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Collagenase treatment reduces the anisotropy of ultrasonic backscatter in rat myocardium by reducing collagen crosslinks
Authors: Pittman Lindsay A. , Whittaker Peter , Milne Michelle L. , Chung Charles S. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractDysregulation of collagen deposition, degradation, and crosslinking in the heart occur in response to increased physiological stress. Collagen content has been associated with ultrasonic backscatter (brightness), and we have shown that the anisotropy of backscatter can be used to measure myofiber alignment, that is, variation in the brightness of a left ventricular short‐axis ultrasound. This study investigated collagen's role in anisotropy of ultrasonic backscatter; female Sprague–Dawley rat hearts were treated with a collagenase‐containing solution, for either 10 or 30 min, or control solution for 30 min. Serial ultrasound images were acquired at 2.5‐min intervals throughout collagenase treatment. Ultrasonic backscatter was assessed from anterior and posterior walls, where collagen fibrils are predominately aligned perpendicular to the angle of insonification, and the lateral and septal walls, where collagen is predominately aligned parallel to the angle of insonification. Collagenase digestion reduced backscatter anisotropy within the myocardium. Collagen remains present in the myocardium throughout collagenase treatment, but crosslinking is altered within 10 min. These data suggest that crosslinking of collagen modulates the anisotropy of ultrasonic backscatter. An Anisotropy Index, derived from differences in backscatter from parallel and perpendicularly aligned fibers, may provide a noninvasive index to monitor the progression and state of myocardial fibrosis.
Cooling of male rat skeletal muscle during endurance‐like contraction attenuates contraction‐induced PGC‐1α mRNA expression
Authors: Hoshino Daisuke , Wada Ryota , Mori Yutaro , Takeda Reo , Nonaka Yudai , Kano Ryotaro , Takagi Ryo , Kano Yutaka 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThis study aimed to determine effects of cooling on contraction‐induced peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor γ coactivator‐1α (PGC‐1α) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene expression, phosphorylations of its related protein kinases, and metabolic responses. Male rats were separated into two groups; room temperature (RT) or ice‐treated (COLD) on the right tibialis anterior (TA). The TA was contracted isometrically using nerve electrical stimulation (1‐s stimulation × 30 contractions, with 1‐s intervals, for 10 sets with 1‐min intervals). The TA was treated before the contraction and during 1‐min intervals with an ice pack for the COLD group and a water pack at RT for the RT group. The muscle temperature of the COLD group decreased to 19.42 ± 0.44°C (p < 0.0001, −36.4%) compared with the RT group after the experimental protocol. An increase in mRNA expression level of PGC‐1α, not VEGF, after muscle contractions was significantly lower in the COLD group than in the RT group (p < 0.0001, −63.0%). An increase in phosphorylated AMP‐activated kinase (AMPK) (p = 0.0037, −28.8%) and a decrease in glycogen concentration (p = 0.0231, +106.3%) after muscle contraction were also significantly inhibited by cooling. Collectively, muscle cooling attenuated the post‐contraction increases in PGC‐1α mRNA expression coinciding with decreases in AMPK phosphorylation and glycogen degradation.
Path Constitution: Building Organizational Resilience for Sustainable Performance
Authors: Tang Gennian , Luo Wenhui , Zheng Yaping , Zhou Qunfang 
Published: November 2023

