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The association between B vitamins and the risk of COVID-19
Authors: Darand Mina , Hassanizadeh Shirin , Martami Fahime , Shams Shamim , Mirzaei Masoud , Hosseinzadeh Mahdieh 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe fast spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic and its high mortality were quickly noticed by the health community. B vitamins are essential micronutrients for the body with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and immune-regulating properties. The present study can provide a comprehensive picture of the associations between B vitamins and COVID-19 incidence. This study was undertaken on 9189 adult participants of the Yazd Health Study (YaHS) and Taghzieh Mardom-e-Yazd (TAMIZ) study aged 20 to 69 years. Data on dietary intakes were obtained using a validated FFQ. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the association between B vitamins and COVID-19. Our findings indicated that participants in the fourth quartile of vitamin B5 intake compared with the first quartile had a protective effect against COVID-19 (OR: 0·53, 95 % CI 0·28, 0·99, P-trend = 0·02) after adjustment for all possible confounds in model 3. In addition, participants in the third quartile of vitamin B12 intake compared with the first quartile (OR: 0·63, 95 % CI 0·40, 0·98, P-trend = 0·11) had fewer odds of COVID-19 after full adjustments for confounders. Our findings indicated no significant relationship between dietary intake of vitamin B1, B2, B3, B9 and B-complex and COVID-19. A higher intake of vitamin B5 could reduce the odds of COVID-19 by 47 %, and a moderate intake of vitamin B12 had a protective effect on COVID-19. Although our study has promising results, stronger clinical studies are needed.
Hide the Outcasts: Isaiah 16:3–4 and Fugitive Slave Laws
Authors: Couey J. Blake , Schipper Jeremy 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIsaiah 16:3–4, part of an obscure prophecy about ancient Moab, appeared frequently in nineteenth-century writings about slavery in the United States, particularly in the context of opposition to fugitive slave laws. The verses were linked with other biblical passages to create a network of proof texts to justify assisting persons who escaped slavery. Eventually, the line “hide the outcast” from verse 3 took on a life of its own as an abolitionist slogan, largely independently of its biblical context. Rebuttals of these uses of the texts by anti-abolitionist writers, which began to appear in the 1850s, criticized the decontextualization of the verses, and one novel response attempted to link the text to interracial intimacy. Despite these rebuttals, the use of the text continued apace throughout the 1850s–1860s in response to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act and the execution of John Brown.
Interpretation bias in health anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Du Xiayu , Witthöft Michael , Zhang Tao , Shi Congrong , Ren Zhihong 
Published: November 2022

AbstractInterpretation bias (i.e. the selective negative interpretation of ambiguous stimuli) may contribute to the development and maintenance of health anxiety. However, the strength of the empirical evidence for this association remains a topic of debate. This study aimed to estimate the association between health anxiety and interpretation bias and to identify potential moderators of this association. Chinese-language databases (CNKI, VIP, and Wanfang), English-language databases (Web of Science, PubMed, PsycINFO, and Scopus), and German-language databases (Psyndex and PubPsych) were searched for relevant studies. There were 36 articles (39 studies) identified by this search (N = 8984), of which 32 articles (34 studies) were included in the meta-analysis (N = 8602). Results revealed a medium overall effect size (g = 0.67). Statistically equivalent effect sizes were observed for patients diagnosed with clinical health anxiety (g = 0.58) and subclinical health anxiety (g = 0.72). The effect sizes for threat stimuli that were health related (g = 0.68) and not health related (g = 0.63) did not differ significantly. The effect size for studies using an offline paradigm (g = 0.75) was significantly higher than that for studies using an online paradigm (g = 0.50). It is concluded that health anxiety is significantly and robustly associated with interpretation bias. These findings are of central importance for the advancement of models and treatment of health anxiety.
A critical qualitative inquiry of the social practices of older adult gamblers: implications for public health risk prevention
Authors: Johnson Rebecca H. , Pitt Hannah , Randle Melanie , Thomas Samantha L. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractOlder adults' participation in gambling is increasing internationally. Due to their lifestage, older adults may be vulnerable to gambling-related harm. When investigating older adults' gambling, researchers have mostly focused on the individual characteristics of ‘problem gamblers’. Less is known about the socio-cultural, environmental and commercial factors that may influence older adults' gambling behaviours. Utilising Social Practice Theory, this critical qualitative inquiry of N = 40 Australian older adults (aged 55 and over) explored how social practices influenced gambling participation. Using a Constructivist Grounded Theory approach, data were interpreted using a reflexive thematic analysis. Theme 1 identified how gambling practices fulfilled older adults' social needs. Gambling was embedded in social activities and created a sense of belonging. Theme 2 highlighted how gambling became an everyday part of some participants' lives, with a range of routines constructed around gambling. While social factors influenced routinised gambling behaviours, the accessibility of gambling products in everyday settings contributed to engagement with gambling. This study demonstrates that a range of social, environmental and commercial factors may influence and routinise the gambling practices of older adults. Interventions aimed at preventing and reducing routine gambling participation among older adults should acknowledge the interplay between agency and social structure. Public health responses should aim to disrupt routine behaviours associated with gambling for older adults.
Signs of the times: the Canterbury children’s operas of Alan Ridout
Authors: Bannan Nicholas 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThis article places in historical context the three operas written by Alan Ridout for the choir of Canterbury Cathedral during the 1960s. Analysis of these works and their gestation is presented as a microcosm representing wider developments in music education since then. The analysis weaves together personal recollections, authenticated through correspondence with teachers and other alumni involved, combined with the examination of archive material, and with musical and textual analysis. The works themselves remain fresh and worthy of performance today, while the intentions behind them represent a mirror through which the role of musical creativity in contemporary education will be considered.
Tensions between norms of everyday narrating and legal narrating
Authors: Daiute Colette , Di Donato Flora 
Published: November 2022

