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AMINO: A quality assessment framework for modeling ecosystems
Authors: Di Ruscio Davide , Iovino Ludovico , Pierantonio Alfonso 
Published: August 2023

SummaryModels are core assets in Model‐Driven Engineering (MDE). They are pervasively used throughout software development processes to leverage automation, increase cost‐effectiveness, and enhance quality factors. Model repositories have been successfully proposed to enforce reuse and elicit correlations among modeling artifacts, enabling storing operations on model‐based artifacts and collaborative modeling features. Maintaining and improving the quality of modeling artifacts is mandatory for software quality scale‐ups. Limiting the exploration of datasets and repositories of models to individual artifacts might reduce the ability to capture insights and reuse opportunities. This paper proposes AMINO, an analytics tool for model repositories supporting the discovery and quality evaluation of modeling ecosystems.
Approaching Ohmic Contacts for Ideal Monolayer MoS2 Transistors Through Sulfur‐Vacancy Engineering
Authors: Xiao Jiankun , Chen Kuanglei , Zhang Xiankun , Liu Xiaozhi , Yu Huihui , Gao Li , Hong Mengyu , Gu Lin , Zhang Zheng , Zhang Yue 
Published: August 2023

AbstractField‐effect transistors (FETs) made of monolayer 2D semiconductors (e.g., MoS2) are among the basis of the future modern wafer chip industry. However, unusually high contact resistances at the metal‐semiconductor interfaces have seriously limited the improvement of monolayer 2D semiconductor FETs so far. Here, a high‐scale processable strategy is reported to achieve ohmic contact between the metal and monolayer MoS2 with a large number of sulfur vacancies (SVs) by using simple sulfur‐vacancy engineering. Due to the successful doping of the contact regions by introducing SVs, the contact resistance of monolayer MoS2 FET is as low as 1.7 kΩ·µm. This low contact resistance enables high‐performance MoS2 FETs with ultrahigh carrier mobility of 153 cm2 V−1 s−1, a large on/off ratio of 4 × 109, and high saturation current of 342 µA µm−1. With the comprehensive investigation of different SV concentrations by adjusting the plasma duration, it is also demonstrated that the SV‐increased electron doping, with its resulting reduced Schottky barrier, is the dominant factor driving enhanced electrical performance. The work provides a simple method to promote the development of industrialized atomically thin integrated circuits.
In‐tube solid‐phase microextraction (sulfopropyl methacrylate‐co‐ethylene glycol dimethacrylate monolithic capillary) coupled to LC–MS/MS to determine beta amyloid peptides in Alzheimer's cerebrospinal fluid samples
Authors: Grecco Caroline Fernandes , Tumas Vitor , Hallak Jaime Eduardo Cecilio , Queiroz Maria Eugênia Costa 
Published: August 2023

AbstractAlzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by an extracellular accumulation of amyloid beta peptides in the brain. The concentration of the amyloid beta peptides in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have been evaluated as potential biomarkers of AD for early diagnostic. In this work, an in‐tube solid‐phase microextraction (in‐tube SPME) coupled to UHPLC–MS/MS method was established to determine amyloid beta peptides in CSF samples from AD patients. A strong cation‐exchange (sulfopropyl methacrylate‐co‐ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) monolithic capillary was synthesized on the inner surface of a fused silica capillary and used as an extractive phase for in‐tube SPME. The morphology and chemical structure of the monolithic phase were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The proposed method presented linear range from the lower limits of quantification 0.6 and 0.8 to 10 ng mL−1. Excluding the lower limits of quantification values, the analytical validation showed precision with the coefficient of variation values lower than 13.1%, and accuracy with relative standard deviation lower than 13.5%. The in‐tube SPME coupled to UHPLC–MS/MS method was successfully applied to determine amyloid beta peptides in CSF samples from AD patients.
Neurodevelopmental outcome in complicated twin pregnancy: prospective observational study
Authors: Prasad S. , Beg S. , Badran D. , Masciullo L. , Huddy C. , Khalil A. 
Published: August 2023

