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Promoting diversity and overcoming publication barriers in Latin American neuroscience and Alzheimer's disease research: A call to action
Authors: Lourenco Mychael V. , Borelli Wyllians Vendramini , Duran‐Aniotz Claudia , Zimmer Eduardo R. , de Castro Shamyr Sulyvan 
Published: March 2023

AbstractAlzheimer's disease (AD) is a global health issue. Because AD is a condition demanding effective management, its socioeconomic burden is immense and threatens the health systems of both low‐ and middle‐income (LMIC) and high‐income (HIC) countries. However, while most of the HICs are increasing their budget for AD research, the situation is different in LMICs, and resources are scarce. In addition, LMIC researchers face significant barriers to publishing in international peer reviewed journals, including funding constraints; language barriers; and in many cases, high article processing charges. In this perspective, we discuss these disparities and propose some actions that could help promote diversity, and ultimately translate into improved AD research capacity in LMICs, especially in Latin American and Caribbean countries.HIGHLIGHTS
Researchers in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMIC) face increasing difficulties such as financial constraints, language barriers, and article processing charges.
Publication fees, in particular, can be a significant barrier in the process of publication and equal access to scientific information.
Publication fee equalization initiatives by publishing companies could reduce the scientific inequality that disadvantages researchers in LMICs.
Selection of geometry for nonlinear rheology using large amplitude oscillatory shear: Poly (vinyl alcohol) based complex network systems
Authors: Ramya Koduvayur A. , Deshpande Abhijit P. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractOscillatory rheology is a common technique to characterize the linear and nonlinear mechanical response of complex materials. The present work studies two crosslinked systems of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA): physically crosslinked PVA‐Borax, and glutaraldehyde (GA) based chemically crosslinked PVA‐hyaluronic acid (HA) gel. Both exhibit nonlinear viscoelasticity with characteristic intracycle mechanisms during large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS), owing to H‐bonding (physical) and covalent (chemical) interactions respectively, unlike PVA solutions/vinyl polymer melts. Parallel plate (PP) geometry is commonly utilized for rheology of crosslinked systems due to flexible gaps, and ease to retain exact material shapes. Unlike the widely employed cone and plate (CP) geometry for LAOS analysis, the inherent deformation and flow fields are not uniform in PP, which manifests as qualitative difference in the response of the material within the two geometries. A quantitative dissimilarity in the response of PVA based crosslinked systems is demonstrated in this work. Three approaches for PP correction from literature are explored to obtain a geometry independent response of the systems. Therein, the true stresses are computed from the apparent stresses via torque balance, their harmonics, and harmonic ratios based single‐point correction. The first two are shown to have limited application, owing to their implicit assumption of geometry independence in the linear regime. The third approach is found to be effective upto medium strain amplitudes. We outline these shortcomings, and present guidelines to analyze PP LAOS results for the two PVA systems. The analysis can be generalized for the broader class of complex network systems' nonlinear rheology.
Instilling the capacity for empathy in the community college classroom through liberatory pedagogy
Authors: Prado Robledo Samantha 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis article critiques the lack of literature on community college student leadership development and highlights the importance of community colleges as producers of social justice leaders and promoters of positive social change. This article examines how community college educators in the field of sociology prepare their students for success in their personal lives, careers, and communities through liberatory pedagogy, which instills empathy in their students, a core element of the social, action, leadership, and transformation (SALT) model.
Sensitivity of future tritium decay experiments to New Physics
Authors: Canning James A. L. , Deppisch Frank F. , Pei Wenna 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Tritium beta-decay is the most promising approach to measure the absolute masses of active light neutrinos in the laboratory and in a model-independent fashion. The development of Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy techniques and the use of atomic tritium has the potential to improve the current limits by an order of magnitude in future experiments. In this paper, we analyse the potential sensitivity of such future searches to keV-mass sterile neutrinos and exotic interactions of either the active or sterile neutrinos. We calculate the relevant decay distributions in both energy and angle of the emitted electron with respect to a potential polarisation of the tritium, including the interference with the Standard Model case as well as incorporating relevant final state corrections for atomic tritium. We present projected sensitivities on the active-sterile neutrino mixing and effective coupling constants of exotic currents, demonstrating the potential to probe New Physics in tritium experiments.
On the boundedness of globally F-split varieties
Authors: Stigant Liam 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis paper proposes the use of F-split and globally F-regular conditions in the pursuit of BAB type results in positive characteristic. The main technical work comes in the form of a detailed study of threefold Mori fibre spaces over positive dimensional bases. As a consequence we prove the main theorem, which reduces birational boundedness for a large class of varieties to the study of prime Fano varieties.
Digital Process Monitoring of Stationary Processing Equipment—A Step Toward an Optimized Digital Processing Plant
Authors: Krukenfellner Philip , Flachberger Helmut 
Published: March 2023

