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Intertextual Irony: Between Relevance Theory and Umberto Eco
Authors: Brondino Andrea 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
This article discusses the advantages deriving from the interaction of pragmatics and literary theory in the study of literary irony. The first section argues that the current (mis)understanding of irony is the result of a centuries-long intertwinement between rhetorical and philosophical discourses. The paper then shows how the echoic theory of irony, devised by Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson within the broader framework of their Relevance Theory, provides literary scholars with a different and potentially useful notion of irony and its functions. The third section compares echoic irony to Umberto Eco’s definition of irony. Intertextual irony is then defined, and identified as a fourth type of irony, in addition to verbal, situational or dramatic ironies. Literary examples and implications of intertextual irony are also analysed. In the fourth and final section expressions of a diffuse sense of rejection of irony in contemporary culture are briefly discussed. By applying an innovative methodology to the study of figurative language, this article aims to introduce the concept of intertextual irony as a reader-oriented tool for literary analysis, as well as to emphasize the role that pragmatics can play in the refinement of the vocabulary of literary criticism and theory.
Estimating the thermal conductivity of plutonic rocks from major oxide composition using machine learning
Authors: Yu Ruyang , Jiang Shu , Fuchs Sven , Peng Peng , Li Yuanping , Wang Hu 
Published: May 2023

SUMMARYThe accurate estimation of temperature distribution in the earth's crust and modelling of heat-related processes in geodynamics requires knowledge of the thermal conductivity of plutonic rocks. This study compiled an extensive data set of 530 representative plutonic rock samples, including thermal conductivity, major oxide composition and (for two subsets of data) modal mineralogy. For the first time, three machine learning algorithms (ML; i.e. support vector regression, random forest and extreme gradient boosting) were employed to estimate the thermal conductivity of plutonic rocks using the major oxide composition feature as input variables. The performance of these ML-based models was evaluated against a geochemically compositional model and eight mineral-driven physically based empirical mixing models. Results show that the means of predicted thermal conductivity by the ML-based models and the geochemically compositional model are not significantly different from the measured thermal conductivity at a significance level of 5 per cent. However, the ML-based models outperformed the best-performing non-ML model, the geochemically compositional model. The highest prediction accuracy was achieved by extreme gradient boosting, which reduced the mean absolute percentage error and root mean square error by more than 50 per cent. Furthermore, SiO2 is confirmed as the most important independent variable, followed by Al2O3, TiO2, CaO and K2O. The turning point observed in the thermal conductivity trend with SiO2 wt per cent may be primarily attributed to variations in mineral composition within the subgroup of igneous rock types classified based on SiO2 wt per cent. This study explores, for the first time, the use of ML algorithms to estimate the thermal conductivity of plutonic rocks from their major oxide composition.
Impact of Vedolizumab on Extraintestinal Manifestations in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Results From a Descriptive, Retrospective, Real-world Study
Authors: Kopylov Uri , Burisch Johan , Ben-Horin Shomron , Braegger Fiona , Fernández-Nistal Alonso , Lara Nuria , Heinrich Henriette Sophie , Vavricka Stephan R 
Published: May 2023

Abstract

Background
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, may develop extraintestinal manifestations (EIMs). The EMOTIVE study aimed to analyze the effect of vedolizumab on EIMs in a real-world cohort of patients with IBD.

Methods
This multicenter, descriptive, retrospective study was conducted in Belgium, Denmark, Israel, the Netherlands, and Switzerland in adults with moderately to severely active IBD and concurrent active EIMs at vedolizumab initiation (index date), with a ≥6-month follow-up after the index date. The primary endpoint was resolution of all EIMs within 6 months of vedolizumab initiation.

Results
In 99 eligible patients, the most frequent EIMs were arthralgia (69.7%), peripheral spondyloarthritis (21.2%), and axial spondyloarthritis (10.1%). Within 6 and 12 months of vedolizumab initiation, 19.2% and 25.3% of patients reported resolution of all EIMs, while 36.5% and 49.5% of all EIMs were reported to be improved (combination of resolution and partial response), respectively. Vedolizumab treatment persistence at 12 months was 82.8%. Adverse events were reported in 18.2% of patients, with the most frequent being arthralgia (4.0%).

