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Bipolar power converter and control of switched reluctance generator system for renewable energy storage
Authors: Chen Hao , Yang Fan , Aguirre Miguel Pablo , Asghar Saqib Muhammad , Demidova Galina , Anuchin Alecksey , Orabi Mohamed , Palka Ryszard , Sakhno Liudmila Ivanovna , Korovkin Nikolay Vladimirovich 
Published: May 2023

Purpose
Because of the shortage of energy, the development of green and reliable energy is particularly important. As a green and clean energy, wind power is widely used. As the core component of wind power generation, it is particularly important to choose generators with high reliability. Switched reluctance machine is widely used as generators because of its strong fault tolerance and high reliability. Therefore, this paper aims to propose a power converter and its control strategy to improve the efficiency of switched reluctance generators.

Design/methodology/approach
In this paper, a full-bridge power converter (FBPC) instead of the asymmetric half-bridge power converter (AHBPC) is adopted to drive the switched reluctance generator (SRG) system. Compare the FBPC with the AHBPC, the FBPC has several advantages including low cost and modularization, and operation process of SRG winding current direction is variable.

Findings
The results show that the SRG system can keep smooth operation by the FBPC with relatively high efficiency.

Originality/value
The FBPC is suitable to drive the SRG system. Meanwhile, this paper introduces two excitation modes of the FBPC as three-phase three-beat mode and six-phase six-beat mode. When the six-phase six-beat control strategy is adopted, the dead band time of the converter can be avoided. At the same time, the SRG has higher efficiency.
Family vs non family networks: Chile, Mexico and Peru
Authors: Rivas Jose Luis , Salvaj Erica , Cordova Miguel 
Published: May 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to analyze interlocking directorate (ID) networks of family and nonfamily firms (FFs) in Chile, Mexico and Peru.

Design/methodology/approach
Social network analysis methodology allowed us to analyze the position of FFs within the structure of IDs at the local and transnational levels.

Findings
FFs tend to have a higher proportion of board interlocks to other firms, especially FFs. In addition, FFs are more likely to occupy a brokerage position in national IDs structures. Finally, they also have a higher proportion of interlocks to other domestic firms in and nearby geographic areas. Thus, they create transnational networks.

Originality/value
This paper finds evidence that supports three of the premises of interorganizational familiness literature (Lester and Cannella, 2006). FFs are part of national as well as international corporate networks more than other types of firms, through interlocking directorships.
Modeling the dynamics of firms’ international and product market diversification strategy: the case of U.S. firms’ response to late 20th century globalization
Authors: Bowen Harry P. , Sleuwaegen Leo 
Published: May 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to derive and estimate a theory-based empirical specification that models a firm’s choices of its international diversification (ID) and product diversification (PD) and how they evolve over time in response to shocks that alter the relative cost and relative profitability of ID and PD.

Design/methodology/approach
We use longitudinal data on U.S. manufacturing firms from 1984 to 1999, a period of intense shocks associated with rapid globalization, to estimate a dynamic panel data Tobit model that permits lags in a firm’s adjustment to its optimal mix of ID and PD over time.

Findings
We find strong support for the theoretical framework underlying our empirical specifications and posited dynamics, with full adjustment estimated to require, on average, 1.5 years, a finding with implications for the time spacing of observations in empirical studies of ID and PD to avoid biased inferences. Among the globalization shocks during the time period studied, our results indicate that global competitive pressures and efficiency gains from global supply integration to be the more important factors driving U.S. firms toward greater ID relative to PD. Augmentation of firms’ organizational (managerial) and physical capital resources is also found to be important for supporting an expansion of ID relative to PD. Technological resource augmentation is instead found to favor expansion of PD relative to ID.

Originality/value
Our empirical specification is novel. It readily incorporates an often ignored but necessary theoretical condition that defines a firm’s optimal choices of its ID and PD, and it allows observed choices at a point in time to deviate from their optimal values.
Design of magnetostrictive tactile sensor for depth detection
Authors: Weng Ling , Li Zhuolin , Luo Xu , Zhang Yuanye , Liu Yang 
Published: May 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to design a magnetostrictive tactile sensor for surface depth detection. Unlike the human finger, although most tactile sensors have high sensitivity to pressure, they cannot detect millimeter-level depth information on the surface of objects precisely. To enhance the ability to detect surface depth information, a piezomagnetic sensor combining inverse magnetostrictive effect and bionic structure is developed in this paper.

