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Introduction to the Simplified Caving Predicting Tool SCPT
Authors: Folgoso Lozano Elena 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis publication aims to describe a simple methodology for predicting caving and cave propagation, for mining purposes, using numerical simulations. The methodology is designed to be user-friendly and easy to set up and analyse, making it practical for real-world applications. The algorithm is performed in FLAC3D, version 7.0, and is based on an elastic model due to its simplicity and low running times. The methodology uses a series of routines to describe and quantify the rock failure process during caving. The emphasis is on simplicity, achieved by implementing reasonable assumptions about the caving situation and rock mass behaviour. The caving propagation is driven by plastic behaviour which the algorithm represents by a simplified softening behaviour to make it more practical.The degradation processes occurring in the rock mass during caving are accounted for by reducing the mechanical properties of the rock mass and the stress state in degraded zones in a controlled and systematic manner. Sensitivity tests are performed to analyse the weight of the mechanical parameters involved in the caving processes and to optimize the reduction rate of the mechanical properties of the rock mass.The current stage of development for the Simplified Caving Predicting tool, SCPT, is the performance of an extensive sensitivity test of the caving algorithm. In parallel, the outcome is being assessed for verification purposes. This is done by analysing the results obtained in the numerical models and the outcome of the semi-empirical methods available in the literature as well as an analytical comparison of results. The latter analysis aims to determine the weight of the different parameters involved in the simulations.The caving tool is being developed for its application on the novel Raise Caving (RC) mining method. The tool will provide understanding regarding the caving initiation and propagation for the novel Raise Caving method.
A systematic review of the Woven EndoBridge device—do findings in pre-clinical animal models compare to clinical results?
Authors: Aquarius René , Elbertsen Danique , de Vries Joost , Boogaarts Hieronymus D. , Wever Kimberley E. 
Published: June 2023

Abstract

Background
The Woven Endobridge (WEB) is designed to treat intracranial wide-neck bifurcation aneurysms, preventing subarachnoid hemorrhage. The translational value of animal models used for WEB device testing is unknown. With this systematic review, we aim to identify the existing animal models used in testing the WEB device and compare the efficacy and safety outcomes to those of prospective clinical studies.

Methods
This study was funded by ZonMw: project number 114024133. A comprehensive search was performed in PubMed and in EMBASE via the Ovid interface. The following exclusion criteria were used: 1) not an original full-length research paper, 2) not an in vivo animal study or a human study, 3) no WEB implantation, 4) if in humans: not a prospective study. The SYRCLE risk of bias tool (animal studies) and the Newcastle–Ottawa quality assessment scale for cohort studies (clinical studies) were used to assess risks of bias. A narrative synthesis was performed.

Results
Six animal studies and 17 clinical studies met the inclusion criteria. The rabbit elastase aneurysm model was the only animal model used to assess WEB device performance. Safety outcomes were never reported in animal studies. Efficacy outcomes were more heterogeneous in animal studies than in clinical studies, which could be due to limited external validity of the animal models in terms of aneurysm induction and dimensions. Both animal and clinical studies were predominantly single-arm studies, and were at unclear risk of several types of bias.

Conclusions
The rabbit elastase aneurysm model was the only pre-clinical animal model used to assess WEB device performance. Safety outcomes were not evaluated in animal studies and could therefore not be compared to clinical outcomes. Efficacy outcomes were more heterogeneous in animal studies than in clinical studies. Future research should focus on improving methodology and reporting in order to draw accurate conclusions on the performance of the WEB device.
Investigation of the current situation regarding diagnosis and treatment of Alport syndrome in Asian countries: results of survey of the Asian Paediatric Nephrology association (AsPNA) tubular and inherited working group
Authors: Nozu Kandai , Resontoc Lourdes Paula Real , Hooman Nakysa , Vasudevan Anil , Ding Jie , Kang Hee Gyung 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Background
Alport syndrome is one of the most common inherited kidney diseases worldwide. A genetic test or kidney biopsy is necessary for a definite diagnosis of this disease, and an accurate diagnosis system for this disease is highly desired in each country. However, the current situation in Asian countries is not clear. Therefore, the tubular and inherited disease working group of the Asian Pediatric Nephrology Association (AsPNA) aimed to assess the current situation of diagnosis and treatment for Alport syndrome in Asia.

