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Accuracy of sonographic fetal weight estimation and prediction of birth‐weight discordance in twin pregnancy: large single‐center study
Authors: Rosen H. , Gold‐Zamir Y. , Lopian M. , Weissbach T. , Kassif E. , Weisz B. 
Published: June 2023

ABSTRACTObjectivesTo determine the accuracy of sonographic fetal weight estimation in predicting birth weight (BW) and BW discordance in twin gestations, and to evaluate maternal and fetal characteristics that may affect the accuracy of this assessment.MethodsThis was a retrospective cohort study of all twins delivered at a single tertiary medical center between 2010 and 2021. Twin gestations for which sonographic estimation of fetal weight was performed within the week preceding delivery were included. Statistical analysis was performed to evaluate the strength of the correlation between sonographic estimated fetal weight (EFW) and BW, and to determine the impact of maternal and fetal factors on the accuracy of sonographic estimation.ResultsThe study included 2154 twin pregnancies. There was a strong correlation between sonographic EFW and corresponding BW for all twins (r = 0.922; P < 0.001). Strong correlations were observed for both the presenting and non‐presenting cotwin (r = 0.921 and r = 0.922, respectively; both P < 0.001), as well as the larger and smaller cotwin (r = 0.928 and r = 0.934, respectively; both P < 0.001). The overall mean ± SD absolute error of sonographic EFW was 7.41 ± 6.81%. This error was greater for the non‐presenting cotwin compared with the presenting cotwin (7.99 ± 6.12% vs 7.17 ± 5.64%; P < 0.001), and for the smaller cotwin compared with the larger cotwin (8.56 ± 7.50% vs 6.58 ± 5.47%; P < 0.001). Advanced gestational age at scanning was correlated inversely with the mean absolute error of sonographic EFW. Multivariate logistic regression indicated that an earlier gestational age at scanning, being the non‐presenting cotwin and being the smaller cotwin were independent risk factors for sonographic EFW inaccuracy. Pregnancies in which the presenting twin was estimated to be the smaller cotwin had twice the rate of false‐positive BW discordance compared with pregnancies in which the presenting twin was estimated to be the larger cotwin (36.0% vs 13.0% for BW discordance > 15%, 35.0% vs 17.0% for BW discordance > 20% and 37.7% vs 12.1% for BW discordance > 25%; all P < 0.001). The error in sonographic EFW discordance was not related to chorionicity, the position of the presenting fetus or gestational age at the time of fetal weight estimation.ConclusionsSonographic estimation of fetal weight within 7 days before delivery accurately predicts BW in twin pregnancy. Sonographic EFW accuracy is reduced for the non‐presenting twin, the smaller cotwin and when delivery occurs at an earlier gestational age. Sonographic estimation of fetal weight discordance is less accurate when the presenting twin is the smaller cotwin. © 2023 The Authors. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
D4-branes wrapped on a topological disk
Authors: Suh Minwoo 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Employing the method applied to M5-branes recently by Bah, Bonetti, Minasian and Nardoni, we study D4-branes wrapped on a disk with a non-trivial holonomy at the boundary. In F (4) gauged supergravity in six dimensions, we find supersymmetric AdS4 solutions and uplift the solutions to massive type IIA supergravity. We calculate the holographic free energy of dual three-dimensional superconformal field theories.
Stabilizing complex Langevin for real-time gauge theories with an anisotropic kernel
Authors: Boguslavski Kirill , Hotzy Paul , Müller David I. 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
The complex Langevin (CL) method is a promising approach to overcome the sign problem that occurs in real-time formulations of quantum field theories. Using the Schwinger-Keldysh formalism, we study SU(Nc) gauge theories with CL. We observe that current stabilization techniques are insufficient to obtain correct results. Therefore, we revise the discretization of the CL equations on complex time contours, find a time reflection symmetric formulation and introduce a novel anisotropic kernel that enables CL simulations on discretized complex time paths. Applying it to SU(2) Yang-Mills theory in 3+1 dimensions, we obtain unprecedentedly stable results that we validate using additional observables and that can be systematically improved. For the first time, we are able to simulate non-Abelian gauge theory on time contours whose real-time extent exceeds its inverse temperature. Thus, our approach may pave the way towards an ab-initio real-time framework of QCD in and out of equilibrium with a potentially large impact on the phenomenology of heavy-ion collisions.
Beidseitiges Thoraxtrauma – „double the trouble“?
Authors: Schmelzer Katharina , Ziegenhain Franziska , Canal Claudio , Pape Hans-Christoph , Neuhaus Valentin 
Published: June 2023

Zusammenfassung
Hintergrund
Das Thoraxtrauma ist mit einer hohen Morbidität und Mortalität assoziiert. Zur Festlegung der Behandlungsstrategie bei Patienten mit Thoraxtrauma ist eine Abschätzung dieses Risikos elementar.

