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Potential Competition and the 2023 Merger Guidelines
Authors: Gilbert Richard J. , Melamed A. Douglas 
Published: June 2024

AbstractThe 2023 Merger Guidelines devote a section to mergers that eliminate potential competition. This is an important contribution because agency guidelines have not discussed the subject in detail for almost 50 years. The new Guidelines follow the traditional distinction that has been upheld in the courts between a merger’s effects on incumbent responses to perceived potential competition and the potential effects of actual entry. Antitrust enforcement should assess both possible aspects of potential competition in an integrated fashion because harm from a merger occurs not infrequently from the elimination of actual potential competition; and when the elimination of perceived potential competition has an effect, it often occurs along with and as a consequence of the elimination of actual potential competition. Economic studies suggest that the benefits of perceived potential competition are less than some courts have assumed and that the benefits of actual potential competition are greater. Rather than focusing solely on the probability of harm from the elimination of a potential entrant, antitrust enforcement should adopt a sliding scale that takes into account the magnitude of the benefits for consumers or suppliers if entry is successful. Mergers with potential and nascent competitors can be harmful even if the probability of actual entry absent the merger is small.
Is Management and Organizational Studies divided into (micro-)tribes?
Authors: Wieczorek Oliver , Hallonsten Olof , Åström Fredrik 
Published: June 2024

AbstractMany claims have been made in the past that Management and Organization Studies (MOS) is becoming increasingly fragmented, and that this fragmentation is causing it to drift into self-reference and irrelevance. Despite the weight of this claim, it has not yet been subjected to a systematic empirical test. This paper addresses this research gap using the tribalization approach and diachronic co-citation analyses. Based on 22,430 papers published in 14 MOS journals between 1980 and 2019, we calculate local and global centrality measures and the flow of cited articles between co-citation communities over time. In addition, we use a node-removal strategy to test whether only ritualized citations ensure MOS cohesion. Rather than tribalization, our results suggest a center–periphery structure. Furthermore, more peripheral papers are integrated into the central co-citation communities, but the lion's share of the flow of cited papers occurs over time to only a small number of large clusters. An increase of fragmentation and crowding-out of smaller clusters in MOS in seen in the polycentrically organized core 2014–2019.
Exploring the Role of Shrubs in Modulating Heavy Metal Accumulation in Forest Soils in Single-Species Pine Stands
Authors: Kaźmierczak Marzena , Błońska Ewa , Lasota Jarosław 
Published: June 2024

AbstractHeavy metals accumulate and bind strongly in soil, making them difficult to eliminate. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus) and European hazelnut (Coryllus avellana) admixtures in pine monocultures on the accumulation and vertical distribution of heavy metals in soil surface horizons. Ten sites each of pine stands admixed with alder buckthorn, pine stands admixed with European hazelnut, and pine monocultures in the Rybnik Forest District in southern Poland were selected for each variant. For the study, soil samples were taken from each site from the organic and mineral horizons and analysed for N and C contents, C/N ratio, pHH2O, base cation contents, and heavy metal contents. For all three stand compositions, the organic horizons showed a significant accumulation of heavy metals compared to the mineral horizons. Heavy metal content was correlated with pH, N and C contents, C/N ratio, and base cation contents. The admixture of shrubs, especially European hazelnut, positively affected soil organic matter quality and, consequently, the accumulation of heavy metals. European hazelnut had the most beneficial soil effects on the tested soil, which confirms that this species can be used in planning species composition, particularly in regions prone to heavy pollutant deposition.
Unlocking the potential of Eichhornia crassipes for wastewater treatment: phytoremediation of aquatic pollutants, a strategy for advancing Sustainable Development Goal-06 clean water
Authors: Monroy-Licht Andrea , Carranza-Lopez Liliana , De la Parra-Guerra Ana C. , Acevedo-Barrios Rosa 
Published: June 2024

