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From the Soil to the Soul: Fragments of a Theory of Economic Conflicts
Authors: Gerber Julien-François 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis chapter intends to strengthen the institutional and psychological dimensions of the Barcelona School’s analysis of environmental conflicts. It does so by embedding environmental conflicts into other kinds of struggles over the economy, defined as the various ways by which humans organize their sustenance. It asks: What are the key triggers behind economic conflicts? What kinds of radical ideologies emerge from them? How are they able (or not) to sustain their radical projects? I suggest that the main conflicting points of today’s neoliberal capitalism are related to its metabolism (ecological), its debts (institutional), and to the widespread alienation it is creating (psychological). I argue that these particular points of contention are giving rise to a new blend of radical ideas around ‘degrowth’ and related movements. On one hand, this is so because degrowth confronts growthism and its unparalleled levels of ecological destruction and debt. On the other hand, degrowth seeks to address the problem of alienation by reconnecting economies to the conditions for flourishing. Collective flourishing requires, among other things, to work on one’s awareness. Such ‘inner work’ is necessary in any social movement, but it has received much less attention than the ‘outer work’ of changing the immediate or the structural triggers behind conflicts. I suggest that this disregard contributes to explaining why radical movements have so rarely been successful. I conclude that subjectivity and alienation are important frontiers of research for the Barcelona School.
Contribution of Global Cities to Climate Change Mitigation Overrated
Authors: van den Bergh Jeroen C. J. M. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractLocal solutions to global environment challenges form part of the Martinez-Alier style of ecological economics in Barcelona. This tends to involve an optimistic assessment of the role of cities. Here, I consider this role for the case of urban policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions. There is indeed considerable optimism about the role of cities in global reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. I appraise recent studies and conclude that they (1) do not account for the limited reach of urban policies; (2) overplay voluntary action and underplay the importance of effective regulation; (3) disregard free riding and systemic effects like carbon leakage; and (4) lack quantitative estimates of the overall contribution of cities to emissions reduction, at best providing empirical indicators that do not connect well with urban policies. I provide an initial, tentative estimate of the upper bound to the contribution of city policies worldwide to global emissions reduction as equal to 16.8%, while realistic policies are assessed to control no more than 2%. These numbers underpin that the major part of emissions generated within city borders is outside the control of local policies, instead depending on policies set by national governments.
Synopsis: Strategic Opportunism – Vision, Passion and Pragmatism
Authors: Huntley Brian John 
Published: March 2023

AbstractStrategic opportunism is adaptive management writ large. It seeks to transform problems into solutions. It recognises serendipity and embraces unexpected opportunities and the political moment. The development and application of the concept is based on experience drawn from multiple projects, across ten countries, within biomes ranging from hyper-arid desert, to tropical savanna, and to sub-Antarctic tundra, and within dynamic socio-political landscapes. The thesis of this book is that success depends on a clear and shared vision, within a flexible approach to project design and implementation, free of the straight-jacket of development agency project formats and short-term funding horizons.
Seizing the Moment While Imagining the Future
Authors: Huntley Brian John 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe concept of strategic opportunism can be succinctly defined as ‘seizing the moment while imagining the future’. The development and application of the approach is based on many decades of experience in fragile socio-economic landscapes where adaptation to uncertainty and change is essential. It exploits unpredictable opportunities and serendipity – a mix of good luck and good timing. It combines paying attention to frequent minor crises, but yet never losing sight of the long-term vision.
Angolan Giant Sable: Rediscovery, Rescue and Recovery
Authors: Huntley Brian John 
Published: March 2023

AbstractBy the end of Angola’s 30-year civil war, the country’s national icon, the giant sable antelope, was believed to be extinct. The remarkable story of one man’s commitment to the re-discovery, rescue and recovery of the ‘finest antelope in Africa’ is described. Following twenty years of indefatigable effort, the long-term future of this magnificent antelope has been secured.
Marion Island: Birds, Cats, Mice and Men
Authors: Huntley Brian John 
Published: March 2023

