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Postmicturition dribble in men with no previous urogenital surgery: Systematic review and meta‐analysis of treatment modalities
Authors: Albakr Ahmed , El Ansari Walid , Mahdi Mohammed , Megahed Heba , Lock Merilyn , Arafa Mohamed , Hothi Hanaa Al , Ghafouri Ardalan 
Published: November 2023

AbstractIntroductionPostmicturition dribble (PMD) is common in males. Little is known about PMD etiology, but it is either secondary to urethral/prostatic surgery or primary (no previous surgery). Despite PMD's high prevalence, the effectiveness of its treatment modalities remains lacking.ObjectiveTo undertake a systematic review of the available treatments for primary PMD in adult males and meta‐analysis of their effectiveness.Materials and MethodsWe searched four electronic databases from inception to 2023 for original articles that evaluated PMD treatments in male adults without previous urethral/prostatic surgery (PROSPERO protocol CRD42023444591). Study quality and risk of bias were evaluated using established tools. We extracted a range of variables including treatment modality used and its effectiveness on PMD volume and patient complaint. Meta‐analysis was undertaken where feasible, and where this was not feasible, narrative synthesis was conducted.ResultsOut of 335 studies, four were included (four clinical trials, n = 344 patients). Two trials used physical/behavioral therapy (pelvic floor muscle exercises [PFMEs], urethral milking); the other two employed phosphodiesterase (PDE5) inhibitors (tadalafil, Udenafil). All studies were of good quality, but physical/behavioral therapy studies had some risk of bias. As the two physical/behavioral therapy studies used heterogenous outcome measures, narrative synthesis showed PMD volume improvement with PFMEs more than with urethral milking, both modalities were more effective than counseling, and in one study, PFMEs were effective in reducing PMD self‐reported complaint than counseling. Meta‐analyses of the two PDE5 inhibitors studies showed a large effect size with high heterogeneity for decreased PMD volume favoring PDE5 inhibitors over placebo (g = −0.86, 95% confidence interval [CI] −1.75; 0.02, p = 0.05; I2 = 88%); and a significant improvement equivalent to −1.06 points on the Hallym PMD Questionnaire score with no discernable heterogeneity (95% CI −1.65; −0.47, p = 0.0004; I2 = 0%), favoring PDE5 inhibitors compared to controls.ConclusionsPhysical/behavioral therapy and PDE5 inhibitors are effective primary PMD treatments. PMD management studies in males with no previous urethral/prostatic surgery are very scarce and lack the use of consistent/comparable outcome measures. Further studies addressing these deficiencies would benefit this very thin evidence base.
Insights from defining nurses' career success: An integrative review
Authors: Yamada Masako , Asakura Kyoko , Sugiyama Shoko , Takada Nozomu 
Published: November 2023

AbstractAimsTo review the literature and identify factors that make sense of and influence nurses' career success. We sought to provide insights into achieving nurses' career success.DesignAn integrative review conducted in May 2022 using Whittemore and Knafl's methodology of integrative review.MethodsThe databases searched were PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and CINAHL. Search criteria included the keywords “nurs*” and “career success” in the title and abstract. The quality of the reviewed papers was assessed using the JBI Critical Appraisal Tool for cross‐sectional studies and qualitative research. We extracted five types of information from quantitative studies: the definition of career success, factors of career success instruments, reliability or validity of career success instruments, and factors influencing nursing career success. Furthermore, we extracted two types of information from qualitative studies: themes that imply career success and factors that influence nurses' career success. Primary data were categorized into two perspectives: (1) what nurses' career success means and (2) what influences nurses' career success. Categorized data were unified into similar contents. Themes were developed from unified subgroups.ResultsFourteen studies were included in the analysis. Seven themes were integrated into the factors that make sense of nurses' career success: satisfaction, positive attitude towards work, quality work in nursing, continuation of career and professional development, positive interaction at work, person–organization fit, and enrichment of an individual's life. Three themes were integrated into the factors influencing nursing career success: personal resources, positive behavior toward nursing work and research, and job resources and environment.No Patient or Public ContributionPatients or members of the public were not involved in this review.
Automated bondline thickness quantification in adhesively joined composites and metals using ultrasound
Authors: Pulipati Daniel P. , Kokkada Ravindranath Pruthul , Jack David A. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThe use of adhesively bonded joints between composite panels, metal panels, or between composites and metals are used in the aerospace and automotive industries to avoid stress concentrations due to fasteners while reducing weight. Quantifying the bond thickness allows for confidence that loading is being properly transferred. This study presents a methodology to measure bondline thickness using the data obtained from an immersion quality ultrasound scan using an out‐of‐tank, field‐portable, utlrasonic testing (UT) scanner. Eighteen bonded coupons were fabricated using a paste‐type adhesive filling a range of gaps between substrates of 0.254 and 1.27 mm. Three adhesively bonded coupon types were investigated: carbon fiber laminates, fiber glass laminates, and aluminum plates. A semiautomated algorithm is presented to quantify bondline thickness from the ultrasound data for each coupon type, generating a spatially varying 3D point cloud of adhesive thickness. Bondline measurements obtained using ultrasound are then validated over two orthogonal planes against measurements taken from x‐ray computed tomography reconstructions. Results indicate a typical accuracy of 0.081 mm for bondline thickness quantification for all samples studied, with the results from the inspection of the composite coupons yielding an error of 0.078 mm, whereas the accuracy when scanning the aluminum coupons yielded an error of 0.086 mm.Highlights
Field‐portable, inspection station is presented for full waveform ultrasonics.
Mathematical procedure to characterize adhesive bondline thickness.
Results are presented for a variety of material systems and adhesive thicknesses.
Results are validated against x‐ray computed tomography with a typical accuracy of 0.081 mm.
Comparison of Rapid Arc and Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy in a True Beam Linear Accelerator for 6 MV: Application of AAPM TG‐119 tests in treatment planning and quality assurance
Authors: Roy Soumya , Sarkar Biplab , Pradhan Anirudh 
Published: November 2023

