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Paid family leave and the fight against hunger: Evidence from New York
Authors: Kim Jiyoon , Lenhart Otto 
Published: March 2024

AbstractWe examine the effects of New York's paid family leave (PFL) policy, introduced in January 2018, on food security. While researchers evaluating PFL policies in the past have mostly focused on employment and health outcomes, we believe that an improved understanding of potential impacts on food security is pivotal as it is directly related to the health and well‐being of mothers and new‐borns during the postnatal months. Our analysis uses two primary data sets—Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS‐FSS) and Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Estimating difference‐in‐differences and triple difference models, we show that New York's PFL reduced the prevalence of low food security by 36% in both datasets. The positive effects are more sizable for households with low‐educated heads and families with incomes under 185% of the Federal Poverty Line. These findings highlight that paid leave benefits lead to a larger reduction in food insecurity among disadvantaged families and thus have the potential to reduce existing societal inequalities. When examining potential mechanisms through which New York's PFL law improves food security, we show that the policy increased food expenditures, increased labor force participation, particularly by mothers, and improved parental health.
A systematic derivatization technique for characterization of ethoxylates by GC and GCMS
Authors: Ali Asraf A. , Bhat Ganesh , Al‐Ghamdi Ibrahim , Cao Wenjie , Kumar Arun , Iali Wissam , Narayan K. C. , Ghazwani Qasem 
Published: March 2024

AbstractEthoxylation is one of the common industrial process in which ethylene oxide (EO) is added to compounds containing active hydrogen atom (OH, COOH, SH, NH, etc.) to form surfactants. Alcohol ethoxylates are a major class of non‐ionic surfactants composed of an alkyl chain combined with few EO units. They are widely used in homecare products, personal care products, textiles, oilfield, construction, lubricants, food, paper, leather. The analysis of these ethoxylates possess several challenges since they contain ‘n’ number of EO units (n > 1). With increase in “n,” the product becomes more and more viscous and the boiling point increases making it difficult to analyze by normal gas chromatography (GC) technique. This paper describes a method of derivatizing these ethoxylates so that they can be eluted on a high temperature GC. BSTFA (N, O‐bis (trimethylsilyl) trifluoroacetamide) is used as the derivatizing agent (silylating agent). The ethoxylate combines with BSTFA to form the corresponding trimethylsilylated (TMS) product, which have comparatively lower boiling point. Thus, we detect trimethyl silyl product, which is the resemblance for the ethoxylated product. In this paper, we present a quantitative GC method for the ethoxylates of a few simple alcohols (2‐ethyl hexanol, glycerin), and complex vegetable oils (castor oil). The products formed during the reaction have also been identified on a gas chromatograph coupled with mass spectrometer (GCMS). GCMS shows the mass corresponding to the TMS derivatized product. The derivatization technique not only helps in increasing the volatility of these compounds but also improves the chromatographic efficiency, selectivity, and enhances the detectability.
A unique combination of horror and longing: Traumatic grief in post–October 7, 2023, Israel
Authors: Hasson‐Ohayon Ilanit , Horesh Danny 
Published: March 2024

AbstractOn October 7, 2023 (10/7), Hamas militants brutally attacked Israeli towns and villages surrounding the Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of more than 1100 people, most of whom were civilians slaughtered in their own homes. The killings occurred under highly traumatic circumstances, including shooting, the burning of homes, hunting down people who attempted to escape, and severe sexual assault. Thus, many Israelis today experience a unique mix of both posttraumatic and severe grief reactions. Traumatic grief (TG) is often defined as a condition that results from the death of a significant other and includes symptoms similar to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that are specifically related to the deceased, such as intrusive thoughts and memories about the deceased and hypervigilance expressed by constantly looking for them or cues associated with them. However, whereas definitions, phenomenological descriptions, and clinical illustrations of PTSD are abundant and widely validated, TG has yet to receive formal diagnostic status. In this paper, we aim to reexamine TG in the context of post‐10/7 Israel. We argue that TG is a critical concept for clinicians working in Israel and other conflict‐exposed areas of the world today, as it accurately captures the painful mix of grief‐ and trauma‐related symptoms. We also suggest potential explanations for the lack of acknowledgment of TG as a formal diagnosis and discuss the possible role of historical events in the formation of new, relevant psychiatric diagnoses.
Risk and maintenance factors in body‐focused repetitive behaviours
Authors: Moritz Steffen , Penney Danielle , Hoyer Luca , Schmotz Stella 
Published: March 2024

