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A matter of trust: Public support for country ownership over aid
Authors: Hirose Kentaro , Montinola Gabriella R. , Winters Matthew S. , Kohno Masaru 
Published: March 2024

AbstractInternational donors emphasize greater recipient-country ownership in the delivery of foreign assistance because it ostensibly promotes the efficient use of resources and strengthens recipient-country administrative capacity. The preferences of citizens in developing countries, however, are not well understood on this matter. Do they prefer that their own governments control foreign aid resources, or are there conditions under which they instead prefer that donors maintain control over how aid is implemented? We explore these questions through parallel survey experiments in Myanmar, Nepal, and Indonesia. Our experimental vignettes include two informational treatments: one about who implements aid (i.e., the donor or the recipient government) and the other about the trustworthiness of the foreign donor. The trust-in-donor treatment, on average, increases levels of support for aid in all three countries. In contrast, we observe heterogenous average treatment effects regarding aid control: control of aid by the donor rather than the government reduces levels of support in Indonesia and Myanmar, whereas it increases support levels in Nepal. We show how the cross-country variation in ATEs originates in consistent individual-level variation in reactions to aid control that is more shaped by respondents’ trust in their own government than their trust in the donor.
Motivations in the adoption and conversion of freemium services: insights for digital entrepreneurship
Authors: Martins João , Rodrigues Ricardo 
Published: March 2024

AbstractTechnological advancements have created opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation and enabled the development of new products, services, platforms, and business models, including the freemium business model. The freemium business model is present in several digital services (e.g., music, social networking, and gaming), but, for businesses to succeed, it is of the utmost importance that users convert their subscriptions from free to premium. Previous research has endeavored to explain what motivations drive consumers to adopt different digital services and platforms and what motivations and user characteristics lead them to convert to the premium service, but little research has been dedicated to the motivations for consumers to distinguish between competing platforms. To enhance comprehension of these matters, this study analyzes a group of motivations and user characteristics as explanatory variables. Data was obtained via an online questionnaire, with a sample of 231 users of music streaming platforms. The main results suggest that satisfaction, perceived value, and ubiquity are statistically significant motivations that positively influence choosing a platform. Regarding subscribing to the premium service, the same motivations, as well as users’ age and occupation, present influential results, which are relevant from theoretical and managerial points of view, especially for entrepreneurs aiming to define the best strategy to successfully deploy their digital businesses.
Evaluation of the impact of coal mining on surface water in the Boesmanspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Authors: Dzhangi Thandi R. , Atangana Ernestine 
Published: March 2024

AbstractSurface water quality has major environmental and socioeconomic consequences, notably in terms of the country’s long-term fresh water supply. This study aimed at assessing the current state of water quality and status of the Boesmanspruit in a coal mining environment. The study used historical water quality data for a period of five years from 2017 to 2021. Aluminum, calcium, iron, manganese, magnesium, sodium, sulfate, electrical conductivity, pH, and total dissolved solids were the water quality variables selected for the study; the chosen variables were chosen based on the available secondary data. The water quality was evaluated against South African resource quality objectives, the South African water quality guidelines, and the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment water quality index (CCME-WQI). The data were analyzed using such as the CCME-WQI, the comprehensive pollution index (CPI), and multivariate statistics. The following parameters were above the prescribed thresholds: pH, total dissolved solids, electrical conductivity, sulfate, manganese, and iron. The CCME-WQI results showed that monitoring locations GR S26 and GR S21 near mining activities had poor water quality (40–44), whereas comprehensive pollution index (CPI) also had similar category results for the monitoring points, indicating that they were heavily polluted (2.4–4.8). The WQI showed that if certain variables, such as aluminum, iron, magnesium, sulfate, electrical conductivity, and total dissolved solids, exceed the permissible range, the water quality would deteriorate in accordance with the CPI classification. Therefore, the CPI was the best way to categorize the water quality. The principal component analysis and cluster analysis identified two primary sources of pollution which are anthropogenic and natural. The utilization of statistical analysis proved to be effective in determining the ideal quantity of significant variables within the study area. The study recommends low-cost options for reducing the effects of acid mine drainage, which includes passive mine water treatment methods using artificial wetlands.
The Role of Utilizing Load in Different Cases While Numerical Modeling of Multi-story Buildings on Alluvial Stratum: A Comparison Study
Authors: Arslan Eylem , Kayaturk Dua , Durmus Mehmet Rıfkı , Bagca Irem , Imamoglu Tuncay , Sert Sedat 
Published: March 2024

