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Mediatorship: Exploring transformational conflict narratives that elicit generative processes through interconnected continuums that cultivate conflict wisdom
Authors: Riva Susan Mossman 
Published: October 2023

AbstractNarrative inquiry, narrative conflict resolution, and auto/duoethnography can be seen as sources of agency, fostering emancipatory processes. Autoethnography is a method that can elicit constructive social change by cultivating narrative coherency. These generative methods and practices have the ability to enkindle a cultural shift. We need new stories to initiate transformational processes, resetting individual life trajectories and humanities' course. Writing Homing In: An Adopted Child's Story Mandala of Connecting, Reunion, and Belonging, provided an autoethnographic exploration that encompassed notions of the good life in an autoethnographic process akin to spiritual journey. This adoption and reunion story gave rise to concepts and transformational learning pedagogies that can be used to engender resolution processes that can be understood as “lines of flight” or flyways. The homing in mechanism that was found in cases of adopted children that were able to find their birth parents, is shown to work as a compass, guiding individual life trajectories. Auto/duoethnography are methods that elicit relational transformation while contributing to the development of conflict wisdom. Transformagram Portfolios incorporating these approaches were designed to teach courses within the Cultural and Social Department at Creighton University. Writing conflict and illness narratives elevated personal questing to art form by using future forming research methods to beautify story mandalas. Auto/duoethnography can be developed as an effective conflict resolution tool in response to current “glocal” challenges. Transformational pedagogies have facetted a holistic lens by creating reflexive space. In this context, mediatorship is a vessel of exploration that transports conflict resolution practices, while orienting experiential learning that interconnects the inner and outer journey. Transformagram Portfolios use auto/duoethnography to nurture narrative coherency, living wisdom, and generativity by scaffolding learning processes that provide an innovative pedagogical instrument for conflict resolution.
Sub‐soil plastic film mulch promotes the growth and yield improvement of winter wheat in coastal saline–alkali soil
Authors: Wang Changyuan , Qiao Yunzhou , Zong Rui , Sun Chitao , Li Quanqi , Zhang Mingming 
Published: October 2023

AbstractCrop yields are seriously threatened in saline–alkali areas with shallow groundwater levels and high evaporation. Mulching can effectively alleviate salt stress on crops in drylands, but there is limited research on winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) mulching in coastal saline–alkali areas. To investigate the effect of plastic film mulching on the growth and yield of wheat in coastal saline–alkali soil, three field management measures were designed: bare ground (CK), plastic film mulch (PM), and sub‐soil plastic film mulch (PMF). Compared with CK, PM and PMF significantly increased wheat grain yield by 128.2%–313.2% and 187.8%–537.0%, respectively, over the two study stages. The movement of salt to the surface is inhibited after mulching; as a result, PMF and PM significantly decreased the electric conductivity in shallow soil (0–20 cm) by 31.1% and 23.8%, on average, compared to CK, resulting in a significant increase in dry matter accumulation (DM) for winter wheat throughout the growing season. Moreover, PMF increased the overall DM by increasing the dry matter accumulation per plant (DMP), while PM achieved a similar effect to PMF by increasing the number of tillers. Compared with PM, PMF had a better inhibitory effect on shallow soil salinity, significantly increasing the effective number of spikes, effective tillering rate, DMP, and spike weight at harvest; promoting vegetative and reproductive growth of wheat fields; and ultimately increasing yield. PMF can be used to improve winter wheat production in coastal saline–alkali soils.
A growth‐based assay using fluorescent protein emission to screen for S‐adenosylmethionine synthetase inhibitors
Authors: Viola Ronald E. , Parungao Gwenn G. , Blumenthal Robert M. 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThe use of cell growth‐based assays to identify inhibitory compounds is straightforward and inexpensive, but is also inherently insensitive and somewhat nonspecific. To overcome these limitations and develop a sensitive, specific cell‐based assay, two different approaches were combined. To address the sensitivity limitation, different fluorescent proteins have been introduced into a bacterial expression system to serve as growth reporters. To overcome the lack of specificity, these protein reporters have been incorporated into a plasmid in which they are paired with different orthologs of an essential target enzyme, in this case l‐methionine S‐adenosyltransferase (MAT, AdoMet synthetase). Screening compounds that serve as specific inhibitors will reduce the growth of only a subset of strains, because these strains are identical, except for which target ortholog they carry. Screening several such strains in parallel not only reveals potential inhibitors but the strains also serve as specificity controls for one another. The present study makes use of an existing Escherichia coli strain that carries a deletion of metK, the gene for MAT. Transformation with these plasmids leads to a complemented strain that no longer requires externally supplied S‐adenosylmethionine for growth, but its growth is now dependent on the activity of the introduced MAT ortholog. The resulting fluorescent strains provide a platform to screen chemical compound libraries and identify species‐selective inhibitors of AdoMet synthetases. A pilot study of several chemical libraries using this platform identified new lead compounds that are ortholog‐selective inhibitors of this enzyme family, some of which target the protozoal human pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum.
The effect of face orientation on audiovisual speech integration in infancy: An electrophysiological study
Authors: Szmytke Magdalena , Ilyka Dianna , Duda‐Goławska Joanna , Laudańska Zuzanna , Malinowska‐Korczak Anna , Tomalski Przemysław 
Published: October 2023

