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Dialysis modality, humoral response to vaccine, and SARS‐CoV‐2 infection risk: Comparative prospective evaluation
Authors: Bnaya Alon , Nacasch Naomi , Einbinder Yael , Shavit Linda , Erez Daniel , Shashar Moshe , Grupper Ayelet , Benchetrit Sydney , Wand Ori , Cohen‐Hagai Keren 
Published: April 2023

AbstractBackgroundCOVID‐19 vaccinations have a central role in decreasing severe SARS‐CoV‐2 disease complications. This study investigated the long‐term humoral immune response to BNT162b2 vaccine among hemodialysis (HD) versus peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, and their relative risk for COVID‐19 infection.MethodsThis prospective, observational study included maintenance HD and PD patients who had received at least two BNT162b2 vaccine doses. Levels of antibodies targeting SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein were measured 6 and 12 months after the first vaccine dose, and 2–3 weeks after the third and fourth vaccine doses. Patients were divided according to dialysis modality (HD or PD). Humoral response was evaluated at different time points among different vaccine regimens (two vs. three vs. four doses of vaccine). An adjusted multivariate model was used to assess cumulative risk for SARS‐CoV‐2 infection.ResultsEighty‐seven HD and 36 PD patients were included. Among them, 106 (86%) received at least three vaccine doses. Both HD and PD patients demonstrated marked increases in humoral response 2–3 weeks after the third dose (mean anti‐S antibody increased from 452 ± 501 AU/mL to 19,556 ± 14,949 AU/mL, p < 0.001). By 6 months after the third dose, antibody titers had declined significantly (mean anti‐S antibody 9841 ± 10,493 AU/mL, p < 0.001). HD patients had higher risk for SARS‐CoV‐2 infection than PD patients (OR 4.4 [95% CI 1.4–13.6], p = 0.006). In multivariate analysis, the most important predictor for SARS‐CoV‐2 infection was dialysis modality.ConclusionThis study found a high antibody response rate after the third and fourth doses of BNT162b2 vaccine among dialysis patients. Hemodialysis as dialysis modality is an important predictor of COVID‐19 infection, despite similar humoral responses to vaccine in peritoneal dialysis.
Statistical evidence and surprise unified under possibility theory
Authors: Bickel David R. 
Published: April 2023

AbstractSander Greenland argues that reported results of hypothesis tests should include the surprisal, the base‐2 logarithm of the reciprocal of a p‐value. The surprisal measures how many bits of evidence in the data warrant rejecting the null hypothesis. A generalization of surprisal also can measure how much the evidence justifies rejecting a composite hypothesis such as the complement of a confidence interval. That extended surprisal, called surprise, quantifies how many bits of astonishment an agent believing a hypothesis would experience upon observing the data. While surprisal is a function of a point in hypothesis space, surprise is a function of a subset of hypothesis space. Satisfying the conditions of conditional min‐plus probability, surprise inherits a wealth of tools from possibility theory. The equivalent compatibility function has been recently applied to the replication crisis, to adjusting p‐values for prior information, and to comparing scientific theories.
Time‐varying β‐model for dynamic directed networks
Authors: Du Yuqing , Qu Lianqiang , Yan Ting , Zhang Yuan 
Published: April 2023

AbstractWe extend the well‐known ‐model for directed graphs to dynamic network setting, where we observe snapshots of adjacency matrices at different time points. We propose a kernel‐smoothed likelihood approach for estimating time‐varying parameters in a network with nodes, from snapshots. We establish consistency and asymptotic normality properties of our kernel‐smoothed estimators as either or diverges. Our results contrast their counterparts in single‐network analyses, where is invariantly required in asymptotic studies. We conduct comprehensive simulation studies that confirm our theory's prediction and illustrate the performance of our method from various angles. We apply our method to an email dataset and obtain meaningful results.
UD‐SV: Urban data services and visualization framework for sharing multidisciplinary research
Authors: Samuel John , Jaillot Vincent , Colin Clément , Alvarez Diego Vinasco , Boix Eric , Servigne Sylvie , Gesquière Gilles 
Published: April 2023

