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Validation of GNSS-based reference point monitoring of the VGOS VLBI telescope at Metsähovi
Authors: Kallio Ulla , Eskelinen Joona , Jokela Jorma , Koivula Hannu , Marila Simo , Näränen Jyri , Poutanen Markku , Raja-Halli Arttu , Rouhiainen Paavo , Suurmäki Heli 
Published: January 2023

VLBI telescope reference point, the closest point in the telescope primary axis from the secondary axis, is typically determined indirectly by observation of points co-rotating with the telescope. We have previously measured telescope reference point indirectly with two GPS-antennas attached on the edge of the dish of the Aalto University Metsähovi radio telescope in 2008-2015. Now we have applied the same technique to the new VGOS-telescope of the FGI Metsähovi geodetic research station. The reference point of the VGOS antenna was estimated using post-processed trajectory coordinates of two GNSS antennas. The antennas are attached on the edge of the radio telescope dish with gimbals where a counterweight with shock absorber act as compensators to ensure zenith pointing at all telescope elevation angles. In addition, spherical prisms are attached to the structure of the telescope for tachymetric reference point determination. One purpose of this study is to evaluate the limit values and uncertainties of the compensator assembly by simulations and precise tachymeter measurements. To ensure that the compensation error is nearly constant or can be modelled, we have measured the residual tilt of the GNSS antennas with different VLBI antenna elevations. The results indicate a need to apply the corrections or to improve the compensator design. We aim to improve the counterweight and dampening so that no extra model corrections to trajectory coordinates are needed. For final assurance of our GNSS-based reference point monitoring performance, we have compared the reference point coordinates determined by simultaneous tachymetric and GNSS data. Our results and simulations showed that, with a small compensation error, the influence on reference point coordinates is marginal but the axis offset will be compromised, provided that the compensating angle bias is nearly constant. Preliminary reference point estimates show a rather good agreement of simultaneous GNSS-based and tachymetric reference points. The final results will be achieved as part of the 18SIB01 EMPIR GeoMetre project, funded from the EMPIR programme and co-financed by the Participating States and from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
Assessment of accuracy and performance of terrestrial laser scanner in monitoring of retaining walls
Authors: Psimoulis Panos , Algadhi Ali , Grizi Athina , Neves Luis 
Published: January 2023

Retaining walls are a critical infrastructure of transportation networks and the monitoring of their condition is crucial for the efficient and reliable maintenance of the network. The condition of retaining walls is frequently assessed using qualitative criteria and visual inspection, which are susceptible to human-bias and errors. To improve the management of these structures, reducing the probability of failure and the maintenance costs, it is critical to develop more efficient, reliable and quantitative monitoring approaches for these structures. The current study aims to evaluate the performance of Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) in deformation monitoring of retaining walls, based on the analysis of single scans (without registering the point clouds to build 3D models). The evaluation was based on a controlled experiment, where a wooden frame (1.5m x 1m) was used to simulate deformation scenarios for retaining walls, with an amplitude between 2 to 16 mm. A Leica RTC360 scanner was used to scan the wooden frame from distances varying between 10 to 27 m and angles varying between 0° to 20°. Five methods were applied to analyse the laser-scanner data and estimate the displacement: a target-based approach and four cloud-based approaches including the Cloud-to-Cloud (C2C), the Cloud-to-Mesh (C2M), the Multiscale-Model-to-Model-Cloud-Comparison (M3C2), and an alternative cloud-based method where the mean average of the point-cloud was used to estimate the displacement in the axis of the deformation. A Robotic Total Station Leica TS30 was also used to measure the deformation of the wooden frame and provide the ground truth values of the introduced deformation for each scenario. The results showed that the RTC360 had an accuracy of 1.3 mm with a confidence level of 95%.
Occupational Therapy’s Role in Chronic Conditions
Authors: Lambdin-Pattavina Carol , Pyatak Elizabeth 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
It is the position of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) that occupational therapy practitioners are distinctly qualified to address the impact of chronic conditions on occupational performance and participation across the life span. The purpose of this position statement is twofold. First, it defines chronic conditions and describes the multiple factors associated with the development of one or more chronic conditions. Second, it provides an overview of how the field of occupational therapy has a distinct impact on improving the health and wellness of persons, groups, and populations with or at risk for chronic conditions through health promotion, disease prevention, and intervention.
Evidence for Implementing Tiered Approaches in School-Based Occupational Therapy in Elementary Schools: A Scoping Review
Authors: Lynch Helen , Moore Alice , O’Connor Deirdre , Boyle Bryan 
Published: January 2023

