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Nano-crystalline precursor formation, stability, and transformation to mullite-type visible-light photocatalysts
Authors: Gesing Thorsten M. , Murshed M. Mangir , Schuh Selina , Thüringer Oliver , Krämer Konrad , Neudecker Tim , Mendive Cecilia B. , Robben Lars 
Published: October 2022

AbstractA new precursor for the formation of mullite-type visible-light active photocatalyst Bi2Al4O9has been identified. The crystal structure of the organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite can be described using the hexagonal setting of the rhombohedral unit cell with lattice parametersa = 1.1342(2) nm,c = 2.746(1) nm, andV = 3.059(2) nm3. The presence of di-nitro-glycerin as organic component, which is centered together with two bismuth atoms at the A-sites of the ABX3-type perovskite, suggests for doubling of thea- andc-lattice parameters compared to isostructural BiAlO3perovskite. The nano-crystalline precursor with the chemical composition [Bi2(C3H5N2O7)]Al4[O9(□1-x(H2O)x)3] (□: vacancies) decomposes at 540(10) K to a quantum-crystalline phase with an average crystallite size of 1.4(1) nm, refined from X-ray powder data Bragg reflections and confirmed by atomic pair distribution function data analysis. Further heating enables a controlled formation of quantum- or nano-crystalline mullite-type phases, depending on temperature and time. The same precursor structure could also be obtained as iron-containing phase and for Al/Fe solid-solution samples. UV/Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy suggests an indirect band-gap transition energy of 3.50(3) eV calculated by the Reflectance-Absorption-Tauc-DASF (RATD) method. Temperature-dependent UV/Vis allows to follow the change of band-gap energy across all associated phase transformations. The long- and short-range appearance of each phase has been presented using X-ray Bragg scattering and total scattering data analyses. This is supported by Raman and infrared spectroscopic investigations complemented by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Moreover, the theoretical calculation confirms the incorporated di-nitro-glycerin. Thermal stabilities of the phases are investigated by using thermal analysis and temperature-dependent X-ray diffraction.
Heterogonous buyers and housing transaction prices: a case study of Guangzhou, China
Authors: Jia Shijun , Ke Qiulin 
Published: October 2022

AbstractWe investigate whether and the extent to which buyer’s characteristics affect housing transaction prices. Using the transaction data of existing apartments from 2014 to 2017 in Guangzhou, China, our results show that buyer’s locality, motivation and financial ability affect the transaction prices. Non-local buyers pay a premium. First-time buyers gain a discount. Experienced repeat buyers for upgrading pay a premium. We also find that buyer’s financial ability affects purchasing power and transaction prices. The buyers paying the acquisition with mortgage gain a higher discount or pay a lower premium than their counterparts paying in cash. Internet use itself won’t affect transaction price. When it is combined with buyer’s other characteristics, the buyers using the internet to obtain the property information have an information advantage over the ones using the traditional method and gain a higher discount or pay a lower premium than their counterparts using the traditional method, especially for the non-local. This finding is important for market participants and regulators to improve market efficiency and transparency by improving the accuracy of the information disclosed on the Internet.
Guidance in storytelling tables supports emotional development in kindergartners
Authors: Catala Alejandro , Gijlers Hannie , Visser Iris 
Published: October 2022