AbstractIndustrialization and population growth have made surface areas more valuable, thereby the multi-story buildings have become an absolute necessity. At this point, numeric models became the fastest and simplest way to evaluate the response of soils and structures. The issued factor in the current paper is related to the way of transferring the multi-story building loads to an alluvial stratum and evaluate the accuracy of different cases, in order to save time and economy. For load transfer, the first case (case i) includes uniform distributed load, the second case (case ii) includes the transfer from the basement columns and walls, and the third case (case iii) includes modeling the real state of the building. Mainly, all three cases gave close results in terms of settlement magnitudes of 2.21, 1.96, and 1.81 cm, respectively. It was inspected that case (i) showed 12.8% more deformation than case (ii) and 22.1% more deformation than case (iii). However, the situation is not the same for the settlement pattern, and the under-column and corner effects are neglected in uniform load. Additionally, the bending moments, which is a critical parameter for the design of a reinforced concrete foundation, have developed different results. In case (ii) and (iii) a bending moment of 500 kNm/m is observed in the center column, while in case (i) the moments converge to 0. Therefore, this study highlights the importance of outstanding decision making when assessing the load-transferring mechanism in modeling with numerical methods. The necessity of the determination of the convenient load transfer way depending on the parameter that is crucial in the evaluation of the soil–structure interaction comes to the fore with current paper.
Towards a core outcome set (COS) for intrinsic capacity (IC) intervention studies in adults in midlife and beyond: a scoping review to identify frequently used outcomes and measurement tools
Authors: Sanchez-Rodriguez Dolores , Bruyère Olivier , Surquin Murielle , Reginster Jean-Yves , Beaudart Charlotte 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThis scoping review was conducted to identify the outcomes and measurement tools used in IC intervention studies, as first step towards the development of a core outcome set (COS) for IC trials. PRISMA-ScR and COS-STAD were followed. The review considered randomized controlled trials targeting IC published in Medline, Scopus, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and clinicaltrials.gov, until June 2023. Of 699 references, 534 studies were screened once duplicates were removed, 15 were assessed for eligibility, and 7 (4 articles and 3 protocols) met eligibility criteria. Twenty-eight outcomes were identified (19 related to IC and its domains and 9 unrelated). The most reported primary outcome was the change in IC levels postintervention (5 over 7 studies) and the most reported outcomes (either as primary and/or secondary) were the changes in physical performance and in depressive symptoms (6 over 7 studies). Fifty-five tools used to construct the domains’ z-scores and/or assess the effect of interventions were identified (47 related to IC and its domains and 8 unrelated). The most reported tool was an IC Z-score, calculated by 4 domains’ z-scores: locomotor, vitality, cognitive, and psychological (5 over 7 studies). The tools differed among studies (10 locomotor related, 6 vitality related, 16 cognitive related, 8 psychological related, 6 sensorial related, 8 unrelated tools). The vast heterogeneity (28 outcomes and 55 tools within 7 studies) highlighted the need of a COS. These outcomes and tools will be presented to experts in a future step, to select the ones that should be taken into consideration in IC trials.
The Relationship Between Dual Filial Piety and Mental Disorders and Symptoms Among Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Studies
Authors: Han Xu , Cheung Mei-chun 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
Filial piety, a core value in Chinese culture, emphasizes the importance of children showing respect, obedience, and care toward their parents. The dual filial piety model distinguishes between reciprocal filial piety, associated with love and care, and authoritarian filial piety, associated with hierarchy. This study systematically reviewed the associations between dual filial piety and mental disorders and symptoms. The authors reviewed 17 studies among Chinese and Korean adolescents published between 2004 and 2022 on filial piety and mental disorders/symptoms and distinguished reciprocal filial piety and authoritarian filial piety based on the dual filial piety model. Meta-analyses based on quantitative analyses were also conducted to examine the relationship between dual filial piety and depression/anxiety. The results indicate that reciprocal filial piety is negatively associated with mental disorders/symptoms, including depression, anxiety, aggression, deviant behaviors, internet addiction, self-harm and eating disorders. Conversely, authoritarian filial piety is not related to mental disorders/symptoms but is negatively associated with suicide and positively associated with eating disorders. Based on the results, it is evident that filial piety has a significant relationship with various mental disorders and symptoms and that different forms of filial piety may have distinct associations with mental health.
Tracial weights on topological graph algebras
Authors: CHRISTENSEN JOHANNES 
Published: March 2024

