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Diet modulation of the microbiome of the pest storage mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae
Authors: Hubert Jan , Nesvorna Marta , Sopko Bruno , Green Stefan J 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Storage mites colonize a wide spectrum of food commodities and adaptations to diets have been suggested as mechanisms enabling successful colonization. We characterized the response of seven unique Tyrophagus putrescentiae cultures (5K, 5L, 5N, 5P, 5Pi, 5S and 5Tk) with different baseline microbiomes to different diets. The offered diets included a rearing diet, protein-enriched diet, oat flakes and sunflower seeds. Microbiome characterization was performed using 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene amplicon sequencing and 16S rRNA gene quantitative PCR. The mite culture microbiomes were classified into four groups: (i) Sodalis-dominated (5Pi); (ii) Wolbachia-dominated (5N and 5P); (iii) Cardinium-dominated (5L and 5S); and (iv) Asymbiontic (5K and 5Tk) mites dominated by Bacillus and Bartonella. Mite growth rates were most strongly affected by nutrients in the diet, while respiration and microbial community profiles were largely influenced by mite culture. While growth rate was not directly explained by microbiome composition, microbiomes strongly influenced mite fitness as measured by respiration. While diet significantly influenced microbial profiles in all cultures, the effect of diet differed in impact between cultures (5Pi&gt;5S&gt;5N&gt;5K&gt;5Tk&gt;5L&gt;5P). Furthermore, no new bacterial taxa were acquired by mites after dietary changes. Bacteria from the taxa Bacillus, Bartonella-like, Solitalea-like, Kocuria and Sodalis-like contributed most strongly to differentiating mite-associated microbiomes.
Moho topography and crustal properties in the UAE and northern Oman mountain belt from teleseismic receiver functions
Authors: Ismaiel M , Ali M Y , Pilia S , Watts A B , Searle M P 
Published: January 2023

SUMMARYThe United Arab Emirates (UAE)-Oman mountain belt exposes a large intact ophiolite thrust sheet that was obducted onto a rifted continental margin during the Late Cretaceous. Crustal properties of the mountain belt and the foreland region are important to better understand the mechanism of crustal deformation during the obduction process. In this study, we analysed P-wave receiver functions across the UAE and northern Oman mountain belt to determine the Moho depths, crustal properties and velocity structure beneath 53 broad-band seismic stations. Crustal thickness varies from 30.0 km in the western UAE to 46.6 km in the UAE-Oman mountain belt. The deeper Moho depth beneath the UAE-Oman mountain belt is the outcome of crustal thickening and flexure of the lithosphere during the obduction process. The eastern flank of the UAE-Oman mountain belt has relatively high-Vp/Vs ratios of 1.76–1.89. On the contrary, comparatively low-Vp/Vs ratios (1.61–1.67) are estimated in the western flank. Moreover, relatively low-Vp/Vs ratios (1.61–1.70) are observed in the foreland basin and western UAE. The high-Vp/Vs ratios and thick crust are indication of a thick ophiolite thrust sheet, while low-Vp/Vs ratios suggest that the crust is more felsic/intermediate in nature. The Vs-depth profiles in the mountain belt reveal a low-Vs zone beneath a remarkably high-Vs top layer. There is no such high-Vs top layer in the foreland area and western UAE. The high-Vs layer is correlated to a ∼10–15-km thick sequence of Semail crust and mantle ophiolite. Common Conversion Point imaging across the UAE-Oman mountain belt imaged the Moho boundary, which agrees with H-k stacking results, and intra-crustal discontinuities.
Single- versus multi-port video-assisted thoracic surgery for pulmonary aspergilloma: a propensity-matched study
Authors: Jiang Cong , Ge Tao , Jiang Gening , Zhu Yuming , Zhang Peng 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The utilization of single-port video-assisted thoracic surgery for pulmonary aspergilloma (PA) has not been well studied. The study was performed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of it for PA compared with multi-port video thoracic-assisted surgery.

METHODS
From August 2007 to December 2019, consecutive PA patients receiving surgeries at Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital were enrolled retrospectively. Propensity score matching based on preoperative clinical variables was utilized to compare perioperative and long-term outcomes.

