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Do staff capacity and performance-based budgeting improve organisational performance? Empirical evidence from Chinese public universities
Authors: He Liying , Ismail Kamisah 
Published: January 2023

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has raised many issues for higher education institutions, one of which is the continued decline in funding and an increased emphasis on effectiveness and efficiency. Performance-based budgeting is being adopted in organisations to allocate resources more efficiently, and Chinese public universities are no exception. The present study explicitly aimed to examine the relationship among staff capacity, performance-based budgeting, and organisational performance in Chinese public universities. It also investigated the role of top management support as a moderator. A purposive sampling method was used to select a total of 271 participants who agreed to participate in an online survey. A multimethod approach combining partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM), the PROCESS macro and necessary condition analysis (NCA) was adopted. The PLS-SEM results indicated that performance-based budgeting had a positive relationship with university performance and served as a mediator between staff capacity and university performance. The moderated mediation results showed that top management moderated the relationship among the selected variables. The NCA results suggested that both staff capacity and performance-based budgeting are meaningful and significant necessary conditions for university performance. The combined results indicated how researchers and practitioners can identify the factors that are critical for university performance and result in the best possible outcomes. This is possibly the first study to use this multimethod approach in accounting research. Overall, this study offers valuable insights into performance-based budgeting implementation in higher education institutions and may serve as a guideline for public universities to improve the efficiency of funding, reduce costs and increase revenues.
Intermolecular energy transfer-enhanced super-broadband stimulated Raman scattering in cyclohexane–benzene mixtures
Authors: Ren Panpan , Wang Chong , Yang Bo , Xing Lu , Wang Shenghan , Men Zhiwei , Sun Chenglin 
Published: January 2023

