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Site Formation Histories and Context of Human Occupations at the Paleolithic Site of La Ferrassie (Dordogne, France)
Authors: Aldeias Vera , Sandgathe Dennis , McPherron Shannon J. P. , Bruxelles Laurent , Turq Alain , Goldberg Paul 
Published: October 2023

Abstract The Paleolithic site of La Ferrassie (Dordogne, France) has contributed significantly to the understanding of Middle and Upper Paleolithic technocomplexes, as well as Neanderthal skeletal morphology. Excavations at the site have spanned more than a century and uncovered rich archaeological assemblages associated with the Mousterian, Châtelperronian, Aurignacian and Gravettian technocomplexes. Renewed excavations exposed a sequence spanning both Middle and Upper Paleolithic occupations in the Western Sector and low-density Mousterian deposits and Châtelperronian in the Northern Sector. Here, we report on an extensive geoarchaeological study of deposits at the western end of the site to reconstruct and interpret both the depositional history of the sediments and associated human occupations in this poorly documented part of La Ferrassie. Our results point to the nature of the site as originally a karstic cave, with the Western Sector located in what would have been the cave’s mouth. The stratigraphic sequence comprises first fluvial deposition (Phase I) followed by soliflucted deposits and accretion cones that emanate from an elevated platform situated several meters above the modern road next to the site (Phase II) and, finally, spatially restricted channeling (Phase III). Most archaeological assemblages are associated with Phase II and reflect an interplay between occupations directly in this area and bones and artifacts sliding down the slope from the upper platform. Unlike in the Western Sector, in the Northern Sector — situated along the north wall and several meters inside the footprint of the cave — cold features dominate the entirety of the sequence; we interpret these as being linked to microenvironments specific to this location of the karst rather than to general (external) climatic conditions. Relevant is the identification of patterned ground formation in this area, which can be clearly linked to the “monticule” features first reported by Capitan and Peyrony and erroneously interpreted as anthropogenic in origin. Our geoarchaeological results point to a large and complex karst system, with distinct depositional sources and often locally independent sedimentary histories throughout its extent. These formation pathways have differently impacted the main occupation areas and resulted in distinct degrees of preservation of the archaeological assemblages throughout the different areas of the site.
Getting ready for teaching with digital technologies: Scenario-based self-assessment in teacher education and professional development
Authors: Vejvoda Johanna , Stadler Matthias , Schultz-Pernice Florian , Fischer Frank , Sailer Michael 
Published: October 2023

AbstractTeachers’ technology-related skills are often measured with self-assessments. However, self-assessments are often criticised for being inaccurate and biased. Scenario-based self-assessment is a promising approach to make self-assessment more accurate and less biased. In this study withN = 552 inservice and student teachers, we validated a scenario-based self-assessment instrument IN.K19+for teachers. The instrument enables scenario-based self-assessment of instrumental and critical digital skills and technology-related teaching skills for teachers. In a confirmatory factor analysis, we show that the instrument has sufficient factorial validity. To test the predictive validity of the instrument, we examined the instruments’ relationship to the frequency of technology use during teaching and teacher-initiated student learning activities involving digital technologies. Results from structural equation modelling show that instrumental digital skills and technology-related teaching skills are positively related to the frequency of digital technology use during teaching, while critical digital skills are not. In terms of the initiation of student learning activities, instrumental and critical digital skills show relationships with initiating student learning activities that include lower cognitive engagement. Technology-related teaching skills are related to initiating learning activities that indicate higher cognitive engagement. The results show that instrumental and critical digital skills play an important role with respect to the basic use of digital technologies in the classroom, while technology-related teaching skills turn out to be crucial for more complex scenarios of digital technology use. This pattern of findings supports the predictive validity of the IN.K19+instrument.
The theory of generalised hydrodynamics for the one-dimensional Bose gas
Authors: Kerr Matthew L. , Kheruntsyan Karen V. 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThis article reviews the recent developments in the theory of generalised hydrodynamics (GHD) with emphasis on the repulsive one-dimensional Bose gas. We discuss the implications of GHD on the mechanisms of thermalisation in integrable quantum many-body systems as well as its ability to describe far-from-equilibrium behaviour of integrable and near-integrable systems in a variety of quantum quench scenarios. We outline the experimental tests of GHD in cold-atom gases and its benchmarks with other microscopic theoretical approaches. Finally, we offer some perspectives on the future direction of the development of GHD.
“The trip actually opened our eyes to things that we were supposed to do and we were not doing”: developing primary health care system leadership in a low-income country with peer exchanges
Authors: Kushitor Mawuli , Wright Kalifa , Biney Adriana , Kanmiki Edmund W. , Kyei Pearl , Phillips James F. , Awoonor-Williams John Koku , Bawah Ayaga A. 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Background
Health care systems in low and middle-income countries are decentralizing and devolving power to the periphery. Transferring power without systematic processes to develop and nurture leaders at the district compromises the effectiveness and sustainability of the decentralized health system. To address this problem, we developed an approach to leadership learning by observation and experience that improved the organization and performance of the health care system in a district in Ghana.

