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Light regulation of the biosynthesis of phenolics, terpenoids, and alkaloids in plants
Authors: Liu Yongliang , Singh Sanjay K. , Pattanaik Sitakanta , Wang Hongxia , Yuan Ling 
Published: October 2023

AbstractBiosynthesis of specialized metabolites (SM), including phenolics, terpenoids, and alkaloids, is stimulated by many environmental factors including light. In recent years, significant progress has been made in understanding the regulatory mechanisms involved in light-stimulated SM biosynthesis at the transcriptional, posttranscriptional, and posttranslational levels of regulation. While several excellent recent reviews have primarily focused on the impacts of general environmental factors, including light, on biosynthesis of an individual class of SM, here we highlight the regulation of three major SM biosynthesis pathways by light-responsive gene expression, microRNA regulation, and posttranslational modification of regulatory proteins. In addition, we present our future perspectives on this topic.
Dry reforming of methane over gallium-based supported catalytically active liquid metal solutions
Authors: Wolf Moritz , de Oliveira Ana Luiza , Taccardi Nicola , Maisel Sven , Heller Martina , Khan Antara Sharmin , Søgaard Alexander , Felfer Peter , Görling Andreas , Haumann Marco , Wasserscheid Peter 
Published: October 2023

AbstractGallium-rich supported catalytically active liquid metal solutions (SCALMS) were recently introduced as a new way towards heterogeneous single atom catalysis. SCALMS were demonstrated to exhibit a certain resistance against coking during the dehydrogenation of alkanes using Ga-rich alloys of noble metals. Here, the conceptual catalytic application of SCALMS in dry reforming of methane (DRM) is tested with non-noble metal (Co, Cu, Fe, Ni) atoms in the gallium-rich liquid alloy. This study introduces SCALMS to high-temperature applications and an oxidative reaction environment. Most catalysts were shown to undergo severe oxidation during DRM, while Ga-Ni SCALMS retained a certain level of activity. This observation is explained by a kinetically controlled redox process, namely oxidation to gallium oxide species and re-reduction via H2 activation over Ni. Consequentially, this redox process can be shifted to the metallic side when using increasing concentrations of Ni in Ga, which strongly suppresses coke formation. Density-functional theory (DFT) based ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations were performed to confirm the increased availability of Ni at the liquid alloy-gas interface. However, leaching of gallium via the formation of volatile oxidic species during the hypothesised redox cycles was identified indicating a critical instability of Ga-Ni SCALMS for prolonged test durations.
Multilevel Modeling of Gaze From Listeners With Hearing Loss Following a Realistic Conversation
Authors: Shiell Martha M. , Høy-Christensen Jeppe , Skoglund Martin A. , Keidser Gitte , Zaar Johannes , Rotger-Griful Sergi 
Published: October 2023

Purpose:
There is a need for tools to study real-world communication abilities in people with hearing loss. We outline a potential method for this that analyzes gaze and use it to answer the question of when and how much listeners with hearing loss look toward a new talker in a conversation.

Method:
Twenty-two older adults with hearing loss followed a prerecorded two-person audiovisual conversation in the presence of babble noise. We compared their eye-gaze direction to the conversation in two multilevel logistic regression (MLR) analyses. First, we split the conversation into events classified by the number of active talkers within a turn or a transition, and we tested if these predicted the listener's gaze. Second, we mapped the odds that a listener gazed toward a new talker over time during a conversation transition.

Results:
We found no evidence that our conversation events predicted changes in the listener's gaze, but the listener's gaze toward the new talker during a silence-transition was predicted by time: The odds of looking at the new talker increased in an s-shaped curve from at least 0.4 s before to 1 s after the onset of the new talker's speech. A comparison of models with different random effects indicated that more variance was explained by differences between individual conversation events than by differences between individual listeners.

