence: 5 (Risk)
TransAnnot—a fast transcriptome annotation pipeline
Authors: Zelenskaia Mariia , Arangasamy Yazhini , Mirdita Milot , Söding Johannes , Raghavan Venket 
Published: October 2024

Abstract

Summary
The annotation of deeply sequenced, de novo assembled transcriptomes continues to be a challenge as some of the state-of-the-art tools are slow, difficult to install, and hard to use. We have tackled these issues with TransAnnot, a fast, automated transcriptome annotation pipeline that is easy to install and use. Leveraging the fast sequence searches provided by the MMseqs2 suite, TransAnnot offers one-step annotation of homologs from Swiss-Prot, gene ontology terms and orthogroups from eggNOG, and functional domains from Pfam. Users also have the option to annotate against custom databases. TransAnnot accepts sequencing reads (short and long), nucleotide sequences, or amino acid sequences as input for annotation. When benchmarked with test data sets of amino acid sequences, TransAnnot was 333, 284, and 18 times faster than comparable tools such as EnTAP, Trinotate, and eggNOG-mapper respectively.

Availability and implementation
TransAnnot is free to use, open sourced under GPLv3, and is implemented in C++ and Bash. Source code, documentation, and pre-compiled binaries are available at https://github.com/soedinglab/transannot. TransAnnot is also available via bioconda (https://anaconda.org/bioconda/transannot).
The Liminality of Fraud: Reimagining Fraud Theory to Inform Financial Crime Prevention
Authors: Harding Nicola , Cooper Emily , Sales Tony , McDonald Andy , Kingston Sarah 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
Utilizing knowledge from academics, practitioners and subject matter experts with lived experience of fraud, this paper offers four significant contributions to fraud theory. Firstly, we argue that fraudsters seek out liminal spaces. Secondly, the paper identifies that fraudsters do not always seek immediate financial gain. Thirdly, we argue that within liminal space, individuals are transformed into fraud victims or potentially ‘co-offenders’ used to target businesses. By understanding the importance of liminality for the success of fraudulent interactions, we propose that both on and offline spaces that are vulnerable to facilitating fraud can be identified. Finally, we make the argument that aspects of situational crime prevention can be utilized within liminal spaces at key points to prevent fraud.
Assessment of sun protection factors in the Irish adult population following the SunSmart campaign 2023
Authors: Kelly Caitriona , McEnery Maria , Daly Selene , Tobin Anne Marie , McCarthy Triona 
Published: October 2024

Abstract

Background
SunSmart is the annual skin cancer prevention awareness campaign run by the National Cancer Control Programme in Ireland.

Objectives
To assess sun protection attitudes following the 2023 campaign and compare findings with those gathered in 2022.

Methods
An online survey was conducted in September 2023, repeating the 2022 survey. Data were collated and analysed.

Results
In 2023, 48.0% (n = 481/1002) of adults reported being sunburnt that summer. Younger adults (aged 18–24 years) were more likely than older adults (aged ≥ 55 years) to report sunburn [n = 71/115 (61.7%) vs. n = 99/345 (28.7%); P &lt; 0.001]. In assessing the ‘SunSmart 5Ss’, 93.6% (n = 938/1002) rated sunscreen, 88.4% (n = 886/1002) rated shade, 83.9% (n = 841/1002) rated hats, 70.5% (n = 706/1002) rated long sleeves and 70.1% (n = 702/1002) rated sunglasses as important. Older adults were more likely than younger adults to rate each factor as important. A higher proportion reported each factor as important compared with 2022. Awareness of the campaign increased, with 32.2% (n = 323/1002) having heard of SunSmart vs. 20.5% in 2022 (n = 205/1000; P &lt; 0.001). Awareness was higher in older adults than younger adults [n = 135/345 (39.1%) vs. n = 24/115 (20.9%); P &lt; 0.001], and in those who reported no sunburn [n = 179/521 (34.4%) vs. n = 144/481 (29.9%); P = 0.02].

Conclusions
Awareness of the SunSmart campaign and the perceived importance of the sun protection factors have improved since 2022, with the perceived importance of the ‘SunSmart 5Ss’ being reasonably high. Reaching younger adults and improving their sun protection behaviours remain areas for progress.
Ten tips on how to manage obesity in the presence of CKD
Authors: Kaesler Nadine , Fleig Susanne 
Published: October 2024

