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Redesigning Rooms of Clients With Intellectual Disabilities and Severe Behavioral Problems in a Long-term Care Facility: Three Case Studies
Authors: Roos Jacqueline , Möhn Andrea , Ponsioen Albert , Didden Robert 
Published: March 2024

AbstractTo observe changes in three clients with intellectual disabilities and severe behavioral problems and staff in a long-term care residential facility after redesigning the clients’ rooms by making them more personal and homely, adjusting the amount of stimuli, changing the layout, connecting to the outdoor area, and using high-quality natural materials. Relatively many clients with intellectual disabilities exhibit severe problem behaviors, including self-harm, aggression toward others, and repeated destruction of their own rooms, which can eventually result in a barren, inhumane living environment. Research on these clients is limited. Data were collected in a mixed methods study in which quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed. After the redesigns, positive changes were observed in the well-being and behavior of all three clients, for example, with respect to quality of life, privacy, freedom of choice, problem behavior, mood, cognition, activities of daily living, leisure activities, social behavior, self-harm, and constraints. There were no changes in the use of psychotropic medication. Quality of life scores increased in two cases, but were significant in only one. Emotional and behavioral problem scores decreased significantly in two cases, but in only one case these results were maintained at follow-up. Staff experienced a more pleasant, safe, and functional work environment, with improved provision of indicated care and interaction. Absenteeism decreased significantly in two of the three cases. Redesigning clients’ rooms could potentially be a promising intervention for clients with intellectual disabilities and severe chronic behavioral problems.
In vivo brain MRS at a 1.5T clinical scanner: Optimized derivative fast Fourier transform for high-resolution spectra from time signals encoded with and without water suppression
Authors: Belkić Dževad , Belkić Karen 
Published: March 2024

AbstractWe study single-voxel in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) of white matter in the brain of a 25 year old healthy male volunteer. The free induction decay (FID) data of short length (0.5KB) are encoded at a long echo time (272 ms) with and without water suppression at a clinical scanner of a weak magnetic field (1.5T). For these FIDs, the fast Fourier transform (FFT) gives sparse, rough and metabolically uninformative spectra. In such spectra, resolution and signal to noise ratio (SNR) are poor. Exponential or Gaussian filters applied to the FIDs can improve SNR in the FFT spectra, but only at the expense of the worsened resolution. This impacts adversely on in vivo MRS for which both resolution and SNR of spectra need to be very good or excellent, without necessarily resorting to stronger magnetic fields. Such a long sought goal is at last within reach by means of the optimized derivative fast Fourier transform (dFFT), which dramatically outperforms the FFT in every facet of signal estimations. The optimized dFFT simultaneously improves resolution and SNR in derivative spectra. They are presently shown to be of comparably high quality irrespective of whether water is suppressed or not in the course of FID encodings. The ensuing benefits of utmost relevance in the clinic include a substantial shortening of the patient examination time. The implied significantly better cost-effectiveness should make in vivo MRS at low-field clinical scanners (1.5T) more affordable to ever larger circles of hospitals worldwide.
Perception of Acceptance and Discrimination Among the LGBTQI + Community in their Churches and its Association with Spiritual Dryness: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study in Germany
Authors: Büssing Arndt , Starck Lorethy , van Treeck Klaus , Roser Traugott 
Published: March 2024

AbstractData from a cross-sectional survey with options for free text statements revealed that people who identify themselves as part of the LGBTQI+ community (n = 417) experienced both acceptance and discrimination by church members. Their negative experiences affected their relationship with God in terms of spiritual dryness and loss of faith. In regression analyses, the best predictors of life satisfaction and psychological well-being were self-acceptance and low spiritual dryness. This self-acceptance as a resource, mediated the link between spiritual dryness and life satisfaction. Nevertheless, 96% still wish for a church/faith community that welcomes all people—and accepts them as they are and feel.
Optimal clustering from noisy binary feedback
Authors: Ariu Kaito , Ok Jungseul , Proutiere Alexandre , Yun Seyoung 
Published: March 2024

