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Does cultural identity facilitate cooperation?—Impact of business culture on boards and bank cooperation in Republican China
Authors: Kong Lingyu , Cheng Cheng , Wang Wenxiao 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis paper studies the impact of cultural integration on business cooperation in the Republican Era. We collect the composition of bank boards and directors' biographical details of 28 principal banks in China, compiling a panel dataset from 1921 to 1936. The data allows us to classify directors' merchant groups, a typical cultural reflection, thereby calculating the cultural difference at the bank‐pair level. Using the boards' cultural traits, we find cultural difference among bank boards is negatively related to their director‐sharing decisions, an indicator of inter‐bank cooperation. Also, cultural identity on boards facilitates banks to participate in loan syndicates with the yield and risk shared. Further composition tests show that cultural attitude towards clan orientation, trust and open spirit embedded in the business culture is the root of inter‐banking cooperation. The finding reveals the importance of informal institutions in financial development and contributes to the debate on cultural and institutional bifurcation between China and Europe.
Rare causes of abdominal pain: a primer for the admitting general surgeon
Authors: Hamilton Jordan , Milenkovski Nicole , Martin Katherine , Tully Emma , Peng Calvin , Hayes Ian 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThe broad uptake of the acute surgical unit (ASU) model of surgical care in Australia has resulted in general surgeons becoming increasingly involved in the management of patients with acute abdominal pain (AAP), some of whom will be labelled as having non‐specific abdominal pain (NSAP) (Kinnear N, Jolly S, Herath M, et al. The acute surgical unit: An updated systematic review and meta‐analysis. review. Int. J. Surg. 2021;94:106109; Lehane CW, Jootun RN, Bennett M, Wong S, Truskett P. Does an acute care surgical model improve the management and outcome of acute cholecystitis? ANZ J. Surg. 2010;80:438‐42). NSAP patients lack a clear diagnosis of surgical pathology based on standard clinical, laboratory and imaging work‐up, although they may require ASU admission for pain control and assessment. This article provides a review of uncommon conditions, presenting as AAP, that could possibly be mis‐labelled as NSAP, with a focus on aspects of the presentation that may aid diagnosis and management including specific demographic features, clinical findings, key investigations and initial treatment priorities for ASU clinicians. Ultimately, most of the conditions discussed will not require surgical intervention, however, they require a diagnosis to be made and initial treatment planning before on‐referral to the appropriate specialty. For the on‐call general surgeon, some knowledge of these conditions and an index of suspicion are invaluable for the prompt diagnosis and efficient management of these patients.
Oxycodone does not affect placental circulatory physiology during the early first stage of labor—A randomized trial
Authors: Alanne Leena , Kokki Hannu , Mykkänen Anu , Ordén Maija‐Riitta , Rinne Valtteri , Räsänen Juha , Kokki Merja 
Published: June 2023

AbstractIntroductionOpioids are used for pain relief during the first stage of labor. Oxycodone can cause maternal hypotension that may modify utero‐ and fetoplacental circulatory physiology. We hypothesized that maternal intravenous (i.v.) oxycodone has no detrimental effect on utero‐ and fetoplacental hemodynamics during the early first stage of labor.Material and methodsTwenty‐two parturients requiring pain relief during the first stage of labor were randomized in a double‐blinded and placebo‐controlled study. By Doppler ultrasonography, both uterine artery (Ut) and umbilical vein (UV) volume blood flows (Q), Ut pulsatility index (PI), and Ut vascular resistance (RUt) were calculated. Blood flow velocity waveforms were obtained between uterine contractions. After baseline measurements, women received oxycodone 0.05 mg/kg or a placebo intravenous. Doppler ultrasonography was repeated up to 120 min after the first drug administration. The second dose of oxycodone 0.05 mg/kg was allowed at 60 min to all parturients with contraction pain ≥5/10. Maternal plasma samples were collected at each study phase and after delivery with umbilical cord plasma samples, to measure oxycodone concentrations. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT no. NCT02573831).ResultsAt baseline, mean QUt and QUV did not differ significantly between the placebo‐first (478 mL/min and 57 mL/min/kg) and the oxycodone‐first (561 mL/min and 71 mL/min/kg) groups. In addition, RUt and Ut PI were comparable between the groups. Following oxycodone at 60 min, mean QUt and QUV (714 mL/min and 52 mL/min/kg) were similar to the placebo‐first (520 mL/min and 55 mL/min/kg) group. Furthermore, all the measured parameters were comparable to the baseline values. At 60 min after the first study drug administration, all the parturients in the placebo‐first group needed intravenous oxycodone 0.05 mg/kg. At 120 min, we found no statistically significant change in any of the measured parameters. No significant correlation was found between maternal oxycodone concentration and QUt or QUV. Furthermore, newborn oxycodone concentration did not correlate with QUV.ConclusionsOxycodone did not have any detrimental effect on either utero‐ or fetoplacental circulatory physiology during the early first stage of labor. Maternal plasma oxycodone did not correlate with utero‐ and fetoplacental hemodynamics. No correlation was found between newborn oxycodone concentration and fetoplacental hemodynamics.
