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Voter model under stochastic resetting
Authors: Grange Pascal 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
The voter model is a toy model of consensus formation based on nearest-neighbor interactions. A voter sits at each vertex in a hypercubic lattice (of dimension d) and is in one of two possible opinion states. The opinion state of each voter flips randomly, at a rate proportional to the fraction of the nearest neighbors that disagree with the voter. If the voters are initially independent and undecided, the model is known to lead to a consensus if and only if

d
⩽
2

. In this paper the model is subjected to stochastic resetting: the voters revert independently to their initial opinion according to a Poisson process of fixed intensity (the resetting rate). This resetting prescription induces kinetic equations for the average opinion state and for the two-point function of the model. For initial conditions consisting of undecided voters except for one decided voter at the origin, the one-point function evolves as the probability of presence of a diffusive random walker on the lattice, whose position is stochastically reset to the origin. The resetting prescription leads to a non-equilibrium steady state. For an initial state consisting of independent undecided voters, the density of domain walls in the steady state is expressed in closed form as a function of the resetting rate. This function is differentiable at zero if and only if

d
⩾
5

.
Observation of Doppler shift
modulated by the internal kink mode using conventional reflectometry in the EAST tokamak
Authors: LI 李 Gongshun 恭顺 , ZHANG 张 Tao 涛 , GENG 耿 Kangning 康宁 , WEN 文 Fei 斐 , YE 叶 Kaixuan 凯萱 , XU 徐 Liqing 立清 , ZHU 朱 Xiang 翔 , ZHANG 张 Xuexi 学习 , ZHONG 钟 Fubin 富彬 , ZHOU 周 Zhen 振 , YANG 杨 Shuqi 书琪 , ZHOU 周 Ziqiang 子强 , YU 喻 Lin 琳 , LAN 兰 Ting 婷 , WANG 王 Shouxin 守信 , TI 提 Ang 昂 , ZHANG 张 Shoubiao 寿彪 , LIU 刘 Haiqing 海庆 , LI 李 Guoqiang 国强 , GAO 高 Xiang 翔 , Team the EAST 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
In this paper we present a new experimental observation using a conventional reflectometry technique, poloidal correlation reflectometry (PCR), in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). The turbulence spectrum detected by the PCR system exhibits an asymmetry and induced Doppler shift

during the internal kink mode (IKM) rotation phase. This Doppler shift

is the target measurement of Doppler reflectometry, but captured by conventional reflectometry. Results show that the Doppler shift

is modulated by the periodic changes in the effective angle between the probing wave and cutoff layer normal, but not by plasma turbulence. The fishbone mode and saturated long-lived mode are typical IKMs, and this modulation phenomenon is observed in both cases. Moreover, the value of the Doppler shift

is positively correlated with the amplitude of the IKM, even when the latter is small. However, the positive and negative frequency components of the Doppler shift

can be asymmetric, which is related to the plasma configuration. A simulated analysis is performed by ray tracing to verify these observations. These results establish a clear link between

and IKM rotation, and are helpful for studying the characteristics of IKM and related physical phenomena.
Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Pre-pandemic Among Adults Hospitalized With Congestive Heart Failure or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Older Adults
Authors: Tippett Ashley , Ess Gabby , Hussaini Laila , Reese Olivia , Salazar Luis , Kelly Mary , Taylor Meg , Ciric Caroline , Keane Amy , Cheng Andrew , Gibson Theda , Li Wensheng , Hsiao Hui-Mien , Bristow Laurel , Hellmeister Kieffer , Al-Husein Zayna , Hubler Robin , Begier Elizabeth , Liu Qing , Gessner Bradford , Swerdlow David L , Kamidani Satoshi , Kao Carol , Yildirim Inci , Rouphael Nadine , Rostad Christina A , Anderson Evan J 
Published: November 2023

Abstract

Background
Data are limited on influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) in the prevention of influenza-related hospitalizations in older adults and those with underlying high-risk comorbidities.

