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Parental scaffolding and children's math ability: The type of activities matters
Authors: Huang Qi , Sun Jin , Lau Eva Yi Hung , Zhou Yan‐ling 
Published: March 2023

AbstractA growing body of research has shown that parent–child math activities predict children's math competence. However, observational studies are limited. This study investigated maternal and paternal scaffolding behaviours in three types of parent–child math activities (i.e., worksheet, game and application activities) and their associations with children's formal and informal math abilities. Ninety‐six 5–6‐year‐olds participated in this study with their mothers and fathers. All children completed three activities with their mothers and three comparable activities with their fathers. Parental scaffolding was coded for each parent–child dyadic activity. Children's formal and informal math abilities were tested individually using the Test of Early Mathematics Ability. Results showed that both mothers' and fathers' scaffolding in application activities significantly predicted their children's formal math ability even after controlling for background variables and their scaffoldings in the other two types of math activities. The findings highlight the importance of parent–child application activities in children's math learning.
Pain in the eye of the beholder: Variations in pain visual representations as a function of face ethnicity and culture
Authors: Gingras Francis , Fiset Daniel , Plouffe‐Demers Marie‐Pier , Deschênes Andréa , Cormier Stéphanie , Forget Hélène , Blais Caroline 
Published: March 2023

AbstractPain experienced by Black individuals is systematically underestimated, and recent studies have shown that part of this bias is rooted in perceptual factors. We used Reverse Correlation to estimate visual representations of the pain expression in Black and White faces, in participants originating from both Western and African countries. Groups of raters were then asked to evaluate the presence of pain and other emotions in these representations. A second group of White raters then evaluated those same representations placed over a neutral background face (50% White; 50% Black). Image‐based analyses show significant effects of culture and face ethnicity, but no interaction between the two factors. Western representations were more likely to be judged as expressing pain than African representations. For both cultural groups, raters also perceived more pain in White face representations than in Black face representations. However, when changing the background stimulus to the neutral background face, this effect of face ethnic profile disappeared. Overall, these results suggest that individuals have different expectations of how pain is expressed by Black and White individuals, and that cultural factors may explain a part of this phenomenon
Understanding ‘it depends’ in ecology: a guide to hypothesising, visualising and interpreting statistical interactions
Authors: Spake Rebecca , Bowler Diana E. , Callaghan Corey T. , Blowes Shane A. , Doncaster C. Patrick , Antão Laura H. , Nakagawa Shinichi , McElreath Richard , Chase Jonathan M. 
Published: March 2023

ABSTRACTEcologists routinely use statistical models to detect and explain interactions among ecological drivers, with a goal to evaluate whether an effect of interest changes in sign or magnitude in different contexts. Two fundamental properties of interactions are often overlooked during the process of hypothesising, visualising and interpreting interactions between drivers: the measurement scale – whether a response is analysed on an additive or multiplicative scale, such as a ratio or logarithmic scale; and the symmetry – whether dependencies are considered in both directions. Overlooking these properties can lead to one or more of three inferential errors: misinterpretation of (i) the detection and magnitude (Type‐D error), and (ii) the sign of effect modification (Type‐S error); and (iii) misidentification of the underlying processes (Type‐A error). We illustrate each of these errors with a broad range of ecological questions applied to empirical and simulated data sets. We demonstrate how meta‐analysis, a widely used approach that seeks explicitly to characterise context dependence, is especially prone to all three errors. Based on these insights, we propose guidelines to improve hypothesis generation, testing, visualisation and interpretation of interactions in ecology.
Incidence, mortality, and risk factors associated with carbapenem‐resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia within 30 days after liver transplantation
Authors: Min Eun‐Ki , Yim Seung Hyuk , Choi Mun Chae , Lee Jae Geun , Joo Dong Jin , Kim Myoung Soo , Kim Deok‐Gie 
Published: March 2023

