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Three‐dimensional echocardiography and strain cardiac imaging in women with pre‐eclampsia with follow‐up to 6 months postpartum
Authors: Company Calabuig A. M. , Nunez E. , Georgiopoulos G. , Nicolaides K. H. , Charakida M. , De Paco Matallana C. 
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTObjectiveEpidemiological studies have established that women with pre‐eclampsia (PE) are at increased long‐term cardiovascular risk. Mild cardiac functional changes have been documented during pregnancy in women with PE, but their evolution from presentation to the postpartum period remains poorly defined. The aim of this study was to assess biventricular cardiovascular indices using novel and sensitive two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional (3D) echocardiographic modalities in pregnancy and to track alterations in both risk factors and cardiovascular indices in the postpartum period.MethodsA total of 59 women with PE were examined at 34 (interquartile range, 31–37) weeks' gestation and at 2–3 days, 3 months and 6 months postpartum. During pregnancy, 118 women with a normotensive pregnancy were also recruited as controls. Biventricular ejection fraction and left ventricular mass were measured by 3D echocardiography. Biventricular global longitudinal strain and strain of the left atrium were assessed using speckle‐tracking imaging.ResultsIn women with PE, compared with controls, there was lower left ventricular diastolic function (left atrial reservoir strain, 44.1% vs 49.2%) and increased left ventricular mass index (148 vs 128 g/m2), but there was no significant difference in right ventricular functional indices. These alterations in cardiac indices were mostly explained by differences in maternal risk factors. In the postpartum period, most cardiac indices improved by 3 months. Multivariable linear mixed‐model analysis demonstrated that this improvement was mostly attributed to reduction in weight and blood pressure.ConclusionIn women with PE, there is postpartum improvement in cardiac functional and structural indices in parallel with improvement in their risk factor profile. © 2023 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Conceptualisations of Extra-Curricular Cross-Sector Partnerships in the Context of The Cultural Schoolbag and Physical Activity Health Initiatives in Norwegian Schools
Authors: Borgen Jorunn Spord , Hallås Bjørg Oddrun 
Published: August 2023

AbstractOver the past decades, cross-sector partnership and collaborations in schools have been embraced and developed in many countries as a form of joint work that requires mutual engagement across boundaries within the education policy and practice nexus. However, the addition of extra-curricular content into the school by external partners can be challenging, as it requires the restructuring of the kind of content and knowledge that should be ground in school. How those involved in the cross-sector partnerships negotiate the knowledge ground for certain extra-curricular content and practices is influenced by the context-dependent relationships within the research-policy-practice nexus. Building on previous empirical research conducted by the authors and a document analysis, this article investigates the conceptualisations and key events of two empirical examples of such extra-curricular cross-sector partnerships in the context of compulsory education in Norway. The chapter contributes new knowledge about the research-policy-practice nexus in these partnerships.
Tracing Policy in Practice. Exploring the Interactional Exercise of Oral Assessment
Authors: Wiig Astrid Camilla 
Published: August 2023

AbstractBy empirically zooming in on oracy as an area of educational reforms, this chapter illuminates how a new oral assessment phenomenon that has been observed in practice meets, overlaps, and, more recently, challenges educational policy in the Norwegian educational context. Conducted in three lower secondary schools, the study draws on audio-recorded materials capturing authentic teacher–student dialogues in group subject talk tests. By exploring authentic assessment practices, the chapter analyzes (1) which aspects of competence students are made accountable for and (2) how the introduction of learning outcomes and oracy as one of five core skills can challenge the interactional exercise of oral assessment in educational practice. The results illustrate how subject talk evaluation practices through the organization in social groups go beyond assessing students in terms of assessment criteria or scales. The oral assessment situation becomes a setting where teachers share professional judgments and approve specific oral initiatives for groups of students. In this nexus of group subject talks and recent policy on learning outcomes and oracy as a core skill, students become competent contributors through retrospective evaluations of their own performance, making themselves accountable for the group’s community, subject-specific knowledge, and the norms and rules of reasoning in the group’s subject talks. The findings raise several questions about how we understand actors as the coconstructors of educational policy when certain educational practices seem to be in front of policy uptake in the nexuses where policy and practice conflict, overlap, and meet.
Understanding Education Reform Policy Trajectories by Analytical Sequencing
Authors: Wermke Wieland , Forsberg Eva 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThis chapter exemplifies a strategy for understanding and examining Policy and PracticeNexuses concerning education reform trajectories. Education policy-making is an increasingly complex process, mostly neither linear and rational nor unidirectional. However, to understand such processes, we advocate complexity reduction through analytical distinctions, sequencing, and entity-relationship-thinking. While policy-practice nexuses are conflated in the reality of public education, our analytical approach must produce a somewhat linear, sequential understanding. Drawing on this argument, we propose a model which displays education reform trajectories and explore the model in terms of empirical objects. With the distinction between entities and relationships, we facilitate analytical definitions in Policy-Practice Research regarding what affects what and how it does so. Relationships are units of re-contextualization, process, and transfer, which demand the presence of at least two entities. Moreover, Time becomes an analytical device. Each unit conditions the next. The prior development of ideas always conditions the current context of the analyses. Finally, we advocate comparative education reform policy analyses. While selecting (national and sectorial), cases become critical. Comparisons may uncover the different layers of universality and particularity.
Made in Italy? Images and Narratives of Afro-Italian Fashion
Authors: Carini Ludovica , Mazzucotelli Salice Silvia 
Published: August 2023

