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Development of a wastewater treatment system contaminated with Cr (VI) through vegetable biomass modified with TIO2
Authors: Sayago U. F. C. , Ballesteros Ballesteros V. 
Published: September 2024

AbstractResearch from around the world highlights the importance of creating affordable and simple industrial wastewater treatment systems to preserve water resources. The absence of such systems can have serious consequences. For example, the release of chromium (VI) from industries such as tanneries pollutes water bodies, often causing irreversible damage. The mechanical properties, low acquisition cost, and abundance of aquatic plant biomass of E crassipes make it a viable option for Cr (VI) removal. Furthermore, the addition of TiO2 to plant biomass increases the amount of functional groups that contribute to high removal of heavy metals, including Cr (VI), providing an economical and efficient material for a novel industrial water treatment. The objective of this study is to create water treatment systems using TiO2 treated E crassipes root waste powder. Removal data were collected from two fixed bed columns operating in series, treating about 4 L of water, removing 99% of the Cr (VI) present. Design parameters for a larger scale treatment system were modeled and validated using internal and external particle and mass balance models. Column reusability was evaluated by EDTA elution studies, adding all cycles, the total adsorption capacity was 69 mg/g. A full-scale treatment system was designed and developed using these models under effluent conditions similar to those found in the tanning and painting industries. The strategy proposed in this work allows compliance with environmental regulations through the use of green biotechnologies and mathematical and statistical reliability models. This tool is of vital importance in the concept of circular economy.
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The Management of Intractable Gastroesophageal Reflux Following Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Narrative Review
Authors: Chan Daniel L. , Chen Kerry L. , Indja Ben E. , Talbot Michael L. 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Purpose of Review
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is currently the most commonly performed bariatric surgery in the world and is widely considered safe and effective for weight loss in the obese population. However, intractable gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) following LSG poses a clinical challenge, with significant impact on quality of life and the potential for development of Barrett’s esophagus This review aims to provide clinicians with a systematic approach to investigating and managing patients with intractable GERD following LSG.

Recent Findings
Management of GERD following LSG requires thorough clinical, anatomical and functional assessment in order to accurately diagnose GERD. Management should then be tailored to the patient in an integrated approach, with medical, endoscopic and/or operative interventions. Medical therapy includes PPIs and lifestyle therapy and are well established for GERD in the post-LSG population but limited in efficacy for severe disease. Endoscopic treatments such as anti-reflux mucosectomy and endoscopic radiofrequency ablation are novel, and benefits are still unclear. Operative interventions include conversion to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with or without hiatal hernia repair, one anastomosis gastric bypass, duodenal switch, hiatal hernia repair or insertion of a Linx ™ device. These options have predominantly been studied in weight-loss failure post-LSG, with emerging evidence now in the treatment of intractable GERD following LSG.

Summary
A three-pronged assessment including clinical factors, anatomical evaluation and functional studies are required to accurately diagnose intractable GERD following LSG. Following this, individualised management with medical therapy, endoscopic and/or operative interventions should be considered with the patient within a multidisciplinary healthcare setting.
Which stakeholders should be addressed to promote Geriatric Medicine among healthcare professionals, educationalists and policy-makers in European countries? – the PROGRAMMING COST 21,122 action experience
Authors: Savas Sumru , Demiral Yilmaz Nilufer , Kotsani Marina , Piotrowicz Karolina , Duque Sofia 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Background
Geriatric Medicine (GM), concerned with well-being and health of older adults, can play a crucial role in the alignment of healthcare systems to the needs of the aged populations. However, countries have varying GM development backgrounds. The goal of PROGRAMMING- COST 21,122 Action is to propose the content of education and training activities in GM for healthcare professionals across various clinical settings, adapted to local context, needs, and assets. Defining relevant stakeholders and addressing them on both an international as well as a country-specific level is crucial for this purpose. In this paper we are describing the methods used in the PROGRAMMING Action 21,122 to map the different categories of stakeholders to be engaged in the Action.

Methods
Through conceptualizing a model for stakeholders by literature research, and online discussion group meetings, a synthesis for the potential stakeholders was defined as a template, and pilot applications were requested from participant countries.

