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A Preliminary Analysis of Incidental Bidirectional Naming and Derived Listener and Speaker Relations for Literacy Responses
Authors: Abdool-Ghany Faheema , Fienup Daniel 
Published: May 2024

AbstractIn the realm of behavioral research, significant contributions have greatly advanced reading studies, influencing educational practices. We explored the relationship between the degrees of incidental bidirectional naming (Inc-BiN) capabilities and children's derived relations for literacy responses. Inc-BiN is a repertoire whereby a child acquires listener and speaker responses from observation alone. Incidental unidirectional naming (Inc-UniN) occurs when observation of object-names produces listener, but not speaker behavior. Students who did not demonstrate listener and speaker components were classified as having No Incidental Naming (NiN). Across two studies, we evaluated how component skills involved in Inc-BiN are connected to emergent literacy responses in preschoolers with a disability. In Study 1, participants completed two conditions: (1) directly reinforcing speaker responses and testing for the emergence of listener responses, and (2) directly reinforcing listener responses and testing for the emergence of speaker responses. Results suggested that participants with Inc-BiN readily derived both speaker and listener responses, participants with Inc-UniN readily derived listener, but not speaker responses, and participants with NiN had difficulty acquiring directly reinforced responses and deriving responses. In Study 2, we established Inc-BiN with participants and readministered Study 1 tests. Our results suggest overlap between incidental bidirectional naming and derived responses and point to how one can incorporate derived relations instruction and differentiate instruction for children with varying repertoires.
Analysis of Maternal and Fetal Oxidative Stress During Delivery with Epidural Analgesia
Authors: Yuba Tomoo , Koyama Yoshihisa , Kinishi Yuki , Uokawa Reiko , Ootaki Chiyo , Shimada Shoichi , Fujino Yuji 
Published: May 2024

AbstractChildbirth is a stressful event for mothers, and labor epidural analgesia (LEA) may reduce mental stress. Mental stressors include labor pain, fear, and anxiety, which induce oxidative stress. In this study, we focused on oxidative stress during delivery and conducted a cross-sectional analysis of maternal and fetal oxidative stress. The participants included 15 women who received LEA (LEA group) and 15 who did not (No LEA group). Participants with a gestational age of < 37 weeks, BMI of ≥ 35 kg/m2, cerebrovascular or cardiovascular complications, multiple pregnancies, gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes, chronic hypertension, thyroid disease, birth weight of < 2,500 g, emergency cesarean section, or cases in which epidural anesthesia was re-administered during delivery were excluded from the study. Maternal blood was collected on admission, and immediately after delivery, and umbilical artery blood was collected from the fetus. The oxidative stress status was assessed by measuring diacron-reactive oxygen metabolite (an index of the degree of lipid peroxide oxidation), biological antioxidant potential (an index of antioxidant capacity) and calculating the ratio of BAP/d-ROMs (an index of the oxidative stress). The results showed that maternal oxidative stress immediately after delivery was lower in the LEA group than in the No LEA group. Moreover, the fetuses experienced less oxidative stress in the LEA group than in the No LEA group. Taken together, these results suggest that LEA may reduce maternal and fetal oxidative stress associated with childbirth.
Impact of E-leadership on organizational citizenship behaviour of faculty members in higher education: information and communication technology as a mediator
Authors: Abuowda Abdallatif , Iwidat Hani , Alawnah Marwan 
Published: May 2024

AbstractSeveral leadership studies have linked e-leadership behaviours to individual, team, and organizational outcomes, but the magnitude of the link across settings and levels of analysis is still unclear. This association may be affected by various causes and mechanisms. Therefore, additional research is needed to determine how e-leadership behaviours are more effective. This study explored how e-leadership affects faculty members’ organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB). Information and communication technology (ICT) was proposed as a developmental mechanism to mediate the link between e-leadership and OCB. This study used quantitative methods. Researchers obtain data using basic random sampling. Google Forms were used to distribute the questionnaires. The proposed model was evaluated with 355 respondents from 11 Palestinian universities. This study employed the structural equation model partial least squares (SEM-PLS) technique utilizing SmartPLS 4 software. This study used validity, reliability, and hypothesis tests. This study has one second-order construct and all reflective variables. Thus, the three latent variables affect the indicators. The results showed that e-leadership is linked to high faculty OCB and that ICT usage mediates this relationship. Additionally, this study examined the theoretical and practical consequences, limitations, and future research areas and suggestions.
Economic Analysis of Calving Assistance on Western Canadian Cow-Calf Operations
Authors: Lucio Cecilia , Windeyer M. Claire , Larson Kathy , Pajor Edmond A. , Pearson Jennifer M. 
Published: May 2024

