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Improved Glycemic Control using Oral Semaglutide in a Patient with Type 2 Diabetes with Insulin Allergy
Authors: Abouglila Kamal , Gatnash Mouad 
Published: September 2024

AbstractWe present a unique clinical scenario of a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who exhibited an allergic reaction to all forms of insulin. The patient had previously maintained good glycemic control with maximum-dose metformin. However, her glycemic control deteriorated once she became pregnant. Trials with various types of insulin resulted in allergic reactions, but this was managed successfully using insulin pump therapy, which was discontinued postpartum. Upon reassessment, her HbA1c had deteriorated to 80 mmol/mol. After re-attempting various insulin formulations without success, she was trialed again using the closed-loop Omnipod system. Initial management with the closed-loop system failed to achieve optimal glycemic control. Therefore, oral semaglutide was added. The introduction of oral semaglutide to her treatment regimen led to a significant improvement in her glycemic status. This report compares the patient's glycemic control while on the closed-loop Omnipod system alone versus in combination with oral semaglutide. The findings suggest that oral semaglutide, in conjunction with a closed-loop system, may offer a viable alternative for patients with insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes who cannot tolerate insulin.
Ku-band 300 kW high power ferrite phase shifter
Authors: Hu Xianggang , Su Jiancang , Bai Bing , Yu Zengqiang , Lu Xiaogang , Li Mei , Li Rui , Cheng Jie , Zhang Jiande , Wu Shaotong 
Published: September 2024

Phase shifter (PS) is a key component of a phased array antenna (PAA) system, which controls the microwave phase and realizes the antenna beam forming and scanning. A ferrite PS (FPS) is a current-controlled PS that uses the ferrite’s gyromagnetic properties to realize phase shifting. It has the advantages of short phase switching time, low microwave loss, and high reliability and, therefore, has been widely used in low-power PAA systems. However, the power handling capability of the traditional Ku-band FPS is only a few kW, prohibiting FPS from being used in high-power microwave (HPM) PAA systems. Spurred by this concern, this paper proposes a new dual-toroid FPS structure with an external magnetic excitation. By optimizing the PS configuration, improving the integration process, and enhancing the performance of ferrite materials, a single FPS in the Ku band has reached the power handling capability of more than 300 kW with an insertion loss of less than −1.2 dB, the phase shift range of 0°–360°, the width less than 11.5 mm, and the ability of a one-dimensional array. The FPS has the potential to be used in the PAA of an HPM system, laying a foundation for the research of the HPM PAA system.
Sex work, syndemic conditions and condomless anal intercourse among men who have sex with men who engage in sex work in Latin America
Authors: Sönmez İbrahim , Lorente Nicolas , Mesías-Gazmuri Jocelyn , Schmidt Axel J. , Jonas Kai J. , Stuardo Avila Valeria , Marcus Ulrich , Veras Maria Amelia , Casabona Barbarà Jordi , Folch Cinta 
Published: September 2024

Background In Latin American countries and Suriname, sexual transmission is one of the most common modes of HIV transmission, and men who have sex with men (MSM) who engage in sex work constitute a key population. Methods In a sample of MSM (N = 53,166) from the Latin American Internet Survey (2018) across 18 countries, we examined how sex work engagement is associated with syndemic conditions (multidrug use, homophobic abuse, depression/anxiety, alcohol dependency (CAGE alcohol questionnaire) and internalised homonegativity) and condomless anal intercourse with non-steady male partners using separate logistic regressions. We then used a structural equation model to determine if and how syndemic conditions mediate the relationship between sex work engagement and non-steady male partners. Results We found that getting paid for sex was associated with less condom use for anal intercourse with non-steady male partners and particular syndemic conditions, such as multidrug use, homophobic abuse and alcohol dependency. In our structural equation model, the results showed that the direct relationship between sex work engagement and non-steady male partners was positive and significant, and syndemic conditions partially mediated this relationship. Conclusion Our results highlight the continuing need for including MSM who engage in sex work and those who experience syndemic conditions in the prevention strategies targeted to MSM in Latin America and Suriname, to prevent the transmission of HIV.
