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Plant-based ink properties and storage stability for inkjet printing
Authors: Thakker Alka Madhukar , Sun Danmei 
Published: January 2024

AbstractIn this sustainability-oriented research, the properties of plant-based inks were evaluated denoting the viscosity range of 8.5 to 10 cP, the relative density of 1.06, conductivity value of 2.51 mS/cm, and the surface tension of 60 mN/m and pH of 4.9 to be most effective for inkjet printing. The changes in these properties to the one-month storage phase are detailed as determined with attenuated total reflectance – Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, viscometer, and tensiometer. The varied colours of plant-based inks were stable to storage time except for the blue colour ink made from bio indigo herb that displayed agal-like sediments. After the storage phase, the plant-based inks exhibited anti-thixotropic viscosity except for yellow colour plant-based ink demonstrating thixotropic behaviour. High conductivity values of 18.5 and 15.6 mS/Cm were noted for blue and black colour plant-based inks, indicating their potential for constituting conducting inks; however, the conductivity values dropped to 7.5 and 9.5, respectively, after 1 month. The pH and surface tension were found steady during the storage period. The study of the life cycle analysis of plant-based inks is suggested for future work. The significance of this work in developing plant-based inks for inkjet printing of textiles lies in the convergence of sustainability and innovation. Plant-based inks can offer an eco-friendly alternative to traditional synthetic inks that are used currently, which provides a knowledge base for good practises meeting the environmentally conscious in the digital printing of the textile industry. These developed inks from this study can not only reduce the environmental impact but also promote a healthier ecosystem.
Cell Tree Rings: the structure of somatic evolution as a human aging timer
Authors: Csordas Attila , Sipos Botond , Kurucova Terezia , Volfova Andrea , Zamola Frantisek , Tichy Boris , Hicks Damien G 
Published: January 2024

AbstractBiological age is typically estimated using biomarkers whose states have been observed to correlate with chronological age. A persistent limitation of such aging clocks is that it is difficult to establish how the biomarker states are related to the mechanisms of aging. Somatic mutations could potentially form the basis for a more fundamental aging clock since the mutations are both markers and drivers of aging and have a natural timescale. Cell lineage trees inferred from these mutations reflect the somatic evolutionary process, and thus, it has been conjectured, the aging status of the body. Such a timer has been impractical thus far, however, because detection of somatic variants in single cells presents a significant technological challenge. Here, we show that somatic mutations detected using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) from thousands of cells can be used to construct a cell lineage tree whose structure correlates with chronological age. De novo single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) are detected in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells using a modified protocol. A default model based on penalized multiple regression of chronological age on 31 metrics characterizing the phylogenetic tree gives a Pearson correlation of 0.81 and a median absolute error of ~4 years between predicted and chronological ages. Testing of the model on a public scRNA-seq dataset yields a Pearson correlation of 0.85. In addition, cell tree age predictions are found to be better predictors of certain clinical biomarkers than chronological age alone, for instance glucose, albumin levels, and leukocyte count. The geometry of the cell lineage tree records the structure of somatic evolution in the individual and represents a new modality of aging timer. In addition to providing a numerical estimate of “cell tree age,” it unveils a temporal history of the aging process, revealing how clonal structure evolves over life span. Cell Tree Rings complements existing aging clocks and may help reduce the current uncertainty in the assessment of geroprotective trials.
Testing Reflexive Practitioner Dialogues: Capacities for Socio-technical Integration in Meditation Research
Authors: Smolka Mareike , Fisher Erik 
Published: January 2024

