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Cross-cultural Comparison of Recovery College Implementation Between Japan and England: Corpus-based Discourse Analysis
Authors: Kotera Yasuhiro , Miyamoto Yuki , Vilar-Lluch Sara , Aizawa Ikuya , Reilly Owen , Miwa Akihiro , Murakami Michio , Stergiopoulos Vicky , Kroon Hans , Giles Kirsty , Garner Kennedyrae , Ronaldson Amy , McPhilbin Merly , Jebara Tesnime , Takhi Simran , Repper Julie , Meddings Sara , Jepps Jessica , Simpson Adelabu Jonathan , Kellermann Vanessa , Arakawa Naoko , Henderson Claire , Slade Mike , Eguchi Shigeyuki 
Published: July 2024

AbstractRecovery Colleges (RCs) are mental health learning communities, operated in 28 countries across cultures. However, the RC operational model is informed by Western countries sharing similar cultural characteristics such as individualism and short-term orientation. How RC operational model needs to be adapted to non-Western culture remains unknown. We investigated how RCs are introduced to the public in two countries with contrasting cultural characteristics: Japan (collectivism, long-term) and England (individualism, short-term). Corpus-based discourse analysis on 22,827 words from promotional texts (13 RCs in Japan, 61 in England) revealed that both countries emphasised mental illness lived experiences. In Japan, the focus was on the relational and long-term aspects of recovery. In England, the focus was on personal learning and skill acquisition. People attending RCs in Japan may anticipate experiencing collectivistic and long-term elements, which are viewed unfavourably in the operational model. Findings suggest refinements to the operational model to include under-represented cultural characteristics.
Human Brain Organoid Research and Applications: Where and How to Meet Legal Challenges?
Authors: Kataoka M. , Lee T.-L. , Sawai T. 
Published: July 2024

AbstractAn ethical and legal framework is needed to regulate the rapidly developing human brain organoid research field properly. However, considering the legal issues involved in human brain organoid research remains underdeveloped and scattered. This article reviews the legal issues of human brain organoid research, grouping them into the following five broad themes: (1) consciousness, (2) legal status, (3) consent, (4) ownership, and (5) transplantation. The issues in each topic include both the urgent (e.g., appropriate forms of consent) and the speculative (e.g., protection of conscious human brain organoids). Therefore, we have attempted to be as explicit as possible about the timescale within which each issue will be realized and to prioritize each. Examining these issues has revealed legal issues specific to human brain organoid research and issues common to research in other fields. Further discussion of human brain organoid research from a legal perspective is needed in the future, considering discussions in related fields.
Effectiveness of external prestressing in enhancing the non-ductile hanger failure mechanism in reinforced concrete inverted T-beams
Authors: Atta Ahmed M. , Behiry Reda N. , Haraz Mohammed I. 
Published: July 2024

AbstractRecently, inverted T-beams have been used in reinforced concrete (RC) bridges to support transverse precast stringers. Inverted T-beams, contrary to practice with conventional beams, are loaded on the flanges upper surface. This loading configuration causes hanger failure due to the generation of vertical tensile stresses near the bottom of the web. The key purpose of this study is to investigate the efficiency of vertical external prestressing stainless-steel bars in mitigating non-ductile hanger failure in reinforced concrete inverted T-beams. An experimental study on six inverted-T beams, including two un-strengthened specimens, was carried out. The study showed that the value of the prestressing level had a considerable impact on the performance of hanger mechanism in relation to crack pattern, ultimate loads, cracking behavior, load–deflection, strains, and ductility. The experimental results indicated that the suggested method for strengthening inverted T-beams had efficacy in reducing the seriousness of the non-ductile hanger failure and resulted in a strength increase of up to 53% when compared to that of the un-strengthened specimen. Additionally, two analytical models for estimating the hanger capacity and the average crack width of the strengthened RC inverted T-beams were proposed. The models that were proposed exhibited a high degree of agreement with the experimental results.
Don’t give me just positive feedback: How positive and negative feedback can increase feedback-based goal setting and proactive customer service behavior
Authors: Menguc Bulent , Auh Seigyoung , Ang Dionysius , Uray Nimet 
Published: July 2024

