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Preparation and properties of three‐dimensional boron nitride submicron tube/epoxy resin composites with high thermal conductivity
Authors: Wang Jilin , Li Zhengde , Chen Wenzhuo , Xuan Weiping , Li Wenbiao , Li Shaofei , Ji Yuchun , Zheng Guoyuan , Long Fei 
Published: March 2023

AbstractHeat dissipation of electronic devices was an urgent problem to be addressed. In this paper, magnesium borate whiskers were used as the template for the preparation of the boron nitride submicron tube (BNST). Then the polymer‐free supported three‐dimensional boron nitride submicron tube skeleton was prepared by sacrificing the material ammonia bicarbonate. Finally, high thermal conductivity boron nitride submicron tube/epoxy resin (BNST/EP) composites were prepared by infiltrating technique. The phase, chemical composition, microstructure, thermal conductivity, and thermal stability of the samples were studied by X‐ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and other characterization methods. The results show that BNST has an average diameter was 2 um and the tube length was 5–20 um. The surface of BNST was loaded with a large number of boron nitride nanosheets. The in‐plane thermal conductivity of the BNST/EP composite was improved by the three‐dimensional BNST skeleton. When the BNST was 39.28 wt%, the in‐plane thermal conductivity reached 1.632 W/(m K). Compared with pure EP, the in‐plane thermal conductivity was increased by 782.2%. BNST played a good physical barrier effect on the matrix, so the thermal stability of the composite was greatly improved. This strategy will open up a new path to prepare heat dissipation materials.
Using the HEXACO to explain the structure of borderline and psychopathic personality traits
Authors: Roters Jennifer , Book Angela 
Published: March 2023

AbstractResearch has examined the use of basic personality traits in describing problematic personality traits, such as borderline and psychopathic traits. Specifically, the Honesty–Humility factor of the HEXACO model of personality appears to account for a large proportion of the variance in these traits. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether the HEXACO model would similarly predict borderline traits. As found in previous research, psychopathic traits were predicted by low Honesty–Humility, Emotionality, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness, whereas borderline traits were found to be negatively related to eXtraversion and Conscientiousness but had a significantly positive relationship with Emotionality. As Emotionality appeared to be a differential predictor in this study, future research should further examine how Emotionality distinguishes between the various problematic personality traits, which may aid potential treatments/therapies.
One‐pot construction of epoxy resin nanocarrier delivering abamectin and its efficacy on plant root‐knot nematodes
Authors: Du Jiang , Wang Chonglin , Liu Yukun , Xue Chaobin , Ge Jiacheng , Si Guodong , Han Xianzheng , Liu Feng , Zhang Daxia , Li Beixing 
Published: March 2023

AbstractBACKGROUNDThe complex preparation process and storage instability of nanoformulations hinders their development and commercialization. In this study, nanocapsules loaded with abamectin were prepared by interfacial polymerization at room temperature and ordinary pressure using the monomers of epoxy resin (ER) and diamine. The potential mechanisms of primary amine and tertiary amine in influencing the shell strength of the nanocapsules and the dynamic stability of abamectin nanocapsules (Aba@ER) in the suspension system were systematically researched.RESULTSThe tertiary amine catalyzed the self‐polymerization of epoxy resin into linear macromolecules with unstable structures. The structural stability of the diamine curing agent with a primary amine group played a key role in enhancing the structural stability of the polymers. The intramolecular structure of the nanocapsule shell formed by isophorondiamine (IPDA) crosslinked epoxy resin has multiple spatial conformations and a rigid saturated six‐membered ring. Its structure was stable, and the shell strength was strong. The formulation had stable dynamic changes during storage and maintained excellent biological activity. Compared with emulsifiable concentrate (EC), Aba@ER/IPDA had superior biological activity, and the field efficacy on tomato root‐knot nematode was enhanced by approximately 31.28% at 150 days after transplanting.CONCLUSIONAba@ER/IPDA, which has excellent storage stability and simple preparation technology, can provide a nanoplatform with industrial prospects for efficient pesticide delivery. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
Polygonum sibiricum polysaccharides exert the antidepressant‐like effects in chronic unpredictable mild stress‐induced depressive mice by modulating microbiota‐gut‐brain axis
Authors: Zhang Yingyu , Sun Yuan , Liu Yupei , Liu Jiameng , Sun Jing , Liu Xinmin , Fan Bei , Lu Cong , Wang Fengzhong 
Published: March 2023