AbstractIn recent years, several studies have attempted to trace the evolution of the fashion system in a globalised context and pluralized societies. This paper follows in the footsteps of similar research, focusing in particular on Afro-Italian fashion, i.e. on garments created by designers of African descent who have chosen Made in Italy - its rules, structures and conventions - as a tangible and symbolic place to give form to their creativity.Through qualitative research, the paper discusses the storytelling of Afro-Italian fashion within the Made in Italy imaginary; it focuses on communication practices put in place by the actors involved and by the networks they activate. Specific interest is dedicated to self-defining strategies in terms of values and images proposed as narratives that are both authentic and not other-directed.In doing so, the study highlights how Afro-descendant creatives promote a new model of Italian-ness, and critically nurture a new Made in Italy by being relevant social and economic actors within and beyond the African diaspora on the national territory.
Developments of Cultural Appropriation in Fashion: An In-Progress Research
Authors: Piancazzo Flavia 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe research examines global fashion, with a special focus on cultural appropriation and inspiration in the contemporary fashion industry. The issue of cultural appropriation is quite new in the scenario of cultural studies. In its early stage, the project will consider new perspectives on the analysis of fashion production with a multidisciplinary approach. By collecting and studying material from international frameworks, the research aims to understand how the concept of appropriation develops. By outlining an approach for a conscious production process, even cooperating with other international realities, the present work might be of help in decentralizing the market.
Teleworking and Video-Meetings. Does Fashion Fit?
Authors: Nobile Tekila Harley , Cantoni Lorenzo 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe Covid19 pandemic forced most companies to impose teleworking from home. Although individuals have access to many platforms in order to collaborate and to communicate with others, telework during the pandemic brought to light many challenges. Among these, personal appearance, and the setting in which videoconferences are conducted emerged as critical elements when working from home. Very few studies have researched the role of fashion in video-meetings. To address this gap, a survey has been executed, providing relevant insights into workers’ videoconferencing practices. Findings show that individuals’ appearance when doing online meetings with the camera on is very different from when they are in a professional setting. Furthermore, the desirability and prediction of use of digital elements/filters such as clothing, make-up, accessories, hair/beard, and home décor for professional settings are high. The implications of this study are twofold. Firstly, it provides novel insights on the role of digital fashion in the context of teleworking. Then, avenues for future research on digital fashion for videoconferencing in a post-pandemic setting are presented.
Towards a More Elaborate Understanding of the Fashion Photoshoot – An Aesthetic Production with the Element of Age
Authors: Bøilerehauge Dorrit 
Published: August 2023

AbstractWhile agendas of diversity and inclusion seem to flourish and thrive in many instances, we still often experience a gap between agendas and practice. Such is also the case in fashion marketing. We are witnessing a hesitant development when it comes to brands’ usage of mature models, and it sparks curiousity as to the causes of the slow phase. Are we witnessing a resistance to a potential “silverization” in fashion branding, or is the production of marketing material more complex than top-management’s decisions to signal diversity in tune with the times? As a step towards mapping the different elements constructing the visual marketing material and discussing the possible significance of age on the set, this work in progress shares the framework and the design of research with the purpose of engendering reflection of how we can investigate the aesthetic production of visual material in the fashion industry and discuss the significance of our findings.
A Conceptual Model of Dress Embodiment and Technological Mediation in Digital Fashion
Authors: Ornati Michela 
Published: August 2023