ABSTRACTObjectiveTwin pregnancy is associated with increased perinatal mortality and morbidity, but long‐term neurodevelopmental outcome remains underinvestigated. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the incidence of adverse neurodevelopment after 1 year of age in complicated monochorionic diamniotic (MCDA) twin pregnancies compared with uncomplicated twin pregnancies.MethodsThis was a prospective cohort study conducted at St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Women with a twin pregnancy culminating in at least one surviving child, aged between 12 and 60 months (corrected for prematurity) at the time of assessment, were invited to complete the relevant Ages and Stages Questionnaire® version 3 (ASQ‐3) test. The two study groups were: (1) complicated MCDA twin pregnancies, including those with twin–twin transfusion syndrome, twin anemia–polycythemia sequence, selective fetal growth restriction, twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence and/or single intrauterine demise; and (2) uncomplicated MCDA and dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies. The primary outcome measure was an abnormal ASQ‐3 score, defined as a score of more than 2 SD below the mean in any one of the five domains. Mixed‐effects multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to determine whether a complicated MCDA twin pregnancy was associated independently with an abnormal ASQ‐3 score.ResultsThe study included 174 parents who completed the questionnaire for one or both twins; therefore, 327 ASQ‐3 questionnaires were available for analysis. Of those, 117 (35.8%) were complicated MCDA twin pregnancies and 210 (64.2%) were controls. The overall rate of an abnormal ASQ‐3 score in children born of a complicated MCDA twin pregnancy was nearly double that of those from uncomplicated twin pregnancies (14.5% vs 7.6%; P = 0.056). Children born of a complicated MCDA twin pregnancy had a significantly higher rate of impairment in the gross‐motor domain compared with the control group (8.5% vs 2.9%; P = 0.031). Complicated MCDA twin pregnancies that underwent prenatal intervention had a significantly higher rate of abnormal ASQ‐3 score compared with those that did not undergo prenatal intervention (28.1% vs 1.7%; P < 0.001). On multilevel logistic regression analysis, complicated MCDA twin pregnancy was an independent predictor of abnormal ASQ‐3 score (adjusted odds ratio, 3.28 (95% CI, 3.27–3.29); P < 0.001).ConclusionsThis study demonstrates that survivors of complicated MCDA twin pregnancies have a higher rate of adverse neurodevelopmental outcome, independently of prematurity. Long‐term neurodevelopmental follow‐up in these pregnancies can ensure timely and optimal management of those affected. © 2023 The Authors. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Imaging characteristics of multiple unusual urogenital abnormalities in an incontinent dog
Authors: Coelho Margarida , Peschard Anne‐Lorraine , Owen Laura 
Published: August 2023