AbstractTo put frameworks of Responsible Innovation and Responsible Research and Innovation (R(R)I) into practice, engagement methods have been developed to study and enhance technoscientific experts’ capacities to reflexively address value considerations in their work. These methods commonly rely on engagement between technoscientific experts and social scholars, which makes them vulnerable to structural barriers to interdisciplinary collaboration. To circumvent these barriers, we adapt Socio-Technical Integration Research (STIR) for broader use within technoscientific communities. We call this adaptation: reflexive practitioner dialogues. While the primary aim of this article is to introduce and explain the methodological adaptation, we also analyze results from a pilot study with participants who are involved in research on contemplative practices such as mindfulness meditation. The analysis is guided by research questions that sought to assess whether and under what conditions the practitioner dialogues support reflexive and practical engagement with value considerations in participants’ work. The results indicate that reflexive practitioner dialogues can stimulate reflexive awareness of value conflicts and help re-direct decision-making responsively. We characterize the conditions facilitating such responsiveness as “value exnovators,” highlighting the oft-unacknowledged interpersonal relational practices that support collaborative engagement with value considerations. We suggest that “exnovation”—exposing the strengths of given practices for their improvement—can support R(R)I practices by directing analytical attention to their micro-level carriers.
Directing personal sustainability science toward subjective experience: conceptual, methodological, and normative cornerstones for a first-person inquiry into inner worlds
Authors: Frank Pascal , Wagemann Johannes , Grund Julius , Parodi Oliver 
Published: January 2024

AbstractDespite the rapid expansion of sustainability science in recent decades, sustainability crises have continued to grow. Sustainability researchers argue that this is partly the result of neglecting people’s inner worlds and call for a stronger consideration of inner states and processes in sustainability scholarship. We argue that the advancement of personal sustainability science, i.e., the systematic inquiry of inner worlds in relation to sustainability, is currently impeded by at least two unresolved issues. First, attitudes, emotions, values, and the like have frequently been the object of sustainability-related research. It thus remains unclear to what exactly researchers should more closely look at when inquiring into people’s inner worlds. Second, the epistemological and methodological foundations for conducting research on inner worlds remain underdeveloped. We illustrate that current research activities usually remain at a phenomenologically shallow level. In response to these issues, we provide conceptual, methodological, and normative cornerstones for a first-person inquiry within personal sustainability science, allowing for an in-depth understanding and potentially even a transformation of people’s inner worlds with regard to sustainability. Overall, we suggest redirecting personal sustainability science more strongly toward the inquiry into people’s subjective (i.e., first-person) experiences of inner states and processes unfolding in relation to sustainability.
Evaluation of Conservation status of the Egyptian endemic plants along the Mediterranean coastal strip region
Authors: El-Khalafy Mohamed M. , Al-Sodany Yassin M. , Ahmed Dalia A. , Bedair Heba , Haroun Soliman A. , Shaltout Salma K. 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThe IUCN Red List, which provides data on distribution, ecology and habitats, population size, economic uses, threats and conservation actions, is a critical indicator of the status of the world's biodiversity and will assist in informing a necessary conservation decision. The Mediterranean region is characterized by a heavy endemism of plant diversity, where the majority of its species are narrow endemic species. The current investigation aims at evaluating the conservation status, degree of extinction of Mediterranean endemic plants in Egypt and their changes over the recent climate changes. Twenty Field trips were conducted from February 2017 to March 2023, investigating different regions in the coastal Mediterranean strip in Egypt. In addition, all the previous studies performed in the investigated area, scientific literature, and different herbaria have been taken into consideration. Coordinates, main habitats and threats for 15 Mediterranean endemic taxa were conducted during visits to evaluate their level of conservation depending on IUCN categories. The current investigation indicated that nine taxa were found to be threatened (7 endangered, 2 critically endangered). In addition, four taxa were believed to be extinct, while two species were recorded as Data Deficient. Climate changes (drought and excessive temperature) and human impacts (urbanization and tourism) are the most effective threats on the taxa in this region. The present investigation is the pioneer study for completely evaluation of these taxa according to IUCN criteria.
A highly accurate prediction for heart failure disease: a new deep attentive model with guided feature ranking
Authors: Altantawy Doaa A. , Kishk Sherif S. 
Published: January 2024