Methodology
Using two rounds of a longitudinal qualitative study, the study explores the determinants of implementing the Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) initiative in a district in Ghana. Insights were gained concerning the leadership regimes of two leaders who administered health services in a common geographic area at different points in time with remarkably contrasting outcomes. Insights of health workers who participated in both periods were elicited to clarify interview contexts. Ten focus group discussions (FGDs) and five expert interviews were conducted for each round of the study. The study was informed by a systems appraisal approach that utilized a thematic analytical framework.

Results
Providing district leaders with a practical observational experience had a significant influence on health care delivery in all aspects of health care provision at the district level. Exposing participants to models of best practices facilitated the replication of processes that improved the conduct of service delivery and CHPS implementation. Upon reflection, district leaders attributed performance constraints to their lack of understanding of practical ways of responding to complex district health system development needs. Observation from community members, volunteers, and health workers who witnessed the system development period corroborated narratives that leaders had expressed.

Conclusion
Effective leadership is optimally developed with participatory learning that provides leaders with direct access to fully functioning systems. Learning by observation can be structured and used to quicken the spread of managerial excellence.
Cultural influence in curriculum remodeling of early childhood education in Bangladesh: an empirical study
Authors: Alam Md Jahangir , Ahsan Abu Hossain Muhammad , Ogawa Keiichi 
Published: October 2023

AbstractChildren from three years to the age of five are considered pre-primary students when their emotional, social, cognitive, linguistic, and other skills are built and developed, which helped determine the future behaviors of a child. Children are heavily impacted by their surroundings and the people around them throughout this critical stage. In the 21st century, Bangladesh’s pre-primary education system has been heavily shaped and developed, following Western pedagogy. Parental aspiration remains a crucial path in developing the ECE curriculum in Bangladesh. The ECE curriculum is being remodeled under the influence of the national culture, considering the parental aspiration for the betterment of their children. Cultural components, such as customs, beliefs, social norms, regulations, and religions, have signifi-cantly influenced education. This study aims to investigate the pre-primary education system and identify the changing patterns influenced by culture globally and nationally. In this study, a mixed-methods approach has been employed for the data collected. This exploratory study used inductive reasoning to weave latest information into innovative ideas. Since the parental perspective varies in division wise needs and progress enhancement aspirations, the participants were selected from four divisional headquarters of Bangladesh: Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, and Rangpur. For the comprehensive development of cognitive and behavioral patterns, children must be exposed to the history and culture of the community by making the curriculum more engaging. Thus, a refined early learning through ECE has been vital to building a dynamic, economic, and strong nation for the future of Bangladesh.
Improving activity and barrier properties of epoxy modified polyurethane coating with in-situ polymerized polypyrrole functionalized graphene oxide
Authors: Sun Yue , Song Dalei , Yu Jing , Zhu Jiahui , Liu Jingyuan , Chen Rongrong , Liu Qi , Liu Peili , Wang Jun 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThe limited dispersibility and lack of active anti-corrosion properties of graphene oxide (GO) have hindered its application in corrosion resistance. In this study, we graft the corrosion inhibitor benzotriazole (BTA) on the surface of GO to achieve pH response release, providing active corrosion protection for epoxy modified polyurethane (EP-PU) coating. An environmentally friendly composite material with a sandwich-like structure was synthesized by in-situ polymerization of pyrrole to improve GO dispersion and prevent rapid release of BTA. The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) shows that adding 0.15% GBP enhances the coating's anti-corrosion performance. The dual functions of passive and active corrosion enable the GBP/EP-PU coating to provide long-term corrosion protection for metal substrates.
Global ocean observations and applications by China’s ocean satellite constellation
Authors: Jiang Xingwei , Yin Xiaobin , Guan Lei , Wang Zhaohui , Lv Letian , Liu Mutao 
Published: October 2023

AbstractSatellite remote sensing data form the basis of ocean observation and applications. China has established a satellite network platform comprising ocean color satellite constellations, ocean dynamic environment satellite constellations, and ocean observation and monitoring satellite constellations. This platform provides consistent and reliable ocean observation data crucial for marine scientific research, economic development, and early warning and forecasting. This paper comprehensively describes the development process and plans for China’s ocean satellites from their inception. It offers detailed technical specifications of ocean satellites and outlines the current applications of ocean water color satellites (HY-1), ocean dynamics and environment satellites (HY-2), and ocean surveillance and monitoring satellites (GF-3) in ocean parameter inversion, target identification and detection, and early warning and forecasting. In the future, to enhance the level of industrialization in ocean remote sensing in China, it is imperative to leverage the diversity and timeliness of ocean remote sensing data. Additionally, emerging technologies such as cloud computing and artificial intelligence should be harnessed, and the application potential of various satellite data resources should be explored.
Review of research and control technology of underwater bionic robots
Authors: Cui Zhongao , Li Liao , Wang Yuhang , Zhong Zhiwei , Li Junyang 
Published: October 2023