Supercontinuum radiation has found numerous applications in diverse fields encompassing spectroscopy, pulse compression, and tunable laser sources. Anomalous enhanced stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) of cyclohexane–benzene mixtures was obtained in this study. SRS of the pure solvent, the multi-order Stokes of the strongest fundamental vibration modes, and energy transfer in intra-molecular modes were observed. SRS of the mixture revealed that the cross-pumping effect was generated between the C–H stretching (v2) mode of cyclohexane and the C=C ring skeleton (v1) mode of benzene, thereby producing the intermolecular secondary stimulated Raman emission and the appearance of two super-broadband radiations at 664.36–673.9 nm and 704.62–729.22 nm. The results suggest that the energy transfer of intermolecular vibrational modes, where the strongest vibrational mode excites other vibrational modes, is a simple approach for generating supercontinuum coherent radiation.
Cosmic topology. Part I. Limits on orientable Euclidean manifolds from circle searches
Authors: Petersen Pip , Akrami Yashar , Copi Craig J. , Jaffe Andrew H. , Kosowsky Arthur , Starkman Glenn D. , Tamosiunas Andrius , Eskilt Johannes R. , Güngör Özenç , Saha Samanta , Taylor Quinn 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
The Einstein field equations of general relativity constrain the local curvature at every point in spacetime, but say nothing about the global topology of the Universe.
Cosmic microwave background anisotropies have proven to be the most powerful probe of non-trivial topology since, within ΛCDM, these anisotropies have well-characterized statistical properties, the signal is principally from a thin spherical shell centered on the observer (the last scattering surface), and space-based observations nearly cover the full sky.
The most generic signature of cosmic topology in the microwave background is pairs of circles with matching temperature and polarization patterns.
No such circle pairs have been seen above noise in the WMAP or Planck temperature data, implying that the shortest non-contractible loop around the Universe through our location is longer than 98.5% of the comoving diameter of the last scattering surface.
We translate this generic constraint into limits on the parameters that characterize manifolds with each of the nine possible non-trivial orientable Euclidean topologies, and provide a code which computes these constraints.
In all but the simplest cases, the shortest non-contractible loop in the space can avoid us, and be shorter than the diameter of the last scattering surface by a factor ranging from 2 to at least 6.
This result implies that a broader range of manifolds is observationally allowed than widely appreciated.
Probing these manifolds will require more subtle statistical signatures than matched circles, such as off-diagonal correlations of harmonic coefficients.
Ultrahigh Performance of Concrete using Manufactured Sand
Authors: Neeharika M. , Dattatreya Kumar A. 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
The resistance and durability of concrete structures can be improved by using ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC). A crucial component of energy conservation and concrete cost reduction is the use of locally available materials. In this study, the effects of a common type of locally accessible manufactured sand (MS) on the characteristics of UHPC were investigated from both a physical and chemical standpoint. The main objective of the current study is to use locally available materials to create a UHPC with a compressive strength of 100MPa. The impact of fine materials, binder type and content, mixer type, steel fibres, and curing regimes on the concrete’s compressive strength was examined in this study. The use of high strength concrete has various benefits, including a reduction in the size of beams and columns and an increase in the height of buildings with multiple stories. In recent years, high strength concrete has seen increased use in civil engineering. By minimising non-homogeneity, porosity, and micro-cracks in the concrete and its zone of transition, high strength is made achievable. Super plasticizers and additional cementing substances such granulated blast furnace slag, silica fume, and natural pozzolana can be used to achieve it. Concrete with a high modulus of elasticity is strong. On cement, fine aggregate, and coarse aggregate, preliminary studies have been conducted. In the current study, 920KK is employed as a chemical admixture and silica fume is used as a mineral admixture. For M100 concrete, the w/c ratio is taken to be 0.25. The mix proportion for M100 grade concrete can be calculated by following the design process suggested by the ACI Method as 1:0.454:1.527.
Envisaging Sustainable Building Materials for Earthen Construction Practices
Authors: Narendhran PS , Parthasarathy S , Vignesh S , Mouliyarasu A , Prashanth S , Jayaraman A , Vasudevan M 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Cost-effective construction practices generally rely on the selection of sustainable building materials irrespective of their environmental responsiveness and adaptability towards developing a comforting habitat. Present study aims to address the feasibility of developing soil-based building blocks using natural and recyclable materials by following modified adobe method. Unburnt bricks were manufactured from native red soil using optimized proportion of low cost binders and tested for their durability and thermal behaviour under various experimental conditions. An equi-molal binary mixture of cement and lime (15% each) was turned out to be the best combination to provide excellent compressive strength (6.43±0.15 N/mm2). As per the rate of water absorption and stabilization during the curing process, impounded bricks provided better results compared to the mat curing and spray curing. The rate of change in surface temperature of bricks added with lime and cement showed slightly lower values for cooling cycles (0.2°C/min to 0.5°C/min) compared to the heating cycles (0.6°C/min to 1.0°C/min) when exposed to solar radiation. The prepared bricks are found to be economic by reducing the construction cost by 40% on material. Based on the results, the red soil bricks provide an excellent choice as a sustainable building blocks to meet the increasing housing requirements.
Need for structural health assessment of R.C.C. buildings
Authors: De Souza M B , Savoikar Dr. P. P. 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
As civil engineering structures get older, there is a need to maintain, repair, retrofit and restore the structures once structural health of the structure is checked and found that it is deteriorating. The structural health is checked by performing various Non-Destructive Tests (NDT) or partially destructive tests on different structural members of the given structure and by calculating the service life and residual life of the structure. Sufficient service life remaining and good NDT results and conclusions allow for repair and retrofitting, of the deteriorating structure. The various Non Destructive Tests conducted are Rebound Hammer, Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity, Half Cell Potentiometer Test, Carbonation Test, Core Test, Cover Meter survey, Windsor Probe Test, Chloride Test, Sulphate Test, and Resistivity Measurements, Pull out tests, Radioactive Method of NDT. In the present study, two case studies of structural health monitoring and assessment of residual life of RCC buildings in Goa are undertaken and the need for retrofitting scheme is assessed. From the test results and analysis, it is observed that one structure can be retrofitted while the other structure cannot be retrofitted. Some of the retrofitting methods that will be used for the structure are Shotcrete, Fiber Wrap Technique, RCC Jacketing, and Plate Bonding.
Detection of damage in offshore jacket structure using artificial neural network
Authors: Gomes Lizbeth K , Naik Madhuraj 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
With industrial growth over the years, geologists have begun to search for offshore sources of oil and natural gas. Most offshore oil-production platforms are jacket type. Offshore jacket structures consist of welded steel space frame. Tubular pipes are opted as they reduce hydrodynamic loads making them highly durable structures. However due to natural phenomenon like cyclones, earthquakes, etc. these structures can get adversely damaged. Apart from that the structure also degrades due to corrosion and fatigue due to the severe conditions it is always exposed to. In many cases physical inspection of the structure for checking damages is not possible due to unfavourable onsite conditions or lack of trained professionals. Hence there is a need to develop alternatives solutions. In recent years much research has been done in the application of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) in Civil Engineering. ANN are computation systems that are inspired by biological neural systems. This paper aims at creating an ANN to identify damage in an offshore jacket structure using the modal parameters. The training set for the ANN is obtained by using a finite element software. The ANN is then tested using a test set and then it will be used to predict the structural damage in an offshore jacket structure.
Examining Daily Associations Among Sleep, Stress, and Blood Pressure Across Adulthood
Authors: Newman David B , Gordon Amie M , Prather Aric A , Berry Mendes Wendy 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Background
Sleep can have consequential effects on people’s health and well-being, and these effects may vary among younger and older adults.