AbstractA 10‐month‐old, female, neutered Rottweiler was referred for further investigation of lifelong urinary incontinence. On abdominal ultrasonography, the urinary bladder was empty with asymmetrical wall thickening. Cystoscopy revealed a wide and short tubular connection from the vestibule to a poorly distensible bladder, with no distinct identifiable urethral papilla or urethra. The ureters were observed opening into what was thought to be the bladder trigone, but a third opening was additionally noted cranial to the ureterovesical junctions. A hypoplastic urethra and a stenotic vaginal opening were found on a fluoroscopic retrograde vaginourethrocystogram. Histopathology of bladder wall biopsies revealed mild neutrophilic inflammation. The urinary incontinence was attributed to a combination of severe anatomic abnormalities. No treatment was pursued.
Virtual snow stakes: a new method for snow depth measurement at remote camera stations
Authors: Strickfaden Kaitlyn M. , Behan Marnie L. , Marshall Adrienne M. , Svancara Leona K. , Ausband David E. , Link Timothy E. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractRemote cameras are used to study demographics, ecological processes, and behavior of wildlife populations. Cameras have also been used to measure snow depth with physical snow stakes. However, concerns that physical instruments at camera sites may influence animal behavior limit installation of instruments to facilitate collecting such data. Given that snow depth data are inherently contained within images, potential insights that could be made using these data are lost. To facilitate camera‐based snow depth observations without additional equipment installation, we developed a method implemented in an R package called edger to superimpose virtual measurement devices onto images. The virtual snow stakes can be used to derive snow depth measurements. We validated the method for snow depth estimation using camera data from Latah County, Idaho, USA in winter 2020–2021. Mean bias error between the virtual snow stake and a physical snow stake was 5.8 cm; the mean absolute bias error was 8.8 cm. The mean Nash Sutcliffe Efficiency score comparing the fit of the 2 sets of measurements within each camera was 0.748, indicating good agreement. The edger package provides researchers with a means to take critical measurements for ecological studies without the use of physical objects that could alter animal behavior, and snow data at finer scales can complement other snow data sources that have coarser spatial and temporal resolution.
The NOW Database of Fossil Mammals
Authors: Žliobaitė Indrė , Fortelius Mikael , Bernor Raymond L. , van den Hoek Ostende Lars W. , Janis Christine M. , Lintulaakso Kari , Säilä Laura K. , Werdelin Lars , Casanovas-Vilar Isaac , Croft Darin A. , Flynn Lawrence J. , Hopkins Samantha S. B. , Kaakinen Anu , Kordos László , Kostopoulos Dimitris S. , Pandolfi Luca , Rowan John , Tesakov Alexey , Vislobokova Innessa , Zhang Zhaoqun , Aiglstorfer Manuela , Alba David M. , Arnal Michelle , Antoine Pierre-Olivier , Belmaker Miriam , Bilgin Melike , Boisserie Jean-Renaud , Borths Matthew R. , Cooke Siobhán B. , van Dam Jan A. , Delson Eric , Eronen Jussi T. , Fox David , Friscia Anthony R. , Furió Marc , Giaourtsakis Ioannis X. , Holbrook Luke , Hunter John , López-Torres Sergi , Ludtke Joshua , Minwer-Barakat Raef , van der Made Jan , Mennecart Bastien , Pushkina Diana , Rook Lorenzo , Saarinen Juha , Samuels Joshua X. , Sanders William , Silcox Mary T. , Vepsäläinen Jouni 
Published: August 2023