AbstractIn response to the current trends of digital transformation in the raw materials extraction and processing industry, IFE Aufbereitungstechnik GmbH has set itself the challenging goal of developing robust and versatile sensor systems for monitoring the condition of their predominantly vibrating stationary processing units. It shall be used as a basis for establishing a predictive maintenance scheme and ultimately facilitate the reduction of equipment downtime. In the course of the research project, research activities will be directed in particular toward a better understanding of the operating state of vibrating machines, especially based on their vibration patterns. Namely, a range of experiments with various vibrating screens and vibratory conveyors as well as an already ongoing extended case study on a linear vibrating screen currently operating in a waste treatment plant will be conducted. Furthermore, DEM simulations of vibrating screens as well as a specifically engineered “Laboratory Vibrating Machine” will be part of the research process. The sensors in use to identify and measure the required vibration patterns will be newly developed vibration sensors called “Sapient Edge Sensors”, which, later on, will be combined with other sensors for measuring different parameters.
Numerical Simulations of Gas Burner Experiments in a Residential Structure with HVAC System
Authors: Chaudhari Dushyant M. , Weinschenk Craig , Floyd Jason E. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractControlled fire experiments using a gas burner were previously conducted in a purpose-built, two-story, moderately air-tight residential structure to understand the effect of a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and door positions on the fire-induced environment. Temperatures, gas concentrations (oxygen, water vapor, carbon dioxide), and differential pressures were monitored throughout the structure. HVAC status (off vs. on) and stairwell door position of the fire room (open vs. closed) were varied for the experiments analyzed in this paper. In this study, Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) v. 6.7.9 was used to simulate these experiments. Experimental data quantifying the air tightness of the building and cold flowrates through HVAC vents were determined to be important to optimize leakages and HVAC loss coefficients for the simulation setup. Pressure development in the structure was predicted correctly to be higher on the first floor and lower in the basement, but the magnitude of steady-state pressure was underpredicted. The measured and predicted steady-state temperature distributions were statistically different for the cases with and without the HVAC on, regardless of the door position. FDS predicted gas transport through the HVAC duct network, and under-predicted temperature rise and water vapor content by about 9% and 10%, respectively, and over-predicted volumetric oxygen and carbon dioxide content by about 21% and 6%, respectively. Temperature rise prediction in the closed room, where the gas transport primarily occurred via the HVAC duct network, improved after including heat loss from the HVAC duct to the ambient.
Joint longitudinal model-based meta-analysis of FEV1 and exacerbation rate in randomized COPD trials
Authors: Llanos-Paez Carolina , Ambery Claire , Yang Shuying , Beerahee Misba , Plan Elodie L. , Karlsson Mats O. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractModel-based meta-analysis (MBMA) is an approach that integrates relevant summary level data from heterogeneously designed randomized controlled trials (RCTs). This study not only evaluated the predictability of a published MBMA for forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and its link to annual exacerbation rate in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but also included data from new RCTs. A comparative effectiveness analysis across all drugs was also performed. Aggregated level data were collected from RCTs published between July 2013 and November 2020 (n = 132 references comprising 156 studies) and combined with data used in the legacy MBMA (published RCTs up to July 2013 - n = 142). The augmented data (n = 298) were used to evaluate the predictive performance of the published MBMA using goodness-of-fit plots for assessment. Furthermore, the model was extended including drugs that were not available before July 2013, estimating a new set of parameters. The legacy MBMA model predicted the post-2013 FEV1 data well, and new estimated parameters were similar to those of drugs in the same class. However, the exacerbation model overpredicted the post-2013 mean annual exacerbation rate data. Inclusion of year when the study started on the pre-treatment placebo rate improved the model predictive performance perhaps explaining potential improvements in the disease management over time. The addition of new data to the legacy COPD MBMA enabled a more robust model with increased predictability performance for both endpoints FEV1 and mean annual exacerbation rate.
The effect of irradiation on the Cs, Co and Eu-removal from aqueous solutions using Greek minerals
Authors: Dianellou Iro , Karantoumanis Filippos , Tsamos Panagiotis , Noli Fotini 
Published: March 2023

AbstractSorption properties of Greek bentonites and zeolites were investigated in raw form and after irradiation for removal of Cs, Co and Eu from aqueous solutions using 137Cs, 60Co and 152Eu as tracers and γ-spectroscopy. The sorption experiments were undertaken under different conditions (pH, concentration, competitive ions and temperature). The structural changes of the sorbents due to irradiation and metal sorption were examined through XRD, FTIR and SEM/EDS. Sorption isotherms were reproduced by mathematical models and thermodynamic parameters were derived. The results showed that the sorption capacity was slightly affected by irradiation. The environmental compatibility tests proved the safe disposal of the investigated materials.
Learning programs with magic values
Authors: Hocquette Céline , Cropper Andrew 
Published: March 2023

