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Systemic inflammation and the inflammatory context of the colonic microenvironment is improved by urolithin A
Authors: Moussa Marmar R. , Fan Nuoxi , Birk John , Provatas Anthony A. , Mehta Pratik , Hatano Yuichiro , Chun Ock K. , Darooghegi Mofrad Manije , Lotfi Ali , Aksenov Alexander , Motta Vinicius N. , Zenali Maryam , Vaziri Haleh , Grady James J. , Nakanishi Masako , Rosenberg Daniel W. 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
Diet affects cancer risk and plant-derived polyphenols exhibit cancer-preventive properties. Walnuts are an exceptional source of polyphenolic ellagitannins, converted into urolithins by gut microflora. This clinical study examines the impact of urolithin metabolism on inflammatory markers in blood and colon polyp tissue. We evaluate the effects of walnut consumption on urinary urolithins, serum inflammatory markers and immune cell markers in polyp tissues obtained from 39 subjects. Together with detailed food frequency data, we perform integrated computational analysis of metabolomics data combined with serum inflammatory markers and spatial imaging of polyp tissues using imaging mass cytometry. LC-MS/MS analyses of urine and fecal samples identifies a widely divergent capacity to form nine urolithin metabolites in this patient population. Subjects with higher urolithin A formation exhibit lower levels of several key serological inflammatory markers, including C-peptide, sICAM 1, sIL6R, Ghrelin, TRAIL, sVEGFR2, PDGF and MCP2, alterations that are more pronounced in obese individuals for siCAM-1, ENA-78, Leptin, GLP-1 and MIP-1D. There is a significant increase in levels of PYY associated with urolithin A formation, whereas TNF-α levels show an opposite trend, recapitulated in an in vitro system with ionomycin/PMA-stimulated PBMCs. Spatial imaging of colon polyp tissues shows altered cell cluster patterns, including a significant reduction of vimentin and CD163 expression associated with urolithin A. The ability to form urolithin A is linked to inflammation, warranting further studies to understand the role of urolithins in cancer prevention.
Neighborhood Disinvestment and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy in California, From 2004 to 2019
Authors: Tucker Curisa M. , Ma Chen , Mujahid Mahasin S. , Hameed Afshan B. , Lyndon Audrey , Main Elliott K. , Carmichael Suzan L. 
Published: February 2025

Background
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare medical condition presenting as idiopathic heart failure. The aim of this study was to (1) examine the contribution of neighborhood disinvestment to PPCM risk and to racial and ethnic disparities in PPCM; (2) examine the extent to which sociodemographic factors and chronic hypertension explain these outcomes; and (3) describe severe maternal morbidity cases and the timing of PPCM.

Methods
We conducted an observational cohort study using vital records longitudinally linked with hospital discharge records for mothers and infants up to 9 months postpartum for births in California from 1997 to 2019. Using the Neighborhood Deprivation Index as a proxy measure for neighborhood disinvestment, we sequentially adjusted multivariable logistic regression models to estimate the association of Neighborhood Deprivation Index and race and ethnicity with PPCM.

Results
Our study included 7 354 662 births and 918 (0.012%) PPCM cases. Those residing in neighborhoods with higher disinvestment had an increased odds of PPCM (OR [95% CI] Quartile 2: 1.2 [1.0–1.5]; Quartile 3: 1.7 [1.4–2.1]; Quartile 4: 1.5 [1.2–1.9]). When considering the contribution of Neighborhood Deprivation Index to racial and ethnic disparities in PPCM, the odds ratio slightly decreased for Non‐Hispanic Black births from 3.8 (3.1–4.6) to 3.4 (2.8–4.1). For chronic hypertension in Non‐Hispanic Black births there was a slight decrease in odds from 3.4 (2.8–4.1) to 3.1 (2.6–3.8). The severe maternal morbidity indicator with the highest frequency was pulmonary edema/acute heart failure.

