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Effects of wearable physical activity tracking for breast cancer survivors: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Pan Mingyue , Wu Keyang , Zhao Jiaxin , Hou Xiaohui , Chen Piao , Wang Bing 
Published: February 2023

AbstractPurposeBreast cancer is the most common cancer type worldwide, with its survivors often experiencing physical and psychosocial health problems. Wearable device use is an innovative and effective way to promote physical activity and improve health‐related outcomes in breast cancer survivors; however, the current evidence is unclear. We aimed to determine the effects of wearable devices on physical activity and health‐related outcomes in breast cancer survivors.MethodsPubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases were searched to identify eligible studies from inception to September 2022. Additional relevant studies were obtained from the reference lists of the identified studies. Two reviewers independently screened the eligible studies, appraised the risk of bias, and extracted the data. Meta‐analysis was conducted using Review Manager version 5.3.FindingsSixteen randomized controlled trials were included. Physical activity tracking and pedometer‐based interventions improved moderate‐intensity physical activity (standardized mean difference [SMD] = 0.32, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.17–0.46, p < 0.0001), moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity (SMD = 0.85, 95%CI: 0.38–1.32, p = 0.0004), total physical activity (SMD = 0.51, 95%CI: 0.12–0.90, p = 0.01), quality of life (SMD = 0.17, 95%CI: 0.03–0.31, p = 0.01), physical function (SMD = 0.21, 95%CI: 0.04–0.38, p = 0.02), and mood state profiles (SMD = −0.58, 95%CI: −1.13 to 0.02, p = 0.04) in breast cancer survivors. However, the effects of low‐intensity physical activity, vigorous‐intensity physical activity, fatigue, anxiety, depression, and sleep quality could not be ascertained.ConclusionsPhysical activity tracking and pedometer‐based interventions were effective in increasing physical activity and improving health‐related outcomes in breast cancer survivors.Implications for nursing practiceThis review offers availability of credible evidence supporting the potential usefulness and effectiveness of wearable physical activity trackers on physical activity and health‐related outcomes in breast cancer survivors.
Understanding the effect of cover crop use on prevented planting losses
Authors: Won Sunjae , Rejesus Roderick M. , Goodwin Barry K. , Aglasan Serkan 
Published: February 2023

AbstractCover cropping has the potential to improve resilience of agriculture to climate‐change‐induced extreme weather events. However, rigorous quantitative evidence on the resilience effect of cover crops is still lacking. Using a novel data set that combines satellite‐based cover crop information and county‐level crop insurance data, we examine the impact of planting cover crops on prevented‐planting‐related losses that are typically caused by heavy rainfall events. The US federal crop insurance program offers “prevented planting” coverage, which pays indemnities if insured growers are unable to plant their crop due to adverse weather. Linear fixed effects models, instrument‐based estimation methods, long‐difference models, and a number of other robustness checks are utilized in the empirical analysis to achieve the study objective. Our findings suggest that counties with higher cover crop adoption rates tend to have lower levels of crop insurance losses due to prevented planting. The resulting reduction in prevented planting risk also becomes larger with longer term, multiyear cover crop use. These results support the notion that cover crops improve soil conditions such that the likelihood and magnitude of prevented planting losses decrease. We posit that the ability of cover crops to handle excess moisture (i.e., through better water absorption and improved water infiltration in the soil) is the main factor in its ability to reduce prevented planting losses in the US Midwest.
Socionatures, Space, and Decolonisation: Amílcar Cabral's Praxis of Dialectics
Authors: deGrassi Aharon 
Published: February 2023

AbstractThe agronomic writings of influential theorist and independence leader Amílcar Cabral contain a hitherto underappreciated dialectical approach that is environmental, nonreductive, spatialised, nonteleological, and anticolonial, with significance for geographies that are simultaneously critical, physical, Southern, Black, African, and decolonial. Cabral's interests in socionatures—and especially colonialism and the state—emerged from childhood in colonial Cabo Verde. His undergraduate thesis examines dialectics of soil erosion and agrarian structures in Portugal, amidst his politicisation and anti‐colonial networking. He developed his dialectical approach spatially as he conducted Guinea‐Bissau's agricultural census and advanced beyond methodological nationalism and evolutionary stagism by emphasising colonial connections (colonial state mechanisation and export crops in African agrarian systems). These insights and concerns shaped and were shaped by his work on warehouses, Angolan plantations, and broader post‐1960 liberation struggles to suggest that a rural guerrilla strategy was possible and necessary in Guinea through dialectical engagements with diverse peasantries and international support.
Capnometry during neonatal transport—Mini review
Authors: Fucikova Hana , Blatny Jan , Stingl Jan , Miletin Jan 
Published: February 2023