AbstractWe describe two kinds of regular invariant measures on the boundary path space
$\partial E$
of a second countable topological graph E, which allows us to describe all extremal tracial weights on
$C^{*}(E)$
which are not gauge-invariant. Using this description, we prove that all tracial weights on the C
$^{*}$
-algebra
$C^{*}(E)$
of a second countable topological graph E are gauge-invariant when E is free. This in particular implies that all tracial weights on
$C^{*}(E)$
are gauge-invariant when
$C^{*}(E)$
is simple and separable.
Nef cones of fiber products and an application to the cone conjecture
Authors: Gachet Cécile , Lin Hsueh-Yung , Wang Long 
Published: March 2024

AbstractWe prove a decomposition theorem for the nef cone of smooth fiber products over curves, subject to the necessary condition that their Néron–Severi space decomposes. We apply it to describe the nef cone of so-called Schoen varieties, which are the higher-dimensional analogues of the Calabi–Yau threefolds constructed by Schoen. Schoen varieties give rise to Calabi–Yau pairs, and in each dimension at least three, there exist Schoen varieties with nonpolyhedral nef cone. We prove the Kawamata–Morrison–Totaro cone conjecture for the nef cones of Schoen varieties, which generalizes the work by Grassi and Morrison.
Impact of universal chlorhexidine bathing with or without COVID-19 intensive training on staff and resident COVID-19 case rates in nursing homes
Authors: Gussin Gabrielle M. , Singh Raveena D. , Gohil Shruti K. , Saavedra Raheeb , Tjoa Thomas T. , Nguyen Kristine P. , Pedroza Robert , Hsi Joshua B. , O’Brien Kevin , Berman Chase , Park Jessica , Hsi Emily A. , Ghasemian Kimia , Osalvo Avy , Chun Stephanie , Fonda Emily , Huang Susan S. 
Published: March 2024

AbstractWe evaluated whether universal chlorhexidine bathing (decolonization) with or without COVID-19 intensive training impacted COVID-19 rates in 63 nursing homes (NHs) during the 2020–2021 Fall/Winter surge. Decolonization was associated with a 43% lesser rise in staff case-rates (P < .001) and a 52% lesser rise in resident case-rates (P < .001) versus control.
IDEMPOTENT GENERATORS OF INCIDENCE ALGEBRAS
Authors: KOLEGOV N. A. 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThe minimum number of idempotent generators is calculated for an incidence algebra of a finite poset over a commutative ring. This quantity equals either
$\lceil \log _2 n\rceil $
or
$\lceil \log _2 n\rceil +1$
, where n is the cardinality of the poset. The two cases are separated in terms of the embedding of the Hasse diagram of the poset into the complement of the hypercube graph.
The cost-effectiveness of germline BRCA testing-guided olaparib treatment in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer
Authors: Teppala Srinivas , Scuffham Paul A. , Tuffaha Haitham 
Published: March 2024

Abstract

Background
Olaparib targets the DNA repair pathways and has revolutionized the management of metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Treatment with the drug should be guided by genetic testing; however, published economic evaluations did not consider olaparib and genetic testing as codependent technologies. This study aims to assess the cost-effectiveness of BRCA germline testing to inform olaparib treatment in mCRPC.