AbstractContemporary asylum laws challenge the narratives of migrants and legal professional teams. Struggles arise in requirements to tell the right story defined by legal norms while storytelling in everyday life relies on sociocultural norms. Professionals working with socially and legally vulnerable populations, as in education and asylum cases, can bridge that gap if we understand narrating as a relational process with credibility and coherence developing over time in terms of the clients’ experience and institutional expectations. This paper presents dynamic storytelling methodology to guide such a process, applied successfully with a Roma community seeking inclusion in public education and used to interpret two unsuccessful asylum cases. Drawing on those examples, we conclude by proposing a socio-legal framework for collaborative lawyering in research on clinical legal training. The goal is a narrative process based on legal actors’ awareness that truth acquisition is a human sense-making process framed by human rights norms.
Indirect social contact interventions to reduce mental health-related stigma in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review
Authors: Makhmud A. , Thornicroft G. , Gronholm P. C. 
Published: November 2022

Abstract

Aims
Mental health-related stigma and discrimination are a complex and widespread issue with negative effects on numerous aspects of life of people with lived experience of mental health conditions. Research shows that social contact is the best evidence-based intervention to reduce stigma. Within the context of a rapid development of remote technology, and COVID-19-related restrictions for face-to-face contact, the aim of this paper is to categorise, compare and define indirect social contact (ISC) interventions to reduce stigma and discrimination in mental health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Methods
MEDLINE, Global Health, EMBASE, PsychINFO, Cochrane Central Register of Control Trials (CENTRAL), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) were searched using a strategy including terms related to ‘stigma and discrimination’, ‘intervention’, ‘indirect social contact’, ‘mental health’ and ‘low- and middle-income countries’. Relevant information on ISC interventions was extracted from the included articles, and a quality assessment was conducted. Emerging themes were coded using a thematic synthesis method, and a narrative synthesis was undertaken to present the results.

Results
Nine studies were included in the review overall. One study was ineffective; this was not considered for the categorisation of interventions, and it was considered separately for the comparison of interventions. Of the eight effective studies included in synthesis, interventions were categorised by content, combination of stigma-reducing strategies, medium of delivery, delivery agents, target condition and population, as well as by active or passive interaction and follow-up. Most of the interventions used education and ISC. Recovery and personal experience were important content components as all studies included either one or both. Cultural adaptation and local relevance were also important considerations.