AbstractAimThe aim of this review was to give an overview of available data on end‐tidal CO2 (etCO2) monitoring, also called capnometry, during neonatal transport.MethodsPubmed/MEDLINE database was searched using research question (capno* OR etCO2 OR detCO2 OR ([‘end tidal’ OR ‘end‐tidal’] AND [CO2 OR ‘carbon dioxide’]) AND (neonat* OR infant* OR newborn*) AND transport*). All articles relevant to the topic were reviewed and summarised.ResultsThe lack of studies relevant to neonatal transport prompted us to extend the search to capnometry in a neonatal intensive care setting. The published studies are showing conflicting results. The different study populations, technologies used to measure etCO2, types of etCO2 sampling and the diverse sites of blood gas tests make the data unsuitable for systematic comparison.ConclusionFurther research to obtain more data on capnometry during neonatal transport will be necessary to define precisely under what circumstances can end‐tidal monitoring of CO2 be reliably used in neonates during transport and also how to interpret the measured values.
Optimal placement of self‐fixating mesh in the rectus abdominis muscle for ventral hernia repair when using the enhanced‐view totally extraperitoneal Rives‐Stoppa technique
Authors: Tanioka Toshiro , Yatabe Yusuke , Saito Toshifumi , Yamaguchi Kazuya , Fujiwara Hisashi , Sato Yuya , Kawada Kenro , Haruki Shigeo , Tokunaga Masanori , Kinugasa Yusuke 
Published: February 2023

AbstractIntroductionLaparoscopic retro‐muscular Rives‐Stoppa (RS) ventral hernia repair using the enhanced‐view totally extraperitoneal (eTEP) technique (eTEP‐RS) is becoming common. Although self‐fixating mesh is useful with good fixation, some surgeons think the fixating surface must be oriented towards the rectus abdominis muscle for safety reasons in eTEP‐RS. Attaching the self‐fixating mesh to the rectus abdominis, the ceiling of the operative field, is challenging and time‐consuming.Material and Surgical TechniqueFirst, the self‐fixating mesh is folded in half with the fixation surface facing outwards. Second, we create a partition sheet and insert the sheet between the two arms of the folded mesh. The folded mesh is then inserted intracorporeally. We can unfold the mesh easily from one‐quarter width to half width on the rectus abdominis muscle because of the insertion of the partition sheet. Finally, the mesh is unfolded to full width, and the mesh placement is completed.DiscussionThe eTEP‐RS is still a new procedure and has not yet been standardized. However, our technique will increase the use of self‐fixating mesh and improve the outcomes of eTEP‐RS.
Vancomycin audit in the paediatric population: Patterns of use and appropriateness of therapeutic drug monitoring
Authors: Abdel Jalil Mariam , Khaled Farah , Qaryouti Farah , Abu Hammour Khawla , Alsous Mervat , Al‐Iede Montaha 
Published: February 2023

AbstractAimsThis study aims to investigate prescribing and therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) practices for vancomycin in paediatrics at the Jordan University Hospital and to determine the impact of inaccuracies in TDM data on dosing decisions.MethodsPatterns of vancomycin prescriptions, appropriateness of vancomycin dosing, duration, TDM, and the accuracy of the recorded dosing/sampling times were determined prospectively based on prespecified criteria. Finally, Monte Carlo simulations were undertaken using the mrgsolve‐package in R to assess the effect of inaccuracies in recording dosing/sampling times on subsequent dose adjustments.ResultsFour hundred forty‐two vancomycin courses were analysed. Vancomycin prescriptions were mainly empirical (77.4%). Initial vancomycin doses were appropriate in 73.1% of vancomycin courses. Prolonged use (>5 days) was found in 45.7% of admissions with negative cultures; this was related to the diagnosis of suspected sepsis unadjusted‐OR: 1.8 (1.1–2.9). TDM was appropriately ordered in 90.7% of concentrations. Discrepancies between the recorded and actual times were noted in 83.9% and 82.7% of audited times of dose administration and sample collection, respectively. Based on simulations, these discrepancies were predicted to result in inappropriate dose adjustment in 37.9% of patients.ConclusionsInappropriate empirical and prolonged vancomycin use and inaccuracies in recording dosing/sampling times are important areas of improvement in the current clinical practice.
Business ethics: Between Friedman and Freeman? A response to A Puzzle about Business Ethics
Authors: Hühn Matthias P. 
Published: February 2023