AbstractObjectiveWe developed rapid arc (RA) and intensity‐modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) plans based on the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Task Group‐119 (AAPM TG‐119) proposals and compared the planning and quality assurance results.Materials and MethodsTwo treatment plans were used for each study patient: one using 7–9 IMRT fields and the other using the two full‐arc RA methods. Plan optimization and dose calculations were performed using 6 MV photons and EclipseTM with the anisotropic analytical algorithm (AAA). Task group (TG)‐119 described the planning objectives used to evaluate the treatment plans generated for this study. Point dose, planar fluence measurement, and trajectory log file analysis are used for quality assurance.ResultsThe conformity index (CI) for treatment plans varied between 0.76–0.91 when using IMRT and 0.75–0.93 when using RA. The homogeneity index (HI) was approximately 0.10–0.24 (IMRT) and 0.07–0.23 (RA). The ratio of the total number of monitor units required for IMRT to that required for RA was between 0.87 and 2.14. The treatment log files exhibited higher gamma passing with RA than with IMRT.ConclusionRA plans were more effective than IMRT plans in achieving the test goals. Point dose measurements and electronic portal imaging device (EPID)‐based planar fluence measurements showed statistically insignificant differences between the IMRT and RA plan quality assurance (QA) results. However, the trajectory log file analysis exhibited better gamma‐passing results for RA than for IMRT.
The student hat in professional development: Building epistemic empathy to support teacher learning
Authors: Lowell Benjamin R. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractProfessional development (PD) can support science teachers to learn about instructional reforms, but more work needs to be done on broadening our understanding of how specific PD activities support teacher learning. One understudied PD activity is the student hat: when teachers engage in student learning activities while considering ideas, language, and feelings students might have to build their empathy for how student experience reform instruction. Little is known about if and how student hat activities support teacher learning. I conducted a single embedded case study of a 2.5‐day PD for middle school science teachers using the OpenSciEd curriculum. I interviewed 12 participants to understand how they perceived the student hat activities and analyzed 36 hours of PD video, focusing specifically on moments in which participants struggled to act in student hat, to gain insights on how it helped them to learn. Teachers found student hat difficult, but it helped them better understand science ideas, their students, and the instructional approach. These learning outcomes likely occurred because of two mechanisms: creating a safe environment to be wrong and building epistemic empathy with students. By allowing teachers to feel safe expressing confusion with content ideas, the student hat helped teachers to build their science understanding. Developing teachers' epistemic empathy for students helped them to understand how students might think and feel while engaging in reform instruction.
Linking natural resources and environmental sustainability: A panel data approach based on the load capacity curve hypothesis
Authors: Erdogan Sinan 
Published: November 2023

AbstractEconomic development accelerated by natural resource use has caused many undesirable environmental consequences such as reducing the living standards of individuals and threatening human health. Therefore, whether natural resource abundance is a curse for individuals' welfare and environmental sustainability is one of the crucial topics in the literature. This study investigates the impact of natural resources on environmental sustainability by adopting the newly developed Load Capacity Curve hypothesis in the resource‐rich Sub‐Saharan African countries for the period from 1990 to 2020 by utilizing a set of panel data methods. The main estimation results can be outlined as follows: (i) cointegration tests show the existence of the long‐run relationship between variables, (ii) the Load Capacity Curve Hypothesis is valid in the model, and (iii) natural resource rent, energy consumption, and population density reduce environmental sustainability, (iv) empirical estimations for robustness check greatly confirm the finding obtained by baseline estimations. Therefore, policy‐makers in the resource‐rich Sub‐Saharan African countries should focus on establishing mechanisms for internalizing negative externalities of natural resource rent.
A Room‐Temperature Self‐Healing Liquid Metal‐Infilled Microcapsule Driven by Coaxial Flow Focusing for High‐Performance Lithium‐Ion Battery Anode
Authors: Lin Xirong , Chen An , Yang Chaoyu , Mu Kai , Han Tianli , Si Ting , Li Jinjin , Liu Jinyun 
Published: November 2023