AbstractPolygonum sibiricum polysaccharides (PSP) are one of the main active components of Polygonatum sibiricum, which is a traditional Chinese medicine with food and drug homologies. Recent studies have revealed the antidepressant‐like effects of PSP. However, the precise mechanisms have not been clarified. Therefore, the present study was conducted to explore that whether PSP could exert the antidepressant‐like effects via microbiota‐gut‐brain (MGB) axis in chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS)‐induced depressive mice by transplantation of fecal microbiota (FMT) from PSP administration mice. FMT markedly reversed the depressive‐like behaviors of CUMS‐induced mice in the open field, the sucrose preference, the tail suspension, the forced swimming, and the novelty‐suppressed feeding tests. FMT significantly increased the levels of 5‐hydroxytryptamine and norepinephrine, decreased the levels of the pro‐inflammatory cytokines in the hippocampus and reduced the levels of corticosterone, an adrenocorticotropic‐hormone, in the serum of CUMS‐induced mice. In addition, administration of PSP and FMT significantly increased the expressions of ZO‐1 and occludin in the colon and decreased the levels of lipopolysaccharide and interferon‐γ in the serum of CUMS‐induced mice. Moreover, administration of PSP and FMT regulated the signaling pathways of PI3K/AKT/TLR4/NF‐κB and ERK/CREB/BDNF. Taken together, these findings indicated that PSP exerted antidepressant‐like effects via the MGB axis.
Tourism development level and tourism eco‐efficiency: Exploring the role of environmental regulations in sustainable development
Authors: Wu Xinyang , Liang Xuecheng 
Published: March 2023

AbstractEfficiency and environmental regulation are two key issues in the development of the tourism industry that require attention for sustainable development. Based on the panel data from 2010 to 2019, taking 31 provinces and districts across China as examples, the Super‐SBM (Super Slacks‐Based Measurement) model with undesirable output is used to measure the tourism eco‐efficiency of each region. Then the spatial Durbin model and the moderating effect model are used to analyze the comprehensive impact of environmental regulation and tourism development level on tourism eco‐efficiency. The results show that the overall tourism eco‐efficiency of 31 provinces is low, its average value is only 0.76, and there are high and low differences in the efficiency among provinces and regions with uneven distribution. The tourism eco‐efficiency of each province and district has a significant spatial correlation, with each variable significant at least at the 10% level, with spatial spillover effects and spatial radiation drive. The regression coefficients for environmental regulations are all significantly positive at least at the 5% level and above. The improvement of the degree of environmental regulation not only has an impact on the tourism eco‐efficiency of this province but also has a similar impact on the tourism eco‐efficiency of neighboring provinces. The difference in tourism development levels has a positive moderating effect on the relationship between environmental regulation and tourism eco‐efficiency. This study provides a reference for the sustainable and high‐quality development of tourism in China through an in‐depth investigation of the role of tourism eco‐efficiency and environmental regulation.
Encapsulation of Cadmium‐Free InP/ZnSe/ZnS Quantum Dots in Poly(LMA‐co‐EGDMA) Microparticles via Co‐flow Droplet Microfluidics
Authors: Babkin Iurii Alekseevich , Udepurkar Aniket Pradip , Van Avermaet Hannes , de Oliveira‐Silva Rodrigo , Sakellariou Dimitrios , Hens Zeger , Van den Mooter Guy , Kuhn Simon , Clasen Christian 
Published: March 2023

AbstractQuantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanocrystals that are used in optoelectronic applications. Most modern QDs are based on toxic metals, for example Cd, and do not comply with the European Restriction of Hazardous Substances regulation of the European Union. Latest promising developments focus on safer QD alternatives based on elements from the III–V group. However, the InP‐based QDs lack an overall photostability under environmental influences. One design path of achieving stability is through encapsulation in cross‐linked polymer matrices with the possibility to covalently link the matrix to surface ligands of modified core–shell QDs. The work focuses on the formation of polymer microbeads suitable for InP‐based QD encapsulation, allowing for an individual protection of QDs and an improved processibility via this particle‐based approach. For this, a microfluidic based method in the co‐flow regime is used that consists of an oil‐in‐water droplet system in a glass capillary environment. The generated monomer droplets are polymerized in‐flow into poly(LMA‐co‐EGDMA) microparticles with embedded InP/ZnSe/ZnS QDs using a UV initiation. They demonstrate how a successful polymer microparticle formation via droplet microfluidics produces optimized matrix structures leading to a distinct photostability improvement of InP‐based QDs compared to nonprotected QDs.
Timing and route of migration of mature female blue crabs in a large, wind-driven estuary
Authors: Bell Geoffrey W. , Eggleston David B. 
Published: March 2023

Abstract

Objective
Quantify the timing of mature female blue crab Callinectes sapidus migration and the routes they take in the Croatan, Albemarle, and Pamlico Estuarine System (CAPES) in North Carolina, USA.

Methods
Mark–recapture data collected by commercial crabbers in northeastern North Carolina during 2008 and 2009 identified the timing, rate, and route of movement for 1049 postcopulatory female blue crabs out of 8400 tagged (17.5% recapture).

Result
Mature female blue crabs consistently moved from their original, up-estuary release sites towards the Oregon Inlet spawning sanctuary in early summer. Although crabs averaged 2 km/d and covered distances in excess of 50 km during the tagging season, no recaptures were reported from inside or within 10 km of inlet spawning sanctuaries connecting the CAPES to the Atlantic Ocean. The vast majority of recaptures were concentrated within the area where Albemarle, Currituck, and Croatan sounds merge, which is likely due to a combination of high fishing effort and the narrowing of the waterways that concentrate mature females as they migrate south towards spawning sanctuaries.

Conclusion
The high concentration of blue crab recaptures in this region suggests that extending no-take, inlet sanctuary boundaries into these waters may protect mature females as they migrate to the inlet spawning grounds.
Bioresource Polymer Composite for Energy Generation and Storage: Developments and Trends
Authors: Mousavi Seyyed Mojtaba , Hashemi Seyyed Alireza , Kalashgrani Masoomeh Yari , Gholami Ahmad , Mazaheri Yousef , Riazi Mohsen , Kurniawan Darwin , Arjmand Mohammad , Madkhali O. , Aljabri Mahmood D. , Rahman Mohammed M. , Chiang Wei‐Hung 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe ever‐growing demand of human society for clean and reliable energy sources spurred a substantial academic interest in exploring the potential of biological resources for developing energy generation and storage systems. As a result, alternative energy sources are needed in populous developing countries to compensate for energy deficits in an environmentally sustainable manner. This review aims to evaluate and summarize the recent progress in bio‐based polymer composites (PCs) for energy generation and storage. The articulated review provides an overview of energy storage systems, e. g., supercapacitors and batteries, and discusses the future possibilities of various solar cells (SCs), using both past research progress and possible future developments as a basis for discussion. These studies examine systematic and sequential advances in different generations of SCs. Developing novel PCs that are efficient, stable, and cost‐effective is of utmost importance. In addition, the current state of high‐performance equipment for each of the technologies is evaluated in detail. We also discuss the prospects, future trends, and opportunities regarding using bioresources for energy generation and storage, as well as the development of low‐cost and efficient PCs for SCs.
Global fit of modified quark couplings to EW gauge bosons and vector-like quarks in light of the Cabibbo angle anomaly
Authors: Crivellin Andreas , Kirk Matthew , Kitahara Teppei , Mescia Federico 
Published: March 2023