AbstractThe biggest research programme within business ethics is arguably Corporate Social Responsibility and all its related streams (Corporate Citizenship, Social Justice, etc.) While there seems to be widespread agreement that business ethics is situated between the amoral or even immoral view of Milton Friedman as explicated in his 1970 New York Times paper, and the moral view expounded by R. Edward Freeman, this essay challenges that view. Friedman, maybe owed to his flamboyant writing style and crude and purely rhetorical oversimplifications has been misinterpreted to advocate for managers to be completely amoral maximisers of profitability. This misinterpretation has become common wisdom, despite him clearly stating that the law and the moral standards of surrounding society must limit profit‐seeking behaviour. Freeman's stakeholder theory, on the other hand, is seen as being on the other end of the continuum, arguing for selflessness—another misinterpretation, as I argue with Ed Freeman's help. Instead, I suggest that both Friedman and Freeman represent the virtuous mean of the business ethics continuum and not its extremes because they both base their theories on the idea of the free and socially embedded individual. The two vicious ends of the continuum are inhabited by the unreal, atomised, completely a‐social and selfish individual on the one end, and by the equally unreal collectivised self‐less individual on the other. The mainstream in business ethics has declared the collective and selfless end to be the ideal that must guide practice and research. The selfish and the selfless strawmen have prevented a proper debate in business ethics for too long.
Biologically driven isotopic fractionations in bivalves: from palaeoenvironmental problem to palaeophysiological proxy
Authors: Curley Allison N. , Petersen Sierra V. , Edie Stewart M. , Guo Weifu 
Published: February 2023

ABSTRACTTraditional bulk stable isotope (δ18O and δ13C) and clumped isotope (Δ47) records from bivalve shells provide invaluable histories of Earth's local and global climate change. However, biologically driven isotopic fractionations (BioDIFs) can overprint primary environmental signals in the shell. Here, we explore how conventional measurements of δ18O, δ13C, and Δ47 in bivalve shells can be re‐interpreted to investigate these physiological processes deliberately. Using intrashell Δ47 and δ18O alignment as a proxy for equilibrium state, we separately examine fractionations and/or disequilibrium occurring in the two major stages of the biomineralisation process: the secretion of the extrapallial fluid (EPF) and the precipitation of shell material from the EPF. We measured δ18O, δ13C, and Δ47 in fossil shells representing five genera (Lahillia, Dozyia, Eselaevitrigonia, Nordenskjoldia, and Cucullaea) from the Maastrichtian age [66–69 million years ago (Ma)] López de Bertodano Formation on Seymour Island, Antarctica. Material was sampled from both the outer and inner shell layers (OSL and ISL, respectively), which precipitate from separate EPF reservoirs. We find consistent δ18O values across the five taxa, indicating that the composition of the OSL can be a reliable palaeoclimate proxy. However, relative to the OSL baseline, ISLs of all taxa show BioDIFs in one or more isotopic parameters. We discuss/hypothesise potential origins of these BioDIFs by synthesising isotope systematics with the physiological processes underlying shell biomineralisation. We propose a generalised analytical and interpretive framework that maximises the amount of palaeoenvironmental and palaeobiological information that can be derived from the isotopic composition of fossil shell material, even in the presence of previously confounding ‘vital effects’. Applying this framework in deep time can expand the utility of δ18O, δ13C, and Δ47 measurements from proxies of past environments to proxies for certain biomineralisation strategies across space, time, and phylogeny among Bivalvia and other calcifying organisms.
Comparative microcomputed tomography and histological analysis of the effects of a horizontal platelet‐rich fibrin bone block on maxillary sinus augmentation: A preclinical in vivo study
Authors: Yu Shimin , Tian Yinping , Wei Yan , Feng Mengge , Li Sensen , Tong Guoyong , Yu Zhouqing , Wang Yunxiao , Miron Richard J. , Zhang Yufeng , Wang Yulan , Yang Zaibo 
Published: February 2023