Conclusions
ISC interventions were effective in overall terms for both the general public and healthcare providers, including medical students. A new definition of ISC interventions in LMICs is proposed. More research and better reporting of intervention details are needed to explore the effectiveness of ISC strategies in LMICs, especially in regions where little relevant research has been conducted.
Hemispheric Geochemical Dichotomy of the Mantle Is a Legacy of Austral Supercontinent Assembly and Onset of Deep Continental Crust Subduction
Authors: Jackson M. G. , Macdonald F. A. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractOceanic hotspots with extreme enriched mantle radiogenic isotopic signatures—including low 143Nd/144Nd indicative of subducted continental crust—are linked to plume conduits sampling the southern hemispheric mantle. However, the mechanisms responsible for concentrating subducted continental crust in the austral mantle are unknown. We show that subduction of sediments and subduction eroded material, and lower continental crust delamination, cannot generate this spatially coherent austral geochemical domain. However, continental collisions—associated with the assembly of Gondwana‐Pangea—were positioned predominantly in the southern hemisphere during the late Neoproterozoic appearance of widespread continental ultra‐high‐pressure metamorphic terranes, which marked the onset of deep subduction of upper continental crust. We propose that deep subduction of upper continental crust at ancient rifted‐passive margins during ca. 650‐300 Ma austral supercontinent assembly resulted in enhanced upper continental crust delivery into the southern hemisphere mantle. Similarly enriched mantle domains are absent in the boreal mantle plume source, for two reasons. First, continental crust subducted after 300 Ma—when the continents drifted into the northern hemisphere—has had insufficient time to return to the surface in plumes sampling the northern hemisphere mantle. Second, before the first known appearance of continental ultra‐high‐pressure rocks at 650 Ma, deep subduction of upper continental crust was uncommon, limiting its subduction into the northern (and southern) hemisphere mantle earlier in Earth history. Our model implies a recent formation of the austral enriched mantle domain, explains the geochemical dichotomy between austral and boreal plume sources, and may explain why there are twice as many austral hotspots as boreal hotspots.
Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for GEDI Footprint Aboveground Biomass Density
Authors: Kellner James R. , Armston John , Duncanson Laura 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar is a multibeam laser altimeter on the International Space Station (ISS). GEDI is the first spaceborne instrument designed to measure vegetation height and to quantify aboveground carbon stocks in temperate and tropical forests and woodlands. This document describes the algorithm theoretical basis underpinning the development of the GEDI Level‐4A (GEDI04_A) footprint aboveground biomass density (AGBD) data product. The GEDI04_A data product contains estimates of AGBD for individual GEDI footprints and associated prediction intervals. The algorithm uses GEDI02_A relative height metrics and 13 linear models to predict AGBD in 32 combinations of plant functional type and world region within the observation limits of the ISS. GEDI04_A models for the release 1 and release 2 data products were developed using 8,587 quality‐filtered simulated GEDI waveforms associated with field estimates of AGBD in 21 countries. Although this is the most geographically comprehensive data available for the development of AGBD models using lidar remote sensing, important regions are underrepresented, including the forests of continental Asia, deciduous broadleaf forests and savannas of the dry tropics, and evergreen broadleaf forests north of Australia. We describe the scientific and statistical assumptions required to develop globally representative estimates of AGBD using GEDI lidar, including generalization beyond training data, and exclusion of GEDI02_A observations that do not meet requirements of the GEDI04_A algorithm. The footprint‐level predictions generated by this process provide globally comprehensive estimates of AGBD. These footprint‐level predictions are a prerequisite for the GEDI04_B gridded AGBD data product.
Seismic Activities and Hazards of the Seismic Gaps in the Haiyuan Fault in Northeastern Tibet: Insights From Numerical Modeling Earthquake Interaction
Authors: Chen Jianquan , Liu Chang , Zhang Hang , Shi Yaolin 
Published: November 2022

AbstractThe 2022 Mw 6.6 Menyuan earthquake occurred in the Qilian‐Haiyuan fault system in northeastern Tibet. To investigate the mechanism behind the 2022 Menyuan earthquake and the seismic hazards (SHs) of the Tianzhu seismic gap, the spatiotemporal stress variations on the Qilian‐Haiyuan fault zone were assessed before and after 2022 by modeling the stress changes caused by 12 historical large earthquakes during the last century. The results showed that the 2022 Menyuan earthquake was delayed due to a stress shadow caused by the 1927 Mw 8.3 Gulang earthquake. The stress shadow also covers the middle section of the Tianzhu seismic gap and inhibits its seismic activities to some extent. By preventing the rupture of the Tianzhu seismic gap in a single event, this stress shadow may reduce the risk of a future earthquake with a magnitude of more than Mw 7.7 in the Tianzhu seismic gap (length = approximately 260 km). The western portion of the Tianzhu Seismic Gap (length = approximately 18 km) was stress‐loaded with the peak ΔCFS value of approximately 375.15 kPa due to the 2016 Mw 5.9 and 2022 Mw 6.6 Menyuan earthquakes, indicating its increased SHs. The eastern portion of the Tianzhu seismic gap (length = approximately 149 km) was stress‐loaded with the peak ΔCFS value of approximately 1,035 kPa due to the 1927 Mw 8.3 Gulang and 1920 Mw 8.5 Haiyuan earthquakes, indicating its increased SHs. Therefore, more efforts should be made to prepare for the future hazards prevention in the eastern portion of the Tianzhu seismic gap.
Mineral Soils Are an Important Intermediate Storage Pool of Black Carbon in Fennoscandian Boreal Forests
Authors: Eckdahl Johan A. , Rodriguez Pere Casal , Kristensen Jeppe A. , Metcalfe Daniel B. , Ljung Karl 
Published: November 2022