RESULTS
In all 358 patients, a total of 63 patients underwent single-port video-assisted thoracic surgery, and 63 out of 145 patients for multi-port surgeries were paired with the single-port video-assisted thoracic surgery recipients. The median follow-up period was 40 months (range, 2–140 months). Patients receiving single-port video-assisted thoracic surgery showed a similar operation time, intraoperative blood loss, drainage duration and drainage volume to those of multi-port video-assisted thoracic surgery recipients (P &gt; 0.05). Patients undergoing lobectomy by single-port approach experienced a shorter postoperative hospital stay {4.9 [standard deviation (SD): 2.0] vs 5.9 (SD: 2.3), P = 0.014}. The average postoperative pain scores [day 0: 2.6 (SD: 0.7) vs 3.1 (SD: 0.8), day 3: 4.0 (SD: 0.9) vs 4.8 (SD: 3.9), day 7: 2.2 (SD: 0.5) vs 3.1 (SD: 0.8), P &lt; 0.001] and the number of days that patients required analgesic agents [3.0 (SD: 2.2) vs 4.8 (SD: 2.1), P &lt; 0.001] were also decreased in the single-port video-assisted thoracic surgery group.

CONCLUSIONS
Single-port video-assisted thoracic surgery is a safe and feasible alternative to multi-port video-assisted thoracic surgery for simple PA and selected complex ones, with a potential advantage of reduced postoperative pain.
Development and performance evaluation of an intelligent air purifier/humidifier using fuzzy logic controller
Authors: Emenuvwe Omonigho Peter , Umar Umar Ali , Umaru Samaila , Oyedeji Ayodeji Nathaniel 
Published: January 2023

AbstractThis study aimed to develop and implement a fuzzy logic controlled-intelligent air purifier/humidifier. The concepts of passive purification and evaporative humidification were used to build this device, and engineering ideas and theories were used to guide the development of electrical and mechanical systems. Additionally, a fuzzy logic controller was designed, built and integrated into the air purifier/humidifier device to help with its operation. It does this by analysing input signals from all the sensors (dust, volatile organic compound gas, humidity and water level) and activating the actuators (suction and blow fan). On the Arduino IDE, a C/C++ programming code was developed and uploaded onto the Arduino Uno R3 board, which houses the ATmega328P microcontroller processor. In estimating the clean air delivery rate (CADR), noise level and moisture delivery rate, the performance of the developed air purifier/humidifier was assessed. Additionally, the electrical systems’ power consumption and the fuzzy logic controller’s ease of use were each assessed. In light of the room capacity taken into consideration, the findings obtained demonstrated that the proposed air purifier/humidifier device satisfies the minimum standard requirement of a CADR of 140m3/hr. The outcome also revealed that the designed device’s noise level is lower than the typical threshold for an air purifier, which is less than 40 db. Additionally, after 68 minutes, the device raised the humidity level in a controlled area from 21% to 40%.
Limits and consistency of nonlocal and graph approximations to the Eikonal equation
Authors: Fadili Jalal , Forcadel Nicolas , Tuyen Nguyen Thi , Zantout Rita 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
In this paper, we study a nonlocal approximation of the time-dependent (local) Eikonal equation with Dirichlet-type boundary conditions, where the kernel in the nonlocal problem is properly scaled. Based on the theory of viscosity solutions, we prove existence and uniqueness of the viscosity solutions of both the local and nonlocal problems, as well as regularity properties of these solutions in time and space. We then derive error bounds between the solution to the nonlocal problem and that of the local one, both in continuous time and forward Euler time discretization. We then turn to studying continuum limits of nonlocal problems defined on random weighted graphs with $n$ vertices. In particular, we establish that if the kernel scale parameter decreases at an appropriate rate as $n$ grows then, almost surely, the solution of the problem on graphs converges uniformly to the viscosity solution of the local problem as the time step vanishes and the number vertices $n$ grows large.
Mobility during the post-partum period and viraemia in women living with HIV in South Africa
Authors: Odayar Jasantha , Phillips Tamsin K , Kabanda Siti , Malaba Thokozile R , Mukonda Elton , Hsiao Nei-yuan , Lesosky Maia , Myer Landon 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Background
We investigated the association between travel and viraemia in post-partum women with human immunodeficiency virus on antiretroviral therapy (ART).

