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Cooling‐induced cutaneous vasodilatation is mediated by small‐conductance, calcium‐activated potassium channels in tail arteries from male mice
Authors: Chang Fumin , Flavahan Sheila , Flavahan Nicholas A. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractCooling causes cutaneous dilatation to restrain cold‐induced constriction and prevent tissue injury. Cooling increases communication through myoendothelial gap junctions (MEGJs), thereby increasing endothelium‐derived hyperpolarization (EDH)‐type dilatation. EDH is initiated by calcium‐activated potassium channels (KCa) activated by endothelial stimuli or muscle‐derived mediators traversing MEGJs (myoendothelial feedback). The goal of this study was to determine the individual roles of KCa with small (SK3) and intermediate (IK1) conductance in cooling‐induced dilatation. Vasomotor responses of mice isolated cutaneous tail arteries were analyzed by pressure myography at 37°C and 28°C. Cooling increased acetylcholine‐induced EDH‐type dilatation during inhibition of NO and prostacyclin production. IK1 inhibition did not affect dilatations to acetylcholine, whereas SK3 inhibition inhibited dilatation at both temperatures. Cooling uncovered myoendothelial feedback to inhibit constrictions in U46619. IK1 inhibition did not affect U46619 constrictions, whereas SK3 inhibition abolished the inhibitory effect of cooling without affecting U46619 constriction at 37°C. Immunoblots confirmed SK3 expression, which was localized (immunofluorescence) to holes in the internal elastic lamina consistent with myoendothelial projections. Immunoblots and Immunofluorescence did not detect IK1. Studies in non‐cutaneous arteries have highlighted the predominant role of IK1 in EDH‐type dilatation. Cutaneous arteries are distinctly reliant on SK3, which may enable EDH‐type dilation to be amplified by cooling.
Distinguish Dianthus species or varieties based on chloroplast genomes
Authors: Meng Dong , Yang Liu , Yunlin Zhao , Guiyan Yang , Shuwen Chen , Zhenggang Xu 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Most plants belonging to the widely distributed genus Dianthus are used for gardening. Interspecific hybridization of different Dianthus species leads to blurred genetic backgrounds. To obtain more genomic resources and understand the phylogenetic relationships among Dianthus species, the chloroplast genomes of 12 Dianthus species, including nine Dianthus gratianopolitanus varieties, were analyzed. The chloroplast genomes of these 12 species exhibited similar sizes (149,474–149,735 bp), with Dianthus caryophyllus having a chloroplast genome size of 149,604 bp marked by a significant contraction in inverted repeats. In the chloroplast genome of Dianthus, we identified 124–126 annotated genes, including 83–84 protein-coding genes. Notably, D. caryophyllus had 83 protein-coding genes but lacked rpl2. The repeat sequences of the chloroplast genome were consistent among species, and variations in the sequence were limited and not prominent. However, notable gene replacements were observed in the boundary region. Phylogenetic analysis of Dianthus indicated that D. caryophyllus and D. gratianopolitanus were most closely related, suggesting that the degree of variation within nine Dianthus varieties was no less than the variation observed between species. These differences provide a theoretical foundation for a more comprehensive understanding of the diversity within Dianthus species.
Growth of hypercyclic entire functions for some non-convolution operators
Authors: Romero de la Rosa María Pilar 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
A continuous linear operator

T

T

defined on a Fréchet space

X

X

is said to be hypercyclic if there exists

f
∈
X

f\in X

such that, the orbit

{

T

n

f

}

\left\{{T}^{n}f\right\}

is dense in

X

X

. In this article, we consider the operators introduced by Aron and Markose, defined on the space of entire functions by

T

λ
,
b

f

(

z

)

=
f
′

(

λ
z
+
b

)

{T}_{\lambda ,b}f\left(z)=f^{\prime} \left(\lambda z+b)

,

λ
∈
C
\

{

1

}

\lambda \in {\mathbb{C}}\setminus \left\{1\right\}

,

b
∈
C

b\in {\mathbb{C}}

, and we aimed to explore the rate of growth of hypercyclic vectors for

T

λ
,
b

{T}_{\lambda ,b}

. We discover that

T

λ
,
b

{T}_{\lambda ,b}

is a weighted backward shift with respect to some basis and this fact allows us to find sharp estimates of the growth of