Design/methodology/approach
A magnetostrictive tactile sensor based on Galfenol [(Fe83Ga17)99.4B0.6] is designed and studied for surface depth measurement. The optimal structure of the sensor is determined by experiment and theory. The test platforms for static and dynamic characteristics are set up. The static and the dynamic sensing performance of the sensor are studied experimentally.

Findings
The sensor can detect 0–2 mm depth change with a sensitivity of 91.5 mV/mm. A resolution of 50 µm can be achieved in the depth direction. In 50 cycles of loading and unloading tests, the maximum error of the sensor output voltage amplitude is only 2.23%.

Originality/value
The sensor can measure the depth information of object surface precisely with good repeatability through sliding motion and provide reference for object surface topography detection.
The L‐arginine‐NO‐cGMP pathway mediates the locomotor activity alterations during the expression of sensitization to mephedrone in mice
Authors: Bielecka‐Papierz Gabriela , Poleszak Ewa , Listos Joanna , Szewczyk Bernadeta , Szopa Aleksandra , Orzelska‐Górka Jolanta , Turek Justyna , Bederska‐Łojewska Dorota , Jakóbczuk Małgorzata , Szponar Jarosław , Talarek Sylwia , Serefko Anna 
Published: May 2023

AbstractMephedrone is a representative of synthetic cathinones that is known from its rewarding and psychostimulant effects. It exerts behavioural sensitization after repeated and then interrupted administration. In our study, we investigated a role of the L‐arginine‐NO‐cGMP‐dependent signalling in the expression of sensitization to hyperlocomotion evoked by mephedrone. The study was carried out in male albino Swiss mice. The tested mice received mephedrone (2.5 mg/kg) for 5 consecutive days and on the 20th day of the experiment (the ‘challenge’ day) animals received both mephedrone (2.5 mg/kg) and a given substance that affects the L‐arginine‐NO‐cGMP signalling, that is, L‐arginine hydrochloride (125 or 250 mg/kg), 7‐nitroindazole (10 or 20 mg/kg), L‐NAME (25 or 50 mg/kg) or methylene blue (5 or 10 mg/kg). We observed that 7‐nitroindazole, L‐NAME and methylene blue inhibited the expression of sensitization to the mephedrone‐induced hyperlocomotion. Moreover, we demonstrated that the mephedrone‐induced sensitization is accompanied by lowered levels of D1 receptors and NR2B subunits in the hippocampus, whereas a concurrent administration of L‐arginine hydrochloride, 7‐nitroindazole and L‐NAME with the mephedrone challenge dose reversed these effects. Methylene blue only reversed the mephedrone‐induced effects on hippocampal levels of the NR2B subunit. Our study confirms that the L‐arginine‐NO‐cGMP pathway contributes to mechanisms underlying the expression of sensitization to the mephedrone‐evoked hyperlocomotion.
Prototypicality analysis of the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP): A cross‐cultural perspective
Authors: Sea Jonghan , Cooke David 
Published: May 2023

AbstractThe Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP) model is a new lexically based concept of psychopathy that has potential clinical utility. The main purpose of this research is to investigate the generalizability of the CAPP conceptual model in South Korea. In the current study, 88 experts and 1727 laypeople in South Korea were asked to evaluate the prototypicality of the symptoms of psychopathy (CAPP items) by using a Korean translation of the CAPP model (K‐CAPP). In addition, 11 international prototypicality studies were systematically compared to the ratings by experts in the present study. As a result, it indicated that Korean experts and laypeople, on average, rated K‐CAPP symptoms as moderately to highly prototypical of psychopathy, and more prototypical of psychopathy than symptoms theoretically unrelated to psychopathy (foils). Also, prototypicality ratings of K‐CAPP symptoms made by those two groups were similar to each other as well as to ratings by experts and laypeople using the CAPP in other 11 countries. In conclusion, these results clearly show that both experts and laypeople in the current study conceptualized PPD in almost the same way as experts and laypeople from previous studies using the CAPP model.
Low risk of some common cancers in women with anorexia nervosa: Evidence from a national record‐linkage study
Authors: Seminog Olena , Thakrar Dixa B. , James Anthony C. , Goldacre Michael J. 
Published: May 2023