AbstractThe 2030 Agenda, established in 2015, contains seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at addressing global challenges. SDG-06, focused on clean water, drives the increase in basic sanitation coverage, the management of wastewater discharges, and water quality. Wastewater treatment could contribute to achieving 11 of the 17 SDGs. For this purpose, phytoremediation is a low-cost and adaptable alternative to the reduction and control of aquatic pollutants. The objective of this study is to highlight the role of macrophytes in the removal and degradation of these compounds, focusing on Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms, commonly known as water hyacinth. The reported values indicate that this plant has a removal capacity of over 70% for metals such as copper, aluminum, lead, mercury, cadmium, and metalloids such as arsenic. Additionally, it significantly improves water quality parameters such as turbidity, suspended solids, pH, dissolved oxygen, and color. It also reduces the presence of phosphates, and nitrogen compounds to values below 50%. It also plays a significant role in the removal of organic contaminants such as pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and dyes. This study describes several valuable by-products from the biomass of the water hyacinth, including animal and fish feed, energy generation (such as briquettes), ethanol, biogas, and composting. According to the analysis carried out, E. crassipes has a great capacity for phytoremediation, which makes it a viable solution for wastewater management, with great potential for water ecosystem restoration.
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Drop–Dry Deposition of SnO2 Using Na2SnO3 and Fabrication of SnO2/NiO Transparent Solar Cells
Authors: Ichimura Masaya , Okada Tetsuya , Fukuda Aoi , Li Tong 
Published: June 2024

AbstractIn this work, SnO2 thin films are deposited by drop–dry deposition (DDD), which is a simple, low-cost chemical technique for thin film deposition. The deposition solution contains Na2SnO3 as the Sn source, and is highly stable without spontaneous reactions in the solution. The solution is dropped on a substrate heated to 60°C on a heater plate. According to Auger electron spectroscopy, the deposit will be stoichiometric SnO2. The film is n-type and transparent in the visible range. The pn heterostructure is fabricated by depositing SnO2 on p-type NiO. The NiO film is also fabricated by DDD. Ni(OH)2 is deposited using a solution containing Ni(NO3)2 and NaOH, and then is converted to NiO by annealing at 400°C. The SnO2/NiO structure is transparent in the visible range and shows clear rectification properties and photovoltaic effects. Thus, a transparent solar cell is successfully fabricated by DDD.
The effectiveness of nurses’ psychosocial interventions for sensory deprivation in intensive care patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Uzun Sevda 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Objective
This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the effectiveness of nurses’ psychosocial interventions for addressing sensory deprivation in intensive care units (ICUs).

Materials and methods
A comprehensive search of PubMed, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, Google Scholar, CİNAHL, Embase, Cochrane Library, and YÖK Thesis Center databases was conducted from August 2023 to May 2024, without any temporal restrictions. In addition, a physical search was made in the university library for grey literature.

Results
The study revealed that nurses’ psychosocial interventions significantly improved patients’ level of consciousness (SMD = 1.042, %95 CI = 0.716 to 1.369; Z = 6.25; p < .05) and sleep quality in ICUs (SMD=1.21, 95% CI= 0.232 to 1.810; Z = 2.49; p < .05). The effectiveness of psychosocial interventions varied based on the type of intervention, patient age, ICU type, patient group, and intervention duration. Notably, auditory stimuli and aromatherapy demonstrated particularly high effect sizes, significantly enhancing patients’ levels of consciousness and sleep quality.

