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Assessing the ecological impacts of coastal reclamation on cropland protection: An integrated index system
Authors: Qiu Lefeng , Bao Helen X. H. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractCoastal land reclamation has been practiced widely to accommodate rapid urbanization. But the exploitation of coastal wetlands also imposes ecological risks and jeopardizes ecological security in many countries. The overall effects of coastal land reclamation must therefore be assessed. We developed a conceptual framework to evaluate the ecological effects of coastal land reclamation on cropland protection along three dimensions: land quantity, ecological environment, and land quality. An integrated index system was constructed accordingly and tested by using data from Cixi, a coastal city in eastern China. Our index system generated rich information to assess the impacts of reclamation on added cropland area, landscape ecological risk, and cropland soil quality. The results showed that between 1985 and 2020, a total area of 393.71 km2 of coastal wetlands were reclaimed in Cixi City, which played a crucial part in upholding the equilibrium between the land supply and demand during urbanization. However, its adverse ecological effects were also evidenced. Coastal reclamation not only increased the landscape disturbance and ecological risk but also significantly decreased the overall cropland soil quality. The city's original reclamation‐driven development strategy is unable to meet the updated requirements of “quantity‐quality‐ecological balance” for cropland protection. Our index system can help land use policymakers monitor the ecological effects of coastal reclamation. The knowledge gained will have major policy implications for the land use management that promotes sustainability in coastal regions.
Multidisciplinary care improves outcomes for patients with carotid body paragangliomas—The UCLA experience
Authors: Wong Kirsten , Tam Kenric , Tran Eric K. , Sajed Dipti , St. John Maie 
Published: August 2023

AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the effects and outcomes of multidisciplinary surgical approaches in the management of carotid body tumors (CBT).MethodsA single‐center retrospective study at the University of California—Los Angeles Medical Center was conducted on patients who presented with CBTs and underwent surgical resections from 1998 to 2020. Statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS v27 and Excel.ResultsA total of 75 patients with 79 CBT resections were included. Operating surgical subspecialties included: 41.8% vascular surgery, 24.1% otolaryngology head and neck surgeons (OHNS), and 31.6% combined OHNS and vascular. 68.4% of tumors underwent preoperative embolization. EBL was directly correlated with tumor size. CBT size was similar for OHNS (30 mm) and vascular (31 mm) but was significantly larger for combined OHNS and vascular cases (38 mm). EBL was higher in combined cases (301 mL) compared to OHNS (124 mL) or vascular (203 mL) alone. Incidence of postoperative cranial nerve deficits was 7.8%, with combined OHNS and vascular cases having an incidence of 4.0% when compared to OHNS (5.3%) versus vascular surgery alone (12.1%).ConclusionCBTs can be managed effectively by single surgical specialties with similar outcomes between vascular surgery and OHNS. In larger, higher grade tumors, however, a combined vascular and OHNS approach had lower incidence of postoperative cranial nerve injuries when compared to single specialty resections, despite a larger EBL. Thus, a multidisciplinary surgical approach suggests favorable outcomes with fewer incidence of cranial nerve deficits for larger, more complex CBT resections.Level of Evidence2b—Individual retrospective cohort study.
All‐Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Poly(2,6‐dimethyl‐1,4‐phenylene) Oxide: Validation of OPLS‐AA Force Field for Conformational Behaviour in Vacuum and in Carbon Tetrachloride
Authors: Venezia Enzo , Auriemma Finizia , de Ballestreros Odda Ruiz , Guerra Gaetano , Milano Giuseppe , Correa Andrea 
Published: August 2023

AbstractOPLS force field has been successfully validated for poly(2,6‐dimethyl‐1,4‐phenylene) oxide (PPO) in comparison with quantum chemical results and available experimental data. The formation of stable polymer solvent complexes, where solvent molecules are hosted in closed loops, has been detected in molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of OPLS all‐atom (OPLS‐AA) models of diluted solutions of PPO in CCl4. Estimations of free energy of solvation indicate an entropic stabilization of the polymer solvent complexes. A very high similarity of these structures with the intra‐helical channels observed in the structure of PPO co‐crystals suggests their possible role in the nucleation process inducing the crystallization of PPO from organic solvents.
A Bayesian approach of the consequence of failure on inequality acceptance: Experimental evidence
Authors: Prost Emillien , Lo Gaye‐Del 
Published: August 2023