Methods
Data are from a trial of post-partum ART delivery strategies. Women who initiated ART during pregnancy, were clinically stable with a viral load (VL) &lt;400 copies/ml and were &lt;10 weeks post-partum were enrolled at a primary care antenatal clinic in Cape Town, South Africa. Study visits at 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months post-partum included questions about travel, defined as ≥1 night spent outside of the city, and VL testing. Generalised mixed effects models assessed the association between travel and subsequent VL ≥400 copies/ml.

Results
Among 402 women (mean age 29 y, 35% born in the Western Cape), 69% reported one or more travel events over 24 months. Being born beyond the Western Cape (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.03 [95% confidence interval {CI} 1.49 to 2.77]), duration post-partum in months (aOR 1.03 [95% CI 1.02 to 1.05]) and living with the child (aOR 0.60 [95% CI 0.38 to 0.93]) were associated with travel. In multivariable analyses, a travel event was associated with a 92% increase in the odds of a VL ≥400 copies/ml (aOR 1.92 [95% CI 1.19 to 3.10]).

Conclusions
Interventions to support women on ART who travel are urgently required.
Above Reproach: Rawls, Cavell, and Emersonian Conversation as a New Model for Democratic Counter-Radicalisation Policy
Authors: Bentley Michelle , Woodford Clare 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
The UK Prevent strategy is strongly criticized: accused of racism, human rights violations, and demonization of the (Muslim) other. Outlining an original interpretation of these problems, the article draws on political theory to identify parallels between this controversy and Stanley Cavell's critique of John Rawls’ Theory of Justice. Although aiming to avoid violence, Rawls limited the “conversation of justice” in advance such that a democratic community could be deemed above reproach. Cavell claimed that this situation is detrimental in that it leaves the resentful other with no outlet to voice their grievance(s). The article argues that Prevent is problematic because it assumes the same premise as Rawls. Prevent restricts engagement between its participants through the requirement to adhere to “British values,” which excludes sectors of the UK population a priori and undermines the very democracy that Prevent purports to defend. The article rejects the Prevent strategy on these grounds. It then proposes an alternative model for counter-radicalization based on a Cavellian theorization of democracy as “Emersonian conversation”—comprising the virtues of listening, responsiveness, and a willingness to change on all sides. The article argues that Emersonian conversation provides a more effective basis for future UK counter-radicalization policy.
Paper Meets Plastic: The Perceived Environmental Friendliness of Product Packaging
Authors: Sokolova Tatiana , Krishna Aradhna , Döring Tim 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Packaging waste makes up more than 10% of the landfilled waste in the United States. While consumers often want to make environmentally friendly product choices, we find that their perceptions of the environmental friendliness of product packaging may systematically deviate from its objective environmental friendliness. Eight studies (N = 4,103) document the perceived environmental friendliness (PEF) bias whereby consumers judge plastic packaging with additional paper to be more environmentally friendly than identical plastic packaging without the paper. The PEF bias is driven by consumers’ “paper = good, plastic = bad” beliefs and by proportional reasoning, wherein packaging with a greater paper-to-plastic proportion is judged as more environmentally friendly. We further show that the PEF bias impacts consumers’ willingness to pay and product choice. Importantly, this bias can be mitigated by a “minimal packaging sticker” intervention, which increases the environmental friendliness perceptions of plastic-only packaging, rendering plastic-packaged products to be preferable to their plastic-plus-paper-packaged counterparts. This research contributes to the packaging literature in marketing and to research on sustainability while offering practical implications for managers and public policy officials.
Fitness Costs Associated With Insecticide Resistance in Populations of Homalodisca vitripennis Germar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
Authors: Brown Dylan J , Redak Richard A 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
The glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), is an important vector of bacterial Xyllela diseases throughout the southern and southwestern portions of the United States. Strong insect control measures, such that population densities of the insect vector are significantly reduced, are often necessary to limit the spread of Xylella fastidiosa. Glassy-winged sharpshooter populations within the Central Valley of California have developed a high resistance to imidacloprid (resistance ratio greater than 3,200) and tolerance to pyrethroids (ratio of less than 10) due to frequent applications of these materials. The purpose of this study was to determine the potential effects of insecticide resistance upon a variety of sharpshooter life history parameters associated with reproductive fitness. Our results indicate that individuals from susceptible populations of glassy-winged sharpshooters exhibited significantly higher fecundity and longer adult lifespans than those from the resistant populations. Additionally, resistant individuals were on average slightly larger than susceptible individuals. These results provide a strong indication that resistance to neonicotinoids imposes a reproductive fitness cost in an insecticide-free environment.
Why reason-based abortion bans are not a remedy against eugenics: an empirical study
Authors: Suter Sonia M 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
In Box v Planned Parenthood, Justice Thomas wrote an impassioned concurrence describing abortions based on sex, disability or race as a form of ‘modern-day eugenics’. He defended the challenged Indiana reason-based abortion (RBA) ban as a necessary antidote to these practices. Inspired by this concurrence, legislatures have increasingly enacted similar bills and statutes allegedly as a prophylactic to ‘eugenics’, its underlying discrimination, and the racial disparities eugenics caused. This article tests my hypothesis that this legislative focus on eugenics is largely performative, rather than evidence of true concern about the discrimination and disparities underlying eugenics. My research examined state laws in several areas that fall within narrow and broad understandings of eugenics to determine whether states with RBA bans have implemented policies to counteract eugenics more broadly. My analysis shows that they generally have not. Instead, the apparent motivation is to commandeer concerns about eugenics to restrict reproductive rights. This legislative mission is hypocritical, and it harms the very groups impacted by the eugenics movements—minorities, women, people with disabilities, the LGBTQ+ community, and immigrants. Ultimately, it has led us to Dobbs, which makes everyone vulnerable to the eugenics policies Thomas condemns by undercutting previous constitutional protections against eugenics.
Agreement between individual and neighborhood income measures in patients with colorectal cancer in Canada
Authors: Davis Laura E , Mahar Alyson L , Strumpf Erin C 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Introduction
With increasing interest in income-related differences in cancer outcomes, accurate measurement of income is imperative. Misclassification of income can result in wrong conclusions as to the presence of income inequalities. We determined misclassification between individual- and neighborhood-level income and their association with overall survival among colorectal cancer (CRC) patients.