Results
There were 24 members from 14 countries (6 males/18 females) of multidisciplinary professions involved in this study. A model for the list of stakeholders to be addressed was developed and, after seven online discussion meetings, a consensus framework was provided. Invited countries completed the templates to pilot such operationalization.

Conclusion
Our framework of stakeholders will support the research coordination and capacity-building objectives of PROGRAMMING, including the participation into the assessment of educational needs of healthcare professionals. Identified stakeholders will also be mobilized for purposes of dissemination and maximization of the Action’s impact. By defining and mapping multidisciplinary stakeholders involved in older people’s care specific to countries, particularly where GM is still emerging, GM tailored educational activities will be facilitated and optimally targeted.
Catalyst–Support Interaction in Polyaniline-Supported Ni3Fe Oxide to Boost Oxygen Evolution Activities for Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries
Authors: Zou Xiaohong , Lu Qian , Tang Mingcong , Wu Jie , Zhang Kouer , Li Wenzhi , Hu Yunxia , Xu Xiaomin , Zhang Xiao , Shao Zongping , An Liang 
Published: September 2024

AbstractCatalyst–support interaction plays a crucial role in improving the catalytic activity of oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Here we modulate the catalyst–support interaction in polyaniline-supported Ni3Fe oxide (Ni3Fe oxide/PANI) with a robust hetero-interface, which significantly improves oxygen evolution activities with an overpotential of 270 mV at 10 mA cm−2 and specific activity of 2.08 mA cmECSA−2 at overpotential of 300 mV, 3.84-fold that of Ni3Fe oxide. It is revealed that the catalyst–support interaction between Ni3Fe oxide and PANI support enhances the Ni–O covalency via the interfacial Ni–N bond, thus promoting the charge and mass transfer on Ni3Fe oxide. Considering the excellent activity and stability, rechargeable Zn-air batteries with optimum Ni3Fe oxide/PANI are assembled, delivering a low charge voltage of 1.95 V to cycle for 400 h at 10 mA cm−2. The regulation of the effect of catalyst–support interaction on catalytic activity provides new possibilities for the future design of highly efficient OER catalysts.
What Moderates the Link Between Peers’ and Individual’s Substance Use in Adolescence? A Systematic Scoping Review
Authors: Rodríguez-Ruiz Joaquín , Espejo-Siles Raquel 
Published: September 2024

AbstractPeers’ substance use is one of the most robust predictors of adolescent’s substance use. Albeit some empirical studies have explored factors that moderate peers’ influences on individual’s substance use, there is a lack of literature synthesis analyzing all existing research on the topic regardless the design and the type of substance. Because of that, the present systematic scoping review sought to explore the available studies that analyze moderators in the relation between peers’ and adolescent’s substance use. This review focused on studies including samples aged 10–19. The search was conducted in different databases and 43 studies meeting the criteria were finally included. It was found that elements such as emotional control, closeness to parents, school disapproval of substance use, friendship reciprocity or sport participation attenuated the impact of peers’ substance use on target’s substance use. On the other hand, avoidant and anxious attachment, sibling’s willingness to use substances, school troubles, peer support or setting criminogenic increased the likelihood of using substances among adolescents with peers who use substances. Results revealed that the effect of peers’ substance use on adolescent’s substance use is moderated by individual, family, school, peers and community factors. The effect of moderators could be different depending on the type of substance and the stage of adolescence. Substance use prevention programs for adolescents should be ecological, specific and adapted to the stage of adolescence.
Learning Spaces of Higher Education for Postdigital Citizens
Authors: Carvalho Lucila , Freeman Cristina Garduño , Lamb James 
Published: September 2024