AbstractBackgroundSome studies report that women with anorexia nervosa (AN) have lower risk than others of breast cancer, but increased risk of cancers of other sites. No work has been done to quantify the risk in the English population.MethodsRetrospective cohort study using a national linked dataset of Hospital Episode Statistics for 1999–2021. We selected individuals with a hospital admission for AN, and compared their relative risk (RR) of developing site‐specific cancers, with that in a reference cohort.ResultsWe identified 75 cancers in 15,029 women hospitalised with AN. There was a low RR of all cancers combined at 0.75 (95%CI 0.59–0.94), and, notably, low RR for breast cancer 0.43 (0.20–0.81), cancers of secondary and ill‐defined sites 0.52 (0.26–0.93). The RR for parotid gland cancer was 4.4 (1.4–10.6) within a year of first recorded diagnosis of AN. In men, we found 12 cancers in 1413 individuals hospitalised with AN, but no increased risks beyond the first year of diagnosis of AN.ConclusionsThis is the first report on the association between AN and cancers in the all‐England population. The study showed low rates of breast cancer, and of all cancers combined, in women hospitalised with AN. It is possible that some of the metabolic or hormonal changes observed in AN could work as a protective factor for breast cancer. More experimental work is needed to identify and explain these factors. The new finding on the higher risk of salivary gland tumours could inform clinicians caring for patients with AN.
Organizations affect their employees' vaccine readiness: A self‐perception theory perspective
Authors: Roswag Malte , Häusser Jan A. , Abdel Hadi Sascha , Hubert Philipp , Mojzisch Andreas 
Published: May 2023

AbstractOver the past 3 years, employees have constantly witnessed how their organizations have responded to the challenges posed by the COVID‐19 pandemic. Here, we hypothesize that employees' perceptions of the COVID‐19 safety climate of their organization positively affect their vaccine readiness. To examine the underlying mechanisms of this effect, we use a self‐perception theory lens. Thus, we hypothesize that an organization's COVID‐19 safety climate affects employees' COVID‐19 vaccine readiness through employees' adherence to COVID‐19 guidelines. We conducted a time‐lagged study over the time span of 1 year (N = 351) to test our hypotheses. In general, results support our hypotheses. In particular, results showed that perceived COVID‐19 safety climate assessed at an early stage of the pandemic (April 2020, when no vaccines were available) predicted employees' COVID‐19 vaccine readiness more than a year later. In line with self‐perception theory, this effect was mediated by employees' adherence to COVID‐19 guidelines. The present study provides theoretical insight into the underlying mechanisms of organizational climate on employees' attitudes. From a practical perspective, our results suggest that organizations are a powerful lever for promoting vaccine readiness.
Tandem versus single haematopoietic stem cell transplant and BV maintenance in relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma: A matched cohort analysis from the LYSA
Authors: Marouf A. , Molinari N. , Sibon D. , Cottereau A. S. , Kanoun S. , Antoine C. , Debureaux P. E. , Cavalieri D. , Fornecker L. M. , Casasnovas R. O. , Herbaux C. , Amorim S. , Rossi C. , Bouscary D. , Brice P. , Ghesquieres H. , Tamburini J. , Deau B. 
Published: May 2023

SummaryAutologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (ASCT) is the standard curative treatment for patients with high‐risk relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (R/R HL). The AETHERA study showed survival gain with Brentuximab Vedotin (BV) maintenance after ASCT in BV‐naive patients, which was recently confirmed in the retrospective AMAHRELIS cohort, including a majority of BV‐exposed patients. However, this approach has not been compared to intensive tandem auto/auto or auto/allo transplant strategies, which were used before BV approval. Here, we matched BV maintenance (AMAHRELIS) and tandem SCT (HR2009) cohorts, and observed that BV maintenance was associated with better survival outcome in patients with HR R/R HL.
The linguistic complexity of adult and child contextualized and decontextualized talk
Authors: Brinchmann Ellen Irén , Røe‐Indregård Hanne , Karlsen Jannicke , Schauber Stefan Kilian , Hagtvet Bente Eriksen 
Published: May 2023