AbstractMarion and Prince Edward Islands, 2 300 km off the southern tip of Africa, are home to several million breeding seabirds. But five domestic cats were introduced as pets to the meteorological station on Marion Island in 1948. By the mid-1980s, the feral cat population, by then over 2 000 strong, were estimated to be killing over 455 000 ground-nesting petrels and prions per year. A seven-phase campaign, combining the use of trapping, the release of feline panleucopaenia virus, and intensive hunting, across more than twenty years, led to the total extermination of cats on the island, the largest project of its kind undertaken to that date.
Gorongosa National Park: Wilderness, War and Wildlife Recovery
Authors: Huntley Brian John 
Published: March 2023

AbstractGorongosa National Park provides a model of hope for conservation in Africa. In the 1960s and ‘70s it was the pride of Mozambique, a wildlife paradise of extraordinarily rich biodiversity and stunning landscapes. But by the end of the century, the civil war that followed independence in 1975 left it with less than 15% of its wildlife population, and with several species locally extirpated. A chance meeting between an American philanthropist and the Mozambican president in 2004 led to an ambitious plan to restore the Park. The Gorongosa Restoration Project was based on the long view on conservation. The Park has become the nexus of a regional human development engine. The wildlife populations have rapidly increased, and many species have been reintroduced, restoring the mix of herbivores and predators.
Translating Legal Terms at International Organisations: Do Institutional Term Banks Meet Translators’ Needs?
Authors: Prieto Ramos Fernando , Guzmán Diego 
Published: March 2023

AbstractInstitutional term banks (ITBs), such as Inter-Active Terminology for Europe (IATE) in the European Union (EU) institutions and UNTERM in the United Nations, are key sources for the language services of these institutions, and are also used by many other translators and language professionals. These resources are considered authoritative in the translation of institution-specific terminology. However, previous studies have revealed reliability gaps in the content of ITB records, particularly for terms borrowed from specific legal traditions that are used in international legal settings and terms designating singular concepts of national legal systems. This chapter reports further research into the potential causes for such issues and the extent to which terminological records meet institutional translators’ needs. To this end, data were collected through several methods as part of the LETRINT project on legal translation in international institutional settings: (1) interviews with institutional terminologists on the approaches applied to build legal term records for IATE, UNTERM and CuriaTerm (which was initially developed for the needs of the Court of Justice of the EU and later migrated into IATE); (2) an evaluation of ITB relevance and reliability by institutional translators through a survey of 190 respondents; and (3) an assessment of 79 IATE and UNTERM records for 30 terms (of three degrees of legal singularity) from the perspective of translation-oriented legal lexicography. The triangulated results provide evidence of the benefits of applying a systematic legal lexicography approach in the case of CuriaTerm. They also point to significant correlations between translators’ evaluation of IATE and UNTERM for legal translation and the reliability and completeness variations detected in the analysis of illustrative records for each ITB and degree of legal singularity.
On the representation of ordered semigroups by transformations of ordered sets
Authors: Tsingelis Michael 
Published: March 2023

AbstractA transformation of an ordered set M is an isotone mapping of M into M. By a representation of an ordered semigroup S by transformations of an ordered set M we mean a homomorphism of S into the set of transformations of M, i.e. (since the set of transformations of M is an ordered semigroup) an isotone mapping from S into the set of transformations of M preserving the operations. We prove that this type of representation leads to an “action” of S on M and so we introduce the notion of a left operand of M over S. Also we introduce the notions of a left operator pseudoorder on a left operand over S and a left operator homomorphism between left operands over S. We show that the concept of left operator pseudoorders on left operands over S plays an important role in the study of left operator homomorphisms of left operands over S. In the case of right operands over S dually definitions and results hold.
Dual-Energy Computed Tomography in Stroke Imaging
Authors: Grkovski Risto , Acu Leyla , Ahmadli Uzeyir , Nakhostin Dominik , Thurner Patrick , Wacht Lorenz , Kulcsár Zsolt , Alkadhi Hatem , Winklhofer Sebastian 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Objective
To assess if a new dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) technique enables an improved visualization of ischemic brain tissue after mechanical thrombectomy in acute stroke patients.