Methods
We conducted a prospective, test-negative, case-control study at 2 US hospitals from October 2018–March 2020 among adults aged ≥50 years hospitalized with acute respiratory illnesses (ARIs) and adults ≥18 years admitted with congestive heart failure (CHF) or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations. Adults were eligible if they resided in 1 of 8 counties in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs were tested using BioFire FilmArray (bioMérieux, Inc.) respiratory panel, and standard-of-care molecular results were included when available. Influenza vaccination history was determined from the Georgia vaccine registry and medical records. We used multivariable logistic regression to control for potential confounders and to determine 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

Results
Among 3090 eligible adults, 1562 (50.6%) were enrolled. Of the 1515 with influenza vaccination history available, 701 (46.2%) had received vaccination during that season. Influenza was identified in 37 (5.3%) vaccinated versus 78 (9.6%) unvaccinated participants. After adjustment for age, race/ethnicity, immunosuppression, month, and season, pooled VE for any influenza-related hospitalization in the eligible study population was 63.1% (95% CI, 43.8–75.8%). Adjusted VE against influenza-related hospitalization for ARI in adults ≥50 years was 55.9% (29.9–72.3%) and adjusted VE against influenza-related CHF/COPD exacerbation in adults ≥18 years was 80.3% (36.3–93.9%).

Conclusions
Influenza vaccination was effective in preventing influenza-related hospitalizations in adults aged ≥50 years and those with CHF/COPD exacerbations during the 2018–2020 seasons.
Ultrasound-guided percutaneous puncturing technique: novel radiofrequency ablation technique for thoracic sympathectomy in the treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis
Authors: Hu Rong , Wang Qiao , Liu Qianxi , Zhou Yi , Huang Dong , Zhou Haocheng 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Radiofrequency thoracic sympathectomy is routinely conducted under computed tomographic or fluoroscopic guidance in the treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis. However, it remains a great challenge to perform a thoracic paravertebral puncture precisely and safely, because it is associated with repeated exposure to radiation and the risk of a pneumothorax. Alternatively, an ultrasound-guided technique can provide high-resolution and real-time needle tracking during the percutaneous procedure. We have provided our experience of ultrasonic guidance in radiofrequency sympathectomy for the treatment of primary palmar hyperhidrosis.
‘A benevolent technology’: Desiring-production and the petromodern death drive in J. G. Ballard’s Crash
Authors: Taylor William 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Published in the same year as the 1973 oil crisis, J. G. Ballard’s Crash examines the pathological desires that maintain the subject’s entanglement and complicity with fossil fuel infrastructure. The novel functions as a colliding network of hallucinatory renderings that reveal the unconscious, programmed compulsions underpinning petromodern destruction. Combining recent work in the energy humanities with Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s theory of ‘desiring-production’, I consider subjectivity as a form of energy input, arguing that a process of psychological engineering coopts flows of desiring-energy to fuel the engine of petroculture’s death drive. This engineering not only naturalizes petro-consumption but aggressively sexualizes the inherent violence of petrocultural values, aesthetics, and technologies. Drawing on the tropes and narratorial styles of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, Crash stages a contrast between this culture’s assumed technological ‘Autopia’ and the perverse reality of its dehumanizing ‘autogeddon’. In this way, the novel both echoes and undermines the utopian imaginaries that powered the construction of a social reality based on the movement of the car itself.
Identification of effective CCR2 inhibitors for cancer therapy using humanized mice
Authors: Sugiyama Shigeaki , Yumimoto Kanae , Fujinuma Shun , Nakayama Keiichi I 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
C-C chemokine receptor type 2 (CCR2) is the receptor for C-C motif chemokine 2 (CCL2) and is associated with various inflammatory diseases and cancer metastasis. Although many inhibitors for CCR2 have been developed, it remains unresolved which inhibitors are the most effective in the clinical setting. In the present study, we compared 10 existing human CCR2 antagonists in a calcium influx assay using human monocytic leukemia cells. Among them, MK0812 was found to be the most potent inhibitor of human CCR2. Furthermore, we generated a human CCR2B knock-in mouse model to test the efficacy of MK0812 against a lung metastasis model of breast cancer. Oral administration of MK0812 to humanized mice did indeed reduce the number of monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells and the rate of lung metastasis. These results suggest that MK0812 is the most promising candidate among the commercially available CCR2 inhibitors. We propose that combining these two screening methods may provide an excellent experimental method for identifying effective drugs that inhibit human CCR2.
Approaches to developing de novo cancer population models to examine questions about cancer and race in bladder, gastric, and endometrial cancer and multiple myeloma: the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network incubator program
Authors: Sereda Yuliia , Alarid-Escudero Fernando , Bickell Nina A , Chang Su-Hsin , Colditz Graham A , Hur Chin , Jalal Hawre , Myers Evan R , Layne Tracy M , Wang Shi-Yi , Yeh Jennifer M , Trikalinos Thomas A ,   for the CISNET Incubator Modeling Groups, Sereda Yuliia , Alarid-Escudero Fernando , Bickell Nina A , Chang Su-Hsin , Colditz Graham A , Hur Chin , Jalal Hawre , Myers Evan R , Layne Tracy M , Wang Shi-Yi , Yeh Jennifer M , Trikalinos Thomas A 
Published: November 2023