T

λ
,
b

{T}_{\lambda ,b}

-hypercyclic vectors. When

∣
λ
∣
=
1

| \lambda | =1

, the

T

λ
,
b

{T}_{\lambda ,b}

-hypercyclic function growth is similar to the

D

D

-hypercyclic functions (

D

D

is the differentiation operator), and when

∣
λ
∣
>
1

| \lambda | \gt 1

, the

T

λ
,
b

{T}_{\lambda ,b}

-hypercyclic functions can grow very slowly but not arbitrarily slowly. A lower bound of this growth is found in terms of the

W

W

-Lambert function. Finally, partial results are obtained for

T

λ
,
b

{T}_{\lambda ,b}

-frequently hypercyclic functions.
The Interplay Between the CJEU and National Courts in the Case Law on Unfair Contract Terms in Foreign Currency Loans: A Comparative Overview
Authors: Mišćenić Emilia , Tereszkiewicz Piotr , Infantino Marta 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Over the years, the UCTD has become one of the core EU directives aiming at the protection of both businesses and consumers (B2C), i.e., at the achievement of the appropriate balance between the parties’ rights and obligations. However, the UCTD has also left quite a number of important legal questions unanswered. Besides the general clauses on the assessment of the unfairness of contractual terms, there remains a high degree of uncertainty as to the meaning of the transparency requirement and the legal consequences of unfair contractual terms. As a result, in spite of CJEU settled case law, as well as European Commission interpretation guidelines, there are diverging patterns in the national case law of the Member States. The aim of this paper is to investigate these diverging patterns by looking more closely into national case law and into the relationship between the CJEU and the Member States courts, taking as a case study the way in which the UCTD was applied in five countries (Austria, Croatia, France, Italy and Poland) in cases involving consumer loans indexed to the Swiss franc. The survey shows that there are noticeable differences in the interpretation of core concepts underlying the UCTD, such as the unfairness test, the exclusions from the unfairness assessment, and the transparency requirement. The most problematic areas, however, concern the legal consequences of the unfairness of contractual terms. By relying on the analysis of these and related issues, the authors have come to the conclusion that347 even after 30 years of the existence of the UCTD, there are still many important legal questions that need solving.
Preoperative CT diagnosis of perforated Meckel’s diverticulitis in a young patient: a case report
Authors: Gambardella Michele , Smaldone Michele , Iazzetta Francesco , Corbisiero Maria Carmela , Graviero Gennaro , Coppola Giuseppe Morelli 
Published: November 2023

Abstract

Objectives
Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is a common asymptomatic congenital intestinal anomaly. Clinical manifestations of MD can occur in about 4 % of cases by the presentation of its complications, generally intestinal occlusion, bleeding, and diverticular inflammation. MD’s complications are challenging preoperative diagnoses, as manifest with clinical symptoms that overlap with those of other acute non-traumatic abdominal diseases. Thus, in the emergency setting, abdominal computed tomography (CT) represents an essential tool for the correct diagnosis of complicated MD.

Case presentation
We present a case of a preoperative CT diagnosis of perforated Meckel’s diverticulitis in a young patient admitted to our Emergency Department complaining of acute abdominal pain.

