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What does One Health want? Feminist, posthuman, and anti-colonial possibilities
Authors: Van Patter Lauren E. , Linares-Roake Julia , Breen Andrea V. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractWhat does One Health want? Despite its touted interdisciplinarity, to date there has been limited engagement with the social sciences and humanities – in particular with streams of critical social theory that enable a response to this question. In this paper we draw on the critical social sciences to consider how One Health is defined, conceptualized, and positioned, and discuss what we see as vital challenges within One Health that both limit its potential for meaningful change and contribute to a potential for ongoing harm – namely, medicalization, anthropocentrism, and colonial-capitalism. We then advance three areas in the critical social sciences that hold potential for addressing these challenges – feminist, posthuman, and anti-colonial approaches. By doing so we seek to encourage a deeper transdisciplinarity within One Health – one that is open to a genuine engagement with insights from critical social theory and a re-orientation towards more creative and radical re-imaginings in the service of wellbeing for diverse peoples, animals, other beings, and the land.
The Dunkl oscillator in the momentum representation and coherent states
Authors: Chung Won Sang , de Montigny Marc , Hassanabadi Hassan 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
We discuss quantum mechanical systems with Dunkl derivatives by constructing the Dunkl-Heisenberg relation in the momentum representation by means of the reflection operator for momentum and we obtain the corresponding position quantum eigenfunction. We examine the one-dimensional Dunkl oscillator in the momentum space in terms of ν-deformed Hermite polynomials. We obtain the energy levels as well as the ground-state and excited wave functions in terms of the ν-deformed Hermite polynomials. We also describe some properties of the ν-deformed Hermite polynomials. We apply the method to the construction of coherent states.
Focus on Liver Function Abnormalities in Patients With Turner Syndrome: Risk Factors and Evaluation of Fibrosis Risk
Authors: Bourcigaux Nathalie , Dubost Emma , Buzzi Jean-Claude , Donadille Bruno , Corpechot Christophe , Poujol-Robert Armelle , Christin-Maitre Sophie 
Published: March 2023

AbstractContextLiver function abnormalities (LFAs) have been described in patients with Turner syndrome (TS). Although a high risk of cirrhosis has been reported, there is a need to assess the severity of liver damage in a large cohort of adult patients with TS.ObjectiveEvaluate the types of LFAs and their respective prevalence, search for their risk factors, and evaluate the severity of liver impairment by using a noninvasive fibrosis marker.MethodsThis was a monocentric retrospective cross-sectional study. Data were collected during a day hospital visit. The main outcome measures were liver enzymes (alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, alkaline phosphatase), FIB-4 score, liver ultrasound imaging, elastography, and liver biopsies, when available.Results264 patients with TS were evaluated at a mean age of 31.15 ± 11.48 years. The overall prevalence of LFAs was 42.8%. The risk factors were age, body mass index, insulin resistance, and an X isochromosome (Xq). The mean FIB-4 sore of the entire cohort was 0.67 ± 0.41. Less than 10% of patients were at risk of developing fibrosis. Cirrhosis was observed in 2/19 liver biopsies. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of LFAs between premenopausal patients with natural cycles and those receiving hormone replacement therapy (P = .063). A multivariate analysis adjusted for age showed no statistically significant correlation between hormone replacement therapy and abnormal gamma-glutamyl transferase levels (P = .12).ConclusionPatients with TS have a high prevalence of LFA. However, 10% are at high risk of developing fibrosis. The FIB-4 score is useful and should be part of the routine screening strategy. Longitudinal studies and better interactions with hepatologists should improve our knowledge of liver disease in patients with TS.
Sacrifice Zones
Authors: Juskus Ryan 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis article provides a genealogy and analysis of the concept of a sacrifice zone. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research, the article traces the origins and transformation of sacrifice zones from (1) a livestock and land management concept into (2) a critical energy concept during the 1970s, (3) an Indigenous political ecology concept in the 1980s, and, finally, (4) an environmental justice concept in the 1990s and beyond. The article identifies the concept’s core content and argues in favor of calling sites of concentrated environmental injustice sacrifice zones, over alternatives such as “fenceline communities” or “dumping grounds,” in part because the concept of sacrifice, derived from the Latin “to make sacred,” is polysemous, signifying both violent victimization and sacred life. This explains why some activists have employed the sacrifice zone concept to generate a positive vision for transforming sacrifice zones into sacred zones. This analysis of the concept’s development through time, social friction, and geographic mobility advances efforts to broaden environmental justice theory from a focus on distributive justice to critical and constructive engagement with culture and religion. The article pursues one implication of this study by suggesting an amendment to the concept of “slow violence”: environmental injustice is better theorized as “slow sacrifice”—a political ecology of life and death, the goal of which is to concentrate death in some places so that other places might experience full, sustainable life. Such a theory makes visible a wider set of existing cultural and religious responses to environmental injustices.
Astroenvironmentalism as SF
Authors: Marino Alessandra 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe New Space Age is awash with discourses about space colonization and resource exploitation, and these happily coexist with the age-old and curiosity-driven question, “Are we alone in the universe?” Astrobiology addresses this question and, at the same time, codifies knowledge useful for protecting our planet and other celestial bodies from harmful contamination. This article critically examines astroenvironmentalism as discussed within astrobiology and attempts to rescue it from becoming a principle of border creation in otherworldly ecologies. To do so, it merges astrobiology with visions and images from feminist postcolonial and decolonial theory, STS, and science fiction, and reflects on the enduring colonial tropes that provide the building blocks of current knowledge on outer space. The same colonial cartographic imagination at play in the much-debated frontier narrative animates the concept of planetary parks. These have gained increased popularity as a mechanism of environmental protection in space, but it is important to note how they entertain a settler future in outer space and legitimize claims to territorial property and extraction. In a dialogue that is contrapuntal to the codification of this form of transplanetary environmentalism, this article traces how Lynn Margulis’s cosmic symbiosis, Donna Haraway’s sympoiesis, and Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Word for World Is Forest (1976) intersect with concerns of astrobiological knowledge. Crucially, they enable the blurring of three types of borders: between science and fiction; planetary inside and outside; life and matter. This border-crossing can be generative of a process of creating more-than-human relationalities beyond Earth-centric geographies.
Earth Becomes World?
Authors: Zwier Jochem , de Boer Bas 
Published: March 2023