AbstractThe association between decontextualized talk (DT; i.e., talk extending beyond immediate context) and child language outcomes is well‐attested but not well‐understood. This study tested the hypothesis that DT is more linguistically complex than contextualized talk (CT). Thirty‐eight Norwegian children (Mage = 5.5 years; 25 girls; 30 Norwegian‐speaking monolinguals and eight multilinguals) and their teachers were videotaped during picture book reading, story card conversations and toy play (collected 2010–2011 and 2017). Results show that DT was more complex than CT among children and teachers. Both types of talk were more complex during book reading and story conversations than during play. The conversational context should be accounted for when theorizing about the role of DT in language development.
Monitoring trends in antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of bacterial isolates from horses with ulcerative keratitis
Authors: Foote Braidee C. , Hendrix Diane V. H. , Ward Daniel A. , Rajeev Sreekumari , Smith Joe S. , Sun Ziaocun 
Published: May 2023

SummaryBackgroundUlcerative bacterial keratitis can result in loss of vision or the eye. Antimicrobial susceptibility data are essential in selecting optimal therapy while pending culture results.ObjectivesTo document aerobic bacterial isolates and antimicrobial susceptibilities from horses with ulcerative keratitis and report susceptibility patterns compared to previously described data from the same hospital.Study designRetrospective clinical case series.MethodsMedical records from horses with positive bacterial cultures and a clinical diagnosis of infectious ulcerative keratitis at the University of Tennessee Veterinary Medical Center between March 2011 and December 2020 were reviewed and compared to previously published data from January 1993 to May 2004.ResultsThirty‐one bacterial isolates were cultured from 27 samples (26 horses). The most common bacterial genera wereStreptococcus(35%),Staphylococcus(29%) andPseudomonas(13%), with a shift towards moreStaphylococcusand lessStreptococcuscompared to previous years. There were minimal temporal changes in susceptibilities for these three genera.Staphylococcusspp. were statistically more likely to be cultured than other bacteria after the use of topical neomycin‐polymyxinB‐dexamethasone (p = 0.008). In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility results suggest that targeted combination therapy covered a greater percentage of isolates, compared with monotherapy, but in vitro results may not mirror in vivo results.Main limitationsInconsistencies in available medical data, selection bias and a small sample size are inherent limitations in this retrospective study, along with the inability to test against all available ophthalmic medications, challenges of interpreting cultures with limited veterinary susceptibility data and no susceptibility guidelines for topical medications.ConclusionLimited changes have occurred over the past several decades in corneal bacterial isolates and susceptibilities within this equine ophthalmology referral population, with a shift in moreStaphylococcuscultured over time. Monitoring temporal trends of bacterial isolates and antimicrobial susceptibility data is important in every hospital.
Evaluation of two fully automated ADAMTS13 activity assays in comparison to manual FRET assay
Authors: Irsara Christian , Anliker Markus , Egger Alexander E. , Harasser Lukas , Lhotta Karl , Feistritzer Clemens , Griesmacher Andrea , Loacker Lorin 
Published: May 2023