AbstractThe objective was to estimate the difference in cost, revenue, and profit between unassisted and assisted calvings on western Canadian cow-calf operations. Historical records of individual animal production measures from 2015 to 2020 and industry-described inputs were used in a modified decision tree model. The incidence of assisted calvings in heifers and cows was 4.6 and 2%, respectively. Assisted heifers and cows had an expected profit of −$227.43 and −$67.06 CAD per calving, respectively, while unassisted heifers and cows had an expected profit of −$76.11 and $120.12 CAD per calving, respectively. Calving assistance can impact the profitability of western Canadian cow-calf operations.
O’Grady tenfolds as moduli spaces of sheaves
Authors: Felisetti Camilla , Giovenzana Franco , Grossi Annalisa 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
We give a lattice-theoretic characterization for a manifold of

$\operatorname {\mathrm {OG10}}$

type to be birational to some moduli space of (twisted) sheaves on a K3 surface. We apply it to the Li–Pertusi–Zhao variety of

$\operatorname {\mathrm {OG10}}$

type associated to any smooth cubic fourfold. Moreover, we determine when a birational transformation is induced by an automorphism of the K3 surface, and we use this to classify all induced birational symplectic involutions.
Perioperative cefazolin prescribing rates following suppression of alerts for non-IgE-mediated penicillin allergies
Authors: Bogus Ashley , McGinnis Kelley , Vergin Joshua , May Sara M. , Hankins Richard J. , Stohs Erica , Van Schooneveld Trevor C. , Bergman Scott J. 
Published: May 2024

AbstractBackground:Cefazolin is the preferred antimicrobial for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs) in many procedures. The presence of penicillin allergies can influence prescribing of alternative agents like vancomycin. In April 2022, Nebraska Medicine implemented a suppression of alerts for non-IgE-mediated and nonsevere penicillin allergies in the electronic medical record (EMR) upon cephalosporin prescribing. The objective of this study was to evaluate changes in perioperative cefazolin for SSI prophylaxis.Methods:This was a quasi-experimental study of patients undergoing procedures for which cefazolin was the preferred agent per institutional guidance. Education on the change was distributed via e-mail to surgical staff and pharmacists. Pre- and post-intervention data were collected from April 2021 through March 2022 and April 11, 2022, through October 2022, respectively. Chart review was performed on patients with reported penicillin allergies for the top surgical procedures with <50% cefazolin utilization pre-intervention. The primary outcome was the administration of perioperative cefazolin in patients with penicillin allergies, including unknown reactions.Results:A total of 6,676 patients underwent surgical procedures (pre-intervention n = 4,147, post-intervention n = 2,529). Documented penicillin allergies were similar between the pre- and post-intervention group (12.3% vs. 12.6%). In individuals with documented penicillin allergies, cefazolin prescribing increased from 49.6% to 74.3% (p < 0.01). Chart review for safety outcomes identified no difference in new severe reactions, rescue medication, SSIs, acute kidney injury, postoperative Clostridioides difficile infection, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.Conclusion:Following the suppression of EMR alerts for non-IgE-mediated and nonsevere penicillin allergies, cefazolin prescribing rates for SSI prophylaxis significantly improved.
Branching processes in nearly degenerate varying environment
Authors: Kevei Péter , Kubatovics Kata 
Published: May 2024