AbstractIn this paper, we design a two‐stage experiment and a tractable model. The first stage is a tournament, and the second stage involves a hierarchical relationship where the loser of the tournament must declare what they think is an acceptable earnings distribution to have an incentive to work for the winner. We use a Becker–Degroot–Marschak (BDM) procedure to elicit the acceptable earnings distribution. We show that failure in the tournament could decrease the willingness to accept wage inequality and that this behavior relies on Bayesian updating. We identify a “fresh start” effect: When the asset required to win the tournament is not the same as the asset that the loser uses to produce after failure, inequality acceptance is higher.
Are early post‐discharge physician contacts associated with 30‐day psychiatric re‐hospitalisation? A nationwide claims data based retrospective cohort study in Austria free of immortal time bias
Authors: Katschnig H. , Straßmayr C. , Endel F. , Posch M. , Steiner I. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractObjectivesCost containment and quality of care considerations have increased research interest in the potential preventability of early re‐hospitalisations. Various registry‐based retrospective cohort studies on psychiatric re‐hospitalisation have focused on the role of early post‐discharge service contacts, but either did not consider their time‐dependent nature (‘immortal time bias’) or evaded the issue by analysing late re‐hospitalisations. The present study takes care of the immortal time bias in studying early psychiatric re‐hospitalisations.MethodsIn a retrospective cohort study using nationwide electronic claims data in Austria, 10,689 adults discharged from acute psychiatric inpatient wards were followed up for 30 days. Cox regression analyses were performed with post‐discharge psychiatric and general practitioner contacts as time‐dependent covariates and time to first psychiatric re‐hospitalisation as outcome.ResultsPost‐discharge ambulatory physician contacts were significantly associated with a decreased psychiatric re‐hospitalisation rate (hazard ratio 0.77 [95% CI 0.69; 0.87], p < 0.0001), with similarly strong contributions to this association by general practitioners and psychiatrists.ConclusionsDespite avoiding the immortal time bias and controlling for several confounders, we suggest to be cautious with a causal interpretation of the identified association, since potentially relevant confounders, such as disease severity, were unavailable in our claims data base.
Increased density of Bluehead Sucker larvae decreases critical thermal maximum
Authors: Riepe Tawni B. , Hooley-Underwood Zachary E. , McDevitt Rebecca E. , Sralik Alan , Cadmus Pete 
Published: August 2023

Abstract

Objective
Streams used by Bluehead Suckers Catostomus discobolus experience variable water temperatures of high and low extremes and extreme rates of change. Acute and chronic laboratory temperature tests have been used to develop protective thermal criteria, but these methods do not allow for testing the lethality of temperature interactions with other stressors. For instance, fish density and temperature interactions are likely to occur during low-flow periods with high densities of fish stranded in a stagnant pool; but standard thermal tests only included one fish.

Methods
We examined the effect of two acclimation temperatures that represent field temperatures (8°C and 18°C) on hatch success and larval survival, and the critical thermal maximum (CTMax) and minimum temperatures (CTMin). We then investigated how the interaction of density (n = 1, n = 10, n = 25 fish per 2 L) and temperature influence CTMax or CTMin.

Result
We found maximum egg hatch success and larval survival at 18°C and the temperature range for Bluehead Sucker larvae at 18°C was 7.2 ± 1.6°C to 32.1 ± 2.4°C. However, when the density of the larvae was high (n = 25 per 2 L) the upper thermal limit significantly decreased by 5.9°C.

Conclusion
Our results indicate higher fish densities negatively affect the tolerance of the fish to increased temperature. Thus, density and temperature interactions should be considered when developing protective temperature criteria.
Synthesis of functionalized Salen‐Ni‐based polyphosphazene flame retardant and its performance study
Authors: Tian Li , Wang Xingyu , Zhang Haiyin , Zheng Qiang , Cui Jinfeng , Yang Baoping , Guo Junhong , Mu Bo , Bao Xuemei , Wang Zhaohui , Li Huaming 
Published: August 2023