Ziel der Arbeit
Ziel der Arbeit war 1) eine Analyse der Begleitverletzungen bei ein- bzw. beidseitigen Rippenfrakturen respektive Lungenkontusionen. Des Weiteren erfolgte 2) eine Evaluierung hinsichtlich von Unterschieden in der Komplikationsrate bei ein- bzw. beidseitigen Rippenfrakturen respektive Lungenkontusionen.

Material und Methoden
Retrospektive Analyse aller stationären Patienten mit einem Thoraxtrauma während einer 5‑Jahres-Periode in einem Level-I-Trauma-Zentrum. Wir verwendeten bi- und multivariate Analysen, um die Assoziation von ein- bzw. beidseitigen Rippenfrakturen respektive Lungenkontusionen mit diversen Begleitverletzungen und Outcomes zu ermitteln.

Ergebnisse
Insgesamt 714 Patienten mit mindestens einer Rippenfraktur oder Lungenkontusion wurden analysiert. Patienten mit Lungenkontusionen waren signifikant jünger als Patienten ohne (45 vs. 59 Jahre). Patienten mit beidseitigen Rippenfrakturen oder Lungenkontusionen hatten signifikant häufiger eine zusätzliche Verletzung der Brustwirbelsäule. Der durchschnittliche Injury Severity Score (ISS) lag bei 19.
Komplikationen traten bei 36 % der Patienten auf. Beidseitige Thoraxverletzungen führten bis zu einer 70 %igen Erhöhung der Komplikationsrate. Die Einlage von Thoraxdrainagen, zusätzliche Becken- und Abdominalverletzungen sowie höheres Alter waren signifikante Risikofaktoren für Komplikationen. Die Mortalität lag bei 10 % und war bei beidseitigen Thoraxverletzungen mehr als doppelt so hoch. Höheres Alter, Schädel- und Beckenverletzungen waren Prädiktoren hierfür.

Diskussion/Schlussfolgerungen
Bilaterale Verletzungen wiesen klar höhere Mortalitäts- und Komplikationsraten auf. Die genannten signifikanten Risikofaktoren müssen bei der Behandlung bedacht werden. Beim beidseitigen Thoraxtrauma sollte zudem gezielt nach einer zusätzlichen Brustwirbelsäulenverletzung gesucht werden.
The influence of shielding gases on keyhole-induced porosity and nitrogen absorption in SS 304 stainless steel fiber laser welds
Authors: Hafez Khalid M. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractRegarding porosity formation and gas content, choosing the appropriate shielding gas for laser welding is essential for achieving high-quality joints. Keyhole-induced porosity formation tendency and nitrogen content in SS 304 stainless steel welds were investigated based on the nitrogen content in shielding gases during fiber laser welding. Beads-on-plate autogenous welds were made at 5 kW continuous wave (CW) fiber laser in N2 and Ar mixtures. Optical metallography, micro-focused X-ray, X-ray radiography, and high-speed images of the molten pool were used to investigate the porosity formation. In addition, a gas analyzer was used to study the weld metal nitrogen content. The results show that nitrogen significantly impacts the reduction of porosity in the melting zone and increases the dissolved nitrogen in the solidified weld metal, as using pure nitrogen leads to an increase in dissolved nitrogen by 36% higher than the nitrogen content in the base metal. In contrast, it has almost no significant effect on the keyhole mode.
The presence of β’1-COP and β’2-COP is required for female and male gametophyte development
Authors: Sánchez-Simarro Judit , Aniento Fernando , Marcote María Jesús 
Published: June 2023