AbstractWith the widespread availability of a large volume of urban data, stakeholders from different domains require advanced tools to manage, visualize and understand cities and their evolution. During the last few years, researchers have proposed numerous research works and applications to illustrate the cities of the past and possible scenarios of the future under different conditions. However, many of these approaches are one‐time solutions and not based on standards, making them obsolete and unusable for reproducible research. In this article, we present UD‐SV: an Urban data‐Services and Visualization open‐source framework for multidisciplinary research to handle complex processing, analysis, and visualization of urban data. However, our goal is not to present a one‐time monolithic software solution for urban data management and analysis, but we demonstrate the design and development of an open and interoperable software framework driven by use cases from diverse users to solve applied research challenges. The main contribution of UD‐SV is that it uses open standards and open data with documented and reproducible processes with a particular emphasis on the reuse of existing open‐source software components. We also show an enhanced use of standards to enable a shift toward components that are interchangeable or composable with other existing components in the GIS community.
The effectiveness of the manual pressure points technique for hemorrhage control—The 2022 THOR pre‐conference meeting experience
Authors: Thompson Patrick , Glassberg Elon , Alon Yuval , Bjerkvig Christopher K. , Eliassen Hakon S. , Radomislensky Irina , Strandenes Geir , Talmy Tomer , Almog Ofer 
Published: April 2023

AbstractIntroductionLimb and junctional hemorrhage are leading causes of potentially preventable death among trauma casualties. Hemorrhage control for these regions could be achieved by direct or indirect pressure. The manual pressure points (MPP) involves applying manual pressure on the arterial supply to occlude distal blood flow without the need for specialized equipment.Study Design and MethodsProspective, non‐randomized, human volunteer, controlled environment study involving 38 healthy military caregivers, with 26 participants attending a short instructional session. During a medical exercise, participants were requested to apply pressure on the supraclavicular and femoral points aiming to stop regional blood flow, measured by distal pulse palpation. The measures recorded included achievement of distal pulse cessation, success in achieving cessation for a full minute, and subjects' pain scores reported after each attempt.ResultsAll participants succeeded in achieving distal pulse cessation for both the supraclavicular and femoral points for a full minute. The median time to initial success was 3.0 (interquartile range 2.0–5.0) seconds in the supraclavicular point and 4.5 (interquartile range 3.0–6.0) seconds in the femoral point. Pain scores ranging between 0 and 3 were reported by most subjects during supraclavicular (68.4%) and femoral occlusion (84.2%).ConclusionThe MPP technique was highly effective in occluding distal palpable pulses in healthy volunteers when applied to the supraclavicular and femoral arteries. Brief instruction on the technique can potentially improve the chances of achieving hemorrhage control within 5 s. Further research is required to determine efficacy among different populations and providers with varying experience levels.
A novel Rickettsia species closely related to Rickettsia felis in Anopheles mosquitoes from Yingkou City, Northeast China
Authors: Lu Miao , Chen Shizhe , Meng Chao , Wang Wen , Li Huafeng , Sun Yue , Li Mengyao , Ma Xiaoli , Ma Yuntong , Duan Chengyu , Li Kun 
Published: April 2023

AbstractMosquitoes are generally recognized as the most important vector of many zoonotic pathogens. In this study, seven mosquitoes species were identified (Anopheles pullus, Anopheles sinensis, Anopheles lesteri, Anopheles kleini, Ochlerotatus dorsalis, Aedes koreicus and Culex inatomii) in samples collected from Yingkou City, Liaoning Province, Northeastern China. A novel Rickettsia species was detected in Anopheles sinensis (two of 71, 2.82%) and Anopheles pullus (one of 106, 0.94%) mosquitoes. Genetic analysis indicated that the rrs and ompB genes have highest 99.60% and 97.88%–98.14% identities to Rickettsia felis, an emerging human pathogen of global concern mainly harboured by fleas, mosquitoes and booklice. The gltA sequences of these strains have 99.72% of nucleotide similarity with Rickettsia endosymbiont of Medetera jacula. The groEL sequences have 98.37% similarity to both Rickettsia tillamookensis and Rickettsia australis. The htrA sequences have 98.77% similarity to Rickettsia lusitaniae. In the phylogenetic tree based on concatenated nucleotide sequences of rrs, gltA, groEL, ompB and htrA genes, these strains are closely related to R. felis. Herein, we name it ‘Candidatus Rickettsia yingkouensis’. Its human pathogenicity to humans and animals is still to be determined.
Numerical Analysis of Temperature Separation and Exergy Analysis of a Dual-Inlet Section Convergent Vortex Tube
Authors: Singh Ravi Kant , Pramanick Achintya Kumar , Rana Subhas Chandra 
Published: April 2023

