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Assessing Israel's Motives In Annexing the Jordan Valley
Authors: Nahhas Fadi 
Published: May 2023

AbstractThis article analyzes Israel's motives in annexing the Jordan Valley—a plan that, if approved, will eliminate any possibility of establishing a Palestinian state, even on a small part of historic Palestine. This promises to be one of the most critical strategic turning points in the contemporary Israeli‐Palestinian conflict. The analysis reveals that the Israeli annexation decision, even if postponed, has become a reality imposed by Israel on the international community, insinuated into formal and official government announcements and declarations. In addition, the article highlights the danger of imposing Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley since it carries with it a threat to regional stability. As part of this examination, the study traces the development of the positions of successive Israeli governments toward the issue of annexing this region, from 1967 through the dissolution of the Netanyahu government in 2021.
A case of large airway and orbital hemangiomas with facial capillary malformation
Authors: Kreher Margaret Ann , Siegel Liza H. , Shmuylovich Leonid 
Published: May 2023

AbstractInfantile hemangiomas (IHs) are the most common pediatric vascular tumors, although their genetic etiology is largely unknown. Congenital capillary malformations (CMs) are associated with known somatic pathogenic variants, including GNAQ, GNA11, PIK3CA, and PIK3R1. Co‐occurrence of a facial CM such as port wine stain and IH is not associated with any recognized vascular anomaly syndromes and rarely reported in the literature. We describe a case of a 5‐week‐old female patient with a large facial CM and extensive IHs of the lower lip, airway, and orbit who presented with airway compromise and responded to propranolol therapy.
Ultra‐long‐distance transport of aeolian sand: The provenance of an intermontane desert, south‐east China
Authors: Cao Shuo , Zhang Laiming , Mountney Nigel P. , Ma Jing , Hao Mingang , Wang Chengshan 
Published: May 2023

AbstractIntermontane deserts are an important type of arid‐climate sedimentary system. Although rare at present, the sedimentary records of intermontane deserts reveal their widespread development in past greenhouse periods, and they might develop in the near future in response to ongoing global warming. Determination of the provenance of sand supplied for the construction of intermontane deserts is important to gain improved understanding of the potential impact of future climate on environmental evolution in arid and semi‐arid regions. During the Cretaceous, a typical intermontane desert developed in the Xinjiang Basin, south‐east China. In this study, the origin, spatial variability, and transport pathways of both aeolian and alluvial–fluvial sediments in the Xinjiang intermontane desert are investigated by analyses of bulk‐rock petrography and detrital‐zircon U–Pb geochronology. These results demonstrate that the sand in the Xinjiang intermontane desert succession was mainly of extraneous origin and wind‐derived. The nearby South China Block and South China Magmatic Belt were primary sources, and the 1000 km distant western margin of Yangtze Block was an important secondary source. During the Late Cretaceous, the westerlies were stronger in the northern than in the southern hemisphere with doubled wind speeds. In such a climatic context, the results herein suggest that the ultra‐long‐distance aeolian sediment transport was likely further enabled by two factors: (i) the strengthening of intermittent westerly winds during short‐lived glacial episodes; and (ii) the presence of a low‐relief corridor that served as a transport pathway from source to sink.
INTRODUCTION TO SYMPOSIUM ON “JUST HOW SPECIAL ARE HUMANS?”
Authors: Priest Eric , Henrich Joseph , Deane‐Drummond Celia , Meyers Mary Ann 
Published: May 2023