AbstractHeart failure (HF) is a life-threatening disease affecting at least 64 million people worldwide. Hence, it places great stresses on patients and healthcare systems. Accordingly, providing a computerized model for HF prediction will help in enhancing diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of HF. In this paper, we introduce a new guided attentive HF prediction approach. In this method, a sparse-guided feature ranking method is proposed. Firstly, a Gauss–Seidel strategy is applied to the preprocessed feature pool for low-rank approximation procedure with a trace-norm regularization. The resultant sparse attributes, after a Spearman ranking elimination, are employed to guide the original feature pool through linear translation-variant model. Then, a fast Newton-based method is employed for a non-negative matrix factorization for the guided feature pool. The resultant bases of the factorization process are finally utilized in the adopted deep attentive predictive model. For the final prediction stage, instead of the commonly used machine learning approaches, we introduce an attentive-based classifier. It employs sequential attention to choose the most proper salient features for efficient interpretability and learning process. For the evaluation of the proposed HF prediction model, three different datasets are employed, i.e., UCI, Faisalabad, and Framingham datasets. Compared to state-of-the-art techniques, the proposed approach outperforms their performance on all datasets with even small feature sizes. With only four feature bases, the proposed method achieves an average accuracy of 98%, while, with full feature bases, full accuracy is gained.
The value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the diagnosis of microcirculatory perfusion abnormalities in diabetic foot
Authors: He Lan-fang , Yan Hua-ying , Yuan Yi , Kang Jia , Lv De , Kang Yu 
Published: January 2024

Abstract
Background
Diabetic foot is one of the most serious complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and its incidence is increasing in China. Early detection of abnormal microcirculation in the foot is very important for the prevention and treatment of diabetic foot.

Objective
To investigate the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in diagnosing microcirculatory alterations in the dorsum of the foot for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods
Eighty-eight T2DM patients were included, among them 30 patients sustained diabetes mellitus without complications (group A), 28 with lesions in the dorsum of the foot (no acute infection) that can be classified as Wagner grade 0 ~ 1 (group B), and 30 with lesions in the dorsum of the foot that can be classified as Wagner grade 2–5 (group C). Another 30 healthy adults were included as the control group. All subjects underwent CEUS to examine the dorsalis pedis arteries and blood perfusion to the underlying soft tissues. Parameters of the time-intensity curve (TIC), including rise time (RT), ascending slope (AS), time to peak (TTP), peak intensity (PI), area under the curve (AUC), and half of drop time (DT/2) were analyzed.

Results
The analysis of TIC data of the dorsalis pedis arteries showed that group C had decreased AS, PI, and AUC and increased TTP, RT, and DT/2 compared with groups A, B, and the control group; the differences were statistically significant (p < 0.05). The analysis of TIC data of the perfusion to the underlying soft tissues showed that AS, PI, and AUC decreased from the control group through group A, B, and then C; the differences were all statistically significant (p < 0.05). The TIC data were correlated with the severity of microcirculatory impairment in the dorsum of the foot and among them the AUC, PI, and AS had higher predictive value.

Conclusions
Microcirculatory impairment in the dorsum of the foot in T2DM patients presents itself as “delayed wash-in, delayed wash-out, and weak enhancement” on CEUS images. CEUS can provide quantification of the microcirculatory changes in the soft tissues in the dorsum of the foot and reflect the differences of microcirculatory perfusion across different grades of lesions.
A Two-Stage Evolutionary Game Model for Collaborative Emergency Management Between Local Governments and Enterprises
Authors: Wang Yanqing , Chen Hong , Gu Xiao 
Published: January 2024