AbstractIn coming to grips with the advent of the Anthropocene, contemporary philosophers have recently pushed beyond its many physical implications (e.g., global warming, reduced biodiversity) and social significance (e.g., climate justice, economics, migration) to interpret the Anthropocene metaphysically. According to such interpretations, the Anthropocene imposes nothing less than a wholly new understanding of the world. This raises the question regarding the character of such an imposition. To develop this question, this article discusses three metaphysical interpretations of the Anthropocene: Clive Hamilton’s, Timothy Morton’s, and Bruno Latour’s. Among many voices today, these authors are specifically relevant because they predominantly correlate the imposition of a new, nonmodern world with the scientific object “Earth” as it is developed in Earth system science. The purpose here is to elucidate the ways in which this correlation is made, and to inquire after the role of science—a modern activity par excellence—in the advent of the world of the Anthropocene. The critical question is how this role could be legitimated in the proclaimed absence of a modern framework ensuring science’s status as a beacon of certainty and truth.
“The Only Almost Germ-Free Continent Left”
Authors: Leane Elizabeth , Lavery Charne , Nash Meredith 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis article examines the role of pandemics and viruses in cultural perceptions of Antarctica over the past century. In the popular imagination, Antarctica has often been framed as a place of purity, refuge, and isolation. In a series of fiction and screen texts from the nineteenth century to the present, viruses feature prominently. The texts fall into two categories: narratives in which Antarctica is the sole source of safety in a pandemic-ravaged world and those in which a virus (or another form of contagion) is discovered within the continent itself and needs to be contained. Viruses in these texts are not only literal but also metaphorical, taking the form of any kind of threatening infection, and as such are linked to texts in which Antarctic purity is discursively connected to racial and gendered exclusivity. Based on this comparison, the article argues that ideas of containment and contagion can have political connotations in an Antarctic context, to the extent that they are applied to particular groups of people in order to position them as “alien” to the Antarctic environment. The authors show that the recent media construction of Antarctica during COVID-19 needs to be understood against this disturbing aspect of the Antarctic imaginary, and also that narratives of Antarctic purity are imaginatively linked to both geopolitical exclusions and the melting of Antarctic ice.
Glutamine protects mouse spermatogonial stem cells against NOX1-derived ROS for sustaining self-renewal divisionin vitro
Authors: Miyazaki Takehiro , Kanatsu-Shinohara Mito , Ogonuki Narumi , Matoba Shogo , Ogura Atsuo , Yabe-Nishimura Chihiro , Zhang Hongliang , Pommier Yves , Trumpp Andreas , Shinohara Takashi 
Published: March 2023

ABSTRACTReactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated from NADPH oxidases and mitochondria; they are generally harmful for stem cells. Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) are unique among tissue-stem cells because they undergo ROS-dependent self-renewal via NOX1 activation. However, the mechanism by which SSCs are protected from ROS remains unknown. Here, we demonstrate a crucial role for Gln in ROS protection using cultured SSCs derived from immature testes. Measurements of amino acids required for SSC cultures revealed the indispensable role of Gln in SSC survival. Gln induced Myc expression to drive SSC self-renewal in vitro, whereas Gln deprivation triggered Trp53-dependent apoptosis and impaired SSC activity. However, apoptosis was attenuated in cultured SSCs that lacked NOX1. In contrast, cultured SSCs lacking Top1mt mitochondria-specific topoisomerase exhibited poor mitochondrial ROS production and underwent apoptosis. Gln deprivation reduced glutathione production; supra-molar Asn supplementation allowed offspring production from SSCs cultured without Gln. Therefore, Gln ensures ROS-dependent SSC-self-renewal by providing protection against NOX1 and inducing Myc.
Physiological responses to hypoxia are constrained by environmental temperature in heterothermic tenrecs
Authors: Devereaux Maiah E. M. , Silva Rubio Claudia , van Breukelen Frank , Pamenter Matthew E. 
Published: March 2023

ABSTRACTMalagasy tenrecs are placental hibernating mammals that seal the entrances to their burrows and hibernate either singly or in groups for 8–9 months, which is likely to create a hypoxic and hypercapnic burrow environment. Therefore, we hypothesized that tenrecs are tolerant to environmental hypoxia and hypercapnia. Many hypoxia- and hypercapnia-tolerant fossorial mammals respond to hypoxia by decreasing metabolic rate and thermogenesis, and have blunted ventilatory responses to both environmental hypoxia and hypercapnia. However, tenrecs exhibit extreme metabolic and thermoregulatory plasticity, which exceeds that of most heterothermic mammals and approaches that of ectothermic reptiles. Thus, we predicted that tenrecs would have abnormal physiological responses to hypoxia and hypercapnia relative to other fossorial mammals. To test this, we exposed common tenrecs (Tenrec ecaudatus) to moderate and severe hypoxia (9 and 4% O2) or hypercapnia (5 and 10% CO2) in either 28 or 16°C while non-invasively measuring metabolic rate, thermogenesis and ventilation. We found that tenrecs exhibit robust metabolic decreases in both hypoxia and hypercapnia. Furthermore, tenrecs have blunted ventilatory responses to both hypoxia and hypercapnia, and these responses are highly temperature sensitive such that they are reduced or absent in 16°C. Thermoregulation was highly variable in 16°C but constrained in 28°C across all treatment conditions and was not impacted by hypoxia or hypercapnia, unlike in other heterothermic mammals. Taken together, our results indicate that physiological responses to hypoxia and hypercapnia in tenrecs are highly dependent on environmental temperature and differ from those of other mammalian heterotherms.
Contact Area Dependence of the Dissolution of Ferrous Ions from Pure Iron Wires into Freeze-Concentrated Solutions Revealed by a Combination of Microscopy and Image Processing
Authors: Maeda Minami , Inagawa Arinori , Uehara Nobuo 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
Despite extensive studies on the mechanical deterioration of steel materials under polar/cryogenic conditions, the chemical corrosion therein has been generally overlooked. This is because conventional analytical and electrochemical tools have limited accessibility to microscopic transitions in frozen media for in situ measurements. In this study, we employed image-processing-based microscopy to investigate the effect of the contact area of freeze-concentrated solutions (FCSs) with iron wires. We observed three dissolution behaviors of ferrous ions depending on the contact area of the FCS with the iron surface, indicating that the diffusion process in an FCS is critical to the corrosion process. A general understanding of corrosion processes under cryogenic conditions may accelerate the elucidation of the mechanisms by which unique chemical reactions occur in systems wherein the diffusion of competitive molecules is limited.
Arcflow Formulations and Constraint Generation Frameworks for the Two Bar Charts Packing Problem
Authors: Barkel Mathijs , Delorme Maxence 
Published: March 2023

We consider the two bar charts packing problem (2-BCPP), a recent combinatorial optimization problem whose aim is to pack a set of one-dimensional items into the minimum number of bins. As opposed to the well-known bin packing problem, pairs of items are grouped to form bar charts, and a solution is only feasible if the first and second items of every bar chart are packed in consecutive bins. After providing a complete picture of the connections between the 2-BCPP and other relevant packing problems, we show how we can use these connections to derive valid lower and upper bounds for the problem. We then introduce two new integer linear programming (ILP) models to solve the 2-BCPP based on a nontrivial extension of the arcflow formulation. Even though both models involve an exponential number of constraints, we show that they can be solved within a constraint generation framework. We then empirically evaluate the performance of our bounds and exact approaches against an ILP model from the literature and demonstrate the effectiveness of our techniques on both benchmarks inspired by the literature and new classes of instances that are specifically designed to be hard to solve. The outcomes of our experiments are important for the packing community because they indicate that arcflow formulations can be used to solve targeted packing problems with precedence constraints and also that some of these formulations can be solved with constraint generation. History: Accepted by Andrea Lodi, Area Editor for Design & Analysis of Algorithms–Discrete. Supplemental Material: The online supplement is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.2022.1256 .
Falls 5. Environmental risk factors
Authors: Nazarko Linda 
Published: March 2023

