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The impact of mind–body therapies on the mental health of women victims of violence: A meta-analysis
Authors: Koroglu Sevgi , Durat Gülgün 
Published: July 2024

Abstract

Purpose
Violence against women is a common public health problem and causes negative mental health outcomes. Mind–body therapies aim to positively affect a person's mental health by focusing on the interaction between mind, body, and behavior. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the effect of mind–body therapies on women's mental health.

Methods
Randomized controlled trials published in the last 20 years comparing mind–body therapies with active control or waiting lists in women victims of violence were included. Pubmed, Cochrane, Scopus, Web of Science, and CINAHL databases were searched until August 2023. The random effects model and fixed effects model were used for data analysis. The heterogeneity of the study was assessed using the I2 index, and publication bias was assessed using Egger's test and funnel plot.

Results
Twelve eligible studies with a sample size of 440 women victims of violence were selected. Mind–body therapies led to a statistically significant reduction in anxiety scores (SMD: 1.95, 95% CI: 1.01, 2.89), depression scores (SMD: 1.68, 95% CI: 0.83, 2.52) and posttraumatic stress scores (SMD: 0.95, 95% CI: 0.73, 1.18). There was a high level of heterogeneity in the outcome for anxiety (I2 = 85.18), a high level of heterogeneity for depression (I2 = 88.82), and a low level of heterogeneity for PTSD (I2 = 19.61). Results of subgroup analysis based on the number of sessions showed that eight or fewer sessions reduced anxiety (SMD: 3.10, 95% CI: 1.37, 4.83) and depression scores (SMD: 3.44, 95% CI: 1.21, 5.68), while PTSD scores did not change.

Conclusion
Evidence suggests that mind–body therapies may reduce anxiety, depression, and PTSD in women victims of violence.
Some Skorohod-type results
Authors: Pratelli Luca , Rigo Pietro 
Published: July 2024

AbstractLet S be a metric space, $$g:S\rightarrow \mathbb {R}$$

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:
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→
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a Borel function, and $$(\mu _n:n\ge 0)$$

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a sequence of tight probability measures on $$\mathcal {B}(S)$$

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. If $$\mu _n=\mu _0$$

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on $$\sigma (g)$$

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, there are S-valued random variables $$X_n$$

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, all defined on the same probability space, such that $$X_n\sim \mu _n$$

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. Moreover, $$X_n\overset{a.s.}{\longrightarrow }X_0$$

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. This result, proved in Pratelli and Rigo (J Theoret Probab 36:372-389, 2023) , is the starting point of this paper. Three types of contributions are provided. First, $$\sigma (g)$$

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is replaced by an arbitrary sub-$$\sigma $$
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-field $$\mathcal {G}\subset \mathcal {B}(S)$$

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. Second, the result is applied to some specific frameworks, including equivalence couplings, total variation distances, and the decomposition of cadlag processes with finhite activity. Third, following Hansen et al. (Tempered Bayesian analysis, Unpublished manuscript, 2024), the result is extended to models and kernels. This extension has a fairly natural interpretation in terms of decision theory, mass transportation and statistics.
Rodenticide contamination of cormorants and mergansers feeding on wild fish
Authors: Regnery Julia , Schmieg Hannah , Schrader Hannah , Zinke Olaf , Gethöffer Friederike , Dahl Sarah-Alica , Schaffer Mario , Bachtin Julia , Möhlenkamp Christel , Friesen Anton 
Published: July 2024