Abstract

Background
We are developing 10 de novo population-level mathematical models in 4 malignancies (multiple myeloma and bladder, gastric, and uterine cancers). Each of these sites has documented disparities in outcome that are believed to be downstream effects of systemic racism.

Methods
Ten models are being independently developed as part of the Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network incubator program. These models simulate trends in cancer incidence, early diagnosis, treatment, and mortality for the general population and are stratified by racial subgroup. Model inputs are based on large population datasets, clinical trials, and observational studies. Some core parameters are shared, and other parameters are model specific. All models are microsimulation models that use self-reported race to stratify model inputs. They can simulate the distribution of relevant risk factors (eg, smoking, obesity) and insurance status (for multiple myeloma and uterine cancer) in US birth cohorts and population.

Discussion
The models aim to refine approaches in prevention, detection, and management of 4 cancers given uncertainties and constraints. They will help explore whether the observed racial disparities are explainable by inequities, assess the effects of existing and potential cancer prevention and control policies on health equity and disparities, and identify policies that balance efficiency and fairness in decreasing cancer mortality.
Mental Health Predictors of Response to Standard Medical Intervention at a Military Pain Specialty Clinic
Authors: Espejo Emmanuel P , Sheridan Tara M , Pino Carlos A , Phillips Christopher R 
Published: November 2023

ABSTRACT

Introduction
Chronic pain among active duty service members can negatively impact operational readiness and contributes to significant health care costs within military treatment facilities. Response to standard medical intervention (SMI) for chronic pain is highly variable. The objective of the current study was to examine whether mental health indicators predict individual variation in response to SMI for chronic pain in a military pain specialty clinic.

Methods
This is a retrospective observational study of data previously collected at the Pain Medicine Center at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) approved by the NMCSD Institutional Review Board. We included 286 ADSMs who completed the Pain Assessment Screening Tool and Outcomes Registry (PASTOR) at two assessment points (mean = 118.45 days apart, SD = 37.22) as part of standard care. Hierarchical linear regression analyses were conducted to examine whether pretreatment mental health measures predict changes in the pain impact score (PIS)—a composite measure of pain intensity, pain interference, and physical functioning—over the course of treatment.

Results
After controlling for pretreatment PIS, pretreatment PTSD symptoms, fatigue, and anger were all significant predictors of posttreatment PIS: Higher PTSD symptoms, higher fatigue, and lower anger predicted poorer response to treatment (all Ps &lt; .05).

Conclusion
Higher pretreatment PTSD and fatigue symptoms may portend poorer response to SMI for chronic pain. Poor response to treatment may also be predicted by lower pretreatment anger. Further investigation is warranted to identify the best strategies for treating chronic pain in military treatment facilities when these conditions are identified during initial evaluation.
Usability Enhancements to a Prototype Clinical Decision Support System for Combat Medics
Authors: Gaudaen James C , Papadopoulos Amy , Dockery Tee , Manemeit Carl 
Published: November 2023

ABSTRACT

Introduction
A Clinical Decision Support System that provides just-in-time medical guidance at the point of injury is being developed. To develop a user interface, a user-centered design approach was taken.