Abstract
The present study deals with the optimization of a counter flow vortex tube with a straight single intake section, straight dual intake section, and convergent dual intake section vortex tube model for different physical and flow parameters. The effect of variation of convergent angles (θ), intake pressures, and a number of inlet sections on the flow separation has been analyzed in the present study. ANSYS FLUENT software has been used to simulate flow considering air as a working fluid. Moreover, some physical and flow parameters such as intake pressure, cold temperature gradient (ΔTc), pressure loss ratio, cold mass fraction, and hot temperature gradient (ΔTh) have been studied to optimize the vortex tube. The coefficient of performance has been compared for various convergent angles from 1 deg to 5 deg. The result has been validated by the experimental and numerical studies performed previously. Moreover, the exergy analysis has also been conducted for the convergent dual intake vortex tube for various convergent angles, cold mass fraction, and intake pressure. The study concludes that the convergent vortex tube having a dual inlet section, 5-deg angle shows the optimized result for all the mass fraction and intake pressure, compared to a straight single intake section and straight dual intake vortex tube.
Performance Prediction of a Model Rotary Air Preheater Through Porous Media Approach
Authors: Padhi Manas Ranjan , Ghose Prakash 
Published: April 2023

Abstract
Rotary regenerative heat exchangers or rotary regenerators are used for various heat recovery applications in order to fulfill the energy requirements. Rotary air preheater is a rotary regenerative heat exchanger which is widely used in thermal power plants to recover heat energy from exhaust flue gases. Several numerical works are being carried out to improve the performance and reduce the cost of the rotary air preheater. However, the accurate modeling of the internal structure of the matrix demands a lot of CPU power and is a big challenge for researchers. To overcome this problem, the rotary matrix of the preheater can be modeled using a porous media approach. But a thorough investigation is required to evaluate its performance. In this work, rotary air preheater simulations were carried out by applying a porous media approach. The effects of different operating conditions, such as speed of rotor, the mass flowrate of incoming fluids, material of matrix, and inlet temperature of hot fluid on the performance of rotary air preheater were investigated. Simulation results were validated with the results obtained from the experimentation performed in-house. The effect of fluid flowrates on pressure drop was also studied. It has been observed that the rotational speed of the rotor significantly affects the performance of the preheater, while the inlet temperature of hot fluid has a negligible effect on performance.
Rotorcraft Robotic Landing Gear With Locking Mechanisms
Authors: Kim Dooroo , Butler Cason , Costello Mark 
Published: April 2023

Abstract
Robotic landing gear (RLG) for rotorcraft improves performance in landing on sloped uneven terrain, unprepared areas, and ship decks. The interaction between the feet of the RLG and the landing surface are pivotal to a successful landing event. Slipping or bouncing of the feet can lead to a failed landing and a catastrophic accident. Proposed herein is the use of locking mechanisms on the RLG feet in order to eliminate landing gear slip and bounce during the landing event. Through the use of a comprehensive multibody dynamic simulation, locking mechanisms on the RLG feet are shown to eliminate landing event failures that can occur with nonlocking landing gear configurations, at the expense of a moderate increase in landing gear loads during a landing event. Results indicate that landing event failures are eliminated even in the situation where some feet-locking mechanisms are inoperable or break away. Furthermore, RLG with feet locking mechanisms permit the reduction or elimination of the need for active control of the RLG legs. The results herein give guidance to the development of integrated RLG with locking mechanisms.
Design Considerations for Vertical Bifacial Agrivoltaic Installations
Authors: Ross Rucker W. , Birnie Dunbar P. 
Published: April 2023