Material and Methods
The DECT head scans with a new sequential technique (TwinSpiral DECT) were performed in 41 patients with ischemic stroke after endovascular thrombectomy and were retrospectively included. Standard mixed and virtual non-contrast (VNC) images were reconstructed. Infarct visibility and image noise were assessed qualitatively by two readers using a 4-point Likert scale. Quantitative Hounsfield units (HU) were used to assess density differences of ischemic brain tissue versus healthy tissue on the non-affected contralateral hemisphere.

Results
Infarct visibility was significantly better in VNC compared to mixed images for both readers R1 (VNC: median 1 (range 1–3), mixed: median 2 (range 1–4), p < 0.05) and R2 (VNC: median 2 (range 1–3), mixed: 2 (range 1–4), p < 0.05). Qualitative image noise was significantly higher in VNC compared to mixed images for both readers R1 (VNC: median 3, mixed: 2) and R2 (VNC: median 2, mixed: 1, p < 0.05, each). Mean HU were significantly different between the infarcted tissue and the reference healthy brain tissue on the contralateral hemisphere in VNC (infarct 24 ± 3) and mixed images (infarct 33 ± 5, p < 0.05, each). The mean HU difference between ischemia and reference in VNC images (mean 8 ± 3) was significantly higher (p < 0.05) compared to the mean HU difference in mixed images (mean 5 ± 4).

Conclusion
TwinSpiral DECT allows an improved qualitative and quantitative visualization of ischemic brain tissue in ischemic stroke patients after endovascular treatment.
Computed Tomography of the Head
Authors: Dieckmeyer Michael , Sollmann Nico , Kupfer Karina , Löffler Maximilian T. , Paprottka Karolin J. , Kirschke Jan S. , Baum Thomas 
Published: March 2023

AbstractIn 1971, the first computed tomography (CT) scan was performed on a patient’s brain. Clinical CT systems were introduced in 1974 and dedicated to head imaging only. New technological developments, broader availability, and the clinical success of CT led to a steady growth in examination numbers. Most frequent indications for non-contrast CT (NCCT) of the head include the assessment of ischemia and stroke, intracranial hemorrhage and trauma, while CT angiography (CTA) has become the standard for first-line cerebrovascular evaluation; however, resulting improvements in patient management and clinical outcomes come at the cost of radiation exposure, increasing the risk for secondary morbidity. Therefore, radiation dose optimization should always be part of technical advancements in CT imaging but how can the dose be optimized? What dose reduction can be achieved without compromising diagnostic value, and what is the potential of the upcoming technologies artificial intelligence and photon counting CT? In this article, we look for answers to these questions by reviewing dose reduction techniques with respect to the major clinical indications of NCCT and CTA of the head, including a brief perspective on what to expect from current and future developments in CT technology with respect to radiation dose optimization.
Impact of dose escalation on colostomy-free survival and treatment outcome in squamous cell anal carcinoma
Authors: Untiedt Sebastian , Rolf Daniel , Scobioala Sergiu , Wolters Heidi , Elsayad Khaled , Oertel Michael , Kittel Christopher , Pascher Andreas , Rijcken Emile , Ullerich Hansjörg , Glasbrenner Bernhard , Eich Hans Theodor 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Purpose
Primary radiochemotherapy (RCT) constitutes the standard of care for early- and advanced-stage anal carcinoma. This retrospective study investigates the impact of dose escalation on colostomy-free survival (CFS), overall survival (OS), locoregional control (LRC), progression-free survival (PFS), and acute and late toxicities in patients with squamous cell anal cancer.

Methods
Considered were the outcomes of 87 patients with anal cancer treated with radiation/RCT between May 2004 and January 2020 at our institution. Toxicities were evaluated according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE version 5.0).