AbstractLiquid metals have attracted a lot of attention as self‐healing materials in many fields. However, their applications in secondary batteries are challenged by electrode failure and side reactions due to the drastic volume changes during the “liquid‐solid‐liquid” transition. Herein, a simple encapsulated, mass‐producible method is developed to prepare room‐temperature liquid metal‐infilled microcapsules (LMMs) with highly conductive carbon shells as anodes for lithium‐ion batteries. Due to the reasonably designed voids in the microcapsule, the liquid metal particles (LMPs) can expand freely without damaging the electrode structure. The LMMs‐based anodes exhibit superior capacity of rete‐performance and ultra‐long cycling stability remaining 413 mAh g−1 after 5000 cycles at 5.0 A g−1. Ex situ X‐ray powder diffraction (XRD) patterns and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) reveal that the LMMs anode displays a stable alloying/de‐alloying mechanism. DFT calculations validate the electronic structure and stability of the room‐temperature LMMs system. These findings will bring some new opportunities to develop high‐performance battery systems.
Advances of Strategies to Increase the Surface Charge Density of Triboelectric Nanogenerators: A Review
Authors: Liang Yu , Xu Xinyu , Zhao Libin , Lei Chenyang , Dai Kejie , Zhuo Ran , Fan Beibei , Cheng E , Hassan Mohsen A. , Gao Lingxiao , Mu Xiaojing , Hu Ning , Zhang Chi 
Published: November 2023

AbstractTriboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have manifested a remarkable potential for harvesting environmental energy and have the prospects to be utilized for various uses, for instance, self‐powered sensing devices, flexible wearables, and marine corrosion protection. However, the potential for further development of TENGs is restricted on account of their low output power that in turn is determined by their surface charge density. The current review majorly focuses on the selection and optimization of triboelectric materials. Subsequently, various methods capable of enhancing the surface charge density of TENGs, including environmental regulation, charge excitation, charge pumping, electrostatic breakdown, charge trapping, and liquid–solid structure are comprehensively reviewed. Lastly, the review is concluded by highlighting the existing challenges in enhancing the surface charge density of TENGs and exploring potential opportunities for future research endeavors in this area.
Enhanced Thermal Conductivity of Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotube with Axial Tensile Strain Enabled by Boron Nitride Nanotube Anchoring
Authors: Feng Ya , Sato Yuta , Inoue Taiki , Xiang Rong , Suenaga Kazu , Maruyama Shigeo 
Published: November 2023

AbstractThermal conductivity measurements are conducted by optothermal Raman technique before and after the introduction of an axial tensile strain in a suspended single‐walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) through end‐anchoring by boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs). Surprisingly, the axial tensile strain (<0.4 %) in SWCNT results in a considerable enhancement of its thermal conductivity, and the larger the strain, the higher the enhancement. Furthermore, the thermal conductivity reduction with temperature is much alleviated for the strained nanotube compared to previously reported unstrained cases. The thermal conductivity of SWCNT increases with its length is also observed.
Dynamic Fluorescence Sensing of Bromide Ions by Photochromic Bi(III)‐Coordination Polymers Based on a Ligand Integrated by Naphthalene Diimides and Pyridinium in Solution and Films
Authors: Shi Yong‐Sheng , Xiao Tong , Yang Dong‐Dong , Xia Zhong‐Gang , Zheng Xiang‐Jun 
Published: November 2023

AbstractBismuth(III)‐based complexes have garnered increasing attention in fluorescence sensing due to their environmentally friendly and sustainable characteristics. A Bismuth(III) coordination polymer (CP),1‐Cl based on a naphthalene diimides(NDI)‐pyridinium is synthesized by an in situ reaction method. Notable for its sensitivity to visible light, 1‐Cl shows excellent photochromic properties, and the integration of NDI and pyridinium in one ligand makes photogenerated radicals more stable. Structural analysis and theoretical calculations are employed to investigate the potential pathway of photoinduced electron transfer (ET) during the photochromic process. Notably, in aqueous solutions, 1‐Cl displays an extraordinary fluorescence enhancement response to bromide ion (Br‐), resulting in a distinct transition from yellow to orange in color. The potential mechanism of fluorescence sensing has been revealed through single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction analysis. This insight highlights a continuous substitution process where the Cl− ions are successively replaced by Br− ions. Consequently, a single‐crystal‐to‐single‐crystal transformation (SCSC) occurs, yielding the intermediate species, 1‐Cl‐Br, which ultimately transforms into the final product, 1‐Br. Finally, the photochromic film is successfully prepared and applied to practical applications such as ink‐free printing, information anti‐counterfeiting, and the visual detection of Br− ions. This work combines photochromism with fluorescence sensing, broadening the research field and practical application of photochromic materials.
“Rational overeating” in a feast‐or‐famine world: Economic insecurity and the obesity epidemic
Authors: Smith Trenton G. , Stillman Steven , Craig Stuart 
Published: November 2023

