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“Spiders […] stringing webs through her head”: Representations of memory in Anthony Doerr's “Memory Wall” and Meredith Westgate's The Shimmering State
Authors: Front Sonia 
Published: July 2023

AbstractAlthough science has demonstrated that memories are flexible mental constructions, rather than a stable record of the past preserved in an internal archive, fiction keeps fantasizing about technologies that will locate memories in the brain and edit or download them into an external medium. Anthony Doerr's short story “Memory Wall” (2010) and Meredith Westgate's novel The Shimmering State (2021) continue this preoccupation. They portray treatments for memory‐related diseases that involve downloading memories into a portable medium so that they could be reexperienced, which makes them susceptible to commodification as prosthetic memories. To represent memory, the two texts blend neuroscientific explanations with the traditional conceptualizations of an archive and computer, subverting them in the process. The protagonists' experiences suggest the impossibility of the past's total preservation as a linear archive and explode the neuroscientific view of the self and memory as cerebral properties, highlighting instead the complex interchanges between body, mind, brain, and emotion, involved in the production of memory. A new model of memory informed by prosthetic memories violates privatized interiority and dislodges the temporal coordinates of the past, which leads to the ungrounding of subjectivity. This results in an ontological shift whereby memory is increasingly severed from personal identity.
“Frequency of fatal and recurrent anaphylaxis due to COW'S milk: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies”
Authors: Pérez‐Codesido Sabela , Grifol‐Clar Eulalia , Petrone Marianela Brandoni , Malumbres Marta Goyanes , Garban Patricia Andrade , Tejedor‐Alonso Miguel A. 
Published: July 2023

AbstractCow's milk allergy can result in anaphylactic reactions. The estimated prevalence of cow's milk allergy in developed countries ranges from 0.5% to 3% at age 1 year. Our objective was to perform a systematic review and, if possible, a meta‐analysis to assess the frequency of fatal and recurrent anaphylaxis induced by cow's milk. We searched PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Web of Science for studies that had assessed fatal and recurrent anaphylaxis induced by cow's milk for the population of a country or at least an administrative region. Our review included cohort, cross‐sectional, and registry studies that had assessed the incidence or prevalence of recurrent anaphylaxis or the incidence of fatal anaphylaxis due to cow's milk. The pooled prevalence of recurrence (PR) for at least an episode of anaphylaxis was 26.98% (3.85–189.1). Teymourpour et al (Iran) reported the highest PR (53.10%); the two studies with the lowest PR were from France (5.2 and 0.42, respectively) (p < .01). Nine studies on fatal anaphylaxis were selected (41 deaths) and found to be highly heterogeneous (I2 = 75.9%). Levy et al and Bassagio et al reported the highest incidence rate (IR 0.15 and 0.6 deaths per million persons‐year). The PR of anaphylaxis was approximately one quarter of patients with anaphylaxis due to cow's milk, while deaths from anaphylaxis caused by cow's milk were very rare, although some studies report rates as high as 15 times the lowest IR.
Regulative rules: A distinctive normative kind
Authors: Reiland Indrek 
Published: July 2023