AbstractPromoting the social-emotional development of kindergartners is of special relevance as will lay the foundations for emotion regulation in later childhood and adulthood stages. Considering that tangible storytelling tables are already used for language and literacy skills in kindergarten, we addressed the problem of designing a storytelling intervention aimed at social-emotional development suitable in such a context by using an emotional laden story as content and embedding a guidance method that can be implemented with either a human or robot guide to enhance the learning setting. The study considered two guided storytelling activities (one traditional guided by the teacher, and one in which guidance was provided by a robot) and a control condition without additional guidance. The three conditions were compared in terms of kindergartners’ enactment process, an emotion recognition test and a story recall test. The results show that the guidance method properly supported emotion naming, children involvement and goal completion during the storytelling activity whereas the intervention supported the learning gain on emotion recognition. The study revealed that both robot and human guidance did not differ significantly in the performance tests but did outperform the control. In view of the results, this research is helpful for researchers and teachers to create in an informed way a range of environments in the kindergarten class based on storytelling tables, either with or without guidance, and with or without robot support. Future work may further investigate how specific interaction issues concerning robot embodiment (e.g., voice and behavioral cues to direct children’s attention) might enhance or not the children’s performance.
Discrepancies in patients' medication lists from pharmacies in Sweden: an interview study before the implementation of the Swedish National Medication List
Authors: Hammar Tora , Mzil Leila , Eiermann Birgit 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Background
Discrepancies in medication lists are common and can contribute to drug-related problems. This study was performed before the implementation of the National Medication List in Sweden, an intervention expected to improve the accuracy of medication lists.

Aim
The aim of the study was to examine the number and type of discrepancies in the medication list from pharmacies in Sweden. The secondary aim was to describe the information sources Swedish patients used as their medication lists and how confident they were with the information.

Method
Structured interviews were conducted with patients at 13 community pharmacies in Sweden during the period October 5, 2020, to April 16, 2021. The printed medication list was reviewed together with the patient to identify any discrepancies and missing information.

Results
A total of 327 patients were included in the study (response rate 51%). The printed medication list from pharmacies was the most common information source for patients to know which medications to use. Two thirds (n  =  215) of the patients had at least one discrepancy among their prescriptions and 32% (n  =  106) were missing at least one prescription medication. Among all prescriptions (n  =  2567) 10% (n  =  264) were non-current prescriptions, 9% (n  =  238) were duplicates and 3% (n  =  88) had the wrong dose. The proportion of prescriptions with discrepancies differed between drug-groups.

Conclusion
The discrepancies described in this study can have serious consequences, and results provide a baseline for studies after the implementation of the National Medication List.
Plant cover is related to vegetation and soil features in limestone screes colonization: A case study in the Italian Alps
Authors: Giupponi Luca , Leoni Valeria , Pedrali Davide , Zuccolo Marco , Cislaghi Alessio 
Published: October 2022

AbstractBackground and aimsStudies that consider the effects of screes plant communities on the soil properties are lacking and whether the plant cover could be used as an indicator of biotic and/or abiotic parameters of the scree colonization has never been assessed. Here we aimed to identify plant communities-soil relationships in the process of colonization of alpine limestone screes.MethodsPlant communities and chemical-physical soil properties were studied on 50 plots from an area of the Italian Alps, and related to plant cover (colonization). Correlation and regression analysis were performed to determine the relationships and define the best trend models.ResultsAt the varying of plant cover, plant communities and the soil properties changed greatly. Floristic analysis especially showed how the pioneer/early stages of colonization revealed a limited number of species (< 20) typical of unstable screes (Thlaspietea rotundifolii) while the late/final stage has a greater number of species (> 25), mainly of basophilic grasslands (Elyno-Seslerietea). Statistical analysis showed high correlation between plant cover and number of species, shear vane strength (τ), soil depth, pH, organic matter (OM), total nitrogen (TN), sand and medium gravel content. The number of species and the values ofτ, soil depth, OM, TN and sand content increased over the colonization/succession, albeit with different trends.ConclusionThis research allowed a better comprehension of the phenomenon of colonization of alpine limestone screes and showed how plant cover is a parameter useful to estimate some soil and vegetation features, therefore to facilitate the study/management of these environments.
Groundwater Vulnerability of Halabja-Khurmal Sub-Basin Using Modified DRASTIC Method
Authors: Rauf Lanja F. , Ali Salahalddin S. , Al-Ansari Nadhir 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Evolving groundwater vulnerability from DRASTIC to modified DRASTIC methods helps choose the most accurate areas that are most delicate toward pollution. This study aims to modify DRASTIC with land use and water quality index for groundwater vulnerability assessment in the Halabja-Khurmal sub-basin, NE/Iraq. The Halabja-Khurmal sub-basin groundwater vulnerability index is calculated from nine hydrogeological parameters by the overlay weighting method. As a result, 1.3% of the total area has a very high vulnerability value and 46.1% with high vulnerability. The regions with high groundwater vulnerability have a high-water table and groundwater recharge. Nitrate concentration was used to validate the result, and the Pearson correlation and recession analysis between the modified DRASTIC index and nitrate concentration depicted a strong relation with 0.76 and 0.7, respectively.
3D-Printed Tumor Phantoms for Assessment of In Vivo Fluorescence Imaging Analysis Methods
Authors: LaRochelle Ethan P. M. , Streeter Samuel S. , Littler Eammon A. , Ruiz Alberto J. 
Published: October 2022