AbstractHow can managers use positive and negative feedback to encourage employees’ proactive customer service behavior (PCSB)? This question has significant implications because while companies utilize feedback for employee development, it remains unclear how different forms of manager feedback can improve or impair customer service. We synthesize the feedback, goal-setting, and proactive service behavior literature and propose a motivational driver–goal setting–goal striving–goal attainment (MG3) model to help unpack the feedback–PCSB link. Using time-wave survey data in Study 1, we find that feedback-based goal setting fully mediates the effect of positive (but not negative) feedback on PCSB. Using controlled experiments in Studies 2 and 3, we demonstrate that while positive feedback affects feedback-based goal setting through feedback utility, negative feedback does so via feedback accountability, revealing distinct mechanisms. Our research underscores the importance of distinguishing between feedback types when the goal is to foster PCSB.
Effect of Post-transplant Dietary Restriction on Hematopoietic Reconstitution and Maintenance of Reconstitution Capacity of Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Authors: Tao Si , Qiu Xingxing , Wang Yiting , Qiu Rongrong , Yu Chenghui , Sun Man , Liu Lulu , Tao Zhendong , Zhang Liu , Tang Duozhuang 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is an important therapy for many hematological malignancies as well as some non-malignant diseases. Post-transplant hematopoiesis is affected by multiple factors, and the mechanisms of delayed post-transplant hematopoiesis remain poorly understood. Patients undergoing HCT often suffer from significantly reduced food intake due to complications induced by preconditioning treatments. Here, we used a dietary restriction (DR) mouse model to study the effect of post-transplant dietary reduction on hematopoiesis and hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). We found that post-transplant DR significantly inhibited both lymphopoiesis and myelopoiesis in the primary recipient mice. However, when bone marrow cells (BMCs) from the primary recipient mice were serially transplanted into secondary and tertiary recipient mice, the HSCs derived from the primary recipient mice, which were exposed to post-transplant DR, exhibited a much higher reconstitution capacity. Transplantation experiments with purified HSCs showed that post-transplant DR greatly inhibited hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) expansion. Additionally, post-transplant DR reshaped the gut microbiotas of the recipient mice, which inhibited inflammatory responses and thus may have contributed to maintaining HSC function. Our findings may have important implications for clinical work because reduced food intake and problems with digestion and absorption are common in patients undergoing HCT.

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Infectious mononucleosis complicated by transitory Epstein-Barr virus infection of T and natural killer cells
Authors: Zhang Yanlin , Xie JianLan , Zheng Yuanyuan , Zhou XiaoGe 
Published: July 2024

AbstractEpstein-Barr virus (EBV) typically infects B cells in infectious mononucleosis (IM), but a rare case shows EBV infection in T cells. Seven cases of lymphoproliferative disorder caused by EBV-positive cytotoxic T/natural killer (NK) cell proliferation in the lymph nodes, termed IM with transient EBV infection of T and NK cells (EBV + T/NK cells in IM), are reported here. The purpose of the study is to describe clinicopathological features of EBV + T/natural killer (NK) cells in IM of the lymph node. We retrospectively analysed seven cases of Chinese children and young people adults with EBV + T/NK cells in IM. We used morphological observation, immunohistochemical staining, EB virus in situ hybridisation detection, and analysis of T-cell receptor gene rearrangement. The patients were healthy prior to illness, experiencing sudden onset occurring in all the patients, with high fever as the first symptom, followed by lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly. Diagnosis occurred < 1.5 months of symptom onset. Most lymphocytes in lesions expressed CD3 and Granzyme B or TIA-1 and lacked CD5. CD56 was expressed in numerous cells in 5 of the 7 cases. EBV-encoded RNA (EBER) was detected in medium-to-large-sized cells (50–100 cells per cell/high-power field). T-cell receptor (TCR) gene rearrangement was seen in six cases, with monoclonal rearrangement in four cases. Treatment was conservative treatment but not chemotherapy. Four received anti-HLH therapy and others anti-inflammatory treatment. All patients survived with relapse after long-term clinical observation and follow-up. EBV + T/NK cells in IM can elicit malignant features that mimic T/NK-cell lymphoma pathologically and benign features mimicking IM clinically. These findings indicate that EBV + T/NK cells in IM could serve as valuable diagnosis. Additional clinical information, including age of onset (children and young people), nature of onset (sudden), disease course (short), symptoms (systemic), EBV infection status (acute), and lymph node involvement, is crucial for accurate diagnosis and prognostic evaluation.
A novel three-part pharynx and its parallel evolution within symbiotic marine nematodes (Desmodoroidea, Stilbonematinae)
Authors: Pröts Philipp , Novotny-Diermayr Veronica , Ott Jörg A. 
Published: July 2024