Conclusions:
MLR modeling of eye-gaze during talker transitions is a promising approach to study a listener's perception of realistic conversation. Our experience provides insight to guide future research with this method.
Vocal Characteristics of Infants at Risk for Speech Motor Involvement: A Scoping Review
Authors: Long Helen L. , Christensen Leslie , Hayes Sydney , Hustad Katherine C. 
Published: October 2023

Purpose:
The purpose of this scoping review was to (a) summarize methodological characteristics of studies examining vocal characteristics of infants at high risk for neurological speech motor involvement and (b) report the state of the high-quality evidence on vocal characteristic trends of infants diagnosed or at high risk for cerebral palsy (CP).

Method:
The PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) extension for scoping reviews was followed for reporting our review. Studies measured prelinguistic vocal characteristics of infants under 24 months with birth risk or genetic conditions known to commonly present with speech motor involvement. Fifty-five studies met criteria for Part 1. Eleven studies met criteria for synthesis in Part 2.

Results:
A smaller percentage of studies examined infants with or at risk for CP compared to studies examining genetic conditions such as Down syndrome. The median year of publication was 1999, with a median sample size of nine participants. Most studies were conducted in laboratory settings and used human coding of vocalizations produced during caregiver–child interactions. Substantial methodological differences were noted across all studies. A small number of high-quality studies of infants with or at risk for CP revealed high rates of marginal babbling, low rates of canonical babbling, and limited consonant diversity under 24 months. Mixed findings were noted across studies of general birth risk factors.

Conclusions:
There is limited evidence available to support the early detection of speech motor involvement. Large methodological differences currently impact the ability to synthesize findings across studies. There is a critical need to conduct longitudinal research with larger sample sizes and advanced, modern technologies to detect vocal precursors of speech impairment to support the accurate diagnosis and prognosis of speech development in infants with CP and other clinical populations.
A dense multi‐scale context and asymmetric pooling embedding network for smoke segmentation
Authors: Wen Gang , Zhou Fangrong , Ma Yutang , Pan Hao , Geng Hao , Cao Jun , Li Kang , Yuan Feiniu 
Published: October 2023

AbstractIt is very challenging to accurately segment smoke images because smoke has some adverse vision characteristics, such as anomalous shapes, blurred edges, and translucency. Existing methods cannot fully focus on the texture details of anomalous shapes and blurred edges simultaneously. To solve these problems, a Dense Multi‐scale context and Asymmetric pooling Embedding Network (DMAENet) is proposed to model the smoke edge details and anomalous shapes for smoke segmentation. To capture the feature information from different scales, a Dense Multi‐scale Context Module (DMCM) is proposed to further enhance the feature representation capability of our network under the help of asymmetric convolutions. To efficiently extract features for long‐shaped objects, the authors use asymmetric pooling to propose an Asymmetric Pooling Enhancement Module (APEM). The vertical and horizontal pooling methods are responsible for enhancing features of irregular objects. Finally, a Feature Fusion Module (FFM) is designed, which accepts three inputs for improving performance. Low and high‐level features are fused by pixel‐wise summing, and then the summed feature maps are further enhanced in an attention manner. Experimental results on synthetic and real smoke datasets validate that all these modules can improve performance, and the proposed DMAENet obviously outperforms existing state‐of‐the‐art methods.
Short‐critical‐path algorithm for allpass transform
Authors: Porhun Maxim I. , Vashkevich Maxim I. 
Published: October 2023

