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Dis‐playing gender: From ludic reconfiguration to utopic outcomes in gender‐swap apps
Authors: Piluso Francesco 
Published: April 2024

AbstractAn increasing number of AI‐based gender‐swap applications have become a popular trend in our social media platforms and communities, rising controversial issues beyond their apparently playful intent. The primary ludic function informing the use/consumption of such apps opens to further signification and valorization of the produced images. In many cases, the portrait pictures, modified through a system of filters, assume an existential and utopic value for (transgender and nonbinary) users who have the possibility to reimagining and reperforming their gender identity. At the same time, the social availability and disposability of such images risk to trivialize the subjective and highly complex process of sexual and gender transition undergone by many people on their own material body in real life. The aim of this paper is to point out the ambivalences and the possibilities opened by gender‐swap apps for what concerns the issue of gender identity. Through the analysis of a corpus of promotional messages and users' responses to the gender‐swap apps, it is argued that these trans‐faces, far from operating a flawless passing from a gender to the other, constantly dis‐play the social construction and deconstruction of sexual and gender binary identities.
The “great imitator”: IgG4‐related disease of the oral cavity. Two case reports and scoping review
Authors: Azzi Lorenzo , Magnoli Francesca , Krepysheva Diana , Fontana Federico , Coppola Andrea , Cappelli Antonella , Dani Marta , Battaglia Paolo , Rabbiosi Dimitri 
Published: April 2024

AbstractThis study aimed to review the lesser‐known intraoral manifestations of immunoglobulin G4‐related disease (IgG4‐RD). In this paper we report an unprecedented case of oral IgG4‐RD mimicking angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE), and another case presenting as plasma cell gingivitis. We then performed a scoping review of published cases of IgG4‐RD involving the oral cavity. The following data were collected for each case: age, sex, intraoral site(s) involved, clinical appearance, imaging features, serum IgG4 values, histopathology, treatment, and follow‐up duration. Fifty‐one cases of oral IgG4‐RD were published in literature. The hard palate and jaw bones were the two main locations reported, while the histological identification of a IgG4/IgG plasma cells ratio ≥40% was fundamental for diagnosis. Conversely, the pathological features of storiform fibrosis and obliterative phlebitis were not common. Future reports regarding oral IgG4‐RD should report clear adherence to the recognized international diagnostic criteria of the disease.
Depression and thoughts of self‐harm or suicide among gender and sexually diverse people in a regional Australian community
Authors: Phillips Tania M. , Austin Gavin , Sanders Tait , Martin Margaret , Hudson Jacqueline , Fort Alexandra , Excell Tarra , Mullens Amy B. , Brömdal Annette 
Published: April 2024

AbstractIssues AddressedThere is a paucity of data regarding depression and thoughts of self‐harm or suicide among gender and sexually diverse (GSD) people living within Australian regional/rural locations. This study aims to elucidate these issues and fill a critical gap.MethodsThe sample included 91 GSD people from a regional community in South‐West Queensland utilising the PHQ‐9 to determine presence/severity of depression and self‐harm/suicide ideation. These data were drawn from a larger health and wellbeing survey. Raw mean scores were calculated to determine prevalence/severity of clinical symptoms. Bayesian ordinal regression models were employed to analyse between‐subgroup differences in depression and self‐harm/suicide ideation.ResultsOverall, 80.2% of GSD sample experienced depression (35.2% severe, 45.1% mild/moderate) and 41.8% experienced self‐harm/suicide ideation in the past two‐weeks. Trans and nonbinary people experienced higher levels of depressions than sexually diverse cisgender people. Pansexual and bisexual people experienced higher levels of depression than gay people. Trans people experienced higher prevalence of self‐harm/suicide ideation than cisgender and nonbinary people, with no differences between sexuality subgroups.ConclusionsThese findings contribute to deeper and more nuanced insights regarding clinically salient depressive and self‐harm/suicide ideation symptoms among trans, nonbinary, bisexual, pansexual and queer people in regional Australian communities, with the aim to ultimately reduce mental health prevalence, improve mental health outcomes and health promotion among GSD people.So What?The current findings revealed GSD people experience high prevalence of depression and self‐harm/suicide ideation indicating tailored mental health awareness‐raising, training and health promotion is warranted to enhance psychological support.
Local Men Local Communities: A rural placed‐based approach to increase men's engagement with mental health training and events
Authors: Bransgrove Natalie J. , Porter Joanne E. , Prokopiv Valerie , Wildblood Robyn , Prezioso Michelle , Bradley Vicki , Look Barbara 
Published: April 2024

