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In Silico Study on the Contribution of the Follicular Route to Dermal Permeability of Small Molecules
Authors: Sebastia-Saez Daniel , Lian Guoping , Chen Tao 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
Purpose
This study investigates in silico the contribution of the hair follicle to the overall dermal permeability of small molecules, as published experimental work provides inconclusive information on whether the follicular route favours the permeation of hydrophobic or hydrophilic permeants.

Method
A study is conducted varying physico-chemical parameters of permeants such as lipophilicity, molecular weight and protein binding. The simulated data is compared to published experimental data to discuss how those properties can modulate the contribution of the hair follicle to the overall dermal permeation.

Results
The results indicate that the contribution of the follicular route to dermal permeation can range from negligible to notable depending on the combination of lipophilic/hydrophilic properties of the substance filling the follicular route and the permeant.

Conclusion
Characterisation of the substance filling the follicular route is required for analysing the experimental data of dermal permeation of small molecules, as changes between in vivo and in vitro due to handling of samples and cessation of vital functions can modify the contribution of the follicular route to overall dermal permeation, hence hindering data interpretation.
Clarification of the Effect of Surface Energy on Tribological Behavior of Two-Phase Lubricant Using Reflectance Spectroscopy and Hydrodynamic Analysis
Authors: Hirata Kodai , Murashima Motoyuki , Umehara Noritsugu , Tokoroyama Takayuki , Lee Woo-Young , Hashizume Naoya , Sato Taku , Nagata Ryoko , Hanyuda Kiyoshi , Otsuka Ayano , Ueda Mao 
Published: February 2024

AbstractRecently, a new type of lubricant called two-phase lubricants has been developed to realize a high viscosity index. Two-phase lubricants are mixtures of two different lubricants, realizing low viscosity even at low temperatures due to the temperature dependence of the solubility of the lubricant molecules. In the present paper, the effect of surface energy on the tribological behavior of the two-phase lubricant is clarified using in situ observation with reflection spectroscopy. Sliding surfaces with high hydrogen-bonding terms in the surface energy components attracted high-polar lubricants, resulting in reduced friction. Analysis of the theoretical friction coefficient using Couette flow assumption revealed an important design concept of two-phase lubricants: the concentration of high viscosity lubricants on solid surfaces develops a viscosity distribution in the oil film, resulting in reduced friction.
Analysis of factors related to osteoporotic vertebral fracture in prostate cancer patients
Authors: Huang Shunfa , Wu Lilan , Lin Shuting , Cai Siqing , Zhou Jianjun 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
Objective
This study was aimed at exploring the osteoporotic vertebral fracture rate and the related causal factors in prostate cancer patients before and after treatment.

Methods
One hundred prostate cancer patients were recruited in this study. One hundred men without prostate cancer history were selected as the control group. The study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee under Ethics number B2021-373R and the requirement for the informed consent was waived. The T4-L1 vertebral body of the case group and the control group before and after treatment was evaluated according to Genant’s semi-quantitative method. The difference in vertebral body fracture rate between the case group and the control group and the changes in vertebral body fracture rate before and after treatment among the case group were compared. They were grouped according to age, body mass index (BMI), prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, Gleason grade, and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to determine the factors significantly associated with vertebral fracture rate in prostate cancer patients.

Results
The prevalence of vertebral fracture was 16% and 31% in prostate cancer patients before and after treatment, respectively, and 29% in the control group. The vertebral fracture rate of the patients before treatment significantly differed that of the control group and the patients after treatment. Univariate analysis showed that age, PSA levels, and treatment parameters were the significant influencing factors of vertebral fracture rates. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age was the main influencing factor of vertebral fracture rates.

Conclusion
Osteoporotic vertebral fractures in patients with prostate cancer was associated with many factors. And the incidence of vertebral fracture in prostate cancer patients after ADT was significantly higher than that before treatment.
Foam Dressings for Wound Healing
Authors: Hargis Abby , Yaghi Marita , Bermudez Narges Maskan , Gefen Amit 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
Purpose of Review
Chronic, non-healing wounds affect millions of people globally and demand significant healthcare spending. One of the most important aspects of wound care is the appropriate selection and placement of a wound dressing. One of the key roles of a wound dressing is the optimization of a moist wound environment for healing. A moist wound environment facilitates wound healing by encouraging interaction of growth factors with their targets, epithelialization, angiogenesis, and autolytic debridement of dead tissue. However, while some chronic wounds are highly exudative and require absorptive dressings in order to minimize maceration, other wounds are drier and require more occlusive dressings with the capability of preserving moisture. Given the compelling global demand for wound care, foam dressings have been continuously innovated over the past several decades. Some foam dressings are manufactured to be highly adherent, while others are manufactured with minimal adherence in order to preserve peri-wound skin during dressing changes. Foam dressings are also manufactured within a spectrum of absorptivity and pliability. As such, foam dressings are applicable in a variety of clinical settings. Pressure injuries/ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, and venous ulcers are a few examples of chronic wounds that have demonstrated clinical improvement with the utilization of foam dressings.