AbstractWe here introduce the Zygon Symposium on “Just How Special Are Humans?” This collection is based on a symposium at Harvard University in 2020 that brought together world leaders on the study of human nature from science, theology, and philosophy. They shared their research and perceptive insights on this key topic of great contemporary interest from quite different disciplines and viewpoints. The present Symposium contains articles further developed from the presentations, as well as two additional contributions from experts specializing in theological ethics and philosophy of religion.
Bashshār b. Burd’s Double Entendre: Master of Shiʿr and Rajaz
Authors: Nasser Shady H. 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Bashshār b. Burd composed a masterful poem in the rajaz style in the aftermath of an infamous incident with ʿUqba b. Ruʾba, the son of the celebrated rajaz poet Ruʾba b. al-ʿAjjāj. An analysis of the poem shows that it might have been composed as a double entendre. While the poem was meant to be a panegyric in praise of the Basran governor Ibn Salm, Bashshār imbued the poem with satirical references to his rival poet ʿUqba b. Ruʾba. The poem reflects themes of shuʿūbiyya, the poetic rivalry between the conservative and the modern poets, and contempt against the monopoly of tradition and family heritage.
Species diversity of centipedes during a year-round survey at two vineyard sites in Northern Israel
Authors: Warburg Ittai 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Centipedes (Chilopoda) are mainly predators, which play essential roles in agroecosystems. In this work, pitfall traps were placed monthly during 1998 in two sites of vineyards in Northern Israel: the Geshur and Ramat Magshimim vineyards. The present research refers to the centipedes that were caught in these traps. Specimens of seven species of centipedes were caught in this work. Four centipede species were found in both vineyard sites: Thereuonema syriaca Verhoeff 1905, Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758), Scutigeridae gen. species, and Hessebius barbipes (Porath, 1893). Two species were found in the Geshur, and not in the Ramat-Magshimim vineyard: Lithobius (Monotarsobius) sp., and Harpolithobius halophilus Verhoeff, 1941. One species was found in the Ramat-Magshimim, and not in the Geshur vineyard: Lithobius carinatus L. Koch, 1862. In the Geshur vineyard, 52 specimens of 6 centipede species were found. In the Ramat Magshimim vineyard, 20 specimens of 5 centipede species were detected. These differences are probably related to the Geshur vineyard being close to natural Mediterranean shrubland, while the Ramat Magshimim vineyard is situated between cultivated areas.
Translating al-Andalus: Medieval Muslim Spain and Urdu Modernity
Authors: Pandey Jaideep 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
This is a translation of two prefaces to Urdu translations of Arabic- and English-language histories, published in 1921 and 1922, respectively, around the topos of medieval Muslim Spain. Both translations were prepared by Maulavī Ḳhalīl ur-Raḥmān, who is also the writer of the first preface. The second preface is an introduction by Muḥammad ʿInāyatullāh written partly to acknowledge the immense labor undertaken by Ḳhalīl ur-Raḥmān, and partly to introduce the larger project of translating Islamic histories into Urdu. The first translation is of Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Maqqarī at-Tilmisānī’s (d. 1632) Andalusian history, written in 1617 in Arabic and titled Nafḥ ut̤-T̤īb (The Breath of Perfume). The Urdu translation was published from Aligarh in November 1921. The second is a translation of S. P. Scott’s (1846–1929) English-language history written in 1904, The History of the Moorish Empire in Europe, which was published in Lahore in 1922 under the Urdu title Aḳhbār ul-Undulus.
Through these prefaces, Ḳhalīl ur-Raḥmān’s translations reveal a vibrant world of translational activities centered around the Department of Composition and Translation in Osmania University, Hyderabad Deccan. Both prefaces demonstrate the centrality of the practice of translation in the project of (re)claiming the history of Muslim medieval Spain specifically, and Islamic history broadly. Both prefaces take up the context of translating medieval Spain into Urdu as an opportunity to meditate on global Islamic histories and the role of translation in reviving connections lost because of colonial violence. At the same time, Ḳhalīl ur-Raḥmān’s translations of these voluminous works of Andalusian history are not a one-off event, but signal a much larger, concerted effort to bring (back) al-Andalus into Urdu. At the same time, even as the two prefaces together seek to bring historical knowledge into Urdu, they themselves constitute significant intellectual productions in their own right, comprising intensive research around the idea of Islamic history writing in Urdu. Both Ḳhalīl ur-Raḥmān and Muḥammad ʿInāyatullāh engage with multiple strands of scholarship, ranging from past Islamic scholars writing in Arabic, nineteenth-century Orientalist accounts, as well as works by Urdu- and English-language scholars contemporaneous to them. Straddling these multiple worlds, these texts together provide a meditation on the role of translation and history writing in the elaboration of a Muslim intellectual production in colonial modernity.
High catalytic performance of Fe-rich palygorskite clay-supported Ni catalysts for steam reforming of toluene
Authors: Ji Minghao , Zou Xuehua , Liu Haibo , Zhang Yinsheng , Dong Shiwei , Xu Chengrui , Xie Qiaoqin , Chen Dong , Zhu Chengzhu , Chen Tianhu 
Published: May 2023