AbstractCoat protein I (COPI) and Coat protein II (COPII) coated vesicles mediate protein transport in the early secretory pathway. Although several components of COPII vesicles have been shown to have an essential role in Arabidopsis gametogenesis, the function of COPI components in gametogenesis has not been studied in detail. COPI consists of a heptameric complex made of α, β, β′, γ, δ, ɛ, and ζ-COP subunits and most subunits have several isoforms in Arabidopsis. We have found that two isoforms of the β’-COP subunit, β’1-COP and β’2-COP, are required for female and male gametophyte development. Reciprocal crosses between wild type plants and plants heterozygous for T-DNA insertions in β’1-COP and β’2-COP showed that β’1β’2-cop gametophytes are not transmitted.
Real and perceived feet orientation under fatiguing and non-fatiguing conditions in an immersive virtual reality environment
Authors: Giardulli Benedetto , Battista Simone , Sansone Lucia Grazia , Manoni Mattia , Francini Luca , Leuzzi Gaia , Job Mirko , Testa Marco 
Published: June 2023

AbstractLower limbs position sense is a complex yet poorly understood mechanism, influenced by many factors. Hence, we investigated the position sense of lower limbs through feet orientation with the use of Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR). Participants had to indicate how they perceived the real orientation of their feet by orientating a virtual representation of the feet that was shown in an IVR scenario. We calculated the angle between the two virtual feet (α-VR) after a high-knee step-in-place task. Simultaneously, we recorded the real angle between the two feet (α-R) (T1). Hence, we assessed whether the acute fatigue impacted the position sense. The same procedure was repeated after inducing muscle fatigue (T2) and after 10 min from T2 (T3). Finally, we also recorded the time needed to confirm the perceived position before and after the acute fatigue protocol. Thirty healthy adults (27.5 ± 3.8: 57% women, 43% men) were immersed in an IVR scenario with a representation of two feet. We found a mean difference between α-VR and α-R of 20.89° [95% CI: 14.67°, 27.10°] in T1, 16.76° [9.57°, 23.94°] in T2, and 16.34° [10.00°, 22.68°] in T3. Participants spent 12.59, 17.50 and 17.95 s confirming the perceived position of their feet at T1, T2, T3, respectively. Participants indicated their feet as forwarding parallel though divergent, showing a mismatch in the perceived position of feet. Fatigue seemed not to have an impact on position sense but delayed the time to accomplish this task.
Variability between Hirst-type pollen traps is reduced by resistance-free flow adjustment
Authors: Triviño M. M. , Maya-Manzano J. M. , Tummon F. , Clot B. , Grewling Ł. , Schmidt-Weber C. , Buters J. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractDuring an international campaign organized in Munich (Germany) in 2021 to test the performance of automatic pollen traps, we ran four manual Hirst-type pollen traps in parallel. All 4 Hirst-type pollen traps were set and monitored on a weekly basis for the entire campaign to 10 L/min using the same standard hand-held rotameter. Afterwards, a hand-held heat-wire anemometer (easyFlux®) was used additionally to obtain the correct flow without internal resistance. Uncorrected pollen concentrations were 26.5% (hourly data) and 21.0% (daily data) higher than those obtained after correction with the easyFlux®. After mathematical flow correction, the average coefficient of variation between the four Hirst traps was 42.6% and 16.5% (hourly and daily averages, respectively) for birch and 36.8% and 16.8% (hourly and daily averages, respectively) for grasses. When using the correct flow of each pollen trap (i.e. the resistance free anemometer measured flow), for hourly values, the median standard deviation across the traps for the eight pollen types was reduced by 28.2% (p < 0.001) compared to the uncorrected data. For daily values, a significant decrease in the median standard deviation (21.6%) between traps was observed for 7 out of 8 of the pollen types, (p < 0.05 or lower). We therefore recommend continuing to calibrate Hirst-type pollen traps with standard hand-held rotameters to avoid changing the impacting characteristics of the instruments, but simultaneously also measure with resistance-free flow meters to be able to apply flow corrections to the final pollen concentrations reported. This method improved the accuracy of the final results.
Financial Abuse in a Banking Context: Why and How Financial Institutions can Respond
Authors: Scott Ayesha 
Published: June 2023

AbstractIntimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a global social problem that includes using coercive control strategies, including financial abuse, to manage and entrap an intimate partner. Financial abuse restricts or removes another person’s access to financial resources and their participation in financial decisions, forcing their financial dependence, or alternatively exploits their money and economic resources for the abuser’s gain. Banks have some stake in the prevention of and response to IPV, given their unique role in household finances and growing recognition an equitable society is one inclusive of consumers with vulnerabilities. Institutional practices may unwittingly enable abusive partners’ financial control as seemingly benign regulatory policy and tools of household money management exacerbate unequal power dynamics. To date, business ethicists have tended to take a broader view of banker professional responsibility, especially post-Global Financial Crisis. Little scholarship examines if, when and how a bank should respond to societal issues, such as IPV, traditionally outside their ‘remit’ of banking services. I extend existing understandings of ‘systemic harm’ to conceptualise the bank’s role in addressing economic harm in the context of IPV, viewing IPV and financial abuse through a consumer vulnerability lens to translate theory into practice. Two in-depth stories of financial abuse further illustrate the active role banks can and should take in combating financial abuse.
Zirconia Incorporated Aluminum Phosphate Molecular Sieves as Efficient Microporous Nano Catalysts for the Selective Dehydration of Methanol into Dimethyl Ether
Authors: Said Abd El‐Aziz Ahmed , Shaban Aya Ali , Goda Mohamed Nady 
Published: June 2023

AbstractAnnually, a growing demand was noted for replacing petroleum fuels with second-generation eco-friendly fuels like dimethyl ether (DME). Methanol dehydration into DME process has been considered as one of the potential pathways for the manufacture of a clean fuel. However, stable, and active catalyst is exceedingly requisite for generation of DME particularly at reasonably low temperature. In the current study, zirconia incorporated AlPO4 tridymite microporous molecular sieve catalysts were fabricated by a hydrothermal method in the presence of triethylamine (TEA) as a structure directing agent. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and N2-sorption assessments. Catalysts’ acidity was estimated by decomposition of isopropanol, pyridine and dimethyl pyridine chemisorption, and pyridine-TPD. Results revealed that catalysts surfaces composed acid sites of Brønsted nature and of weak and medium strengths. Activity results showed that 1 wt% H2SO4 modified zirconia incorporated AlPO4-TRI catalyst calcined at 400 °C presented the best activity with a conversion of 89% and a 100% selectivity into DME at 250 °C. The significant catalytic activity is well-connected to the variation in BET-surface area, acidity, and activation energy of methanol dehydration. The catalysts offered long-term stability for 120 h and could be regenerated with almost the same activity and selectivity.
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Health risk assessment of metals in chicken meat and liver in Egypt
Authors: Kamaly Heba F. , Sharkawy Ahmed A. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis study aimed to evaluate the concentration of metals such as aluminum (Al), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), barium (Ba), bismuth (Bi), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and selenium (Se) in 360 samples of poultry meat and liver from six brands (A, B, C, D, E, and F) in Assiut, Egypt; compare these concentrations with Egyptian and world permissible limits; and determine their safety for human consumption according to health risk assessment. Chest, thigh muscles, and liver were collected randomly from Assiut city markets, and the concentration of heavy metals was measured in the central laboratory of the faculty of agriculture at Assiut University using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). All the analyzed samples were positive for the tested metals and were far below the allowed maximum permissible limits except for Pb and Fe, which exceeded the Egyptian Organization for Standardization (EOS) permissible limits with 33% and 67%, respectively, as well as Pb and Cd, which exceeded FAO/WHO permissible limits with 94% and 17%, respectively. Health risk assessment revealed the safety and minimum health risk for human consumption of metal residues in poultry tissues and liver using estimated daily intake (EDI), target hazard quotient (THQ), hazard index (HI), and target cancer risk (TR). Even though the THQ and HI values were significantly lower than 1.0 during our study, heavy metal monitoring in poultry products and byproducts is required for human security and safety.
Heidegger and Patočka on the Primacy of Practices and Phenomenological Pragmatism
Authors: Koloskov Daniil 
Published: June 2023