AbstractWhat are rules? In this paper I develop a view of regulative rules which takes them to be a distinctive normative kind occupying a middle ground between orders and normative truths. The paradigmatic cases of regulative rules that I'm interested in are social rules like rules of etiquette and legal rules like traffic rules. On the view I'll propose, a rule is a general normative content that is in force due to human activity: enactment by an authority or acceptance by a community. Rules are unlike orders in being not necessarily communicative, not an expression's of the giver's will, not evaluable for sincerity, and in that they have propositional content. And they're unlike normative truths in that they're themselves not even truth‐evaluable (though their contents are). This is because rules qua things that are in force are not like constatives which have a mind to world direction of fit, but more like performatives. Furthermore, they differ from normative truths in that their normativity is isolated from their background justification and is therefore not dependent on contributory notions like reasons coming together in a weighing explanation. As such, they occupy a middle ground between orders and normative truths, much like in H. L. A. Hart's opinion law occupies a middle ground between “coercion” and “morality” (Hart 1961/1994). I also illustrate the virtues of this understanding of rules by showing how proper appreciation of how they differ from normative truths helps us defuse a common objection to Hart's practice theory of rules.
Different techniques reveal the difference of community structure and function of fungi from root and rhizosphere of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge
Authors: Li C. , Wu Y. , Li L. , Zhao C. , Li B. , Wu Y. , Wang H. , Yan Z. 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Fungi have essential functions in plant health and performance. However, the plant‐associated functions of many cultured fungi have not been established in detail.
Here, the fungal species diversity in Salvia miltiorrhiza roots and rhizosphere was assessed for the first time using culturomics and high‐throughput sequencing. We present a comprehensive functional metagenomic analysis of these fungi and verified activity of cellulase and chitinase predicted in the metagenomic analysis.
We first collected and cultured fungi from the root and rhizosphere of S. miltiorrhiza. We found 92 species across 37 families and five phyla, with Ascomycota being dominant. Many rDNA internal transcribed spacer sequences could not be assigned to lower taxonomic levels. There were 19 genera of endophytic fungi and 37 genera of rhizosphere fungi. The culturomics approach had lower taxonomic diversity than high‐throughput sequencing, but some fungi were only found in cultures. Structural analyses indicated that the dominant species differed in cultured and non‐cultured samples at other levels, apart from the phylum level. Functional analysis mapped 223 carbohydrate enzyme families and 393 pathways in the CAZy and KEGG databases, respectively. The most abundant families were glycoside hydrolases and those involved in carbohydrate metabolism. As predicted by metagenomics, we experimentally verified cellulase and chitinase activity for 29 and 74 fungi, respectively.
We provide the first evidence of biomass recycling by fungi that are associated with plants. Culturing is essential to reveal the hidden microbial community and critical functions in plant–microbe interactions.
Radiography—An etymological and semantic concept analysis from the perspective of radiographic science
Authors: Lundgren Solveig M. , Lundén Maud 
Published: July 2023

AbstractIntroductionConcepts are cornerstones in science, and their determination is a prerequisite for understanding their substance and meaning. Radiography as a concept is not straightforward nor simple to understand, and there are different interpretations depending on the scientific perspective. To develop truthful knowledge of radiography from the perspective of the discipline, a determination of the subject and substance of radiography is required and thereby is a precursor for theory development. The aim of this study was to investigate the etymological and semantic meaning of radiography from the radiography science perspective.MethodsAn etymological and semantic analysis has been applied according to Koort and Eriksson's theoretical model. Dictionaries published between 2004 and 2021 were used.ResultsThe findings show that etymologically, radiography is formed by compounding the words ‘radio’ and ‘graphy’, originating historically from Latin and Greek. The semantic analysis revealed that the substance of radiography consisted of four characteristics that are the basic substance of radiography. The characteristics were X‐ray and radiation, human beings—opaque objects, process including an act and art and images.ConclusionThis study clarifies the substance and meaning of radiography as a subject from the perspective of radiography science. The subject and substance consisted of the four basic characteristics that all are vital and required to understand the concept of radiography. The characteristics revealed that radiography science is based on scientific knowledge and carrier of properties of meaning that provide a fundamental understanding of radiography science.Implications for PracticeInvestigating the subject, substance and meaning of radiography as a concept can become the base for further theoretical, contextual and practical understanding and support in the development of theory in radiography science.
Quotients of S2×S2$S^2\times {S^2}$
Authors: Hambleton Ian , Hillman Jonathan A. 
Published: July 2023

