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Dominant role of early winter Barents-Kara sea ice extent anomalies in subsequent atmospheric circulation changes in CMIP6 models
Authors: Delhaye Steve , Massonnet François , Fichefet Thierry , Msadek Rym , Terray Laurent , Screen James 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
The mid-latitude climate responses to Arctic sea ice loss remain unclear, partly because the atmospheric responses depend sensitively to the location of sea ice anomalies. Evaluating the role of regional Arctic sea ice extent anomalies is therefore essential to appreciate the extent of atmospheric responses. We investigated these responses but also the atmospheric precursors to regional Arctic sea ice extent anomalies in long pre-industrial control simulations from 36 CMIP6 climate models. This study examines changes in various atmospheric variables at different lead and lag times by performing a composite analysis between years of low and high sea ice extents in different Arctic seas. Stronger and more statistically significant relationships are found when the atmosphere leads to changes in sea ice than the reverse direction, suggesting that in the CMIP6 models the atmosphere drives the sea ice rather than the opposite. The atmospheric circulation is found to be relatively insensitive to regional sea ice anomalies except in the Barents-Kara (BAKA) Seas, where the negative anomalies in December are followed by a robust negative winter North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)-like pattern. Consistent with the so-called stratospheric pathway, a weakening of the stratospheric polar vortex (SPV) is simulated one month prior to the NAO change and can be partially explained by the sea ice anomaly in BAKA in preceding months. Moreover, the responses of the SPV and the NAO index scale approximately linearly with the magnitude of the BAKA sea ice anomaly. These results highlight the inter-model consistency of the role played by the BAKA sea ice extent anomaly for the atmospheric responses under pre-industrial conditions. In upcoming work, the loss of sea ice in this region should therefore primarily be considered, but under future conditions.
Defining the Infant Male Urobiome and Moving Towards Mechanisms in Urobiome Research
Authors: Hadjifrangiskou Maria , Reasoner Seth , Flores Viktor , Horn Gerald Van , Morales Grace , Peard Leslie , Abelson Benjamin , Manuel Carmila , Lee Jessica , Baker Bailey , Williams Timothy , Schmitz Jonathan , Clayton Douglass 
Published: March 2023

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The urinary bladder harbors a community of microbes termed the urobiome, which remains understudied. In this study, we present the urobiome of healthy infant males from samples collected by transurethral catheterization. Using a combination of extended culture and amplicon sequencing, we identify several common bacterial genera that can be further investigated for their effects on urinary health across the lifespan. Many genera were shared between all samples suggesting a consistent urobiome composition among this cohort. We note that, for this cohort, early life exposures including mode of birth (vaginal vs. Caesarean section), or prior antibiotic exposure did not influence urobiome composition. In addition, we report the isolation of culturable bacteria from the bladders of these infant males, including Actinotignum schaalii, a bacterial species that has been associated with urinary tract infection in older male adults. Herein, we isolate and sequence 9 distinct strains of A. schaalii enhancing the genomic knowledge surrounding this species and opening avenues for delineating the microbiology of this urobiome constituent. Furthermore, we present a framework for using the combination of culture-dependent and sequencing methodologies for uncovering mechanisms in the urobiome.
Formation of the Xigaze Metamorphic Sole under the Tibetan continental margin reveals generic characteristics of the subduction initiation process
Authors: Guilmette Carl , Hinsbergen Douwe van , Smit Matthijs , Godet Antoine , Fournier-Roy Francois , Butler Jared , Maffione Marco , Li Shun , Hodges Kip 
Published: March 2023