AbstractExposure of wildlife to anticoagulant rodenticides from sewer baiting and bait application is poorly understood. We analyzed residues of eight anticoagulant rodenticides in liver samples of 96 great cormorants, 29 common mergansers, various fish species, and coypu, in different German regions. Results show that hepatic residues of anticoagulant rodenticides were found in almost half of the investigated cormorants and mergansers due to the uptake of contaminated fish from effluent-receiving surface waters. By contrast, exposure of coypu to rodenticides via aquatic emissions was not observed. The maximum total hepatic anticoagulant rodenticide concentration measured in waterfowl specimens was 35 ng per g based on liver wet weight. Second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide active ingredients brodifacoum, difenacoum, and bromadiolone were detected almost exclusively, reflecting their estimated market share in Germany and their continuing release into the aquatic compartment. Overall, our findings reveal that second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides accumulating in wild fish are transferred to piscivorous predators via the aquatic food chain.
Advancing aquaculture biosecurity: a scientometric analysis and future outlook for disease prevention and environmental sustainability
Authors: Aly Salah M. , Fathi M. 
Published: July 2024

AbstractBiosecurity plans are crucial for preventing economic and environmental impacts caused by disease outbreaks in aquaculture. These plans focus on prevention, early detection, and effective control measures. With the global threat of emerging infectious diseases and the need for sustainable production practices, the importance of biosecurity continues to grow. Scientometric analysis is a valuable tool for assessing the impact and influence of scientific research within a particular field or discipline. Scientometric analysis of aquaculture biosecurity publications reveals significant activity in the field, with the highest number of publications recorded in 2021. Cottier-Cook EJ emerged as the most prolific author, while USA and the Centre for Environment Fisheries Aquaculture Science were identified as leading contributors. Physical biosecurity measures prevent the entry of pathogens and wild fish into aquaculture systems. Biological biosecurity measures enhance immunity and reduce disease risks. Operational biosecurity measures, such as feed management and hygiene protocols, maintain animal health. Innovative technologies such as sensors and artificial intelligence improve biosecurity efficiency. Effective management of disease outbreaks requires coordination, risk assessment, and established response plans. Aquaculture biosecurity offers benefits such as disease prevention, environmental protection, and food safety, but may have disadvantages including costs and negative environmental impacts. The industry should focus on implementing effective and sustainable biosecurity measures, improving disease prevention, reducing environmental impact, and ensuring product safety and quality.
Video Tutorials in the Traditional Classroom: The Effects on Different Types of Cognitive Load
Authors: Fan Enqi , Bower Matt , Siemon Jens 
Published: July 2024

AbstractAre video tutorials better teachers? This pilot study examined the effects of video tutorials on different types of cognitive load. Participating students (N = 45) attended two classrooms: a video tutorial-based classroom, and a traditional instruction-based classroom. The cognitive load scales indicated differences in cognitive load between the video classroom and the traditional classroom. Video tutorials decreased students’ intrinsic load (t = -4.507, p < .001, d = − 0.672) and increased germane load (t = 4.749, p < .001, d = 0.708) but did not affect extraneous load (t = -1.688, p = .098, d = − 0.252). The results also indicated additivity for different types of cognitive load in the two classrooms. In general, our results demonstrate that video tutorials are a promising form of instructional material, especially to facilitate more effective and deeper learning.
The Hollywood gender gap: the role of action films
Authors: Heywood John S. , Izquierdo Sanchez Sofia , Paniagua Maria Navarro 
Published: July 2024

AbstractWe estimate gender earnings differentials among Hollywood stars. While this market should be particularly efficient in translating productivity into earnings, we demonstrate an unexplained female earnings gap of over two million dollars a film. Critically, we show that action films drive this gap. Our movie fixed effects estimate a much larger-million-dollar gap among action movies and a smaller statistically insignificant gap among other genres. Within the other genres, the one significant earnings gap is among stars older than 50. We argue that these patterns could reflect “consumer discrimination” but also raise other possibilities.
pH effect in Langmuir–Blodgett self-assembly of MoS2 and WS2 thin films
Authors: Rosales Hernández Aldo Armando , Córdova Morales Pablo , Gujari Sandeep Kumar , García Rocha Miguel , Valdez Pérez Donato 
Published: July 2024

AbstractWe reported Langmuir–Blodgett films of molybdenum disulphide and tungsten disulfide and studied the formation of $${\text{Mo}}{\text{S}}_{2}$$