AbstractImportance: Internationally, it is suggested that school-based occupational therapy (SBOT) has an important role in supporting inclusion in educational settings. In SBOT, multitiered service delivery models are identified as a way forward to maximize school inclusion. Therefore, identifying evidence for the implementation of tiered interventions in SBOT is vital.Objective: To identify and map evidence in the occupational therapy literature relating to SBOT interventions delivered in elementary schools for all children, for those at risk, and for those with identified diagnoses.Data Sources: Peer-reviewed literature published in 14 occupational therapy journals between 1990 and 2020, indexed in the EBSCOhost database.Study Selection and Data Collection: Included studies were those within the scope of SBOT that reported on school occupations and focused on elementary school–age children (excluding kindergarteners or preschoolers).Findings: Forty studies met the criteria. Individual-tier intervention studies (n = 22) primarily reported direct interventions with children at risk or with identified diagnoses (Tier 2 or Tier 3), focusing mostly on remedial approaches. None adopted a whole-school approach. Despite handwriting and self-regulation being dominant areas of concern, these studies were not explicitly related to inclusion outcomes. Evidence for implementing multitiered models primarily used indirect, collaborative consultation, embedded in the school context (n = 18). These studies identified positive school staff and child outcomes when collaboration was timely, consistent, and authentic.Conclusions and Relevance: More rigorous individual-tier intervention studies are required to inform the design and implementation of multitiered interventions in SBOT and to support participation and inclusion in schools.What This Article Adds: This scoping review provides evidence to support occupational therapists’ professional reasoning in developing evidence-based, contextual, educationally relevant multitiered models of intervention in SBOT.
Experimentalism and Sociology: From Crisis to Experience
Authors: Knorr-Cetina Karin , Marres Noortje , Rheinberger Hans-Jörg , Bogusz Tanja 
Published: January 2023

Has society become a “real-world laboratory”? Tanja Bogusz asks this question in her book as she traces back the experimentalist approach from early American pragmatism to contemporary world society. She recommends that sociology, as a discipline, transform from a science of crisis towards an experimental science of experience, focusing on heterogeneous cooperation
to overcome the epistemic disparities of our time. The speakers will discuss the book’s core ideas, as well as its impact on current global challenges.Springer, in association with the Center for Sustainable Society (CSS), University of Hamburg, is delighted to invite you to join the author and the internationally renowned panellists at this online event. Professor Stefan Aykut, Director, CSS, will begin the event with a short introduction on the center's programs.
African American Abolitionists in Chester County: Finding New Stories
Authors: Sullivan Michele 
Published: January 2023

ABSTRACT
Historians have traditionally recounted the history of the Underground Railroad in Chester County and elsewhere in Pennsylvania as the work of heroic Quakers. When African Americans are included, for example, in R. C. Smedley’s History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania, they are nearly always mentioned only by their first names or have often been reduced to the role of “assistants.” Smedley overlooked the important function of free Black churches and residential communities. This article illuminates the stories of African American abolitionists in Chester County, including their part in assisting fugitives escape and the various forms of resistance in which they engaged. Utilizing original documents, letters, archival records, census data, newspapers, and the perspectives of recent historians, this article provides a frame and a context by which to understand the contributions of local Blacks to the larger story of abolition and the Underground Railroad.
From Pedagogy to Andragogy in Post Covid-19 ESP Courses: A Customized Blended Learning Model for English in Medicine at a Saudi University
Authors: Alvi Amatul Hafeez 
Published: January 2023