Methods
We conducted a cost-utility analysis of germline BRCA testing-guided olaparib treatment compared to standard care without testing from an Australian health payer perspective. The analysis applied a decision tree to indicate the germline testing or no testing strategy. A Markov multi-state transition approach was used for patients within each strategy. The model had a time horizon of 5 years. Costs and outcomes were discounted at an annual rate of 5 percent. Decision uncertainty was characterized using probabilistic and scenario analyses.

Results
Compared to standard care, BRCA testing-guided olaparib treatment was associated with an incremental cost of AU$7,841 and a gain of 0.06 quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was AU$143,613 per QALY. The probability of BRCA testing-guided treatment being cost effective at a willingness-to-pay threshold of AU$100,000 per QALY was around 2 percent; however, the likelihood for cost-effectiveness increased to 66 percent if the price of olaparib was reduced by 30 percent.

Conclusion
This is the first study to evaluate germline genetic testing and olaparib treatment as codependent technologies in mCRPC. Genetic testing-guided olaparib treatment may be cost-effective with significant discounts on olaparib pricing.
Some properties of convex and increasing convex orders under Archimedean copula
Authors: Guan Qingyuan , Wang Bing Xing 
Published: March 2024

AbstractIn this paper, the ordering properties of convex and increasing convex orders of the dependent random variables are studied. Some closure properties of the convex and increasing convex orders under independent random variables are extended to the dependent random variables under the Archimedean copula. Two applications are provided to illustrate our results.
Rock Magnetic‐Based Cyclic Expression in Late Visean Ramp Carbonates and an Astrochronology for the Late Asbian From Northwest England
Authors: Hounslow Mark W. , Cózar Pedro , Somerville Ian D. , Biggin Andrew J. 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThe late Asbian appears to mark the initial, well‐documented, onset of far‐field glacio‐eustatic changes in equatorial Mississippian strata. This work unravels the nature of cyclicity in upper Asbian shallow marine carbonates, using a combination of petrographic study, rock magnetic proxies and astrochronological testing on samples from the Trowbarrow section, NW England. Rock magnetic data express the content of two types of siliciclastic sources; a marine‐delivered magnetite‐dominated source, and an eolian‐delivered, hematite‐dominated source. The eolian‐sourced material generally peaked during regressive and low‐stand parts of the carbonate rhythms. Astrochronologic testing methods based around the average spectral misfit and TimeOpt methodology show the magnetite abundance proxies are principally carrying the astronomically forced signal. Two likely sedimentation rate models are derived from the five better magnetic proxies using evolutive methods. In addition, a set of three likely major hiatus levels are inferred in the sedimentation rate models, based on testing possible major hiatus scenarios with TimeOpt methods, using eccentricity modulation. From these, using the three best proxies, an average astrochronologic duration for the Trowbarrow section suggests a late Asbian duration of 1976 ± 86 kyr (1σ), and a basal late Asbian age of 334.48 ± 0.35 Ma (2σ). Coupled atmosphere‐ocean models for the late Paleozoic, suggest that lows in short eccentricity correspond to glacials, when inferred delivery of siliciclastic sediment to the carbonate ramp is generally at a maximum. The glacial and lower sea‐level intervals also coincide with maximum delivery of eolian siliciclastics, likely linked to increased aridity and less vegetation cover on adjacent and distal parts of Laurentia.
SIRT1 ISGylation accelerates tumor progression by unleashing SIRT1 from the inactive state to promote its deacetylase activity
Authors: Kang Ji An , Kim Yoon Jung , Jang Kyu Yun , Moon Hye Won , Lee Haeseung , Lee Seonjeong , Song Hyun Kyu , Cho Sang Woo , Yoo Yoon Sun , Han Hye Gyeong , Kim Min-Ju , Chung Myoung Ja , Choi Cheol Yong , Lee Cheolju , Chung Chaeuk , Hur Gang Min , Kim You-Sun , Jeon Young Joo 
Published: March 2024