AbstractHumans pay special attention to faces and speech from birth, but the interplay of developmental processes leading to specialization is poorly understood. We investigated the effects of face orientation on audiovisual (AV) speech perception in two age groups of infants (younger: 5‐ to 6.5‐month‐olds; older: 9‐ to 10.5‐month‐olds) and adults. We recorded event‐related potentials (ERP) in response to videos of upright and inverted faces producing /ba/ articulation dubbed with auditory syllables that were either matching /ba/ or mismatching /ga/ the mouth movement. We observed an increase in the amplitude of audiovisual mismatch response (AVMMR) to incongruent visual /ba/‐auditory /ga/ syllable in comparison to other stimuli in younger infants, while the older group of infants did not show a similar response. AV mismatch response to inverted visual /ba/‐auditory /ga/ stimulus relative to congruent stimuli was also detected in the right frontal areas in the younger group and the left and right frontal areas in adults. We show that face configuration affects the neural response to AV mismatch differently across all age groups. The novel finding of the AVMMR in response to inverted incongruent AV speech may potentially imply the featural face processing in younger infants and adults when processing inverted faces articulating incongruent speech. The lack of visible differential responses to upright and inverted incongruent stimuli obtained in the older group of infants suggests a likely functional cortical reorganization in the processing of AV speech.
Electronic Structure Variations of Cu‐Based Water Oxidation Catalysts Bearing Redox‐Active Ligands
Authors: den Boer Daan , Stegman Hugo , Peeters Cornelis J. C. , Siegler Maxime A. , Hetterscheid Dennis G. H. 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThe physical and electrochemical properties of a series of Cu complexes bearing redox‐active ligands were investigated. The effect of the geometry and electronic structure on the redox potentials of the CuI/II and ligand‐based oxidation was investigated, in both MeCN and aqueous solutions. Here we found that the formation of a delocalized ligand radical is essential to obtain catalytic activity for water oxidation. Furthermore, we found that ligand‐based oxidation can be controlled by electronic effects of substituent methoxy groups on various positions on the ligand. This allows us to propose design principles for ligands employed in water oxidation catalysts that operate via a SET‐HA mechanism: 1) The redox‐active ligand should contain a negative charge of at least −1 or have the ability to oxidize the ligand via PCET whereby a proton is removed from the ligand. 2) The oxidation potential of the redox‐active ligands can be controlled by introduction of substituents. To decrease this potential, the electron density should be directed at the position of the ligand where oxidation occurs. 3) Stabilization of the oxidized ligand by electronic or delocalization effects decreases the oxidation potential.
Endospore production of Bacillus spp. for industrial use
Authors: Biermann Riekje , Beutel Sascha 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThe increased occurrence of antibiotic resistance and the harmful use of pesticides are a major problem of modern times. A ban on the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in animal breeding has put a focus on the probiotics market. Probiotic food supplements are versatile and show promising results in animal and human nutrition. Chemical pesticides can be substituted by biopesticides, which are very effective against various pests in plants due to increased research. What these fields have in common is the use of spore‐forming bacteria. The endospore‐forming Bacillus spp. belonging to this group offer an effective solution to the aforementioned problems. Therefore, the biotechnological production of sufficient qualities of such endospores has become an innovative and financially viable field of research. In this review, the production of different Bacillus spp. endospores will be reviewed. For this purpose, the media compositions, cultivation conditions and bioprocess optimization methods of the last 20 years are presented and reflected.
Sonochemical synthesis of cobalt (II) metal–organic framework (TMU‐10)/polypyrrole nanocomposites with high adsorption capacity for dye removal from water
Authors: Maleki Fateme , Fathi Sohrab , Safari Meysam 
Published: October 2023