AbstractA novel functional copulatory polyphosphazene microsphere (Salen‐PZN‐Ni‐KH550) was successfully synthesized via reaction of the surface of Salen‐Ni‐based polyphosphazene (Salen‐PZN‐Ni) with 3‐aminopropyltriethoxysilane, and it was introduced as an additive flame retardant in pure epoxy resin (EP). Thereafter, the effects of the prepared flame‐retardant Salen‐PZN‐Ni‐KH550 on thermal stability, combustion performance, and flame‐retardant mechanism of the EP system were studied in detail. The addition of Salen‐PZN‐Ni‐KH550 led to a significant increase in thermal stability and formation of carbon residue in the EP at a temperature of 800°C. The results showed that the addition of 5 wt% Salen‐PZN‐Ni‐KH550 lowered the maximum heat release rate, as well as the peak smoke release rate by 28.83% and 25.71%, respectively. This resulted in a significant improvement in the fire safety of EP. Additionally, the introduction of Salen‐PZN‐Ni‐KH550 considerably inhibited the evolution of the toxic gas CO and of other volatile products that are produced during the decomposition process of EP. The results of study suggest that mechanism of the flame retardant may be associated to gas‐phase quenching, incombustible gas release, synergistic catalytic carbonization effect and to the formation of components with extremely high thermal stability. The fire safety of EP composites and the reduction of toxic gases can be attributed to the synergistic effects of nickel, APTES, and polyphosphazene microspheres. The development of the new flame‐retardant Salen‐PZN‐Ni‐KH550 is an effective strategy to improve the fire resistance of polymers.
Small proteins in bacteria – Big challenges in prediction and identification
Authors: Fuchs Stephan , Engelmann Susanne 
Published: August 2023

AbstractProteins with up to 100 amino acids have been largely overlooked due to the challenges associated with predicting and identifying them using traditional methods. Recent advances in bioinformatics and machine learning, DNA sequencing, RNA and Ribo‐seq technologies, and mass spectrometry (MS) have greatly facilitated the detection and characterisation of these elusive proteins in recent years. This has revealed their crucial role in various cellular processes including regulation, signalling and transport, as toxins and as folding helpers for protein complexes. Consequently, the systematic identification and characterisation of these proteins in bacteria have emerged as a prominent field of interest within the microbial research community. This review provides an overview of different strategies for predicting and identifying these proteins on a large scale, leveraging the power of these advanced technologies. Furthermore, the review offers insights into the future developments that may be expected in this field.
Biomimetic mussel technology for membrane material modification: Adhesion mechanism and design strategy
Authors: Chen Shaowei , Liu Peng , Li Zhenchun , Bi Yuanyuan , Li Feihong , Yu Yunwu 
Published: August 2023

AbstractIn recent years, there has been increasing interest among scientists in the research and development of mussel biomimetic membrane technology, owing to the unique advantages of mussel foot silk protein. This article provides a concise overview of the development of biomimetic mussel technology and its innovative approach to modifying membrane materials. The remarkable adhesion and suitability of mussel bionics can effectively enhance the physical and chemical structure of the substrate surface in membrane materials, and serve as a platform for subsequent post‐functionalization, offering endless possibilities for the advancement of membrane materials.
Stakeholder orientation and product market performance: Evidence from a natural experiment
Authors: Lu Juntai , Wei Jia 
Published: August 2023