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Metamorphic soles found under allochthonous oceanic lithosphere, or ophiolites, are derived from the earliest lower plate oceanic crust accreted to upper plate mantle and are considered diagnostic of intraoceanic subduction initiation. Their metamorphic evolution is inferred to reflect the thermal structure at the site of subduction nucleation, with granulite-bearing soles linked to initiation at hot spreading centers. Here we present garnet Lu-Hf geochronology for the granulite-bearing sole of the Xigaze ophiolite in South Tibet, whose oceanic crust formed around 130 Ma through continental forearc extension. Our study shows that sole metamorphism was ongoing by 144 Ma, 14 million years before oceanic forearc spreading. The granulite-bearing sole thus formed following subduction initiation under a continental margin and not a spreading center. Our results imply that the metamorphic characteristics of soles are independent of the specific tectonic setting at the subduction nucleation site and rather provide generic constraints on the subduction initiation process.
Lava flow impacts on the built environment: Insights from a new global dataset
Authors: Meredith Elinor S. , Jenkins Susanna F. , Hayes Josh L. , Lallemant David , Deligne Natalia Irma , Teng Natalie R.X. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
The recent destruction of thousands of homes by lava flows from Cumbre Vieja, La Palma, Spain and Nyiragongo volcano, Democratic Republic of Congo, serves as a reminder of the devastating impact that lava flows can have on communities living in volcanically active regions. Damage to buildings and infrastructure in particular can have widespread and long-lasting effects on rehabilitation and livelihoods. Our understanding of how lava flows interact with buildings is limited and based upon sparse empirical data. Often a binary impact is assumed (lava flows destroy buildings), although previous events have shown this to be an oversimplification. Empirical damage data collected after past events can provide an evidence base from which to better understand lava flow impacts across a range of building types, environments and eruption styles, as well as temporal and spatial trends. However, information on lava flow impacts is scattered across literature, reports and maps; no comprehensive dataset of lava flow impacts exists. In this study, we review, compile and standardise lava flow impact information in published literature to create the first comprehensive global dataset of lava flow events with impacts on the built environment. We found that since the first recorded event between 5494 year B.P. and 5387 year B.P., lava flows from at least 127 eruptions impacted buildings or infrastructure, with the most (34%; n = 43) located in Europe. There are almost six lava flow impact events per decade, with 57 events occurring in the past 100 years (or 39 events without infrastructure-only impacts). This greatly expands on the past estimate of lava flow impact frequency of two events per decade. Impacts from lava flows are documented in less than 10% of recorded lava flows globally, with this remaining constant since ∼1800 CE; prior to 1800 CE, impacts were recorded much more variably representing between 0 and 35% of lava flows in any 10 year time bin. The most destructive recorded events were the 1669 CE lava flows at Etna volcano, Italy, which destroyed up to 12 villages and part of the city of Catania, and the 2002 CE lava flows at Nyiragongo volcano, Democratic Republic of Congo which destroyed at least 4,500 buildings. We found that few studies in the dataset report building typology, damage severity, hazard intensity, or damage at the structure-level scale, limiting our ability to assess past building-lava interactions. Future collection of structure-level hazard and impact data can be used to inform models to forecast future impacts, support lava flow risk assessments and develop potential mitigation measures.
Characteristics of Physical Activity During Beginner–Level Group Tennis Lessons and the Effect Daily Activity
Authors: Kawakami Ryo , Yamakawa Satoshi , Konda Shoji , Ogasawara Issei , Hasegawa Ryosuke , Yamasaki Keita , Kanamoto Takashi , Yokoyama Teruki , Yoshida Akiyo , Marutani Yoshihiro , Ueda Yuko , Mitsuoka Hideo , Horie Shintaro , Horio Daigo , Nakata Ken 
Published: March 2023