AbstractIn this study, Tarbiat Modares University‐10/poly pyrrole (TMU‐10/PPy), a water‐stable metal–organic framework/polymer composite, was successfully fabricated and applied as adsorbent for removal of methyl red from contaminated water. The pyrrole obtained novel‐structured TMU‐10@PPy composite showed high efficiency in removing the methyl red. Several variables affecting the adsorption efficiency of methyl red, that is, pH, amount of adsorbent, contact times, and the salt additive, were investigated and optimized. The best working conditions were as follows: sample pH, 5; amount of sorbent, 4 mg; contact time, 9 min; salt additive, 2% (wt/vol). The maximum adsorption capacity of TMU‐10@PPy toward methyl red was 101.01 mg/g. The adsorption kinetics and isotherms of TMU‐10@PPy were consistent with a pseudo‐second‐order kinetic model and the Langmuir isotherm model. It was found that TMU‐10@PPy exhibited excellent reusability and had the potential for treating dye‐polluted wastewaters.
A method for battery fault diagnosis and early warning combining isolated forest algorithm and sliding window
Authors: Cheng Xianfu , Li Xiaojing , Ma Xiaodong 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThe vehicle's power battery is composed of a large number of battery cells series or in parallel. Due to the manufacturing process error and the different use environments, there are differences between the battery cells, and the battery pack will have inconsistency problems, which will increase the safety hazard. Therefore, it is of great practical significance to identify and warn about the inconsistency of power batteries. Based on the data of the internet of vehicles platform, this paper proposes an improved isolated forest power battery abnormal monomer identification and early warning method, which uses the sliding window (SW) to segment the dataset and update the data of the diagnosis model in real‐time. The scores of normal battery cells and abnormal battery cells were analyzed, and then the fault threshold was determined to be 0.75. The results show that the recall ratio and precision ratio of the algorithm are 0.91 and 0.95, respectively, which is more suitable for inconsistent battery cell identification than other methods. If the SW size is 15, the warning effect is the best. Before the vehicle alarm occurs, the algorithm can realize early fault warnings, thus effectively avoiding the safety problems caused by inconsistency faults.
Leveraging prices from credit and equity option markets for portfolio risk management
Authors: Bégin Jean‐François , Boudreault Mathieu , Thériault Mathieu 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThis study presents a firm‐specific methodology for extracting implied default intensities and recovery rates jointly from unit recovery claim prices—backed by out‐of‐the‐money put options—and credit default swap premiums, therefore providing time‐varying and market‐consistent views of credit risk at the individual level. We apply the procedure to about 400 firms spanning different sectors of the US economy between 2003 and 2019. The main determinants of default intensities and recovery rates are analyzed with statistical and machine learning methods linking default risk and credit losses to market, sector, and individual variables. Consistent with the literature, we find that individual volatility, leverage, and corporate bond market determinants are key factors explaining the implied default intensities and recovery rates. Then, we apply the framework in the context of credit risk management in applications, like, market‐consistent credit value‐at‐risk calculation and stress testing.
Holocene landscape reconstruction in the surroundings of the Temple of Pepi I at ancient Bubastis, southeastern Nile Delta (Egypt)
Authors: Garbe Philipp , El‐Raouf Amr Abd , Es‐Senussi Ashraf , Lange‐Athinodorou Eva , Meister Julia 
Published: October 2023