AbstractAs marine resources continue to be exploited, the remarkable locomotion and coordination of fish provide an excellent source of inspiration for scientists and engineers to design and control the next -generation autonomous underwater vehicles within a bionic framework. Underwater biomimetic robots combine bionics and robot technology, and their biological characteristics offer a lot of convenience for the robot so that it can obtain better performance in adaptability and robustness. Recently, with the combination of bionics, mechanics, electronics, materials science, and automation, there has been great progress in developing underwater bionic robots with different structure types and energy supply modes. This paper summarizes the research status of underwater robots, focuses on the research status of underwater bionic robots with different materials, types and motion modes, and introduces the propulsion mechanism of underwater robots with different structures and the control methods adopted in the propulsion process. Finally, the broad application prospect and market potential of underwater biomimetic robot are introduced.
Targeting Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha to Mitigate Lung Injury Induced by Mustard Vesicants and Radiation
Authors: Malaviya Rama , Laskin Jeffrey D. , Businaro Rita , Laskin Debra L. 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Pulmonary injury induced by mustard vesicants and radiation is characterized by DNA damage, oxidative stress, and inflammation. This is associated with increases in levels of inflammatory mediators, including tumor necrosis factor (TNF)α in the lung and upregulation of its receptor TNFR1. Dysregulated production of TNFα and TNFα signaling has been implicated in lung injury, oxidative and nitrosative stress, apoptosis, and necrosis, which contribute to tissue damage, chronic inflammation, airway hyperresponsiveness, and tissue remodeling. These findings suggest that targeting production of TNFα or TNFα activity may represent an efficacious approach to mitigating lung toxicity induced by both mustards and radiation. This review summarizes current knowledge on the role of TNFα in pathologies associated with exposure to mustard vesicants and radiation, with a focus on the therapeutic potential of TNFα-targeting agents in reducing acute injury and chronic disease pathogenesis.
Aging notions, stochastic orders, and expected utilities
Authors: Yang Jianping , Zhuang Weiwei , Hu Taizhong 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThere are some connections between aging notions, stochastic orders, and expected utilities. It is known that the DRHR (decreasing reversed hazard rate) aging notion can be characterized via the comparative statics result of risk aversion, and that the location-independent riskier order preserves monotonicity between risk premium and the Arrow–Pratt measure of risk aversion, and that the dispersive order preserves this monotonicity for the larger class of increasing utilities. Here, the aging notions ILR (increasing likelihood ratio), IFR (increasing failure rate), IGLR (increasing generalized likelihood ratio), and IGFR (increasing generalized failure rate) are characterized in terms of expected utilities. Based on these observations, we recover the closure properties of ILR, IFR, and DRHR under convolution, and of IGLR and IGFR under product, and investigate the closure properties of the dispersive order, location-independent riskier order, excess wealth order, the total time on test transform order under convolution, and the star order under product. We have some new findings.
Effects of high hydrostatic pressure on antimicrobial protein stability and the rheological and shelf-life properties of donkey milk
Authors: Koker Alperen , Ozturkoglu-Budak Sebnem , Alpas Hami 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThe effects of high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) and heat treatments on antimicrobial protein stability and on the physico-chemical, microbiological, rheological and shelf-life properties of donkey milk were investigated. Although heat treatment at 75°C for 2 min resulted in 1.50 log CFU ml−1 microbial inactivation, losses in activities of lysozyme (58%) and lactoferrin (82%) were observed due to whey protein denaturation. By contrast, HHP application at 400 MPa caused lower enzyme activity losses (22 and 37% respectively) whilst maintaining a significant reduction of microbial load (1.80 log CFU ml−1). Color analyses showed that the lightness values of all samples decreased during storage. Higher flow consistency (viscosity) and lower flow behavior indexes were observed in heat-treated samples compared to untreated and HHP-treated ones, which can be explained by advanced protein denaturation during heat-treatment. The results suggest that HHP is a more suitable process than heat treatment for preservation of donkey milk within the conditions studied.
Prevalence and distribution of non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica serogroups and serovars isolated from normally sterile sites: A global systematic review
Authors: Hagedoorn Nienke N. , Murthy Shruti , Birkhold Megan , Marchello Christian S. , Crump John A. ,   the Vacc-iNTS Consortium Collaborators
Published: October 2023