Abstract
The expected annual energy output of vertical bifacial solar panel arrays was modeled with an eye on how array design attributes affect the output. We considered module height, cell density (single- or double-high racking), inter-row spacing, and inverter connection (rows of modules wired together or separately), and the inclusion of bypass diodes. We observed that these design choices have a substantial impact on the annual energy yield on a per-module basis and per-acre basis. We modeled the instantaneous brightness and shading based on the position of the sun and adjacent rows of modules, which caused nonuniform irradiance due to inter-row shading effects. Based on the irradiance, we calculated current, voltage, and power values throughout a year for different design strategies. Double-high racking, which uses two landscape-oriented modules stacked vertically, offers noteworthy power gains per acre with only a modest increase of inter-row shading. When bypass diodes are included in the module design and improved inverter wiring is used, much of the loss due to inter-row shading is mitigated, and the total power output per acre is nearly doubled, with modules seeing an 80% power increase per acre for 20 ft row spacing, and over 90% power increase per acre for 40 ft spacing.
Examining the Predictive Power of Emotional Intelligence on Coaching Success
Authors: Magrum Eric D. , Manninen Mika , Schempp Paul G. 
Published: April 2023

Emotional intelligence (EI) is recognized as an indicator of success, yet little research has examined the role of EI in coaching success. This cross-sectional study assessed the power of EI in predicting coaches’ career winning percentage in 277 head collegiate coaches including 51 basketball and 226 volleyball coaches. Coaches were on average 41.47 years old (SD = 9.68), had 12.17 years of head coach experience (SD = 9.40), and a career winning percentage of 50.67% (SD = 16.5). Coaches completed an online questionnaire including the Assessing Emotions Scale, which was used to assess their EI. Career winning percentage was calculated by extracting data from institutional websites and NCAA databases. Regression analyses revealed EI was not a significant predictor of coaching success when all coaches were analyzed together, F(4, 272) = 0.7504, p = .5585. However, when examined separately, EI was a significant predictor of basketball coaches’ success, F(4, 46) = 2.678, p = .0433, but not volleyball coaches’ success, F(4, 221) = 0.363, p = .0835. Thus, the current body of evidence indicates EI has a nonuniform impact on coaching success. While acknowledging sample size limitations, these novel findings nevertheless indicate that EI may disproportionally influence the coaching process and downstream success by sport.
Localized Cenozoic erosion on the southern African Plateau: A signal of topographic uplift?
Authors: Stanley J.R. , Flowers R.M. 
Published: April 2023

Abstract
Constraints on the erosion history of the southern African Plateau have played a key role in the debate over the plateau’s age and origins. Previous low-temperature thermochronology from the region has illuminated the Cretaceous erosion history but yielded little insight into Cenozoic erosion patterns. We capitalize on the low-temperature sensitivity of apatites with low effective uranium concentration (eU) from kimberlites and examine a compilation of kimberlite apatite (U-Th)/He dates from across the plateau to investigate Cenozoic cooling. Dates from low-eU (&lt;25 ppm) apatites show a range of Miocene to Cretaceous dates while higher-eU dates are dominantly Cretaceous. Thermal history modeling shows that these data patterns are well replicated by a phase of spatially variable cooling in the Cenozoic that ranges from minimal to 25 °C, equating to as much as ~1250 m of erosion. Not all kimberlites record this cooling phase, but those that do are concentrated near paleo- and modern river valleys. These patterns appear best explained by Cenozoic river incision driven by increased rock uplift that caused associated topographic development. Although more data and different tools are needed to resolve temporal and spatial details, this compilation provides the first glimpse of Cenozoic erosion patterns across the plateau surface from thermochronology.
Supplemental Material: Detrital zircon U-Pb and Hf isotope signature of Carboniferous and older strata of the Yukon-Tanana terrane in Yukon, Canadian Cordillera: Implications for terrane correlations and the onset of Late Devonian arc magmatism
Authors: Kroeger Emma D.L. , al. et , Colpron Maurice 
Published: April 2023