ABSTRACT
Patients with chronic kidney disease are frequently facing the challenge of weight reduction. Finding a weight loss strategy is on the one hand essential to reduce the co-morbidity risks in CKD but remains complex due to the metabolic abnormalities with declining renal function. Here, we provide ten tips to support our CKD patients on their journey, focussing on dietary and behavioural habits and health professional supportive therapies.
Echocardiographic phenotype in severe aortic stenosis with and without transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis: the AMY-TAVI study
Authors: Bastos-Fernandez Maria , Lopez-Otero Diego , Lopez-Pais Javier , Pubul-Nuñez Virginia , Neiro-Rey Carmen , Lado-Baleato Oscar , Gude-Sampedro Francisco , Alvarez-Barredo Maria , Gonzalez-Salvado Violeta , Pena-Gil Carlos , Martinon-Martinez Jesus , de la Fuente Rey Antía , Otero-Garcia Oscar , Jimenez-Ramos Victor , Garcia-Rodeja Federico , Tasende-Rey Pablo , Ruiz-Donate Javier , Sanmartin-Pena Xoan Carlos , Martinez-Monzonis Amparo , Gonzalez-Juanatey Jose R 
Published: October 2024

Abstract

Aims
The relative apical sparing pattern of left ventricular (LV) longitudinal strain (RELAPS &gt; 1) has been described as a typical sign of cardiac amyloidosis (CA). The objective was to validate this pattern in concomitant CA and aortic stenosis (AS) and to identify new echocardiographic variables suggestive of CA in the presence of AS.

Methods and results
Three hundred and twenty-four consecutive patients (age 81.5 ± 5.8 years, 51% women) with AS who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) were prospectively included. 2D speckle tracking echocardiography was performed. Following TAVI, 99mTc-DPD scintigraphy and protein electrophoresis were performed to screen for CA. Thirty-eight patients (11.7%) showed cardiac uptake in scintigraphy: 14 patients (4.3%) with Grade 1, 13 (4%) with Grade 2, and 11 (3.4%) with Grade 3. Patients with Grades 2 and 3 (AS-CA group) had more LV hypertrophy (LV mass index: 188 vs. 172 g/m2, P = 0.032), lower transvalvular aortic pressure gradient (P &lt; 0.003), and higher prevalence of low-gradient AS (50% vs. 19%, P = 0.001), as well as greater diastolic and systolic dysfunction. Strain analysis was limited to 243 patients due to poor acoustic window and restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic (81 lost: 79 in AS alone, 1 each in AS-DPD1 and AS-CA groups). RELAPS &gt; 1 was more prevalent in AS-CA group (74% vs. 44%, P = 0.006). An echocardiographic prediction model (GRAM score) for CA in the presence of AS, which is more sensitive and specific than RELAPS &gt; 1 alone, is proposed using the LV mass, maximum aortic gradient, and RELAPS &gt; 1, in addition to age (area under the curve: 0.85, 95% confidence interval: 0.77–0.93).

Conclusion
RELAPS &gt; 1 is more prevalent in AS-CA but can occur in almost half of AS patients without CA, which reduces its value as a screening tool. A more sensitive and specific prediction score for CA in patients with severe AS is proposed.
Evolution of left ventricular thrombus on serial cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging
Authors: Bawaskar Parag , Hooker Mendez Abel A , Athwal Pal Satyajit Singh , Velangi Pratik S , Guo Yugene , Singh Rahul , Shenoy Chetan 
Published: October 2024

Abstract

Aims
Current management of left ventricular (LV) thrombus relies on limited, non-contemporary, echocardiography-based studies. Data on LV thrombus evolution and the associated embolic risk are scarce. We aimed to describe the evolution of LV thrombus on serial cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR)—the current reference standard for the detection of LV thrombus—and identify correlates of no resolution and the embolic risk associated with resolution status.

Methods and results
We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 107 consecutive patients with LV thrombus who had 213 serial CMRs at a median of 255 days after the index CMR. Of these, 97.2% were anticoagulated. At 3 months after detection by CMR, 75% (47/63) had no resolution of LV thrombus; at 6 months, 53% (35/66) had no resolution; and at 12 months, 37% (23/63) had no resolution. Correlates of no resolution at 6 months included a history of myocardial infarction, LV aneurysm, ischaemic aetiology of cardiomyopathy, and larger thrombus volume. Recurrence of LV thrombus was rare at 5.3%. On survival analysis using the landmark analysis method, embolic events often occurred beyond 6 months, more frequently in patients with unresolved LV thrombus.

Conclusion
Our findings challenge previous literature by demonstrating a lower rate of resolution of LV thrombus and substantial embolic risk beyond 6 months associated with unresolved LV thrombus on serial CMR. Our findings advocate for extended anticoagulation, particularly in patients with markers associated with no resolution. These findings have important implications for clinical practice and research into managing patients with LV thrombus.
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis associated with malignant arrhythmias: a case report
Authors: Brown Chris , Henry John A , Le Page Pierre , Mitchell Andrew R 
Published: October 2024

Abstract

Background
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a rare vasculitis associated with significant cardiac morbidity and mortality. This case report presents the diagnostic and management challenges of EGPA-related arrhythmias in a remote general hospital setting.