AbstractCitizen science research is often interdisciplinary, responsive to public concerns and inclusive of community knowledge. It can also involve multiple voices coming together to address ‘wicked’ problems. In this paper, we introduce CmyView, a visual and creative methodology that is suitable for research projects in citizen science, particularly those focusing on learning spaces. CmyView’s conceptual framing is informed by research in embodied cognition, digital heritage, networked learning, and the postdigital. The paper discusses the CmyView methodology, as grounded on five core actions: walking, capturing, sharing, connecting, and documenting via public participation. We argue that the CmyView methodology and its accompanying app can offer an innovative way to understand, manage, document, engage with, and study the social and educational significance of learning spaces through community participation.
Are USDA Forecasts Optimal? A Systematic Review
Authors: Isengildina Massa Olga , Karali Berna , Irwin Scott H. 
Published: September 2024

AbstractThe goal of this paper is to systematically review the literature on United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecast evaluation and critically assess their methods and findings. The fundamental characteristics of optimal forecasts are bias, accuracy and efficiency as well as encompassing and informativeness. This review revealed that the findings of these studies can be very different based on the forecasts examined, commodity, sample period, and methodology. Some forecasts performed very well, while others were not very reliable, resulting in forecast specific optimality record. We discuss methodological and empirical contributions of these studies as well as their shortcomings and potential opportunities for future work.
The Possibility Bias is not Justified
Authors: KIMPTON-NYE SAMUEL 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Necessity, but not possibility, is typically thought to be rare and suspicion-worthy. This manifests in an asymmetry in the burden of proof incurred by modal claims. In general, claims to the effect that some proposition is impossible/necessary require significant argumentative support and, in general, claims to the effect that some proposition is possible/contingent are thought to be justified freely or by default. Call this the possibility bias. In this article, I argue that the possibility bias is not epistemically justified. We should regard possibility with at least as much suspicion, that is to say as incurring at least as much of an explanatory demand, as necessity. In fact, I suggest that we might even be justified in reversing the burden of proof asymmetry and adopting a necessity bias. This has quite radical implications for philosophical methodology and hence for many first-order philosophical concerns.
Evidence gaps among systematic reviews examining the relationship of race, ethnicity, and social determinants of health with adult inpatient quality measures
Authors: Advani Sonali D. , Smith Alison G. , Kalu Ibukunoluwa C. , Perez Reinaldo , Hendren Stephanie , Dantes Raymund B. , Edwards Jonathan R. , Soe Minn , Yi Sarah H. , Young Janine , Anderson Deverick J. 
Published: September 2024

Abstract

Background:
The field of healthcare epidemiology is increasingly focused on identifying, characterizing, and addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) to address inequities in healthcare quality. To identify evidence gaps, we examined recent systematic reviews examining the association of race, ethnicity, and SDOH with inpatient quality measures.

Methods:
We searched Medline via OVID for English language systematic reviews from 2010 to 2022 addressing race, ethnicity, or SDOH domains and inpatient quality measures in adults using specific topic questions. We imported all citations to Covidence (www.covidence.org, Veritas Health Innovation) and removed duplicates. Two blinded reviewers assessed all articles for inclusion in 2 phases: title/abstract, then full-text review. Discrepancies were resolved by a third reviewer.

Results:
Of 472 systematic reviews identified, 39 were included. Of these, 23 examined all-cause mortality; 6 examined 30-day readmission rates; 4 examined length of stay, 4 examined falls, 2 examined surgical site infections (SSIs) and one review examined risk of venous thromboembolism. The most evaluated SDOH measures were sex (n = 9), income and/or employment status (n = 9), age (n = 6), race and ethnicity (n = 6), and education (n = 5). No systematic reviews assessed medication use errors or healthcare-associated infections. We found very limited assessment of other SDOH measures such as economic stability, neighborhood, and health system access.