AbstractStilbonematinae are nematodes commonly found in shallow marine sands. They are overgrown by a genus- and species-specific coat of chemoautotrophic sulphur-oxidizing ectosymbiotic bacteria which profit from the vertical migration of their hosts through the chemocline by alternately gaining access to oxidizing and reducing chemical species, while in return, the host feeds on its symbionts. The subfamily exhibits a large morphological variability; e.g. the anterior pharynx is cylindrical in genera possessing a voluminous coat, but species with a bacterial monolayer possess a distinctly swollen corpus and therefore a tripartite pharynx. Since 18S-based phylogenetic analyses do not show close relationships between corpus-bearing species, we investigated the pharynx morphology using phalloidin staining in combination with confocal laser scanning microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and light microscopy in order to assess an independent evolution. The class-wide stable position of the subventral pharynx ampullae was used as a morphological marker. Ampullae are positioned at the anterior-most end of the isthmus in Cyathorobbea, further posterior in Catanema and Robbea and inside the corpus in Laxus oneistus. We therefore conclude an independent evolution of corpus enlargements within Stilbonematinae. This further suggests that pharynx morphology is driven by the volume of the symbiotic bacterial coat rather than phylogeny. Based on an existing mathematical model, an enlarged corpus should enable its bearer to ingest food in smaller quantities, in gourmet style, whereas a cylindrical pharynx would restrict its bearer to ancestral gourmand feeding. A review of pharynx types of Nematoda showed that the Stilbonematinae pharynx is substantially different compared to other tripartite pharynges. The lack of pharyngeal tubes and valves, the undivided corpus and evenly distributed nuclei in the isthmus warrant the definition of the “stilbonematoid” three-part pharynx.
Role of Edge Groups in Defining the Stability of Aromatic Molecules Under Electron Irradiation
Authors: Tong Y. , Alsalama M. , Berdiyorov G. R. , Hamoudi H. 
Published: July 2024

AbstractElectron irradiation is known to be an important physical tool in tuning the properties of self-assembled organic molecules. Here, we use X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements to study the effect of electron bombardment on the structural properties of dithiol aromatic molecules, where the sulfur atoms are either in direct conjugation with phenyl rings (case of Biphenyl-4,4′-dithiol, BPN) or separated by a methylene group (case of 5,5′-bis(mercaptomethyl)-2,2′-bipyridine, BPD). The former molecule shows enhanced stability against the electron irradiation, whereas the presence of the saturated CH2 group results in considerable reduction of both carbon and sulfur contents in the XPS spectra after irradiation (around 5%). Qualitative description of the experimental results is given through bond distance-dependent total energy calculations and structural and electronic structure analysis within density functional theory. The simulation results show that the binding energy of the thiol unit to the molecule decreases by more than 15% by including the CH2 group. This effect becomes even more pronounced when extra electrons are injected to the system. The simulation results predict the easy removal of the edge group of the BPD molecules upon irradiation as compared to BPN SAMs. Our findings show the importance of the oligomeric units in altering the properties of thiol-terminated molecular self-assemblies by electron irradiation.
Current Surveillance and Treatment Guidelines for Thyroid Carcinoma
Authors: Lung Kirsten , Madeka Isheeta , Willis Alliric I. 
Published: July 2024