AbstractNOW (New and Old Worlds) is a global database of fossil mammal occurrences, currently containing around 68,000 locality-species entries. The database spans the last 66 million years, with its primary focus on the last 23 million years. Whereas the database contains records from all continents, the main focus and coverage of the database historically has been on Eurasia. The database includes primarily, but not exclusively, terrestrial mammals. It covers a large part of the currently known mammalian fossil record, focusing on classical and actively researched fossil localities. The database is managed in collaboration with an international advisory board of experts. Rather than a static archive, it emphasizes the continuous integration of new knowledge of the community, data curation, and consistency of scientific interpretations. The database records species occurrences at localities worldwide, as well as ecological characteristics of fossil species, geological contexts of localities and more. The NOW database is primarily used for two purposes: (1) queries about occurrences of particular taxa, their characteristics and properties of localities in the spirit of an encyclopedia; and (2) large scale research and quantitative analyses of evolutionary processes, patterns, reconstructing past environments, as well as interpreting evolutionary contexts. The data are fully open, no logging in or community membership is necessary for using the data for any purpose.
Actor Roles in Research–Practice Relationships: Equality in Policy–Practice Nexuses
Authors: Prøitz Tine S. , Rye Ellen 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThis chapter offers insights into an education policy–practice nexus operationalised in a recent nationwide government initiative for the development of solid and stable research–practice relationships (RPRs) in education. Among the main challenges for productive RPRs are physical, linguistic, work-related, financial and cultural distances, which characterise and separate education research and education practice. Governments and universities alike have introduced initiatives aimed at strengthening these relationships through practitioner involvement in education research. Although practitioner involvement in research is not new, today’s expectations of newer ways of working collaboratively in education research bring forward several issues regarding the roles of the actors involved. In this chapter, we study and discuss the roles of practitioners in successful RPRs and the requirements for developing ownership and relevance in these research collaborations. The analysis shows that the equality issue of practitioners and researchers in RPRs is more of an epistemological question regarding how practitioner knowledge and researcher knowledge are activated in relationships rather than a practical question of how practitioners can become more involved in research work.
The Policy-Practice Nexus as ‘Politics of Use’: Professional Autonomy and Teacher Agency in the Classroom
Authors: Schulte Barbara 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThis chapter approaches the policy-practice nexus by scrutinizing the relationship between teacher agency and professional autonomy. Teacher agency has usually been researched from two different perspectives. On one side, scholars are concerned with questions of professional autonomy vis-à-vis specific accountability regimes, and apply, in the broadest sense, a governance framework. On the other, there is a more normatively grounded discussion of professional autonomy, emphasizing how teachers, due to various new forms of (neo-liberal) governance, become increasingly de-professionalized. While acknowledging both perspectives, this chapter questions the conflation of professional autonomy with teacher agency. Drawing on the concept of the ‘politics of use’ and findings from fieldwork in China, the chapter proposes a framework for conceptualizing autonomy and agency as they operate in and between systems, involving and producing different types of agents. The chapter’s findings suggest that the ways in which policy implementation processes have been conceptualized need to be reconsidered. Particular attention must be paid to the political-ideological and normative specificities of both the investigated policy system and of the investigator’s own research traditions, to ensure that policy implementation processes can be compared across a broad variety of cases.
The Curriculum as a Standard of Public Education
Authors: Hopmann Stefan 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThis contribution first searches for historical and empirical evidence for whether and how curricula act or acted as a measure of public education. The problem is explicated on account of a short history of curriculum work and distinguished in a analytical, a political, programmatical and practical discourse of curriculum work. Curriculum work always underlies premises of planning, learning and effects. Three models are finally developed and brought in touch with the different discourses. Curriculum work proves to be an attempt to make publicly acceptable the empirically impossible accountability of schools.
Exploring Education Policy Transformations and Agency in a Postcolonial Context: The Case of Launching the Preparation Scheme in Greenland in 1961
Authors: Holleufer Simon , Ydesen Christian 
Published: August 2023

AbstractUsing the prisms of post-colonial history together with the theoretical concepts of policy instruments and uploading and downloading, this chapter investigates how different actors in different arenas of the Danish-Greenlandic education system have emerged, interacted, and struggled to shape and develop policies and practices. The chapter focuses on a particular policy instrument called ‘the Preparation Scheme’ [præparandarrangementet] which was launched in 1961 and remained in operation until 1976. The purpose of the scheme was to identify promising Greenlandic children and send them on a one-year school stay in Denmark to boost their Danish language skills and prepare them as spearheads for the modernization of Greenland according to a Danish development trajectory. Analytically, the chapter explores the historical compositions of actors inhabiting the arenas in Copenhagen, Nuuk and the Greenlandic school districts in 1961 when the policy instrument was launched, and it investigates the emergence of policy–practice nexuses revolving around such a new policy instrument. The chapter finds that a conducive environment for the enactment of the preparation scheme ranging from the centre to the periphery eventually came into existence. This environment was conditioned on the alignment of cultural scripts between Copenhagen and Nuuk, positioning Greenland as an object of a modernization process. In this way, the chapter adds to our knowledge about how a policy instrument is recontextualized in a downloading and subsequent uploading process in a post-colonial context.
Merging Traditions and Emerging Tensions
Authors: Aasen Petter , Prøitz Tine S. 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe development of teacher professionalism is contextualised in timely and spatial configurations. Historically educational policy and reforms have influenced the development of the teaching profession. In this chapter we discuss how educational policy and reforms in primary and secondary education and teacher education have influenced the construction of the teacher profession in Norway. We limit our examination of this policy—practice nexus starting from the end of the nineteenth century. In analysing policies and politics that have shaped developments of the teaching profession, we focus on three nexuses or connections crucial in any analysis of professional development: Policies influencing (1) the organization of arenas for professional development, (2) the steering, management and organisation of the professional field and occupational practice and (3) the professional knowledge, skills, and standards. We argue that different knowledge regimes in educational policy historically have influenced the construction of the teacher profession and laid foundations for new forms of differentiation within the teaching profession. To meet emerging tensions and new forms of differentiation, the challenge seems to be how teacher education can strengthen research-based and value-based professionalism and how teacher training can ensure that the profession is developing a coherent conceptual framework, a common language, a unified theory, an intellectual community, and a frame of reference for value-based and evidence-informed reflection and action.
The Power of Consumers on Social Media: A Case Study of Balenciaga’s Crisis Communication
Authors: Gárgoles Paula , Ambás Gabriela 
Published: August 2023

