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Safety and benefit of modified mesohepatectomy in the treatment of bilobar involvement congenital biliary dilatation
Authors: Jin Shuo , Jiang Nan , Shan Si‐Qiao , Wang Si‐Yuan , Zhou Cheng‐Yao , Yang Shi‐Zhong , Yuan Xue‐Li , Xiang Can‐Hong , Zeng Jian‐Ping , Dong Jia‐Hong 
Published: January 2024

AbstractBackgroundThe diseased bile duct in bilobar congenital biliary dilatation is extensive and often requires major hepatectomy or liver transplantation associated with a higher risk. We aimed to evaluate the safety and benefit of modified mesohepatectomy, in comparison with trisectionectomy, to treat bilobar congenital biliary dilatation.MethodsThis study included 28 patients with type IV and V bilobar congenital biliary dilatation. An innovative mesohepatectomy comprising the hepatectomy technique beyond the P/U point and bile duct shaping was applied to 14 patients to address the extensively diseased bile duct and difficulty in hepaticojejunostomy. Another 14 patients received trisectionectomy. The perioperative and long‐term outcomes of these patients were compared.ResultsThe ratio of residual liver volume to standard liver volume in the mesohepatectomy group was higher (78.68% vs. 40.90%, p = 0.005), while the resection rate of the liver parenchyma was lower (28.25% vs. 63.97%, p = 0.000), than that in trisectionectomy group. The mesohepatectomy group had a lower severe complication (>Clavein III, 0% vs. 57.70%, p = 0.019) and incidence of posthepatectomy liver failure (7.14% vs. 42.86%, p = 0.038). No significant difference was observed in blood loss and bile leakage (p > 0.05). All the patients in the mesohepatectomy group achieved optimal results in the long‐term follow‐up.Conclusionsmesohepatectomy provides an efficient treatment option for bilobar congenital biliary dilatation and can achieve radical resection, retain more liver parenchyma, and reduce the difficulty of hepaticojejunostomy, especially for patients that are not eligible for major hepatectomy and liver transplantation.
The open abdomen in mesenteric ischemia: A tool for patients undergoing revascularization
Authors: Hatchimonji Justin S. , Bakillah Emna , Kaufman Elinore J. , Dowzicky Phillip M. , Braslow Benjamin M. , Kalapatapu Venkat R. , Reilly Patrick M. , Sharoky Catherine E. 
Published: January 2024

AbstractBackgroundWe examined outcomes in Acute Mesenteric Ischemia (AMI) with the hypothesis that Open Abdomen (OA) is associated with decreased mortality.MethodsWe performed a cohort study reviewing NSQIP emergency laparotomy patients, 2016–2020, with a postoperative diagnosis of mesenteric ischemia. OA was defined using flags for patients without fascial closure. Logistic regression was used with outcomes of 30‐day mortality and several secondary outcomes.ResultsOut of 5514 cases, 4624 (83.9%) underwent resection and 387 (7.0%) underwent revascularization. The OA rate was 32.6%. 10.8% of patients who were closed required reoperation. After adjustment for demographics, transfer status, comorbidities, preoperative variables including creatinine, white blood cell count, and anemia, as well as operative time, OA was associated with OR 1.58 for mortality (95% CI [1.38, 1.81], p < 0.001). Among revascularizations, there was no such association (p = 0.528). OA was associated with ventilator support >48 h (OR 4.04, 95% CI [3.55, 4.62], and p < 0.001).ConclusionOA in AMI was associated with increased mortality and prolonged ventilation. This is not so in revascularization patients, and 1 in 10 patients who underwent primary closure required reoperation. OA should be considered in specific cases of AMI.Level of EvidenceRetrospective cohort, Level III.
Extended Reality as a Catalyst for Circular Economy Transition in the Built Environment
Authors: Soman Ranjith K. , Nikolić Dragana , Sanchez Benjamin 
Published: January 2024