AbstractApproximately 40% of earth's carbon (C) stored in land vegetation and soil is within the boreal region. This large C pool is subjected to substantial removals and transformations during periodic wildfire. Fire‐altered C, commonly known as pyrogenic carbon (PyC), plays a significant role in forest ecosystem functioning and composes a considerable fraction of C transport to limnic and oceanic sediments. While PyC stores are beginning to be quantified globally, knowledge is lacking regarding the drivers of their production and transport across ecosystems. This study used the chemo‐thermal oxidation at 375°C (CTO‐375) method to isolate a particularly refractory subset of PyC compounds, here called black carbon (BC), finding an average increase of 11.6 g BC m−2 at 1 year postfire in 50 separate wildfires occurring in Sweden during 2018. These increases could not be linked to proposed drivers, however BC storage in 50 additional nearby unburnt soils related strongly to soil mass while its proportion of the larger C pool related negatively to soil C:N. Fire approximately doubled BC stocks in the mineral layer but had no significant effect on BC in the organic layer where it was likely produced. Suppressed decomposition rates and low heating during fire in mineral subsoil relative to upper layers suggests potential removals of the doubled mineral layer BC are more likely transported out of the soil system than degraded in situ. Therefore, mineral soils are suggested to be an important storage pool for BC that can buffer short‐term (production in fire) and long‐term (cross‐ecosystem transport) BC cycling.
Occurrence and Characteristics of Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances in the Antarctic Peninsula Region
Authors: Paznukhov V. V. , Sopin A. A. , Galushko V. G. , Kashcheyev A. S. , Koloskov A. V. , Yampolski Y. M. , Zalizovski A. V. 
Published: November 2022

AbstractA statistical picture of the occurrence and characteristics of Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs) over the Antarctic Peninsula is established using Global Navigation Satellite System Total Electron Content and High Frequency sounding observations. The measured parameters of the majority of the disturbances allow classifying them as medium scale TIDs (MSTIDs). Overall, the observed climatology of ionospheric disturbances in the Antarctic Peninsula region varies significantly with the season and makes it possible to differentiate two major types of the disturbances: winter daytime and summer nighttime, based on their occurrence periods and characteristics. During the Antarctic summer period, the disturbances are present mainly during the nighttime and morning hours, when the background plasma density is at maximum (due to Weddell Sea Anomaly). These disturbances predominantly propagate northwestward and their occurrence probability is well correlated with the sporadic E layer observations, suggesting that these are electrified MSTIDs. During the winter, the TID events are almost exclusively observed during the daytime. The propagation direction of the disturbances during the daytime shows a strong correlation with the background neutral wind direction in the thermosphere. A possible mechanism for this effect is wind filtering of the Atmospheric Gravity Waves originating in the troposphere, which indicates that their source is in the lower atmosphere. The periods of the TIDs also significantly differ between the seasons. Wintertime TIDs have noticeably shorter periods (10–50 min) than those observed during other parts of the year (30–140 min), which also likely reflects the fact that the two types of TIDs are generated by different physical mechanisms.
On the Intensity of First Return Strokes in Positive Cloud‐To‐Ground Lightning in Winter
Authors: Wu Ting , Wang Daohong , Takagi Nobuyuki 
Published: November 2022

AbstractIntensities of about 700 first return strokes (RSs) in positive cloud‐to‐ground lightning flashes observed by a 14‐site Fast Antenna Lightning Mapping Array in one winter season are analyzed. Peak currents estimated from range‐normalized peak amplitudes of electric field change (E‐change) waveforms of RSs are used to represent their intensities. It is found that peak currents of positive RSs are positively correlated with their waveform parameters including pulse width, rise time, fall time and half‐peak width. Time differences between lightning initiation and first RSs are closely related with peak currents of positive RSs, with strong positive RSs usually associated with small time differences. Peak currents of positive RSs are also related with amplitudes of preceding leader pulses. Out of 674 positive RSs, 232 are preceded by positive leader pulses, and amplitudes of these pulses are positively correlated with peak currents of RSs. Strong positive RSs with peak currents larger than 150 kA are analyzed and compared with strong negative RSs. While strong negative RSs usually produce abnormal E‐change waveforms that are generally different from typical RS waveforms, strong positive RSs do not have such special features. Strongest positive RSs usually occur within a very short time (usually smaller than 10 ms) after lightning initiation and are more likely to be associated with positive preliminary breakdown pulses. It is inferred that these strongest RSs are usually preceded by a fast downward positive leader with a speed on the order of 106 m/s. Charge structures responsible for strong positive RSs are discussed.