Case summary
A 64-year-old Caucasian male presented with an indolent prodrome of fatigue, shortness of breath and anorexia, that culminated in an acute presentation with pulmonary embolism. His complicated clinical course included intracranial haemorrhage and refractory ventricular arrhythmias. Eosinophilia and sub-endocardial hypoattenuation observed on chest computed tomography were key findings that led to the diagnosis of EGPA. Multiple anti-arrhythmic therapies were required as temporary measures whilst control of the underlying eosinophilic inflammation was achieved.
Once stable, the patient was transferred to a tertiary cardiac centre for further investigation and cardioverter-defibrillator implantation. With EGPA now well controlled, he has experienced no further ventricular arrhythmias and has fully recovered.

Conclusion
Cardiac complications of EGPA, including ventricular arrhythmias, are difficult to manage without concurrent immunosuppression, which may itself further destabilize cardiac electrophysiology. The role of multiple imaging modalities in the diagnosis and monitoring of EGPA is emphasized, with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging playing a crucial role in detecting sub-endocardial fibrosis.
A rare complication of blood culture-negative infective endocarditis on tricuspid valve: case report
Authors: Bellina Giovanni , Scandura Salvatore , Lentini Salvatore , Capodanno Davide , Tamburino Corrado 
Published: October 2024

Abstract

Background
Endocarditis is an infectious disease, with an incidence of ∼15 cases per 100 000 people, affecting the tricuspid valve in 10% of cases. Infective endocarditis with negative blood cultures (BCNIE) accounts for more than 20% of cases of infective endocarditis. Perivalvular extension of the infection represents the most detrimental complications of BCNIE.

Case summary
A 25-year-old South Asian male was admitted due to fever for 15 days and new onset chest pain. The blood tests showed an increase in inflammatory indices. A chest X-ray showed enlargement of the cardiac shadow. On cardiac examination, a holosystolic murmur at the left sternal edge border was heard. The transthoracic echocardiogram showed a filamentous formation on the tricuspid valve and communication between the aorta and right atrium with left–right shunt. A transoesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) was performed to confirm the diagnosis of IE. Three sets of blood cultures were performed, with negative results, empirical therapy was managed and a decision for TEE-guided cardiac surgery was made.

Discussion
Fistula is a rare complication of IE representing the most insidious consequence of uncontrolled infection like BCNIE, a condition that has restricted the therapeutic possibilities to empirical therapy only and to early surgery. The TEE was instrumental in diagnosing right-sided infective endocarditis and allowing us to focus on the perivalvular spread of the infection in our case.
Comparative effects of different power settings for achieving transmural isolation of the left atrial posterior wall with radiofrequency energy
Authors: La Fazia Vincenzo Mirco , Pierucci Nicola , Schiavone Marco , Compagnucci Paolo , Mohanty Sanghamitra , Gianni Carola , Della Rocca Domenico Giovanni , Horton Rodney , Al-Ahmad Amin , Di Biase Luigi , Dello Russo Antonio , Lavalle Carlo , Forleo Giovanni , Tondo Claudio , Natale Andrea 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
A shared developmental genetic basis for sexually antagonistic male and female adaptations in the toothed water strider
Authors: Pruvôt Claudia , Armisén David , Roux Pascale , Arnqvist Göran , Rowe Locke , Husby Arild , Khila Abderrahman 
Published: October 2024

Abstract
Sexual conflict can drive the divergence of male and female phenotypes and cross-species comparative analyses have documented patterns of correlated evolution of sex-specific traits that promote the evolutionary interests of the sexes. However, male–female coevolution can be highly dynamic, particularly if the male and female traits share an underlying genetic program. Here, we use water striders, a well-studied model system for sexually antagonistic coevolution, and ask whether sex-specific phenotypic adaptations covary across populations and whether they share a common developmental genetic basis. Using comparative analyses both at the population and species levels, we document an association between a derived male mate-grasping trait and a putative female antigrasping counteradaptation in the toothed water strider Gerris odontogaster. Interestingly, in several populations where males have partly lost their derived grasping trait, females have also reduced their antigrasping adaptation. We used RNAi to show that these male and female traits are both linked to a common developmental genetic program involving Hox- and sex-determination genes, despite the fact that they are different structures on different abdominal segments. Our work illustrates the dynamic nature of sexually antagonistic coevolution and suggests that the pleiotropic nature of developmental genetic programs can blur the distinction between inter- and intralocus genetic conflict.