AbstractThe development and application of Fe-rich palygorskite clay has been restricted significantly by its red colour and low grade. Moreover, the nano-structured properties of palygorskite and the relatively large Fe content of Fe-rich palygorskite clay have received insufficient attention. The present study involved the synthesis of Ni-based catalysts via a coprecipitation method using Fe-rich palygorskite clay as the support. The catalysts were then evaluated for their performance for catalytic steam reforming of toluene (CSRT). The experimental findings revealed that the Fe in Fe-rich palygorskite clay interacted strongly with Ni and formed Fe-Ni alloys. The catalyst with a Ni/Fe mass ratio of 14 (Ni14/FePal) calcined in air at 600°C exhibited superior performance for CSRT under the reaction temperature 700°C and S/C molar ratio of 1.0. According to the kinetics study, Ni14/FePal exhibited the lowest apparent activation energy (33.99 kJ mol−1) among the catalysts, which further confirmed the superior catalytic activity in CSRT. The characterizations of the catalysts used demonstrated that the excellent stability and resistance to coke formation of Ni14/FePal were attributable to the presence of a sufficient amount of highly dispersed Fe-Ni alloys on its surface.
European inequalities and similarities in officially recognized dental specialties
Authors: García-Espona Ignacio , García-Espona Eugenia , Alarcón José Antonio , Fernández-Serrano Javier 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Background
Although the European Economic Space usually acts in a united and organized way, several main differences are found regarding the type and number of dental specialties all around this group of member states. The aim of the study is to analyse the inequalities and similarities existing between 21 European countries, highlighting the number and types of recognized dental specialties.

Methods
Available official documents and webpages from 20 out of the 30 countries of which the European Economic Space is comprised plus the United Kingdom (UK), were analysed to obtain reliable data referred to dental specialties. Differences were tested with the Lorentz curve and Gini test. Additionally, a Cluster analysis was performed to obtain groups of countries with a similar pattern in the number and type of dental specialties.

Results
Up to a total of 15 different specialties are officially recognized in all the analysed countries. Orthodontics (90%) and Oral Surgery (81%) are the two most frequently recognized specialties. The total global degree of inequality of the analysed countries was 40.2%. Cluster analysis differentiated three different main groups of countries according to the number and type of dental specialties.

Conclusions
The situation of dental specialties in the area of the EES plus the UK exhibits an unequal organization. Cluster analysis showed 3 main clusters of countries with a similar pattern of dental specialties.
Health facilities readiness to provide comprehensive abortion care and factors associated with client satisfaction in Central Oromia Region, Ethiopia: a multilevel modeling approach
Authors: Gebremariam Fikru Abebe , Habtewold Ephrem Mannekulih , Degife Dereje Tegene , Geneti Habte Bekele , Gebrekiros Damen Hailemariam 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Background
In Ethiopia only 53% of induced abortions were performed in a health facility. Even though efforts have been made to improve comprehensive abortion care (CAC), still several health facilities fail to provide the services. Even in facilities where such care is provided, significant numbers of clients report their dissatisfaction with the service. Hence, this study sought to assess availability and readiness to meet the need for CAC, client satisfaction with the service and associated factors in public health facilities of East Shawa Zone, from March 1 to July 31, 2020.

Method
Cross-sectional study was conducted taking a random sample of 30 health facilities and 900 women who received CAC and providers who delivered the services. Data were collected using interviewer-administered questionnaire and observational checklist. The analysis was performed using Stata-13. Descriptive summaries were used to characterize study participants, to determine service availability and readiness of facilities. The levels of satisfaction were estimated using proportion with a 95% confidence interval (CI). Multilevel ordinal logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with service satisfaction. The magnitude of association was estimated by adjusted odds ratios (AOR) with a 95% CI, and a p-value < 0.05 was used to declare statistical significance.