Interpersonal matching of autistic trait levels in typically developed individuals is associated with spontaneous gaze following and initiation during face‐to‐face social interaction
Authors: Xie Jiushu , Chen Jiahan , Wu Jiaxuan , Liu Yang , Gu Xinyuan , Jiang Wenrui , Yang Mengru , Huang Yanli 
Published: June 2023

AbstractObjectivesPeople with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) usually exhibit typical behaviours and thoughts that are called autistic traits. Autistic traits are widely and continuously distributed among typically developed (TD) and ASD populations. Previous studies have found that people with ASD have difficulty in following the eye gaze of social peers. However, it remains unknown whether TD adults with high or low autistic traits also differ in spontaneous gaze following and initiation in face‐to‐face social interactions. To fill this gap, this study used a novel and naturalistic gaze‐cueing paradigm to examine this research question.DesignA 4 (group: high‐high, high‐low, low‐high or low‐low autistic traits) × 3 (congruency: congruent, neutral, or incongruent) mixed‐measures design was used.MethodsTypically developed adults who were high or low in autistic traits completed a visual search task while a confederate who was high or low in autistic traits sat facing them. Critically, the match of autistic traits within a participant–confederate pair was manipulated. The confederate gazed at (congruent) or away from (incongruent) the location of the target prior to the appearance of the target. Participants were not explicitly instructed to follow the confederate's gaze.ResultsAutistic traits were associated with spontaneous gaze following and initiation in face‐to‐face social interactions. Specifically, only when both the participant and confederate were low in autistic traits did the incongruent gaze cues of confederates interfere with the participants' responses.ConclusionsAutistic traits impeded gaze following and initiation by TD adults. This study has theoretical and practical implications regarding autistic trait‐induced social deficits and indicates a new approach for social skill interventions.