AbstractWe study the problem of clustering a set of items from binary user feedback. Such a problem arises in crowdsourcing platforms solving large-scale labeling tasks with minimal effort put on the users. For example, in some of the recent reCAPTCHA systems, users clicks (binary answers) can be used to efficiently label images. In our inference problem, items are grouped into initially unknown non-overlapping clusters. To recover these clusters, the learner sequentially presents to users a finite list of items together with a question with a binary answer selected from a fixed finite set. For each of these items, the user provides a noisy answer whose expectation is determined by the item cluster and the question and by an item-specific parameter characterizing the hardness of classifying the item. The objective is to devise an algorithm with a minimal cluster recovery error rate. We derive problem-specific information-theoretical lower bounds on the error rate satisfied by any algorithm, for both uniform and adaptive (list, question) selection strategies. For uniform selection, we present a simple algorithm built upon the K-means algorithm and whose performance almost matches the fundamental limits. For adaptive selection, we develop an adaptive algorithm that is inspired by the derivation of the information-theoretical error lower bounds, and in turn allocates the budget in an efficient way. The algorithm learns to select items hard to cluster and relevant questions more often. We compare the performance of our algorithms with or without the adaptive selection strategy numerically and illustrate the gain achieved by being adaptive.
SSR Marker–Based Genetic Diversity and Relationship Analyses of Stephania tetrandra S. Moore
Authors: Wu Mengli , Bai Yanyuan , Huang Liwei , Dong Zhipeng , Li Yaoyan , Yan Guoyue , Xie Yangjiao 
Published: March 2024

AbstractStephania tetrandra S. Moore (family: Menispermaceae), a dioecious herbaceous vine and the only species in the subgenus Botryodiscia of the genus Stephania of the family Menispermaceae, is mainly distributed in hilly areas south of the Huaihe River in China and found in many provinces of China, showing a high genetic diversity. This paper aimed to study genetic diversity of and genetic relationship among individuals of S. tetrandra within China to provide a basis for evaluation, exploitation, and utilization of S. tetrandra by using simple sequence repeat (SSR) molecular markers. Our results show that effective products were amplified from the 26 screened SSR gene loci, a total of 183 alleles amplified (2–16 alleles amplified by each pair of primers). Among the 26 loci, 16 had a PIC value higher than 0.5, indicating a high level of polymorphism. For most of the loci, the number of effective alleles was lower than that of the observed alleles, and the observed heterozygosity was lower than the expected heterozygosity. The genetic differentiation coefficient (0.021–0.547) was lower than 0.05 (low level of genetic differentiation) for 7 loci and higher than 0.25 (very high level of genetic differentiation) for 2 loci, and had a value representing a medium level of genetic differentiation for the remaining 17 loci. The intra-population inbreeding coefficient had a positive value for 21 loci, suggesting the presence of inbreeding and homozygous excess. The gene flow value was bigger than 1, indicating that genetic drift and natural selection played an unimportant role in population genetic differentiation of S. tetrandra. Based on discriminant analysis of principal components and Bayesian Information Criterion, K-means clustering was performed on 620 samples. These samples were divided into 9 genetic clusters, whose similarity coefficients and genetic distances were 0.755–0.918 and 0.067–0.280, respectively, indicating that these clusters were highly similar and short-distanced. The Bayesian clustering analysis was implemented in the STRUCTURE software to analyze the genetic structure of S. tetrandra and it was found that the 620 samples could be clustered into 5 ancestor groups; the 9 clusters and 40 natural populations inherited genes from the 5 groups to varying degrees, but the proportion of genes inherited from the 5 groups by each cluster and natural population differed. S. tetrandra was characterized by the presence of population structure and pronounced genetic subdivision, which, together with the presence of gene flow, may indicate a relatively stable recent state of these populations.
Operative efficiency: a comparative analysis of Versius and da Vinci robotic systems in abdominal surgery
Authors: Halabi Mouhammad , Khoury Kayanne , Alomar Abdulrahman , Dahdah Joseph El , Hassan Obai , Hayyan Khadija , Bishara Engy , Moussa Hatem 
Published: March 2024