AbstractCarbapenem‐resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia (CRAB‐B) is a fatal infectious complication of liver transplantation (LT). This study investigated the incidence, effects, and risk factors associated with CRAB‐B during the early post‐LT period. Among 1051 eligible LT recipients, 29 patients experienced CRAB‐B within 30 days of LT with a cumulative incidence of 2.7%. In the patients with CRAB‐B (n = 29) and matched controls (n = 145) by nested‐case control design, the cumulative incidence of death on days 5, 10, and 30 from the index date was 58.6%, 65.5%, and 65.5%, and 2.1%, 2.8%, and 4.2%, respectively (p < .001). Pre‐transplant MELD (OR 1.11, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.04–1.19, p = .002), severe encephalopathy (OR 4.62, 95% CI 1.24–18.61, p = .025), donor body mass index (OR .57, 95% CI .41–.75, p < .001), and reoperation (OR 6.40, 95% CI 1.19–36.82, p = .032) were independent risk factors for 30‐day CRAB‐B. CRAB‐B showed extremely high mortality within 30 days after LT, especially within 5 days after its occurrence. Therefore, assessment of risk factors and early detection of CRAB, followed by proper treatment, are necessary to control CRAB‐B after LT.
Legal knowledge and child labour in Nepal: Does knowing the law make a difference?
Authors: Baul Tushi , Ostermann Susan L. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractMotivationChild labour persists in the global South. After ratifying the International Labour Organization's Convention No. 138, on “the minimum age for admission to employment and work,” many southern countries have legislated minimum age criteria to fulfil their International Labour Organizations obligations. Often, however, making law has neither significantly reduced child labour nor boosted school attendance—largely because of states' inability to ensure compliance.PurposeWe investigate, using the case of Nepal, whether legal knowledge about minimum age standards among parents supplying, and employers demanding, child labour makes a difference to child labour.Methods and approachDrawing on data from communities in the Terai of Nepal, we use mixed methods to find correlations between legal knowledge, compliance with child labour laws, and prevalence of child labour. We draw on two novel data sets: a large household survey of parents and children, and a small census of owners of brick kilns, where child labour is often seen. We also make use of qualitative interviews with citizens in one community in the Terai.FindingsWe show that when parents and employers know the law on child labour, they are more likely to comply with it. Perceptions of the law also matter, independently of legal knowledge. When individuals know the legal working age and believe it is appropriate, we see even more compliance.Policy implicationsThese findings suggest that, even when enforcing the law may be difficult and costly, informing and educating parents and employers may be a less costly way to reduce child labour. Such measures would be even more effective if paired with efforts to change perceptions of the law.
Prognostic value of left ventricular global longitudinal strain on speckle echocardiography for predicting chemotherapy‐induced cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Li Lin , Jiang Xinyi , Xie Qianqian 
Published: March 2023

AbstractBackgroundLiterature suggests that left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LV‐GLS) on speckle echocardiography has the potential to predict cardiotoxicity amongst breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy such as anthracycline, taxane, cyclophosphamide, and trastuzumab. Our study aimed to collect evidence for the prognostic value of LV‐GLS for predicting chemotherapy‐induced cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients.MethodsA detailed search of the PubMed, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, and Scopus databases was conducted for published articles up to August 31, 2022. In our meta‐analysis, we looked at 13 studies with a total of 1007 breast cancer patients getting chemotherapy that looked at the predictive value of GLS.ResultsAbsolute GLS change during treatment showed a pooled sensitivity of 84% (95% CI 74% to 91%) and a pooled specificity of 77% (95% CI 68% to 84%). For a relative change in GLS, we observed a pooled sensitivity of 76% (95% CI 56% to 89%) and a pooled specificity of 83% (95% CI 73% to 90%). For an absolute change in GLS, we observed a positive likelihood ratio (LR), and the negative LR was 4 and .21. Summary receiver operating characteristics curve with prediction and confidence intervals represents a promising summary area under the curve (sAUC) of .88, 95% CI ranges from .85 to .91 for absolute change in GLS, as well as for relative change (sAUC, .87, 95% CI .84 to .90).ConclusionOur results demonstrated an estimation of LV‐GLS after the beginning of required chemotherapy, including anthracyclines and trastuzumab, had a promising prognostic value for predicting the likelihood of cancer therapeutics‐related cardiac dysfunction. To confirm our findings, well‐designed prospective adequately powered diagnostic randomised trials are necessary.
Antiepileptogenic effects of trilostane in the kainic acid model of temporal lobe epilepsy
Authors: Costa Anna Maria , Gol Mohammad , Lucchi Chiara , Biagini Giuseppe 
Published: March 2023