A comprehensive analysis of infantile central nervous system tumors to improve distinctive criteria for infant‐type hemispheric glioma versus desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma/astrocytoma
Authors: Tauziède‐Espariat Arnault , Beccaria Kévin , Dangouloff‐Ros Volodia , Sievers Philipp , Meurgey Alexandra , Pissaloux Daniel , Appay Romain , Saffroy Raphaël , Grill Jacques , Mariet Cassandra , Bourdeaut Franck , Hasty Lauren , Métais Alice , Chrétien Fabrice , Blauwblomme Thomas , Puget Stéphanie , Boddaert Nathalie , Varlet Pascale ,   the RENOCLIP‐LOC
Published: June 2023

AbstractRecent epigenomic analyses have revealed the existence of a new DNA methylation class (MC) of infant‐type hemispheric glioma (IHG). Like desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma/astrocytoma (DIG/DIA), these tumors mainly affect infants and are supratentorial. While DIG/DIA is characterized by BRAF or RAF1 alterations, IHG has been shown to have receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) gene fusions (ALK, ROS1, NTRK1/2/3, and MET). However, in this rapidly evolving field, a more comprehensive analysis of infantile glial/glioneuronal tumors including clinical, radiological, histopathological, and molecular data is needed. Here, we retrospectively investigated data from 30 infantile glial/glioneuronal tumors, consecutively compiled from our center. They were analyzed by two experienced pediatric neuroradiologists in consensus, without former knowledge of the molecular data. We also performed a comprehensive clinical, and histopathological examination (including molecular evaluation by next‐generation sequencing, RNA sequencing, and fluorescence in situ hybridization [FISH] analyses), as well as DNA methylation profiling for the samples having sufficient material available. The integrative histopathological, genetic, and epigenetic analyses, including t‐distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (t‐SNE) analyses segregated tumors into 10 DIG/DIA (33.3%), six IHG (20.0%), three gangliogliomas (10.0%), two pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas (6.7%), two pilocytic astrocytomas (6.7%), two supratentorial ependymomas, ZFTA fusion‐positive (6.7%), two supratentorial ependymomas, YAP1 fusion‐positive (6.7%), two embryonal tumors with PLAGL2‐family amplification (6.7%), and one diffuse low‐grade glioma, MAPK‐pathway altered. This study highlights the significant differential features, in terms of histopathology (leptomeningeal infiltration, intense desmoplasia and ganglion cells in DIG/DIA and necrosis, microvascular proliferation, and siderophages in IHG), and radiology between DIG/DIA and IHG. Moreover, these results are consistent with the literature data concerning the molecular dichotomy (BRAF/RAF1 alterations vs. RTK genes' fusions) between DIG/DIA and IHG. This study characterized histopathologically and radiologically two additional cases of the novel embryonal tumor characterized by PLAGL2 gene amplification.
Engagements with the Past and Armenians' Settlement Journeys in Canada
Authors: Bayar Yeşim 
Published: June 2023

AbstractExaminations of migrants’ experiences have traditionally been confined to host country experiences. More recent studies consider the homeland‐hostland relationship as a dynamic one, while also paying attention to the impact of events that happen outside these two landscapes. This article seeks to build on these latter works by considering the homeland‐hostland connection from a different angle and argues that, when it happens, the post‐migration discovery of homeland communal and personal histories results in salient personal transformations. Moreover, these hostland experiences are largely facilitated by encounters with the larger ethnic community. The examination draws upon data collected on Armenian migrants from Turkey to Canada.
Attentional modulation of neural sound tracking in children with and without dyslexia
Authors: Guerra Giada , Tierney Adam , Tijms Jurgen , Vaessen Anniek , Bonte Milene , Dick Frederic 
Published: June 2023

AbstractAuditory selective attention forms an important foundation of children's learning by enabling the prioritisation and encoding of relevant stimuli. It may also influence reading development, which relies on metalinguistic skills including the awareness of the sound structure of spoken language. Reports of attentional impairments and speech perception difficulties in noisy environments in dyslexic readers are also suggestive of the putative contribution of auditory attention to reading development. To date, it is unclear whether non‐speech selective attention and its underlying neural mechanisms are impaired in children with dyslexia and to which extent these deficits relate to individual reading and speech perception abilities in suboptimal listening conditions. In this EEG study, we assessed non‐speech sustained auditory selective attention in 106 7‐to‐12‐year‐old children with and without dyslexia. Children attended to one of two tone streams, detecting occasional sequence repeats in the attended stream, and performed a speech‐in‐speech perception task. Results show that when children directed their attention to one stream, inter‐trial‐phase‐coherence at the attended rate increased in fronto‐central sites; this, in turn, was associated with better target detection. Behavioural and neural indices of attention did not systematically differ as a function of