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Tennis is a popular leisure sport, and studies have indicated that playing tennis regularly provides many health benefits. We aimed to clarify the characteristics of physical activity during beginner– level group tennis lessons and daily physical activity of the participants. Physical activity was measured using an accelerometer sensor device for four weeks, including the 80–minute duration tennis lessons held twice a week. Valid data were categorized for tennis and non-tennis days. The mean physical activity intensity during the tennis lesson was 3.37 METs. The mean ratio of short-bout rest periods to the tennis lesson time in 90 and 120 seconds was 7% and 4%, respectively. Compared to the day of tennis lessons, the mean physical activity intensity and steps taken were significantly lower on days with no tennis (p < 0.0001 and, p < 0.0001, respectively). Tennis lessons provide continuous moderate– to– vigorous– intensity physical activity without continuous rest during the tennis lesson and raise the mean intensity of physical activity throughout the day. Tennis lessons enhance daily physical activity intensity, steps, and duration of vigorous –intensity physical activity.
Identification of two aggregation pheromone components from female cypress bark beetles and evaluation of their activity in the laboratory and the field
Authors: Bozsik Gábor , Molnár Béla Péter , Hegedüs Kristóf , Soós Tibor , Schulz Stefan , Tröger Armin , Francke Wittko , Szőcs Gábor 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
The cypress bark beetle, Phloeosinus aubei Perris (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae),
is of increased concern in the European market of scale-leafed conifers (Cupressaceae). Surprisingly, its chemical communication has only scarcely been studied and no specific trap-based monitoring system is available for detection of flight of the adults. In order to unravel the pheromone communication channel, hindgut extracts of unmated females were analyzed by gas chromatography coupled to an electroantennographic detector (GC-EAD), using male antennae. The structure assignment of antennally active components was performed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Two antennally active compounds from gut extracts were identified as (–)-myrtenol and (–)-α-pinene by enantioselective GC/MS. Synthetic enantiomers of the identified components were tested separately by electroantennography. The attractiveness of different mixtures of these compounds was compared by a 4-arm olfactometer tests, followed by field trapping tests. To prove that the production of the compounds is related to reproduction, we pre-treated females with juvenile hormone III (JHIII). The gut extracts from these sexually mature individuals showed an elevated content of (–)-α-pinene compared to the control of untreated females. In olfactometer tests, 4:1 mixtures of racemic α-pinene and (–)- or (+)-myrtenol attracted both males and females in significant numbers. In the field tests using multifunnel traps a 5:1 mixture of (–)-α-pinene and (–)-myrtenol caught significantly more males and females than an unbaited control. These results are discussed in the context of the complex chemical communication system of cypress bark beetle.
Study the electronic properties in a ZnO cluster with the substitution of Aluminum to form Al- ZnO
Authors: Zaragoza Irineo-Pedro , Pacheco-Sánchez Juan-Horacio , Huerta-Garcia David , Echevarria-Chan Ivonne 
Published: March 2023

Abstract

The substitution of aluminum atoms by Zinc in a Zn-O aggregate generates structural changes as a result of geometry optimization calculations, visualizing the changes in atomic positions to explain the bonds between atoms through relevant electrical properties, observing how the formation of tetrahedrons from the values of the electrostatic potentials as an evaluation to keep the forces that aluminum exerts on the oxygens, in addition to the analysis of the bond orders, the changes in the value of the electronic distribution are determined as an effect on the orbitals of frontier and have criteria of the phenomenon that occurs when zinc oxide is substituted. The calculations use a DFT level of theory to describe the electronic and structural properties applying the measure of electrical properties to determine changes in morphology.
Baseline Requirements for Establishing Trust in Consumable IoT Devices to Achieve Common Criteria Certification
Authors: Moazen Mohsen , Karamizadeh Sasan 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
The Internet of Things paradigm offers a significant opportunity to improve our lives. Powered by connected applications, consumable IoT devices which are now ubiquitous in businesses, industries, smart homes/cities, traffic monitoring, surveillance, etc. present significant security and privacy risks since they frequently lack robust security features. In this paper, we focused on defining Security Functional Requirements (SFRs) for a final IoT device supplied to end users for an intended use case based on part 2 of the Common Criteria SFRs catalog. A consumable IoT device consists of an end-user connected application running on top of generic hardware, firmware, and/or system software. Thus, we tried to address security requirements not only for the IoT computing platform but also for connected applications of an IoT device. Finally, the proposed requirements can also constitute a framework for security evaluation of consumable IoT devices under the Common Criteria evaluation methodology.
Kerpiç production and environmental dynamics in an early sedentary community: Micromorphological evidence from Aşıklı Höyük, Central Anatolia (Turkey)
Authors: Uzdurum Melis , Mentzer Susan M. , Duru Güneş , Kuzucuoğlu Catherine , Özbaşaran Mihriban 
Published: March 2023