Results
The 87 patients received treatment with a median boost of 63 Gy to the primary tumor. With a median follow-up of 32 months, the 3‑year CFS, OS, LRC, and PFS were 79.5%, 71.4%, 83.9%, and 78.5%, respectively. Tumor relapse occurred in 13 patients (14.9%). Dose escalation to > 63 Gy (maximum 66.6 Gy) to the primary tumor in 38/87 patients revealed a nonsignificant trend for improved 3‑year CFS (82.4% vs. 97%, P = 0.092), a significantly improved CFS for T2/T3 tumors (72.6% vs. 100%, P = 0.008), and a significantly improved 3‑year PFS for T1/T2 tumors (76.7% vs. 100%, P = 0.035). While acute toxicities did not differ, dose escalation > 63 Gy led to a higher rate of chronic skin toxicities (43.8% vs. 69%, P = 0.042). Treatment with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) showed a significant improvement in 3‑year OS (75.4% vs. 53.8%, P = 0.048). In multivariate analysis, significant improvements for T1/T2 tumors (CFS, OS, LRC, PFS), G1/2 tumors (PFS), and IMRT (OS) were shown. The nonsignificant trend for CFS improvement with dose escalation > 63 Gy was also apparent in multivariate analysis (P = 0.067).

Conclusion
Dose escalation > 63 Gy (maximum 66.6 Gy) may improve CFS and PFS for certain subgroups, with a concomitant increase in chronic skin toxicities. Modern IMRT seems to be associated with an improvement in OS.
Endovascular treatment of spinal AVM: report of two cases with transvenous approach in combination with retrograde pressure cooker technique
Authors: Stracke Christian Paul , Schwindt Wolfram , Meyer Lukas , Fiehler Jens , Chapot René 
Published: March 2023

Abstract

Purpose
Endovascular treatment of spinal AVMs is limited by low complete cure rates. Transarterial extensive treatment with liquid embolics carries the risk of clinically relevant ischemic complications. We report two cases of symptomatic spinal AVMs treated by a transvenous approach with retrograde pressure cooker technique.

Methods
In two selected cases, transvenous navigation aimed at retrograde pressure cooker embolization.

Results
Retrograde venous navigation was possible with two parallel microcatheters, and the pressure cooker technique with ethylenvinylalcohol-polymer was applicable in both cases. One AVM was occluded completely, and one subtotally due to a second draining vein. No clinical complications occurred.

Conclusion
A transvenous approach for embolization with liquid embolics may offer advantages in treating certain spinal AVMs.
89Zr-immuno-PET using the anti-LAG-3 tracer [89Zr]Zr-BI 754111: demonstrating target specific binding in NSCLC and HNSCC
Authors: Miedema Iris H.C. , Huisman Marc C. , Zwezerijnen Gerben J.C. , Grempler Rolf , Pitarch Alejandro Perez , Thiele Andrea , Hesse Raphael , Elgadi Mabrouk , Peltzer Alexander , Vugts Danielle J. , van Dongen Guus A.M.S. , de Gruijl Tanja D. , Menke-van der Houven van Oordt C. Willemien , Bahce Idris 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Purpose
Although lymphocyte activation gene-3 (LAG-3) directed therapies demonstrate promising clinical anti-cancer activity, only a subset of patients seems to benefit and predictive biomarkers are lacking. Here, we explored the potential use of the anti-LAG-3 antibody tracer [89Zr]Zr-BI 754111 as a predictive imaging biomarker and investigated its target specific uptake as well as the correlation of its tumor uptake and the tumor immune infiltration.

Methods
Patients with head and neck (N = 2) or lung cancer (N = 4) were included in an imaging substudy of a phase 1 trial with BI 754091 (anti-PD-1) and BI 754111 (anti-LAG-3). After baseline tumor biopsy and [18F]FDG-PET, patients were given 240 mg of BI 754091, followed 8 days later by administration of [89Zr]Zr-BI 754111 (37 MBq, 4 mg). PET scans were performed 2 h, 96 h, and 144 h post-injection. To investigate target specificity, a second tracer administration was given two weeks later, this time with pre-administration of 40 (N = 3) or 600 mg (N = 3) unlabeled BI 754111, followed by PET scans at 96 h and 144 h post-injection. Tumor immune cell infiltration was assessed by immunohistochemistry and RNA sequencing.

Results
Tracer uptake in tumors was clearly visible at the 4-mg mass dose (tumor-to-plasma ratio 1.63 [IQR 0.37-2.89]) and could be saturated by increasing mass doses (44 mg: 0.67 [IQR 0.50–0.85]; 604 mg: 0.56 [IQR 0.42–0.75]), demonstrating target specificity. Tumor uptake correlated to immune cell-derived RNA signatures.