AbstractBackgroundBody‐focused repetitive behaviours (BFRBs), such as skin picking and trichotillomania, are conditions at the interface of dermatology and psychiatry.ObjectivesWe asked individuals with various BFRBs about their habits and preferences preceding the onset of their BFRB(s). We also inquired about the emotions (positive, negative or mixed) accompanying the habit to explore predisposing and maintenance factors.MethodsA sample of 201 individuals with mixed BFRBs were recruited online. We administered the Generic BFRB Scale (GBS‐36) and the newly developed Somatic and Habitual Predisposition to BFRB Scale as well as the Ambivalence Towards BFRB Rating.ResultsMost participants reported both positive and negative feelings towards engaging in BFRBs, with only a minority (41.8%) indicating predominantly negative feelings. The study speaks to somatic and habitual predisposing factors that are topographically related to specific conditions (e.g., dislike of one's skin and skin impurities preceding skin picking, dislike of one's nails and brittle nails preceding nail biting, tendency to scarring and injuries preceding lip‐cheek biting).ConclusionsOur study speaks to important somatic and habitual predisposing factors in BFRBs. Positive feelings accompanying BFRBs may act as an important maintenance factor in BFRBs. Our results may inform new therapeutic approaches to treating or preventing BFRBs.
Effect of Surface Acidity/Basicity of Cr/Zn−BEA Zeolite Catalysts on Performance in CO2‐PDH Process
Authors: Orlyk Svitlana M. , Kapran Andriy Y. , Chedryk Valeriy I. , Nychiporuk Yurii M. , Kyriienko Pavlo I. , Dzwigaj Stanislaw 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThe influence of adding Cr(III) compounds into Zn−BEA zeolite samples (with silicate modulus Si/Al=17, 100, and 1000) on the redox and acid–base characteristics of Cr/Zn−BEA zeolites were studied, and their catalytic properties in propane dehydrogenation with CO2 to propylene. It was established (based on the XRD, low–temperature (77 K) ad/desorption of N2, TPR−H2, TPD−MSC−NH3(CO2), C3H8(C3H6), FTIR−Py data) that the acid–base characteristics of the surface of bifunctional Cr/Zn−BEA catalysts, namely the amount, strength, and nature (Lewis and Brønsted sites), determine their activity/selectivity, and operation stability in the process of CO2−PDH. This indicates that over Cr/Zn−BEA catalysts, the process runs along the route of direct propane dehydrogenation combined with the reverse water gas shift reaction.
Regio‐ and Stereo‐Selective Synthesis of (E)‐β‐Alkenyl Boronates by Phosphene‐Free CuI‐Catalyzed Hydroboration and Carboboration of Alkynes and Access to Allyl‐Vinyl Ethers
Authors: Behera Minati , Prakash Das Jaya 
Published: March 2024

AbstractA convenient and operationally trivial protocol to access synthetically versatile vinylboronates through CuI catalyzed hydroboration and carboboration of alkynes utilizing bis(pinacolato)diboron (B2pin2) as the boron precursor in a 1, 10‐phenanthroline (phen) ligand environment is reported. This is a highly efficient and practical method for the synthesis of regio‐ and stereoselective (E)‐β‐vinylboronates from simple aromatic and aliphatic alkynes. These organoboron compounds have further been utilized for the synthesis of allyl‐vinyl ethers, which are potential starting materials for the Claisen rearrangement via an improved CuII mediated coupling of allyl alcohols and vinylboronates. The vinylboronates were also subjected to Suzuki‐Miyaura cross coupling reaction, allowing access to the corresponding tri‐ and tetra‐substituted alkenes with good isolated yields.
Blended Membrane of Polyethylene‐Glycol‐Grafted‐PIM‐1 and Tröger's Base Polymer for the Separation of Pentose and Hexose
Authors: Liang Jin , Wang Xiaoxin , Yu Dongsheng , Luo XiTao , Liang Xiangfeng , Su Zhongliang , Shou Qinghui 
Published: March 2024