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This article illustrates how changes in the sediment source, tempering strategies, and shaping process in early Neolithic earthen architecture in Aşıklı Höyük have a major impact on many aspects of techno-environmental know-how traces. Archaeological micromorphology analyses of sun-dried mudbricks (in Turkey, called a specific term:kerpiç), mortars, daub, and their paleoenvironmental contexts were used to examine the tempo and modes of exploitation of the local environment, andchaîne opératoireof kerpiç and mortar recipes, and the possible reasons behind the relationships among material choices, building forms, and wall construction techniques of the earlier inhabitants in Central Anatolia during the establishment of the early settlement, i.e. 8400-7750 BCE. The nature of and changes in the built environment can be traced especially through the mortar recipes, that provide various insights into the agro-pastoral activities at the site, including middens, open areas, and penning deposits. During the early Neolithic occupation at Aşıklı Höyük, vegetal tempering occurs as a micro-invention was developed in relation with the management of fecal and domestic waste used in construction materials. Furthermore, the variability of tempering strategies can be regarded as a cognitive development that resulted from the long-term learning and experimentation background of the Aşıklı people in kerpiç production. The main motivation behind these changes and testing of the recipes was the need for more durable and long-lasting construction of earthen buildings as used by this early sedentary community in the region.
Identifying gender-specific risk factors for income poverty in urban Mexican households
Authors: Munguía Juan Armando Torres 
Published: March 2023

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In this paper, the aim is to identify a subset of factors for income-to-poverty ratio in urban Mexican households. Special emphasize is paid to examine differences between women- and men-headed families. To this, an original dataset with 45 theoretical factors at the individual/household, community, and regional levels, integrating information from nine sources is created. To these data, additive quantile models are estimated via the boosting algorithm. From a gender standpoint, the following main contributions come from this paper. First, educational lag is particularly relevant for women-headed households. Second, there is a gendered-life cycle in the income trajectory for poor households with a head holding a medium level of education. Third, it is identified some households, traditionally disregarded, that may be even poorer: those lacking social connectedness, without credit card, with an extended composition, in which the woman head spends a large part of her time on housework, and families headed by a young woman with a medium level of education. Finally, communities and regions where families have a lower income-to-poverty ratio are characterized for having and unequal income distribution, with a low human development, a low women’s economic participation, with a poor quality of services, with low levels of gender-based violence in the public sphere but high levels of gender-based violence in the family context.
Experimental investigation on physical and mechanical properties of granite under high temperatures thermal cycles
Authors: Yu Li , Li Haonan , Wu Yue , Wang Weihao , Zhang Xinyuan 
Published: March 2023