AbstractExtended reality (XR) technologies refer to mixed reality and virtual reality configurations that augment real or represent fully virtual information in an intuitive and immersive manner, transforming the way we plan, design, construct, and operate built environment assets. XR offers great potential to support and accelerate the transition of built environment practices to a circular economy by supporting decisions based on narrow, slow, close, and regenerate strategies. Narrow strategies use XR to simulate the building process to identify potential issues, reduce material waste, and avoid costly mistakes. Slow strategies use XR to enable construction with durable materials and designing for adaptability to extend the lifespan of buildings. Close strategies use XR to facilitate material recovery and support repurposing and reuse, thus reducing waste. Regenerate strategies use XR as a motivational tool to engage citizens, communities, and professionals in design and management decisions. However, applying XR is not without challenges, including technical and process-related limitations, potential misuse, and a lack of rich digital twins. Future research opportunities include the development of rich and accurate digital twins, ethical and sustainable use of XR technologies, and overcoming technical and logistical challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration and user-friendly and accessible XR hardware and software.
Digital Transformation of the Built Environment Towards a Regenerative Future
Authors: De Wolf Catherine , Bocken Nancy 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThe concept of regeneration and its application in the built environment is crucial when considering how digital technologies contribute to the transition towards a circular economy. Regeneration in the built environment fosters economic, social, and environmental prosperity for all stakeholders involved, through coevolution, adaptation, knowledge and skill exchange, diversity of ecosystems, harmonisation, and reconciliation. These advantages extend to building users and owners, businesses, local governments, the environment, and the community as a whole. The regenerative design, construction, and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure enhances the economic, social, and environmental aspects of a region. This chapter discusses examples and business models that showcase the implementation of regenerative practices in the built environment and examines how the digital technologies discussed in the book can contribute to regeneration.
Additive Manufacturing for the Circular Built Environment: Towards Circular Construction with Earth-Based Materials
Authors: Chadha Kunaljit , Dubor Alexandre , Cabay Edouard , Tayoun Yara , Naldoni Lapo , Moretti Massimo 
Published: January 2024

AbstractBy making rapid prototyping accessible and inexpensive, additive manufacturing (AM) has transformed the fabrication industry. The adaptability of the process to various materials makes it applicable to multiple fields ranging from complex nanoscale production in the medical field to the manufacturing of large-scale structures in the construction industry. AM methods are constantly evolving, enabling the production of complex products with minimal initial investment. AM processes generate little waste and require no formwork, making them relevant to the construction industry, which conventionally produces significant amounts of waste.This chapter provides a high-level overview of AM as an innovative technique and key developments towards its use for a circular built environment. It further delineates the viability of AM techniques using earth-based materials for implementing a circular economy in the construction sector through a series of case studies developed gradually from the scale of architectural prototypes to realised buildings. These examples address factors such as fabrication processes, techniques, and materials used and their influence on circularity through the production cycle of construction achieved using AM. Through the case studies, the chapter promotes ‘closing the loop’ on resources by reusing and recycling excavated construction materials. The chapter concludes with projections for AM practices and potential commercial applications of the technology. Overall, the chapter is useful for anybody interested in the built environment looking at alternative and sustainable building methods, including users, researchers, and professionals.
Unit 4 Overview: Symmetry Research in Neuroaesthetics
Authors: Berceanu Alexandru I. 
Published: January 2024

AbstractWhy are we fascinated by flowers? Why are we fascinated by synchronous dance? What do they have in common? The overview on Symmetry Research in Neuroaesthetics discusses the importance of studying aesthetic primitives in holistic contexts. Using the current results on symmetry preference from various fields, one of the better-understood aspects of aesthetic preference, this overview highlights what we can hope to achieve by thoroughly applying neuroaesthetic research methods and how results in this field can contribute to the understanding human behaviour at the phylogenetic scale.
Unit 4 Lesson: Why Is en face Associated with Holiness?
Authors: Johansson Christer , Folgerø Per Olav 
Published: January 2024

AbstractPortraits of Christ as a holy person are predominantly en face. This was famously commented by Albrecht Dürer in a self-portrait often called “Myself as Christ”. In contrast, profane portraits were predominantly painted in profile, including portraits of the suffering Christ (“The Man of Sorrows”). Why did medieval artists prefer to paint Christ en face? His face is thus directed toward the beholder, both face and gaze are intently directed at the beholder. Profane faces were noticeably more often painted in different degrees of profile. Is this a result of theological and historical conventions; or are there deeper biological and psychological reasons? Can face orientation and gaze direction influence how we judge positive and negative social attributes? Specifically, are almost symmetrical portraits with a direct gaze more associated with a positive attitude toward the portrait, as indicated by modern-day attribution of positive and negative adjectives to selected portraits?
Unit 5 Additional Lecture: Blurred Lives—Cognition and Feelings in Human–AI Interactions
Authors: Breda Pamela 
Published: January 2024