<p>Figure S1: Geological map of the Finlayson Lake area (modified after Manor et al., 2022a; and Murphy et al., 2006). Figure S2: Geological map of the Glenlyon area (modified after Colpron et al., 2006b). Figure S3: Geological map of the Swift River area (modified after Roots et al., 2006). Figure S4: Radial plots for detrital zircon U-Pb results presented in Table S1. Table S1. Detrital zircon LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology data. Table S2: Detrital zircon Lu-Hf isotopic data. </p>
Study protocol of a multicentre double-blind RCT, comparing a traditional RCT with an aggregated N-of-1 trial: GAG therapy Efficacy Trial Solution for Bladder pain syndrome/Interstitial cystitis (GETSBI study)
Authors: van Ginkel Charlotte , Baars Cléo , Heesakkers John , Martens Frank , Janssen Dick 
Published: April 2023

IntroductionObtaining level 1 evidence on efficacy of glycosaminoglycan (GAG) therapy is difficult, due to low incidence of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) and heterogeneous symptoms experienced by patients with BPS/IC. Currently, because of a lack of high-grade evidence, the recommendation for applying GAG therapy in most guidelines is ‘low grade’. An aggregated N-of-1 trial is a multicrossover design that yields similar level 1 evidence as a traditional randomised controlled trial (RCT), while requiring far less patients. The goal of this study is to investigate the efficacy of intravesical GAG therapy (Ialuril) for patients with BPS/IC with Hunner lesions using a dual RCT and aggregated N-of-1 trial design to obtain level 1 evidence.Methods and analysisThe GETSBI study is a double-blind multidesign multicentre randomised placebo-controlled study to assess the short-term and long-term efficacy of hyaluronic acid (1.6%) + chondroitin sulfate (2%) therapy (Ialuril Prefill, IBSA, Goodlife) in patients with symptomatic BPS/IC with Hunner lesions. It starts as a standard RCT (n=80), but continues as an aggregated N-of-1 trial. There are three parallel arms, receiving blinded treatment for three periods (1 x/week for 6 weeks, ratio placebo to intervention in periods of 2:1). Followed by an open prospective part for the long-term efficacy. The primary study outcome is the maximum bladder pain experienced in the last 3 days measured using the visual analogue pain scale (0–10).This study is a collaboration with the Dutch government and will deliver evidence for the decision to reimburse the therapy. Furthermore, this multidesign study will allow us to compare the two main methods to evaluate applicability for future study designs for BPS/IC research.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval was given by METC Oost-Nederland, file number: 2020-7265, NL-number: NL76290.091.20. Findings from this study will be disseminated via publication, reports and conference presentations.Trial registration numberClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number):NCT05518864.
Risk factors of breast cancer-related lymphoedema: protocol of an umbrella review
Authors: Shen Aomei , Lu Qian , Zhang Liyuan , Bian Jingru , Zhu Fei , Zhang Zijuan , Qiang Wanmin 
Published: April 2023

IntroductionBreast cancer-related lymphoedema (BCRL) is a progressive and debilitating complication post-breast cancer treatment. Identifying potential risk factors facilitates the prevention and management of BCRL. Multiple systematic reviews have been conducted to address the variables correlated with the occurrence of BCRL. This study aims to identify and examine factors predicting the development of BCRL, to clarify the predicting mechanism of these factors, as well to determine the credibility of risk factors for BCRL.Methods and analysisThis umbrella review will be conducted with the methodological guidance of the Joanna Briggs Institute and the Cochrane handbook. A comprehensive systematic search will be performed in ten databases: PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus, CNKI, SinoMed, Wangfang database, the JBI Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. The search for unpublished studies will include ProQuest and the PROSPERO register. Reference lists will also be hand searched. Two reviewers will independently screen the studies, extract data and assess the methodological quality using the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews-2 and the Risk of Bias in Systematic Reviews. The degree of overlap between included reviews will be assessed by calculating the Corrected Covered Area. The credibility of the associations between risk factors and lymphoedema will be graded into four classes: convincing, highly suggestive, suggestive and weak, referring to the classification system of recent umbrella reviews. A descriptive, narrative synthesis and suggestions for clinical practice and future research will be made based on included systematic reviews, considering the quality of the evidence.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval is not required for this umbrella review. We will seek to submit the results for publication in a peer-reviewed journal or present it at conferences.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42022375710.