AbstractIn this paper, I will argue that J. Patočka’s conception of three movements of human existence can be considered a contribution to the “pragmatic turn” in phenomenology. In order to demonstrate this contribution, I will first recapitulate the context of pragmatic turn, outlining both Heidegger’s original position and its consequent pragmatic interpretation offered by H. Dreyfus and other scholars. The core of the pragmatic interpretation is based on a modification of the Primacy of Praxis thesis that can be described as the Primacy of Practices thesis, according to which our background practices, i.e., the ‘contingent ways of acting and judging,’ operate as a “source” of intelligibility. Based on Patočka’s criticisms, I will further argue that Heidegger-inspired pragmatism is hampered by the opposition between authentic and inauthentic disclosure, leading to both the rigidification of everyday practices and rendering authentic disclosure formal and empty. In the final section, I will demonstrate that Patočka’s own conception of the three movements of existence can be seen as committed to the Primacy of Practices thesis and that this version of the Primacy of Practice thesis is more acceptable because it does not share the disdainful attitude in regards of the public world.
Strengthening the Sustainable Development Goals through integration with human rights
Authors: Bexell Magdalena , Hickmann Thomas , Schapper Andrea 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis paper discusses the relationship between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the long-standing human rights system of the United Nations. Thematically, these two modes of global governance strongly overlap. Several SDGs are in line with human rights obligations. At the same time, the SDGs and human rights are based on divergent logics and constructed very differently. After capturing the key characteristics of the two governance modes, this paper highlights the differences between the SDGs and human rights and introduces a novel conceptualisation to enhance our understanding of the relationship between rights-based and goal-based approaches. Against this backdrop, we assess this relationship and argue that human rights have the potential to strengthen and reinforce the SDGs. In particular, we sketch some future pathways to better integrate the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with existing human rights instruments to enhance accountability, review, and participation in decision-making in relation to the SDGs.
A repeated cross-sectional study on the implementation of electronic medication management system
Authors: Kim Eui Dong , Kuan Kevin K. Y. , Vaghasiya Milan Rasikbhai , Gunja Naren , Poon Simon K. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractMany IS studies focus on initial user perceptions as drivers of initial IS success, but these perceptions may change over time. This study aims to examine whether there is any difference in the drivers of IS success between the initial adoption and the initial assimilation stages. With the Expectation Confirmation Model as the theoretical lens, a repeated cross-sectional study was conducted regarding clinicians’ perceptions of the implementation of electronic medication management systems (eMMS) in an Australian hospital, one at the time of implementation and another one at one year after the implementation. The results indicated that the means of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, social influence, clinician satisfaction, and organizational benefits are significantly higher in the initial assimilation stage than in the initial adoption stage, which means that expectations have been positively confirmed in the initial assimilation stage. More importantly, while perceived usefulness and social influence remain important one year after the implementation, perceived ease of use and facilitating conditions are moving toward a decrease in importance to the success of eMMS. This study provides a better understanding of how the importance of the factors influencing eMMS success changes over time.
A Comparison of Attitudes and Knowledge Towards Autism Based on Adult Sibling Experiences
Authors: Morris Victoria , Hendry Gillian , Wilson Claire , Gillespie-Smith Karri , Ballantyne Carrie 
Published: June 2023

AbstractStudies examining relationships between neurotypical and autistic siblings have reported inconsistent findings when focussing on children and adolescents, with little research investigating adult autistic sibling relationships. This is of particular interest as siblings can often take over the guardianship or care of a sibling when their parents are no longer able to. The current study examined knowledge and attitudes of adult siblings towards autism. 50 mixed sibling types (autistic sibling + neurotypical sibling) & 59 matched sibling types (neurotypical sibling + neurotypical sibling) completed knowledge and attitude questionnaires. In addition, a thematic analysis of responses provided by neurotypical siblings from the mixed sibling types was used to explore experiences with autism based on sibling relationships. Results showed a non-significant difference of attitudes towards autism and a significant difference in knowledge of autism. From the thematic analyses four themes were identified: Robbed Childhood, Sibling over Self, Concerns for the Future, and Autism Awareness. The study found that having a sibling diagnosed with autism can predict knowledge of autism, however, knowledge of autism does not drive attitudes, therefore further research is needed to understand which factors drive neurotypical sibling attitudes since attitudes predict behaviour. The qualitative research showed mixed experiences within childhood and adulthood, with implications on care in the future. The adult perspectives of the autistic sibling relationships are discussed.