AbstractArtificial intelligence, also known as AI, is the ability of a program to think, store information, perform human tasks, and learn from experience. The domain of artificial intelligence has significantly evolved over the past decades, founding applications in almost every field of individual and collective lives. Computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages, are now informing our daily routine. The constant improvement of this technology has recently taken a leap in the direction of generating empathic AI: artificial machines programmed to interact with users’ emotions. But is it really possible to develop an empathic artificial agent? Can users in their turn develop an emotional engagement with artificial beings? The present essay analyzes the most recent developments in the field of human–AI interactions in order to provide tentative answers to these questions.
Unit 1 Overview: A Critical Assessment of Neuroaesthetics as Experimental Science—Chances, Challenges, Required Commitments
Authors: Carbon Claus-Christian 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThis chapter shows how a neuroscientific approach can contribute to understanding aesthetical phenomena We also discuss challenges and clear limitations of neuroscientific approaches. As in most psychologically rooted research questions, we cannot gain a comprehensive picture without taking further layers of analysis into account. Most importantly, every aesthetic phenomenon always has different layers that are linked with sensory, cognitive, and affective processes. Furthermore, these processes are essentially modulated by personality factors and situational and task-dependent demands which are embedded in cultural contexts. If we try to combine information from different levels, we can see the benefit of neuroscientific data in terms of the timing of subprocesses, which parts of the brain are involved in the processing, and, most importantly, how specific brain regions communicate with each other at which time. This will inform aesthetic researchers to identify areas for future research and development and how to combine interdisciplinary forces to create more complex, holistic, and profound insights into deeper aesthetic experiences such as the experience of art.
Foreword: Aesthetics and Neuroaesthetics
Authors: Balinisteanu Tudor , Nita Adrian , Dramé Mamadou , Motrescu Emanuela 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThis foreword is designed as a home reading preceding the introductory lecture. It presents views on beauty developed in philosophy and philosophy of art (Plato, the Sophists, Nicolas Boileau, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Immanuel Kant, and Nelson Goodman, among others) culminating in an introduction of the basic principles of empirical aesthetics established by Gustav Theodor Fechner. These histories offer opportunities for highlighting the disciplinary tensions as well as the interdisciplinary seamlessness that might arise from considering the humanities origins of various scientific methods, concepts, and techniques. Teasing out these tensions, the Foreword clarifies the contemporary role of humanities researchers in bringing depth of understanding to scientifically obtained (experimental) results. Each view on beauty presented here provides the elements of an integrative definition of aesthetic experience that may satisfy both humanists and scientists. This section includes several exercises for students to do at home in preparation for the introductory lecture.
Digital Authoritarianism and Epistemic Rights in the Global South: Unpacking Internet Shutdowns in Zimbabwe
Authors: Chari Tendai 
Published: January 2024

AbstractInternet shutdowns are increasing globally, not least in Africa. However, few studies have investigated their impact on citizens. Existing studies have approached internet shutdowns from an elitist standpoint. This is surprising considering that most internet shutdowns have a political motive. Consequently, there is a lacuna on how internet shutdowns impact the actual targets—the citizens. Given the Zimbabwean state’s tight control of the mainstream media, internet shutdowns are the last nail on the coffin of citizen rights to free speech. Grounded on digital rights, this exploratory study examines the impact of internet shutdowns on citizens in Zimbabwe. It illuminates how epistemic rights are intricately interwoven with broader human rights in authoritarian environments. Motives behind internet shutdowns, their impacts on citizens, and collateral effects are questions at the core of this exploration. Data were gathered using an open-ended electronic questionnaire completed by twenty-three purposively selected Zimbabwean citizens. The chapter reveals that shutdowns are political weapons of the state to curtail epistemic and other citizen rights. It argues that internet shutdowns diminish citizens’ access to information alternative to state propaganda. The study illuminates the interconnection between epistemic rights and other human rights in a semi-authoritarian state in the Global South.
Right to Data Access in the Digital Era: The Case of China
Authors: Chin Yik Chan 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThis chapter examines the academic debate on access to digital data in China and the Chinese state’s policy on data, demonstrating the lack of consideration of epistemic rights in regulating access to digital data in China and the interplay of global tendencies and local particularities. This chapter makes the following main points. First, the concept of epistemic rights has not drawn the attention of Chinese academics, while the closely related concept of the right to information is approached from a legal perspective, one that stresses the consumer’s right to obtain public information and digital platforms’ data rights. Second, the right to data access has not been treated as an independent right but as part of the debate on data property rights and the right to information. Third, in the government’s data strategy policy, data is defined as a new factor of production that is key for national economic development (besides land, labour, capital and entrepreneurship). Finally, the lack of attention to epistemic rights and an overly narrow definition of data has undermined alternative explorations of the implications of the public good nature of data. Even though public data is accessible conditionally, the equality of non-public data access has not being a recognised principle in both academic research and the policymaking agenda.
Epistemic Rights and Digital Communications Policies: Collective Rights and Digital Citizenship
Authors: Flew Terry 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThe concept of ‘epistemic rights’ marks an important conceptual shift in thinking about the politics of digital technologies, going beyond such framings as digital inclusion, digital rights, and the digital divide. It observes that epistemic rights are associated with a universalist conception of digital rights that promotes access and use of digital technologies among under-served communities and a nation-building agenda for digital policy. This can be contrasted to an individualistic conception of digital rights, which focuses upon the need for to protect citizens from over-reach by the nation-state. The latter has historically had a strong influence over technology policies than the first, due to the role of ‘internet imaginaries’ developed in the 1990s, that view the internet in terms of the triumph of individualism over collectivism. Drawing upon the recent work of Thomas Piketty and his collaborators, this chapter will focus upon the last of these as a factor in the political tensions that exist in technology policy discourses, particularly as nation-state regulation of the internet and digital platform companies becomes more widespread. It will consider the extent to which a discourse framed around epistemic rights could bring together new political coalitions around technology policy that can cross the divide between technocratic decision-making and populist politics.
Towards Feminist Futures in the Platform Economy: Four Stories from India
Authors: Gurumurthy Anita 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThis chapter focuses on how gender relations are orchestrated in the platform economy and its platform-mediated structures of social power. While digital platforms have been seen as opportunities for women to enter the labour market, there is little evidence that platform work is challenging existing structural biases. The totalising control of algorithms in platform-mediated work exposes platform workers to exploitative conditions, raising important questions about platform workers’ epistemic rights. Based on primary research in India, and building on the research undertaken with colleagues, this text unpacks the impacts of ‘algorithmified’ work and their consequences on gendered epistemologies in the era of the platform economy. First, I will provide a brief background on the characteristics of digital platforms and algorithmic management of work. After this, I will examine implications for the agency and autonomy of women workers and micro-entrepreneurs who seek economic opportunities through digital labour platforms and e-commerce marketplaces. Offering a feminist analysis of the social relations of power that characterise algorithmically restructured labour markets, I will argue how we can move away from the present paradigm to one that is radically transformed.
Research on Individual Authority and Group Authority Relations in Collaborative Problem Solving in Middle School Mathematics
Authors: Wu Jue 
Published: January 2024