AbstractObesity has risen dramatically in the United States since the 1980s, but incidence varies across demographic groups. We investigate the potential role of economic insecurity—defined, roughly, as the extent to which a household faces the threat of catastrophic income loss–in explaining these changes. We construct a synthetic panel of demographic groups for 1988–2016 by combining the Economic Security Index (which measures the probability of a year‐on‐year drop in adjusted household income of 25% or more) with data from the NHANES surveys. This gives us a plausibly exogenous group‐level measure of economic insecurity while allowing us to control for both individual characteristics and various interactions of group and year fixed effects. We find robust evidence of a link between economic insecurity and obesity, suggesting a nearly one‐to‐one correspondence in percentage point changes in ESI and obesity, for both men and women. We further show that if we instead measure economic insecurity based on the changing occupational exposure of each demographic group to trade with China over time, we find similar qualitative results for men, but not for women. Taken together, these results are supportive of a causal interpretation of our findings.
An enigmatic structure in the tail of vetulicolians from the Cambrian Chengjiang biota, South China
Authors: Yang Yang , Su Bi’ang , Ou Qiang , Cheng Meirong , Han Jian , Shu Degan 
Published: November 2023

AbstractCambrian vetulicolians have mosaic characteristics of both deuterostomes and protostomes, which has important implications for the origin and early evolution of the Deuterostomia. They are intriguing in their bizarre body plan with a series of pharyngeal gill slits. The anterior section is characterized by five pairs of gill pouches, while the paddle‐like posterior part is composed of seven or more segments. Although the overall external morphology and some internal anatomies of vetulicolians, such as pharyngeal cavity, gill system and alimentary canal, have largely been clarified, mysteries remain regarding some other internal structures, and their functional interpretations are highly controversial. In this study we identify an important but hitherto unrecognized feature: a sub‐rounded, wrinkled structure located ventrally at the posterior section (or ‘tail’) of weakly sclerotized members of vetulicolians, including Xidazoon stephanus and Didazoon haoae, from the early Cambrian Chengjiang biota. The enigmatic structure consistently appears at or between the third and fourth segments of the posterior section. We show that the new structure is an internal organ in the body cavity of vetulicolians and infer that it might have functioned for reproduction, excretion or digestion. The finding of this enigmatic structure from X. stephanus and D. haoae enriches our understanding of vetulicolians and might facilitate further exploration of the anatomy and physiology of early deuterostomes.
Concurrent polycystic liver disease and bilateral renal dysplasia in a 20‐week‐old Great Dane
Authors: Knight Frances L. , Tavella Vincent J. 
Published: November 2023

AbstractA 20‐week‐old, unneutered, female Great Dane was evaluated for failure to thrive and anorexia after 4 weeks of adequate caloric provision. Initial bloodwork results indicated elevated liver enzymes, azotaemia, hyperphosphataemia and non‐regenerative anaemia. Abdominal radiographs following a 24‐hour fast revealed hepatomegaly. Additional bloodwork was submitted to screen for possible infectious and immune‐mediated causes, of which none were discovered. The patient was referred to an American Veterinary College board‐certified internal medicine specialist for abdominal ultrasound, whose diagnostic findings were consistent with polycystic liver disease and bilateral renal dysplasia. Due to the grim prognosis provided by the ultrasonographic findings, the owners elected to euthanase the patient. To the authors’ knowledge, this is not only the first reported case of polycystic liver disease in a Great Dane, but its concurrence with bilateral renal dysplasia has also never been reported in any species.
Geodetic Heights and Holonomity
Authors: Sansò Fernando , Barzaghi Riccardo , Reguzzoni Mirko 
Published: November 2023

AbstractIt is sometimes stated in the geodetic literature that the normal height system, so important in both geodetic theory and practice, is nonholonomic, i.e. the normal height of a point in reality depends also on the integration path of a certain differential. On the contrary, this paper proves that the normal height system is holonomic also identifying the critical point on which the nonholonomic statement is based. Besides that, the general concepts related to the definition of the height system are revised and an overview of the current heights is given.Indeed, given the theorical and practical importance of the subject, this is a key item in Geodesy that must be clearly stated by using definitions and results well known in mathematics.