Methods
The Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohorts were used to identify CRC patients diagnosed from 1992 to 2017. We used neighborhood income quintiles from Statistics Canada and created individual income quintiles from the same data sources to be as similar as possible. Agreement between individual and neighborhood income quintiles was measured using cross-tabulations and weighted kappa statistics. Cox proportional hazards and Lin semiparametric hazards models were used to determine the effects of individual and neighborhood income independently and jointly on survival. Analyses were also stratified by rural residence.

Results
A total of 103 530 CRC patients were included in the cohort. There was poor agreement between individual and neighborhood income with only 17% of respondents assigned to the same quintile (weighted kappa = 0.18). Individual income had a greater effect on relative and additive survival than neighborhood income when modeled separately. The interaction between individual and neighborhood income demonstrated that the most at risk for poor survival were those in the lowest individual and neighborhood income quintiles. Misclassification was more likely to occur for patients residing in rural areas.

Conclusion
Cancer researchers should avoid using neighborhood income as a proxy for individual income, especially among patients with cancers with demonstrated inequalities by income.
Associations of Parental Distress and Behavior with School Readiness in Children Born Very Preterm
Authors: Vrantsidis Daphne M , Benkart Rebekah A , Neel Mary Lauren , de Silva Aryanne , Maitre Nathalie L , Taylor H Gerry 
Published: January 2023