AbstractExisting studies are not clear about the process of building organizational resilience that is crucial for the performance of firms. To tap into this still unexplored terrain, the aim of this qualitative study is to shed more light on how organizational resilience is built amid challenges from a perspective of path constitution. We present a single, longitudinal case study of the dynamic development of China Light & Textile Industry City Group, the leading textile trading platform operator in China. The results show that the process of organizations building resilience could be regarded as a process of organizational path constitution. Therefore, a theory model of the organizational resilience building was developed, which expanded the applicable scope of the path constitution theory. Further, this study deconstructed the mechanism of resilience building based on the interaction between opportunity space and organizational learning, which contributes to the organizational resilience literature and enriches the body of qualitative research in corporate management. Additionally, our findings provide practical implications for companies to maintain resilience and sustainable performance.
Tribological characterization of sponge gourd outer skin fiber-reinforced epoxy composite with Tamarindus indica seed filler addition using the Box–Behnken method
Authors: Arockiasamy Felix Sahayaraj , Muthukrishnan Mayakrishnan , Iyyadurai Jenish , Kaliappan Seeniappan , Lakshmaiya Natrayan , Djearamane Sinouvassane , Tey Lai-Hock , Wong Ling Shing , Kayarohanam Saminathan , Obaid Sami Al , Alfarraj Saleh , Sivakumar Subpiramaniyam 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
The tribological properties of the sponge gourd outer skin fiber (SGOSF)-reinforced epoxy composites filled with tamarind seed powder were investigated using a pin-on-disc dry sliding wear testing machine. The fiber and filler contents were kept constant (30 and 7.5 wt%). The fibers were treated with sodium hydroxide (NaOH), which increases the bonding strength that has been identified by scanning electron microscope (SEM). A filler content of 7.5 wt% has better hardness due to the embedment of filler with treated fiber and epoxy. Therefore, the SGOSFs/epoxy with 7.5 wt% tamarind filler was chosen for the study of tribological characterization. The lowest specific wear rate of 2.565 × 10−4 mm3·N m−1 was obtained using the design of expert optimization technique for the control factors such as a load of 44.99 N, a sliding distance of 1,701.39 m, and a sliding velocity of 3.36 m·s−1 using a ramp plot at the desirable level of 1. For the gripping material application, the highest coefficient of friction value of 0.51 was obtained by maintaining the specified input parameters, such as a load of 42.15 N, a sliding distance of 1,874.86 m, and a sliding velocity of 4.99 m·s−1 using a ramp plot at the desirable level of 0.927. SEM images were used to investigate the failure mechanism of the worn surfaces, which substantiates the failure of the pure matrix layer on the surface even at low load, followed by the formation of a rarely breakable adhesive layer.
Genetic diversity of broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) populations from different geographical origins assessed by ISSR markers
Authors: Duca Maria , Bivol Ina 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
The present study was focused on the assessment of genetic diversity in twenty-three populations of Orobanche cumana parasitizing on sunflower in Bulgaria, Turkey, Moldova and Romania using 13 ISSR markers. The obtained results on the genetic diversity parameters showed that the broomrape populations were characterised by a significant level of the intrapopulation diversity. In addition, descriptive population genetic statistics revealed that Turkish populations had a higher level of genetic diversity indices than populations from several areas of the northeast and east of the Balkan Peninsula included in Eastern Europe. The analysis of molecular variance showed that 38 % of the genetic variability was due to differences within populations, 34 % was due to differences among populations and the lowest molecular variation was among countries (28 %). According to clustering and PCA methods, Moldavian, Bulgarian and Romanian broomrapes shared more genetic traits with each other than with Turkish populations within a main gene pool. As a whole, all results of this study showed that there is a high intrapopulation diversity of the O. cumana gene pool in the Black Sea basin. From the clustering and PCA analyses, it can be concluded that the grouping of broomrape populations is partly determined by their geographical origin, as well as by the genetic differences and similarities accumulated over time, and is not related to virulence. The information obtained from this study may be highly relevant in contributing to the development of sustainable control strategies of the pathogen and breeding programmes for sunflower resistance to broomrape.
Constructing cybersecurity discourse via deconstructing legislation
Authors: Cheng Le , Qiu Jiaxuan , Yang Yi 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Based on a self-built corpus of Chinese cybersecurity legislation, this study explores the construction of China’s official cybersecurity discourse via deconstructing cybersecurity legislation from the perspective of system theory. Analysis focusing on the internal features of the discourse obtains the themes, actors, and legal relations in China’s cybersecurity legislation. Among four pairs of legal relations, system theory provides an explanation for the tension between public-private legal relationship and private-private legal relationship, that is, whether the legislative system chooses to delegate network operators with administrative function depends on how the system perceives the nature of cybersecurity issues and integrate new issues into securitization process. Furthermore, the external features of legislation discourse reveal the changes in the number of all levels of cybersecurity legislation. It is found that the coupling resonance of the political system and the legal system promotes the development of relevant legislation, and facilitates the self-development legislation system to transfer from diversified legislation to unified legislation.
CFD and machine learning based hybrid model for passive dilution of helium in a top ventilated compartment
Authors: Sharma Pavan K. , Verma Vishnu , Chattopadhyay Jayanta 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