Conclusion:
A limited number of systematic reviews have examined the association of race, ethnicity and SDOH measures with inpatient quality measures, and existing reviews highlight wide variability in reporting. Future systematic evaluations of SDOH measures are needed to better understand the relationships with inpatient quality measures.
EJRR Special Issue: The Future of Food Law after and Beyond the Farm to Fork Strategy
Authors: Alessandrini Mirta , Cazzini Francesco , Rolandi Silvia 
Published: September 2024

AbstractThis Special Issue stems from some of the insights at the “Future of Food Law” Conference held at Wageningen University and Research (WUR) in 2023, prompting an examination of the Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy’s achievements and shortcomings. With the von der Leyen Commission’s term concluding, the paper critically assesses key aspects of the F2F Strategy, laying the foundation for an in-depth discussion presented in six contributions. The exploration extends from US and EU perspectives to national considerations, moving even further and beyond the boundaries of the Strategy. It encompasses emerging views on food safety, fostering fair and sustainable agri-food production models, encouraging healthier and democratic food choices, and reevaluating decision-making distribution from EU to Member States in sustainability regulatory actions. This issue aims to probe how agri-food regulatory frameworks should adapt to current challenges, acknowledging new economic, social, and environmental expectations. As a frame to the six contributions, this paper addresses the substantial delay in implementing crucial food law interventions, with a focus on the legislative Framework for Sustainable Food Systems (SFSF). The paper concludes by outlining potential scenarios for the future of EU food law, emphasising the necessity for establishing a guiding principle of sustainability for food systems.
Shub’s example revisited
Authors: LIANG CHAO , SAGHIN RADU , YANG FAN , YANG JIAGANG 
Published: September 2024

AbstractFor a class of robustly transitive diffeomorphisms on
${\mathbb T}^4$
introduced by Shub [Topologically transitive diffeomorphisms of
$T^4$
. Proceedings of the Symposium on Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems (Lecture notes in Mathematics, 206). Ed. D. Chillingworth. Springer, Berlin, 1971, pp. 39–40], satisfying an additional bunching condition, we show that there exists a
$C^2$
open and
$C^r$
dense subset
${\mathcal U}^r$
,
$2\leq r\leq \infty $
, such that any two hyperbolic points of
$g\in {\mathcal U}^r$
with stable index
$2$
are homoclinically related. As a consequence, every
$g\in {\mathcal U}^r$
admits a unique homoclinic class associated to the hyperbolic periodic points with index
$2$
, and this homoclinic class coincides with the whole ambient manifold. Moreover, every
$g\in {\mathcal U}^r$
admits at most one measure of maximal entropy, and every
$g\in {\mathcal U}^{\infty }$
admits a unique measure of maximal entropy.
The strategic planning of corporate social responsibility: An endogenous perspective
Authors: Chen Chung-Jen , Hsiao Yung-Chang , Chen Kuo-Liang 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
This study addresses endogenous factors related to the strategic planning of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Our findings help explain the paradox: If better CSR always leads to better firm performance, why do so many companies either choose not to engage in CSR or act irresponsibly? Managers may make decisions regarding CSR based on the environment. Some companies may be better served through a proactive CSR strategy; however, others may be unable to achieve better performance through this strategy for a variety of endogenous causes. Our sample included 594 U.S. publicly traded companies with 2,019 firm-year observations. We empirically simulated scenarios where companies selected inappropriate CSR strategies and found that the companies were unable to achieve better firm performance if they did not select appropriate CSR strategies based on their internal and external environment. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.
Intakes of energy, macronutrients, and micronutrients in adult Lithuanian population: a national study of 2019–2020
Authors: Bulotaitė Gabija , Bartkevičiūtė Roma , Barzda Albertas , Stukas Rimantas 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Dietary surveys are critical in evaluating dietary trends prevailing across the entire population. The aim of this study is to present the results of the latest research into the intakes of energy, macronutrients, and micronutrients amongst the adult population in Lithuania from 2019 through 2020. A cross-sectional study was conducted and dietary data was collected using a 24-h dietary recall method from a total of 2555 Lithuanian adults. Medians, 25th and 75th percentiles were calculated. The diet of Lithuanian adults was found insufficient as the energy intake from fats exceeded the recommended norms, while the energy intake from carbohydrates was below the lower range. The intakes of dietary fibre and most vitamins and minerals were insufficient. Men, compared to women, had a statistically higher total energy intake and energy intake from fats, and a higher intake of dietary fibre. Younger adults, compared to older ones, had statistically lower intakes of energy from fats, including saturated fats, and lower intakes of sodium chloride. Respondents with primary education, compared to those who had attained a higher degree of education, had a statistically lower intake of total energy and dietary fibre. Study showed that intakes of majority of nutrients in the diet of the adult Lithuanian population are not in compliance with the recommended daily intakes. Continuous nationally representative studies into food consumption and nutrient intake of the adult Lithuanian population must be carried out to assess the changes in the population’s diet and the effectiveness of policies aimed at promoting healthy diets.
Cosmic rays, radiocarbon and the beginning of high-energy particle physics: Marietta Blau and the “disintegration stars”
Authors: Strohmaier Brigitte , Kutschera Walter 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
This brief review describes the discovery of cosmic rays by Victor Hess from the Vienna Radium Institute and the later contribution of Marietta Blau through her observation of “disintegration stars” in photographic emulsion plates exposed to cosmic-ray bombardment. Marietta Blau, a nearly forgotten cosmic-ray pioneer from the Vienna Radium Institute, developed the nuclear emulsion technique for studying nuclear reactions, eventually discovering the disintegration of nuclei through high-energy cosmic rays. Blau survived the Holocaust by escaping to Mexico City from 1939 to 1944. Starting in 1948 at Columbia University, later as a staff member of Brookhaven National Laboratory and then University of Miami, she performed fundamental and original research with nuclear emulsions exposed to 3-GeV protons at the Brookhaven Cosmotron and to 6-GeV protons at the Berkeley Bevatron. Blau returned to Vienna in 1960, where at the Radium Institute a classical β-decay counting facility for radiocarbon dating had been installed, which was finally superseded by the Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator (VERA), a modern versatile accelerator mass spectrometry facility.
Geochemistry, U-Pb geochronology and Nd-Hf isotopes of leucocratic dykes in the Cape Spencer area, southern New Brunswick, Canada: insights into the Alleghanian orogeny in the northern Appalachians
Authors: Cardenas-Vera Alan , Lentz David R. , McFarlane Christopher R.M. , Thorne Kathleen G. 
Published: September 2024