AbstractMonosaccharides are vital building blocks in bioengineering applications; however, their extraction from intricate mixtures is challenging and uses substantial amounts of energy. Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) offer an innovative avenue for separating monosaccharides. We modified PIM‐1membranes to improve the glucose/xylose separation by incorporating polyethylene glycol monomethyl ether (mPEG). The optimal mPEG (molecular weight: 1000 Da; mass fraction: 2.5 %; solvent: methanol) delivered a xylose separation coefficient of 2.62. With the hybrid membrane of PIM‐1‐mPEG (50 w.t.%) and hydrophilic Tröger's base polymerer (DMBP‐TB, 50 w.t.%), the separation factor for xylose/glucose in an aqueous solution was 2.51 for single‐stage running and 11.32 after five‐stage running. There are large fractions of micropores for PIM‐1‐mPEG, and there is difference on solute‐membrane interactions for pentose/hexose, which are regarded to be the main driving force for the high pentose/hexose selectivity in methanol. The blending of PIM‐1‐mPEG and DMBP‐TB, integrates the microporosity and hydrophilicity, finally endues the high pentose/hexose selectivity in aqueous solution. These microporous membranes are promising materials for efficiently separating monosaccharides and jnl> small organic molecules while minimizing energy consumption. We established a solid foundation for further exploring microporous membranes for various applications, notably in bioengineering.
Enhancing Photo and Electrocatalytic Activity of Graphene Quantum Dots/Manganese Oxide Nanostructures for Visible Light Photocatalytic and Hydrogen Peroxide Sensing Applications
Authors: Rajkumar Palanisamy , Sethuraman Venkatesan , Ramadoss Manigandan , Thirumal Vediyappan , Asaithambi Sankaiya , Yoo Kisoo , Kim Jinho 
Published: March 2024

AbstractDesigning and developing high‐efficiency multifunctional catalysts materials is a significant challenge. In this view, we synthesized Graphene Quantum Dots (gQDs)/Gadolinium Manganese Oxide (GMO) nanostructures for photocatalytic dye degradation and hydrogen peroxide sensing. The structural, optical, composition, and morphology properties of the gQDs/GMO nanostructures were analyzed by using various analytical tools. The gQDs/GMO catalyst shows higher degradation efficiency compared to pure catalysts under visible light irradiation which is due to the large surface area, lower band gap, small amount of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), and synergetic effect of gQDs/GMO. Furthermore, we extensively investigate the nonenzymatic H2O2 sensing and the gQDs/GMO catalytic materials show higher sensing behavior. From our results, the gQDs embedded in gadolinium‐modified manganese oxide (gQDs/GMO) serve as an efficient photocatalyst material for environmental pollutant degradation under visible light irradiation with and the sensitive electrocatalyst for nonenzymatic H2O2 sensing applications.
Teaching English and the Grammatical Use of the Pronoun: Queer(y)ing the Teaching of Writing
Authors: Pickering Jordan , van Leent Lisa 
Published: March 2024

AbstractIn Australia, and indeed in many countries around the globe, teaching pronouns for reading comprehension and cohesion in writing in English language classrooms is not only a curriculum directive but a social justice imperative. In this paper, we combine the teaching of pronouns in English with social justice concepts of political representation and cultural recognition for gender equity. We engage a gender‐expansive understanding of the term gender, beyond a male and female binary, and recognize that children identify with and express genders that are non‐binary. For gender equity to progress and for children to have parity of participation for learning English, gender‐expansive understandings about language such as pronouns is important for engaging in socially just teaching and learning in English language classrooms. This paper presents three resources related to teaching about pronouns in primary school contexts using a gender‐expansive understanding. Children must see themselves represented in the language that they are immersed in, learning in, and learning about. Here we offer gender‐expansive teaching practices for teaching pronouns in the English language classroom.
About the onset of the Hopf bifurcation for convective flows in horizontal annuli
Authors: Passerini Arianna , Sette Galileo 
Published: March 2024