AbstractWe consider closed topological 4‐manifolds with universal cover and Euler characteristic . All such manifolds with are homotopy equivalent. In this case, we show that there are four homeomorphism types, and propose a candidate for a smooth example that is not homeomorphic to the geometric quotient. If , we show that there are three homotopy types (and between 6 and 24 homeomorphism types).
Scaling Effect of Dry Adhesion for Microfibrils and Transition Size to Flaw Insensitivity
Authors: Zhang Xuan , Li Xiaoyan 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
The mechanics of detachment (e.g., a cylindrical fibril separating from a dissimilar substrate) has been treated in the perspectives of contact mechanics and fracture mechanics theory along with numerical simulations, but systematic experimental studies on the adhesion of an individual microfibril is still scarce. In this work, we conducted a detailed experiment on the adhesion tests of individual cylindrical microfibrils, within a large range of varying diameters from 4 to 400 μm, made of three different polyurethanes with moduli among ∼1–40 MPa. We confirmed the scaling effect of an individual microfibril, i.e., the adhesion σad of the individual fibril scales with fibrillar diameters D with an exponent of ∼ −0.4 to −0.45. As the fibrillar diameter is reduced below 10 μm, the adhesion becomes unchanged and size insensitive. This result is in good agreement with the theoretical predictions. Furthermore, the effects of the Young’s modulus and retraction rates during the adhesion tests on the adhesion strength were also investigated. Our experimental work will provide a guide for the optimal design of the micron-scale surfaces with improved adhesion.
An Open-Source Olfactory Display to Add the Sense of Smell to the Metaverse
Authors: Lukasiewicz Marek S. , Rossoni Marco , Spadoni Elena , Dozio Nicolò , Carulli Marina , Ferrise Francesco , Bordegoni Monica 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
As the Metaverse gains popularity due to its use in various industries, so does the desire to take advantage of all its potential. While visual and audio technologies already provide access to the Metaverse, there is increasing interest in haptic and olfactory technologies, which are less developed and have been studied for a shorter time. Currently, there are limited options for users to experience the olfactory aspect of the Metaverse. This paper introduces an open-source kit that makes it simple to add the sense of smell to the Metaverse. The solution is modular, allowing for the simultaneous use of multiple odors and compatibility with both desktop and wearable applications. The details of the solution, including its technical specifications, are outlined to enable potential users to utilize, test, and enhance the project and make it available to the scientific community.
Quality of life in bladder cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Rafiei Sima , Kheradkhah Golnaz , Kotronoulas Grigorios , Doustmehraban Maryam , Shafiei Farnoosh , Masoumi Maryam , Parnian Elaheh , Nosrati Sanjabad Elmira , Ghashghaee Ahmad 
Published: July 2023

BackgroundWorldwide, bladder cancer (BC) has been regarded as the tenth most common cancer with more than 573 000 new cases in 2020. This research presents a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies examining the quality of life (QOL) among patients with BC.MethodsThe study was designed according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. A total of 11 articles were extracted from a literature search conducted through electronic databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus and Web of Science from the onset of January 2000 to June 2022. A random-effects model was applied to estimate the pooled QOL in patients with BC.ResultsWe included 11 primary studies in the final meta-analysis. Based on random effect analysis, total score of QOL was 53.92 (95% CI: 47.84 to 60) representing a moderate level of QOL among patients. Based on the analysis, it was found that physical items with a score of 49.82 (95% CI: 45.8 to 53.84) had a lower score in comparison with mental items at a score of 52 (95% CI: 49.54 to 54.47). In addition, the item of role limitations due to physical health with a score of 46.26 (95% CI: 20.11 to 72.41), and social functioning with a score of 46.25 (95% CI: 18.85 to 73.66), respectively, had the lowest QOL in patients with BC.ConclusionGenerally, the QOL among patients with BC was in a moderate condition, which can be improved through determining the influencing factors on QOL as a crucial strategy to define future treatment procedures in an effective manner.
Distinct Inflammatory Milieu in Patients With Right Heart Failure
Authors: Yang Bin Q. , Park Arick C. , Liu Jason , Byrnes Kathleen , Javaheri Ali , Mann Douglas L. , Schilling Joel D. 
Published: July 2023

BACKGROUND:
Right heart failure (RHF) is associated with worse clinical outcomes. In addition to hemodynamic perturbations, the syndrome of RHF involves liver congestion and dysfunction. The mechanisms that underlie heart-liver interactions are poorly understood and may involve secreted factors. As a first step to understand the cardiohepatic axis, we sought to elucidate the circulating inflammatory milieu in patients with RHF.