Figurativeness of the Japanese flag
Authors: Dyrmo Tomasz 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
The analysis offered in this article applies the multilevel approach to conceptual metaphor to relief posters, created and distributed widely after the massive Japan 2011 earthquake. The aim of the analysis is to show in what way the multilevel approach to metaphor can be used to illustrate how the figurative meaning of relief posters emerges from the interactions between different levels of schematicity: from basic image schemas and domains, through contextually embedded semantic frames, finishing with metaphorical scenarios at the highest level of specificity and complexity. The present analysis also shows the potential applicability of image schemas as the guiding analytical element, serving as the departure point for the unfolding metaphorical and metonymical interpretation of a multimodal message. Accordingly, it has been shown how the image schemas of part-whole, full-empty, process and force aid the analysis of metaphoricity and how the central metonymic element of the national flag co-constructs the figurative reading of the posters.
Frame exploitation at its worst
Authors: Abdel-Raheem Ahmed 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Although essential to science and health communication, metaphors can backfire. At this point, any attempt on the
part of the speaker to clarify his/her intentions would ultimately prove futile because the mental situation models of speakers
and their recipients may not be the same. A debate over the meaning of a metaphor, the variations in its interpretation, or
constant negotiation between the interactants poses a substantial challenge to intention-based theories of implicature. A corpus
analysis of the “kofta” analogy used by a senior Egyptian army doctor during a February 2014 televised news conference to announce
cures for AIDS and hepatitis C and the ensuing impasse over its appropriateness shows that a metaphor designed to publicly
communicate science, to confront and shatter the stereotypical image of scientists as dull and stilted people, to persuade
citizens to accept the claims as fact, or to hide the speaker’s own scientific ignorance may be sarcastically repeated, extended,
and elaborated (“overexploited”) by the target audience (“overdone metaphors”). The doctor or his use of the metaphor of “I give
[the virus] back as a kebab skewer for the patient to feed on” has been condemned as “too lower class”. Various forms of metaphor
denial and resistance are examined. The article, analyzing thousands of YouTube comments on the news conference video, provides
valuable insights for interpreting tropes and has important implications both for science and health communicators and
socio-cognitive pragmaticists.
Black hole—neutron star binary mergers: the impact of stellar compactness
Authors: Tsao Bing-Jyun , Khamesra Bhavesh , Gracia-Linares Miguel , Laguna Pablo 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Recent gravitational wave (GW) observations include possible detections of black hole—neutron star binary mergers. As with binary black hole mergers, numerical simulations help characterize the sources. For binary systems with neutron star components, the simulations help to predict the imprint of tidal deformations and disruptions on the GW signals. In a previous study, we investigated how the mass of the black hole has an impact on the disruption of the neutron star and, as a consequence, on the shape of the GWs emitted. We extend these results to study the effects of varying the compactness of the neutron star. We consider neutron star compactness in the 0.113–0.2 range for binaries with mass ratios of 3 and 5. As the compactness and the mass ratio increase, the binary system behaves during the late inspiral and merger more like a black hole binary. For the cases with the least compact neutron star, the GWs emitted, in terms of mismatches, are the most distinguishable from those by a binary black hole. The disruption of the star significantly suppresses the kicks on the final black hole. The disruption also affects, although not dramatically, the spin of the final black hole. Lastly, for neutron stars with low compactness, the quasi-normal ringing of the black hole after the merger does not show a clean quasi-normal ringing because of the late accretion of debris from the neutron star.