AbstractExperimental and numerical results cannot yet settle whether, between horizontal coaxial cylinders, if the curvature is large, the first transition for convection is an exchange of stability or rather an Hopf bifurcation. We directly show that if the curvature tends to infinity, no periodic linear perturbation exists when the Rayleigh number is equal to the critical one for nonlinear stability.
Circulating small extracellular vesicles mediate vascular hyperpermeability in diabetes
Authors: Gustafson Dakota , DiStefano Peter V. , Wang Xue Fan , Wu Ruilin , Ghaffari Siavash , Ching Crizza , Rathnakumar Kumaragurubaran , Alibhai Faisal , Syonov Michal , Fitzpatrick Jessica , Boudreau Emilie , Lau Cori , Galant Natalie , Husain Mansoor , Li Ren-Ke , Lee Warren L. , Parekh Rulan S. , Monnier Philippe P. , Fish Jason E. 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
Aims/hypothesis
A hallmark chronic complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus is vascular hyperpermeability, which encompasses dysfunction of the cerebrovascular endothelium and the subsequent development of associated cognitive impairment. The present study tested the hypothesis that during type 2 diabetes circulating small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) exhibit phenotypic changes that facilitate pathogenic disruption of the vascular barrier.

Methods
sEVs isolated from the plasma of a mouse model of type 2 diabetes and from diabetic human individuals were characterised for their ability to disrupt the endothelial cell (EC) barrier. The contents of sEVs and their effect on recipient ECs were assessed by proteomics and identified pathways were functionally interrogated with small molecule inhibitors.

Results
Using intravital imaging, we found that diabetic mice (Leprdb/db) displayed hyperpermeability of the cerebrovasculature. Enhanced vascular leakiness was recapitulated following i.v. injection of sEVs from diabetic mice into non-diabetic recipient mice. Characterisation of circulating sEV populations from the plasma of diabetic mice and humans demonstrated increased quantity and size of sEVs compared with those isolated from non-diabetic counterparts. Functional experiments revealed that sEVs from diabetic mice or humans induced the rapid and sustained disruption of the EC barrier through enhanced paracellular and transcellular leak but did not induce inflammation. Subsequent sEV proteome and recipient EC phospho-proteome analysis suggested that extracellular vesicles (sEVs) from diabetic mice and humans modulate the MAPK/MAPK kinase (MEK) and Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) pathways, cell–cell junctions and actin dynamics. This was confirmed experimentally. Treatment of sEVs with proteinase K or pre-treatment of recipient cells with MEK or ROCK inhibitors reduced the hyperpermeability-inducing effects of circulating sEVs in the diabetic state.

Conclusions/interpretation
Diabetes is associated with marked increases in the concentration and size of circulating sEVs. The modulation of sEV-associated proteins under diabetic conditions can induce vascular leak through activation of the MEK/ROCK pathway. These data identify a new paradigm by which diabetes can induce hyperpermeability and dysfunction of the cerebrovasculature and may implicate sEVs in the pathogenesis of cognitive decline during type 2 diabetes.

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Ill-posedness for the Half wave Schrödinger equation
Authors: Kato Isao 
Published: March 2024

AbstractWe study the Cauchy problem for the half wave Schrödinger equation introduced by Xu [9]. There are some well-posedness results for the equation, however there is no ill-posedness result. We focus on the scale critical space and obtain the ill-posedness in the super-critical or at the critical space under certain condition. The proofs in the super-critical space are based on the argument established by Christ, Colliander and Tao [4]. More precisely, we analyze dispersionless equation with smooth initial data, namely the Schwartz function and it is locally well-posed in some weighted Sobolev space. We construct the solution for the half wave Schrödinger equation by using the solution for the dispersionless equation and we can exploit the norm inflation or the decoherence properties. For the critical space, we use the standing wave solution, which was proved the existence by Bahri, Ibrahim and Kikuchi [1].
In Situ Fenestration and Carotid-Subclavian Bypass for Left Subclavian Artery Revascularization During Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair
Authors: Fan Bowen , Fang Kun , Tian Chuan , Fang Jie , Chen Dong , Zhao Jiawei , Luo Mingyao , Shu Chang 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
Purpose
To evaluate the safety and feasibility of left subclavian artery (LSA) revascularization techniques during thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR)—the in situ needle fenestration (ISNF) technique and the carotid-subclavian bypass (CS-Bp)—for complicated aortic pathologies.

Methods
A retrospective single-center observational study was conducted to identify all patients with thoracic aortic pathologies who underwent TEVAR with LSA revascularization using either CS-Bp or ISNFs from January 2014 to December 2020.