Conclusions
This real-world study showed resolution of all EIMs in up to one-fourth of patients with IBD and improvement in up to half of EIMs within 12 months of vedolizumab treatment. Overall, vedolizumab was effective on EIMs in patients with IBD and showed a good safety profile.
The Function of the Mammal Extrinsic Tongue Musculature in the Transition from Suckling to Drinking
Authors: Steer K E , Johnson M L , Adjerid K , Bond L E , Howe S P , Khalif A , Nkachukwu K C , Edmonds C E , German R Z , Mayerl C J 
Published: May 2023

SynopsisThe transition from suckling to drinking is a developmental pathway that all mammals take. In both behaviors, the tongue is the primary structure involved in acquiring, transporting, and swallowing the liquid. However, the two processes are fundamentally different: during suckling, the tongue must function as a pump to generate suction to move milk, whereas during drinking, the tongue moves backwards and forwards through the mouth to acquire and move water. Despite these fundamental differences, we have little understanding of how tongues role varies between these behaviors. We used an infant pig model to investigate the relationships between anatomy, physiology, and function of the tongue to examine how lingual function is modulated in the transition from infancy to adulthood. We found that while some muscles were proportionally largest at birth, others were proportionally larger at the time of weaning. Furthermore, we found variation in tongue movements between suckling and drinking along both the mediolateral and anteroposterior axes, resulting in differences in tongue deformation between the two behaviors. The extrinsic tongue muscles also changed in function differently between drinking and suckling. Genioglossus increased its activity and turned on and off earlier in the cycle during drinking, whereas hyoglossus fired at lower amplitudes during drinking, and turned on and off later in the cycle. Together, the data highlight the significant need for high neuroplasticity in the control of the tongue at a young age in mammals and suggest that the ability to do so is key in the ontogeny and evolution of feeding in these animals.
Organizational team formation: projects, structures, and transactive memory
Authors: Choi Seungho , Miller Kent 
Published: May 2023

AbstractTeam formation brings together organizational members with complementary capabilities to address projects. This study examines how project-based organizations form teams in response to an ongoing stream of different projects. We consider team formation a phenomenon shaped by organization structure, project attributes, and learning from project experience. We address the effects of two alternative organization structures (functional and team-based) and four project attributes (project size, heterogeneity, decomposability, and ambiguity) on the efficiency of project team staffing. We build these features into two agent-based models grounded on nine case studies of project-based organizations. These models highlight how organizations achieve efficiency in team formation over time as transactive memory develops in response to ongoing project variation. Our models explain how organization structure and particular project attributes affect the development and application of transactive memory.
Results and insights after 413 TAVI procedures performed by cardiac surgeons on their own
Authors: Malvindi Pietro Giorgio , Berretta Paolo , Capestro Filippo , Bifulco Olimpia , Alfonsi Jacopo , Cefarelli Mariano , Pierri Michele Danilo , Di Eusanio Marco 
Published: May 2023

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
Current evidence on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has been generated exclusively by cardiology studies and no operative data from cardiac surgeons are available. Here, we describe the development of our TAVI programme and report the results of transfemoral (TF) TAVI done by cardiac surgeons on their own.

METHODS
This study included all the TAVI procedures on native valve performed at Cardiac Surgery Unit, Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, during the period October 2018 to July 2022. Relevant prospectively collected preoperative, intraprocedural and postoperative data were retrieved from the Institutional database.

RESULTS
A total of 413 patients were included in the study. Mean patients’ age was 82 years and among them 44% (180/413) were male. STS score was 3.1% (2.2–4.4). Eighty patients underwent transapical TAVI and 333 patients had a TF approach. We progressively moved from transapical TAVI towards TF procedures that are now routinely performed on conscious sedation and using a fully percutaneous approach. After TF TAVI, 30-day mortality rate was 1%, cerebral stroke occurred in 2% of the cases, permanent pacemaker implantation was necessary in 23% of the patients and in 6% of the cases there was a moderate/severe degree of aortic regurgitation. There was no association between operators performing TAVI and 30-day mortality.

CONCLUSIONS
The acquisition of catheter-based skills and an adequate training allowed cardiac surgeons to perform on their own awake and fully percutaneous TF TAVI with similar results when compared with major randomized clinical trials and registries’ experiences.
The net-zero and sustainability potential of SCC development, production and flowability in concrete structures
Authors: Onyelowe Kennedy C , Kontoni Denise-Penelope N 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Climate action around the world has shifted to the potential of global warming contribution from the design and construction of infrastructures, especially those in demand for concrete. Concrete production and use have been identified as contributing to &gt;5% of the world’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The main aim of this research work is to critically study the net-zero and sustainability potentials that the world can leverage on from the development, production and flowability of self-compacting concrete (SCC). Conventional concrete is made of &gt;50% of ordinary cement, which contributes to &gt;7% of the world’s GHG emissions. But in 1988, a fluidized concrete that compacts under its self-weight, known as SCC, was formed and developed to overcome the need for durability, skill and manpower that were dwindling in Japan at the time. This concrete created a pathway for cement to be replaced partially or totally by certain pozzolanic materials that function as viscosity-modifying admixture, high-water reducing agent or microencapsulated phase-change materials in the concrete mix. However, research findings have shown that for these materials to alter the flowability of SCC, there has to be reduced yield stress and moderate viscosity for allowable internal friction based on the Bingham model, and this has to be achieved under the same water–cement ratio. Fortunately, the implication of the use of these admixtures as replacements for cement is that there is a reduced demand for cement production and use in cleaner concrete production and, as such, a reduced CO2 emission associated with this process.
Who Feels They Can Understand and Have an Impact on Political Processes? Socio-demographic Correlates of Political Efficacy in 46 Countries, 1996–2016
Authors: Oser Jennifer , Feitosa Fernando , Dassonneville Ruth 
Published: May 2023

