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Feeding practices and dietary intake in Brazilian children with Down syndrome: A cross‐sectional study
Authors: Genovesio M. C. R. S. , Monteiro L. S. , da Silva A. V. , Rodrigues P. R. M. , Baumblatt A. P. , Ribas S. A. 
Published: May 2024

AbstractBackgroundStudies investigating the quality of the diet and dietary intake of children with Down syndrome (DS) are required because the features attributed to the syndrome can affect growth, development and quality of life.MethodsThis cross‐sectional study was conducted with 77 Brazilian children with DS between 5 and 36 months of age receiving care at the multidisciplinary outpatient clinic of the University Hospital. Participants' sociodemographic, dietary and anthropometric data were collected from the care protocols. Dietary data were collected from 24‐h recalls and dietary practices were assessed according to the WHO dietary guidelines. Associations between inadequate feeding practices and demographic variables were assessed using logistic regression models.ResultsFruits, milk or infant formula, vegetables, beans and meat were among the five most consumed foods by the children investigated. Overall, we observed a high number of cases of early weaning (50.6%), low minimum dietary diversity (MDD; 40.3%), inadequate consistency for age (64.9%), early presence of ultra‐processed foods (76.6%), sugars and sweets (33.8%) in the diet of the children with DS. In the associations of inadequate feeding practices by age group, low MDD [odds ratio (OR): 18.6; 95% confidence interval (CI): 3.4; 57.1] and inadequate consistency (OR: 6.65; 95% CI: 1.8; 24.7) were more frequent among children aged below 12 months while this relationship was inverse for early introduction of sugar and sweets (OR: 0.04; 95% CI: 0.01; 0.29).ConclusionOur findings showed a high number of cases of inadequate dietary practices in children with DS investigated, which could adversely affect the long‐term health of this population.
The geography of acquisitions and greenfield investments: Firm heterogeneity and regional institutional conditions
Authors: Amendolagine Vito , Crescenzi Riccardo , Rabellotti Roberta 
Published: May 2024

AbstractThis paper investigates how institutional conditions at national and regional levels shape the decisions of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) to invest abroad by means of either acquisitions or greenfield investments. The empirical analysis covers all foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in the European Union by the largest MNEs in the world to study alternative choices by the same firm and account for firm‐level characteristics in investment decisions. The empirical results show that—other things being equal—regions with stronger investment eco‐systems are more likely to attract acquisitions, while greenfield investments are more likely in regions with comparatively weaker systemic conditions. Howerver, the regional quality of institutions makes a fundamental difference to the nature of the investment projects attracted by regions: those with high quality of government can attract greenfield investments undertaken by the most productive MNEs. By improving their quality of government, local, and regional policy makers can attract higher quality greenfield investment projects to their constituencies, potentially breaking the vicious circle between low productivity areas and low productivity FDI.
Effects of vitamin K2 administration on guided bone regeneration in diabetic rats
Authors: Duman Irmak , Tanrıverdi Gamze , Öztürk Özener Hafize 
Published: May 2024