dyslexia diagnosis. However, behavioural indices of attention did explain individual differences in reading fluency and speech‐in‐speech perception abilities: both these skills were impaired in dyslexic readers. Taken together, our results show that children with dyslexia do not show group‐level auditory attention deficits but these deficits may represent a risk for developing reading impairments and problems with speech perception in complex acoustic environments.Research HighlightsNon‐speech sustained auditory selective attention modulates EEG phase coherence in children with/without dyslexiaChildren with dyslexia show difficulties in speech‐in‐speech perceptionAttention relates to dyslexic readers’ speech‐in‐speech perception and reading skillsDyslexia diagnosis is not linked to behavioural/EEG indices of auditory attention
Automated contour extraction for light‐sheet microscopy images of zebrafish embryos based on object edge detection algorithm
Authors: Kondow Akiko , Ohnuma Kiyoshi , Taniguchi Atsushi , Sakamoto Joe , Asashima Makoto , Kato Kagayaki , Kamei Yasuhiro , Nonaka Shigenori 
Published: June 2023

AbstractEmbryo contour extraction is the initial step in the quantitative analysis of embryo morphology, and it is essential for understanding the developmental process. Recent developments in light‐sheet microscopy have enabled the in toto time‐lapse imaging of embryos, including zebrafish. However, embryo contour extraction from images generated via light‐sheet microscopy is challenging owing to the large amount of data and the variable sizes, shapes, and textures of objects. In this report, we provide a workflow for extracting the contours of zebrafish blastula and gastrula without contour labeling of an embryo. This workflow is based on the edge detection method using a change point detection approach. We assessed the performance of the edge detection method and compared it with widely used edge detection and segmentation methods. The results showed that the edge detection accuracy of the proposed method was superior to those of the Sobel, Laplacian of Gaussian, adaptive threshold, Multi Otsu, and k‐means clustering‐based methods, and the noise robustness of the proposed method was superior to those of the Multi Otsu and k‐means clustering‐based methods. The proposed workflow was shown to be useful for automating small‐scale contour extractions of zebrafish embryos that cannot be specifically labeled owing to constraints, such as the availability of microscopic channels. This workflow may offer an option for contour extraction when deep learning‐based approaches or existing non‐deep learning‐based methods cannot be applied.
A post‐processing procedure for predicting high‐ and low‐cycle fatigue life of welded structures based on the master E–N curve
Authors: Liu Xiaochao , Lei Linsen , Xing Shizhu , Gu Tang , Li Xiangwei , Zhao Shangchao , Pei Xianjun 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis work provides a post‐processing procedure to predict the high‐ and low‐cycle fatigue life of welded structures. The post‐processor calculates the equivalent structural strain range, given the traction stress state at the weld notch, by enforcing the equilibrium condition and Navier's hypothesis. The return mapping algorithm is applied to deal with the low‐cycle fatigue condition in which through‐thickness plastic deformation develops. The proposed method predicts the fatigue life of 793 welded joints of different configurations made from steel, magnesium, titanium, and aluminum alloy. The predicted high‐ and low‐cycle fatigue lives agree equally well with the experimental result.
Declining tree growth resilience mediates subsequent forest mortality in theUSMountain West
Authors: Cabon Antoine , DeRose R. Justin , Shaw John D. , Anderegg William R. L. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractClimate change‐triggered forest die‐off is an increasing threat to global forests and carbon sequestration but remains extremely challenging to predict. Tree growth resilience metrics have been proposed as measurable proxies of tree susceptibility to mortality. However, it remains unclear whether tree growth resilience can improve predictions of stand‐level mortality. Here, we use an extensive tree‐ring dataset collected at ~3000 permanent forest inventory plots, spanning 13 dominant species across the US Mountain West, where forests have experienced strong drought and extensive die‐off has been observed in the past two decades, to test the hypothesis that tree growth resilience to drought can explain and improve predictions of observed stand‐level mortality. We found substantial increases in growth variability and temporal autocorrelation as well declining drought resistance and resilience for a number of species over the second half of the 20th century. Declining resilience and low tree growth were strongly associated with cross‐ and within‐species patterns of mortality. Resilience metrics had similar explicative power compared to climate and stand structure, but the covariance structure among predictors implied that the effect of tree resilience on mortality could partially be explained by stand and climate variables. We conclude that tree growth resilience offers highly valuable insights on tree physiology by integrating the effect of stressors on forest mortality but may have only moderate potential to improve large‐scale projections of forest die‐off under climate change.