MoS
2

and $${\text{WS}}_{2}$$

WS
2

layers. The effect of the subphase pH is investigated. Also, the influence of the subphase conditions on the number of layers was reported. By varying the pH of the buffer solution subphase, the solvent-to-nanoparticle interaction is changed and the compression of the layer during deposition is influenced. The stacking of the $${\text{Mo}}{\text{S}}_{2}$$

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2

and $${\text{WS}}_{2}$$

WS
2

crystalline structure under the influence of subphase pH and the material concentration were investigated. Langmuir layers assembly is a useful method to manipulate the distribution of $${\text{WS}}_{2}$$

WS
2

and $${\text{Mo}}{\text{S}}_{2}$$

MoS
2

. Successful deposition of dichalcogenides at the air–water interface on silicon substrate was performed using Balance Langmuir–Blodgett technique. The characterization of $${\text{WS}}_{2}$$

WS
2

and films $${\text{Mo}}{\text{S}}_{2}$$

MoS
2

with X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy was carried out.
An Intuitionistically Complete System of Basic Intuitionistic Conditional Logic
Authors: Olkhovikov Grigory 
Published: July 2024

AbstractWe introduce a basic intuitionistic conditional logic $$\textsf{IntCK}$$
IntCK
that we show to be complete both relative to a special type of Kripke models and relative to a standard translation into first-order intuitionistic logic. We show that $$\textsf{IntCK}$$
IntCK
stands in a very natural relation to other similar logics, like the basic classical conditional logic $$\textsf{CK}$$
CK
and the basic intuitionistic modal logic $$\textsf{IK}$$
IK
. As for the basic intuitionistic conditional logic $$\textsf{ICK}$$
ICK
proposed in Weiss (Journal of Philosophical Logic, 48, 447–469, 2019), $$\textsf{IntCK}$$
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extends its language with a diamond-like conditional modality $$\Diamond \hspace{-4.0pt}\rightarrow $$

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→

, but its ($$\Diamond \hspace{-4.0pt}\rightarrow $$

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→

)-free fragment is also a proper extension of $$\textsf{ICK}$$
ICK
. We briefly discuss the resulting gap between the two candidate systems of basic intuitionistic conditional logic and the possible pros and cons of both candidates.
Accessibility improvement and interregional trade flows
Authors: Rokicki Bartlomiej , Vázquez Esteban Fernández , Goliszek Sławomir 
Published: July 2024

AbstractAccessibility improvement has been regarded as one of the main regional policy goals in the recent decades. As a result, many countries has undertaken complex transport infrastructure investment programmes worth billions of dollars. The best examples of such investment can be China or, in the European context, Spain and more recently Poland. There have been published many analyses focusing on output and employment effects of transport infrastructure investment projects. Yet, there hardly exist any studies that verify their potential influence on interregional trade flows. This paper fills the existing gap in the literature by assessing the impact of accessibility improvement on the volume and the value of interregional trade flows in Poland between 2005 and 2015. We find that there is no statistically significant relationship between travel time reduction and interregional trade. This may explain largely the surprising lack of positive relationship between accessibility improvement and regional GDP growth, reported in previous papers.
Methodological quality of 100 recent systematic reviews of health-related outcome measurement instruments: an overview of reviews
Authors: Elsman Ellen B. M. , Mokkink Lidwine B. , Abma Inger L. , Aiyegbusi Olalekan Lee , Chiarotto Alessandro , Haywood Kirstie L. , Matvienko-Sikar Karen , Oosterveer Daniella M. , Pool Jan J. M. , Swinkels-Meewisse Ilse E. J. , Offringa Martin , Terwee Caroline B. 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
Purpose
Systematic reviews evaluating and comparing the measurement properties of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs) play an important role in OMI selection. Earlier overviews of review quality (2007, 2014) evidenced substantial concerns with regards to alignment to scientific standards. This overview aimed to investigate whether the quality of recent systematic reviews of OMIs lives up to the current scientific standards.