Recent Findings
Given the compelling global demand for wound care, foam dressings have been continuously innovated over the past several decades. Some foam dressings are manufactured to be highly adherent, while others are manufactured with minimal adherence in order to preserve peri-wound skin during dressing changes. Foam dressings are also manufactured within a spectrum of absorptivity and pliability. As such, foam dressings are applicable in a variety of clinical settings. Pressure injuries/ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, and venous ulcers are a few examples of chronic wounds that have demonstrated clinical improvement with the utilization of foam dressings.

Summary
Foam dressings are frequently utilized in wound care due to their ease of use, often (relatively) low cost, pliability, fluid absorptivity, and ability to deliver anti-microbial substances, such as silver, to the wound bed. Overall, foam dressings are one of the most useful tools in wound care.
Exploratory Study of Equivalence under Conjoint Select and Reject Control
Authors: Plazas Elberto A. 
Published: February 2024

AbstractCarrigan and Sidman Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 58, 183-204, (1992) proposed that select and reject arbitrary conditional relations are equivalence relations, each resulting in the emergence of alternative stimulus equivalence classes. The standard matching to sample (MTS) procedure can potentially teach both select and reject conditional relations, which apparently would prevent the emergence of equivalence relations, although there is extensive evidence for the emergence of equivalence with the standard MTS procedure. One possibility is that participants trained with the standard MTS procedure predominantly learn one type of control over the other. Experiment 1 explores the implementation of a Detached-MTS procedure, which separately trains the select and reject conditional relations involved in the Standard-MTS procedure. The results suggest that the emergence of equivalence relations may be compatible with conjoint select and reject conditional control. In Experiment 2, the Detached-MTS procedure succeeds in replicating the emergence of equivalence under exclusive select control but not under exclusive reject control, which conditions the findings of Experiment 1. The sources of control associated with the emergence of equivalence in the standard MTS procedure and some methodological issues of the Detached-MTS procedure are discussed.
ReLiCADA: Reservoir Computing Using Linear Cellular Automata design algorithm
Authors: Kantic Jonas , Legl Fabian C. , Stechele Walter , Hermann Jakob 
Published: February 2024

AbstractIn this paper, we present a novel algorithm to optimize the design of Reservoir Computing using Cellular Automata models for time series applications. Besides selecting the models’ hyperparameters, the proposed algorithm particularly solves the open problem of Linear Cellular Automaton rule selection. The selection method pre-selects only a few promising candidate rules out of an exponentially growing rule space. When applied to relevant benchmark datasets, the selected rules achieve low errors, with the best rules being among the top 5% of the overall rule space. The algorithm was developed based on mathematical analysis of Linear Cellular Automaton properties and is backed by almost one million experiments, adding up to a computational runtime of nearly one year. Comparisons to other state-of-the-art time series models show that the proposed Reservoir Computing using Cellular Automata models have lower computational complexity and, at the same time, achieve lower errors. Hence, our approach reduces the time needed for training and hyperparameter optimization by up to several orders of magnitude.
Exploiting multi-scale hierarchical feature representation for visual tracking
Authors: Wang Jun , Yin Peng , Yang Wenhui , Wang Yuanyun , Wang Shengqian 
Published: February 2024

AbstractConvolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been the dominant architectures for feature extraction tasks, but CNNs do not look for and focus on some specific image features. Correlation operations play an important role in visual tracking. However, the correlation operation reserves a large amount of unfavorable background information. In this paper, we propose an effective feature recognizer including channel and spatial attention modules to focus on important object feature information. Thus, the representation power of the feature extraction network is improved. Further, we design a multi-scale feature fusion network. The fusion network performs feature fusion on template feature and encoded feature branches to establish connections between features at different scales. Experiments on six benchmarks demonstrate that the proposed tracker outperforms the state-of-the-art trackers. In particular, the proposed tracker achieves an 80.4% AUC on TrackingNet and a 68.4% AUC on GOT-10k while running at a real-time speed.
Investigation on surface characteristics of wall structures out of stainless steel 316L manufactured by laser powder bed fusion
Authors: Vu Hoang Minh , Meiniger Steffen , Ringel Björn , Hoche Holger , Oechsner Matthias , Weigold Matthias , Seidel Christian 
Published: February 2024