AbstractIssue AddressedSuicide is the leading cause of death for Australians aged 15–49 (Department of Health and Aged Care Suicide in Australia, https://www.health.gov.au/health-topics/mental-health-and-suicide-prevention/suicide-in-australia, 2021). With the loss of one community member impacting the individual's family, friends, and wider community. The aim of the article is to showcase a process evaluation of a place‐based approach to suicide prevention, exploring the elements of mental health training and events that can be tailored to increase engagement with the men living in a rural Local Government Area in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.MethodsParticipation records and promotional material for the Local Men Local Communities project was utilised to explore similarities and differences between the training and events offered.ResultsResults indicated that men living in rural areas engaged best with events that included a social element such as food or an activity, highlighting that men may find it easier to talk and connect when they have something to do.ConclusionMental health training and events need to be tailored to meet the needs of the target population. Key details to consider include location, time, promotional material, content, and inclusion of a social element.So What?When rural men were provided ownership of their conversations, they were more likely to have them. This challenges the stereotype that men do not talk and creates the opportunity for social connection within the community.
Costs of integrating hepatitis B screening and antiviral prophylaxis into routine antenatal care in Burkina Faso: Treat all versus targeted strategies
Authors: Gosset Andréa , Drabo Seydou , Carrieri Patrizia , Tiendrebeogo Abdoul Salam Eric , Vincent Jeanne Perpétue , Tanaka Yasuhito , Sombié Roger , Tall Haoua , Kania Dramane , Boyer Sylvie , Shimakawa Yusuke 
Published: April 2024

AbstractObjectiveEconomic feasibility of eliminating mother‐to‐child transmission (MTCT) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in highly endemic African countries remains uncertain. Prevention of MTCT (PMTCT) involves screening pregnant women for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), identifying those with high viral loads or hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg), and administering tenofovir prophylaxis to high‐risk women. We estimated the costs of integrating PMTCT services into antenatal care in Burkina Faso, based on four different strategies to select women for tenofovir prophylaxis: (1) HBV DNA (≥200 000 IU/mL), (2) HBeAg, (3) hepatitis B core‐related antigen rapid diagnostic test (HBcrAg‐RDT) and (4) all HBsAg‐positive women.MethodsUsing a micro‐costing approach, we estimated the incremental economic cost of integrating each strategy into routine antenatal care in 2024, compared to neonatal vaccination alone. Sensitivity analyses explored variations in prevalence, service coverage, test and tenofovir prices.ResultsHBcrAg‐RDT strategy was the least expensive, with a total economic cost of US$3959689, compared to HBV DNA (US$6128875), HBeAg (US$4135233), and treat‐all (US$4141206). The cost per pregnant woman receiving tenofovir prophylaxis varied from US$61.88 (Treat‐all) to US$1071.05 (HBV DNA). The Treat‐All strategy had the lowest marginal cost due to a higher number of women on tenofovir (66928) compared to HBV DNA (5722), HBeAg (10020), and HBcrAg‐RDT (7234). In sensitivity analyses, the treat‐all strategy became less expensive when the tenofovir price decreased.ConclusionHBcrAg‐RDT minimizes resource use and costs, representing 0.61% of Burkina Faso's 2022 health budget. This study highlights the potential economic feasibility of these strategies and provides valuable resources for conducting cost‐effectiveness analyses.
Noncontingent reinforcement in the treatment of pediatric feeding disorder: A concise review
Authors: Van Arsdale Angie , Ibañez Vivian F. , Vollmer Timothy R. 
Published: April 2024