Methods
The group conducted an online survey among the members of AsPNA in 2021–2022. Collected data included the number of patients for each inheritance mode, availability of gene tests or kidney biopsy, and treatment strategies for Alport syndrome.

Results
A total of 165 pediatric nephrologists from 22 countries in Asia participated. Gene test was available in 129 institutes (78%), but the cost was still expensive in most countries. Kidney biopsy was available in 87 institutes (53%); however, only 70 can access electron microscopy, and 42 can conduct type IV collagen α5 chain staining. Regarding treatment, 140 centers use renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors (85%) for Alport syndrome patients.

Conclusions
This study result might suggest that the system is underdeveloped enough to diagnose all Alport syndrome patients in most Asian countries. However, once diagnosed with Alport syndrome, most of them were treated with RAS inhibitors. These survey results can be used to address knowledge, diagnostic system, and treatment strategy gaps and improve the Alport patients’ outcomes in Asian countries.
Native T1 high region and left ventricular ejection fraction recovery in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
Authors: Yazaki Mayu , Nabeta Takeru , Takigami Yu , Eda Yuko , Maemura Kenji , Oki Takumi , Fujita Teppei , Iida Yuichiro , Ikeda Yuki , Ishii Shunsuke , Inoue Yusuke , Ako Junya 
Published: June 2023

AbstractNative T1 mapping is used to assess myocardial tissue characteristics without gadolinium contrast agents. The focal T1 high-intensity region can indicate myocardial alterations. This study aimed to identify the association between the native T1 mapping including the native T1 high region and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) recovery in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Patients with newly diagnosed DCM (LVEF of < 45%) who underwent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging with native T1 mapping were included in the analysis. Native T1 high region was defined as a signal intensity of > 5 SD in the remote myocardium. Recovered EF was defined as a follow-up LVEF of ≥ 45% and an LVEF increase of ≥ 10% after 2 years from baseline. Seventy-one patients met the inclusion criteria for this study. Forty-four patients (61.9%) achieved recovered EF. Logistic regression analysis showed that the native T1 value (OR: 0.98; 95% CI: 0.96–0.99; P = 0.014) and the native T1 high region (OR: 0.17; 95% CI: 0.05–0.55; P = 0.002), but not late gadolinium enhancement, were independent predictors of recovered EF. Compared with native T1 value alone, combined native T1 high region and native T1 value improved the area under the curve from 0.703 to 0.788 for predicting recovered EF. Myocardial damage, which was quantified using native T1 mapping and the native T1 high region were independently associated with recovered EF in patients with newly diagnosed DCM.
Understanding Scale-Up of High-Current Electrodes
Authors: Halvorsen Svenn Anton , Herland Egil Vålandsmyr , Sparta Manuel , Risinggård Vetle Kjær 
Published: June 2023