Abstract
To inform coverage by potential vaccines, we aimed to systematically review evidence on the prevalence and distribution of non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica serogroups and serovars. We searched four databases from inception through 4 June 2021. Articles were included that reported at least one non-typhoidal S. enterica strain by serogroup or serovar isolated from a normally sterile site. Of serogrouped isolates, we pooled the prevalence of serogroup O:4, serogroup O:9, and other serogroups using random-effects meta-analyses. Of serotyped isolates, we pooled the prevalence of Salmonella Typhimurium (member of serogroup O:4), Salmonella Enteritidis (member of serogroup O:9), and other serovars. Of 82 studies yielding 24,253 serogrouped isolates, the pooled prevalence (95% CI) was 44.6% (36.2%–48.2%) for serogroup O:4, 45.5% (37.0%–49.1%) for serogroup O:9, and 9.9% (6.1%–13.3%) for other serogroups. Of serotyped isolates, the pooled prevalence (95%CI) was 36.8% (29.9%–44.0%) for Salmonella Typhimurium, 37.8% (33.2%–42.4%) for Salmonella Enteritidis, and 18.4% (11.4%–22.9%) for other serovars. Of global serogrouped non-typhoidal Salmonella isolates from normally sterile sites, serogroup O:4 and O:9 together accounted for 90%, and among serotyped isolates, serovars Typhimurium and Enteritidis together accounted for 75%. Vaccine development strategies covering serogroups O:4 and O:9, or serovars Typhimurium and Enteritidis, have the potential to prevent the majority of non-typhoidal Salmonella invasive disease.
Rehabilitating El Pozito, Northern Belize: a Classic Maya town and its socioeconomic history as reflected in ceramics and architecture
Authors: Eppich Keith , Ball Joseph W. 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThis article revisits a long-neglected site in Northern Belize, the Classic Maya settlement of El Pozito, located in the Orange Walk District. Investigations led by Mary Neivens and Dennis Puleston explored the site between 1974 and 1976, documenting its architecture and recovering a substantial quantity of artifacts. Afterward, events conspired to bring these investigations to a close, leaving the site in a half-century scholarly limbo. The research here seeks to rectify this. Combining extant field notes with sporadic publications and recently conducted ceramic analysis, the authors reconstructed El Pozito's sequence of construction, occupation, and usage over 20 centuries. This new research revealed a settlement of surprising complexity, combining aspects of urban functionality amid a landscape of rural complexity. This article argues that the best way to understand such complexity is through the conceptual lens of a “town.” Neither a city nor a dispersed rural settlement, El Pozito functioned as a critical node that connected local, agrarian Maya with each other as well as the whole of the Classic Maya world. In this way, the research here seeks to rehabilitate this site, rescue it from its scholarly limbo, and restore its place in understanding the complex pre-Columbian landscapes of Northern Belize.
Effects of concurrency on epidemic spreading in Markovian temporal networks
Authors: Liu Ruodan , Ogura Masaki , Dos Reis Elohim Fonseca , Masuda Naoki 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThe concurrency of edges, quantified by the number of edges that share a common node at a given time point, may be an important determinant of epidemic processes in temporal networks. We propose theoretically tractable Markovian temporal network models in which each edge flips between the active and inactive states in continuous time. The different models have different amounts of concurrency while we can tune the models to share the same statistics of edge activation and deactivation (and hence the fraction of time for which each edge is active) and the structure of the aggregate (i.e., static) network. We analytically calculate the amount of concurrency of edges sharing a node for each model. We then numerically study effects of concurrency on epidemic spreading in the stochastic susceptible-infectious-susceptible and susceptible-infectious-recovered dynamics on the proposed temporal network models. We find that the concurrency enhances epidemic spreading near the epidemic threshold, while this effect is small in many cases. Furthermore, when the infection rate is substantially larger than the epidemic threshold, the concurrency suppresses epidemic spreading in a majority of cases. In sum, our numerical simulations suggest that the impact of concurrency on enhancing epidemic spreading within our model is consistently present near the epidemic threshold but modest. The proposed temporal network models are expected to be useful for investigating effects of concurrency on various collective dynamics on networks including both infectious and other dynamics.
Echocardiography: conotruncal anomaly: a case of common arterial trunk with intact ventricular septum and hypoplastic left heart complex with unbalanced pulmonary stenoses
Authors: Loeffelbein Florian , Wronski Lena , Riede Frank-Thomas 
Published: October 2023

AbstractWe describe the echocardiographic findings of a common arterial trunk with intact ventricular septum, mitral and left ventricular hypoplasia, atretic left ventricular outlet and bilateral, and unbalanced pulmonary artery stenoses.