AbstractPressure equipment poses a high risk of harming people and the environment in case of failure. They are, therefore, highly regulated by the Pressure Equipment Directive. To enable laser powder bed fusion of metals (PBF-LB/M) for the manufacturing of such components, component appearance and quality need to be characterized and qualified for each specific system. In this study, the surface roughness of wall structures out of austenitic stainless steel (316L) is investigated. Wall structure specimens were produced by four manufacturing systems on different PBF-LB/M machines and with different powder materials. Surface roughness of specimens are compared in the upskin and downskin areas in relation to different slope angles and wall thicknesses. Although different process setups, parameters and powder feedstocks have been used, similarities in the dependency of the surface roughness related to the slope angle and wall thickness can be observed. This work furthermore presents a mechanism-based analytical approach to predict system-specific surface roughness. Particularly, the analytical approach on the influence of slope angle on the surface roughness of the downskin areas has not been covered in publications about PBF-LB/M before. The results of this work enable the prediction of system-specific surface roughness, which is especially important for parts with downskin areas and hidden surfaces without the possibility of additional surface treatment.
Site-specific Parasitism of Crustaceans on the Black Pomfret, Parastromateus niger (Carangidae) from Indian Waters
Authors: Helna Ameri Kottarathil , Aneesh Panakkool Thamban , Kumar Appukuttannair Biju , Ohtsuka Susumu , Maran Balu Alagar Venmathi 
Published: February 2024

AbstractAn extensive parasitic survey on the Black Pomfret Parastromateus niger (Bloch) (Carangidae) was carried out along the coastal waters of India. A total of 162 host fish (P. niger) were collected, in which 72.2% of the fish were infested with parasitic crustaceans. Six species of parasitic crustaceans were collected, including one species of cymothoid isopod Cymothoa eremita (Brünnich, 1783), and five species of copepods belonging to five different families such as Bomolochus megaceros Heller, 1865 (Bomolochidae), Lernaeenicus stromatei Gnanamuthu, 1953 (Pennellidae), Lernanthropus koenigii Steenstrup and Lütken, 1861 (Lernanthropidae), Synestius caliginus Steenstrup and Lütken, 1861 (Caligidae) and Thysanote appendiculata. (Steenstrup and Lütken, 1861) (Lernaeopodidae). Even though six species of parasitic crustaceans were recovered from the host fish, simultaneous multiple parasitism seldom occurred (only 10%). The prevalence, mean intensity, and mean abundance of each parasite were calculated. The taxonomic account, host, site, and niche-specific parasitization of each species, are discussed. The present study also reviewed and discussed the simultaneous multiple co-occurrence of parasitic crustaceans.
Free-Standing Single-Atom Catalyst-Based Electrodes for CO2 Reduction
Authors: Hossain M. Nur , Zhang Lei , Neagu Roberto , Rassachack Enoch 
Published: February 2024

AbstractElectrochemical CO2 reduction technology could solve the CO2-induced climate warming by electrochemically converting atmospheric CO2 back into fuel, essentially recycling it and building a low carbon emission economy. However, the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) poses a significant challenge due to the highly stable and linear CO2 molecules, in addition to a proton-coupled multi-electron transfer process. Thus, highly active catalysts, placed on activity bolstering materials, and permeable electrodes are crucial for CO2RR. Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have recently garnered increasing interest in the electrocatalysis community due to their potentially high mass efficiency and cost benefits (every atom is an active center, resulting in nearly 100% utilization) and adjustable selectivity (higher uniformity of the active sites compared to nanoparticles). However, preserving the accessibility and activity of the SACs inside the electrode poses major materials development and electrode design challenges. A conventional layered structure SAC electrode typically consists of a gas diffusion layer (GDL), a microporous layer (MPL) and a SAC catalyst layer (SACCL), fabricated by using a powder bonding process. However, this process usually encounters issues such as delamination and instability of SACs due to the weak binder-catalyst-support interface. Conversely, the free-standing SAC electrode design has the potential to overcome these issues by eliminating the GDL, MPL, and need of a binder, in contrast to the powder bonding process. This work first reviews the latest developments in experimental and modeling studies of powdered SAC electrode by the traditional powder bonding process. Next, it examines the development towards the free-standing SAC electrode for high-performance electrochemical reduction of CO2. The synthesis-structure-fabrication-performance relationships of SAC-based materials and associated electrodes are analyzed. Furthermore, the article presents future challenges and perspectives for high-performance SAC electrodes for CO2RR.
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Review on flower-visiting behaviour of orthopterans and setting priorities for further studies
Authors: Rácz I. A. , Szanyi Sz. , Nagy A. 
Published: February 2024