Conclusion
In conclusion, psychosocial interventions aimed at reducing sensory deprivation in intensive care units exert beneficial effects on individuals, notably enhancing their level of consciousness and improving sleep quality.
The role of IL-17 in the pathogenesis and treatment of glioblastoma—an update on the state of the art and future perspectives
Authors: Łaszczych Dariusz , Czernicka Aleksandra , Gostomczyk Karol , Szylberg Łukasz , Borowczak Jędrzej 
Published: June 2024

AbstractGlioblastoma (GBM) is the most common malignant brain tumor, which, despite significant progress made in the last years in the field of neuro-oncology, remains an incurable disease. GBM has a poor prognosis with a median survival of 12–15 months, and its aggressive clinical course is related to rapid growth, extensive infiltration of adjacent tissues, resistance to chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy, and frequent relapse. Currently, several molecular biomarkers are used in clinical practice to predict patient prognosis and response to treatment. However, due to the overall unsatisfactory efficacy of standard multimodal treatment and the remaining poor prognosis, there is an urgent need for new biomarkers and therapeutic strategies for GBM. Recent evidence suggests that GBM tumorigenesis is associated with crosstalk between cancer, immune and stromal cells mediated by various cytokines. One of the key factors involved in this process appears to be interleukin-17 (IL-17), a pro-inflammatory cytokine that is significantly upregulated in the serum and tissue of GBM patients. IL-17 plays a key role in tumorigenesis, angiogenesis, and recurrence of GBM by activating pro-oncogenic signaling pathways and promoting cell survival, proliferation, and invasion. IL-17 facilitates the immunomodulation of the tumor microenvironment by promoting immune cells infiltration and cytokine secretion. In this article we review the latest scientific reports to provide an update on the role of IL-17 role in tumorigenesis, tumor microenvironment, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of GBM.
Explaining association between interpersonal communication competence and depression through need satisfaction, anxiety, and stress
Authors: Çıkrıkçı Neslihan 
Published: June 2024

AbstractThe cognitive evaluation of the process of interpersonal communication may be a risk factor of depression. Interpersonal communication competence assesses how people display performance on communication and has been proposed to impact directly need satisfaction, indirectly anxiety, stress, and depression. The main purpose of the present cross-sectional study was to examine the mediation roles of need satisfaction, anxiety, and stress in the association between interpersonal communication competence and depression. Correlational and mediation analysis were performed to test conceptual model of depression. Correlational analysis revealed that depression was associated with interpersonal communication competence, anxiety, and stress. Additionally, interpersonal communication competence was associated with need satisfaction, anxiety, and stress. As for mediation analysis, it was concluded that the serial mediation role of need satisfaction, anxiety, and stress in the association between interpersonal communication competence and depression was significant. A new conceptual model provided empirical evidences as to the prodrome of depression. Therefore, it was supposed that these findings would be effective in psychological interventions of depression.
Fast normalized cross-correlation for template matching with rotations
Authors: Almira José María , Phelippeau Harold , Martinez-Sanchez Antonio 
Published: June 2024

AbstractNormalized cross-correlation is the reference approach to carry out template matching on images. When it is computed in Fourier space, it can handle efficiently template translations but it cannot do so with template rotations. Including rotations requires sampling the whole space of rotations, repeating the computation of the correlation each time.This article develops an alternative mathematical theory to handle efficiently, at the same time, rotations and translations. Our proposal has a reduced computational complexity because it does not require to repeatedly sample the space of rotations. To do so, we integrate the information relative to all rotated versions of the template into a unique symmetric tensor template -which is computed only once per template-. Afterward, we demonstrate that the correlation between the image to be processed with the independent tensor components of the tensorial template contains enough information to recover template instance positions and rotations. Our proposed method has the potential to speed up conventional template matching computations by a factor of several magnitude orders for the case of 3D images.
Aphid adaptation in a changing environment through their bacterial endosymbionts: an overview, including a new major cereal pest (Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) scenario
Authors: Csorba Artúr Botond , Dinescu Sorina , Pircalabioru Gratiela Gradisteanu , Fora Ciprian G. , Bálint János , Loxdale Hugh D. , Balog Adalbert 
Published: June 2024

AbstractAphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) are small, phloem-feeding insects that exhibit remarkable adaptability and resilience to various environmental conditions, including heat stress. Recent research has shed light on the role of bacterial symbionts in influencing the heat tolerance of aphids. Additionally, an intriguing avenue of investigation has explored how aphids can acquire bacterial symbionts through a unique mechanism involving soil nematodes. In this paper, we provide an in-depth overview of the interplay between heat stress, bacterial symbionts, and soil nematodes in the context of aphid biology. In reviewing the existing literature and collating available knowledge, we highlight the mechanisms by which bacterial symbionts contribute to aphid heat stress tolerance and examine the symbiont acquisition process facilitated by soil nematodes. Furthermore, we discuss the implications of these symbiotic associations in relation to the ecology, evolution, and agricultural management of a major globally expanding pest aphid, the corn leaf aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch). Overall, it may be concluded that both primary and secondary bacterial endosymbionts play a significant role in aphid biology with evolutionary consequences. These include adaptations through bacterial symbionts in terms of longevity and fecundity, heat shock tolerance, and resistance to fungal pathogens and primary hymenopterous wasp parasitoids.
Study on seismic characterization and distribution characteristics of effective reservoirs of granite weathering crust in Dongying Sag, Bohai Bay Basin
Authors: Zhu Mao-lin , Liu Zhen , Liu Hui-min , Zhang Peng-fei 
Published: June 2024

AbstractTo solve the problem of low resolution of seismic data from granite weathering crust and difficulty in predicting effective reservoir distribution. Based on the research idea of combining geology and seismology, seismic facies characteristics and effective reservoir distribution of granite weathering crust are studied by means of frequency division reconstruction processing, seismic facies analysis and sensitive attributes interpretation. This method consists of the following four main processes: (1) Using improved Morlet wavelet function for frequency division and reconstruction processing of seismic data; (2) From the perspective of geological evolution, analyzing the geological origin of seismic facies; (3) Based on the results of well- seismic combination, clarifying the types of effective reservoirs and predicting their distribution; (4) Comprehensive research indicating favorable reservoirs distribution. The results indicate that (1) a considerably improved resolution of seismic data processed by frequency division reconstruction is obtained based on the improved Morlet wavelet function. Thus, granite reservoirs then have clearer internal reflection characteristics. (2) Affected by differences in weathering, the seismic facies in granite weathering crusts can be classified as follows: Strong-amplitude facies with amplitudes of 23,700 − 32,800, corresponding to eluvium, represents the late stage of weathering crust evolution with high-intensity weathering. Medium-amplitude facies with amplitudes of 5,250 − 24,000, corresponding to dissolution layer, represents a middle stage of weathering crust evolution with moderate weathering. And weak-amplitude-blank facies with amplitudes of 0–5,330, corresponding to disintegration layer, represents an early stage of weathering crust evolution with weak weathering. (3) Effective reservoirs can be classified according to well-seismic calibrations and combined with reservoir spaces, porosities and permeabilities, and the logging and oil-bearing characteristics of the reservoirs. Type I effective reservoir comprises medium-amplitude facies, with favorable reservoir conditions and high-yield oil-bearing properties; this type is distributed in the western slopes, with an elevation of 1,300-2,500 m. Type II effective reservoir comprises strong-amplitude facies, with poor oil-bearing properties; this type is mainly distributed in the southeast and north slopes of the study area, with a relatively limited range, and the elevation is mostly below 1,500 m. Type III effective reservoir comprises weak-amplitude-blank facies, with poor reservoir conditions and poor oil-bearing properties; this type is widely distributed at various elevations. (4) The areas where medium-amplitude facies have developed are the most favorable reservoir exploration zones for granite in Dongying Sag, Bohai Bay Basin.
Helicopter augmented control laws for ship deck landing: HACLAS ONERA/DLR Joint Team
Authors: Kalra Arti , Binet Laurent 
Published: June 2024