AbstractWe investigate branching processes in varying environment, for which
$\overline{f}_n \to 1$
and
$\sum_{n=1}^\infty (1-\overline{f}_n)_+ = \infty$
,
$\sum_{n=1}^\infty (\overline{f}_n - 1)_+ < \infty$
, where
$\overline{f}_n$
stands for the offspring mean in generation n. Since subcritical regimes dominate, such processes die out almost surely, therefore to obtain a nontrivial limit we consider two scenarios: conditioning on nonextinction, and adding immigration. In both cases we show that the process converges in distribution without normalization to a nondegenerate compound-Poisson limit law. The proofs rely on the shape function technique, worked out by Kersting (2020).
Investigating the relationship between heat load and shade seeking behaviour in dairy buffaloes
Authors: Hussain Syed I. , Rashid Muhammad A. , Shahid Muhammad Q. 
Published: May 2024

AbstractThe study presented in this Research Communication aimed to investigate the relationship between physiological responses, body surface temperature and shade-seeking behaviour in Nili Ravi dairy buffaloes during summer months. We enrolled 60 buffaloes, and each animal was observed for three consecutive days starting before sunrise until they moved towards the shade structures. A repeated measures ANOVA was employed to assess the changes in physiological parameters and body surface temperature between the early morning and the occurrence of shade-seeking behaviour. The average temperature humidity index and heat load index during the behavioural monitoring period (0400 to 1200 h) were 81.3 ± 6.5 and 92.9 ± 17, respectively (mean ± sd). There was no significant difference in core body temperature between sunrise and the time of shade-seeking event. However, the buffaloes had a slightly higher respiration rate at the time of shade-seeking (19.2 vs. 22.4 breaths/min). In addition, body surface temperature, measured at the flank region, shoulder, base of the ear and forehead was significantly higher at the occurrence of shade-seeking behaviour compared to the early morning. On average, the buffaloes sought shade when the surface temperature was 2°C higher than the temperature recorded before sunrise. Overall, the current findings suggest that body surface temperature, rather than core body temperature was strongly associated with shade-seeking behaviour in dairy buffaloes. These findings could be useful in developing strategies to mitigate the effects of heat stress in dairy buffalo herds and thereby improve animal welfare.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office’s experience using Global Forest Watch to monitor and deter deforestation in the Cerrado
Authors: Correa Gonzaga Claudio Angelo , Roquette José Guilherme , Angeoletto Fabio , Freitas Silgueiro Vinicius De , Bau Macedo Luis Otávio , Valdiones Ana Paula , Matos da Silva Normandes 
Published: May 2024

SummaryThe Cerrado biome is a global biodiversity hotspot, and more than half of its area has been devastated in recent decades. Nevertheless, environmental enforcement agencies have a low capacity for monitoring and curbing illegal deforestation and fires. In this context, the local unit of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Itiquira, Mato Grosso, has been experimenting since mid-2018 with the Global Forest Watch platform to detect illegal deforestation at its onset and notify landowners by electronic means (WhatsApp, email, etc.). With this remote inspection there has been a significant increase in the number of infraction notices, criminal actions, agreements for civil reparation of damage and public civil suits. By seeking to identify illegal deforestation in progress (in flagrant situations), the Public Prosecutor’s Office has prevented such events from turning into major deforestation. Preliminary data indicate that the practice of monitoring and notifications by the Public Prosecutor’s Office and environmental control agencies has increased law enforcement on deforestation and fires in that municipality and halted infractions at their inception. The challenge now is to determine the extent to which this method can be replicated in broader territories and other biomes such as Amazonia and Pantanal.
T. rex is Fierce, T. rex is Charismatic, T. rex is Litigious: Disruptive Objects in Affective Desirescapes
Authors: Yates Donna , Peacock Emily 
Published: May 2024