AbstractAimThe present study aimed to investigate the histomorphometric and immunohistochemical impacts of vitamin K2 on guided bone regeneration (GBR) in calvarial critical‐size defects (CSDs) in diabetic rats.MethodsA total of 30 rats were used in this study, comprising 12 non‐diabetic (control) rats and 18 with streptozotocin‐nicotinamide‐induced experimental Diabetes mellitus (DM). In all rats, two calvarial CSDs were created: one defect was left empty (E), the other was treated with bovine‐derived bone graft and collagen‐based resorbable membrane (GM). Study groups were as follows: control rats administered saline (n = 6, C‐E and C‐GM groups) or vitamin K2 (n = 6, CK‐E and CK‐GM groups) and diabetic rats administered saline (n = 6, DM‐E and DM‐GM groups) or vitamin K2 (n = 6, DMK‐E and DMK‐GM groups). After 4 weeks of saline or vitamin K2 administration, the rats were euthanized. Bone defect healing and new bone formation were assessed histomorphometrically, and osteocalcin and osteopontin levels were examined immunohistochemically.ResultsPercentage of new bone formation was greater in CK‐GM vs. CK‐E and in DMK‐GM vs. DMK‐E [d = 3.86 (95% CI = 16.38–28.61), d = 1.86, (95% CI = 10.74–38.58), respectively, p < .05]. Bone defect healing scores were higher in CK‐GM vs. CK‐E and in DMK‐GM vs. DMK‐E [d = 2.69 (95% CI = ‐2.12 to −0.87), d = 3.28 (95% CI = 0.98–1.91), respectively, p < .05]. Osteocalcin expression levels were elevated in CK‐GM vs. CK‐E, in DMK‐GM vs. DMK‐E [d = 1.19 (95% CI = 0.08–1.41), d = 1.10 (95% CI = 0.02–1.22), respectively p < .05]. Vitamin K2 enhanced osteocalcin expression levels in DMK‐E vs. DM‐E [d = 2.78, (95% CI = 0.56–1.53), p < .05] and in DMK‐GM vs. DM‐GM [d = 2.43, (95% CI = 0.65–2.10), p < .05]. Osteopontin expression was enhanced in defects treated with GM vs. E defects [C‐GM vs. C‐E, d = 1.56 (95% CI = 0.38–2.01); CK‐GM vs. CK‐E, d = 1.91 (95% CI = 0.49–1.72); DM‐GM vs. DM‐E, d = 2.34 (95% CI = ‐1.12 to −0.50); DMK‐GM vs. DMK‐E, d = 2.00 (95% CI = 0.58–1.91), p < .05].ConclusionThe research findings suggest that administering vitamin K2 in GBR for rats with DM favorably impacts bone healing in CSDs, presenting an adjunctive strategy for bone regeneration.
The efficacy of ball blankets on insomnia in depression in outpatient clinics: A randomised crossover multicentre trial
Authors: Kristiansen Sanne Toft , Videbech Poul , Speed Maria , Dionysopoulos Philip , Bjerrum Merete Bender , Larsen Erik Roj 
Published: May 2024

SummaryMany patients with depression report insomnia symptoms that profoundly affect their health and well‐being. Non‐pharmacological treatments of insomnia may be preferable for some patients. In this randomised crossover trial, we investigated the efficacy of the Protac Ball Blanket® on insomnia among patients with depression. Included patients (n = 45) were diagnosed with unipolar depression, and with subjective insomnia and poor sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Score > 5). Each patient slept 2 weeks with a Protac Ball Blanket® and 2 weeks with a control duvet. Randomisation defined the order of the 2‐week sleep periods. Patients served as their own control in this design. The primary outcome was changes in total night‐time sleep. Secondary outcomes were sleep‐onset latency, number of awakenings, wake after sleep onset, daily use of pro necessitate sedatives and hypnotics, subjective sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index), insomnia severity (Insomnia Severity Index), symptoms of depression (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Major Depression Inventory), symptoms of anxiety (Beck Anxiety Index), and patient‐reported outcomes concerning interpersonal sensitivity, neurasthenia, anxiety and depression (Self‐Reported Symptom State Scale). Paired two‐sided t‐tests were used to compare the means of the differences of the outcomes. Protac Ball Blanket® increased total night‐time sleep by 12.9 min (95% confidence interval: 1.21–24.63, p = 0.031). Among the secondary outcomes, Protac Ball Blanket® decreased Hamilton Depression Rating Scale by 2.78 (95% confidence interval: −5.44; −0.11, p = 0.042) and Insomnia Severity Index by 2.98 (95% confidence interval: −5.45; −0.50, p = 0.020). No changes were observed in sleep‐onset latency, number of awakenings, wake after sleep onset, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Major Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Index, Self‐Reported Symptom State Scale, and medication use. The results suggest that some patients may benefit from Protac Ball Blanket® as an add‐on non‐pharmacological treatment to improve sleep in depression.
Plant and soil microbial community assembly processes across urban vacant lots
Authors: Maehara Kaho , Iwachido Yuki , Katsuhara Himari , Tomitaka Mahoro , Seto Kensuke , Ushio Masayuki , Kagami Maiko , Sasaki Takehiro 
Published: May 2024