AbstractDifferent types of control laws are implemented, tested and compared for maritime operations particularly ship deck landing maneuvers at the flight simulation facilities at both DLR (German Aerospace Center) and ONERA (The French Aerospace Lab). At DLR, “classical” cyclic and collective stick flight controls were used during the piloted simulator trials while active side-sticks were operated at ONERA. A joint maritime scenario for ship deck landing in the simulation environments of both institutes is presented. Test methodologies and assessment techniques to evaluate the ship deck landings are harmonized based on different criteria such as quantitative measures and handling qualities (HQ) ratings to analyze the developed control laws. Simulation results based on pilot studies for an EC135 in the DLR simulator and an EC225 at ONERA are presented.
Reconceptualizing Simulations: Epistemic Objects and Epistemic Practices in Professional Education
Authors: Sellberg Charlott , Solberg Mads 
Published: June 2024

AbstractThis study explores how and why simulation training facilitates professional learning by investigating how simulators and simulations are used and conceptualized in two professional domains, nursing and maritime navigation, and offer a reconceptualization. Our aim is to move beyond past theorizing of simulators and simulations that has mainly centered on representational issues like validity, fidelity, and authenticity. Instead, we approach simulators as epistemic objects and simulations as epistemic practices. These concepts offer a lens to examine the situated and sociomaterial practices that make simulators into simulations and simulations into entry points to the epistemic culture of a profession. As a result, we pinpoint three central mechanisms for transforming the simulation experience into an event that facilitates the enrollment of students into their future profession. The first mechanism involves the instructional practice of “filling in” aspects of the work context that might be missing in the simulator. The second mechanism, sometimes labeled the “as-if” mode of simulations, manifests through the participants’ ongoing commitment to treat the simulation as-if it was a real professional encounter. The third relates to how simulation-based learning activities afford a crucial pedagogical orientation towards defining what constitutes exemplary professional practice in specific training situations.
New-Generation Ferroelectric AlScN Materials
Authors: Zhang Yalong , Zhu Qiuxiang , Tian Bobo , Duan Chungang 
Published: June 2024

AbstractFerroelectrics have great potential in the field of nonvolatile memory due to programmable polarization states by external electric field in nonvolatile manner. However, complementary metal oxide semiconductor compatibility and uniformity of ferroelectric performance after size scaling have always been two thorny issues hindering practical application of ferroelectric memory devices. The emerging ferroelectricity of wurtzite structure nitride offers opportunities to circumvent the dilemma. This review covers the mechanism of ferroelectricity and domain dynamics in ferroelectric AlScN films. The performance optimization of AlScN films grown by different techniques is summarized and their applications for memories and emerging in-memory computing are illustrated. Finally, the challenges and perspectives regarding the commercial avenue of ferroelectric AlScN are discussed.
The Nakedness of Prakṛti: A Sāṃkhya-Yoga Reading of Aubrey Menen’s The Space Within the Heart
Authors: Ferrández Raquel 
Published: June 2024

AbstractIn his autobiography The Space within the Heart (1970), the writer Aubrey Menen shares the experiment in self-inquiry he conducted in the 1960s in the Piazza Farnese in Rome. Relying on the reading of two Upaniṣads, he decided to retreat to a room and not abandon the experiment until he had achieved the experience of his true self, the ātman. Employing only intellectual analysis, Menen distances himself, one by one, from all the narratives that make up his empirical identity. In this essay, I propose to interpret his experiment from classical Sāṃkhya philosophy, reading it as a contemporary practice of tattva-abhyāsa that proceeds through a methodic disenchantment and entails a cognitive and emotional nakedness that might be interpreted as the nakedness of prakṛti. This case study raises questions about the application of Sāṃkhya philosophy in contexts other than renunciation and outside of any tradition, as well as on the role that emotions play in the process of the negation (pratiṣedha) of tattva-s, for the latter are not abstract entities, but shape our various empirical identities through emotional knots that the seeker will have to undo in the exercise of coming to affirm their identity as puruṣa.