Purpose
The goal of the present study was to investigate how sleep relates to physiologic and stress responses in daily life across adulthood.

Methods
We used an Ecological Momentary Assessment method in a large sample of participants (N = 4,359; Mage = 46.75, SD = 12.39; 69.30% male, 29.85% female) who completed morning sleep diaries, reported subjective stress, and recorded their heart rate and blood pressure for 21 days. Sleep was assessed with self-reports of duration, efficiency, and quality.

Results
Using multilevel modeling, between-person analyses showed that sleep duration, efficiency, and quality were negatively related to morning heart rate and stress, such that people who slept longer, more efficiently, or better experienced lower heart rate and stress compared to those who slept shorter, less efficiently, or worse. Within-person analyses showed that sleep duration, efficiency, and quality predicted morning heart rate, blood pressure (though less consistently), and stress. That is, people experienced lower heart, blood pressure, and stress following nights when they slept longer, more efficiently, or better than they typically did. These within-person relationships were moderated by age, such that the effects of better and longer sleep on lower morning heart rate, blood pressure, and stress were stronger among younger than older adults.

Conclusion
These findings suggest that daily variations in sleep show immediate associations with stress and physiologic responses, but these daily variations have a stronger relationship among younger compared to older adults.
Global stabilizing control of large-scale biomolecular regulatory networks
Authors: An Sugyun , Jang So-Yeong , Park Sang-Min , Lee Chun-Kyung , Kim Hoon-Min , Cho Kwang-Hyun 
Published: January 2023