Materials and Methods
To evaluate the system, personas of the users were created, a comparative analysis of the system against the Tactical Combat Casualty Care Card and Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit was completed, and user testing was performed.

Results
Many design recommendations were gathered from the user-centered design approach including replacing buttons with a homunculus, replacing prompts with a tree and node system, and allowing more user freedom in working with the system.

Conclusions
Through multiple different evaluations, design recommendations for a clinical decision support system were implemented in an iterative process. More iterations and more formalized user testing are planned to maximize the usability of the system.
Solitary recurrence of IgG4-related giant coronary aneurysm: Case report and review of the literature focusing on treatment strategies and complications
Authors: Kawahara Hiroyuki , Mizushima Ichiro , Matsumoto Yasushi , Sakata Kenji , Takamura Masayuki , Inoue Dai , Kasashima Satomi , Kawano Mitsuhiro 
Published: November 2023

ABSTRACT
Coronary periarteritis is a dangerous manifestation of IgG4-related disease, because it forms coronary artery aneurysms, which may cause sudden cardiac death. We report the case of a 78-year-old woman with IgG4-related coronary periarteritis and a coronary aneurysm, which showed progressive enlargement despite maintenance therapy for Type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis. This case was unique, in that coronary periarteritis was the only active lesion that recurred. Low-dose glucocorticoids suppressed the progression of periarterial lesions but led to rapid thinning of the aneurysmal wall and an increase in the size of mural thrombi, which pose a risk of myocardial infarction. Our systematic literature review including 98 cases of 86 articles was performed to examine its treatment strategies and complications. Among the cases in which the effect of immunosuppressive therapy could be followed radiologically, 33 of 37 (89.1%) cases showed improvement in wall thickening/periarterial soft tissue, while 6 of 13 (46.2%) showed worsening increase in the outer diameter of the coronary aneurysms. We propose a draft treatment algorithm and suggest that immunosuppressive therapy for IgG4-related coronary periarteritis with coronary aneurysms should be conducted only after the therapeutic benefit has been determined to outweigh the risks. Because coronary periarteritis can occur without other organ involvement, as in our case, all cases of IgG4-related disease require careful monitoring of coronary artery lesions.
Divorcing abroad, sharīʿah style: Legal reforms and Moroccan women
Authors: Sona Federica 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Against the backdrop of the fast-progressing legal reconfigurations happening in European countries and the Muslim world, this article brings to light two internationally noteworthy yet overlooked scenarios. The first regards the plasticity of the Italian provisions fostering the privatization of family matters via extra-judicial matrimonial dissolution formulae, which potentially accommodate Islamically inspired normativities either by granting legal validity to ex-spouses’ sharīʿah-compliant agreements, or by incorporating potential concessions for the Islamic legal waiting period. The second scenario concerns access to justice for Muslim Moroccan wives, who may strategically seek divorce before Italian tribunals through the implementation of Moroccan family law to benefit from more advantageous interpretations and judicial discretion. In-depth examinations of unpublished legal proceedings reveal an evolving legal vocabulary while documenting strengthened confidence in applying the Mudawwanah on European soil. While this can impede the validation of European (extra-)judicial divorces in Muslim-majority countries and lead to divergent implementations of the same norms in Italy and Morocco, the dynamics nonetheless foster forum shopping and women’s empowerment. Paying careful attention to the "gendered readings" of legal provisions introduced by disputing partners before the judiciary, the narrative depicting victimized Muslim women in migratory contexts is therefore challenged.
Introduction
Authors: Joas Hans , Pettenkofer Andreas 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Émile Durkheim remains a highly provocative theorist. He defends a particularly strong version of the claim that the social should be treated as a real object in its own right and that even many of the mental phenomena we care about are constituted by “society.” At the same time, he breaks with the dominant version of sociology that has essentially accepted the modernist self-description of contemporary societies. For a long time, this has made it difficult for Durkheimian sociology to find a receptive audience. Today, however, the individualist theories that seemed to offer good reasons for rejecting a Durkheimian approach have lost much of their plausibility. For everybody who is interested in constructing theoretical alternatives to this individualism, Durkheim’s sociology can be a highly useful inspiration—not only because of the solutions it suggests, but because of the questions it asks. Still, making use of the theoretical possibilities offered by the Durkheimian tradition requires going beyond the dominant appropriations. This applies not only to those early appropriations which saw Durkheim as a theorist of immobile consensus-based order but also to the last decades’ dominant interpretations that, while critically reacting to these earlier appropriations, often retain some of their core premises.
A highly polymorphic South American collared lizard (Tropiduridae: Tropidurus) reveals that open–dry refugia from South-western Amazonia staged allopatric speciation
Authors: Carvalho André L G , Paredero Rafael C B , Villalobos-Chaves David , Ferreira Elaine , Rodrigues Miguel T , Curcio Felipe F 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Research on Pleistocene Amazonian refugia has predominantly targeted forest-dwelling taxa, although evidence suggests that endemic species have also evolved in peripheral Amazonian enclaves of open–dry habitats. In Rondônia, Brazil, Tropidurus lizards are restricted to savannah relicts that were once connected to the core Cerrado biome. These populations are currently allocated under Tropidurus oreadicus but hypothesized to comprise allopatric species that evolved in response to landscape changes induced by Pleistocene climatic fluctuations. Phylogenetic analyses support the monophyly of populations from savannah enclaves from Rondônia but place them as distantly related to T. oreadicus. We describe these populations as a new species with unprecedented levels of chromatic polymorphism. A pre-Pleistocene origin is inferred for this new taxon, and dating analysis indicates that Tropidurus species endemic to savannah enclaves diverged from relatives distributed in core open–dry biomes in a non-temporally overlapping fashion. Species distribution models estimate vast climatically suitable areas for the new species during the Last Interglacial, followed by significant contraction during the Last Glacial Maximum, and subsequent expansion and northward displacement towards the Holocene and the present. We conclude that landscape transformations played an important role in the evolution of lizards from enclaves, but their speciation history is temporally deeper than previously thought.
Feasibility of Stress Research in Premature Infant–Maternal Dyads During and After Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Hospitalization
Authors: Malin Kathryn J. , Kruschel Kristin , Gondwe Kaboni , Lagatta Joanne , Carter C. Sue , Nazarloo Hossein P. , Conley Yvette , White-Traut Rosemary 
Published: November 2023