AbstractEnterprises play a vital role in emergency management, but few studies have considered the strategy choices behind such participation or the collaborative relationship with the government. This study contended that enterprises have at least three strategies regarding emergency management: non-participation, short-term participation, and long-term participation. We constructed a two-stage evolutionary game model to explore the behavioral evolution rules and evolutionary stability strategies of the government and enterprises, and employed numerical simulation to analyze how various factors influence the strategy selection of the government and enterprises. The results show that if and only if the utility value of participation is greater than 0, an enterprise will participate in emergency management. The evolutionary game then enters the second stage, during which system stability is affected by a synergistic relationship between participation cost, reputation benefit, and government subsidies, and by an incremental relationship between emergency management benefit, government subsidies, and emergency training cost. This study provides a new theoretical perspective for research on collaborative emergency management, and the results provide important references for promoting the performance of collaborative emergency management.
Dialysis for older adults: why should the targets be different?
Authors: Khatri Priyanka , Davenport Andrew 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThe number of patients aged > 75-years treated by dialysis continues to increase, particularly in developed countries. Haemodialysis is a well-established treatment with national and international clinical guidelines designed to provide patients with optimal treatment. However, these were developed when the dialysis population was younger, and less co-morbid. This change in patient demographics questions whether these guideline targets still apply to older patients. More patients now start dialysis with residual kidney function and could benefit from a less frequent dialysis schedule. Older patients have a lower thirst drive, so lower interdialytic gains, reduced appetite, muscle mass and physical activity would potentially allow starting dialysis with less frequent sessions a practical option. Similarly, patients with residual kidney function and lower metabolic activity may not need to meet current dialyser Kt/Vurea clearance targets to remain healthy. Instead, some elderly patients may be at risk of malnutrition and might need liberalisation of the low salt, potassium and phosphate dietary restrictions, or even additional supplements to ensure adequate protein intake. Although a fistula is the preferred vascular access, a forearm fistula may not be an option due to vascular disease, while a brachial fistula can potentially compromise cardiovascular reserve, so a dialysis catheter becomes the de facto access, especially in patients with limited life expectancy. Thus, clinical guideline targets designed for a younger less co-morbid dialysis population may not be equally applicable to the older patient initiating dialysis, and so a more individualised approach to dialysis prescription and vascular access is required.
Covalent Organic Framework with 3D Ordered Channel and Multi-Functional Groups Endows Zn Anode with Superior Stability
Authors: Li Bin , Ruan Pengchao , Xu Xieyu , He Zhangxing , Zhu Xinyan , Pan Liang , Peng Ziyu , Liu Yangyang , Zhou Peng , Lu Bingan , Dai Lei , Zhou Jiang 
Published: January 2024

AbstractAchieving a highly robust zinc (Zn) metal anode is extremely important for improving the performance of aqueous Zn-ion batteries (AZIBs) for advancing “carbon neutrality” society, which is hampered by the uncontrollable growth of Zn dendrite and severe side reactions including hydrogen evolution reaction, corrosion, and passivation, etc. Herein, an interlayer containing fluorinated zincophilic covalent organic framework with sulfonic acid groups (COF-S-F) is developed on Zn metal (Zn@COF-S-F) as the artificial solid electrolyte interface (SEI). Sulfonic acid group (− SO3H) in COF-S-F can effectively ameliorate the desolvation process of hydrated Zn ions, and the three-dimensional channel with fluoride group (-F) can provide interconnected channels for the favorable transport of Zn ions with ion-confinement effects, endowing Zn@COF-S-F with dendrite-free morphology and suppressed side reactions. Consequently, Zn@COF-S-F symmetric cell can stably cycle for 1,000 h with low average hysteresis voltage (50.5 mV) at the current density of 1.5 mA cm−2. Zn@COF-S-F|MnO2 cell delivers the discharge specific capacity of 206.8 mAh g−1 at the current density of 1.2 A g−1 after 800 cycles with high-capacity retention (87.9%). Enlightening, building artificial SEI on metallic Zn surface with targeted design has been proved as the effective strategy to foster the practical application of high-performance AZIBs.
ZnO Additive Boosts Charging Speed and Cycling Stability of Electrolytic Zn–Mn Batteries
Authors: Wu Jin , Tang Yang , Xu Haohang , Ma Guandie , Jiang Jinhong , Xian Changpeng , Xu Maowen , Bao Shu-Juan , Chen Hao 
Published: January 2024