AbstractBackgroundWhile suggested to be effective in tissue regeneration, the effects of horizontal platelet‐rich fibrin (H‐PRF) bone block in sinus augmentation have not been verified in an animal model.MethodsA total of 12 male New Zealand white rabbits that underwent sinus augmentation were divided into two groups: deproteinized bovine bone mineral (DBBM) only and H‐PRF bone block. H‐PRF was prepared at 700 × g for 8 min using a horizontal centrifuge. The H‐PRF bone block was prepared by mixing 0.1 g DBBM with H‐PRF fragments and then adding liquid H‐PRF. Samples were collected after 4 and 8 weeks and analyzed using microcomputed tomography (micro‐CT) for vertical bone gain of the sinus, bone volume/total volume (BV/TV) percentage, trabecular number (Tb.N), trabecular thickness (Tb.Th) and trabecular separation (Tb.Sp). Then, histological analyses were performed to investigate new blood vessels, material residue, bone formation and osteoclasts.ResultsHigher vertical bone gain of the sinus floor, BV/TV percentage, Tb.Th, and Tb.N and lower Tb.Sp were found in the H‐PRF bone block group at both time points compared with the DBBM group. Higher amounts of new blood vessels and more osteoclasts were found in the H‐PRF bone block group than in the DBBM group at both time points, especially in the regions close to the bone plate. More new bone formation and less material residue were observed in the H‐PRF bone block group at 8 weeks.ConclusionsH‐PRF bone block showed greater potential for sinus augmentation by promoting angiogenesis, bone formation and bone remodeling in a rabbit model.
Anti‐human leukocyte antigen and anti‐ABO antibodies after SARS‐CoV‐2 mRNA vaccination in kidney transplant recipients
Authors: Nishida Hayato , Takai Satoshi , Ito Hiromi , Fukuhara Hiroki , Nawano Takaaki , Narisawa Takafumi , Kanno Hidenori , Yagi Mayu , Yamagishi Atsushi , Sakurai Toshihiko , Naito Sei , Tsuchiya Norihiko 
Published: February 2023

AbstractIntroductionIn this study, we evaluated whether SARS‐CoV‐2 mRNA vaccines induce anti‐human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies and anti‐ ABO blood type antibodies (ABOAb) in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs).MethodsSixty‐three adult KTRs with functioning grafts who received two doses of the SARS‐CoV‐2 mRNA vaccine were enrolled in this cohort. Changes in anti‐ABO blood type immunoglobulin IgM and IgG antibody titers, flow panel reactive antibody (PRA), de novo donor‐specific anti‐human leukocyte antigen antibodies (DSA), and kidney allograft function before and after vaccination were evaluated.ResultsOnly one patient experienced conversion from negative to positive flow PRA after vaccination. However, there was no DSA in single antigen flow‐bead assays. The mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) in the eight DSA‐positive recipients did not significantly change before and after vaccination (p = .383), and no additional DSA was produced after vaccination in those patients. No significant elevation of ABOAb titer was observed for either IgM (p = .438) or IgG (p = .526) after vaccination. There was no significant deterioration in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) after vaccination (p = .877) or elevation of the urine protein‐to‐creatinine ratio (p = .209) after vaccination. One episode of AMR was observed in addition to a preexisting acute cellular rejection.ConclusionsThe SARS‐CoV‐2 mRNA vaccine did not induce anti‐HLA antibody or ABOAb production in KTRs.
China's Rural Industrialization and Agricultural Mechanization
Authors: Ma Xin , Huang Tao 
Published: February 2023

AbstractRural industrialization provides nonfarm employment opportunities and financial support for farmers and may be a non‐negligible cause of agricultural mechanization in China. However, there is a lack of empirical studies on this topic due to challenges in obtaining data and identifying causal relationships. In this paper, we use multiple data sources and construct an instrumental variable based on the number of handicraft production cooperatives in 1957 to test empirically the causal effect of rural industrialization on agricultural mechanization. The results show that rural industrialization contributes significantly and robustly to agricultural mechanization. A 10 percent increase in the average number of industrial enterprises per township was associated with a 1.05 percent increase in the agricultural machinery power per unit area of arable land. Both the demand effect and income effect played crucial roles in the interaction between these two phenomena.
Key informant perspectives on the enforcement of police‐imposed barring notices and prohibition orders in Western Australia
Authors: Farmer Clare , Miller Peter G. 
Published: February 2023