AbstractWe examine the causal effect of stakeholder orientation on firms' product market performance. Using the staggered enactment of constituency statutes across different states as an exogenous shock that increases the extent of the stakeholder orientation, difference‐in‐difference estimations suggest that on average firms incorporated in states that adopted constituency statutes increase sales growth by 1.7% relative to firms incorporated in states that did not adopt such statutes. The effect is stronger if a firm has higher labor intensity and if a firm operates in a durable goods industry. In addition, we find that stakeholder orientation improves the quality of innovation.
Solvation Structure Tuning Induces LiF/Li3N‐Rich CEI and SEI Interfaces for Superior Li/CFx Batteries
Authors: Li Ping , Cheng Zhe , Liu Jialu , Che Lukang , Zhou Yingke , Xu Enmin , Tian Xiaohui , Yuan Zhongzhi 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe electrode/electrolyte interfaces play an important role in the electrochemical reaction kinetics to alleviate the severe polarization and voltage hysteresis in lithium primary batteries. Herein, C5F5N is proposed as an electrolyte additive to tune the characteristics of the electrode/electrolyte interfaces. The Li/CFx primary battery with C5F5N additive exhibits an excellent discharge‐specific capacity of 981.4 mAh g−1 (0.1 C), a remarkable high‐rate capability of 598 mAh g−1 (15 C), and an outstanding energy/power density of 1068.7 Wh kg−1/24362.5 W kg−1. It also shows remarkable storage performance with 717.2 mAh g−1 at 0.1 C after storage at 55 °C for 2 months. The excellent performance of the Li/CFx batteries is closely related to the improved and stable Li3N/LiF‐rich homogeneous interfaces induced by the C5F5N additive, which results in uniform distribution of Li+ flux, facilitated electrochemical kinetics, and increased rate capability of Li/CFx battery. Therefore, C5F5N is expected to be a promising electrolyte additive, and the related electrode/electrolyte interface engineering provides an effective and facile strategy to increase the performance of the lithium primary battery.
Predictive value of crossover sign for outcome of ultrasound‐guided vacuum aspiration in women with Cesarean scar pregnancy
Authors: Shen M. , Li L. , Zhu L. , Liu J. , Lin T. , Liu X. 
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTObjectiveTo examine the value of the crossover sign (COS) in predicting treatment outcome in women with a Cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) who were treated with ultrasound‐guided vacuum aspiration.MethodsThis was a retrospective cohort study of women with CSP who underwent ultrasound‐guided vacuum aspiration. Based on the relationship between the gestational sac, Cesarean scar and anterior wall of the uterus, CSPs were classified by COS type. Analysis was conducted to investigate the association between COS type (COS‐1, COS‐2) and treatment outcome. The incidence of treatment failure, retained pregnancy tissue, secondary therapy and bleeding ≥ 200 mL were analyzed.ResultsIn total, 181 eligible patients with CSP, including 90 (49.7%) women with COS‐1 and 91 (50.3%) women with COS‐2, were analyzed. COS‐1 patients had a higher incidence of treatment failure compared with COS‐2 patients (25.6% vs 8.8%; P = 0.003), as well as higher rates of retained pregnancy tissue (18.9% vs 6.6%; P = 0.013), secondary therapy (20.0% vs 6.6%; P = 0.002) and bleeding of ≥ 200 mL (13.3% vs 4.4%; P = 0.034). COS‐1 and a large gestational sac (30.1–50.0 mm or >50.0 mm in diameter) were associated independently with increased risk of treatment failure (odds ratio, 4.57 (95% CI, 1.66–12.56); P = 0.003, 4.34 (95% CI, 1.35–13.94); P = 0.014 and 10.50 (95% CI, 2.54–43.46); P = 0.001, respectively).ConclusionsUltrasound evaluation of the relationship between the gestational sac and the endometrial line (COS classification) in women with CSP may help to predict treatment outcome among those undergoing vacuum aspiration. Among COS‐1 patients, especially those with a gestational sac diameter of >30.0 mm, vacuum aspiration may be discouraged. © 2023 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Slow Magnetic Relaxation in a Mononuclear 8‐Coordinate Fe(II) Compound Bearing the Phenanthroline‐Amide Ligand
Authors: Li Jia‐Yi , Huang Yan‐Ling , Li Tian‐Ci , Li Yun , Wang Li‐Xin , Zhang Longji , Zhang Xu , Xiang Jing 
Published: August 2023

AbstractA mononuclear 8‐coordinate Fe(II) compound, [FeII(L1)2](CF3SO3)2 (1), was prepared from the reaction of a neutral tetradentate ligand (L1=N2,N9‐dibutyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline‐2,9‐dicarboxamide) and hydrated Fe(CF3SO3)2 in MeOH. 1 could be considered as an ‘ideal’ 8‐coordinate Fe(II) compound as compared with the previously reported Fe(II) analogs, because all the terminal Fe−O bond lengths are in the normal range. The magnetic properties investigation shows that 1 exhibit field‐induced slow magnetic relaxation behavior.
Lock-Free Bucketized Cuckoo Hashing
Authors: Li Wenhai , Cheng Zhiling , Chen Yuan , Li Ao , Deng Lingfeng 
Published: August 2023

AbstractConcurrent hash tables are one of the fundamental building blocks for cloud computing. In this paper, we introduce lock-free modifications to in-memory bucketized cuckoo hashing. We present a novel concurrent strategy in designing a lock-free hash table, called LFBCH, that paves the way towards scalability and high space efficiency. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt to incorporate lock-free technology into in-memory bucketized cuckoo hashing, while still providing worst-case constant-scale lookup time and extremely high load factor. All of the operations over LFBCH, such as get, put, “kick out” and rehash, are guaranteed to be lock-free, without introducing notorious problems like false miss and duplicated key. The experimental results indicate that under mixed workloads with up to 64 threads, the throughput of LFBCH is 14%–360% higher than other popular concurrent hash tables.
Distributed Deep Multilevel Graph Partitioning
Authors: Sanders Peter , Seemaier Daniel 
Published: August 2023