METHODS:
Blood samples were collected from the inferior vena cava and hepatic veins during right heart catheterization from 3 groups of patients: (1) controls with normal cardiac function, (2) patients with heart failure who did not meet all criteria of RHF, and (3) patients who met prespecified criteria for RHF defined by hemodynamic and echocardiographic parameters. We performed a multiplex protein assay to survey levels of several circulating markers and analyzed their association with mortality and the need for a left ventricular assist device or heart transplant. Finally, we leveraged publicly available single-cell RNA sequencing data and performed tissue imaging to evaluate the expression of these factors in the liver.

RESULTS:
In this study, RHF was associated with elevated levels of a subset of cytokines/chemokines/growth factors compared with controls. In particular, soluble CD163 (cluster of differentiation 163) and CXCL12 (chemokine [C-X-C motif] ligand 12) were higher in RHF and predicted left ventricular assist device/transplant-free survival in an independent validation cohort. Furthermore, single-cell RNA sequencing and immunohistochemistry of human liver biopsies suggest that these factors are expressed by Kupffer cells and may be liver derived.

CONCLUSIONS:
RHF is associated with a distinct circulating inflammatory profile. Soluble CD163 and CXCL12 are novel biomarkers that can prognosticate patient outcomes. Future studies to define how these molecules influence heart failure phenotypes and disease progression may lead to new approaches to the management of patients with RHF.
Republicanism and Imperialism at the Frontier: A Post-Black Lives Matter Archeology of International Relations
Authors: Shilliam Robbie 
Published: July 2023

In the summer of 2020, International Relations (IR) scholars rushed to respond to the national and global irruptions of support for Black Lives Matter. But the relationship of ‘domestic’ racism in the United States to foreign policy and IR is long standing in the field, and non-marginal at that: in 1960, Hans Morgenthau provided a clear analysis of such connections in light of Brown vs. Board of Education. The ‘post’ in postcolonial acts as an intellectual provocation: in the aftermath of an event, how might we rethink received traditions of inquiry that prove ill equipped to explain and evaluate the event itself? The explanatory value of the ‘post’ lies in both exposing the disciplinary conventions of absence and retrieving obfuscated presences that provide alternative modes of inquiry. Picking up on Morgenthau’s lost intervention, I provide a contribution to what might be called post-Black Lives Matter (BLM) IR. I weave an intellectual archeology of the long-standing intimacy of republicanism and imperialism via the racialized concept of the ‘frontier’. I bring together the arguments and narratives of four authors who are progenitors of and/or mainstream scholars in the field: William Francis Allen, Frederick Jackson Turner, Morgenthau, and Merze Tate. I claim that this archeology of the ‘frontier’ might help us to grapple responsibly and incisively with IR post-BLM. Républicanisme et impérialisme à la frontière : une archéologie des relations internationales post-Black Lives Matter
The Worldmaking of Mobile Vernacular Capitalists: Tracing Entanglements Between Race, Caste and Capital
Authors: Dilawri Shikha 
Published: July 2023

This article traces the colonially inscribed spread of global capitalism through the lives and legacies of mobile vernacular capitalists in the Indian Ocean during the early-to-mid 20th century, centring the merchant-turned-industrialist-and-philanthropist Nanji Kalidas Mehta. Turning to a figure that shaped and challenged the infrastructures and outcomes of empire, but advanced forms of hierarchical differentiation – between capital and labour, and across race and caste – this article makes two interventions. First, it complicates literature on worldmaking by highlighting a figure in a register distinctive from the ‘progressive’ internationalisms associated with Bandung. Second, it reveals entanglements between race, caste and capital, illuminating how local hierarchies have been incorporated into differentiating logics of colonial capitalism. Considering sites, subjects and categories beyond an Atlantic frame lends to more capacious understandings of racial capitalism while challenging readings of caste as a subcontinent-bounded, feudal residue. This ultimately presents a more complex picture of global hierarchies shaping the (post)colonial present. La construction du monde des capitalistes autochtones nomades : tracer des liens entre race, caste et capital
Study on the optimization of high-speed turnout crossing structures based on actual elastic deformation of point and splice rails
Authors: Wang Pu , Zhao Zhenhua , Ma Junqi , Wang Shuguo 
Published: July 2023