Long‐term changes in Noctiluca scintillans blooms along the Chinese coast from 1933 to 2020
Authors: Wang Kang , Lin Hui , Peng Conghui , Sun Lin , Gao Yahui , Chen Baohong 
Published: June 2023

AbstractNoctiluca scintillans is one of the most common harmful algal species and widely known due to its bioluminescence. In this study, the spatial distribution, seasonal variations, and long‐term trends of N. scintillans blooms in China and the related drivers were analyzed and discussed. From 1933 to 2020, a total of 265 events of N. scintillans blooms were recorded in Chinese coastal waters, with a total duration of 1052 days. The first N. scintillans bloom occurred in Zhejiang in 1933, and only three events were recorded before 1980. From 1981 to 2020, N. scintillans caused harmful algal blooms (HABs) almost every year, both the average duration and the proportion of multiphase HABs showed an increasing trend. 1986–1992, 2002–2004, and 2009–2016 were the three peak periods with a frequency of no less than five events of N. scintillans blooms per year. In terms of spatial distribution, N. scintillans blooms spread from the Southeast China Sea to the Bohai Sea after 2000, Guangdong, Fujian, and Hebei were the three provinces with the highest numbers of recorded events of N. scintillans blooms. Moreover, 86.8% of the events of N. scintillans blooms occurred in spring (March, April, and May) and summer (June, July, and August). Among environmental factors, the dissolved inorganic phosphate, dissolved silicate and chemical oxygen demand were significantly correlated with the cell density of N. scintillans during N. scintillans blooms, and most of N. scintillans blooms were recorded in the temperature range of 18.0–25.0°C. Precipitation, hydrodynamics, water temperature, and food availability might be the main factors affecting the spatial–temporal distribution of N. scintillans blooms along the Chinese coast.
Late‐Quaternary megafauna extinctions have strongly reduced mammalian vegetation consumption
Authors: Pedersen Rasmus Østergaard , Faurby Søren , Svenning Jens‐Christian 
Published: June 2023

AbstractAimHow much stronger would the effects of herbivorous mammals be in natural ecosystems if human‐linked extinctions and extirpations had not occurred? Many mammal species have experienced range contractions, and numerous species have gone extinct in the late Quaternary, completely or in large part linked to human pressures. Therefore, herbivore consumption rates in seemingly natural ecosystems will deviate from their pre‐anthropogenic state. Here, we estimate the size of this deviation.LocationTerrestrial systems, globally.Time periodCurrent.Major taxa studiedAll late‐Quaternary terrestrial mammals.MethodsWe estimated and mapped vegetation consumption rate by all late‐Quaternary terrestrial mammals. We did this through the estimation of natural densities and dietary needs. We mapped their consumption rate in both current ranges and present‐natural ranges, that is estimated ranges in the absence of human‐linked range contractions and extinctions. We compared these estimated consumption rates to current net primary productivity (NPP). We summarized the results across ecosystem types everywhere as well as for only the last remaining wilderness areas.ResultsWe estimate that wild mammals consume a median of 11% of NPP (at the scale of 96.5 km × 96.5 km grid cells) in current natural areas and that this would have been much higher in the absence of extinctions and extirpations, namely 21%. Looking at the change per grid cell, the mammal losses result in a median 42% reduction in consumption rate. Importantly, we estimate very similar declines in herbivory in what are considered the last remaining wilderness areas.Main conclusionsOur results suggest that the natural interaction of mammalian herbivores with vegetation in ecosystems across the world is strongly reduced by prehistoric and historic to recent species losses, even in the last remaining wilderness areas, likely with major effects on ecosystem structure and functioning.