Conclusions
The case highlights the importance of evaluating Meckel’s diverticulum complications among the differential diagnoses of acute non-traumatic abdominal pain and the high sensitivity of CT in assessing their presence in the proper clinical setting.
A novel hybrid CNN-LSTM approach for assessing StackOverflow post quality
Authors: Anwar Zeeshan , Afzal Hammad , Ahsan Ali , Iltaf Naima , Maqbool Ayesha 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Maintaining the content quality on social media Q&A platforms is pivotal for user attraction and retention. Automating post quality assessment offers benefits such as reduced moderator workload, amplified community impact, enhanced expert user recognition, and importance to expert feedback. While existing approaches for post quality mainly employ binary classification, they often lack optimal feature selection. Our research introduces an automated system that categorizes features into textual, readability, format, and community dimensions. This system integrates 20 features belonging to the aforementioned categories, with a hybrid convolutional neural network–long short-term memory deep learning model for multi-class classification. Evaluation against baseline models and state-of-the-art methods demonstrates our system’s superiority, achieving a remarkable 21–23% accuracy enhancement. Furthermore, our system produced better results in terms of other metrics such as precision, recall, and F1 score.
Roman tablets as linguistic corpora: evidence for phonological variation in 2nd c. Latin
Authors: Repetti-Ludlow Chiara 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
The Tabula Alimentaria Veleiana and the Tabula Ligures Baebiani are two 2nd century tablets which outline the regional implementation and execution of Trajan’s alimentary scheme. These tablets not only provide some of the longest Latin inscriptions from antiquity, but they also offer unique insight into regional linguistic patterns, as one tablet is from northern Italy and the other is from southern Italy. Given that each tablet demonstrates its own consistent patterns of orthographic peculiarities, it is possible that these communities had local epigraphic traditions. This, in turn, could suggest that consistent spelling anomalies reflect regional phonological patterns, such as intervocalic voicing and consonant degemination. This case study builds on recent literature studying sociolinguistic variation in Latin by using tablets from the same time period as regional corpora with which to study linguistic patterns.
Adaptive fuzzy extended state observer for a class of nonlinear systems with output constraint
Authors: Delpasand Mahtab , Farrokhi Mohammad 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
In this study, an adaptive fuzzy extended state observer (AFESO) for single-input–single-output nonlinear affine systems in the presence of external disturbances and output constraints is proposed. In this regard, an extended state observer (ESO) was employed to estimate the unmeasured states and external disturbances simultaneously. To improve the estimation accuracy, the observer gains were adjusted using an adaptation law. To obtain a more comprehensive mathematical analysis and an accurate model for the ESO and to increase the degree of freedom, a Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy system was employed. The proposed AFESO relaxes the limitations of the ESO and improves the system performance as compared with the classical methods in the presence of time-varying disturbances. Next, a command-filtered backstepping controller is designed based on the barrier Lyapunov function method, which guarantees fast convergence of the tracking error as well as satisfying the output constraints of the system. The stability analysis showed that both the estimation error of the AFESO and the tracking error of the controller are bounded, and the tracking error converges to a small neighborhood of the origin. A simulating example of a flexible-joint manipulator shows the effectiveness of the proposed method as compared with the recently proposed method in the literature.
Muslimische Krankenhausseelsorge bei Totgeburten. Herausforderungen und Aufgabenvielfalt
Authors: Uçak-Ekinci Dilek 
Published: November 2023