In this paper, to address the shortcomings of the crossing structure design based on the elastic bending center method and the lack of related research, an optimization method for high-speed turnout crossing structures was proposed based on the actual elastic deformations of point and splice rails. Based on the finite element theory, the actual loading characteristics and spatial variable section characteristics of point and splice rails were fully considered, and a refined simulation analysis model of the switching system of point and splice rails in crossing areas was established. Moreover, the elastic deformation lines of point and splice rails in the nonworking state were obtained for the first time, which were consistent with actual situations. On this basis, system optimization was performed for the connecting parts of the crossing with a movable point in a high-speed turnout. In the crossing structure simulation model, the length adjustment values of the first–sixth spacer blocks between the branch line–wing and point rails and between the mail line–wing splice rails were ≤1 mm. Moreover, the lengths of the seventh–ninth spacer blocks decreased by gradually increasing amounts, and the length of the ninth spacer block decreased the most (∼6 mm). The length of the second spacer block between the point and splice rails slightly increased, but the length of the third spacer block significantly decreased by 6 mm. The length adjustment value of the distance block between the point and splice rails was smallest (0.7 mm). The calculated optimal lengths of the connecting parts of the crossing were found to be close to the empirical values used in actual manufacturing processes, and the dimension optimization patterns were completely consistent with actual situation, which validates the proposed optimization method. Thus, the proposed method can effectively improve the coordination between rails and connecting parts in crossing areas, substantially reduce internal stresses in crossing systems, and improve their assembly performance and service life. Moreover, the proposed optimization parameters can provide valuable references for the research on next-generation high-speed turnouts (400 km/h) and for improving the designs of existing high-speed turnouts.
Systemic lupus erythematosus-related acute lung disease
Authors: Triboulet Félicien , Guérin Emmanuelle , Boussouar Samia , Hékimian Guillaume , Pha Micheline , Rouvier Philippe , Mathian Alexis , Quentric Paul , Moyon Quentin , Hié Miguel , Schmidt Matthieu , Combes Alain , Luyt Charles-Edouard , Amoura Zahir , Pineton de Chambrun Marc 
Published: July 2023

Introduction Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is non-organ specific autoimmune disease with mainly skin, joint, and kidney involvement. SLE-related acute lung disease (ALD) is rare, poorly investigated and can lead to acute respiratory failure. We conducted a retrospective study aiming to describe clinical features, treatments and outcome of SLE-related APD. Methods We retrospectively included all patients with SLE and ALD admitted from November 1996 and September 2018 to La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, after exclusion of viral or bacterial lung infection, cardiac failure or any other alternate diagnosis. Results During the time of the study, 14 patients with 16 episodes were admitted to our center: female 79%, mean age ± SD at admission 24 ± 11 years. ALD was inaugural of the SLE in 70% cases. SLE main organ involvement were: arthritis 93%, skin 79%, serositis 79%, hematological 79%, kidney 64%, neuropsychiatric 36% and cardiac 21%. 11 episodes required ICU admission for a median time of 8 days. Chest CT-scan revealed mostly basal consolidation and ground-glass opacities. When available, bronchoalveolar lavage mostly revealed a neutrophilic alveolitis with alveolar hemorrhage in 67% cases. Symptomatic respiratory treatments were: oxygen 81%, high-flow nasal canula oxygen 27%, non-invasive ventilation 36%, mechanical ventilation 64% and venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation 18%. SLE-specific treatments were: corticosteroids 100%, cyclophosphamide 56% and plasma exchange 25%. All patients but one survived to ICU and hospital discharge. Two patients had a relapse of SLE-related ALD but none had interstitial lung disease during follow-up. Conclusion Systemic lupus erythematosus-related acute respiratory failure is a severe event, mostly occurring at SLE onset, typical harboring a basal consolidation pattern on chest CT-scan and alveolar hemorrhage on BAL pathological examination. Mortality in our cohort is lower than previously reported but these results needs to be confirmed in further larger studies.