AbstractRobotic-assisted surgery has gained momentum in the pursuit of improved minimally invasive procedures. The adoption of new robotic platforms, such as the Versius, raises concerns about safety, efficacy, and learning curves. This study compares the Versius to the well-established da Vinci in terms of operative time and patient population. Retrospective data collection was conducted on patient data from inguinal hernia surgery, ventral hernia surgery, and cholecystectomies performed between February 2022 and March 2023 at the American Hospital of Dubai. Only experienced cases were included, ensuring proficiency with robotic technology. Versius had longer procedure times in inguinal and ventral hernia surgeries but not in cholecystectomy. No intraoperative complications were observed in either system. This study demonstrates that Versius can provide comparable outcomes to the da Vinci in abdominal surgery, with no observed intraoperative complications.
Getting HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) into Private Pharmacies: Global Delivery Models and Research Directions
Authors: Roche Stephanie D. , Were Daniel , Crawford Natalie D. , Tembo Angela , Pintye Jillian , Bukusi Elizabeth , Ngure Kenneth , Ortblad Katrina F. 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
Purpose of Review
To provide an overview of the current state of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery via private sector pharmacies globally, to discuss the context-specific factors that have influenced the design and implementation of different pharmacy-based PrEP delivery models in three example settings, and to identify future research directions.

Recent Findings
Multiple high- and low-income countries are implementing or pilot testing PrEP delivery via private pharmacies using a variety of delivery models, tailored to the context. Current evidence indicates that pharmacy-based PrEP services are in demand and generally acceptable to clients and pharmacy providers. Additionally, the evidence suggests that with proper training and oversight, pharmacy providers are capable of safely initiating and managing clients on PrEP. The delivery of PrEP services at private pharmacies also achieves similar levels of PrEP initiation and continuation as traditional health clinics, but additionally reach individuals underserved by such clinics (e.g., young men; minorities), making pharmacies well-positioned to increase overall PrEP coverage. Implementation of pharmacy-based PrEP services will look different in each context and depend not only on the state of the private pharmacy sector, but also on the extent to which key needs related to governance, financing, and regulation are addressed.

Summary
Private pharmacies are a promising delivery channel for PrEP in diverse settings. Countries with robust private pharmacy sectors and populations at HIV risk should focus on aligning key areas related to governance, financing, and regulation that have proven critical to pharmacy-based PrEP delivery while pursuing an ambitious research agenda to generate information for decision-making. Additionally, the nascency of pharmacy-based PrEP delivery in both high- and low-and-middle-income settings presents a prime opportunity for shared learning and innovation.
Psychological scars of genocide: a systematic review of post-traumatic outcomes in Kurdish Anfal survivors
Authors: Mahmood Harem Nareeman , Ahmed Darya Rostam , Neldner Sina , Neuner Frank 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThe Anfal genocide, including the infamous Halabja chemical attack, has imprinted deep scars on the Kurdish community in Iraq that lasted for decades. Despite significant historical documentation, the enduring psychological impact on survivors is less examined. This systematic review synthesizes existing research to address this gap. Adhering to the PRISMA guidelines, this review systematically searched databases for scholarly articles examining the mental health of Kurdish survivors following the 1988 Anfal genocide, with a focus on PTSD, depression, and anxiety. Of the initial 201 articles identified, seven met the inclusion criteria. These studies were subjected to a thorough data extraction and qualitative synthesis, and their quality was appraised using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT). The selected studies encompassed a combined sample of 760 participants, ranging in age from 7 to 92 years. The findings revealed high prevalence rates of PTSD, particularly in children, with a prevalence rate of 87%. In adults, PTSD and depression prevalence rates in unselected samples were estimated at 86.2% and 49%, respectively. Qualitative findings from survivors reveal a complex interplay of depression, intrusive memories, and societal isolation, compounded by poverty and discrimination, with health concerns like respiratory and ocular problems further exacerbating psychological distress. However, non-representative samples and absence of control groups limit result generalization. The literature reviewed indicates substantial psychological distress among the Anfal genocide survivors, underscoring an urgent need for targeted mental health interventions. Future research needs representative samples and validated tools for precise prevalence assessment and comprehensive impact understanding.
Differences in Subjective and Psychological Well-Being of Romanian Adolescents over a Four-Year Period and its Relationship with Free Time
Authors: Tejada-Gallardo Claudia , Bălţătescu Sergiu , Alsinet Carles , Bacter Claudia 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThe aim of this study is to explore changes in subjective well-being (life satisfaction and positive affect), as well as psychological well-being among Romanian adolescents over a 4-year period using data from the Children’s Worlds project (Waves 2 and 3). Participants were 12-year-olds (N = 1,504 in 2015; N = 1,145 in 2019). The findings indicated a decline in positive affect and psychological prosperity with the passage of time, while life satisfaction remained constant. To investigate factors influencing the decline, we examined the relationships between well-being and the amount of time adolescents spent in their free time (leisure and duties), as well as their satisfaction with their free time. Leisure activities predicted both well-being measures over time. Duties predicted subjective well-being at both waves but only predicted psychological well-being in Wave 3. Satisfaction with free time predicted both well-being approaches only in Wave 3. The findings suggest that factors related to free time do not contribute to declines in well-being, as they show positive associations with subjective and psychological well-being. The declines likely stem from other unexplored variables, underscoring the need for additional research on contributors to the well-being of Romanian adolescents, particularly following disruptions like the COVID-19 pandemic.
Geometry-aware 3D pose transfer using transformer autoencoder
Authors: Liu Shanghuan , Gai Shaoyan , Da Feipeng , Waris Fazal 
Published: March 2024