AbstractThis concise review summarizes the literature on noncontingent reinforcement in the treatment of pediatric feeding disorder from 2018 to 2022. We reviewed 15 published behavior‐analytic feeding studies to identify how often the term noncontingent reinforcement is used, what form of noncontingent reinforcement is delivered, and what the effects of noncontingent reinforcement are on behavior when it is included in treatment. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
High‐resolution cell imaging using white light phase shifting interferometry and iterative phase deconvolution
Authors: Tiwari Shubham , Tayal Shilpa , Trivedi Shivam , Kaur Harpreet , Mehta Dalip Singh 
Published: April 2024

AbstractAn optimization algorithm is presented for the deconvolution of a complex field to improve the resolution and accuracy of quantitative phase imaging (QPI). A high‐resolution phase map can be recovered by solving a constrained optimization problem of deconvolution using a complex gradient operator. The method is demonstrated on phase measurements of samples using a white light based phase shifting interferometry (WLPSI) method. The application of the algorithm on real and simulated objects shows a significant resolution and contrast improvement. Experiments performed on Escherichia coli bacterium have revealed its sub‐cellular structures that were not visible in the raw WLPSI images obtained using a five phase shifting method. These features can give valuable insights into the structures and functioning of biological cells. The algorithm is simple in implementation and can be incorporated into other QPI modalities .
Protective effects of esculetin against doxorubicin‐induced toxicity correlated with oxidative stress in rat liver: In vivo and in silico studies
Authors: Köroğlu Zeynep , Kizir Duygu , Karaman Melike , Demir Yeliz , Türkeş Cüneyt , Beydemir Şükrü 
Published: April 2024

AbstractDoxorubicin (DOX) is widely used in cancer treatment but the dose‐related toxicity of DOX on organs including the liver limit its use. Therefore, there is great interest in combining DOX with natural compounds with antioxidant properties to reduce toxicity and increase drug efficacy. Esculetin is a natural coumarin derivative with biological properties encompassing anti‐inflammatory and antioxidant activities. In light of these properties, this study was meticulously crafted to investigate the potential of esculetin in preventing doxorubicin (DOX)‐induced hepatotoxicity in Sprague‐Dawley rats. The rats were divided into a total of six groups: control group, DOX group (administered DOX at a cumulative dose of 5 mg/kg intraperitoneally every other day for 2 weeks), E50 group (administered 50 mg/kg of esculetin intraperitoneally every day), E100 group (administered 100 mg/kg of esculetin intraperitoneally every day) and combined groups (DOX + E50 and DOX + E100) in which esculetin was administered together with DOX. The treatments, both with DOX alone and in combination with E50, manifested a reduction in catalase (CAT mRNA) levels in comparison to the control group. Notably, the enzymatic activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), CAT, and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) witnessed significant decreases in the liver of rats treated with DOX. Moreover, DOX treatment induced a statistically significant elevation in malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, coupled with a concurrent decrease in glutathione (GSH) levels. Additionally, molecular docking studies were conducted. However, further studies are needed to confirm the hepatoprotective properties of esculetin and to precisely elucidate its mechanisms of action.
Neural network‐based simulation of fields and losses in electrical machines with ferromagnetic laminated cores
Authors: Purnode Florent , Henrotte François , Louppe Gilles , Geuzaine Christophe 
Published: April 2024