AbstractMotivationCellular behavior is determined by complex non-linear interactions between numerous intracellular molecules that are often represented by Boolean network models. To achieve a desired cellular behavior with minimal intervention, we need to identify optimal control targets that can drive heterogeneous cellular states to the desired phenotypic cellular state with minimal node intervention. Previous attempts to realize such global stabilization were based solely on either network structure information or simple linear dynamics. Other attempts based on non-linear dynamics are not scalable.ResultsHere, we investigate the underlying relationship between structurally identified control targets and optimal global stabilizing control targets based on non-linear dynamics. We discovered that optimal global stabilizing control targets can be identified by analyzing the dynamics between structurally identified control targets. Utilizing these findings, we developed a scalable global stabilizing control framework using both structural and dynamic information. Our framework narrows down the search space based on strongly connected components and feedback vertex sets then identifies global stabilizing control targets based on the canalization of Boolean network dynamics. We find that the proposed global stabilizing control is superior with respect to the number of control target nodes, scalability, and computational complexity.Availability and implementationWe provide a GitHub repository that contains the DCGS framework written in Python as well as biological random Boolean network datasets (https://github.com/sugyun/DCGS).Supplementary informationSupplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Strong intraspecific phylogenetic and karyotypic diversification in Isophya modestior (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae)
Authors: Ivković Slobodan , Dey Lara-Sophie , Maria Buzzetti Filippo , Puskás Gellért , Warchałowska‑Śliwa Elżbieta , Horvat Laslo , Chobanov Dragan , Hochkirch Axel 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Isophya modestior (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) is a species distributed in central and south-eastern Europe, where its distribution is largely separated by two large rivers (Sava and Danube). Since previous studies on the song and morphology of the stridulatory file across its complete geographic range showed that the species is separated into two main groups, we decided to use phylogenetic and karyological analyses in order to evaluate the status of the previously analysed populations.
Phylogenetic analyses showed the existence of two major clades within I. modestior with very high bootstrap values and posterior probabilities—Clade A: present on the Balkan Peninsula, Slovenia (Inner Carniola), Italy, Pannonian Serbia (Vršac Mts and Deronje) and Austria (Burgenland and Lower Austria); Clade B: present in Slovenia (Upper Carniola), Croatia and Austria (Carinthia), Pannonian Serbia (Fruška Gora Mt.) and Hungary.
A comparison of chromosomes of 51 specimens revealed discrete differences between their karyotypes. The physical characteristics of the karyotypes included chromosome number (2n), sex chromosome (X) morphology and C-banding patterns. The standard chromosome complement of 50 specimens from different localities is characterized by 2n = 30 + X0 in males. In one male collected in Fruška Gora Mt. (Andrevlje), the chromosome number was reduced to 2n = 28 + neo-XY. Therefore, further cytogenetic studies involving larger samples, especially from Fruška Gora Mt., are needed in order to gain a more comprehensive view of the chromosome evolution in this group of Isophya species.
Stability-Indicating HPTLC Method for Determination of Remogliflozin Etabonate and Vildagliptin in Tablets
Authors: Muruganathan Gandhimathi , Thangavel Manikandan , Kochupapy Ravi Thengungal 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
A sensitive, selective, precise and stability-indicating high-performance thin-layer chromatographic (HPTLC) method is developed for the simultaneous estimation of remogliflozin etabonate and vildagliptin in the presence of their degradation products. The separation was performed in thin layer chromatography plate precoated with silica gel G60F254. The mobile phase consists of methanol:ethyl acetate:toluene:ammonia (1.5:4:4.5:0.1, v/v/v/v). Detection and quantification are performed with densitometer at 212 nm. The Rf values of remogliflozin etabonate and vildagliptin are 0.53 and 0.42, respectively. Degradation studies for the two drugs were carried out in acidic, alkaline, neutral, oxidative, photolytic and thermal stress conditions and analyzed. The suitability of this method for the quantitative determination of the compounds is proved by validation in accordance with the requirements laid down by International Conference on Harmonization (ICH). Linearity was found over the concentration range of 200–1000 ng/band with correlation coefficient of 0.9936 for remogliflozin etabonate and 100–500 ng/band with correlation coefficient of 0.9912 for vildagliptin. The method was successively applied to tablets containing two drugs and found to have no chromatographic interferences from the tablet excipients. The degradant formed was not interfering with estimation of two drugs makes the method more selective for the purpose intended.
Assessing the Diagnostic Performance of New Commercial Interferon-γ Release Assays forMycobacterium tuberculosisInfection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Ortiz-Brizuela Edgar , Apriani Lika , Mukherjee Tania , Lachapelle-Chisholm Sophie , Miedy Michele , Lan Zhiyi , Korobitsyn Alexei , Ismail Nazir , Menzies Dick 
Published: January 2023