Abstract3D pose transfer over unorganized point clouds is a challenging generation task, which transfers a source’s pose to a target shape and keeps the target’s identity. Recent deep models have learned deformations and used the target’s identity as a style to modulate the combined features of two shapes or the aligned vertices of the source shape. However, all operations in these models are point-wise and independent and ignore the geometric information on the surface and structure of the input shapes. This disadvantage severely limits the generation and generalization capabilities. In this study, we propose a geometry-aware method based on a novel transformer autoencoder to solve this problem. An efficient self-attention mechanism, that is, cross-covariance attention, was utilized across our framework to perceive the correlations between points at different distances. Specifically, the transformer encoder extracts the target shape’s local geometry details for identity attributes and the source shape’s global geometry structure for pose information. Our transformer decoder efficiently learns deformations and recovers identity properties by fusing and decoding the extracted features in a geometry attentional manner, which does not require corresponding information or modulation steps. The experiments demonstrated that the geometry-aware method achieved state-of-the-art performance in a 3D pose transfer task. The implementation code and data are available at https://github.com/SEULSH/Geometry-Aware-3D-Pose-Transfer-Using-Transformer-Autoencoder.
A CFRP Passenger Floor Stanchion Underwent Dynamic Buckling Structural Testing
Authors: Di Mauro G. , Guida M. , Ricci F. , Maio L. 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThe work focuses on the study of the structural behaviour of a composite floor beam in the cargo area of a commercial aircraft subjected to static and dynamic loads (typical of hard or crash landing). Experimental tests have been performed in the laboratories of the Dept. of Industrial Engineering (UniNA) jointly with the development of numerical models suitable to correctly simulate the phenomenon through the LS-DYNA software. The definition of a robust numerical model allowed to evaluate the possibility of buckling triggering. The test article was equipped with potting supports on both ends of the tested beam, filling the pots with epoxy resin toughened with glass fiber nanoparticles. This allowed to uniformly load the beam ends in compression and to carry out the tests loading the specimen statically and dynamically, to observe the differences in the behaviour of the beam under two different types of applied load. The comparison between the numerical and the experimental results shows that the dynamic buckling was triggered by a quantitatively smaller load than in the static case. On the other hand, it is observed this phenomenon to postpone the failure of the structure, due to the significantly higher displacement with respect to the quasi-static case to reach that condition.
The Mirror Account of Hope and Fear
Authors: Palmqvist Carl-Johan 
Published: March 2024