AbstractA magic value in a program is a constant symbol that is essential for the execution of the program but has no clear explanation for its choice. Learning programs with magic values is difficult for existing program synthesis approaches. To overcome this limitation, we introduce an inductive logic programming approach to efficiently learn programs with magic values. Our experiments on diverse domains, including program synthesis, drug design, and game playing, show that our approach can (1) outperform existing approaches in terms of predictive accuracies and learning times, (2) learn magic values from infinite domains, such as the value ofpi, and (3) scale to domains with millions of constant symbols.
Extrapolating from experiments, confidently
Authors: Khosrowi Donal 
Published: March 2023

AbstractExtrapolating causal effects from experiments to novel populations is a common practice in evidence-based-policy, development economics and other social science areas. Drawing on experimental evidence of policy effectiveness, analysts aim to predict the effects of policies in new populations, which might differ importantly from experimental populations. Existing approaches made progress in articulating the sorts of similarities one needs to assume to enable such inferences. It is also recognized, however, that many of these assumptions will remain surrounded by significant uncertainty in practice. Unfortunately, the existing literature says little on how analysts may articulate and manage these uncertainties. This paper aims to make progress on these issues. First, it considers several existing ideas that bear on issues of uncertainty, elaborates the challenges they face, and extracts some useful rationales. Second, it outlines a novel approach, called the support graph approach, that builds on these rationales and allows analysts to articulate and manage uncertainty in extrapolation in a systematic and unified way.
An assessment model for national sustainable development based on the hybrid DEA and modified TOPSIS techniques
Authors: Lin Sheng-Wei , Lo Huai-Wei , Gul Muhammet 
Published: March 2023

AbstractAssessing and improving energy efficiency is crucial for addressing the problems of climate change and global warming. This study evaluates the performance of each Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) nation based on the weights obtained by Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), combined with a modified Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method based on the concept of the aspiration level (called modified TOPSIS-AL). Objective weights are obtained for each country through DEA. This method offers an effective improvement over the previous methods which only use the same subjective weights for the calculation. In addition, our model is also able to account for negative environmental externalities generated during development and provides a comprehensive assessment system for the evaluation of national sustainable development. The findings indicate that the member nations are gradually adopting policies to reduce fossil fuel consumption. However, regional analysis showed that the overall performance of the G7 nations differed significantly from that of the non-G7 nations. The importance of this study lies in the fact that energy consumption not only creates environmental burdens but also affects resource production patterns and productivity. By evaluating the performance of nations in terms of energy efficiency and environmental impact, we aim to address the challenges posed by energy consumption for sustainable development. The proposed hybrid model offers several advantages, including a comprehensive assessment system, consideration of negative externalities, and practical policy recommendations.
The important role of stiffnesses values of circular joints on the stress state developed in the tunnel segmental lining
Authors: Han Xin , Oreste Pierpaolo , Ye Fei 
Published: March 2023

AbstractUnder the application of the fluctuating Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) jack thrust and the non-uniformly distributed total pressure of the slurry around the lining, the bending and the shear deformation occur on the segmental lining along the longitudinal direction, which cause a stress concentration and increase the damage risk of the segmental tunnel lining. The analysis of the circular joint stiffness is a critical step during the evaluation of the stress state of the segmental lining so as to decrease the associated risk of damage. In order to investigate the lining rings and the circular joint separately, an integrated numerical model which is composed of segment elements and joint elements was developed. Furthermore, stiffness equations for describing in the detail the circular joint behaviour of the tunnel segmental lining are derived. The new stiffness equation of the circular joint is also used to analyse the segment lining behaviour based on a well-known indoor test result by the scientific literature, and satisfactory results were obtained. A simplified estimation of the bending stiffness of the circular joint based on the Boltzmann equation is then suggested in order to obtain quickly its calculation. Finally, based on a specific numerical model, the calculated joint stiffnesses are adopted to analyse the vertical displacement of a real case (The Ningbo metro tunnel in China). Through a developed sensitivity analysis, some useful suggestions are proposed to reduce the damage risk of the segmental lining.
China in the WTO Twenty Years On: How to Mend a Broken Relationship?
Authors: Mavroidis Petros C. , Sapir André 
Published: March 2023