AbstractIn this paper we present T. rex fossils as disruptive objects that can drastically influence the actions and reactions of humans that encounter them. We present a vision of the T. rex as being a key node within a web of human and object associations that ultimately produces, first, extreme desire in humans, and then a breakdown in human relationships resulting in disagreements, disputes, lawsuits, and the committing of crime. From there we bring these T. rex fossils into the concept of desirescape which sees a network of object/object and object/human reactions provoking irresistible desire in humans. We argue that this desire can push humans to violate law or social norms or, in several T. rex cases, sue each other. How then should we humans approach T. rex and other disruptive objects? Cautiously, and with the knowledge that these objects may be more powerful than we are.
The actuarial sources of the rise in unfunded liabilities in America's defined benefit plans in the 21st century
Authors: Fuchsman Dillon , Hengerer David , Moody Jonathan , Randazzo Anthony 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
Despite a decade-long bull market between the financial crisis and the COVID-19 recession, state defined benefit pension plans had accrued more than $1.37 trillion in unfunded liabilities. However, little work has investigated the actuarial sources of these unfunded liabilities. This paper uses original data hand collected from publicly available financial reports between 2000 and 2020 for 145 state-administered pension plans to determine the sources of unfunded liabilities. The largest unfunded liability contributor is investment experiences (when actual investment returns do not match assumed returns). The second and third largest contributors are changes to actuarial assumptions and expected changes (or interest accruing on existing unfunded liabilities). Benefit experience and legislative changes, demographic experience, and explicit funding shortfalls account for relatively little of the growth in unfunded liabilities. Moreover, the specific sources of unfunded liabilities are heterogeneous over time and across plans.
Development and characterization of novel EST-SSR markers for Gentiana straminea Maxim., a traditional Tibetan herb in China and cross-amplification in related species
Authors: Cheng Tingfeng , Lin Pengcheng , Zhou Dangwei , Wang Huan , Shi Shengbo , Shen Jianwei , Meng Jing , Ye Xing , Zheng Kun , Hu Xingqiang , Zhuang Yuanwen 
Published: May 2024

AbstractGentiana straminea Maxim. (Gentianaceae) is an important traditional Tibetan herb that is mainly distributed on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Despite its agricultural and pharmacological importance, there remains a paucity of microsatellite markers, particularly expressed sequence tag-simple sequence repeat (EST-SSR) markers, available for this local endemic species. In this study, based on previous Illumina transcriptome data of G. straminea, a total of 96 EST-SSR markers were initially designed and tested. Thirty-two of 96 loci (33.33%) were successfully amplified and verified for validation. Among them, 10 were polymorphic and had clear bands. The polymorphism information content values were 0.09–0.799, the number of alleles per locus ranged from 3 to 14, and the levels of observed and expected heterozygosity were 0.078–0.722 and 0.238–0.884, respectively, which suggested a high level of information. Moreover, cross-amplification was successful for 10 loci in two other related species, Gentiana macrophylla Pallas and Gentiana dahurica Fischer. These EST-SSR markers provide a valuable tool for investigating the genetic diversity related to quantitative traits and population genetic studies on G. straminea and related species in sect. Cruciata Gaudin.
Reconstruction Analysis of Global Ionospheric Outflow Patterns
Authors: Liemohn Michael W. , Jahn Jörg‐Micha , Ilie Raluca , Ganushkina Natalia Y. , Welling Daniel T. , Elliott Heather A. , Burleigh Meghan , Doublestein Kaitlin , Colon‐Rodriguez Stephanie A. , Dredger Pauline , Valek Philip W. 
Published: May 2024

AbstractIonospheric outflow supplies nearly all of the heavy ions observed within the magnetosphere, as well as a significant fraction of the proton density. While much is known about upflow and outflow energization processes, the full global pattern of outflow and its evolution is only known statistically or through numerical modeling. Because of the dominant role of heavy ions in several key physical processes, this unknown nature of the full outflow pattern leads to significant uncertainty in understanding geospace dynamics, especially surrounding storm intervals. That is, global models risk not accurately reproducing the main features of intense space storms because the amount of ionospheric outflow is poorly specified and thus magnetospheric composition and mass loading could be ill‐defined. This study defines a potential mission to observe ionospheric outflow from several platforms, allowing for a reasonable and sufficient reconstruction of the full outflow pattern on an orbital cadence. An observing system simulation experiment is conducted, revealing that four well‐placed satellites are sufficient for reasonably accurate outflow reconstructions. The science scope of this mission could include the following: reveal the global structure of ionospheric outflow; relate outflow patterns to geomagnetic activity level; and determine the spatial and temporal nature of outflow composition. The science objectives could be focused to be achieved with minimal instrumentation (only a low‐energy ion spectrometer to obtain outflow reconstructions) or with a larger scientific scope by including contextual instrumentation.
Possible Mechanisms for Tsunami‐Like Surge Deposits Due To the Chicxulub Impact at the K‐Pg Boundary at the Tanis Site, North Dakota
Authors: LeVeque Randall J. , DePalma Robert A. , Garrison‐Laney Carrie , Maurya Satish , Smit Jan , Richards Mark A. 
Published: May 2024