AbstractElectrolytic aqueous zinc-manganese (Zn–Mn) batteries have the advantage of high discharge voltage and high capacity due to two-electron reactions. However, the pitfall of electrolytic Zn–Mn batteries is the sluggish deposition reaction kinetics of manganese oxide during the charge process and short cycle life. We show that, incorporating ZnO electrolyte additive can form a neutral and highly viscous gel-like electrolyte and render a new form of electrolytic Zn–Mn batteries with significantly improved charging capabilities. Specifically, the ZnO gel-like electrolyte activates the zinc sulfate hydroxide hydrate assisted Mn2+ deposition reaction and induces phase and structure change of the deposited manganese oxide (Zn2Mn3O8·H2O nanorods array), resulting in a significant enhancement of the charge capability and discharge efficiency. The charge capacity increases to 2.5 mAh cm−2 after 1 h constant-voltage charging at 2.0 V vs. Zn/Zn2+, and the capacity can retain for up to 2000 cycles with negligible attenuation. This research lays the foundation for the advancement of electrolytic Zn–Mn batteries with enhanced charging capability.
Design Strategies for Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries with High Zinc Utilization: From Metal Anodes to Anode-Free Structures
Authors: Zhang Xianfu , Zhang Long , Jia Xinyuan , Song Wen , Liu Yongchang 
Published: January 2024

AbstractAqueous zinc metal batteries (AZMBs) are promising candidates for next-generation energy storage due to the excellent safety, environmental friendliness, natural abundance, high theoretical specific capacity, and low redox potential of zinc (Zn) metal. However, several issues such as dendrite formation, hydrogen evolution, corrosion, and passivation of Zn metal anodes cause irreversible loss of the active materials. To solve these issues, researchers often use large amounts of excess Zn to ensure a continuous supply of active materials for Zn anodes. This leads to the ultralow utilization of Zn anodes and squanders the high energy density of AZMBs. Herein, the design strategies for AZMBs with high Zn utilization are discussed in depth, from utilizing thinner Zn foils to constructing anode-free structures with theoretical Zn utilization of 100%, which provides comprehensive guidelines for further research. Representative methods for calculating the depth of discharge of Zn anodes with different structures are first summarized. The reasonable modification strategies of Zn foil anodes, current collectors with pre-deposited Zn, and anode-free aqueous Zn metal batteries (AF-AZMBs) to improve Zn utilization are then detailed. In particular, the working mechanism of AF-AZMBs is systematically introduced. Finally, the challenges and perspectives for constructing high-utilization Zn anodes are presented.
Community perspectives on the use of extension offices for behavioral health
Authors: Brown Virginia , Golson Aaron , Goldstein Emily , Bowie Maria , Bales Diane , Scheyett Anna 
Published: January 2024

AbstractRural communities experience more systemic health disparities than urban communities, particularly around behavioral health. Disparities include a lack of providers, few hospitals, lack of health insurance, stigma, and limited public transportation. This study explored the potential use of Cooperative Extension offices to serve as “hubs” for behavioral health services. We conducted six focus groups (n = 52) in rural communities with high rates of opioid use and misuse. Community stakeholders were asked about the potential benefits and barriers to using Cooperative Extension as a behavioral health hub and what role Extension can play in behavioral health. We identified four major themes related to the extension being used to address behavioral health: the organization is trusted, the organization could provide many services, potential structural and social barriers need to be addressed, and resources are necessary for success. The study found that Extension is trusted, lacks the stigma of a traditional behavioral health setting, and could provide prevention and/or recovery education and a connector to support services. However, Extension is not currently seen as a resource for behavioral health and may have structural barriers and create stigma by providing services. To address these barriers, it was suggested Extension partner with other organizations to extend the reach of existing resources (telehealth and support groups) while focusing on both prevention education and relationship building. Moving forward, participating counties will leverage their partners into a community advisory group to define next steps, develop processes and protocols and begin advertising services/resources, and provide continual feedback on how needs are being met and recommended improvements.