AbstractContrary to the southern Appalachians, where Alleghanian magmatism is widespread and well documented, the expressions of magmatism in the Canadian Appalachians are limited. In this study, a suite of leucocratic dykes from the Cape Spencer area in southern New Brunswick, Canada, were investigated to determine the nature, timing and source of these magmas using zircon and monazite U-Pb geochronology, whole-rock geochemistry and Nd-Hf isotopes. An LA-ICP-MS U-Pb monazite Alleghanian age of 273.7 ± 1.3 Ma obtained for these dykes constitutes a new example of magmatism in the northern segment of the orogen, where significant strike-slip movement and reheating have been the primary markers of the Alleghanian Orogeny. These metaluminous leucocratic dykes are enriched in light rare elements, U and Th; depleted in high-field strength elements (HFSE; Nb, P, Ti); and have slight negative Europium anomalies [(Eu/Eu*)N = 0.72–0.95]. All the dykes samples have negative εNd(t) values (−9.76 to −5.7), negative εHf(t) values (−1.8 to −1.0) and Mesoproterozoic Nd depleted-model ages (TDM = 1371–1618 Ma). The geochemical and isotopic characteristics suggest that the dykes were formed by the partial melting of lower crust that assimilated Meguma metasedimentary rocks and/or Avalonian sedimentary rocks, following terminal subduction of the Rheic Ocean and thermal re-equilibration during the Alleghanian orogeny. The effects of the closure of the Rheic Ocean in the oblique collision between composite Laurentia and Gondwana were, to a certain extent, accommodated along the Minas Fault Zone, where magmatism and regional fluid flow were concentrated.
Combining meta-learned models with process models of cognition
Authors: Sanborn Adam N. , Yan Haijiang , Tsvetkov Christian 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Meta-learned models of cognition make optimal predictions for the actual stimuli presented to participants, but investigating judgment biases by constraining neural networks will be unwieldy. We suggest combining them with cognitive process models, which are more intuitive and explain biases. Rational process models, those that can sequentially sample from the posterior distributions produced by meta-learned models, seem a natural fit.