Teaching an ESP course is significantly challenging due to its practical, contextual, and communicative nature as a “language in context” and a prerequisite for acquiring professional skills and job-related functions that require real life learning situations to imitate specific professional settings and accentuates practicing the essential English language skills that students would primarily employ in their future fields. This paper presents an andragogy-based customized blended learning model for English in Medicine course introduced to students of the preparatory year program during COVID-19 pandemic. Integrating andragogical principles, the course identifies students’ access to multimodal tools for required English Language skills and medical vocabulary, including a virtual listening lab for augmenting listening skills, a virtual medical library for boosting online medical reading, a virtual hospital of different doctor-patient interaction scenarios for practicing the use of language in context, course community blogs and audio discussion forums for enhancing writing and speaking skills, an online medical dictionary for understanding and translating medical terminologies and integrated Kahoot games for testing field related knowledge. A mixed methodology of pre-test and post-test research design along with a learning satisfaction survey were used to evaluate the change in variables which were students’ English Language proficiency, cognitive competence, learning motivation, and learning styles. The study findings establish the effectivity of the shift from pedagogic to andragogic strategies in the course. It supports integrating pedagogic constructive theories along with adult learning theories and blended education theories to ensure productive teaching and learning of ESP courses in accordance with the constrictions of quality modern education.
Modern Perception of Japan by Vladivostok Citizens (Based on a 2021 Survey)
Authors: Larin V. L. , Larina L. L. 
Published: January 2023

This article presents an analysis of the contemporary perception of Japan by the Vladivostok citizens, as well as their views of the current state of Russia-Japan relations and their prospects. The research is based on the results of a survey conducted in May–September 2021 by the Public Opinion Studies Laboratory of the Institute of History of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The data obtained are compared with the results of similar investigations of previous years and Vladivostok people’s views of other countries that are significant for Vladivostok, namely, China, the USA, India, and the two Koreas.The authors point out that the Japanese factor has played an important role in the history of the city, and therefore Japan attracts so much attention of the city’s dwellers. In their opinion, the high level of attractiveness of Japan which, in the past two decades, has been recorded by public opinion surveys in Vladivostok and other centers of Pacific Russia is based, primarily, on the people’s interest in the unique culture of the Land of the Rising Sun, their high assessment of the economic and technological development of Japan and the prosperity of the Japanese people. At the same time, the historical experience of Russia-Japan relations and the political contradictions existing between the two countries make a large part of the respondents (about one-third of their total number) believe that there are threats to Russia from Japan, which are naturally associated with Japan’s territorial claims. Yet, the Vladivostok residents, for the most part, demonstrate a fairly high level of trust in Japan, positively assess the quality of current Russia-Japan relations and prospects for their future, and favor their active development.
The Peculiar Features of Fintech Development in Japan
Authors: Gorshkov V. A. 
Published: January 2023

This paper shows that Japan, despite being the most technologically and economically advanced country in the Asia-Pacific region, is demonstrating slower adaptation rates of fintech. The country is currently at fintech 1.0 stage and its banking system has only partially crossed the bank 4.0 threshold. Thus, overall, fintech in Japan is catching up with the levels of other developed and emerging economies even though the speed of the catch-up has increased in recent years. The paper highlighted the fact that development of fintech in Japan remains heterogenous in terms of market segments and major financial institutions promoting fintech services.The most developed segment of fintech in Japan is digital payments; neobanking and digital investment are raising in popularity even though they remain at the pre-maturing stages. Digitalisation of the financial sector is predominantly driven by the collaboration of large banks with fintech firms, which are establishing spillover effects and encouraging banks to further adopt digital technologies. The findings of this paper demonstrate that further promotion of DX in Japan’s financial sector will require future reforms in its corporate culture and regulatory environment. The problem of double shortages (the lack of financing for ICT and the lack of digital talents) shall also be addressed. The government has a big role to play in this process and needs to proactively stimulate cooperation among the private and financial sectors and fintech firms.
Exchange of Information, Tax Confidentiality, Privacy and Data Protection from an EU Perspective
Authors: Huiskers-Stoop Esther , Breuer Almut , Nieuweboer Mark 
Published: January 2023