AbstractAllpass transform is a key element of the discrete systems which produces signal processing in warped frequency domain. The paper presents a new short‐critical path algorithm for allpass transform, which essentially consists of calculating the outputs of allpass filters chain. The algorithm is based on the proposed dual allpass filter structure, which computes the outputs of a cascade of two allpass filters in one computational pass. The dual allpass filter structure is obtained using the state variable representation of the allpass filter. The efficiency of the proposed algorithm is analyzed in the context of allpass transform implementation using a general purpose CPU. The results of the experiment show that the use of the proposed algorithm accelerates the calculation of the allpass transform by 1.81 times.
Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Cohort Study with Paired Analysis
Authors: Torres Gabriel Saboia de Araújo , Paiva Wellingson Silva , Amorim Robson Luís Oliveira de 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Introduction Intracranial hypertension continues to be the most frequent cause of death in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Thus, invasive monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP) is a very important tool in neurointensivism. However, there is controversy regarding ICP monitoring and prognosis.
Objectives To evaluate whether there is a difference in mortality between patients with severe TBI who underwent invasive ICP monitoring compared with those who did not undergo such procedure.
Methodology This is a unicentric study in the prospective cohort mode. A total of 316 patients with severe TBI were evaluated and, out of these 316 individuals, 35 were submitted to ICP monitoring. All clinical data were evaluated by the Tertiary Hospital Neurosurgery team in the city of São Paulo.
Results Of the total cohort, 35 (11%) patients underwent ICP monitoring, while 281 did not. Comparing the 2 groups, there was no difference in terms of early mortality between patients who were submitted to monitoring and those who were not (34.3 versus 14.3%; p = 0.09); there was also no difference in terms of hospital mortality (40 versus 28.5%; p = 0.31) or intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (16.10 days, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 10.6–21.6; versus 20.60 days, 95%CI: 13.50–27.70; p = 0.31).
Conclusions In this cohort, we did not identify differences in mortality or in duration of hospitalization between patients with ICP monitoring and those exclusively with clinical-radiological evaluation. However, further national co-operative studies of services using ICP monitoring are needed to achieve results with greater generalization power.
Synthesis of Highly Substituted 1,2,4-Triazole-Based 3-Nitrochromanes through Aza-Michael Addition Reaction under Catalyst- and Base-Free Conditions
Authors: Mohapatra Seetaram , Das Tapaswini , Parida Sonali Priyadarshini , Nayak Sabita 
Published: October 2023

AbstractA simple and efficient aza-Michael addition reaction of 1,2,4-triazoles to functionalized 2-aryl-3-nitro-2H-chromenes has been demonstrated under catalyst- and base-free conditions. In this transformation, one intermolecular C–N bond formation is achieved at room temperature. A series of highly substituted 1,2,4-triazole-based 3-nitrochromanes were produced in good to excellent yields, up to 86%. The relative configuration of the Michael adducts was confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis. High yield, easy accessibility and a wide variety of functional group tolerance are the key features of this aza-Michael­ addition reaction.
Pituitary Metastasis of Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma Mimicking Pituitary Macroadenoma – Case Report
Authors: Nogueira Lucas Caixeta , Silva Luciano Ricardo França da , Tenório Luiz Eduardo Mendonça , Menezes Cleiton Onofre de , Calado João Victor Franco de Oliveira , Rosa Luiz Felipe Gomes , Moussalem Guilherme Figner , Leventi Nicolai Máximo 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Introduction Pituitary tumors account for 25% of all primary brain tumors and for 15% of overall intracranial expansive masses. Pituitary metastases, in contrast, are a rare condition, estimated as 1.8% of all resected sellar lesions. We present here a rare case of clear cell renal carcinoma metastasis to the pituitary gland.
Case Report A 65-year-old patient with holocranial headache and diplopia, whose physical examination showed right eye abduction palsy and ipsilateral anisocoria. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pituitary revealed a heterogeneous mass in T1 weighted imaging with mild peripheral contrast enhancement and considerable growth during follow-up. Prolactin levels were high and dropped to normal after use of cabergoline, but remained normal even after the medication was halted. Biopsy was compatible with clear cell renal carcinoma. After surgery, the patient underwent radiotherapy, which was effective in reducing the volume of the lesion.
Discussion Only 25 cases of pituitary metastasis arising from the kidney were reported in the literature between the years of 1957 and 2018. Metastases can reach the pituitary through hematogenous spread, cerebrospinal fluid, and contiguous bony lesions. Clinical presentation varies from vague complaints such as fatigue or headache to more specific signs like polyuria and polydipsia, and ∼ 60% of cases have clinical manifestations.
Conclusion Case reports of pituitary metastases are low worldwide, with only 25 case reports of kidney metastases in over a 60-year period. The rarity of the lesions and hormonal alterations due to pituitary stalk compression can mislead diagnosis, and some patients may even never be diagnosed regarding their lower life span. In this report, radiotherapy was effective postresection, and accounts for a treatment option. All these issues account for the relevance of these case reports.
Long-term Changes of Infrared Thermography in Successful Decompression of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Case Report
Authors: Ferreira Matheus Henrique Oliveira , Borges Pedro Neves , Fontinha Paulo Roberto Bastos , Acioly Marcus André 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Introduction Infrared thermography (IRT) has demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) diagnosis in previous studies. However, the recovery of the autonomic function after treatment for CTS is rarely addressed in the literature, especially on the long-term.
Case Presentation A 59-year-old lady sought treatment for a long-term history of numbness, tingling, and hand and arm pain. CTS was diagnosed by clinical and electrophysiological means. After 6 months of conservative treatment, surgical treatment was offered. Preoperative IRT was performed by static and dynamic evaluations immediately and 5 minutes after the cold challenge test using the FLIR C2 camera with accuracy of 2°C or 2%. Fingers were consistently colder (mean of 3.76°C), which clearly represented an autonomic dysfunction in the patient's hand. The patient underwent mini-open carpal tunnel decompression and did great postoperatively. One year after surgery, the patient was fully recovered and completely asymptomatic. IRT imaging showed a remarkable improvement of fingers temperature (mean of 3.36°C).
Conclusion Our long-term results confirmed that functional recovery occurred concomitantly to autonomic recovery, which was demonstrated by consistent improvement in fingers' temperature. IRT has a strong potential at the evaluation of patients with CTS for both diagnosis and follow-up.
Postoperative Opioid Consumption is Greater after Simultaneous versus Staged Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty
Authors: Sustich Sara J. , Stambough Jeffrey B. , Hui Ryan , Siegel Eric R. , Barnes C. Lowry , Mears Simon C. 
Published: October 2023