AbstractWe describe the engineering of the distributed-memory multilevel graph partitioner . It scales to (at least) 8192 cores while achieving partitioning quality comparable to widely used sequential and shared-memory graph partitioners. In comparison, previous distributed graph partitioners scale only in more restricted scenarios and often induce a considerable quality penalty compared to non-distributed partitioners. When partitioning into a large number of blocks, they even produce infeasible solution that violate the balancing constraint. achieves its robustness by a scalable distributed implementation of the deep-multilevel scheme for graph partitioning. Crucially, this includes new algorithms for balancing during refinement and coarsening.
Ergebnisse
Authors: Zimmermann Yves Clément 
Published: August 2023

ZusammenfassungDas Ergebniskapitel gliedert sich in die Themenbereiche Krisenmanagement und Geschäftsmodellinnovation. Untersucht werden die Wahrnehmung der Krise, die Auswirkungen der Krise sowie die ergriffenen Maßnahmen zur Krisenbewältigung in zwei Beobachtungszeiträumen und inwieweit BMI Teil der gewählten Maßnahmen ist. Dabei wird zum einen die Rolle der Krise als Auslöser untersucht. Zum anderen wird die Bedeutung der Digitalisierung im Gesamtkontext betrachtet.
Fazit
Authors: Zimmermann Yves Clément 
Published: August 2023

ZusammenfassungZiel dieser Arbeit war es, Erkenntnisse über die COVID-19-Krise als Auslöser für Geschäftsmodellinnovationen zu gewinnen und deren mögliche Integration als proaktive Maßnahme im touristischen Krisenmanagement vorzuschlagen. Dieses Ziel wurde auf empirischer und theoretischer Ebene erreicht. Als proaktive Krisenbewältigungsstrategie für KMU wurden sowohl temporäre als auch permanente BMI als taktischer Ansatz innerhalb verschiedener strategischer Optionen identifiziert.
The nilpotent structure of open-closed string field theory
Authors: Maccaferri Carlo , Ruffino Alberto , Vošmera Jakub 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
In this note we revisit the homotopy-algebraic structure of oriented bosonic open-closed string field theory and we give a new compact formulation in terms of a single cyclic open-closed co-derivation which defines a single nilpotent structure describing the consistency of generic open-closed off-shell amplitudes with arbitrary number of boundaries and at arbitrary genus.
Expression of four cancer-testis antigens in TNBC indicating potential universal immunotherapeutic targets
Authors: Xiao Jie , Huang Fengli , Li Lin , Zhang Lianru , Xie Li , Liu Baorui 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
Objective
Immunotherapy is an attractive treatment for breast cancer. Cancer-testis antigens (CTAs) are potential targets for immunotherapy for their restricted expression. Here, we investigate the expression of CTAs in breast cancer and their value for prognosis. So as to hunt for a potential panel of CTAs for universal immunotherapeutic targets.

Material and methods
A total of 137 breast cancer tissue specimens including 51 triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) were assessed for MAGE-A4, MAGEA1, NY-ESO-1, KK-LC-1 and PRAME expression by immunohistochemistry. The expression of PD-L1 and TILs was also calculated and correlated with the five CTAs. Clinical data were collected to evaluate the CTA’s value for prognosis. Data from the K-M plotter were used as a validation cohort.

Results
The expression of MAGE-A4, NY-ESO-1 and KK-LC-1 in TNBC was significantly higher than in non-TNBC (P = 0.012, P = 0.005, P < 0.001 respectively). 76.47% of TNBC expressed at least one of the five CTAs. Patients with positive expression of either MAGE-A4 or PRAME had a significantly extended disease-free survival (DFS). Data from the Kaplan–Meier plotter confirm our findings.

Conclusions
MAGE-A4, NY-ESO-1, PRAME and KK-LC-1 are overexpressed in breast cancer, especially in TNBC. Positive expression of MAGE-A4 or PARME may be associated with prolonged DFS. A panel of CTAs is attractive universal targets for immunotherapy.