AbstractA simple and generic model for the heat distribution in electrodes for primary metal production has been investigated. The equations have been analyzed focusing on understanding the scale-up of electrodes under both direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) conditions. The analysis provides a theoretical foundation for Westly’s empirical scale-up rule. For graphite and small carbon electrodes, the current-carrying capacity is limited by the ohmic heating, which controls the lateral heat flux and the temperature at the electrode periphery. For these electrodes, the current capacity is higher for DC than for AC. For large carbon or Søderberg electrodes, the electrode current must be limited to avoid large thermal stresses and subsequent breakages, especially in connection with shutdowns or considerable current fluctuations. Thermally, the current capacity is then limited by the maximum temperature difference between the center and the periphery. For this case, AC electrodes can carry more current than DC.
Surgical outcomes and cost analysis of a multi-specialty robotic-assisted surgery caseload in the Australian public health system
Authors: Steffens Daniel , McBride Kate E. , Hirst Nicholas , Solomon Michael J. , Anderson Teresa , Thanigasalam Ruban , Leslie Scott , Karunaratne Sascha , Bannon Paul G. 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
This study aims to compare surgical outcomes and in-hospital cost between robotic-assisted surgery (RAS), laparoscopic and open approaches for benign gynaecology, colorectal and urological patients and to explore the association between cost and surgical complexity. This retrospective cohort study included consecutive patients undergoing RAS, laparoscopic or open surgery for benign gynaecology, colorectal or urological conditions between July 2018 and June 2021 at a major public hospital in Sydney. Patients’ characteristics, surgical outcomes and in-hospital cost variables were extracted from the hospital medical records using routinely collected diagnosis-related groups (DRG) codes. Comparison of the outcomes within each surgical discipline and according to surgical complexity were performed using non-parametric statistics. Of the 1,271 patients included, 756 underwent benign gynaecology (54 robotic, 652 laparoscopic, 50 open), 233 colorectal (49 robotic, 123 laparoscopic, 61 open) and 282 urological surgeries (184 robotic, 12 laparoscopic, 86 open). Patients undergoing minimally invasive surgery (robotic or laparoscopic) presented with a significantly shorter length of hospital stay when compared to open surgical approach (P < 0.001). Rates of postoperative morbidity were significantly lower in robotic colorectal and urological procedures when compared to laparoscopic and open approaches. The total in-hospital cost of robotic benign gynaecology, colorectal and urological surgeries were significantly higher than other surgical approaches, independent of the surgical complexity. RAS resulted in better surgical outcomes, especially when compared to open surgery in patients presenting with benign gynaecology, colorectal and urological diseases. However, the total cost of RAS was higher than laparoscopic and open surgical approaches.
Enhanced Production of 1,3-Propanediol by Glycerol Fermentation Using an Attached-to-Silicone Biofilm Reactor
Authors: Cordeiro Cândida N. , Veras Shyrlane T. S. , Kato Mario T. , Florencio Lourdinha , Sanz José L. 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Glycerol fermentation for 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO) production was studied in an anaerobic up-flow reactor with biomass attached to silicone support. A mixed microbial culture was activated to perform the biofilm formation and attachment to a silicone hose prior the reactor operation. The reactor was operated over 362 days divided into two phases (P). In P1 and P2, the reactor was continuously fed with pure and crude glycerol, respectively. The operation consisted of increasing the glycerol loading rates (gly-LR). The achieved highest 1,3-PDO average yields were 0.43 mol mol-gly−1 and 0.62 mol mol-gly−1 when applied gly-LR was 18 and 46 g L−1 d−1 in P1 and P2, respectively. A maximum 1,3-PDO productivity of 14.7 g L−1 d−1 was obtained in P2. The higher yields of 1,3-PDO when the feed changed from pure to crude glycerol indicated a change in the microbial community. These results show that the studied system can be very promising and cost-effective for converting crude glycerol into value-added products on large scale even at high loads.

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Epistemological scientism and the scientific meta-method
Authors: Turunen Petri , Hirvonen Ilmari , Pättiniemi Ilkka 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis paper argues that the proponents of epistemological scientism must take some stand on scientific methodology. The supporters of scientism cannot simply defer to the social organisation of science because the social processes themselves must meet some methodological criteria. Among such criteria is epistemic evaluability, which demands intersubjective access to reasons. We derive twelve theses outlining some implications of epistemic evaluability. Evaluability can support weak and broad variants of epistemological scientism, which state that sciences, broadly construed, are the best sources of knowledge or some other epistemic goods. Since humanities and social sciences produce epistemically evaluable results, narrow types of scientism that take only natural sciences as sources of knowledge require additional argumentation in their support. Strong scientism, which takes sciences as the only source of knowledge, also needs to appeal to some further principles since evaluability is not an all-or-nothing affair.
The (New) Literacy Studies: The evolving concept of literacy as social practice and its relevance for work with deaf students
Authors: Papen Uta 
Published: June 2023