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In this study, the physical and mechanical properties of granite after tenth cycles at 25–450℃, combined with scanning electron microscope observation, the development and expansion laws of internal fractures in granite under different temperature cycles, and the relationship among P-wave velocity, porosity, permeability, uniaxial compressive strength (UCS), elastic modulus (E) and peak strain have been established by regression analysis. The experimental results show that the P-wave velocity of granite reduces the fastest in the first third cycle, which decreased by 10.27%, 21.44%, 31.08%, and 41.35%, respectively. The porosity and permeability showed a logarithmic increase trend with the increase in temperature; the porosity and permeability increased logarithmically with the increase of cycle temperature and stabilized after 5 cycles. With the increase in cyclic temperature, the UCS and E of granite decrease. After ten cycles, UCS decreased by 28.84, 34.37, 40.95, and 45.53%, and E decreased by 19.45, 32.18, 44.92, and 49.01%, respectively. The longitudinal wave velocity is fitted with porosity, permeability, uniaxial compressive strength, E, and peak strain, and it is found that they all show a high correlation. The P-wave velocity has a logarithmic relationship with porosity, permeability, and peak strain and a power function relationship with UCS and E. The experimental results reveal the deterioration mechanism of physical and mechanical properties of geothermal energy mining. The physical and mechanical properties of granite can be inferred by measuring the P-wave velocity, which has a specific guiding significance for geothermal energy mining.
Actual birth weight Prediction at term using Clinical and Ultrasound methods at Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nasarawa State: A comparative Approach
Authors: Ojurongbe Adegoriola Olubisi , Fijabiyi Matthew Olusegun , Odekunle Jelil Olansile , Taiwo William Oladiran , Akanni Oluwasegun Ajala , Abubakar Usman Abdulfatai , Fijabiyi Toyin Oluwumi 
Published: March 2023

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Objective:The study sought to compare the predictive accuracy of clinical and ultrasound fetal weight estimation in predicting the actual birth weight of pregnant women at term at the FMC, Keffi, North central Nigeria.Materials and Methods:This study was a cross-sectional study that enrolled 360 consecutive pregnant women at term (37 weeks + 0day - 41weeks +6days), who met the inclusion criteria between 10thDecember 2018 to 25thJuly 2019. Informed consent was obtained from participants and a proforma was interviewer-administered. The clinical estimate was done using the Dare’s formula in the lying- in ward and labour ward. The ultrasound fetal weight estimation was done using an ultrasound scan machine imputed with the Hadlock formula mode (BPD, HC, AC, and FL) while the actual birth weight was measured in the labour room using the infant weighing scale. The data collected were analyzed using the Pearson’s Chi- square or Fisher’s exact test as appropriate, Pearson’s correlation analysis and student’s t test. Accuracy was determined using percentage error, absolute error, and proportion of estimates within 10% of actual birth weight; and compared using the Poisson’s z-test for two proportions. All analyses were performed, using the IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 20.0. (IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y., USA) and Minitab, version 18.Results:Analysis showed that the clinical fetal weight estimation within 10% of the actual birth weight was not significantly lower than that of ultrasound fetal weight estimation for babies of all birth weight ( 41.5% vs. 55.0%, P = 0.064). The actual birth weight had a strong correlation with both clinical and ultrasound fetal weight estimation (r = 0.53, P <0.001 and r = 0.55, P < 0.001 respectively). The mean percentage error and mean absolute percentage error for normal weight babies (2.5- 3.99kg) was significantly higher in clinical method than ultrasound method (-13.29kg vs. 4.49 kg, P< 0.001) and (14.14kg vs. 9.47 kg, P< 0.001) respectively. Overall in most cases, the clinical method of fetal weight estimation overestimated the actual birth weight.Conclusion: It was concluded that, ultrasound method of fetal weight estimation is a better predictor of actual birth weight than the clinical method. However, clinical weight estimation can still be used in a low-resource setting such as ours.
Analog, graded choices in the human brain
Authors: Kubanek Jan , Xie Tao , Adamek Markus , Cho Hohyun , Adamo Matthew , Ritaccio Anthony , Willie Jon , Brunner Peter 
Published: March 2023

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Decision-makers objectively commit to a definitive choice, yet at the subjective level, human decisions appear to be associated with a degree of certainty. Whether decisions are definitive—concluding in all-or-none choices, or whether the underlying representations are graded, has been unclear. To address this issue, we recorded neural signals directly from the brain while naive human subjects made perceptual decisions. The recordings revealed that each individual’s decisions formed within broadband gamma activity. The gamma activity was graded by decision evidence. Crucially, this analog, grading effect prevailed beyond the time of choice, instead of assuming a switch-like command. The effect was strongest in parietal and premotor cortex, brain regions traditionally implicated in decision-making. These data provide neural evidence for a graded nature of the decision process.