AbstractThe importance of pollination and pollinators is easy to underestimate and impossible to overstate, since its importance goes far beyond the crop production and even the maintenance of plant populations. Most terrestrial ecosystems ultimately depend on the plant–pollinator interactions formed by million years coevolution. This is essential for both the daily functioning of the ecosystems and the long-term development of biodiversity. At the same time, the loss of biodiversity caused by climate change and human activities will soon lead to an ecological crisis, a catastrophe, which could endanger our life: For example, through the decline and loss of various ecosystem services. Such may be the pollination crisis, resulted from a significant loss of pollinating insects’ diversity and abundance. The discovery of a pollinator Orthoptera species has encouraged researchers in the densely populated region of Indo-Malaysia to explore the potential role of orthopterans as pollinators. Although the flower visitation of some species has been already known, the role of orthopterans in pollination is scarcely revealed. Here, we collected and reviewed the available data in order to point out some factors of their importance and set priorities that may serve as a basis for further investigations regarding ecological, evolutionary and practical points of view.
Exploring student and family concerns and confidence in BigTech digital platforms in public schools
Authors: Rivera-Vargas Pablo , Calderón-Garrido Diego , Jacovkis Judith , Parcerisa Lluís 
Published: February 2024

AbstractThe use of commercial digital platforms in public schools like Google and Microsoft, which was exacerbated during the pandemic, requires analysis to encourage a safer and more appropriate educational use. The research objective behind this article was to analyse the concerns of school students in obligatory primary and secondary education in public schools within the Autonomous Region of Catalonia (Spain) together with the opinions of their families regarding the use of digital platforms offered by large technology companies (BigTech) in schools. This is a mixed design study, consisting of eight discussion groups with pupils (n = 56) and a questionnaire issued to 2,330 family members. The results show that both students and families are concerned about the lack of knowledge surrounding the data they generate when using these digital platforms, and their effect on democratic school governance and the reproduction of gender stereotypes. In conclusion, the study suggests it is necessary to create greater critical awareness among children, adolescents and families at all socio-economic levels, particularly in those who are most vulnerable.
Does CFO Board Membership Benefit Shareholders? The Case of Corporate Acquisitions
Authors: Chen Zhong , Lei Zicheng , Xia Chunling 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
We investigate whether chief financial officers (CFOs) serving on U.S. corporate boards benefit shareholders in M&A transactions. We find that acquisitions made by firms with CFOs on boards have significantly better acquirer announcement returns. This is due to the CFO director’s ability to select targets with better strategic and financial fit. CFO board membership can create shareholder value if there are effective governance regimes restraining managerial entrenchment and CFOs’ interests are closely aligned with those of shareholders through equity ownership. Furthermore, sitting on boards enables CFOs to secure more and cheaper financing for their acquisitions.
From writing to record-keeping: a study of York’s civic administrative literacy, 1272–1307
Authors: Yi Jinming 
Published: February 2024

Abstract
Using York during the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries as a case-study, this article discusses a pivotal aspect of the development of civic administrative literacy: the inception of record-keeping. Previous historians have failed to note the evident advancement in York’s civic administrative literacy during the late thirteenth century, and they have usually dated the earliest surviving urban records to the mid-fourteenth century. By comparing different classes of civic and ecclesiastical records, this article reveals that York’s civic administration was in fact engaged in archival preservation from the late thirteenth century. In addition, by examining evidence that appears sporadically in royal archives, this article argues that the commencement of York’s urban archive was significantly influenced by the policies and archival activities of the royal government. Overall, this article aims to contribute to the literature on the early history of civic administrative literacy.
Psychological Distress and Domestic Violence Under COVID-19 Lockdown in LGBT+ Persons in Belgium, Germany, and Portugal
Authors: De Schrijver Lotte , Fomenko Elizaveta , Schuster Isabell , Tomaszewska Paulina , Dias Sonia , Keygnaert Ines 
Published: February 2024

Abstract: Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide issued lockdown and social-distancing measures, which triggers psychological distress and may increase the occurrence of domestic violence (DV). We examined the role of the LGBT+ status in the relationship between risk factors of DV and its occurrence during the pandemic. Methods: In this cross-sectional study (n = 5,148), an online self-report questionnaire was administered to a non-probabilistic sample of participants living in Belgium, Germany, and Portugal between March and June 2020. Participants were sampled through national media, social media, and snowballing procedures. Results: LGBT+ persons reported significantly higher levels of perceived stress, more acute stress symptoms, and more illegal drug use during the first weeks of the lockdown compared to non-LGBT+ persons. DV in LGBT+ persons was not more prevalent than in the non-LGBT under COVID-19 lockdown measures. No significant evidence was found indicating that identifying as LGBT+ itself increases the risk of DV exposure. Conclusion: LGBT+ persons were more at risk of DV compared to non-LGBT+ persons prior to but not during COVID-19 lockdown measures. The increased risk for DV can be linked to socio-demographic characteristics, levels of stress, and illegal drug use which are more prevalent in LGBT+ persons than in non-LGBT+ persons.