Results
The study found that all health facilities fulfilled at least three-fourth (75%) of the requirements that ensure CAC services availability. However, the percentage of facilities that fulfilled at least three-fourth of equipment was 60%; medicines, 56.7%; and basic amenities, 46.7%. Overall, 19.3% of women (95% CI 16.9%, 22.0%) reported very high level of satisfaction with CAC services. The levels of Satisfaction with the services were associated with being treated with second trimester abortion (AOR) = 2.07; 95% CI 1.03, 4.15) and having good procedure outcome (AOR = 2.09; 95% CI 1.09, 4.15), being treated by younger service provider, less than 35 year old (AOR = 8.58; 95% CI 3.66, 20.12), by a nurse (AOR = 2.96; 95% CI 1.49, 5.87), provider with three to five years of experience (AOR = 0.46; 95% CI 0.23, 0.92) and with the availability of essential medicines (AOR = 4.34; 95% CI 1.06, 18.20).

Conclusions
The availability of essential medicines was below the standards set by World Health Organization. The levels of satisfaction with CAC is comparably lower than other studies findings and affected by the availability of essential medicines, procedure outcome, and gestational age of terminated pregnancy, the health care provider’s age, profession and years of experience.
Comparison of population characteristics and clinical outcomes of patients with type B aortic dissection or aortic intramural hematoma underwent thoracic endovascular aortic repair: a propensity score-matched analysis
Authors: Zhang Nan , Xu Tian-shu , Zhou Tie-nan , Zhang Lei , Wang Xiao-zeng , Min Ying 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Backgrounds
Survival and aortic-related adverse events after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for aortic intramural hematoma (IMH) and aortic dissection (AD) are controversial. We aimed to assess the preoperative characteristics and to evaluate TEVAR outcomes of acute type B IMH and AD.

Methods
Between June 2002 and May 2021, 83 patients with acute type B IMH and 755 patients with acute type B AD underwent TEVAR at the General Hospital of Northern Theater Command. We retrospectively analyzed data from these patients, including clinical characteristics and follow-up outcomes.

Results
The patients with IMH were significantly older than the ones with AD (P < 0.001). Diabetes mellitus (P = 0.035) and ischemic cerebrovascular disease (P = 0.017) were more common in the IMH group than in the AD group. The results demonstrated a less long-term aortic-related death-free survival rate in the IMH group than the AD group for all the patients (P = 0.014) and the matched patients (P = 0.027). It also presents a lower long-term overall survival rate (P = 0.047) and aortic-related event-free rate (P = 0.048) in the IMH group than in the matched patients.

Conclusions
Compared with AD patients, patients with IMH who underwent TEVAR had a worse long-term outcome of aortic-related survival in all and matched patients.
Protocol for a scoping review of health equity frameworks and models applied in empirical studies of chronic disease prevention and control
Authors: Walsh-Bailey Callie , Gilbert Amanda , Shato Thembekile , Sandler Brittney , Baumann Ana A. , Bradley Cory D. , McLoughlin Gabriella M. , McGuire F. Hunter , Fort Meredith P. , Tabak Rachel G. 
Published: May 2023

Abstract
Background
Chronic diseases, such as cancers and cardiovascular diseases, present the greatest burden of morbidity and mortality worldwide. This burden disproportionately affects historically marginalized populations. Health equity is rapidly gaining increased attention in public health, health services, and implementation research, though many health inequities persist. Health equity frameworks and models (FM) have been called upon to guide equity-focused chronic disease and implementation research. However, there is no clear synthesis of the health equity FM used in chronic disease research or how these are applied in empirical studies. This scoping review seeks to fill this gap by identifying and characterizing health equity FM applied in empirical studies along the chronic disease prevention and control continuum, describing how these FM are used, and exploring potential applications to the field of implementation science.