AbstractIntroductionThe objective of the present study was to evaluate and compare the validity and utility of two fully automated ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with a thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13) activity assays for clinical diagnostic decision‐making and to compare their performance.MethodsTwo automated ADAMTS13 activity assays (Werfen HemosIL® AcuStar ADAMTS13 Activity, Technoclone Technofluor ADAMTS13 Activity) were compared with a manual FRET assay (BioMedica ACTIFLUOR ADAMTS13 Activity). The following samples were used: 13 acute phase TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura) samples from 11 different patients, one sample from a patient with congenital ADAMTS13 deficiency, 16 samples from control patients, three follow‐up samples from TTP patients in long‐term remission and one sample from a patient with stem cell transplantation related thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). The WHO 1st International Standard for ADAMTS13 and several dilutions of normal plasma with ADAMTS13‐depleted normal plasma were also tested. Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics, sensitivity and specificity, Passing & Bablok regression and Bland–Altman plot.ResultsThe quantitative comparison between the HemosIL® (x) and Technofluor (y) methods showed a strong correlation (Pearson r = 0.98, n = 49). When considering an ADAMTS13 activity of <10% as a hallmark for the diagnosis of TTP, two fully automated assays were both able to identify all TTP‐ and non‐TTP‐samples correctly, resulting in sensitivities and specificities of 100%.ConclusionBoth fully automated ADAMTS13 activity assays showed a good diagnostic performance and quantitative correlation among themselves, discriminating reliably between TTP‐ and non‐TTP‐patients.
SHARING THE CARE: A project to enable prostate cancer care to be delivered in the community
Authors: Alcorn Jason 
Published: May 2023

AbstractProstate cancer has become the 2nd most common cancer in men worldwide. An ageing population and treatment improvements are increasing the number of men living with and beyond cancer. In 2013, there was both scant evidence to guide as to when, where or how men with prostate cancer should be followed up and neither, it appears, pointing to agreed pathways. Generally, follow up regimes are based on tradition and expert medical opinion rather than research or patient need. For men to have their follow up with their GP, several factors need to be in place such as a single system, an improved exchange of experiences, as well as information and knowledge sharing. A recent presentation of a randomized control trial has shown that there are no differences between secondary and primary care follow up. Understanding that the current model of follow up was not working and was unsustainable, a review of urological services was undertaken in 2011 in a large National Health Service (NHS) district general hospital in the north of England. The review evaluated current services, noting that some follow up pathways did not necessarily need to be undertaken within a secondary are setting. The process of relocating patients for primary care review, involved creating a shared care process for prostate cancer. A workstream consisting of consultant urologists, nurse specialists, GPs, service managers and clinical commissioners was convened. Protocols containing specific responsibilities for secondary and primary care were devised. The review and workstream, included a shared vision for improving and sustaining services. Whilst safely moving follow up from secondary to primary care, benefits were realized such as care closer to the home. In conclusion a radical approach to follow up was needed and undertaken. Shared care has yielded success for the patient, primary and secondary care.
Photodynamic therapy in the root canal treatment of primary teeth: A systematic review of clinical trials
Authors: Araújo Lucas Peixoto de , Gobbo Leandro Bueno , Silva Tamares Andrade da , Rosa Wellington Luiz de Oliveira da , Almeida José Flávio Affonso de , Gomes Brenda P. F. A. , Ferraz Caio Cezar Randi 
Published: May 2023

AbstractBackgroundDental caries is the most common oral disease worldwide, and it is estimated to affect 2.3 billion people, with at least 530 million of them being schoolchildren with decayed primary teeth. This condition can rapidly evolve into irreversible pulp inflammation and pulp necrosis and thus requiring endodontic intervention. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a supplementary method to conventional pulpectomy and is used to improve the protocol used for disinfection.AimThe main objective of this study was to evaluate through a systematic review the efficacy of supplementary PDT on the pulpectomy of primary teeth. This review was registered a priori on the PROSPERO database (CRD42022310581).DesignTwo independent and blinded reviewers carried out a comprehensive search in five databases: PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus, Embase, and Web of Science. Eligible studies were randomized and nonrandomized clinical trials that evaluated in vivo microbiological load or clinical outcomes after using supplementary PDT in infected primary teeth.ResultsAfter the selection process, four studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in this study. Data regarding the sample characteristics and PDT protocols were retrieved. All included trials used phenothiazinium salts as photosensitizer agents. Only one study observed a significant difference in the in vivo microbiological load reduction outcome when performing PDT on primary teeth. The remaining studies all discussed the possible benefits of this intervention; however, none observed a significant difference in this outcome.ConclusionIn this systematic review, moderate‐to‐low certainty of the available evidence was observed, and thus, no significant conclusions can be drawn from the findings.