AbstractIncreased exposure to opioids around total knee arthroplasty (TKA) can lead to a risk of long-term dependence. We hypothesized that performing simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty (simBTKA) over staged surgery (staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty [stgBTKA]) may decrease the total amount of opiates used. We retrospectively reviewed 29 patients who underwent simBTKAs performed between February 2015 and November 2020 and identified 23 that did not use opioids ≤90 days prior to surgery. These were frequency matched for gender and body mass index to 50 stgBTKAs completed within 6 months who also were opioid-free ≤90 days prior to their first surgery. Using our state's prescription database, we reviewed postsurgery opioid refills and morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) for the two groups and compared their initial MME prescription at discharge and their total MME consumption 6 months postoperatively. Total MME consumption for the stgBTKA group included all prescriptions following the first and 6 months after the second surgery, whereas for the simBTKA group, total consumption included the 6 months after their two same-day surgeries. The simBTKA group had more MMEs prescribed initially (median = 375) than did the stgBTKA group after second surgery (median = 300; p < 0.007), larger postoperative-refill MMEs in the first 30 days (median = 300) than stgBTKA (median = 0; p = 0.221) and increased total MME consumption 6 months after surgery (median = 675) compared with stgBTKA after second surgery (median = 450; p = 0.077). However, both groups had similar monthly consumptions rates, with medians I MMEs/month of 112 for simBTKA versus 96 for stgBTKA (p = 0.585). Our results suggest there is no significant difference in opioid consumption between simBTKA and stgBTKA. In fact, we found that simBTKA patients received larger opioid amounts in the immediate postoperative period as well as slightly larger amounts at 30 days.
A Century of Laffer-Ascher Syndrome
Authors: Rewri Parveen , Garg Swapnil , Kumar Rajender , Gupta Gulab 
Published: October 2023