AbstractDeveloped in the 1980s by social anthropologists, education researchers and psychologists, the field of research known as (New) Literacy Studies (NLS) has put forward a sociocultural understanding of literacy as practice. Although the NLS’ core assumption about literacy—that it is more than a set of cognitive abilities—is still as valid nowadays as it was then, new theoretical ideas have been added to their canon. These include multiliteracies, multimodality, real literacies, materiality and affect. With these notions, literacy researchers continue to challenge conventional discourses about literacy and their disregard for the range of literacy practices people engage in. In this paper, I introduce some of these new theoretical developments. I then discuss their conceptual relevance in the context of two action research projects with deaf children and youth in India, Uganda and Ghana. In these projects, my colleagues and I tried an approach to teaching English to deaf children and young adults that was specifically inspired by ideas from real literacies and multiliteracies. Our approach was shaped by the NLS’ commitment to social justice and its belief in literacy teaching having to build on students’ existing literacy practices. In the paper, I discuss some of the challenges we experienced when putting these ideas into practice and look at how the students engaged with them in light of their expectations and desires for learning.
A framework for optimising flight efficiency of a crossing waypoint by balancing flight conflict frequency and flight-level usage benefits
Authors: Sui D. , Liu K. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractWith the increase of air transportation, some crossing waypoints (CWPs) are becoming bottlenecks in the operation of air traffic networks. This paper presents a CWP operation optimisation framework based on a two-stage optimisation method. First, we considered the interests of airlines and air traffic controllers and established a flight-level dynamic allocation model for the CWP to minimise the flight-level deviation and the number of flight conflicts. A multi-objective, self-adaptive differential evolution-local search hybrid algorithm was used to solve the model in a parallel computing manner. Subsequently, a flight conflict resolution algorithm based on the Monte-Carlo tree search was designed for flight conflicts that existed after the optimisation. Finally, based on real operation data, four experimental scenarios were constructed, and the air traffic operation simulation system was used for experimental validation. For daily traffic and 1.2 times peak traffic scenarios, the average flight-level deviation reduction rates after optimisation were 53% and 39%, and the successful flight conflict resolution rates reached 89% and 75%, respectively. The experimental results showed that this optimisation framework can effectively balance the number of flight conflicts with the efficiency of flight-level usage and directly improve the capacity of the CWP, which can be used as a reference for air traffic control auxiliary decision support systems.
Participatory Health Governance and HIV/AIDS in Brazil
Authors: Touchton Michael , Sugiyama Natasha Borges , Wampler Brian 
Published: June 2023

ABSTRACTThis research note assesses participatory health governance practices for HIV and AIDS in Brazil. By extension, we also evaluate municipal democratic governance to public health outcomes. We draw from a unique dataset on municipal HIV/AIDS prevalence and participatory health governance from 2006–17 for all 5,570 Brazilian municipalities. We use negative binomial regression and coarsened exact matching with treatment effects to estimate the influence of community health governance institutions on HIV/AIDS prevalence. Municipalities with participatory health councils experience 14% lower HIV/AIDS prevalence than other municipalities, all else equal. Family Health Program coverage, municipal state capacity, and municipal per capita health spending are also associated with systematically lower HIV/AIDS prevalence. We conclude that participatory health governance may combat HIV and AIDS through municipal spending, education, and community mobilization. Municipal health councils can facilitate these strategies and offer opportunities for improving well-being around the world.
Hydra I: An extensible multi-source-finder comparison and cataloguing tool
Authors: Boyce M. M. , Hopkins A. M. , Riggi S. , Rudnick L. , Ramsay M. , Hale C. L. , Marvil J. , Whiting M. T. , Venkataraman P. , O’Dea C. P. , Baum S. A. , Gordon Y. A. , Vantyghem A. N. , Dionyssiou M. , Andernach H. , Collier J. D. , English J. , Koribalski B. S. , Leahy D. , Michałowski M. J. , Safi-Harb S. , Vaccari M. , Alexander E. L. , Cowley M. , Kapinska A. D. , Robotham A. S. G. , Tang H. 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
The latest generation of radio surveys are now producing sky survey images containing many millions of radio sources. In this context it is highly desirable to understand the performance of radio image source finder (SF) software and to identify an approach that optimises source detection capabilities. We have created Hydra to be an extensible multi-SF and cataloguing tool that can be used to compare and evaluate different SFs. Hydra, which currently includes the SFs Aegean, Caesar, ProFound, PyBDSF, and Selavy, provides for the addition of new SFs through containerisation and configuration files. The SF input RMS noise and island parameters are optimised to a 90% ‘percentage real detections’ threshold (calculated from the difference between detections in the real and inverted images), to enable comparison between SFs. Hydra provides completeness and reliability diagnostics through observed-deep (