AbstractWhile recent research has produced robust objective evidence of unequal representation in democracies, there is little evidence about whether this inequality is consistent with individuals’ subjective perceptions of their own political efficacy. To answer this question, we use all available data on political efficacy from the International Social Survey Programme modules for 46 countries (1996–2016) to investigate trends and correlates of external and internal political efficacy. We focus on socio-demographic characteristics that are central to recent literature on unequal representation: gender, education, and income. Our individual-level findings show that education and income are positively associated with both external and internal efficacy while being female is associated with lower levels of internal efficacy but unrelated to external efficacy. We complement these individual-level analyses with a contextual investigation of how descriptive representation contributes to efficacy gaps. Focusing on gender, we show that women feel that they have more of a say in governmental decisions in contexts with a higher level of female representation among elected representatives. We conclude by noting how future research can leverage cross-national data to identify contextual mechanisms that may have an impact upon persistent social gaps in political efficacy across contexts and over time.
Assessing clinical cure of empirical piperacillin/tazobactam for ESBL urinary tract infections (ACCEPT—UTI)
Authors: Stefanos Sylvia S , Sakaan Sami , Samarin Michael , Gelfand Michael S , Cleveland Kerry O , Gant Jessie , Kermeen Sydney , Hobbs Diana A , Hobbs Athena L V 
Published: May 2023

Abstract

Background
Data are limited regarding use of piperacillin/tazobactam for ESBL urinary tract infections (UTIs). The objective of this study was to compare clinical outcomes of patients treated empirically with piperacillin/tazobactam versus carbapenems for ESBL UTIs.

Methods
This retrospective, observational, propensity score-matched study evaluated adults with an ESBL on urine culture. Patients who had UTI symptoms or leukocytosis, and who received a carbapenem or piperacillin/tazobactam empirically for at least 48 h were included. The primary outcome was clinical success within 48 h, defined as resolution of temperature (36–38°C), resolution of symptoms or leukocytosis (WBC &lt;12 × 103/μL) in the absence of documented symptoms, and the absence of readmission for an ESBL UTI within 6 months. Secondary outcomes included time to clinical resolution, hospital length of stay, and in-hospital and 30 day all-cause mortality.

Results
Overall, 223 patients were included in the full cohort and 200 patients in the matched cohort (piperacillin/tazobactam = 100, carbapenem = 100). Baseline characteristics were similar between the groups. There was no difference in the primary outcome of clinical success between the carbapenem and piperacillin/tazobactam groups (58% versus 56%, respectively; P = 0.76). Additionally, there was no difference in median (IQR) time to clinical resolution [38.9 h (21.5, 50.9 h) versus 40.3 h (27.4, 57.5 h); P = 0.37], in-hospital all-cause mortality (3% versus 3%; P = 1.00), or 30 day all-cause mortality (4% versus 2%; P = 0.68) between the carbapenem and piperacillin/tazobactam groups, respectively.