AbstractObjectiveEpileptogenesis after status epilepticus (SE) has a faster onset in rats treated to reduce brain levels of the anticonvulsant neurosteroid allopregnanolone with the 5α‐reductase inhibitor finasteride; however, it still has to be evaluated whether treatments aimed at increasing allopregnanolone levels could result in the opposite effect of delaying epileptogenesis. This possibility could be tested using the peripherally active inhibitor of 3β‐hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/Δ5‐4 isomerase trilostane, which has been shown repeatedly to increase allopregnanolone levels in the brain.MethodsTrilostane (50 mg/kg) was administered subcutaneously once daily for up to six consecutive days, starting 10 min after intraperitoneal administration of kainic acid (15 mg/kg). Seizures were evaluated by video‐electrocorticographic recordings for 70 days maximum, and endogenous neurosteroid levels were assessed by liquid chromatography–electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Immunohistochemical staining was performed to evaluate the presence of brain lesions.ResultsTrilostane did not alter the latency of kainic acid‐induced SE onset or its overall duration. When compared to the vehicle‐treated group, rats receiving six daily trilostane injections presented a remarkable delay of the first spontaneous electrocorticographic seizure and subsequent tonic–clonic spontaneous recurrent seizures (SRSs). Conversely, rats treated with only the first trilostane injection during SE did not differ from vehicle‐treated rats in developing the SRSs. Notably, trilostane did not modify neuronal cell densities or the overall damage in the hippocampus. In comparison to the vehicle group, repeated administration of trilostane significantly decreased the activated microglia morphology in the subiculum. As expected, allopregnanolone and other neurosteroid levels were remarkably increased in the hippocampus and neocortex of rats treated for 6 days with trilostane, but pregnanolone was barely detectable. Neurosteroids returned to basal levels after a week of trilostane washout.SignificanceOverall, these results suggest that trilostane led to a remarkable increase in allopregnanolone brain levels, which was associated with protracted effects on epileptogenesis.
RETRACTED: The design for supply chain management of intelligent logistics system using cloud computing and the internet of things
Authors: Wang Huan , Yin Yuanxing , Wang Xinyu 
Published: March 2023

AbstractImage recognition is the key to smart logistics systems. Traditional handwriting feature extraction is difficult to meet the requirements of image recognition. Deep learning is used for image recognition. Firstly, convolutional neural network (CNN) and deep Boltzmann machines under deep learning are introduced. Second, cellular neural networks are used to perform feature recognition and extraction on images. Finally, a Parzen classifier is used to classify the obtained image features. The novelty is that through the structural design and research of the intelligent logistics system, the CNN is combined to construct a management system of supply chain logistics of image recognition and information processing. The experimental results show that the recognition accuracy time of the proposed improved fusion algorithm on the Mixed National Institute of Standards and Technology data set is 198.85 s. When the improved algorithm achieves the same recognition accuracy, it takes 159.65 s. The recognition efficiency of the improved algorithm is 19.71% higher than that of the unimproved algorithm. In addition, when the unimproved algorithm reaches the maximum number of iterations, the error rate is 2.47%. The error rate of the improved algorithm is only 0.74%. This study provides a basis for improving the image recognition accuracy and has certain practical value.
Fantasies of home: “Heimat” in E. T. A. Hoffmann'sHaimatochare
Authors: Dickson Polly 
Published: March 2023