Falls occur because of factors relating to the individual, the environment and the care and support available. As people age, the risk of falls increases. That risk is further increased when a person is unwell and when the person moves to a new environment. The environment where the older person is cared for can reduce or increase the risk of falls and injury. This article, the fifth in a series, explains how staff can minimise the risk of falls in hospitals, care homes and also the person's own home. This article aims to enable readers to understand the environmental risks in different care settings and how age-related changes can affect risk. It also aims to ensure that readers are aware of how environmental modifications can reduce risk.
Single-pixel imaging with high spectral and spatial resolution
Authors: Song Mingyue , Yang Zhaohua , Li Ping , Zhao Zidong , Liu Ying , Yu Yuanjin , Wu Ling-an 
Published: March 2023

It has long been a challenge to obtain high spectral and spatial resolution simultaneously for the field of measurement and detection. Here we present a measurement system based on single-pixel imaging with compressive sensing that can realize excellent spectral and spatial resolution at the same time, as well as data compression. Our method can achieve high spectral and spatial resolution, which is different from the mutually restrictive relationship between the two in traditional imaging. In our experiments, 301 spectral channels are obtained in the band of 420–780 nm with a spectral resolution of 1.2 nm and a spatial resolution of 1.11 mrad. A sampling rate of 12.5% for a 64×64pixel image is obtained by using compressive sensing, which also reduces the measurement time; thus, high spectral and spatial resolution are realized simultaneously, even at a low sampling rate.
Assessing motivators for utilizing family planning services among youth students in higher learning institutions in Dodoma, Tanzania: Protocol for analytical cross sectional study
Authors: Munuo Upendo , Moshi Fabiola Vincent 
Published: March 2023

Introduction
Contraceptive services utilization is an important intervention in averting the impact of unwanted and unplanned pregnancy among youth which is an obstacle to the higher learning institutions youth students in attaining their educational goals. Therefore, the current protocol aims to assess the motivators for family planning service utilization among youth student in higher learning institutions in Dodoma Tanzania.

Methods
This study will be a cross-sectional study with quantitative approach. A multistage sampling technique will be employed in studying 421 youth students aged between 18 to 24 years using structured self-administered questionnaire adopted from the previous studies. The study outcome will be family planning service utilization and independent variables will be family planning service utilization environment, knowledge factors, and perception factors. Other factors such as socio-demographic characteristics will be assessed if they are confounding factors. A factor will be considered as a confounder if it associates with both the dependent and the independent variables. Multivariable Binary logistic regression will be employed in determining the motivators for family planning utilization. The results will be presented using percentages, frequencies, and Odds Ratios and the association will be considered statistically significant at p-value <0.05.
Advancing proficiency testing for ultra in resource-limited settings using dried tube specimen: A study by SRL-Uganda
Authors: Kabugo Joel , Namutebi Joanita , Adam Isa , Mujuni Dennis , Tugumisirize Didas , Denis Oola , Kasule George William , Ibanda Ivan , Orena Beatrice , Byabajungu Henry , Nampewo Elizabeth , Joloba Moses 
Published: March 2023

Background
Proficiency testing (PT) has been hard to set up due to cost limitations and technical capacity. Conventional Xpert MTB/RIF PT programs use liquid and culture spots which require stringent storage and transportation conditions with cross-contamination chances prevalent. These setbacks prompted the use of dried tube specimens (DTS) for Ultra assay PT. For continuity of PT provision, stability of DTS and compatibility with testing protocols when kept for a long period needs to be established.

Methods
DTS were prepared from known isolates inactivated using a hot air oven at 85°C. 100μl of bacterial suspensions were aliquoted and dried inside a Biosafety cabinet. Panel validation was done to establish the baseline Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) concentration in terms of cycle threshold (Ct) value. DTS aliquots were shipped to participants to test and report within six weeks. The remaining DTS were kept at 2–8°C and room temperature for one year with testing at six months. Twenty (20) DTS samples per set remaining at one year were heated at 55°C for two weeks before testing. The means of the different samples were compared to validation data using paired t-tests. Boxplots were designed to visualize the differences in the medians of the DTS.

Results
Overall mean Ct value increased by 4.4 from the validation to testing after one year at the different storage conditions. Samples heated at 55°C showed a 6.4 Ct difference from validation data. Testing done at six months on 2–8°C stored items showed no statistical difference. At all the remaining testing times and conditions, P-values were less than 0.008 although the absolute mean Ct when compared showed slight increments and accommodated differences for the detection of MTB and rifampicin resistance. Median values for samples stored at 2–8°C were lower compared to those at room temperature.

Conclusion
DTS stored at 2–8°C remain more stable for one year compared to higher temperatures and can be consistently used as PT materials in more than one PT round for biannual PT providers.