Abstract

Purpose
Interventional fluorescence imaging is increasingly being utilized to quantify cancer biomarkers in both clinical and preclinical models, yet absolute quantification is complicated by many factors. The use of optical phantoms has been suggested by multiple professional organizations for quantitative performance assessment of fluorescence guidance imaging systems. This concept can be further extended to provide standardized tools to compare and assess image analysis metrics.

Procedures
3D-printed fluorescence phantoms based on solid tumor models were developed with representative bio-mimicking optical properties. Phantoms were produced with discrete tumors embedded with an NIR fluorophore of fixed concentration and either zero or 3% non-specific fluorophore in the surrounding material. These phantoms were first imaged by two fluorescence imaging systems using two methods of image segmentation, and four assessment metrics were calculated to demonstrate variability in the quantitative assessment of system performance. The same analysis techniques were then applied to one tumor model with decreasing tumor fluorophore concentrations.

Results
These anatomical phantom models demonstrate the ability to use 3D printing to manufacture anthropomorphic shapes with a wide range of reduced scattering (μs′: 0.24–1.06 mm−1) and absorption (μa: 0.005–0.14 mm−1) properties. The phantom imaging and analysis highlight variability in the measured sensitivity metrics associated with tumor visualization.

Conclusions
3D printing techniques provide a platform for demonstrating complex biological models that introduce real-world complexities for quantifying fluorescence image data. Controlled iterative development of these phantom designs can be used as a tool to advance the field and provide context for consensus-building beyond performance assessment of fluorescence imaging platforms, and extend support for standardizing how quantitative metrics are extracted from imaging data and reported in literature.
Early Impact of VA MISSION Act Implementation on Primary Care Appointment Wait Time
Authors: Govier Diana J. , Hickok Alex , Edwards Samuel T. , Weaver Frances M. , Gordon Howard , Niederhausen Meike , Hynes Denise M. 
Published: October 2022

Abstract
Background
Through Community Care Networks (CCNs) implemented with the VA MISSION Act, VA expanded provider contracting and instituted network adequacy standards for Veterans’ community care.

Objective
To determine whether early CCN implementation impacted community primary care (PC) appointment wait times overall, and by rural/urban and PC shortage area (HPSA) status.

Design
Using VA administrative data from February 2019 through February 2020 and a difference-in-differences approach, we compared wait times before and after CCN implementation for appointments scheduled by VA facilities that did (CCN appointments) and did not (comparison appointments) implement CCNs. We ran regression models with all appointments, and stratified by rural/urban and PC HPSA status. All models adjusted for Veteran characteristics and VA facility–level clustering.

Appointments
13,720 CCN and 40,638 comparison appointments.

Main Measures
Wait time, measured as number of days from authorization to use community PC to a Veteran’s first corresponding appointment.

Key Results
Overall, unadjusted wait times increased by 35.7 days ([34.4, 37.1] 95% CI) after CCN implementation. In adjusted analysis, comparison wait times increased on average 33.7 days ([26.3, 41.2] 95% CI, p < 0.001) after CCN implementation; there was no significant difference for CCN wait times (across-group mean difference: 5.4 days, [−3.8, 14.6] 95% CI, p = 0.25). In stratified analyses, comparison wait time increases ranged from 29.6 days ([20.8, 38.4] 95% CI, p < 0.001) to 42.1 days ([32.9, 51.3] 95% CI, p > 0.001) after CCN implementation, while additional differences for CCN appointments ranged from 13.4 days ([3.5, 23.4] 95% CI, p = 0.008) to −15.1 days ([−30.1, −0.1] 95% CI, p = 0.05) for urban and PC HPSA appointments, respectively.