AbstractDue to the distribution of eddy currents inside ferromagnetic laminations, the accurate modeling of magnetic fields and losses in the laminated cores of electrical machines requires resolving individual laminations with a fine 3D discretization. This yields finite element models so huge and costly that they are unusable in daily industrial R&D. In consequence, hysteresis and eddy currents in laminations are often simply disregarded in the modeling: the laminated core is assumed to be made of a reversible (non lossy) saturable material, and magnetic losses are evaluated a posteriori, by means of Steinmetz–Bertotti like empirical formulas. However, in a context where industry is struggling to minutely assess the impact of magnetic losses on their devices, this simplified approach is more and more regarded as inaccurate and unsatisfactory. This article proposes a solution to this issue, based on homogenization and on detailed mesoscopic simulations of eddy currents and hysteresis inside the laminations. The proposed approach results in a close‐to‐conventional 2D magnetic vector potential finite element model, but equipped with an irreversible parametric material law to represent the ferromagnetic stack. In each finite element, the parameters of the law are obtained from a neural network trained to best fit the detailed mesoscopic simulations of the laminations subjected to the same local magnetic field. This way, all aspects of the irreversible ferromagnetic response are appropriately accounted for in the finite element simulation, but at a computational cost drastically reduced with regard to a brute force 3D calculation, and comparable to that of conventional 2D finite element simulations.
The “extra pinch” of pseudosand to enhance tropical biogeochemical processes understanding
Authors: Kilian Salas Simone , Meurer Katharina H. E. , Boy Diana , Díaz García Elisa , Woche Susanne K. , Boy Jens , Guggenberger Georg , Peth Stephan , Schroeder Paul. A. , Jungkunst Hermann F. 
Published: April 2024

AbstractDespite knowing better, water‐stable aggregates like pseudosands are still disintegrated into their clay‐ and silt‐sized bits and pieces to serve standardization in texture determination. Lacking yet a viable alternative, this deliberately committed mistake seems the contemporary best practice for modeling purposes, which is far from being ideal. Here, we propose this misconception to be a major cause for flawed process understanding of tropical soils, leading to substantial uncertainties in model development. There is enough evidence as to why pseudosands are neither sand nor the plain sum of their clay‐ and silt‐sized units and should therefore better be defined as an additional soil texture class for which properties have yet to be examined across the tropics.
Distinct effects of racial and socioeconomic disparities on biliary atresia diagnosis and outcome
Authors: Bonn Julie , Gamm Kristen , Ambrosino Teresa , Orkin Sarah H. , Taylor Amy , Peters Anna L. 
Published: April 2024

AbstractObjectivesTo identify and distinguish between racial and socioeconomic disparities in age at hepatology care, diagnosis, access to surgical therapy, and liver transplant‐free survival in patients with biliary atresia (BA).MethodsSingle‐center retrospective cohort study of 69 BA patients from 2010 to 2021. Patients were grouped into White and non‐White cohorts. The socioeconomic milieu was analyzed utilizing neighborhood deprivation index, a census tract‐based calculation of six socioeconomic variables. The primary outcomes of this study were timing of the first hepatology encounter, surgical treatment with hepatic portoenterostomy (HPE), and survival with native liver (SNL) at 2 years.ResultsPatients were 55% male and 72% White. White patients were referred at a median of 34 days (interquartile range [IQR]: 17–65) vs. 67 days (IQR: 42–133; p = 0.001) in non‐White patients. White infants were more likely to undergo HPE (42/50 patients; 84%) compared to non‐White (10/19; 53%), odds ratio (OR) 4.73 (95% confidence interval: 1.46–15.31; p = 0.01). Independent of race, patients exposed to increased neighborhood‐level deprivation were less likely to receive HPE (OR: 0.49, p = 0.04) and achieve SNL (OR: 0.54, p = 0.02).ConclusionsRacial and socioeconomic disparities are independently associated with timely BA diagnosis, access to surgical treatment, and transplant‐free survival. Public health approaches to improve screening for pathologic jaundice in infants of diverse racial backgrounds and to test and implement interventions for socioeconomically at‐risk families are needed.
Characterization of structural and functional properties of soybean 11S globulin during renaturation after denaturation induced by changes in pH
Authors: Yang Yang , Zhang Can , Ma Chun‐min , Bian Xin , Zou Ling , Fu Yu , Shi Yan‐guo , Wu Yan , Zhang Na 
Published: April 2024