Conclusions
Our results show that neighborhood deprivation and pre‐pregnancy hypertension partially explain PPCM risk but does not explain the racial or ethnic disparity. Future research should examine the impact of specific measures of neighborhood deprivation on the racial and ethnic disparity in outcomes such as PPCM.
Audiovisual Synchrony in Left-hemisphere Brain-lesioned Individuals with Aphasia
Authors: Farahbod Haleh , Rogalsky Corianne , Keator Lynsey M. , Cai Julia , Pillay Sara B. , LaCroix Arianna N. , Fridriksson Julius , Binder Jeffrey R. , Venezia Jonathan H. , Saberi Kourosh , Hickok Gregory 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
We investigated the ability of 40 left-hemisphere brain-lesioned individuals with various diagnoses of aphasia to temporally synchronize the audio of a spoken word to its congruent video using a maximum-likelihood adaptive psychophysical procedure. We found a statistically significant effect of aphasia type, not explained by lesion volume, on measures of audiovisual (AV) synchrony. Brain-lesioned individuals with no symptoms of aphasia, and those with conduction aphasia performed on the synchrony task more similarly to age-matched neurotypical controls, whereas those with anomic aphasia performed the poorest. In addition, we examined the correlation between this ability and AV integration (fusion) and observed a significant correlation between measures of AV synchrony and fusion. An ROI analysis of stroke lesion maps showed that damage to the left posterior temporal regions adversely affected AV processing, although whole-brain univariate lesion-symptom mapping analyses did not yield any significant results. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the functional relationship between different AV processes in multimodal integration and their underlying cortical networks in the human brain.
Individual Differences in Visual versus Semantic Neural Reactivation: Evidence from Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory
Authors: Bone Michael B. , Levine Brian , Buchsbaum Bradley R. 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
Visual memory is intrinsically linked to the reinstatement of low-level visual features, such as edges and luminosity, within early visual cortex. However, individuals with severely deficient autobiographical memory (SDAM) cannot vividly recollect autobiographical experiences yet display normal everyday functioning. We hypothesized that such individuals would depend on semantic features instead of low-level visual features during a challenging visual recognition task due to impaired communication of low-level visual information between the posterior hippocampus and early visual cortex. Two methods were used to measure the content of memory derived from fMRI data collected at encoding and retrieval: one directly measuring feature-specific neural reactivation within the hippocampus and other cortical regions, and another modeling top–down inference to assess the influence of semantic-based recall on reactivation within early visual cortex. In accord with prior findings, recognition accuracy in non-SDAM individuals was linked to low-level visual reactivation within early visual cortex and posterior hippocampus. As predicted, this association was diminished in SDAM individuals, whose recognition accuracy was instead linked to semantic-based reactivation. In addition, non-SDAM individuals exhibited communication of low-level visual information between early visual cortex and hippocampus, whereas SDAM individuals showed communication of semantic information. Given that SDAM participants' performance on the visual memory task was equivalent to non-SDAM subjects, our findings suggest that SDAM individuals successfully compensate for impaired low-level visual memory through semantic recall and highlight the essential role of feature-specific reactivation measures in identifying distinct neural pathways to memory performance.
Historical development and global standings: Charting the cartography of humanities and social sciences research in East Asia
Authors: Yang Lili , Li Mengyang 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
The last three decades have witnessed a rapid development of research in East Asia. However, most research attention has been paid to sciences and engineering, overshadowing the progress made by the humanities and social sciences (HSS) research in the region. Meanwhile, there exist taken-for-granted assumptions that East Asian HSS research lags behind, which, we argue, are often made without comprehensive bibliometric evidence. As such, this study conducts a bibliometric investigation into the HSS research outputs produced by five East Asian research systems. It reveals the historical trend (between 2000-2023) and the current global standings of the HSS research in East Asia - including its quantity, global connectivity, quality, and impact - with reference to a few globally leading systems that are traditionally considered as the center of the world HSS research. The study shows that East Asia has become an important and powerful global player in the HSS research, as reflected in the large volume of the research outputs, the wide global network in research collaboration and East Asian researchers’ leading roles in collaboration, the good quality of journals where researchers publish their research, and the global impact of the outputs in terms of citations.
On author self-citations as carriers of scientific topic structure information
Authors: Donner Paul , Henneken Edwin 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
Author self-citations are a somewhat controversial phenomenon. Some scholars maintain they are a normal, even indispensable, part of scientific referencing practice, while others claim they are frequently an expression of vanity and self-promotion. Citations are the basic data for citation network clustering, an important approach to creating bottom-up, data-driven, global taxonomic systems of research publications. Thus the topical information content of self-citations is of particular interest in this context. Since it is not yet known how author self-citations affect such systems, we study the question of their influence on cluster solution topic quality in a citation network by experimentally re-weighting self-citation edges by increasing and decreasing their link weights according to self-citation status and strength. As a case study, we investigate data on the field of astronomy and astrophysics. We assess the effects of self-citation manipulations by evaluating the quality of the resulting clustering solutions using diverse external data containing meaningful topic-structural information, namely topical journal special issues, co-usage data from scientific literature database search logs, grant funding data, and intellectual paper-level classification assignments. We find that we can reliably improve clustering solution quality by emphasizing self-citation link weights.
Contrasting genetic diversity in the genus Acanthodactylus (Squamata: Lacertidae) at its eastern distribution edge
Authors: Jablonski Daniel , Khan Muazzam A. , Kehlmaier Christian , Masroor Rafaqat , Nadeem Muhammad Sajid , Fritz Uwe 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
This study examines the phylogeny and genetic diversity of the genus Acanthodactylus in the easternmost part of its distribution range, particularly in Pakistan. Using a concatenated dataset of mitochondrial (16S, COI, cyt b) and nuclear (Rag1) genes, we reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships using two tree-building methods that consistently revealed four strongly supported major clades (A-D). These clades exhibit significant genetic differentiation, with pronounced uncorrected p distances among them. Clade A, consisting of a single sequence identified as A. micropholis, is sister to the remaining clades. Clades B and C, both identified as A. blanfordii from the Helmand Basin in northwestern Balochistan, are geographically separated by the Chagai Hills and show moderate genetic differentiation. Clade D, identified as A. cantoris, is the most divergent and widespread clade, yet it shows shallow intraspecific genetic variation. An additional analysis of 177 cyt b sequences, including previously published data, supported our four main clades from the concatenated dataset. Clades B and C are novel and have not been identified before. Our research enhances the understanding of the evolutionary relationships and geographic distribution of Acanthodactylus in the eastern part of their wide distribution range and provides a well-supported phylogenetic framework for further taxonomic studies and conservation measures. Furthermore, we identify the type locality (“Ramnuggar”) of A. cantoris with Rasool Nagar (formerly called Ramnagar; 32.33°N, 73.78°E), Wazirabad District, Punjab Province, Pakistan.
Monopolizing Chineseness: Applying the Concept of Zhengtong (正統) in Cross-Strait Relations
Authors: Liang Chia-Yu 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
The development of Chinese International Relations Theory (Chinese irt) failed to produce a peaceful solution for the cross-Strait conflict because it has not critically examined its conceptual premises, including zhengtong, the Chinese concept that conveys the legitimate political order in imperial China: spatially a unity, temporally the succession of the previous unity, and politically the “authentic” succession. As an essential concept for the legitimacy of imperial China that the roc and the prc succeeded, zhengtong has played a crucial role in justifying wars of unification. The paper argues that zhengtong is part of the indispensable conceptual foundation of the cross-Strait conflict. It does so by examining the theory of legitimate imperial succession permitted by zhengtong that necessitates territorial Grand-Unity, i.e. the legitimacy based on the unification of the territory of the succeeded empire, and by reinterpreting the legitimation of the prc and the roc based on the continuity between imperial and modern China. Such continuity is based on the construct of a Chinese nation, resulting in the monopolization of Chineseness by the contenders of zhengtong, i.e., the prc and the roc, unable to produce a peaceful resolution.
Concepts of Huaren (華人) and Huabu (華埠): Transoceanic Settlements and Manifestation of Urban Spatiality in Colonial Southeast Asia
Authors: Tsai Ke Bo Izac , Bernath Doreen 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
This article seeks to reconnect discourses on the urbanity of Southeast Asia with the region’s long history of maritime trade and migrating societies. It examines the relation between Huaren, a category of people and a system of culture characterized by transoceanic connections, and Huabu, a portal-spatial pattern of trading, settling, and moving of Huaren communities. By investigating the etymology of and the relationship between these two terms—“Huaren” and “Huabu” as concepts distinct from “Chinese” and “Chinatown”—the paper discloses an alternative understanding of the urban history of Southeast Asia, traced not in relation to centers of power, nor an integrated view on ethnicity and identity, but at margins of territories affiliated to the fluidity and interconnectivity of maritime resilience, mercantile dynamics, ritualistic hybridity and cosmopolitan values. These in turn offer evidence and a new perspective on transnational and trans-territorial urban systems to widen the field of debate.
A Multi-source Precipitation Data Fusion Model for Qinghai Province Based on 3D CNN and Bidirectional ConvLSTM
Authors: You Shaojie , Zhang Xiaodan , Wang Hongyu , Quan Chen , Zhao Tong , Liu Chang , Huo Wei , Zhang Qiyuan , Hu Naihao 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
Accurate precipitation estimation is crucial for water resource management, ecological modeling, and natural disaster prevention. Although there are various methods for integrating precipitation data from different sources with observed data, many of them only focus on spatial or temporal correlations, neglecting the potential improvement in precipitation estimation brought about by considering spatio-temporal correlations. In this study, we propose a deep learning-based multi-source precipitation fusion model (MPFM), which simultaneously utilizes the spatial-temporal correlations of ERA5, IMERG, and GLDAS for fusion. Unlike existing methods, our model integrates both spatial and temporal correlations, enhancing fusion by utilizing spatio-temporal information more fully. The MPFM comprises a 3D Convolutional Neural Network (3D CNN) to extract the spatio-temporal features of precipitation data and a bidirectional Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network (ConvLSTM) to capture the temporal and spatial dependencies. Compared to other models, including deep learning methods (3D CNN and bidirectional ConvLSTM), traditional machine learning methods (Multi-Layer Perceptron, eXtreme Gradient Boost, and Random Forest), and linear fusion methods (one outlier-removed-average, optimized weighted average, and inverse error variance weighting), the MPFM significantly outperforms in independent validation tests. The generated high-precision daily precipitation dataset for 2013–2017 at a 0.01°resolution exhibits substantially improved accuracy over raw data, with a 17.16% and 25.66% reduction in mean absolute error (MAE) and root mean square error (RMSE), respectively, and a 20.35% increase in correlation coefficient (CC) compared with the best-performing raw data (IMERG). This dataset can offer dependable data support for hydrological or climate ecology-related studies in Qinghai Province.
What is health education within HPE? A critical analysis of curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand, China and Japan
Authors: Deng Jiayuan , Fitzpatrick Katie 
Published: February 2025