AbstractDress is an embodied, physical experience which the touch-deprived sensory affordances of today’s screen technologies can only simulate. However, advances in haptic and virtual technologies suggest a re-embodied experience of dress might be possible in increasingly immersive digital fashion environments. These developments are explored through postphenomenology, which posits that technology mediates and co-determines relations between humans and the world, helping to shape the socio-cultural normative and value frameworks within which such phenomena occur. A model is proposed which conceptualizes these developments and serves as an interpretive framework of dress (dis)embodiment and technological mediation in digital fashion.
Communicating Digitalised Supply Chain Transparency: Towards a Guide for Fashion SMEs
Authors: Heim Hilde , Hodson Julie 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe digitalisation of fashion supply chain transparency has gained increased attention in recent years. Technology solutions that have arisen based on advanced technologies and Web3 include smart tags, forensic tracers and blockchain platformisation. Whereby current reports discuss supply chain transparency from the perspective of the data, technical solutions and policy [1, 2], little attention is given to the fashion firms that are to adopt these technologies. Finding themselves in the midst of the supply chain transparency polemic, small to medium brands are still at a loss as to transformation and communication strategies [3]. This paper examines the standpoint of the small-scale brand, its challenges and needs in the face of digital transformation and lays the groundwork for the development of Web3 technology adoption guidelines–that can ultimately form, not only part of their implementation but also their communication strategy. Applying the theoretical framework of organisational theory, it provides evidence of successful practice through case study methodology. The study contributes to knowledge of organisational theory in the context of adjusting to rapid and complex change triggered by both external and internal demands for adopting advanced technology.
Soft gluon self-energy at finite temperature and density: hard NLO corrections in general covariant gauge
Authors: Gorda Tyler , Paatelainen Risto , Säppi Saga , Seppänen Kaapo 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
We compute the next-to-leading order (NLO) hard correction to the gluon self-energy tensor with arbitrary soft momenta in a hot and/or dense weakly coupled plasma in Quantum Chromodynamics. Our diagrammatic computations of the two-loop and power corrections are performed within the hard-thermal-loop (HTL) framework and in general covariant gauge, using the real-time formalism. We find that after renormalization our individual results are finite and gauge-dependent, and they reproduce previously computed results in Quantum Electrodynamics in the appropriate limit. Combining our results, we also recover a formerly known gauge-independent matching coefficient and associated screening mass in a specific kinematic limit. Our NLO results supersede leading-order HTL results from the 1980s and pave the way to an improved understanding of the bulk properties of deconfined matter, such as the equation of state.
Probing lepton flavor violation at Circular Electron-Positron Colliders
Authors: Altmannshofer Wolfgang , Munbodh Pankaj , Oh Talise 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Lepton flavor violation is one of the cleanest probes of physics beyond the standard model. In this work, we explore the sensitivity of the process e+e− → τμ to new physics above the TeV scale at the proposed circular electron-positron colliders FCC-ee and CEPC. We compute the e+e− → τμ cross-section in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory and assess the relevant backgrounds. We compare our sensitivity projections to existing and expected constraints from tau decays and Z decays and find that the future electron-positron colliders provide competitive probes of new physics. We highlight the complementarity of searches for resonant e+e−→ Z → τμ production on the Z pole and searches for non-resonant e+e−→ τμ at higher center-of-mass energies.
Finite element modeling and simulation of vacuum brazing processes with a focus on cycle-dependent component distortion
Authors: Tillmann Wolfgang , Henning Tim , Wojarski Lukas , Timmer Christian , Ontrup Finn 
Published: August 2023

AbstractVacuum brazing is a black box process, so component distortion that occurs during the heat treatment is difficult to prove experimentally. Thus, a novel FE-model was developed in ANSYS Workbench to calculate the time and location resolved component deformation of AISI 316L/B-Ni2 brazing assemblies. In this regard, a new method of radiation and contact modeling was developed that enabled a significant reduction of the calculation times and solved the convergence issue for simulating the distortion of large-scale, thin components. The results showed that the component deformation during heating can be easily kept in the elastic range and can be almost completely eliminated by using a geometry-dependent soaking time. In contrast to this, high cooling rates were found to result in thermally induced stresses well above the elastic yield limit, causing significant component deformation. With further cooling, the deformation decreases significantly, but it depends on the initial stress state, the geometry, and the cooling rate whether the deformation can be completely leveled out during the shrinkage of the component. Thus, the initially high cooling rates were identified to be responsible for the final distortion. Furthermore, this was highly affected by the local position in the heating chamber. The simulation results were used to design a fixture for vertical positioning, which reduced the max. temperature difference in the brazing assembly from 141 to 79 °C, the max. interim distortion from 275 to 31 µm, and the final distortion from 14 to 8 µm.
Production of retroviral vectors in continuous high cell density culture
Authors: Hein Marc D. , Kazenmaier Daniel , van Heuvel Yasemin , Dogra Tanya , Cattaneo Maurizio , Kupke Sascha Y. , Stitz Jörn , Genzel Yvonne , Reichl Udo 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Retroviral vectors derived from murine leukemia virus (MLV) are used in somatic gene therapy applications e.g. for genetic modification of hematopoietic stem cells. Recently, we reported on the establishment of a suspension viral packaging cell line (VPC) for the production of MLV vectors. Human embryonic kidney 293-F (HEK293-F) cells were genetically modified for this purpose using transposon vector technology. Here, we demonstrate the establishment of a continuous high cell density (HCD) process using this cell line. First, we compared different media regarding the maximum achievable viable cell concentration (VCC) in small scale. Next, we transferred this process to a stirred tank bioreactor before we applied intensification strategies. Specifically, we established a perfusion process using an alternating tangential flow filtration system. Here, VCCs up to 27.4E + 06 cells/mL and MLV vector titers up to 8.6E + 06 transducing units/mL were achieved. Finally, we established a continuous HCD process using a tubular membrane for cell retention and continuous viral vector harvesting. Here, the space-time yield was 18-fold higher compared to the respective batch cultivations. Overall, our results clearly demonstrate the feasibility of HCD cultivations for high yield production of viral vectors, especially when combined with continuous viral vector harvesting.