AbstractThe French luxury brand, Balenciaga, recently faced its most important communication crisis. On November 16th 2022, the brand released its holiday gifting campaign featuring children surrounded by sadomasochism-inspired teddy bears/handbags and received immediate backlash from the public, who accused the brand of sexualizing children and promoting pedophilia. The outrage went viral on social media - mainly on Tiktok - with the hashtags #burnbalenciaga and #cancelbalenciaga, which have accumulated more than 300 million views. Balenciaga suffered an incalculable damage on its reputation, having two flagship stores vandalized and a viral online boycott. This investigation follows the case study methodology, by analyzing the timeline of events, the brand’s statements and response, the viral effect of the boycott on social media and the ultimate affectations that the brand underwent due to the crisis. The conclusions reveal that on one hand there are some social anethical boundaries that not even well-positioned and beloved brands can afford to cross, and that slow, unclear and unaccountable answers compose a terrible strategy of crisis management, and on the other hand, the power of consumers on social media has gained enough strength to damage brands like Balenciaga.
How Swiss Watchmaking Brands are Communicating Made in Switzerland
Authors: Rech Alina , Noris Alice , Sabatini Nadzeya 
Published: August 2023

AbstractCountry-of-origin indications, also called “made in” labeling [35], are utilized in marketing strategies by companies to distinguish themselves from others, trying to associate their products with positive characteristics [9].Swiss watchmaking companies have an iconic status that is essential to their reputation - mainly due to their high quality, precision, innovation, and craftsmanship [7]. They are also using country-of-origin information as a competitive advantage in their communication strategies [11].Although people have become acquainted with the “Swiss-made” label, and numerous studies have been dedicated to diverse Swiss watchmaking field topics [26], a significant research gap exists regarding the understanding of what are the “made in Switzerland” communication strategies and how Swiss watchmaking brands are using them. This study aims to examine how country-of-origin symbols - considering Swiss made related terms - and watchmaking-related words are employed by analyzing the official communication of thirty Swiss watchmaking brands.
Homo Consumens, Amidst Advertising and ‘Sports’ Fast Fashion. The Role of Ethics in Marking Out the Vulnerability of Consumers
Authors: Neri Veronica 
Published: August 2023

AbstractNowadays, with the Internet and the algorithmic machines, not only has fashion advertising become ubiquitous and engaging, advertising media has also become a paragon for other communicative languages. The relationship between fashion and advertising has certainly implemented the sales and visibility of lots of brands but it has also boosted consumerism as a guide for our buying decisions. Such consumerism-centred phenomenon has paved the way to the development and success of fast fashion, making people free to experiment with their own identity and suggesting new choice criteria. Such a dimension will be brought into focus by exploring the advertising of (fast) fashion for the promotion of psychophysical wellbeing. Post pandemic crisis and the strengthening of people’s central role and responsibility in personal and collective health, a lot more attention has been paid to wellbeing and therefore to body care. Some areas of fashion have tapped into the new vulnerabilities of today’s consumers and have boosted not just the consumption of goods and activities that promote psychophysical wellbeing, but also a lifestyle that is about not “consuming” the body and opting instead for long-term wellbeing, thus prompting people to reflect on the role of fashion experiences and on their own choices in a conscious, self-directed way.