Methods
One hundred systematic reviews of OMIs published from June 1, 2021 onwards were randomly selected through a systematic literature search performed on March 17, 2022 in MEDLINE and EMBASE. The quality of systematic reviews was appraised by two independent reviewers. An updated data extraction form was informed by the earlier studies, and results were compared to these earlier studies’ findings.

Results
A quarter of the reviews had an unclear research question or aim, and in 22% of the reviews the search strategy did not match the aim. Half of the reviews had an incomprehensive search strategy, because relevant search terms were not included. In 63% of the reviews (compared to 41% in 2014 and 30% in 2007) a risk of bias assessment was conducted. In 73% of the reviews (some) measurement properties were evaluated (58% in 2014 and 55% in 2007). In 60% of the reviews the data were (partly) synthesized (42% in 2014 and 7% in 2007); evaluation of measurement properties and data syntheses was not conducted separately for subscales in the majority. Certainty assessments of the quality of the total body of evidence were conducted in only 33% of reviews (not assessed in 2014 and 2007). The majority (58%) did not make any recommendations on which OMI (not) to use.

Conclusion
Despite clear improvements in risk of bias assessments, measurement property evaluation and data synthesis, specifying the research question, conducting the search strategy and performing a certainty assessment remain poor. To ensure that systematic reviews of OMIs meet current scientific standards, more consistent conduct and reporting of systematic reviews of OMIs is needed.
Impact of government support policies on entrepreneurial orientation and SME performance
Authors: Prasannath Vanitha , Adhikari Rajendra P. , Gronum Sarel , Miles Morgan P. 
Published: July 2024

AbstractSmall and medium enterprises (SMEs) are often resource-constrained and motivated by necessity or opportunity. They play an essential role in national economies due to their contributions to employment, human capital development, knowledge spillovers, and social mobility in maintaining diverse entrepreneurial ecosystems. Government support policies (GSP), both financial and nonfinancial, can directly impact SME performance or indirectly by developing an entrepreneurial orientation (EO). Few studies have investigated the important question of how GSP simultaneously may impact both the EO and the performance of an SME. Thus, this paper aims to identify the current understanding of how different forms of GSPs relate to and impact the EO and the performance of SMEs. A systematic literature review was conducted using the PRISMA methodology to synthesize this understanding, resulting in 65 relevant articles from the ABI/INFORM, ScienceDirect, Scopus and Web of Science databases. The relationships between the constructs were analyzed using thematic and semantic analyses, employing computer-assisted data analysis software (NVivo 12 and Leximancer 4.5). This resulted in the categorization of GSPs as direct and indirect support policies, with financial and nonfinancial-subcategories, and depicted their pathways of influence on SMEs’ EO and performance. The study found that GSPs have four different pathways by which they can impact performance. Both direct and indirect policies have moderating effects that can magnify the impact of EO on performance. The review established that the direct effect of GSP on EO varies by sector, SME growth-intention, and type of GSP. Based on the findings, we recommend policymakers develop support policies tailored to SMEs’ specific sector and its intentions to enhance performance.
On the Differentiation of Integrals in Measure Spaces Along Filters: II
Authors: Di Biase Fausto , Krantz Steven G. 
Published: July 2024

AbstractLet X be a complete measure space of finite measure. The Lebesgue transform of an integrable function f on X encodes the collection of all the mean-values of f on all measurable subsets of X of positive measure. In the problem of the differentiation of integrals, one seeks to recapture f from its Lebesgue transform. In previous work we showed that, in all known results, f may be recaptured from its Lebesgue transform by means of a limiting process associated to an appropriate family of filters defined on the collection $${{\,\mathrm{{\mathcal {A}}}\,}}$$