Conclusions
[89Zr]Zr-BI-754111 PET imaging shows favorable technical and biological characteristics for developing a potential predictive imaging biomarker for LAG-3-directed therapies.

Trial registration
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03780725. Registered 19 December 2018
Multitrip vehicle routing with delivery options: a data-driven application to the parcel industry
Authors: Janinhoff Lukas , Klein Robert , Scholz Daniel 
Published: March 2023

AbstractTo make the last mile of parcel delivery more efficient, service providers offer an increasing number of modes of delivery as alternatives to the traditional and often cost-intensive home delivery service. Parcel lockers and pickup stations can be utilized to reduce the number of stops and avoid costly detours. To design smart delivery networks, service providers must evaluate different business models. In this context, a multitrip vehicle routing problem with delivery options and location-dependent costs arises. We present a data-driven framework to evaluate alternative delivery strategies, formulate a corresponding model and solve the problem heuristically using adaptive large neighborhood search. By examining large, real-life instances from a major European parcel service, we determine the potential and benefits of different delivery options. Specifically, we show that delivery costs can be mitigated by consolidating orders in pickup stations and illustrate how pricing can be applied to steer customer demand toward profitable, eco-friendly products.
Si–Ge–Sn alloys grown by chemical vapour deposition: a versatile material for photonics, electronics, and thermoelectrics
Authors: Grützmacher D. , Concepción O. , Zhao Q.-T. , Buca D. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractSi–Ge–Sn alloys are offering unusual material properties with a strong potential to add a variety of functionalities to advanced CMOS technology. Being a group IV alloy, SiGeSn can be monolithically integrated on Si. The discovery of a direct band gap at Sn concentration above 8%, the extremely small effective mass for electrons and holes as well as the pronounced phonon scattering are opening new opportunities for Si photonics, high frequency devices and thermoelectrics. Si–Ge–Sn alloys with Sn concentration far beyond the solid solubility limit are metastable, artificial materials, which request challenging growth conditions. In this paper the epitaxial conditions for Si–Ge–Sn alloys to achieve precise control of the Sn content, to manage the lattice mismatch and defects, as well as to fabricate doped layers are discussed. The applied process control allows for epitaxy of group-IV heterostructures, required for typical devices for photonic and electronic applications. In this context, lasers and nanowires MOSFETs are discussed in this paper. In additions, the thermal conductivity is investigated as a critical material parameter to obtain a high thermoelectric figure of merit in GeSn alloys.
Downstream development during ridging South Atlantic Ocean anticyclones
Authors: Ndarana Thando , Lekoloane Lesetja E. , Rammopo Tsholanang S. , Reason Chris J. C. , Bopape Mary-Jane M. , Chikoore Hector , Engelbrecht Francois A. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractRidging South Atlantic high pressure systems (ridging highs) are often accompanied by cut-off low (COL) pressure systems aloft, but may also occur without them, in which case a linear baroclinic wave would be observed propagating across the South African domain in the upper troposphere. Using 41 years of ERA-5 reanalysis data, this study documents differences between the characteristics of the prevailing dynamical processes and associated local eddy kinetic energy generation, its downstream transfer and dissipation during these two scenarios. The study shows that when COLs are present then baroclinic conversion is strong and it is confined east of the Greenwich Meridian, whereas it is located downstream of South Africa and it is much weaker, when ridging occurs without COLs. The differences in strength and locations of the baroclinic conversion are associated with the differing jet streak configurations between the two scenarios; which lead to Rossby wave breaking and the absence thereof when there are COLs and when ridging occurs without COLs, respectively. The presence of breaking during COLs leads to trans-ridge downstream development that facilitates energy transfer from the midlatitudes into the South African domain. When there are no COLs present, the trans-trough downstream development is stronger than it is across the upstream ridge. Barotropic conversion from eddy kinetic energy to mean kinetic energy occurs in the South African domain during COLs, but occurs much further downstream when there are no COLs during ridging highs. The difference in the characteristics identified in this study can be traced back to the differences in the potential vorticity anomaly structures, which are largely due to whether the waves break or do not during the evolution of ridging events in the South African domain.