Key points
• A continuous high cell density process for MLV vector production was established
• The tubular cell retention membrane allowed for continuous vector harvesting
• The established process had a 18-fold higher space time yield compared to a batch
Treatment with midostaurin and other FLT3 targeting inhibitors is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular adverse events in patients who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with FLT3-mutated AML
Authors: Cremer Anjali , Enssle Julius C. , Pfaff Saskia , Kouidri Khouloud , Lang Fabian , Brandts Christian , Zeiher Andreas , Cremer Sebastian , Steffen Björn , Serve Hubert , Bug Gesine 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe addition of midostaurin to standard chemotherapy has improved survival in patients with FLT3-mutated AML. However, the impact of midostaurin and other FLT3 inhibitors (FLT3i) on cardiovascular adverse events (CAEs) has not been studied in patients who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in a real-world setting. We reviewed 132 patients with AML who were treated with intensive induction therapy and consecutive allogeneic stem cell transplantation at our institution (42 FLT3-mutated AML and 90 with FLT3 wildtype). We identified treatment with midostaurin and/or FLT3i as an independent risk factor for CAEs not resulting in higher non-relapse mortality (NRM) or impaired overall survival (OS). Hence, close monitoring for CAEs is warranted for these patients.
On the Motion of a Nearly Incompressible Viscous Fluid Containing a Small Rigid Body
Authors: Feireisl Eduard , Roy Arnab , Zarnescu Arghir 
Published: August 2023

AbstractWe consider the motion of a compressible viscous fluid containing a moving rigid body confined to a planar domain $$\Omega \subset R^2$$

Ω
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. The main result states that the influence of the body on the fluid is negligible if (i) the diameter of the body is small and (ii) the fluid is nearly incompressible (the low Mach number regime). The specific shape of the body as well as the boundary conditions on the fluid–body interface are irrelevant and collisions with the boundary $$\partial \Omega $$

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are allowed. The rigid body motion may be enforced externally or governed solely by its interaction with the fluid.
The effect of vitamin K4 supplementation on insulin resistance in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a double-blind randomised placebo-controlled clinical trial
Authors: Ali Amani M. , Abbassi Maggie M. , Sabry Nirmeen A. , Fawzi May , Mousa Shrook 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to assess the possible clinical effects of vitamin K4 supplementation in individuals with type 2 diabetes namely insulin resistance, glycaemic control, and lipid profile.

Methods
This was a prospective randomised double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. A total of 106 patients were randomised to receive either 1 mg of vitamin K4 (menadiol diacetate) or placebo for 24 weeks.

Results
Ninety patients (n = 45 in each study group) were included in the final analysis. After 24 weeks, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) (16.54 ± 7.81 vs. 29.09 ± 36.56, P = 0.027) and fasting serum insulin (FSI) (6.86 ± 3.45 vs. 11.13 ± 12.66 µU/ml, P = 0.032) were significantly lower in the vitamin K group compared to placebo. Additionally, triglycerides (TG) (144.94 ± 50.7 vs. 172.8 ± 101.5 mg/dl, P = 0.031) and very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) levels (28.9 ± 9.88 vs. 34.6 ± 20.30 mg/dl, P = 0.027) decreased significantly in the vitamin K group after 24 weeks compared to baseline. Moreover, more patients in the vitamin K group (35.6%) had their antidiabetic medication doses reduced after 24 weeks compared to placebo (13.3%, P = 0.029).

Conclusion
Vitamin K4 supplementation for 24 weeks is capable of improving insulin resistance and TG levels in individuals with type 2 diabetes. In addition, the improvement in insulin resistance was reflected in the decrease in antidiabetic medication doses. However, it did not affect fasting plasma glucose (FPG) or glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c).

Trial registration
The study was registered on clinicaltrials.gov with ID: NCT04285450.