Exchange of Information, Tax Confidentiality, Privacy and Data Protection from an EU Perspective
The call for more transparency in the (tax) world can hardly be overstated. One of the most prominent ways to achieve tax transparency is the exchange of information between countries. Achieving a proper balance between the exchange of information, tax confidentiality and privacy is however quite a challenge. In this article, the authors investigate some of these challenges. For the purposes of this contribution, confidentiality means that the information exchanged is used and disclosed only in accordance with the legal basis on which it was exchanged, while privacy focuses on the right to respect private life and communications, as well as the protection of personal data. More specifically, the authors elaborate on the question as to what extent do the international and European data exchange obligations deserve particular attention in the light of the privacy provisions of Article 8 ECHR and Articles 7 and 8 Charter, when it comes to the use of information for non-tax purposes, the provision to other (Member) States and the exchange of information concerning legal entities.
Caracterización clínica de pacientes con fibrosis pulmonar idiopática en un hospital de tercer nivel en la ciudad de Quito-Ecuador
Authors: Calle Catalina Alexandra , Rosales María Fernanda , Macías Eddyn Rubén 
Published: January 2023

Introducción: La fibrosis pulmonar idiopática es una enfermedad progresiva y fa­tal caracterizada por el hallazgo de neumonía intersticial usual en tomografía de alta resolución o biopsia pulmonar, o en discusión multidisciplinar y el descarte de otras etiologías como enfermedades del tejido conectivo o exposicionales.
En cuanto a los objetivos de este trabajo, consisten en conocer las características clí­nicas, la función pulmonar y la supervivencia del grupo de pacientes con diagnóstico de fibrosis pulmonar idiopática evaluados en la clínica de intersticiales del Hospital Carlos Andrade Marín.
Material y métodos: Se trata de un estudio transversal, retrospectivo, observacional. La población de estudio la constituyeron los pacientes con diagnóstico de fibrosis pul­monar idiopática atendidos en la clínica de intersticiales del Hospital Carlos Andrade Marín entre enero del 2018 y febrero del 2020.
Resultados: De 35 pacientes con fibrosis pulmonar idiopática incluidos para el análi­sis, el 85,7% fueron del sexo masculino. Al momento del diagnóstico, la edad pro­medio fue de 69,7 años (DE: 9,26, Rango: 38-87 años). El 20% y 37,1% presentaron disnea de grado 3 y grado 4, respectivamente. El 60% presentaron antecedentes de tabaquismo.
El 45,7% de los diagnósticos se hicieron tanto con evaluación clínica multidisciplinaria y tomografía axial computarizada de alta resolución.
Conclusiones: Hemos informado la mayor cohorte de fibrosis pulmonar idiopática en el Ecuador, nuestros resultados han identificado poblaciones similares con otros gru­pos de estudio en los que la tomografía computarizada de alta resolución y el análisis multidisciplinar son los métodos más utilizados en el diagnóstico.
Efficacy and safety of metabolic interventions for the treatment of severe COVID-19: in vitro, observational, and non-randomized open-label interventional study
Authors: Ehrlich Avner , Ioannidis Konstantinos , Nasar Makram , Abu Alkian Ismaeel , Daskal Yuval , Atari Nofar , Kliker Limor , Rainy Nir , Hofree Matan , Shafran Tikva Sigal , Houri Inbal , Cicero Arrigo , Pavanello Chiara , Sirtori Cesare R , Cohen Jordana B , Chirinos Julio A , Deutsch Lisa , Cohen Merav , Gottlieb Amichai , Bar-Chaim Adina , Shibolet Oren , Mandelboim Michal , Maayan Shlomo L , Nahmias Yaakov 
Published: January 2023