AbstractE. T. A. Hoffmann'sHaimatochare, an epistolary fiction set in Hawaii, defamiliarizes the narrative of an erotic colonial fantasy by coaxing the reader into the assumption that its alluring central figure is an Indigenous woman and then revealing her to be an insect. This article studies the dynamics of misapprehension within the text, beginning with Walter Benjamin's misreading of its title as “Heimatochare,” a mistake that has proved strangely persistent in the critical literature. By readingHaimatocharealongsideDer Sandmann, the article shows howHaimatochareintroduces a web of “Heimat”‐related terms that both solicit the misreading and indicate the insect's identity such that the central revelation is already partially intuited and thus takes on an uncanny aspect. Furthermore, in making “Heimat” present across the narrative and then destabilizing it, the text unfolds an experience of “Heimweh,” where home is both fantasy and sickness at once.
BerlinUnter Grund: Vision beyond the surface city
Authors: Olsson Berggren Mikael 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis article examines a selection of poetry and short prose depictingU‐Bahnjourneys in early 20th‐century Berlin. While the cultural imagination of Berlin's emergence as a modern metropolis in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is closely intertwined with the historical novelty of exterior spaces in the city and the figure of the perambulating flaneur, the cityscape's underground, made up ofU‐Bahntunnels and thousands of passengers have figured much less prominently in scholarship on Berlin's modernity. The close readings focus on the texts’ mediation of the sensory experience of underground dwelling and the impact of the sudden shifts between above‐ and belowground environments on the passenger's perception of space. As the article shows, the visual imagination and literary tropes that we encounter in theU‐Bahnsignify not only modes of representing modern urban space but also hold significance for understanding the importance of threshold experiences in modernity.
Evaluation of functional, physicochemical, textural and sensorial properties of multi‐millet‐based biscuit
Authors: Arepally Divyasree , Reddy Ravula Sudharshan , Coorey Ranil , Goswami Tridib Kumar 
Published: March 2023

SummaryConsumer desire for typical health‐promoting snacks is on the rise. Millet is thought to provide consumer health benefits and can be used in treating celiac disease and gastrointestinal problems. In this study, wheat flour (WF) was substituted with multi‐millet flour (MMF) at different levels (0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%) in producing the multi‐millet biscuit. MMF was made by combining an equal proportion of barnyard, finger, kodo and pearl millet. The functional, physicochemical and sensorial properties of the biscuits were examined. The water holding and oil absorption capacity increased by increasing the proportion of MMF to WF. Biscuits made from MMF had significantly more fat, ash and fibre (P < 0.05) than the control (100% WF). In comparison to the control biscuit, the 100% MMF‐based biscuit had a higher total phenolic content (50.30 ± 1.64 mg of GAE/100 g) and antioxidant activity (13.85 ± 0.33 mg of GAE/100 g). There was also a decrease in L* and b* and an increase in a* on increasing proportion of MMF, indicating that the biscuit colour darkened significantly (P < 0.05). The sensory analysis indicated that biscuits with 40% MMF were most acceptable compared to the rest of the samples. This study provides reference in usage of MMF for producing nutritional multi‐millet‐based biscuit.
Surgical management of prepubertal testicular tumors: A 30‐year study in our institution
Authors: Nishio Hidenori , Mizuno Kentaro , Kato Taiki , Kamisawa Hideyuki , Kurokawa Satoshi , Nakane Akihiro , Maruyama Tetsuji , Kawai Noriyasu , Yasui Takahiro , Hayashi Yutaro 
Published: March 2023