For hydrogen management in the containment of Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs), besides the Passive autocatalytic Recombiners (PAR), the passive dilution of lighter gas plays an important role. This could be an attractive option to optimize the containment design and to estimate the extent of dilution. Passive dilution has many other applications in nuclear industry. The experimental studies of air entrainment in the upward rising helium plume and the resulting dilution of helium gas by the Canadians in terms of Volume Flow Magnification Factor (VFMF) have been utilized for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) validation. The CFD based Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) predicted values of VFMF found to be in good agreement with the test data. After FDS code validation, parametric study has been carried out to generate a data base of VFMF for range of hydrogen injection, side opening area and opening height. In present study various Machine Learning (ML) models are evaluated based on two-parameter relationship i.e. non dimensional hydrogen injection and VFMF using the CFD code generated database. The trained ML models were used for the predictions of the mass flow rate of gas entrainment (through opening) in the rising buoyant plume in terms of VFMF. The ML predictions were in good agreement with the predictions against test data. Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) based ML model found to performed best and discussed in the paper. The paper highlights details of methodology of numerical simulation, results of the CFD studies and machine learning based predictions.
Signorie e monasteri nella Sicilia normanna
Authors: Mursia Antonio 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This essay reflects on the role of monasteries in the process of defining the structure of the aristocracy in Norman Sicily, with the aim of contributing to scholarship on this theme on the island in the 12th century. The topic is addressed starting from an analysis of the political and devotional choices made by the Aleramici, the most important Sicilian lords of the 12th century, within their domains, where they founded or restored churches and monasteries linked to the Benedictine order and to Palestinian shrines. This made it possible to examine the processes underlying the establishment of the monastery of Santa Maria di Licodia in 1143, on the initiative of Simone del Vasto. As can be deduced from the study of the privilege issued by the island lord, this foundation had a multiplicity of motivations, principally religious and devotional, but also linked to the control and management of the vast Aleramic lordship. Established as a family monastery, this cenoby was granted by Simone to the abbey of Sant’Agata in Catania, one of the most important monastic and episcopal sees of Sicily in the 12th century. The extent of the lands assigned by the Aleramico, the rights granted to goods and men, combined with the initiative shown by the priors of the monastic community of Licodia, must have allowed Santa Maria to become an abbey in the early thirteenth century. Over the following centuries, it thus became one of the most important meeting places for the Sicilian aristocratic élite.
Blood Libels between Trento and the Bodensee
Authors: Colombo Lorenzo 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This article examines a little-known event that took place in 1475. This year saw a well-publicized trial at which the Jews of Trento were falsely accused of kidnapping a Christian toddler named Simon and murdering him in a religious ritual. Pope Sixtus IV, abiding by the long-standing papal tradition of defending the Jews against such accusations of ritual murder (known as blood libels), sent an apostolic commissioner to Trento to investigate the legitimacy of the proceedings opened by the local prince-bishop, Johannes Hinderbach. To defend his version of the story, namely that the Jews were responsible for the crime and that the ritual killing of Christian children was a long-established Jewish practice, Hinderbach sent the Dominican friar Heinrich Kramer von Schlettstadt (later known for his role in the development of the witch hunt) on a mission to the Bodensee region to uncover reports of previous alleged Jewish ritual murders. During his journey, Kramer managed to obtain a bundle of written notarial documents that attempt to prove the thesis of the magistrates and the bishop of Trento. Kramer’s mission is analysed by comparing the documents produced for him in southern Germany with other sources concerning the same cases and within the broader context of the blood libel of Trento.
Il destino delle opere d’arte di proprietà ebraica sotto la Repubblica Sociale Italiana
Authors: Hüls-Valenti Katharina 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This paper examines the circumstances and mechanisms of the seizure of Jewish-owned artworks and valuables in Italy after the tightening of the racial laws under the Republic of Salò, focusing on Venice as an exemplary case study. Through specific instances, it illustrates the procedures for confiscating and exploiting artworks in the Venice area, highlighting the relations between the executive Fascist power and the German occupation forces. In particular, the analysis tackles the involvement of the antiquarian trade as well as the significant role of the Superintendent of Venice, Vittorio Moschini (1896–1976) in securing Jewish-owned artworks for Venetian museums. The paper concludes with comments on the need for a historical revision of the events and argues that, in light of its absence in Italy since the Washington Principles, there is an urgent need to establish provenance research in Italy.
Sul ritrovamento di alcuni documenti del processo dell’Inquisizione agli ebrei portoghesi di Ancona (1556)
Authors: Mariani Giacomo , Taraborrelli Dario 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
This essay offers a preliminary presentation of a newly discovered dossier of documents produced by the Roman Inquisition during the persecution of the Portuguese Jews living in Ancona in 1555–1556. The essay contextualizes the documents within the archive that currently holds them and attempts to explain how they ended up in Ravenna; it also identifies some of the most striking novelties contributed by these recently found documents to our knowledge of events.
A Primary Care-Based Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Asthma Emergency Department Visits
Authors: Hersey Stephen J. , Retzke Jessica , Allen Elizabeth D. , Snyder Dane , Hardy Charles , Groner Judith 
Published: November 2023