AbstractIn collaborative problem solving mathematical learning environments, students often use a range of mathematical and non-mathematical forms of language to gain authority. Previous research on student participation defined individual and group authority relations in collaborative mathematical problem solving and their coding. A video text of six groups of Grade 7 middle school students working in groups of four on the task “Xiao Ming’s Apartment” was studied. The study analysed individual authority and group authority relations in high- and low-scoring groups. The findings were drawn from the rise and fall of individual authority, the proposal negotiation units (authority nodes) of group authority relations, and the discourse coverage of students’ different authority relations. It was found that differences in individual authority between high- and low-scoring groups affected how students distributed and shifted group authority relations in collaborative problem solving in middle school mathematics.
Differences Between Experienced and Preservice Teachers in Noticing Students’ Collaborative Problem-Solving Processes
Authors: Li Rangmei 
Published: January 2024

AbstractTeachers with less classroom experience face major challenges in effectively observing complex group activities. To understand the differences between what experienced and preservice teachers notice, this study applied eye-tracking technology and video-based interviews to investigate 18 experienced teachers’ and 28 preservice teachers’ noticing during students’ collaborative problem-solving activities. The results showed that preservice teachers distributed their attention less evenly than experienced teachers when watching group videos, paying more attention to salient features while experienced teachers selectively noticed more important facets of group teaching.
The Embodied Interaction with XR Metaverse Space Based on Pneumatic Actuated Structures
Authors: Zang Beibei , Wang Tianjun , Luo Dan 
Published: January 2024

AbstractThis paper is based on our exploration of building an integrated-sensory XR interactive system breaking through the sensory boundary between physical environment and metaverse via pneumatic wearables. In short, our exploration mainly focuses on the following two aspects. Firstly, this research has adapted pneumatic-actuated wearable devices to satisfy the needs of clothing comfort and embodied interaction concurrently by exploring the downsized body-scale pneumatic system and programmable soft materials. Secondly, this research explores the possibility of using digital wearables as the linkage of physical body and XR metaverse to enrich the interaction between XR metaverse and physical environment, aiming at the real-time synchronization of physical wearer's and his virtual avatar in XR system.
The Use of Normative Energy Calculation for Natural Ventilation Performance-Driven Urban Block Morphology Generation
Authors: Li Wenjing , Xu Xinhui , Makvandi Mehdi , Sun Zhuoyang , Yuan Philip F. 
Published: January 2024

AbstractExploring the three-state coupling relationship between “urban block morphology, carbon emissions, and human comfort” is necessary when making preliminary design decisions. Currently, morphology generative design is subject to interactions between the level of model definition and simulation duration. Self-intelligent and intelligent generative design workflows using evolutionary algorithms are now becoming an effective solution to this problem. This paper incorporates a dedicated controllable ventilation model based on a normative performance calculator and proposes it in the morphology feedback generation execution of the automated design process. The aim is to develop this automated design method from ambient environment driving only to outside-interior coupling natural potential ventilation influencing morphology generation, with the aim of providing technical support for carbon emission performance-oriented and indoor human comfort-oriented design of urban blocks.