Zusammenfassung
Dieser Beitrag legt den Fokus thematisch auf einen speziellen Bereich innerhalb des umfangreichen Aufgabenfeldes der muslimischen Krankenhausseelsorge: Die Begleitung im Kontext von „still geborenen“ Babys. An zwei Fallbeispielen werden zentrale Aspekte der Bedürfnisse betroffener Eltern und sich daraus ergebenden seelsorgliche Aufgaben untersucht. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit erhalten dabei die islamischen Vorstellungen.
Ausgehend von den bestehenden intellektuellen und praktischen Auslegungen der Glaubenstraditionen plädiert der Aufsatz für die Erweiterung der Handlungsmöglichkeiten der muslimischen Krankenhausseelsorge im Kontext von Totgeburten und Bestattungsriten. Dies hat zum Ziel, die Seelsorgenden in ihren Begegnungen zu unterstützen, ihre mehrdimensionale religiös-kulturelle Sensibilität zu fördern und die notwendigen zwischenmenschlichen Kompetenzen einzubringen. Dabei geht es auch um die Verankerung der Seelsorgenden in ihrer Glaubenstradition und um die Ausstattung mit einer fundierten Theorie professioneller Praxis, damit sie bedürfnisorientiert handeln können.
Representations of Pro-Choice Protesters in US News Media
Authors: Kennedy Charlotte-Rose , Brookes Gavin 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
In June 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling and, with that decision, revoked access to safe abortion for many women across the country. The decision was anticipated and immediately followed by protests from pro-choice campaigners, who challenged the decision, arguing that it would pose a threat to the health of women across the US and compound existing inequalities relating to ethnicity and social class. In this article, we use a corpus-based approach to Critical Discourse Analysis to examine the representation of the protests in US national newspapers between May and July of 2022. Focussing in particular on the representation of the protests’ worthiness, unity, numbers and commitment, we find that generally the protests are afforded legitimacy in the coverage, with only the representation of worthiness bucking this trend. Following the analysis, we consider the possible motivations for this somewhat complex picture and consider the broader implications and future directions for similar such protests and women’s reproductive rights more generally.
Positionality in a Contemptuous Time: Ethical Considerations and Discussions on Researching Language, Gender, and Sexuality
Authors: Heritage Frazer 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This article explores some of the ethical considerations about researching language, gender, and sexuality studies. In particular, it focuses on the potential risk posed to researchers from the perspectives of physical and mental health, especially as caused by conducting critical linguistic research into violent online misogyny, transphobia, and homophobia. I argue that there has been an increase in hate-based incidents related to gender and sexuality, and that while scholars are doing high-quality research in language, gender, and sexuality studies, these incidents might dissuade others from entering or remaining in the field. I also argue that there is some hostility towards scholars challenging gender-based hegemonies, which has real-world impacts on researchers. I highlight that there is a lack of support systems in Higher Education Institutions, and that sometimes the frameworks provided by these organisations are not conducive to safe research into the language of online gender/sexuality hate. I also argue that some of the frameworks, goals, and guidelines provided by Higher Education Institutions can misalign with norms of the discipline. As such I highlight where there are systematic shortcomings, in the hopes that affirmative action might be taken to better facilitate the continuation of high-quality research into language, gender, and sexuality studies.
“Tall, Dark and Tasty”: Masculinity in Food and Beverage Advertising
Authors: Islentyeva Anna , Zimmermann Elisabeth 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Food and drinks are necessary components of daily life. Similar to other types of advertising, food advertising frequently employs images of models to promote a company’s products, thus creating stereotypically gendered representations. This study aims to analyse the key discursive strategies employed in the representation of masculinity (and femininity) in contemporary food and beverage advertising in a sample of 35 print advertisements launched between 2000 and 2020. Food and beverages constitute utilitarian products, in contrast to hedonic products. This study analyses posters that promote products that fit into five major categories: (1) alcoholic and (2) non-alcoholic beverages, (3) fast food, (4) snacks, and (5) sport nutrition, in order to trace the relation between the types of endorsed products and the strategies employed in the representations of masculinity. Among the brands advertised are Burger King, Carl’s Jr., Coca-Cola, Maximuscle, McDonald’s, KFC and Nespresso. The study investigates how ideals of masculinity (and femininity) are represented, especially in terms of body ideals, and how these representations construct and promote socially desirable gendered bodies, thus having an impact on an individual’s satisfaction with their own body. We will show that the “framing of visibility” featuring male models as strong and therefore powerful, with trained muscular bodies, is contrasted with the “framing of invisibility,” in which female models are primarily represented as skinny and lightweight, but hyper-feminine and sexually appealing, which in turn leads to their objectification and sexualisation.
Half-Witted or Hard-Working-Fun-Loving Women? – A Corpus-Assisted Study of Gendered Collocation in the New Zealand Alpine Club Journal Corpus