AbstractPurpose of ReviewAlthough thyroid nodules are often a common finding during examination of the thyroid gland, with a prevalence of approximately 5% in the United States population for those aged 50 years and older, thyroid carcinoma itself is a more uncommon finding, with a lifetime risk of 1.2% within the United States. With the introduction of novel diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, including targeted molecular therapies, the diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance of thyroid carcinoma has rapidly evolved in recent decades following the development of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines in 2015. This review summarizes the current surveillance tools and treatment pathways for patients with various subtypes of thyroid carcinoma, including differentiated thyroid carcinoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma, and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma.Recent FindingsAdvances in patient-tailored therapies, such as immunotherapeutic agents, diagnostic modalities, and risk stratification tools help to promote personalized medicine for patients with thyroid carcinoma with the goal to minimize over-treatment of low-risk thyroid disease and under-treatment of high-risk thyroid disease.SummaryThe management of thyroid carcinoma is constantly evolving with the advent of new diagnostic modalities and management options, including targeted therapy treatments, all of which help to enhance patient-centered care and emphasize the importance of patient-tailored surgical and medical therapies. While existing guidelines create a foundation upon which current treatment algorithms are rooted, several novel therapeutic strategies have emerged that have not only improved overall survival, but also pushed the boundary of what is known of the molecular landscape of thyroid carcinoma. These continuing improvements, in conjunction with surgical management, pave the way for creating treatment methods that will further transform care of thyroid carcinoma patients and improve quality of life for these patients.
Measuring the Direct Medical Costs of Hospital-Onset Infections Using an Analogy Costing Framework
Authors: Scott R. Douglas , Culler Steven D. , Baggs James , Reddy Sujan C. , Slifka Kara Jacobs , Magill Shelley S. , Kazakova Sophia V. , Jernigan John A. , Nelson Richard E. , Rosenman Robert E. , Wandschneider Philip R. 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
Background
The majority of recent estimates on the direct medical cost attributable to hospital-onset infections (HOIs) has focused on device- or procedure-associated HOIs. The attributable costs of HOIs that are not associated with device use or procedures have not been extensively studied.

Objective
We developed simulation models of attributable cost for 16 HOIs and estimated the total direct medical cost, including nondevice-related HOIs in the USA for 2011 and 2015.

Data and Methods
We used total discharge costs associated with HOI-related hospitalization from the National Inpatient Sample and applied an analogy costing methodology to develop simulation models of the costs attributable to HOIs. The mean attributable cost estimate from the simulation analysis was then multiplied by previously published estimates of the number of HOIs for 2011 and 2015 to generate national estimates of direct medical costs.

Results
After adjusting all estimates to 2017 US dollars, attributable cost estimates for select nondevice-related infections attributable cost estimates ranged from $7661 for ear, eye, nose, throat, and mouth (EENTM) infections to $27,709 for cardiovascular system infections in 2011; and from $8394 for EENTM to $26,445 for central nervous system infections in 2016 (based on 2015 incidence data). The national direct medical costs for all HOIs were $14.6 billion in 2011 and $12.1 billion in 2016. Nondevice- and nonprocedure-associated HOIs comprise approximately 26−28% of total HOI costs.

Conclusion
Results suggest that nondevice- and nonprocedure-related HOIs result in considerable costs to the healthcare system.
Metacognitive Instruction for Improving the Effectiveness of Collaborative Writing for EFL Learners’ Writing Development
Authors: Wang Kaixuan , Zhang Lawrence Jun , Cooper Maria 
Published: July 2024