Results
One hundred and twelve consecutive patients who received TEVAR with LSA revascularization were included. Among them, 69 received CS-Bp and 43 received ISNF (29 using the Futhrough adjustable puncture needles, 14 using the binding stent-graft puncture systems). Technical success, defined as achieving aortic arch pathology exclusion and LSA preservation, was attained in 99.1% patients. Early mortality was 0.9%. Major adverse events within 30 days, including one cerebral hemorrhage, one cervical incision hemorrhage, one stroke and two paraplegia, were exclusively observed in the CS-Bp group. Immediate type I, II and III endoleaks occurred in 0%, 4.7% and 2.3% in the ISNF group, respectively, compared to 0%, 2.9% and 0% in the CS-Bp group.One hundred and eight (97.2%) patients were available for follow-up at a median 50 (maiximum of 103) months, revealing a LSA patency rates of 99.1%. Six patients died during follow-ups—five in the CS-Bp group and one in the ISNF group. Cause of death include one aortic-related stent-graft infection, three non-related and two with unknow causes. The survival exhibited no significantly different between the ISNF (97.7%) and CS-Bp (89.9%) groups (p = 0.22).

Conclusions
Both CS-Bp and ISNF are feasible techniques for LSA reconstruction in TEVAR. ISNF, whether using Futhrough or BPS, seems to be competitive with CS-Bp.

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What is the added value of specialist radiology review of multidisciplinary team meeting cases in a tertiary care center?
Authors: Kasalak Ömer , Vister Jeroen , Zorgdrager Marcel , Kloet Reina W. , Pennings Jan P. , Yakar Derya , Kwee Thomas C. 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
Purpose
Multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTMs) are an important component of the workload of radiologists. This study investigated how often subspecialized radiologists change patient management in MDTMs at a tertiary care institution.

Materials and methods
Over 2 years, six subspecialty radiologists documented their contributions to MDTMs at a tertiary care center. Both in-house and external imaging examinations were discussed at the MDTMs. All imaging examinations (whether primary or second opinion) were interpreted and reported by subspecialty radiologist prior to the MDTMs. The management change ratio (MCratio) of the radiologist was defined as the number of cases in which the radiologist’s input in the MDTM changed patient management beyond the information that was already provided by the in-house (primary or second opinion) radiology report, as a proportion of the total number of cases whose imaging examinations were prepared for demonstration in the MDTM.

Results
Sixty-eight MDTMs were included. The time required for preparing and attending all MDTMs (excluding imaging examinations that had not been reported yet) was 11,000 min, with a median of 172 min (IQR 113–200 min) per MDTM, and a median of 9 min (IQR 8–13 min) per patient. The radiologists’ input changed patient management in 113 out of 1138 cases, corresponding to an MCratio of 8.4%. The median MCratio per MDTM was 6% (IQR 0–17%).

Conclusion
Radiologists’ time investment in MDTMs is considerable relative to the small proportion of cases in which they influence patient management in the MDTM. The use of radiologists for MDTMs should therefore be improved.

Clinical relevance statement
The use of radiologists for MDTMs (multidisciplinary team meetings) should be improved, because their time investment in MDTMs is considerable relative to the small proportion of cases in which they influence patient management in the MDTM.

Key Points
• Multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTMs) are an important component of the workload of radiologists.
• In a tertiary care center in which all imaging examinations have already been interpreted and reported by subspecialized radiologists before the MDTM takes place, the median time investment of a radiologist for preparing and demonstrating one MDTM patient is 9 min.
• In this setting, the radiologist changes patient management in only a minority of cases in the MDTM.
On the Doubly Non-local Hele-Shaw–Cahn–Hilliard System: Derivation and 2D Well-Posedness
Authors: Peter Malte A. , Woukeng Jean Louis 
Published: March 2024

AbstractStarting from a classic non-local (in space) Cahn–Hilliard–Stokes model for two-phase flow in a thin heterogeneous fluid domain, we rigorously derive by mathematical homogenization a new effective mixture model consisting of a coupling of a non-local (in time) Hele-Shaw equation with a non-local (in space) Cahn–Hilliard equation. We then analyse the resulting model and prove its well-posedness. A key to the analysis is the new concept of sigma-convergence in thin heterogeneous domains allowing to pass to the homogenization limit with respect to the heterogeneities and the domain thickness simultaneously.