Authors: Posch Claudia 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This paper examines patterns of representation of gender in a domain-specific heritage corpus. To accomplish this, a heritage corpus of mountaineering texts is examined for the strategies employed in the representation of gendered social actors. The research presented uses the corpus The New Zealand Alpine Journal Corpus, an 8-million-word corpus of the New Zealand Alpine Journal (NZAJ) with more than 5000 texts related to the topic of mountaineering. Mountaineering texts have been relatively overlooked in discourse studies so far, even though, like other leisure and sports discourses, the topic has always been highly political. Furthermore, the topic is outstanding in that it is a sport without spectators that relies almost exclusively on discursive events. The present study looks at frequently occurring patterns and typical ways of how gendered social actors are (re)produced within the NZAJ by looking at adjectival and numeral collocations.
Within- and Between-Session Reliability of Golf Swing Variables Using the TrackMan Launch Monitor in Talented Golfers
Authors: Shaw James , Gould Zachariah I. , Oliver Jon L. , Lloyd Rhodri S. 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Shaw, J, Gould, ZI, Oliver, JL, and Lloyd, RS. Within- and between-session reliability of golf swing variables using the TrackMan launch monitor in talented golfers. J Strength Cond Res 37(12): 2431–2437, 2023—The purpose of the current study was to establish the within- and between-session reliability of the TrackMan launch monitor to measure golf swing variables. Twenty-one golfers attended 2 test sessions, with data captured from 3 golf shots using a 6-iron and 3 using a driver. Club head speed (CHS), ball speed, smash factor, attack angle, club path, launch angle, spin rate, spin axis, carry distance, and total distance were determined from data collected using a TrackMan launch monitor. Within- and between-session reliability for each variable was calculated using repeated-measures analysis of variance, intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs), and coefficients of variation (CVs) with 95% confidence intervals. Within-session measures of CHS, ball speed, carry distance, and total distance were found to be reliable for both 6-iron and driver (CV ≤ 5.8, ICC ≥ 0.87) and launch angle for the 6-iron (CV = 6.7–9.3%, ICC = 0.87–0.92). Between-session measures of CHS, ball speed, smash factor, launch angle, carry distance, and total distance for both 6-iron and driver (CV% = 0.7–9.1%, ICC = 0.5–0.99) and spin rate for 6-iron (CV% = 9.4%, ICC = 0.89) were also shown to be reliable. These findings indicate that the TrackMan launch monitor is a reliable method for measuring CHS, ball speed, carry distance, and total distance in talented golfers, both within and between sessions. Practitioners can confidently use these variables to assess golf swing performance in golfers and evaluate meaningful changes in response to training interventions.
Evaluation of Work Efficiency in Structural Firefighters
Authors: Langford Emily L. , Bergstrom Haley C. , Lanham Sarah , Eastman Alyssa Q. , Best Stuart , Ma Xin , Mason Mark R. , Abel Mark G. 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Langford, EL, Bergstrom, HC, Lanham, S, Eastman, AQ, Best, S, Ma, X, Mason, MR, and Abel, MG. Evaluation of work efficiency in structural firefighters. J Strength Cond Res 37(12): 2457–2466, 2023—To perform occupational tasks safely and effectively, firefighters (FF) must work quickly and consume air provided by the self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) efficiently. However, most literature only factors work rate into performance, neglecting the inherent time limitation imposed by the SCBA. The purpose of this article was to (a) evaluate the reliability and variability in a “work efficiency” (WE) performance metric reflective of both work rate and air consumption; (b) explore the relationship between WE and established measures of metabolic strain; and (c) identify fitness, anthropometric, and demographic correlates of WE. About 79 structural FF completed an air consumption drill while breathing through an SCBA. Self-paced work duration and air consumption were entered into the WE equation. A subsample of FF (n = 44) completed another randomized trial while breathing through a portable gas analyzer. Anthropometric and fitness data were collected separately. Correlations were performed between WE vs. fitness, anthropometric, demographic, and metabolic outcomes. Multiple linear regression was used to identify the strongest predictors of WE. WE was reliable (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.71) and yielded inter-FF variability {0.79 ± 0.25 ([lb·in−2·min]−1) × 104; coefficient of variation = 31.6%}. WE was positively correlated to oxygen consumption (V̇O2) (L·minute−1, mL·kg−1·minute−1) and tidal volume and negatively correlated to V̇E/V̇O2 and respiratory frequency. Height, upper-body endurance, and aerobic endurance were identified as the strongest predictors of WE (adjusted R
2 = 0.59, RMSE = 0.16). WE is a reliable and occupationally relevant method to assess FF performance because it accounts for work rate and air consumption. Firefighters may enhance WE through a training intervention focused on improving metabolic tolerance, upper-body endurance, and aerobic endurance.
Convergent insulin and TGF‐β signalling drives cancer cachexia by promoting aberrant fat body ECM accumulation in a Drosophila tumour model
Authors: Bakopoulos Daniel , Golenkina Sofya , Dark Callum , Christie Elizabeth L , Sánchez‐Sánchez Besaiz J , Stramer Brian M , Cheng Louise Y 
Published: November 2023

AbstractIn this study, we found that in the adipose tissue of wildtype animals, insulin and TGF‐β signalling converge via a BMP antagonist short gastrulation (sog) to regulate ECM remodelling. In tumour bearing animals, Sog also modulates TGF‐β signalling to regulate ECM accumulation in the fat body. TGF‐β signalling causes ECM retention in the fat body and subsequently depletes muscles of fat body‐derived ECM proteins. Activation of insulin signalling, inhibition of TGF‐β signalling, or modulation of ECM levels via SPARC, Rab10 or Collagen IV in the fat body, is able to rescue tissue wasting in the presence of tumour. Together, our study highlights the importance of adipose ECM remodelling in the context of cancer cachexia.