AbstractObjectiveChildren born very preterm (VPT; gestational age [GA] &lt;31 weeks) have robust school readiness difficulties relative to children born full-term (FT; GA ≥37 weeks). This study examined whether four aspects of parental well-being and behavior—distress, harshness, responsiveness and positive control, and cognitive stimulation—were linked to school readiness in a sample of children born VPT &lt;31 weeks GA and whether these characteristics similarly impact VPT and FT children.MethodsParents of 4-year-olds born VPT (n = 55) and FT (n = 38) reported on parental distress, behavior, and cognitive stimulation. Children’s cognition, executive function, motor skills, preacademic abilities, and behavior were assessed via neuropsychological tests and parent-report questionnaires.ResultsFor both groups of children, higher psychological distress and harshness were associated with more behavior problems, and more cognitive stimulation was associated with higher scores on tests of cognitive, motor, and preacademic abilities. More parental distress was associated with lower cognitive ability only for children born VPT and more harshness was associated with lower preacademic skills only for children born FT.ConclusionsIdentifying modifiable family factors associated with school readiness in children born VPT is essential for informing family-based interventions to improve school readiness in this population. Findings suggest that distress, harshness, and cognitive stimulation may be reasonable targets for interventions to improve school readiness in children born VPT.
BNT162b2 Against COVID-19-Associated Emergency Department and Urgent Care Visits Among Children 5–11 Years of Age: A Test Negative Design
Authors: Tartof Sara Y , Frankland Timothy B , Puzniak Laura , Slezak Jeff M , Hong Vennis , Takhar Harpreet , Ogun Oluwaseye A , Simmons Sarah , Xie Fagen , Zamparo Joann , Ackerson Bradley K , Jodar Luis , McLaughlin John M 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
In a 1:1 matched test-negative design among 5- to 11-year-olds in the Kaiser Permanente Southern California health system (n = 3984), BNT162b2 effectiveness against the omicron-related emergency department or urgent care encounters was 60% [95%CI: 47−69] &lt;3 months post-dose-two and 28% [8−43] after ≥3 months. A booster improved protection to 77% [53−88].
A multivariate dynamic statistical model of the global carbon budget 1959–2020
Authors: Bennedsen Mikkel , Hillebrand Eric , Koopman Siem Jan 
Published: January 2023

AbstractWe propose a multivariate dynamic statistical model of the global carbon budget (GCB) as represented in the annual data set made available by the Global Carbon Project, covering the sample period 1959–2020. The model connects four main objects of interest: atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations, anthropogenic CO2 emissions, the absorption of CO2 by the terrestrial biosphere (land sink), and by the ocean and marine biosphere (ocean sink). The model captures the GCB equation, which states that emissions not absorbed by either land or ocean sinks must remain in the atmosphere and constitute a flow to the stock of atmospheric concentrations. Emissions depend on global economic activity as measured by World Gross Domestic Product while sink activities depend on the level of atmospheric concentrations and the Southern Oscillation Index. We derive the time series properties of atmospheric concentrations from the model, showing that they contain one unit root and a near-second unit root. The statistical system allows for the estimation of key parameters of the global carbon cycle and for the assessment of estimation uncertainty. It also allows for the estimation and the uncertainty assessment of related variables such as the airborne fraction and the sink rate. We provide short-term forecasts of the components of the GCB.
Biased-sample empirical likelihood weighting for missing data problems: an alternative to inverse probability weighting
Authors: Liu Yukun , Fan Yan 
Published: January 2023

AbstractInverse probability weighting (IPW) is widely used in many areas when data are subject to unrepresentativeness, missingness, or selection bias. An inevitable challenge with the use of IPW is that the IPW estimator can be remarkably unstable if some probabilities are very close to zero. To overcome this problem, at least three remedies have been developed in the literature: stabilizing, thresholding, and trimming. However, the final estimators are still IPW-type estimators, and inevitably inherit certain weaknesses of the naive IPW estimator: they may still be unstable or biased. We propose a biased-sample empirical likelihood weighting (ELW) method to serve the same general purpose as IPW, while completely overcoming the instability of IPW-type estimators by circumventing the use of inverse probabilities. The ELW weights are always well defined and easy to implement. We show theoretically that the ELW estimator is asymptotically normal and more efficient than the IPW estimator and its stabilized version for missing data problems. Our simulation results and a real data analysis indicate that the ELW estimator is shift-equivariant, nearly unbiased, and usually outperforms the IPW-type estimators in terms of mean square error.