Conclusions
There was no significant difference in clinical success for patients treated empirically with piperacillin/tazobactam compared with carbapenems for ESBL UTIs.
From Theory to Reality: A Definition for the Termination of Non-International Armed Conflicts
Authors: McClean Stefan Robert 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
This article seeks to examine how various theories, which have been designed to determine the end of non-international armed conflicts (NIACs), have been applied in practice. As international humanitarian law is temporal in its application, determining when a conflict legally concludes is vital to assess the rights and duties of parties involved during the final stages of conflict. In order to examine how international law approaches the issue of conflict termination, three case studies are undertaken (Afghanistan, Solomon Islands and Sierra Leone) to examine the practice of the parties involved in the transition out of a NIAC paradigm and into the jus post bellum (law after war). While the article does not seek to identify a clear definition in customary international law as to the nature of a NIACs termination, through an analysis of practice and theory implementation, it is hoped that an improved picture as to how NIACs may conclusively end as a matter of international law can be brought to light.
Confirmatory evaluation of eFUME for control of brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
Authors: Corbett Stephen M A , Cullum John P , Abrams Adelaine E , Rodriguez Mathew S , Leskey Tracy C , Walse Spencer S 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
The governments of Australia and New Zealand require a phytosanitary treatment to control adult brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), as overwintering aggregations have been intercepted in the importation pathway of various nonhorticultural consignments, including vehicles. The commercialized fumigant, eFUME, a 16.7% by mass dilution of ethyl formate in carbon dioxide, resulted in complete control of ca. 1,000 field-collected, naturally diapausing adult H. halys in each of 3 independent trials at 10 ± 0.5 °C (x¯ ± 2s) when ethyl formate levels in enclosure headspace were maintained steady-state at ca. 14.5 mg/liter for 4 h to yield Ct exposures ranging from 57.9 to 63.1 mg/liter h. Consistent with previous findings where greenhouse reared H. halys were controlled using laboratory formulations of this ethyl formate—carbon dioxide mixture, these confirmatory methods and results further inform technical and operational features of commercial practice.
Development of the Music Therapy in Transition to Long-Term Care Model
Authors: Schneible Brigette K , Beer Laura , McDermott Orii , Mulhorn Kristine , Shim Minjung , Bradt Joke 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Transition to long-term care can be a challenging period for older adults, with high risk for negative outcomes, including depression, anxiety, and fear. However, music therapy has the potential to enhance related protective factors because it emphasizes individual strengths by leveraging culture-specific resources, facilitates relationships and a sense of belonging through joint music-making, and provides opportunities to process and make sense of one’s experiences in the “new normal” through sharing of music-related emotions. The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of older adult long-term care residents, their care team staff, and their music therapists to develop a conceptual framework for the role of music therapy in older adults’ transition and adjustment to long-term care. A grounded theory approach was used to conceptualize this process. Interviews with 17 participants were transcribed and analyzed using open, axial, and selective coding. The resulting theoretical model describes a progression of qualities and benefits of music therapy that leads to residents “feeling their best self.” Related categories include: Music therapy is accessible and engaging; Music therapy is personal and meaningful; Music therapy acts as a bridge to other resources; Music therapy facilitates transformation; and Music therapy facilitates community integration. This initial theoretical model provides a foundation for clinical assessment and interventions. Future research is needed for continued testing and refining this theory.
The Quest for the Philosophers’ Stone: Alois von Sonnenfels’ ‘אור נגה—Splendor Lucis’, Vienna 1745
Authors: Evers Renate 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
This article examines אור נגה—Splendor Lucis, oder Glantz des Lichts, a bilingual German-Hebrew alchemical work written in 1745 by Alois von Sonnenfels (1705–1768), a scholar and translator at the Austrian imperial court, who converted from Judaism to Catholicism in 1735. Splendor Lucis embodies a quest for ‘vera philosophia’, a true and pure knowledge, which its author seeks via the practical alchemical pursuit of discovering how to transmute base substances into gold using the legendary ‘Philosophers’ Stone’. Ultimately, Sonnenfels locates the secret to divine wisdom in the biblical figure of Job, and concludes that ‘vera philosophia’ is with God alone and cannot be grasped by humankind. This article analyses how Sonnenfels’ unique eighteenth-century text combines Jewish and Christian concepts with alchemical, kabbalistic, and literary symbols. Christian alchemists and Christian Hebraists often tried to prove that Christianity was the anticipated Messianic fulfilment of Judaism. By contrast, Sonnenfels presents a veiled discourse which carefully makes the case for the validity of Jewish texts and thus also for Judaism—under the watchful eye of the Catholic Church.
Inferring dark matter halo properties for H i-selected galaxies
Authors: Yasin Tariq , Desmond Harry , Devriendt Julien , Slyz Adrianne 
Published: May 2023

ABSTRACT
We set constraints on the dark matter halo mass and concentration of ∼22 000 individual galaxies visible both in $\rm{H}\, {\small I}$ (from the ALFALFA survey) and optical light (from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey). This is achieved by combining two Bayesian models, one for the $\rm{H}\, {\small I}$ line width as a function of the stellar and neutral hydrogen mass distributions in a galaxy using kinematic modelling, and the other for the galaxy’s total baryonic mass using the technique of inverse subhalo abundance matching. We hence quantify the constraining power on halo properties of spectroscopic and photometric observations, and assess their consistency. We find good agreement between the two sets of posteriors, although there is a sizeable population of low-line width galaxies that favour significantly smaller dynamical masses than expected from abundance matching (especially for cuspy halo profiles). Abundance matching provides significantly more stringent bounds on halo properties than the $\rm{H}\, {\small I}$ line width, even with a mass–concentration prior included, although combining the two provides a mean gain of 40 per cent for the sample when fitting an NFW profile. We also use our kinematic posteriors to construct a baryonic mass–halo mass relation, which we find to be near power law, and with a somewhat shallower slope than expected from abundance matching. Our method demonstrates the potential of combining photometric and spectroscopic observations to precisely map out the dark matter distribution at the galaxy scale using upcoming $\rm{H}\, {\small I}$ surveys such as the SKA.