Background:Viral infection is associated with a significant rewire of the host metabolic pathways, presenting attractive metabolic targets for intervention.Methods:We chart the metabolic response of lung epithelial cells to SARS-CoV-2 infection in primary cultures and COVID-19 patient samples and perform in vitro metabolism-focused drug screen on primary lung epithelial cells infected with different strains of the virus. We perform observational analysis of Israeli patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 and comparative epidemiological analysis from cohorts in Italy and the Veteran’s Health Administration in the United States. In addition, we perform a prospective non-randomized interventional open-label study in which 15 patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 were given 145 mg/day of nanocrystallized fenofibrate added to the standard of care.Results:SARS-CoV-2 infection produced transcriptional changes associated with increased glycolysis and lipid accumulation. Metabolism-focused drug screen showed that fenofibrate reversed lipid accumulation and blocked SARS-CoV-2 replication through a PPARα-dependent mechanism in both alpha and delta variants. Analysis of 3233 Israeli patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 supported in vitro findings. Patients taking fibrates showed significantly lower markers of immunoinflammation and faster recovery. Additional corroboration was received by comparative epidemiological analysis from cohorts in Europe and the United States. A subsequent prospective non-randomized interventional open-label study was carried out on 15 patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19. The patients were treated with 145 mg/day of nanocrystallized fenofibrate in addition to standard-of-care. Patients receiving fenofibrate demonstrated a rapid reduction in inflammation and a significantly faster recovery compared to patients admitted during the same period.Conclusions:Taken together, our data suggest that pharmacological modulation of PPARα should be strongly considered as a potential therapeutic approach for SARS-CoV-2 infection and emphasizes the need to complete the study of fenofibrate in large randomized controlled clinical trials.Funding:Funding was provided by European Research Council Consolidator Grants OCLD (project no. 681870) and generous gifts from the Nikoh Foundation and the Sam and Rina Frankel Foundation (YN). The interventional study was supported by Abbott (project FENOC0003).Clinical trial number:NCT04661930.
Diversity of Trichomes in Calliandra haematocephala Hassk. (Caesalpinioideae DC., Fabaceae Lindl.)
Authors: Joshi Sangeeta , Dhami Deepa , Rawat D. S. 
Published: January 2023

Objective: High structural diversity of trichomes in the members of family Fabaceae Lindl. has been a subject of study from decades. The present study was aimed to study structural diversity of trichomes in Power Puff Tree (Calliandra haematocephala,Caesalpinioideae, Fabaceae) a pan-tropical ornamental tree.
Methods: Plant specimens were collected from the campus of Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar (India) during the year 2020. Plant species was identified with the help of relevant Floras. Fresh plant material was used for vestiture and trichome study under light microscope using standard anatomical procedures. Illustrations of trichomes were drawn by using prism type camera lucida and photographs were taken at different magnifications. Standard terminology of trichome types given by payne 1978 was adopted to describe different structural types of trichomes.
Results: Nine different types of glandular and non-glandular trichomes were recorded in Calliandra haematocephala Hassk. Four different vestiture types were recorded on the surfaces of studied parts. Trichomes were found present in all vegetative parts and some reproductive parts viz; peduncle, bracts, bracteole, petals while other reproductive parts like sepals, filaments, anther, ovary, style and stigma were found completely glabrous. Present study suggests that trichome morphology and distribution on different plant parts can be used to identify plant species. Calliandra haematocephala Hassk. can be identified in its vegetative phase of life when floral parts are lacking or fragmentary.