Background:
Stress from preterm infant admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is associated with infant and maternal physiologic changes, including endocrine and epigenetic alterations. Little is known about the mechanisms connecting NICU stress to biologic changes, and whether preterm infant and maternal stress are reciprocal. As a preliminary step, feasibility and acceptability of measuring indicators of stress are required.

Purpose:
This study evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of research examining perceptions and biologic markers of stress in premature infant–maternal dyads during and after NICU hospitalization.

Methods:
We evaluated study feasibility using a longitudinal descriptive design. Acceptability was measured via a maternal questionnaire. Exploratory data regarding hospitalization, perceptions of stress, social support and social determinants of health, and biologic markers of stress were collected during the first week of life and again 3 months after NICU.

Results:
Forty-eight mothers were eligible for the study, 36 mothers were approached, 20 mothers consented to participate, and 14 mothers completed data collection. Mothers reported high levels of study acceptability despite also voicing concern about the sharing of genetic data. Exploration of DNA methylation of SLC6A4 in preterm infants was significant for a strong correlation with perception of total chronic stress.

Implications for Practice and Research:
Clinical practice at the bedside in the NICU should include standardized screening for and early interventions to minimize stress. Complex research of stress is feasible and acceptable. Future research should focus on linking early life stress with epigenetic alterations and evaluation of the dyad for reciprocity.