Objective: With growing international interest in youth mental health as well as the other health issues faced by young people, school health education draws the attention of scholars from both East and West. However, what stands for health education in the context of a ‘health and physical education’ (HPE) curriculum varies widely between locations internationally. This article considers how we might understand what counts as health education as part of HPE in different policy contexts. Method: Informed by Foucauldian concepts of discourse, knowledge/power, and truth, we used Fairclough’s textually oriented discourse analysis to conduct a critical discourse analysis of official HPE curriculum policy in three different nation states (Aotearoa New Zealand, China and Japan). Findings: In Aotearoa New Zealand, curriculum discourse reflects a socio-critical approach to health education within HPE. In China, physical fitness dominates discourse on health education in HPE. In Japan, health education in HPE is directly connected to notions of safety and disease. Conclusion: In each of these three countries’ HPE curricula, we can see how global policy discourses construct particular ‘truths’ about the place and purpose of health education in schools. It is important to understand why different perspectives exist, because these different ‘truths’ are not just variations in policy content, but also reflect each country’s approach to health education as a response to unique challenges and priorities, shaping how health is understood and practised.
The impact of workplace violence on the risk of suicide among Chinese correctional personnel: A chain mediation model with insomnia and depression as mediating variables
Authors: Sun Jingyan , Lin Ruihan , Wang Siyuan , Huang Ying , Lam Sze Tung , Wang Nan , Zhao Yixin , Guo Huijuan , He Yuqiong , Peng Hanrui , Chen Hui , Wang Xiaoping 
Published: February 2025