Anomalous higher order Ward identities in tensorial group field theories without closure constraint
Authors: Wahabou Kpera Bio , Lahoche Vincent , Ousmane Samary Dine , Fawaaz Zime Yerima Seke 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
The Ward–Takahashi identities are considered as the generalization of the Noether currents available to quantum field theory and include quantum fluctuation effects. Usually, they take the form of relations between correlation functions, which ultimately correspond to the relation between coupling constants of the theory. For this reason, they play a central role in the construction of renormalized theory, providing strong relations between counter-terms. Since last years, they have been intensively considered in the construction of approximate solutions for nonperturbative renormalization group of tensorial group field theories. The construction of these identities is based on the formal invariance of the partition function under a unitary transformation, and Ward’s identities result from a first-order expansion around the identity. Due to the group structure of the transformation under consideration, it is expected that a first-order expansion is indeed sufficient. We show in this article that this does not seem to be the case for a complex tensor theory model, with a kinetic term involving a Laplacian.
Optical and electrical studies on the TS defect in 4H-SiC
Authors: Lehmeyer Johannes A F , Fuchs Alexander D , Li Zhengming , Bornträger Titus , Candolfi Fabio , Schober Maximilian , Fischer Marcus , Hartmann Martin , Neu Elke , Bockstedte Michel , Krieger Michael , Weber Heiko B 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
When annealing a 4H silicon carbide (SiC) crystal, a sequence of optically active defect centers occurs among which the TS center is a prominent example. Here, we present low-temperature photoluminescence analyses on the single defect level. They reveal that the three occurring spectral signatures TS1, TS2 and TS3 originate from one single defect. Their polarization dependences expose three different crystallographic orientations in the basal plane, which relate to the projections of the nearest neighbor directions. Accordingly, we find a three-fold level-splitting in ensemble studies, when applying mechanical strain. This dependency is quantitatively calibrated. A complementary electrical measurement, deep level transient spectroscopy, reveals a charge transition level of the TS defect at 0.6 eV above the valence band. For a future identification, this accurate characterization of its optical and electronic properties along with their response to mechanical strain is a milestone.
Impact of nuclear level density and γ-ray strength function in (n,γ) and Maxwellian-averaged cross-section of 69Zn nucleus
Authors: Senapati Enakshi , Mondal Satabdi , Bhattacharya Srijit , Pandit Deepak , Phuc Le Tan , Ngoc Anh Nguyen , Vu Dong Tran , Dinh Dang Nguyen , Quang Hung Nguyen , Dey Balaram 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
The present paper highlights the impact of nuclear level density (NLD) and γ-ray strength function (γ-SF) on (n,γ) and Maxwellian-averaged cross-section of 69Zn nucleus. At first, the existing NLD and γ-SF models (in TALYS statistical model code) have been utilized to understand the role of NLD and γ-SF in neutron capture reaction cross-section. It is seen that most of the combinations of existing NLDs and γ-SFs (phenomenological and/or microscopic) cannot explain the experimental data. Therefore, the microscopic exact pairing plus independent particle model (EP+IPM) and exact pairing plus phonon damping model (EP+PDM) have been carried out to calculate the NLD and γ-SF of 69Zn nucleus, respectively, by employing the exact treatment of thermal pairing. It is seen that microscopic EP+IPM NLD and EP+PDM γ-SF explain the experimental data better than all other combinations available in TALYS-1.95, indicating the impact of the exact treatment of thermal pairing correlation. In addition, the inclusion of an upbend (UB) structure in γ-SF further improves the comparison with the experimental data in the low energy region (∼0.01–0.15 MeV), indicating the possibility of having an UB structure in γ-SF of 69Zn. The 68Zn(n,γ)69Zn reaction cross-section obtained by utilizing the EP+IPM NLD and EP+PDM γ-SF including UB structure is then used to predict the Maxwellian-averaged cross-sections, and the obtained results show reasonable agreement with all the available experimental data taken from the Karlsruhe Astrophysical Database of Nucleosynthesis in Stars. The present results reflect the impact of microscopic NLD and γ-SF on the precise description and/or prediction of the astrophysical reaction cross-section.