Abstract
There has been substantial research on the effects of metacognitive instruction on improving L2 learners’ language skills. However, little is known about the impact of such instruction on improving the effectiveness of L2 students’ collaborative writing. To fill this research gap, we conducted a quasi-experimental study to investigate how such an instructional programme would help Chinese EFL learners’ writing development through collaborative writing. A total of 62 post-graduate students from a university in central China were randomly allocated to either an experimental group receiving three weeks of collaborative writing interventions with metacognitive instruction for writing collaboratively, or a control group that was taught via a genre-based approach. Pre-test, immediate post-test, and delayed post-tests were administered with both groups at the onset, immediately after, and six weeks after the interventions to compare their change in writing production, specifically in lexical complexity, accuracy, and fluency. Results revealed that the metacognitive instruction and collaborative writing interventions helped improve participants’ writing performance in lexical variation, accuracy, and fluency. However, no significant effects were observed in lexical density and lexical sophistication. We discuss the results for their pedagogical and theoretical implications.
Study on the preparation and fretting behavior of bonded oriented MoS2 solid lubricant coating
Authors: Xiong Liangliang , Wu Mengxue , Fan Xiaoqiang , Zhu Minhao 
Published: July 2024

AbstractThe bonded MoS2 solid lubricant coating is an effective measure to mitigate the fretting wear of AISI 1045 steel. In this work, the amino functionalized MoS2 was protonated with acetic acid to make the MoS2 positively charged. The directional arrangement of protonated MoS2 in the coating was achieved by electrophoretic deposition under the electric field force. The bonded directionally aligned MoS2 solid lubricant coating showed high adaptability to various loads and excellent lubrication performance under all three working conditions. At a load of 10 N, the friction coefficient and wear volume of the coating with 5 wt% protonated MoS2 decreased by 20.0% and 37.2% compared to the pure epoxy coating, respectively, and by 0.07% and 16.8% than the randomly arranged MoS2 sample, respectively. The remarkable lubricating properties of MoS2 with directional alignment were attributed to its effective load-bearing and mechanical support, barrier effect on longitudinal extension of cracks, and the formation of a continuous and uniform transfer film.
Illuminator: Image-based illumination editing for indoor scene harmonization
Authors: Bao Zhongyun , Fu Gang , Chen Zipei , Xiao Chunxia 
Published: July 2024

AbstractIllumination harmonization is an important but challenging task that aims to achieve illumination compatibility between the foreground and background under different illumination conditions. Most current studies mainly focus on achieving seamless integration between the appearance (illumination or visual style) of the foreground object itself and the background scene or producing the foreground shadow. They rarely considered global illumination consistency (i.e., the illumination and shadow of the foreground object). In our work, we introduce “Illuminator”, an image-based illumination editing technique. This method aims to achieve more realistic global illumination harmonization, ensuring consistent illumination and plausible shadows in complex indoor environments. The Illuminator contains a shadow residual generation branch and an object illumination transfer branch. The shadow residual generation branch introduces a novel attention-aware graph convolutional mechanism to achieve reasonable foreground shadow generation. The object illumination transfer branch primarily transfers background illumination to the foreground region. In addition, we construct a real-world indoor illumination harmonization dataset called RIH, which consists of various foreground objects and background scenes captured under diverse illumination conditions for training and evaluating our Illuminator. Our comprehensive experiments, conducted on the RIH dataset and a collection of real-world everyday life photos, validate the effectiveness of our method.
A stochastic approach to delays optimization for narrowband transmit beam pattern in medical ultrasound
Authors: Razzetta Chiara , Candiani Valentina , Crocco Marco , Benvenuto Federico 
Published: July 2024

AbstractIn ultrasound imaging, state-of-the-art methods for transmit beam pattern (TBP) optimization have well-known drawbacks like non-uniform beam width over depth, significant side lobes, and quick energy drop-out beyond the focal region. To overcome these limitations, we develop a TBP optimization approach by focusing on its narrowband approximation and considering transmit delays as free variables instead of linked to specific focal depths. We formulate a non-linear Least Squares problem to minimize the difference between the TBP corresponding to a set of delays and the desired one, modeled as a 2D rectangle elongated along the beam axis. Three metrics are defined to quantitatively evaluate the results. Results obtained by synthetic simulations show that the main lobe width is considerably more intense ($$+31.5\%$$

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on average) over the whole depth range compared to classical focalized Beam Patterns. The application of the method to elastography shows improvements in the ultrasound energy concentration along a desired axis.