AbstractIn ancient Egypt, lakes, canals, and other water bodies were an essential part of the sacred landscape in which temples were embedded. In recent years, geoarchaeological research at the site of the Temple of Bastet at Bubastis in the southeastern Nile Delta has proven the existence of two water canals surrounding the temple. It has now been investigated whether these canals were connected to the Temple of Pepi I (2300–2250 B.C.E.), located approximately 100 m to the west of the Temple of Bastet. To explore the Holocene landscape genesis of the Temple of Pepi I, 15 drillings and six geoelectrical profile lines were performed in the surroundings of the temple in spring 2022. The results show loamy to clayey sediments in deeper sections of all drillings with a maximum thickness of 1.70 m, indicating a marshy or swampy depositional environment. Based on the recovered sediment sequences and archaeological remains in the vicinity of the Temple of Pepi I, the marshy or swampy area existed before the Fourth Dynasty. During the Old Kingdom (ca. 2850–2180 B.C.E.), the former marshland either dried up through natural processes or was intentionally drained and filled with sediments for subsequent use for occupation. Regarding the original research question, there is as yet no evidence for a direct connection to the canals of the Temple of Bastet.
Distinct roles of delta‐ and theta‐band neural tracking for sharpening and predictive coding of multi‐level speech features during spoken language processing
Authors: Mai Guangting , Wang William S.‐Y. 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThe brain tracks and encodes multi‐level speech features during spoken language processing. It is evident that this speech tracking is dominant at low frequencies (<8 Hz) including delta and theta bands. Recent research has demonstrated distinctions between delta‐ and theta‐band tracking but has not elucidated how they differentially encode speech across linguistic levels. Here, we hypothesised that delta‐band tracking encodes prediction errors (enhanced processing of unexpected features) while theta‐band tracking encodes neural sharpening (enhanced processing of expected features) when people perceive speech with different linguistic contents. EEG responses were recorded when normal‐hearing participants attended to continuous auditory stimuli that contained different phonological/morphological and semantic contents: (1) real‐words, (2) pseudo‐words and (3) time‐reversed speech. We employed multivariate temporal response functions to measure EEG reconstruction accuracies in response to acoustic (spectrogram), phonetic and phonemic features with the partialling procedure that singles out unique contributions of individual features. We found higher delta‐band accuracies for pseudo‐words than real‐words and time‐reversed speech, especially during encoding of phonetic features. Notably, individual time‐lag analyses showed that significantly higher accuracies for pseudo‐words than real‐words started at early processing stages for phonetic encoding (<100 ms post‐feature) and later stages for acoustic and phonemic encoding (>200 and 400 ms post‐feature, respectively). Theta‐band accuracies, on the other hand, were higher when stimuli had richer linguistic content (real‐words > pseudo‐words > time‐reversed speech). Such effects also started at early stages (<100 ms post‐feature) during encoding of all individual features or when all features were combined. We argue these results indicate that delta‐band tracking may play a role in predictive coding leading to greater tracking of pseudo‐words due to the presence of unexpected/unpredicted semantic information, while theta‐band tracking encodes sharpened signals caused by more expected phonological/morphological and semantic contents. Early presence of these effects reflects rapid computations of sharpening and prediction errors. Moreover, by measuring changes in EEG alpha power, we did not find evidence that the observed effects can be solitarily explained by attentional demands or listening efforts. Finally, we used directed information analyses to illustrate feedforward and feedback information transfers between prediction errors and sharpening across linguistic levels, showcasing how our results fit with the hierarchical Predictive Coding framework. Together, we suggest the distinct roles of delta and theta neural tracking for sharpening and predictive coding of multi‐level speech features during spoken language processing.
RANK‐L inhibitor as a promising agent for refractory extensive craniofacial fibrous dysplasia: A case report
Authors: Abouammo Moataz D. , Alsavaf Mohammad Bilal , Prevedello Daniel M. , Ghalib Luma , Boyce Alison M. , Carrau Ricardo L. 
Published: October 2023

AbstractBackgroundMcCune‐Albright syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (FD), café‐au‐lait skin pigmentation, and endocrine dysfunction. Extensive FD in the craniofacial region can present significant challenges in terms of disease control and carries a high risk of permanent visual impairment.MethodsWe present a case of medically and surgically resistant FD that required nine optic nerve decompressions.ResultsThe condition was ultimately controlled with the use of the denosumab agent.ConclusionThe case highlights the importance and potential efficacy of denosumab in resistant FD management, particularly in cases involving sensitive organs.
Co‐development of implementation strategies to assist staff of a mental health community managed organisation provide preventive care for health behaviours
Authors: Regan Casey , Dray Julia , Fehily Caitlin , Campbell Elizabeth , Bartlem Kate , Orr Mark , Govindasamy Sumathi , Bowman Jenny 
Published: October 2023

AbstractIssue AddressedPeople with a mental health condition are at risk of developing chronic physical disease due to smoking tobacco, inadequate nutrition, high alcohol consumption, low physical activity and poor sleep (SNAPS). Community managed organisations (CMOs) represent an opportune setting to support mental health consumers to improve their health behaviours through providing preventive care. Reporting of methods used to co‐develop implementation strategies to assist CMO staff to deliver preventive care for SNAPS are scarce yet warranted.ObjectivesThis study aims to: (1) describe a co‐development workshop involving CMO staff and researchers to identify preferred implementation support strategies to help staff routinely provide preventive care; (2) describe the strategies that emerged from the workshop; and (3) report staff ratings of the workshop on four co‐development principles.MethodsA three‐hour co‐development workshop was conducted on two occasions with staff of one CMO in New South Wales, Australia. Twenty staff participated in the workshops.ResultsParticipants generated and ranked a total of seven discrete implementation strategies within five categories (training, point of care prompts, guidelines, continuous quality improvement and consumer activation). Training for staff to have difficult conversations about behaviour change was ranked highest in both workshops. Participants rated the workshops positively across four co‐development principles.ConclusionsThe co‐development workshop enabled implementation strategies to be developed within the context in which they were to be delivered and tested, potentially increasing their feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness and impact.So What?Implementation strategies selected from the workshops will inform a pilot implementation support trial to assist CMO staff to provide preventive care to people with mental health conditions.