Abstract
There are two tensions related to the Cabibbo angle of the CKM matrix. First, the determinations of Vus from Kμ2, Kℓ3, and τ decays disagree at the 3σ level. Second, using the average of these results in combination with β decays (including super-allowed β decays and neutron decay), a deficit in first-row CKM unitarity with a significance of again about 3σ is found. These discrepancies, known as the Cabibbo Angle anomaly, can in principle be solved by modifications of W boson couplings to quarks. However, due to SU(2)L invariance, Z couplings to quarks are also modified and flavour changing neutral currents can occur. In order to consistently assess the agreement of a new physics hypothesis with data, we perform a combined analysis for all dimension-six Standard Model Effective Field Theory operators that generate modified W couplings to first and second generation quarks. We then study models with vector-like quarks, which are prime candidates for a corresponding UV completion as they can affect W -quark couplings at tree level, and we perform a global fit including flavour observables (in particular loop effects in ∆F = 2 processes). We find that the best fit can be obtained for the SU(2)L doublet vector-like quark Q as it can generate right-handed W-u-d and W-u-s couplings as preferred by data.
A zebrafish model of growth hormone insensitivity syndrome with immune dysregulation 1 (GHISID1)
Authors: Heidary Somayyeh , Awasthi Nagendra , Page Nicole , Allnutt Theo , Lewis Rowena S. , Liongue Clifford , Ward Alister C. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractSignal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) proteins act downstream of cytokine receptors to facilitate changes in gene expression that impact a range of developmental and homeostatic processes. Patients harbouring loss-of-function (LOF) STAT5B mutations exhibit postnatal growth failure due to lack of responsiveness to growth hormone as well as immune perturbation, a disorder called growth hormone insensitivity syndrome with immune dysregulation 1 (GHISID1). This study aimed to generate a zebrafish model of this disease by targeting the stat5.1 gene using CRISPR/Cas9 and characterising the effects on growth and immunity. The zebrafish Stat5.1 mutants were smaller, but exhibited increased adiposity, with concomitant dysregulation of growth and lipid metabolism genes. The mutants also displayed impaired lymphopoiesis with reduced T cells throughout the lifespan, along with broader disruption of the lymphoid compartment in adulthood, including evidence of T cell activation. Collectively, these findings confirm that zebrafish Stat5.1 mutants mimic the clinical impacts of human STAT5B LOF mutations, establishing them as a model of GHISID1.
Geometric amenability in totally disconnected locally compact groups
Authors: Tessera Romain , Tointon Matthew 
Published: March 2023

AbstractWe give a short geometric proof of a result of Soardi and Woess and Salvatori that a quasitransitive graph is amenable if and only if its automorphism group is amenable and unimodular. We also strengthen one direction of that result by showing that if a compactly generated totally disconnected locally compact group admits a proper Lipschitz action on a bounded degree amenable graph then that group is amenable and unimodular. We pass via the notion of geometric amenability of a locally compact group, which has previously been studied by the second author and is defined by analogy with amenability, only using right Følner sets instead of left Følner sets. We also introduce a notion of uniform geometric non-amenability of a locally compact group, and relate this notion in various ways to actions of that group on graphs and to its modular homomorphism.
Relevance of tumor boards for the inclusion of patients in oncological clinical trials
Authors: Dapper Hendrik , Dantes Maurice , Herschbach Peter , Algül Hana , Heinemann Volker 
Published: March 2023

Abstract

Introduction
Major national and international oncological societies generally recommend treating a significant proportion of oncological patients in clinical trials to improve therapy strategies for cancer patients. At cancer centers, the recommendation about the appropriate therapy for the individual tumor patient is usually made in interdisciplinary case discussions in multidisciplinary tumor boards (MDT). In this study, we examined the impact of MDTs for the inclusion of patients in therapy trials.

Methodology
A prospective, explorative study of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Munich (CCCM) was conducted at both university hospitals in 2019. In the first phase, various MDTs’ case discussions about oncological situations and their decisions regarding possible therapy trials were recorded in a structured manner. In the second phase, the actual inclusion rates of patients in therapy trials and reasons for non-inclusion were examined. Finally, the data of the respective university hospitals were anonymized, pooled and analyzed.