AbstractI provide a unified account of hope and fear as propositional attitudes. This “mirror account” is based on the historical idea that the only difference between hope and fear is the conative attitude involved, positive for hope and negative for fear. My analysis builds on a qualified version of the standard account of hope. The epistemic condition is formulated in terms of live possibility and the conative according to a non-reductive view on desire and aversion. The account demonstrates the theoretical fruitfulness of accepting Jack M. C. Kwong’s distinction between hope and fear as propositional attitudes and experiential states.
Dynamic models for impact-initiated stress waves through snow columns
Authors: Verplanck Samuel Vincent , Adams Edward Eagan 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
The objective of this research is to model snow's response to dynamic, impact loading. Two constitutive relationships are considered: elastic and Maxwell-viscoelastic. These material models are applied to laboratory experiments consisting of 1000 individual impacts across 22 snow column configurations. The columns are 60 cm tall with a 30 cm by 30 cm cross-section. The snow ranges in density from 135 to 428 kg m−3 and is loaded with both short-duration (~1 ms) and long-duration (~10 ms) impacts. The Maxwell-viscoelastic model more accurately describes snow's response because it contains a mechanism for energy dissipation, which the elastic model does not. Furthermore, the ascertained model parameters show a clear dependence on impact duration; shorter duration impacts resulted in higher wave speeds and greater damping coefficients. The stress wave's magnitude is amplified when it hits a stiffer material because of the positive interference between incident and reflected waves. This phenomenon is observed in the laboratory and modeled with the governing equations.
Integrative taxonomy of Anaporrhutum mundae sp. nov. (Trematoda: Gorgoderidae), a parasite of the Munda round ray Urotrygon munda (Urotrygonidae) in Costa Rica
Authors: Santoro Mario , López-Verdejo Alejandro , Angulo Arturo , Rojas Alicia , Cortés Jorge , Pacheco-Chaves Bernald , Solano-Barquero Alberto 
Published: March 2024

Abstract
A new species of trematode of anaporrhutine gorgoderid, from the gill chambers of the Munda round ray Urotrygon munda in Costa Rica is described, based on an integrative taxonomic approach that includes the use of light and scanning electron microscopy, ITS2 and 28S rDNA sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis. Anaporrhutum mundae sp. nov. can be distinguished from congeneric species by a combination of morphological traits and particularly by having the genital pore opening at the level of the intestinal bifurcation. The new species also can be distinguished from all other species of Anaporrhutum, except A. euzeti Curran, Blend & Overstreet, 2003, by having fewer testicular follicles per testis. Anaporrhutum mundae sp. nov. also differs from A. euzeti in its forebody shape and by having different morphology and location of the vitellaria. The study of the tegumental surface of A. mundae sp. nov., as revealed by scanning electron microscopy, allowed detection of new morphological characters for a member of Anaporrhutinae that may be of taxonomic value. These are: a stylet cavity dorsal to the oral sucker with a large penetration gland opening on each side of the cavity and small penetration gland openings located ventral to the stylet cavity, arranged in a circle around the mouth. This represents the first record of an Anaporrhutum species from Costa Rica. Further, A. mundae sp. nov. represents the first parasite described or reported in this host.
A note on Hodge–Tate spectral sequences
Authors: WU ZHIYOU 
Published: March 2024

AbstractWe prove that the Hodge–Tate spectral sequence of a proper smooth rigid analytic variety can be reconstructed from its infinitesimal
$\mathbb{B}_{\text{dR}}^+$
-cohomology through the Bialynicki–Birula map. We also give a new proof of the torsion-freeness of the infinitesimal
$\mathbb{B}_{\text{dR}}^+$
-cohomology independent of Conrad–Gabber spreading theorem, and a conceptual explanation that the degeneration of Hodge–Tate spectral sequences is equivalent to that of Hodge–de Rham spectral sequences.