AbstractISG15 is an interferon-stimulated ubiquitin-like protein (UBL) with multifaceted roles as a posttranslational modifier in ISG15 conjugation (ISGylation). However, the mechanistic consequences of ISGylation in cancer have not been fully elucidated, largely due to a lack of knowledge on the ISG15 target repertoire. Here, we identified SIRT1, a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)-dependent protein deacetylase, as a new target for ISGylation. SIRT1 ISGylation impairs the association of SIRT1 with its negative regulator, deleted in breast cancer 1 (DBC1), which unleashes SIRT1 from its inactive state and leads to an increase in its deacetylase activity. Importantly, SIRT1 ISGylation promoted lung cancer progression and limited lung cancer cell sensitivity to DNA damage-based therapeutics in vivo and in vitro models. The levels of ISG15 mRNA and protein were significantly higher in lung cancer tissues than in adjacent normal tissues. Accordingly, elevated expression of SIRT1 and ISG15 was associated with poor prognosis in lung cancer patients, a finding that could be translated for lung cancer patient stratification and disease outcome evaluation. Taken together, our findings provide a mechanistic understanding of the regulatory effect of SIRT1 ISGylation on tumor progression and therapeutic efficacy in lung cancer.
Waist-circumference-to-height-ratio had better longitudinal agreement with DEXA-measured fat mass than BMI in 7237 children
Authors: Agbaje Andrew O. 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
Background
The absolute agreement of surrogate measures of adiposity with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)-measured body composition was examined.

Methods
Over a 15-year follow-up, 7237 (3667 females) nine-year-old children from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) UK birth cohort were included. Total fat mass (FM) and trunk FM were serially measured with DEXA at ages 9, 11, 15, 17, and 24 years. BMI and waist circumference-to-height ratio (WHtR) were computed. Pearson’s correlations, intraclass correlations (ICC), and area under curve (AUC) analyses were conducted.

Results
Over 15 years, BMI, total FM, and trunk FM, increased but WHtR was relatively stable. WHtR provided a better longitudinal absolute agreement [males ICC 0.84 (95% CI 0.84–0.85); females 0.81 (0.80–0.82)] than BMI [(males (0.65 (0.64–0.66); females 0.72 (0.71–0.73)] with total FM as well as trunk FM from ages 9–24 years. WHtR cut-point for predicting excess total FM (75th–95th percentile) was 0.50–0.53 in males [AUC 0.86–0.94, sensitivity 0.51–0.79 and specificity 0.93–0.95]. WHtR cut-point for predicting excess total FM (75th–95th percentile) was 0.52–0.54 in females [AUC 0.83–0.95, sensitivity 0.38–0.68 and specificity 0.92–0.95]. Results were similar with trunk FM.

Conclusion
WHtR is an inexpensive alternative to BMI for predicting FM in pediatrics.

Impact

Waist circumference-to-height ratio (WHtR) is a better adiposity surrogate measure than body mass index (BMI) in predicting fat mass and discriminating lean mass from childhood through young adulthood.

BMI has been used as an inexpensive surrogate measure of adiposity in children for several decades. However, emerging findings suggest that BMI fails to discriminate between fat mass adiposity and lean mass.

This is the first-ever longitudinal study in over 7000 children followed up for 15 years that identified WHtR as an inexpensive accurate measure that discriminates fat mass from lean mass that could replace BMI measure of obesity in pediatrics.