AbstractBackgroundWe compared 6 new interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs; hereafter index tests: QFT-Plus, QFT-Plus CLIA, QIAreach, Wantai TB-IGRA, Standard E TB-Feron, and T-SPOT.TB/T-Cell Select) with World Health Organization (WHO)–endorsed tests for tuberculosis infection (hereafter reference tests).MethodsData sources (1 January 2007–18 August 2021) were Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and manufacturers’ data. Cross-sectional and cohort studies comparing the diagnostic performance of index and reference tests were selected. The primary outcomes of interest were the pooled differences in sensitivity and specificity between index and reference tests. The certainty of evidence (CoE) was summarized using the GRADE approach.ResultsEighty-seven studies were included (44 evaluated the QFT-Plus, 4 QFT-Plus CLIA, 3 QIAreach, 26 TB-IGRA, 10 TB-Feron [1 assessing the QFT-Plus], and 1 T-SPOT.TB/T-Cell Select). Compared to the QFT-GIT, QFT Plus’s sensitivity was 0.1 percentage points lower (95% confidence interval [CI], −2.8 to 2.6; CoE: moderate), and its specificity 0.9 percentage points lower (95% CI, −1.0 to −.9; CoE: moderate). Compared to QFT-GIT, TB-IGRA's sensitivity was 3.0 percentage points higher (95% CI, −.2 to 6.2; CoE: very low), and its specificity 2.6 percentage points lower (95% CI, −4.2 to −1.0; CoE: low). Agreement between the QFT-Plus CLIA and QIAreach with QFT-Plus was excellent (pooled κ statistics of 0.86 [95% CI, .78 to .94; CoE: low]; and 0.96 [95% CI, .92 to 1.00; CoE: low], respectively). The pooled κ statistic comparing the TB-Feron and the QFT-Plus or QFT-GIT was 0.85 (95% CI, .79 to .92; CoE: low).ConclusionsThe QFT-Plus and the TB-IGRA have very similar sensitivity and specificity as WHO-approved IGRAs.
Sex-specific aortic valve calcifications in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Authors: Hokken Thijmen W , Veulemans Verena , Adrichem Rik , Ooms Joris F , Kardys Isabella , Nuis Rutger-Jan , Daemen Joost , Hirsch Alexander , Budde Ricardo P , Zeus Tobias , Van Mieghem Nicolas M 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Aims
To study sex-specific differences in the amount and distribution of aortic valve calcification (AVC) and to correlate the AVC load with paravalvular leakage (PVL) post-transcatheter aortic valve intervention (TAVI).

Methods and results
This registry included 1801 patients undergoing TAVI with a Sapien3 or Evolut valve in two tertiary care institutions. Exclusion criteria encompassed prior aortic valve replacement, suboptimal multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) quality, and suboptimal transthoracic echocardiography images. Calcium content and distribution were derived from MDCT. In this study, the median age was 81.7 (25th–75th percentile 77.5–85.3) and 54% male. Men, compared to women, were significantly younger [81.2 (25th–75th percentile 76.5–84.5) vs. 82.4 (78.2–85.9), P ≤ 0.01] and had a larger annulus area [512 mm2 (25th–75th percentile 463–570) vs. 405 mm2 (365–454), P &lt; 0.01] and higher Agatston score [2567 (25th–75th percentile 1657–3913) vs. 1615 (25th–75th percentile 905–2484), P &lt; 0.01]. In total, 1104 patients (61%) had none-trace PVL, 648 (36%) mild PVL, and 49 (3%) moderate PVL post-TAVI. There was no difference in the occurrence of moderate PVL between men and women (3% vs. 3%, P = 0.63). Cut-off values for the Agatston score as predictor for moderate PVL based on the receiver-operating characteristic curve were 4070 (sensitivity 0.73, specificity 0.79) for men and 2341 (sensitivity 0.74, specificity 0.73) for women.

Conclusion
AVC is a strong predictor for moderate PVL post-TAVI. Although the AVC load in men is higher compared to women, there is no difference in the incidence of moderate PVL. Sex-specific Agatston score cut-offs to predict moderate PVL were almost double as high in men vs. women.