AbstractQuestionsNumerous studies on community assembly processes have been conducted in natural ecosystems. However, we know little about community assembly processes in human‐dominated urban ecosystems. Here, we asked: (1) how are the composition and functional diversity of native and exotic plant species shaped by local environment and landscape factors across urban vacant lots; and (2) how is microbial (bacterial and fungal) community composition influenced by the local environment, landscape factors, and plant species composition across urban vacant lots?LocationWe investigated 69 urban vacant lots in Yokohama, Japan.MethodsBy using a variation partitioning approach, we examined the relative importance of local environmental and landscape factors (including land use and spatial structure) in explaining variation in plant species composition and functional diversity of native or exotic species. We also explored the relative importance of local environmental and landscape factors, and plant species composition in explaining variation in microbial community composition.ResultsThe spatial structure of vacant lots determined the species composition and functional diversity of plant communities, suggesting that plant community assembly is determined by dispersal limitation. However, the functional diversity of the exotic species varied randomly, which reduced the relative importance of the spatial structure of vacant lots. Plant species composition as well as the spatial structure of vacant lots were the important drivers of the composition of soil microbial communities, despite a higher proportion of unexplained variation in their composition. Finally, we found an essential contribution of earthmoving methods in explaining the variations in both plant and microbial community composition.ConclusionPlant and microbial community composition would be largely determined by dispersal limitation across urban vacant lots. Understanding urban community assembly is critical for predicting plant and microbial communities that play an essential role in regulating urban ecosystem functioning and services.
Intermediary safe harbour from copyright infringement in India—Alternative to the interpretative conundrum
Authors: Guha Sumeet , Matilal Shreya 
Published: May 2024

AbstractThe Information and Communication Technology (ICT) platforms that allow copyright owners to reach a large number of users and increase their economic fortune, contritely; enable the potential infringers preferring free‐riding to upload and distribute copyrighted materials. Under various theories of direct and secondary copyright infringement, the platforms now loosely called intermediaries are likely to become liable for copyright infringement. Like other jurisdictions, Indian law contains specific provisions to protect the intermediaries from such unanticipated liability. However, this intermediary liability and immunity law got muddied by inconsistent interpretations of the two operating statutes. Taking clues from the cross‐jurisdictional insights, this paper looks at the interpretative conundrum. Furthermore, the paper contends how the preferred interpretation is incompatible with the Berne Convention and Agreement on Trade‐Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights recommended three‐step doctrine for creating copyright exceptions. Ultimately, this paper advocates for a legislative intervention to clear the clouds of confusion in view of India's endeavour to enact a new law on ICT.
Alpha‐Gal, epitope responsible for allergy to red meat, in the Mediterranean tick Hyalomma lusitanicum
Authors: Valcárcel Ángela , Montero Andrea Briones , Rodero Marta , González‐Fernández Juan , Olmeda A. Sonia , Valcárcel Félix , Cuéllar Carmen 
Published: May 2024

AbstractAlpha‐Gal/α‐Gal is an oligosaccharide produced by non‐primate mammals. Humans have developed an immune response mediated by anti‐α‐Gal antibodies that can trigger an allergic reaction and cause anaphylaxis. In recent years, cases of patients with delayed allergic reaction to mammalian meat have been reported worldwide. In Spain, these cases have been related to the species Ixodes ricinus L. (Ixodida: Ixodidae), whose distribution is located in the north of the country. In this work, the presence of α‐Gal in water‐soluble extracts from samples of salivary glands and digestive tracts of Hyalomma lusitanicum Koch (Ixodida: Ixodidae) both engorged and collected from vegetation were studied. The presence of that epitope was confirmed by the presence of reactive proteins of >250 kDa in both samples. The highest concentrations of α‐Gal were detected in salivary glands. Neither sex nor diet influenced the concentration of α‐Gal, which seems to indicate its endogenous production and its possible inoculation to the host during tick feeding.
Multiple myeloma complicated with light chain cast nephropathy with focal amyloidosis: A case report
Authors: He Yicao , Hua Zhijuan , Tan Hu , Zhao Congjuan , Liu Qiang , Jia Juan , Gao Yan 
Published: May 2024

AbstractThis case report describes a rare and interesting case of a patient with multiple myeloma complicated with light chain (LC) cast nephropathy and focal amyloidosis. The patient presented with acute kidney injury, anaemia and bone lesions. The diagnosis was confirmed by bone marrow biopsy, serum and urine electrophoresis and kidney biopsy. The patient was treated with isazomil, pomalidomide and dexamethasone combination chemotherapy, followed by autologous stem cell transplantation. The patient achieved clinical remission, stable renal function and improved serum lambda free LC levels. This case highlights the challenges and advances in the diagnosis and treatment of this condition.
The ecology of human flourishing embodying the changes we want to see in the world
Authors: McCormack Brendan 
Published: May 2024