A

of all measurable subsets of X of positive measure. The first result of the present work is that the existence of such a limiting process is equivalent to the existence of a Von Neumann-Maharam lifting of X. In the second result of this work we provide an independent argument that shows that the recourse to filters is a necessary consequence of the requirement that the process of recapturing f from its mean-values is associated to a natural transformation, in the sense of category theory. This result essentially follows from the Yoneda lemma. As far as we know, this is the first instance of a significant interaction between category theory and the problem of the differentiation of integrals. In the Appendix we have proved, in a precise sense, that natural transformations fall within the general concept of homomorphism. As far as we know, this is a novel conclusion: Although it is often said that natural transformations are homomorphisms of functors, this statement appears to be presented as a mere analogy, not in a precise technical sense. In order to achieve this result, we had to bring to the foreground a notion that is implicit in the subject but has remained hidden in the background, i.e., that of partial magma.
Impact of USMLE Step 1 transition to pass/fail scoring system on medical students’ anxiety, sleep quality, and burnout
Authors: Al Doori Lana , Zaki Peter G. , Joshi Vivek 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
Introduction
Originally designed to evaluate the application of foundational scientific knowledge in clinical contexts, the United States Medical License Exam (USMLE) Step 1 evolved into a comparative tool for assessing candidates with similar educational foundations. This transition heightened the pressure on medical students to excel in the exam. In response, collaborative efforts involving the National Board of Medical Examiners prompted a change from reporting scores to a pass/fail system. The true impact of this shift remains insufficiently explored. This study aims to assess the emotional toll — encompassing burnout, anxiety, depression, and sleep quality — experienced prior to taking the Step 1 exam. Additionally, it aims to uncover potential gender-based disparities in perceived anxiety and depression.

Methods
The study encompasses the entirety of third-year medical students at Drexel University College of Medicine, who were invited to participate in a comprehensive survey. Drawing from retrospection, the survey relies on self-reported data regarding anxiety, depression, sleep quality, and burnout. Data compilation was anonymized and executed via Qualtrics platform.

Results
A total of 102 medical students completed the survey, with a 97% pass rate for the USMLE Step 1. Despite their excellent performance, 75% of students reported inadequate sleep quality, and 68% exhibited mild to moderate anxiety levels. Among them, a higher percentage of females (83%) experienced anxiety compared to their male counterparts (50%). Furthermore, 66% of students felt that their commitment to education exceeded what was reasonable for their well-being.

Conclusions
The transition from traditional scoring to a pass/fail system was ostensibly intended to enhance the mental well-being of medical students. Nevertheless, our findings underscore that students continue to endure heightened levels of stress, anxiety, and burnout during the pivotal month leading up to the Step 1 examination.
Morphological and Molecular Characteristics of Perineuronal Nets in the Human Prefrontal Cortex—A Possible Link to Microcircuitry Specialization
Authors: Banovac Ivan , Prkačin Matija Vid , Kirchbaum Ivona , Trnski-Levak Sara , Bobić-Rasonja Mihaela , Sedmak Goran , Petanjek Zdravko , Jovanov-Milosevic Natasa 
Published: July 2024

AbstractPerineuronal nets (PNNs) are a type of extracellular matrix (ECM) that play a significant role in synaptic activity and plasticity of interneurons in health and disease. We researched PNNs’ regional and laminar representation and molecular composition using immunohistochemistry and transcriptome analysis of Brodmann areas (BA) 9, 14r, and 24 in 25 human postmortem brains aged 13–82 years. The numbers of VCAN- and NCAN-expressing PNNs, relative to the total number of neurons, were highest in cortical layers I and VI while WFA-binding (WFA+) PNNs were most abundant in layers III–V. The ECM glycosylation pattern was the most pronounced regional difference, shown by a significantly lower proportion of WFA+ PNNs in BA24 (3.27 ± 0.69%) compared to BA9 (6.32 ± 1.73%; P = 0.0449) and BA14 (5.64 ± 0.71%; P = 0.0278). The transcriptome of late developmental and mature stages revealed a relatively stable expression of PNN-related transcripts (log2-transformed expression values: 6.5–8.5 for VCAN and 8.0–9.5 for NCAN). Finally, we propose a classification of PNNs that envelop GABAergic neurons in the human cortex. The significant differences in PNNs’ morphology, distribution, and molecular composition strongly suggest an involvement of PNNs in specifying distinct microcircuits in particular cortical regions and layers.