Conclusions
After early CCN implementation, community PC wait times increased sharply at VA facilities that did and did not implement CCNs, regardless of rural/urban or PC HPSA status, suggesting community care demand likely overwhelmed VA resources such that CCNs had limited impact.
LINC01089 blocks malignant progression of thyroid cancer by binding miR-27b-3p to enhance the FBLN5 protein level
Authors: Pan Yong-qin , Huang Kun-song , Chong Tsz-Hong , Li Jin-yi 
Published: October 2022

AbstractLINC01089 suppresses the malignant progression of breast, colorectal, and non-small cell lung cancers. However, the function of LINC01089 in thyroid cancer has not yet been elucidated. Here, The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database showed that LINC01089 expression is remarkably reduced in thyroid cancer tissues. Lower LINC01089 expression was correlated with higher tumor stage and regional lymph node metastasis. Furthermore, LINC01089 overexpression effectively blocked thyroid cancer cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. LINC01089 acted as a competing endogenous RNA for miR-27b-3p, thus inhibiting miR-27b-3p expression. miR-27b-3p overexpression promoted the proliferation, migration, and invasion of thyroid cancer, reversing the effect of LINC01089 overexpression on thyroid cancer. Fibulin-5 (FBLN5) was discovered as a target of miR-27b-3p in thyroid cancer. FBLN5 expression was found to be underexpressed in thyroid cancer and was enhanced and reduced by LINC00987 overexpression and miR-27b-3p overexpression, respectively. Furthermore, FBLN5 knockdown promoted the malignant progression of thyroid cancer cells by counteracting the effect of LINC00987. In conclusion, LINC01089 plays a tumor-suppressive role by binding miR-27b-3p to increase FBLN5 expression, confirming that LINC01089 has tremendous potential to become a therapeutic target for thyroid cancer treatment.
Starch-grafted-poly(acrylic acid)/Pterocladia capillacea–derived activated carbon composite for removal of methylene blue dye from water
Authors: Shoaib Amany G. M. , Sikaily Amany El , Ragab Safaa , Masoud Mamdouh S. , Ramadan Mohamed S. , El Nemr Ahmed 
Published: October 2022

AbstractStarch-g-poly(acrylic acid)/Pterocladia capillacea–derived activated carbon (St-g-P(AA)/P-AC) composites were prepared via aqueous solution graft copolymerization using starch, acrylic acid, and activated carbon of red alga Pterocladia capillacea (0–10%) with N,N′-methylenebisacrylamide crosslinker and ammonium persulfate (NH4)2S2O8 initiator. Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) were used to characterize St-g-P(AA)/P-AC composites. Additionally, St-g-P(AA)/P-AC composites were investigated for methylene blue (MB) dye removal from water. The impact of the beginning concentration of MB dye, temperature, pH, and adsorption time on MB dye removal was examined. The maximum adsorption capacity obtained at pH 8 was 496.29 mg/g at 0.02 mg/L composites dose and 100 mg/L MB dye. The properties of adsorption were studied by the adsorption isotherm, kinetic, and thermodynamic models. The pseudo-first-order and Freundlich isotherm models demonstrated the kinetics and equilibrium adsorptions data, respectively. The maximum monolayer capacity (qm) was 1428.57 mg/g from Langmuir isotherm. Thermodynamic parameters indicated that the MB dye adsorption is exothermic physisorption and spontaneous. The results show that St-g-P(AA)/P-AC composites were effective for MB dye adsorption from water solution and could be recycled.
Nonexistence and umbilicity of spacelike submanifolds with second fundamental form locally timelike
Authors: de Lima Henrique F. , Rocha Lucas S. , Velásquez Marco Antonio L. 
Published: October 2022