Permanent dynamic and static water holdup measuring device for ground wellhead
Authors: Kong Deming , Chen Xiaoyu , Wu Peiliang , Hao Hu , Chen Jiliang , Kong Lingfu 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
To adapt to the reality that a large number of wells are dispersed in the oilfield and the measured output fluid inside the wells contains less gas, a permanent dynamic and static water holdup measuring device for ground wellhead (PDSWHMD_GW) is designed, and a phase holdup system based on PDSWHMD_GW is developed for different oil-water flow. Specifically, the measurement mechanism of the measuring device was modeled and the results of its oil-water two-phase flow water holdup measurement were theoretically analyzed; The results of the electric field distribution of dynamic and static conductance-capacitance core detection components (DSCCCDC) were analyzed; On this basis, the performance indexes for the optimization of structural parameters are proposed and ring-shaped multistage conductance sensor (RMCS) parameter, cylindrical capacitance sensor (CCS) parameters, and RMCS-CCS distance are optimally designed. In addition, a permanently dynamic and static water holdup measuring device was developed, and experimental research was carried out on the built measuring platform. It was verified that the measuring devices showed good linearity between measurement results and actual values. The experimental results are analyzed for oil-water flow conditions such as the oil-water flow rate range of 5–70 m3 d−1 and water holdup range of 50%–95% (Very fine dispersed oil-in-water flow (VFD&O/W),D&O/W, and dispersed oil-in-water slug flow), The vast majority of phase holdup have a measurement error of less than 5%. Both practice and simulation prove that measuring device has good performance.
ASLAM-FD: a multi-sensor adaptive collaborative fusion SLAM framework based on degradation detection and deep reinforcement learning
Authors: Su Weixing , Huang Tao , Liu Fang , Wang Haoyu 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Aiming at the difficulty in ensuring accuracy and performance of existing simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technology based on multi-sensor fusion in complex dynamic environments, a multi-sensor adaptive fusion SLAM framework based on degradation detection and deep reinforcement learning (ASLAM-FD) is proposed. This framework can achieve adaptive collaborative precise adjustment of fusion weights (FWs) based on the real-time self-degradation states of each sensor and relative degradation states quantified, and can adapt to different tightly coupled SLAM algorithms based on FWs. In addition, within this framework, the continuous quantification models for the degradation states of internal/external sensors with certain versatility (we refer to them as external degeneracy compute model and internal degeneracy compute model) are proposed. These quantification models can achieve continuous quantification of degradation states of various common internal/external sensors. Based on the above sensor degradation state quantification models, this paper further proposes using a deep reinforcement learning network based on long short term memory to achieve adaptive collaborative adjustment of FWs based on sensor degradation states. In the experimental section, we adapted the proposed ASLAM-FD to different multi-sensor fusion SLAM algorithms on multiple datasets, and compared it with multiple advanced fusion SLAM algorithms. We found that adapting ASLAM-FD can effectively improve the accuracy and performance of fusion SLAM in complex dynamic environments.
Design of eddy current and capacitance dual-mode sensor for thickness detection of thermal barrier coatings
Authors: Fan Wenru , Wang Laixiang 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) can markedly enhance the service temperature of high-temperature alloys, thereby enhancing the engine thrust-to-weight ratio. However, TBCs must be capable of withstanding a multitude of harsh environments, including high temperatures, high pressures, and high-speed particle impacts, which can potentially lead to damage and failure. Consequently, nondestructive testing of TBCs is of particular importance for the assessment of structural health. As eddy current detection is applicable to conductive materials and capacitive detection is applicable to non-conductive materials, this paper proposes a novel, eddy current/capacitance detection, dual-mode sensor, which combines the advantages of the two detection modes. This study examines the structural configuration and excitation characteristics of the eddy current and capacitance dual-mode sensor. Furthermore, the interaction between the capacitive electrode and the eddy current coil is examined, and the viability of the dual-mode sensor is demonstrated through experimentation. The experimental results demonstrate that the dual-mode sensor exhibits a sensitivity of 2.67 mΩ mm−1 for bond coating thickness detection in eddy current mode with an excitation frequency of 5 MHz, and a maximum sensitivity of 80.31 pF mm−1 for top coating thickness detection in capacitive mode.