AbstractAt Tanis, a unique bi‐directional sediment package occurs precisely at the Cretaceous‐Paleogene (K‐Pg) boundary, recording the first hours of the Paleogene in uncommonly fine temporal detail. The impact ejecta‐bearing sediment package was rapidly emplaced by two massive, ∼10‐m‐high, potentially impact‐triggered surges, that inundated a steep, deeply incised paleo river valley from the direction of the contemporaneous Western Interior Seaway (WIS). Intermingling of fresh‐ and salt‐water fossils at Tanis, coeval brackish water indicators in the nearby region, and historical tsunami observations, suggest that the WIS paleoshoreline was nearby Tanis at K‐Pg time. The interpreted timing for deposition (including ejecta infall) of ∼1–2‐hr immediately post‐impact precludes a direct tsunami from the Chicxulub impact site, which would have required much more than 10 hr to reach Tanis. Seismic waves from the Mw ∼ 11 Chicxulub earthquake, arriving just minutes post‐impact, might have triggered the surge, for example, via seismic excitation of large water waves in the WIS, as proposed by DePalma et al. (2019, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1817407116). Here, we explore this mechanism via a simple mathematical model of seismic excitation and propagation of a water wave into a shallow river and upstream. Matching the observations implies a relatively long source process time of many minutes, such as generated by Chicxulub crater rebound processes, in order to explain sufficient upriver amplitudes and advective transport. Atmospheric waves due to the expanding Chicxulub ejecta curtain might have provided a smaller, secondary contribution during triggering. Thus, the mechanism(s) for the surges at Tanis are now better‐constrained, yet remain incompletely resolved.
Spatiotemporal Patterns and Environmental Drivers of Particulate Inorganic Carbon (PIC) Variability in the Southern Waters of Sumatra‐Java Islands
Authors: Zhao Meihan , Wang Zhenyan , Song Xinling , Jia Yijia , Fu Yujie 
Published: May 2024

AbstractThe southern waters of the Sumatra‐Java Islands, within the Indo‐Pacific Warm Pool, are highly susceptible to global climate change impacts. Understanding particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) dynamics and environmental responses in this region is critical for assessing climate change effects on marine ecosystems. Utilizing two decades of remote sensing PIC data (2003–2022), we identified five sub‐regions via K‐means clustering: the Sunda Strait, southern coastal/offshore waters of Sumatra Island, and southern coastal/offshore waters of Java Island. Self‐Organizing Map explored interannual PIC variations, while Generalized Additive Models delineated driving factors. In the Sunda Strait, PIC dynamics are influenced by water exchanges between the Indonesian Seas (ISs) and eastern Indian Ocean (EIO). Seasonally, PIC concentrations peak during the east monsoon (boreal summer); decreasing during positive Indian Ocean Dipole (+IOD) and El Niño events. Along the southern Sumatra, PIC variations positively correlate with rainfall and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). Along the southern Sumatra, upwelling drives PIC variations, with higher concentrations during mature summer monsoon induced upwelling periods. PIC increases during +IOD and decreases during El Niño. Our study highlights the nexus between nutrients, physical factors (e.g., rainfall), and climatic events (e.g., El Niño) on PIC concentrations. Climate‐induced changes in oceanic physical processes modulate nutrient concentrations, thereby governing PIC variations. We propose a mechanistic model to elucidate PIC variations in upwelling areas. Findings suggest that prospective climate variability, encompassing alterations in climate events, rainfall, and temperature, may escalate PIC concentrations within the study area, advocating PIC as a forward‐looking climate change indicator.