$\mathcal{D}$

) and generated-shallow (

$\mathcal{S}$

) images, as well as other statistics. In addition, it has a visual inspection tool for comparing residual images through various selection filters, such as S/N bins in completeness or reliability. The tool allows the user to easily compare and evaluate different SFs in order to choose their desired SF, or a combination thereof. This paper is part one of a two part series. In this paper we introduce the Hydra software suite and validate its

$\mathcal{D/S}$

metrics using simulated data. The companion paper demonstrates the utility of Hydra by comparing the performance of SFs using both simulated and real images.
Researching language-focused study abroad through an equity lens: A research agenda
Authors: Kang Hyun-Sook , Shively Rachel L. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractStudy abroad (SA) has long been regarded as a key component of internationalization efforts in higher education and much scholarship has investigated the practices and outcomes of SA from varied perspectives. More recently, scholars have paid growing attention to ways to increase the participation of historically marginalized students in SA, to design SA programs to meet those students’ needs, and to document their experiences abroad. Despite recent scholarship in these areas, relatively little research has employed an equity lens to address research on language-focused SA. This article puts forward language-focused SA as a possible venue to pursue equity and to provide quality education for all students, especially for historically underserved students. More specifically, we address three overarching questions: (1) What theoretical frameworks could be implemented to research SA through an equity lens?; (2) What methodological approaches could inform SA research with an equity lens?; and (3) What topics could be examined to research SA through an equity lens? Drawing on equity as a guiding principle, we discuss relevant research tasks that demonstrate specific ways to address these overarching questions in future research on language-focused SA.
Feedback matters: Thwarting the negative impact of language anxiety
Authors: Gregersen Tammy 
Published: June 2023

AbstractElaine Horwitz et al. (1986), in their seminal article that helped jumpstart our current interest in language anxiety, characterized this affective malady as composed of three elements: fear of negative evaluation, communication apprehension, and test anxiety. Notably, all three of these components are linked in different ways to learners’ perceptions about others’ assessment of their linguistic competence. Over the years since Horwitz et al.'s influential publication, research has only reinforced the idea that feedback provided to language learners has a powerful impact on their emotional well-being and levels of linguistic confidence. This article explores research on the various ways that learners can be supported via assessment practices and feedback techniques that not only counter the debilitating effects of language anxiety but also may even work preventatively to increase learner well-being. Among these is Appreciative Inquiry, a feedback technique that focuses on what learners are doing effectively, as well as other nondeficit, strengths-based approaches that concentrate on assets rather than fixing what is broken.
A smoother notion of spread hypergraphs
Authors: Spiro Sam 
Published: June 2023

AbstractAlweiss, Lovett, Wu, and Zhang introduced
$q$
-spread hypergraphs in their breakthrough work regarding the sunflower conjecture, and since then
$q$
-spread hypergraphs have been used to give short proofs of several outstanding problems in probabilistic combinatorics. A variant of
$q$
-spread hypergraphs was implicitly used by Kahn, Narayanan, and Park to determine the threshold for when a square of a Hamiltonian cycle appears in the random graph
$G_{n,p}$
. In this paper, we give a common generalization of the original notion of
$q$
-spread hypergraphs and the variant used by Kahn, Narayanan, and Park.