Transforming acoustic control: the first tunable broadband origami-based Helmholtz resonator
Authors: Benouhiba Amine , Rougeot Patrick , Andreff Nicolas , Ouisse Morvan , Rabenorosoa Kanty 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Helmholtz resonators have long been essential for acoustic control, enhancing or nullifying sound at specific frequencies. Traditionally, these resonators are effective for fixed-frequency applications, but lose efficacy if the excitation frequency changes. This paper presents the first tunable broadband origami-based Helmholtz resonator, featuring a compliant origami design with auxetic properties for optimal volume variation. Multiphysics simulations determined the adaptive cavity geometry, and experimental tests validated the models, showing high tunability (up to 25% around a central frequency of 461 Hz with a 95% absorption rate) and broad bandwidth (up to 13% around the central frequency with a 95% absorption rate) with minimal geometry variation (8 mm in diameter). This work marks a significant advancement over traditional Helmholtz resonators.
Modulating the structural and electrical properties of SrFeO3–δ
by a-site alkali metal ion doping
Authors: Ilangovan Shivapriya , K Vipin , K Suresh Babu 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
The electrical properties of perovskite structured SrFeO3–δ
can be modulated by A site doping. The present work focuses on the influence of concentration and ionic radii of alkali metal cation on the structural and electrical properties of Sr1–xAxFeO3–δ
(A = Ca, Ba and x = 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75). The x-ray diffraction studies confirm the phase change from cubic to orthorhombic with Ca content while orthorhombic to cubic structural translation was observed with Ba concentration. A lattice contraction and expansion were observed for doping depending on the ionic radii of dopant cation. The x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results indicate the presence of Fe in mixed valence state of +2, +3, +4 state and adsorbed oxygen content was found to be higher upon Ba doping than that of Ca. A maximum conductivity of 1.82 × 10−3 S cm−1 (x = 0.25) and 5.31 × 10−3 S cm−1 (x = 0.5) was observed at 800 °C for Ca and Ba doped samples, respectively, one order higher than the base SrFeO3–δ
.Thus, our results emphasise the importance of dopant addition on tailoring the electrode properties for SOFC application.
Building consensus on clinical outcome assessments for BCI devices. A summary of the 10th BCI society meeting 2023 workshop
Authors: Sawyer A , Chetty N , McMullen D P , Dean H , Eisler J , Fried-Oken M , Hochberg L R , Gibbons C , Waite K E , Oxley T , Fry A , Weber D , Putrino D 
Published: September 2024

Abstract

Objective: The 10th International brain computer interface (BCI) Society Meeting, ‘Balancing Innovation and Translation’, was held from the 6th to 9th of June 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. This report provides a summary of the workshop ‘Building Consensus on Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs) for BCI Devices’. This workshop was intended to give participants an overview of the current state of BCI, future opportunities, and how different countries and regions provide regulatory oversight to support the BCI community to develop safe and effective devices for patients. Approach: Five presentations and a panel discussion including representatives from regulators, industry, and clinical research stakeholders focused on how various stakeholders and the BCI community might best work together to ensure studies provide data that is useful for evaluating safety and effectiveness, including reaching consensus on COAs that represent clinically meaningful benefits and support regulatory and payor requirements. This report focuses on the regulatory and reimbursement requirements for medical devices and how to best measure safety and effectiveness and summarizes the presentations from five experts and the discussion between the panel and the audience. Main results: Consensus was reached on the following items specifically related to BCI: (i) the importance of and need for a new generation of COAs, (ii) the challenges facing the development of appropriate clinical outcome assessments, and (iii) that improvements in COAs should demonstrate obvious and clinically meaningful benefit(s). There was discussion on: (i) clinical trial design for BCIs and (ii) considerations for payor reimbursement and other funding. Significance: Whilst the importance of building community consensus on COAs was apparent, further collaboration will be required to reach consensus on which specific current and/or novel COAs could be used for the BCI field to evolve from research to market.