Background: Prison correctional personnel often experience increased workplace violence (WPV) and higher risk of suicide, but the link between the two is not yet clear. This study aims to explore the specific mediating variables and mediating paths between WPV and suicide. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of 472 Chinese correctional personnel conducted through an online survey. We used the Workplace Violence Scale (WVS), the Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS), the Chinese version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS), and the revised Beck Suicidal Ideation scale (BSI) to quantify the WPV experienced by subjects and their mental health status. Data analysis, including mediation and network analysis, was performed using SPSS and R software. Results: Presence of insomnia and/or depression mediated the relationship between WPV and suicide risk, which accounted for 36.62% of the total effect. Insomnia alone accounted for 9.87%, depression alone accounted for 12.73%, whereas both put together accounted for 14.03%. Male personnel experienced more WPV than their female counterparts, and WPV in men had a stronger association with suicide risk. Network analysis indicated that daytime dysfunction and downheartedness were important nodes in mediating pathways. Conclusions: Experiencing WPV may lead to an increased risk of suicide among correctional personnel, particularly men, with insomnia and depression mediating the experienced risk. Correctional institutions should take measures to reduce the occurrence of WPV experienced by correctional personnel mitigate the impact of this occupational hazard, and prioritise the mental health of correctional personnel, particularly those already experiencing worrying symptoms.
Refugee Policies and Border Regime in Southern Mexico
Authors: París Pombo María Dolores 
Published: February 2025

Based on a critical geopolitical analysis, this paper addresses the convergence of refugee policies and migration control policies in southern Mexico within the framework of border externalization and internalization. I posit that the border process in this region responds to both political and military interests espoused by the U.S. as well as Mexican governments. The refugee system is a device though which mobility is controlled, and the militarization and securitization of Mexico’s southern border can be legitimized. One consequence of this process is the indefinite blocking of migrants and asylum seekers in the city of Tapachula, Chiapas, and its current transformation into a “city-prison.” A partir de un análisis geopolítico crítico, este artículo aborda la convergencia de las políticas de refugiados y de control migratorio en el sur de México en el marco de la externalización e internalización de las fronteras. Postulo que el proceso fronterizo en esta región responde a intereses tanto políticos como militares propugnados por los gobiernos de Estados Unidos y México. El sistema de refugiados es un dispositivo mediante el cual se controla la movilidad y se puede legitimar la militarización y securitización de la frontera sur de México. Una consecuencia de este proceso es el bloqueo indefinido de personas migrantes y solicitantes de asilo en la ciudad de Tapachula, Chiapas, y su actual transformación en una “ciudad-prisión.”