AbstractBACKGROUNDThis study explored the denaturation of 11S globulin, a protein known for its diverse functional properties in soy protein applications, at pH 3.0 and pH 10.0, followed by a gradual return to pH 7.0 to facilitate renaturation. It investigated the structural and functional changes during renaturation induced by a change in pH, revealing the stabilization mechanism of 11S globulin.RESULTSThe findings revealed that during pH adjustment to neutral, the denatured soybean 11S globulin – resulting from alkaline (pH 10.0) or acidic (pH 3.0) treatments – experienced a refolding of its extended tertiary structure to varying extents. The particle size and the proportions of α‐helix and β‐sheet in the secondary structure aligned progressively with those of the natural‐state protein. However, for the alkali‐denatured 11S, the β‐sheet content decreased upon adjustment to neutral, whereas an increase was observed for the acid‐denatured 11S. In terms of functional properties, after alkaline denaturation, the foaming capacity (FC) and emulsifying activity index (EAI) of 11S increased by 1.4 and 1.2 times, respectively, in comparison with its native state. The solubility, foamability, and emulsifiability of the alkali‐denatured 11S gradually diminished during renaturation but remained superior to those of the native state. Conversely, these properties showed an initial decline, followed by an increase during renaturation triggered by pH neutralization.CONCLUSIONSThis research contributes to the enhancement of protein functionality, offering a theoretical foundation for the development of functional soy protein products and expanding their potential applications. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry.
Influence mechanisms of linoleic acid and oleic acid on the gel properties of egg yolk protein
Authors: Huang Xinyuan , Li Xin , Zhang Yufeng , Li Xiefei , Zhang Pei , Song Hongbo , Huang Qun , Fu Guiming 
Published: April 2024

AbstractBACKGROUNDGel property is among the crucial functional properties of egg yolk (EY), which determines the texture and flavor of EY products. In the present study, the effects of two unsaturated fatty acids [monounsaturated fatty acid oleic acid (OA) and diunsaturated fatty acid linoleic acid (LA)] on the gel properties of EY protein were investigated.RESULTSCompared with the blank group, the addition of LA and OA (10–50 g kg−1) improved the gel hardness (from 270.54 g to 385.85 g and 414.38 g, respectively) and viscosity coefficient (from 0.015 Pa.sn to 11.892 Pa.sn and 1.812 Pa.sn, respectively). The surface hydrophobicity of EY protein increased to a maximum value of 40 g kg−1 with the addition of both fatty acids (39.06 μg and 41.58 μg, respectively). However, excess unsaturated fatty acids (≥ 50 g kg−1) disrupted the completeness of the gel matrix and weakened the structural properties of the EY gel.CONCLUSIONBoth fatty acids improved the gel properties of EY protein. At the same addition level, OA was superior to LA in improving gel properties. The present study provides a theoretical underpinning for the sensible application of unsaturated fatty acids in improving EY gel properties. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry.
Preparation, processing, and application of ultrathin lithium metal
Authors: Huang Shaozhen , Li Wenhao , Zhang Yu , Li Tianbao , Chen Yuejiao , Kuang Guichao , Liu Wen , He Zhiyuan , Wu Zhibin , Chen Libao 
Published: April 2024

AbstractLithium metal is a promising electrode material for next‐generation high‐energy‐density rechargeable batteries with its high theoretical capacity (3860 mAh g−1) and low standard electrode potential (−3.04 V vs. SHE). However, the special physicochemical properties of lithium metal, including low tensile strength, viscoplastic creep, and high reactivity hinder the processing and preparation of lithium strips toward ultrathin thickness (≤20 μm). Developing new matrixes, interfaces, and processing methods can be promising for overcoming these problems. This review summarizes the physicochemical properties of lithium metal and the design principles for preparing the ultrathin Li metal, and concludes the recent development in this field from the perspective of processing design, and proposes to provide in‐depth understanding of reliable fabrication of ultrathin lithium metal strips, and prospects the challenges and opportunities of ultrathin‐scale preparation and processing of lithium metal.