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Asthma exacerbation is a common and often preventable cause of Emergency Department (ED) utilization. Children eligible for Medicaid are at increased risk of poor asthma control and subsequent ED visits. In 2010, we implemented a multicomponent longitudinal quality improvement project to improve pediatric asthma care for our primary care population, which was 90% Medicaid-eligible. Our goal was to reduce asthma-related ED visits by patients ages 2 to 18 years by 3% annually.

METHODS
The setting was a multisite large urban high-risk primary care network affiliated with a children’s hospital. We implemented 5 sequential interventions within our network of pediatric primary care centers to increase: use of asthma action plans by clinicians, primary care-based Asthma Specialty Clinic visits (extended asthma visits in the main primary care site), use of a standard asthma note at all visits, documentation of the Asthma Control Test, and step-up therapy for children with poorly controlled asthma.

RESULTS
At baseline in 2010, there were 21.7 asthma-related ED visits per 1000 patients per year. By 2019, asthma-related ED visits decreased to 14.5 per 1000 patients per year, a 33% decrease, with 2 center line shifts over time. We achieved and sustained our goal metrics for 4 of 5 key interventions.

CONCLUSIONS
We reduced ED utilization for asthma in a large, high-risk pediatric population. The interventions implemented and used over time in this project demonstrate that sustainable outcomes can be achieved in a large network of primary care clinics.
Previous Infection and Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccination in Middle- and High-School Students
Authors: Almendares Olivia M. , Ruffin Jasmine D. , Collingwood Abigail H. , Nolen Leisha D. , Lanier William A. , Dash Sarah Rebecca , Ciesla Allison Avrich , Wiegand Ryan , Tate Jacqueline E. , Kirking Hannah L. 
Published: November 2023

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Understanding the real-world impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation measures, particularly vaccination, in children and adolescents in congregate settings remains important. We evaluated protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection using school-based testing data.

METHODS
Using data from Utah middle- and high-school students participating in school-wide antigen testing in January 2022 during omicron (BA.1) variant predominance, log binomial models were fit to estimate the protection of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 infection.

RESULTS
Among 17 910 students, median age was 16 years (range: 12–19), 16.7% had documented previous SARS-CoV-2 infection; 55.6% received 2 vaccine doses with 211 median days since the second dose; and 8.6% of students aged 16 to 19 years received 3 vaccine doses with 21 median days since the third dose. Protection from previous infection alone was 35.9% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 12.9%–52.8%) and 23.8% (95% CI: 2.1%–40.7%) for students aged 12 to 15 and 16 to 19 years, respectively. Protection from 2-dose hybrid immunity (previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination) with &lt;180 days since the second dose was 58.7% (95% CI: 33.2%–74.4%) for students aged 12 to 15 and 54.7% (95% CI: 31.0%–70.3%) for students aged 16 to 19 years. Protection was highest (70.0%, 95% CI: 42.3%–84.5%) among students with 3-dose hybrid immunity, although confidence intervals overlap with 2-dose vaccination.

CONCLUSIONS
The estimated protection against infection was strongest for those with hybrid immunity from previous infection and recent vaccination with a third dose.
Growth and morphological characteristics of some pyrophilous discomycetes in culture
Authors: Dzhagan V. , Krupodorova T. , Atamanchuk A. , Lytvynenko Y. , Dzhagan V. 
Published: November 2023

Three pyrophilous discomycetes species (Anthracobia maurilabra (Cooke) Boud., Pyronema domesticum (Sowerby) Sacc. and Tricharina praecox (P. Karst.) Dennis) have been cultivated and studied in vitro. Cultures were obtained from fresh apothecia сollected in the Holosiivskyi National Nature Park (Kyiv, Ukraine). The culture growth and morphological characteristics of the studied fungi on different media (beer wort agar, Czapek Dox agar, potato-dextrose agar) were analyzed. All investigated species can quite easily grow under laboratory conditions on different tested nutrient media. Potato-dextrose agar was the most suitable medium for the enhancement of radial growth and the best expresses all the phenotypes of the colony of studied fungi. Macro- and micromorphological descriptions of all fungal colonies and illustrations are provided. The micromorphological analysis showed that common to the mycelium of all studied species of fungi was the presence of numerous drops of oil in the hyphae, anastomoses like T. praecox, а net- like structure of A. maurilabra similar to nematode capture hook. Beside this, A. maurilabra and P. domesticum formed the sexual stage under experimental conditions. Forming fruiting bodies of A. maurilabra in culture has not been reported before. Moreover, P. domesticum was found to form abundant dark brown sclerotia on potato-dextrose agar and Czapek Dox agar. Possible pigment composition in the P. domesticum sclerotia is discussed based on the Raman spectroscopy study, performed on this genus for the first time. The established cultural characteristics can be useful for taxonomic identification of fungal species and for pure quality control of mycelial cultures during their introduction, preservation and future potential applications in biotechnological areas.