Results
A total of 1797 case discussions were reviewed. Therapy recommendations were made in 1527 case presentations. 38 (2.5%) of 1527 patients were already included in a therapy trial at the time of case presentation. The MDTs recommended inclusion of an additional 107 cases (7%), for a therapy trial. Of these patients, 41 were finally enrolled in a therapy trial which resulted in a total recruitment rate of 5.2%. Despite MDTs’ recommendations, 66 patients were not included in a therapy trial. The main reason for non-inclusion was insufficient inclusion or existing exclusion criteria (n = 18, 28%). In 48% of all cases (n = 31), the reason for non-inclusion could not be determined.

Conclusion
The potential of MDTs as an instrument for the inclusion of patients in therapy trials is high. To increase the enrollment of patients in oncological therapy trials, structural measures such as the central use of trial administration and MTB software in addition to standardized tumor board discussions must be established to ensure a seamless flow of information about actual recruiting trials and the current status of trial participation of patients.
A sustainable dynamic closed-loop supply chain network equilibrium for collectibles markets
Authors: Fargetta Georgia , Scrimali Laura R. M. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractIn this paper, we present a sustainable closed-loop supply chain network equilibrium problem for collectible items in a time-dependent framework. In particular, we consider a network consisting of manufacturers, retailers, demand markets, and an online second-hand platform involved in forward and reverse logistics competition. Manufacturers as well as retailers try to control the amount of emissions generated in transaction processes. We analyze the optimal behaviors of all the decision-makers, and we give the governing closed-loop supply chain network equilibrium conditions. Then, we introduce the associated evolutionary variational inequality and the related infinite-dimensional projected dynamical system, which are convenient to solve such a problem. Finally, using a discrete-time approximation procedure, we solve a numerical example considering eBay as online platform.
Plans, Open Future and the Prospects for a Good Life
Authors: Steinfath Holmer 
Published: March 2023

AbstractHow we live our lives depends on how we relate to our past, present and future. The article focusses on the relation to our future. The target of my critique is a “planning conception” that imagines the future as a realm that we can rationally plan and form in light of our ends. In the first section I present an outline of the planning conception, building on Bratman’s planning theory and Rawls’ idea of a life plan. The second section highlights the attractions of the planning conception. I argue that this conception offers a prima facie intriguing view of the temporality of human life. It promises a life in which we can control the passage of time. The third section reveals severe limitations of the planning conception. I question the claim that plans are central to our self-understanding and to a good life. The planning conception tends to distort the temporality of human life with respect to past, present and future. Given this diagnosis, I sketch an alternative in the last section of the paper. I explore the temporal specifics of ways of understanding oneself as a person and argue that both the formation and the very form of these ‘ways of being’ do not follow the logic of planning.
Effect of post-harvest processing methods on the microbial safety of edible seaweed
Authors: Vorse Jessica G. , Moody Colleen T. , Massoia Lyle C. , Perry Jennifer J. , Burkholder Kristin M. , Byron Carrie J. 
Published: March 2023

AbstractThe American seaweed industry is growing, primarily into the edible sector, and more seaweed products are available for human consumption. It is necessary to evaluate the safety of industry’s current post-harvest storage and processing methods to ensure the risk of foodborne pathogens on edible seaweed remains low. We evaluated the pathogen load of edible kelp post-harvest under three different storage temperatures (4˚C, 10˚C, 20˚C) and two different drying methods (air- and freeze-drying). The focal pathogens for this research included: Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella enterica, Staphylococcus aureus, pathogenic Escherichia coli, Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus. We tested all six pathogens under each treatment condition on both sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) and rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) as these are the most commonly farmed and wild-harvested species in Maine, respectively. We inoculated a known concentration of pathogen onto freshly harvested kelp, treated it under a storage temperature or drying method, and sampled it over time to determine the impact of treatment on pathogen load. Our results showed that storage at 20˚C can lead to replication while storage at 4˚C and 10˚C halted the replication of focal pathogens. Both air-drying and freeze-drying produced significant log scale reductions in surface pathogen load for all focal pathogens. Additionally, air-drying reduced pathogen load more than freeze-drying for a majority of pathogens and storing dried kelp for 6-weeks further reduced pathogen load across all cases. These results are promising for industry as they corroborate historical evidence that current post-harvest storage and processing conditions are producing products safe for human consumption.