ObjectivesThe 2021 European Association of Urology–European Society for Paediatric Urology guidelines on Pediatric Urology recommended testis‐sparing surgery (TSS) as the primary approach to treat prepubertal testicular tumors exhibiting favorable preoperative ultrasound diagnoses. However, prepubertal testicular tumors are rare and clinical data regarding them is limited. Here, we analyzed the surgical management of prepubertal testicular tumors based on cases observed over approximately 30 years.MethodsData were retrospectively reviewed from medical records of consecutive patients aged <14 years with testicular tumors who received treatment at our institution between 1987 and 2020. We compared patients by their clinical characteristics, namely, those who underwent TSS versus radical orchiectomy (RO) and those who received surgery in 2005 onward versus prior to 2005.ResultsWe identified 17 patients, with a median age at surgery of 3.2 years (range 0.6–14.0) and a median tumor size of 15 mm (range 6–67). The tumor size was significantly smaller in patients who underwent TSS than in those who underwent RO (p = 0.007). Patients treated in 2005 onward were more likely to undergo TSS than those treated prior to 2005 (71% vs. 10%, respectively), without significant differences in tumor size or the rate of preoperative ultrasound. No TSS cases required conversion to RO.ConclusionsRecent improvements in ultrasound imaging technology allow for more accurate clinical diagnosis. Therefore, the indications of TSS for prepubertal testicular tumors can be judged based not only on the tumor size but also on the diagnosis of benign tumors by preoperative ultrasound.
Nilaparvata lugens ERR2 regulates moulting and ovary development is related to hormone signalling
Authors: Jiang Xiaojuan , Zheng Shiwen , Bamu Anfu , Dai Huan , Lin Xinda 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe nuclear receptor (NR) superfamily is one of the largest groups of transcription factors in living organisms. Oestrogen related receptor (ERR) is a class of nuclear receptors closely related to oestrogen receptors (ERs). In this study, the Nilaparvata lugens (N. lugens) ERR2 (NlERR2) was cloned, and the expression of NlERR2 was detected by qRT‐PCR to explore the distribution of NlERR2 during development and in different tissues. Using RNAi and qRT‐PCR, the interaction between NlERR2 and related genes of the 20‐hydroxyecdysone (20E) and juvenile hormone (JH) signalling pathways was studied. The results showed that topical application of 20E and juvenile hormone III (JHIII) affected the expression of NlERR2, and NlERR2 could affect the expression of genes related to 20E and JH signalling pathways. Furthermore, NlERR2 and JH/20E hormone signalling‐related genes affect moulting and ovarian development. NlERR2 and NlE93/NlKr‐h1 affect the transcriptional expression of Vg‐related genes. In summary, NlERR2 is related to hormone signalling pathways, which is also related to the expression of Vg and Vg related genes. Brown planthopper is one of the most important rice pests. This study provides an important basis for mining new targets for pest control.
RETRACTED: Caregivers' knowledge with burned children and related factors towards burn first aid: A systematic review
Authors: Farzan Ramyar , Parvizi Arman , Takasi Poorya , Mollaei Amirabbas , Karkhah Samad , Firooz Mahbobeh , Hosseini Seyed Javad , Haddadi Soudabeh , Ghorbani Vajargah Pooyan 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThis systematic review aimed to examine the caregivers' knowledge with burned children and related factors towards burn first aid. A comprehensive, systematic search was performed in different international electronic databases, such as Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, and Persian electronic databases such as Iranmedex, and Scientific Information Database using keywords extracted from Medical Subject Headings such as “Knowledge”, “First aid”, “Caregiver”, “Burn”, and “Child” from the earliest to the December 1, 2022. The quality of the studies included in this systematic review was evaluated by using the appraisal tool for cross‐sectional studies (AXIS tool). A total of 11 763 caregivers of children with burns were enrolled in 14 studies. Of the participants, 78.81% were female and 41.15% had a university education. The mean score of caregivers' knowledge with burned children towards burn first aid was 51.44 out of 100. The knowledge of caregivers of burned children towards burn first aid had a significant positive relationship with the level of education, first aid training, age of caregivers, history of burn, number of children, monthly income, social status, and attitude. In addition, caregivers' knowledge had a significant negative relationship with the number of children. Furthermore, there was a significant relationship between caregivers' knowledge and level of education, monthly income, smoking, and previous knowledge of first aid. The level of caregivers' knowledge with burned children towards burn first aid was moderate. Therefore, health managers and policymakers can improve the knowledge of caregivers of burned children towards burn first aid by creating suitable platforms for face‐to‐face training as well as online training using websites.