AbstractChina’s participation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been a rollercoaster of milestones and frictions. China has emerged as a leading trading nation, which has contributed to the expansion of world trade. Some of its trading partners, however, and most vocally the United States, complain that China has reached its new status by eluding its WTO commitments. Under President Trump, the United States reacted strongly against China, almost bringing the WTO (but not China!) to its knees. These actions have been criticized in different ways: Some underline their unilateral character (and the ensuing legal issues they raise), whereas others focus on the regime-neutrality of the WTO, which should, in principle, be able to accommodate Western liberal democracies, developing countries, and socialist countries like China equally. In this short Article, we argue that staying idle is no solution to the China issue and that addressing it through unilateral actions is no solution either. Both approaches would only deepen the current WTO crisis. In our view, the only viable solution for the WTO system requires adding new disciplines to the existing multilateral rules.
Systemic Changes in the Politicization of the International Trade Relations and the Decline of the Multilateral Trading System
Authors: Sacerdoti Giorgio , Borlini Leonardo 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis Article contributes to the discussion about the development of international trade regulation of state interventionism by situating the tensions that exist about the future design of subsidies and state enterprises treaty regulation in the broader context of current systemic challenges to the multilateral trading system. While recent studies have explored the issues of subsidies and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as one of the most significant in impact among the contemporary challenges to the WTO, there is certainly scope to discuss further such a problem from the broader point of view of the crisis of the multilateral trading system, its systemic challenges and the concomitant increasing politicization of international trade relations. To this end, this Article analyzes the interactions between the lasting decline of the WTO, growing political interferences with international trade flows and the prospects of reforming multilateral trade rules to address its systemic challenges and manage/mitigate newly central problems of the 21st century such as the Covid-19 Pandemic, climate change and the greening of economic production and international trade. The Article argues that existing WTO rules are not adequate to address these challenges and problems. It concludes that, like in the GATT era, it is only the spirit of pragmatism that may provide chances to find alternatives to growing frustration with negotiating inaction and, hence, to reform the system. However, the question remains whether it is possible to find an approach to imagine, remodel and craft multilateral rules that are sensitive to different economic, political, and social choices and able to rebalance the position of all members, large and small, rich and poor.
Economic Interventionism and International Trade Law in the Covid Era
Authors: Borlini Leonardo 
Published: March 2023

AbstractEconomic interventionism in the form of subsidization and operation of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is today among the main frontlines of international trade conflicts. Along with trade restrictions and new legislation designed to impact cross-border investment, mergers, and acquisitions, the use of subsidies and countervailing measures by governments and trade-distorting effects of SOEs have lately caused harsh controversies within and outside the World Trade Organization (WTO) between its members. Going forward, there are reasons to expect these tensions to intensify rather than diminish in number and importance. This Special Issue aims at examining the development of international trade rules regulating state interventionism against the background of the Covid-19 global pandemic and present shifts in global geopolitics and the economy. This introduction, in presenting the state of the art on the questions tackled by this Special Issue and highlighting its contribution to existing literature on the topic, offers different considerations aimed at bringing together various trends emerging from the Articles contained in this Special Issue. It also explores avenues for further research and reflection.
Effects of acute strawberry consumption on serum levels of vitamin C and folic acid, the antioxidant potential of LDL and blood glucose response: a randomised cross-over controlled trial
Authors: Kishimoto Yoshimi , Taguchi Chie , Iwashima Tomomi , Kobayashi Toshihiro , Kikoku Yutaka , Nishiyama Hiroshi , Masuda Yasunobu , Kondo Kazuo 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Strawberry contains many bioactive compounds such as vitamin C and polyphenols as well as folate, a vitamin that is especially important for women of childbearing age. We investigated the effects of the acute consumption of strawberry on the serum levels of vitamin C and folate, and on the antioxidant potential of low-density lipoprotein (LDL). In a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover study, twenty-three healthy female volunteers (age 22⋅5 ± 1⋅4 years) ingested 500 g of a strawberry purée beverage or a sugar content-matched placebo beverage. Blood samples were collected at fasting and at 0⋅5, 1, 2 and 4 h post-ingestion. The serum concentrations of vitamin C and folate were significantly elevated from 0⋅5 to 4 h after the strawberry beverage ingestion (P < 0⋅001); the levels peaked at 2 h, with peak levels of 15⋅0 ± 2⋅5 μg/ml for vitamin C and 14⋅4 ± 7⋅0 ng/ml for folate. Notably, at 1 h after the strawberry beverage ingestion, the LDL oxidation lag time was significantly prolonged (P < 0⋅05), suggesting that the antioxidant potential of LDL was increased. After the ingestion of either beverage, the serum levels of glucose and insulin reached a peak at 0⋅5 h and then quickly returned to baseline levels. These results suggest that strawberries are a useful source of vitamin C and folate and may help enhance the antioxidant potential of LDL in healthy young women.