AbstractFlourishing is the highest good of all persons, but hard to achieve in complex societal systems. This challenge is borne out through the lens of the global nursing shortages with its focus on the supply of nurses to meet health system demands. However, nurses and midwives spend a significant part of their lives at work and so the need to pay attention to the conditions that facilitate flourishing at work is important. Drawing on ancient and contemporary philosophies, as well as critical, creative and embodied ways of knowing, enabling a flourishing practice ecosystem will be explored in this paper.
Evolutionary relationship of moso bamboo forms and a multihormone regulatory cascade involving culm shape variation
Authors: Liu Yan , Zhu Chenglei , Yue Xianghua , Lin Zeming , Li Hui , Di Xiaolin , Wang Jiangfei , Gao Zhimin 
Published: May 2024

SummaryMoso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) known as Mao Zhu (MZ) in Chinese exhibits various forms with distinct morphological characteristics. However, the evolutionary relationship among MZ forms and the mechanisms of culm shape variation are still lacking. Here, the main differences among MZ forms were identified as culm shape variation, which were confirmed by analysing MZ forms (799 bamboo culms) and MZ (458 bamboo culms) populations. To unravel the genetic basis underlying the morphological variations, 20 MZ forms were subjected to whole‐genome resequencing. Further analysis yielded 3 230 107 high‐quality SNPs and uncovered low genetic diversity and high genotype heterozygosity associated with MZ forms' formation. By integrating the SNP data of 427 MZ individuals representing 15 geographic regions, the origins of eight MZ forms were successfully traced using the phylogenetic tree and the identified common heterozygous loci. Meanwhile, transcriptomic analysis was performed using shoots from MZ and its two forms with culm shape variation. The results, combined with genomic analyses, demonstrated that hormone signalling related genes played crucial roles in culm variation. Co‐expression network analysis uncovered genes associated with multiple plant hormone signal transduction, especially auxin and cytokinin were involved in culm shape variation. Furthermore, the regulatory relationships of a specific transcription factor and their target genes associated with auxin and ethylene signalling were validated by yeast one‐hybrid, electrophoretic mobility shift assays, and dual‐luciferase reporter. Overall, this study provides important insights into the culm shape variation formation in bamboo, which facilitates to breed new varieties with novel culms.
Sex‐specific phosphorus acquisition strategies and cycling in dioecious Populus euphratica forests along a natural water availability gradient
Authors: Liu Miao , Ye Liyun , Chen Liangliang , Korpelainen Helena , Niinemets Ülo , Li Chunyang 
Published: May 2024

AbstractSoil phosphorus (P) availability affects plant growth and distribution. However, it is still unknown how sex‐specific variation in functional traits affects plants’ P acquisition and soil P transformation. On wet sites, female poplars had a greater specific root length (SRL), and a higher diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and phosphate‐solubilizing bacteria (PSB). Male poplars living on wet sites increased the abundance of AMF and PSB communities and enhanced moderately labile and highly resistant organic P mineralisation via increased phosphatase activity. In contrast, on the dry site, the abundance and diversity of AMF and PSB communities increased in females, enhancing moderately labile and highly resistant organic P mineralisation via elevating phosphatase activities. Males maintained greater SRL and promoted Ca‐P mobilisation via the release of root carboxylic acids and rhizosphere acidification on the dry site. The AMF community diversity followed a similar pattern as that of the PSB community when altering the P availability of different‐sex plants. Our results indicated that organic P and Ca‐P are the major sources of plant‐available P in natural P. euphratica forests. Seasonal shifts and geographic locations affected the share of organic and inorganic P pools, and AMF and PSB diversities, ultimately altering sex‐specific P acquisition strategies of plants.
3D LiDAR SLAM: A survey
Authors: Zhang Yongjun , Shi Pengcheng , Li Jiayuan 
Published: May 2024

AbstractSimultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is a very challenging yet fundamental problem in the field of robotics and photogrammetry, and it is also a prerequisite for intelligent perception of unmanned systems. In recent years, 3D LiDAR SLAM technology has made remarkable progress. However, to the best of our knowledge, almost all existing surveys focus on visual SLAM methods. To bridge the gap, this paper provides a comprehensive review that summarizes the scientific connotation, key difficulties, research status, and future trends of 3D LiDAR SLAM, aiming to give readers a better understanding of LiDAR SLAM technology, thereby inspiring future research. Specifically, it summarizes the contents and characteristics of the main steps of LiDAR SLAM, introduces the key difficulties it faces, and gives the relationship with existing reviews; it provides an overview of current research hotspots, including LiDAR‐only methods and multi‐sensor fusion methods, and gives milestone algorithms and open‐source tools in each category; it summarizes common datasets, evaluation metrics and representative commercial SLAM solutions, and provides the evaluation results of mainstream methods on public datasets; it looks forward to the development trend of LiDAR SLAM, and considers the preliminary ideas of multi‐modal SLAM, event SLAM, and quantum SLAM.
How sociology can help us save ourselves
Authors: Fisher Dana R. 
Published: May 2024

AbstractThis article is derived from my 2024 ESS presidential address. I discuss my new book and how a sociological lens helps us to understand the process through which we can save ourselves from the climate crisis. After explaining why the state and the market have struggled to implement sufficient policies to address the climate crisis, I present the AnthroShift as a theory that explains how social actors reorient after risk pivots to open windows of opportunity for social change. I discuss why civil society is most likely to mobilize after there is a generalized sense of climate risk and summarize how climate activists are currently engaging in non‐violent civil disobedience as a first step in an expanded civil society sector that is likely to put pressure on the state and the market to help us save ourselves. I conclude by presenting three steps that can be taken to help us save ourselves from the climate crisis.
Masking and meaning during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Authors: Rieger Shannon 
Published: May 2024

AbstractThis article contributes to the developing sociology of COVID‐19 literature by examining situational variation in mask‐wearing behavior during the early pandemic. Using interview data collected from residents of Brooklyn, New York during 2020, I analyze how people talk about encounters with masking in various social contexts. I find that the act of wearing a mask during the early pandemic acquired multiple, contradictory meanings that compelled opposite stances toward masking. On one hand, public health campaigns helped encourage mask‐wearing by infusing masking with notions of solidarity and collective responsibility. But on the other hand, masks also obtained meanings related to distrust and emotional distance that became highly relevant in intimate social situations: masking around friends and other close social network members could be understood as symbolically destructive to the relationship. By illustrating how people collectively negotiated these countervailing meanings during interaction, the findings contribute to knowledge about how relational characteristics and interaction dynamics shaped the ways that people understood and enacted masking during the early COVID‐19 pandemic.
Roles of negative emotions and personality traits in psoriasis vulgaris: A mendelian randomization study
Authors: Zhang Min , Hu Yu , Chen Lihao , Chen Hongying , Huang Dan , Luan Chao , Zhang Jiaan , Chen Kun 
Published: May 2024

AbstractBackgroundMany studies have indicated that negative emotions and personality traits are related to psoriasis, though few have provided causal evidence.MethodsOur analysis utilized 15 genome‐wide association study datasets to identify instrumental variables associated with negative emotions, personality traits and psoriasis vulgaris. Two‐sample Mendelian randomization was conducted to identify the causal associations of negative emotions and personality traits with psoriasis vulgaris. To mitigate bias from multiple tests, we adjusted p‐values using the Benjamini–Hochberg method.ResultsOur study revealed causal links between negative emotions and psoriasis vulgaris, including depressed affect, worry too long, feeling hurt, guilty feelings, mood swings, unenthusiasm, miserableness, fed‐up feelings. However, there was no significant evidence of a causal relationship between feeling lonely and psoriasis vulgaris. Additionally, personality traits including neuroticism and openness to experience were found to have causal effects on psoriasis vulgaris. However, no significant evidence supported a causal relationship between agreeableness, conscientiousness, and extraversion with psoriasis vulgaris.ConclusionOur findings suggest that experiencing negative emotions including depressed affect, worrying excessively, feeling hurt, guilty feelings, mood swings, lack of enthusiasm, miserableness and fed‐up feelings may pose risks for psoriasis vulgaris. Additionally, neuroticism is associated with a risk of psoriasis vulgaris. Conversely, the openness trait may serve a protective role against psoriasis vulgaris.