Methods
We follow established guidance for conducting scoping reviews, which includes six stages: (1) identify the research question; (2) identify relevant studies; (3) select studies for inclusion; (4) data extraction; (5) collating, summarizing, and reporting the results; and (6) consultation. This protocol presents the iterative, collaborative approach taken to conceptualize this study and develop the search strategy. We describe the criteria for inclusion in this review, methods for conducting two phases of screening (title and abstract, full text), data extraction procedures, and quality assurance approaches taken throughout the project.

Discussion
The findings from this review will inform health-equity focused chronic disease prevention and control research. FM identified through this review will be added to an existing website summarizing dissemination and implementation science frameworks, and we will offer case examples and recommendations for utilizing a health equity FM in empirical studies. Our search strategy and review methodology may serve as an example for scholars seeking to conduct reviews of health equity FM in other health disciplines.

Systematic review registration
Open Science Framework Registration https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/SFVE6
Six new species of zombie-ant fungi from Yunnan in China
Authors: Tang Dexiang , Huang Ou , Zou Weiqiu , Wang Yuanbing , Wang Yao , Dong Quanying , Sun Tao , Yang Gang , Yu Hong 
Published: May 2023

AbstractSome Ophiocordyceps species infecting ants are able to manipulate the host behavior. The hosts are manipulated in order to move to location that are advantageous for fungal spore transmission. Ophiocordyceps species that are able to manipulate the ant's behavior are called "zombie-ant fungi". They are widespread within tropical forests worldwide, with relatively few reports from subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaf forest. Zombie-ant fungi have been described and reported in different countries worldwide. However, there were a few reports from China. This study proposed six new species of zombie-ant fungi from China based on multi-gene (SSU, LSU, TEF, RPB1 and RPB2) phylogenetic analyses and morphological characteristics. Six novel species of Ophiocordyceps from China were identified as the Ophiocordyceps unilateralis core clade, forming a separate lineage with other species. Six novel species of Ophiocordyceps with hirsutella-like asexual morphs exclusively infecting ants were presented herein, namely, Ophiocordyceps acroasca, Ophiocordyceps bifertilis, Ophiocordyceps subtiliphialida, Ophiocordyceps basiasca, Ophiocordyceps nuozhaduensis and Ophiocordyceps contiispora. Descriptions and illustrations for six taxon were provided. Five of these species were collected from the subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaf forest, and one was collected from the rainforest and subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaf forest. This work proposes that the same host of Camponotus can be infected by multiple ant pathogenic fungi, while multiple ants of Polyrhachis can be infected by the same pathogenic fungi at the same time. This study contributes towards a better understanding of the evolutionary relationship between hosts and fungi, and provides novel insights into the morphology, distribution, parasitism, and ecology of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis sensu lato. We have provided a method for obtaining living cultures of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis complex species and their asexual morphs based on the living cultures, which is of significant value for further studies of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis complex species in the future.
Expert Recommendations for the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management of Adult B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Latin America
Authors: Basquiera Ana Lisa , Seiwald Maria Cristina , Best Aguilera Carlos Roberto , Enciso Leonardo , Fernandez Isolda , Jansen Angela Marie , Nunes Elenaide , Sanchez del Villar Matias , Urbalejo Ceniceros Victor I. , Rocha Vanderson 
Published: May 2023

PURPOSEDespite strong induction chemotherapy response rates, only 30%-40% of patients with adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) attain long-term remission. This study analyzes ALL in Latin America (LA) and recommends diagnosis, treatment, and management protocols.METHODSThe Americas Health Foundation organized a panel of hematologists from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico to examine ALL diagnosis and therapy and produce recommendations.RESULTSLack of regional data, unequal access to diagnosis and therapy, inadequate treatment response, and uneven health care distribution complicate adult ALL management. The panel recommended diagnosis, first-line and refractory treatment, and post-transplantation maintenance. Targeted treatments, including rituximab, blinatumomab, and inotuzumab ozogamicin, are becoming available in LA and must be equitably accessed.CONCLUSIONThis review adapts global information on treating ALL to LA. Governments, the medical community, society, academia, industry, and patient advocates must work together to improve policies.