AbstractUnder the assumption that the second fundamental form is locally timelike, we establish new nonexistence and umbilicity results concerning n-dimensional spacelike submanifolds immersed with parallel mean curvature vector in the $$(n+p)$$

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. Our approach is based on a Simon’s type inequality involving the norm of the total umbilicity tensor, obtained by Mariano in [17], jointly with suitable maximum principles due to Alías, Caminha and do Nascimento [6, 7] for complete noncompact Riemannian manifolds and a weak version of Omori–Yau’s maximum principle for stochastically complete Riemanian manifolds proved by Pigola, Rigoli and Setti [20, 21].
Measuring Personal Damage in a Large-Scale Disaster: A Review of the Reports Published by the Japanese Fire and Disaster Management Agency on the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
Authors: Kinoshita Mari , Shikida Mikifumi 
Published: October 2022

Abstract

Objective:
The study’s aim is to identify the challenges in estimating personal damages in the early stages of a disaster.

Methods:
The study reviewed personal damage data in the reports on the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami published by Japanese public agencies from 2011 to 2020, including 159 situation reports by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency and 17 disaster-related indirect death reports by the Reconstruction Agency. The study compared the reported number of deaths, missing persons, and injuries with the latest statistics to evaluate how soon the disaster’s real damages were estimated.

Results:
The reported number of deaths significantly increased in the first 1.5 years, whereas the number of missing persons spiked in the first 30 days. It required approximately 1 year until the numbers approximated the current reference rate. The total casualties included 3739 indirect deaths.

Conclusion:
The results indicated an overestimation of missing persons, a possible underestimation of injuries, and the excess deaths due to indirect causes that complicated the estimation. The limitations of the current data collection approaches are the delay in reporting from the field and incomplete and unreliable information. A novel system is proposed, which directly collects data from all affected individuals anonymously.
Authority matters: propaganda and the coevolution of behaviour and attitudes
Authors: Gavrilets Sergey , Richerson Peter J. 
Published: October 2022

AbstractHuman decision-making is controlled by various factors including material cost–benefit considerations, values and beliefs, social influences, cognitive factors and errors. Among social influences, those by external authorities (e.g. educational, cultural, religious, political, administrative, etc.) are particularly important owing to their potential reach and power. To better understand the effects of ‘soft’ power of authorities we develop a unifying theoretical framework integrating material, cognitive and social forces controlling the joint dynamics of individual actions and beliefs. We apply our approach to three different phenomena: evolution of food sharing in small-scale societies, participation in political protests and effects of priming social identity in behavioural experiments. For each of these applications, we show that our approach leads to different (or simpler) explanations of human behaviour than alternatives. We highlight the type of measurements which can be helpful in developing practical applications of our approach. We identify and explicitly characterise the degree of mismatch between individual actions and attitudes. We assert that the effects of external authorities, of changing beliefs and of differences between people must be studied empirically, included in mathematical models, and accounted for when developing different policies aiming to modify or sustain human behaviour.
And the Master Answered?: Deferrals of Authority in Contemporary Sufism in Iran
Authors: Golestaneh Seema 
Published: October 2022

AbstractAuthority in Islam is often understood to operate as a site of negotiation. Based on textual analysis and ethnographic research, this article examines three case studies of disparate Shi'i Sufi Orders where a willing deferral of certain types of authority exists. In the first case study, the Soltanalishahi Order refer their members to an outsidemujtahidfor all matters relating to theshariat, therein limiting the powers of theirshaykhs andqotb. The second case study looks at debates concerning the nature of theqotb's authority within a single order, particularly as it pertains to the power of touch and transmissibility of blessing (barakat) fromqotbto object to person, with the order's leadership refuting the idea of charismatic embodied authority despite some of their lay members’ beliefs. Finally, the third case study addresses a group who refute the need for any centralized leadership at all and instead recognize and read the works of multipleqotbs from disparate Iranian orders. By focusing on the deferral of authority, as a type of editing, as a type of shaping, I hope to show that the refuting of certain duties is just as formative as the amassing of powers.