AbstractIntroductionIndividuals who engage in problematic behaviours within Australian night‐time entertainment precincts can be banned from entering certain locations. Bans are expected to deter recipients, and prospective recipients, from further inappropriate behaviours. The collective effect is intended to reduce crime and increase community safety within entertainment precincts. This article explores key informant perspectives regarding the enforcement of two patron banning mechanisms (police barring notices and prohibition orders) used across Western Australia.MethodsInterviews were conducted with 54 participants, including licensees, venue staff, WA Police officers, ID scanner representatives, and Registered Training Organisations.ResultsFew participants opposed patron banning in principle, but most identified limitations within the current operation of both provisions. Concerns were expressed about the effectiveness of enforcement, linked to questions about the way in which banned patron information is currently shared and the practicalities of identifying recipients of bans. Suggestions included improved data‐sharing protocols and the wider use of ID scanners.Discussion/ConclusionWith improvements to operational processes—particularly more effective sharing of banned patron data, and consideration of networked ID scanners—there is clear potential to improve the enforcement and increase the effectiveness of police barring notices and prohibition orders. This study is part of a wider project which has examined the use and effects of patron banning in WA. Additional findings are presented in further papers.
Taxes, subsidies and gender gaps in hours and wages
Authors: Duval‐Hernández Robert , Fang Lei , Rachel Ngai L. 
Published: February 2023

AbstractUsing microdata from 17 OECD countries, this paper documents a negative cross‐country correlation between gender gaps in market hours and wages. We find that the cross‐country differences in market hours are mostly accounted for by female market hours and the size of the sector that produces close substitutes to home production. We quantify the role played by taxes and family care subsidies on the two gender gaps in a multi‐sector model with home production. Higher taxes and lower subsidies reduce the marketization of home production, leading to lower market hours. The effect is largely on women because both home production and the production of its market substitutes are female‐intensive. The larger fall in female market hours reduces relative female labour supply, contributing to a higher female to male wage ratio.
Chloroform‐labile trace elements in soil via fumigation‐extraction: Steps towards the soil microbial ionome beyond C:N:P
Authors: Schwalb S. A. , Khan K. S. , Hemkemeyer M. , Heinze S. , Oskonbaeva Z. , Joergensen R. G. , Wichern F. 
Published: February 2023

AbstractSecondary and trace elements may be limiting soil microbial functioning, albeit microbial demand and content remain largely unknown and methods for their in situ detection are limited. Thus, the objective of the present study was to take the first step towards the method development for the assessment of the soil microbial ionome, that is, the elemental composition of soil microbial communities. Chloroform (CHCl3) fumigation extraction was used for the detection of microbial CHCl3‐labile secondary and trace element concentrations in soils. The suitability of two extractants (NH4NO3, CaCl2) for the quantification of CHCl3‐labile concentrations of phosphorus, sulphur, potassium, sodium, and magnesium, as well as selenium, iron, zinc, manganese, copper, cobalt, nickel, molybdenum, vanadium, boron, silicon, barium, arsenic, and cadmium, were tested in six agricultural soils. Additionally, three soil to extractant ratios (1:5, 1:10, and 1:20) and two extraction durations, 1 or 2 h, were tested in a subset of two soils. Out of the two extractants tested, 0.01 M CaCl2was found to be the best‐suited extractant. For CaCl2, a soil‐to‐extractant ratio of 1:20 with an extraction time of 1 h was best for the majority of elements in the two soils tested. In a limited number of agricultural soils, we were able to show that CHCl3fumigation extraction can successfully be applied to the elements phosphorus, sulphur, potassium, sodium, magnesium, zinc, manganese, copper, nickel, vanadium, boron, silicon, and barium to yield a CHCl3‐labile element fraction. Conversion values to microbial biomass, accounting for elements contained in the cell envelope components, which are mostly not extractable, and to account for adsorption to soil colloids during extraction are yet to be determined in a larger variety of soils. To overcome some of the limitations of the fumigation extraction approach for secondary and trace elements, a pre‐extraction step may provide a suitable solution.