AbstractLaffer-Ascher syndrome is characterized by double lips, blepharochalasis, and nongoiter thyroid enlargement. The syndrome was first described in 1923 and several case reports have been published thereafter. We illustrate the syndrome through a case of a 46-year-old woman who presented with both upper and lower double lips and blepharochalasis, and review the literature published.Thyroid involvement is the most inconsistent feature of the syndrome complex described in reported cases.
ASVAL with Phlebectomy/Sclerofoam Technique: Preliminary Results
Authors: Garavello Alberto , Fiamma Paola , Oliva Enrico 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThe ambulatory selective varicose vein ablation under local anesthesia (ASVAL) method recommends preserving the great saphenous vein (GSV), unless there is a serious terminal valve insufficiency, and suggests phlebectomy of superficial varicose reservoir as a primary treatment. To increase patient comfort, foam safety and cosmetic results, we used ASVAL with a mixed phlebectomy/foam technique on local anesthesia. Thirty consecutive patients treated with ASVAL phlebectomy-sclerofoam technique were reviewed retrospectively between December 2022 and April 2023. All patients were evaluated by clinical examination and duplex ultrasound (DUS); the main selection criteria were a minimal GSV insufficiency (main GSV < or = to 1 cm). Muller phlebectomy of tributaries at entry point in the saphenous trunk was performed; after 1 week, patients were checked for foam sclerotherapy of residual trunk. Under visual control, 0.5% polidocanol foam (from 5 to 10 cc. “Tessari Technique”) was injected in visible veins and elastic compression with pad was applied for 1 week. Compression with Class I elastic stockings was prescribed, and patients were reviewed after 1 month. Postoperative complications included thigh hematoma in two patients, three thrombosis of injected trunk, and hyperpigmentation in three patients. No GSV thrombosis at DUS was recorded. In 27 patients, a satisfying cosmetic result was achieved, and in 3 patients a new foam session was needed. Phlebectomy/foam ASVAL technique is a safe, low-traumatic technique with no need of US guidance, with less risk of foam migrating in GSV, simple and inexpensive, for patients with less advanced GSV insufficiency.
Good soldiers or bad apples? Exploring the impact of employee narcissism on constructive and destructive voice
Authors: Cui Zilong 
Published: October 2023

AbstractNarcissists have always been thought to have both positive and negative characteristics. However, the existing research regarding the ways that narcissistic employees express such positive and negative traits in organizations is still limited. The results of a longitudinal field study based on 450 participants of one Chinese firm to investigate the hypothesized model. The results show that employee narcissism has a positive effect on destructive voice via perceived overqualification. Moreover, organizational identification weakens the relation between employee narcissism and destructive voice via perceived overqualification. The results casts light on the mechanism between employee narcissism and voice. These findings provide significant insights for organizations in regard to the managing of narcissistic employees and overqualified employees. These findings also have important practical implications for organizations, enabling them to develop more appropriate human resource management strategies for narcissistic employees.
Comment on ‘Horizon-scale tests of gravity theories and fundamental physics from the Event Horizon Telescope image of Sagittarius A*’
Authors: Tsukamoto Naoki 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Vagnozzi et al constrained the additional parameter of spacetimes with a photon sphere from the observation of the shadow of Sagittarius A* under the assumption that a distance to the Sagittarius A* and its mass parameter was estimated from other observations. They claimed that a Damour–Solodukhin wormhole with an additional parameter λ is not an asymptotically-flat spacetime and that they gave the first robust observational constraint on the parameter λ of the Damour–Solodukhin wormhole. However, they overlooked the fact that: (A) the Damour–Solodukhin wormhole spacetime is asymptotically flat, (B) the throat of the Damour–Solodukhin wormhole works as an effective photon sphere for

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, and (C) not only a usual mass parameter but also the parameter λ contributes the mass of the Damour–Solodukhin wormhole. Because of the overlook (C), we realize that their constraint on the parameter λ is invalid. This is because their method corresponds to the following way: They estimated the mass parameter from the other observations under the assumption λ = 0 even though the value of the parameter λ strongly affects the determination of the mass parameter, and then, they used the value of the mass parameter to constrain λ from the observation of the shadow. We conclude that we should constrain the mass parameter and λ from the shadow observation and other observations without the assumption λ = 0.
Optical dipole micro-trap for atoms based on crossed planar photonic waveguides
Authors: Ovchinnikov Yuri B , Ayi-Yovo Folly Eli , Spampinato Alessio 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
Optical dipole micro-traps for atoms based on constructive superposition of two-colour evanescent light waves, formed by corresponding optical modes of two crossed suspended photonic rib waveguides, are modelled. The main parameters of the traps for rubidium atoms, such as potential depth, tunnelling rates of atoms from the trap and coherence time of the trapped atoms are estimated.